texts: Why is my Mac Mini unable to burn CD's using Finder? I'm getting error 0x80020063

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I'm having trouble burning some files to CD's using the finder. Every time I attempt to do so, disc verification hangs at 0%, followed by a bad media error (0x80020063). I've already attempted to use a few dozen CD's, including one from another spindle.

  This disc can’t be verified and might be unreliable. Try again using a new blank disc (error code 0x80020063).

The burner works perfectly when burning audio CDs using iTunes (with the same media). The files in question are only 25 MB.

The Console DiscRecording.Log shows the following:

Finder: Burn started, Sat Nov  2 18:20:19 2013
Finder: Burning to CD-R media with SAO strategy in HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GA32N KC08 via ATAPI.
Finder: Requested burn speed was 10x, actual burn speed is 10x.
Finder: Burn underrun protection is supported, and enabled.
Finder: Burn finished, Sat Nov  2 18:21:23 2013
Finder: Verify started, Sat Nov  2 18:21:23 2013
Finder: DVDRW  GA32N: SCSITask 1663.657471 CDB: Read (10), block: 0, count: 512 failed with service response = 1 (SERVICE_DELIVERY_OR_TARGET_FAILURE), status = 5 (DeliveryFailure)
Finder: Retry #1
Finder: DVDRW  GA32N: SCSITask 1678.670898 CDB: Read (10), block: 0, count: 512 failed with service response = 1 (SERVICE_DELIVERY_OR_TARGET_FAILURE), status = 5 (DeliveryFailure)
Finder: Retry #2
Finder: DVDRW  GA32N: SCSITask 1693.684570 CDB: Read (10), block: 0, count: 512 failed with service response = 1 (SERVICE_DELIVERY_OR_TARGET_FAILURE), status = 5 (DeliveryFailure)
Finder: Retry #3
Finder: DVDRW  GA32N: SCSITask 1708.698486 CDB: Read (10), block: 0, count: 512 failed with service response = 1 (SERVICE_DELIVERY_OR_TARGET_FAILURE), status = 5 (DeliveryFailure)
Finder: Giving up
Finder: Verify failed, Sat Nov  2 18:22:23 2013
Finder: Verify error: 0x80020063 Verifying the burned data failed.

Other things I've tried have been using a lower (minimum) write speed, deleting com.apple.finder.plist in ~/Library, updating to Mavericks, and resetting PRAM. Searching the error online turns up a whole lot of voodoo solutions involving opening and closing finder windows, which, quite frankly, make no sense, but I'm desperate enough to have tried those too.

If it's relevant, this is a Mid-2010 Mac Mini, 2.4 GHZ.

What can I do to fix this?


texts: How do I get text to speech to pronounce git and github correctly?

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I'm using the OS X text to speech feature for some eLearning stuff. Some of the voices, in particular Lee and Tessa seems to be better quality. However, they mispronounce the words 'git' and 'GitHub'. The American voices pronounce 'git' correctly.

There's already a question regarding pronunciation of 'git' in case you're wondering. It is pronounced with a hard G followed by a short i.

I'm aware that I can modify the pronunciation in the speech settings. However, I have no idea how to set the pronunciation such that it is consistent across all the voices, in particular the non US english voices. Those languages always mispronounce the 'g' of 'git' or 'github'.

I'm running OS X 10.10.2.


texts: How Can I Restart in Windows Using a Script?

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I'd like to be able to reboot into the Boot Camp partition without needing to go change the Startup Disk in System Preferences or holding down the Option key at startup.

After reading some stuff on the Internet, I tried these shell commands:

sudo bless --mount /Volumes/BOOTCAMP --setBoot
sudo shutdown -r now

When the system restarted, it sat on the blank gray screen for a while, then booted into Mac OS X.  If I go into System Preferences -> Startup Disk, it indicates that BOOTCAMP is the current startup disk.

So, it looks to me like the bless command I used isn't sufficient. Anybody know what I need to do to make this work, or an alternative way to use a shell script or AppleScript to do this?


texts: "To continue using iCloud, confirm your new Mac password" keeps crashing

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I recently changed my Mac password, and a System Preferences notification comes up, asking me to "confirm Mac password to continue using iCloud":

However, when I click Continue, all that happens is a dropdown appears asking me to continue, then when I continue, nothing happens. I have no idea why this is happening, does anyone have any feedback?


texts: What's in the "Other" category on my iPad?

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When I sync my iPad, iTunes tells me that Video accounts for so many gigabytes of space, Photos another portion, etc. etc.  But iTunes also tells me that a whopping 5.5 GB is being used by "Other".  What could this possibly be?  If it's not video, audio, photos, apps, or books, what's left taking up that amount of space?  I don't have that many contacts...

Of course, you don't know specifically what is and isn't on my iPad.  But any thoughts as to what this could be?  I'd like to reclaim some of that space if I can.


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I have recently upgraded to an iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, 2017) that has High Sierra (OS version 10.13.3) installed. I have an Asus monitor that I used with my old iMac and had no issues. Ever since the upgrade (usually not more than once a day), the second display will suddenly turn blue:

The only cure I've found is to disconnect the screen and reconnect it. Another similar problem I have with this computer is that my headphones are not recognized all of a sudden and I have to unplug and re-plug to resolve this.

I have a feeling there is some sort of software glitch as both the monitor and headphones worked well on the old computer. I would appreciate any help resolving this.

Update:
Ever since I've reset my SMC 2 days ago, I haven't seen the "blue screen" (thank you @howdytom), but I am still not sure that this a permanent solution. As I am using a cable that was given to me by the IT department, I am not exactly what adapter it is. But here is a picture of it:

BTW, after I disconnected the cable the headphones were not recognized again and I had to plug and unplug them.


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Per my other question on monitoring network throughput, I now have a series of graphs, some of which are distinctly non-obvious as to what they are.

Is there documentation on what every interface on a Time Capsule (in this case, current generation, 1TB Wireless N Base Station), pollable via SNMP are?

Here is the list that is available:

gec0
ath0
ath1
wlan0
wlan1
wlan2
wlan3
vlan1
rxq0


texts: Reformat Time Machine backup drive back to an ordinary external hard drive

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I have a WDC Passport external drive which I used as a time machine backup. However, I do not want to use it as Time Machine backup anymore, I just want to use it as a regular external hard drive.

How can I do this? Whenever I run the Disk Utility App, I can't seem to find a way to reformat the external drive back to FAT32.


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I have a MacBook and it has been giving me a weird issue since today morning. I have a WiFi at home and when I booted up my laptop it showed connected to my Wi-Fi network even when the router was switched off.

I tried rebooting my laptop and turning the AirPort on and off, but I faced the same issue. It still showed connected to the wifi network that had been off for the past couple of hours.

The net did start to work when I switched on the router but I still can't figure out why this was happening.


texts: What is trying to launch 'java' on my Mac OS X Mountain Lion

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a way to determine what application wants Java installed?

I recently installed OSX Mountain Lion and as you know, the default install removes any java VM, offering you to install it if something needs it.

After login in, something does try to launch 'java' and brings up the "To open 'java' you need to install Java SE 6 runtime. Would you like to install one now?".

Problem is, I have no idea what is trying to launch java and would like, instead of installing it again, to find out whether I need this or not.

I looked in my login items, removed all of them. Looked into "Macintosh HD/Startup Items" and temporarily removed stuff there too. To no avail.

Now I'm not discounting user error when trying to diagnose this but I'l love to know if there is an easy way to find out what process is trying to launch 'java'.


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When I go to "About this Mac" it shows I have 1 500GB hard drive, but when I use diskutil list it shows I have 2 500GB. Can someone explain this please?

My USB drive says its encrypted in diskutil which is correct, but my main drive that has Mac OS on it should also be encrypted (that's the way I set it up when install Mac OS), but it doesn't say it in diskutil and it says "encrtpted" for the USB. How can I tell if my hard drive is encrypted or not?


texts: How to not install MacPorts dependency if installed elsewhere?

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A common problem that I'm having with MacPorts is that I will go to install a port, and it will list a port as a dependency that I have installed outside of MacPorts.

For example:

I have Qt5 installed outside of MacPorts, and I absolute do not want MacPorts to install Qt4, but it is a dependency for the port I want. I want the port to use Qt5 libraries which I have installed in another location.

Also, I have Python 2.7.5 and Python 3 installed outside of MacPorts. However, when I go to install some ports that have Python as a dependancy, MacPorts tries to install port python27 — I do not want this port installed. I want to manage Python versions outside of  MacPorts.

What are my options?


texts: I'm currently on the public beta of El Capitan, how do I upgrade to the final version of the new OS?


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I can't start Inkscape and Gimp.
I have the latest Xcode and the latest xQuartz installed.

My logs shows:

6/2/12 1:30:15.957 PM org.macosforge.xquartz.startx: lockfile: Sorry, giving up on "/var/folders/9x/qkjwtrd52qbb5bcvb0zk4rqw0000gn/T//font_cache.lock"
...
6/2/12 1:56:41.324 AM [0x0-0xe20e2].org.inkscape.Inkscape: /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape: line 132: cp: command not found
...
6/2/12 1:30:16.046 PM org.macosforge.xquartz.startx: /opt/X11/bin/startx: line 240: hostname: command not found

However I have the path set up. In my terminal (both normal and X11 terminal) the hostname command and the cp command executes correctly.


texts: Can I use iTunes credit to help subsidise buy hardware in Apple online store?

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I am thinking about buying an iPad Pro or MacBook Air (Skylake), as a first time buyer of Apple hardware.

I was wondering if I can use iTunes credit balance to help subsidise/buy this hardware in Apple Online store?


texts: Magic Mouse 2 - Do I need to raise my finger?

texts: When I use the right click, I need to raise my left finger or it works like a left click. Is this a normal behavior? Can I change it?


texts: NFS server support in OS X 10.15.x Catalina?

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Does anyone having information on the state of NFS v3 and v4 support in Catalina?  I have a question related to my configuration that follows.

I read at:

https://www.bresink.com/osx/143439/Docs-en/pgs/0020-Intro.html

  Apple’s support for NFS in this operating system is very immature at the moment and you have to expect a variety of different technical issues, including crashes of the system kernel. Depending on what NFS features you are planning to use, we strongly recommend to stay away from Catalina.

