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Is there a way to lock an iPad, playing a Keynote presentation, in presentation mode so that you cannot access edit mode at all?  We have a presentation which plays during a tour and if one of our guides, while getting the presentation set up, gets into edit mode, they can press our Bluetooth remote and it will add slides.  We use guided access mode once we are in the presentation we want, but there are two different presentations on the iPad and they need the ability to switch back and forth between presentations, but never the ability to add slides or edit the presentation.

How can the Keynote presentation itself be limited to read-only?


texts: "Permission denied" when running macOS installer from command line

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I'm trying to install High Sierra to an external drive, from a system which is running Mojave. I can't run the GUI installer (it warns me about trying to install an older version of the OS), so I'm trying to use the command line instead.

My system has SIP disabled and I've connected an empty, Mac OS (Extended, Journaled) formatted SSD via USB and named "macOS". I run the following:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO --agreetolicense --volume /Volumes/macOS

This gives the following output:

By using the agreetolicense option, you are agreeing that you have run this tool with the license only option and have read and agreed to the terms.
If you do not agree, press CTRL-C and cancel this process immediately.
Preparing to run macOS Installer...
Permission denied

Any ideas why permission is denied even though I'm using sudo and have SIP disabled?


texts: Cirrus logic hardware is not detected Bootcamp Win10

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Context

Last night I've updated from Windows 10 Home (Installed via Bootcamp 6) to Win10 Pro.

This morning I came back to work to find out that my sound was not working. I've had a red cross on my volume icon in the taskbar.

The Device manager did not show 'Sound, video and gamecontrollers'. However there was a unknown device which just couldn't get its' drivers installed.

I've removed that hardware in order to scan again and maybe have a bit more luck. I was wrong.

That 'unknown' device has not come back yet.
I've tried installing the Cirrus Logic drivers (tried literally all versions) with no luck.

I've changed to the OSX and tried updates from there. Eventually there was a software update of some sorts for OSX (El Capitano). After updating this; I did get a driver of sorts installed somehow.

The red cross has gone. I can see which devices are plugged in.
However, I'm not getting any sound. Even if I plug in my headphones and set them as default .. no result. It does show that there's sound playing (Using the Test function for example) but I'm not getting anything..

I've tried uninstalling Cirrus logic drivers (for some reason you can do that from programs and features) but there's one that just won't uninstall.

I'm completely out of answers and my final solutions would be to reinstall Windows 10 Home and hope that it'll work.

Has anyone had this before; or could give me any posibilities I haven't thought of..?

Thanks !

Update #1

For those who're wondering what I've done to fix it: Reinstalled Windows (from within OSX).
Yes, I did have to format everything. However I did install Windows 10 Pro and it did work perfectly.


texts: How to install MacPorts on user-only account?

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On my Mac I use an Admin and an everyday User account (without admin / sudo privileges). Currently I am setting up a new Yosemite system and found that after installing MacPorts (using its installer), I cannot do sudo operations, such as sudo port selfupdate. In the user account it tells me that it does not have sufficient privileges and on the admin account the command port is not found.

So I am wondering what is the correct way to set up MacPorts on OS X? Should I install it rather on the Admin instead of the User account? Or is there some other way to use it from the User account?


texts: How to get a notification when I exceed a set amount of RAM?

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I've got 10GB of RAM in my 13" early 2011 MBP running the latest OS X 10.11.1 public beta, and I've been trying to decide if I can tolerate the 8GB model when I get a new computer. The answer to that question seems to think I can, but it'd be nice to have some empirical evidence to support that person's opinion. To that end, I want to be able to monitor when, in my daily use, my computer would explode if it only had 8GB.

Is there a way to configure my computer to alert me when its RAM usage exceeds 8GB?


texts: Are there more robust tools than Automator to extract text from multiple PDF?

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There is an action in Automator that allows you to programmatically "Extract PDF Text", but it fails when fed a moderate amount of files (25 to 100). Worse, it fails without logging anything helpful except for a message that "Automator Quit Unexpectedly".

Does anyone know of an equivalent command for doing this in Applescript? I am looking for tools where I have more control over things like logging and error handling so I can be more efficient in processing PDF files into a text format.


texts: How do I change the Junk folder on the iPhone?

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My mail provider puts spam into a folder called "Spam".  On my Mac, I've configured Mac Mail to use this folder when I use the "Move to Junk" action.  But if I try the same from the iPhone, it creates a folder called "Junk" and moves things there.  I don't want two different spam folders; I want to keep "Spam", not "Junk".

How do I change the folder that my iPhone uses to make it the same as my Mac?


texts: iPhone keyboard dictionary is not restored from iCloud backup

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I recently took my iPhone SE for a battery replacement. As with any other iPhone service, I was asked to backup everything. I did the backup in iCloud which includes everything that the backup allows.
I usually type in my native language using the English QWERTY keyboard, so I use tons of custom words in my every day conversation. 3 years worth of custom words were stored, and upon restoring the device from the backup after the service, POOFFF my words are gone! It is so frustrating that I need to type my custom words all again for auto-completion.
QUESTIONS

Does iOS really take backup of the custom words?

If not, is there any way to manually save and restore the iOS custom words dictionary?


texts: How can I force the traffic of a shared internet connection through a proxy?

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I'm testing a system which requires my iPad to (appear to) come from another location. The iPad also has to use Cisco's AnyConnect VPN client. I configured a manual proxy on the iPad, but AnyConnect overrides it.

I configured all of the traffic on my Mac to use a proxy. I then enabled internet sharing and use that connection for my iPad. I am able to successfully access the internet on the iPad, however, it does not seem to go through the proxy. Any ideas as to how I might be able to force the traffic from the shared internet to go through the proxy?

Notes:

The proxy that I'm using is an ssh tunnel
I've tried editing the pf.conf file, but I've had no success.


texts: Downloaded music in google music app get "unplayable file" in my 2017 crosstrek

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Oddly specific question but I just got an iPhone 6S and with the memory upgrade I decided to download all my music from the google music app into the phone so I don't have to stream and save a little data. However if the phone is plugged into the car via usb I get the "unplayable file" error message in my car. Playing through bluetooth works just fine though.

I removed the apple music app and my car will then just say "no audio file" even though the phone will show that it's playing music through the google music app.

I had a similar issue with my old iPhone 6 where even if I was streaming it would take a few tries to get the music to play because it would say "unplayable file" but after that it would work but if I tried manually changing a song in a playlist it would go back to "unplayable file" After months this finally stopped being an issue.


texts: Can I prevent websites from disabling zoom?

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I've noticed that more and more websites are disabling the ability to zoom on an ipad using Safari (or other mobile browsers, it seems).

Is there a setting to turn this ability off, or some other way to prevent this?


texts: What's the best way to transfer ALAC files between computers when subscribed to iTunes Match?

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I've pretty much uploaded everything to iTunes Match now, but my collection is across two computers and so it has merged everything together... Which is fine. However, I was planning on moving some of my items from one computer to another (i.e. from my smaller iTunes Library on the MacBook to the main iTunes Library on my PM G5).

Since it is all nicely synced now, I've discovered that if I use Home Sharing, then transferring the files manually seems to duplicate them on iTunes Match. So instead of doing this, I'm downloading them from the cloud on my PM and then deleting them on the MacBook once they're done... All good so far. However, a bunch of my music is in ALAC and so I don't want to do it this way because I'll end up downloading the files at 256kbps AAC instead.

So I just wanted to know, is there a good way of getting already-synced ALAC files from one machine to the other without having to get iTunes Match to re-sync them all over again?


texts: How does Messages determine whether the SEND button should be green or blue?

texts: When you send an SMS message to a turned off iPhone then check say an hour later and the SEND button is blue, does that mean the user at some point has switched on to check messages? Cause I tried to resend as iMessage and it went green again?


texts: Is there an app for running Go code on an iPad?

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I know that there are multiple compiler apps for iOS, such as Pythonista. There are also apps to compile programs in other popular languages, like C++, C, and Java. However, as much as I have searched, I cannot find anything that runs Go code. As far as I can tell, there is only one app that is even Go-related on the App Store: Go By Example, which doesn’t compile code.

Is there any other way to run Golang code on an iOS device? Or is there an app that I am missing?


texts: What's the "built-in" firewall in OS X 10.9?

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By "built-in" I mean the backend of the System firewall (System Preference->Security&Privacy->Firewall). Is it ipfw or pf? (I know that ipfw was the backend for previous versions of OS X).

And, what are the commands/logs that I can use to determine which firewall is running?


texts: Is it possible to use old Wacom tablet on 10.11?

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I have Wacom Graphire 3 a.k.a CT-630. This model is old Wacom tablet. So, it has no driver for 10.11.

Can I use this tablet on my Mac? Any solution?


texts: Applescript: Comparing variable to string is failing

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I have an applescript that gets a list of items and then iterates over them:

tell application "GeekTool Helper"
    set names to name of geeklets

    repeat with currentName in names
        if (currentName is equal to "Top_CPU_Processes") then
            display dialog "found it"
        end if
        return currentName
    end repeat
end tell

The names variable gets set to an array of strings properly. When I repeat over the list I'm able to get each of the currentName variables returned separately without an issue.

The problem that I'm running into is the if statement. I'm never getting the dialog box that display's "found it".

I've tried the comparison as if (currentName = "Top_CPU_Processes") then as well and it still never evaluates as true.

Is there something that I need to do to have the contents of the variable evaluate against the string?


texts: How do I set the default search for Finder to filenames which INCLUDE the search term (rather than just begin with it)? Yosemite

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I'm using Yosemite (OS X 10.10.1).  If I search for the term "foo" and want a list of all files that include that term, I get foo.doc and bar.foo.doc and foodstuffs.xlsx and even The Foo History.  But it does not include snafoos.docx and AllTheFooReports.xlsx.  How can I change it to the (obvious!?!) behaviour of returning all results which include the search term?

I'd like to be able to do this from within Finder, not just in terminal.


