texts: Is it possible to switch the desktops of multiple displays without moving the mouse? (Mavericks)

texts: I have been loving Maverick's new "Displays have separate spaces" functionality; however, I have just one issue with it. I usually use a keyboard shortcut to change spaces (i.e.⌘ + → and ⌘ + ←), and this action changes the space of whichever display the mouse is on. When I am working, I dislike having to think about where the mouse is, so I was wondering if it is possible to have something like four keyboard shortcut: two for left/right on the internal display, and two for the left/right on the external display? Or if there was any other convenient solution to this little annoyance?


texts: Is there a way to flip the functionality of the green full screen / maximize button?

texts:
As we all know, clicking the green traffic light button on the windows in mac osx enter the app into fullscreen mode.

Doing an Option + Click makes the window usually resizes to the to the maximum possible size.

I rarely use fullscreen, only for iTunes I think, and sometimes mail.

I use Option + Click all of the time.

My question is - is there a way to flip the functionality of the green button, so Click does the Option+Click function, and vice versa.

I'm on the latest Sierra.

Thanks.


texts:
I tried downloading android-studio-ide-181.5056338-mac.dmg to install it, but double clicking the .dmg does not nothing but put Android Studio 3.2.1 under the locations sidebar in the Finder. When I click that, I get the error message:

I tried doing the same for installing Amazon Photos and the exact same thing happened.

What's going on with my Mac being unable to open .dmg files?

Mac OS 10.14.1 (18B75)


texts: iOS simulator showing a bar at the bottom in my horizontally-view game

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I made a mobile game where the phone must be held horizontally. It seems that the iOS simulator draws a black line (representing the real-life microphone?) at the bottom of it, even though it should be on the "right wall" if you hold the phone like that.

Is this problem on my end (my code, etc.) or is it just a bug with the iOS simulator? This problem persists on other iPhone models as well.
I used Expo and React-Native to make this app.


texts: Mac OS X, Mail.app. attachments disappear in Archive

texts:
My system is Mac OS X Mountain Lion, and I am using Mail.app for an IMAP service. It's not gmail, it is a standard IMAP.

When I archive email messages, the attachments sometimes disappear. If I rebuild the Archive folder, I can find the attachments again.

This is so annoying that I need to rebuild the entire Archive folder. Is there any way I can avoid this happening? In my current setting, I enabled "Keep copies of messages for offline viewing: All messages and their attachments".


texts: Syncing Address book to Google Apps doesn't sync groups

texts: When I sync my address book on my mac to Google Apps (gmail) it doesn't sync groups. Is this normal?


texts: Use OSX terminal to find out the CPU instructions set (AVX, SSE and such)

texts:
I have different machines running OSX 10.12 and 10.13, which use different processors. I am trying to get from terminal, a string that can show me which CPU instructions are supported by that machine; so I can use the appropriate software (some of the software require specific instructions to be present on the CPU, and if that CPU does not support them, the software will either work incorrectly or crash).

I did check querying the system profiler via terminal but I can get only the CPU type and model, not the CPU instruction set that it support; and if I would do this by hand, getting every CPU model and checking online, it would take hours.

CPU instructions are these set of instructions like MMX, AVX, SSE; that allow your CPU to operate in a certain way. With years, they are added to the base CPU instruction set, so modern CPU these days support more than 15 different instruction types.


texts:
how do i update my macbook air Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5  to a more up to date version as I need to install remote access. When I try currently it says
Microsoft Remote Desktop can’t be installed on “Macintosh HD” because Mac OS X version 10.9 or later is required.

please help


texts: Limiting a standard user to use 50 GB of the hard drive

texts:
I have added a standard user for my brother on my Mac Mini, and I would like to limit the amount of space he can use on my hard drive, but I can't see where I can set this kind of restrictions.

I have read online that you can set it from accounts; however, I can't see any option there. The only options I can see are checkboxes to allow the user to administer the computer, and to enable parental controls.

Does anyone know where I can set this?


texts: Any good memory test for newer Macs (2015 and later)

texts: I'd like to be able to test memory thoroughly in Macs (2015 and later, for older Macs I use Apple ASD tests). I tried Memtest but it won't boot from a thumbdrive for some reason.


texts: May use the San Francisco font for my web apps?

texts: I've found that new SF UI font for download (http://nomail.com.ua/font/SF%20UI%20Display). I wonder if it's legal to use it in the web app I am building now, i.e. for commercial use? I haven't found any licence info on the official page (https://developer.apple.com/fonts/).


texts: Sierra Terminal Automatically Escapes Pasted URLs

texts:
Copy a URL that has some query string into clipboard like: https://www.google.com/webhp?q=macos
Paste the URL in Terminal (CMD+v), the Terminal automatically escapes ? and = and changes the text to https://www.google.com/webhp\?q\=macos.

How can I turn this automatic escaping off?

[Edit]: a screen capture of the problem:


texts: Switch tab in Firefox with swipe left/swipe right gestures

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I have a MacBook and I'm using Firefox. Using the editor on the about:config page, I wish to modify the options of browser.gesture.swipe.left (or right) such that it will switch to the tab to the left (right) instead of going to previous/forward pages.
What should I write in the string value for that?
Thanks


texts: Can't see how to run vi having installed it (I want Vi to run Vi not Vim)

texts:
I am trying to run Vi (not Vim), because i'm curious about some older commands like :open.

I saw this

https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/1u0q0b/how_to_install_traditional_vi_not_vim_on_os_x/

it mentions

http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/

and

brew install ex-vi

So I did that brew line.

Then when I tried to run vi,  $vi<ENTER> I ran :help and it said Vim!

So I did $which vi<ENTER> and it showed /usr/local/bin/vi

I did this

Apples-MBP:~ apple$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/vi
lrwxr-xr-x  1 apple  admin  29  8 Aug 03:32 /usr/local/bin/vi -> ../Cellar/ex-vi/050325/bin/vi

So it looks like it should be running ex-vi but it's not it's running vim. I can't see why?

I tried Running VI on Lion  and it mentions about getting vim to run like vi, but I want vi itself.

I don't entirely trust vim's compatibility mode (vim -Cu NONE), as presenting vi. (like in vim's compatibility mode I see multiple layers of undo with ctrl-r), which I heard that vi doesn't have.  So I don't want Vim compatibility mode, I want Vi.  I installed it but it isn't running.

How can I run vi and why isn't it running?


texts: Why can't I download iOS 7 on my iPhone 3Gs?

texts: I am unable to download iOS 7 on my iPhone 3Gs.  Why?  I have iOS 6.1.6 and if I want to download "Find My iPhone", it requires iOS 7.   I've tried to search on what else I can do, but cannot figure it out.  I also have about 10 GB of free memory out of 13 GB.


texts:
When viewing HEIC images with QuickLook from Finder on my MacBook Pro (2019) there is always a slight delay of almost a second. Other formats (jpg/png) work just fine.
When viewing the images in Photos they show up instantly.
Can this be fixed?


texts:
I ask because I was looking at the maintenance scripts OS X runs (/private/etc/periodic/daily/) and, for example, the one that cleans out old tmp files (110.clean-tmps) uses the following 2 lines to run the deletion:

find -dx . -fstype local -type f $args -delete $print
find -dx . -fstype local ! -name . -type d $dargs -delete $print

There are both rm and srm utilities in OS X, but how would I know which one find was using, or if it was using its own? (or if I could force it to use one or the other). Since the maintenance scripts cover things like tmp files, log files and the like, it seems a possible avenue for data leakage. I also occasionally see scripts using the find -delete option - how secure is it? man find told me nothing about it beyond its usage.

This may apply to other BSD's too (the scripts have comments about FreeBSD) but I'm not sure.


texts: Can I update the iCloud password from a terminal?

texts:
I have several Macs in a different country, and I would like to update their iCloud password remotely. I can login to the machines via SSH, but the firewall does not allow me to use VNC.

I would like to know how to update iCloud password using only terminal commands. Is there any way?


texts: Concisely starting Mac OS apps from the command line

texts:
I do a fair amount of work in the command line, and I find myself defining a lot of aliases of the form:

alias skim='/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim'

Is there a way to add magic such that asking for executable "foo" automatically uses executable /Applications/Foo.app/Contents/MacOS/Foo? This is on OS X 10.6.

(I'm aware that I could do open foo.pdf, but Skim is not the default PDF reader, and I'd like a general solution - in some cases, it's not appropriate to set the application in question as the default handler for the file.)


texts: Export/Import Sublime Text 3 Configuration Across Two different Apple Computers

texts:
I would like to export my configurations for Sublime Text 3 from one Apple Computer to another.
Can I just copy the application in the /Applications/ directory from one computer to another?
Or do I need to install each package one-by-one on the new computer?
Any help would be appreciated!


texts: Airport Extreme - USB Disk as network disk for Windows and Mac, what format?

texts:
I want to share a USB disk via Airport Extreme as a network disk for our Mac and Windows environment. To read and write on the disk, I've set it up as FAT32 (max 4GB files) and I can connect with it with all computers.

The problem is now, when I add a file / folder.. it's being displayed for 2 seconds and it hides itself (as it doesn't exist).

So, how should I format the USB disk so I can use it as network disk and write / read stuff on it?


texts: How to prevent MacOS from adding dot underscore files (._whatever.html )in zip archives?

texts:
Our organisation receives zip files from Mac users which contain a ._ file in addition to the file we expect. In the past this was due to resource fork and data fork encoding limitations on other file systems. So for example, when we expect a submission that looks like this:
README.md
src/mysite.html
src/myscript.js

we generally receive a zip that contains files such as:
._README.md
README.md
src/._mysite.html
src/mysite.html
src/._myscript.js
src/myscript.js

This makes it difficult for us to process these files automatically. What instructions should we give to our Mac users to suppress these files we can’t process or handle?


texts: Can I Sync Two Macs With iCloud Instead Of MobileMe?

texts: If I move over to iCloud can I still sync two Macs (calendar and address book) as I am doing now with MobileMe? Or does iCloud only sync iOS devices?


texts: What does a red check mark on the OS X login screen indicate?

texts: I booted up my MacBook Pro after the lid was closed on it for several days. Today when I powered it on there is a red check mark next to my name at the login screen. Anyone know what this stands for?


texts: How can I transcribe a Voice Memo to Text?

texts: I need to transcribe Voice Memo recording to text. Can I play the recording and use Dictation? is there another method to convert an existing Voice Memo to text?


texts: Change the default keyboard input when logging into macOS Big Sur

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Since upgrading to Big Sur, my default keyboard input during the login screen is always 'U.S.'. I need to manually switch it to 'French'.
Is there a way for me to set 'French' as defaut?
In fact, I do not even know where this 'U.S.' input comes from.
Here are my Big Sur regional configurations. They are as I want them and work fine once I am logged in.

