texts: Is there a way to force specific apps to run and remain in a specific order?

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I've been trying for days to figure out the correct way to phrase this question, so please do not hesitate to correct me.

I have four apps that I always run in full screen mode and I always have them in a specific order. It looks like this:

Dashboard
Spotify
IRC App
Desktop
Browser
Sublime Text

The problem I would like to solve is, even though I set them in this order, they don't always stay in that order. I can't figure out why. The browser, for example, will sometimes slide over to the left side of the desktop.

So two questions:

Is there a way to have these specific apps open on start up?
Is there a way to lock them into these positions, both on start up and during normal use?

I'm running a MacBook on OS X El Capitan v10.11.6


texts: How do I transfer videos I recorded on my iPhone 4 to my hard drive?

texts:
My iPhone 4 is constantly low on memory when downloading large Apps from the App Store.
I always get a message saying remove photos and videos to get space for new App.
I have been to Apple to sort out problem but did not work. The video are very important with sensitive info. How do I move these videos to my hard drive?


texts: How to open a HTML file of my PC in iphone's browser?

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I make mobile optimized websites and I develop websites on my Windows 7 Desktop. Whenever I want to see any .html file on iphone to check compatibility I upload the file to an online FTP then I open the file from that url.

But the whole thing takes so long each time.

I've got XAMPP installed but no wifi on my desktop - just on the router.

Is there any way to open on iPhone's Safari browser a .html file located at my PC's Desktop?


texts: After installing openssh 8.2 via brew, how do I add keys to keychain?

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I installed openssh 8.2 via brew install openssh. I added the following to my .profile:
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="~/.ssh/agent.$HOST.sock"
ssh-add -l 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
if [ $? -ge 2 ]; then
  ssh-agent -a "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" >/dev/null
fi

And, then I have to do the following:
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk
Enter passphrase for /Users/myuser/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk:
Identity added: /Users/myuser/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk

even though I have the following in my ~/.ssh/config:
Host *
    IgnoreUnknown UseKeychain
    UseKeychain yes
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk

(I had to add the IgnoreUnknown bit, because the install from brew installs a version that breaks the UseKeychain bit.) But now: How do I wire it up so it adds the key to my keychain?


texts: File upload dialog file picker groups files by sizes

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When I use the file upload dialog to pick files it only shows some files

In this example it says "from 10KB to 100 KB" how do I stop grouping files by size? I generally like to browse by age not grouped by size.
How do I stop grouping by size?


texts: How to remove the downloaded OS X El Capitan from App Store

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I downloaded OS X El Capitan from the app store to create a bootable usb drive and now that I am done, I dont know how to delete it. There is no un-install option in the app store.

How can I delete the downloaded OS X from my macbook?


texts: How to recover a corrupted external drive encrypted by FileVault?

texts:
I used Filevault to encrypt an external USB 2TB drive. Last week, I used the drive as usual, entering a password to unlock it to use.

Unfortunately, it didn't dismount properly. Since then I have not been able to use the drive: Disk Utility tried to repair it, but seems to have broken it even more, because now when I plug it in, Mac OS tells me that it can't recognise the drive, and prompts me to initialize / ignore / eject. Using terminal, the standard repair / verify commands I googled don't work. Please help?


texts: Is there a log to determine whether an application was launched?

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"Someone" downloaded a Word document from a Russian site.  I used VirusTotal to verify that it contained a Word macro virus.  If they just downloaded it and didn't open it then I don't need to reinstall the machine.

This is the link to the VirusTotal analysis.

Is there a way to verify that the document was or wasn't opened (e.g. was Word or LibreOffice launched on a particular day)?  Would it be in a log somewhere?

This is for Sierra.


texts: What does the "arrow" icon shown in the iPhone status bar indicate?

texts:
The icon shows an arrow like symbol pointing towards upper right. It appears towards the left of the battery indicator in iPhone.

What does this mean?


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I would like to know if there is any app that would notify me when locational service is being used up . Or it been open .

My ex wife has my find my iphone . I get a little arrow when she is using it . But it doesn’t pop up notify me when it’s been used .


texts: How iPad can run terminal as linux system?

texts: If I want to develop software on an iPad, how to start a terminal like linux and save the source local?


texts:
I have ten documents, 01.pdf to 10.pdf, that I would like to print. But some have cover pages that I'd like to remove. I'd like to avoid doing this manually ten times.

I'm halfway there. I can open 01.pdf using Preview, mark 02.pdf to 10.pdf in the Finder and drag to Preview's thumbnail section. Now printing will indeed print all pages. The trouble is that ⌘⌫ will not delete the occasional cover page, but the entire sub-document. Solution(s)?

I'm comfortable with any method (Terminal, MacPorts, ...), though using just Preview would be nice.


texts: Running Steam game in fullscreen doesn't allow second screen to show anything else (Mavericks)

texts: In Mavericks, when I'm running a full screen game, the second screen can't show desktop (or browser, or anything else.)  My understanding is that Mavericks sets the second screen in a different Space so both can be used.  Am I doing something wrong or is that a wrong understanding?


texts: How to clean up partitions after OS X is moved from HD to SSD

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Yesterday an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician installed an SSD into my iMac medio 2011. The iMac was born with an 1TB HDD but now a Crucial M4 SSD is also installed inside the mac. I've moved my OS X to the SSD using the OS X Recovery, where the OS was installed using an Time Capsule Backup. Afterwards I did an Erase of the old HDD in Disk Utility to remove my old OS and my data has now been transferred to new, clean partition. Afterwards I inserted my Lion DVD and did an reinstall of the OS X to get the OS X Recovery partition created on my SSD. The name of the partition on the SSD is Crucial M4 SSD and the name of partition on my old 1TB HDD is Storage.

Please see this output from diskutil list:

iMac:~ dennis$ diskutil list/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Crucial M4 SSD          255.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         999.9 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Storage                *999.7 GB   disk3

Why do I have an Apple_Boot on disk1 after the entire disk was erased?
What is the EFI and Apple_Boot?
Is it normal that the type of the Recovery HD is Apple_Boot?


texts: unplug externally plugged HDMI display from MacBook Pro

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I usually add an external monitor to my MacBook Pro as a second monitor. The only way I've found to unplug it without switching off the MacBook (or putting it to sleep) is by simply unplugging the HDMI cable.

The screen goes dark for a second as the system brings all the open windows over to the one screen (since I'm using the additional display as a second monitor instead of mirroring).

I feel this may result in some problem some day.

Is there a better way of doing this, say from the System Preferences interface?


texts: iPhone not appearing as a device in iTunes, making wireless sync impossible

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I'm not sure when this issue started, but at some point in the past I was able to wirelessly sync my phone to my computer through iTunes.

The two things that I have changed recently are updating to Mavericks, updating to iOS7 and then getting a new iPhone. While I know I have never been able to wirelessly sync my 5s, I can't remember if my 4s was able to or not.

Now the only time I see my phone appear in iTunes is when I plug it into the computer.

I asked a guy at the genius bar, but he couldn't figure it out, though he wasn't familiar with the ability to sync wirelessly and had to ask around to figure out how it was supposed to happen.

Has anyone had this issue and solved it?

Further Notes:

I have "Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi" checked when I have the phone plugged in.

When the phone isn't plugged into the computer, but is plugged into a power source, and is on the same Wifi network as the computer, the phone does not appear as a device in iTunes.

Current version numbers:

iTunes 11.1.5 (5)

OSX 10.9.2

iOS 7.0.6


texts: Is there any downside to buying the Apple TV 3rd generation rather than the 3rd Generation Rev A?

texts:
The 3rd generation Apple TV apparently comes in two versions:

3rd generation (A1427, model MD199LL/A)
3rd generation Rev A (A1469, also model MD199LL/A)

According to the Apple TV article on Wikipedia these models are identical except for some internal architectural changes which make the Rev A model consume less power.

I'm seeing some prices for the original model A1427 about 25% cheaper than the A1469 model.  Is there any reason to not get the cheaper device?  For example do I risk potential lack of future software support for the older model? E.g. is it conceivable that Apple could release a software version that runs on the A1469 but doesn't run on the A1427?


texts: Can I ghost/image my jailbroken AppleTV?

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I have an AppleTV2 (4.4.3) which I have jailbroken and am running XBMC on.  I want to upgrade it to 4.4.4 so it can support mirroring, and jailbreak again, but advice on the internets is split about whether XBMC will run reliably on 4.4.4, so in an ideal world I'd like to create an image of my current setup so I can restore it somehow if 4.4.4 doesn't make the grade.

Is this possible at all?


texts: This seems pretty easy in Windows 7, but I am unsure of how I can do this on Mac OS X. I have a Wireless printer connected to my router via Wireless, and now I want to use it with my Mac. How can I connect to the wireless printer with my Mac? I am using OS X Lion and am on a MacBook Pro.


texts: If I update my iPad 4 to iOS 8 from iOS 6, will the standard Over-The-Air update procedure delete any of my data? I don't have a computer to back it up, so this is important.


texts:
I just started seeing this screen appear on my phone. It's an iPhone 6 with iOS 9.1 - factory unlocked - never jailbroken - never done anything even remotely unusual with it. It's obviously a hack of sorts. I didn't press "accept" or "decline" just took a screenshot. There is no "app" visible on the home screen, and nothing running in the background (that I can see).

Can't find anything online that relates as to what this could be, or where it could come from. Very curious to know.

Notes:

The back button just takes you to the home screen.
I wiped the phone to factory settings, and the screen reappeared while I was still on the "hello/welcome" page.
This is not a support question. I 'm curious to know if anybody has heard of this exploit.


texts: Is there any equivalent command for usermod?

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In Linux, if I want to change a user's home directory, I can use the usermod command:

http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl8_usermod.htm

usermod [-c comment] [-d home_dir [-m]]

[-e expire_date] [-f inactive_time]
[-g initial_group] [-G group [,...]]
[-l login_name] [-p passwd]
[-s shell] [-u uid [-o]] [-L|-U] login

Is there any equivalent command in OS X?


texts:
Is it possible to copy a "block" of text from a terminal window without having to copy entire lines?

Example:

Say I just wanna copy the text I’ve circled in the image above, is this possible? Or do I also have to copy everything to the left of the block I want to copy?


texts: Scaled Resolution switching interfering with Terminal startup

texts:
I saved a window group in Terminal and set that as my default startup group in Terminal preferences "On startup open: window group..."