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there
I know there's many ways to transfer multiple pictures from an iPhone to an iPad,but i want to transfer them using only the iPhone and iPad, without a PC or Mac. I was wondering if there was an app that would allow me to do this on the go.
Hope you nice guys can help me,ths!


texts: What harm will denying ocsp.apple.com do?

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After the recent issue of trustd trying to connect to Apple's overloaded servers, and causing slowdowns to Macs around the world, one discussion page suggested a temporary fix:

This command in Terminal will edit your /etc/hosts file to block
connections to the problematic Apple server:
echo 0.0.0.0 ocsp.apple.com | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

It then said "you REALLY do not want to leave that line in /etc/hosts—it MUST come out later!".
Does anyone know what the consequences might be of obstructing trustd in this way long-term?


texts: How can I burn a slideshow to a DVD in its present form in iPhoto 2011?

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Using iPhoto 2011. I was going to export my slideshow as a Quicktime movie, then burn it to DVD in iDVD.

However when I get 3/4 of the way through my 20 minute slide show presentation, the video goes white. I have figured out that the slideshow ends but the export keeps on going. I think it has something to do with the synchronization between music and photos.

My slideshow is approximately 22 minutes long, and I have a playlist of songs attached to the slideshow. The option to sync the pictures to the songs is checked. The slideshow works perfect in iPhoto. But my exported video is longer than the pictures.


texts: launchctl issues: Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error

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Before Big Sur I was able to use launchtl like this:
plst file:

    Label
    com.iPinky7.removeLogs
    Program
    /Users/michael/Downloads/Python/scripts/removeLogs.sh
    ProgramArguments

        commandLineArgument

    StartCalendarInterval

        Hour
        0
        Minute
        0

    StandardErrorPath
    /Users/michael/Downloads/Python/scripts/removeLogsErr.log
    StandardOutPath
    /Users/michael/Downloads/Python/scripts/removeLogs.log

commands:
// load the LaunchAgent
launchctl bootstrap gui/501 com.cronjob1.plist
// immediately start the LaunchAgent
launchctl kickstart -k gui/501/com.cronjob1
// unload the LaunchAgent
launchctl bootout gui/501 com.cronjob1.plist
now I get errors I have no clue about:
Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error
can anyone help?


texts: use `pf` to allow TCP traffic on specific port (from specific subnet)

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So, I've read various posts about how to use both the Application Firewall (apf or socketfilterfw) and the Packet Filter (pf) at the same time.  I thought this would be straightfoward since I'm not a pf newbie, but perhaps there is something to be learned about pf, or if not, about the combination under MacOS.

Essentially, I'm trying to add a pf rule that allows (TCP) traffic to a specific port (say 9999), from a specific subnet (say 192.168.5.0/24).  Eventually on the Mac, the applciation in question will be a java process listening, hence my desire to limit the exposure over just allowing the Application Firewall to accept traffic from anywhere destined for java.    In it's place, for experimentation, I'm using netcat (nc).

In System Preferences, I've of course enabled the application firewall, turned on ("Enable Stealth Mode"), and ensured that pf is enabled.   I then loaded additional rules into pf, but I when the application is blocked (/usr/bin/nc in this case), it appears as if my pf rules are never used.   A sample transcript to show my current state:

mac $ alias apf=/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw
mac $ apf --getglobalstate
Firewall is enabled. (State = 1)
mac $ apf --getstealthmode
Stealth mode enabled
mac $ apf --getappblocked /usr/bin/nc
Incoming connection to /usr/bin/nc is blocked
mac $ sudo pfctl -s info |& grep ^Status
Status: Enabled for 0 days 21:52:31           Debug: Urgent
mac $ sudo pfctl -s rules
pass in quick proto tcp from any to any port = 9999 flags S/SA keep state
scrub-anchor "com.apple/*" all fragment reassemble
anchor "com.apple/*" all
mac $

At this point it looks like I should be able to start nc listening and connect from another machine, as in:

mac $ nc -l 9999

linux $ nc -v -w 1 mac 9999
nc: connect to mac port 9999 (tcp) failed: Operation timed out

So, hypotheses and questions:

apf takes precedence over pf, in which case, (Q) how do I change or work around that?
I can't block the application in apf and allow some ports in via pf; see (Q) above.
pf rules are not really interpreted the same way on MacOS as, say, FreeBSD; then: (Q) why not?
I don't understand enough and I'm really just a newbie, hence, (Q) what don't I know?


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I have set the time and date to update automatically on my Mac running Snow Leopard, however the time and date do not update. I ran ntpdate -q using time.nist.gov & time.asia.apple.com and receive the error message:

  no server suitable for synchronization found

I checked the modem and it uses time.nist.gov and has the correct date and time. Neither my router nor Mac will update to the correct time.


texts: iPhone AppStore always asks for password when redeeming

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Basically what the title says; when I'm redeeming a code in the AppStore, there's no option for me to authenticate via TouchID, it always asks me for my Apple ID password. Am I missing something?

It's not really a HUGE deal, just a little annoying. Also curious that Apple lets you use TouchID for PAYMENTS but not when redeeming codes.


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I have a wired mouse connected to my Macbook Pro, OS X 10.9.5.  The mouse is powered, but completely unresponsive.  The mouse works on my windows machine, and the usb port on my Macbook works with other mouses/devices.  The mouse is detected in my System Information as

  USB OPTICAL MOUSE:
  Product ID:   0x0a4c
  Vendor ID:    0x15d9
  Version:   1.00
  Speed:    Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
  Location ID:  0x14100000 / 8
  Current Available (mA):   500
  Current Required (mA):    100

I have tried resetting my PRAM, with no effect.

Does anyone know what steps I can take to fix this?


texts: Testflight or coupon codes for review websites

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We will soon be launching the first version of our app. We want to write to a lot of app review websites about our app and want to give a free test version to them. There are 2 options:

Add them as external testers to TestFlight.
Give them a coupon/voucher code to download the app.

Problem with option #2 is that there is a limit of 100 codes available. Is it allowed to just give review websites a TestFlight version or is there some rule or limitations to who you can add as external tester (for a paid app)?


texts: I would like to type in Maltese (using Maltese letters) from my iPad and iPhone. Unfortunately, the Maltese langauge is not listed with the default European languages on iOS devices. What can I do?


texts: Disable auto-save in Preview (only Preview): Mojave edition

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This has been asked before, on earlier OS versions, but doesn't seem to have gained satisfactory answers. I'm looking for a way to disable auto-save in Preview (only).

Background:

In OS X Lion, Apple introduced the concept of Auto-saving, Versioning and Restore (or Persistence, in which an application would reload the documents it previously had opened).

This works well for certain types of application, e.g. document-creation apps, but not for Preview, where users might not want to modify original images and PDFs, but rather to make changes to copies. It can also be easy to make accidental edits, immediately over-writing the original.

It used to be possible to prevent auto-save in Preview with the following Terminal command:

defaults write -app Preview ApplePersistence -bool no

However, this no longer seems to work, notably because Apple changed the default preference for all apps to close windows at Quit, instead of persisting on relaunch. Apple also seems to have split Auto-save and Persistence as two separate options, whereas previously they were intertwined.

I can of course set System Preferences > General to Ask to Keep Changes when Closing a Document. This works, but disables Auto-save on all applications. Checking this preference sets NSCloseAlwaysConfirmsChange in .GlobalPreferences from false to true. However, trying this key-value pair in Preview's own plist doesn't set the behaviour just for Preview.

In short: I'm asking if anyone knows a method which might disable auto-save only in Preview, without my having to lock all my original image files.

I guess it may be that I have to use some other image viewer and editor, though there aren't many that fill Preview's shoes, because Preview already exists. (The alternative is to knock up a read-only version of Preview in Xcode...)


texts: MacBook Pro SSD filling up with empty space

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I've had an issue on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) running Catalina (10.15.5). For months now, I've been struggling with the issue of having my SSD filling without apparent reason, to the point where my computer become unresponsive. I then look for files to delete, which help for a bit, but the issue comes back soon after.
After running DaisyDisk, I discovered that my SSD was filled up with so called "hidden space" accounting for 338.8gb.

Daisydisk couldn't give me any other information, so I decided to look for possible large hidden files, and I found this :

at this location :
/Users/myself/Library/Containers/com.apple.icloud.drive.fileprovider/Data/Library/Application Support/iCloudDrive/account-AD0E5A81-23C5-41AA-BC55-7671234552C/session/r/
It looks like versioning for old files...
Is this "normal"? Can I somehow get rid of them?


texts:
I've noticed I often do not spot an active program for a while, especially when I'm running quite a few applications at the same time. To make this distinction more clear than the small dot, Im trying to find a way to dim the unactive Dock icons, or make them black/white. So far I havn't been able to come up with a solution, though.

Now I've noticed that Adium changes its Dock icon when it's active or inactive. Perhaps this would be a nice stepping stone - how does Adium handle this?

EDIT: I went through the Adium sources, but they call [[NSApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconImage:image]; to change the icon. Their default is the sleeping bird and they update it at runtime from their application. Seems an impossible solution for closed-source applications, unfortunately.


texts: How do I create Windows-like shortcuts (with arguments) from the command line?

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I've been searching and searching for a process on OS X that creates something as simple and elegant as Windows shortcuts.  At the user's direction on install, I need to create a shortcut-like item that contains command-line arguments to the installed application, and that can be placed in the Dock like a normal application with an icon.

I have found that I can do exactly what I want to do from the Automator application: Select "Application", enter the command line, save it, copy and paste the icon, etc.  However, the process is all manual.  I can't do that in an automated install of the application.

I cannot seem to find a way to do these Automator steps from the command line (which would be required during installation of my application) using something like Apple Script (osacript).

In what is more of a hack than an actual solution, I have also found that I can manipulate the installed application's Info.plist file, replacing the CFBundleExecutable value with a shell script that does an "open -a ... --args ...", but this requires some rather unbelievable hoops just to make it work.