So far, I read this thread:
Thread on NFS Support in Catalina

that NFS v2,v3 is supported as a server and NFS v2,v3,v4 is supported as a client.  I'm curious if there was better support pre-Catalina and if something changed in Catalina.

I'm interested in serving a home directory to a VirtualBox instance of Debian Linux.  This will allow me to share a single home directory with multiple Linux guest OSs.

My configuration is:

On Mac edit /etc/exports

/Users/x/unixhome -mapall=username -network 192.168.56.0 -mask 255.255.255.0

Restart nfs

$ nfsd restart

On Linux mount

$ sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.56.1:/Users/np/unixhome /mnt/tmp
mount: /mnt/tmp: bad option; for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program.

Any insight and use cases appreciated.
Check that NFS is being served
The port is open!

$ telnet 192.168.56.1 2049
Trying 192.168.56.1...
Connected to 192.168.56.1.
Escape character is '^]'.

So why am I having trouble mounting from Linux?  Is there any more debug I can do?

Thanks


texts: is it possible to disable playback in itunes?

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I have an old 3rd generation iPod Nano I use for the gym. I don't have an iPhone and the only reason I use iTunes is to add/delete podcasts to my iPod. I don't listen to any music or watch movies or television shows from iTunes and really don't use.

Here's the problem. Whenever I plug my iPod into my computer (Windows 7), iTunes messes up the sound settings on my computer. My friends come over  and we record our music or whatever for fun. I have an Asus Essence ST sound card on my computer and every time i plug in my iPod iTunes starts up and messes up with sound settings.

Is there a way to completely disable playback on iTunes and or disable iTunes from accessing my sound card?


texts: Terminal - how to batch transfer files to other macs

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I would like to transfer some files from one computer to other 24 macs (which are protected by an user/pass). It is so tedious to do it manually connecting with Finder, transfer the files and continue with the next one...

Is there a way to do it with Terminal (scp or other tool) so that I can just write an script and see how it's automatically done?

Thanks


texts: Adding login items from terminal in Catalina

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I've tried multiple ways but none work.
A few AppleScripts and even some bash script somebody made. Which essentially just executes a different AppleScript afaik.

Some of the commands I have tried:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to make new login item at end with properties {path:"/Applications/AppName.app", name:"App Name", hidden:true}'

defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -array-add '{Path="/Applications/AppName.app";}'

defaults write loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -array-add '{ "Name" = "AppName" ; "Path" = "/Applications/AppName.app"; "Hide" = 0; }'

defaults write loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -array-add '<dict><key>Hide</key><false/><key>Path</key><string>/path/to/item</string></dict>'


texts: Backing up and compressing Photos Library.photoslibrary

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I am backing up Photos Library.photoslibrary using rsync.

In general my backup philosophy is to keep things only if they cannot be automatically regenerated. Can anyone recommend items inside this package which do NOT need to be backed up (thumbnails, etc.).

If you delete these items from a Photos Library.photoslibrary and then open in Photos.app, will those items be automatically regenerated? And is there documentation of such from Apple?


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When I search filenames of images in Finder, using the box in the upper right corner, the result does not display the thumbnails, see attachment where I searched for 2015.
Otherwise the thumbnails display normally.
I have already deleted com.apple.finder.plist in Library/Preferences and relaunched Finder and in "Show View Options"  Cmd ⌘   J   the show icon preview box is ticked. In "Show View Options" I also modified the Icon Size, Grid Spacing and Text Size without success.

The images are associated to be opened by Preview in Get Info->Open with:. I do not have DropBox installed.
I am running MAC OS Mojave.
Do you have any other suggestion ?


texts: I was trying to update the locate database, but when input sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb, I got a bunch of errors. When I try to use locate again it would not work. I can’t remember what I did, but I ended up finding out that the locate.updatedb file had been corrupted. I got locate to work again by using Time Machine to recover the locate.database file. But I want to be able to update locate without corrupting the file. How do I fix this?


texts: iOS 3rd-party mail app which allows connections to multiple ports at the same time

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I need to travel to a country that blocks port 25 (SMTP) and 993 (IMAP) country-wide.

The stock mail.app does not allow me to specify multiple ports for both SMTP and IMAP.

Changing the port values back and forth for up to 10 email accounts is very tedious…

Does anybody know if there's a third party mail app client that allows me to specify, say, "25, 1225" and "993,9993"?


texts: Why is a WD 4TB hard drive refusing to be used as an internal boot disk in an iMac 27" 2011

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Bought a WD Re 4TB 3.5" HD to use as an internal boot disk in an iMac 27" mid 2011. I have seen nothing online indicating that shouldn't work. iMac does not ask for any firmware/EFI updates so seem to be fully up to date in that regard. The WD drive is formatted with GUID and split into two volumes. But when the iMac starts with the new hard drive (cloned from the old with the newest version of Carbon Copy Cloner) internally mounted, there is just the blinking folder with question mark. If I then boot from a USB stick with the drive still inside, the iMac will say that it doesn't recognise the disk. If I open Disk Utility and select the WD disk, it will be listed as having a Master Boot Record partition scheme.

If I take it out, mount it in an external enclosure and connect to same iMac over USB, it works fine, and can even be booted from.

As can be seen, when used externally is is correctly listed with a GUID partition map.

To recap: Works fine externally, can be booted from over USB. Does not work internally on SATA, is listed with wrong partition map type.

Here's a listing of disks with it mounted on my laptop:

    LarsMacBook:~ larsgu$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            LarsMacBook HD         +499.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 3E6BC282-2AA4-46CE-BBBC-FC9BC7DCAC9D
                                 Unlocked Encrypted

/dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        +19.8 MB    disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Flash Player            19.7 MB    disk2s2

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk3s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Mac HD                  1.8 TB     disk3s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk3s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Mac HD 2                2.2 TB     disk3s4

I can't see anything weird. Anywhere really, and I've run out of ideas. Hope somebody knows.

PS. For some reason, I can't boot into verbose mode on the iMac. But I have tried resetting PRAM/NVRAM without any difference.


texts: Adobe Illustrator alternative for the Mac?

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I need to be able to view and edit AI files on OS X.
How can do that without Adobe Illustrator?


texts: is the iPod Touch less able to connect to Airport WDS wifi network repeaters than an iPad? Kindle also doesn't want to!

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I have a wireless network in my apartment.  Because the apartment is large and walls are concrete, it was very hard to get wifi coverage throughout the whole place. Therefore I have one Airport Extreme, and then multiple Airport Expresses, and I have configured the airport expresses to join and extend the wireless network that is created on the main (airport extreme) unit.

The question:  When I am far from the original (airport extreme) unit, my iPad has no problem getting a four-bars connection from the satellite airport express that is relaying the connection. BUT, my ipod touch (and my Kindle also) can NOT connect to it. They just want to connect to the main central unit.

believe me I have re-configured this thing a DOZEN times... using the crystal clear normal method to get the distributed network going across all the airports... always the same problem.

Has anyone found this to be the case -- that the iPod Touch, and a regular lowest-level kindle (bottom of the line unit as of 2012), will not connect to the WDS satellite, only the main unit?

[I will admit, i am only somewhat sure that the method I use, where I configure the units to "join and extend" the main network, is actually the same as WDS.]


texts: Set Preview to open PDFs in Thumbnail View by default on El Capitan

texts: I can find nowhere to set Preview to default to Thumbnail View with all PDFs.  I use them every day. I have ticked Thumbnails in the View menu but it does nothing. Does anyone know how to set the default?


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What is this "1" alerting me to? There does not appear to be anything in any of my Calendars that is requiring my attention. How can I get rid of this?

I'm using a clean installation of Yosemite.


texts: See list of past wifi server connections in Mac

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Is there a way on Mac to see the full list of past wifi server connections, along with the certs the servers used to identify themselves?

Where is this info stored in Mac?


texts: How to tell Siri > when I am done talking, eg, over steady background noise?

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Sometimes the ambient background noise in my environment is enough to keep Siri engaged after I've just asked Siri for something. Siri can hear my voice clearly atop the background noise, as evidenced by her transcription of what she's heard so far -- the problem is, Siri keeps on listening until there is quiet.

Examples of the type of background noise I am referring to include TV shows, boisterous guests, music, lawnmower, construction, etc.

Similar to this question regarding telling Siri about newlines, is there a way to issue some kind of military-style <<\over>> or <<\end transmission>> or unix-style <<\EOF>>to let her know that there is nothing else to hear, and to process my input as-is?


texts: Activity Monitor in Mavericks "Show Memory Usage" dock icon gone?

texts: I just purchased a new MacBook Pro with Mavericks installed and noticed that Activity Monitor doesn't have the "Show Memory Usage" dock icon option anymore.  I really liked this option since I used it to prevent disk swapping by closing applications when I had too many open.  What gives?


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Is it possible to display my iphone LIVE on desktop or macbook, and use the mouse to click?

For example if I need to click with my mouse on an app etc?

Thank you


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Every time I log in to the terminal, I get this error.

-bash: export: `Drive/Courses/Programming/nand2tetris/tools': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `Drive/Courses/Programming/nand2tetris/tools': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `Drive/Courses/Programming/nand2tetris/tools/:~/Users/nikhilagrawal/Google Drive/Courses/Programming/nand2tetris/tools/': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `Drive/Courses/Programming/nand2tetris/tools/': not a valid identifier


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As an Ubuntu and MS-Windows user, I regularly used the hotkey to snap a window to half the screen.  This feature was built-in to the operating system.   There are 7 year old threads which lists third party apps, which means enough time has elapsed to build the capability into the OS.

Question: What is the proper term that one would use to search?  Is the capability baked into 2018 versions (10.11.6) of OSX?


texts: Is it possible to upload MP3s to Audible's Iphone app?

texts: I have some MP3 files that I would like to add to my Audible library. Is it possible to do so?


texts: Is there any way I can hide all files and folders from the OS X Desktop, but leave the Hard Drive(s), CD's, External Drives, Network Drives there?

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I was hoping there was a way I would be able to make all folders and files hidden on the OS X Desktop, but leave the Hard drive(s), network drives, CD's/DVD's, etc. But if I was to go into the Desktop Folder using Finder, the items would still be there. So, basically the opposite of the Finder Preferences of showing specific items on the desktop, to hide the files, etc. but leave the HDD's, CD's, etc.:

Thanks a lot


texts: Is there a way of accessing my husband's iCloud to possibly retrieve deleted messages.  I know ICloud ID and good idea of password.  Question is if I log in from a different device will he be alerted??


texts: What is the meaning of an icon that appears next to the Location field in Calendar app?