If I then switch my resolution scaling from "More Space" to "Best (Retina)"  all of my terminal windows shrink to fit (and oddly get wider by two columns).

I think application state saving gets in the way because these fat-squat terminal windows are all I get until I resize them all by hand.

Is there any way to get the windows to resize back to full height when switching back to normal resolution?


texts: Why does Page Down/Up using Fn+Down/Up not work on some applications?

texts:
I have a Macbook. Fn+Down/Up keys work as Page Down/Up in some applications but not in every application.

Some critical applications that this key binding don't work are Firefox and IntelliJ Idea.

Is there any way to make this key binding work in those applications?


texts: iPhone 5 still has previous owners itunes info

texts: I bought an iphone 5 off kijiji and was able to restore it however the previous owner still had it connected to itunes therefore am unable to use it. Hiw do I completely wipe phone clean nd start fresh creating my own itunes account


texts: Can you create an Apple ID with the iCloud email address it comes with? (if I enable it)


texts: simplest way to open all images in a directory in Finder

texts:
When I have (and browse with Finder) a directory with a bunch of photos and videos (from e.g. my camera), I often want to open all the pictures in it.

How can I do that?

Right now, I select all (Apple+A), open (Apple+O) and then quit QuickTime/MPlayer/VLC. But that is a bit annoying.


texts:
Disk Utility is failing to format an 8T external hard drive on my iMac.

I keep getting an error stating Unable to write to the last block of the device: (see below):

How might I troubleshoot this?


texts: Connecting to the Internet with an iPad or iPod Touch, via public wifi

texts: I was thrilled when the cafe at our local sport center started to provide free wifi. Everything was great for awhile, but a few weeks ago something changed, and now my devices cannot browse or check email etc. Despite being able to detect the wifi network with full bars, my devices tell me they cannot connect to the Internet. The staff do not think they have changed anything. What could be happening, or what could be different? Is there anything I can do about it?


texts: What is the recommended headphone hardware spec to pair with Apple Watch Series 2?

texts:
Does Apple Watch Series 2 support all bluetooth headphones, or do I need to check for specific bluetooth requirements before buying?

Most of the sites suggest Beats Jaybird. Will the watch not work with common bluetooth headphones?


texts: How can see ALL devices (including ethernet) connected to Airport Extreme?

texts:
I am running Airport Utility 6.3.  I can see the list of WIRELESS clients connected.  I can't see anywhere in the utility where I can see WIRED/ETHERNET clients connected.

Other posts on this site refer to an Advanced Settings Tab on Airport Utility 6.x. or else Manual Setup.   I don't see this anywhere in the GUI.  Under the Network tab, you can reserve static IPs, but that's not what I want, I want to see which WIRED (not just wireless) devices are actually connected.  I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue with my DirecTV box which doesn't seem to be connecting even though I have reserved an IP for its MAC address.  Yes, I can ping the IP, but the point is if I want to set it to DHCP, I wouldn't know the IP, and it would be nice to just see what all the devices are.


texts: Prevent MacBook Pro 2016 from sleeping (High Sierra)

texts:
I need to prevent my 13" 2016 MacBook Pro from sleeping. I'm using the Sonnet Echo Express III-D and when the Mac sleeps, all cards in the devices are disconnected and won't come back until the Mac is restarted or Thunderbolt 3 cable is removed and reconnected. I have a case open with Sonnet, but until then, I don't want my Mac to sleep.

The Mac is running High Sierra and there appears to be no setting in Energy Saver that keeps the Mac from going to sleep while on the Power Adapter, other than this:

In earlier versions of macOS, there used to be a second slider that allowed you to set when the Mac sleeps, in addition to controlling the display.

Now, no matter what, my Mac will sleep whenever it wants, with no apparent way of controlling this.

I have tried Amphetamine but it appears the way this works is, when the computer tries to go to sleep, it interrupts it and keeps it awake. This won't work for me, since that's long enough for the cards in the Sonnet to all get disconnected.

How can I prevent my Mac from sleeping?


texts: Can't access local Documents folder, only iCloud one

texts:
I ran out of space in my Macbook Air a few days ago and the computer gave me the option to upload the Documents folder to iCloud, to which I agreed and proceed. Now, in the Finder, I can only access the iCloud folder of Documents, which doesn't let me copy the documents to an external device. Also, I would like to delete some things from the Documents folder from my SSD.
If I go to Machintosh HD -> Users -> MyUserName there is no Documents folder. However, it still taking space in my SSD, because I can see it in Storage Management.
Could you help me to copy to an external device and delete from my computer the Documents folder? Thanks


texts: Will my Mac run slow if I update it to Mavericks?

texts:
Today my Mac wanted me to upgrade it to Mavericks. I'm hesitating because it is a bit old (Mid 2009 MacBook Pro) and I don't want things to run slow. I'm currently using 10.8.5 and it is OK. I have a Core 2 duo (2.53 GHz) with 4 GB of RAM.

What do you recommend? How was your experience?


texts: Yosemite: is there a way to put back Spotlight under the magnifying glass?

texts:
I would like to get the Spotlight prompt under the magnifying glass positioned in the top right of the screen under the menu bar. Yosemite shows it in the middle of the screen.

Is this configurable or hackable?


texts: Can I select music from my iPhone/iPad and it plays on my Samsung Smart TV

texts:
The title says it all, but to give a little more detail.

What I want to be able to do is to sit on my sofa, and select music via my iPhone or iPad and then that music is played on my TV (which is connected to my Hi-Fi).

Is this possible? I really want to use the native music selection from the phone.

I don't really want to buy AppleTV, as I already have enough computers in the house in theory to make this kind of system possible.

Does anyone know how I can make this work?


texts: How to force a Time Machine deep traversal?

texts:
After a few kernel panics and an accidental hot-unplugging of my Firewire Time Machine drive, I'd like to make sure that my Time Machine exactly matches my Macintosh HD, much like rsync -a.  Is there a way to force Time Machine to do a deep traversal to check that the backup matches?

Knowing how to do this on Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion would be useful.


texts: iPhone 7 is not showing notifications for a incoming messages in Messages application

texts:
I have iPhone 7 running iOS 11.2.5

iMessages (Messages) application is not displaying any notifications for the messages that is coming from bank.

I checked all the settings for notifications and messages app. All of them are enabled.

Some threads on Apple Community forums says that you need to disable bluetooth.

I don't know. Anyone is facing the same issue?


texts: Apple script to lock computer using knock

texts:
There is a great app called knock which lets you unlock your mac by tapping on your phone twice while in proximity.

http://www.knocktounlock.com

Unfortunately in order for the app on your phone to unlock your mac, you must have locked your computer using their lock utility.

The 3 ways I normally lock my computer do not seem to work with the app.
- Alfred
- control + shift + eject
- Waiting for screen saver

Their utility must be interfaced with a mouse and can not be triggered from the keyboard as far as I can tell.

How could you write a script (applescript?) that would lock the computer using their interface?

knock to unlock interface

Alfred lock interface


texts: Unable to share Wi-Fi passwords with one of my Macs

texts:
I am unable to share any Wi-Fi passwords to one of my Macs.

AirDrop works to share photos / files / web pages
Handoff does work for Safari to hand off an active page
Sharing WiFi passwords certainly does not work at all

Let's call the affected Mac "Mac A". I am able to share passwords from my iPhone to "Mac B" and I am also able to share passwords with other contacts from my iPhone. I am able to share Wi-Fi passwords from "Mac A" to my iPhone, but not the other way around.
When I try to share a password from any device (but using my iPhone as an example) to "Mac A" the iPhone says "Sharing" for about 30 seconds and then shows "Password Not Shared" "There was a problem sharing your Wi-Fi password." I've added a screenshot of the error, just in case that's of use.
I've tried to fix this by:

Signing out of iCloud on all of my devices
"Forgetting" Wi-Fi networks from all of my devices
Restarting all devices
Sign in to iCloud on my iPhone
Connect to my home Wi-Fi network from my iPhone
Connect "Mac A" to the internet via Ethernet
Sign in to iCloud on "Mac A"
Disconnect Ethernet
Attempt to connect to my home Wi-Fi network on "Mac A"
Performed a reinstall of macOS on "Mac A" (using recovery mode)
Erased "Mac A" and performed a clean install of macOS

However, I get the same error. I've also tried resetting "network settings" on my iPhone and then going through the above steps, but that didn't change anything. I kind of didn't expect this to help as the issue appears to be with "Mac A".
I don't know what else to try next with this. Does any one have any ideas on what to try?


texts: How can I purchase Mountain Lion on a computer and install it on a different computer?

texts:
I bought a used MacBook Pro 15″ with Lion and Windows dual boot. I accidentally dropped my Mac when it was on - everything was fine until I rebooted it and it got stuck on the grey screen, and I lost the dual boot so even Windows wouldn't start.

I've searched on the web, and it tells me to restore it via the internet with ⌘ cmd+R.

I did it, but it asked me to update to Mountain Lion, so when I hit ok it says that my Apple ID has not been used to purchase Mountain Lion.

What can I do to purchase a new copy of Mountain Lion with my Apple ID? Can I use my other PC to purchase it with my ID, and after that download it when am in recovery?


texts: Any way to see Safari cellular data use by site?

texts:
I've got one of those pay-what-you-use mobile plans, and I noticed in last year I started getting higher bills. I'm wondering which sites (or other apps) are chewing bandwidth.
I know that under the iOS Settings I can see which apps use cellular data. The top app is usually Safari. There is nothing that splits out the data use by web site. Anyone know if there is a way to do that? Maybe an extension?


texts: iOS 5 Music App Grey circle with a square inside it next to the song title - what does it indicate?

texts:
I had a few problems downloading a few tracks from the iTunes store direct to my phone. As a result I seem to have placeholder versions of the songs that will let me stream them but not play them.

In the library they have a grey icon next to the song titles a circle with a small square inside, very much like a stop icon but it seems to do nothing.

What is this icon and what does it indicate?

The screenshot shows the problem tracks with icon and the ones that have synced over from iTunes (which are "normal").

I do use iCloud and have music automatically download, I don't have Match.

