texts: iPhone 4S OSX 7.1.2 Wifi switch greyed-out (disable)

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Apple sent a replacement 4S last month: I have used the wifi w/o problems until today.

I have tried:

1) Rebooting the device several

2) Bouncing airplane mode

Questions:

A) Are there any settings (other than airplane mode) that will disable wifi?

B) Are there any diagnostic procedure that can ID root cause of wifi disabled?


texts:
On the Apple website it is said that

  Camera Connection Kit support standard photo formats, including JPEG
  and RAW, along with SD and HD video formats, including H.264 and
  MPEG-4.

aren't H.264 and MPEG4 the same thing? I thought that there are two names only because different standard consortiums have different terminology.


texts: Can you create a new Apple ID just to store WhatsApp, Telegram, and other information that was associated with your old phone number/old Apple ID?

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I would like to start a new chapter in my life and I intend to get a new phone number.
I am currently using iphone X and I would like to retain my apple ID as it has all the purchases that I have made in the past.
However, I do not want to lose my conversations, data that is found in applications (for example, whatsapp, telegram) and I was hoping that I could transfer into a secondary phone (my old iphone 6 Plus - running on iOS 12.5 and create a new apple ID so that it will not conflict with my current apple ID and new phone number.
Is this possible?


texts: How do I share NTFS folder from OSX Lion to Window 7

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I have an NTFS drive in my mac and use paragon to read and write from it. All good. I now want to share it with my windows 7 pc. I did this by using the "File Sharing" feature in System Preferences.

I can access the shares on the HFS drive but not the ones on the NTFS drive. Any help would be awesome. Windows just tells me:

"Windows cannot access \192.168.1.150\d"
Details: 0x80070035 (path not found)


texts: How can I retrieve files from a Time Machine backup done with Snow Leopard when my current OS is Mavericks?

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I have a Seagate GoFlex home 2 Tb external drive that was installed on my Snow Leopard Mac and configurer with Time Machine. A year ago, due to issues with my Mac, the (internal) hard drive was erased and I subsequently installed Mavericks and re-configured Time Machine with the external drive. I would like to retrieve the files from the Snow Leopard backups, which included many photos for example but I am unable to see them in Time Machine. I can only see the Mavericks backups. Here are additional things I tried:

I tried accessing the external drive via Finder but nothing appears in the Time Machine backup folder. I obviously also looked in the other folders and for hidden files but nothing relevant appears.
I looked at the Seagate GoFlex applications that were included with the drive but none of them allow me to access the backups, including the Mavericks backups.
I tried the Migration Assistant (under Utilities) and I can only see the Mavericks backups.
I checked my Time Machine settings and "tell me when old backups are deleted" is enabled. I would have been noticed (which isn't the case). I also read that new backups can override older ones but my disk still has 1.5 Tb free.

Thank you for your help!


texts: How to reduce the RAM usage by run_kernel in MACBook pro

texts: run_kernel is using upto 1gb of ram in macbook pro.Please help


texts: Is there any way to re-download Photo Stream photos on a PC/Mac?

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If I accidentally delete a photo from my Photo Stream (or get a corrupted disk or lose a laptop) and later want to recover that picture from the online Photo Stream that has my pictures stored for 30 days in full resolution, how do I do that?

I tried turning the Photo Stream on and off, and it does not download the existing pictures again. If the photos are being stored for 30 days, it would be a natural thing to want to re-download on-demand. The current way it works seems like the photos are stored for 30 days as long as any one registered device has not downloaded, but once all "registered" devices downloads it, it is removed. In this context a registered device is one that was signed in to iCloud BEFORE a picture is taken. Is this correct?


texts: How can I cut off/block all traffic when I lock the screen (and resume when unlocking) in MacOS?

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Looking to block all network traffic anytime I am away from the computer. I tried putting the iMac to sleep every time I step away and changed the sleep mode to hibernation as well changed energy saving settings to disable network traffic and Wake on LAN, and Powernap is disabled, but my router reports that my iMac still is doing network communication after I put it to sleep.

I am looking to prevent this.

Any script I can run when I lock the computer?

[EDIT]

It seems I can run this command as a script:

/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --setblockall on

The problem is it won't work unless I sudo it, and I don't want to have to put in a password every time I lock the screen so this script runs.

Is there any way around this short of removing the need to provide a password to sudo?


texts: Homebrew Vim with Python support depends on Python 3.7.0, and I have to use 3.6.5

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I have to use Python 3.6.5 because of a library I use that keeps showing bugs on 3.7.0 (TensorFlow).

I installed Python 3.6.5 using Homebrew as follows:

brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/f2a764ef944b1080be64bd88dca9a1d80130c558/Formula/python.rb

If I install vim using Homebrew:

brew install vim --with-python

it updates Python to 3.7.0. So I end up having a working vim but broken TensorFlow code. What I did was switching back to 3.6.5 after installing vim:

brew switch python 3.6.5_1

And I ended up having a working TensorFlow code but a broken vim:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/python/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Python
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/vim
  Reason: image not found
[1]    83442 abort      vim


texts:
I  have 88GB of games in the app section of storage that I would like to delete but these are greyed out when looking in the About this mac>Storage folder, when I go into my normal applications folder these games are not shown. Please note the original owner bought this mac for games then after 6 months realised he would prefer a gaming pc. I thought he had deleted everything off it but these games seem to be embedded somewhere.
Mac is a macbook pro, 2017, running Catalina v.10.15.3
Thanks in advance


texts: Is it safe to play the Macbook Pro/Air speakers at maximum volume?

texts:
The Macbook Pro speakers have a very crisp sound. I like to play them at almost max. volume very often.

Will the speakers suffer a loss in quality?
Is this save to use on the long run?


texts: Use different memory capacity RAMs in mac mini

texts:
I have a mac mini with 2GB RAM and want to buy another stick (since mac mini only have to memory slots) of 4GB (all other specs are the same), will it cause a problem?

Thanks,
Matt


texts:
Many a time and oft I get confused between close tab (⌘+w) and close (⌘+q) in Google Chrome, closing dozens of tabs at once.

How do I specify a close prompt before closing multiple tabs on Chrome (version 18.0.1025.168)?

I have tried chrome://flags/, and the wrench menues but found no such option.


texts:
I'd like to compare two text files on a paper. Which app should I use to print a diff of two files?

I know several apps to show diff on a screen and usually use MacVim. However, MacVim seems not have a feature to print diff side by side.


texts: MacBook Pro sometimes freezes after waking from sleep

texts:
Since I updated to Yosemite after it was released my MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5) sometimes freezes for several minutes after waking it from sleep mode. It does not happen every time my mac is woken up and I have not noticed any other performance issues. When it does freeze, it gets stuck on the login screen and I cannot type or move the mouse for a few minutes, then it will go back to normal allowing me to enter my password and it works fine from there.

Any ideas on what could be causing this issue and how to fix it? Thanks!


texts: How to determine when a Mac is in Power Nap state?

texts:
I've got a mid-2011 Macbook Air running Mountain Lion.  Power Nap is enabled.  My Time Machine back up goes to a USB external hard drive.  My current workflow is to sleep my computer when not in use, and now that I'm running Mountain Lion I'll then attach the hard drive.  Overnight, the system will use Power Nap to make a backup and all the other stuff Power Nap does.

My concern is that I don't know when it's safe to unplug said hard drive.  The computer doesn't have any outward signs when it's in Power Nap vs. sleeping.  So I'm afraid of unplugging the hard drive mid-backup.  Having to wake up my laptop, eject the drive, and then re-sleep the laptop is something of a hassle, which I'd like to avoid if it's not necessary.

How can I determine when my laptop's in a Power Nap state instead of regular sleep?


texts: A friend has given me his old iPhone but it still has his Apple id on iTunes and the cloud and won't allow me access. How do I erase this and input my details instead


texts: Copy/Cut and Paste from VIM inside Terminal

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I am able to copy/cut and paste from the terminal using the mac clipboard.

However, when I am inside VIM, over SSH, this feature doesn't seem to work. The options are greyed out.

Copy Special is available, but I am not sure how to use it.

Is there a trick that I am missing?


texts: Issues with external SSD and internal HDD

texts:
I've been running Mac OS Mojave (iMac late 2013) on an external SSD connected via USB 3.
Since I've had issues with the internal HDD randomly unmounting and also Mac OS telling me that RAM is insufficient while performing normal tasks (16GB installed, I assume an issue with compressed memory)
I decided to completely format both disks and reinstall an older version of Mac OS with HFS+ file system (High Sierra).
Sadly, this did not help and I still have the unmount issue. Also the boot is still very slow (about 2 minutes). The HDD is completely empty with no files. I haven't really found any helpful tips on the Internet.
Thank you!
/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Storejet Transcend M... 499.2 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HDD                     999.9 GB   disk0s2


texts: How can I properly remove Linux and resize the partition if it's showing FFFFFFFFFFFF-FFFFF-FFFFF without turning off my Macbook?

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Having deleted both linux partitions from my device using

sudo diskutil eraseVolume free none disk0s4

and

sudo diskutil eraseVolume free none disk0s3
In an attempt to then have both partitions rejoin the larger one i used

sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

but it was unsuccessful to my chagrin.

I checked my with diskutil list

and now I have a shady FFFF-FFFF-FFFF partition instead of the normal disk0s2.

How can I revert the partition to its normal state and resize the partition without turning off my macbook and messing up the entire thing.

This is on macOS catalina 10.15.2

I have also an image of sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Any help would be greatly appreciated besides saying just use a time machine.

gpt -r show /dev/disk0

EDIT

After implementing David Anderson's solution the end result was this

Which seems to have restored the partition to it's normal state.

Both of David Anderson's solutions work

MacBook-Pro ~ % sudo gpt -f remove -i 2 disk0
Password:
disk0s2 removed
MacBook-Pro ~ % sudo gpt -f add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 1796865488 -t apfs disk0
disk0s2 added


texts: How to connect a 3.5mm microphone (not amplified) to an iMac for recording?

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I have a headset which has separate headphone and microphone jacks (both 3.5mm) that I would like to do some recording with.

I initially thought, just plug headphone into headphone and micrphone into line-in and it would all work. Needless to say, I didn't get any sound from the microphone. After reasearching, I discovered that the line-in is for amplified sources only, not basic microphones and that the mic needs to be ran through an amplifier first. Alternatively, I could get an adaptor which combines the 2 jacks into 1 and plug it into the headphone plug as I understand that it can pick up mic inputs.