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It only appears when the event location is entered for an event which lives in a Google calendar. (I have a Google CalDAV account set up in my Calendar.app) If I make the event go to a local or iCloud calendar, the icon disappears.

The icon appears as soon the field loses focus and the location text becomes "tokenized" (like someone’s name and email in Mail.app for example). It is a tiny exclamation point inside a yellow circle. The tooltip just repeats the location text when hovering over the icon

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texts: How do I set up an email account from the command line

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I am using Mail.app for email. I have to transition an account to a new machine and login account. Is there a way to read all my account information (username, ports, etc.) and set up a new Mail.app account on the new machine using the command line in Terminal.app?

ETA. Both machines are macOS High Sierra.


texts: Can you let Preview (the app) cycle through anything?

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This is related to this question:

How to start a slideshow on the Mac super quick and easy?

Basically, I wonder why even in Snow Leopard, I double click on a photo in Finder, and Preview will show that photo, but no arrow key can let me see the next photo in the folder?   Is there a way at all?  Or will the next version of Mac OS X add it, I wonder -- is it that counter-intuitive to show the next one?


texts: How can I visit an IP address on Mobile Safari?

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I am on iOS 7.0.4 on an iPhone 5. I type in a IP address on my local network, 192.168.11.18, in my Safari address bar, and Safari completely ignores the fact that it is a host I am wanting to visit. Instead, it searches for www.192.168.11.18 in my ISP's search engine.

How can I force Safari to visit the host I am requesting and not assume it's a search term?


texts: How to make a cheatsheet/crib sheet using Pages

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I am starting a Developers Meet-up group at my sons' middle school, and I am trying to get ready for the first one.  I need to make a cheatsheet/crib sheet for the participants ala http://www.cheatography.com/ in Pages, but I am struggling with getting the boxes to work.

What I need to make is something like a bordered Text Box, with the first line being a title section that has a background color, followed by some text in the body of the Text Box that is simply white background.  Basically it should look like a little "window", with a colored title at the top and contents under it.

I can get the Text Box inserted, and I have a 1px border setup no problem, but I can't figure out how to get the title section to work.  In fact, I can't even find where to set the background color of the text.  I don't use Pages very often so I am struggling a lot to figure out where things are.

Once I get the Text Box working, I then need to be able to quickly replicate the Text Boxes for the various sections of the cheatsheet.  I am hoping I can simply copy/paste more of them into the document and resize them as needed.

For the curious:  The reason I am trying to do this in Pages is because my sons' school is an Apple Distinguished School.  All the computers at the school are Macs, and all the students have iPads.  Doing it in Pages allows them to park the digital copy somewhere the students can get to it to view/edit/print as necessary.  I don't want to use http://www.cheatography.com/ because some of the details I need to include in the cheatsheet would not be appropriate to share outside of the school.  My fallback will be to simply do this using HTML, but I'd rather this be in Pages.


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If I press the keyboard shorcut  Cmd-Opt-Shft-Ctrl-W from any app it seems to flash my entire display.   I believe this started with Catalaina but I could be wrong.

I thought at first it was Keyboard Maestro doing it but the shortcut flashes my display even when Keyboard Maestro is not loaded.

Any ideas what  Cmd-Opt-Shft-Ctrl-W does and why it flashes the screen?


texts: Mac Pro 3,1 bootcamp only boots to Windows which is corrupted. No way to access startup manager

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I used to run Ubuntu on my mac but needed Windows so decided to reinstall El Capitan and use bootcamp. One major problem I always faced was that my mac didn't accept any startup key combinations, making everything much more difficult. I have a wired Windows keyboard, which i've tried on all 5 usb ports and with all possible combinations.

Bootcamp didn't let me use an .iso file to make the windows partition and i didn't have a windows DVD so I tricked it by mounting my Windows iso with Deamon Tools. Bootcamp created a partition and booted into a "No operating system found" screen. The mac did't accept any of my USBs so I finnaly found a Windows XP CD that I had and inserted it. It installed XP, so my initial plan was to upgrade, one OS at a time, to Windows 10, but the XP was 32-bit and didn't allow me to install a 64-bit Vista Upgrade. I still couldn't boot any USB installers so my only option was installing from within the OS.

Now finally I found a Windows 7 DVD, but Windows XP couldn't upgrade from it, so my only option was to get back to the "No operating system found" screen which I stupidly tried by destroying the Windows XP system.

After a reboot, the system still detected XP, just couldn't boot from it. No CDs/DVDs are being detected either.

So to recap, the system only boots to the Windows partition, which has a corrupted Windows XP that won't boot. I am unable to access the Startup Manage. I'm able to boot into Refind from a USB, but only after first removing the Hard Drive.

My assumed possible solutions:

Find a way to boot to Recovery or Startup Manager.
Find a way to Wipe the Windows partition so that it boots to El Capitan.


texts: On which Mac OS versions could resource forks and named forks be accessed by "file/rsrc" and "file/..namedfork/myfork" paths?

texts:
In all versions of macOS and OS X I have access to from Mountain Lion to Big Sur, I can access the resource fork of any file or directory using the current syntax in the terminal:
filename/..namedfork/rsrc

I know that at some point this syntax replaced the previous syntax which was:
filename/rsrc

But I don't know when the change happened. I assume it was when the little known Named Forks feature was introduced. Apparently you could access any named fork in this era thus:
filename/..namedfork/myfork

These days the latter two syntaxes do not work. No fork other than the resource fork is accessible, thought the method to access it is the one that was originally due to named forks.
Named forks were introduced with HFS+ in 1988 with version 8.1 of the OS. Named forks were deprecated in 2013 with version 10.9, Mavericks.
The odd thing is that on my Mountain Lion machine, which was before named forks were deprecated, I can't access named forks, only the resource fork. Attempting to use the file/..namedfork/forkname where forkname is anything other than rsrc results in the Not a directory error.
This means that this method for accessing named forks went away before named forks were officially deprecated.
Does anybody know the history of when file/rsrc was introduced, when it was replaced with file/..namedfork/rsrc, and when file/..namedfork/anyotherforkname stopped working?


texts: Change channel in Airport Express when extending network

texts:
I have a Airport Time Capsule running my WiFi network at home, but have a bit of a weaker area near my bedroom (upstairs) so got an Airport Express to help it out.  I set it up using Airport Utility to extend the network, and that seems good so far.  It's connecting wirelessly, for now, which I'm comfortable with (not concerned with actual downstream speed, at the moment).

Unfortunately, the Airport Express seems to have picked a poor channel.  I used NetSpot to see how its coverage was, and the answer was more-or-less terrible: while the Time Capsule still is in the green-ish (~40-50 db) range even in the 'poor' areas, the Airport Express is twenty feet away and still no better than that.

I notice from the channels that the Express is on the very overused near me Channel 11, while the main Time Capsule is on Channel 1 (both for 2.5Ghz, which is the one I'd expect it to mostly use).  Is there a way to change that?  I go into Airport Utility, and I can change the channel the Time Capsule is using (under Wireless Options), but that setting isn't there for the Airport Express.  My understanding of how a Wi-Fi Extender should work is that it should not use the same channel; so I don't see why Apple would force this to automatic.  Is it so (forced) or is there a way to work around this?  (Also, the 5Ghz channel is identical for both devices, which again I'd think is bad.)

I have both Mac and Windows computers available, if that's relevant.


texts: Is there a way to disable iCloud documents only

texts:
Does anyone know if there is a way to disable iCloud for documents only? (I am using DropBox and would like all my documents to be in the same place).

I am using Mountain Lion and in my prefs there is an iCloud section where I can untick "Documents & Data". But what's the data part? I only want to disable iCloud documents.

Hope someone can help/clarify.

Thanks :-)


texts: Mysterious Underlines in ALL Browsers on macOS

texts:
I run an old web application that still works perfectly (PHP/MySQL) and if I use a macOS Catalina, characters with a following underscore are displayed like this:

The source code looks perfect:

<select onchange="checkField(this.name);" size="20" name="auf_id" id="choose_task">
  <option value="1196">[1196] AB_Angela_Kreis Forch_an_Kinder Meier: 19.12.2019</option>
  ... (more <option>) ...
 </select>

This happens on two Macs, and in Safari, Firefox and Chrome. On Windows, the text renders normally.

I don't understand why and don't know how to even search on the internet about that.


texts: My Itunes and AppStore are in German, and I can switch them to english

texts: Every thing else seems fine in english.  just bought the thing today. My head's about to pop off my neck.  Any suggestions on how to fix it?


texts: Is it possible to activate an iPhone overseas?

texts:
My parents brought me a iPhone SE locked by Sprint from US and I only turned it on here in my country (Brazil). It was not able to reach the original network.

I wanted to unlock it but first I must activate it. Activating this device is only possible in US with a Sprint sim card or can I do it in a different way (for example, iTunes or just via internet)?

Please help. Thank you.


texts: iPhone 7 deactivated – Won't get recognized on any Mac/PC

texts:
I've bought a used iPhone 7 two weeks ago and later found out that the proximity sensor didn't work. So while being in my pocket, it apparently tried too many codes and hence is deactivated now.

Now when I tried to connect the iPhone to my 2012 MacBook Pro, I realized that it does not connect in any way (a glimpse into system info confirms that there is no device connected). Charging via a AC works, though. Strangely, whenever I connect the iPhone to my Mac, there is a slight vibration on the phone, but it won't charge or anything.

So far I've tried two MacBooks and several cables, I've updated my MacBook to macOS Mojave, I've force-reset the iPhone and put it in DFU, nothing works. Two weeks ago I was able to do a backup via iTunes, so everything was working properly.  I'm starting to get a bit desperate, so has anyone an idea?