The name of the artist and my name being the same is just a co-incidence.


texts: Detect when an application goes fullscreen?

texts:
I would like to detect that event from an Applescript. I have found the lsappinfo command-line app, which has a listen command that seems to fill my need exactly, but going fullscreen does show up in the output. Here is what I tried. First I ran in Terminal

lsappinfo  listen +all forever

Then I clicked on a Safari window, and then clicked on the green button to make it fullscreen, then exited fullscreen and went back to terminal to see the output. I then did it again but without going fullscreen, just clicking on a Safari window, and then clicking back on the Terminal window. In both cases, the sequence of events is

FrontApplicationPresentationModeChanged, received by Safari
PresentationModeChangedBecauseFrontApplicationChanged, received by Safari
BecameFrontmost, received by Safari
LostFrontmost, received by Terminal
MenuBarAcquired, received by Safari
MenuBarLost, received by Terminal
FrontApplicationPresentationModeChanged, received by Terminal
PresentationModeChangedBecauseFrontApplicationChanged, received by Terminal
BecameFrontmost, received by Terminal
etc

The "fullscreen event" should have shown up between 6 and 7 in this list but it is conspicuously absent!

This is on MacOS 10.12.6. It feels like a bug to me. Does somebody know whether it works on other versions of MacOS? Is there any other way to achieve my goal?


texts: Why is my iOS 6 device missing all iTunes Match playlists?

texts:
After upgrading to iOS I don't see any iCloud playing list in my iPhone.

The lists are OK in iTunes on my two OS X devices but not on the iPhone.

In the Music settings:

iTunes Match is switched on
show all music is also switched on

Any hint?


texts: Bluetooth audio devices stop working after a few minutes

texts:
Update Dec 3: I keep experiencing this issue whenever there's little memory left. I.e., Bluetooth audio stops behaving correctly whenever Memory Pressure in Activity Monitor is high; the only way to get it working again afterwards is to disable and re-enable Bluetooth.

When I connect an audio device and use it to play music, audio stops working after a few minutes and switches to internal speakers instead (but the device continues to be shown as "Connected" in Bluetooth). This happens with all my Bluetooth audio devices (3 in total). I don't experience any of these issues when using the same devices with my smartphone. The issue started around a month ago, roughly at the time when I upgraded to macOS Catalina. I'm using a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015).

I have tried the following steps already:

Moving my bluetooth device right next to my laptop
Updating to macOS Catalina 10.15.1
Disabling and enabling Bluetooth
Restarting the laptop
Removing and re-adding all Bluetooth devices
Deleting the file "com.apple.Bluetooth.plist" in /Library/Preferences/
Resetting PRAM
Searching StackExchange and the internet for more advice

None of these have helped, not even temporarily.

This is what it looks like when the issue is present:

When hovering over the audio device, its name disappears; when clicking it, the audio menu bar icon becomes animated and looks like it's searching/loading in a way I haven't seen before.

At the same time, the device looks normal in Bluetooth:

I'd greatly appreciate any help!


texts: On my iPhone5S I wanted to rearrange some apps to be on the 1st screen in iTunes. This appears to be almost impossible (at least for anyone over the age of 65). iTunes keeps dropping apps I am trying to move into a group. How do I stop this from happening?


texts: What does the 2 stand for in "iPhone (2)" in find my iPhone app?

texts:
Under the 'Find my iPhone' app, one of our phones listed now has a 2 beside it:
iPhone (2)
Listed like the above. What does that mean?


texts: iPhone and Mac "Mail" app emails sync not working...?

texts:
I just bought a brand new Macbook Pro 15" and I already have an iPhone 4. I'm using Hotmail (now called Outlook) for email management. Since I'm using a Macbook now, I want to use Mail.app to manage my emails since I have multiple email accounts.

Here's my problem :

I have set my Hotmail account in Mail, and everything's working well. But When I read the email (of the same email account) on my iPhone, it's still mark as unread on my Macbook Pro after reading it on my iPhone.
But if I go on hotmail.com and log in my account, if I read a new email on my iphone that appears as unread in Hotmail, it will change as "read" in hotmail. So looks like the emails are synced.

I've made some research and looks like IMAP emails accounts can do what I need. Hotmail seems to be a POP3 mail server.
But if when logged in hotmail website, it works with my iPhone, why can't it work using the Mac Mail app? Some website seems to be saying that you can't do what I need with Hotmail (only Gmails, and other IMAP mail server)...and some say it'S possible.

Thanks a lot!

(I'm on Macbook Pro 2012, OSX 10.8)


texts:
I'm a PhD student and I work with a Mac which is not mine (I mean, it's property of the university). I'd like to upgrade the OS to the most recent version (compatibly with the hardware and other stuff...), but I don't now how this works.
The questions are the following:

Is the Mac "connected" to an account? (Actually I use it with no problem, but ...)
To upgrade the OS, do I need to use an Apple account? (I think yes.) Does this account have to be associated with some purchase done in the past?
Can I downgrade if something goes wrong?


texts: After interrupting an iPhone update, can I avoid connecting to iTunes?

texts: I was updating my iPhone and I accidentally pressed the home and lock button together thus interrupting the update. It has directed me to a link where I was instructed to connect the iPhone to iTunes and download the update. how can I recover my phone without connecting to itunes?


texts: How do I restore my iPhone 4 without backup?

texts: I was just trying to put some new music on my iPhone 4 (just temp phone until Christmas), I have had it for around 5 months, after losing my old iPhone 4s 6 months ago. I thought the backup was for music so I tried backing it up, clicked the wrong one and it backed up my OLDER iPhone 3GS from almost 2 years ago. So now everything I have had for the last 5 months is gone, since I have never plugged this one into iTunes before or backed it up is there any way of getting it back?


texts: Why does iPods need password when installing an app

texts: When I try to install an app it said I my passwords wrong and I forgot it but it still wouldn't let me install


texts: I bought a 'new' MacBook Pro from 3rd party. It came in a refurbished box, but they insist it was 'new' How do I know if this really is new or used?

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When I received the MacBook, it was in a 2016 refurbished apple MacBook Pro box even though the MacBook I received is a 2017 version. Are there any options that I have, to confirm whether this is a new or refurbished Mac?

I saw online that I can ask Apple to check the serial number and see if its ever been registered with someone else other than me. Will that work? Can I go to the Apple store and ask them to verify it for me?

Other than that, I received the MacBook exactly as I bought it; exact specs. I just thought that maybe they took the MacBook out of the original boxing and put it in a older box, but why would they do that, and why would they use an older box?

Please help me out.

Edit: I checked the battery cycle, and its at 4. Is that substantial? (Do new Macs come with a battery cycle like that?)

Just for reference, I bought this from Other World Computing.


texts: pfctl config to allow VPN host names instead of IP addresses in OpenVPN connection

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I would like to use VPN domain names instead of IP addresses to only allow some VPN servers on my Mac. I did everything here to set up pfctl to only allow some VPN servers to open access to some specific IP addresses however, I don't know how to add host names instead IP addresses to my allowed VPN list.

Because the IP addresses changes but host names not, is it possible to add host names instead IP addresses to pfctl?


texts: Connecting iPhone to hotel's ethernet network

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I am going on holiday tomorrow and the hotel I am staying in does not have wireless internet access in the bedrooms (awful oversight I know!).  They do however have ethernet points in each room.  I will only be taking my iPhone with me on this trip which obviously doesn't have an ethernet port.  However I do have a Netgear DG834PN modem-router which I can take with me.

I had a thought that I could put the router in bridged mode and use it as a wireless access point so that my iPhone can utilise the ethernet network.  Does this sound correct?  If I understand bridging correctly, this will mean that I won't need to assign an IP address to my router as it will take the one handed out by the DHCP server in the hotel.

Is any of this at all correct?  If not, do I have any options or am I stuck?


texts: jailbroken iPhone 4 stuck at boot screen after update

texts: My aunt's iPhone 4 was jailbroken the day it was bought. And about last month, she updated it. Suddenly the screen went blank only the apple logo was showing. She can't fix it with iTunes because she forgot her account. Is there any way to fix this without iTunes?


texts:
When I attach an image in a mail, I can throw it anywhere, inline, but it shows up as an image icon rather than actually showing the image:

Any way I can fix this? It also doesn't allow me to make a signature with images.


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I have a Mac running 10.7 Lion. I have the lastest compatible XCode installed but it isn't able to work with my iOS 10 iPad. It will work with my old iOS 6 iPod. I wrote an extremely basic app which compiled successfully and ran fine in the virtual device, however the system won't let me run or install the app on my iPod. I see I have a certificate issue and to obtain one I need to be part of the Apple Developer Programme.

I'm guessing that in the latest release of XCode this won't be an issue, and I can make apps and run them on my iPad for free as long as its for personal use. I know my Mac can't run Sierra but if I got hold of one which could would this be the case?

I don't want to have to pay a £99 per year Apple Dev Prog fee.


texts: Turn off Smart Folders display ".savedSearch" extension in Finder sidebar

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I held off upgrading my Mac Pro from Snow Leopard to Lion until I had replaced all the important apps that would no longer run.

So far it's OK, but one thing has me baffled is that my Smart Searches in the Finder sidebar all display a ".savedSearch" extension.

I've gone to Finder prefs and unchecked "Show all filename extensions" and I've done a Get Info… on the search themselves and made sure "Hide extension" is clicked.

Neither made a difference.

This doesn't happen on my MacBook, just the Mac Pro.

Any idea how to stop it?


texts: How can I manually switch to the next Desktop wallpaper in Mojave?

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I have attempted to use this AppleScript to to cause the Desktop wallpaper to change to the next image in the folder of images that has been selected in System Preferences. It does not work for me in Mojave, the current Desktop wallpaper remains unchanged.

Since I am unfamiliar with AppleScript, it might be that I am doing something wrong. I have copy/pasted the script into the Script Editor and clicked the Run button. I have also saved the script as an application and double clicked it from the Desktop.

Here is the version of the script that I am using:

tell application "System Events"
    tell current desktop
        set currentInterval to get change interval
        set change interval to currentInterval
    end tell
end tell

Any thoughts?


texts: How to undo "sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2/other/+php-osx.conf"

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After I did this:

sudo unlink /usr/local/php5
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/php5-*

To remove the supplemental configuration file that was installed with the updated PHP software, you may be able to remove the config file at /etc/apache2/other/+php-osx.conf:

sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2/other/+php-osx.conf

Then restart Apache:

sudo apachectl restart

php stopped running even when I see the version of php -- using

php -v
PHP 5.5.6 (cli) (built: Nov 14 2013 14:08:56)
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.2.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2013, by Derick Rethans

Can anybody tell me why that is?


texts:
I want to automatically start my MongoDB Server at startup. The command for it is

mongod --dbpath="/Users/prateek/Desktop/Mongo Database"

How do I configure this in Mac OSX El Capitan?