I am also aware of Finder aliases (Can I create a Desktop Shortcut/Alias to a Folder from the Terminal?), which might also solve the problem, however there doesn't appear to be a way to add command-line arguments.

Everything seems to require either user interaction, or hackish file moving and manipulation.  So the question is:  How do I achieve this simple and elegant Windows-like shortcut mechanism under OS X without requiring these things?

Just to be clear, launching the application with arguments is not a problem (e.g., "open -a <apppath> --args ...").  Creating something that the user can manage like an application (i.e., Dock) that actually launches the app with arguments doesn't seem to be something very easily accomplished under OS X.


texts:
I have been playing with Safari's favicon on my 2014 MacBook Pro (running Catalina) for a couple of days, replacing ugly or non existent icons of my bookmarks (mainly using this).

All of a sudden the database file and all the icons' images in /Users/(me)/Library/Safari/Touch Icons Cache got somehow locked.

The images in particular I cannot unlock or delete, even as root, even in recovery mode.

If I try to replace an icon, a new weird file show up in .../Touch Icons Cache/Images and I cannot erase it. The icon to be replaced has not changed or has become the new one only at the first launch of Safari.

I would like to continue to replace ugly icons of my bookmarks and I also would like to solve this locked folder mystery.


texts: How to mount a disk image with automator or Applescript and without hdiutil?

texts:
An Automator workflow that mounts a disk image on when I drag and drop the dmg file onto it is easy:

Instead of dragging and dropping the dmg file I want to double click the created workflow and have it mount a specific file. I've tried using "Set Value of Variable" to the path of the dmg, "Open Finder Items", and "Get Selected Folder Items", nothing works.

I can do it with the command line as:

hdiutil mount disk_image_name.dmg

I've also tried with the Applescript:

    on run {input, parameters}

        tell application "DiskImageMounter"
            open "path/disk_image_name.dmg"
        end tell
    end run

But after mounting the disk image as expected, Automator freezes for about 15 seconds and gives the below Syntax Error.

The reason I want to avoid using hdituil is the disk images are encrypted. When using the Automator mount tool the password is done in Apple's dialog box. Using hdiutil I end up passing the password as stdin.

printf '%s\0' "$PASSPHRASE" | hdiutil attach $LOCATION -stdinpass


texts: Understanding directory permissions in UNIX

texts:
I've been trying to learn Unix and Terminal a bit better, and I've come across some behavior I don't understand. Hoping someone can explain to me what I'm missing.

Lately I've been experimenting with permissions on directories. From what I (thought) I understood, read permission means you can view the contents of a directory (i.e., ls directory should list the contents of the directory); write permission means you can create, modify, or delete files in the directory (i.e., touch directory/newfile, or vi directory/fileimade, or rm directory/fileihate, all should work); and execute permission means you can make the directory your working directory (i.e., cd directory should work)

But that isn't what I'm finding.

If I have r-- on a directory, I receive errors on attempting cd directory or touch directory/newfile, as expected. But if I run ls directory -- well, I don't get an error, but no files are listed, even if I know there are files that I own and/or have rights to within the directory. So, ls has run successfully but with no data to standard output. Why not?

If I have -w- on a directory, I receive errors on cd and ls, as expected. But if I try to create a new file - touch directory/newfile - I also get an error. Why?

All of the x categories work exactly as expected; I can cd into directories with --x, but nothing else. I can cd into directories with -wx, create and delete files, but ls returns an error. And I can cd into r-x directories, list their contents, and work on files for which I have existing permissions, but cannot create or delete files. All these make sense to me.

So what am I not understanding correctly about r-- and -w-?


texts: Is it possible to connect two iMacs via Thunderbolt 3 cable?

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Is it possible to connect two iMacs via Thunderbolt 3 cable and what capabilities does that provide if so?

I've three things in mind:

Very fast file transfers between the systems
Very fast screensharing/remote control of either system (not to be confused with using one iMac as a second display)
Access other web services running on the second iMac from the first

Is this possible?  I know all of those are possible via 1Gbps ethernet, but Thunderbolt 3 is much faster.  I don't yet have a second iMac to evaluate whether or not Thunderbolt 3 can be used in this way.


texts:
I've recently changed the DNS settings on my latest generation Airport Extreme from their default values to Google DNS. My reason was obvious, I want all of my devices connected to my network be able to use Google DNS without me configuring Google DNS on every single one of them.

After doing so, I still see my default DNS values on my Airport Express, which extends my network, and all of my devices. Is this behaviour right? Does all of my devices use Google DNS as a result but not show it or is there something wrong?

Update

I've a fiber connection of 50 Mb/s at my home. The fiber cable coming into my apartment is connected to a box provided by my ISP which resolves getting fiber to my home. From that box, a LAN cable goes out to the modem/router box provided by my ISP. That box only serves me as a modem and a wired router since I've disabled it's WLAN functionality by it's dedicated button to disable WLAN. And another LAN cable out of the modem/router box goes out to my AirPort Extreme for providing me with wireless connectivity throughout my apartment along with my Airport Express extending Airport Extreme's broadcast.


texts: Create new partition in unallocated space with diskutil

texts:
I have deleted the first partition on my external HD such that it now has 100GB of free space at the beginning of the partition. I'd like to reclaim that space, but Disk Utility doesn't let me create a new partition there (it just does nothing when I click 'Apply'). Is there a way to accomplish this with diskutil? I’ve only found ways to change (or erase, or split etc.) existing partitions by e.g. entering disk2s2 as device ID, but the free space has no such device ID.

Outputs:

$ diskutil list disk2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.5 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Shared                  199.3 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             784.2 MB   disk2s3
   4:          Apple_CoreStorage                         500.0 GB   disk2s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk2s5
   6:          Apple_CoreStorage                         699.6 GB   disk2s6
   7:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk2s7
$ sudo gpt -r show disk2
Password:
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640   195575768
   195985408   389353696      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   585339104     1531680      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   586870784   976562504      4  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1563433288      262144      5  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1563695432  1366319552      6  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  2930014984      262144      7  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  2930277128           7
  2930277135          32         Sec GPT table
  2930277167           1         Sec GPT header
$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk2
Disk: /dev/disk2    geometry: -5415437/4/63 [-1364690128 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 - -1364690129] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
$ sudo pdisk --list /dev/disk2
pdisk: No valid block 1 on '/dev/disk2'


texts: How can Charles Proxy change settings without admin rights after first time?

texts:
Charles Proxy has a feature that it can automatically configure your system proxy settings when it starts.

Every programmatic way I've found of changing these settings (e.g. networksetup) requires raised privileges to use, however this app somehow manages to do this with standard user permissions. The only time it requires raised privileges is on the very first time it runs.

Where can its permissions be managed for making changes in future for e.g., making it ask for privileges again?


texts: Cannot access certain MS Server 2003 Active Directory users with Mountain Lion Server's Server App

texts:
The magic triangle is working perfectly for some users. Other users are invisible to the OD master's Server App. Workgroup Manager can access all the users while Server App can't. Viewing permissions through the Server 2003 interface, it seems like the permissions of an invisible user and a visible one are same. I ran SetACL on the directories of the two users and it found no difference.
How can I figure out the difference in the accounts/files that makes certain users invisible to Server App? Thanks in advance!


texts:
I'd like to use scan-build. The official site says there are pre-built binaries for it, but fails to provide any links to them:
https://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/installation
How do I install clang-analyzer?


texts:
I have a removable 16gig flash drive from lacie. Everytime i put it into a mac computer that hasn't used that drive before, the files that stood on the drive once but are already deleted from it show up in that computer's trash. I don't know why this is happening but it's annoying.

Thanks for the help!


texts:
For the last 2 weeks, text replacement on my iPhone has not worked.

I have have tried deleting the existing ones then re-creating them, but it still not working.


texts: What's the minimum SDK version for new iOS apps?

texts: Is there a page on the Apple website listing the minimum iOS SDK required for new app submissions?


texts: Will my Battery get harmed if not used for long time?

texts:
Will my MacBook's battery be damaged if I do not use for next couple of months?

I bought a new Macbook Pro (March 2015) a month back. So far I have not started using it yet. It's charged and box packed as I do not currently have time to set it up for my development work.

Update: It's charged 90%+ but not being used.


texts:
My LAN includes an Ubuntu 9.04 server which runs an ISC DHCP v3 daemon. I'd like to migrate the data from that daemon to a Lion OS X Server. Is there an easy way to do this (by copying the Ubuntu /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf and importing it into OS X Server)? Lion's /etc/bootpd.plist doesn't seem to contain the information about individual machines (MAC, IP): where are these stored?

Steve


texts: I just want to see the email address in the Apple ID

texts:
A teacher found a school iPad 2, used by a former student, as a loaner, in the back of the iPad cart and they put their info into the apple id. So, we're locked out.

I just want to SEE the email from the Apple ID, so I can send a request, to the student, to remove the device from their iTunes account. How do I go about seeing the email, instead of d****@yahoo.com?  Did factory restore but, nothing opened up. Can't follow Apple's instructions for recovering because I have No ID or email address and they want one or the other.


texts: Use a USB sound card with multiple input lines in apps like Skype or Dictation?

texts:
I need a way to make apps use the second input line from USB sound card. By default the all use input one. Does anyone know how to split the two input channels into two separate devices or alternatively merge the to inputs into one input channel?

It seems like OS X is treating the two channels as one Stereo channel instead of two separate inputs.

Background information

I have a lexicon Alpha sound card. It has two input lines, The first for instruments and the second for a microphone.  I'm able to see both lines in audio MIDI  setup. If I go into the system preferences I see both lines as one input device and I can see the sound bar move if I speak in the microphone or put jack table in the instrument plug.

If I use Skype or dictation or hangouts or any other normal app only the instrument input is used. If I use Audacity the input is recorded as one stereo channel with the instrument on the left channel and the microphone on the right channel only.


texts: Unable to change settings of Exchange accounts in Mail on macOS Catalina 10.15.2

texts:
I have a few accounts configured in Mail on macOS 10.15.2. I want to change these three settings:

"Download Attachements" to all
"Delete spam"(*) to never
"Delete permanently"(*) to never

Now, this works fine for my iCloud account and all my IMAP accounts. Unfortunately this doesn't work for all three Exchange accounts.