The primary language is 'English (UK)'. All menus and system messages
are in English.

The region is set to 'France (custom)'.

The keyboard primary input source is 'French'. I have other input sources, such as 'Russian - Phonetic', that I switch to occasionally.
I do NOT have any English language input source, including 'US'.

To sum up:
all my regional, keyboard and input settings in Big Sur works fine EXCEPT during log in, when the default layout is wrong.
Thanks in advance in helping solve this problem.
PS:
The following link suggests a solution for the very same problem but it dates from 01/2014 and it's solution does not work with Big Sur.
https://vkritis.blogspot.com/2014/01/change-default-keyboard-of-osx-login.html


texts: In Finder, first tag vanishes while adding a second tag

texts:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011)
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G7024)

This is a problem I've been having since Mavericks first came out, and it has persisted through at least two complete OS reinstalls (though always on the same hardware).

Suppose I open a PDF in Preview. If I click on the file name in the title bar, I get the little drop-down dialogue that lets me change the file name, tags and location:

I can start typing in the 'tags' field, and add a tag either by autocompleting an existing tag or by typing the name of a new one. Once I've finished typing this tag or selected an autocompleted tag, I press return and the tag is 'locked in':

If I then start to enter a second tag, about 75% of the time, the first tag will vanish after I've typed the first 3-4 letters of the second tag:

In this picture, it looks like I've deleted the first tag, but I haven't: I've just started typing the second tag and the first one spontaneously vanished on its own. Usually, I have to re-enter the first tag two or three times before it 'sticks'.

The issue occurs in any app with the 'document model' drop-down in the menu bar.

This behaviour has been driving me nuts for nearly six years. Is there any way to fix it?

This person seems to have had the same problem, but no solution was posted


texts: How can I get music in other languages from the iTunes Store on my iPhone?

texts: So, I have English iTunes and I wanted to get a Spanish song. Is there a way I could change the iTunes store I am using to get it and then change it back or something?


texts: Charging a Macbook pro 15-inch (late 2016 touch bar)

texts:
The original charger for my laptop model can output 87W. Sometimes I forget it at work and I use my Nintendo Switch Charger (Output: 15V, 2.6A = 39W) for emergencies.

I was wondering if using a charger that may not be able to input the amount of power needed (for example maybe the laptop needs 45W so it will take the rest from the battery) could damage the laptops battery?

Extra: If there is no problem, would that also hold for this power bank: https://www.amazon.com/AUKEY-30000mAh-Portable-Delivery-Nintendo/dp/B071CQYBSN


texts: iPhone 4s and iCloud only partially syncing

texts:
I'm having trouble syncing -- my iCloud and iPhone 4s (running iOS 5.1.1) only partially sync with one another. I.e., new entries sync, as do changes to contacts that appear in both. BUT… I have numerous entries on my phone that have never copied over. Moreover, even when I deleted all my contacts on my iPhone, my favorites still had names, as did my texts. I mention in case this is related. Did I fail to truly wipe contacts from my phone?
I tried tubedogg's advice in iPhone contacts aren't syncing to iCloud to turn off iCloud, wait 15min, and then turn it on again and it increased the number of my contacts dramatically, from about 3600 to about 5600.
FYI, in iTunes, I've checked the option for Auto backup via iCloud.
I'll happily rewrite this question -- and/or welcome edits. I'm new to the community and appreciate help (& apologies for being longwinded).


texts:
Due to my poor organization I have 2 simultaneous lectures this semester, at this moment I'm following one on Phone and I record the other one with the Mac (Quicktime and Soundflower)
Is it possible to record Chrome or Safari in the background while doing other things on the screen?
And for my specifical purpose, is it possible to direct the audio of an app on the headphones and the audio of another app to a different output (external speaker or Soundflower to record)?


texts: Restrict finder search results to visible files

texts: I have some files set to invisible, along with their folders and pathways, but these files and folders still appear on the finder search even when these items have been hidden. What am I doing wrong, or what did I fail to do?


texts: How can I buy Yosemite apps from a Mavericks installation?

texts:
I am trying to buy an app which runs on 10.10 only, from a computer that has 10.9 installed. The App Store does not like it:

Translation: Your purchase could not be completed. OmniOutliner could not be installed […], as it requires […] 10.10 or newer

In other words: I would like to just perform the buying process, not install the application on my computer (Which is not compatible – yet. Long story). Any help is greatly appreciated.

Nota bene: I can not buy from Omnigroup directly, or use a gift card. Another long story.


texts: How can I go back to 10.12.3 without using a Time Machine backup?

texts:
I have mid 2014 MBP. Sierra 10.12.4 just destroyed my laptop's Wifi. After the laptop resumes from sleep, it will not connect to a Wifi network again.

Initially I thought it was a corrupt file or something, so I reformatted the computer and ran a clean installation of 10.12.4.

It worked for a few hours. After the laptop went to sleep, the problem recurred. The laptop can see all Wifi networks but won't connect to any of them.

I don't use Time Machine for backups, instead, I zip and copy my data folders as a backup strategy.

Since the problem with the Wifi is clearly with 10.12.4, I have to go back to a previous version.

How can I do download a copy of 10.12.3 or earlier?

Here's a link to my previous question which may offer some more detail about why I need to do this.

Thanks for any advice.


texts:
I made the mistake of thinking OS X 10.9 Mavericks was an improvement over 10.8.5 Mountain Lion and my system now is slugish, applications constantly crash, and it's generally horrible. I would like to migrate back to 10.8.5 and need my applications and settings to be transferred back onto a partition containing 10.8.5.

I tried both migration managers and 10.9 will only move others settings over to itself, while the 10.8.5 version does not recognize the 10.9 startup volume as one it can migrate data from. I'm guessing Apple doesn't consider people might need backward compatibility, thus have seemingly left those like myself to determine a fix for issues that are a direct result of this.

Is there a solution is there for this situation? I really would like to 'migrate' back to 10.8.5


texts: OS X El Capitan port forwarding to Parallels VM using pfctl

texts:
I have Parallels Desktop 11, which does not have support port forwarding to VMs (just the Pro version supports it). So I am trying to use pfctl to forward ports to my Parallels VM.

I have followed this answer to setup the port forwarding.
Forwarding is enabled with sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1

I have specified this rule.

rdr pass inet proto tcp from any to any port 51414 -> 10.211.55.9 port 51414

10.211.55.9 is the static IP of the Parallels VM.

However the port forwarding does not work for VM. It can successfully forward port x to port y on 127.0.0.1 but can not forward port x from Mac to port x on Parallels VM.

What could be going wrong? Is it Parallels which is dropping packets etc?


texts: How to update Time Machine's recovery partition?

texts:
The backup disk used by Time Machine has a recovery partition you can boot from.

Since I started using Time Machine with OS X Snow Leopard, the recovery disk is a Snow Leopard recovery disk, and will only Snow Leopard.

How can I update the disk to be a Mavericks recovery disk?


texts: How to escape spaces in the results of `mdfind`?

texts:
I'd like to find some file with mdfind and move it to another directory. So I tried like below but it makes an error caused by the space in the path.

> mdfind somefile.numbers
/Users/hugh/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/somefile.numbers
> mv $(!!) ~/Documents/
mv: rename /Users/hugh/Library/Mobile to /Users/hugh/Documents/Mobile: No such file or directory
mv: rename Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/somefile.numbers
  to /Users/hugh/Documents/somefile.numbers: No such file or directory

So I tried to escape the space with printf %q, but it escapes everything.

> mv $(printf %q $(mdfind somefile.numbers)) ~/Documents/
mv: rename /Users/hugh/Library/MobileDocuments/com\~apple\~Numbers/Documents/somefile.numbers
  to /Users/hugh/Documents/somefile.numbers: No such file or directory

There must be a good way to handle this but I cannot find one. Any ideas?


texts: Why does Disk Utility create EFI partitions on external disks?

texts:
A technical told me about the EFI partition that...

...it's only there in case your computer will do an EFI update so the update files can be loaded onto the EFI partition.

This is consistant with what Wikipedia says:

The EFI partition is initially blank and not used for booting. However, the EFI partition is used as a staging area for firmware updates.

Apples's Software Update utility does not update the firmware of non apple hardware.

Question

Why then does Disk Utility create EFI partitions on external disks?

/dev/disk1
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1
       1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
       2:       Microsoft Basic Data HEAP                    150.0 GB   disk1s2
       3:                  Apple_HFS Backup matt             150.1 GB   disk1s3
       4:                  Apple_HFS Freedom                 199.5 GB   disk1s4


texts: Limit battery charging to a certain level?

texts:
I have some iPhones which are connected via USB to a computer 24/7.

This set-up drastically reduces the battery life-time: The integrated battery is swelling every 1-2 years in a way that the iPhone nearly disassembles itself (the device has a gap in the middle of more than 5mm so that you can right look into the device and the display is a bit "curvy").

As the devices nearly constantly are powered via USB the battery I don't care if the battery is charged 50% or 100%. Is there a possibility to limit the maximum charge or is it possible to disable charging on a jailbroken device?

Note other answers like "don't charge the device the whole night" are useless to me as the phones have to be connected via USB 24/7 because the devices are accessed via SSH over USB. And answers that indicate that there is no risk in charging a device 24/7 are obviously wrong as I have multiple devices that continuously get a swelling battery after a certain time if they are connected via USB 24/7.


texts: How to save/export as a MIDI file in GarageBand

texts:
Opening a midi file (.mid) in GarageBand is the easiest thing ever, but how do I go the other direction? I want to take a piece I recorded as a midi performance in GarageBand and turn it into a midi file. How can this be done?

