texts: How do I clear the downloading indicator from a file in macOS?

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For some reason, one of the files I downloaded from the internet (which was fully downloaded without error) still appears in the Finder as if it is not done downloading:

How do I fix this so that I can see the size rather than the downloading indicator?

Here is the information I can get from ls:

user$ ls -lOe@ downloaded\ file\ shows\ as\ downloading.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 user  staff  - 3285 Mar 11 16:59 downloaded file shows as downloading.txt

Things I have already tried:

xattr -d successfully removed the quarantine and kMDItemWhereFroms attributes, but did not clear the downloading status.
Duplicating the file works in that the duplicate file does not have this issue, but that is cheating. I want to know how to fix the original file.

Update

The indicator did go away after I rebooted the computer. I'd still like to know if there is an easier way.


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This question is about iTunes Connect, particularly Agreements, Tax, and Banking section. When I open this section I see the red message:

  Our records indicate that your banking information is incomplete. Please access your banking information and update as necessary.

Screen:

So, following this recommendation I go to Bank Info > Edit > View/Edit Existing Bank Account > Edit Bank Account Info

There I see a new field which wasn't there when I first entered the banking information. It's named UNN. Quick help:

  Enter the nine-digit UNN for your account.

Screen:

So the question is, what is the UNN associated with a bank account?

I've called to my bank and they didn't know anything. Also, I've already asked this question on Apple forums, but there was no response for a week.


texts: Command-line keychain access not showing any results

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I have been trying to learn to control my computer through command-line, and keychain access is what I am trying now. I have been using the security command, and attempting to get my wifi password (I know it of course, but getting it through terminal is the challenge). From what I have read on other Stack Exchange pages (like this one) and this often referenced site,

security find-generic-password -a Netgear25 -s Airport -g

should come up with a list of information, including the password. But there is no output at all. So the 'result' is:

Host:~ Batman$ security find-generic-password -a Netgear25 -s Airport -g
Host:~ Batman$

nothing.

security 2>&1 >/dev/null find-generic-password -a Netgear25 -s Airport -g security

does the same thing, no result. What am I going wrong?

EDIT

I think I should clarify - I am doing this remotely for a challenge, and obviously when I do it on the computer itself it comes up with the Authorisation Dialog Box. Remotely though, the dialog box won't come up. So the real question is how to authenticate it remotely (using sudo also comes up with no result).


texts: Can I store all the content of my previous iPhone in a new iPhone using iTunes?

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I have an iPhone 4S with multiple backups in my computer and I'd like to buy a new iPhone.

Can I connect the new device to the computer and immediately store all the content from the previous iPhone? I want to move all the photos, messages, etc.


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Will the person that pays my Iphone contract need to be with me when i have my Activation Lock removed from my phone? I'm confused as they asked for a proof of purchase letter and ID and when my mum went they said that they needed the 'Original Owner'to be there and i don't know if they meant me or the contract payer - (My Grandad)
I have also tried taking it to other shops but nobody knows what to do
 If anyone could help that would be great, Thanks :)


texts: I recently cleaned my spacebar and a piece is stuck

texts: I have taken off my spacebar from my MacBook Pro mid-2012 and now one of the plastic rotating things is stuck to the keycap, while the other is still in the key space. How can I get the thing stuck to the keycap off the hook?


texts: macOS Catalina - how to set up Finder to use file sorting logic same as ls command (alphabetical order, not "natural")?

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I noticed today that Finder has some strange logic of sorting files by name and I cannot figure out why is that.

Screenshot 1 - folder in "column" view with folder's options opened:

Screenshot 2 - same folder in "list" view, sorted by "Name" column:

Screenshot 3 - output of ls -al command in terminal, correct and expected file sorting:

EDIT:
I created a testing folder with integer file names only and the behaviour is the same.

Finder:

Terminal:

How can I change Finder to use the same logic like ls command?

Unfortunately, linked duplicate question doesn't answer my question above, only explains Finder's logic and behaviour in sorting files. What I would like to achieve, as stated in title and the question above, is to force Finder to sort files in alphabetical, not "natural" order.


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I'd like to run a system wide keylogger (For purely educational/backup purposes of course) on Mac OS Sierra, how can I do it without buying expensive apps for that?

I've been using logKext from github but it stopped working after upgrade from El Capitan.

I almost got it working, but console is showing me Error: Daemon must run as root., I've tried to sudo chown root each file but to no use.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Update:
I got it running but it's not logging any keys. Console shows no errors connected with it.


texts: Does the Airport Extreme log MAC addresses of devices that attempt to connect?

texts:
I recently had a burglar enter my home and take a number of items and I am chasing a long shot in catching him.  I am hoping that the burglar had a smartphone that, when he entered the home, attempted to log in to my wireless network (but didn't because the network has a password).

I have an Airport Extreme wireless router and I am hoping there is a log that I can access that would show me any MAC addresses (of the smartphone) that attempted to access the wi-fi network during a very specific window of time.  I don't know if these logs exist and if they do exist, if you can pull the MAC address for a phone. Does anyone know if this is possible?


texts: How can I click "Do It!" button with keyboard?

texts:
This was been question for a long time for me.
How can I click "Do It!" button? Do-It button means, a button will trigger destructive changes. So usually, that's not default button, and I don't know how to click it with keyboard.

I'm asking this because I got a real fantastically suiting situation for need of this.


texts: How can I remove the RAW image files from my iPhoto Library?

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I'm doing a bit of a disk cleanup, and was surprised to find that my iPhoto library was a whopping 83gig. From what I understand iPhoto keeps a jpeg copy of each RAW photo in your library (but I could be wrong).

A lot of this space is because the images are in RAW format.

Is there a way to either:

easily convert the raw photos to jpeg and remove the raw image file
remove the raw files and keep iPhoto's Jpeg version.

It would be awesome if this was a built in iPhoto feature, or a free app which does a little clean up for you. I have no need for the RAW files, but I don't want to lose the jpeg version.


texts: How to select text on Google Search, when using Chrome for iOS7?

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Once you type the text to be searched on the omnibox, it is replaced by a long URL, e.g. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=how%20to%20select%20text%20on%20google%20search%2c%20when%20using%20chrome%20for%20ios7%3f

Then, if you want to select some of the previous text, tap and hold will not work.

Is there other alternative?


texts: Sleep keyboard shortcut on M1 MacBook Pro

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The control + shift + power shortcut to put the computer to sleep does not work on the M1 MacBook Pro (assuming that the Touch ID button replaces the power button).
What is the keyboard shortcut to put the M1 MacBook Pro to sleep?


texts: How can you disable the low battery warnings for bluetooth devices?

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I use a bluetooth apple trackpad and keyboard, and once the battery hits 20% the bluetooth indicator in the menu bar starts flashing this lower battery warning. Normally, I wouldn't really care, but 20% battery is about 1-2 months of usage so the thing just flashes at me constantly for over a month.

Is there a way to disable this behavior?


texts: Can an iPhone act as an audio source to a Mac?

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Is there a way to pull the audio from an iphone phone call to a mac either via bluetooth or USB? In other words, use the mac and a cellular phone hybrid?  I'd like to be able to record a phone call or voice mail to the mac.

I realize i could do this many other ways including using an true phone hybrid, but I'd like to keep the amount of equipment i have to take when traveling.

I'm sure i could also use a TRRS Y cable from the headphone/mic jack into my mac, but i'd also like to keep it in the digital realm.


texts: How can I replace the right-most 30 pixels of my movie with black?

texts: I'm using Mac OS 10.13.3.  I have Quicktime 10.4 installed if that will help here.  I recorded an application on my computer, however I recorded a little too much screen real estate.  I would like to remove, or barring that, black out, the right-most 30 pixels from my movie.  How can I do that on Mac using freeware tools?


texts: Remote Management Port 5900 Not Responding

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I am trying to understand why Remote Management (vnc) is not working on my iMac.  I enable Remote Sharing via GUI on Sharing "Remote Management."

when I request "telnet localhost 5900" I get an answer.  when I request "telnet 4-digit-ip 5900" I get no response.

Normally, I would think that my firewall is blocking it, but the firewall is off.

A portscan tells me that 22 (ssh) and 3283 (net assistant), as well as a couple of high ports (like Dropbox) are open, but nothing else.

I tried allowing access for everyone or just for me.  I have tried "Anyone may request permission" or not.  Are there other plist etc options that need to be switched on, that might have been accidentally turned off?


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I just got a new iPad2 (upgraded from an iPad1) today and I was going to do an iCloud backup, but it says there is no more data for me to use.

I want to either download all the data from my original iPad onto my new iPad and then delete the old iCloud backup, but I can't find anywhere to do that. The cloud is recognizing the devices seperatly. I can't even just delete the iPad1 backup to do a brand new backup, the system (on my iPad2, iPhone and Mac) all say "Could not delete this backup at this time, try again later"...

Is this even possible to download my iPad1 backup onto my iPad2?


texts: AppleScript: Move files via drag and drop

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I need to create workflow that allows the user to drop files onto the application and then have those files moved to a particular folder to be processed based on their file type.

So far, I've not got past the drag, drop, and move part!

on open theDroppedItems
    repeat with a from 1 to length of theDroppedItems
        set theCurrentDroppedItem to item a of theDroppedItems
        tell application "Finder"
            set folderSpool to folder "Spool" of desktop
            move a to folderSpool
        end tell
    end repeat
end open

When I do the drag and drop, I get:

  Handler can’t handle objects of this class. Finder got an error:
  Handler can’t handle objects of this class. (-10010)

I tried item instead of a, but that gave me the same error.

