texts: Forcing Rich Text by default for iPad/iPhone

texts: The company I work for uses an Exchange 2010 server, and we have a fair number of users that have iPads/iPhones as secondary devices.  We use a custom signature rule on the exchange server to sign each outgoing email that is not a reply (first-sent emails).  Unfortunately, the iDevices seem to only send in plaintext.  Is there some way to force them to always send as rich text, or alternatively, some sort of cheap/free alternative app that would do this?  Currently, we are unable to implement the signatures for the whole company (only IT has them at the moment) because they will look like trash coming from iDevices.


texts: Is it normal for a MacBook Pro battery to regenerate itself?

texts:
Let me first give a quick background. I got the 2015 MBP 15" with Retina display second hand like a week ago. As every normal person who just switched from Windows to Mac I was doing this and that and testing the battery life. No external software was used for the battery tests, only normal usage. I also got few battery tools which show more detailed information about the current state.

Here it comes the question. My battery's max capacity seems to be..regenerating itself..

2 days ago this information was taken from one of the tools:

And here it comes the surprise. Today I took another look and had this shot taken:

As you can see the second picture shows that the Current max is higher, which I believe is strange ? Shouldn't it be going the other way - being lower with every cycle ?

The tools I've used show the same information, so it is not an issue there. They are Battery Health and CoconutBattery.


texts:
I have an old Mac Mini on which I installed Ubuntu to be used as a test server.
I completely formatted the hard disk before installing ubuntu, installation went fine and everything is working; so far so good.

The problem is that when I access the machine via ssh, and do a reboot, it doesn't reboot.

I get the message "going to reboot NOW" then I get a black screen as if its rebooting but then nothing happens. The machine is still running, but it is as if no restart signal has been sent to the bios.

Any ideas?

Edit1

So I found the problem. The machine simply won't start without a monitor attached to it. A keyboard is not necessary, but a monitor is a must.

I tried looking around how to access the bios in mac-mini and it looks like mac has no bios but instead has Apple Open Firmware, which can be accessed by pressing Cmd + O + A. I have a standard Windows keyboard so I tried pressing windows logo key + o + a but it doesn´t seem to work

So now I'm trying to find out how to start a Mac Mini without a monitor attached to it.

**Edit 2: SOLUTION **
Answering my own forgotten question a couple of years later, but here goes
You need to convince mac that it is attached to a monitor, this can be achieved by using a resistor on two holes in the VGA port, like  220Ω resistor. VGA voltage levels are 0.7V
Check out this solution
If by the time of reading this solution the attached link is down, then google for this "headless VGA headless vga mac"
If by the time of reading this solution there is no google anymore, then I'm dead anyway and I don't care


texts: How can I tell what is using disk space by category and monitor changes?

texts:
Is there a simple way to determine what is using disk space on a Mac OS X installation?  Obviously single files and directories is straightforward, but how about at a slightly higher level customisable overview for the whole of your drive?

Is it possible to get a sort of "management overview" of your drive that for example shows % space used, and than breaks that down into something simple to understand like:

90% of 100Gb used total, of which:
20Gb is Applications
30Gb is iTunes
12Gb is Photos
5Gb is Application Support files
13Gb is OS files
10Gb is other Home Directory contents

Bonus points is there is a simple way to also track this information over time, for example:

90% of 100Gb used total, of which:
20Gb is Applications, 20% increase since last month
30Gb is iTunes, 10% increase since last month
12Gb is Photos, No change
5Gb is Application Support files, 3% decrease since last month
13Gb is OS files No change
10Gb is other Home Directory contents, 4% increase since last month

Obviously all figures are pulled out of a hat.

To be clear, I am looking at sensibly grouped collections of files, not full on listings of every directory by name.  DaisyDisk is excellent, but it doesn't really fit the bill for what I am looking for.  Crazy detail isn't what I need, just a management overview of space for a high level "audit" of space for want of a better word.


texts:
At System Preferences > Startup Disk I select a disk with Mac OS X (10.5 or 10.6) installed, but when I click Restart I get this error message: You can’t change the startup disk to the selected disk. The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk.

I have 10.6 installed on an internal hard drive and 10.5 on an external drive.

I have completely erased both disks from Disk Utility; done Verify Disk, Repair Disk, Verify Disk Permissions, Repair Disk Permissions; reinstalled Mac OS several times on both drives...

Update:

Looks like something is wrong with internal hdd. I have tried to restart the machine in target disk mode, but I got You can't start up with target disk mode. The nvram tool was unable to set a preference


texts: How can I use two USB devices with the new USB-C MacBooks?

texts: I recently was provided with the latest MacBook model, for which Apple decided to switch from a number of ports to just one, USB-C port and a headphone jack. The only two accessories that I use on a regular basis, a mouse and a headset, both require a USB port which was not a problem on the old models. One can purchase an adapter to fix this problem, either a USB-C to USB or a USB-C to HDMI+USB+USB-C. Here the problem arises that there is only a single USB-C port, and these adapters only provide one USB port. Is there or will there be a way for me to have both my accessories function? This doesn't seem like an abnormal problem to have, but I can't find very much information on the topic.


texts: Old python script not working on mac - needs tkinter

texts:
I'm running mojave 10.14.2
I typed this into terminal python -V
and got
Python 2.7.10

I use 3D software called poser, and I had some amazingly useful scripts for this that i bought.  There is one in particular made by D3D (Ralph) who sadly passed away.
The script he made calls for tkinter, but for recent OSs the script fails on my imac pro because there is no tkinter.

If I were to try to load in a more modern version of python eg like 3. something, do you think my scripts that need tkinter possibly work?
Esther (who knows nothing about programming)


texts: received an sms from my stalker after changing number

texts:
If anyone is experienced with iphone imessage and sms, please enlighten me.

There is someone stalking me by keep calling and texting even though I told him not to. It's been going for too long. The following things are the sequence of some key events in this:

Both of me and him own iPhones
I changed my number (same provider but different number, but did not change my apple ID). I also put my new number in the "my number" entry in the settings and did the same things to all my apps and blocked his number.
Four Months later, I receive a message from an unknown number and I asked who it was and it turns out it is the stalker to my surprise
his number in the form +61-4xxx-xxxx which is a standard Australian mobile number was showing at the top in his message (like the attached image although please note that the thread if not the actual message from him but it is a similar example as the text bubbles were blue and gray were showing in the thread from him yesterday)
I never put my new number on FB or anywhere
When I asked him how he found out my number, he just said "I just replied to the same conversation in our conv" which I think is a lie
Yesterday, I changed my number again, and this time even my apple Id and blocked his new number. Reflected the new number in all apps
He works for a major telco company and has about 10 smart devices and probably unlimited number of sim cards. This is not the first time he tried contacting me from different numbers. Because his work involves testing phones, he is quite knowledgeable with iphones

My question is: how he could've texted me although I got a completely new number? Is he telling the truth? Or do you guys think he somehow got a hold of my new number from someone? Is it because I did not change my apple Id and he was indeed able to get to my by getting a new number and imessaged me? I do not understand the imessage versus sms business. Please help me, so I know how to prevent him from getting my new number.

Thanks.


texts: Apple mail has ghost SMTP accounts. It does not use them, nor can I edit them. Any idea how to fix that?

texts:
I have been having problems on Apple Mail on my work Mac.

I had setup everything on my personal Mac, and the settings were carried over via iCloud, no problem. I can receive mail for both Gmail and iCloud accounts. But I cannot send ANY emails. SMTP servers definitely have a problem with them. Some symptoms:

Whenever I try to change the Outgoing Mail Account, it just doesnt stay this way

List item I keep seeing ghost accounts. So for example:

But in reality:

Connection Doctor doesnt should anything relating to SMTP. It just keeps spinning the wheel


texts: how to move and merge folders in OSX Mavericks?

texts:
I have 2 subfolders (which in itself contains many subfolders) in my main folder.

e.g.

main folder
== subfolder1
==== folder1
==== folder2
== subfolder2
==== folder1
==== folder3
==== folder4

some things in subfolder2 are already in subfolder1. If I drag and drop subfolder2 into subfolder1, it will ask me to replace existing subfolders thus losing things. The only way to merge the folders that I know of is to press the option key. But this only makes a copy. This still requires me to delete the unneeded folder.

I want to move subfolder2 into subfolder1 and merge their contents. How can I do it? Thanks much :)


texts: How to move only purchased music from iPhone

texts: I have multiple Macs registered to my iTunes account.  If I plug my iPhone in to any Mac other than the one I usually sync with it, I have the option to transfer purchased items from my iPhone to the connected Mac.  This works great for moving music I purchase on my iMac to my MacBook.  However, every time I hit "transfer purchases," it also tries to transfer applications.  I have no reason to puts apps on my MacBook, and don't see any reason to waste the disk space.  Is there any way to tell iTunes to only transfer purchased music off the phone?


texts: Model number of iPhone 4S Officially Unlocked

texts:
Can someone please tell me the model number (something like MC920LL) of their Officially unlocked iPhone 4S 16GB White, that Apple started selling since Nov 11.

There are various other contract-free phones available but they are not truly unlocked since there is a risk of being locked in the future maybe.

So if anyone has bought the OFFICIALLY unlocked white or black iPhone 4S from apple directly, can you PLEASE share the model number?

Many thanks!


texts: Black screen on boot with blue cursor after reinstall

texts:
MBP 2017 with touchbar.

Brand new macbook, I upgraded to High Sierra and decided to try to reinstall macOS.

Now as soon as you touch the power button, it boots to this screen with fans at maximum:

Things I have tried:

resetting NVRAM (doesn't seem to do anything?)
resetting SMC
turning it off and on


texts: How can I block using of YouTube app as well as YouTube website in all browsers on iPhone 5s?

texts:
My 10-year-old son is using YouTube every day for like 5-6 hours on his iPhone 5s.

Is it possible to block using YouTube app as well as accessing www.youtube.com, so that he is not wasting his childhood?