Note - I have installed MongoDB using Homebrew


texts: How do I disable/configure macOS Sierra's auto throttling of the CPU for processor intensive tasks

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I'm using an iMac (late 2015) with an Intel core i7 (quad core) 4GHz CPU with 32GB ram and a 3TB Fusion Drive. I'm a software developer working on a huge codebase that used to take about 30 minutes to build and run unit tests on my beast of a machine. Of course, running the build meant that the CPU usage was up through the roof and the fan working at its fastest speed.

I upgraded to macOS sierra yesterday, and my first attempt to build the project I'm working on took three and a half hours! During this time my computer and fan were as quiet as a sleeping baby.

I did some investigation and found that whenever a process uses too much CPU power to the extent of making the fans audible, in just a couple of seconds I see the CPU usage of this process falling down, and after a few minutes, the fan sound goes down too. It seems that in Sierra a feature was added to make sure that the CPU doesn't overheat by throttling the processor usage for high CPU demand processes automatically.

What I need to know is how to disable/configure this feature, because it's killing my productivity. I really love the other great features in Sierra, but I would certainly downgrade if there is no way to disable this auto-throttling.


texts: How do I download a URL using Applescript

texts: I used to be able to download URLs from an Applescript, but I lost the Applescript. I want to enter a URL: i.e.: "http://wpclassic.com/go.php?http://www.revolutiontwo.com/download/tv.zip" and have it prompt for a place to put the file.


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We may be receiving a 1,1 Xserve running OSX Lion 10.7.6 (newest for the hardware) and need to run Postgres on the system. Will the newest version (11.5_1 at the time of writing) work on Lion if installed via brew?

I understand Lion is a bit old at this point; this will be a home data base server and not one used online.

Naturally I would install brew myself and try but alas at the current point in time we do not have any computers running Lion so we have no way to check. I also looked online for "postgresql 11 system requirements" with no clear list of supported operating systems.

Additionally, as far as we are aware, this system will be running the consumer version of Lion -- aka not the special server edition.

Thank you


texts: Activating new keyboard settings (changed via Terminal) without logging out and logging back in again

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Mac OSX provides a graphical user interface (via System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard tab) to change the settings for the keyboard "Key Repeat" rate and for the "Delay Until Repeat". For many users, the most extreme settings possible via the GUI are not fast enough. To make these settings even faster, one can do, via the terminal:
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10 # normal minimum is 15=225 ms, this setting is 10x15=150 ms
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1 # normal minimum is 2 (30 ms)

These changes are not active until the user logs out and logs back in again. However, changing the settings via the GUI are active  immediately. I suspect that it is also possible to make the new settings (changed via Terminal) active immediately too, but I don't know how. killall Dock didn't seem to work for me.
Is there some way to make the new settings active without logging out? If not, why not? How does the GUI do it?


texts: How to prevent apps from showing previews on lock screen in iOS?

texts: When I receive a message I don't want the sender or a preview of the content be shown on my lock screen. Some apps (like iMessage and Mail) allow you to set this in iOS' Settings -> Notifications. Other apps (like Viber) allow you to set this internally from their settings. But there are apps (like Skype), for which I don't see a way to set this. Is it possible to set this globally for all apps?


texts: I'm considering buying Snow Leopard Server, however, the person I'm buying it from will be providing me with the server discs that came with his Mac Mini Server and a serial number. If I have an iMac already running Snow Leopard, will I still be able to take the server discs included with the Mini and install server on top? Are the discs compatible with the iMac? Thanks.


texts: How do I bulk delete incompatible apps in iOS 11

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I finally upgraded to iOS 11 and when I go to Settings > General > About > Applications I have 105 incompatible apps listed.

Is there a way for me to delete all these in bulk?

I really don't want to have to go and find these apps one by one to delete them!


texts: Is it possible to upgrade a second generation iPod Touch to iOS 4.3?

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Suddenly a lot of my apps are not working on my iPod Touch 2nd gen.  Many of these are telling me that I need iOS 4.3 for them to work.

I've tried updating software in iTunes - but it says my current version 4.2 is the latest and there are no updates to install.

Any ideas?

Please answer

Thanks


texts: Does backing up the single VMWare Fusion's virtual machine file to be suffecient to backup the entire virtual machine?

texts: Does backing up the single VMWare Fusion virtual machine file sufficient to backup the entire virtual machine? Meaning if I use that single file on other Mac or PC, will it run as it is?


texts: Stop macOS from resetting "require password  after sleep or screen saver begins"

texts: Because I have an issue with slow login, I unselected the checkbox of "require password <> after sleep or screen saver begins". However, each time I reboot, this is turned on again. How can I stop macOS from turning this on itself?


texts: Cannot Save/Edit to Mac Share Using Mountain Lion

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The problem: Under Mountain Lion (10.8.3) I cannot create new files or save changes to a particular share, which is running Lion (10.7).

I can connect to the shared Mac on my local network (in a business location). I am the administrator of both machines. The remote computer I'm connecting to has several shared drives, and these problems affect all of them.

What I cannot do on the shared drive

Create a new file
Save (re-save) an existing file I've opened

What I can do on the shared drive

Create a new folder
Delete folders and files
Rename folders and files
Move folders and files

Additionally, the following quirks apply:

I can view the full file system on the remote computer, including system files; in other words, I am successfully connecting as an administrator user
If I try to drag and drop a file from my computer to the remote computer, I get a dialog that says "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this." This is strange, nonstandard behavior for an already-autheticated admin user doing a simple copy operation to the remote machine.
If I type my password and continue, I get another dialog that says "A newer item named [file name] already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the older one you're moving?" This is a bogus error, because a newer version of the file did not exist on the remote server. If I click "Keep Both", Finder seems to hang, but it actually begins to create tens of thousands of zero byte files on the remote server: file name-1.png, file name-2.png, etc., all the way up to file name-30000 or so if I don't stop it. However, if I click "Stop" instead of "Keep Both", it cancels. If I click "Replace" it creates a zero-byte file with the correct name, and then gives an error that says "The operation can't be completed because an item with the name "" already exists."
Console reports an error when I try to copy to the remote machine: Application App:"Finder" [ 0x0/0x25025]  @ 0x0x7fc4ea63e640 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontASNs ( ( ASN:0x0-0x4d04d:) ), so denying. I've also seen this error, but it doesn't happen every time: WindowServer[120]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Finder, psn 0x0-0x25025, securitySessionID=0x186a5, err=-13066.

I have tried the above using a computer running Lion, and had no problems. This issue only affects my new iMac running Mountain Lion. In this case, Mountain Lion was factory installed. However, I imported my user settings from my old Mac Pro during the install process.

This problem is very similar to one reported by another user at Network share permissions problems in Mountain Lion, but there are some differences, so I asked a separate question. Among other things, there are no applications on my system that "ignore the problem" as in that user's case.

What I've tried/verified:

I routinely repair permissions on my iMac, so I'm sure that is not the issue.
I have verified that the files/folders have the correct sharing permissions.
Other uses, including a Mountain Lion user on another machine, can copy/save files to the remote computer.
Deleting the Finder preferences file (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist) did not help.
Logging is as the Guest user on my local machine, I could connect and copy files to the remote computer. This suggests the issue is limited to my local user account.
If I use Terminal to do the copy, I get an "Operation not permitted" error. It creates a zero KB file on the destination server, as before. However, I discovered by accident that if I immediately do the same command line copy operation again, without deleting the zero KB file, it successfully copies. I guess for now this will be my workaround.


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I have a 27-inch, late 2012 iMac. After I upgraded to El Capitan the user interface (UI) partially freezes at apparently random moments. Parts of the UI continue to work (e.g., I can close applications by clicking on the red cross button). But, as soon as I try to use the menu bar or the dock, the system starts to get worse and more unresponsive.

None of the shortcuts to kill applications or restart the system work. So, in the end, even if parts of the system are still functioning, nothing can be done and I need to do a hard reboot.

Does anyone have an idea about the potential source of this issue? I had a look at the logging console, but as far as I can tell there is nothing apparently connected to the freeze.

UPDATE

I have run the Apple Hardware Test (by pressing D while booting the computer). I chose to run the extended test. After more than one hour of tests, everything seemed to be okay. I also ran the HD first aid test and there were no errors detected either.


texts: Installing software on another partition

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I'm looking for a way to install new software on my Mac without adding clutter to the system folder.
For example, installing Android Studio or VirtualBox, even when removing it from the Mac, there is a folder of each on the ~/Library folder which has to be deleted manually.
I thought about using a Virtual Machine, but the performance on a virtual machine are not good enough.
I also thought about a new partition to the hard drive, but I guess some of the things are still going to be installed on the main partition with the OS.
Is there any good solution for this?


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I've added a signature in Mail.app and it works fine. It's a basic HTML table with images that are hosted and never attached directly.

The problem is that when I attach a file (not images), the signature becomes an attachment file (.html) and it isn't displayed in the mail once the receiver reads it.

I've tried to edit the signature directly from the *.mailsignature file with the same result.

Does someone have any clue?


texts:
So I recently got a new iPhone 7 Plus a week ago. Tonight, I got onto this website which kept on putting up pop-ups on the page. I went to the lock screen, and it instantly froze. I couldn't even unlock the phone. Then, it went into a black screen with the loading icon. I tried to shut it off several times, but no use. I tried to connect it to iTunes via my MacBook Pro, but since the phone has a password, iTunes sent a verification text to my phone. Of course, I can't access anything in my phone now. There's literally nothing I can do with the phone. (The battery was at 70%, if that helps.)

Sorry for the long post, but what do I do? I'm very worried that it might've gotten hacked or something. Please help!


texts:
My mac has several input methods (English, Chinese)

When I open terminal / iterm2 , I want the input method to switch to English  automatically.

When I open skype or chat messenger , I want the input method to switch to Chinese automatically.


texts: Turn off the ability for users to have a password hint

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I am working on a security setting for my company that requires users to not have a password hint. Since we have several users that either

ignore our security options and
purposely go against ones they don't like, I need a way to turn it off in terminal for 10.13-10.15.

