texts: Garageband is *always* recording internal computer audio

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I'm making a very simple recording using the built-in microphone. However, even though I'm wearing headphones, garageband is recording the internal audio along with the microphone input. That means, for exemple, that the metronome and the other tracks I've already recorded get recorded into every new track no matter what I do. Here are my system's details:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
MacOS Catalina v10.15.3

Thanks!


texts: Stopped sync of photo's with iTunes, iPhone still claims little storage is used due to sync

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I recently stopped the synchronisation of photo's with iTunes on my iPhone. My iPhone removed all photo's it was still showing thanks to this synchronisation, but it still claims some storage is used due to synchronisation of photo's with iTunes.

I'm talking about 0.7 kB. I know it's not much, but nevertheless I'm wondering what it is used for.


texts: Why does Spotlight give a wrong value for `cos(pi/2)`?

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As you might know, Spotlight can do simple mathematics.
For instance, typing cos(pi) will result in -1, as you might expect.
I just typed in cos(pi/2), which should be 0 but it gave me -5e-12.

Yes it is probably due to a rounding error, but come on: cos(pi/2)!
In my opinion, that clearly looks like bug. What do you think?


texts: Wifi Automatically Turning ON after iOS 11 Update

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I'm facing this issue after updating iOS11 in my recently bought iPhone 7

I usually turn off wifi during the night and found it ON in the morning. It automatically turns ON resulting in unnecessary battery drains.

Would appreciate a fix !!


texts: Disable network device for specified period of time

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Recently I converted an old MacBook into a server, running OS X 10.6.8 (the normal, non-server edition). I use it as my VPN server, my bittorrent rsync server, web server, ssh server and so forth.

Sometimes I manually disconnect the LAN cable from my server to speed up my connection for online gaming, afterwards I plug back the LAN cable.

What is a good way to temporary disable the LAN device on my MacBook running OS X 10.6.8? Preferably that it automatically enables again after a specified period of time (some sort of timer). I would prefer a method via SSH.


texts: macOS Sierra scrolling behavior in Terminal is really weird

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After upgrading to macOS Sierra, one of the things that bugs me is the altered scrolling behavior in Terminal, using the Trackpad.

See screencast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUWO6-oOLoA

When scrolling using the Trackpad (second part of the video), the scrolling is very sensitive and jittery. There's no way to scroll just one line of text for instance.

Any insight into this behavior, or way to revert to the previous one?


texts: On Snow Leopard, the default unzip tool won't ask for password but just report it can't unzip?

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Yesterday, I zipped up something using 7-zip on the PC, using a password for the zip file.  So if I copy the file to another PC and unzip, it asks for the password and restore the file.  However, if I copy the file to a Mac with Snow Leopard and double click on that file, it will simply say, can't unzip the file.  (Archive Utility was the app).

For me, since I know UNIX, I tried to open up Terminal and typed in

unzip foo.zip

and it actually asked for the password and unzipped for me, but I just wonder, what about if I don't use Terminal, or for people who are not familiar with the command line, how can it be done?


texts: Quotes problem in Mavericks (or TextEdit)

texts: TextEdit in Mavericks changes the standard double quotes "Hello" to using curly, non-ascii quotation marks “Hello”.  It does this even when you edit plain text documents.  Is there a way to prevent this new behavior in Mavericks?


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I got my Macbook Pro 15" around 2011 to edit videos for my film school. I carried my MacBook around with me using Final Cut Pro 7 with no problem for around 2 years. I stopped editing videos after I graduated, but time to time I tried using Final Cut Pro again, but it won't let me edit without a huge lag. (I always use an external HD when editing videos) I can't even play the preview especially when I have some effects on it. I also tried using Premiere but my mac just half-freezes. Is it because my Macbook is too old and the processing speed is too slow? I'm not trying to make a 2hrs long feature film, it's more like a short film. This MacBook still works great with other software, so I wish I can find a way to edit videos again with this MacBook.

P.S. I didn't update my OS yet. Should I??

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2 GHz

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Bought in 2011


texts: Neighbor's Airport Extreme extending my wireless network?

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I noticed a new machine on my network -- it's my next-door neighbor's Airport Extreme!

My network is set up with a WPA2 Personal password, and I don't believe that he's cracking passwords to steal my bandwidth.  My suspicion is that it's accidental.  I don't see any place in Airport Utility where I can say "don't allow this network to be extended".

I'd like to know

Is it actually possible that his Extreme is extending my network, even without having the password?
Is it possible for me to block it from doing so?
Is there any security flaw here that I should be worried about?  Or is this actually just preventing him from being able to connect via wifi (because it's all my network now)?


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When I run grep on a text file, I get nonsense results. It seems as if the whole file is printed out but on one line overwriting itself.   I read that on the Mac, text files use \r instead of the normal \n as a line ending.  That would explain it, but how to make grep treat \r as if it were \n?

I'm using Snow Leopard OS X, and am quite new to using Apple anything, but a long-time Linux programmer.


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In Numbers, how is it possible to sort selected columns by a row?
In the following example I want to sort the columns B, C and D by using the values in row 1.

So far, I have only found the reverse action (which does what it is supposed to) "sort selected rows by column".


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I have an old imac that I have turned into a printing server with cups, it is running debian

I need to set up printing on a mac running leopard

I have tried inputing the info directly on the localhost:631 but it didn't show up when I need to print something, the test page worked fine

I then tried to put it in directly from system preferences it appeared in the menu were you select your printer but I couldn't print, when I printed the test page it printed weird symbols and I saw the word adobe, the printer driver was the generic postscript printer, that is why I believe the word adobe was there, also after that first page it would print blank pages untill the printer ran out of paper

it is getting quite annoying

please help!!!!


texts: Upgraded to iOS 7 "Could not activate phone"

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I have an iPhone 4S and I just upgraded to iOS7 through itunes, but with an "unknown error". I restored it and now it's saying it can't activate the phone.

Similar to this question here: iOS 7 activation problem

The difference is that I'm not getting any service-related issues. I have service/a wi-fi network, but the error I see is "Could not activate phone: Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable..." etc.

I've tried over wi-fi, through iTunes, and over cellular connection. I've restarted/restored my phone several times. Any other ideas?

The reason I'm asking is that almost all the threads I find through googling make these assumptions:

Some people use a copy-pasted assumption that "99.9% of the time this is because your phone has been jailbroken / hacked to use a different carrier etc." but I don't even know how to jailbreak a phone.
It assumes it is Sept. 18 when the update first came out, so the servers were overwhelmed. I would hope this would no longer be the case after almost a week.
It assumes that I'm a developer trying to use a beta, which I'm not.

This thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5318775?start=0&tstart=0 seems to indicate that I just keep having to try over the course of several hours/days until it gets through, so I will keep trying until I get a clear alternative.


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I tried to purchase something only to realise I didn't have the money in my bank, as this has never happened before I presumed that it just wouldn't work. Obviously it worked and now my App Store is only allowing me to browse the apps but not download or update anything.
Since this I have tried everything, I have tried to report this to apple to cancel it and I've deleted the app but it has not worked, any advice? I have 10 apps waiting to be updated


texts: Is it possible to use iPhone 6 with FaceTime without a cellular SIM card?

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I have an iPhone 6 with FaceTime purchased from Saudi Arabia.

I don't have a cellular SIM in my phone, only a data SIM card.

My question now is if I go out of the Kingdom to any other country, will my iPhone get locked? Will my FaceTime stop working even if I'm connected to the internet?

Will I have to have a jailbreak?


texts: This movie requires QuickTime, which is not supported by this version of iTunes. iTunes 12.0.1.26 in Yosemite

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Rented a movie from iTunes. Tried to play it. Got error: "This movie requires QuickTime, which is not supported by this version of iTunes."

Movie is 720p HD mp4.

Have tried to open the movie in QuickTime but won't open. I suspect that's a DRM issue but QuickTime isn't saying.

I'm not sure if it's related or not but once the download completed I got an iTunes error (We could not complete your iTunes Store request. An unknown error occurred (3001)).