I change the settings and after a few seconds they switch back to their previous values, like after a month.

Is this an issue in 10.15? On my previous system with 10.13 it worked fine.

(*) My system is in German, so I don't know the actual translation. If somebody could update the wording, that would be great. Thanks.


texts: Add all songs from Top Charts to a playlist

texts:
How to add all songs from 'Top charts' to my playlist at once (not one by one song)?
There is no options exist for this playlist to do it.


texts:
My iMac's hard disk has been slow from the start. But recently it is becoming unbearable. Disk read and write speeds are consistently below 50 MB per second, without any applications producing any CPU load.

I do see that mds uses lots of disk I/O. Could this be the problem? If so, what can I do to alleviate it? I tried turning off the indexing with sudo mdutil -a -i off, but it did not help much.

How else can I debug this?


texts:
I am unable to add new accounts nor delete existing accounts in Open Directory despite being authenticated as diradmin.  I can change existing user passwords though.  Tried rebooting, no change.  I was able to create and delete accounts earlier today.  The options to create/delete accounts are disabled in the OSX Server Mountain Lion GUI.

Suggestions are appreciated.


texts: How to see your frequent location history in iOS 7.0.2?

texts: I have an iPhone 4s and I can't see my frequent location history where it is supposed to be. I can only see the "Frequent Locations" and "Improve Maps" toggles.


texts:
I used to have the double-tap-to-drag working, where I would tap the trackpad, let go, then tap-and-hold and it would begin dragging.

I temporarily disabled the Tap to click setting in System Preferences, and now after I reenabled it, I no longer have double-tap-to-drag. Tap to click does work, it's just the dragging that no longer works. I don't see any setting to enable double-tap-to-drag. Is it automatically supposed to work when Tap to click is enabled?

I've tried it with Three finger drag both enabled and disabled, but nothing works.


texts: Is there a iOS player app that display composer id3 info and play Apple Music songs?

texts: The current (iOS 9.2.1) Music iOS app doesn't seem to show the current played song's composer name. I need an app that show that information, and which work playing Apple music songs. Is there any?


texts:
In Decemeber 2010 I purchased Goodreader for iPad, was emailed this statement:

GoodReader for iPad, v3.1.2, Developer: Yuri Selukoff (4+)
£0.59

I installed Goodreader on a new iPad just a few days ago.
I was notified I'd been charged again for it:

GoodReader for iPad, v3.18.6 (4+)
 YURI SELUKOFF   App    £2.99

I don't understand why and it's hard to find any definitive info about this (aside from forum posts).

What could be to blame? The price change? The change of developer string (to upper case)? At one point Apple forced me to change my Apple ID from a usernae style to email address style. Could that be the cause?

This isn't the only app this has happened with.


texts: How to create a bootable Ubuntu USB stick using OS X 10.10.2

texts: I have downloaded the ubuntu-14.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso. How do I create a bootable Ubuntu USB stick using my Macbook Air which is running OS X 10.10.2? I cannot create a bootable CD, since the Air is designed without the optical drive.


texts: Can music be played simultaneously on Homepod and another device using the same account?

texts:
When signed in with an Apple Music account on Homepod and another device, can I play music on both devices simultaneously? I believe it's not possible for e.g. iTunes and an iPhone; is Homepod an exception?

Specifically, it would be quite annoying if a family member at home started to play music and this disqualified me from listening on my iPhone on the go.


texts: Wireless keyboard/mouse problem with iMac during start-up

texts:
I have an iMac 21.5" (late November 2010, OS X 10.6.8 with latest updates). I bought a wireless keyboard and mouse at same time. When I started up with ⇧ shift or ⌥ alt/option key down, the computer starts up from the internal drive. No SafeBoot or Startup options.

When I attached a USB keyboard and mouse and started up with the ⌥ alt/option key down, I was able to choose between the internal drive and backups on external drive. The wireless mouse was inactive at this time. When I selected a drive with the USB mouse, it asked me for a password. From that point forward, everything worked normally. The wireless mouse works to move the cursor to the text box and the wireless keyboard works to enter the password.

I replaced batteries in keyboard and mouse, installed OS X 10.7 Lion, reset NVRAM using USB keyboard - Still same issue.

The green light on keyboard comes on momentarily during startup, so the iMac must be communicating with the keyboard. After that, the light goes off and can be turned back on for a few seconds by pressing switch on right side of keyboard. By doing this repeatedly during startup as soon as the light went off, I got the startup options once.

I checked System Preferences → Bluetooth → Advanced. The first 3 checkboxes are checked. The 1st checkbox is "Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup if no keyboard is detected". I never understood this, I assume it indicates that the keyboard is detected. The iMac can be awakened from sleep with keyboard and mouse.

Any clues?


texts: App Store is stuck in a loop trying to download a free app -- how do I make it stop?

texts:
My App Store keeps saying this item is free in the store, that this item will be added to your purchases and it then says cancel or download.

I click download and it won't download and keeps popping up the same message over and over again.  How do I make it stop? I can't download any apps.


texts: Configuration profile reinstalls itself after I delete it

texts: A few days ago, a configuration profile disguised as an app called TweakBox, popped up on my brother's MacBook. He repeatedly attempted to delete it permanently, but it always magically reinstalls itself. Now the "virus" is on his phone too, and also seems to not be possibly deleted. This app/configuration profile does absolutely nothing, but it's annoying to have it pop up continuously. How can I remove it from both MacOS and iOS?


texts: Apps randomly opening upon login on Catalina

texts:
As the title says, after "upgrading" to Catalina, every once in a while an app would open automatically after login. These apps are not in Login Items and are not set as Open at Login. It doesn't happen all the time, and typically the apps are among the last ones being used before shutting down the machine. This has been discussed before here at Ask Different and at other sites, e.g. here and here and also here, but there doesn't seem to be a solution. For me about the only one of the suggested solutions (besides reinstalling) -- running First Aid in Disk Utility didn't help.

How one could fix this besides perhaps clean install (which was also reported not to work)?


texts: How can I start postgres automatically on startup?

texts:
I can start postgres with:

# Start Postgres
/usr/local/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l logfile start

Where can I put that to start up when I start the machine up?

I can put it in my .bash_login file but then I get a new instance of postgres each time I do a new window which is not good.

I only want it to happen when I initially log in to the machine.

This is for OS-X Lion, Macbook Air bought Nov 2011


texts: Is there a way to disable update notifications in Mojave?

texts:
Short of killing all notifications, is there a way to stop "Updates Available" notifications from showing up, for app and system updates?

I already have "Automatically keep my Mac up to date" unchecked in Sys Prefs > Software Update
Everything in "Advanced..." there is unchecked
App Store > Prefs > Automatic Updates is unchecked

To head off any frame challenges, yes, I do perform regular manual updates, but when it doesn't interrupt my work. No, I will not tolerate automatic updates, and it doesn't matter why.  Maybe I need a stable setup for development, video rendering, or I just don't like to be bothered with notifications about something that may require a restart, shutdown of critical apps, or any interruption to my work flow.


texts: Making items added to paths via paths.d show up everywhere under Mavericks

texts:
I'd like to set the path under OS X Mavericks so that the setting shows up everywhere (e.g., in .apps and in Darwin shells). There's plenty of discussion out there about how to set environment variables generally under OS X. With environments.plist no longer supported by Mavericks, it seems that editing /etc/launchd.conf is the best option for doing so. Unfortunately, launchd.conf apparently does no parameter expansion, so I can't do this:

setenv PATH /Users/kuzzooroo/anaconda/bin:$PATH

and I don't want to hardcode my entire path--it seems unmaintainable.

There's another question in AskDifferent specifically about setting the system-wide PATH environment variable in Mavericks. The accepted solution is to use /etc/paths.d/, but someone has posted the following comment (which has garnered several upvotes) as a caveat:

  Paths in paths.d are added to the path by path_helper, which is run from /etc/profile and /etc/csh.login, but not when for example bash is invoked as a non-interactive or non-login shell or when you run programs in text editors.

Is there a way I can make these environments pull in paths.d (for example, by putting a command to process paths.d into some bash configuration file that is run even for non-interactive shells)?


texts: Whats a good software title to take video (mp4, avi, other..) and burn it to DVD

texts:
I got some home brew videos from my webcam, and I got a couple movies on the drive I'd like to burn to DVD. The thing is, I don't know what's a good product for that, being a recent Mac convert and formally a heavy Windows user.

I keep finding things about iDVD when I search but from further reading iDVD is no longer available. So doing a quick search on google you get your standard "This app will do it all" type sites, usually really crappy software so I don't want to waste 20, 50, 100+ dollars on an app that I'll use once in a blue moon or on an app that's actually worthless.


texts: Confusion about creating a bootable flashdrive

texts: I followed the directions to creat a bootable flashdrive for Mac High Sierra. My flashdrive now has the name "Install macOS High Sierra" and it contains the app "Install macOS High Sierra.app". Now comes my confusion. What do I do now. The directions end here. Should I run the app and install it on the same disk? Or should I do nothing. My intent was to make a flashdrive that I could use to boot a Mac computer. If my disk drive crashes i still want to be able to start and run my computer. My flashdrive is 64 GB partitioned into 2 32 GB partitions. I intended to copy a few apps onto the other 32 GB partition. What should I do now?


texts: Bash: Elegant ways to use multiple variables for shortening long strings?

texts:
I am aware of dockutil in homebrew but, I am trying to run a bash script that automatically adds dock icons to the dock on a fresh user account. dockutil has been uncooperative on fresh out of the box installs:

#!/bin/bash
#add items to dock
x="defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add "
y='"<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key<dict><key>_CFURLString</key><string>/Applications/'
z='</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict></dict>"'
f="$x"$y
eval $f\Google Chrome.app$z;
eval $f\Safari.app$z;
eval $f\Firefox.app$z;
eval $f\Messages.app$z;
eval $f\Slack.app$z;
eval $f\Microsoft Outlook.app$z;
eval $f\Microsoft Word.app$z;
eval $f\Microsoft Excel.app$z;
eval $f\App Store.app$z;
eval $f\System Preferences.app$z;
eval $f\zoom.us.app$z;
echo "DOCK ICON REORGANIZATION COMPLETE...";
killall Dock; sleep 1;
eval clear;
exit 0

The script is fine, but I am wondering if there is a more elegant solution to concatenating the x and y variables together into 'f', or if there is a way to combine all three, x,y, and z, into one variable that will allow me to input 'AnyApp.app' in the middle. Input appreciated, thanks!


texts: iOS Siri: How to add multiple items to Reminders?

texts:
Using Siri, adding items to a Reminders list can be done one-by-one by saying, "Hey Siri, add apples to the shopping list". Naively trying "Add apples and oranges to the shopping list" results in a single item, "apples and oranges", being added to the list.