I know I could create a script that pulls the User lists, and repopulates the opendirectory command to insert a 'blank' password (dscl . -merge /Users/username hint "password hint"), but I would like to turn off the ability as part of the setup. I have scoured the Internet and found nothing so far.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
PS. I also want to build a profile for it, but we are a ways away from profile management but any suggestions on that would be helpful as well.


texts: Can I get a new iOS on my 1st generation iPod touch?

texts:
I've got a 1st generation iPod touch that won't run anything over iOS 3.1.
Is there any way to put something newer on it?


texts: Unsure of how to achieve my usage scenario with a repurposed iPhone

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I live in the USA. I want to purchase a used iPhone 5 and repurpose it and activate it with my existing Apple ID, and use it as if it were an iPod touch, without a service contract from a phone provider. I also do not want to jailbreak this iPhone.

I'm familiar with questions like this one and with Apple's knowledge base article "Using an iPhone without a wireless service plan", but my usage scenario seems to be different.

To the best that I can understand, Apple's instructions apply to a person who has an existing iPhone mobile service plan. In this scenario, said person buys a newer, second iPhone for use with his existing SIM card and mobile provider, but wants to keep the old iPhone and use it merely as an iPod touch. The instructions are to take the working SIM card registered to that person's mobile provider account for use with the new iPhone, and use it to activate the old iPhone once, remove the SIM card, and then keep the old iPhone for use as an iPod touch. But this presumes, unless I am mistaken, that both the new iPhone and the old iPhone will be registered to the same Apple ID.

I, on the other hand, have never had an iPhone service contract with a company like AT&T or Verizon. I honestly have no need for an iPhone. Rather, I have owned a succession of iPod touches over the years, which I use over WiFi every day. I don't want or need a mobile account with a service provider for an iPhone.

My old iPod touch 4th generation is no longer doing what I need it to do because today's apps run too slow on it. I don't want to buy an iPod touch 5th generation at this point because it only has an A5 processor, and I don't want to wait to see if Apple ever releases a newer-generation iPod touch.

So my question is this: Can I purchase a used iPhone without a mobile service contract, borrow an iPhone SIM card from a friend who has his own Apple ID different from mine, and use my friend's active SIM card one-time to register my used iPhone to my own Apple ID, not to my friend's Apple ID?

If this will not work, what method can I use, if any, to end up with a working iPhone-as-iPod-touch that is registered to my own existing Apple ID and nobody else's, considering that I have never had a mobile service plan for an iPhone at all?


texts: Spigen USB-C Cable doesn't fit MacBook Pro (13", 2019)

texts:
I have a Spigen cable that doesn't fit my MacBook Pro. I try to insert it but still doesn't work. This cable fits my usb-c powerbank and my old Dell laptop. It looks like there is a difference between MBP Charger plug and my HDMI-USBC plug. Is this issue common? Is there a way to solve this issue? Maybe it's a production defect.

Edit 13.05.2020:


texts: Cannot display Macbook Pro on external projector

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I've looked all over the internet but I've had no luck in finding out how to properly display my Macbook Pro on an external device. I've tried an Epson projector and a Sony TV and have had no success with either; I've plugged in other Macs into those devices and using the same cables and they work, so it is definitely on my Mac's end. Using a VGA adapter and Thunderbolt port. OSX 10.9.3. My Mac detects the external devices but nothing shows up on the actual displays. I've tried Mirroring options and still nothing. Any ideas would be really helpful (and sorry I know I'm not the most computer literate person).

2.5 GHz Intel Core processor, 4 GB Memory 1600 MHZ DDR3


texts: How to use rsync via ssh with IPv6 LLA (link local address) addresses on OSX?

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I'm using OSX High Sierra and bash. I'm trying to use a backup script based on IPv6 LLA (so I always reach the server, without DHCP, names etc).

With IPv4 this works:

rsync -e ssh /src/dir/* user@192.168.0.1:/dst/dir

On Linux/Bash this works:

rsync -e ssh /src/dir/* user@[fe80::a:b:c:d%eth0]:/dst/dir

But on OSX terminal this didn't work.

ssh: Could not resolve hostname [fe80: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-52/rsync/io.c(453) [sender=2.6.9]

I've tried a lot of quotes combinations but without success.

Thank you!


texts: MacBook Pro - High CPU Under Low Workload

texts:
I've got the MacBook Pro 16" 2019 (2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9, AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB). Since upgrading to macOS Big Sur, I've been experiencing an issue whereby the system will become unresponsive under very low workloads (e.g Mail, Firefox and Notion).
When the system is rendered un-responsive, the CPU process "kernel_task" consumes a large amount of usage. I understand that this issue occurs when the device is overheating, however, as you can see from the image below, the processor is running relatively cool.
I suspect the issue is related to my display (BenQ EW3270U 32 Inch 4K), because, once you disconnect the display (via USB-C) then the CPU workload is immediately dropped to workable conditions. I plug it back in again, and can return back to normal (until the issue repeats)
I have attempted to resolve the issue by following the below check-list (provided by Apple Support), but continue to have problems:

Check hard drive space
Install updates
Start up in safe mode
Reset the SMC
Reset NVRAM
Check for Wi-Fi congestion
Clear DNS for DHCP systems
Reset home folder permissions
Check for adware
Check date and time
Use Disk Utility to check the startup drive
Disconnect external devices
Check Memory Pressure in Activity Monitor
Reinstall macOS
Reformat then reinstall macOS
Check third-party memory

I've since been advised that my MacBook Pro will require service, however this is not possible immediately due to lockdown and work needs.
Does anyone know of solutions to resolve this issue?


texts:
I am planning to buy a Mac Mini and would like to know the minimum requirements to run Xcode 7.

I didn't find clear information on this topic.


texts: Song stops playing when adding to library (Apple Music)

texts:
In iTunes on my MacBook Pro, when I am listening to a song and click on the + to add it to my library, it stops playing.

I don't have the same issue on my iPhone. Is this a known issue or am I doing something wrong? I don't see any posts on here or elsewhere on the internet about this?

Is there a workaround?

iTunes version 12.7.0.166
macOS Sierra 10.12.6


texts: Internet sharing from USB iPhone to Wifi on OSX 10.10.2 Yosemite not working

texts:
For years I've been sharing Internet on my MacBookPro Wi-Fi coming from USB connected iPhone. After OSX 10.10 Yosemite things started working erratically and now definitely stopped in 10.10.2.

Hardware connection:
iPhone->USB->MacBook Pro (hotspot/tethering active, Internet is working on MBP)

Sharing preferences: "share USB iPhone to computers using Wi-Fi"

Now I'm not getting the usual "arrow up"  icon instead of WiFi on the menubar and sharing is not working.

Internet sharing from Ethernet to Wi-Fi is working as expected.

During many tests I've been able to activate internet sharing only once, after a long series of SMC resets, disk repair and reboots, but never been able to reproduce it anymore.

After installing 10.10.1 everything seemed back to normal.
Just tried now with 10.10.2 and it's not working.

In system logs I'm getting this strange message:

  22/02/15 12:03:34,580 airportd[34]: WARNING: com.apple.preferences.sharing.remoteservice (385) is not entitled for com.apple.wifi.keychain, temporarily allowing request with background priority —— all entitlement requirements will be strictly enforced in a future release

Not sure if it's related.

Any clues?

Someone on Apple Communities says "sharing from iPhone is no more supported...", then why device is still there in the menu and you don't get any warning?


texts: Button on touchbar is randomly activated without being pressed

texts:
Recently, I encountered some weird interaction with my MacBook Pro 13 with touchbar. Initially, I used Pock to customize my touchbar with macOS dock. My button on the touchbar randomly activated such as adjust brightness, volume although I didn't touch them. I stopped using Pock because I thought it was the trouble. However, the problem is still there. My Siri is automatically activated and my screen is locked while I'm using it again.

Is there any way to troubleshoot this? Or at least how can I describe this problem to Apple properly because I cannot reproduce it intentionally.


texts:
On macOS Sierra I am seeing the following logged every 3 seconds.

logd[67]: _handle_cache_delete_with_urgency(0x7f939281eb80, 3, 0)
logd[67]: _volume_contains_cached_data(is /private/var/db/diagnostics/ in /) - YES
logd[67]: 186377856 bytes of purgeable space from log files
logd[67]: _purge_uuidtext only runs at urgency 0 (3)
logd[67]: 0 bytes of purgeable space from uuidtext files

I rebooted into Recovery mode (Command-R during boot) and ran Disk Utility First Aid, with no change in behaviour.

With each run of First Aid I received the following in the Disk Utility list of messages:

resizing core storage logical volume structures ...
resized core storage logical volume ...
growing file system

Which seems odd that each run of First Aid would cause a change to the core storage system.

I'm concerned all of these messages in the log suggests I may have a disk error. Can I safely ignore these? Is my disk failing, or is this normal to have my log files flooded with messages every 3 seconds?


texts: Connect bluetooth earbuds in Mojave failing

texts:
I have the following earbuds model: Panasonic Wireless Bluetooth in-Ear Headphones with Sound Mic Controller & Quick Charge Function Blue (RP-HJE120B-A)

Here's my macbook Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,4
System Version: macOS 10.14 (18A391)

I am trying to pair my earbuds following the directions in the manual, but to no avail. I've paired them with my phone, but I know that that isn't interfering (I turned bluetooth off on my phone. I also tried to delete the file at /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist also no go. Any suggestions? Other devices like computers pop up and my UE MINI BOOM speaker is showing up in the menu (though it's already been paired).


texts: What happens when you paste an app into TextEdit?

texts:
In the past, I have pasted apps into TextEdit, which would show something like the following. I always thought that this was a convenient way to store app icons (as .icns files), in case I ever wanted to back a list of my apps up (just the names/icons, not the apps themselves) to manually download and install later.
I recently tried pasting about 20 apps into a TextEdit document, and the document turned out to be about 3GB large. This definitely is much larger than the .icns files for 20 apps. What exactly is stored in this TextEdit document?


texts: Are the apps opened in CarPlay still running after disconnecting phone from the car?

texts:
I use CarPlay a lot. For navigation I use either Google Maps or Waze (or both). Because they are both from Google I used to close them (swipe them up from the open app list) after I disconnect my phone from the car to reduce their spying activities.

I recently installed iOS 13 and it introduced a concept of using different app on the phone screen and different app on the car screen. So now after getting out of the car I don't see them in the open app list even if I used them when driving.

And here's the question: are they not running anymore? Is there a different way to force-quit them? And does quitting them actually change anything?


texts:
I'm pretty sure there is a name for it, but I can't find it.

Is there a way to make my screen smaller? By "smaller", I mean...shrink the whole screen so that there are black borders.

I think I was able to do it in windows when I connected my PC to a TV.