It's been a long time since I used AppleScript...


texts: Activity Monitor shows java process, jps shows only JPS

texts: My Activity Monitor shows a "java" process taking up 400 MB RAM.  jps and sudo jps show only JPS.  How do I find out what's running java?


texts: Can I tether my iPhone 4S onto WiFi on my computer through USB?

texts: I'm having trouble resolving issues I have on my iPhone 4S with regard to WiFi. It is unable to scan for networks. I live in Sri Lanka and technical support for iPhones is very limited. I was wondering if in case I'm unable to solve it, will I be able to tether my phone to the WiFi on the laptop? That is, use WiFi on my iPhone through my computer?


texts: Resume Restore issue after internet goes offline

texts: How do I resume a restore from iCloud on a new iPhone 8? The restore was halted when our Internet network went (scheduled) offline.


texts: Mac gets very hot when locked and on battery power

texts: Mac seems to use alot of CPU power and gets hot when on lock screen/sleeping, and on battery power. I i "forget" to pull the power over night and come back to the mac in the morning, its very hot, which means it just has wasted alot of energy for no good. What's a good way of debugging this and how to fix it? I really don't want the mac to waste power when i'm not using it.


texts: Possible to uninstall OS X apps without admin password?

texts: I have a school issued MacBook Air with several apps installed. While they were downloaded from the App Store using my personal Apple ID, I need an administrator password, which I don't have, in order to delete them. Is there a way to do this without adding another account?


texts: How to get data on HW RAID 5 without initializing disk? RocketRAID eSATA connection died but USB3 works and shows RAID5 OK?

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What the pluck moment with my hardware RAID:
eSATA connection to my SansDigital external 5-bay tower stopped working, not sure why, card definitely warm.
Shut everything down, disconnected the eSATA cable, connected via USB3.
My hardware RAID 5 status shows good in SansDigital HW RAID utility when connected via USB3.0; however, the OS does now say
"The disk you inserted is not readable by this computer".

This is on a Mac Pro Server Quad Xeon 3.2GHz (MacPro5,1) mid 2012 running OS X 10.7.5 (Lion) and a HighPoint RocketRAID RR622SD eSATA/USB3 card. SansDigital 5-bay external drive enclosure.

Is it a legitimate error when a hardware RAID 5 reports as OK on the remaining USB3 interface but the the OS says "The disk you inserted is not readable by this computer" (since the eSATA connection is the dead connection)? Or is my hardware RAID 5 borked and does not interpret it that way?

Is it possible to get to the data on the drive again without initializing the disk?

What does the drive initialization process do differently when a hardware level 5 RAID is involved (versus a regular drive initialization) - - is there a way to get to the data outside of the RAID 5 array (if absolutely necessary)?

Is there anything I can look at in the console that will point me in the right direction?
  Thanks,
    Claire


texts: No sidebar in finder when viewing DFS shares

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When viewing a DFS share in OS X 10.7 or on a system that has been upgraded from 10.7 to 10.8 the sidebar is missing in finder.

However if a system has had a fresh install of OS X 10.8 the sidebar is visible in finder.

Is there a way to get the sidebar back in 10.7 or a system that has gone from 10.7 to 10.8?


texts:
Just for my curiosity and knowledge, I just learned that CMD + M will minimize and bring to the dock the active application.  But what is the opposite shortcuts in order to bring back the application to the screen from the dock?

Thank you so much and have a wonderful day.


texts: Can you use the iTunes gift card to buy the cards on the new iOS5 cards app?


texts: iTunesU course with PDFs for personal use

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I have a bunch of mp4's and PDF's as a part of a Spanish learning course downloaded off the Internet. I am trying to add the package to my iTunesU library so that it stays better organized and easy to study.

I know a way to add media to iTunes is via the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder. For example, I need to add a video to iTunesU or Home Videos section, I just need to copy it into the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder and iTunes automatically adds it to the Movies library from where one can change it's "Get Info" panel to move it to the appropriate category. Works fine for multimedia, but this method isn't working for PDFs.

I don't want to build a course and publish it to iTunes because I am not the author. I simply want to organize it under the iTunesU section of my iTunes app for strictly personal use.


texts: "System Extension Blocked" after upgrade to macOS 10.14 Beta (18A293u)

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Keep popping up this window if I don't click "Allow". How can I disable it if I don't click "Allow"?

After a period of time, will collapse to restart.

Anonymous UUID:       A82E64D9-FCAE-DEF8-9400-AFFFC3CB8A33

Thu Jun 14 13:35:26 2018

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff800f10d08d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800f611e7b, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff7f92537768, CR3: 0x0000000012e45000, CR4: 0x00000000001627e0
RAX: 0xffffff91ffc053e0, RBX: 0x0000000000007d3e, RCX: 0xffffff7f92537768, RDX: 0x0000000000030360
RSP: 0xffffff922a893c40, RBP: 0xffffff922a893c80, RSI: 0xffffff802f57f3a0, RDI: 0xffffff802f14b8e0
R8:  0x000000000056e1e0, R9:  0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000002e3e614, R11: 0xffffff81adfb8360
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff802f57f3a0, R14: 0xffffff802f14b8e0, R15: 0xffffff802f14b8e0
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff800f611e7b, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff7f92537768, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2, PL: 0, VF: 1

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff922a8936f0 : 0xffffff800efe2c3d
0xffffff922a893740 : 0xffffff800f11b373
0xffffff922a893780 : 0xffffff800f10ceb4
0xffffff922a893800 : 0xffffff800ef90c80
0xffffff922a893820 : 0xffffff800efe2657
0xffffff922a893940 : 0xffffff800efe24a3
0xffffff922a8939b0 : 0xffffff800f10d08d
0xffffff922a893b30 : 0xffffff800ef90c80
0xffffff922a893b50 : 0xffffff800f611e7b
0xffffff922a893c80 : 0xffffff800f611df8
0xffffff922a893ce0 : 0xffffff800f611758
0xffffff922a893d00 : 0xffffff800f611721
0xffffff922a893d30 : 0xffffff800f5f1e41
0xffffff922a893d60 : 0xffffff800f5f1c06
0xffffff922a893d80 : 0xffffff800f5f1e53
0xffffff922a893db0 : 0xffffff800f5f1c06
0xffffff922a893dd0 : 0xffffff800f5f41e6
0xffffff922a893e10 : 0xffffff800f5f1e53
0xffffff922a893e40 : 0xffffff800f602dd2
0xffffff922a893e90 : 0xffffff800f606696
0xffffff922a893ed0 : 0xffffff800f01e4e4
0xffffff922a893f40 : 0xffffff800f01e075
0xffffff922a893fa0 : 0xffffff800ef8fffe

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
18A293u

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 18.0.0: Fri May 25 16:54:22 PDT 2018; root:xnu-4903.200.199.11.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: A7F4AE1A-A080-3185-9F4C-75CC93A456D0
Kernel slide:     0x000000000ec00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800ee00000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff800ed00000
System model name: MacBookPro11,2 (Mac-3CBD00234E554E41)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 593821175757
last loaded kext at 259044968492: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f9250b000, size 69632)
last unloaded kext at 20778300123: com.netease.nemu.kext.NemuDrv    5.0.20 (addr 0xffffff7f92501000, size 401408)
loaded kexts:
com.cisco.kext.acsock   1.1.0
com.intel.kext.intelhaxm    6.2.1
com.splashtop.driver.SRXFrameBufferConnector    1.6
com.splashtop.driver.SRXDisplayCard 1.6
com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs   1.10
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.3
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC  1.70
com.apple.driver.AGPM   110.23.39
...


texts:
Recently I ran Boot Camp Assistant to install a copy of Windows 7. The "Partitioning Disk" process froze and I force quit it - I know, bad idea - and although I was left with a functioning Mac, I noticed that the Mac is split into two separate partitions. One is 2.2 TB, and one is 801.44 GB (I have a 3 TB Fusion Drive). Previously they showed up as one single partition. When I launch Disk Utility, either from Utilities or Internet Recovery Mode, I get "The full size of the Fusion Drive is not available for repartitioning.", and I'm unable to delete/adjust either of the partitions (all the options are greyed out).

I have Time Machine and I have a separate HD backup, so I don't mind reinstalling OS X - in fact, I want to - but I want to fix the Mac hard drive so that everything appears as one cohesive partition, but I'm not sure what to do.

I found this site - http://www.rawkode.com/blog/2014/2/12/osx-fusion-drive-boot-camp-assistant-disk-utility-recovery - which seems to do what I want to do, but I'm hesitant on using "deleteVolume". I'm not sure which logical volume value to enter, and I want to ensure that if I delete a volume or whatever, I'll still be able to reinstall OS X (and if I reinstall OS X, I'd like for there to still be a Recovery Mode, just in case).

Here's a picture of my Disk Utility:

diskutility http://www.pixelrealism.com/diskutil.jpg

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!


texts: Can I buy one time membership of iCloud to backup my mac?

texts: I was going to buy an external hard drive to backup my mac to upgrade to macos sierra , but I was wondering if I could back it up with iCloud (200gb) account, then download it back to my mac paying just $3? Is it possible?


texts: How to disable trackpad tap completely? Force only actual clicks

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I have OS Sierra 10.12.5 on a MBP late 2016 - it's got the big beautiful trackpad.  I love the trackpad, but I hate how it always clicks when I don't want it to.

I want a trackpad that only clicks when I actually click, not tap.

I have disabled all the extra tapping crap in prefs, including the haptic nonsense and extra clicking whatnot.  All boxes are unchecked, and yet if I tap something, it still thinks it's a click.


texts: Is Game Center progress tied to the device or the account?

texts: I want to make a new game center account for myself, because I share one with my mom and brother.  Does it delete your progress in games if you do?


texts: Sign out of YouTube on iPhone video app uploader

texts: I uploaded a video to my YouTube account from a friend's iPhone.  Now I want to to sign out so that he can upload videos from his own account, but it's no longer prompting to login to a YouTube account or giving an option to log out, it's just leaving my account signed in.  Help?  Thanks.


texts: Apparently damaged external disk drivers. Can they be repaired?

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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015), and about a month ago I tried to enable NTFS read/write with some guides on the internet. Crucially I can't remember which guides I followed.

It didn't work, however I noticed that I can no longer mount any MAC OS external drive (USB stick, USB external hard disk, SD Card), regardless of the formatting.

I can see all these drives fine with 'Disk Utility' but I simply can not mount them. I've tried mounting from the terminal as well, but I really get no error message at all. I have another MacBook Pro (without my NTFS adventure) and the drives all work fine.

Is there any way I can repair the disk drivers? I would really prefer not to have to reinstall my system (especially now file backup isn't possible!)