Background:

I have GarageBand 10.1.6
I record midi performances all the time in GarageBand and can easily export them as an MP3
I want to save/export them as midi files so that I can open them in Synthesia (Synthesia only opens midi files)


texts:
I have a Mac mini, and am using /etc/fstab to mount iTunes folders, one under each other.  My stab looks like this:

# Warning - this file should only be modified with vifs(8)
#
# Failure to do so is unsupported and may be destructive.
UUID=76833548-F7C1-4A74-8D58-A1D5EB48B59F /Users/kdm/Music/iTunes apfs rw,noauto,noowners,nobrowse 0 2
UUID=2B3A9042-5060-47CB-B411-F2AE67D60A06 /Users/kdm/Music/iTunes/iTunes\040Media/TV\040Shows apfs rw,noauto,noowners,nobrowse 0 2

The problem is that I need to have the second mount happen after the first, which isn't guaranteed.  I'm aware that I could potentially script this, or something similar, but I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to make sure iTunes is mounted before iTunes/Media/TV Shows using built in functionality.


texts: Shortcut symbols are not properly showing up in menu of LyX

texts:
This is a screenshot I took while using LyX, which a WYSIWYG Latex editor.

As you can see some symbols for shortcut keys are broken and what I see is a bunch of question marks. How can I fix this?

macOS: High Sierra 10.13.6
LyX Version: 2.3.2 (8 December 2018)
Library directory: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/
User directory: ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3/
Qt Version (run-time): 5.9.7
Qt Version (compile-time): 5.9.7


texts: How do I disable the Minimize (command-M) shortcut in Mavericks?

texts: I want to unset the Cmd+M shortcut but I can't seem to find it. I've checked  System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts but no luck there. I've even tried running defaults write -g NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add 'Minimize' '\0' to no avail.


texts: Unlock System Keychain from Time Machine Backup

texts:
Somehow a block of WiFi passwords ("AirPort network password") disappeared from my System.keychain file.

I'd prefer to not replace the whole keychain with a backup, as the most recent backup is a week old and I'm not sure what might have changed since then. Instead I'd like to copy just the WiFi passwords from the backup to the default System.keychain.

I've restored a recent System.keychain to another folder, and I can add it to Keychain Access, and I can see all 90-odd WiFi passwords that I want. I just can't open any of them or drag them into the System.keychain. When I try, I'm prompted for the "keychain password" which is not my login password.

I think the password to use may be found in /var/db/SystemKey; however, I can't figure out how to use it. Thanks for insight!


texts:
I am developing a custom VPN client plugin for iPhone, working on iOS 11 devices. I am hoping to set up nested VPNs so that the traffic is double encrypted.

I am working with Per-App VPN, as well as both Always-On and On-Demand style systemwide VPN clients. As an example, what I would like to do is access a IPSec VPN Endpoint for Per-App connections, where the endpoint exists on a network only accessible through an SSL VPN endpoint that is connected through an Systemwide VPN.

Please refer the following diagram for further example of what I mean:

Note that the Systemwide VPN doesn't need to be SSL, as I understand Always-On VPN may be restricted to using the iOS built-in VPN client with IKEv2.

For the systemwide VPN, I have a strong preference for Always-On as it doesn't allow the user to disable it. In my testing however, it seems that when an Always-On VPN is loaded onto the iPhone, all of the other VPNs disappear from Settings and cannot be enabled. I have been able to configure a systemwide On-Demand VPN and a Per-App VPN to operate concurrently, but not yet with one passing through the other.

The part I am uncertain about, and so far haven't been able to replicate, has been marked with the dotted line. Can the Per-App VPN connect and route through the Systemwide VPN?


texts: Applescript temporarily stop user input/detect through mouse and keyboard

texts:
I've looking through apple forums and here looking for a solution. The only solution I could find was to permanently disable the built in Keyboard (which is clearly not a great solution).

Can anyone suggest a solution which can either stop the program if it detects user input or temporarily stop user input for a short amount of time while the script 'keystrokes' something for the user.

Background Info:
I'm trying to create a script that enters an email address into a program automatically. I want to be able to stop the user from interfering with the scripts actions (such as placing the text cursor elsewhere or clicking on something irrelevant). I was able to create this program using Autoit but I am now creating a mac version using AppleScript.

I get the program to input the email through keystrokes.


texts: Looking for VNC client solutions that work reliably on a Mac running OS X 10.9.5

texts:
I have a number of FreeBSD servers, and I'd like to put VNC server software on them, then access them from a Mac running OS X 10.9.5.

I really don't want to have to access them from a virtual windows machine running on the MAC :-(

A web search for "mac vnc client" produces zero useful hits. (I don't want remote access to the mac.)

My memory is that Apple had a built in client with a non-obvious name, perhaps "screen", which they "fixed" a few releases ago to only work if the VNC server was itself from Apple, running on a Mac. Perhaps they have since unfixed it.

I once used "chicken of the vnc", which was flaky on whatever OS X release I had 2 years ago. I also used another non-apple client from that Mac, which was flaky in different ways. (The built in app was unusable.)

IIRC, I was using "Tightvnc" or "Realvnc" on my servers at that time, which had worked fine with the first random windows-based VNC client I tried.

All I've heard about so far are

"screen sharing app" from apple, possibly pre-installed on the mac,
name and location unknown
a client from realvnc that runs in the chrome browser (ugh!)

When referring to OS X releases, please use release numbers in your answers, not just names of cats - or else link to a page that translates the cat names to release numbers. I don't have Apple's release code names memorized.

[Update, after first answer received: alternativeto.net is a great source for finding software of this type. I now have tigervnc running on one server and on the Mac client. No flakiness so far, but the Mac client for tigervnc seems unwilling to let me connect to multiple servers at the same time, and Mac's GUI interface seems unwilling to let me launch multiple copies of the client program. So still looking for alternatives, but making progress.

Still trying to figure out how to invoke the client built into OSX - it's not at the path I found on the net, /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications  Looks like I need to know the right invocation to feed to Finder, which doesn't have anything like a button labelled 'screen sharing'. I did find a menu item labelled "connect to server", but that just gives me connection failures, perhaps because it's defaulting a URI type of afp:// which probably has nothing to do with vnc - or perhaps because the tool is unrelated to vnc.]


texts: In-app purchases of an app downloaded from a different country

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A few months ago, I purchased a number of applications from iTunes US using a US-based credit card even though I'm not from the USA; from the PH, actually. (I used AmEx Virtual Pay offered by my local telco provider)

Now, I recently moved to Japan and upon seeing these iTunes cards on the convenience stores, I am really tempted to buy some. (I don't have a JP-based credit card and I cannot, should not, must not use my PH-based CC to do purchases).

Which brings me now to my problem, I want to do some in-app purchases on the apps I purchased on the iTunes US using (possibly) the iTunes card JP. Is this possible? Will changing just the country of my iTunes work? Since I'm thinking that even though the app was downloaded from a different country, after all, I'm still using the same account.

I understand that if I decide to download new paid apps, I could just change my country to Japan and use the iTunes card, but will this work with in-app purchases?

Let me know if my question's unclear. Thanks.


texts: Are there services that offer to recover data from irreparably water-damaged iPhones?

texts:
I have an iPhone 6 which took a dump in a river. Since then, it will not turn on and does not register when connected to a computer, i.e. it is dead for all intents and purposes.

Does anyone know of a company that offers to read the data directly from the iPhone's flash storage or if this is even feasible (considering that damage is likely with the logic board since exchanging first the battery, then the Lightning connector and plugging into external power did not allow booting the device)?

I am aware that such services may be very costly. I was just wondering if there is a market for this kind of problem at all.


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Recently upgraded my iPhone 6 Plus to iOS 10.  Soon after upgrading I started to notice a intermittent issue where the phone would randomly jump to a black screen with a white loading spinner in the middle (similar to what you see when shutting the phone down) and then after about 5 seconds it will take me back to the lock screen.  I'm still able to unlock the phone using the fingerprint reader (so the phone hasn't actually rebooted) and the phone appears to function as per normal.

It is extremely annoying as it can happen in the middle of any phone function (including taking and making calls) and on some days can happen more than half a dozen times.

So far I have noticed it happening when using the following Apps:

Google Chrome
Microsoft Outlook App
Facebook App
Apple Music App (completely stopped a playing track at the time)

Not sure if it's just random or being triggered by particular apps.  When it happens whilst Google Chrome is open the next time I open Chrome it reports that Chrome crashed and "would I like to restore my pages?".

I haven't done a fresh iOS 10 install but I'm reluctant to do this as it takes time and risks my data and setup on the phone now (even though I do have a iCloud backup).

I have also since upgraded to iOS 10.0.2 (14A456) but the problem still remains.

Is there a way to view diagnostic, error or event logs on the OS to see what might be happening immediately before the black screen occurs?

Anyone else experiencing the issue?


texts: Open password protected MS-Word document

texts: I've got a password protected Word document, and I've got the password to open it. However, I do not have MS Word or any plans to buy it. How can I easily open and convert this document to something usable on my OSX computer?


texts: Changed User ID Whilst Logged In (Still Logged in Now)

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I was changing some settings when I came across the user id in the accounts section. For some inexplicable reason I thought it meant my network User ID, ie what I would identify to a router with. No idea why I thought this. Anyway.

I changed my User ID.
I am still logged in.
I cannot open any programs, including terminal, to try and change it back.

Currently open  programs include: Finder (downloads folder), Firefox, Sublime and Outlook.

Currently I'm afraid to reboot. However I do have access to several other Windows/Linux machines and lots of flash drives if I need to download/install/prep a live boot/etc.

I need to figure out how to change my User ID back.

Solution I'm currently trying to work:
I have a file explorer open. I have sublime open.

If I can find where OS X stores the User ID, I might be able to navigate to it and change it back to whatever it's supposed to be (501 I think?).

If anyone else has any ideas or solutions, I am all ears. In any case, I will post an update when it's solved one way or the other.

Edit: Update (since I said I would). The problem has been solved, Klanomath's solution below worked perfectly first time through. Thank you!


texts: I have LaunchBar auto select anything that is dropped into my downloads folder. I wanted to run a Hazel rule but only on files with a certain tag and I want to do this with LaunchBar.


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I have a Bluetooth barcode scanner connected to my Mac.  I'd like to have a scan open a URL, something like: http://example.com/page/?barcode

I was thinking I could somehow direct inputs from the scanner particular input device to a terminal script and figure the rest from there, but I can't seem to find any solution to this.

I'd be happy if someone could recommend an app to achieve this.


texts: Tool to perform MULTIPLE regex replacements on text

texts:
It's often been the case that I've wanted to a) perform a series of regex replacements on some text in a specific order, and b) save this replacement to use for later. However, despite the purported usefulness of such a tool, I have not found a program, convenient shell script, or online utility which allows a user to do this.