If it is possible, is it possible to unblock it back for some time, when I want to let him use YouTube for 2-3 hours on Friday and Saturday and then block it again?

There is YouTube app installed on the phone and also Safari and Chrome browsers.

What I've tried so far:

I've used Screen Time to block access to the YouTube website via all browsers. However, I this doesn't block the YouTube app itself.
I have uninstalled the YouTube app from the iPhone and blocked installing of new apps via the App Store.

Question:
How can I keep the YouTube app installed on his iPhone and block/unblock the app whenever I want?


texts: Cannot update Microsoft Office Word 2011 to 14.2.3 on OSX

texts:
I just purchased Microsoft Office 2011 for MAC and installed it on my rMBP OSX 10.8.2 running Mountain Lion. The installed version from purchase is 14.2.0. I tried installing  14.2.3 but it failed due to a specific file that was not found :

Office 14.2.3 can't be installed on this disk.
A version of the software required to install this update was not found on this volume.

So I went to the site and downloaded 14.2.1, but that didn't install either with the same message. Also tried 14.2.2, but still the same error.

I want to add that the actual installation failed (tried twice), however Office 2011 appeared in the application folders and Word works fine.

Not sure what can be causing this, any idea ?


texts: Could an upgrade edition of Windows be used to install boot camp if you connect two external DVD drives?

texts:
I found the following FAQ on Apple's website:

Why can't an upgraded version of Microsoft Windows XP or a full version of Microsoft Windows XP that does not include Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later be used for installation?
An upgraded version of Microsoft Windows XP cannot be used because you are required to validate your copy of Windows by inserting an original Windows CD, but there is no way to eject the first disc until after Windows installation is complete and the Boot Camp drivers from the Mac OS X 10.6 DVD are installed.

And so I was wondering if you had two DVD drives hooked up to a MacBook Air, could you install boot camp using an upgrade version of Windows 7?


texts: Delete apps from iPhone with screen time enabled

texts:
My iPhone 6 has screentime restrictions enabled - I can download apps, but not delete them. I have a fitness app that no longer suits my needs and I want to remove it from the phone, but long-pressing on the app shows no "x" symbol to delete it. Is there any other way I can delete the app?

Also worth noting - I have access to the Apple ID associated with my iPhone.


texts: Problem with scripted account deletion syntax

texts:
I'm working on an account cleanup script module that can handle the hidden and unhidden accounts we're creating in bulk on new MacOS systems.

We've kept the logic simple to start.

However I keep getting an error: line 4: [: missing `]'

I have the space...what am I missing? I tried syntax checks and it passes muster.

#!/bin/bash
USERNAME=administrator

if [ dscl . -list /Users | grep -v '^_' | grep $USERNAME ];
    then
    echo "Deleting user account $USERNAME"
    dscl . -delete "/Users/$USERNAME"
else
    echo "The admin account $USERNAME does not exist here"
fi

if [ -d "/$USERPATH/$USERNAME" ];
    then
    echo "Deleting leftover user account folder $USERPATH/$USERNAME"
    rm -rf $USERPATH/$USERNAME
fi

if [ -d "/Users/$USERNAME" ];
    then
    echo "Deleting leftover user account folder /Users/$USERNAME"
    rm -rf /Users/$USERNAME]
fi


texts: Can I display GMT on my iPad's world clock?

texts: I have an iPad running iOS 8.1. Can I include a world clock pane with GMT? I see London as an option, but it appears that it adjusts for DST.


texts: New mailbox not getting created in new macOS 10.12.1

texts:
After I had migrated to 10.12.1, I started facing issues in creating new mailboxes in my mail account in the official Mail app. Earlier, I simply used to create a new mailbox and it used to appear immediately on the left-hand side along with other mailboxes. But now, when I create a mailbox, it asks me the Location and Name, and then nothing happens. Nowhere the mailbox is and I have a tough time to find a solution of this.

I tried creating a new folder in my email account by logging into the web interface (Squirrelmail), and it showed up as a new mailbox, but the reverse is not working.

Is this a known issue in 10.12.1? Any workaround / fix for this? I am having my own domain and using IMAP to configure the same in Mail app.

Thanks.


texts: Sending e-mail attachment from MS Office

texts:
There's an option in MS Office 2011 for Mac programs that allows to send current document as an e-mail attachment. However in my case this option is inactive:

I can't find any option to setup e-mail client in Word/Excel preferences. How do I fix it?


texts: Chrome command line : Provide custom "Chrome Safe Storage" Keychain password

texts:
To decrypt Cookies and passwords, Chrome needs the "Chrome Safe Storage" password stored in the Keychain.

I want to be able to run Chrome with a different "Chrome Safe Storage" password. Is there any option to do that? I don't want to change it directly in the Keychain.

-> Something like :

chrome --chromesafestorage=password

-> Or else a tool to spoof a Keychain password?

(I do that because I have the User Data directory of another user, but if I don't change the chrome Keychain password it won't be able to decrypt some contents when I run chrome --user-data-dir=dirpath)


texts: AppleTV interrupting while playing movie

texts:
My new black Apple TV (3rd generation) is plugged into my flatscreen by HDMI. All worked fine.

A few days ago there were sudden "interruptions" while watching a show from netflix: no video, no sound, black screen. After a few seconds, video and sound returned, my screen shows a message that it is connected to a HDMI source.

From that message, I understand that the HDMI connection was lost. ATV has the latest software, the interruptions come and go, no pattern to be detected.

Anybody know what I can do, apart from returning the ATV and getting a new one?


texts:
I’m unable to use Siri on my MacBook Pro with macOS Siera 10.12.4. It says that there is some “Siri Audio Problem.”
The issue goes away when I restart my Mac, only to return after a very short time.

I have Dictation off.

Here is what it looks like:


texts: After market car stereos with iOS 4/iPod Out support?

texts:
I have an iPod Touch that was upgraded to iOS 4.  I am sick of my FM transmitter, and am looking for an after-market car receiver for my 1998 Honda Civic with iPod support, but am concerned because of discussions like  Topic : iOS 4 - Iphone 3GS - Alpine X303 - Not supported anymore.

Articles like iPhone OS 4.0 paving way for Apple-branded car kit? and the comments section of Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iOS 4 mention a feature called iPod Out.  Also, iOS 4′s hidden “iPod Out” feature brings iPhone support to your car without the messy third party UI talks about how BMW is announcing support.

Does anybody know of third party units (Alpine, Kenwood, JVC, etc) that have specific support for iPod Out?

I mainly listen to podcasts and audio books (and not music) on my commute.  One of the key features I want is the ability to use pause/resume controls on the receiver when I get a phone call.  Doing a "slide to unlock", then finding the pause button while driving isn't very safe, so I end up missing content.


texts: Tooltips show from windows underneath focused window

texts:
[Mac OS 10.13.3, GTK+3 (HomeBrew), XQuartz 2.7.11]

I'm finding that in various cases, tooltips pop up that relate to windows I have lower in my view stack.  For example, I have Finder open, and Komodo Editor 10/11 or Glade 3.20.2 in the background, when I happen to move the mouse over something that these apps present tooltips for, the tooltip is shown even though they actual object is not visible (as it's behind Finder) and Finder has focus.

I believe this has something to do with GTK+3 but I'm not certain.

Anyone else having this problem and/or know how to fix it?

(I would like to use tags:  GTK+3 and Tooltip but neither exist.)


texts:
Currently, the protocol handler ssh:// opens the link in a new Terminal.app window. I'd like to default it so it opens it in a new tab instead. How can I change this behavior?

Backstory: I use Alfred and a workflow to open my ssh connections. The workflow uses the ssh:// handler to open the window.


texts: OS X's hidden preferences disappeared after Mavericks upgrade?

texts:
In past OS X versions, I used some commands to set preferences on my Mac.

For example, I used the following command to enable selection of text in Quick Look:

defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableTextSelection -bool TRUE;

…and the following command to create a stack on the Dock of recently-used apps:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'

In my Mac that I just upgraded they are all working as before, but in other Mac, which I initialised before upgrading they don't work. Does somebody knows a way to make them work again or an alternative for them?


texts: Gmail passwords don’t show up in Keychain Access. Are they saved somewhere else?

texts:
I usually use Keychain access in Apple devices to locate forgotten email passwords for Outlook for Mac.
The Microsoft ones and others appear in Keychain Access.
However, the gmail passwords don’t show up.  Are they saved somewhere else?
I use this trick to recover forgotten passwords in customer’s Macs too.
Any help much welcome


texts: Script to export all photos and album from Photos on Mac while keeping metadatas

texts:
My initial goal was to import "From my Mac" albums to my iPhone and keep them synced.
It seems that an album created outside iOS is read only. And if I make a copy of it on my iPhone, it won't be synced with Photos on Mac.
So I would like to try by managing my photos manually.
First, I need to export my Photos library but it keeps crashing.. I have 2700 photos and 300 videos (most of them last < 1min)
I've found a script online but the problem is : it only exports albums
I would like a script that can export my albums AND my photos(the edited versions). Knowing that a photo is present in a single album. The exported folder would look like that :
-- Photos not present in any album
-- Album 1
---- Photos in album 1
-- Album 2
---- Photos in album 2
I would also like to keep metadatas. With an emphasis on GPS Location and when they were taken. I already ticked the corresponding checkbox in Photos. I don't care that the create date is updated but I just want the iOS Photos app to recognize dates and places of these photos.
I hope I'm not asking too much but I'm not very familiar with applescript.
Thanks.


texts: Why Firefox takes so long to open in Mac OS X?

texts:
When I first boot my MacBook Pro with Core i7, 8 GB ram, and 7200 rpm hard drive running Mac OS X 10.6.7, it still takes a long time (10 or so dock icon bounces) for latest Firefox 4.0.1 to open.

Why is it so slow? Is it something on my part? Or is Firefox just that slow to open? Thanks!