Note : Currently running macOS Sierra v 10.12.4


texts: Can I override the error AutoCAD gives about my older video card?

texts: I have a macbook 2,1 upgraded to 4GB ram and 500 GB hard drive. When installing AutoCAD, it complains that i have an older video card. Granted, that is true, I only use autocad for 2d purposes only. Is there a way to override that error?


texts: Can you add a specific link to IOS homescreen?

texts: I have a vbulletin forum I frequent in which I'd like to place a link to the "new posts" search on my homescreen.  Anyone familiar with vbulletin knows this is a url with search.php?do=getnew , once you access that URL it redirects you to a search ID which is cached for easy access later.  Thing is, you can't add that to your home screen as it wil just pull up the old search results rather than returning the newest posts.  I'd like to add a link to the new posts link on my homescreen but it seems there is no way to edit the homescreen links.


texts: Mac on starting show black screen with folder icon

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I'm on Macbook Air Macos Sierra

I actually deleted the Recovery HD partition. Although I backed up the recovery files in external. Have MacBackup with Time Machine.I was trying to recover space by removing ubuntu OS partition space which I did successfully. But then I end up messing things in the attempt of increasing Macintosh HD CoreStorage Volume.


texts: Applescript: Automatically check and remount server volume stopped working

texts:
Yesterday, I found a script that makes my Mac (MacBook Pro running El Capitan) automatically check for a volume on a server and remount it if the connection drops. I adapted it slightly to this, so my media server would remount when it drops (which is frequently):

on idle
    tell application "Finder"
        set isConnected to disk "Plex" exists
    end tell
    if isConnected = false then
        try
            mount volume "Plex" on server "smb://USER:PASSWORD@192.168.0.10:445"
        end try
    end if
    return 5
end idle

I saved the script as a Script Editor app using the "Stay open after run handler" option, so it runs in the background.

Yesterday it worked fine. Today, when it attempts to remount the Plex volume I get a "There was a problem connecting to the server" error.

However, I can connect to the server using the 'Connect to Server' command by entering the same IP address, user ID and password.

I'm logging into the NAS with an admin account, so there shouldn't be any disk permission issues.

Is there something in the script I've scrambled, or is this an issue with the Mac or NAS?

I'm completely new to scripting, so I may ask for clarifications on any answers.

I would like to include a link to the original script, but I can't recall where I found it.

Thanks.


texts: View hidden folders on MacOS Mojave? cmd+shift+. does not work

texts:
Since I'm not really great with using the terminal, I would like to see hidden folders on my Mac through the regular user interface. However, I cannot show my hidden folders. I tried things I found on the internet but they did not work for me. I tried

cmd+shift+dot - nothing happens

settings > Keyboard > turning on and off "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys"

settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Restore Defaults

terminal.app > defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles ["yes"/"YES"/" "] source

at the folder I want to view the hidden contents of, I pressed Alt while clicking Go. after the "Library" folder showed up in "Go," I clicked it and saw many folders in Library, but still didn't see any folders with . in front. source

My main goal is to copy and paste into a .gitignore file that is stored in a specific folder on my desktop. I am having troubles doing it through the terminal so I thought this would be easier but it is apparently not. :)
Question: How can I fix this issue and allow myself to see hidden folders on my Mac?
I don't have a strong background in this stuff and am not trained in computer science/tech stuff.
I have macOS Mojave.


texts: What are some reasons to run Windows on a Mac?

texts:
I'm interested in knowing why one would run Windows on a Mac. I may be required by my school to do so, and I'm curious about potential reasons.

So, what are some of the reasons to run Windows on your Mac?


texts: Adjust fan speed on ATI graphics card in OS X?

texts:
I just got an Apple 4870 and am using it with OS X fine. However it is soooo noisy.

Are there any software tools or firmware mods I can do to change the fan speed at various temperature thresholds?


texts: How to enable VNC options through Remote Management

texts:
I'm looking for a way to script the Remote Management section in Sharing System Preferences. What I'm trying accomplish is to script the Computers Settings button and everything inside it. So far I have:

alias kickstart="/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart"
sudo kickstart -activate -configure -allowAccessFor -specifiedUsers -restart -agent
sudo kickstart -activate -configure -users hcpadmin -access -on -privs -all -restart -agent
sudo kickstart -clientopts -setreqperm -reqperm yes
sudo kickstart -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes
sudo kickstart -clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw *******
sudo kickstart -configure -computerinfo -set1 -1 User\ Name
sudo kickstart -configure -computerinfo -set2 -2 Location\ and\ Cube\ #
sudo kickstart -configure -computerinfo -set3 -3 Desktop\ Asset Tag\ #
sudo kickstart -configure -computerinfo -set4 -4 Display\ Asset\ Tag\ #

But I can't seem to get is the "Anyone may request..." checked and the VNC with password checked and working. Has anyone ever got this working?


texts: External SSD drive not detected as SSD drive

texts:
I've got a Sandisk Extreme SSD drive as an external drive for my MacBook Pro. It has no problems with connecting to the MacBook or being recognized as an external drive.

The problem is it is not recognized as SSD drive.

Here is the speed test result by Blackmagic Disk Speed Test app:

Attached directly to MacBook:

To compare, default drive:

Where should I look for an issue? I'm using the monitor USB hub as a connector, could it be an issue? Or any other adapter?

No matter if I connect drive through an adapter or Thunderbolt port, it is not recognized as SSD drive.

How to make macOS to see this drive as SSD and run with better speed?


texts: Adding a comment to Facebook post acts weird when using Safari

texts:
I'm having this weird issue when commenting on a Facebook post on Safari.

It mostly happens when I try to add a space after adding punctuation like comma ,.

What happens is that the cursor is thrown back to the starting point of comment and erases almost all the text I have entered before the punctuation.

This only happens when trying from Safari while it works normally on browsers like Chrome, Firefox etc.

Did any of you run into the same issue? Is there any workaround to overcome that?

Safari - Version 9.0.1 (11601.2.7.2)
OS X   - (El Capitan) Version 10.11.1 (15B42)


texts: Remove a container disc partition without bootcamp and do a factory reset

texts:
This is similar to other questions on here but I'm a little out of my depth and would really appreciate the help. I was gifted a macbook pro that had previously been partitioned to also run windows from bootcamp, which I was told had been removed. There still appears to be remnants of this and the partition remains on the drive. Windows has been deleted and so I'm unable use bootcamp to remove the partition.
I would like to do a factory reset, remove partitions, format and reinstall.
Help much appreciated!
diskutil list


texts: My bluetooth headset connects/disconnect on Macbook pro continuously after waking from sleep

texts: I have a macbook pro 2019 and a Huawei freelace with hall sensor. Now there is no issue when I connect and use it. But once I use the hall sensor to turn off earphone (by touching both the ear pieces against each other) it starts giving trouble when turned on again. I connects and then drop and keeps repeating it continuously until I remove it from my devices list and pair it again.


texts: Notifications from Reminders Wake Screen in Catalina

texts: I have an issue in Catalina that I'm not sure how to solve. Whenever a notification from Reminders comes through on my Mac, it wakes the computer from sleep, which in turn wakes up the external display I have it connected to. Do Not Disturb is turned on while the display is sleeping and the screen is locked, and has been this way for as long as Do Not Disturb has been a feature of macOS. This issue, however, started occurring with the very first beta of Catalina, and persisted through the public release and now even the current beta. It never happened prior to Catalina. I have recurring reminders at 7:00 AM every day for when I wake up, and it lights up my external display every morning. What's worse, if I have my Apple Watch on and a reminder notification comes through on the Mac, when the screen wakes up it also unlocks. I'm at a loss, unless this is just a Catalina bug that will have to be fixed eventually.


texts: I can't change my background image in Finder! I keep dragging the image over, but it just doesn't seem to work, and I don't really know why. It's just a regular JPEG, but the same thing happens with a PNG. What can I do to fix it? You can see a GIF that shows what happens here.


texts: I'm using OSX 10.10 and its showing movies 4.03 GB in About This Mac>Storage. I don't have any movies in my mac. I tried to check all my files one by one but i can't find it. How to clear this occupied storage. Any idea ?


texts: How can I change iOS “me” setting permanently?

texts: The “me” setting in Contacts is associated with my wife’s contact entry rather than mine. I follow the steps to change “me” to my contact entry and it seems to work until the next day when it changes back to my wife. I have iPhone XS Max running iOS 12.1.2


texts: Contact Cards disappear while I create them

texts: I have used "Contacts" for years. But now when I try to add cards, they disappear as I am filling them out. Using OS 10.13.2 on Macbook Pro.


texts: I asked Siri to turn on the flashlight but she answered "Sorry but I'm not able to do that". Is there any way to enable Siri to turn on the flashlight? I use an iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 8.1.


texts: APFS vs Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Time Machine Backup on external HDD

texts: Which one between APFS and Mac OS Extended (Journaled) performs better as partition store type for Time Machine backup in an external HDD (Magnetic Storage over USB connectivity)?


texts: Mail.app doesn't load new emails because is synchronizing a deleted email with large attachment

texts:
I created a new message in Mail with some pictures attached. When I noticed it was more than 10 MB, I didn't send it and deleted the draft. But my settings included "synchronize drafts with server", which I turned off now. Mail.app apparently tries to load the message again and again, and it appears in a local folder (recovered mails) even after I deleted it several times. Meanwhile there are four duplicates of the message with about 45 MB worth of attachments in this local folder.

The worst thing about it: Mail does not get new incoming emails.

What can I do about it?

OS X 10.7.3 and Mail Version 5.2


texts: Time tracking across devices with tagging

texts:
I'm looking for a quality time-tracking app/system.  Here are the features I need:

Works on both OS X and iOS with syncing (iCloud or Dropbox preferred)
Includes tag/label system to allow for filtered analysis

Most of the apps I've tried don't meet one or both of these criteria.  I have no use for billing features, so those are of no concern to me.

My environment is such that I work on many similar projects across multiple buildings.  I also attend meetings with people from different buildings and departments, often in multiple configurations.  I want to be able to drill down and see how much time I am devoting to each project, each building, each department, each staff member, and so on.  The only way I can think this might work is with tags.  Projects alone don't allow this.


texts: How to return to camera when looking at Albums?

texts:
I've noticed that in iOS 8 (I think in 7 too), you can't seem to get back to the camera to take another picture, when looking at albums/photos.