I don't have any adaptors and in the past (on  PC) I've been able to run a mic through a line-in and use software to amplify and reduce noise to get a mic to work and record.

I found software called 'LineIn' but that doesn't seem to do the job. I was wondering if there is a software approach I can use which will amplify the mic on the line-in so I can use it to record and thus, not have to buy yet another adaptor?

My other thought (which I have known to work on a PC); Would it be possible to swap the line-in to be used as a headphone output and then use the headphone ouput as a mic-in?

Thanks!


texts: Is there anyway to standardize page length in iBooks?

texts:
I've been using iBooks lately to read a book, and I'd like to be able to set a page goal for myself, like I want to read 20 pages per day.  However, since page sizes differ between iPhone, Mac full screen, and Mac in an arbitrarily sized window, there's not really any standardized concept of a page of a book, which I find pretty frustrating.

Does anybody have any suggestions for how to circumvent this problem? I'm not specifically asking for ways of keeping the same page size everywhere (though that would be one possible solution), but rather, I'm looking for some way I can implement these reading goals for myself and know whether I'm completing them.

I suppose one thing I could do is just set goals based on percentages (i.e. I will read 5% per day), but I don't love this.

Thanks!


texts: Second screen is detected by OSX but isn't turned on

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 2017, running High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D102) connected to a ThinkPad USB-C Dock, and  two Dell U2412M screens attached to the dock, one by HDMI to Thunderbolt and the other by DisplayPort to DisplayPort.

OSX successfully detects both screens, as seen in Displays dialog,

But for some reasons, most of the time, the secondary screen stays turned off. It might, or might not, wake up anytime during my work on the computer. The behavior of it is pretty inconsistent.

I tried changing the connections to every possible variation, DisplayPorts only, switching ports, literally everything, but the behavior of the second screen keeps being unstable.

What am I missing? Why is the second screen mistreats me like that?


texts: Is there a way to transfer an app from a device to another one (App no longer on the app store)?

texts:
I have and use Photosynth regularly on an iPhone 4s.
I bought a 5s last week and when i wanted to install the app on it i realised that the app isn't on the app store anymore.

Is there a way to transfer it from the 4s to the 5s ?

Thanks


texts: How many fans does a MBP 13" late 2013 have?

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I was wondering how many fans a MBP 13" retina from late 2013 has, since I downloaded iStat Menus to check for internal temperatures because I thought my mbp was running fairly hot...  Now in the menu of the app, I can only see the speed of the RightSide fan, and I was wondering whether there is a leftside fan as well?

Can someone also specify the normal working range temperatures of this type of mbp, since I hope these temperatures are not really creating a problem.


texts: Maximum number of pages on iPad, and maximum apps in a folder?

texts:
For some reason, after I installed many apps (because a company made them free Apr 27 to 29), and then, the icons don't appear at all, and there was no warning.

And I started to wonder, are there maximum number of pages?  And so I created some folders and put existing apps in them, and the other apps magically appeared. (I forgot if I restarted iPad in order to see them).

And there seems to be maximum 20 apps per folder.

I just wonder why there was no warning whatsoever given iPad and Apple products are usually very well designed and user friendly. Are there official pages that describe this situation?


texts: How do I get two status-bar clocks with different timezones?

texts:
I'd like to have one clock in my status bar set to the same timezone as my servers.  I've found three applications that will allow me to add another clock:

Day-O
MenuCalendarClock
iClock

but they all use the system time (which I'd like to keep as-is).  Are there any applications that allow timezone-munging inside the app, or will I need to write this myself?


texts: "err_certificate_invalid" for only one host, on only one device, but in all browsers

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Currently, when I try to access www.comic-rocket.com on my iPad (iOS 10.2), the site will not load.

Safari simply won't load the page, as if I hadn't even tried to do so.
Chrome and Dolphin will show a "ERR_CERTIFICATE_INVALID" error message. Chrome details it as having received a scrambled certificate.

The issue does not occur on Windows, on Android, or on a friend's iPhone, i.e. it seems to be uniquely tied to my specific device. Update: On a colleagues iPad Pro I can finally reproduce the issue. Probably my friends don't have the latest iOS installed, where StartCom should be removed as valid certificate authority, see jksoegaard's answer.

Is there some way I may solve this, short of fully resetting the device?

I already tried:

Hard-Reset of the device (holding power- and home-button until the device restarts).
Resetting network settings
Resetting "All Settings"
Downloading the certificate on Windows, mailing it myself and installing it from the "Mail" app (doesn't work from Gmail).1
In a related thread2, deleting everything under "Settings > General > Profiles" (may be called "Device management" instead of "Profiles") was suggested. This entry however didn't even exist until I installed the certificate manually (i.e. there was nothing do delete).

Footnotes

1 In order to download the correct certificate, I had to disable my Antivirus temporarily, since it injects its own root certificate. Using "SSL Detective" on iOS, I checked that the certificates received by the iPad and by Chrome on Windows match.
2 Certificate error when using Chrome for iOS with company CA


texts: Is there any way to check the availability of iOS app names?


texts: Default program dropdown in preferences – where is this list retrieved from?

texts:
Most OS X programs have a ''default program'' dropdown list in their preferences. For example, here's what I see in Mail.app:

From where is this list retrieved? How does each application know what other similar applications are available on the same computer?


texts: Error: Failed entitlement check 'com.apple.private.secure-apsclient'

texts:
Trying to solve this issue I have looked in the Console app to further troubleshoot. Here I find the errors:

Failed entitlement check 'com.apple.private.secure-apsclient' for <private>

Failed entitlement check 'com.apple.private.aps-connection-initiate' for <private>

Can anyone help me understanding what these are and how I might be able to fix them?


texts: Why does the Podcasts app stop playing when I change the audio device?

texts:
Whenever I change the audio device while using the Podcasts app it stops playing audio, without indicating that the podcast has stopped. For example, if I plug in headphones or turn on bluetooth (with a paired audio device), the playback just stops. I can still interact with the app, even selecting another podcast, but no playback.

Sometimes it will start playing again in a minute or so. Sometimes it stops "forever" (longer than I care to wait). I can force kill the app and restart it to get playback to continue immediately.

Any idea why this happens or how I can get it to behave properly?

I'm on iOS 7.1.1 now, but it's been happening since iOS 7.1.0 ish. I do remember the Podcast app working flawlessly at one point (probably 7.0.0).


texts:
I have a list called num. I have converted it into a string. I want to return that string so that the next action called "New text file" in my automator workflow can get the string. This is my code -

on run {input, parameters}
    set num to {1,2}
    set f to ""
    repeat with x in num
        set f to f & x & "\n"
    end repeat
    return f
end run

It doesn't return anything.

EDIT: As some of you have asked. I am going to elaborate on the question. My automator workflow, takes some parts of some text in an email, it retrieves all the phone numbers in the group which is specified in the text of the email, and stores them in a text file.

the variable 'cat' has the list of contact groups

This is the full code:

on run
    set cat to value of variable "cat" of front workflow (*I have already defined the variable elsewhere in the workflow*)
    set num to {}
    set f to ""
    tell application "Contacts"
        repeat with i in cat
            set inGroup to group i
            set phoneProps to value of phones of inGroup's people
            set end of num to first item of first item of phoneProps
        end repeat
    end tell
    repeat with x in num
        set f to f & x & "\n"
    end repeat
    return f
end run

This code is supposed to be followed by a 'new text file' action which should take the output of the previous action ('run applescript') as input. That doesn't happen as for some reason, applescript refuses to return the value even when I am getting the desired value when using 'display dialog'.

UPDATE: I am now posting the entire workflow

Input-
In mail app -
An email with this content - "#a, #b Q: this is a question for all of you."

Workflow -

1) Run Applescript
Code -

 on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Mail" to set theMessageText to content of (get first message of inbox)
    set topic to text ((offset of "#" in theMessageText) + 1) thru ((offset of "Q" in theMessageText) - 1) of theMessageText
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ", "
    set bowords to words of topic
    set o to length of bowords
    repeat with i from 1 to o
        trim_line(bowords, "#", 0)
    end repeat
    bowords
end run
on trim_line(this_text, trim_chars, trim_indicator)
    set x to the length of the trim_chars
    -- TRIM BEGINNING
    if the trim_indicator is in {0, 2} then
        repeat while this_text begins with the trim_chars
            try
                set this_text to characters (x + 1) thru -1 of this_text as string
        on error
                -- the text contains nothing but the trim characters
                return ""
            end try
        end repeat
    end if
    -- TRIM ENDING
    if the trim_indicator is in {1, 2} then
        repeat while this_text ends with the trim_chars
            try
                set this_text to characters 1 thru -(x + 1) of this_text as string
            on error
                -- the text contains nothing but the trim characters
                return ""
            end try
        end repeat
    end if
    return this_text
end trim_line

2) Set Value of Variable

Sets the output of previous action to 'cat'

3) Run Applescript

on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "Mail" to set theMessageText to content of (get first message of inbox)
end run

4) New Mail Message

Appends the text from previous action to the bod of email

5) Run Applescript

The code that @Tetsujin gave in the answers

6) New Text File

7) Add attachments to front message

8) Send Outgoing Messages

9) Run Applescript (Deletes the email)

Code -

on run {input, parameters}
    delay (10)
    tell application "Mail"
        set theMessages to (get selection)
        repeat with eachMessage in theMessages
            set theAccount to account of (mailbox of eachMessage)
            move eachMessage to mailbox "Trash" of theAccount
        end repeat
    end tell
    return input
end run


texts: Dual VGA monitors (not mirrored) with Mac mini 2012

texts: Is it possible to do this some way? I need to work with to different monitors, not simply mirroring.


texts:
If I want to use these 2 apps do I need any sensor to check about the health related data available in app
If no external device or sensor is required then how to use health and nike+ ipod app


texts: Why does my Macbook Air get so hot when playing even a simple game?

texts: Basically, even small games like Rogue Legacy, Battle World: Kronos, Magicka, Crusader Kings, etc. These are not graphic intensive games, yet the laptop reaches temperatures over 90 C. However, this doesn't happen with Hearthstone. So, out of curiosity, why does this happen? Will it happen with a current-gen iMac?


texts: When looking in "All My Files", I see multiple instances of the same file

texts:
In finder (OS X 10.12), when browsing the "All My Files" section I see usually 3 instances of each file. Even after deleting the real file the duplicates exist, and Finder tells me they are all the same size.