Has anyone else seen this lately? Anyone have any ideas?

James


texts:
I have two Mac Mini's running Mavericks Server. The hostnames for them are as follows:

macsvr01.mydomain.com
macsvr02.mydomain.com

I want to be able to access macsvr02 by going to cloud.mydomain.com as it provides cloud services. What do I need to do to be able to access the same server from two different hostnames? I'm assuming it would be an alias?

I want to limit access to specific services based on the host and domain name. For example, macsvr02.mydomain.com should allow access to Profile Manger via www.mydomain.com/profilemanager. But Profile Manager should not be accessible via cloud.mydomain.com/profilemanager. I'd like to use the cloud.mydomain.com FQDN for Contacts/Calendar/Messages service access only.


texts: How to put iPhone 3G into DFU mode when power button doesn't work

texts: I'm trying to enter DFU mode in my Iphone 3G. And yes, i know how to get it into DFU, but the problem is that my power button doesn't work, so my question is, is there a way to get in to DFU mode through the computer?


texts: Why do higher resolutions not show in my display preferences?

texts: I'm connecting a MacBook Pro 13-in. retina (early 2015) running El Capitan to an LG 27" ultra HD 4K monitor. (LG 27UD68 to be exact.) I'm a noob, but everything I read about support for external displays says that up to 3840x2160 resolution is possible at 30Hz on an HDMI connection. Which is fine for now. But when I try to set the resolution in the display preferences, the largest option I get is 1680x1050. What am I doing wrong? This LG monitor has a Display Port input, so I've ordered a Display Port to Mini Display Port cable, which I assume will give me higher resolutions at 60Hz refresh, but is there no way to get higher resolution at 30Hz using HDMI??


texts: App restoration on Macbook Pro - will these apps be reinstalled whenever Big Sur launches?

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Before I delete iMovie and GarageBand on a shared MacBook Pro (I'm the admin), if I upgrade from MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 to Big Sur (whenever it launches), will they auto-restore on Big Sur being installed?
I know that if I want to reinstall I can do so via App Store, this question is more about the workings of Mac OS X.
If I remove GarageBand and iMovie from my MacBook Air, can I restore them later? was the question I saw which related to this.
My question is not about should I delete them, but whether these will be automatically re-installed anyway on upgrade from new OS (I'm not talking incremental, e.g. from 10.15.7 to 10.15.8, but to a completely new OS).


texts: Unable to mount Filevault drive after system crash

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My old 2011 Mac Book Pro crashed, the SSD drive is a few months old and the motherboard is displaying a light but existing burn mark... It's fair to believe the motherboard is dead and that the drive is not.

There are a few files I would like to recover on a new mac but it seems that there is a problem there too. Let's mention here that the drive is using Filevault. The current machine I have is using Sierra, but there is a possibility that the old one was using High Sierra (can this generate incompatibilities?).

GUI approach

I see two hard drives in Disk Utility when I plug the bad boy in. Just to give a quick view:

AppleAPFSMedia
> Preboot
> Recovery
> VM
Crucial_CT1050MX300SSD1 Media

For both main drives mount is greyed out, and First Aid works fine (no error), for the rest (Preboot, Recovery and VM) the First Aid gives an error.

Verifying storage system
Checking the container superblock.
Checking the space manager.
Checking the object map.
Checking the APFS volume superblock.
Storage system check exit code is 0.
Repairing file system.
Checking the container superblock.
Checking the space manager.
Checking the object map.
Checking the APFS volume superblock.
File system check exit code is 0.
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
An internal error has occurred.
Operation failed…

Mount can be clicked there and VM and Recovery mount fine (and without password). I should mention here that VM contains a "sleepimage" file of 8.59GB+. Side note, I am wondering if removing this could help me boot in a "fresh state" on the old machine.

Command line approach

diskutil cs list only shows a tree from the current hard drive.

diskutil list gives the following (I removed the internal disks):

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.1 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         1.1 TB     disk2s2

/dev/disk3 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.1 TB     disk3
                                 Physical Store disk2s2
   1:                APFS Volume                         326.2 GB   disk3s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 21.1 MB    disk3s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                509.8 MB   disk3s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      8.6 GB     disk3s4

My guess here is that disk2s2 should be my target, but nothing seem to work

➜  ~ diskutil mount disk2s2
Volume on disk2s2 failed to mount
If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option
If the volume is an APFS Volume, try the "diskutil apfs unlockVolume" verb
➜  ~ diskutil apfs unlockVolume disk2s2
disk2s2 is not an APFS Volume
➜  ~ diskutil apfs unlockVolume disk3
disk3 is not an APFS Volume
➜  ~ diskutil apfs unlockVolume disk3s1
Passphrase:
Unlocking any cryptographic user on APFS Volume disk3s1
Error unlocking APFS Volume: The given APFS Volume is not encrypted (-69593)
➜  ~ diskutil apfs unlockVolume disk2s2
disk2s2 is not an APFS Volume
➜  ~ diskutil mount readOnly disk2s2
Volume on disk2s2 failed to mount
If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option
If the volume is an APFS Volume, try the "diskutil apfs unlockVolume" verb
➜  ~ diskutil mount readOnly disk3
Volume on disk3 failed to mount; if it has a partitioning scheme, use "diskutil mountDisk"
If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option
If the volume is an APFS Volume, try the "diskutil apfs unlockVolume" verb
➜  ~ diskutil mount disk3
Volume on disk3 failed to mount; if it has a partitioning scheme, use "diskutil mountDisk"
If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option
If the volume is an APFS Volume, try the "diskutil apfs unlockVolume" verb

I am open to suggestions.


texts: Is there a setting to make the Mac not change resolution when connecting to an external display?

texts:
I am currently running 2880x1800 resolution on my MacBook Pro retina (using the command setgetscreenres).

Whenever I connect to an external display, my Mac changes to a lower resolution. Is there a way to disable this behavior?

Also I've noticed that sometimes instead of extending the display, it mirrors my display on some external displays. I don't think I will ever use mirror mode, so is there another setting to make all external displays extend?


texts: How can I boot Ubuntu-12.04 LTS on Mac Mini Lion Server (early 2011) with no CD reader?


texts: iPhone's volume low on Bluetooth speakers

texts: Anytime I connect to a Bluetooth speaker it won’t play full volume, I have the volume all the way up on my phone and the speaker but it will only play at about half the volume than other phones will when they are connected to the device.


texts: Word 2011 for Mac: How to delete a Quick Style Set?

texts:
Tryig to delete a quick style set from Word 2011 for Mac. This link claims the styles are in "/Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Style Set" and the save dialog seems to confirm that.

However if I try to go there with the Finder, there is no visible or hidden "Office" folder in the "Microsoft" folder.

Any ideas?


texts: Why does Yosemite add a number to my system name and how do I stop it?

texts:
I named my system "Foob" on my 2012 MacBook Pro. Yosemite has renamed it "Foob (4)".  I wasn't sure where that "(4)" came from so I renamed it back to "Foob" in the Sharing Preferences. But, I looked today and it's now at "Foob (2)"

Why is it doing this? How can I stop it?


texts: Script to relocate the menu-bar on dual monitors set-up

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Is there a script that could be written to achieve this:
In System Preferences/Displays... is it possible to relocate the menu bar ...via a script?
My set-up is one monitor and a Cintiq. I either work only with the Cintiq, or I work with my 28" monitor several times a day. I always need to go to do this manually.
I really wish there was a script that can do this. I tried Automator, but it's not recording the action. :(


texts: Can't mount back up drive on MacBook Pro

texts:
I have an ADATA Classic CH94 back up drive I've had since 2012, along with my MacBook Pro. However after a minor Apple update I did through the App Store (I'm currently still on macOS High Sierra) I wasn't able to see my back up drive on my desktop when I plug it in.

I went into Disk Utility and saw it there, but the volume partition is greyed out and 'not mounted' appears. But, when I click on Mount, nothing happens.