For example:

Launch camera
Tap small photo icon in lower left corner to view latest photos taken
Tap All Photos in upper left
Now you can't get back to camera to take another photo

The only way to return seems to be to click Home to return to the home screen, then launch the camera app again.  Is this so?  Is there no simpler way to just get back into the camera mode you were just in?


texts: Recently my apartment was burglarized and my employer's iPad that I was borrowing was stolen from my apartment. I'm located in the US. My employer didn't setup Find My iPad. I used the iPad a few times to view web sites in Safari on my network and connect it to my computer to update it to iOS 6. I've reported the burglary to the police. I have the iPad's serial number and the device backup in iTunes. Instead of waiting around, is there anything I can do to find the stolen iPad?


texts: How to restore default folders for Desktop, Downloads and Documents?

texts:
I deleted the "Desktop", "Documents" and "Downloads" folders and emptied the Trash.
I don't need to restore the contents of these folders because everything is already backed up on my external drive, but now the folder themselves are not appearing or able to be added/restored. Nothing can be added to the Desktop, nothing can be downloaded because I've deleted these folders.
How can I restore or create these deleted folders?


texts:
Recently, Google updated the YouTube App for Apple TV, revamping the whole UI. Because I love watching ads Because the new version has all content accessible and an improved UI, I would like to upgrade to it.

However, my Apple TV has not automatically updated the channel. I did get the other channels which came out around the same time as this YouTube update.

I've tried rebooting the Apple TV (soft and hard) as well as checking System > General > Software Updates, but no luck.

Is there another way to force an update? Or, is perhaps the update itself limited to Apple TV 3? I would like to know either way before I go through the hassle of a firmware re-install...


texts: Can I change the location of the iTunes iPod Photo Cache folder?

texts: I want to sync photos on my Windows desktop with my iPad but when I set iTunes to Sync Photos from the My Pictures folder, iTunes creates an iPod Photo Cache folder (which is about the size of My Pictures folder which is 6 GB).  Letting iTunes create the folder is not the issue but I am syncing the "My Pictures" folder with my laptop and other computers and I do not want to have the iPod Photo Cache folder to also sync across my other computers.  Is there a way to change the location of where iTunes will put the iPod Photo Cache folder?  I did not see a setting in iTunes for it.


texts:
Basicaly my problem is, that when i mouse over some text, the default "text-selection" cursor appears. But the mouse pointer (arrow) is still present and i can see two cursors.

What could be causing this? It seems to happen when i "lock" my mac with the login window and then logging in.

Help?

I'm using OSX 10.9.3 on a late 2013 13" macbook pro with retina display and two atached monitors (one on a thunderbolt->DVI connection and another connected via the HDMI out)


texts: Why can't I open the Creative Cloud folder in terminal

texts: I am new to the terminal but find the ability to navigate folders quite handy, so I wanted to cd into the Creative Cloud Files folder but for some reason it doesn't seem to be working do you know what may be the cause here?


texts: Switching between open pdfs in Preview without losing your place

texts: If I have multiple PDFs open in preview, as shown with the "table of contents" sidebar, if I click on one of the other documents and then return to the current document, it returns me to page 1 instead of the page I'm on (in this case, page 9). Is there any way to have preview return me to the page I'm on?


texts: 2013 Macbook Air can't get past grey screen

texts:
We were camping, I was trying to pull up a movie and it froze. It was completely unresponsive, I didn't see the kernel panic message but I forced a restart by holding down the power button.
On booting again, it went straight to the "prohibitory symbol." I forced another restart, and since then, the screen has just been grey. No Apple logo, nothing.
After 30-45 minutes, I get the flashing question mark folder.
I have reset the SMC and NVRAM. Resetting the NVRAM seems to work, it does the startup chime, the screen flashes, and then shortly after it chimes again. It didn't help.
I can't boot into recovery ⌘ CommandR., Internet recovery ⌘ Command⌥ OptionR, or diagnostics D. Safe mode ⇧ Shift
and single-user mode ⌘ Commands didn't work either.
I have tried booting off of a Lubuntu flash drive ⌥ Option and a SliTaz live CD via a USB CD drive C; neither of  those did anything either. If I leave it for a while, the flash drive will start blinking and the CD spins up, but the computer is still grey and unresponsive. I have a Mac at work, so I might try creating a bootable flash drive from that once I go back.
I've ordered one of their cursed pentalobe screwdrivers; does anyone know if this machine has diagnostic LEDs like the older iMacs? I'm thinking it's definitely a hardware issue at this point but I don't know how to move forward, I figure I can at least recover the SSD.
Thanks in advance, let me know if you need any other details. I haven't seen anything like this before.
I think it was running 10.8 or 10.9 but I don't know for sure, I haven't really used it in a couple years. Model is A1466, EMC 2632.


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I have been using my MBP (13" mid-2009 running OSX 10.9.5) in clamshell mode with an external monitor connected via minidisplay port, Apple wireless keyboard, and magic mouse for a couple of months. Starting a few weeks ago the mouse would not recognize left clicks anymore and remain stuck on a random spot on the screen with a left click when I close the MBP and try to work in clamshell mode. It still tracks, so that when I move the mouse it highlights from where it got stuck. Also right clicks still work; but obviously they are no use without being able to left click. Also, the keyboard works without any issues.

This problem disappears when I open the lid minimally without waking the MBP monitor. This workaround was suggested here. Similar fixes that people have suggested such as removing any plugged-in USB devices do not apply because there isn't anything plugged in besides the MDP and the magsafe connector.

Additionally, I believe that it's not a hardware issue because it worked previously, i.e. an external bluetooth dongle or wrapping aluminum foil around the MDP should not be required.

Any suggestions or fixes?

Thanks!


texts: Is there an actual file where the data is stored while I have something in my clipboard?


texts: Can one influence Mac OS X's / Darwin's filesystem caching behaviour?

texts:
I have the following problem: When I run processes that consume a lot of memory, Mac OS X seems to refuse to release a large portion of the filesystem cache:

In fact, instead of letting go of the ~ 30 GB of inactive memory, it prefers to swap 45 GB (which were rising at the point in time captured in the picture).

Running purge freed a large portion of that memory, leading to ~ 15 GB of free memory and Mac OS X finally stopping to bug me with that really useless OOM dialog asking me to quit one of my GUI applications…

Is there any way the kernel can be instructed to be less insisting when it comes to caching file I/O?


texts:
I use an openvpn client to a private server.

However, when I run pfctl -e -f /etc/pf.conf I have the following error that i can't fix on line 20 referring to antispoofing. If I remove the antispoofing line, it works.

Any ideas?

My config is as follows:

# Options
set block-policy drop
set fingerprints "/etc/pf.os"
set ruleset-optimization basic
set skip on lo0

# Interfaces
vpn_intf = "{ utun0 utun1 utun2 utun3 }"

# Ports
allowed_vpn_ports = "{ 1:65535 }"

# Table with allowed IPs
table <allowed_vpn_ips> persist file "/etc/pf.anchors/vpn.list" file "/etc/pf.anchors/custom.list"

# Block all outgoing packets
block out all

# Antispoof protection
antispoof for $vpn_intf inet

# Allow outgoing packets to specified IPs only
pass out proto icmp from any to <allowed_vpn_ips>
pass out proto {tcp udp} from any to <allowed_vpn_ips> port $allowed_vpn_ports

# Allow traffic for VPN interfaces
pass out on $vpn_intf all

This is the error that i receive.

pfctl: Use of -f option, could result in flushing of rules
present in the main ruleset added by the system at startup.
See /etc/pf.conf for further details.

No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
/etc/pf.anchors/org.vpnonly.pf.rules:20: rule expands to no valid combination
pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded
pfctl: load anchors

This is in Sierra 10.12.1.


texts: iPhone opens applications or makes a call on its own

texts: I have an iPhone 4s and when I am at work and it is charging (a generic charger) it will (intermittently) open applications that are on it or makes a phone call to a contact, usually the top number in the recent calls list.  This is all without anyone touching it or instigating the action.  Has anyone else ever experienced this?


texts:
I would like to assign a complete block to my Mac as described in this question: Can I bind a (large) block of addresses to an interface?

There it is explained that AnyIP is supported for IPv6 by the Linux Kernel and how to configure it on your device, but the command being used is ip, which seems not available on macOS. If this technique is supported on macOS, what is the command to achieve the same?

PS. I know how to add a single IPv6 to an interface using the command ifconfig -r -L en1 inet6 fe80::2/64 alias


texts: Before the introduction of CarPlay, what was the name of the specifications that allowed older iOS devices to be connected to a car's audio system?

texts: Before the introduction of CarPlay in 2014, many older car models allowed iOS devices to be directly connected to them via the old-style 30 pin to Dock connector. Out of interest, was there an official name for the specifications that car manufacturers had to follow at the time to integrate this functionality into their car's audio system?


texts: Can I make Safari under iPad save passwords?

texts:
Is there a way I can make Safari on my iPad 2 save passwords or auto-fill forms.
for example, I want it to save the user/password for my wifi router so I can access it easily without typing the user/password each time I access it.

(I am using the latest firmware on an non-jailbroken iPad 2)


texts:
I would like to change the path that my desktop shows so instead of having a bunch of files that are in my desktop folder it shows the files in another folder. My desktop folder has files in it, so deleting that and symlinking the other folder won't work.

How can I change the folder the desktop displays?


texts: Finder shows sizes greyed out and folders empty

texts:
In Lion, Finder shows sizes greyed out and when I open folders, they seem empty.

Upon "Get Info": they also look full with normal sized files.

WHy? How do I fix this?


texts: Why is my Siri getting activated in between conversation

texts: Recently Siri on my iPhone 7 latest iOS is getting activated, if I am speaking loudly e.g calling someone from first floor. It usually get activated when I call my son or my wife. This is creepy and I have privacy concern.Why is it happening and What should I do


texts: How do I fix Notification Centre? It is blank in "Recents" mode

texts:
Within the last two weeks, the right tab in Notification Centre ("Notifications)" became completely blank, without warning, and with no apparent trigger. The sort order mode is "Recents".

How can this be fixed?

I have tried to restart the Macbook in question, and Notification Centre itself using Activity Monitor.

(Mac OS X Version 10.11.6 (15G31))


texts: Transfering music from external hard drive to iphone (without copying to disk)

texts:
I have a large collection of mp3s (a backup of my old itunes from another computer) and I want to copy this to my new IPhone.