Is there a way to do that in MacOS?


texts: Downloading a pdf from Chrome immediately opens it

texts: I want to save some pdfs but whenever I do, it opens automatically in preview and is really annoying. How do I stop it?


texts: How can I mount a drive with Truecrypt through a script based on its UUID?

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I keep an external drive on my desk at work that I used as an off-site (ie not at home) backup. Because it could easily get taken I have a partition on it encrypted with TrueCrypt. I've got a script to mount this encrypted partition then do a backup via rsync then un-mount. It looks like:

truecypt /dev/rdisk1s2  /Volumes/untitled
rsync -myRsyncOptions /Users/me /Volumes/untitled/me
truecypt -d   /Volumes/untitled

It works well, so long as my drive is seen as /dev/rdisk1s2. If not the script breaks. The trouble is that I need to point Truecrypt to the correct device file in order to mount the volume correctly. Sometimes the device file will change. Once the first line in the script works the rest of the script works.

Is there anyway I can use UUID or otherwise to ensure that my encrypted partition always gets the same device file attached to it so Truecrypt can mount it successfully? I've seen a few examples of using UUIDs in the /etc/fstab file but I don't think they apply in this case. Thanks!


texts: Apple Watch Series 3 was announced to have ski tracking possibility. But I cannot find any information on the web if it already possible. Can anyone that has Apple Watch confirm, that you can now track skiing activity, and if so, what exactly can you track? Does it offer similar capabilities as Slopes or Trace apps?


texts: How do I correct errors in album/work/song/track in Gracenote after the CD is already imported into iTunes?

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While a CD is importing, I can select tracks, Get Info, edit, and Submit CD Track Names... (which apparently submits many of the other fields).

But if there are too many errors to get before the import finishes, what then?  I don't find the submit on any other menu or screen except the import, which doesn't exist when not importing.


texts: My emoji in Google Hangouts flip-flops on my MacBook, why?

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A few days after I asked my (now closed) question Is region-specific blocking built-in to MacOS more extensive than a few emoji? the emoji shown in Google Hangouts in the Chrome browser on my MacBook Air flipped from "my original emoji" to "my new emoji".

Then a few days ago, it flipped back to original in Hangous, for a few minutes, then flipped back again to "my new emoji".

I don't really know where emoji "live" or how they get into Hangouts, but I especially don't understand how it could flip-fpop back and forth like this.

Is there a way I can stabilize this on my computer? Is this a decision made in my OS or in Chrome? Can I somehow set Hangouts it to "my old emoji" permanently?

Here is one example of the two emoji sets:

"my old emoji"  (Google?)

"my new emoji"  (Apple?)


texts: Microsoft Word 15 - Default Image Paste Size

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Is there a way to set the default paste size of images in Microsoft Word 15?

Specifically I'm looking to set them to actual copied size, currently the images are pasted to a default of fit-width & keep aspect ratio.

I've been able to find a couple of guides on how to set the default image size for MS Word, but none that seem to work with MacOS version 15.


texts: Can I see a list of location notifications set up through Find my Friends?

texts: I want to know if I have already setup a repeating location (geofence) notification in the Find my Friends app before I create a dupe of an old one. Is there a way to see a list of location notifications in the Find my Friends app?


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I'm working in xcode and under editor>estructure there is a "re-indent" feature with this shortcut: ⌃l

It sound really stupid, but I just moved from windows and for my life's sale I cannot figure out what key ⌃ is.

What key is the ⌃ key and where it's located on the keyboard?


texts: Change Default Location for All User Home Directories in Mac OS X 10.10.5

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How can I change the default location for all user home directories in Mac OS X 10.10.5?

I have found plenty of articles about moving a single folder at a time, but no instructions on how to change the default on all new users that are created.


texts:
Just thinking:
I have been reading a "lot" of users who's system just did not starts once it has been turned off or after a restar command.
Some things in common: Virtual machines, Boot camp, multiple partitions, I exactly do not know what could it be. But, behaviour is something about addressing the startup sequence.
At least in my case, my MBP (mid2009, 8GB, 1TB HDD) progress bar just keep static at 0%. The HDD has zero activity. So, it looks like it receives the command to start, but then do not know exactly what to do.
Something about the mounting point? Something about creating a virtual drive? Something about trying to use an already used space?
I will appreciate some help trying to fix it. As you did read, my MBP is pretty old, so battery is an issue. I must keep it fully charged to avoid restart from zero. Each time I must reinstall and it takes 1 hour from pen drive an a lot of network activity. Apart: My MBP is now a lot of times faster than using previous OSX. It has this awful pitfall, but in the other hand is a really excellent work.


texts: Mac Mini shows incorrect boottime, sleeptime, and waketime

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I have a Mac mini that is set to automatically restart every morning at 2am, and wake from sleep every morning at 5am.  Recently I've wondered if it has actually been doing these automated processes, so I began to investigate.

For some reason I can't fathom, the reported boottime, sleeptime, and waketimes all seem to be incorrect.

MacMini:~ user$ sysctl -a |grep kern.boottime
kern.boottime: { sec = 1571572834, usec = 480562 } Sun Oct 20 05:00:34 2019
MacMini:~ user$ sysctl -a |grep sleeptime
kern.sleeptime: { sec = 0, usec = 0 } Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
MacMini:~ user$ sysctl -a |grep waketime
kern.waketime: { sec = 0, usec = 0 } Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969

I performed the above commands at 08:46am local time (Pacific).  The system claims to have rebooted at 5am, when it is set to reboot at 2am.  It is however set to wake at 5am, so I find this coincidence curious.  Additionally, if I go into System Information and look at Time since boot, it claims the machine last rebooted at about 5:40am.

Also, just before issuing the initial commands, I manually put the machine to sleep and woke it up.  Yet the sleep and waketimes are both listed as December 31 1969 at 16:00:00 exactly?

I haven't the faintest idea what's going on here so am hoping someone else can help shed some light.


texts: Unable to run secure remove (srm) command from AppleScript

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I am unable to run the command srm in macOS 10.12, Sierra. I can run the command in Terminal.app but not from within an AppleScript.

This command works:

srm -rf /Users/Jack/.Trash/

This command fails with error "sh: srm: command not found" number 127:

do shell script "srm -rf ~/.Trash/*"

srm is not present in /usr/local/bin.


texts: Hide or minimize (not force kill or quit) a temporarily frozen or stuck program window?

texts:
Using OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan, sometimes I'm confronted with a 'nonresponsive window': a program that keeps stalling for like 10-30 seconds. In most cases this happens to be Adobe Photoshop, but I've encountered it with other programs as well (e.g. Firefox or Chrome).

Note that the program isn't completely frozen or cashed, it's just doing some heavy calculations or whatever, and the window doesn't respond (I can't click or drag it) but eventually it comes back to life and continues working normally.

I can reproduce it, for example by having a very large image open in Photoshop and then going File > Save for Web.

While this is happening, I get the spinning color wheel, and I can't bring other program windows to the front. For example if Photoshop is stalling, I would like to cmd+tab to my browser or whatever and do something else there. But that doesn't work, the stuck Photoshop window remains in front of any other program I switch to.

Is there a way to hide or minimize such a program in OS X, so I can continue to work in others while this particular thing does whatever it needs to do?

Note that I do NOT want to force quit or kill a program, it need to keep running, it just needs to do so in the background, allowing me to use other programs meanwhile.

Edit:  Cmd ⌘   Tab ⇥   still works, but Photoshop will not drop to the background whilst busy, as in this illustration…


texts: Messages app on iPhone do not play alert/vibrate for SMS received from some numbers

texts:
I get no sound (or vibration) in my iPhone when a I receive a message from certain numbers. The number is not listed in my Contacts, it's a very short number sent containing SMS sent by my bank with some secure code or OTP to perform an operation with their services.

The iPhone is not in the Do Not Disturb mode and is not silenced. I sent a message to myself and heard the sound.

What is causing the sound to not play and how can I fix to get the sound back? My iPhone is running the current latest version of iOS 12.3.1.


texts: Sierra Window Focus Loss, Caused by SystemUIServer

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I've recently updated all of my labs to MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 this summer, and have discovered that they now all exhibit loss of window focus somewhat sporadically.  Using the python scripts that can be found when searching for window focus loss issues, I have narrowed down the culprit to SystemUIServer.

Has anyone else come across this issue and if so, have you found a solution to prevent SystemUIServer from stealing window focus?


texts: What happens if I put an unsupported version of iOS on my iPhone?

texts:
I have an iPhone 6s, released in 2015. I want to know if I can install iOS 5.1.1 on it, and if it is possible.

I don't care if it could brick my iPhone. I'm willing to do it.


texts: Can't download Mountain Lion from app store on a Mac already running Mountain Lion?

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I am trying to download and/or acquire an operating system installer for my newly purchased Mac. My objective is to put this onto some form of removable media (USB ideally) such that in the event that my tinkering renders the Mac unusable, I can fix it.

My initial understanding was that I needed to purchase OS X from the app store. I am trying to purchase OS X 10.8.2. I am running 10.8.2. Yet the app store responds with "sorry, this is not compatible with your Mac" !!

So that's out. So, question time:

Is this the right way to achieve what I want, bearing in mind I explicitly want removable media with a full installer?
If so, how do I convince the app store that it is being silly?
I hear rumblings that the installer can be fished out of the recovery partition? Be this true? If so, where on this volume is it (I can mount it, and I looked around, but I don't see anything that looks like an installer).


texts: Are locked notes in the Notes.app are encrypted on the local host?

texts: Anyone has a clue? I know they are encrypted on the servers, but I would like to know if they are also particularly encrypted on my machine. Thanks!


texts: Boot Camp Control Panel macOS partition doesn't show up

texts:
Not sure why. I can access my macOS partition via hitting the option key. But the control panel doesn't seem to find it, And I want to set it as my default drive to boot into rather than Windows.

Below is the output from diskutil list.


texts: How to use fn-key (function keys) with an external keyboard that has no fn-key?

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I am using Lion on a late 2009 13 inch MacBook, with external monitor and an external Apple Keyboard with numeric keypad - German (MB110D/B) while keeping the MacBook lid closed.

Some of the applications I run use the F-keys. This works fine for F5 and F6 but the other key are used for things like muting and so on.