Is it possible to add multiple items with a single command?


texts: Clearing local storage in safari on iPad

texts: I need to clear the local storage for safari on my iPad, what I found by googling says to go to Settings > Safari > Databases  but databases is no where to be found in my safari settings.  The screenshots show it right below accept cookies but it's not there or anywhere else on the page (or sub pages).  Any ideas?


texts: Cannot finish first backup with Time Machine

texts:
My first Time Machine backup systematically fails when it is about to finish.

I looked at the system logs and I have these errors:

Failed to unmount '/Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time Machine' (disk2s2), dissenter: {
    DAProcessID = 263;
    DAStatus = 49168;
} with status: 49168 (null)

Failed to eject 'disk2' using DiskArb, dissenter: {
    DAStatus = 49168;
} with status: 49168 (null)

Failed to eject 'disk2' (using ioctl), error: 16 Resource busy

Failed to remove directory '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.TimeMachineFolder-28BD73CD-4059-43D4-B1BE-0CA9C98D5EFD', error: 16 Resource busy

I have macOS 10.14.6 (18G103)

Any idea of the problem?


texts: Can I change the font systemwide (10.8.3)

texts: Is it possible to change the systems font? (finder, alerts, menus etc)


texts: iTunes store purchased media items: usability in another country?

texts: An Apple account with a Canadian billing address and payment method is used to buy movies on the Canadian iTunes store. Will an Apple TV 4k located physically in another country (say, Vietnam) be able to stream these movies if it is logged in with this same account? (The account's payment and address remain Canadian.)


texts: How can I restart the smart card service since OSX Yosmite without rebooting?

texts:
In OSX Yosmite, the pcsc service was replaced with Apple's own "Crypto Token Kit" for handling smart cards.  We used to be able to restart pcscd like in this answer, but I have not been able to find a way using the new service.

Is there any way to restart the Crypto Token Kit without rebooting the machine?


texts:
I was wondering after installation of Mountain Lion on VMWare or other virtualization softwares (on a mac) will it show the same "serial number" in "About This Mac"?
And is it possible to customize that serial number, for development and test?
And if it's possible, is it legal?
(I know changing "Hardware UUID" is possible)


texts: What is the rsync command to restore from a TimeMachine backup

texts:
I couldn't get my TimeMachine backup to restore, so I just used rsync. What are the flags I should use? I just used:

rsync -av /path/to/backup /path/to/restore

Can it be that simple?

My backup was on a USB disk, which appears to have preserved the disk structure. Does TM still do that multiple hard-links to files/dirs to save space? Does that affect what flags I should use.


texts:
When my wife upgraded her iPhone she gave me her 5S and I installed my SIM card.  After using the phone for about a year every time I tried calling my wife's cell number it goes straight to voice mail and she doesn't receive my text messages.

She can call and text me but I can't call or text her.  I checked.  The Apple and iCloud emails on my phone are mine.  I even tried putting my SIM card back on my original 5C and it still has the same problems.


texts: Does reseting iOS device revert to earlier version of OS

texts: I'm reading that you can use iTunes revert an iOS device to 'original factory settings', but this is hard to believe. Will it actually allow you to return to the earliest version of the OS that was installed on the device, or will it just give you a fresh install of the latest OS that was installed on the device?


texts: Can I play 4k video on my TV through my MacBook using a Thunderbolt/HDMI cable?

texts:
A silly question perhaps, but nonetheless...
I own an early 2015, 13-inch MacBook Air, and I recently purchased a 4k 43' TCL TV with HDMI 2.0 ports.
I'm thinking about purchasing a Thunderbolt/MiniDisplay to HDMI cable that supports 4k@60Hz. Is this a worthwhile investment, or will my MacBook's capabilities hinder the ability to play 4k videos on the TV through my MacBook?


texts: Is there an easy way to update a NetBoot image?

texts:
I have a NetBoot image which I use for booting into to do things like disk maintenance and testing new applications without having to install them on my workstation. It's really handy, but I created it a while ago and much of the software on it is now out of date, like the OS, QuickTime, and Safari. I want to update the NetBoot image but the only way I think to do that is to use Disk Utility.app to restore it to a USB drive, boot from the drive directly, make any changes necessary and re-image the USB drive, overwriting the original image.

Is that the best series of steps or is there an easier way to update a NetBoot DMG file?


texts: I have removed my son's death metal junk from my library but the devices still pick it up from the cloud.  How do I delete songs from the cloud if they no longer appear in the host ITunes library?  I have deleted the unwanted songs from the host PC which should have removed them from iTunes Match but when I synch my iPad mini to iTunes Match the files still appear and can be played on the iPad when I have access to the cloud thru WiFi.   The songs are gone from the host PC but apparently are still in accessible to my other devices thru iTunes Match.


texts: Creating a Bootable USB Drive: unable to download Mavericks again

texts:
I am following this guide to creating a Bootable USB Drive with Mavericks: How to Perform a Clean Install of OS X Mavericks

However, I cannot find the Install OS X Mavericks.app file in my Applications folder.

And when I go to the app store I am not able to download Mavericks again. Clicking on "Free" does nothing. I see no option to download anywhere.

Is there anywhere else that I can get a copy of this file so that I can create the bootable drive?


texts: Provisional Enrollment Failed. [MCCloudConfigErrorDomain - 0x80EF (33007)]

texts:
Trying to provision a brand new iPad with Apple Configurator 2. At some point our company will be deploying 2000 of these iPads, but I get various errors like the one listed in the title.

I have no issues with internet connectivity here. What is causing this error? It happens as soon as the iPad finishes erasing and gets ready to activate.

The profile that I included in the preparation process has the Wifi SSID and password.


texts: Mac mini, two monitors over hdmi and Thunderbolt simultaneously

texts:
Will the new Mac Mini (mid-level, quad-core) support the following two
monitors simultaneously: one an Apple Cinema Display 30", 2560x1600
resolution, connected to both the Thunderbolt port and one USB port via the
Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adaptor (this thing:
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MB571Z/A/mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi
-adapter)
 and the other monitor a Samsung with 1600 x 1200 resolution connected to
the Mini Mac by the hdmi port, using the hdmi-to-dvi adaptor Apple gives you
with the Mac Mini?

I have read in some places that hdmi cannot output better than 1920 x 1080,
but 1600 x 1200 is actually fewer pixels and I have read differing accounts
of whether it will work.

For the Apple Cinema Display, currently on my MacBook Pro 2009 I run it
using the adaptor I mentioned above, and it needs to connect to one USB port
as well as to the miniDisplay Port. I am guessing that the Thunderbolt port
will serve instead of the miniDisplay Port and I will still need to connect
to one USB port on the Mini, in addition to the Thunderbolt port.

Thank you!


texts: What's causing kernel panic on mid 2011 iMac? (a freed zone element has been modified)

texts:
I've got a mid 2011 iMac that kernel panics roughly after 30 to 45mins of being powered on. Then the panics seem to get worst eg after every restart of the imac.

I've tried x2 different boot drives both using OS X 10.10.5 as the base system, one being a USB drive and other being a thunderbolt drive.

At the moment my theories are it's more of a hardware problem then software, either ram or possible gpu.

See screenshot of report below:


texts: macOS shows missed call notification when answering from iPhone

texts:
When someone calls me, both my iPhone and MacBook ring.

I always end up answering from my iPhone because people can't hear me when using the Mac.

The problem is, when I get back to the Mac, it shows a missed call notification for that call in Notification Center, from the FaceTime app:

  Missed call - from your iPhone

That's not what I expect to happen. I didn't miss that call; I answered that call on my iPhone.

Is there any way to avoid that notification popping up?


texts: Physical keyboard & trackpad stop working on dis/connect of external thunderbolt display

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro (Retina, 13", Late 2013) running Lion 10.9.4, that I use with an external thunderbolt display, a bluetooth trackpad, and a USB keyboard -- both of which are connected through the thunderbolt display.

Often (but not every time), when I disconnect from the thunderbolt and go elsewhere, I find that the physical keyboard & trackpad on the MBP become totally unresponsive. I have only found two fixes for this, so far:

Repeatedly reconnect/disconnect the thunderbolt display & retry the physical keyboard & trackpad until they work again -- sometimes this happens on the first try, other times it takes 10, 20, even 30 or more attempts.
Hard reboot via the power button -- which is ironically the only key on the physical keyboard that does anything at all.

I found mention of a similar problem (without a thunderbolt display involved) that suggested closing the macbook for 30+ seconds, but this does not fix my issue.

Update:

This appears to be a general USB issue, as I've now noticed the same thing occasionally happening when I connect my phone or other devices via USB. Still no clue as to the cause or how to fix it.


texts: Mac Mail eternally "Preparing to Move Messages"

texts:
I'm stuck moving messages on an Exchange account from the inbox to various folders using Apple Mail. I seem to be able to move individual messages but when I select a whole bunch (say 80) from the Inbox via a search function and bulk-drag them to the folder I want, the program hangs on "Preparing to Move Messages: 1 of 80" and doesn't go anywhere. If I quit Mail and open it again, it's as if I never tried to move the messages.