Trouble is that my Mac is almost out of HD space, so I somehow want to copy the music directly from the external disk to the iPhone. I assume I can't do that from iTunes? Any ideas?


texts: Opening a specific page on Mac Preview from Terminal

texts: How I can modify the open filename.pdf command so that I can open a desired page number directly without having to scroll down.


texts: What are the under-documented differences between iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X?

texts: Besides the differences called out by Apple's comparison site such as price, display type and size, telephone camera, TrueDepth Camera, and Animoji, what are the differences between iPhone 8 and iPhone X?


texts: Logitech C920 - Follow my face support for OSX 10.14

texts: I have had a Logitech C920 sitting on my shelf for over a year now and I just unpacked it to try it out.  I thought I would try the Follow My Face feature out because I noticed it working on other users (Windows) systems during some Skype meetings.  I am running OSx 10.14.6 and I installed the latest Logitech Camera Settings version 2.6.2. I opened Camera Settings up to find that Follow My Face doesn't seem to be supported.  Any suggestions (Maybe another application?) to get that feature working for Skype and Facetime?


texts: How do I uninstall the macOS Sierra Installer?

texts: My macOS Sierra Installer isn't working, so I'd like to uninstall it in order to reinstall it later. The only problem is that I can't delete it directly because I don't have admin privileges on this computer. (I've also tried rm -r filename in Terminal.) How could I uninstall the installer without directly deleting it?


texts: Where to buy the Logitech crayon for educational iPad use?

texts:
I bought the new 2018 iPad for my son and I want to buy the crayon as well.

Except that it's not available anywhere I’ve searched (Apple and Amazon) and the blogs say its only available via schools:

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/logitech-crayon-ipad-stylus-17-05-2018/

It’s not clear to me how can I buy this beautiful gadget. So should I send a note to my son's elementary school?


texts: Prevent non-jailbroken iOS device from sleeping when plugged in to charger

texts:
I have a non-jailbroken iPhone running iOS 8.

I'd like to automatically have the device never auto-lock / sleep when it is plugged into power, but auto-lock after a set idle interval when not plugged in.

Is there a way to do this without jailbreaking the device?


texts: AppleScript gives no permission error trying to open file, but the file can be opened manually

texts:
I am getting the following error when attempting to access several files in an AppleScript. However, I can open these files manually without issue.

  The document [filename] could not be opened. You don't have permission.

I have attempted the following:

Manually modified permission via File → Get Info
Used Disk Utility to "Verify" and "Repair Permissions"
Rebooted in recovery mode to reset home directory permissions and acls

I continue to have the problem.

To add further frustration, the files do not consistently report the error. Sometimes I will get the error on a file when I run the script, but not the next time!

Why might I be receiving this permissions error, and how else might I address it?

AppleScript below, if it helps:

-- prompt for source directory
set srcDirectory to (choose folder)

-- get list of all files in source directory
set allFiles to (list folder srcDirectory without invisibles)

tell application "OmniGraffle"
    -- create a new document
    set newDocument to (make new document with properties {template:"Single Pixel Grid"})

    -- added for debug purposes
    delay 5

    -- get a reference to the first layer
    set destinationLayer to first layer in first canvas of newDocument

    -- step through each of the file
    repeat with currentFile in allFiles
        -- get a reference to the next file
        set srcFileString to (srcDirectory as string) & currentFile
        set srcFileRef to (open srcFileString)

        -- get a reference to the icon
        set srcGraphic to first graphic in first layer in first canvas of srcFileRef

        -- flip the icon (they're all upside down)
        flip srcGraphic over vertically

        -- copy the updated source to destination canvas
        duplicate srcGraphic to destinationLayer

        -- close the source file
        close srcFileRef saving no

        -- added for debug purposes
        delay 5
    end repeat

end tell


texts: Is there any way to search image by image in Mac finder?

texts:
Mac version is OS X EI Capitan
What I want is just the same like google image Search by image service but the search region is a specific folder of my Mac disk.


texts: Is there a way to convert dimensions to inches in OS X?

texts: When I Get Info on a pdf or an image it gives me the dimensions in points, which is great. I need to know how big an image would be, at full size, in inches. Is there somewhere in OS X where that info is available? I found this question where you can get that info via Preview, but having to open each file is painful.


texts: Multiple macs self-assigned IP on ethernet (wifi okay though)

texts:
I have a small CAT-6 ethernet network featuring a Cisco 18-port switch and an Asus router acting as DHCP server.

Various devices connected to the switch (e.g. printer, NAS) connect to the DHCP server successfully to receive addresses in the 192.168.1.* range.  My Macbook Pro and Mac mini also connect over wifi to the router to receive DHCP addresses in the same range.

The Macbook and the Mac Mini (both latest Mavericks) fail to connect via the switch when using ethernet and end up with self-assigned 169...* addresses. With the Macbook Pro I've tried this with three different USB to ethernet dongles, including an Apple model. Setting the ethernet parameters manually doesn't seem to help access the switch either.

This makes me think there's some configuration with ethernet under Mavericks that doesn't match my setup with the 192.168.1.* range?  I'm assuming the Cisco switch is not the problem as other devices seem to connect through it fine.

Can someone give me a hint as how to work out what's going on?  Does Mavericks always try and look for DHCP servers in the 10.0.0.* range instead?

Thanks,

Stu


texts: Click app in dock to show open instances

texts:
Coming from a windows machine here. Is there any way that when you click on an app in the dock that is running, it would show the open instances? For example if I have multiple chrome browsers open.

Currently, you have to right click on an app item and that pulls up a menu with a very hard to read list. Is there some way to show larger information? Or show all the instances of the app?

Maybe this would require some custom dock plugin? Not sure.


texts: How to fix JRELoadError on macOS 10.15.4 Catalina?

texts:
When I download or brew-cask-install JOSM, jEdit (and propably any other java app) and run it, I get JRELoadError.

I have:

$ java -version
openjdk version "14" 2020-03-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 14+36-1461)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14+36-1461, mixed mode, sharing)

How to fix that error?


texts: How can I launch an Automator workflow upon import in iPhoto?

texts:
I use iPhoto to import images from my iDevices and the photos go to the iPhoto library folder.
When I import from my DSLR, I place photos in a folder I organize myself by date and events.
I would like to automatically copy the imported photos in iPhoto to my folder so that all my photos can be found in the same place.
Is is possible to launch an automator workflow upon import in order to perform this task?


texts: Why is the Onenote app completely hanging?

texts:
I have been using Onenote for some time and quite enjoyed it. Although now, I am faced with a strange problem. Onenote is refusing to respond to the right side of the keyboard. It's not one of those bugs that I can work around either. It's becoming very difficult to use.

Please help me.


texts: Can I use MacBook UDID registration for testing of iPhone application?

texts:
I am not having any iPhone ,I have MacBook and have my developer account.

For archiving the app developed for iPhone I need to have provisioning profile, can it be done by using registering MacBook with it's UDID or not?

if not then what is the solution for the same?

One more question how many Apple devices can be registered in a developer account?


texts:
I believe this is either something wrong with the iMac or something on the network I've yet to discover. I'll give as much detail as I know.

A friend has a rather simple network at home, a Comcast modem/router combo, DHCP and router functions come from this. An Airport Extrememe plugged into it and set to bridge mode, this is used for WiFi, which every device in the house is on, nothing is through ethernet and nothing is connected to the WiFi from the Comcast modem/router.

They have an iMac, a Windows laptop, an Epson printer and an HP printer. The iMac is supposed to print to the Espon printer.

The iMac can see the printer and add it through the Bonjour service just fine, it will occasionally even be able to print to it. However lately it stopped being able to print to it, it can ping it, navigate to the web interface, if you remove it from printers you can see it there to add it back. The printer is setup on the same WiFi network and we have attempted troubleshooting both with the printer on DHCP as well as with a static IP (Although I don't know enough about Bonjour to know if that is even a factor - I believe not).

When you try and print it says "Look for printer" this message never goes away. He got fed up and tossed the printer assuming it was broken, went out and bought the exact same model again, same exact issues.

No other devices in the house have issues, they can communicate just fine so I don't think there is an IP conflict or some second router hidden somewhere handing out IP addresses, but I haven't ruled that out - they don't know much about there home setup, they didn't even know they had an Airport Extreme, I found it under the bed plugged in after I noticed the SSID on their modem/router was different from what they were connecting to.

I made sure his OS was up to date (Currently 10.12.12 as of today) on the iMac as well. The Windows laptop doesn't ever use the Epson printer, but I could test using it if it would assist in troubleshooting.


texts: How to enable “middle” click of Apple's Magic Mouse?

texts:
Recently I bought a Magic Mouse from Apple & I want to enable the middle click to use it  in some apps like Chrome, Safari etc.

The native configuration include only left and right click, but is there any way to enable the middle click?

Thanks in advance.


texts:
I'm thinking of getting an Apple TV and streaming BBC iPlayer to it via my 2009 MacBook Pro. So:

Is it possible?
What is the quality like on ATV content? Does it break up or buffer continuously or is it more or less like watching TV?
Another solution I am thinking of is to hook up the MacBook Pro to the TV without ATV but using an HDMI (?) cable. Is this going to be good quality? Is it a viable option? Worse than Airplay?


texts: Why is the Network Link Conditioner preference pane crashing as soon as I turn it on?

texts:
I am trying to use the Network Link Conditioner preference pane included with the Hardware IO tools in the developer tools to throttle Internet speeds. I can open and load the preference pane, but as soon as I try to turn it on, System Preferences crashes.

Why is this happening and how can I fix it? I have a 13" MacBook Pro with a 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 running OS 10.7.3.
Here's the log entry for the NLC crash:

5/10/12 9:31:39.150 AM [0x0-0x1c51c5].com.apple.systempreferences: NLCd : Bootstrap failure


texts: Can't install myEclipse on MacBook Pro with Yosemite

texts:
After updating to Yosemite, I find that I can't install myEclipse again.

  Installation error:insufficient memory,zero virtual memory.

I also tried the sysctl vm.swapusage command, the result is

  vm.swapusage: total = 0.00M  used = 0.00M  free = 0.00M  (encrypted)`

Does anyone know the solution?


texts: How can I sync my entire home directory between my MacBook Pro to my Mac Pro

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What is the best option to keep Laptop and Desktop user account in Sync?

I take my MacBook Pro with me to work and meetings. I do most of my design and development work on the Mac Pro. I currently use Google Drive and sync my documents and other things to the cloud.

However, how can I get my applications and entire home directory to sync as well, with or without the use of Google Drive? Is rsync an option to move all of /Applications and ~?