I will list a number of programs and utilities that I have tried:

Sublime Text: this works well, but only one regex replacement can be made at a time, which is rudimentary for my purposes.
Regex101: This is an extremely invaluable tool for regex replacements, but it also doesn't support multiple substitutions.
Perl: This is probably the best way to perform a series of replacements and save it as well for later. However, it is incredibly cumbersome to use, doesn't show a preview of the replacements that are being made, and has some really ugly syntax.

Is there a better way to do what I'm trying to do from the command line, from a program, or from an online website?


texts: Applescripting Numbers to save, close and quit in an App instead of the Script Editor

texts:
After using Applescript to add a new row with data to a Numbers document, I'm trying to save and close the document and then quit Numbers. Using the script below to save, close and quit Numbers works when I run it in an open Script editor window:

save document 1 in "/Users/name/Desktop/Workout.numbers"

close document 1 in "/Users/name/Desktop/Workout.numbers"

activate application "Numbers"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "q" using command down
end

But it does not work when run as a standalone Applescript App; it seems to stop on saving.

And, as a side note, using the tell block below to quit Numbers acts in the same way; it works when run via the Script Editor, but not in an App:

tell application "Numbers"
    quit
end tell

Why the difference between running in an open Script Editor window and running as an Applescipt App? How can I script Numbers to save close and quit in an Applescript App?


texts: Back up different folders to different drives

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In Time Machine one can back up to several drives at the same time. It is also possible to control which folders are backed up and which are not. However, it seems to me that the same folders have to be backed up to all drives.

Is it possible to exclude a folder from being backed up to one drive, while including it in the backup to another drive?

I use OS X 10.10.1.


texts: I am a new mail.app user. I am going to be out of the office for a few days. I have 3 accounts in mail.app.  Can I set one out of office rule for all 3 accounts?


texts: Macbook Pro 2019 is unable to detect more than 1 monitor

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I have two Dell monitors and have bought Honeywell Dock to connect my MacBook to those two monitors

I connected one monitor to my Dock using VGA and another monitor to my dock using HDMI.

When I open up the Macbook Lid, it shows that it has detected only two monitors and it is treating both of my Dell monitors as one.

When I close up my Macbook Lid, the screen is seen in both of my Dell monitors and I am unable to stop the mirroring.

Need help


texts: Sync passwords from 2 different iCloud accounts (2 Keychains)

texts: How can I copy all of my keychain passwords to another keychain? I have two  different Mac computers with two different iCloud accounts.


texts: AppleScript, set the position of the frontmost window, even if not AppleScriptable

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I am trying to write a script to center the frontmost window of the active app, when I select this AppleScript from the Script menu in the menu bar. It should work with any app, including non-scriptable apps.

When I run this from Script Editor, it works fine. whether I select the current app or another app from the “tell” application menu in Script Editor, it still sees that the Script Editor is the frontmost app, and moves that window accordingly. (I have also debugged by manually assigning the name of another app to currentApplication, including a non-scriptable app, and that also works fine.)

The trouble seems to be when the script is run from the Script menu item. I have debugged by displaying a notification with the text of currentApplication, and every time it displays the name of the frontmost application, as expected. However, it does not move the position of the window. What gives?

-- Get name of the current application and its front window
tell application "System Events"
    set activeApps to name of application processes whose frontmost is true
    set currentApplication to item 1 of activeApps
    -- DEBUG -- currentApplication seems to be the correct application
    -- display notification currentApplication
    -- activate currentApplication
    -- Get the front window and its measurements
    set frontWindow to the first window of application process currentApplication
    set windowSize to size of frontWindow
    set windowPosition to position of frontWindow
end tell

-- Get the bounds of the screen
tell application "Finder"
    set screenBounds to bounds of window of desktop
end tell

--calculate the center of the current window
set windowSizeX to item 1 of windowSize
set windowSizeY to item 2 of windowSize
set windowCenterX to windowSizeX / 2
set windowCenterY to windowSizeY / 2

-- calculate the center of the screen
set screenCenterX to (item 3 of screenBounds) / 2
set screenCenterY to (item 4 of screenBounds) / 2

--calculate the new window position
set newWindowPositionX to screenCenterX - windowCenterX
set newWindowPositionY to screenCenterY - windowCenterY

-- set the new window position
tell application "System Events"
    set position of frontWindow to {newWindowPositionX, newWindowPositionY}
end tell


texts: Can you use remote desktop on a Mac on two different accounts?

texts: So suppose one person is using our household Mac (desktop). If they were on one account, could I be on another account through some sort of remote desktop software?


texts: Can I use a PlayStation 3 or 4 controller with a 4th gen AppleTV?

texts: Does anyone have experience pairing and using an official Sony PlayStation 3 or 4 controller with the 4th gen Apple TV?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I create a shortcut to open a specific application on OS X?

I would like to bind a shortcut to Google Chrome and another shortcut to Finder... I configure as follows, but neither of them seems to work:

Could anyone help?


texts: How can I decipher the Activation Policy Details for an iPhone

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I'd like to decipher the  Activation Policy Details for an iPhone such as these:

•   Activation Policy Description: UK Reseller Flex Policy
•   Initial activation policy ID: 399
•   Applied Activation Policy ID:
•   Applied Activation Policy
•   Next Tether Policy ID: 399
•   Next Tether Activation Policy Description: UK Reseller Flex Policy
•   First Unbrick Date:
•   Last Unbrick Date:
•   Unbricked: false
•   Unlocked: false

Finding what these mean one by one is proving painstaking.  I wonder if anyone could take a bit of an effort to explain them to me or advice some online resource explaining this.

You can get if from sites such as imei.info.  Apple providers also get it from GSX.  It's 100% reliable.
This one is in imei.info that they use as an example.  The explanations in this website are insufficient though.


texts: Airport Extreme won't work: "Cannot be setup by this software"

texts:
We are at a cottage in Maine that has an old Airport Extreme A1034 (c 2003) that is not working.  When we try to connect to Wifi on an iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, or iPhone 8, it says:

  The Airport Extreme named "Apple Network abcdef" cannot be set up by this software.

The rest of the error message is cut off.

How do you connect?


texts: Why do I have to re-pair my Apple Magic Wireless Keyboard (A1314) every morning?

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I take my laptop home every night. When I come into the office I have to remove the keyboard from the BT devices and re-pair it - otherwise it won't connect. My Apple Magic Trackpad (A1339) connects automatically.

This has only started happening recently. It is consistent and I have to go through the re-pair process every morning. (I have tried replacing the batteries)

Is it a BT issue or a hardware issue? What's the best way to debug this?

Connecting to a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017) running macOS High Sierra v10.13.6


texts:
Quicksilver is a long-loved Mac app that gives you a single entry point, a command box, for performing a wide variety of actions on the Mac.  It is easily extensible and scriptable.  A similar app on Linux is Gnome Do.

Does anything like this exist for iPad? -- a universal commandline that's more useful than the built-in system search?


texts: How to convert OS X Dashboard widget to desktop app?

texts:
I would like to convert a OS X Dashboard widget to a desktop app, namely the Stocks widget. I understand I could move the widget to the desktop using terminal to enable developer mode for Dashboard but I'm only interested in the functionality of an app such as Amnesty Singles, however I do not wish to use third-party applications to achieve this and wondering if it is possible to use Terminal to create the stand alone application with the widget?
I am using OS X El Capitan 10.11.2 but most Terminal commands since Snow Leopard should work.


texts: Home Sharing Library Loads but Movies Do Not

texts:
I can see a shared library and all of its contents but the contents do not load.  When I try to watch a movie the loading/spinner icon stays for a very long while, until the screen saver appears.  If the movie begins to load it will be 1/2 buffered the next morning.

All of this has worked for years, the library has been growing slowly the entire time.  The movies do play (with no delay) on the mac-mini to which the media drive is connected and iTunes is running (no Home Sharing).

I recently fixed  the file system on the disk on which the library resides (diskUtility "first aid" type of fix, using 3rd party software).  The problem existed prior to the fixing and persists.  All other access to the media drive has improved significantly since the fix.

I have tried to investigate my LAN, including shutting down everything else, to no avail.

All of the software and firmware are the latest versions.

Apple TV 3rd Gen.
Mac Mini early 2009.
Drobo 3rd Gen. external (media) drive.
Also all other iOS/OS X devices that can connect via Home Sharing including: iPhone 5c, 5s. iPad Air 2 and Apple TV 2nd Gen.  MacBook Pros 2012 and 2007 (the libraries on these machines work just fine on all of the devices mentioned; they all have different content), MacBook Air 2015.  And others.


texts: Is Apple Keyring data stored locally-only on devices?

texts: I would like to understand if the keyring database is stored only on the local Apple device or if it is also stored on servers on the internet.


texts: Numbers: Is it possible to import animated gifs?

texts: I wanted to know if there is any chance to run an animated gif or somekind of video within a numbers table?


texts:
I have a project on Xcode and I am pretty beginner so I started designing my code of course using segues and now I realized that this project will only work on IOS 5!

I guess I will give up before I even started! What am I gonna do now? Is there anything I can transform my project to IOS 4? I am so disappointed and wish I didn't have to design for IOS.


texts:
In iOS Wifi settings, each Wifi connection has a Search Domains section, usually blank.

What is this used for?


texts: Parallels VMs double counted for disk space usage?

texts:
My Mac claims to be running out of storage, and when I look at my storage breakdown, this is what I see:

However, when I look through the files, this is what I see:

Documents appears to only be about 60 GB, and almost all of that is due to Parallels VMs (I have a Windows 10 VM and an Ubuntu VM so I'm not surprised about the size of that folder).
So it looks like my Mac doesn't realize just how much storage it has... is there a way to fix this?
UPDATE:
Here is what the disk utility shows:

And here is what running diskutil list gives me:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         250.8 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.8 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            240.1 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 42.1 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.4 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

UPDATE 2:
Here is what Disk Inventory X says:


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I am hoping that someone knows how to do this. I've been searching online for days now and I have found no solution that works. So, I am looking for a way to export the passwords saved on Chrome as a CSV file to import it into my password manager (Enpass).

My System:macOS: 10.13.2
Chrome: 63.0.3239.84

Here is what I have tried to far:

In Chrome, I went to: chrome://flags/#password-import-export
Then I enabled "Password import and export" and have relaunched Chrome
Then I went to: Settings > Advanced > Manage passwords
I see the export button, when I click on it, it asks me to where I want to save it, I selected "Desktop" and clicked Save.
Now that open the file (a CSV) and open it, I only see the headers and no data.