I had this problem last year. However, Mount wasn't an option and Apple Support told me to erase the disk and I lost everything, although that didn't matter. What I have on it now would be useful to keep though.

Is my data safe on the drive? How can I fix this?


texts: Selective file sharing in a public coffee shop

texts:
Two friends and I are sitting at a coffee shop. I would like them to browse the family pictures that I keep in ~/Family-Pictures. We don't have any cables or cords and for unimportant reasons, both friends need simultaneous access that one folder without my giving them my password. I also dont want anyone else in the shop getting at my mac or its contents.

How can I set up my mac to share with two other computers?


texts: How to avoid apps being re-arranged when synching with iTunes?

texts:
I very rarely synchronise my iPhone with iTunes. Because every time I do it all apps are re-arranged on the phone to like they were at the time of my last synching.

Apps that I deleted on the iPhone are transferred to it and folders and location of the icons are out of my preferred order.

How can I avoid this?


texts: How To Resume OS X El Capitan download after shutting down MacBook Air?

texts: I went to download the OS X El Capitan on my MacBook Air. Yesterday I've downloaded 2GB with 256kbps download speed. After downloading it all day, time to let the MacBook Air rest. This morning I went to open my MacBook Air, to the Apps Store, clicked the Free Upgrade. That time I was thinking: "Why is it not the resume button? Uh oh, something's not right." Typed in my password, download started, but from 0% Help? D:


texts:
Is it actually possible to update iTunes running on Windows 7 Ultimate?

Because every time I've tried, it fails with an error about one service or another. The error is usually related to not having sufficient permissions to modify the service, even though my account is configured as Administrator, and the service varies.

The only way to get the latest version installed consistently is to manually uninstall everything, reboot, then run the installer.


texts: Help with a bash script to proceed if bundle id is found

texts:
Looking for some help writing a bash script that checks if a particular bundle id is installed and proceeds to install the package if not found.

Found that we can use "mdfind kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier = "com.hnc.Discord" (for example) returns the location for the particular bundleid if the app is not found nothing comes back.  Maybe I can use this with an if statement somehow?

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Internet Sharing stuck on after 10.7.3 update

texts:
I use Internet Sharing at work to create a local WiFi network (sharing the GigE connection) for my various iOS and tablet devices to connect through. After the 10.7.3 update, I cannot turn sharing off after I unplug the Ethernet cable. All the checkboxes in the system pref pane are cleared, but I am unable to join a WiFi network.

After I plug the Ethernet back in, I can then disable sharing, but only while it's plugged in.

As best I can guess, there might be some xinetd cruft laying around, but I haven't the slightest clue as to how to look for it or fix it. Any ideas?


texts: iPhone 4s iOS 9.3 here; How to adjust the sound balance of the audio in very small db increment?

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My right ear hears slightly less compared to my left, (around 1.6-1.8 difference than the left if Windows' Audio balance is to be used as reference).

I manage to change the audio balance just fine on my PC, Android, and WP, but on the iPhone I can't due to it's automatically setting the slider to 0 when it's near the centre... which is around where I'm at... Is there a way for me to adjust it to my circumstance?


texts: How do I change window size that is not Finder?

texts:
When I go to open in Photoshop or in FCPX or in other programs - window size is small.  Need the default to be larger. Any Ideas?

(I know how to resize Finder window)


texts:
i wanted to create an icloud backup for my iphone.
after i started i lost my wifi connection because i left my house.
after i came back i found out, that the backup failed.

since then i was not able to create another backup.

in one forum i found the answer, to delete all my previous updates. thats why there is written "last backup: never".

when i start my backup, it starts loading first but then stops again.

what can i do to make it work again?

does this problem even come from the failed connection?


texts:
Can someone clarify what these different synch settings in iTunes (v11) actually mean:

What is the difference between "sync only checked songs and videos" in the "Summary" tab of the iPhone and "Sync Music -> "Selected playlists artists, albums, and genres" in the "Music" tab of the iPhone?

I dont see any changes in sync behavior when I check or uncheck "sync only checked songs and videos".

Also what does "Manually manage music and videos" actually mean?


texts: Receive notification when battery 100% charged on iOS device

texts:
Is there any way to receive a iOS notification when you are charging your iPhone and the battery charge level gets to 100%?

Or any third party app?

Thanks.


texts: A splitter to carry more than just audio

texts:
I am gradually acquiring devices that connect directly to my iPad and iPhone via the Lightning port:

An iRig music keyboard
An iCirround IShowFast 32 GB memory stick (double-ended with Lightning and USB plugs)
An M-Audio UNO MIDI interface
A Behringer UCA222 stereo audio line i/o interface

I am also very new to IoT and started to learn tech BASIC, and have no idea whether or not what I want to accomplish can be done.

Here is the issue. When I have any of these accessories plugged in, I can not keep my iPhone or iPad powered or charging. The problem is similar to the Lightning headphones issue with the iPhone 7.

But Apple has now created a Lightning splitter with two jacks that allows listening with Lightning earphones while charging. I ordered one, but found that Apple did not provide a full data interface jack in the splitter - the data side only passes audio.

The iPad is popular with musicians, but they have to be super-careful that they start live or studio sessions with a full charge, because all the time they are running their device with a music interface occupying the Lightning port, their battery is discharging!

While this may be a lost opportunity for Apple, it got me thinking, I would like to build one, but first I have no idea if someone else may have already done so, and if not, how would I begin?

Has anyone ever tried to build a device that can not only pass audio, but data as well? Like plugging my device into my iMac or Air Book to access iTunes? Or being able to copy data to/from my memory stick?

What is the best way to do this? Materials I will need?

The image is just a mockup of what I think the final product might look like, but I am flexible.


texts: On an iPad 2 which is partly responsive touch, how to check if digitizer cable or rather, connector is broken?

texts: My left side (around 15% towards the edge) of iPad 2 has become unresponsive to touch, after I replaced with the wifi antenna. I checked the digitizer connector cable and it fits ok in the connector on the motherboard inside the iPad. I can pull it out and back in again, and it is the same result, so I don't know whether I should buy a new digitizer, or perhaps something in the motherboard is broken. How can I check this, anyone?


texts: There was an error connecting to the Apple ID server - akd NSURLSession/NSURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9807)

texts:
When entering my password into App Store I get:

There was an error connecting to the Apple ID server

I checked the password and it's fine. I changed the password just in case, it still does not work, but now my whole Mac is disconnected from my iCloud account.
When I open Console, I get:

2016-05-01 9:17:06.292 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.auditd[1047]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.auditd
2016-05-01 9:17:06.300 PM myusername[1052]: audit warning: soft /var/audit
2016-05-01 9:17:06.300 PM myusername[1053]: audit warning: closefile /var/audit/20160502011137.20160502011706
2016-05-01 9:17:06.300 PM myusername[1051]: audit warning: allsoft
2016-05-01 9:17:06.499 PM akd[300]: NSURLSession/NSURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9807)
2016-05-01 9:17:06.700 PM akd[300]: NSURLSession/NSURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9807)
2016-05-01 9:17:06.898 PM akd[300]: NSURLSession/NSURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9807)

It seems like people get the last error when they're using an iOS 9 app that doesn't support TLS 1.2.
I'm using OS X El Capitan 10.11.4.
Edit: same issue using Safe Boot.


texts: How to always use integrated graphic card in Macbook Pro

texts: I use the Automatic Graphics Switching option as noted in this Apple support document. However sometimes it will still switch to the discrete graphic card. Is there a way to disable this?


texts:
I noticed a lot of people have a similar problem like me. Strange glitches in some programs on some controls. They appear totally random. The image shows only one program. It also appears in Safari, iMessage, XCode, Ecliplse. I've absolutely no Idea what could be the reason. Also Apple support doesn't have an answer yet. They told me to observe the problem.

It's the new MacBook Pro Retina 16 GB RAM and 2,6 GHz Model. 1 Week old. Mountain Lion 10.8.2

Edit
Some People write that their issue came from a Ram upgrade. And the Ram clock speed was wrong. Here not possible, unopened Laptop.