When I try to move these duplicates to my trash can, it turns into a eject symbol and I cannot delete them.


texts: How can I download a video off Safari 9.1? (not YouTube)

texts:
How can I download a video off of Safari 9.1 and export it into iMovie?
The video is not from YouTube.


texts: FTP: active vs. passive, command line vs. browser

texts:
Here's a weird one for everyone. I'll use AskDifferent because my test bed is on a Mac, but I don't know that the underlying issue is specifically Mac.

My Mac is behind a NAT wall. Let's call my interface IP address is 192.168.10.61. By using http://www.ipchicken.com, I find my external, NAT-changed address is something else. Let's call that 169.254.101.20.

I'm going to ftp anonymously to ftp.example.com. I make the connection successfully, and successfully change directories:

[ dafydd@testhost ] $ ftp -dt ftp.example.com
Connected to ftp.example.com.
220 "Authorized Use Only"
ftp_login: user `<null>' pass `<null>' host `ftp.example.com'
Name (ftp.example.com:dafydd): anonymous
---> USER anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
---> PASS XXXX
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
---> SYST
215 UNIX Type: XXXX Version: XXXX
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
---> FEAT
500 'FEAT': command not understood.
features[FEAT_FEAT] = 0
features[FEAT_MDTM] = -1
features[FEAT_MLST] = -1
features[FEAT_REST_STREAM] = -1
features[FEAT_SIZE] = -1
features[FEAT_TVFS] = -1
got localcwd as `/Users/dafydd'
---> PWD
257 "/" is current directory.
got remotecwd as `/'
ftp> cd outgoing
---> CWD outgoing
250 CWD command successful.
---> PWD
257 "/outgoing" is current directory.
got remotecwd as `/outgoing'

All good so far, right? Here's the file transfer:

ftp> get testfile.txt
local: testfile.txt remote: testfile.txt
---> TYPE I
200 Type set to I.
---> SIZE testfile.txt
213 1024000
---> EPSV
229 Extended Passive Mode Entered (|||56257|)
229 Extended Passive Mode Entered (|||56257|)
ftp: Can't connect to `11.12.13.14': Operation timed out
---> EPRT |1|192.168.10.61|58531|
200 PORT command successful.
200 PORT command successful.
---> RETR testfile.txt
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for testfile.txt (1024000 bytes).
ftp: Poll timeout waiting before accept
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.
ftp> quit

So, I give the get command. Passive mode times out because the firewall at the far end never opened port 56257 for me. Active mode fails because I'm behind a NAT wall.(*) Everything here is understood, right?

So, how can entering ftp://ftp.example.com/outgoing/testfile.txt in Firefox succeed from the same host across the same network connections?!

I suppose my serious technical question could be "Can I/How do I see what Firefox is doing under the covers to make this connection work?" Is Firefox bright enough to substitute the NAT IP address in its EPRT/PORT command?

Any ideas?

(*) Why does the NAT wall block Active connections? Because I told the ftp server to make its active connection to 192.168.10.61. It can't do that; any route it might have to that IP address won't get to me. The FTP server needs to make its connection to 169.254.101.20. If the NAT box at my end is super smart, it might reach into my EPRT packet and change that IP address to 169.254.101.20. (Which raises all sorts of uncomfortable questions about firewalls modifying packet payloads. Yah, that'll never be subject to cracking...)


texts: Experience with booting on a Tempo SSD PCIe card?

texts: I have a MacPro 2009 reflashed as a 2010. I am considering to install a Tempo SSD PCIe card and then put High Sierra on it. This card is advertised to allow booting on it: would anyone have first hand experience with that? The background story is that my boot drive is a RAID 5 Softraid with 4 disks (the four internal slots of the machine) and I have just discovered that High Sierra can't be installed on a RAID. So if I could have put one SSD on that PCIe card and boot on it, the upgrade path would be very simple.


texts: Changing wind speed in weather app to kmph

texts: Is there any way I can change the wind speed from miles per hour to kilometers per hour?


texts: Recovering all my old settings, apps etc ... from removed hard drive

texts:
I recently had the hard drive replaced (by apple) in my iMac (Snow Leopard). I still have the removed hard drive, which obviously has all my old data etc ... on it. I did not create a time machine backup.

I would like to transfer everything from my old hard drive to the new one, so  in effect the mac would b returned to its previous state, albeit with a new hard drive installed.

I have tried migration assistant but it didn't transfer over any of my existing apps or settings.

Could anyone please assist as to the best method to do this, any advice greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Noel


texts:
Can my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) support 4k at 60Hz through Thunderbolt 2?
If so, what adapter do I need?


texts: How will Mail handle an SMTP server port number change?

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Our email provider is making a change soon to our SMTP servers, changing the port number to 587 and blocking ports 25 and 465.

Our clients who use Apple Mail have the "Automatically manage connection settings" box ticked, which hides the usual Port & TLS / SSL & Authentication options.

I am assuming that having that box ticked will handle this change by detecting the port numbers that don't work, then trying the other common port numbers, but I'm not sure if it is safer to disable it & add in the settings manually.

Does anyone have any information about how Mail will handle a change like this, if the automatic option is set?


texts: disable COMMAND+TAB app switcher in 10.15

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The other questions asking the same thing are from many years ago and for different versions of MacOS.
Is it possible to completely disable the COMMAND+TAB shortcut for the app switcher? I want to remove/disable the app switcher entirely.


texts: How can I assess the health of my iPhone 5 battery?

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I suspect my iPhone's battery is now much worse than it used to be.
How can I assess this? Is there some kind of test I can make, to compare it with Industry average?

How long can I reproduce a movie, a specific app, or something like that?


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Having search the wide space of the WWW I could not find any hint why, after setting up a new user using dscl, using createhomedir does not create the newly created user's home directory.

I do:

sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/bobby
sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/bobby passwd ""
sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/bobby UniqueID 30001
sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/bobby PrimaryGroupID 20001
sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/bobby NFSHomeDirectory /Users/bobby
sudo /usr/sbin/createhomedir -c -u bobby
sudo /usr/bin/pwpolicy -setpolicy "newPasswordRequired=1"

(This is run from within a bash script)

No directory is created under /Users ... Checking that creating the user's ds entry actually worked with dscl . read /Users/bobby shows that this indeed did work.

EDIT:

I also tried this now using sysadminctl like so:

sudo /usr/sbin/sysadminctl -addUser bobby -UID 30001 -password "" -home /Users/bobby -admin

still no luck.

Thanks for any hints.

Regards
   Frank


texts: How do I get my 2019 MacBook Pro to support higher refresh rates than 60 Hz?

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If I switch my the external monitor to 85 Hz, it goes really weird.
What does it need to support an lg uhd with 85 Hz?
MacBook Pro 2019 i7 16 GB & lg gk950-b


texts: iTunes for Windows ignores recent changes in ID3 tags

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tl;dr: iTunes for Windows 10 keeps showing some old (cached?) data read from ID3 tags of my MP3 files even though I am deleting a particular folder from my library, adding it and syncing my iPhone over and over again. Is there any "refresh", "clean cache" or "re-read" functionality in iTunes?

The story goes like this:

I had a bunch of some *.mp3 files that I added (a few folders) to iTunes for Windows 10.
I have noticed a total garbage in ID3 tags (some weird characters, cut names etc.).
I have removed those folders from iTunes / library and synced my iPhone after that.
I have used some tools and did some manual work to perfectly clean up all ID3 tags.
I have added these folders again to my iTunes and synced my iPhone again.

I have repeated steps 3-5 at least five times so far, but I still see my files -- in both iTunes for Windows and on my iPhone -- under old artist names, album titles etc.
Change that I did in step 4 was quite really extensive, including changing artist names, album titles etc. to some completely new one (it was not like a typo correction). Furthermore, I have even changed folder names and file names from which iTunes reads these files and ID3 tags, when I am adding them to the library again. All for nothing, I still see nasty garbage all around my iTunes library.
Anything I can do with this? Any "cache invalidate" or "force tags re-read" functionality out there?


texts: How to debug kernel panic on macOS Catalina, as Catalina is on Read-only File system

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Facing kernel panic on accessing "Offline" attribute of SMB protocol in our custom kext. How to debug these kernel panics on macOS Catalina.

The debugging kernel extension steps are not supported for Catalina because of Read-only file system. Also kext with IOKit.framework does not load on macOS 10.14.x with error

There is no "/Volumes/KernelDebugKit/mach_kernel" as per the documentation https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KEXTConcept/KEXTConceptDebugger/debug_tutorial.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20002367-CHDIHFDI,
gdb -arch i386 /Volumes/KernelDebugKit/mach_kernel
Unable to create PanicDumps directory to collect panic through kdump daemon under '/' volume, as Catalina is read-only file system
Ref: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2004/tn2118.html
Unable to load kexts with IOKit framework references with errors on MAC OS 10.14 to debug:

The super class vtable '__ZTV9IOService' for vtable '__ZTV23com_microfocus_cisiokit' is out of date. Make sure your kext has been built against the correct headers.
The super class vtable '__ZTV12IOUserClient' for vtable '__ZTV8cisiokit' is out of date. Make sure your kext has been built against the correct headers.

Is there any documentation that specifies how to debug kernel panic on macOS catalina with read-only file system set up?

Note: Disabling SIP also does not work.


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I've recorded a video clip with a TV in the background. During the recording, I displayed a green key on the TV. Now, I want to replace the green color with a picture I captured. It's an almost perfect rectangle. The camera is moving a little bit and is zooming in, making the TV (and the picture to display) a little bit bigger.

I figured out how to replace a green key background, but this doesn't do the trick in this case, because the picture I replace the color with is moving and resizing.

Any tips on how to do something like this?


texts: iCloud Drive is stuck uploading items and no longer syncs

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I got the macOS Sierra update when it went into public beta, and I've been trying to use the automatic Desktop / Documents upload feature with iCloud Drive.

I've enabled the feature, however since September 7 no files have been uploaded. By this point, the bottom of my Finder windows say:

  15.78 GB available on iCloud, uploading 156,106 items (543.2 MB of 543.2 MB)

However the files are never actually uploaded. I keep my screenshots folder on my desktop and I take a lot of screenshots, so I can see that September 7 was the last date any file was actually uploaded.