The CSV looks something like this:

name   url username    password


texts:
Just curious — could anyone explain the exact meaning of all the connection type symbols in iPhone?

Let's see, wifi and 3G, the fastest connection types, are quite clear, but how about the others: E is probably for EDGE (aka EGPRS), but what does the circle (O) mean? (2G something? GPRS? Or is the latter a higher-level concept in mobile data transfer?) EDGE is presumably the better of these two? (In practice I haven't noticed great difference as both are much slower than 3G.)

Finally, how do UMTS or W-CDMA fit in this picture? And if EDGE is a 3G technology too (as stated in Wikipedia), what kind of 3G technology exactly does iPhone's "3G" refer to?
(Also, please correct me if there are more than the four types I could remember.)


texts: Where can I find the latest java update for Mac OS systems prior to 10.6?

texts:
I have a couple of old Macs that run old versions of Mac OSX and I want to protect them from the recent Flashback malware.
Has Apple produced a java update for systems Prior to 10.6 (snow leopard)?
Can I get such an update anywhere else?

Link:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4297?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
This link seems to say the latest update is only for OSX 10.6
I think there is an update for Lion (10.7) as well, what about leopard (10.5) or Tiger (10.4)?


texts:
For a few months my Macbook (white, 1.83Ghz Core Duo, OS 10.6.recent) has been showing the mouse pointer in a strange way. It's as if alternating vertical rows of the pixels making up the pointer are transparent instead of black. The following photo shows it (try squinting a bit) against a white background:

It makes using the machine pretty frustrating as the pointer gets lost easily, leading to furious swiping on the trackpad in the hope of catching sight of it.

I've restarted the machine, installed all updates, reset the PRAM, reinstalled from a Time Machine backup, etc. I'm beginning to suspect a hardware issue, albeit one of the craziest I've seen (and this machine has a long list of hardware problems).

So, anyone seen this? Know how to fix it?


texts:
I'd like to be able to set the titles on my tabs to short, easy-to-remember things, since I often have a few open. You can use Command-I and set the Title that way, but OSX appends the name of the currently running process to that title, (e.g. "test title -- bash").

Is there any way to set the full text of the tab title?

This is on OSX 10.6. There used to be a way to do this on 10.5 using SIMBL, but that no longer works.


texts: How to decrease the height of chooser (file-picker dialog)

texts: My chooser (file-picker dialog) goes under the dock so I can't see buttons. What can I do?


texts: Install High Sierra using Screen Sharing

texts:
I have a headless Mac mini that currently runs macOS Sierra. I typically control this machine using Screen Sharing, which works fine even when rebooting a machine.

I'd like to upgrade the machine to macOS High Sierra, but am not sure if a complete OS install will work using Screen Sharing. Perhaps it will disable Screen Sharing for security reasons upon install, perhaps there are dialog boxes which have to be answered before Screen Sharing is enabled, etc.

Does anyone have experience doing this?


texts: how to set node path in at /usr/local/bin using nvm

texts:
I have installed node using nvm first time and now when I run

which node in terminal it gives me

/Users/username/.nvm/versions/node/v6.11.4/bin/node

but what I need that node path must be  at /usr/local/bin/node

Do I need to uninstall nvm and install via brew so that it will set the node to correct location?

or how to set correct path?


texts: How to read passwords and notes from keychain on non-apple OS?

texts:
I see one solution — install macOS on virtual machine and do the job in it, but installing macOS in a VM is a huge PITA, even if I find where to download the os distribution. So I am asking for better ways.

Do you know of any software which can read data from keychains and is not tied to macOS-specific functionality?

(I am asking because my MacBook™ died too early, and nobody can fix it where I live, and of course I decided to not buy anything from Apple ever again because this hardware quality is unacceptable. So I need some way to get my passwords and stuff from backups…)

P.S. Maybe it's not the most appropriate stackexchange site to ask this question, but I can't decide where is the best place, so I am sorry if it's misplaced.

Also, to be clear: I know the password of keychain so it's not about cracking, etc.


texts: Get current time with/in milliseconds from OS X command line

texts:
I'm trying to get the current time from OS X command line to work with in AppleScript to output the elapsed time.

Currently I'm using this script:

set timea to do shell script "date +%s"
##something is executed
set timeb to do shell script "date +%s"
set runningtime to timeb - timea

But it is too unprecised, so I'm looking for a way how to get the elapsed precisely with milliseconds or somethin.

Thanks.
:)


texts: How dangerous is it to hot-plug FireWire 400 devices?

texts:
I've had my MacBook since 2006 and, on the odd occasion, I've used the FireWire 400 port for connecting an HDD caddy or for networking between two Macs. I've always hot-swapped devices without a worry. I've always assumed that's what FireWire was designed to do.

However, recently I purchased an M-Audio ProFire 610 - it's a multi-channel digital audio interface - and plastered all over its documentation (and the website) are warnings that you MUST turn the device off before plugging or unplugging. I was quite surprised by this, and wondered if it had anything to do with the device being dodgy.

http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread.php?17235

Apparently then, this is not an issue with M-Audio devices, but with ALL FW400 devices... Although it's the first I've ever heard about it, which I find a bit odd... If there really is such a fundamental flaw in FW400, why wouldn't I have heard people complaining on Mac forums about fried FireWire controller chips?

Is it dangerous in general, or do you think that perhaps M-Audio are trying to cover-up for shoddy manufacturing? Like I said I've never had any problems hot-plugging FW devices before and now I'm really paranoid, turning the computer off every time, which is really frustrating.

Not only that, but supposedly the issue is power arcing onto the data pin... But if you power down any Mac device (MacBooks included), they still deliver power to the FW device. So how safe does powering it down really make it anyway?


texts: My computer logs out and sleeps after two or three songs play on itunes

texts:
Recently I did some updating on my computer just to make the display better, change sleep length (extended, not shortened), and to add hot corners.

Well, now when we play up to two or three songs on iTunes, the computer logs the user out with no warning. I've gone to different timing settings, but I can't seem to find the problem.

Anyone know how to help?


texts: Viewing the HDD activity of active processes

texts:
The Activity Monitor allows users of Lion to inspect the CPU usage, used memory and some other things for each running process. Unfortunately it doesn't show the drive (IO) activity like e.g. the Process Monitor does for Windows.

Is there any tool for OS X that does the job?


texts: How much does Apple Pay really cost for person to person transactions?

texts:
In this YouTube video, Craig Federighi said that person-to-person transactions via Apple Pay cost no money if the user had a debit card.

It is hard to believe that for service and background processes they do not charge a penny. Is there any hidden cost?


texts: How do you trash items on new Mac Photos?

texts: IPhoto had a trash bin, I need to delete images when and if I want, but I can't find the bin on the new Photos? The whole new system is freaking me out, I preferred the old.


texts: Can a Netgear ReadyNAS be used as a Time Machine Backup Destination?

texts:
We have a NAS (a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+) in our office with tons of free space that we'd like to connect to our Mac Mini Server, mount as a disk and then use as a Time Machine Backup Destination.

This way the clients back up to the Mac Mini, while the data is actually saved to the NAS behind the scenes.

Problem is that I can't figure out how to make Server.app show anything other than the two built in drives.

I've tried mounting a share from the NAS with both SMB and AFP (it shows up fine in Finder). Maybe there's a way to use a "local" destination and NFS that directory?

Or is this not even possible?


texts: Keynote keyboard shortcut to navigate between objects on a slide

texts: If I am typing in the Title box and I want to keep my hands on the keyboard, is there a shortcut for me to navigate to the next text box or bulleted list (or whatever) on the screen without having to use my mouse?


texts: How do I auto connect to wifi upon reboot without logging in again?

texts:
I am currently running macOS Big Sur on a 2016 mbp. I would like for the wifi to automatically connect whenever I reboot. I'd like for this to happen because I SSH into the machine when the laptop lid is closed on my desk, and I want to be able to access it without having to manually open the laptop and login. Right now, it seems that it only connects AFTER I login with my user.
Is there a way to set wifi to connect automatically regardless of whether you've logged in yet?


texts: Is it the graphics card or something else?

texts:
When I switched my Mac on this morning, it worked for a short while, then the screen displayed some small squiggly black lines all of a sudden. I could move the cursor for a few seconds after this, then everything crashed. I held the power button to power off and tried to switch back on. When I did, the same lines were on the screen and wouldn't boot properly. In a panic, I searched Google and tried a few forum suggestions. One solution was to hold cmd+ctrl+opt+A+V keys. I did this despite not having a clue what it was doing, there were just lots of other people who this worked for so I thought it'd be worth a shot. It didn't work and put my mac in a boot loop. It tries to load on the Apple logo and then I get a message: "Your computer restarted because of a problem. Press a key or wait...."
I suspect its the graphics card, so I opened my machine and took the graphic card out, cleaned some dust and placed it in a different PCIe slot. The same problem persisted. I removed the VGI screen connection from the port and powered on again. It didn't seem to restart this time although its difficult to tell without the screen.
After a little more research, someone I saw on YouTube suggested using the reset button on the logic board. I did this. Still nothing. I then used the button just behind the RAM to check the diagnostic LED indicators. This is the result:
When power is off:
SLP: Off
STBY: On - Yellow
ERRB: Off
ERRA: Off
OT B: Off
OT A: Off
GPU: Off
PWRG: Off
EFI: Off

When I switch on:
SLP: Off
STBY: On - Yellow
ERRB: Off
ERRA: Off
OT B: Off
OT A: Off
GPU: Off
PWRG: On - Green
EFI: Off

Anyone know what this means and could help me diagnose?
Please keep in mind that I had to temporarily remove the RAM to be able to actually get to the button and see the LED's. (I don't know if that has anything to do with the indicators or if it will affect the diagnostic result).
A couple more things you might need to know in order to help me here... About a week ago one of my RAM modules failed and I had to remove it and reconfigure my RAM setup.
Also, I saw someone on another forum suggest it might have something to do with the freezing weather - apparently this can cause the PSU to fail or something?
(3.1, early 2008 - all original specs except additional HD)
I'm a bit of a noob so apologies if this doesn't make sense. Hopefully its detailed enough!
Thanks in advance and merry Xmas :-) (y)


texts:
My mid-2009 MacBook Pro just had a high speed meeting with my floor. (I thought those magsafe cables were supposed to disconnect when you tripped over them... sigh)

Now I get strange glitches and flickers on my screen. Strangely, these occur only at high brightness settings. They start to show up when I'm three brightness levels away from the maximum.