Edit 2
Still observing the problem. Apple told me to use an other "Admin" account (They told me it's important to be an admin account) on the machine. No glitches yet. I'll update the question after some days using the second account.


texts: What are some good / feature rich mail clients that support Exchange?

texts:
I'm a developer at my small office and we exclusively use Exchange 365 for our email, and I am getting incredibly tired and frustrated of the web interface. I would like to use a local mail client.

Postbox looked great, but some research reveals it does not natively support Exchange. I would like to have a client similarly feature rich (particularly when it comes to tagging/organization), but natively supports Exchange protocols.

Any recommendations?


texts:
I am wondering if keynote has a shape like below:

If not, can somebody recommend a good equivalent to use.


texts: How can I set Time machine interval to several minutes in Mojave?

texts:
I want to set Time machine interval to 15 minutes, instead of Apple default 1hr.

What I want is:

Time machine Interval of 15 minutes.
Time machine backup should respect battery/power status, meaning backup should not occur while not connected to power.

I tried sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 1800 but it doesn't work.

I also tried disabling csrutil and modified /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-helper.plist's Interval, Delay, GracePeriod but it also does not work.

How can I configure that in Mojave? (Currently running 10.14.2)


texts: Playing AVI file with XviD codec crashes my VLC and doesn't play on quick time

texts:
I got a video file with an avi extension, and this is its technical description:

 VIDEO: 1300 kbps XviD
 RESOLUTiON: 720x304
 AUDIO: 256 CBR AC-3
 NOTES: Converted to XviD.
 AAC to AC3.

When I play it on itunes It gives me this error:

Clicking on the tell me more button I go to this link which states:

  QuickTime Player plays Motion JPEG-based AVIs created by many digital cameras. Other forms of AVI media may require third-party software for playback.

But it gives no further detail about this third-party software.

Playing this video file on my VLC.. it crashes with this crash log:

Process:         VLC [8312]
Path:            /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC
Identifier:      org.videolan.vlc
Version:         2.1.5 (2.1.5)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [249]
Responsible:     VLC [8312]
User ID:         501

Date/Time:       2014-12-30 07:30:32.794 +0200
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
Report Version:  11
Anonymous UUID:  BCE1BC39-7395-D7B0-6C33-652DF5D2E585

Crashed Thread:  18

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000

VM Regions Near 0:
-->
    __TEXT                 0000000100000000-0000000100003000 [   12K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC

Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff86366746 __psynch_mutexwait + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff90154779 _pthread_mutex_lock + 372
2   com.apple.opengl                0x00007fff86ebeb1d CGLSetSurface + 58
3   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f54444f -[NSOpenGLContext setView:] + 954
4   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f809999 -[NSOpenGLView lockFocusIfCanDraw] + 166
5   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f3a183f -[NSView lockFocus] + 37
6   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f3a55b5 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1016
7   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f3a5ca0 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 2787
8   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f3a3706 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 841
9   com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f3a4bc4 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 6151
10  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f3a4bc4 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 6151
11  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f3a2eb1 -[NSThemeFrame _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:topView:] + 314
12  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f39fe9f -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 2828
13  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f37f2da -[NSView displayIfNeeded] + 1680
14  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f3e474e _handleWindowNeedsDisplayOrLayoutOrUpdateConstraints + 884
15  com.apple.AppKit                0x00007fff8f9ba061 __83-[NSWindow _postWindowNeedsDisplayOrLayoutOrUpdateConstraintsUnlessPostingDisabled]_block_invoke1331 + 46
16  com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x00007fff8b172d67 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23
17  com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x00007fff8b172cd7 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 391
18  com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x00007fff8b1643b8 __CFRunLoopRun + 776
19  com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x00007fff8b163e75 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 309

I also downloaded the divx installer for mac. when I click on it, it opens for a sec then disappears (I got osx mavericks).

Also I copied the same video file into my nexus 5 Android 5 device and it played just fine on the VLC app there.

Any ideas?


texts: During starting up, I always get "fsck not done   Root device is    mounted read-only..." error. When I type "Exit", it continues starts normally.


texts:
I'm interested in factory unlocking my iPhone 5 so I can use it world wide when I travel. I've found a few websites like: http://www.unlockaniphone.org/

but I'm very cautious of the few blog posts that I have found and not sure if they are fake.


texts: How can I make a password protected ZIP file from a selection in the Finder app

texts: I would like to use "Quick Actions" within the Finder app from a selection of files and/or folders to make a password protected ZIP file.


texts: Frequent locations not remembering any location?

texts:
I had this option activated months ago and it registered my home location and some other random location. But I decided to turn all system services off and delete it's history.

Two weeks ago, I have turned system services back on and only activated frequent locations . But unfortunately no location has been registered yet, and I have been going to work everyday at the same time (+- 5 mins ).

Not sure why this is happening, how can I fix this ?

EDIT

It's been 10 days since I posted this, and no frequent locations have been saved yet.


texts: “Memory Trace Upload was successful” message randomly appeared on iPhone

texts:
While in the Facebook app, a grey box with light grey text appeared randomly at the top of the screen, saying “Memory Trace Upload was successful”. I don’t have a jail broken iPhone and did not do anything to ‘ask’ for a memory trace to be uploaded.

If it’s a standard debugging thing, how do I turn off this level of access for app developers and/or Apple?


texts: ifconfig error showing invalid errors for ifconfig en0 | grep ether

texts:
Whenever I run ifconfig en0 | grep ether it gives me "ifconfig: invalid arguments".

Later I found out that there is something wrong with my ifconfig command and it's not the original one. The man page of ifconfig says GNU inetutils 1.9.3-dirty at the end.

How do I get back the original one?


texts: Can Mac system updates recover accidentally deleted kernel files?

texts:
We commonly know that system updates will fix the kernel defects that have been discovered or not previously disclosed, to make the OS more secure.

However, what if I accidentally deleted some kernel files, will a new system update recovers the kernel files I deleted?


texts: Is there an application like Connectify for Mac OS X Lion?

texts:
There is a well known app for Windows named: Connectify, used to share a wifi connection between a computer that only has wifi with other devices which requests that connection from the computer.

What's the best alternative for this app on Mac OS X Lion?


texts: Can two different phone numbers be used to receive voice and text on one iPhone?

texts: Can I have two different numbers asigned to the same iphone and receive text from both numbers on one device?


texts: How to execute admin level command via remote login without typing password?

texts:
I would like to allow a remote script to access my Mac (Catalina 10.15.2) at the root level.

I know that I can enable keyboard-less access at the user level, by using publickey authentication, via ssh. This is handy, because it allows me to remotely execute scripts on my Mac, over ssh, from a script running on another host.

Is there a way to execute root commands, via ssh, without typing a password, without enabling login for the root account?

Are there other authentication methods for sudo, aside from password?


texts: Will this brand of third-party RAM work in my Mid 2010 iMac?

texts:
I am looking to update my iMac's Mid 2010 RAM from 4GB to 12GB and wondering if this RAM is alright to use and what is the difference between the two sets of RAM because they are the same price, both for the iMac/Macbook Pro but have slightly different configurations.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-apple-imac-macbook-macbook-pro-ddr3-so-dimm-pc3-10666-(1333)-non-ecc-unbuffered-

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-apple-macpro-ddr3-so-dimm-pc3-8500-(1066)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-7-7-7-20-150v

Using crucial.com, their system scanner tells me my system is a mid-2011 iMac even though I am 100% sure it is Mid-2010 because my system was bought in 2010 and says it in the system preferences. The scanner recommends http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=D7403679A5CA7304

System Info

iMac 21.5" Mid 2010
4GB 1333Mhz DDR3
ATI 5670 512MB
3.2 Intel Core i3


texts: Some files can't be saved/updated when selected in Finder

texts:
Some times when I select files in Finder (also use TotalFinder in case it affects somehow) they are locked from changes.