My search on the Internet has not yielded anything so far.


texts: Why won't my iMac boot? (com.apple.displaypolicyd exited with abnormal code: 1)

texts:
I'm using a 21.5-inch 2017 iMac with 3.6GHz i7 CPU, and Radeon Pro 560 graphics card. I'm running Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6
For the last week, the iMac will not finish booting. The progress bar gets halfway, it stalls, and eventually it appears to shut off. If I boot in safe mode, it will boot.
I have removed all non-Apple extensions, login items, daemons, etc, etc. But it makes no difference.
In the console, I see the following error message every time at the exact timestamp of the boot sequence where the Mac dies:
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.displaypolicyd[418]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1

All the questions I can find online about com.apple.displaypolicyd seem to involve Hackintoshes. This is not a Hackintosh.
UPDATE (2021-02-08): After enabling verbose mode, here's a sequence of screenshots during boot:

The sequence ends with what looks like:
IOConsoleUsers: time(0) 0->0, lin 0, llk 1,
IOConsoleUsers: GIOScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0

Does anyone have any insight on what might be going on? Is the graphics card going bad? Might there be some setting I could adjust to fix this?
UPDATE (2021-03-03): Noticed today there is a /var/log/displaypolicy/ folder containing the files displaypolicyd.1/0/0.log, displaypolicyd.log, and iogdiagnose-last.bin. In case these might be useful in diagnosing the issue, here is a ZIP of those files.
UPDATE (2021-04-30): Sorry for the long delay. Here's another set of images made after setting the additional boot-args requested by @pion. Not sure there's a ton of difference, but please let me know if you see anything significant.

The sequence ends in almost the same place as before, with what looks like:
IOConsoleUsers: GIOScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0
  levelControl->setValueChangeHandler ( &changeVolumeHandler <ptr>, this <ptr> ) for coreAudioChannel ID 0
  controlID: 0, coreAudioChannelID = 0 MASTER oldValue 0xC newVa

It ends mid-line (presumably that would have been "newValue"). The screen remains unchanged for a few moments, then everything goes black.


texts: MacBook White Unibody doesn't detect new HDD

texts:
I'm trying to upgrade a MacBook from mid-2009 (it's the A1342, MacBook 6,1) with a new hard disk. The original one was a 250GB and the new one I'm trying to install has 500GB and it's a Toshiba.
I've already created an Apple partition map in the new disk and formatted it to Mac OS Extended (Journaled), but the Mac always shows me the folder icon blinking with the question mark.

I've tried booting from the original Install DVD and from the Snow Leopard DVD, with the option key and "C", but none of them seems to work. It doesn't show anything, not even the boot options.
When I try the old disk it boots just fine.

Do you have any idea what I'm doing wrong?


texts: Not able to read all of the sentences in Help Topics

texts: What is it called when you are in Finder/ Help/ Help Topics for example and you are not able to see the entire sentence but if you hover over the sentence you see a pop up of what the sentence says? How can I get that working again?


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro Retina 13" Mid 2014, with a 500GB disk.

I never have to work with large files such as movie editing or anything like that nor do I use time machine backups. After upgrading to Catalina 10.15.4 I noticed my disk shows ~200GB of used space which I have no idea where is it coming from.

Rebooting doesn't help and even the system information tool is not giving information on what's taking up that much space.

In the image below, the other sections (Applications, Documents, etc) all contain the correct sizes that I expect from the stuff that I use.


texts: Macbook pro 2018 - microphone shown as 1 input in Audio MIDI setup

texts:
Microphone quality is really poor in my Macbook pro 2018 (15 inch) when I compare it to Macbook pro 2016.

When I enter Audio MIDI Setup on Macbook pro 2018 I see (sorry for polish lamguage):

However in Macbook pro 2016 it was:

Is it OK for my Macbook pro 2018 (15 inch) to have only 1-in ?


texts: How to disable autocorrect for only one application in OSX?

texts: I know there is an option to disable autocorrect for all applications, but how do I disable autocorrect for only one application?


texts: A box popped up that says "Turn on location services to allow weather to determine yor location".  There are two tabs underneath that say "settings" and "cancel".  Neither of the tabs work the box won't go away.  I can't get it to shut off.  It's just stuck.


texts: TestFlight download link returning HTTP error 404?

texts:
I opened the link https://developer.apple.com/testflight/, and then clicked on the Download button. It shows me HTTP error 404.

The link returning the HTTP error 404 is:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/testflight/id899247664?mt=8

Can anyone please let me know what I did wrong?


texts: Most similar Apple TV software for OS X ?

texts:
I really love the way latest Apple TV front-row works. Its easy, clean and fast.
I've been trying many different Media Center applications for my Mac Mini, but none of them are just like the one Apple TV provides.

I could buy an AppleTV, but I really don't want to have yet another device at home, so I think there should be an application that replicates Apple TV menus/workflow.

Do you know of any?  Plex, XBMC or Boxee are far of what I'm looking for


texts: How can I create video loopback devices on OS X? Is there a Mac equivalent of v4l2loopback?

texts: In Linux, I can use v4l2loopback to create virtual devices and use them as video inputs/outputs. Is there an equivalent toolset for OS X? How does one create multiple streams of videos on MacBook?


texts: How to get the hex color of a cell in Excel 2011

texts:
I'm trying to write a script to automatically generate an excel sheet.  To keep the coloring of cells/rows consistent, I want to get the html color code from Excel to use in my script.

I found this link online which seems to give me what I need but I can't find a corresponding function in Excel 2011.  Can someone tell me how to get the hex/html color code for cells from Excel 2011?


texts: How do I import an other family members photos to my iCloud account?

texts:
My wife have a 16gb iPhone and her phone is now nearly full. I would like to import her photos to my iCloud account and free up some space on her phone. I have a 200GB subscription and she has a 50GB subscription the problem here is the phone's storage.

How can I import her photos to my iCloud account and move the photos off to her phone?


texts: How do you use fstab to set mountpoint containing spaces

texts:
I have tried every combination I could think of to no avail. None of these work:

UUID=2960F79CE8E2 /Users/davec/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music apfs rw
UUID=2960F79CE8E2 /Users/davec/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/Music apfs rw
UUID=2960F79CE8E2 "/Users/davec/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music" apfs rw
UUID=2960F79CE8E2 '/Users/davec/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music' apfs rw
UUID=2960F79CE8E2 /Users/davec/Music/iTunes/iTunes\040Media/Music apfs rw
UUID=2960F79CE8E2 /Users/davec/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/Music apfs rw
UUID=2960F79CE8E2 "/Users/davec/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/Music" apfs rw


texts: Is it dangerous to use an iMac with broken USB ports? Is there such a thing as Firewire or display-port to USB?

texts:
I've got a mid-2010 iMac, 21", i3 processor with 4gb RAM installed which has only one partially-usable USB port, which will power a 3rd-party mouse, wireless dongle, or a keyboard sometimes, but not an apple mouse or larger devices.  Nothing happens at all when I plug things into the other 3 ports, other than a hub.

Using a 3rd-party powered-usb hub, I am able to use the computer, and can even use 3 of the 4 ports as the host port.  The 4th port remains completely broken.  I can get in though and enable ssh, bluetooth, and wake-for-BT options if needed.

Questions

confirm the computer is safe to use and should not start a fire (?)
any creative ways to get usb out of the "firewire" or display ports (?)
Are there other ways to diagnose and test the usb ports on iMacs?

AHT (Apple Hardware Test) (now called Apple Diagnostics) would not work initially; holding down option+d for online diagnostics gave me "Error code -3403D" which I think means that on this iMac AHT is not supported, without a CD, and I had to boot AHT from an old OSX installation disk 2, although I can't provide a good reference for that.  Hardware test says "no issues." :-)

My favorite ACMT at my favorite AASP had previously told me that this iMac had a recalled Graphics card and I was lucky it worked at all.  The known fix for USB was to switch the system board, which made it probably not worth the cost.

So it's essentially it is working as a non-critical production machine or small server... but I want to make sure it is safe, and please anyone let me know any further tips about how to debug USB on OSX.

 I still need to check if the system is issuing any dmesg when things are plugged into the non-working usb ports, it might provide other clues.  I'll also call back the AASP now that I got the error code, to make sure -3403d is not related to usb.


texts: Is it possible to sync two iPhones with different service providers via iCloud?

texts:
I have a personal AT&T iPhone and my company gave me a Verizon iPhone.  Both are running IOS 5. How can I get all of my contacts from my AT&T phone to my Verizon iPhone since I am required to carry that one 24/7.  Is there a way to do that through iCloud?

Thanks!


texts:
I recently updated my iPad Pro to iOS 9.3.3 and noticed that my dictionary always gives the message "No definition found".

This might have started earlier and I just didn't notice until now.

I tried selecting Manage from the bottom left of the empty dictionary message, however, I still get the same message and no dictionaries to add.

I already tried to restore my iPad with no success.

Now I updated it to 9.3.4 and the dictionary problem isn't fixed.


texts: Can I enable FileVault and then partition my hard drive later?

texts:
I just bought a 2014 MacBook Pro with a 512GB SSD. I updated to El Capitan today and when it booted up for the first time, it asked me if I wanted to enable FileVault. I chose not to because I wasn't sure if I should enable it before I install Windows via BootCamp (and possibly a Linux disto too).

So, should I enable FileVault now and then partition my drive later for the other OS(es), or should I wait until I partition the drive? Thanks!


texts: How to stream a M3U file on iOS devices?

texts:
I'm managing a lot of favourite internet radio stations in a m3u file that is stored on my Dropbox to use it on several devices, but I have problems to play this on my iOS device.

So far, I was unable to find any app that does the job for me. On Android there are many apps like Total Commander that can play m3u files with radio streams.

Here is an example content of such a m3u file:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,Epic Sounds FM
http://stream3.laut.fm:8080/epicsoundsfm

Is there any way to play this file without jailbreaking the device?


texts: When apple replaces the battery in a 15" MBP retina, do they replace the entire top portion of the case?

texts:
Apple's site says it is $199 to replace the battery.   Do the techs replace the entire top portion of the case including  the keyboard and trackpad?   I've read a few things on the internet alluding to that since the battery is glued in, they replace the entire assembly.

Just wondering if this includes the keyboard and track pad.   (I think it must include the keyboard since it is riveted in).  I'm wondering specifically about the trackpad, since mine has been flaky for a while, and now battery is about due for replacement.

Mine is a mid 2012 macbook pro retina.