It appears to be somewhat random - sometimes no message comes up initially; in that case after a while (can be a long time depending on the number of messages) I get a quick "moving X of X messages" and it works, but if I quit too soon it doesn't actually move those messages either. But if the "Preparing to Move Messages" text comes up, they just never go.

I'm on Mojave 10.14.5 on a Mac Pro, using an Exchange email account.

I've checked this question but it doesn't seem to describe my problem.


texts:
I have similar apps with different design & color theme as per my different client. But Apple is now rejected my latest app as spam
Apple message:

Guideline 4.3 - Design - Spam
We noticed that your app provides the same feature set as other apps
you've submitted to the App Store; it simply varies in content or
language, which is considered a form of spam.
Next Steps
When creating multiple apps where content is the only varying element,
you should offer a single app to deliver differing content to
customers. Alternatively, you may consider creating a web app, which
looks and behaves similar to a native app when the customer adds it to
their Home screen. Refer to the Configuring Web Applications section
of the Safari Web Content Guide for more information.
You will experience a delayed review process if you deliberately
disregard the App Store Review Guidelines, ignore previous rejection
feedback in future app submissions, or use your app to mislead or
deceive users.
Important Information
As a result of violating this guideline, your app’s review has been
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texts: check if storage is available and if it is execute a backup routine with passwordphrase

texts:
i installed restic backup program with homebrew and tested its performance. Its great. So i wold like to set up a automated routine.
I tried to do it in automator with a workflow but because of the password check it aborts.
Maybe you wold solve different please let me know...

What im trying to get:

1. check if storage is available (usb storage attached)
2. execute restic -r /Volumes/usb-storage-name/restic-backups backup /Users/user/data
3. prompt the encryption key (or get it from keychain account restic?)
4. check again a day later...

what i have tried:


texts: How to enter password automatically in .command

texts:
So my .command file looks like this

ssh someuser@someip.com

When I run just this it prompts me for the password, how do I make terminal enter the password instead of me having to type it in?  I have tried this:

ssh someuser@someip.com
password

But that does not work.


texts: How can I view HTTP only cookies in OSX?

texts:
I have a website I'm investigating and want to view HTTP-only cookies in Firefox, Safari, or Chrome.

How can I view these special cookies in OSX?


texts:
Is it  possible to create  a user  that can log  in to
one's ssh server and chat,  but is restricted from any
other activity,  i.e. cannot use any  significant disk
space, cannot  access hardware  (speakers, microphone,
camera),  and  is  perhaps   even  limited  to  a  low
CPU-percentage?


texts: What is the "ls" directory in my home directory?

texts:
I was just exploring the directory structure on my Mac and there's a directory in my root/home directory, named ls.

[~]$ ls -l .
.
.
drwxr-xr-x   6 XXXX  staff       192 Dec  8  2018 ls

[~/ls]$ pwd
/Users/XXXX/ls

Could someone help me understand what this directory holds and why is in the  root?

The ls command should reference the /bin/ls command, I'm guessing. Anyone have any ideas?


texts: Voicemails not being intercepted by Google Voice

texts:
I have a Google Voice account that is set to transcribe voicemails and send them as e-mail. This used to work on my iPhone 4.

I upgraded to the iPhone 4S and do not receive voicemail to my Google Voice account anymore. All voicemail goes to my Visual Voicemail.

How can I make my voicemails go to Google Voice?


texts: Can't update to Windows 10 on MacBook Pro due to Apple Broadcom Built-in Bluetooth

texts:
I've followed the instructions here : https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204990

I have a late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina. Currently running Windows 7 64bit. I've got the latest OS X 10.11 El Capitan, all software updates applied. I've run the Apple Software Update in Windows 7 - all up to date.

When I click on the Get Windows 10 icon, it displays:

  "Unfortunately, this PC is unable to run Windows 10... because one or more things are incompatible.

Viewing the report, it says:

  "The device manufacturers haven't made these devices compatible with Windows 10, so they won't work. Check with the manufacturers for support."

  Apple Broadcom Built-in Bluetooth

  Apple Inc.


texts: What should you do if your OS X system fails to boot, being stuck at gray screen with the moving wheel?

texts:
What to do if your OS X system fails to boot, being stuck at gray screen with the moving-wheel?

The system boots from recovery partition, it does check the partition but it will not boot.


texts:
Recently broke my iPhone 11 and upon trying to redownload apps after repairs, found one has been taken off the Australian app store. I use it lots, was actually the app I was using right before breaking the phone.
I'm hesitant to change regions to download it because I'm unsure of the consequences for other apps and settings. I have two movies, a bit of music on my Apple ID and plenty of apps. How much of this will remain untouched?
Probably sounds silly but I'd like to know if I can switch countries, download the app, and switch back with everything there or if it's worth creating an ID linked to a foreign country to  login and log back out with the app. Or if it's not worth it at all. I have any payment details needed to make the switch I'm sure.


texts: Parallels Desktop is using my home directory for a VMs home directory

texts:
I have installed Windows Vista on a Parallels Desktop virtual machine on my MacBook Air.

But it seem that my Windows Vista home directory is stored in my Mac OS X home directory.

E.g. at my Mac OS X home directory /Users/jonas/ I also have my Vista folders:

Documents/
Applications/
Desktop/
Downloads/

I don't want to mix the environments like this. I want my Windows Vista files isolated to the virtual machine.

How can I keep my Windows Vista files to only exist within the virtual machine?


texts: Can I attach external video/webcam to an iOS device?

texts:
A friend wants to run a videoconference app (Zoom) on his TV. He can stream Zoom from his iOS devices to the TV, but he needs a wider angle.

I should know this, but is there a way to connect an external webcam?

Thanks


texts: Screen sharing from Mac to Android tablet

texts: I want to use my Android Pixel tablet as a second screen for my Macbook Air, similar to how users of the app Duet use their iPad as a second screen for the Macbook. Is there any free/inexpensive app that does this?


texts: So recently I took a  picture for my iMessage profile using the camera, I ended up really liking the picture so I was thinking if theres any way I can save it or find it


texts: How does automator know that the text that it receives, is an address?

texts: In automator there is an action called "Extract Data from text". It can extract stuff like email addresses, phone numbers but also addresses. How does that work? How does automator know that the text that it is receiving is an address?


texts:
Hopefully, this is the right site for this. I am using a 2020 MacBook Pro and Word 2016.  I am having issues opening a document sent by a friend.  He is able to open it, and this problem does not occur when I try to open files that originated on my computer.  When I try to open the document, I get the following error message:

Word experienced an error trying to open the file.
Try these suggestions.
* Check the file permissions for the document or drive.
* Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space.
* Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.

To resolve this, I tried having my friend paste the contents of the document into a new document, but I also wasn't able to open that file.  Here's what I tried regarding the specific suggestions.

Check the file permissions for the document or drive.

I checked and the file is totally accessible, read-write enabled, Word has access to the folder it's in (just the Desktop), etc.

Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space.

I just got a new computer and have 1.88 terabytes of space left, so definitely not a problem here.

Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.

In Word, I went to File>Open and selected the document.  In the bottom-right corner of the window, I went to the drop-down that said "Open Original" and instead selected "Open Recover Text."  The file it produced is blank except for the words "Error serving file."  I also tried the "Open Repair" option in the drop-down menu, but that gave the same error as before.
Something else that might be relevant is that the files were sent through Slack, and the Slack preview worked on the document, but the Mac QuickLook preview does not work on the document (it just shows the document icon instead of a preview of the contents).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!


texts: Mac OS X Mavericks fails with disk corruption error

texts:
I have a similar problem described by the question posted to this forum labelled "OS X Mavericks upgrade - disk/partition failure".  I, however, didn't stop the installation process.  Instead, I continued with the option of later recovering/restoring the files from the Time Machine, believing that all data on my hard disk would be wiped out.

Mac OS X Mavericks was successfully installed, and all files/programs seems to be intact.  What did I do right?  In the case where there was a disk corruption, how could I determine,

1) which files were corrupted?
2) whether or not a log file was generated outlining the corrupt sectors/allocation units?

Also, how would I go about using Time Machine to restore the corrupt files (if any), as I have not done this before?

Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.

Edit:

I suppose my question is whether or not the installation process did, indeed, fix the corruption.  If so, where would I find the 'lost+found' folder (that is, if one exists)?


texts: Specify Minimum Font Size in Safari 10.0, macOS Sierra

texts:
The Minimum Font Size option seems to be missing in Safari 10.0 / macOS Sierra.  It's been replaced by Page Zoom (prefs > advanced).  I'm specifically asking how to prevent Safari in Sierra from ever using a font size below a certain value.  I don't want to have to fix this on a site by site basis.

Let's say I want to set 11px as the minimum font size in Safari on macOS Sierra.  How do I do this?


texts: Some videos (seems random) exported from Premiere can't be Airdropped to iPhone

texts:
Editing videos in Premiere, sometimes a certain video fails to Airdrop to an iPhone.
I examined the Get Info window of each video that worked and of the one that didn't. Same approximate size, same file type, same codex etc. Looked at the settings in Premiere seem similar.
Anyone know how to solve this?
Found this thread and tried a bunch of the suggestions.
Tried converting it to .mov in Quicktime failed.
Tried saving it as 4k in Quicktime failed.
Tried importing it to Photos (works) then Airdropping it. Failed.
Tried trimming it in Quicktime. Failed.
Tried uploading it to Dropbox then downloading it to Photos on the iPhone. Failed.


texts: Existing text messages not showing up in Messages app on new MacBook?

texts:
I have a mid-2017 MacBook Pro that I would like to use with the messages app.

I have successfully enabled text forwarding, and can now send texts to both iMessage users and SMS users.

However, my Messages app does not seem to be able to get any of the old messages I have sent from my iPhone.

It can send and receive messages, but cannot seem to sync text history across devices.

This includes both iMessages and SMS messages.