Another apple.SE question suggests that the glitches could either be due to a short circuit on the display cable, or a defective inverter board.

Is one of those two issues at play here? Which one?  More generally, what's my problem and how do I fix it?

I'm not covered by applecare, so, if possible, I'd prefer to do the repair myself.


texts: Is there a way to update 10.4.11 OS X to the newest version of OS X? I have Mac Pro (2 x 2 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon with 1 GB ram).


texts: Is there a full screen app switcher / manager for macOS?

texts:
I'm looking, more or less, for an equivalent to Magnet, Rectangle or Spectacle, but for apps in full screen. Alternatively, I'm looking for an
I often work in split full screen mode: 2/3 of the window given, say, to my browser and 1/3 to a text editor, where I take notes.
If I want to use my text editor alongside a different app, I need to minimize the browser, drag the new app into the full screen mode alongside the text editor, and then resize.
This isn't a huge hassle and I've been doing it for years, but it would be great to streamline this process. Do any apps exist to do this?
Ways it could work (to stimulate recognition)

Keyboard shortcut launches an app switcher (like macOS's ⌘ + tab) that switches apps into the active window
An ability to drag apps onto full screen apps to replace them in Mission Control (no need to minimize first)
A menulet that lets you select the full screen app on either side of the split


texts: Is there any known problem of using SIMBL?

texts: As the title, is there any known problem of installing SIMBL on my Mac? For example performance degradation, security problem, or anything else.


texts: Impossible to connect to shared folders from Windows XP to Mac OS X 10.10

texts: I am trying to set up a Macbook running Yosemite 10.10.5 and a PC running Windows XP in order to share some folders on my home network. Briefly summarizing, I have defined a constant IP they will use to connect themselves to the network. Then, the shared folders have been set up: on Mac OS, using the Preferences > Sharing board and on Windows through the Properties > Sharing > Advanced Sharing menu. All works fine when I request a connection from the Macbook to the PC: I use Finder > Connect to a Server, filling the blank line with smb://IP_OF_THE_PC and then inserting the username and the password of the account that is sharing these data. On the contrary, doing the inverse procedure, I mean requesting a connection from the PC to the Macbook - launching the command \\IP_OF_THE_MAC from the Start menu, the configuration seems to not work. Sincerely, I am a bit surprised because the same configuration was fine when I was running Mavericks 10.9 and so I suppose that all this is due to some modification introduced by Yosemite itself. In the end, can someone suggest me other parameters I should check and/or edit to allow the right functioning of all this?


texts: macOS partition not showing up after High Sierra update

texts:
I updated my MacBook Pro mid 2015 to High Sierra from Sierra. Update was successful and everything worked perfectly for nearly 6 hours.
Then MBP hung and I had to hard power off since it wasn't responding for quite a while.

Now, that partition doesn't even exist. I had Boot Camp installed. Hence it automatically boots into Windows. No other drive shows up for boot options. Not even macOS recovery partition.

I made a bootable USB stick with macOS High Sierra from internet recovery, Disk Utility cannot fix it.

fsck_apfs says it is not a APFS container.
Windows lists it as HFS/HFS+.
diskutil lists - APFS container.

I need all the data on it since I had been working while the update happened which has no backup.
How do I recover that partition or at least all the data in it?

Note: Drive was not encrypted with FileVault.


texts: Unable to upgrade/update iPad 2 from iOS 5.1.1 (to iOS to 9.3)

texts:
I have an iPad 2 (MC769LL/A) that is running iOS 5.1.1. I need to update the OS. The device is telling me there's an update for 9.3, but I'm getting an error saying unable to verify the update because I'm no longer connected to the internet.

Before you even suggest it, I did all these things mentioned here (and everywhere else): https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7506344?tstart=0. Is this iPad in un-update-able hell? Is there some way I can manually update it to a lower version than 9 as a stepping stone?


texts: Why does mounting an nfs share from linux require the use of a privileged port?

texts:
I export a directory on a linux box and I can mount it from another linux box using

# mount -t nfs kurush:/media/lynk /mnt/kurush/

The same command fails on Mac OS X:

$ sudo mount -t nfs kurush:/media/lynk /Volumes/lynk
mount_nfs: can't mount /media/lynk from kurush onto /Volumes/lynk: Operation not permitted

At the same time, kurush:/var/logs/syslog records this line:

rpc.mountd[7943]: authenticated mount request from sds-MacBook-Pro.home:1009 for /media/lynk (/media/lynk)

When I try to go though the GUI (finder->connect to server->nfs://kurush/media/lynk->connect), I get an immediate failure (unable to connect &c) and the linux box syslog records the authenticated mount request.

The problem is solved by using a privileged port:

Command line:

sudo mount -o resvport -t nfs kurush:/media/lynk /Volumes/lynk

To enable GUI:

sudo vifs

then add a line

kurush:/media/lynk /Volumes/lynk nfs resvport,ro,user,noauto

The questions are:

Why do I need to use a privileged port? Is it something I do on the linux side?
I seem to recall that once upon a time I did mount that share without the aforementioned magic.
How do I tell MacOSX to use the privileged port without using the command line?
I thought Apple was for the "non-techie" crowd, so it must be possible!


texts: How do I migrate my Keychain's "Local Items" to a new Mac?

texts:
After preforming a Mavericks-Mavericks migration using Migration Assistant, I have a "Local Items" Keychain on my new machine in which many (perhaps most) items are out of date (using old passwords), and some are missing altogether. While I have access to a copy of the entire contents of the ~/Library/Keychains/ directory from my old machine, which presumably contains all the information I'm missing, I see no way of importing that information into my new machine.

How can I import the "Local Items" from my old Keychain into the Keychain on my new machine?


texts: Will using my iPad as an external monitor negatively affect it's lifespan?

texts:
I'm using AirDisplay to allow me to use my iPad as an external monitor for about 10 hours a day. I have it plugged into my Mac the entire time (so the battery doesn't completely die).

Will this negatively affect it's lifespan? I'm sort of expecting my iPad to last for 5 or 10 years at least if I treat it well (is that realistic?), but, will this cause it to burn out in the next year or two?

What I'm specifically worried about is:

The display could somehow stop working (would pixels burn out? Would it not be able to get as bright? What specifically bad will happen from over-using the display?)
The battery could go to crap (I'm worried I'll get to the point where I'd have to continually charge it and it wouldn't be able to hold any meaningful charge)


texts: Reduce volume of 'blip' sound on Macbook

texts:
When I click on the volume buttons I hear the 'blip' sound. I got how to disable it

But generally it is good to get feedback sound so I don't want to turn it off completely. I want to reduce the volume feedback because it has some kind of high volume. Is there a way to do that without turning off completely?


texts: iTunes Match "upgraded" one of my songs with a glitchy version. Now what?

texts:
I signed up for iTunes Match. It matched most of my songs and uploaded the rest. I was playing one of my favorite songs and discovered it has a glitch at 21 seconds in. It is consistently there, even on multiple devices. Luckily I found I still had my copy in a backup, so I removed the song from the iTunes library and re-added it. Unfortunately it is one of the songs Apple "matched" so it keeps getting replaced with the glitchy version.

I guess I could try renaming the song so Apple doesn't keep replacing it, but that seems like a lot of work. What else can I do?


texts: Wifi turns off and refuses to turn back on on MacBook Pro Retina with OS X El Capitan

texts:
Yesterday, my computer developed two worrying problems that occurred simultaneously:

My computer began to crash at random times (solved, maybe)
My Wi-Fi turns off frequently and cannot be turned back on (unsolved)

Some useful information that may be of assistance:

Network is inaccessible
The Wi-Fi symbol is unfilled (it's really off, not just disconnected)
ifconfig reports that en0 (the Wi-Fi interface) is up, but status is inactive
The Network tag under System Report... still shows the correct card type and firmware version (AirPort Extreme and Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0, respectively), but the status is Off.
AirPort Utility is fully updated
All VPNs (of which there are one) are disabled (by me), and all other network types turned off (by me)

If any further information is needed, please let me know - I'll see what I can do to get it from the computer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I dearly need this laptop for school.
EDIT:
I have worked a bandaid solution of using my cell phone as a Bluetooth NAP device, so I should be able to upload any information that you need.
EDIT 2:
Resetting both PRAM and SMC did not successfully fix the issue. My computer actually entered an unusable state today, so I'm afraid that no further tests will help, and, at this point, I'm planning to replace the laptop. Any further advice would be appreciated for future use.


texts:
I am trying to make NONE of my text messages/imessage/sms messages (don't understand the universe of text messaging).

I just don't want any of them to appear on the iPad my child sometimes uses.  I've seen other answers to this kind of question mention going to the iPhone to SETTINGS / MESSAGES / TEXT FORWARDING but I don't find that on my iPhone 6 that is running with current IOS software.
Can somebody tell me EXACTLY where it is located so I can make sure to turn off all that needs to be turned off.

THANK YOU!


texts: Does applications movable to other iphones?

texts:
I am fun of buying apps and not to jailbreak my iphone so all my apps are paid. Moreover, I am subscribed to deals websites, where I receive some newsletters with apps discounts or even paid apps to free for limited time.

My question is, all paid apps can be re-downloaded with no cost to a new device (e.g iPhone 6 when it will be out) ?
Moreover, those apps that was paid but was on free discount for limited time, are these apps free again to be sync to a new device?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Viewing notes from an old iPod touch 4th generation.

texts: I had a 4th generation iPod touch and lost it over a year ago after I received a fifth generation. Now I would like to at least view the notes I had written on my old iPod but I don't have a gmail connected to it or anything that I know of that can allow me to do this. Ideas?


texts: How can I add a city to my list and create a corresponding if-then string?

texts:
My current code:

property cityList : {"City A","City B","City C","New City"}
choose from list cityList with prompt "Choose your city:"
set choice to result
if choice is not false then set city to choice
if choice is false then error number -128

if (city as string) is "City A" then
    set lat to 1
    set lon to 1
else if (city as string) is "City B" then
    set lat to 1
    set lon to 1
else if (city as string) is "City C" then
    set lat to 1
    set lon to 1
else if (city as string) is "New City" then
    set lat to my customLat()
    set lon to my customLon()
    set city to my customCity()
    set x to the length of cityList
    set the end of cityList to "New City"
    copy city as string to item x of cityList
end if

--script that does things based on values of lat and lon

where customLat() is a subroutine that prompts the user for a latitude, tries to coerce it to a number and outputs an error if it can't, and outputs another error if said number is not between -90 and 90, and customLon() is a similar one, but it tests for between -180 and 180 instead. In either case, if an error is returned, it prompts the user for the relevant number once more. customCity() merely prompts the user for the city's name.