Update:  Had this done, and for the low price of $199 I got a new keyboard, trackpad and topcase as part of the deal, as expected.   I can't believe how worn out my old keyboard was!


texts: How do I open folders in new windows/tabs by default in the Finder in 10.9?

texts: In 10.9 Mavericks the default for the Finder is to now open the selected folder in the same window instead of a new tab or window. How do I go back to the old behavior where a new window (or tab) is opened for each folder?


texts: iOS8 Health: Steps VS Flights Climbed VS Walking+Running Distance

texts:
I would like to know the exact difference between 'Steps', 'Flights Climbed' and 'Walking+Running Distance' on iOS8. While 'Flights Climbed' clearly refers to the number of flights of stairs climbed, how is it different from 'Steps', unless 'Steps' refers to the moving of the feet regardless of terrain, in which case it should be no different from 'Walking+Running Distance'. Therefore, it seems to me that there is a superfluous component, in either one of the three categories.
(Note that I refer to the manual inputting of data into the app. I believe that third-party apps would have their own way of inputting data into the app.)


texts: Disabling / Uninstalling iTunes on macOS Mojave

texts:
I'm using MacOS 10.14 Mojave on a MacBook Pro.

I'm trying to disable iTunes, mostly because it annoys me several times a day when I use my keyboard play/pause media button.

I have Spotify up and running and it usually gets these commands, but sometimes iTunes will pop out of nowhere (mostly when it's been a while without focusing the Spotify window).

I know in the past iTunesHelper process was responsible for this behavior and we could just disable it in the login items.

But today I have nothing in my login items, and no iTunesHelper process running.

The only suspect process I found was "com.apple.iTunesLibraryService", I tried to force kill it but it won't change anything.

Of course I tried to delete iTunes but it is "required by MacOS" -- seriously.

If I try to change authorisation on app to force uninstall anyway it tells me I don't have the required authorizations to do that -- as an administrator, right.

The only way to delete it seems to imply using some shady tricks that may or may not break my OS.

I'm seriously annoyed by the fact I can't own my laptop fully.

How can I uninstall or disable iTunes on macOS?

Side note: I will never connect any Apple device to my laptop, if that matters for iTunes sync or something.


texts: Applescript : generate a new list based on existing list

texts:
my script is generating a list (random number of items) and for each item I like to add a colour.

I can do it manually :

> set myList to {{"demo", "#5cdf64"}, {"icloud.com", "#FFFF00"}, {"more
> random e.g", "#FF0000"}}

but how can I add a different colour automatically to the list and based on the number of item on the first list?

I know how to count the primary list and do an action for each items :

set listSize to count of myList

set theList to {"demo", "demo1", "demo2", "demo2"}
repeat with a from 1 to length of theList
    set theCurrentListItem to item a of theList
    -- Process the current list item

end repeat

I think I'm nearly there the only thing is I'm not adding but replacing the items :

set theList to {"Demo", "ok", "blabla", "demo2"}
set ColortheList to {"5cdf64", "FFFF00", "FF0080", "FF1000"}
set myNewList to ""

repeat with a from 1 to length of theList
    set theCurrentListItem to item a of theList
    set myNewList to {item a of theList, item a of ColortheList}

end repeat

also tried

copy {item a of theList, item a of ColortheList} to myNewList


texts: Mail.app Conversation/Threading issues like RES: RES: RES:

texts:
When using Gmail on Apple's mail, the conversations/threads are not being grouped properly when the subject field of the messages starts having many prefixes "RES" in the subject.

Some email clients (e.g. Mail in iPad), adds a "RE:" or "RES:" prefix every time when a message is replied. This, causes some subject fields having something like: "RES: RES: RES: RES: Original Subject".

When this situation happens, the conversations in Mail.app apparently break, that is, one email (or more) that should be grouped to a conversation is displayed as a different conversation.

This is an example that causes problem for me:

I send a message with subject "Test"
I receive a reply with subject (sent from other email client) "RES: Test"
I reply again (using Mail), then the subject becomes: "Re: RES: Test"
I receive a reply with subject (sent from other email client), and the subject now comes as: "RES: RES: Test"

At this point, I've got 3 different conversations where this should be grouped as one.
If I open Gmail, the conversation works perfectly, but in Mail it doesn't.
Is there anything I can do about it?

Using Mail.app 6.5


texts: iOS Calendar: What is the meaning of Time Zone Override?

texts:
I have had issues in the past with time zones and alarms when traveling, but I think I have it solved. I have just one more point of confusion.

Current versions of iOS have the option Time Zone Override for the calendar. Mine is currently set to Off, which I think is the default. The setting can be found in Settings > Calendar > Time Zone Override

The question is: What does the setting Time Zone Override actually mean? Does it in any way affect events which have a time zone or are marked as floating.

More specifically, when I am in a different time zone, how does this setting affect the following possibilities:

Time Zone Override: Off, Event time zone set to home
Time Zone Override: On, Event time zone set to home
Time Zone Override: Off, Event time zone set to floating
Time Zone Override: On, Event time zone set to floating


texts: How to copy my Mountain Lion system to another drive?

texts:
I'm considering upgrading at long last to Mavericks, but need to feel confident that all my apps & workflows will work properly before committing 100%.  I boot off of an external Thunderbolt SSD normally, so that's where my current boot system is (with all my apps installed, etc.).

I have an internal drive with a secondary simple boot partition, also on Mountain Lion.  I basically use it on those occasions I need to boot from a different partition to do disk diagnostics, test things out in a "sandbox" of sorts, etc.

I'm wondering if I can copy my current Mountain Lion system volume - apps and all - to the internal boot partition, and then update THAT drive to Mavericks and run off it for a while until I'm confident that Mavericks is going to work for me.  At that point I would update my SSD and be committed.

Is this viable?  I know that back in the pre-OSX days it was trivial to just copy a system folder and presto - it would boot on a different drive.  But I'm not quite sure this is still the case.

To reiterate, the internal drive I want to copy my system to is already a bootable system partition, so there should be no special blessing or anything required I would think.


texts: How to take datas from apple time capsule

texts:
I have an Apple Time Capsule which takes backup of several Mac machines in my company.
One of the Macs crashed and have been handed over to a service center.

I need to take the backup data of the crashed machine from Time Capsule. If I try to access Time Capsule from my Mac,it shows only back-up data from my own Mac.

How can I access back-up data from a different Mac?


texts: How to Install and Run Yosemite in Parallels?

texts:
I'm not ready to commit to Yosemite yet as my primary OS.  So I thought I'd load up a Parallels VM to try it out.

Although Parallels seems to create the Yosemite .dmg file correctly, it just won't finish loading.  I get messages about having to "download additional components" with tens if not hundreds of hours remaining.  If I let it run overnight, I wake up to a message that something failed.

So is it not possible to install Yosemite as a Parallels VM? (I'm running Parallels v10.1.0 on a 2014 MacBook Pro)  Has anyone successfully gotten this to work?


texts: Where in the iPhone file system is iPhone's "Photo Library" found?

texts:
In the file system on the iPhone, Photos are located under /User/Media/DCIM/*

But where should I found Images of "Photo Library" ?


texts: Apple Preview Program messed up the shortcuts after the Yosemite update

texts:
I am trying to annotate my documents with text. In the old preview, I could change to Text Box and click where I wanted to place the text on my document. It would stay on text box and I could click around and conveniently put multiple texts boxes around the page.

After the update to 10.10, when I use the shortcut Control+command+T, it places a text box in the middle of the page(where I don't want it) and keeps selection tool on... I can't put multiple text boxes around the page because it goes right back to highlighting text. I also have the issue with arrows and lines. It places one when I use the shortcut, but I can't use my mouse to guide where it goes.


texts:
So let me preface my image by saying I have made ~20 seconds of phone calls in the past 24 hours.

After heavily browsing the web in 1-2 bars of LTE coverage for a few hours, I looked at my battery usage statistics and saw the following.  What's the deal here? This is iOS 10.1.1 on an iPhone 7 on AT&T.


texts: How to correctly remove drivers of external USB wireless network adaptor?

texts: I want to completely remove the driver of a TP-Link wireless network adaptor. I can't find any tips from TP-Link's official site. Is there a right way to safely and gracefully remove?


texts: Combine/merge two separate image files of the same thing(newspaper page) taken in half

texts:
Is there a way of combining two photos of the same thing taken in half?

For example, i have two images of the same newspaper page taken in two halves in order to keep the focus and quality of the text to an acceptable level. Now, how do i merge these two photos into one seamless photo?


texts: Is it possible to copy a Time Machine backup using rsync to another HFS formatted disk?  I am concerned that rsync would not be able to track the hard-linked directories that Time Machine uses.


texts: Finder freeze when I go to any iCloud folder

texts:
Whenever I try to open any iCloud folder from the sidebar, Finder freeze and I have to restart it from the force stop window.
The only iCloud folder I can open is the main iCloud Drive folder, but it's just empty and says "loading" forever.
When I try to open the iCloud Progress Window, a weird thing happens:

As you can see the progress is always equal to the goal and that's really weird.
I already tried this in terminal and then restarting the Mac:
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist && killall -HUP Finder

If you know what to do please answer thanks.


texts:
I got a Macbook Pro with OS 10.8 installed on, the usual recovery partition that is created by the OS installer, and a 35GB partition (currently NTFS, but I can reformat in HFS+ if needed).

My question is : can I use the recovery partition to do a full OS 10.8 installation on the small partition, in parallel with my everyday-use installation (i.e. will it let me do that without erasing/wreaking havoc on my current OS, is there any known caveats, and so on)?


texts: How do I delete files when I can only boot into Safe (single-user) mode

texts:
I have a 9 year old MacBook Pro that has died. I want to recycle it, but I want to wipe any sensitive and personal data before it leaves my hands. I am only able to boot into safe (single user) mode using Cmd-S. I get the terminal prompt, but for some reason the file system is read-only. I need to change the file system to read-write so I can delete the Users files. I have exhausted my limited knowledge of commands, chown, chmod, etc. but the constant message I get is that files cannot be deleted because the file system is read-only. Is there a way to get the file system to a state where I can deleted files or even better wipe the drive completely?
Thanks,


texts:
I want to restore my iPad to factory settings. Its an iPad 2,1 running iOS 8.1:

However, when I connect to iTunes and click Restore iPad..., I get the message:

I'm not interested in 8.1.3, which is what a Restore and Update would result. In fact, I need to keep the iPad at 8.1.2 or lower due to operational requirements. So iOS 8.1 is fine by me.