P.S. As a comparison, it doesn't take long a all (a few seconds) for Firefox to open on my Windoze machine.


texts: Repair a damaged partition after a (partitionDisk) action in Recovery Mode, macOS?

texts:
There's some back story to this, so bare with me for a bit.

In an attempt the create a free space partition for Ubuntu without using the disk utility applicatition I booted into recovery mode and tested

diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk0 GPT free Linux 100G
just to see if I could create a free space partition to install Ubuntu on.

1st, I am not even all that sure if that was the proper syntax to use, although the command seemed to work, but when I tried to boot back into macos, I got the folder with a question mark picture.

I went back into recovery mode and found that the volume /dev/disk0s2 was giving an error.

so i removed the volume /dev/disk0s2.

gpt remove -i 2 disk0

then used gpt -r show disk0

I am was left with

# gpt -r show disk0
     start        size     index      contents
         0           1                PMBR
         1           1                Pri GPT header
         2          32                Pri GPT table
        34           6
        40      409600         1      GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
    409640  1953115495
1953115495          32                Sec GPT table
1953115167           1                Sec GPT header

(there is no C&P in recovery mode)

then tried to add the partition back since I'm sure of whatfile system I've been using.

gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 195311549 -t 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0

it is an Apple APFS partition.

but even with that, when I try to verify the volume

diskutil verifyVolume disk0s2

i get the error

starting file system verification for disk0s2: Unrecognized file system (-69846)

Any help in repairing my volume and the proper syntax for partitioning free space would help.

P.S.

diskutil list

  /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
 #:                    TYPE NAME                  SIZE        IDENTIFIER
 0:  GUID_paritition_scheme                      *1.0 TB      disk0
 1:                     EFI EFI                   209.7 MB    disk0s1
 2: 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC          1000.0 GB   disk0s2

but I still cannot boot into macOS without seeing the question mark folder.

EDIT

After David Anderson's explanation of my blunder, and me backtracking as a result of Klanomath's reply of what the proper command should have been...

gpt -r show disk0
now shows up as follows

# gpt -r show disk0
         start        size     index      contents
             0           1                PMBR
             1           1                Pri GPT header
             2          32                Pri GPT table
            34           6
            40      409600         1      GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
        409640  1953115488         2      GPT part - 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
    1953525128           7
    1953525135          32                Sec GPT table
    1953525167           1                Sec GPT header


texts: What's the menu area near the clock called?

texts:
What is the part of the menu bar called with the time machine, bluetooth, wifi, volume and battery icons called? (Near the clock)

I wanted to search how to remove unused icons from it (like timemachine)

Edit: How can I get rid of this icon in my menu bar? How can I put the icon back?

I'd still like to know what it's called, like the system tray on Windows.


texts: Get Messages from iPhone onto new MacBook Pro

texts:
I recently purchased a new 15" 2016 rMBP with TouchBar. It replaces my 15" 2015 rMBP. That system (the 2015 model) was the tail end of a chain of systems (some iMacs, some rMBPs) on which I had always done Migration Assistant to set up the new system. That system was also beginning to experience a lot of strange slow downs, beach balls, loud fan noise, etc. I suspect it's not the system hardware itself, but just years of junk piling up.

So, I'm starting fresh with my new system. I have everything set up pretty well and the new system is screaming fast. No beach balls or loud fan here yet!

Everything in iCloud Drive, Google Drive, and Dropbox has downloaded without a hitch, and I'm getting all of my programs re-installed. So far so good.

The only deficiency I have come across is with respect to the Messages app on macOS. I sign in just fine, and sending/receiving new messages works perfectly, but it has none of my message history. I can kind of understand why this would be true for SMS (non-Apple messages), but I would expect iMessage entries to be backed up through iCloud and auto-restored. But nothing is showing up.

I have seen several products online that tout the ability to export messages from an iPhone, which would work fine, since my iPhone 7 Plus has essentially all of the message history I care about. What is not clear, however, is exactly how this export process works. From what I can tell, most of these products do get the data off of the iPhone, but I want to then load/import the data into Messages for macOS, and it appears that most of these solutions just save the text message data into some kind of file (*.txt, *.pdf, etc.). I don't want to pay money for that kind of a solution.

Does anybody have experience with what I'm trying to do? I still have my old rMBP, so if there's any way to selectively back up just its Messages, and restore them to the new rMBP, that would work, too.

Any ideas?


texts: "sudo chmod 0 /" deployed as script to remote MACs via Landesk

texts:
This probably will not make a lot of sense.
We have users that have left the company and have not returned their macs.
We are using Landesk as main managing platform, however the MAC managing part is kind of limited.
I need a way to remotely deploy a script which will run as admin.
The main challenge is to save this command sudo chmod 0 / which I believe it to be very efficient in disabling the the machine . It works very well through ARD but I need to deploy it as script to remote macs that are not on the same network but have the Landesk client installed and have it run hidden.
Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Regards


texts: Launch a sh program at startup attached to a terminal window

texts:
How is it possible to load (with terminal attached window) sh program at OSx startup ?

I see a lot of article on launchctl but it's obviously not possible to open a terminal windows attached to the process. Specifically I am looking to run a specific script which is in the sh file (call for a python program. I have to see the echo / print of the program, so to have a terminal attached to the execution).


texts: Pencil Lag (iPad 2018 vs Pros, Notes vs OneNote, iOS 11 vs 12)

texts:
I am very nitty about the input lag of the Apple Pencil.
Originally, I was under the impression that the iPad 2018 was a little slower to respond. Testing was with with Standard Notes App.

I got the 2018 anyway, at this undeniable price.

I was then super surprised that in OneNote (which I prefer) the lag was much less noticeable than in Notes. So it is a software thing, after all!!!

With iOS 12 now, I have more lag in OneNote, while Notes is now much smoother!!!

Has anybody experienced similarly?
Any workarounds/tips?


texts: Apple Mail with Gmail Account (IMAP): Moving Mails from inbox to folders fails

texts:
I have a Gmail account (gmail 1), and if I'm moving email from Inbox to an IMAP folder, the email disappears from Inbox and after changing the folder and going back to Inbox the moved mail is back in my Inbox.

I just created a new Gmail account (gmail 2) and tried it with this account. The behaviour is like expected: moved emails don't re-appear in their old folder.

Now, I don't know how to fix this. I've checked the account settings from both accounts, the new one and the old one and I can't find a settings difference to fix this problem.

I made a short 30sec movie about the problem.


texts: Is there any simple application (or built-in in Mac OS) that allows me to record sound on a Mac? I'm referring not only to voice input through the mic, but also to sounds issued by the system.


texts: How to export files from hard drive in Snow Leopard CD?

texts:
I have a macbook 5,1 that won't startup. I'm going to reinstall Snow Leopard with the CD, but is there a way to export some of the files that are in it? I can't seem to gain access to them through the terminal in the SL CD:

cd Desktop outputs  No such file or directory

and

pwd outputs  var/root

if I cd ~/ then ls, there is only a Library folder, and no Users folder etc.


texts:
On our network we have 2 network drives both with a folder named 'Shared', //driveA/Shared and //driveB/Shared. When someone connects to //driveA/Shared, then connects to //driveB/Shared, the //driveB/Shared folder overwrites the //driveA/Shared folder, because they are both named Shared. Even though it looks like both are connected, it can not find files from //driveA/Shared. So people can not have both folders open at the same time. I tried manually mounting them with:

mount -t smbfs //drive1/Shared ~/drive1
mount -t smbfs //drive2/Shared ~/drive2

However, the problem still persist. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How do I pair apple wireless keyboard with windows 10

texts: My apple wireless keyboard has stopped pairing with Windows 10. Now when I try to pair through settings, I'm asked to enter a passcode for the keyboard rather than being supplied a passcode to pair the device. I'm unable to type anything using the keyboard. Entering four zeros using the laptop keyboard does not work. I've tried un-installing bluetooth drivers and reinstalling. This doesn't help. Any advice?


texts:
So I wanted to share the Ethernet connection through my Wifi to my phone, since it is having problems connecting to my router at home.

My Wifi works fine on it's own. My ethernet connection works fine on it's own.

But when I plug in my Ethernet connection and turn internet sharing on it disables my wifi. When I try to click "Turn on WIFI" nothing happens.

As you can see in the top right corner the Wifi is disabled and I can't enable it.

After the Internet sharing disables my Wifi I need to turn off internet sharing and restart my macbook for the Wifi to switch back on again.

Does anyone know why this is the case?

I have tried looking for alternative hotspot software for mac, maybe this will solve my problems but couldn't find any of those either.


texts:
How do I exit full screen in VMWare Fusion 7?

The menu bar that used to appear when the cursor was oushed to the top of the screen no longer appears.


texts: How to check which cellular network bands are supported by iPhone

texts:
I have an iPhone 6 (European model) and will be travelling to Japan soon, where networks have different connectivity requirements.

I checked the specs from Apple and couldn't conclude whether it supports W-CDMA.

Is there way to check in the phone itself which bands those it support?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Automator workflow / app to refresh a given tab in Safari (or even Crome)

texts:
When I am coding my Rails app I am switching back to Safari quite often to refresh my local version of the site to see if my changes are correct.  It would be awesome to just hit one of the function keys and that would bring my Safari window to the foreground and manually refresh the page.

I can't seem to find an obvious example of this or anything along these lines fro the typical Google searches etc.

Any idea if this can be done and if so how (at least the Automator part)?


texts: Is it possible to make screenshot of a panel window

texts:
For example I want to make a screenshot of a panel window "Fonts" in Mail. But I can't do it, because panel window is hidden when its parent app is not in foreground and to make screenshot of it, I need to open "Preview" first.

So, is it possible?


texts: External Hard Drive Corrupted, Invalid Record Count

texts:
I have an external hard drive that I unplugged without safely ejecting and now it won't mount. I can see it if I write diskutil list, but when I try to mount it fails. It is a WD My Passport Ultra.
When I try sudo fsck_hfs -f /dev/disk4s2 it says the following:

** /dev/rdisk4s2
Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-407.1.3).
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
** Detected a case-sensitive volume.
   The volume name is My Passport
** Checking extents overflow file.
** Checking catalog file.
   Invalid record count
(4, 544356)
** The volume My Passport could not be verified completely.