Saving a file (for example, from Fireworks) shows the typical "file already in use" error message.

Any ideas on how to prevent that?


texts: How can I type or input Unicode characters using a code point on the iPhone?

texts: I'm aware of the ability to use accented characters by holding down a key until they appear (ie. á ü etc.); however, I'm curious as to how, if possible, one might enter a code point in hexadecimal format or otherwise to output the corresponding character?


texts: Backup from iPhone on Linux without iTunes

texts: Is it possible to back up short messages from an iPhone on Linux, without iTunes?


texts: How do I get the password hint for an encrypted disk?

texts:
I created an encrypted disk on a USB drive the other day, and added a password hint. I don't remember what the password is. (I have a scheme for mapping hints to passwords, so when there's a hint available I just pick something random and write out the appropriate hint.)

When reconnecting the disk today, OS X popped up the password prompt - but no hint displayed.

When I go into Disk Utility and try to mount the volume, same thing. Not even a button to show the hint!

So now I've got no idea what the password is. How do I find out the hint?

OS X 10.12.6 (16G29)

Here's the process I went through. (I went through it again using a spare SD card and took screen grabs at each point.)

From Disk Utility, select disk in question and go to the Erase option. Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)

The password box appears. Enter password and add a hint.

(I usually pick a more cryptic hint than that)

Click Choose, then click Erase, and it will do its thing. Click Done once it's done, and quit Disk Utility.

Eject the newly-mounted encrypted disk image from Finder, then unplug USB hard drive.
Reinsert USB hard drive and wait for password dialog to appear.

But where's the hint?!


texts:
I am running OS X 10.12.3. I do not have the OS X Server package installed, but I know postfix comes as part of the standard (non-server) installation.

I have the occasional need to send emails from the command line and although I can send emails just fine using the 'mail' command, I cannot for the life of me find any kind of log that shows the progress and/or status of a sent mail item.

Despite what this answer says (mail and mailx fail to send emails to gmail), /var/log/mail.log does not exist, at least not on Sierra. I have scoured the config files in /etc/postfix trying to find a reference to a log directory but didn't find one. I've even tried using the -mtime option of the find command to locate any changed files immediately after sending an email, but to no avail. All that comes up are the temporary storage locations within /var/spool/postfix, but none of those files are actually just a plain old log file.

I read this post (Is there any documentation on the macOS Sierra new logging system?) about the new logging approach on Sierra, but it didn't solve my problem. I've checked system.log and although there are a few messages containing postfix, they are only about the service exiting, not about mail items being sent.

Does postfix even write a log entry on Sierra when you send an email?

Any info on this topic would be greatly appreciated.


texts:
Suddenly no site in the UK will open in Safari (10.8.2 OS/6.0.2 Safari): BBC.co.uk, virgin.co.uk, apple.co.uk, amazon.co.uk, bobsyeruncle.co.uk, etc - every UK site is unavailable. Safari generates a "Failed to Open Page / Safari cannot connect to server" error. It's as if the entire range of servers in the UK have been denied.

Yet if I use Chrome or Firefox, no problem; UK sites pop open without issue, so it's likely not a system issue (etc/hosts). If I open a different user, Safari opens the UK site fine - the problem only seems to affect this one account. Unfortunately it's my work account.

What I've done (nothing has worked):

Checked proxies, none on
Uninstalled Safari Extentions
Removed Safari preferences
Fixed disk permissions
Flushed DNS caches
Removed Safari files from the ~/Library/Saved Application State folder
Removed Safari folder from ~/Library/

Okay - I give up. What have I missed?


texts: MBA 13 2017 High Sierra. External LaCie 1TB SSD Time machine added, partition grayed out

texts:
After loading TimeMachine I decided to partition the SSD; via Disk Utility the partition button is grayed out. I erased the SSD to start again but partition button remained grayed out.
How do I partition the SSD now?


texts:
I recently asked about bottlenecks in the Mac architecture (The Mac Pro 12 core 2010 model) to try to create a set up that optimizes performance.

It was my intention to take 2 SSDs and RAID them on a PCI card to get a faster OS drive speed. I read an article at the Apple discussion board Considering RAID 0 or RAID 1? and was a bit alarmed to read this warning:

  Apple will not allow OS X to be installed on a RAID set, so forget
  about going there to speed up your machine, get a SSD instead.

Before I go through the time and effort, can someone verify if this is right? I've been searching for an hour and seeing only discussions of how to RAID and the various options, but no other remarks on running OS not being viable.


texts: AppleScript app can't display notifications as alerts (and workaround questions)

texts:
According to AppleScript documentation, I can create a notification with buttons by setting it to use alerts instead of banners in Notification Center preferences. But when I save an AppleScript as an app, then launch it once (assuming it has to launch to tell macOS it exists), it never shows up in the preference pane.

So as plan B, I tried scripting the app so that instead of a button, it does things upon activation. Works fine. According to this page, Mavericks would activate an app when you click on its banner, but that doesn't appear to work anymore in High Sierra; any mouseover or click just makes the banner persistent.

Plan C: command-tab to the app to activate it and run the subroutine. Here's the subroutine to wait for that:

on waitForActivate()
    set notFrontmost to true

    repeat while notFrontmost
        tell application "System Events"
            set frontApp to name of item 1 of (get processes whose frontmost is true)
            if frontApp is "test notifications 2" then set notFrontmost to false
        end tell
        delay 1
    end repeat
end waitForActivate

...which works, but is there a better way to have it wake than polling System Events once a second? Seems sloppy. I thought about saving it as stay-open and using an idle handler, but it's not clear to me how to make that any better at sensing its frontmost status quickly.


texts: Activity Monitor - How to view multiple panels at the same time

texts:
I'm currently trying to view multiple metrics at the same time using Activity Monitor app (yes I have tried top, htop, etc but I was wondering if this is possible with Activity Monitor).
Fx. looking at the CPU and Memory panels without having to switch between them.

Thanks guys!


texts: Change Finder folder view for only one folder?

texts: Is it possible to, for example, set icon view to be the view for just one specific folder in Finder? It seems as though if I set a folder to icon view (currently the default is list view), opening folders inside that folder cause the opened folder to change to icon view as well. However, I don't want this to happen – I only want to affect the folder that I changed it for.


texts: Use AirPods with the Vonage Phone service on my Mac

texts:
I use the Vonage service to make calls from my MacBook Pro for business, both outgoing and incoming. My Mac shows the AirPods as connected but if I try to make a call, the sound still comes out of the internal speaker on my Mac.

Does anyone kn ow how I might fix this? Perhaps I need to adjust the internal microphone somehow?

I've already set the AirPods as both the Input and Output for sound.


texts: Why is Terminal.app corrupting my tcsh history?

texts:
I've had an ongoing problem that appears to be specific to OS X and Terminal.app: periodically, I get garbage in my tcsh history that looks like this:

^[[1m^[[4mcomputername:~/Code/emacs-source ( 1827 ) $^[[0m^[[24m logout

Somehow my prompt (including markup control characters) is getting stored as part of the command history. In my .history file, the corrupt commands are repeated with the same command number:

#+1391563259
[1m[4mcomputername:~/Code/emacs-source ( 1827 ) $[0m[24m
#+1391563259
Use "logout" to logout.
#+1391563259
[1m[4mcomputername:~/Code/emacs-source ( 1827 ) $[0m[24m logout

This seems to be a result of closing Terminal.app windows and tabs, but I'm not sure why. To fix it -- since I have history merging enabled -- I've had to resort to closing all tcsh sessions and removing the corrupt commands from .history. Is there some way to prevent this from happening in the first place?


texts:
This is a new thing my phone does since I believe iOS 12. Is there any way to stop it?

I use turn-by-turn navigation on my phone all the time. But these days, the phone tends to go to sleep in the middle of my trip. It used to never do this. The phone would always stay fully awake while navigating. But now my phone goes black and I have to hit the home button to wake it up and go back to the map.