What should I do? Is there a way I can disable and re-enable the feature without risking loss of data? Are there any solutions to this problem? What should I try? So far I've tried rebooting, and tried software update to macOS 10.12.2 public beta.


texts: Will encrypting hard drive reduce disk size?

texts: I have a 1TB harddisk that has 20GB space left. I want to encrypt this disk. Will encryption take up more space, and if so, is there an estimate, a percentage or something how much it will cost?


texts: Mail does not work in scripts launched with launchd

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I'm using this setup to be able to send mail from Terminal:
http://www.anujgakhar.com/2011/12/09/using-macosx-lion-command-line-mail-with-gmail-as-smtp/

It works great, and I can use it in scripts. As long as I run the script manually.

However when the script is launched by launchd, no mails are ever sent off.

Looking around, it seems that this could be related to AbandonProcessGroup, which I didn't specify in the launchd job first.

https://superuser.com/questions/281537/using-launchd-for-short-non-daemon-tasks

However, despite setting AbandonProcessGroup to true, mails are still never sent off. I can't find any error message in log (or I'm looking at the wrong place).
How to fix this?


texts: Junk/spam folder only visible after having opened settings in Mail.app

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In the default mail app for some reason my junk folders are only visible after I open the preferences menu. The junk folder then stays visible for as long as the app is running, even after closing the preferences menu.
I am using two exchange accounts and one POP account. I'm running MacOS 10.15.3 (Catalina OS).
So far I have tried removing all email accounts and re-adding them. But this did not fix it.

This is what it looks like before I opened mail preferences:

And this after:

This is what my junk mail settings look like:

Edit: I now fixed it by replacing the exchange accounts with IMAP accounts, but I am also on 10.15.5 now, so the updates & re-adding the account could have fixed it aswell.


texts: User Crash, but old user data is (seemingly) still on HD?

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So our late 2015 iMac locked up the other day, and I had to restart it.  My wife and I both use the computer, both with our own (both admin) users.  I was logged in on my user when the machines crashes.  After the restart, the computer booted to the user login screen, only my wife's user showed - mine was gone.  Logging in on hers, it looks like my user is just "gone" - doesn't show in System Preferences.  However, when I go to /Users, there is a folder with the my user name, but very little data in it.

But I have hope that somehow, somewhere, my files remain?

Our 1.02 TB HD is 98 GB away from capacity.  My wife's entire user is only 432 GB.  So there's a missing 500ish GB.... that would seemingly line up my missing user and data.

Apple advised me to update to Catalina (hadn't gotten around to it yet), which I did, but that didn't bring anything back.  Obviously restoring the user would be ideal, but really all I care about is my music, pictures, etc.  Anyone have any idea on how to get at that information, that is still seemingly on the HD?


texts: Mac Pro install disk keeps ejecting itself

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I am not that savvy with Macintosh computers so I can't figure out why the install disk keeps ejecting when I attempt to boot from disk by holding down the "C" button or the option button.

It is not the optical drive as I was able to boot into Linux using a live CD.

While in Linux I formatted the hard drive I want to install the OS onto as HFS+ and had no problems.

I think I may be using the wrong installation disk since I can't confirm this disk belongs to this machine.

The disc reads:

MAC PRO
MAC OS X INSTALL DVD
VERSION 10.6.2
DISC VERSION 1.0
2009 APPLE INC.

Computer identifies as:

A1186 MAC PRO 2.66QX/2X512/7300GT

How can I determine if this is the right disc and/or which is the latest retail disk I can use on this machine?

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer. From what I am understanding from the responses collectively is that determining which install disk came with my machine is going to be not as straightforward as I thought. Second regardless of what I choose to do I would need to start with Snow Leopard first and then work my way up. I was thinking the along the same lines as in I probably dont have the right disk.

Since I posted this question I have been on the phone with Apple Support as Bmike had suggested for an unbelievable amount of time. The customer service rep was a nice guy I felt that he wanted to help but was ultimately not well versed with apple products from this time period. He told me that the disc I have isn't model specific and that any disc should work, he didnt seem to worried about weather it was the correct one. Also I gave him the serial number and despite this he could not tell me what specific disk I would need to boot, instead he focused on getting the machine to boot with the disc I had on hand. We tried every possible keyboard combination while booting, booting while connected to a network via ethernet, resetting the svram, nothing worked. He ultimately set me up with an appointment to an Authorized Service Center. I am not sure if I will go as I dont want to explain everything and spend time just so that the genius bar can conclude the same thing or worse tell me that this model is no longer supported (which is the most annoying statement) its like taking a 2009 Prius in for service and Toyota saying oh man sorry bro that model has been discontinued we only meant for you to buy our super expensive computer to use for 100k miles then we expect you to trash it and buy another one.

I was lucky to find another drive from another MAC PRO that has the operating system on it and I plugged it into the computer in question and it booted just fine. So before I try and get my hands on Snow Leopard, I am going to attempt to clone the bootable drive and hope that the clone will boot without any issues. Problem is that the bootable drive is 2TB and I only have 250 GB drive as a target drive, so I plan to shrink the partition on the bootable drive and then clone it to the smaller drive that would have the same partition structure. I have never done this and I know its harder than I am making it seem, can anyone give me any tips or advice on how to do this correctly? I read somewhere that I might have to change the blocksize, true? I am planning on using Clonezilla.
Sorry I typed way too much.

link to new related question: I am trying to clone a 2TB drive that has mac os x 10.6.8 onto a smaller drive but dont know what I am doing


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If I view https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%88%B6 on macOS 10.12.2 and Chrome Version 55.0.2883.95 (64-bit). It shows a few characters as rectangles with a question mark inside:

How to make these characters show up correctly?


texts: How do you get monitor to shut off when screen is locked?

texts: When I lock my screen, the monitor does not shut off, even though the display is set to sleep after 10 minutes.  I suspect it is because one of the applications running is preventing sleep.  Is there a way to tell the mac to suspend the monitor in this situation?


texts: How to updated OS X theme so it looks like iOS 7 design

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I saw few people have fancy OS X design that resemble iOS 7 design. I did not find any official information about it on Apple site about Mavericks. Though this theme appears at new Xcode page. I updated OS X but I did not get this design .. and I did not find a way to apply this design via Systems Preferences.

So how would I change my Maverics design?


texts: What is a "standard" boot camp partition setup?

texts:
I am trying to upgrade to 10.10(.4) - currently I am at 10.9.5.  I had previously done some "creative" :) partitioning of my rMBP SSD - everything was working fine, running Boot Camp as well.  However, the 10.10 installer didn't like my partitioning scheme (I did want to have a Recovery partition included), so I reduced the system back down to just the OS X (HFS+) partition and the Boot Camp (NTFS) partition.  However, in that re-partitioning, the "Recovery HD" partition become unhidden (everything still functions as it should).
Now when I attempt the upgrade, the installer is still giving me grief about the state of the HD with the message:

Some features of OS X 10.10 are not supported for the disk "Mac HD"
Features such as FileVault and Recovery Mode won't be available of you install 10.10 on this disk. To learn more, click More Info. To continue with the installation, click Continue.

I suppose it is likely I am getting this due to the fact that the Recovery HD is no longer hidden.  I would prefer to have the 10.10 recovery partition on the SSD if at all possible.
So - if I blow away the Recovery HD partition, will the installer Do the Right Thing and put a new Yosemite one in?  Maybe it will do so anyway?  Maybe do a reinstall of 10.9.5 so that (maybe?) hides the Recovery partition? Are there some flags I can set to manually hide the Recovery HD partition? (FBOW I am very familiar with GPartEd and gdisk.) Thanks for any suggestions.


texts: How can I set system-wide grayscale with exception of some apps?

texts: Does anyone know how to enable system-wide Grayscale with the exception of some user chosen Apps, which would have colors?


texts: Changed Office365 password, cannot change in mail.app: account already exists

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mac os 10.11.4
mail app 9.3

Had a working exchange/office365 account. Did not work anymore, used safari to go to office365.com and it appeared that I was required to change my password. So I changed it and can login on www.office365.com
So the mail.app tells me to change the password, but when I hit save I get: account already exists.

So I removed the account from the settings --> internet accounts. closed mail.app, rebooted the mac and tried to add a new exchange account. But again "account already exists"

This seems similar to Mac Mail - Account already exists error when adding gmail
but iCloud is on a totally different mail account and even a different domain.
Before I removed the exchange account, I manually updated all office365 passwords in the keychain. But that did not work either. Mail.app kept complaining.

Please do not suggest to move to outlook. I have outlook installed, but my boss (owner of the macbook) want to stick to the default mail.app


texts: Lost Gmail inbox, can't restore with TimeMachine

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Friend woke up today to find only 15 of his 9000+ emails in his Gmail Inbox. Have confirmed on iPhone and Gmail website that for whatever reason, these emails are gone -- they don't show up in "All Mail" and they aren't int the trash.

Compounding that, although his TimeMachine backup has been running, when I go to restore for him, there are two problems preventing him from actually restoring anything.
1) when choosing a date/time on the timeline, although the email count changes, the screen doesn't animate
2) the Restore button never becomes active

If I try to restore something in a Finder folder, TimeMachine restore works fine.

Has something changed in El Capitan that prevents email from being restored? perhaps due to it being a Gmail or IMAP account?

Running Mac OS X 10.11.4


texts: How to open a file in the default application for it directly from QuickLook?

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Is there a way to open a file straight from QuickLook?

I have a directory containing symlinks to the PDF files I usually refer to. I cannot copy the files locally and I must use symlinks. When I need to open one of the files, I can't rely on Finder icon previews as these do not show for symlinks (I think that's absurd, don't you? Is there any reason why they would not?). Not knowing how to pick the file I am interested in, I select them all and press Option + Space. Immediately following Option + Space, I press Command + Enter and finally see them all tiled across the screen (Note: Command + Enter is not bound in Finder as far as I can see, why not allow users to press that directly?).

Once I choose the file I want, with the mouse or the arrow keys, I don't see how I could open just that file in the corresponding application (say: Adobe Reader).

That, to me, is dumbfounding. Command + O opens ALL files I selected to begin with but I think QuickLook should allow for opening the file currently being previewed with a UI element or a keystroke, shouldn’t it? It is so strange that it almost can't be, maybe I am just missing the obvious... in that case I apologise.