What does this mean, and how can I fix this??


texts: Dock indication about different application instances

texts:
I miss a feature of the windows taskbar; I could see each application instance separately keeping an eye on my actual open Windows and not Apps.. This is useful especially in debugging, keeping two Chrome windows open - comparing - etc etc..

Is it possible to alter the Dock in a way that will give me indication of the Instances of One app, rather than a single application icon which I have to right click in order to see how many - if at all - instances are open?

I am asking either for Add-on apps, improvements, hidden gems, settings, anything...


texts:
So I upgraded to Catalina. Actually it's more like a fresh install, I only copied across the few files I wanted to keep.

The shell is now helpfully telling me:

The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.

The information on that page helpfully shows GUI instructions which do not work. Specifically, it says "Control-click your user name in the list of users on the left, then choose Advanced Options.", but Control-click does nothing. So I reported that on the page.

When I use the suggested command instead:

hostname:~ username$ chsh -s /bin/zsh
Changing shell for username.
Password for username:
chsh: Operation was denied because the current credentials do not have the appropriate privileges.  Operation was denied because the current credentials do not have the appropriate privileges.
chsh: no changes made

This is different to "Can't use zsh shell in Catalina" because I get an error message that they don't.

It's also different to "chsh: Operation was denied because the current credentials do not have the appropriate privileges" because it seems that in their case, they were using iTerm. I'm using the default Terminal.app.

I have tried it with sudo just for laughs, but of course it does this, which makes perfect sense:

hostname:~ username$ sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh
Password:
Changing shell for root.

So what's the deal here? How am I supposed to do it?

Update:

Well this is interesting. Two password prompts, and then a different error message about the parameter being invalid.

hostname:~ username$ sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh username
Password:
Changing shell for username.
Password for username:
chsh: One of the parameters provided was invalid.  One of the parameters provided was invalid.
chsh: no changes made

This error is new to me, but apparently it's new to Google as well, so I'm officially a trailblazer!

Update: Happy New Year!

Back in the office again.

Through poking at commands we had determined that Centrify was in use. Centrify comes with an adupdate tool which is supposed to be used to change user information. With the help of IT, we tried it, though, and were still denied, but now it's more like an error.

$ adupdate modify user -s /bin/zsh username
An error occurred while trying to modify a user while in Auto Zone.
The options (-d, -g, -i, -u, -s, -l, -m, -o, -X, -z) cannot be used during this operation.
Please consult the manual pages for more information.

First impressions: What is Auto Zone and how do I get out of it?


texts: how do I sync iBooks or move books between collections?

texts:
I have an Mac OSx 10.7.5 (doesn't come with iBooks) and iPad -- has iBooks in it.

I want to do a simple thing, create a new Collection, and move books from one collection to the other. I couldn't figure out how to do it on the iPad itself.

Well, I thought, I probably need to sync it to my Macbook, and do it there, nothing more than drag and drop.

But I can't find iBooks for my OSx (above) and iTunes doesn't sync that part of the iPad either.

What can I do to move some books from one collection to the other? Also, I want to copy quite a few PDFs to the iPad to iBook, is there a way to do it on the Macbook Pro with that version of OSx?

I got the latest version of iOS on the iPad.


texts: Why does handBrake rotate my original videos?

texts:
tl;dr stop hanbrake from rotating my original videos once it compresses them.

I know that similar questions about rotating have been asked, but they are more in the lines of "how do I rotate a video". Mine is a little different.

I could use some of the solutions other question provide to rotate my video, however, my  original video was on the right orientation to start with!

When I compress it with handBrake, it rotates it to the wrong orientation automatically. Why is it doing that? I have a lot of videos, Its so annoying that I have to rotate them back after compressing them. Can I just compress them one with handbrake not have to deal with rotating them back?

Here is a picture of how my handBrake setting are set:

One thing that kind of "fixes" this is that in quickTime, there is an option to edit the video and it can rotate it but it takes 21 minutes to rotate the newly compressed video! Jesus! The video is not even 1 GB in its compressed form... isn't there a different way of doing this? This actually doesn't work because when I re-saved my video, it increased size dramatically. Its original size was under 1GB and rotating it in quicktime and then saving it increased the size to 5GB. This is ridiculous.


texts:
I was using Wake on Demand (not WOL) to access my mac remotely.
I was able to turn in on from LAN or internet through SSH, VNC or HTTP.
The problems came when I upgraded to Mountain Lion.
Initially It was working for a small amount of time after the computer was set to sleep: after about half an hour it wouldn't turn on.
Then, a few weeks later, as soon as it went to sleep there was no way to wake it up. I recently upgraded to Mavericks with the hope that it would have solved the problem but nothing has changed.

I tried all the possible solutions in this article but nothing helped me. In the last updates there are some workarounds but those are not what I want: they are simply keeping the mac on with the screen off, not sleeping.
Is there anyone who managed to use the real wake on demand after Mountain Lion?

Thank you.

Update:
Today, after the update 10.9.2, wake on demand suddenly started working again.


texts:
I am trying to implement my own dotfiles. I am using zsh as my default shell. When I try to launch Atom from terminal I get this error

  FSPathMakeRef(/Users/agusgambina/Applications/Atom.app) failed with error -43.

To start the application I am executing in the terminal

$ atom .

I am not sure what I have changed that broke this, but everything else that is similar seems to be working.

Thank you


texts: Automator Applescript - Use 1 Ask For Finder Item Selection for two different Actions

texts:
I'm working on an Automator Application where the bit I'm up to has a finder selection window open within the App - Telestream Switch.
My Next steps would be:
1 Ask For Finder Item
2 Copy Path Name
3 Return to Telestream Switch App - cmd shift G and paste path name and enter - So that the file is selected.
4 Refer back to point 1 so that the finder item is selected again.
5 Run the following apple script to copy only the item name.
on run {input, parameters}
set fileName to first item of input

tell application "System Events" to ¬
    tell disk item (fileName as text) to ¬
        set {theName, theExtension} to ¬
            {name, name extension}

if theExtension is not "" then
    set theName to ¬
        text 1 thru -((count theExtension) + 2) ¬
            of theName
    set the clipboard to theName
else
    set the clipboard to theName
end if

return input

end run
Would this be possible?
Thanks


texts: Is there an external SSD enclosure compatible with OWC Aura SSD?

texts:
I have bought an OWC Aura SSD that I have used to expand the memory of my previous Macbook. Now, for various reasons, I would like to use the Aura SSD as an external drive. Is there any enclosure available which is compatible with it? Apparently, the Envoy enclosure it was delivered with is not - it is only intended to be used with the original Apple SSD. I found the following disclaimer in the product description:

  "Important Note: The OWC Envoy enclosure has been specifically
  designed for use ONLY with the factory SSD found installed in Apple
  MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina display mid-2013 and later
  models. Do NOT attempt to install or use the OWC Aura SSD in the Envoy
  as you can damage the Aura drive, the Envoy enclosure or both and such
  damage is not covered under warranty."

OWC Aura SSD product description


texts: Do I need to reformat the hard drive when updating a Mac?

texts: Do I need to reformat the hard drive when upgrading from OS X Mavericks to OS X El Capitan?


texts: How do I make sure Siri always suggests calling phone numbers listed as calendar locations?

texts:
Siri Suggestions is an awesome feature, but lately it has been inconsistent. When working properly, Siri would provide a shortcut on my iPhone's lock screen to call the phone number of my next phone meeting when it was nearly time to start the meeting. I believe it was able to pull from Apple Calendar, Fantastical 2, and Outlook. But lately it has not been as reliable.

Is there special syntax required? For instance, does the location field have to contain a phone number and only a phone number? Sometimes I provide locations like "Webex & ###-###-####" when there's a screen share or video component to the meeting.


texts: How can I set Last Modified Date of file after using HandbrakeCLI to convert a file?

texts:
Running this on OS X Lion.

I'm batch converting several hundred home movies using Handbrake CLI.  I'd like to set the last modified date and created date to that original file.

I'm using the following script:

for f in "$@"; do
  base=${f%.*}
  extension=${f##*.}
  newfile=${base}.m4v
  echo Converting \"$f\" to \"$newfile\"
  /Applications/HandBrakeCLI  -e x264 -b 4000 -a 1 -E faac -B 160 -R 48 -6 dpl2 -f mp4 --crop 0:0:0:0  -x level=40:ref=2:mixed-refs:bframes=3:weightb:subme=9:direct=auto:b-pyramid:me=umh:analyse=all:no-fast-pskip:filter=-2,-1 -i "$f" -o "$newfile"
done

I execute this script by running:

find . -name "*.avi" -print0 | xargs -0 hbapple.sh

Does anyone have thoughts on how I can set the last modified and creation time of the original file to that of the $newfile?

If I don't figure out how to do this I will have a difficult time knowing when these videos were actually created.

I appreciate any help or pointers


texts:
I just upgraded to MacOS Sierra and I lost a week-long of notes in Notes. It happened, after I restored a backup from a week ago and then installed Sierra. All my notes sync with iCloud, but there simply aren't any notes now from since last week.
Is there any kind of way to recover those notes, because they are reaaaaaally important to me...
Thanks:)


texts:
Sometimes I simply want to print Microsoft Word documents. If I view them in Quick Look, they display as I would like to print them. However, when I try to print them from the Finder, it opens Pages.app and the rendering is significantly different.

Is there anyway to print the document as Quick Look renders it?


texts: How To Install Kali Linux (or Debian) on Macbook Air (Original 2008 Model)

texts:
Recently got an old macbook air 2008 model. I am a linux guy and I am very new to Mac OS X. I tried but I just prefer to have my familiar debian running on this laptop. On a PC I would do this easily, but Mac is a different story.