How do I perform a restore without updating?


texts: If I buy an app in the App Store, will it work on future major releases or will I need to repurchase it?

texts:
I usually buy Apps in the Mac App Store and iOS App Store but I've always had the doubt, when I buy it, will the app be available in the future for the next releases or not?

I never brought an App two times because of a major release, but is it possible?


texts:
I was trying to use
installinstallmacos.py to create an installer disk image for High Sierra 10.13.6 (I need an offline installer and downloading from App Store only downloads a ~4MiB stub file with further install most probably requiring an active internet connection).

The above script lists two different variants of High Sierra 10.3.6:

ProductID   Version Build   Title
091-53703   10.13.6 17G2112 macOS High Sierra
091-94326   10.13.6 17G65   macOS High Sierra

The page How to find the macOS version number on your Mac, in fact lists only 17G65 for High Sierra 10.13.6 and states:

  Below are the versions and builds of each Mac operating system made available from the Mac App Store,

What is the difference between the two?


texts: How does one add references to tables and diagrams included in a Pages document?

texts:
I am using Pages 7.0.1. and trying to find out if it would be suitable for writing complex technical documents, full of tables, diagrams, footnotes, etc.

Inserting tables is easy. Each table can also have a name that could be used as a 'caption'. Is it possible, however, to add references to these tables in the text of a document (something like, "... as shown in Table 3 above ...", where "Table 3" is a reference to a table included in the document - with associated hyperlink, if possible).

Inserting such references is also needed for other elements of a Pages document, such as diagrams, footnotes (a single footnote may need to be referenced, or 'pointed to', from several places in the text), bibliography, etc.

Is there a way of achieving all of the above in Pages?


texts:
I am using following bash completions installed via brew:

bash-completion
bash-completion@2

My .bashrc looks like:

if [ -f /usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
. /usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
fi

if [ -f /usr/local/Cellar/bash-completion/1.3_2/etc/bash_completion ]; then
  BASH_COMPLETION=/usr/local/Cellar/bash-completion/1.3_2/etc/bash_completion
  . /usr/local/Cellar/bash-completion/1.3_2/etc/bash_completion
fi

The problem is when I press TAB on an empty prompt on keyboard I get the error:

-bash: words: bad array subscript

After removing /usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion from .bashrc error doesn’t happen but I miss out on many completions.

What is the problem here? How can I fix it?


texts: Can a Time Machine drive have several partitions, or does Time Machine need the whole HDD to itself?

texts:
Is it possible to partition and external drive an use only one of the partitions for a Time Machine backup?  Or does Time Machine need its dedicated hard drive?  (I've never used Time Machine before.)

If it is possible to do this, do I need to pay attention to anything in particular to make sure it'll work without issues?

I am aiming for one Time Machine partition and one NTFS one on the same external hard drive.  Is this feasible?


texts: How to remap by Karabiner Enter->Shift only when Ctrl is pressed?

texts:
I am stuck with a problem with a non-trivial complex modification for Karabiner-Elements and I hope there are experts in this stuff here. :)
I have posted this question as an issue on GitHub, but without much success. :(
So, here is what I want to achieve:

return_or_enter normally works as it should;
if left_control is held down, return_or_enter works as shift.

Thus it is should be possible to use ctrl+tab and ctrl+enter+tab to switch tabs in Safari.
You would think I am crazy, but I just use Advantage2 with modified layout, so I have all these three keys under my left hand. :)
Here is what I wrote in the profiles.complex_modifications.rules section of my karabiner.json:
{
    "description": "Enter as supportive Shift",
    "manipulators": [
        {
            "description": "Left Ctrl Up/Down",
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "key_code": "left_control",
                "modifiers": { "optional": ["any"] }
            },
            "to": [{
                "key_code": "right_control"
            }],
            "to_if_held_down": [{ "set_variable": {
                "name": "enter-as-shift mode is on",
                "value": 1
            } }],
            "to_after_key_up": [{ "set_variable": {
                "name": "enter-as-shift mode is on",
                "value": 0
            } }]
        },
        {
            "description": "Enter Keystroke",
            "type": "basic",
            "from": {
                "key_code": "return_or_enter",
                "modifiers": { "optional": ["any"] }
            },
            "conditions": [{
                "type": "variable_if",
                "name": "enter-as-shift mode is on",
                "value": 1
            }],
            "to": [{
                "key_code": "left_shift"
            }]
        }
    ]
}

Alack, it does not work. Each manipulator works correctly — the variable is set and unset, the remap without condition do its job — but together, linked by the variable, they are seems to be totally broken. :(
Can someone point me what am I missing? Is it even possible with Karabiner?
Thank you.
P.S. If it does matter, I use Karabiner-Elements 13.3.0 & macOS 10.15.7.


texts:
I'm trying to set up some (rudimentary) ssh security on my workstation behind a router on a home network. It's running Mac OS X Lion (10.7).

As I understand it, what one would normally do under such circumstances is change the appropriate parts of an /etc/sshd_config file. For example, I might have

# akil@computerA:/etc/sshd_config
Port 12345
Protocol 2
PermitRootLogin no
PasswordAuthentication no

And this would, respectively only listen on port 12345, accept authentication method "2" only, disallow root logins, and only allow key logins. I would then restart the ssh daemon and then everything would be great.

Apparently this worked Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6), but it does not seem to work for Lion. Lion seems to ignore anything in the sshd_config file.

For changing the port, you can follow the advice of some blogs and forums posts (1,2) that direct you to change (a) add a new ssh service by editing /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist and (b) defining the port of the new service in /etc/services.

This works -- doing ssh akil@computerA.local refuses the connection, but now ssh akil@computerA.local -p 12345 works fine.

The problem is that I have no idea how to use similar steps to change anything else: how do I disable root logins and/or password authentications?

1: Changing sshd port on Lion

2: Changing sshd port on OS X 10.4


texts: Hide an application from third party uninstallers

texts:
Is there a way to hide an application from third party Uninstallers like MacKeeper?

I am using an application that blocks websites and everything else I want. When its blockers are running, I set it so that I can’t uninstall the application in the native way. But, third party Uninstallers like MacKeeper can easily uninstall the application without any problems.

So, I am wondering if there is a way to hide an application from third party Uninstallers.

Thank y’all.


texts: How smart is iTunes or iPhone's shuffle function?

texts: Is iTunes shuffle function is just a programming language random() function or it's smarter than that? Does it use play count, skip count and other parameters to play better songs first?


texts: Software for employe-like tracking, particular with Email.app?

texts:
My pal Dave has a number of full and part time employees (all Mac) in sales-like roles.

In short he wanted a

  plugin, or even a separate app that just reads the MBOX file?

  To get an idea of

  a)  What days emails were sent, (ie days they were working)

  b) Times that each email was sent, to see start/stop times.

Essentially, it seems basically "a report on when emails were sent".  (I guess, using Mail.app.)

Can anyone think of something like this?

Or perhaps, at least generally some Mac-focussed employee time tracking (or spying!) thing.

You can imagine it would be quite useful for customer support stuff, you could get reports like...

  Employee 13.  48 emails sent.  1015-1845 hrs

.. etc.

Any ideas?


texts: In El Capitan: Safari wiped the extension database?

texts:
I recently did a clean install of El Capitan & added Tampermonkey to my Safari. I added a few scripts in the morning and went to sleep. I woke up at night and got back to my Safari only to learn that all the scripts in Tampermonkey had disappeared into the ether.

When I re-added a script, this is what Tampermonkey told me:

  Tampermonkey detected inconsistencies that indicate that your browser wiped the extension database!

Is there a way to prevent this from happening again?


texts: How do i navigate to httpd_vhosts.conf in xammp from the terminal?

texts:
How do I navigate to httpd_vhosts.conf in Xammp from the terminal?

This was all I could find on the subject.


texts:
The card I'm presented with when I use Apple Pay from my Mac is the wrong one. I've set the default card correctly in iOS (where it appears correctly), but when Apple Pay in invoked from macOS, even when payment is completed on iOS, the wrong card is presented on macOS.

How do I set the default card for Apple Pay on macOS?


texts: How can I make Arabic fonts in GIMP work?

texts:
If I select an Arabic font like Kufi (كوفي) and enter text into GIMP 2.8.14 on OS X 10.11, this is the result:

As you can see, the letters are incorrectly disjointed.

If I right-click on the text and select "From right to left", it makes no difference. In the text tool's options, I can change the language from English to Arabic, but it makes no difference. I can also change the justification to centered or to left-aligned, but it makes no difference.

Some fonts I select do render with the letters connected, but it looks like it's simply using a fallback font.


texts: mac osx lion security configuration guide

texts: I could find the security configuration guide for mac osx versions at http://www.apple.com/support/security/guides/ however, I can't find any for OS X Lion. Any one know if it is in the works or if it is moved else where?


texts: I've got an old iMac sitting around, no one remembers the password to log into it so we are trying to erase the hard drive to setup a new OS. First I got to identify the model though. It would be great if someone could help me with that, I attached an image of what is written on the bottom of the iMac.


texts: What is the difference between the WPA2 Personal, WPA and WPA2 WiFi security passcodes?

texts:
I was editing the configuration for my Time Capsule, when I noticed that I had the following options for network encryption:

Why is there an option of WPA/WPA2? Is it as secure as WPA2 Personal?

When looking for the network with other devices, I'm am told to enter a WPA2 Password. Thus, I thought that I had configured it using WPA2 Personal.


texts: Applescript or Automator service that automatically trusts certificates

texts:
I would like to know, if there is a way to make an Automator service or an Applescript that automatically trusts a root certificate. If possible without a prompt for password or Admin privileges. Could it be possible to do that maybe with tell application "Keychain Access"

or

do shell script "sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain <certificate>"

If possible without the sudo.


texts:
I have been using my printer connected to my DLINK DSL-2750U router and had no problem using it with two windows PCs. Recently I've got a new MacBook Air (2017 13-inch model) and having some trouble configuring it.

This is my print server settings, and it is saying that, according to the URL, it is HTTP protocol and not IPP or anything else. However, I cannot find anything online for HTTP printers. I only see IPP etc., This is how it looks like in my network preferences panel.

Please guide me how to add and configure this printer with this MacBook. What have I did wrong? Do I have to install any new software for this to work?


texts: Is it possible to make an application’s window smaller than intended?

texts:
I’ve always had issues with some application windows in macOS where I can’t make them smaller than a certain amount.
Audio Midi Setup is the perfect example of this.