I am running the latest version of OS X Lion.

My MacBook Pro connects via Gigabit Ethernet every night to run a Time Machine backup to my SAN array.


texts:
My iPhone still isn't offering me the option to update to iOS 11. Why is this? What can I do to let me update?
I have no clue what to try next any sugustions?


texts: How to change the "Recovery HD" partition to type "Apple_Boot"?

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Typing in the terminal diskutil list gives me this...

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             629.1 MB   disk0s3

I try to change disk0s3 to type "Apple_Boot", by using...

sudo asr adjust --target /dev/disk0s3 -settype "Apple_Boot"

But I keep getting the error...

asr: Volume adjustment failed: Operation not permitted

The partition isn't mounted. I have also tried the command as superuser.


texts: Numbers version 5.3(5989). How to Calculate Duration by comparing two cells formatted as datetime?

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Column A has been formatted in the “datetime” format. Date and time from my glucose meter were entered into Column A and displays as in the default option I selected. Column D is the glucose readings and is not an issue in this question. (Datetime format displays as “1/5/2019 1805”). Also Column A has been sorted in ascending order and verified.
Column B is formatted as “duration”.
What is the function (formula) to compute the interval between successive dates & times in Column A?
Every attempt I have made results in “number was expected”.


texts: reFind boot options does not show after installation of Ubuntu 16.04 Server LTS

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My Base OS is Sierra 10.12.5
Model MacBook Pro Mid-2014 Model
Model ID: 11,3

I have encountered an issue with reFind after installing Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS.  It seems that the boot options doesn't appear anymore and it automatically boots the Ubuntu OS.  The only way I can go back to my base OS is pressing the ALT key after rebooting it and before the chime sounds.  Anybody knows what I need to do with reFind or what commands to issue on the MacOS terminal in order to show the reFind boot options again?

Thanks,


texts: iPod Nano 6th Generation stuck power button

texts: I heard that you can start the iPod Nano using the volume keys in lieu of the stuck power key. Is this true? Any other way around the stuck power button?


texts: How to change default app to open magnet:// link without using a third-party UI app?

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How to change default app to open magnet:// link without using a third-party app?

I knew I maybe could use RCDefaultApp to do it but I am trying to figure out how to do it without installation of another app. Thanks a lot.


texts: I have a court case and have text messages on my iPhone I need to transfer to my iPad email for evidence.  Every time I try it doesn't work, it will send them to my iMessage but not my email.  I need to print them out How do I do this?


texts: Music App crashes frequently under iOS 5.0.1

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I'm running iOS 5.0.1, no jailbreaks, customizations etc.

Last night I synced some of my music (I manually manage my videos and music). Probably transferred about 5.8 GBs of music.

This morning, I try to open up the native music app to listen; it doesn't load a single list view, just crashes. I get to work and plug in my iPod and iTunes is able to read and play all my files, so it seems that the music app is the problem.

I'm wondering if anyone else had this problem or a potential fix that does not involve wiping all of my music off my iPod.


texts: Does iBooks sync metadata across devices via iCloud?

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Just updated to using the new iCloud-enabled iBooks for PDFs, etc. On my Macbook, I've also gone and fixed the metadata for all of the books, but it doesn't appear to sync that updated metadata to my iPhone (which is also iCloud-enabled for iBooks). Here's a screenshot from the Mac app:

But on the iPhone, I'm still missing authors, categories are incorrect, etc. Not sure if metadata simply syncs locally and this is a non-issue, or if something odd is going on w/ my devices. Thanks!


texts: Applescript for Mail.app to transfer mail between IMAP-accounts in a stable way?

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I have just spent a few hours with Thunderbird trying to transfer 500 mails from one GMail-account to another and it is completely unreliable (well, it fails reliably). Now I am looking for an alternative solution and one idea I have is a script for Mail.app that transfers one message at the time and verifies that the transfer was successful before it continues.
Does such a script exists? Does Mail.app's Applescript dictionary support this type of operation?
Ideally, the script would COPY a message from account A to account B, verify the transfer and finally mark the original message in some way (label, move it to another mailbox on A called "Successfully transferred messages" or something like that).


texts: how do I create a resource (room) in Exchange so it can be viewed like a calendar using iCal/Calendar?

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We use Exchange 2010 and a mix of Macs and Windows PCs. However we are 75% or more Mac users. Most using Macs use iCal/Calendar and not Outlook.

We can create a resource/room that shows up in the location option when creating a new event. That works just fine. However we would like to be able to view this as a daily/weekly/monthly view using iCal (10.7) or Calendar (10.8).

Is it possible to see all the booked times for a given period (daily, weekly, monthly view like in a personal calendar)? Right now we have to create an event, add the room as the location, add an invitee and then look at the 'show availability' option to see times. It only shows one day at a time and requires you scroll through day after day to see a particular day.

Reason we would like this is we use the room for meetings, but visitors use it for internet, reading, etc. We would like our admin to be able to quickly look up the rooms availability for the day to let them know if/when it is open.


texts: Yosemite turns on "reduce transparency" at every login or wake after battery failure

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Recently, I was using my rMBP on battery power, with about 20%-30% remaining battery, according to the battery indicator. It suddenly shut off, and would not power on (not even showing the "battery low" screen) until I plugged in. After starting back up again, Yosemite now keeps enabling the "reduce transparency" option when I log in or lock the computer.

A SMC and NVRAM reset was done, and I also tried repaired the filesystem and file permissions. Both actions did not help.


texts: iPhone 7 screen is frozen on the shutdown screen

texts: my screen is frozen on the slide to power off screen and it won't let me get out of it. I've tried holding down the home button and the lock button for a long time and it hasn't worked. I've also tried using siri and haven't gotten anywhere. I plugged in my phone as well and that didn't do anything either. I have an iPhone 7


texts: Startup Disk is full but can't do Dropbox

texts: My Mac says that the Startup Disk is full. I know I have way too many pictures in Photos so I got a huge Dropbox subscription to add pics before deleting from my hard drive to free up space. However, now it won't let me download pics since there is not enough free space on the hard drive to do it, so I'm caught in a Catch 22. My ultimate goal is to put pics in Dropbox and external hard drive and delete from computer so that I can have a place to access them when I need them.


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I know rm -rf is a force deletion on everything in a given directory. But I don’t understand what rm -rf $(!!) will do on the command line.

How can I look up this syntax or understand what it will do?


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I'm a bit new to SSH and it's technique, but used it to connect to websites on my old MacBook. Since I now have a new one, I want to use the same key if thats possible.
I saved the (ssh-rsa) key in 1Password.Now I want to overwrite the default "id_rsa" file if that's possible, so my connection is working again. Is this possible and how can I encrypt this key and replace the current key in the id_rsa file?

Thanks!


texts: Multiple remote logins from Windows clients to a Mac mini server

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I would like to share a Mac mini (currently running Mac OS X Server 10.6.8) allowing coworkers running Windows XP on their boxes to perform a remote login using their username/password. They should each get a session of their own in which they can use MacOS without interfering with other users.

As far as I know the usual remote desktop sharing mechanisms like VNC only share the desktop of the user that is currently logged in.

Is that scenario possible?

Thanks for your help!


texts: In Safari on my iMac there are tabs open for just about every website I been for along time. I keep closing them individually, but more keep appearing. I have recently upgraded to Maverick


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Since upgrading to iOS 13 and macOS 10.15, one can only set temperatures in an integer number of degrees, which works fine for Fahrenheit, but isn't fine for Celsius. iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 permitted half-degree values when using Celsius and integer degrees in Fahrenheit.

Aside from creating/editing scenes with explicit temperatures on a Mac running 10.14, does anyone have a suggestion for a solution?


texts: Feasibility of swapping two MacBook Pros (both hard drive and RAM)?

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I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro, and my sister has a mid-2012. I've already seen the suggested duplicate possibilities that say that just swapping the hard drives shouldn't be problematic, but I've got another layer: I've got 10GB of RAM, an eBay-bought 8GB module and one of the OEM 2GB modules, that I'd very much like to keep.

Wikipedia says the two generations have different RAM specs - the early 2011 has "1333 MHz PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM, Voltage 1.5V" and the mid-2012 has "1600 MHz PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM, Voltage 1.35V." I'm going to take an educated guess that mixing frequencies/voltages won't end well, but what if I swapped the pairs of RAM modules? As in, what would happen if I were to put 10GB of RAM designed for early 2011 into mid-2012 and 4GB of RAM designed for mid-2012 into early 2011?


texts: Newly Installed App (gem) Via Terminal, Path?

texts: I have used sudo gem install to install a few gems. My question is how do I know where the executable was installed, so I can add it to the path in .bash_profile?


texts: Windows 10 and High Sierra upgrade problems

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This is more weird than most things.

I have an iMac 2009 and had Windows 10 installed alongside macOS 10.12.6, I ran all the updates and then tried to apply High Sierra.

It fails with "firmware error" which is connected to the EFI/UEFI and Windows 10.

Only macOS boots, so that is fine for now.

I want to reinstall Windows 10 but do not have the activation key, where might it be stored on my iMac?

There are photo's etc on Windows 10 partition that I can access using a DVD with KNOPPIX on.  It will mount the partition read only, and before I delete or damage anything I would like to extract the Windows 10 activation key from a non working Windows 10 install.

As macOS is POSIX compliant would (I thought I would ask first) this work?

And to get the actual key

sudo cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM | strings | tail -n 1

Any help or suggestions please.


texts: Caffeine taking up 2.88GB virtual memory

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Caffeine is a small program. Why is it taking up so much virtual memory or am I reading this wrong?

Edit: persists across application and os restarts


texts: Audio from apple tv to google home out of sync

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I have connected my google home mini via Bluetooth to my Apple TV so I can stream the audio to the google home mini.

The problem is, that the audio is out of sync (~50ms).

I have tried to use the Wireless Audio Sync function on Apple TV under settings -> Video and Audio, but that doesn't work as the audio is per default played through the speaker of my TV (and not via Bluetooth).

  The tone will always play from your TV speakers even if you set your audio output to AirPlay.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210526


texts: Is there a virtualization program that will let me run a Linux vm and use a whole disk in a supported way?

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I'd like to run a linux VM that let's me treat a disk exactly the same way a real Linux installation would - i.e.: I want to use it to prep disks that will then be transferred to and used on Linux boxes, so I want the entire disk formatted with ext4 partitions.