For the record, I am running OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8.


texts: Is there a way to detect when the fn lock key is depressed?

texts: With my Logitech ERGO K860 keyboard I use both F keys and media keys. For example, when I press F1, I would like to know in advance whether it will dim the screen or open the app I have programmed for F1. I believe ctrl, opt, cmd , fn, and caps lock all send out modifier codes that can be detected. Do 3rd party makers of Mac-compatible keyboard send out a modifier code for fn lock or does this key work internally to those keyboards?


texts: How to stop Mail from automatic "mark as read" behavior? (in Sierra)

texts: I'm curious if there's a way to deactivate the feature/behavior in Mac Mail (Sierra) where mail is automatically marked as read when clicked (I want it to remain unread until I click otherwise). I know that I can use the "Classic View" to remove the preview feature, but that doesn't accomplish what I'm aiming for (I want the preview to remain active). And I know there used to be a plugin called TruePreview which offered this feature, but it's no longer available. Any ideas?


texts: What is the iPhone SMS database called in iOS 6?

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I need to migrate SMSs from an iPhone to an android, and I'd like to use solutions suggested here, but I can't find the SMS db file (reportedly named 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28) in my unencrypted IOS6 backup.

What is the name / how can I identify the backup file?

Also relevant: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/6904/6126


texts: Mac Minis: 2012 Quad Core vs 2014 Dual Core for a virtualization host?

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My office is looking to get a Mac Mini for testing our website in Safari. Because Apple now allows you to run previous versions of OS X in a VM, we will be looking to run at least Mavericks and Mountain Lion VMs on a Yosemite host. We're going w/ the Mini's because we'll be stuffing the box in the server room (or somewhere) and connecting remotely from our Windows developer PCs.

Because the Mac Minis hadn't been updated in awhile and we figured an update was coming, we were holding out until Apple announced them at the big event last Thursday. However, now that they have, we've noticed that the quad-core Mac Mini is no longer available!

This has left me wondering: For the task of running two or three OS X VMs, would we be better served getting a newer, faster dual-core 2014 model? Or would we be better served by having more cores in the 2012 quad-core?

The box will most likely not be used for any other purpose, so we aren't as concerned w/ the performance of the 3D chip or other factors. We just want good VM performance.

Thanks.


texts: MacBook Pro 2018 & LG UltraFine 5K Display Power Comsumption

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I'm looking to purchase a new MacBook Pro and a monitor, and I'm currently looking at the 15" MacBook Pro (2018) with the LG UltraFine 5K Display.

I'm fully aware that the MacBook Pro and the LG UltraFine 5K Display are compatible with each other, as indicated by this Apple Support page.

Having said that I noticed that the 15" MacBook Pro ships with an 87w power supply, whilst the LG UltraFine 5K Display provides up to 85W of charging power via the USB-C input.

Does that mean, that if the 15" MacBook Pro was performing some form of heavy computation, such as video rending, it could start to use the additional power requirements from the battery, and thus require the original charging cable to give it sufficient power (obviously at some point the battery will go flat)?

I'm probably looking into this far more than what is required, but it does seem strange that the latest 15" MacBook Pro laptops require more power than the "official Apple supported" monitor can provide.


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I'm using MacBook Air running MacOS Sierra and using an IP address(provided by my college) that has been bound to my device's MAC address manually.

ie- My device's MAC address is has been bonded with a specific IP address provided by the College's network administrators.

So, I've manually configured the network connection with that specific IP address.

Now, when I connect to my phone's wi-fi (Redmi 4A), it gets connected (DHCP), the internet works well and after 2-3 minutes the internet finally disconnects even though I'm still connected to my phone's wi-fi.

Is this due to the manual network settings set only for the IP address provided by the college.

EDIT: :

I found that the manual setting for the college wifi is causing a problem. When connecting to phone's wifi, the Using DHCP option doesn't get automatically selected.

So, what I did is that when connecting to my phone's wifi, I selected the Using DHCP and it worked well.

But the problem now is that when I reconnect to my college wifi, the Configure IPv4 now shows Using DHCP which I had previously selected when connecting to my phone's wifi.
Hence, when connecting to the college wifi, all the manual settings have disappeared and I have to fill the configuration details again.

Please suggest some workaround to deal with the above problem. I don't want to reconfigure all the manual settings again and again when I switch between the 2 wifis.


texts: An iPod, iPhone, and an iPad on 2 Apple IDs

texts: I have one iPod touch and my dad has a iPhone and a iPad. I use my dad's Apple ID. My dad has many apps and if I want a game/app that normally costs money he mostly has it, so I can install it for free. Now I want to make a new account but my dad says that I can't install his apps anymore so that I have to pay the apps again. E.g: My dad has cut the rope and I want it too, can I just switch accounts and install it or do I have to buy it myself on my own account? And when I make a new ID, do I lose my apps than?


texts: Kill all internet connections with one button on Mac

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I'm looking for something that I can use to kill all internet connections on my mac. Something that turns the wifi off, turns off the ethernet connections. Maybe an apple script or something. I tried using automator and using the Watch me Do, turning off the wifi and then making some changes to it's apple scipt, but that only works sometimes. I need something that will work every time, and good. Here's what I had in apple script, maybe someone smart can have a look and maybe remove the delay time altogether (I tried that, wouldnt' "compile")
on run {input, parameters}
-- Click the “Apple” menu.
delay 0.01
set timeoutSeconds to 0.0
set uiScript to "click menu bar item \"Apple\" of menu bar 1 of application process \"Finder\""
my doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)

-- System Preferences…
delay 0.01
set timeoutSeconds to 0.01
set uiScript to "click menu item 4 of menu 1 of menu bar item \"Apple\" of menu bar 1 of application process \"Finder\""
my doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)

-- Click the “Network” button.
delay 0.01
set timeoutSeconds to 0.01
set uiScript to "click UI Element \"Network\" of scroll area 1 of window \"System Preferences\" of application process \"System Preferences\""
my doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)

-- Click the “Turn Wi-Fi Off” button.
delay 0.01
set timeoutSeconds to 0.01
set uiScript to "click UI Element \"Turn Wi-Fi Off\" of group 1 of window \"Network\" of application process \"System Preferences\""
my doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)
return input

end run

on doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)
    set endDate to (current date) + timeoutSeconds
    repeat
        try
            run script "tell application \"System Events\"
" & uiScript & "
end tell"
            exit repeat
        on error errorMessage
            if ((current date) > endDate) then
                error "Can not " & uiScript
            end if
        end try
    end repeat
end doWithTimeout

Thanks for your help!


texts: What prevents macOS Mojave from sleeping my Mac?

texts:
I did some testing about activities which prevent sleep on Mojave:

It seems that when the display shows a moving image, even if on a background app (such as a youtube video mostly stopped by Finder but still showing movement) prevents sleep, a similar video with a static image but playing audio slept the display (and locked the mac) but didn’t sleep the mac.  If the video is playing on another hidden tab, the mac screen or the mac itself (not sure what happened) went to sleep once, not another.  No app, nor safari, showed in activity monitor as preventing sleep.

So I wonder

Will the mac go to sleep if you let it running a long youtube video?
Will the mac go to sleep if it has a cloud app enabled (google drive/dropbox/iCloud drive…)
What other activity can prevent a mac from sleeping?

I'm looking for in-depth answers which explain which activities enable or disable sleep on Mojave.


texts: How can I check which SMC version I am using?

texts:
I formatted my hard driver and reinstalled ML. I'd like to know whether I need to reinstall the latest SMC update or that once I install it is saved forever on the system.

I think that I don't need to reinstall it, because power sleep is enabled, and if I'm not mistaken it updates this feature, am I wrong?

In other words: Can I check which SMC I'm using?


texts: Does iPhone's baseband change when updating iOS?

texts:
I would like to know more about basebands.

Does it change when updating iOS?
Do all iPhones have the same baseband?
If not, how do they differ?
And ... can I unlock an iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1.1?

I would be very grateful for an explanation.


texts: How do I delete a Time Machine local snapshot which is empty and in the wrong place?

texts:
Somehow I have a folder on the root of my hard drive called com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots. This contains a few other folders which end with a couple of dated folders containing folders with the name of my hard drive but nothing further down in the hierarchy.
I understand this is a Time Machine local backup but it shouldn't be here. I can't delete it in the finder even if I log in as root. I can't delete it in Terminal even using sudo rm -R Someone else suggested sudo chmod -R 777 /foldername but that didn't work either. Another sugestion was tmutil but no, I assume because it's in the wrong place. tmutil can also list local snapshots of which I have several, but it doesn't list that one which is probably why it can't delete it. I can't move it anywhere else either. I was thinking if I could move it to the correct location tmutil might then be able to remove it, but trying to move it just copies it to the new location and the original is still there.
Does anyone have any ideas? I have tried everything I can find suggested online. Thanks in advance.


texts: Change default mail application without configuring mail.app

texts: I'd like to change my default application for handling mailto: links to be the gmail browser-based client. I'd like to do this without configuring the default mail.app. That means I cannot get to the mail.app preferences panel. Does anyone know how?


texts: What font is used during verbose boot mode?

texts:
When booting OS X in verbose boot mode (⌘+v on startup), the log is printed on screen.

It seems different to the kernel font, but it might just be a smaller version of it.

inverted screenshot Yosemite 10.10.1

Anyone know what font is used and have a credible source?


texts:
Is it possible to create a Homebrew Formula that doesn't need a URL to download?

In my case the recipe just depends on other recipes and installs a homebrew specific shell script.

class Test < Formula
  desc "Test"
  homepage "https://test.com"
  version "1.0"

  depends_on "yschimke/tap/oksocial"

  def install
    (bin+"testoksocial").write <<-EOS.undent
        #!/bin/sh

        echo Hello
    EOS
  end
end

But running this gives

$ brew install ./test.rb
Error: formulae require at least a URL
Please report this bug:
    https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb:193:in `determine_active_spec'


texts: How does System Information break down the Storage report?

texts:
When I access the Storage report via About this Mac > More info... I am noticing some strangeness: I see quite significant amounts being reported for file types that I don't have a lot of on my hard disk i.e. 1.26 GB Audio; 9.94 GB Movies; 4.72 GB Photos...