If you look at the image posted, you’ll see that there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be shorter, there’s a lot of vertical space which is absolutely pointless.

Airdroid, same story, lots and lots of wasted space.

I find this infuriating as I really need some windows to be smaller in order to have my desktop tidy and the apps easily accessible without having them overlap.

Does anyone know of a way to “force” an application’s window on macOS to be smaller?

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to add a signature to automatically show up in the text box in iMessage. I know that you could create a keyboard shortcut to type in everytime you text but there are two problems with that: every time you would use that shortcut normally (without the intentions of using the signature, the signature would come up), and I would need to put in the signature's shortcut every time I text.


texts: iPad only charges up to 1% and at that, only if charged from 0%

texts:
I plugged my iPad 3 in order to charge it. However, after a couple hours I noticed that it hadn't been charging.

It goes like this: First, it's completely off. Then, I plug it and charges up until it is on again with 1% battery and it won't charge any further than that. If I shut it off or the battery drains again, the same thing happens again.

Just one more thing, twice instead of the Apple logo, there was the iTunes icon. The iPad stayed like that but went back to normal after a reboot.

I have never had any problems with it, any ideas?


texts: MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 is not seeing internal SATA HDD

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 that started to not see it's internal SATA HDD.

I can connect the HDD in question to the computer via SATA > USB adapter and it works fine (Mac can even boot from it that way).

What could be the problem and how do I diagnose and fix it properly?

I heard that it could be a problem with the internal SATA connector cable:
Can't see new SSD when connected via internal SATA port, but is it possible to make sure that cable is a culprit without buying the replacement cable yet? What could cause damage to the cable in the first place?

Are there any other possible causes?


texts: Find specific logs about SCEP Server (unable to contact)

texts:
In my IT Environment, we enroll macOS systems with an MDM solution provider instance.  During the enrollment process (using the Safari Web Browser Application and using a specific Enrollment URL), the main MDM Configuration Profile (within the System Preferences Application - under the Profiles section) failed to contact and of course failed to install due to Unable to Contact SCEP Server.

Using command line or the console app, do you know if there is a way for me to retrieve the exact logs/report/error messages related to the SCEP Server failing contact?  Does Safari Application have a specific log? Does System Preferences/Profiles have a specific log?  Basically I am trying to see the actual error failing message inside the logs and hope to identify where exactly is failing, at what exact step.

Thank you so much in advance for your help.


texts:
The programs of BSD in MacOS are not upgrated to the latest

Take examples:

  man ls
  BSD              May 19, 2002              BSD

  V.S.

  FreeBSD   11.1    December    1, 2015           FreeBSD 11.1

And

  man find

  BSD                           September 28, 2011                           BSD

  V.S.

  FreeBSD    11.1               January 24, 2017           FreeBSD 11.1

and so on

How to update them all?


texts: Can I use a rotatable DVI monitor with a Thunderbolt port?

texts:
We're looking at buying new MacBooks for our dev team, and I have a concern about the way Thunderbolt is used in a chain for multiple displays. We're even willing to purchase new, Thunderbolt-capable monitors, but one thing I regularly do is rotate one of my monitors 90°. My understanding is that OOTB Apple displays do not rotate on their stands. I already have a DVI capable ViewSonic monitor that rotates very well, so if I get a Thunderbolt-to-DVI adapter, can I use that as the last device in the Thunderbolt chain?

(Alternatively, if there is a reasonable approach to rotating an Apple display I would love to hear it.)


texts:
I was trying to run some old software on my Air today and I got these messages:

  You can't open the application because the classic environment is no longer supported.

  You can't open the application because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.

Is there an emulator or other piece of software that allows me to run this? Windows has DOSBox. Is there a similar program for macOS?


texts: Is there a way to match calendar colors without MobileMe?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I change the colors of calendars on iOS5

I have an iPhone 4 that syncs with iCal through Google. However, the colors for the calendars are different on the iPhone than on iCal. Is there any way to set the colors for the calendars on the iPhone so that they are the same as the colors I have selected in iCal?


texts:
I have a strange problem with SharePoint and Safari.

With 10.9 I was able to click on a file in a SharePoint site and it was opened in the corresponding Office application.
After the upgrade to 10.10 the feature disappeared.
With 10.11.0 it began to work again
With 10.11.1 it stopped (and it is still not working with 10.11.2)

The SharePoint plugin seems installed:

But I have other machines with the same version (10.11.2) where it does work.


texts: How can you do compound boolean statements in AppleScript?

texts:
For example

    on run {input, parameters}

    set Variable1 to "5"

    if (Variable1 is not "5") & (Variable1 is not "6") then

        display dialog "Variable1 is not 5 or 6"

    else

        display dialog "Variable1 is 5"

    end if

    return input
end run

When running this program, I get the error:

  Can’t make {false, true} into type boolean.


texts: How to create smart mailbox to show redirected mail?

texts: The only way I have found to find a redirected email item is to look for the little -> icon on the left of each message so redirected.  Is there a way to set a rule looking for that in a smart mailbox?  And if not, has anyone requested that feature?  Thanks.  Boyd


texts: Why does iphoto only open 4 images in the external editor?

texts:
I am using Photoshop as the external editor, but when I select a series of photos (more than 4) within iPhoto and choose "open in external editor" only the first four of the selected open. It's pretty annoying because I don't want to have to keep going back and forth between the programs to see what i have open in Photoshop. I just want to select (holding control and selecting) different images to then edit outside of the program.

Is this a setting i can adjust? What possible reason would there be for this limitation?


texts: Terminal Command Line to find corrupted files

texts:
I do have just one corrupted photo into my Photos Library.

Is there is any UNIX command line that I can use in terminal in order to scan my Photos Library Folder and find out which file is corrupted?


texts: Plist Not Running AppleScript using launchctl

texts:
I am trying to schedule my AppleScript to run on 60 second intervals that runs two shell scripts and have appeared to setup my plist correctly as two files are outputted (StandardErrorPath and StandardOutPath) after 60 seconds elapse, but I don't see the results of my shell scripts appearing like they did when I ran the script in Script Editor. To me this appears to mean that the ProgramArguments section is not loading my AppleScript. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Should I add some type of logging to my AppleScript to log to the error file in my plist?

AppleScript file (Shell script runs correctly in Script Editor and Terminal):

do shell script "cd /Users/user/Desktop/Projects/node/webmasters-cli && /Users/user/.nvm/versions/node/v4.3.2/bin/node app.js DesktopUSA"
do shell script "cd /Users/user/Desktop/Projects/node/webmasters-cli && /Users/user/.nvm/versions/node/v4.3.2/bin/node app.js DesktopAll"

plist (Located in /Users/user/Library/LaunchAgents)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.user.webmasters.daily.pull</string>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <false/>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <false/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/user/Desktop/Projects/node/webmasters-cli/daily-api-call.scpt</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>60</integer>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/webmastersDailyTest.err</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/webmastersDailyTest.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Steps to load into launchctl:

1) Changed into directory

2) ran launchctl load com.user.webmasters.daily.pull.plist

3) Checked with launchctl list. plist appeared.

4) Checked /tmp and both StandardErrorPath and StandardOutPath files are created after 60 seconds. No values within files as expected.


texts: I just changed my storage plan for 50 GB for $0.99 per month. When i went on settings>General>Storage and icloud usage, where it said storage above it i didnt have more storage. But the second box, where it said icloud abov it had upgraded to 50 GB. But i dont have any more storage for me to be able to get more apps etc.


texts:
The HDD is a brand new MyPassport WD 4Tb. I recently used it as my main backup and before I had the time to reformat another drive for a second backup (which means that some data on that drive are crucial to recover), this new HD stopped mounting on my MacBook Pro Mojave where it was always attached to (I don't know what happened).

I tried DiskUtility which failed.  I tried fsck_hfs in Recovery or Single User Mode on 2 different Apple computer as well as on Linux Mint... all failed. The returned error is Invalid Key Length and Catalog File not found for extent.

I tried Stellar Data Recovery which ran for a full day and now it is stuck at the beginning of the yellow phase 3 of 4. It has not crashed, no error message is displayed. I tried their new Sellar Volume Repair which failed.  I tried iBoySoft Data Recovery which crashes everytime I do a deep scan.

I do not understand why such disk failure is so difficult to repair! What can I do?  Advice will be deeply appreciated.


texts: using iMac (2014) as Display for pc source

texts:
I have got iMac (2014 model), which I want to use as external display for my windows laptop. Is is possible? if yes, how?

I have got a male-to-male mini-display to hdmi connector. But when I connect both my iMac & pc, and I press command+F2 on my iMac nothing happens.

I'm struggling to get Target Display Mode enabled on my iMac, but it doesn't do any thing when I press command + F2. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
vj


texts: Partition space with the command diskutil partitionDisk

texts:
Why if I run the commande below, I don't have 8G partition but 7,9?

diskutil partitionDisk disk2 hfs+ 14 8G hfs+ 15 8G hfs+ 13 8G
Started partitioning on disk2
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate
Formatting disk2s2 as Mac OS Extended with name 14
Initialized /dev/rdisk2s2 as a 7 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume
Mounting disk
Formatting disk2s3 as Mac OS Extended with name 15
Initialized /dev/rdisk2s3 as a 7 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume
Mounting disk
Formatting disk2s4 as Mac OS Extended with name 13
Initialized /dev/rdisk2s4 as a 13 GB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume
Mounting disk
Finished partitioning on disk2
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *30.8 GB    disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS 14                      7.9 GB     disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS 15                      7.9 GB     disk2s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS 13                      14.4 GB    disk2s4

And how to have 3 partitions of 8G and one with the remaining space?
I have tried this command but it does not work

diskutil partitionDisk disk2 4 GPT hfs+ 14 8G hfs+ 15 8G hfs+ 13 8G hfs+ Combo 100%
The disk is too small for your request


texts: Can I design web graphics with Pages more easily?

texts:
I need to assemble a couple of individual pictures together, plus some nice text, and the result has to be a PNG of a certain pixel size.

I'm not a web-designer, so, I don't have any specialised software, and since I need to do this like once or twice a year, it probably won't be worthwhile to buy and learn how to use Photoshop or some such.