There is an option in the preferences to use the fn-key in combination with the F-key. Unfortunately the keyboard I am using has no fn-key. Any ideas?


texts: Replace Demo content with fully functional one

texts: So I have iPhone 5c ME561LP/A with demo content. Can I replace the demo content with fully functional iOS?


texts: Mojave OS Stealth mode: Is it compatible with Norton Security package?

texts:
Is Norton Security Firewall compatible with stealth mode on Mojave OS??

What is the advantage of stealth mode?

RK


texts: How to delete Macbook from Find My iPhone without erasing data?

texts: I have an iCloud account and there are my phone and a macbook which not belongs to me. I removed it from Apple ID and settings in iCloud, but it is still in Find my iPhone. I only able to erase this macbook. Is there a way to just deatache it from my account without erasing data?


texts: Wifi Tx rate in airport and speedtest cli upload/download speeds are drastically different

texts: When I run airport -I or opt click my wifi icon, it says my wifi Tx rate is around 700 Mbps, but when I run the speedtest-cli command, it says my upload speed is 20 Mbit/s and download speed is 30 Mbit/s. Shouldn't the upload speed and Tx rate be the same thing? What is the difference?


texts: Extract individual audio tracks from an audio DVD

texts:
I would like to extract the audio from a concert DVD to audio files, e.g. mp3 or aac. How can I do this using free tools - I know there are a couple of pay options available, but I would like to use free tools if possible.

Please note that I don't want to playback/record the audio, but extract it directly from the DVD. The DVD has a stereo PCM track.

Ideally, I want to end up with one audio file per chapter/track.

I know how to use the command line, so scripts are welcome as well. Homebrew is installed as well.

Update:
I've read the following two guides for using VLC, but they seem to be outdated, the screens seem to have changed in recent versions of VLC. Especially the Convert/Save menu item is now named Convert/Stream and the screen seems to have changed considerably.

https://wiki.videolan.org/Extract_audio
http://www.wikihow.com/Rip-DVD-Audio-to-MP3-Using-VLC-Media-Player


texts: Problem with move tool in Photoshop CS 5.5

texts:
I just switched from PC to Mac, and there's a problem with Photoshop on OS X: I can't move any layer with the Move tool. It doesn't display any error or dialog box but it simply won't do it. Whenever I drag a layer, it will move back to its original location. However, I can nudge it using the arrow keys.

Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2

Photoshop CS 5.5


texts: Pros & Cons of still running Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

texts:
I am still running Snow Leopard on my late 2010 Macbook Pro. Are there potentially any benefits of still using this version of the Mac OS, or am I more disadvantaged by not being on the latest version - Mountain Lion.

Some people have informed me that Mountain Lion is very iOS-eque in nature, and they feel that this really should be kept to iOS devices such as the iPhone & iPad, and not brought into the "computing environment", such is the case that if they were able to downgrade to Snow Leopard they would - however they inform me that their brand new iMacs are of an "architecture" that does not permit this.

Another person informed me that security updates for Snow Leopard ended some months ago, and it is now officially an unsupported OS (although I dont believe this to be the case), thus Lion is now the oldest supported OS.

Any clarification on the above is very welcomed........


texts: My iPhone won't stop asking for a credit card

texts: Every time I try to update a game it tells me their needs to be a verification is required. I'm putting in a credit card but it keeps on declining it. The credit card has money; I checked with the bank.


texts: How to set environment variable permanently on macOS Catalina?

texts:
I am trying to set two environment variables on macOS version 10.15.5, I've opened a terminal and tried:
vi ~/.bash_profile

Added the exports to that, saved and exited vi, closed and reopened terminal, I don't see my new exports.
I've also tried:
vi ~/.profile

Added the exports to that, saved and exited vi, closed and reopened terminal, I don't see the exports there either.
What haven't I done?


texts:
I bought a USB to Ethernet adapter from Apple, and I downloaded a lot things this afternoon. After dinner, both my retina MacBook Pro and the adapter felt very hot, so I unplugged it. Now the MacBook Pro seems to be frozen and I have to hold the power button for several second to force shut it down. And later that day, the adapter refused to work.

Here is the log in my /var/log/system.log:

Oct 25 21:38:08 localhost kernel[0]: AppleUSBEthernet: Ethernet address 20:9a:dd:41:24:89
Oct 25 21:38:10 localhost kernel[0]: AppleUSBEthernet::doReenumerateDevice - Link down, Device 4f764100
Oct 25 21:38:10 localhost kernel[0]: ifnet_detach_final: Waiting for IO references on en2 interface to be released

Any idea? Is my adapter or the kext is broken?


texts: I wanted to know if there is a way to reset my son's iPad mini, because he forgot the Apple ID password. He accidentally reformat, and now, he doesn't know the password.


texts: Create PDF from tall images (Automator?)

texts:
I have a number of images that are 8.5" wide, but very long (around 40" tall) and I want to create a standard multi-paged 8.5" x 11" PDF document from all of the images. The problem is that the PDF will resize the images to fit the height of the PDF page or each page will be one image, which looks horrible.

Is there a way to do slice each image after multiples of 11" and combine those slices into a single PDF? I looked at Automator, but I couldn't find what I needed. If it's an application or script and not Automator, that's fine, too.

Thanks!


texts: Can I copy files between 2 different iTunes libraries within iTunes?

texts:
I want to create 2 iTunes libraries on my Windows 7 PC so that my wife and I can separate our music and more easily sync to different iPods.  However, we also want to be able to share some of the music between the 2 libraries.

First question: Is the current default iTunes library folder located at \Libraries\Music\iTunes?

Question 2: If I allow iTunes to create duplicates of all the music from the original library in the new library, will I then have 2 physical copies of all music files on my hard drive?

Question 3: Based on what I have read so far, it appears that the only way to copy music from one library to another is by exporting from one library to an external location and then importing into the other directory from that external location.  Is this correct?  If not, please clarify.


texts: Connect to printer on Windows PC via smb - authentication required

texts:
I have laptop with macOS Sierra 10.12 and shared printer Kyocera_FS_1120MFP_GX which is connected to PC with Windows 7.

If I connect it directly to my laptop via USB it works, but if I try to connect it via local network it show me Print queue window with Hold for Authentication.

For other windows PCs it works ok.
I tried some commands in terminal:
lpstat -p shows printer Kyocera_FS_1120MFP_GX is idle. Authentication required

lpstat -s shows default Kyocera_FS_1120MFP_GX: smb://ks2-pc/Kyocera%20FS_1120MFP%20GX

Also I tried
sudo lpadmin -p Kyocera_FS_1120MFP_GX -o auth-info-required=negotiate
but it change nothing.

How to fix it?


texts:
Has anyone tried to test the maximum frame rate one an iPad 3 connected to a 120Hz screen for example?

I would like to know if it's possible to achieve more than the 60fps using the any benchmark/test application or a custom test app using CADisplayLink on an external monitor.

Please report the application or game you tested with - I am leaving this wide open in terms of which app so as to get some initial data on what frame rate the hardware is capable of pushing.


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I want to make a USB media installer for the new High Sierra release. I commonly use createinstallmedia or DiskMakerX but for this new release I just can't make it work (both). I downloaded the Install macOS High Sierra.app from the App Store but the installer is only 14.2mb so it doesn't contain the High Sierra image. I started the installer and that starts the download but all the downloaded files are stored in ./macOS Install Data and I want to make a USB media installer with those files.
Any idea of how to solve this?

Also in createinstallmedia i'm using this command:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/macOS --applicationpath  /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app --nointeraction

and i'm getting:

/Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application.

Screenshots:


texts: iPhone 6s question in reference to my iPad

texts:
If I sync my messages to my iPad will I get an alert on my iPhone?
And if I delete messeges on my iPad will it delete the same messages on my iPhone?


texts:
My phone was running iOS 9 beta 3 last night when my last backup happened. Today Apple gave me a new phone but when I got home I realized that my version of iOS is iOS 9 beta 4 and my backup will not restaure... Argh.

How can I get iOS 9 beta 3 on this new phone?


texts:
What is the difference between LibreOffice, as available for download from the LibreOffice web site, and LibreOffice Vanilla, as available from the macOS AppStore? And how do current version numbers compare?

I guess downloading an image from that web site is okay, but then macOS asks me to confirm the image as obtained from a mirror site with an unfamiliar name. This still makes sense on a technical level, but frankly I'd prefer to install via the AppStore, esp. since the admin password is involved.


texts: Apple A1277 USB ethernet adapter not working on MacBook Air

texts:
I've bought a USB ethernet adapter (A1277) and tried to make it work on my MacBook Air MD231 (mid 2012) and may OS is OS X Mavericks, but It's not working. I tried adding USB ethernet connection in network preferences, tried resetting PRAM and SMC, and also tried installing drivers given here, but none of them worked. Rebooting didn't help, and I don't have Android file transfer installed (I've uninstalled it couple of days ago), which I saw people saying that uninstalling that helps fix the problem.

What should I do?
thanks


texts: MacBook Pro not charging under heavy load

texts:
My MacBook Pro (2017, 15 inch, Touch Bar) is not charging under heavy load (full load on CPU + GPU when working with 3D programs in VM):

When I close the processes that consume system resources, it starts charging normally again. Is it a normal behavior?


texts: Download Apple developer documentation as PDF files

texts:
There used to be an option in Apple's developer documents, to download guides as PDF files. Not sure if this is guide specific.

For example, this one Introduction to System Configuration Programming Guidelines has no download option.

How can I download it?


texts: Create a new iOS backup without deleting the previous one

texts: When I go into iTunes and do a manual back up now it deletes the previous backup (as seen in Preferences > Devices > Backups.  Is there a way to create a new backup without deleting/over-writing the old one?


texts:
I'm using iCloud keychain with multiple devices but when trying to turn it on on my new iPad (running iOS 12.3) the setting is not saved, so if I choose Keychain and turn on iCloud Keychain, and then get back to the iCloud settings, they Keychain option remains off.

I've been trying to restart the iPad, logout and login to iCloud but it didn't help.


texts: Will an iOS reinstall make a jailbroken iOS device "unjailbroken" and “supported by Apple” again?

texts:
Will an iOS reinstall

Work on any jailbroken-iPhone and
Make a jailbroken-iPhone "unjailbroken"?
Make a jailbroken-iPhone "supported by Apple"?

Similarly, does such an iOS reinstall reset the iPhone (jailbroken or not) back to a "clean, factory default" state?

My near-term purpose: I have an iPhone 4S running iOS 5.1 I'd like to jailbreak to at least install better Google Voice integration like GVIntegrated.


texts: How to clear list of servers "Choose a mac" list in OS X Server App

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How can I clear the "Choose a Mac" list? I have 3 entries of the same machine, same ip address but different host names?