Using Disk Inventory X I noted that the most significant consumers of my disk space at the moment are the backup of my iPad (which is categorized as iTunes Document by that app and mostly consist of iOS apps and a couple of books) and my DropBox folder (which has some pictures and movies but not that much given I only have under 12 GB of DropBox space).

How does the Finder categorize file types and indeed what is 'Other' which is currently consuming 29.44 GB of disk place?

cheers


texts: iOS Developer Program: I misspelled my address, and now I cannot cancel my enrolment and try again

texts:
I tried to enrol to the iOS Developer program a few months ago, but was unable to do so because my card wasn't acceptable due to some reasons.

I now have a new card which can be used with Apple. But I changed my address in the mean time. My account is still stuck at the previous enrolment, with the previous address.  I cannot seem to cancel this enrolment, or start a new one. I cannot edit my information either, which shows up fine at My Apple ID.

How do I get out of this situation?


texts:
I am working on a mac running OSX 10.10.5 and I am using Apple mail. When I am reading an email I want to prevent the email from being marked as read instantly. I would rather mark it myself, or have it wait like 2 minutes before it marks it as read.

I know about the terminal delay trick, but that doesn't work. The Truepreview plugin hasn't been updated for a long time and doesn't work anymore. Are there any alternatives?


texts:
I've recently bought an usb3 flash drive where I've put a live kali linux distribution. When I try to boot my early 2015 mac book pro (with Yosemite) from this usb3 drive I have two options: windows or efi. If I select the efi option everything freeze and I need to hold down the power button to force a shutdown. If I select windows option instead everything works well.
With an usb2 flash drive, instead, the efi option can load the live kali linux distribution.

Why this behavior? What the differences between windows and efi options?

Thanks.


texts:
A while back I did an SSD upgrade on my 15" MacBook Pro 2013.  The SSD I'm using is an ADATA SX6000 256gb.  I purchased the Sintech adapter to use with this drive and I had no issues installing MacOS Mojave or any of the sleep issues that I've seen people have online.

However, after a month of use my MacBook suddenly won't boot and all I can see is a folder with a question mark flashing.  I thought maybe the new SSD unfortunately failed but when I installed it into my main PC it was able to recognize it without any issues.

What I'm wondering is if this is an adpater problem as the original drive still works with this MacBook, it's only the new one that doesn't.

I'm looking for help or advice on how I can narrow down the problem?


texts: Modifying .plist with shell changes .plist order

texts: I wrote a simple shell command and saved it as .command. The shell command is simply: defaults write /Users/Milo/Desktop/MyPlist "My Key" "My Entry". The issue that I'm having is that after running that command, it messes with the order of the plist file. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, except that I wrote an application that parses the plist, and it does so according to the order of the keys in the file. I don't want to change my app just to accommodate a seemingly random ordered plist that gets returned after I run the command. How can I make the command not reorder my plist?


texts: How to prevent Mac sleep from command line?

texts:
I have a long running script at the remote computer.

I don't want terminate my ssh session, and need enter it into a shell script.

How is it possible to prevent my Mac from falling into sleep from the command line?


texts: Kerebos ticket creation using `kinit` no longer works after possible Keychain interaction

texts:
I've been connecting to a remote PostgreSQL server in an enterprise environment that requires Kerberos authentication. My usual method of connecting was running kinit <username@SERVERNAME.COM>, entering my password, and then connecting to the database through something like psql or an R/Python API.
I was tired of running the kinit command every day and entering my password, so I tried creating a longer ticket (using the -l flag) and incorporating Keychain using the --keychain flag.
And now things don't work and I'm not sure why. The exact error message I receive when I run psql:
psql: error: GSSAPI continuation error: No credentials were supplied, or the credentials were unavailable or inaccessible: No Kerberos credentials available (default cache: KCM:)

A few additional pieces of information (with obvious substitutions for SERVER.COM, etc.):

Running klist returns:
Credentials cache: API:4280HV-SOME-LONG-STRING-OF-VALUES
      Principal: username@SERVER.COM

  Issued                Expires               Principal
Apr  9 12:51:13 2021  Apr  9 22:51:13 2021  krbtgt/SERVER.COM@SERVER.COM
Apr  9 12:51:14 2021  Apr  9 22:51:13 2021  ldap/sub.server.com@SERVER.COM

Earlier, when I ran kinit, a password was requested. Now it's not. Even after the ticket has naturally expired.

I've tried destroying (using kdestroy -A) and recreating the Kerebos ticket. I can see the ticket disappear and reappear on the Apple Ticket Viewer.

My /etc/krb5.conf file reads:
[libdefaults]
  default_realm = SERVER.COM

OS: Big Sur (11.2.3)

I'm at a loss to figure out what happened. Does anyone have any suggestions?


texts: Can Safari request web pages in my language, regardless of location?

texts: I've been traveling a lot lately, and I notice web servers often serve me pages in a language that matches my current location. If I'm in Greece, I get the page in Greek. If I'm Spain, I get a page in Spanish. I thought there was a way to specify (using an HTTP header) what languages I preferred. Is there a place to enable that? Maybe it is already happening, but web servers are simply ignoring it.


texts: How do I change the microphone input sensitivity on iPad 2?

texts:
Is it possible to change the microphone sensitivity (input volume) on the iPad?

If so, how?


texts:
Is there a way to open an opened file in Finder?
E.g. I have an open txt file, working with it and want to quickly open it in Finder.
Maybe shortcut or any automator script.


texts: Why does Finder give several different sizes in Get Info?

texts:
I'm looking at the size of a folder in get info, and Finder is giving me two different sizes, differing by about 10 GB! I'm curious as to the reason and source of this size difference. In the image below, it appears to be giving both a size of 43.51 GB and 53.24 GB.

If this is useful, I'm running Catalina 10.15.7.
Thank you!


texts:
I have a USB key that was working and now cannot be mounted anymore. The device is detected but is not mounted. After a one minute or so it moves to not detected state.
The command ioreg -p IOUSB -w0 -l returns the following just after the connection. After a while, the device disappears from the list.

+-o USB Flash Disk@14100000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100007502, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (7 ms), retain 19>
|   {
|     "sessionID" = 140116672718152
|     "iManufacturer" = 1
|     "bNumConfigurations" = 1
|     "idProduct" = 4096
|     "bcdDevice" = 4352
|     "Bus Power Available" = 250
|     "USB Address" = 10
|     "bMaxPacketSize0" = 64
|     "iProduct" = 2
|     "iSerialNumber" = 3
|     "bDeviceClass" = 0
|     "Built-In" = No
|     "locationID" = 336592896
|     "bDeviceSubClass" = 0
|     "bcdUSB" = 512
|     "USB Product Name" = "USB Flash Disk"
|     "PortNum" = 1
|     "non-removable" = "no"
|     "IOCFPlugInTypes" = {"9dc7b780-9ec0-11d4-a54f-000a27052861"="IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle"}
|     "bDeviceProtocol" = 0
|     "IOUserClientClass" = "IOUSBDeviceUserClientV2"
|     "IOPowerManagement" = {"DevicePowerState"=0,"CurrentPowerState"=4,"CapabilityFlags"=32768,"MaxPowerState"=4,"DriverPowerState"=4}
|     "kUSBCurrentConfiguration" = 1
|     "Device Speed" = 2
|     "USB Vendor Name" = "General"
|     "idVendor" = 2316
|     "IOGeneralInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable"
|     "USB Serial Number" = "04IUVY6CK9W0QCJJ"
|     "IOClassNameOverride" = "IOUSBDevice"
|   }
|
+-o USB Flash Disk@14200000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100007700, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (7 ms), retain 18>
    {
      "sessionID" = 142173080787396
      "iManufacturer" = 1
      "bNumConfigurations" = 1
      "idProduct" = 4096
      "bcdDevice" = 4352
      "Bus Power Available" = 250
      "USB Address" = 31
      "bMaxPacketSize0" = 64
      "iProduct" = 2
      "iSerialNumber" = 3
      "bDeviceClass" = 0
      "Built-In" = No
      "locationID" = 337641472
      "bDeviceSubClass" = 0
      "bcdUSB" = 512
      "USB Product Name" = "USB Flash Disk"
      "PortNum" = 2
      "non-removable" = "no"
      "IOCFPlugInTypes" = {"9dc7b780-9ec0-11d4-a54f-000a27052861"="IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle"}
      "bDeviceProtocol" = 0
      "IOUserClientClass" = "IOUSBDeviceUserClientV2"
      "IOPowerManagement" = {"DevicePowerState"=0,"CurrentPowerState"=4,"CapabilityFlags"=32768,"MaxPowerState"=4,"DriverPowerState"=4}
      "kUSBCurrentConfiguration" = 1
      "Device Speed" = 2
      "USB Vendor Name" = "General"
      "idVendor" = 2316
      "IOGeneralInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable"
      "USB Serial Number" = "04P6O04UC8YSC6QU"
      "IOClassNameOverride" = "IOUSBDevice"
    }

Device 140116672718152 is correctly detected and works correctly (it's an USB key of the same type) and device 142173080787396 is the problematic one. It is detected and listed but after a while it disappears from the list. Is there a way to reset the USB key firmware or something like that? I cannot connect on another laptop the key. I think it's not working since I have disconnected without eject during a transfer but I'm not sure about that.


texts:
We’re looking to make sure we know where our daughter is and so are using the Find My Friends app on iOS 11. We’ve set things up within restrictions however the app settings have changed. We’re guessing that this has been done through iCloud on her iMac.

Is there any way to stop the settings being changed again once we put them back?


texts: Same group, multiple group chats - How to fix?

texts:
I'm in a group chat with 3 others. We all have iPhones. About a month ago, a new group chat was created with the same group. I deleted it, but it came back. 3 of the 4 of us experience this problem. The other guy has no idea what we're talking about when we say "this is driving me crazy."

Many others seem to have also experienced this problem:

  "iOS 8 creating multiple group messages with same recipients" (Official Apple Forum)

There is no answer in the above thread.

How can we fix this issue?


texts: Able to print, but can not scan from my printer

texts:
I am using Artisan 725 on my Macbook and when I try to scan it says that the printer is not able to communicate - "Communication error has occurred." However, it will let me print.

Has anybody else had a similar issue with this printer/scanner and found a way to resolve it?


texts: How wifi/bluetooth speaker can get audio data?

texts:
As I said in title? How a wifi/bluetooth speaker can get audio data from your device such as phone or PC?
I have an bluetooth speaker and any sound from my phone is sent to that speaker - How they can do that.
Even with wifispeaker, I see that some must run with a program, but some doesn't. Just turn on speaker, connect to your device and you can stream any sound to it.