Could anyone tell me if it's possible to run Kali Linux (Debian 6) on the original Macbook Air (proper installation, not on a virtual machine on Mac OS X) and if yes, how?


texts:
I’ve always used “Open in iBooks” to view PDF files I come across on the internet. I don’t do anything explicit to save these files, but it seems something does because when I open iBooks, those PDFs are all there. I have hundreds of these PDFs, but iBooks doesn’t seem to support folders to organize the files. The first problem is that I can’t seem to get an app like PDF Pro to see the PDFs that I viewed in iBooks.
Does iOS save these PDF files, and where are they save?
Using Collections is inadequate for my needs. Does iBooks support nested folders? How would one create the folder structure, and populate it with the PDFs?


texts: Is there a replacement glass panel for iPad that is "matte"?

texts:
I had broken my Unibody MacBook screen and took the opportunity to replace it with a matte screen, via TechRestore.  I loved the improvement, as I dislike glossiness in almost every context.  Even my car is painted matte!

Anyways, I stupidly broke the glass on my 3G iPad1 today and want to replace the glass with a "matte" version...  Is there anything like this anywhere?
I know I can get a film or what not, but it's just not as satisfying.  So far, I've found a steady stream of probably-good-enough faux-OEM glass panels on eBay starting at $50 each (with the hilariously name spooge tool, included!)
But they're all glossy!!  I hate the gloss!!

Does anyone know where I can get some matte replacement glass for my iPad?


texts: AppleScript: How to add currently-playing Apple Music song to a playlist?

texts:
I've got a little AppleScript in Alfred that marks the currently-playing song as "Loved", it looks like this:

tell application "iTunes"
    set loved of current track to true
end tell

This script works great.

But! I'd like it to do one more thing, and it's not working: I'd like to add the track to a playlist called "Loved". Here's v2 of the script:

tell application "iTunes"
    set loved of current track to true
    duplicate current track to playlist "Loved"
end tell

This way, I'd have a way to find these tracks later (for example, I listen to Radio a lot, and would love to find those Favorites later on).

Here is the error message that AppleScript shows me when I run v2:

"iTunes got an error: Can only duplicate subscription tracks to library source."

Any ideas if there is a way to accomplish this?

A few caveats:

I'd like to avoid adding the track to my Library.
If there's a way to have a Smart Playlist that contains all songs that I've Loved (even those not in my Library), then great! As far as I can tell, though, that's not possible with Smart Playlists.


texts: Is there an alternative to Find my iPhone to track a lost/stolen iPhone with SMS support?

texts:
I bought an iPhone 4 recently. I've been using Find my iPhone but I find it a little limited.

First, you need to have Wi-Fi or 3G to be able to deactivate or send a message. That consumes a lot of battery. Second, if you have only 3G enabled (which seems to be a more viable solution), the accuracy isn't that good. I've done some tests and it has detected my phone 100m away from where I am. And finally, if none of those are on, you can't lock your phone with a password, otherwise whoever has it won't be able to turn Wi-Fi or 3G on.

A friend who uses Android told me about LostPhone, which is capable of doing all the lock and alert functions by SMS too. I dug a bit and found FoneHome and TapTrace, but none of them seem to be SMS capable.

Does anyone know a solution to this?


texts: Given the same remote LDAP server, why does Directory Utility work on one machine but not on the other?

texts:
I have an LDAP server (OpenLDAP) running under Ubuntu 20.04 that I use for user authentication in my network, which consists of Linux servers and MacOS 11 clients. On my desktop, which runs MacOS 11.1, I can use Directory Utility to access the LDAP database without any problems.
I have a MacMini that I upgraded last week to MacOS 11.2. When I try to use Directory Utility on that machine, I get the error "Connection failed to the directory server (2100)" as soon as I select the LDAP server (as "/LDAPv3/servername") and before any prompt for username and password.
There is a known problem with logging in to remote LDAP servers that can be resolved by executing the following script:
#! /bin/bash

for f in /Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations/LDAPv3/*
do
  LDAP_SERVER=`/usr/bin/basename $f ".plist"`
  echo $LDAP_SERVER

  SASL_MECHANISMS="`/usr/bin/ldapsearch -x -h $LDAP_SERVER -b '' -s base -LLL "(objectclass=*)" supportedSASLMechanisms | awk '{if($2 != "") printf "%s ",$2}'`"
  echo "  $SASL_MECHANISMS"

  /usr/bin/odutil set configuration /LDAPv3/$LDAP_SERVER  module ldap option "Denied SASL Methods" $SASL_MECHANISMS

done

I have executed this on both the desktop and the MacMini. So it seems that I have a different problem.
I looked at the log file of the LDAP server to see what happened when I selected /LDAPv3/servername and got the following:
Feb  7 01:42:17 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1266 fd=16 ACCEPT from IP=192.168.1.32:54621 (IP=0.0.0.0:389)
Feb  7 01:42:17 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1266 fd=16 closed (connection lost)

Feb  7 01:42:28 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1267 fd=16 ACCEPT from IP=192.168.2.127:65230 (IP=0.0.0.0:389)
Feb  7 01:42:28 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1267 fd=16 closed (connection lost)
Feb  7 01:42:28 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1268 fd=16 ACCEPT from IP=192.168.2.127:65231 (IP=0.0.0.0:389)
Feb  7 01:42:28 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1268 op=0 SRCH base="" scope=0 deref=0 filter="(objectClass=*)"
Feb  7 01:42:28 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1268 op=0 SRCH attr=supportedSASLMechanisms defaultNamingContext namingContexts schemaNamingContext saslRealm
Feb  7 01:42:28 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1268 op=0 ENTRY dn=""
Feb  7 01:42:28 s-tow-00 slapd[65708]: conn=1268 op=0 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text=

The MacMini (conn=1266, IP=192.168.1.32) returns immediately, whereas the desktop (1267, 1268, 192.168.2.127) proceeds to initiate a query.
I looked at the files in /Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations/LDAPv3 on both machines to see if there was any difference there. Both contain entries for my LDAP servers (let's call them server1 and server2). On the desktop, their permissions were 0644, whereas on the MacMini they were 0600. I cannot change the permissions with chmod (thank you, SIP), so I started Directory Utility with sudo, but the problem still persisted, so I conclude that it has nothing to do with permissions.
I then experimented with dscl in interactive mode. On the desktop I got the following:
> ls /LDAPv3/server1
Automount
AutomountMap
CertificateAuthorities
Groups
Mounts
OrganizationalUnit
People
Users

whereas all the MacMini could manage was
> ls /LDAPv3/server1
ls: Invalid Path
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)

I'm at a bit of a loss knowing how to proceed. I thought about exporting the configuration from the desktop using Directory Utility's "Write to Server" and then importing it on the MacMini, but I get "Operation is not supported by the directory node.", which I guess means that I have configured something incorrectly. I can "Save Template...", but the directory that I was told was intended for templates (~/Library/Application Support/Directory Access/LDAPv3/Templates) is stubbornly ignored on the MacMini.
Does anyone have any suggestions, please, as to how to proceed?
Steve


texts:
I recently started using jabba and I installed a couple of java versions

$ jabba ls
adopt@1.13.0-0
openjdk@1.13.0
zulu@1.13.0

and setup

$ java --version
openjdk 13 2019-09-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Zulu13.27+9-CA (build 13+33)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Zulu13.27+9-CA (build 13+33, mixed mode, sharing)

$ javac --version
javac 13

But I am not able to open Dbeaver, when I try I get this prompt


texts: My Macbook Pro logic board has died. Can I replace it for a better logic board?

texts: The logic board in my Macbook Pro 2013 is dead (diagnosed by Apple).  Can I have it replaced by Apple for a higher-spec one (16GB instead of 8GB)? Even I have to pay extra.  Would my Mac keep the same serial number?


texts: Best mouse for a Windows Developer who uses OS X+Parallels

texts:
I love using Macbook Pros for my professional work and general life use.  However, by trade I'm a software engineer for all-things Windows/Microsoft based.

As such, I run my Windows VMs in Parallels in OS X.  I'm looking to go through a round of personal upgrades, and I wanted to know what is the best moderately priced mouse to use for such an environment.

This is a bit atypical to the "what is the best mouse" question.  As I'm sure many of you are aware, there are differences in how an Apple mouse can behave (think the Magic Mouse with it's dragging ability) and all of the bajillion buttons you can have on an professional mouse for Windows.

Have any of you found a really good, moderately priced mouse that seems to work well in both Windows and OS X?


texts: Can Watch Series 6 be used as a BLE peripheral?

texts:
Is with Series 6 finally possible to use Watch as a Bluetooth LE peripheral?
Edit: clarification: this is about being able to make the Watch available as peripheral programmatically, in apps / with Core Bluetooth.


texts: Root access is gone on Lion Server 10.7.1 after update from 10.7

texts:
Under 10.7.0 Server I was able to activate the root user and I was able to login to my Mac Mini Server i7 as root.
Now after I did the update to 10.7.1 Server, this capability has disappeared . I'm able to du a "su root" with the coresponding password, but I'm nomore able to login through the login window.

Just as an additional information.
If I try to change the root password with the Directory Utility I get an error message in the system logfile, but not in the Directory Utility.
The error is like the following line:
changing root password failed: Error Domain=com.apple.OpenDirectory Code=5100 "This authentication method is not supported" --> This is a translation from the german output!!!