I've checked out Virtualbox, VMWare Fusion, and Parallels. Virtualbox and VMWare Fusion (5) seem to have some limited full disk support, but in a way that seems risky, fragile, and not recommended. (And possibly likely to accidentally overwrite data on the host drives if one is not extremely careful.) I couldn't find any info about how to do this with Parallels (8).

Additionally, the ext2/3 support in OSXFUSE seems relatively unstable for production use.

Is there a reliable way to do this?


texts:
Where do I find my "AppleUSBFTDI.kext" in my system?

I am trying to load a different a FTDI VPC driver to use with my Lenz USB 23151 for use with my Macintosh (a late 2015 iMac 21.5" with a 10.13 Beta).

I am told to remove it in order to load a FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_4_2.dmg


texts: How do you add books to the Kindle app for iOS?

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I might be overlooking something very obvious here but I cannot see any of the books I add to the Kindle app. Listed below are the steps I follow to add the books.

1. Connect the iPod Touch to my Windows computer and start iTunes.
2. On iTunes, go to the Apps Section of iPod Touch.
3. Using the new file transfer system with the iOS 4 (see screenshot), add the PDF and epub file type.

-And voila, that should have done it.
-But when I check the Kindle app on the iPod Touch, it only has the three default books it came with when I downloaded the app. (See screenshot below screenshot)

I'm sure this is some error on my part but can't figure out what.


texts: Multiple Words Search in a single PDF with Mac

texts: I am looking for any software for Mac (free or not) that is capable to use boolean operator in search (within PDF). To be more precise I would like a software where if I put “apple OR orange OR banana” in search field, I would like to see every occurrence of only the word “apple” and “orange” and “banana” in search results, all together, instead of doing the search for each word. It is similar to the advanced search PDF-XChange Viewer on Windows. Preview app can handle that but it is not reliable. Could you help me?


texts: Apple magic trackpad 2 not recognized by mac

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I have tried the following:

Connected to computer with usb-c to usb-a charging cable.

Charged Trackpad overnight while power is on and while power is off.

Reset the bluetooth

Removed all Bluetooth Devices

Reset PRAM

Tried to add to a MacMini

Nothing works.


texts: How many external displays can I power with the 15" retina MacBook Pro?

texts: I have three 24" (1920x1200) Dells that I would like to use on a single setup. With the 15" retina MacBook Pro having two Thunderbolt ports and one HDMI connector, would it be possible to connect them all up in addition to the built-in display?


texts: Can't switch to full screen apps or evoke Mission Control after sleep

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Occasionally when I am working and put my MacBook to sleep, when I wake it up again, I am unable to switch to apps that I have had open in full screen. Similarly, if I open an app after sleep, switch to full screen mode and then command-tab to another application, I cannot return the full screen app.

Mission Control ceases to operate and gestures for switching (multi-finger swipes up to Exposé and to the side for screen switching) also fail.

The only fix I have found is a full restart.

My setup is as follows:

MacBook Pro 15" Retina Early 2013
2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB RAM
OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 (14E17e)
Built-in screen and external monitor
Apple Magic Trackpad (issue also present with built-in trackpad)

The issue presents itself sporadically and has been present for at least the last few Yosemite releases.

Any help would be very well received :-)


texts: Is there a way to control the Numa settings on my iMac?

texts: Is there a way to control the numa settings on the iMac (Core i7), OS X 10.7.3?  MacPorts doesn't have numactl and tbb/openmp are both slowing down since the memory is allocated incorrectly.


texts: Caller ID from iPad message shows "Home"

texts: When I send a text message from my iPad, which is synced to my iPhone, I see that the caller ID on the iPhone is "Home".  How can I ensure that text messages from my iPad show my name or phone number instead of home?


texts: Powering up a MacBook Air with non-functional keyboard

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I have a working MacBook Air (2015 model) with a non-functional keyboard.  Water was spilled on it accidentally which shorted everything out. A 3rd party local computer repair shop got the machine working again except the keyboard. Since then it's been used with a Logitech Wireless PC USB keyboard without any problem, putting it to sleep when done, and waking it up via the external keyboard. This has been working fine without any issue.

Recently the battery has completely drained out, effectively powering down the machine. Although the machine has been fully charged, it isn't responding to the Power button on the external keyboard.

What options do I have to make the machine boot again?


texts: Does adjusting the volume in iTunes alter audio quality?

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Will setting the volume adjustment to 100% change the quality of the song?

Furthermore, if I change the volume adjustment back to 0%, will any quality be lost?


texts: Will macOS High Sierra support my iMac's 500 GB SATA internal physical drive?

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macOS High Sierra will be released on 29.6

But, I have one issue Apple is introducing a new file system (Apple File System) which is for (Mac with all‑flash internal storage). Now as much as I know that I have a traditional Hard Drive the rotating one, so will macOS High Sierra covert my hard drive to the latest Apple File System


texts: Why Safari 10 bar search is so slow in Mac OS Sierra?

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It seems that one of the surprises with Safari 10 on Mac OS Sierra is that it takes ages to perform a search using the search bar (using Google as default search engine).

It takes on average even more than 5 seconds to open the new search tab with google results.

I would rule out a system issue because I reinstalled the entire OS from scratch less than a week ago. This issue didn't change at all.

The only extensions that I am using are 1Password, LastPas and 1Blocker.

I tried using the search on private mode and it seems to get the same slow results so it should not be related to extensions.

Can I make it 1 second? On Chrome it works well.


texts: MacBook Pro hard drive problems: Can it be hard drive cable?

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My MacBook Pro 2009, (13inch, snow leopard), does not boot into OsX. I also have bootcamp windows, and I can boot into windows with no problem.

I pressed the D key while starting and made a Apple Hardware Test. The result was recognition of the following problem: 4HDD/11/40000004:SATA(0,0)

I tried booting with OsX installation disks and formatting the HFS partition, but the HFS partition does not SHOW UP! It only shows my other partitions (FAT and NTFS).
It's strange, because my bootcamp windows can see and read from my HFS partition.

Do you think that my hard drive is failing? if so, why I can still read the HFS partition from windows?
Some one was suggesting that it might be a hard drive cable problem. Does anyone else have any information about it? CAN it be really a cable probelm after all? I mean I can still use it under windows with no problem, if the cable was faulty, would this be possible?

Thank you


texts: Access denied when creating a Python file?

texts:
I'm trying to compile a file using Python and I receive this message:

error: could not create '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tulip': Permission denied

Why is the permission denied? How can I fix this?


texts: AppStore problem with language of iOS Cordova apps always English and German

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I uploaded the past months several iOS apps made with Cordova and when they were published all shown in its app details that the languages are English and German but I want to display Spanish because the apps are oriented to the spanish market.

An image as example:

Is there a way to change this? Via Xcode or iTunes Connect...

Any help would be appreciated.


texts:
My MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008) lacks a FireWire or Thunderbolt port. So I must attach an external disk (Voyager) running over USB 2 to do a full backup (cloning disk with SuperDuper app). Not fast, hours and hours.

Any tips or techniques for helping this disk cloning go faster?


texts:
When I got my Mac Mini with 4GB RAM I thought it would be enough, since on my Windows machines I never hit past 3GB – but I was wrong. So I ordered 16GB of RAM, but one of the sticks was bad, so I have 8GB in one channel and 2GB in the other, totalling to 10GB RAM.

Normally this is more than enough to have a virtual machine open, whilst playing games and doing some heavy work at the same time. Today I finished recording a video and started to encode it on ScreenFlow when I realised it said it would take an hour! It normally takes a few minutes, so I opened up Activity Monitor and saw all of my RAM was being used!

I never saw that before – I only had ScreenFlow open by itself. After looking at the processes, I noticed there was nothing major hogging up the RAM, so what gives?

It's the first time this has happened! I saw a page out since putting the new RAM in as well. Why is everything so slow? This is my first Mac, so I hope I don't have to fiddle around with something like a registry or anything. I am willing to answer any questions and do any tests.


texts: Why is my iOS Development Certificate Team ID different from my real Team ID?

texts:
When I create an iOS Development Certificate using Xcode or the manual CSR process, the Team ID is something like (for e.g.) EK1H65HGFB, whereas my Team ID according to the Apple website is actually ECTE57HE5G. Creating a Distribution Certificate in Xcode works just fine and produces a certificate with a correct Team ID.

This discrepancy causes provisioning profiles to break because they expect a Development Certificate with my real Team ID.

Why does this happen and how can I fix this? Is this a problem with my Xcode configuration? (I have removed all it's settings and reinstalled it though.)


texts:
The following screen has popped up without any user interaction. Already twice in the afternoon.
I have been wrongly receiving SMSs from an Apple service provider telling me the part I ordered has been delivered. I've contacted the company to see if it might be them. I also use salt as a cellular carrier.

How can I trace or stop this?


texts: Slow speeds when moving data to an encrypted image. Method for speeding it up?

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With a new harddrive purchase I decided to encrypt it before moving all the data there.

I have followed some tutorial regarding encrypting the drive and have used disk utility to create and encrypted image on a 2TB Seagate hardrive, encrypted image is 1.8TB. When trying to move my data I realised that the speeds are horrendous and moving directly to the encrypted image is much slower than moving to the unencrypted part of the harddrive. Below is the comparison:

Here same files are copied to encrypted and unencrypted parts of the drive. Writing speed is about 18x slower for the encrypted part. I have seen in a related answer that a disk image encryption is much slower than the partition encryption. Hard drive is HDD, I have USB 3.0 port as well as cables for both drives.

Would speeds be much more favourable if the whole drive was encrypted?

What is the best way of encrypting a harddrive that will not affect the read/write speeds too much and will be mainly used with a macbook?

Thanks


texts: How to change the Equaliser settings of each and every song in my iTunes library all at once?

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I recently discovered that iTunes has support for Equaliser, but these option/setting is available if and only you click on the get album info button and set the Equaliser in the next window according to your needs, but this option is available if and only you click on a particular song, I mean you have to individually set the equaliser for each and every song in my iTunes library now it is not possible to change the equaliser setting of each and every song, I mean I have an iTunes library of 48 GB

So, I thought there might be a centralised option to change the Equaliser setting of each and every song all at once and guess what there is not such option in the preferences menu of iTunes!
Can anyone tell me how to change the Equaliser setting of each and every song at once!


texts: Share one calendar - keep other calendar local

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I would like to share a family calendar between my wife (Android phone) and me (iPhone) using a Google calendar.