The phone is plugged in to power while all this is going on.
This "feature" is new and is a huge pain in the ass. Is there any way to go back to the previous behavior?


texts: How to make Mac shut down when fully charged?

texts:
Since I have heard that keeping on the charger plugged while the battery is at 100% will degrade battery life, I would like to find a way to make the Mac switch off by itself when it reaches 100%. This is mainly for when I want to charge the laptop overnight.

Is the first claim true? Also, if it is, how can I get the Mac to shut down by itself when it reaches 100% charge?


texts: Bluetooth Headset (AirPods Pro) Not Activated After Connection

texts:
Ever since upgrading my MacBook Pro to 11.3 the automatic output switching sometimes breaks. Normally when a Bluetooth headset is connected it also becomes the default output. But this is not working consistently for me anymore.
Detailed description: Usually the following thing works:

I get my AirPods Pro out of the case.
They connect automatically via Bluetooth because they were connected last to the device.
Sound plays through them.
I put them back in the case.
Before I close the case sound already stops playing through them and switches back to the devices speakers.

Once it breaks it results in the following experience:
First two are identical.

I get my AirPods Pro out of the case.
They connect automatically via Bluetooth because they were connected last to the device.
Sound does NOT play through them but keeps coming out of the speakers. I need to go to sound settings in the menu bar and switch them manually.
I put them back in the case.
Sound keeps playing through them even though both are out of my ears and even after I put them into the case. Only after I close the case after a couple of seconds, sound switches again to the main speakers.

Reboot helps but is very annoying. I normally only reboot once a month or so but now I have to do it every other day. Is there a way to get automatic output switching back without rebooting the device?


texts: How do I edit iCloud files under Documents & Data?

texts:
I have an old game I used to play but I have lost my old save file. I remember exactly what I have (written everything down on an old sheet of paper) and would like to restore it manually by editing its entry under Documents & Data under iCloud. I would like to know how to access the files under this section and how to edit them.
Would it require macOS or could it be done through Windows?


texts: How does Siri come up with contact suggestions?

texts: Are they recent from days, months?  How long ago?  Are they calls, text, FaceTime?


texts: What are equivalents of losetup and cryptsetup for Mac OS X?

texts: I use losetup and cryptsetup to create a loopback encrypted file system.  Is it possible to do the same on Mac OS X?  If so, how?


texts: How do I find the sha256 hash of text on a Mac?

texts: I found tutorials on how to find the sha256 hash of files, but cannot seem to find one on simple text (not a text file). Does anyone know how to do that?


texts:
I'm trying to order old folders and old files using "arrange by date created" from the View menu, but that choice is greyed out. How do I do this, and why doesn't it want to allow me to do this?

I'm running OS 10.6.8 on an iMac.

Thanks,
R


texts: Do you know how you can add ringtones to your iPhone? I just noticed that my iPhone X has default ringtones still just like the older ones.


texts: Why is my codesigned app still quarantined by macOS?

texts:
I have a .app that is quarantined. But I am super confused - how can my .app be properly codesigned and yet still be quarantined by Apple? I have an app called iTest.app that I downloaded from my server and made sure that it was codesigned correctly but yet it is still quarantined? I thought that having a valid code signature was the whole point of getting past Gatekeeper?

MyMac-7:Downloads user$ ls -l@ iTest.app
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 user staff  238 Apr 21 08:05 Contents
com.apple.quarantine     67

MyiMac-7:Downloads user$ codesign --verify --deep --strict -vvvvvvv
iTest.app
iTest.app: valid on disk
iTest.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement

MyiMac-7:Downloads user$ spctl -a -t exec -vvvvvvv iTest.app
iTest.app: accepted
source=Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Application: myID


texts: why iPhone video shot @ 1080p 30fps has a resolution of only 720x1280?

texts:
The videos are shot on iPhone 5S and iPhone 6S in portrait mode. I've checked the Camera setting and it is set to record video at 1080p at 30fps. But when downloaded onto a computer, the videos are shown to have resolution at 720x1280 (with NO change to resolution). I was under the impression that 1080p is FHD (so 1080x1920), and not 720x1280. I feel like this is something very simple that I'm just missing somehow.

In comparison, when shooting video (also in portrait) using Samsung Galaxy s9, also with the camera setting at FHD 1080p at 30 fps, the downloaded video remains at this resolution (1080x1920).

PS: the set up is a bit hard to explain, but essentially I'm testing a video API so the video is taken on the phone, within Safari (for the iPhones, and Chrome for Galaxy), and directly pushed over wifi to my storage. Yes there's also transcoding from .mov to .mp4, BUT the resolution should not have changed (and in fact didn't change when the video is from Samsung Galaxy s9). And yes, the iOS is up to date. Also I've now tested this when the video is taken in landscape form. makes no difference. (except 720x1280 is now 1280x720)


texts: Does the MacBook Air Support 5.1 Surround Sound

texts: The title pretty much says it all.  I have a 13" version of the newest-generation MBA.  Can I get 5.1 surround sound?  If so, do I have to do anything special to enable it?


texts: Automatic switch to login window after automatic user login on MacOS Sierra

texts:
I do need a user to automatically login on startup. I've achieved it as per https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201476

This user performs actions like VPN auto connect in Shimo, but then the machine should be present for others to login.

When that is done, I want that Mac to switch to login window without logging off the user right after the user is logged in.

Is this possible somehow?


texts: Is it possible to code a “reply” to Facebook Messages in Notification Centre in Maverick OS X?

texts: Is it possible to edit some code in Notification Center to allow Facebook messenger notifications to have a "Reply" or "Close" similar to iMessage?


texts:
The subject says it all: Can I publish a podcast at Apple for only one country? Where can I find documents regarding this?

Thanks.


texts: SafariBookmarksSyncAgent and Safari crash due to library not found

texts:
After installing a security update on macOS High Sierra (10.13.6, 17G14019), every 30 seconds, an crash dialog keeps popping up "SafariBookmarksSyncAgent quit unexpectedly”. Also it is not possible to Open Safari.
In short, the same symptoms as "SafariBookmarksSyncAgent quit unexpectedly" Keeps Popping Up and Cannot Open Safari.
However, the reason is different in my case, the underlying error is:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SafariShared.framework/Versions/A/SafariShared
Referenced from: /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Versions/A/Safari
Reason: image not found

Indeed, this is not the correct location. The file is not found at /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SafariShared.framework/Versions/A/SafariShared, but only at /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/SafariShared.framework/Versions/A/SafariShared.
How can I fix this error?
I was hoping to create a symlink using ln -s, but the System Integrity Protection prevents me from making any changes (like creating a symlink) in /System.
Is there a fix or workaround?


texts: Why are Mac files able to have multiple owners?

texts:
Regarding Unix file permissions, which Macs use, why are Mac files in particular able to have multiple owners? For instance, you can view the "Get info" panel of a file, and under the Permissions section at the bottom, add another owner by clicking on the plus sign "+".

How does this work? I don't think vanilla Unix is able to do this?


texts: The 'Custom Label' in Contacts is now gone missing on my iPhone 5c, how do I restore this label to my contacts?


texts: How many displays can I plug into MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

texts:
In the MacBook technical specifications documentation, I read that it supports up to 2 monitors (or 1, it depends on display parameters).

On Apple’s Thunderbolt 3  page, I read the same info but about a single Thunderbolt 3 port (of which I have 2).

What is the number of monitors I can connect to my MacBook Pro?


texts: Mac preview crash everytime when searching

texts:
I would like to ask if you encountered similar error, and what have you done to solve it.  When I open multiple PDF files in Preview ( mainly text), and then search for some common substring like building, typing firstly b, then u, then i, then l, and usually preview crashes after typing 4-5 characters.  I emphasize I have opened 10-13 pdfs,(one is max 2 pages long), and it crashes everytime when I try to search by aforementioned method. Has it happened to you and how did you solve it? I submited a bug report to apple anyway.