I've been (mis)using Apple Pages for these kinds of tasks, which generally works great, except for this pixel requirement for this specific task of a web-graphic.

What I found that works is:

design the document in Pages, with cm as the measurement system, and using a calculator to ensure proportions
use the Fit Width zoom option, and resize the window next to a pixel screen ruler
use ⇧⌘4 to take a screenshot of a portion of the screen (usually of the whole window, e.g. with a space and a button click)
use Preview to cut an exact PNG of needed size from the above screenshot
if size is off, repeat the last three steps

Is there a way to reduce the above steps, and make the process somewhat less ad-hoc?  I've originally started with exporting from Pages into PDF, and then doing the resize magic with PDF, where I still had to take the screenshot of it before going further, but then realised it was an extra step that was not necessary.


texts: How can I make an AppleScript activate upon logging in?

texts: Is it possible to force an AppleScript to activate when I log in?


texts: Accidentally hid a game that I bought and can’t get it back

texts: I bought Star Wars: The Old Republic a while back. I could always see it in the purchased tab. In iTunes on my PC I hid some apps that I didn’t want in my account and accidentally clicked Star Wars. Now I can’t get it back without it costing me! I can’t find out how to put it back in the purchased tab in the App Store. I also tried to delete it and get it back but that doesn’t work either.


texts: How To Securely Erase Free Space Using Terminal?

texts:
A friend told me that when you delete a file on your Mac in the normal way it actually stays where it is, but it is just no longer usable by your Mac. The addition of more files to your Mac causes them to overwrite the space taken by those unusable files that you deleted previously.

If this is true then I'm thinking if your Mac got into the wrong hands, that individual(s)  could actually recover files that you have deleted previously (which could be potentially harmful).

Therefore how do you delete them securely first to prevent such potential catastrophe (preferably using the Terminal command) ?


texts: Should I replace my Macbook battery, charger, or both after 5+ years of use?

texts:
I own a 13" mid-2012  MacBook Pro, and have been using it for over 7 years. I have replaced the HDD with a larger SSD, and upped the RAM to 8GB last year to improve its declining performance. However, I have done nothing to its original battery.
My battery over the years has underwent 2000+ cycles, and can only last at most 2-3 hrs from 100% to 0% currently (with no apps using significant energy). My 60W MagSafe 1 charger (L-shape) has had some parts of the outer cable torn (half of it covered in electrical tape). The cable has become more and more yellow, and the plugs are slightly bent out of shape, although it still works.
My questions are as follows:

How many years do you think the battery/charger of a MacBook Pro can last (mines is 7 years as of now)?

Should I look for replacements? If so, what should I replace in order to increase my MacBook Pro’s battery life?


texts: AppleScript for Excel to select/copy all cells?

texts:
Applescript can tell Excel to select a specific range of cells, e.g.

select (range "A1:B20")

and you can copy cells:

copy (range "A1:B20")

However, how can you tell Excel to select all the cells in a worksheet, or to copy all the cells in a worksheet? It seems to require a specific range. However, of course, when you are working with Excel directly you can just press cmd+A to select all.


texts: I accidentaly deleted all chat history of one of my contacts. Could anyone help me to get back all this messages?


texts: recover files from newer time machine backup after restore to older state

texts: I have recently restored my machine's state (December) to an older state (November), but forgot to save a couple files from December.  When I go into Time machine the December state is not available, but those backups were definitely made.  How do I get the December files onto the November state of the machine?


texts: Why can't my wife's iphone see my phone on Airdrop when I set it to "Contacts Only"

texts:
My wife and I both have Iphone 8 running 11.4 (or at least mine is 11.4)

Very weird behavior that I noticed happened recently.  I usually set my Airdrop to "Contacts Only" and leave it as such.  I remember being able to send/receive photos or videos between our phones in the past using Airdrop.

However, yesterday, I had to set my Airdrop to "Everyone" so her phone could see my phone to send photos/videos.  Why did the behavior change?  She is a contact in my contact list.  I even tested to make sure when I called, my contact name/photo pops up and vice versa.


texts: How to disable profile tab/toolbelt when opening new window in iterm?

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I have been facing this problem for a quite while now.
Whenever I open new window of iterm, a profile tab/section is automatically opened.

Here is a screenshot.

It's annoying to close it every time

Any help will be appreciated.


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There is an option in Mac OS to announce alerts, when they are displayed or to have it announce the time in regular intervals.

My question is: Is there an option to announce notifications, or even better a way to select which app's notifications should be announced?


texts: When you remove a device from find my iPhone, does it's automatically restore?

texts: I dropped my iPhone and the screen is completely unusable. I got a deductable for a new one and the instructions said to turn off find my iPhone for my original device, so I did from my computer. However, the next instructions were to restore it to factory settings, but since I turned off find my iPhone I can't restore it now. Help?


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I have put a magnet over my laptop and I got the error with the file with a ? on it.
I don't have a Time Machine backup or anything. I am not able to reset the Mac and I can't reinstall macOS as it doesn't recognize the HDD. I have tried internet recovery.
MacBook Pro 2011 early is my model.


texts: What is the Master Agreement when trying to transfer an iOS app?

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I'm trying to transfer an app to another developer, but when I click transfer the only criteria which is not checked is Master Agreement:

Where is this Master Agreement, and how can I fix this?


texts: How can I disable kext signing in Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite?

texts: I know the disadvantages of disabling kext signing, but I was wondering how I can actually disable this on Mac OS X 10.10 "Yosemite"?


texts: Last night, I heard a spark noise while my mac power adaptor was connected, and the charger stopped charging my machine. There was no light on the connector. I should also say that the cable attaching to the adaptor was torn. So after reading instructions for dismantling the charger, I cracked it open and cut the cable before the plastic  piece inside the charger. Then, I tested if the AC charger was having any output DC voltage with a multimeter. But it did not detect any. Now, do I have to assume that the unit is dead or is there some fuse which needs to be replaced?


texts: Cannot paste images from clipboard to Facebook in Safari unlike Google Chrome

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I have problems pasting images from clipboard to Facebook in Safari.

I have recently uninstalled Google Chrome and started using Safari since Chrome uses tons of energy and memory. I liked it but I had to reinstall Chrome since the Safari clipboard is very limited.

For example in Google Chrome I can copy and paste easily pictures from Tumblr to Facebook, using shortcuts or looking for the option with the Magic Mouse. In Safari this does not work in any possible way, I tried "cmd + v" to paste an image I have copied before which I expect should work, but does not. Yes, in Safari I cannot paste any image!

I have macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

Do I need to reinstall Chrome in order to be able to paste images in Facebook?


texts: Prevent apps from changing the default app to open PDF files?

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The Preview app used to be the default app to open PDF files. For some obscure reason, this is being changed into Photoshop every now and then.

If this happens, I do this:

Right click on a PDF file, Open With...
For some reason Preview isn't even in that list, so I click Other
Select Preview, check the 'Always Open With' box, and click Open
Then I right-click the file again, Get Info
The "Open With" part shows Preview, and I click the "Change All" button

And then it's OK for a while. But a few days later, without me changing any settings, for some reason PDF files are being opened with Photoshop again :(

Is there a way to prevent an app from binding file types to itself without my permission?

FYI I'm using macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88).


texts: Unable to Erase External Hard Drive - Unable to lookup the APFS Container Reference

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I have an external hard drive that I put a linux operating ISO on, but now I am trying to erase the external back into ExFat format to store files on it. When I go into DiskUtil, and try to erase it, it just tells me the process failed.

I then went through the steps of trying to delete the APFS Container, I find the identifier using diskutil list then typing diskutil apfs deleteContainer disk2s2. It then just gives me a message that it is unable to find the reference to the container Unable to look up the APFS Container Reference for the given Physical Store.

I cannot find anything online on how to get this back to a state I can use it, any advice?


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I failed to find the path to iCloud keychain to do just security dump-keychain - the iCloud keychain isn't shown when I try security list-keychains. What is the path to that keychain (or, if it cannot be obtained, how to dump the whole iCloud keychain)?

Or, maybe, Apple Script could help to do that?


texts: Is it possible to delete or lower the permissions of the current account?

texts: Exactly what the title says.  I would love to know if you can fully delete or lower the permissions of an admin account that is currently in use (from aforementioned account).  Thank you in advance!


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Is it just me or is there a right-click bug for Chrome in OS X Lion? I first noticed that double finger tapping the trackpad didn't show any menu when in chrome (either on a link or on anything).

I thought it was a problem with my trackpad settings in OS X Lion but I checked the Finder and Firefox and right-clicking DOES work. Was it broken together with other mouse gestures in OS X Lion?

Is there a current fix for this?


texts: What to do if anemone themes won’t disable - Electra Jailbreak

texts: I installed an Anemone theme from Cydia called “iPhone X Theme” to get the dock from the iPhone X on my iPhone 6s, but it didn’t look very good, so I disabled the theme and deleted it, but the dock still didn’t go back to normal. Here’s what it looks like right now. My clock app also got messed up


texts: In iTunes I went to Library / Apps  and found the app but the only menu items are 'get info', 'show in windows explorer' and 'delete'. I want to write an review.


texts: Trio Singing Remotely on the iPhone or Web

texts: Is there a way that 3 people, all with only an iPhone each at different locations, can sing a trio and have each person receive the other 2 persons' sound inputs simultaneously while they are themselves singing?


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On Yosemite.  The sed is old: does not understand \t for example. I installed coreutils and can not find any sed associated with same.

What are my options here?


texts: Can I choose a preferred (Siri / communications) device?

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I have an iPhone, an iPad, an iMac, and a HomePod. When I say "Hey Siri", if all or some of the devices are close, they all try to answer. If I get a FaceTime call, they all ring.

Is there a way to prioritize these devices, for example, when I have all these devices in one place, to say I want to only hear my computer ring. When I'm using my HomePod, to filter my phone and iPad, so they don't try to answer.

Thanks!


texts: Why won't iTunes let me manually sync PDFs to iBooks?

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I have my iPad set to manually manage content (i.e. drag and drop, not sync). I'm trying to add some PDFs to iBooks, but it refuses to let me copy them to my iPad. I can do this with epub books just fine. Is this a known limitation in iTunes, or a bug?

Is there any workaround (to clarify: still using iTunes) that doesn't involve having to use the sync option (which forces me to sync videos as well, which is not workable)?