Thank you


texts:
I have a AppleScript that runs from a cron job. The script is:

tell application "System Events"
set frontApp to name of first application process whose frontmost is true
end tell
tell application frontApp
if the (count of windows) is not 0 then
    set window_name to name of front window
end if
end tell

(which I got from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/480866/get-the-title-of-the-current-active-window-document-in-mac-os-x in an example of one of many instances where SO has had the answer to a query ready for me)

I use the script to populate a file like this

l

2013-08-07_20:55:04convert - Linux Command - Unix Command
2013-08-07_20:56:05matlab graph colors.... - Stack Overflow
2013-08-07_20:57:06matlab graph colors.... - Stack Overflow
2013-08-07_20:58:07matlab graph colors.... - Stack Overflow
2013-08-07_20:59:08matlab graph colors.... - Stack Overflow
2013-08-07_21:00:10printing - Save MATLAB figure with different background color - Stack Overflow
2013-08-07_21:01:11matlab graph colors.... - Stack Overflow
2013-08-07_21:02:12Changing matlab b - Stack Overflow
2013-08-07_21:03:162013-08-07_21:04:17/Users/josephreddington/Downloads

to keep track of my time.  It works well but I have issues like - all I'm getting from the Apple Script is the title of the window i.e.

matlab graph colors.... - Stack Overflow

Whereas what I'd like is a little more information, like active application (Chrome) in this instance - can someone point me in the direction of either a) how to modify the script so that I get the application name as well as the window title, or b) where I find a handy API that tells me how to do a)

Cheers,


texts:
I have a Mac Mini (Mid 2011) running OS X Lion with two monitors currently hooked up to it. One is a DVI monitor (it also supports VGA) and the other is VGA-only.

The DVI monitor is currently hooked up using the HDMI port on the Mac Mini, with, of course, an HDMI to DVI adapter.
The other monitor is currently hooked up using a DisplayPort to VGA adapter.

This all just works fine. But whenever I want to watch a video on my TV (for example), I have to put the TV into the HDMI port, thereby disconnecting my main monitor. I was wondering if it is possible to daisy chain this.

I want to just hook up an adapter or something like that, put my two monitors in there and then just hook up the TV, being able to use it whenever I want to.

Is it possible to do such a thing? I know it's possible by using two Thunderbolt monitors, daisy chaining them and then plug in the other display (a TV for example...) to the HDMI port. However, I don't want to buy two new display's...

Thanks in advance,
Robert


texts: Import mailbox from Mail (with no mail account access) to Gmail

texts: On my iPhone on Mail, I have a mailbox from a provider that I no longer have access to (emails were downloaded via POP while I still had access). I don't want to lose those emails. Is there a way I can import them into say Gmail or another provider that I now use from the iPhone?


texts: How to enable push notifications of emails?

texts:
A quick question with perhaps no answer,

How can I enable push notifications of emails?

What currently happens when I get an email is that my phone vibrates or rings, then I look at the locked screen and no information is displayed.

I'd like a preview of the email in a notification window with at least the sender.

I currently have 3 mailboxes, one in google, one in hotmail, the other a private work exchange server.

Is there a solution to receive push notifications for all of my mailboxes?


texts: What is the MacOSX.sdk file? Where do I find it?

texts:
I am trying to do a build of Cyanogenmod, that outputs the error:

Can not find SDK  at /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk

However, the /Developer/SDKs directory does not even exist. I know that most of the libraries have been moved to Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/, but I don't know where to look. What is this MacOSX.sdk file? Where can I find it?

Also note that the wiki of Cyanogenmod says that I should Install the Mac OS X Developer Tools from my DVD, but I upgraded to Mavericks with the App Store. What do they mean by Developer Tools? I do have things like make and gcc (Command line tools in Xcode).

This is the wiki page I found the instruction to install dev tools from DVD:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Template:Build_on_Mac_OS_X#Install_Developer_Tools


texts: OS X - AppleScript Question about moving files daily to another folder (folders vary)

texts:
I am currently using this ( http://lifehacker.com/193778/download-of-the-day--auto+applescript-tickler-file ) for a tickler file system and have it setup in my Dropbox (so it works across systems). There are just a couple of things from making it perfect. If anyone can help me out that would be superb.

What I'm after is a script or workflow that will take the folders contents for the previous day (they change each day and are numbered) and move them to the current day. So then I can set it in as an alarm to perform in the morning every day.

Thanks very much.


texts: Can't generate a Reflow project from photoshop CC

texts:
According to this video importing a psd from Photoshop CC to Reflow is as simple as going to the menu File > Generate and clic Edge Reflow Project.

But this menu item is not showing in my case.

I'm using a Mac OSX 10.8.5, the 30 days trial of creative cloud for the moment with both Reflow and Photoshop CC installed and up to date. I also have Photoshop CS6 installed on my Mac.


texts: Installed Windows in wrong partition and now shows "no bootable device"

texts:
I chose the wrong partition to install Windows on my MacBook Pro Retina.

How do I reinstall Mountain Lion? I tried ⌘R but the only thing I get is:

  No Bootable Device -- Insert boot disk and press any key


texts: What is the right way to install font from sources on OS X?


texts: Run java bundled in .app from command-line

texts:
The question is how do I run some application written in java and bundled into .app package from command-line?

The main purpose of this is to run an application under JDK7. So I will start it with the java bundled in JDK7 instead of default one.

I need something like https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/10253/15553 but with java, so I can run it with a different JDK.


texts: OS X Lion Connection to Business network?

texts: I have a client that wants to connect an OS X Lion macbook air to his business network remotely, and I was just wondering if anyone knows of a way to do this easily. Normally, I would set up a VPN server and allow for a connection in this way, but that is not a process I can recommend to "less techy" people. Is there an easier (while still secure) way to set up a business network connection remotely? Thanks beforehand.


texts: Can I transfer a call to another number mid-call (on my iPhone)?

texts: I would like to transfer a call (mid-call) to another number. Is it possible?


texts: I'm using Hazel to move photos from the iPhoto catalog into Lightroom. Is this a terrible idea?

texts:
I use Lightroom and not iPhoto, and I'm on a MacBook Air, so HD space is premium. I want all my PhotoStream photos to find their way into Lightroom. I've set up a Hazel rule that looks at ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Masters and searches all the subfolders for images and MOVES them into a separate folder that Lightroom then scans and processes, moving photos into its own folders based on date stamps.

It seems to be working well. All the photos in iPhoto are now broken links of course.

Any non-obvious downsides I should be aware of?


texts:
I want to validate a "dd" image of a USB disk in OS X using the terminal. The terminal command md5 works on the dd image but not on the entire disk.

$ dd if=/dev/disk2 of=image.dd conv=notrunc
1974152+0 records in
1974152+0 records out
1010765824 bytes transferred in 149.033958 secs (6782118 bytes/sec)
$ md5 image.dd
MD5 (image.dd) = 3efc7e341b1bf2d729ffcd9b6a313428
$ md5 /dev/disk2
MD5 (/dev/disk2) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
$ md5 /dev/rdisk2
MD5 (/dev/rdisk2) = d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

I tried using /dev/rdisk1 and got the same results. I am OS X Lion.


texts: iPhone died while recording audio, how do I retrieve it?

texts: Is there a way to recover the recorded audio file while the phone died. When I recharged the phone and looked in the Voice Recording app, it shows the recording listed but with 00:00 recording time. I'm not sure if the audio file is still somewhere on the phone, and not sure how to recover it


texts:
I met a problem recently.

Sometimes the Google shows me a page says that my computer is sending frequent requests to Google so that I must enter the number in the picture to continue to use Google's services.

Obviously, I would not do such thing.

The applications installed in my Mac are all from trusted sources(e.g. official websites).

I have no idea 'who' is doing such thing.

How can I monitor the network to find out the 'worngdoer'.


texts: How to reclaim all the space on a NAS RAID drive for us as a regular Mac drive

texts:
I have just upgraded several hard drives on our Synology, and now have 2 bare metal drives of smaller capacity (6TB) that I'd like to reuse on my Mac for other purposes. However I can't seem to get them reformatted for use with the Mac: I am only able to reclaim 1.6TB of the original 6TB (WD Red drive)

Here is how they show up initially:

/dev/disk9 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.6 TB     disk9
   1:                 Linux_RAID                         2.6 GB     disk9s1
   2:                 Linux_RAID                         2.1 GB     disk9s2

This adds up to about 6TB, and makes sense to see the Linux_RAID partition types given that I pulled these from Synology.

However after reformatting using Disk Utility, I only see a 1.6TB drive, which is confirmed when I do a diskutil list:

/dev/disk9 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.6 TB     disk9
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk9s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                1.6 TB     disk9s2

I've tried various combinations of reformatting from the command line, as well [this question] (including diskutil eraseDisk), to no avail. I always seem to end up with a single 1.6TB partition.

Any suggestions on how to fully wipe and reformat the drive to get access to the full capacity?

EDIT: trying to reclaim the partition space did not work either (note that after a reboot, the disk in question is now disk5:

➜  ~ diskutil partitionDisk disk5 1 GPT HFS+ MacintoshHD 100%
Started partitioning on disk5
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate
Formatting disk5s2 as Mac OS Extended with name MacintoshHD
Initialized /dev/rdisk5s2 as a 1 TB case-insensitive HFS Plus volume
Mounting disk
Finished partitioning on disk5
/dev/disk5 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.6 TB     disk5
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk5s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS MacintoshHD             1.6 TB     disk5s2

EDIT2: getting details on the disk in question:

➜  ~ system_profiler SPStorageDataType | egrep disk5 -B 10 -A 10
    MacintoshHD:

      Free: 1.6 TB (1,602,103,631,872 bytes)
      Capacity: 1.6 TB (1,602,784,641,024 bytes)
      Mount Point: /Volumes/MacintoshHD
      File System: HFS+
      Writable: Yes
      Ignore Ownership: Yes
      BSD Name: disk5s2
      Volume UUID: 96706824-36D6-37F5-BEC0-E8D7BAA06E9B
      Physical Drive:
          Device Name: External
          Media Name: Generic External Media
          Protocol: USB
          Internal: No
          Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)


texts: How to run a one-liner shell command using launchd?

texts:
Below is an example of what I'm trying to do:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
    <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>fooLabel</string>
        <key>Something</key>
        <string>/bin/bash foo -arg 1 -arg 2 &</string>
</dict>
</plist>

The plist was added to /Library/LaunchDaemons so it should run at boot for all users, right? The appropriate file permissions were set.