I have the latest OS X Server 5.1 installed on a Mac mini with a static ip address. I use OS X Server on my iMac (local network) to connect to it and manage the server settings. I have reinstalled OS X Server on the mac mini a couple times and used different host names. Now the list is long, with entries/logins of the same machine.


texts: Can I disable the keyboard media controls when on the lock screen?

texts:
I lock my work iMac Pro every night, but sometimes when I get in the next morning music is leaking out of my headphones. I've discovered that the "unmute" and "play" keyboard buttons are still effective when the OS is locked. It would seem that the cleaner running a cloth over the keyboard "makes things happen" even when the machine should be locked.

Short of remembering to close any app that can play media before I lock the machine, can this be disabled? Ideally I'd like these keyboard shortcuts to do nothing while the machine is locked. It doesn't seem quite right that somebody can control my computer to some degree without logging in!


texts: How can I fix permission issue when I cannot start Mac OS X?

texts:
I was creating a guest account and to prevent it from accessing the Macintosh HD as in other applications and stuff I assigned it as in "No Access"

When I switched to the guest account everything blocked, I restarted my mac and all I get is a blue screen.

Now, I can't log in, not even in safe mode.
What can I do to fix this?


texts: OSX / Chrome keeps jumping back to video when in fullscreen

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When I am playing a video in google chrome on fullscreen, for example netflix or a youtube video, my macbook seems very determined to keep me focused on that video.
If I try to go to any other desktop or space by swiping left or right with three fingers, it keeps jumping back to the video. Sometimes this happens immediately, sometimes after about 10-20 seconds.
It does not happen when I pause the video, as long as it is on pause I can navigate freely between all desktops. As soon as I press play again, it starts jumping back to the video no matter what I do.
I would like to play a video on full screen while not actually looking at it the entire time. Sometimes I need to acces my work or chat windows at the same time.

It has been happening for a while now (maybe since I updated to mavericks, but I'm not sure). Other browsers and apps seem to be ok, no problem there. Does anyone have an idea what causes this?

Information about my computer:

MacBook Air (13-inch, begin 2014)

OSX El Capitan, version 10.11.6 (15G1108)

Google Chrome version 55.0.2883.75 (64-bit)


texts: OSX wont save external monitor screen arrangement settings, weird graphics issues with displays

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Ive got a 27" iMac 4.2ghz i7, 16gb ram, 8gb GPU, running OSX 10.13.6

Ive got 2x external 1080p monitors connected to it via the thunderbolt ports using 2x of these HDMI to thunderbolt adaptors

Recently Ive been having allot of issues with all 3 screens, mostly to do with the order in which they are setup in system preferences > display > arrangement. I have the screens setup as follows on my desk from left to right : 1080p display, iMac 27", 1080p display. I originally arranged the screens like this in the arrangement tab, but every time the iMac goes to sleep the arrangement seems to randomly re arrange itself, so each time the computer is turned back on i need to reset it.

Yesterday i was having allot of issues with all displays, the iMac was displaying the image below (see attached), the far left screen 1080p wasn't working, and when it did it the other 1080p and the iMac screen would dim very dark. I swapped out the HDMI to thunderbolt adaptor, and it seemed to get all screens working, but they are still not saving their arrangement settings.

Any ideas what might be wrong here and how i can fix it ?


texts: How to install OS X Mavericks if disk only has Windows on it?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro

How can I install OS X Mavericks if my HDD only has Windows on it?


texts: Mac connects to network with no problem but browsers can't connect to websites

texts:
I am using macOS Mavericks (10.9.5) and Chrome, Firefox, and Safari all do not connect to websites even though the network is clearly connected.
But browsing when booted into safe mode works.
I've read many articles and tried the following solutions:

Set DNS servers to Google DNS and open DNS.
Reinstalled operating system through the internet recovery.  The internet for the recovery worked as expected, so this issue is something specific to browsing.
Added Chrome, Firefox, Safari to Mac firewall.
Removed System Configuration folder from library/preferences
Disabled McAffee antivirus put on by work IT
Ran McAffee scan and found nothing
Renewed DHCP

Anyone have any ideas?


texts: Nike+ FuelBand (Pedometer) with local analysis software - no personal data in cloud

texts:
I want to buy the Nike+ FuelBand, but don't want my information to be in the cloud.

Extracted from Wikipedia:

  In addition to tracking personal workout statistics, the Nike+ integrates directly with the Nike website. Workout data can be automatically uploaded to the website during an iPod sync with iTunes or through another program via the website's public API. The uploaded information is mostly not personally-identifying, but does also contain some personal statistics such as weight (if configured). Workout data is stored in XML files on the iPod, which has led some web and applications programmers to offer alternatives to the official Nike reports.

So, is there any OS X software I can use to have these nice diagrams? And, is it possible to use the Nike+ FuelBand without syncing to the cloud?


texts: Is there a software that tells for how long the computer has been running on battery?

texts:
There are many apps in store that will tell you how much your battery will last before the computer turns off.

I need something that tells me something like : "You unplugged at 95% and have been running for 2 hours and now have 55% "..

So like a graph in Android phones maybe?

I am using a Mac Book Pro 15 with latest Mac OS 10.9.


texts:
I would like to integrate my Time Machine backups with a manual script that will create a compressed and encrypted DMG image from some folders.

Reading about this issue, I can create a DMG, for instance

$ hdiutil create -verbose -encryption AES-256 -format UDBZ -stdinpass -srcfolder DIR FILE.DMG

The problem is that I don't have enough space to do that in the wild. So I was thinking about using my linux server as storage, but I don't know how.

  How can I create a DMG remotely via SSH on a linux server?

I have tried to see if hdiutil has a "dump to stdout" option, but I didn't see that, otherwise I'd be all set.

Note that I'd prefer just using macOS tools, without recompiling, if possible.


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I've just updated my MBP 13'' mid 2010 to OS X 10.10.5 (14F27).
I remember that the last update was iTunes 12.2.2.25.

After this update, Mac rebooted and installed all the features.

Now I'm unable to open a lot of applications because they always crash.
I'm trying to figure out what is happening.

I've already tried to:

Repair disk and disk permission.
Run OnyX to delete all the caches and indexes to rebuild them.

Nothing solved my issue.

Here some crash reports: Safari, Dash, Mail, Dashboard, ClipMenu, Spotlight.

It seems that all this problem are related to web component.
Now I'm posting this answer using Google Chrome on the same Mac, and it works fine.

In Safe Mode here is the crash report of Safari which quit unexpectedly while using WebCore plug-in.


texts: How can I disable the HD4000 integrated graphics card on a MacBook Pro?

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HD 4000 on my MacBook Pro shared 512 MB RAM from my main memory, which is calculated as part of kernel_task.

My question is simple, is there a way to disable it, stopping it from taking up 512 MB of memory and just use the 650M in all situation.

I can of course not use it with the option under Energy Saver, but that doesn't return the precious memory it steals.

Any idea will be appreciated, I am thinking sysctl?

EDIT July, 2013

Things just got worse as I now see HD 4000 taking not 512 MB but 1024 MB out of my main memory. I am not sure if I was wrong the last time around but it is definitely a bigger issue now.

EDIT 2 July, 2013

The 1024 MB report from both System Profiler and About This Mac seems to be flawed. After reminded by Bart Arondson to look at Activity Monitor. It still just takes up about 512 MB. My guess is that the shared memory part is dynamically adjusted, I will try to dig deeper.


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I have a folder with Docs in on a Time Capsule, I would also like this same folder to be in Documents on Mac.

I want both to update whenever a file is changed or added.

Do you know of an automate command or a piece of software that will do this without me having to initiate it manually.


texts: Reformatted Hard Drive & Transferring Over User Data and Apps

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I tried to upgrade to High Siera but it crashed in the middle and totally messed up my Mac. I tried everything under the sun to fix it, be it Tech Tool, Drive Genius, Disk Warrior. Disj Utilities. Even Single user mode and certain fsck commands, but no matter what I did I could not get it to boot on it's own. Luckily I have a TechTool edrive so I can navigate. I also have a fresh Time Machine Backup. (Doing a Time Machine Restore did not help either).

So I decided to wipe the entire Hard Drive and now I am in the position where i have a blank drive and I wish get to get everything back on as it was.

All my Applications and their preferences, my mail and mailboxes, calendars, contacts, iTunes settings etc. Basically my desire is to have it mirror what it was.

I have yet to install an OS, I have a Sierra install disk at the ready, but can someone advise me on the best way to migrate all my User items and Apps as I mentioned above...

How can I accomplish this?


texts: Mac Pro 3.1 with Yosemite won't boot after GenericUSBXHCI USB 3.0 .kext added

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I was trying to install drivers for my NEC USB 3.0 PCI card.
( propably http://sourceforge.net/projects/genericusbxhci/files/
or https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Generic-USB3 )

I rebooted my mac into
    kext-dev-mode=1

then i typed:
    sudo kextcache -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

GenericUSBXHCI .kext was enabled. Two other .kext too.

After restart - my usb 2.0 and usb 3.0 was working fine! Pendrvive was copying files very fast.

But unfortunetally magic mouse won't connect, so i restarted Mac Pro.

Now, booting is frozen. Sometimes at 1/3, sometimes at 1/2
I can't enter the Recovery Mode or Single user mode.

I was trying every possible ctrl+r, windows+r, alt+r, shift combinations on my logitech usb keyboard, but Yosemite just won't boot.

After freeze, computer reboots, and white screen of death appears.
Over and over again.

I have Yosemite installation disk image on my pen drive and Mavericks installator on my external hdd, but i wasn't able to start it.

I don't event know if efi sees my keyboard.

Maybe keybindings are the problem, cause i normally use oldshool DIN-5 mechanical keyboard from 1980' But the shortcuts from this keyboard won't work too.

What can I do to enter command line or repair .kext's ?

I have no other mac/pc to connect the hard drive.

UPDATE:
First success: Linux Mint booted and it's working fine. I can read my Mac SSD drive!
So i assume that hardware is all right. Even magic mouse is working under linux.

I have discovered installer.faliurerequests file on Mac drive. It says:
Operation fsck target CrashAtProgress 0

After rebooting from linux to Os X it was working like 10 minutes, artifacts appeared on the screen, and then crash again.
Next time it was working only 2 minutes... and now i can't boot it again.