My problem is what to type in after the copy city line. Is there a way to add an if block in my code - that is, have the code write on top of itself - based on the result of the "New City" if block? That is, once the code has established the variables city, lat, and lon, it will then insert before the end if line a similar block to the previous cities:

else if (city as string) is "Newly Inputted City" then
    set lat to 1
    set lon to 1

I am looking for a way that the user can input a custom city and coordinates, and the code will overwrite itself to allow that as a valid option, so that the next time the script is run the custom city will be available as an option, and selecting it will automatically set its lat and lon, just like the other cities.


texts: Stop mouse pointer from sticking to the edge of display in dual monitor setup

texts:
I am using macOS Mojave on a MacBook Pro.

I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like the mouse pointer, from time to time, seems to stick to the edge of the monitor when I try to move it from secondary monitor to the primary monitor (the secondary monitor is to the right, primary (laptop built in monitor) to the left).

If I try to make it happen on purpose it never happens, which makes me feel like I was mistaken in the beginning, but after playing around for a while I feel like it definitely is happening, but only sometimes and I'm not sure why.

Does this annoying snap-to-monitor-edge feature have a name, and more importantly how do I disable it?


texts: Installing TextWrangler command line tools into /usr/bin

texts:
I just installed the text wrangler command line tools and they are placed into /usr/local/bin by default.  On Lion this directory appears to be a root only directory, and I don't want to have to run the edit command as root.

However if I copy the edit command into /usr/local it won't launch textwrangler. I can see the "edit" process running but text wranger isn't launched.

Is there a trick to getting edit working in /usr/bin? The other command line tools from textwrangler work fine from there.


texts: Bootcamp Windows 10 - No image are available

texts:
For those that don't know yet, Bootcamp no longer requires (supports) USB drive to install Windows.

I'm trying to install Windows 10 but getting a "No image are available" notice on Windows setup window after entering the license key.

I haven't found a single result about this online (so far). Any ideas?

Thanks...

  El-Capitan on Early 2015/MBP 13".


texts: Is there such a thing as unsafe cpu levels on mac?

texts:
Background: The process com.docker.hyperkit has consistently been using between 100% and 200% cpu on my mac (which has 2 physical, and (in total) 4 virtual cores).

Question: is there such a thing as unsafe CPU levels (as displayed in the activity monitor) on a mac? If so, at what levels should I get worried?


texts: Running bash script without asking for password

texts:
I wrote a little shell script that switches some settings that I have to switch a lot. I saved it as a .command file, so double-clicking will run it. Now everytime I run it, it's asking for my password (although just changing those settings doesn't require any password when I do it by hand).
Is it possible to make the bash script run, without it asking for a password everytime? All it does is switches my proxy settings off...

The script:

#!/bin/bash
osascript -e 'quit app "MyAppsAnywhere"'
networksetup -setautoproxystate Wi-Fi off
exit 0


texts: MacBook Air 2015 Shuts Down in Boot Camp Randomly

texts:
My MacBook Air (2015) randomly shuts down (like, the power just cuts off) in Boot Camp. This doesn't happen if I have the charger plugged in.

While I vaguely recall it happening once or twice in OSX, I feel like it's a Boot Camp exclusive battery problem or something. Running Windows 10, so maybe the battery is overheating, cause Windows just makes the fan run louder, but I'm not sure.

What should I do?


texts: What is this black bar at the bottom of my Dock?

texts:
I have this strange bar at the bottom of my Dock:

What could it possibly be and how could I remove it? It is non-blocking but distracts me when using the Dock.


texts: iMessage: How to tell which conversations sent from phone or email?

texts:
I have my phone and email activated on iMessage. Some of my conversations are sent from my email and some are sent from my phone.
How can I tell which conversations are sent from which address (phone or email)?
In other words, if I open a conversation in iMessage, how do I tell whether it is associated with my phone number or my email address?
Related question, how can I tell whether the other person in the conversation is receiving it at their phone or email (it just shows the contact card for the other person, no indication whether it's to phone or email).
I have iMessage on my iPhone (iOS 13.3.1) and MacBook Pro (macOS 10.15.6), same question/issue on both platforms.


texts: MacBook shows circle with line through on boot even on Safe Mode and kernel panics

texts:
I was rebooting my early 2011 MacBook to run a hardware test on system boot using the shift key. It all went well and the hardware test was accomplished. I rebooted as usual and I get a circle with a line through it instead of the Apple symbol.

Regardless of whether I am booting in safe mode it doesn't boot.

I did the hard disk check and privilege repair which had some complains of that got fixed.
I can't get the system to run. I don't know what a reinstall from recovery will do to my stuff or the machine. What's lost?

Here's a picture of the kernel panic:


texts: apple configurator 1.7 downgrade ios from 10 to 10

texts: I am using apple configurator 1.7.2. Accidentally someone upgrade IOS to version 11 as image for every no ipod touch. Is any way I can go back to version 10? I need it for run older application which not support version 11 yet. Thanks for any help


texts: Turning Off Wi-Fi During Logout Script Doesn't Work With Launchd

texts:
I'm writing a launchd plist and a shell script on my MacBook running Yosemite to automate the following scenario:

Turning off Wi-Fi when the user logs out.

Here's my script:

#!/bin/sh
onLogout() {

    #Turning off Wi-Fi. Tested in the Terminal and worked.
    /usr/sbin/networksetup -setairportpower en0 off

    #Log a message as a proof that the script is executed
    echo 'Logging out' >> ~/Desktop/logout.sh.log
    exit
}

trap 'onLogout' SIGINT SIGHUP SIGTERM
while true; do
    sleep 86400 &
    wait $!
done

When I logged out, I did see the log message appearing in the log file. But the Wi-Fi was still on.

Please help.


texts: Mac OS/X won't let me mkdir /usr/share/tomcat6, even as root

texts:
Running MacOS Sierra (10.12.6)

me $ sudo su root
sh-3.2# bash
bash-3.2# pwd
/usr/share
bash-3.2# mkdir tomcat6
mkdir: tomcat: Operation not permitted
bash-3.2# chmod g+w /usr/share/
chmod: Unable to change file mode on /usr/share/: Operation not permitted
bash-3.2# chflags nouchg /usr/share/
bash-3.2# mkdir tomcat
mkdir: tomcat: Operation not permitted
bash-3.2# chmod g+w /usr/share/
chmod: Unable to change file mode on /usr/share/: Operation not permitted

I have a web app that expects to find log files in /usr/share/tomcat6/logs/.  Since such a directory doesn't exist, I'm attempting to create /usr/share/tomcat6, and then make a soft link from there (called logs) to the actual logs directory.

How do I defeat OS/X and get my way?


texts: How do I use AppleScript GUI scripting to change the mouse speed?

texts:
I use a Mac at school which resets all settings once logged out. I would like to automatically set some settings in system preferences.

I found an answer here which described how to change the natural scrolling behavior in system preferences. Unfortunately, this doesn't help in changing the mouse speed. Additionally, I've noticed that fining the checkbox number in AppleScript is a very hit-or-miss process. Checkbox 1 might activate a checkbox at the bottom of a particular settings page, whereas Checkbox 2 might activate one in the middle somewhere. I feel uncertain whether I'd be able to find out how to change a slider due to this 'randomness.'

Does anyone know how to change the slider using GUI scripting?


texts: Unable to delete Kernel malware in extension which hampers my all connections including wifi. Wi-Fi shows no hardware installed

texts: I had downloaded an Ethernet adapter driver from Mac which disabled my wifi. My wifi icon shows no hardware installed. Malware is located in /System/Library/Extensions. It is a kernel extension named "Apple Realtek" and I am unable to uninstall it. Whenever I try to drag it to trash it says your Mac requires this file and I cannot even change it to read and write after unlocking it. My wifi, Bluetooth and other connections are not working.


texts: Do two (or more) apps using GPS share the same location data stream?

texts:
When an app calls for GPS data, does it activate the GPS call itself and then when another app simultaneously running calls it does it make a separate call? Or when the second app accesses the GPS does it get the data that's already there (or something similar, like a channel is opened in both apps which the GPS system sends all data to each channel when data is available)?

I'm wondering, because if each app only gets control of the GPS half the time it could certainly result in a less effective GPS. So I'm guessing that the iPhone was built with this in mind and the same GPS data would be available to each app, but I don't know if that's what's being done.

Does anyone know the internal workings of GPS on iOS?


texts: How to use an iPhone to answer calls of another phone via Bluetooth?

texts: I have an iPhone 8 and I would like to use it to answer calls of my older Android phone, which I still keep and I have another line on it. How could I pair my iPhone to the other phone to use the iPhone as a Bluetooth headset?


texts: I have downloaded the HEIC and MOV files. I want to be able to view them as if on an Apple device: click the image to play the video. Google Photos does this for photos uploaded to drive but I want to be able to do this for photos downloaded on my PC.


texts: Changing the keyboard layout (NOT language) based on the input language

texts:
I have a Japanese keyboard Macbook running Yosemite.

The input languages (sources) are Japanese and English.

While the input language is Japanese, I want the keyboard layout to be Japanese (this is how it is by default, but I don't want to change this).

While the input language is English, I want to use a standard QWERTY layout (in other words, the ; key should be ;/: (like QWERTY), not ;/+ (like Japanese layout).  How can I change the keyboard layout when I change the input language?


texts: Transferring data from old macbook to new macbook

texts: Is there an easy way to transfer my applications and data from my old macbook pro to my new macbook pro?  I vaguely recall a service or utility that transferred "everything" from an old macbook to a new macbook.


texts: Can each application have a separate merchant account?

texts:
I work for a software company that is just starting to develop for the iPhone and we have a few clients that each want their own app developing and adding to the Market to sell.