The script needs to run as a background process and also requires network connectivity. How can I make sure the plist doesnt launch until internet access is established?


texts: Linux on My MacBook Pro - Want to erase Linux and reinstall macOS

texts:
I currently am running Kali Linux on my laptop. Currently I need to sell my laptop for some extra cash. I am looking to reinstall Mac OS, so it can be ready for sale. Keeping my current files is not an issue as they have backed up elsewhere.
I have looked up some options but do not know what one would be best.

bootable usb?
mac os disk install?

Thanks


texts: Can deleted device be reallocated in the Developer Portal?

texts:
I want to know if deleted devices from the Developer Portal are reallocated. After deleting a device, I can use that spot to allocate it to a new one?

I have read in
Program Renewals

  Yes. You are allowed to assign up to 100 devices for testing and Ad Hoc distribution per membership year. At that start of a new membership year, Team Agents and Team Admins can remove devices and restore the available device count for their development team to 100 devices. When Team Agents or Admins first log into the iOS Provisioning Portal at the start of a new membership year, they will be presented with the option to remove devices and restore the device count for those removed devices. Important Note : Devices can be removed and their device count restored only up until the first new device is added. Therefore, it is important to remove all devices you are no longer using for development prior to adding any new devices.

But as I understand this is after renewal?

I have deleted a device for testing in my account, but havent seen the number of available devices update?


texts: Permission to buy notifications no longer received

texts:
I used to receive the permission notifications when my son tried to buy something from the App Store, but a few weeks ago this just stopped.

I've tried everything: buying from 2 different iPads signed in as him, also signed out and in again. I even checked on my old MacBook to see if the notification were received there, and also on an iPad logged as a me. Nothing seems to receive the notification.

I don't have an iPhone, but I'm pretty sure this doesn't matter. I used to receive the notifications on my MacBook.

I've also checked my notifications settings. They aren't disabled for the Family app, and I get notifications for other things regularly.

The only way he can buy anything is if I disable the "ask to buy" requirement briefly, then re-enable it.

I can't remove and re-add him to the family because he's under 13.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?


texts: I have created the Apple ID. Now when I try to download anything from the App Store and I log in with my ID and password, I see the message "this ID has not been yet used". What should I do? I have no more knowledge about these procedures.


texts: on macOS catalina,how to determine the name of the app which prompts the user for password? Are there any logs generated which stores the historical information about such .


texts: I keep having huge lag spikes, anyone have a clue?

texts:
The first lag spike is only caused by Google Chrome or Firefox, I suppose it's a memory leak. It affects the whole computer too. And it can last as long as half an hour (probably more if I let it). What's funny is that it always gets fixed if I do the following:

Click Cmd+q to quit it, it just takes a couple of minutes and it fixes itself. Just gotta reopen the browser and it goes great for another couple of hours.
Open Activity Monitor, if I manage to do that, it completely fixes itself, then I just gotta restart the browser and it works for another couple of hours flawlessly.

The second lag spike in the image was caused when I opened the Activity Monitor, it lasted around 10 seconds, it was almost unnoticeable, and I think it was caused mainly because I force quit Firefox at this point.

The third and later small lag spikes were caused when I took several screenshots to do this.

So the question is, why are these huge lag spikes generated? Before clossing Firefox I noticed it was using 1GB of RAM, the whole computer was probably using 2GBs RAM max, and yet I have 8GBs of RAM.

Also, I do NOT want to restart my computer, not because I'll lose anything, but rather because it's probably I'll have to reinstall my system if I do (I keep getting this loading screen, then it shuts down).

If you can provide any help as to why this might happen, I would appreciate it, especially the second problem, I've tried everything.

I am using Mac OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2


texts: Move pictures to albums and shared albums in iOS 13

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I used to be able to select pictures, hit share and then be able to put them in personal or shared albums using the iOS Photos app. Now in iOS 13, I can’t see the Photos link anymore.

How can I do this in iOS 13? I know I can go to the album and hit +, but this workflow is reversed and I would have to find my photos again.


texts: App Store offers Safari 11.0.2 which I already have

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Today App Store offered me Safari 11.0.2. But I already have this. See the screenshot below.

Should I just update it again? Or is there something else I can do?


texts: Why is it difficult to drag with the Magic Trackpad 2?

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I am using a Magic Trackpad 2. I do a lot of design, so I have to drag and move items several hours a day. I click with my right thumb near the bottom of the Trackpad, and I drag with my index finger. The trackpad is very close to the laptop, less than 8 inches away on the same table as the laptop, the battery is fully charged every day.
But the trackpad doesn't behave in a consistent way. Sometimes, when I want to click an object and drag it, the trackpad thinks I am scaling in or out, and scales the view on my page. So I have to undo the last action, and try again.
Other times, I click on an object and try to drag it, but nothing happens, my index finger just swipes the trackpad without anything moving on the screen.
And other times, the trackpad doesn't click when I press down on it, no matter how hard I press down.
I have been using trackpads for 20 years and it's the first time I find one so approximative and unreliable.
I am extremely annoyed and disappointed by this erratic behavior - I think it was much easier back when trackpads had a clickable bar, and a non-clickable dragging area. It makes me lost time and confuses me several dozen times a day.
Are there ways to make sure the trackpad understands what I am trying to do without getting confused?


texts: Why does Disk Utility show "Macintosh HD" on both Logical Volume Group and the volume underneath?

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After performing a clean install of Yosemite (erasing the entire disk using disk utility during installation), the original name of the disk (APPLE HDD HTS547575A9E384 Media) turned out to be "Macintosh HD" eventually. In addition, there are only two actions left, first aid and partition.

I have carried out clean installs several times on this MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid 2012, now running 10.10.4), but this is the first time that I encounter this kind of problem. The only thing I did was erase the entire disk. Hope to return back to its original state, showing its real name and available actions.


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I am having problems switching between applications using CommandTab on my MacBook Pro (macOS Mojave). Every now and then when I use CommandTab and release the buttons when a desired application is highlighted, the system goes to the Finder view instead of the Application.

This happens despite the fact that the applications are all maximized and should have their own view. I have tried Googling this problem without any luck.


texts: I have recently updated both my Mac & Apple TV software now my Airplay mirroring is no longer working (though does through iTunes) I just receive a message saying Could not connect to "Apple TV" when clicking on the Airplay icon. It's not a WiFi issue as I can still access my computer via apple TV.


texts: “qnmqkmkrqwfq” is damaged and can’t be opened , even though i set Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere

texts: i just finished updating my Macbook pro to macOS Catalina and after the installation finished i got this error message that keeps reappearing. i do not know or have a file named "qnmqkmkrqwfq" (i tried searching for it) and when i press show in finder or ok it disappears for a second and then pops up again for no reason and i am not trying to open any files or apps. i searched and the only solution i found was setting "Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere" but it did not work. Please Help.


texts: Recover SSH private key passphrase from keychain

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After performing a macOS upgrade ssh asked for my ssh passphrase. I have completely forgotten the passphrase since keychain has been managing it.

This answer shows how to configure keychain to reconnect and remove my need to enter the passphrase when connecting to a host. After following those steps I can ssh successfully without knowing the private key passphrase, which suggests that the passphrase is stored in keychain.

However, I can't find the ssh passphrase in keychain. Is there a way to recover the ssh key passphrase from keychain?

This question/answer says that keychain keeps passphrases as regular keychain items, but I can only find one item after searching for ssh and that is an older item for my original id_rsa key which is no longer is use.


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Ok a few months ago I bought a Macbook Pro 2012 and shortly afterwards I installed a Adata 512GB SSD.  I cloned my existing Mechanical drive to the new internal SSD and everything went fine for a few months.  My Mackbook Pro was booting up in about 11 secs and running like a pro.  Well a few weeks ago I started having problems.  Here are the following problems:

When I close the laptop and put it to sleep it freezes when I wake it up and it becomes unresponsive to the point that I have to completely turn it off.
Sometimes when I have to power it on it has trouble finding the internal SSD and after a few minutes I get the blinking folder with the question mark.  This tells me it's having problems finding my SSD.  Sometimes I have to turn it off and back on a few times or do the clear NVRAM key combination inorder to get it booted up.  Once it's booted up it works just perfect.  but if I let it go to sleep then its back to problem 1 above.

This has become increasingly frustrating as my Macbook it used for editing pictures from my photography sessions and also editing videos.   And I have tried all the different solutions from the internet/google/forums.  Well the other night I decided to open it up and install my old mechanical drive back in it.  When I turned it on the it found the drive and booted right up.  I put it to sleep and it woke back up with no problem and it didn't freeze.  I also powered it off and back on a few times and it booted with no problem.

Is it safe to assume that my Adata SSD is dying or could it be something else that's causing this problem?  I also did a erase and restore from a time machine backup and had the same results.


texts: 1st gen iPad charges slowly and doesn't show charging indicator

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A few months ago, my 1st generation iPad fell on the carpet and started having issues with charging. Note: it wasn't plugged in to anything when it fell.

When I tried charging it, it didn't show any indication that it was charging.

I took it to the Apple store, and they said that it can no longer charge and that the only thing I can do is get a new iPad. I decided to go home and try leaving it plugged in to the wall for several hours and see what happens. After 4 hours of charging, the charge only rose by 5%. Note: the iPad was on, but the screen was off.

When I tried turning the device off and charging it overnight, it was able to charge to 100%.

So my two problems are:

The charging indicator no longer shows up.
It takes a long time to charge while the iPad is on.

Is there any way to fix these two problems? If it's a physical problem with one of the components of the iPad, which one would I need to replace to fix these issues?

I'm guessing that Apple came to that conclusion because they didn't have time to leave it plugged in and wait a few hours just to see it charge a little bit. Therefore, I understand why Apple thought it could never be charged again.

Note: I'm using the charger that came with it, and I've tried other chargers as well. Apple tried their own chargers too.


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Someone shared their contacts with me and I don't know how to delete them. I've opened the contacts app but I don't see them. I only see them when I'm writing a new text message and they show up in the auto complete field.

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