What's going wrong?


texts: Mac app similar to Scribble feature in iPadOS

texts:
I want to use a graphic tablet (for example from Wacom) to navigate through my Mac as alternative to a mouse or trackpad. It would be amazing if I could also use it to replace my keyboard for writing. iPadOS has recently introduced its Scribble feature which allows the user to write into a textfield by hand using their Apple Pencil and the OS would transcribe the handwriting into typed text.
The way I'd hope for this to work is comparable to the integrated dictation feature, which I can use in any text field across the whole OS, including browser text fields and so on.
Is there something similar for the Mac?
Note:
I'm NOT talking about note taking apps, or apps that can take a handwritten document and transform it into a typed document. Instead, what I'm looking for should work anywhere and transform my handwriting into typed text on the fly.
Background:
The reason I'm considering this is that I'm suffering from tendovaginitis and have a really hard time typing...If you know any other approach that could help me, that'd be out of scope for this question, but I'd appreciate any tips via my Twitter.


texts: PowerBook G4 (No Intel) running OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) doesn't react to clicks from the touchpad or mouse ...

texts:
My PowerBook G4 (without Intel) running OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) doesn't react to clicks from the touchpad or mouse ... any ideas why? and what to do? Is it a Software or Hardware issue? Don't have a OS X Tiger CD to reinstall. Did check what I could on SafeBoot, at some point it said that the HD seems functioning correctly.

Any solution for this? Any informed ideas would be greatly appreciate it.
Thank you!


texts: Why are some System Preferences icons "Generic" in macOS 10.15 Catalina?

texts:
Something weird is going on with the Icons for a few of the built-in System Preference prefPanes in macOS 10.15.x Catalina. For example, "Bluetooth" and "Internet Accounts". When I search Spotlight for these, the proper icon is displayed:

But, in Finder or Alfred only a generic icon is shown:

another example is Internet Accounts:

vs

I notice even in Finder, the generic icons are shown:

Only Spotlight and the System Preferences.app itself seem capable of showing the proper icon. I opened the Contents folder of the prefPane bundle to investigate. It seems like Info.plist contained within specifies icons via keys such as NSPrefPaneIconFile and CFBundleIconFile but even in that case, the file referenced doesn't seem to exist on the filesystem anywhere that I can find.

E.g. for Bluetooth, NSPrefPaneIconFile = "BluetoothAqua.png" — but that file doesn't exist. Similarly, Internet Accounts specifies InternetAccountsIcons.icns and InternetAccountsIcon40.png as icons, but these are nowhere to be found:

Does anyone know what's going on here, or where the icon resources are being loaded from?

edit: Found some additional info about this. The icons for these prefPanes are being sourced from a compressed Assets.car (CoreUI Archive) within the bundle. Here are some related links I found:

Reverse engineering the .car file format

insidegui/AssetCatalogTinkerer: open .car files and browse/extract their images

Analysing Assets.car file in iOS

steventroughtonsmith/cartool: Export images from CoreUI archives


texts: Should this new MacBook Pro be returned?

texts:
I ordered the base model MacBook Pro 13" with upgraded SSD and RAM about one week ago. I was starting to feel I maybe bought something of a lemon—seeing things like a spontaneous shutdown, a Safari keyboard shortcut only intermittently working, mute apparently toggling itself, occasional app freezes, etc.—but couldn't find any pattern to make me believe it might not be coincidental software issues, or possibly from an external HDD working hard.

Now Mail is consistently showing unusual graphical behaviour in the message list: Mail graphical glitch (video). (Note: Empty rectangles added to censor personal data; they are not part of the problem.)

As I move about the message list with the arrow keys, the list glitches in strange ways. This happened in another folder as well. I can't find anyone else talking about this online, so I'm looking for opinions. Thanks!


texts: Can't reboot from external HD after partitioning

texts:
I was able to boot from my external HD formatted in Mac OS Extended until I partitioned it with Disk Utility. According to Disk Utility the Mac partition is still bootable but the drive no longer shows up in Select Startup Disk or when I reboot the Mac with option key. Is there a way to make it show up as a bootable disk again without having to reformat it? I'm using OS10.9.5

Below is the output from diskutil list.

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Samsung Mac             251.1 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data Samsung PC              248.1 GB   disk1s4

Information from sudo blessed for the external HD:

finderinfo[0]: 152860 => Blessed System Folder is /Volumes/Samsung500/System/Library/CoreServices
finderinfo[1]: 592373 => Blessed System File is /Volumes/Samsung500/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
finderinfo[2]:      0 => Open-folder linked list empty
finderinfo[3]:      0 => No alternate OS blessed file/folder
finderinfo[4]:      0 => Unused field unset
finderinfo[5]: 152860 => OS X blessed folder is /Volumes/Samsung500/System/Library/CoreServices
64-bit VSDB volume id:  0x2BD688998DF36E9A

Thanks for your help


texts: Is there an easy way to remove all files NOT referenced by "iTunes Library.itlp" on my iphone? I need to free up some space and I know I have audio files saved on the iphone that are just orphaned..


texts: Using master pages with normal Pages documents in Pages 7.0

texts:
The Pages 7.0 updated released yesterday (March 27, 2018) includes the ability to have master pages in your Pages documents. I read their support article on creating and using master pages, but I'm unable to find the master pages option. You are supposed to press the leftmost button on the toolbar, but it doesn't say "Edit Master Pages" in any of the options. There is an "Edit Master Pages" option in the "View" menu, but it seems to be grayed out for all of my documents. Master Pages should be usable for Pages documents as well as books. I can't seem to get the "Edit Master Pages" option in the View menu to "ungray," – even when trying to create a template or load one.

Could anyone explain how to use this feature?


texts: macOS Sierra Preview: Have the highlight colours for PDFs changed?

texts:
The highlight colours in my Preview application appear darker just after updating to macOS Sierra Version 10.12.1. Is this a change introduced in the update or is this a bug?

Note: I'm using Preview Version 9.0 (909.6)


texts: My iPhone was stolen and I have filed a claim to get a new one. When I receive it the old one, wherever it is, will be deactivated. I have my messages synched onto my Macbook pro also, I have photos and some saved voicemails there that I don't want to lose, will all of my messages also be deleted or will they be alright?


texts: Can I override the action MacOS 10.8 performs for the triple-finger-tap gesture?

texts: MacOS looks-up the word under the cursor in Dictionary.app when you triple-finger-tap. Instead I would like to open a new tab in Chrome and Google that keyword. Is this possible?


texts: Screen Time: how to disable Downtime limitations in Safari?

texts:
I enjoy the new Downtime feature in iOS 12 that’s been added as part of the broader Screen Time feature. I used it to set my whole workday as Downtime, so that I will be discouraged from using my iPhone while working.

I find that this feature makes it really hard to use Safari, however, as every website I visit shows a “Time Limit” screen. I can ignore the time limit for 15 minutes, which would be fine if I just had to do it once as I only use Safari for short breaks away from work. The “Time Limit” screen, however, appears independently on every domain I visit.

It’s possible to set time limit for each domain you visit frequently via the Screen Time overview for your device, however downtime seems to override this.

It’s also not possible to set Safari as “Always Allowed”, nor to manage this specific setting for any of the invidual domains.

Is there a way to whitelist domains, or preferably the entirety of web browsing using Safari, using Screen Time? I imagine a potential solution is switching to Chrome, but I’m curious about a solution that lets me use Safari.


texts: Is it possible to use Image Capture to scan over WiFi with an EPSON SX620FW, and how to set that up?

texts:
I'm wondering whether it's possible to use Image Capture to scan over WiFi with my EPSON All-in-One SX620FW? If so, how can I set it up?

I've found instructions from someone claiming it works with their EPSON PX710W, but I haven't been able to replicate these. I can scan without problems over WiFi using the bundled EPSON Scan application, but am wondering if and how I could use Image Capture instead.


texts: Command-line connection with VPN to remote PostgreSQL fails, other apps work

texts:
I am trying to connect to PostgreSQL database hosted on Azure programmatically.
I am able to do so using apps like PgAdmin or Postico. However, the connection does not work with psql or python. I have the error :
psql: error: could not connect to server: server closed the connection unexpectedly
    This probably means the server terminated abnormally
    before or while processing the request.

I am using a VPN (GlobalProtect v5.1.5-20) on MacOS 10.15.7. If I turn the VPN off and reboot my computer, the exact same psql command does work. Therefore, I don't think it's related to the database server.
My main issue is that I don't know where to look at in order to debug.
What I've done so far:

Checked the log of Postgres server: can't see my connections attempts.
Checked pg_stat_activity table and can't see any connections from my IP (except the one made with Postico)
Checked with LittleSnitch whether python / psql were able to connect to server. It seems that is the case.
UPDATE: Connecting to Postgres db from a Docker container running locally does work (with or without VPN).

Any thoughts ?
UPDATE 1, my routing tables

with VPN

Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Netif Expire
default            10.12.24.32        UGSc         utun2
default            192.168.0.1        UGScI          en0
10.12.16.1         10.12.24.32        UGHS         utun2
10.12.24.32        10.12.24.32        UHr          utun2
10.12.24.32/32     link#18            UCS          utun2
66.159.218.152     192.168.0.1        UGHS           en0
127                127.0.0.1          UCS            lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH             lo0
169.254            link#6             UCS            en0      !
169.254.169.254    link#6             UHLSW          en0      !
192.168.0          link#6             UCS            en0      !
192.168.0.1/32     link#6             UCS            en0      !
192.168.0.1        f4:6b:ef:4c:94:c4  UHLWIir        en0    946
192.168.0.5        f4:6b:ef:4c:94:c5  UHLWIi         en0    450
192.168.0.10       3c:15:c2:c5:50:4c  UHLWI          en0   1197
192.168.0.13       d4:a3:3d:5d:30:f8  UHLWI          en0    577
192.168.0.22/32    link#6             UCS            en0      !
192.168.0.24       46:c5:cd:a2:1e:32  UHLWIi         en0   1182
192.168.0.28       8a:a:f8:f7:a2:d4   UHLWI          en0    191
224.0.0/4          link#18            UmCS         utun2
224.0.0/4          link#6             UmCSI          en0      !
224.0.0.251        1:0:5e:0:0:fb      UHmLWI         en0
255.255.255.255/32 link#18            UCS          utun2
255.255.255.255/32 link#6             UCSI           en0      !

without VPN

Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Netif Expire
default            192.168.0.1        UGSc           en0
127                127.0.0.1          UCS            lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH             lo0
169.254            link#6             UCS            en0      !
169.254.169.254    link#6             UHLSW          en0      !
192.168.0          link#6             UCS            en0      !
192.168.0.1/32     link#6             UCS            en0      !
192.168.0.1        f4:6b:ef:4c:94:c4  UHLWIir        en0    956
192.168.0.5        f4:6b:ef:4c:94:c5  UHLWIi         en0    460
192.168.0.10       3c:15:c2:c5:50:4c  UHLWI          en0    587
192.168.0.13       d4:a3:3d:5d:30:f8  UHLWI          en0    587
192.168.0.22/32    link#6             UCS            en0      !
192.168.0.24       46:c5:cd:a2:1e:32  UHLWIi         en0   1192
192.168.0.28       8a:a:f8:f7:a2:d4   UHLWIi         en0    201
224.0.0/4          link#6             UmCS           en0      !
255.255.255.255/32 link#6             UCS            en0      !


texts: Which Mac OS X versions support lsof command?

texts: I want to know which Mac OS X versions support the lsof command. Does Mac OS X 10.5 support it?


texts: OSX - Android Emulator closed because of an internal error

texts:
Trying to run an emulator via a fresh install of Android Studio (3.5) on a new MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019) and the emulator fails to start with the error message below.