Currently I don't store my personal calendar in the cloud but only locally on the iPhone. The family calender shall be a second calendar. Only this second calendar shall be synced through the cloud.

Now when adding the Google account at the iPhone it asks which data I want to sync (mail, notes, calendar). If I choose 'calendar' here will it also transfer my local iPhone calendar to the cloud (to Google)? Or will it only add the new Google calendar to my iPhone and sync only this calendar with my iPhone?

How can I ensure that my local iPhone calendar stays local and ONLY the family calendar gets synced?


texts: Why is the Recovery HD mounted when running Software Update?

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I have installed HardwareGrowler, which displays a notification every time something is being mounted/ejected, connected/disconnected, etc.

It tells me that at the start of when Software Update the Recovery HD is mounted and after something like 5 seconds it is ejected.

Is this because it needs to check the version of your Recovery HD, or is it used for something else?


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Is there a "good" way to crash OS X? I need it for testing particularities.

It needs to be good enough not to cause permanent/ unrecoverable damage to the OS and hardware. I know I can just pull-plug (force shutdown via power button), but it seems dangerous to the hardware if done often.

I'm thinking possibly an app that has a ≪Crash OS≫ button? Anyone know of such a thing?


texts: Extracting Data from a Broken Hard Drive

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I need to extract data from a Hard Drive of a 2011 MBP that usually won't boot because of a seemingly broken drive. The computer booted on some attempts, but it usually shows a gray question mark logo and holding CMD+R boots internet recovery.

The MBP can be booted through an external USB hard drive with a copy of OS X installed on it, but only the external drive does shows up in Disk Utility.

I think it can be concluded that the main hard drive is damaged. This can further be supported by the fact that the SATA/SATA Express tab in the system report shows Unknown under the first Intel 7 Series Chipset where the Hard Drive is meant to show up. Is there any way to extract data from this hard drive? Are there any special tools necessary? If so, then are they cheaper than bringing the laptop to the service shop?


texts: iPad connected to LG Ultrafine 4K Display

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The Apple support document for the LG Ultrafine 4K display states here that only newer Macs are supported.
https://support.apple.com/HT207447

I was wondering if it is possible to use a Lighting to USB 3.1 Type C cable to transfer video+audio to the LG display. This following entry for a specific cable on Amazon mentions:

also supports USB quick charging, and high performance video and audio transfer

https://www.amazon.com/USB-3-1-Type-JOTO-White/dp/B01540Q4FK

Has someone tested this and can someone confirm that this is (not) working?


texts: I installed Inkscape using brew cask install inkscape on OS X 10.11.6, and the XQuartz that came with it has a major problem: I can't type the number 0! The key is simply nonfunctional (you similarly can't type a closing parenthesis). I can't find any other questions that mention the number 0 being impossible to type. I've never changed any settings related to XQuartz.


texts: Will a factory unlocked French iPhone 4S work on Verizon in the US?

texts: I have a factory unlocked iPhone 4S that I bought in France. I am coming to visit in California. Will it work on the Verizon network?


texts: How can I scroll using my fingers when my iPad is being used as Sidecar?

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I can't scroll using finger touches. I can only scroll using my Mac's trackpad.
Seeing from their own guides, it should be allowed:

Use standard gestures on iPad: Use your fingers to tap, touch and hold, swipe, scroll, and zoom.

Is my understanding of the feature correct? Can anyone get this to work?
Does anyone if there's something else required to enable touches during Sidecar?


texts: Method to switch between group of groups of Mission Control Spaces?

texts:
I often find myself switching between multiple distinct tasks over the course of a day. For each of these distinct tasks, I have multiple Mission Control Spaces that I switch between.

For example, while I'm working on X, I might have an Excel window, then a PyCharm window, then a Finder window, then another Excel window. Then, when I'm working on Y, I might have an RStudio window, then a Chrome window, then a PyCharm window, then a Finder window.

Each of these is open to a very particular thing, and the order helps me cognitively by letting me maintain a model of "where things are physically".

My best solution so far is just to have lots and lots of Spaces, with task X being Spaces 1-4, and task Y being Spaces 5-8. The problem is that looking at Mission Control can then be incredibly confusing - so many windows, such small thumbnails. It's even worse when there's multiple monitors.

I would love to have a "meta-spaces" capability where I can switch between the Spaces for X and the Spaces for Y (and maybe also for Z, etc.). Ideally, this would be with a keyboard shortcut.


texts: Mix two audio tracks - stretch one to sync with other

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I have two music tracks of the exact same music (I have rights to it) but each is incomplete.  One is missing the start, the other is missing the end.

Both were recorded from the same source, except due to inconsistencies with the recording hardware at the time, one was recorded just slightly faster than the other and so the overlapping parts are at slightly different speeds and pitches - otherwise they are identical.

I want to merge them together, effectively overlap them, into one complete version of the song, but need to adjust the speed and pitch of one to match the other.  (Then I can simply line up the overlapping parts and fade one in and the other out to get the result - good enough).

Of course, computers can adjust pitch and speed independently by applying clever algorithms, etc. (although sometimes this results in some quality loss) - unlike say speeding up or slowing down an analog tape or record player where changing the speed changes the pitch as well. This "non-clever" analog-type outcome is fine - in fact preferred (to avoid that potential quality loss) - because knowing that the original source for both tracks is the same, getting the speed right this way should get the pitch right anyway, and vice versa.

What app, if any, on Mac can help me achieve this (stretch/shrink an entire track uniformly, both pitch and speed, to sync with another), and what functionality or steps or whatever do I need to understand to do it?

I've tried GarageBand, but if that can do it, I can't figure out how. I'm probably missing something.  Or perhaps GB isn't the app for this...?  Perhaps Logic Pro can do this, but this project isn't worth the cost of that app, and surely some free or inexpensive app can do just this (simple?) task?

Any advice/direction/help most welcome. Thanks!


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I have an iPod classic and tend to keep it plugged into a mains charger while playing music up to 4 hours a day.  Will doing this damage the battery?  Is it better to use all the battery power and then fully recharge it each time?  Perhaps somewhere inbetween the two options above?

And when the battery finally gives up the ghost, can I still use my iPod by plugging it into the mains charger and running it off the mains rather than the battery?

Thanks for any replies.


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I have a new iPod Touch, and an old(er) Mac.  To connect my iPod Touch to the internet at home, I set up my Mac to share its internet connection (ethernet) over wifi.

I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.8 on an Intel (Core 2 Duo) Mac.  For completeness, the "sharing" control panel says:

Share your connections from: Built-in Ethernet
To computers using: (X) Airport

and the Airport Options say:

Network Name: (some name)
Channel: Automatic
[X] Enable encryption (using WEP)
Password: (some 5-letter word)
Confirm password: (again)
WEP Key Length: 40-bit (more compatible)

I used this setup for a couple weeks with no problem at all.  A day or two ago, sometime in the afternoon, it got funny: the connection would work for a few seconds just fine, and then cut out for a few seconds, then come back, etc.  Sometimes I can sit here with my iPod and watch the network status icon at the top of the display come and go.

It's not a strength issue: I'm right next to it, and it always shows max bars in the iPod control panel.  It's not a WEP issue, because it accepts my password, and if I turn off WEP entirely it does the same thing.  If I'm in the iPod control panel, it always shows max signal strength for my network -- it just disconnects me regularly, and frequently.  (This is especially annoying if I go into an app like Safari, because it asks me to pick a network and retype my password every 10 seconds.)  It's not an iPod issue, because the wifi still works perfectly on all other wireless networks I use.

Has anyone seen this before?  I haven't tried rebooting yet because I have a ton of things open.  Is there some way to restart the networking subsystem on Mac OS that might help this?


texts: Is a "listen again" service available for Beats 1?

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As a non-subscriber to Apple Music, I can listen live to Beats 1 but sadly the show I want to listen to (Zane Lowe) is on at times I am never free (5pm/am)

I understand you can see a playlist of past shows but am unclear if even paying subscribers can listen to previous shows on-demand... something which has become pretty standard in the UK through services such as iPlayer.

Is there a free/paid way to listen to Beats 1 radio shows on demand and if so, what are the details?


texts: I have an iPad 2 which I would like to mirror NBC Sports Live Extra to my Samsung TV. My cable provider, Verizon Fios Quantum (New York City), does not carry the channel but allows subscribers to access it online using their Fios account. I, like many others, are hoping that Apple will announce a brand-new 2015 Apple TV at tomorrow's (3/9/2015) press conference or in the very near future. Until then, other than using a variety of cables and adapters or devices such as Roku 3, is there any way to mirror my iPad? Would Chromecast do the job? Thank you


texts: MBA mid 2011: Artifacts on screen after wake from deep sleep

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I'm using Macbook Air (mid 2011) and there is one problem with it. After macbook waking from deep sleep, it has some "artifacts" (i don't know how to name it correctly) on the screen:

Artifacts on the top under the menu bar on the second image are always present after deep sleep, but other artifacts can be or can't be. And I don't know if this a hardware or software issue, but these artifacts were always present through every my Mac OS X update. Now I have 10.7.5 Lion.

Artifacts disappear after reboot. So I can't use deep sleep as I should. Has anybody experienced this?


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My father bought an iPhone within months of passing away.  I need to get his contacts off before handing it down to another family member. His paid email account that was associated with his iCloud and iTunes account has been shut down, so I can't download the app that would help me backup his contacts easily.

His phone seems to sync fine with my iMac in that it brings up his photos whenever I plug it in and asks if I want to download them.  Is there some way to sync and save his contacts in the same way?


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I just put a nice new Samsung 850 SSD drive into my Mac Pro 5.1 and noticed that it maxes out at 250MB/s write/read. The drive should be capable of speeds around 500MB/s, so the culprit here is surely SATA II port inside the Mac Pro.

My question is... do you know of any PCIe card that I could use to get SATA III in my Mac Pro? I do not need RAID capability, connecting just this one drive would be enough for me.


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i got macbook white A1342 (i think?) with broken screen.
and classified ad one man selling macbook's pro display.

i got a question it possible buy display from macbook pro and connect to macbook white?

Display of macbook pro is around 2009-2011 year's