I have confirmed that my phone number is set to the default form of sending and receiving messages on both the Mac and iOS messages app by following the guide here

How do I get it to sync?


texts: iPhone 5S vibrating constantly when I view a message

texts:
My iPhone 5S (iOS 9.2) is having the following problem: it can receive text messages and iMessages as normal, but when I view them my phone vibrates constantly until I stop viewing them, and moreover it doesn't consider the message to have been read. So far, my only attempt at fixing this is turning it off and back on, but this hasn't helped.

(Possibly related: over the last couple of days, apps have been quitting very frequently. I only bring this up because prior to the last two days, I've had no problems with my phone.)


texts:
I'm looking for an app like OpenSignal but for mapping Wi-Fi signals around my apartment. I have also tried using NetSpot on my Mac but I would really like a mobile app to take advantage of GPS location and automatic data collection rather than fumbling around with a manual process.

Does anyone know of an app that can do this?


texts: Why do my environment variables keep getting wiped out in Mac OS Catalina?

texts:
I am currently using MacOS Catalina, and every time my computer boots up from having shut down the environment variables get wiped out. I literally have to manually run export FOO=bar each time my computer boots up.

I have tried adding the environment variables to ~/.bash_profile but that doesn't seem to work, I think because Catalina uses zsh as opposed to bash. (Is there a way to switch back?)

Anyways, how do I persist environment variables so that I don't have to manually export them every time? Could something be wrong with my computer that's causing this? There are also some other weird issues when my computer does a fresh boot.


texts: How to edit writable locations in a document in Pages '09?

texts:
The following image shows a region of the sheet it is not possible to write or select. There the cursor is, if i write another letter it will show up on the next page.

How do i enable the document to let me write on that field? I have tried dragging the side markers, but they only control how far down the reference text is.


texts: Can the finder edit mp3 sound file tags like artist?

texts:
How can I change artist of multiple selected mp3 files in finder?

Like in windows we can select multiple mp3 files and can change the artist of all selected file in properties.


texts:
I have a Keynote file with a lot of animations on the slides. I wish to record myself giving a presentation while playing the slides in full screen as a movie.

Is there a way to export Keynote animations to a video format so that I can combine my audio recording with these animations in iMovie?


texts: I see that on Apple’s website, there is no mention of 1440p video editing, but 2160p (4K) can export up to 30 FPS, while 1080p (HD) can export up to 60 FPS. Can iMovie export 1440p at 60 or 30 FPS?


texts: Capture audio correctly while capturing video calls on MacBook with earbuds

texts:
I'd like to capture video calls on my MacBook Pro, while I have my Bluetooth Earbuds connected. I use Zoom, Google Meet and Skype on different calls, so would like to use osX's native screen video capture capabilities. I can't seem to configure it in a way that captures both the video call audio and my microphone. Note I set settings/audio/input to the laptop's mic rather than the earhbuds' because it works better.
Searching online, it seems I should use either Aggregate Device or Multi-Output Device or both, but I'm not sure how to configure them correctly, especially as I can't install 3rd party drivers, as demonstrated in the video, because I'm using a work computer.
How do I perform this magic?


texts: Is it possible to remember a wifi network in iOS 6 without automatically connecting to it?

texts: Once in a while I need to use my iPhone 4 for work related tasks that require a lot of bandwidth. When doing this I will connect to the wireless network at work, do what I need to do, and then disconnect so that any personal activity goes over 3g. Currently my choices are to either leave wifi off while at work, only turning it on when I need to do work tasks, or join the work network every time I need to do work tasks, then forget the network. Turning wifi off is annoying since I have to remember to turn it off before I get to work, and then turn it back on after I leave work. Constantly joining the network is also annoying since I need to enter my username, password, and proxy information. Is there a way to have my iPhone remember my work network so I can manually join it without entering all my information, but not connect to the work network unless I force it to? I haven’t found anything obvious on either the phone or the iPhone configuration assistant so I’m pretty sure the answer is no but it can’t hurt to ask.


texts: Earpods remote control doesnt work with my iphone

texts:
I have an Earpods. It beautifully works with iPad (sound and remote control works perfect) but not with iPhone (only sound is correct, but nothing works with remote control). Anyone know why?

iPhone 6S, iOS 9.3.2


texts: When I click ⌘+C on an email in Mail.app, why can't I paste it as plain text?

texts:
If I select an email in Mail.app and do ⌘+C, I can then paste the entire email (including header info) in a rich text editor app, such as TextEdit or VoodooPad. However, I'm not able to paste it into a plain text editor like TextMate or into a terminal window.

(Oddly, I can paste into into TextEdit in plain text mode, which is exactly what I want to be able to do with other apps).

Why does it do this? Is there a workaround? Note that Plain Clip does not work as a workaround in this case.


texts:
I am trying to fix a Macbook Pro from around 2012/2013, the hard drive failed so I replaced it with a Sandisk 120GB SSD and I am trying to reinstall OS X Mountain Lion using Internet recovery.

Here's what I've done: installed SSD, connected power, Ethernet, booted into Internet Recovery using Command+R, formatted the disk using Disk Utility (Mac os Extended - Journaled), started re-install.

I starts out just fine:

But then it gets the bar filled, stalls there for long time and the it
pops up with the message:

The error message is in Danish and translates to something like: "Can’t download the additional components needed to install Mac OS X". Does anybody know how to get fix this installation issue?

Edit: Attempted suggestion 3) by Keith

Using a Macbook Pro with OS Sierra I got an USB Boot disk created, ran disk utility and started the install, which after about half an hour stopped the installation with the message:

Which translates to something along the lines of "The installer payload failed signature check".

Edit: Hardware issue and solution

Turns out that something was wrong with the SATA/IR cable connecting the drive to the logic board. Installation succeeded when installing onto the harddrive connected via USB.

I then purchased a caddy and replaced the optical drive with the SSD inside the caddy. It now runs MacOS Sierra just fine.


texts:
As an example ...

If I wanted to see all commercial airplane simulator games out there, how would I accomplish this without going to see title by title?

http://itunes.apple.com/au/genre/ios-games-simulation/id7015?mt=8&letter=A&page=2#page

As using iTunes I can only see this

  Is there an external website / application that we can easily search what are we looking for?


texts: How do I make iTunes sync automatically when an iPhone, iPad or iPod is connected?

texts:
When iTunes is already running and I plug in my iPhone or iPad, the device appears correctly in iTunes but it doesn't sync automatically. I'm sure it always used to sync automatically on connection, but now I need to start the sync manually (i.e. by selecting the device and clicking the Sync button). Does anyone know how I can get it to sync automatically as soon as the device is connected?

My details are as follows:

iTunes 10.5.1.42 on Windows 7 64-bit
iPhone 4 and iPad 2, both with iOS 5.0.1
iTunes > Preferences > Devices > "Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically" is unchecked.
For both devices, the iTunes setting "Open iTunes when this iPhone/iPad is connected" is unchecked.
I'm syncing via a USB cable. (I did try Wi-Fi sync but iTunes hardly ever found the devices so I disabled it on both iPhone and iPad. This may have been around the time auto-sync stopped working too but I can't be sure.)
I don't use iCloud for sync or backup.
It's the same laptop and library I've always synced against (so this answer doesn't seem to be relevant in my case)
iTunesHelper.exe and iPodService.exe are both running normally.


texts: Is there any way I can backup a raw partition to disk in multiple parts and update the parts only as needed?

texts:
I have an external drive for my iMac with a Windows-to-go and Linux system installed on it. It took an awful lot of work to get this set up just the way I needed, and am trying to find a way to back up the drive so that I can restore either system if things go wrong, especially given that Windows-to-go has no recovery environment. My main OS is macOS so I'd like to do the backup in that.

So far, I am doing the backups by dumping the contents of each partition to disk, e.g.:

dd if=/dev/rdisk2s2 of=/Volumes/Backups/external_drive_partition2 bs=1m

That works great, and I've already used it to restore my Windows partition after accidentally blowing it away. However, it causes real problems if I want this file to be backed up via an online backup service like CrashPlan or Backblaze, or even using Time Machine.

The problem, of course, is that these partitions are each 200 GB in size. Every time I update their respective backup, the whole file has been modified, and any of those services will now try to upload 200-400 GB of data, which will take weeks on my internet connection. Furthermore, Time Machine would quickly fill up my entire backup drive with multiple iterative backups of this file.

What I'd like to do is backup the raw partitions in multiple parts, say 50 MB chunks for example. Then each time I update the backup, each part is only overwritten if the data from that part of the partition has changed. That way, any online backup service will only upload the chunks that need to be uploaded.

Is there any software or method that can do this? I'm aware of a few programs in Windows that can do this sort of thing, but not in macOS.

I'm also open to alternative methods of backing up these partitions. If there's a better way, I'm all ears!


texts: What app is this screenshot from? Is it only a mockup?

texts:
This screenshot was posted by somebody in my Twitter feed on the day Steve Jobs died. It was the author's tribute to him. He received many @replies asking what app this was, but nobody received a reply.

What app is this screenshot of?


texts: My icon for photo is missing not only from dock but from launch pad on my MacBooks Air

texts: I have tried the rebuild but when I relaunch launchpad still does not show the photo icon. How do I get it back on my MacBook Air


texts: El Capitan Mission Control: How to select an app with the keyboard?

texts:
I've looked high and low but can't find a keyboard shortcut to select an app from Mission Control.

I want to press F3, then "some keyboard key(s) and not have to click on the trackpad" to select the app I want.


texts: MacBook Air sleep with external monitor attached

texts:
I would like my MacBook Air running Yosemite to sleep once I close the lid, even if an external monitor is attached.

Before Yosemite this could be achieved with sudo nvram boot-args=iog=0x0. This has stopped working after the upgrade.