EDIT: added code

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSOutlineView', reason: 'NSOutlineView error removing child indexes <NSIndexSet: 0x7fbbe99f08c0>[number of indexes: 1 (in 1 ranges), indexes: (11)] in parent 0x0 (which has 11 children).'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called

I tried to reinstall preview using this guide https://superuser.com/questions/835035/preview-app-always-crashes?newreg=a67db93698f84d459728455bb530cad9  from fresh Yosemite installation, without any result, it still crashes.

EDIT: Seems like this is not only related to text searching:
preview crashing with yosemite and mavericks


texts: How to run programs from an external hard drive on MacBook Pro?

texts: I need to know how to install and run applications from an external hard drive on my MacBook Pro.


texts: How to disable Magic Trackpad while typing?

texts:
Is it possible to get the external Magic Trackpad disabled automatically while I'm typing?

I do get a lot of cursor movements/clicks when just touching the trackpad accidentally.


texts: How do I run this command in verbose output mode?

texts:
I want to update my OS X Mavericks USB key and would like to be able to see what my mac is doing after I enter the following command.

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction

When I run the command as it is currently, only some information is output to the terminal, and while the install is copying over, the terminal does not display any info about what is going on.

I know that --v usually displays each step in the terminal window as it takes place, but I tried adding that to the end of the above command and it did not work.

I tried both with -verbose I get a not a valid mount point error.

When I tried --verbose I got the following error

createinstallmedia: unrecognized option `--verbose'
Usage: createinstallmedia --volume <path to volume to convert> --applicationpath <path to Install OS X Mavericks.app> [--force]

Arguments
--volume, A path to a volume that can be unmounted and erased to create the install media.
--applicationpath, A path to copy of the OS installer application to create the bootable media from.
--nointeraction, Erase the disk pointed to by volume without prompting for confirmation.

Example: `createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app


texts:
I press Space at any document.
I get transparent preview which makes difficult to read anything about the document.
I think this is not a feature of the latest OSX 10.10.3.
I have reduced transparency maximally in the settings.

Example

How can you prevent the transparency of previewing files?


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I have an app in the appstore that used to be paid and with no ads.

I want to upload an update, make the app 'free', add ad's, that could be removed by purchasing "No ads 'in-app purchase'".

Problem:

I don't want users that have paid for the app before to update the app and see ads.

I want to grant "No ads 'in-app purchase'" for users who is updating the app.

Basically, if a person is updating, then no ads is 'purchased' by default.
If a person in downloading the app for the first time, he gets ads.

Is this possible? Any workarounds?

Thank you


texts: Why do my airpods show up on Find My as "No location found" even though they are right next to me?

texts:
I go into "Find My" app and I see my AirPods listed but it says "no location found" or "offline" even though they are fully charged and sitting right next to me (both the actual AirPods and the case)
Does anyone know how I can reset this so it can properly track these (as I often forget where I put them)?


texts: Number 3.6.1: Cell value needs to be invisible, if the adjacent checkbox is checked

texts:
I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes:
I would like to keep the cell value (E8), if the adjacent cell (D8) is false (checkbox is not checked), else insert zero or null.
I just keep getting an error, because of self-reference (E8).
("HVIS" translates to "IF")

I also thought about changing the textcolor using conditional formatting, but it seems that it's not possible to do that using other cells as the conditional factor by itself. It is however possible, if the cell value is compared to another cell, but i wouldn't know how to use that to achieve my goal.
Does anyone knows how to achieve this, without using AppleAcript?
I need the spreadsheet to be compatible with iOS as well, which is why AppleScript is not an option.
EDIT: I figured out a way around it by using conditional formatting.
I made the text change to white (same as background), if the value is greater than G8. G8 already has a function that changes the value to 0, if the checkbox is checked.


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I am trying to reset SMC, but I am not sure whether could I manage or not.

I pressed shift + option + control (left side) and power button at the same time but the indicator light didn't change and computer opened without pressing power button at second time.

Therefore, if I couldn't succeed, how can I do that ?

Macbook air 2015 early , OS X El Capitan


texts: Internet download manager alternative for OS X?

texts:
I was a longtime windows/linux user and just purchased a Mac, everything is great except that I need a good download manager for Mac which works like Internet Download Manager for Windows, I know some things would be different but I am specifically looking for following feature

ability to resume downloads
automatic capture of downloads from browsers such as firefox

I use Downthemall in firefox right now but it is not as reliable as it was on Windows.


texts: Syncing a music directory with a device when the device doesn't have enough space

texts: In my library I have a directory with several inteligent and fixed playlist, which I want to sync my device. The problem is that the size of the directory is too big for my device, but since I can't create a playlist of a playlist to limit the size of the directory, or limit the size of the directory itself, I'm trying to find a way to convince iTunes to fill the device with tracks of the playlist until the device is full, without throwing me several warnings. Is there a way?


texts: Predictive text option does not exist on my iPhone 6

texts:
The option for Predictive text has never existed in the settings of my iPhone, as shown in many different forums. When I navigate Settings->General->Keyboards to see all the options, after Enable Caps Lock there goes Smart Punctuation.

I tried typing text and pushing longer on the "globe" icon but all I get are my installed keyboards of different languages and options to make it a one-hand keyboard.

How can I enable Predictive text?

I have an iPhone 6, with iOS 11.1.


texts: Transferring data to a new external hard drive without breaking links

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I'm trying to migrate my data from an old external hard drive to a new one. When I copy and paste from within Finder, the data seems to expand to take up much more space, so I'm assuming some link structure is being lost. What's the most robust way to do this?

Details:

I have a Mac Pro running High Sierra with 1TB internally, plus a 4TB external drive that I use for data, including iMovie projects. It's formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). The external drive is now full, so I want to replace it with a new 10TB drive. I've formated the new drive identically, and now want to transfer all my files across to it. When I did this by copying and pasting within Finder, I noticed something strange - Disk Utility tells me that the space used on the old drive was 3.9TB, but on the new drive this had jumped to 5.2TB. Looking at the original folders individually, I see that they indeed add up to 5.2TB, which is clearly impossible since they fit on a 4TB drive. I notice that there's an iMovieEvents folder and an iMovieLibrary package, both of size 1.35TB, and I'm assuming that some links between these are using the same data twice. So how can I best copy the entire drive with all its link structures etc onto the new drive? Rsync? cp?
Thanks.


texts: Best practice for mounting drive on logon

texts:
I have a MBP 2015, and use the SD card slot for a second drive; it's a slow micro SD card, but I only use it for backups, which suits my purpose.

I've noticed that since upgrading to OS 10.13, the drive no longer mounts on logon, and I was wondering how to solve that? If I physically remove and re-insert the drive, it loads up, and it's formatted as Mac OS extended, case sensitive, journaled and encrypted. It has no errors from Disk Utility, First Aid check.

So, should I write an AppleScript, add it to my start up items, add it to fstab? Seeking the best practice (or best way?) to mount this drive when I login.


texts: How to know if Apple service staff copied my private data?

texts:
Tomorrow I will collect my iMac 27 from the service, after they have replaced the screen (due to yellowish smudges).

To my surprise,  I was requested to give them my password. I did not expect they may need it, and did not erase my data at home. I have just made a backup to an external drive. Still, all my documents, photos etc are in my iMac (no porn luckily).

How to know if Apple service staff copied or looked into my private data?


texts: AppstoreConnect reports total estimate proceeds in euro

texts:
We changed to a new developer account for one of our projects and somehow the payment & finance reports are in USD instead of euro (what was on our old account).
How can I see the proceeds in euro so we know how much we can expect?


texts: I can't boot into Windows 7 on Boot Camp

texts:
I have a mid-2009 MBP. A couple of years ago I swapped out the optical drive for an SSD, made the original hard drive a Boot Camp partition and installed Windows 7 on it. It has been a brilliant "best of both worlds" solution as I happen to be a Windows/.Net applications developer.

A few days ago Windows 7 started refusing to boot, amid the rising panic I ran disk utility on both drives all partitions. Apart from permissions that needed correcting all seems fine. I can browse the drive inside of OS X (although permissions set-up prevents me from writing to it) and no errors are reported.