I have attempted re-installing HAXM, re-installing Android Studio, creating a new AVD - all with no luck.

About This Mac shows: Display = Radeon Pro 555X 4 GB Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB. The current drivers installed are only those that came pre-installed with the machine

Has anyone experienced this issue and found a fix?


texts:
I have two drives in my machine:

An SSD with the OS on it
a HDD with all my data.

I have a symlink on the SSD for my home directory on the HDD so /Volumes/SSD/Users/Ross/ points to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Ross. The Macintosh HD drive is the original boot disk. I'm trying to get rid of the space in the volume name, but when I do I get all kinds of errors. I thought it was a simple as updating the symlink but it doesn't seem to be.

I tried just option-clicking the drive and renaming, which worked but I started to get a lot of application errors.  For example, Terminal won't even open. Also, a lot of the Ruby gem installers don't handle spaces well.


texts: Disable "helpful" iMac message icon when text with my iPhone

texts:
So, now that I have my new iMac 5K, I'm pleased that it can text like my iPhone.  My Windows PC of course cannot. BUT I do NOT want anyone sitting at my iMac to read my text messages, or even know to whom I am texting.

My question is, can I disable the nonhelpful message status icon that iMac throws up when I text on my iPhone, but still use the iMac as a text machine whenever I please?

Thanks,
Ed


texts: Is 500,000 files in my home directory too much

texts: On my mac I did find ~/ in the terminal to list all the files in my home directory it listed over 500,000.  This seems like an awful lot to me and occasionally my computer is slow.  Is there any recommended maximum number of files to have?  Even though a lot of the files are little would they cause the file system index to get really large and unwieldy?


texts: Slow start up following File Vault 2 Trial on Mountain Lion

texts:
I spent a week with file vault 2 running but found the startup time of my 2012 Retina MBP was excessively slow (5+ mins on the grey apple screen after the spinning white thingo stops) along with the track pad becoming unresponsive for minutes at a time. I assumed/suspected it was file vault and turned it back off.

However the problem didn't go away so I erased the drive, installed a clean OS and it restarted perfectly. I then restored my full system from time machine and the problem came back (this probably shouldn't have been a surprise). I then erased and reinstalled again but this time used migration assistant to just restore home folder, applications and settings. The problem remains.

Does anyone have an idea that doesn't involve me manually reinstalling and rebuilding everything piece by piece? The thought of getting all my preferences back to how they are almost makes me want to put up with the problem.


texts: I'm attempting to copy song from iTunes to my iPhone.  All versions of software are current.  Trying to drag-and-drop from iTunes into my iPhone.  This was simple at some point in Apple history.  Now, nothing happens.  The "traveling" icon (drag/drop) tells me there is 1 file being  transfered, but no transfer ever takes place.  An hour chatting with Apple Support with all their versions of "are you sure it's plugged in" from their troubleshooting clones got me nowhere.


texts:
I'm creating a bash script which will download, run and remove a bash script.

I'm thinking to use the /tmp

Which temporary folder could I use to it?


texts:
Running the iOS 9.2.1 on an iPhone 6S and an iPad 4 Mini, I notice that the iPhone keyboard in landscape mode now includes left & right arrow keys (how long, I wonder?). This does not appear to be the case in the iPad, even though you would expect that they would fit more easily there.

Is there a way I can get these arrow keys for the landscape orientation or for the iPad?

(I don’t mean on specialised keyboards in some apps, but on the standard keyboard).

Thanks


texts: PDF from Windows shows up fine on screen in Preview but prints as question marks in boxes

texts:
Similar - yet puzzlingly different from this question:

This PDF displays with question marks instead of letters

My case shows up fine on the screen, but prints with question marks in boxes (as seen, evidently on screen, in the question linked to.) Even the usually effective trick of saving to (another) pdf from the print dialog and then printing that looks fine on screen and still prints question-marks in boxes...


texts: I just got an Apple iOS Developer License for $100.  I thought it would be effective immediately, but apparently it has to be shipped to me?  I'm really confused, how do I activate my license?  Thanks.


texts: OS X Finder customize default folder display

texts:
There are several ways to display folders in the OS X finder:

Folders as icons you can arrange
List of items you can expand (collapsable triangles)
Graphical "flip" display
A column mode where you can arrow left and right

The default view is "Folders as icons you can arrange". I however really, really like the "column mode where you can arrow left and right". Is there a way to set the default finder display kind?


texts: Is there a utility that tracks most recently opened folders?

texts: Finder's "recents" feature is great, tracking most recently-opened files (from apps that report them to the OS). Is there a third-party app that keeps a running list of your most recently-opened folders?


texts: Can I get album art for songs only on my iPod?

texts:
I have an iPod Classic (the 160 gig one) that I use, and I want to have album art for all of the songs.

Problem is, I cannot just use the "Get Album Art" option on iTunes, because that will only find art for songs currently on that particular computer, and I have many songs on my iPod that are not on my computer.

Short of manually adding the art to every album (like I have been doing), is there a way I can get iTunes (or any other program) to go through my iPod and find the appropriate album art for the songs there?


texts: MacOS High Sierra Suddenly Bloated by About 40GB

texts:
I noticed that sometime in the last couple weeks or so my 2015 MacBook Pro's High Sierra bloated by about 40GB. In that time span, I have not installed any new software nor have done anything except browse internet and use basic software.

Things like this happened in the past, but it was all due to Final Cut Pro storing its caches on the disk. The caches were huge and by deleting them I was always able to clear space.

However, this time it all appears to show in the System section of the Space Used. Does anyone know how one can determine what caused the bloat and reverse it? I cannot afford to have the system occupy 70GB. It leaves no space to do the work. In the past, the system was 20-30GB.

P.S. Having recently looked at the newer MacBook Pros, I was amazed that Apple still sells 128, 256, and 512GB with a straight face. I considered it somewhat low in 2015 when I bought this Mac, but was willing to buy it because I had a desktop as well. However, three years later they still have not improved or increased storage??? All they have done is added a nonsensical touch-bar, removed the actually useful magnet from the charging cord and eliminated the wonderfully glowing apple from the back of the screen. Am I the only one who is astonished by this?


texts: How to disable Mission Control shortcut?

texts:
I often use IDE's for editing and the shortcut for mission control interferes with my shortcuts within aptana and or other editors.

Is there a way to disable the apple shortcut (control+▲) for osx 10.8.2 ?


texts: When was the butterfly keyboard introduced to the MacBook Air?

texts: When (what year & Model) was the butterfly keyboard introduced to the MacBook Air?  I would like to help a relative avoid purchasing such a keyboard.  Any references to support an answer are appreciated


texts: How to make Font size equal to 15 in Terminal on Mac OS X Yosemite?

texts:
Here are the configuration settings for the Terminal app in Yosemite.

It shows that I can set font size to the distinct values given in Terminal. How can I set it to some other in-between value like in my case, I want to set it to "15"?


texts: How long should my MacBook Pro battery last?

texts: I have brand new Macbook Pro (15", i5 2.4GHz, 4Gb RAM) purchased at the end of May 2010 and Apple advertises up to 7 hours of wireless web battery life, however I consistently getting only about 4 hours when I use it normally, i.e. WiFi is turned on and quite a few apps are running, but nothing too resource hungry like games or Photoshop. I tried to figure out if my settings are incorrect or if I'm using some apps that really drain the battery, but can't find any obvious issues, so I wonder what other MBP owners typically get from their batteries? Is 4 hours a typical or I need to replace my battery or do something with my setup? When Apple states up to 8-9 hours, must you turn off all wireless, dim your screen to the minimum and perhaps the only app running be Terminal?


texts: How can I make AirFoil detect the speaker without rebooting the Mac?

texts:
When my Mac goes to sleep, and I awake it, AirFoil no longer detects my Airport Expert speakers.

I always need to restart OS X to make AirFoil detect it; restarting AirFoil doesn't fix it.

Do you know how could I avoid this?


texts: How to "Divorce" Macbook's original Apple ID?

texts:
An MBA (Macbook Air) is configured with High-Sierra.  It was bought and configured with a relatives Apple ID.  I inherited the MBA: the iCloud account is set to my Apple ID. When trying install Apple updates, both Apple IDs do not work.  Why is this and what is the remedy?

I would like my Apple ID to be authoritative to enable updates from Apple. What would need to be done?

Update: no apps are downloaded from the Apple store.


texts: MacBook backlight keyboard does not work, and doesn't sleep when lid

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 2012 13" (Non Retina) model,

The MacBook has no backlight keyboard and the MacBook does not sleep when you shut the lid.

I feel the issues are related and it could be damage to a ribbon cable, but I'm not sure what one.