Is there another or a new way to achieve the effect I want?


texts: Yosemite: Cannot Music / iTunes - black screen and won't accept password

texts:
I am trying to open Music. Instead of opening as usual, it does this bizarre slow animated slide-open into a fully black background with a password prompt stating that I've been logged out of iCloud and need to reconnect. See below

From here, if I try to enter my password, nothing! It won't let me type anything in the field; it will not allow me to cancel; it will not allow me to close without a force quit  as the black screen does not have the normal red close button on top left. I have force quit 3x and tried to start over to no avail. I have done a restart and a hard reboot. Nothing has worked.I just want to play some music. Has anyone seen this? If so, please let me know and if there is something I can do to stop this and open iTunes.

By way of other info:keyboard registering characters everywhere else. It says that my iCloud session has expired, which is why it wants my password, but it hasn't. I went to iCloud through settings and I am logged on. So, while I may have been logged out of iTunes, I am not logged out of iCloud as this states. Lastly, this is a new Macbook; only a month old. I recently signed up for Apple music, but that was 2 weeks ago and has worked fine, so while this may be culprit, it's not been a problem until just now. Just tried getting on iTunes on my phone and i'm on no problem.

Wondering if this could be a virus. Note,the
"expired session"  message referring to iCloud being logged out does not make since. First off, I am logged in to iCloud Music is not even an affected app as iTunes controls Music.

Ugh!


texts: How to make iMac lock itself if left for 2 minutes?

texts: So users need to insert password to login to my iMac


texts: Sync text files (.txt) between iPhone and Mac; and edit (in-place), and search them on iPhone

texts:
I keep notes in text files (.txt) in a folder. I want to be able to edit and search these on my iPhone. I currently use VS Code to edit the text files on my Mac.

Currently, I sync them via Dropbox. The Dropbox iOS app allows me to edit text files on my iPhone, but I can't search the text files' contents, unless I upgrade to a paid plan (minimum C$16 / month).

I tried Google Drive, but it doesn't allow me to edit text files on iOS. But I can search them. So this is the opposite problem that I have with Dropbox.

Is there another solution that I can use, which allows me to edit text files on my iPhone, synced from my Mac, and search their contents? I'm willing to pay up to $10 for a one-time iOS app, or up to $5 per month, for this ability.


texts: List number of files in multiple zip files

texts:
How can I get the total number of files in multiple zip files at the same time? I have around 1000 zipfiles in one folder and would like to know the total amount of files inside them all combined. How can I do this? I've tried

zipinfo -t file.zip

But that only gives me the number from that archive, I've also tried

zipinfo -t *zip/?.zip

and gets

caution: filename not matched:  Jo Coo-Day-Sun.zip
caution: filename not matched:  Micke Mouse-Stare-Well-Pt1.zip
caution: filename not matched:  Micke Mouse Cooley-Stare-Well-Pt2.zip

Any suggestions?


texts: Find size of a path excluding hardlinks on Big Sur

texts:
I use a backup program which creates hard links of files with each backup. For example, if I back up a source directory that is 100 MB in size three times without changing anything, the program will simply hard link the files such that only 100 MB of disk space is used overall.
In the Finder, trying to find the size of the overall folder will display 300 MB because Finder is unable to determine how files are related to each other using hard links. Is there any way to see the actual size of the directory containing the backups, i.e. the size of the inodes that make up the files inside the directory?
I found a similar question about finding the actual size of Time Machine backups, but the solution does not seem to work on Big Sur.


texts: What is the best, easiest, preferably cheapest way to make OS X write to NTFS-formatted drives in Mac OS X?


texts: macOS Big Sur - Set quick look provider for specific file types?

texts:
My default app to open .md markdown files is VS Code, which unfortunately doesn't provide quick look support for markdown files:
I've installed other apps that provide quick look for markdown files, how do I make quick look to use them without changing the default app for opening markdown files?


texts: How can I edit a .docx file in Dropbox on my iPad?

texts: I have all my papers in a .docx on Dropbox and I'd like to be able to edit them on my iPad. How do I do this? All the free editors I've tried only support reading .docx files and they don't have formatting.


texts: iTunes Connect: What happens on devices when I delete an app?

texts: We've got an application that we're overhauling and putting a new skin on.  Marketing within our company has made the decision to cut ties with the previous application and try to market this new application instead.  Because of this, we have to delete the current application on iTunes Connect.  This I can do.  What is being asked is what kinds of ramifications are there to deleting the application?  What will happen on a customer's device that has already downloaded the app?  Obviously, if they never connect to the internet, it can continue to work as before.  But does Apple do anything special when a cert is canceled or removed or an application is deleted?  Do they wipe away the application if you try and sync the device to iTunes?


texts:
For the past year I have had my old appleid that I used with my own personal IOS developer portal account at Apple. Recently I joined a new company and want to get onto their developer program. When I joined the company, I received a new Mac and I used my old AppleID to install XCode. In other words, now my Mac only knows about my old AppledID.

Since I now want to join my new company's IOS developer account at Apple, I have two choices: either continue to use my old AppleID (still associated with my personal IOS dev acctount) or create a new AppleID (using my new work email).

If I use my old AppleID, how does Apple know which dev account I want when I log in? Will this cause problems?

Or if I create and use a new AppleID, will XCode stop working for me (since it was downloaded using the old AppleID)? What would I have to do to fix the problem? Which route is easier?


texts: How to move around with the mouse in a Web Clip Widget?

texts:
I have created a Clip Web dashboard with a selection of a web site that shows a google maps with special spots. How can I move the map around in that widget ?

The only thing I managed to do is to move the widget itself :-/


texts: How to set third image for NSButton mixed state

texts:
I'm using interface builder in Xcode
I want to add a checkbox with 3 states (Allows mixed state set to true in interface builder)

With a custom image for each of the three states, however I can only see a way to set two images

Image appears to be used for off and Alternate appears to be used for on and mixed
Is there a way to set a different image for mixed?


texts:
I created a few notes on my MacBook in iCloud folder. When I realized that the notes weren't synching, I turned off and on notes in Settings → iCloud.

My new notes are lost (they are not present in icloud.com).
My old notes are still not showing up.

How can I go about recovering new notes as well as synching old ones?


texts: VLC command works in Terminal but not Automator

texts:
If I run this in terminal it works fine

/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -I rc http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/select/mediaset/http-icy-mp3-a/vpid/bbc_radio_fourfm/format/pls.pls --sout '#standard{mux=raw,access=file{overwrite},dst=/Users/person/Documents/scripts/r4.mp3,display=novideo}' --run-time=1800 --stop-time=1800

But if I run it in Automator (using Run Shell Script) I get this result and it doesn't work:

 "VLC media player 2.2.1 Terry Pratchett (Weatherwax)",
 "Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
",
 "> Shutting down.
"

I have messed around with PATH and .bash_profile to no avail. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Can gamecenter friends see what apps I've installed on my iPhone?

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I'm pretty new to iPhone. I was using Android for years and there was the problem that everbody could see if I've installed a app or not. How is this with the iPhone?
Can anyone (for example friends on gamecenter) see what apps/games I've installed?


texts: How do I activate an iPhone 3Gs without iTunes or WiFi?

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Is it possible to activate and use my iPhone 3Gs (A1303) without using iTunes?

I think it is important, not to connect it to a WiFi cause I don't want to update it in any way.

When I connect to a working WiFi and continue the activation process, it says:

  Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try again in a couple of minutes.

  If this problem persists, contact Apple Support at apple.com/support

No matter, where and when I try that, it is the same message since months :)

When I connect it via iTunes, iTunes complains that there ought to be no SIM card in it.

So maybe it is better to find out to How do I jailbreak an iphone 3gs without activating it?


texts: Macbook Pro keeps getting falsely black-holed by ISP(Building's) firewall?

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I live in a building that provides internet (both wired and wifi), and has its own infrastructure. This has been going on since Friday, and is driving me insane. Here's the details:

Macbook Pro Early 2013 15" Retina running the latest Sierra public build.
Within a few minutes of joining the building's Wi-fi, my MacBook loses all internet connectivity. It stays connected to the wifi, but no packets in our out to the internet. I tried http/s, icmp, imap/smtp, SIP, every port and protocol I tested don't return. Pages don't load, browsers just hang there with the blue progress bar about 1/8th of the way filled in.
The troubleshooting I've done:

When this happens, if I spoof my MAC address, I'll get a new IP and regain connectivity for a few minutes, until it all happens again
If I connect wired - same deal
To rule out some insane mac collision situation, I connected a router and enabled NAT. When my MacBook joins that router's wifi, the router and every device behind it lose internet connectivity
If I tunnel using a VPN service, MacBook stays connected indefinitely. This has been my workaround, and also a smoking gun to point at their infrastructure - by obscuring my traffic, they no longer block me.
Installed Little Snitch - no abnormal connections to suspicious places that I can tell. Only system processes to Apple servers, and if I'm browsing, then the browser to various web resources.

I'm basically out of ideas on how to fix this or even troubleshoot further. From my troubleshooting, I can't put the blame anywhere but squarely on their firewalls making some sort of false positive match.

The support folks claim that it can't be the firewall, because if it blocks your MAC, it blocks it for good until an admin unblocks it, whereas in my case if I shut the device down for roughly an hour, it'll be unblocked.

Any ideas on where to go from here, or similar experiences?

Thanks!


texts: What is the best way to open an 80GB iPod classic?

texts: I'm looking for the best way to open an iPod classic, meaning taking it apart. Mine got wet and now doesn't work and I would like to open it up and check that everythin's in place. I would like to do so in the safest way, so as not to dent the iPod. Any suggestions?


texts: How do I install beta command line tools using softwareupdate -l on 10.14.5?

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On a clean install of 10.14.5: Multiple reports of the beta version not working using a headless install: https://github.com/Homebrew/install/issues/206

This lead me to trying to manually do a headless install. I tried all of the various methods in How can I install the Command Line Tools completely from the command line? and none of them show anything but:

Mac-mini:~ anka$ /usr/sbin/softwareupdate -l | grep "\*"
 * MacBook Pro Supplemental Update-

Yet, I can xcode-select --install and it allows me to install it.

Anyone know how to get it to show up in softwareupdate -l so we can headless install it?