My question... is it possible to create 'sub accounts' for each client so that they have access to information for their app and payments will go straight to them?


texts: Trigger custom script on specific log message

texts:
I am using AirServer for Airplay on my Mac. As far as I know, AirServer does not provide an interface to run scripts on specific actions. However, I found a AirServer specific message inside the Console app whenever a device connects or disconnects to the service. I also tried the following in Terminal:

log stream | grep "AirServer"

I am looking for an efficient way to run a custom script whenever the process AirServer spills out a specific message (in my case connect/disconnect).


texts: macports: bash_completion not working with make (with gmake or without)

texts:
I've installed bash_completion from macports. Completion works fine for git, for instance, where I installed +bash_completion variant.

Completion doesn't work for make, whether I install macports' gmake or not. gmake doesn't even have +bash_completion variant.

How do I make it work?


texts: Reliability of cheaper RAM like Komputerbay, or unbranded?

texts:
Online stores sell DDR3 memory from companies like Komputerbay for a fraction of the price that Kingston, Samsung, Crucial, OWC, etc. charge (not mentioning Apple OEM).

Most reviews are good, but some people report it not working. That's not actually a problem, since Amazon will give you a refund; so the important question is:

With RAM, if it works initially and passes hardware tests, does that mean it's likely that it won't have future problems?

(Reviews only represent a fraction of the people that bought the items, so if it works right away they're likely to leave a positive one and not come back to edit it if things go wrong months or years down the line.)


texts: Restart with the same windows and programs open

texts: I have an iMac iOS 10.11.4. When I restarted it, all the programs and windows came back as it was. I do not why, it does not happen anymore. How can I have that feature back?


texts: Two grandchildren no longer can use my Family Apple Music

texts: A third grandchild still can.  My wife is the Family Planning organizer, and I pay for the family Apple Music.   The settings in System Preferences look as though they should still have access.  What should we look at next?


texts: How can I use OSX and/or iOS to wake up in the morning depending on calendar events?

texts:
I'm not a morning person however occasionally I have to do things in the morning.  Currently it's up to me to adjust my alarm clock based on the events in my calendar for the next day.  I'd like to stop having to do this.

So here are my dream requirements and I'd like to know if through a combination of apps and/or just basic configuration it would be possible to do.

Lets me set a general wakeup time for weekdays and weekends.
Adjusts wake up time based on what events I have the next day.
Lets me set a time I have to be at work by and makes sure I don't snooze too long.
Integrates with home automation systems so I can either open blinds or slowly turn the lights on
Doesn't require me to open an app or anything in order to use it.
Makes it simple to add one off exceptions to this.

I know this is somewhat subjective because people have different needs but I think at least everything except the Home Automation is useful to everyone.


texts: Firewall with application rules for iPad

texts:
I've read some other topics about not needed firewall for iPad's, but I'm searching the other way of security or (more important) to help my budget.
I need firewall that has incoming/outcoming rules for every app. Rules should be remembered and asked only once, but easily to change. Good would be having profiles which I could switch when needed.

Is something like this available for iPad? Is it working without Jailbreak?

P.S. It should block apple services too when I want to.


texts: input numbers to navigate 'audio menus' when using phone tethered to your mac via facetime

texts: When using facetime tethered to your iphone in Yosemite (not sure if its different in El Capitan, i havnt upgraded yet) is there a way to be able to key in a number in order to navigate phone options the sort of "press 1 for opening times, press 2 for sales.." sort of thing ?


texts:
I have MBP M1, and install dbus with homebrew, but it sounds that dbus was not started. How can I start dbus?
dbus version: 1.12.20
Thanks
$ brew services
Name    Status  User      Plist
dbus    started lidaobing /Users/lidaobing/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
emacs   started lidaobing /Users/lidaobing/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.emacs.plist
unbound stopped
$ ps aux | grep dbus
lidaobing         7767   0.0  0.0 408114560   1392 s001  S+   11:32AM   0:00.00 grep --color=auto dbus
$ /opt/homebrew/Cellar/dbus/1.12.20/bin/dbus-daemon --nofork --session
dbus-daemon[7816]: Failed to start message bus: Check-in failed: No such process


texts:
I am using MacOS Server 5.6.1 running on a Mac Mini with High Sierra (10.13.6.
It works completely fine and I've been hosting few Wordpress websites on it without any major troubles for couple of years now.

I wanted to try and install Magento ecommerce platform on it but it requires some specific PHP extensions hence my question.

I know how to install PHP and the extensions (via Homebrew) but I can't seem to grasp how the Apache is configured in MacOS Server as the httpd.conf that server seems to be using (in /private/etc/apach2) doesn't load any PHP module at all.

I think I saw an article on that on the web some time ago bu not able to find it anymore...


texts: I got an iPhone 4s 16 GB. I had around 3.5 GB free earlier today. Then suddenly the low memory message pops up. Nearly 2 GB is gone. I'm still on iOS 7. Haven't downloaded anything since I had cleared up that 3.5 GB. What happened? Did my iPhone autodownload an update or something? If so, how do I delete that update?


texts: Can you read and write from and to APFS under High Sierra to FAT external hard-drives?

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Like many I have backups on external hard-drives, some are in HFS and others are in FAT32 or NTFS.

What happens to those backups with APFS ? I won't be able to access, read and write to or from them if I update to High Sierra to get APFS ? Thanks !


texts: How do I lower the brightness further than the limitations on the iPhone / iPad?


texts: Quickly access any app on an iPhone iOS5 using home or volume buttons?

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Is there a way to quickly access apps by holding down the home button, volume button or double tapping any of the buttons while in lock screen.

I believe there was a way to do it with a Jailbroken iPhone but I am looking to do it with iOS 5.

Any suggestions?
Or will I just have to wait for an iOS 5 jailbreak?


texts: Can a Keyboard Shortcut be Set to Connect to VPN?

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I now this may sound quite lazy, but I connect to a VPN several times a day (since the laptop gets disconnected from time to time).

I am aware of the "Show VPN Status in the Menubar" option, but is there a way I can make it a keyboard shortcut?


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I have an iPhone 4s, iPad2, and AppleTV3
My problem is that, my iTunes library on my PC doesn't consistently appear over all my devices (on my phone and ipad, I am referring to Apple's Remote app).  Sometimes, my itunes library will be visible by my apple TV and not my phone, or not my ipad, and vice versa. It's very random how some devices can see it and some cant. Even more strange, sometimes, a device will see it, and connect, and control it, but then shortly after, it's as if a connection is severed. And the device can no longer see my library. Any ideas why this would be? Here are some things to help you form answers.
- Everything is on the same network.
- They are all as up to date as possible.
- it DOES work, it just isn't always working.


texts: Equivalent of INS key: no key combination whatsoever works on my MacBook

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I have a MacBookPro 2011 (Italy) with OS X 10.11.6 and I'm looking for the combination that works just like the INS key found on Windows to overwrite text while I’m typing. The INS key is not found in the built-in keyboard, so I think there must be some other way to toggle this function!

To avoid any misunderstanding, you can see the keys found in the Italian built-in keyboard in the picture here:

I tried so many combinations, but none of these works:

FnEnter⏎ (it just produces a new line)
FnM (it just types an "m")
FnI
ControlT

And many more (for instance some combinations mentioned here: How do I simulate the Insert key in Windows on a MacBook Pro?)

Do you have any suggestions? This is driving me crazy, any help would be much appreciated, thanks!


texts: Get current StartInterval status from Launchd

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If a launchd job has a StartInterval of 600 and it's been "some time" since the plist was loaded.

How can one determine how much time remains until the next scheduled run?


texts: Issues using a non-Mac mouse with MacBook Pro

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The mouse I'm currently using is the Logitech Anywhere 2s mouse recommended by this youtuber.
When I use it for prolong amounts of time, I find VERY significant connection lag issues no matter whether using the USB Unifying receiver / Bluetooth option.
Wondering if anyone have faced the same issue and their steps to resolve it.
Hardware/Software I'm using :

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) [1.4 GHz
Quad-Core Intel Core i5]
macOS Big Sur Version 11.2
Logitech Anywhere 2s mouse
Vention USB HUB USB C to HDMI

*Note that I have tested it with old Macbook Air (that comes with the old USB port) and it works perfectly


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Personally, I am happy with Spotlight in the sense I just use it for finding something. But, I'm also not happy with Spotlight, as I sometimes feel it slows down my Mac pretty much. Even, I can find all the files that I need to find using PathFinder, LaunchBar, and even with find command.

Is there some case that Spotlight shines over other search tools?
Is there a way to (safely) disable spotlight? I googled to find some tips, but they all require some system change. I prefer some turn on/off method to speed my computer up by turning it off, and make use of the tool by turning it on.


texts: Are there other options for reducing glare on a MacBook Pro?

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I'm discouraged that for those of us wanting matte displays, we have to get a pretty crummy looking white-gray border around the screen rather than the sleek black edge that normal MacBook Pros come with:

Is there a way to get a matte display without having to get the terrible-looking edge? Could I buy a regular MacBook and use some commercial screen overlay which would give the same effect without compromising the black edge?


texts: Why does Safari frequently log me out of websites?

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Recently, Safari started to act differently and to bounce me out from websites such as Gmail, so I need to login after reboot or long sleep etc.

Why is this happening? How do I make Safari "remember" I'm logged in?


texts: pkg file extracting instead of installing?

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Recently I noticed my pkg updates are being extracted rather than installed. (for example the MS Office update wanted to extract the file)

Is there a way to ensure that pkg files are installed?


texts: In iOS 6, how can I convince Siri that New York City is not in Texas?

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This is NOT a rant about maps or its data.

I live in New York City, and when I ask Siri for the weather, the results seemed a bit... optimistic.  I think it unlikely, for example, that it will be 84 degrees here in NYC on this brisk October afternoon.

After getting the same (much too warm) results when asking for the generic "weather here" as well as "the weather in New York City, New York," I clicked through the Yahoo button to their webapp, which confirmed that while Siri "knows" I'm physically in New York City, NY, that somehow results in a query to yahoo for New York, TX.

If I go straight to the Apple Weather app, it works fine:  both the current location and a directly-typed entry for New York, NY report the correct high of 57 degrees.

So the problem appears to be somewhere between Siri's text parsing (which is working) and Yahoo.

I've tried this on two friends' devices with the same results.

Has anyone found a fix?


texts: Does time machine work well for hd upgrades? Looking to go to ssd but don't want to lose things like custom plist settings, init.d items, .profile items and all my brew installed items. Is times machine going to help me here or do I need something like superduper?