I have tried SMC and PRAM Resets and it has had a fresh High Sierra install so it is not software related

Thank you for any help

Bradley


texts:
Anyone else just (15th July 2015) started seeing Apple's captive portal probe popup in 10.9.5? It may be a sneaky silent push (this isn't affecting 10.10.x) due to Flash security issues?

We've worked around this by pushing out (we use Munki) this to our devices and asking the user to reboot.

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add ProbeParameters:SSIDExceptions:**SSIDName**:ProbeProtected bool true"


texts: How does Apple Music prevent you from keeping offline music after cancelling your plan?

texts:
Apple Music allows you to download an unlimited number of songs onto your phone or computer and then listen to them while not connected to the internet. What prevents someone from subscribing to Apple Music, downloading a large number of songs, and then stopping their subscription?

I assume that when you try to play a song, even one that is downloaded, the software (iTunes or the iOS Music app) checks your account status to ensure you are still an Apple Music subscriber. But what if you keep the device off of the internet? Apple would have no way of knowing if you are still a subscriber or not.

The only thing I can think of is that the songs have some sort of timestamp on them tracking when the service last verified your account; and that they will stop working after some period of time if it is not verified again. If this is how it is done, what is that time period? How long can you go without connecting to the internet while listening to a song downloaded from Apple Music?


texts: Run iPhone Apps on MacOs Laptop for free

texts: I have a .ipa file in my laptop and also have a Apple Laptop with MacOS. I do not have any iPhone. I want to run the app in my Laptop. Doing a quick Google Search brought me this., which looks like costing $99 for each year. I just want to run the app for free, what should I do?


texts: Is it impossible to listen to podcasts on iOS 6 now?

texts: I'm on iOS 6 on my iPhone, and I don't like iOS 7.  When I try to listen to a podcast on the iTunes app, it tells me to download the Podcasts app.  When I try to download the Podcasts app, it tells me iOS 7 is required to download the app.  So how can I listen to podcasts, short of upgrading to iOS 7?


texts: Control and see iPhone from Mac with broken iPhone screen

texts:
My iPhone screen broke, I can't see anything anymore. But I know it's still working because plugging to my mac syncs it with iTunes.

Is there a tool I can use to see my screen on the mac, control it, etc?

The tricky part is any solution requiring me to first do something on the iPhone won't work, since I can't do anything...


texts: Why might a Macbook Pro go back into sleep shortly after waking up?

texts:
Whenever I wake up my mac by opening the lid, approximately 20 seconds later it will put itself to sleep again, even though I'm actively working on it. I'm guessing it's "deep sleep" (hibernation) because the indicator light turns completely off, not just blinking.

Waiting until the sleep process is completed and then pushing the power button will wake the laptop again, and this time it will work fine. So the whole business takes less then a minute, but it's still a little annoying.

What causes this behavior, and how can I fix it? This happens every time I open the lid, but it's a relatively new thing, just happening for the past week or two.


texts:
I am trying to research how software enabled users to interact with the hardware on the original Apple.

What operating system was installed on the original Apple 1?


texts: Add apps to "Files and Folders" permissions?

texts:
In macOS Catalina, is it possible to add apps directly to Security & Privacy -> Files and Folders? The plus icon is greyed out, even when the preference pane is unlocked.

I know that the option becomes available when an app tries to access one of the protected folders, but I would like to add an app pre-emptively.


texts: Path into PS1 prompt is broken (\n) on different lines when it is too long

texts:
I am using iTerm2 on MacOS Catalina . Here is my PS1 into ~/.bashrc , using a function ps1 :

function ps1 {
        # PROMPT SECTION
        BLUE='\[\033[0;34m\]'
        LIGHT_CYAN='\[\033[1;36m\]'
        DEFAULT='\[\033[0m\]'
        PURPLE='\[\033[0;35m\]'
        LIGHT_PURPLE='\[\033[1;35m\]'
        LIGHT_GREEN='\[\033[0;32m\]'
        PINK='\[\033\[0;31m\]'

        # \! - History number of last command
        # $? - Exit value of last command
        # \t - Exit time of last command
        # \w - Current directory (relative)

PS1="$PURPLE|$DEFAULT$LIGHT_GREEN\u@$DEFAULT$LIGHT_CYAN\h$DEFAULT$PURPLE|$DEFAULT\t$PURPLE|$DEFAULT$LIGHT_PURPLE\w$DEFAULT$PURPLE|$DEFAULT "
}

ps1

The issue happens when I have long path, it seeems to  be broken on second or third line like this :

I tried to increase the number of columns (to 1000) into iTerm2 -> Preferences but it doesn't seem to fix this issue.

I can't see where the error comes from.

Anyone could see what's wrong ? Regards

  fab@astro|13:12:32|~/Phd_2019_2020/Travail_2_faire_varier_Omega_DE_sur_CAMB_et_regarder_si_les_P_k_changent_21_Octobre_2019/Main_Directory_Work/TSAF_lvl_up_Derivatives_15_points_on_Cl_stabilite_Code_is_surel
y_VALIDATED_for_15_points_derivatives_AND_After_trying_to_solve_the_pathologic_zone_1e-5_TO_1e-2_13_Novembre_2019/Test_FAIRE_VARIER_TOUS_LES_PARAMETRES_AVEC_les_2_pas_2e-2_et_1e-1_AVEC_Takabird_SECONDE_TENTATIVE_AVEC_LA_VAR        IATION_de_wde_EN_FLAT_DANS_Camb_launcher_6_DECEMBRE_2019/CAMB_der_3_pts/fortran|


texts: Is there anything we can do on iOS to stay safe while waiting for Apple to issue an update for the latest FREAK SSL vulnerability?

texts: I guess the vulnerability has been around for a decade [ars technica], but should we just stay away from using any personal information until there is a security patch?


texts: Cannot boot up on mac dual boot mavericks-debian, question mark displayed

texts:
I have a mbp late 2012 retina in wich I have installed mavericks and debian in dual boot with efi support. Well this morning I've done a repair in recovery mode on my mac and then I was no more able to boot. I have a blank folder with question mark inside displayed when I try to boot.
I've tryied in recovery mode to reinstall the os since i've  a recent backup on a hard drive, but it fails right after it downloaded the packages saying an error occurred. Same thing when I try to recover my backup, it fails.
I suppose the repair somehow trashed the boot partition.
I have to say I have filevault enabled, I dont know if it changes anything.
How can I fix it? Considering that I've tryied all of the solutions on this answer [Blinking question mark on folder on boot which btw is about lion and it's not my case


texts: Text substitutions for superscript and subscript

texts:
There is a way to individually create text substitutions on Mac for most applications, by going to System Preferences→Keyboard→Text and then creating text substitutions. For example, I've made the following ones for ₂, ₃, × and ²³.
If I wanted to, I could create more and more shortcuts like this, but that takes a lot of time. Is there a way to use Automator and/or Applescript and/or Terminal to make such substitutions for all such cases? For example, if I type _5002, it should come out looking like ₅₀₀₂.


texts: How can I get back voice memos that I deleted from my iPhone 6?


texts: Is there a battery conditioner for an iPod touch?

texts: My iPod Touch's battery is not performming as well as it should.  I've had it for a while.  Is there such thing as a battery conditioner that might help get the battery performance better?


texts: Can an old photo from Gmail get put into my photo stream?

texts: Is it possible for an old photo from gmail (like 6 years old) to be put into the photo stream after an update? A very old picture appeared in my photo stream and I don't know how it got there.


texts: Tried to install gromacs 5.1.1 via homebrew, all commands are not found

texts:
I've tried to install gromacs on my system (10.11.5) via homebrew.  The command I used was brew install gromacs and it appears to have worked fine; gromacs is in my usr/bin/Cellar, and shows up when I run brew list.

But, when I try to actually run any gromacs command, I just get a command not found error.  When I try to run man gromacs it tells me there is no manual entry for gromacs; I get man entries as normal for other brew packages I'm using.

brew doctor output is pasted below, but nothing in there means anything to me.  I'd appreciate your perspectives on how to make this work, or on what other information I might need to include.

I wonder if I need to modify my PATH, but if so I don't know how to do that or what to modify it to.

Cheers

brew doctor output after this

Warning: Unbrewed dylibs were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected dylibs:
    /usr/local/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib
    /usr/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib

Warning: Unbrewed header files were found in /usr/local/include.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected header files:
    /usr/local/include/fakemysql.h
    /usr/local/include/fakepq.h
    /usr/local/include/fakesql.h
    /usr/local/include/itcl.h
    /usr/local/include/itcl2TclOO.h
    /usr/local/include/itclDecls.h
    /usr/local/include/itclInt.h
    /usr/local/include/itclIntDecls.h
    /usr/local/include/itclMigrate2TclCore.h
    /usr/local/include/itclTclIntStubsFcn.h
    /usr/local/include/mysqlStubs.h
    /usr/local/include/odbcStubs.h
    /usr/local/include/pqStubs.h
    /usr/local/include/tcl.h
    /usr/local/include/tclDecls.h
    /usr/local/include/tclOO.h
    /usr/local/include/tclOODecls.h
    /usr/local/include/tclPlatDecls.h
    /usr/local/include/tclThread.h
    /usr/local/include/tclTomMath.h
    /usr/local/include/tclTomMathDecls.h
    /usr/local/include/tdbc.h
    /usr/local/include/tdbcDecls.h
    /usr/local/include/tdbcInt.h
    /usr/local/include/tk.h
    /usr/local/include/tkDecls.h
    /usr/local/include/tkPlatDecls.h

Warning: Unbrewed .la files were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected .la files:
    /usr/local/lib/libfftw3f.la
    /usr/local/lib/libfftw3f_threads.la

Warning: Unbrewed .pc files were found in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected .pc files:
    /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/tcl.pc
    /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/tk.pc

Warning: Unbrewed static libraries were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected static libraries:
    /usr/local/lib/libtclstub8.6.a
    /usr/local/lib/libtkstub8.6.a


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