It would seem that the master boot record is corrupt on the Windows drive, ordinarily I would just boot from the Windows installer CD and fix it but as I no longer have a DVD drive directly attached Windows on Boot Camp won't boot from it (the Mac doesn't seem to want to do a Boot Camp boot off a USB drive).

Is there another way I can fix this without having to reformat and re-install windows on the Boot Camp drive? I have projects due in in a few days and don't have the time to set-up a new Windows install and development environment.


texts: How to split data between two iCloud accounts?

texts: My daughter and I have been sharing one iCloud account for our iPhone.  She has her own Apple ID to purchase music. I need her to have her own iCloud account as mine is running out of storage. She is afraid if I delete her phone from my iCloud in my settings she will lose all of her contacts etc. Then is there a way to move items from one iCloud account to a newly created one?


texts: iphone recent calls list does not show contacts

texts: My contacts app seems to be working fine.  But when I go into Phone -> Recents, it shows the full phone numbers of all recent calls instead of labeling by contact.  Even worse, if I tap the i information icon to the right of any of the calls, the phone app simply closes.  How can I fix this?


texts: What are these files in my "~/Library/Safari/" folder?

texts:
So, I was messing with this folder and while doing this I turned show hidden files on and saw some strange files. These are the names of them, and sizes

.dat8ad4.007 (733K)
.dat011e.000 (704K)
.dat1267.003 (402K)
.dat2eb2.06d (396 Byte)

The top files are hex files, and the last one is some weird encoded text and a link to a youtube channel. What are these files?


texts: Moving data from Mid-2010 iMac to Late 2015 iMac

texts:
I just ordered a new 27" Late 2015 iMac. I'll be moving my data from a 27" mid-2010 iMac. What's the recommended medium for the migration?

I know how to use Migration Assistant, but the old iMac has Firewire (no Thunderbolt) and the new iMac has Thunderbolt (no FireWire).

Is an Ethernet cable my best bet? It'll be faster than wireless, but I suspect still pretty slow.


texts: How to find out which Safari tab is using massive memory?

texts:
As described in my other question, Safari on OS X 10.6. is causing me massive problems (with my way of working like having many tabs in Safari open for a long time).

I just realized that after closing some (few!) of the many open tabs, instantly

it became quiet - the cooling fan of the macbook was not spinning any more
and I had >1 GB more free RAM (which is a lot, as I have only 3 GB in total)!!

It seems, that like very often in real life, Pareto's law applies:
20% of my open tabs might consume 80% of the ressources!

So my question:

is there a way to identify those few tabs which cause safari to consume hardware ressources like crazy without closing them - maybe by analyzing the Safari Web Content process?


texts:
Recently I couldn't get my Mac (bought in April - 2009) to boot. The hard disk was quite full and honestly speaking I kept ignoring a number of warnings from OS X to 'free up some space'. I have been trying to fix it for the past month, and I have tried a lot based on information available on Internet.

The problems are:

The startup DVD I have takes me to Disk Utility but it fails to re-install Mac OS X.
The disk has errors and they are there even if I erased the disk completely.
fsck -fy is not able to repair the disk.
I created bootable USB for OS X El Capitan and I used it to boot the Mac: I get to the Apple logo and the progress bar filled up as well (after 1-2 hours)... but nothing happens after that.


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I upgraded to High Sierra, asked for my password.  No problem.

It acts like it’s booting...the progress bar fills, then it says password is required to enable Touch ID... I cannot for the life of me get passed this.  It says it’s wrong everytime.  I have even reinstalled High Sierra and gotten the same message.

Any ideas?


texts: Can XCode deploy to iOS devices when there is no internet connection?

texts:
To my chagrin, when trying to deploy to iOS XCode refused to install my app because there was no internet connection present to verify my developer account. I've installed to this particular iOS device before, the only difference was that I was on the move and without internet.

Beyond Apple's signing policies being generally developer-hostile, in my case it is actively hostile to my efforts since I want to go into the field-- in this case tens of miles offshore-- and do some rapid device development iteration.
I do not have the paid developer account, and that is perhaps a limitation. Happy to get a paid account if it will resolve this blockage.


texts: How to create keyboard shortcut for WiFi toggle?

texts: I want to create keyboard shortcut for Turning ON WiFi when it is turned OFF, and vice versa.


texts:
In Chrome I often toggle between open tabs using Ctrl + tab to go forward, and Ctrl + Shift + tab to go backwards.

For some reason, I can't get the reverse navigation working (using Shift) when using this keyboard. It does work if I use the key combos directly from my laptop's keyboard, however. It's also not working in Messages, to go between conversations.

My Apple wired keyboard (full size with number pad) is plugged into my 30 inch Cinema display, but to be honest, it still doesn't work if I plug directly in to my laptop.

Any ideas?

Update: On both my internal laptop and wired keyboard, I've remapped the Caps Lock key to be the Control key, and vice versa. If I restore defaults, the tab cycling is fixed. If I set the Caps Lock key back to being the Control key, and try to cycle backwards, it breaks. Just confirmed the same is true in Safari. And, no matter how I modify the keys of the internal keyboard, cycling is perfect.


texts: Which SSDs are compatible with my old Macbook Pro?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro A1260 from 2008 and I want to upgrade to the fastest SSD I can get, as long as the rest of the system isn't the I/O bottleneck.

Where can I find information on compatible SSDs, and how many MB/s my system can handle?


texts: "Install Spotify" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software

texts:
I'm running macOS 10.15 Catalina Beta.

When I try to install Spotify I see the following error:

Is this a Spotify issue or a Catalina issue?

Thanks.


texts: Mid 2014 Macbook Swollen after High Sierra / What should I do?

texts:
This discovery came after my latest question: High Sierra's External Display bug heats Macbook's, damaged my Retina Screen, what can I do?

I use my macbook on a stand with good airflow, after High Sierra, I noticed unusual high heating along with poor gpu performance, afterwards I noticed screen damage, and now, I discovered that my macbook is physically swollen, 2-3mm's I'm guessing

The issues could be unrelated to High Sierra, yet, it would be too big of a coincidence if it's not the cause, as things were breezy beforehand

Here's a picture of the issue: https://imgur.com/a/feBG7

The trackpad area is swollen, the trackpad doesn't click any more, the battery reports "Normal" condition (Cycle count: 12), the lid doesn't close any more, but everything luckily works for now

I assume it's the battery that's swollen, but even with the high heating I complain about, the GPU temperatures was 80C at most and enclosure temps weren't extremely high

It's a shocking issue for me, I'm wondering whether there is a solution other than buying a new Macbook, unsure how to approach the issue in general, and since I use the device daily, really don't want to part with it even for repairs or inspection, I'm located in Turkey

Also curious why I experienced these issues with High Sierra and whether anyone else has similar experiences


texts: High Sierra won't install: for the boot disk it says: "This disk cannot be used to start your computer"

texts:
I have a macbook pro late 2012, single stock SSD, Sierra installed with latest updates.  I am trying to install High Sierra.

When I go to select the disk to install on (the current, normal boot volume), the installer refuses, with the error: "This disk cannot be used to start your computer"

Disk Utility First Aid can find nothing wrong.  The computer boots normally just fine with Sierra.

Volume name : Macintosh HD
Volume type : Logical Volume
BSD device node : disk1
Mount point : /
File system : Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)
Connection : PCI
Device tree path : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/PEG2@1,2/SSD0@0/PRT0@0/PMP@0
Writable : Yes
Is case-sensitive : No
File system UUID : 308F1BD9-CF92-335C-B437-D47C941E7D76
CoreStorage UUID : 0E3E3C70-5FE7-484E-826B-828CDA8F3471
Parent CoreStorage LVG UUID : 13CB696B-1760-4072-A883-0ED19EFBEBF1
Volume capacity : 374,756,999,168
Available space (Purgeable + Free) : 168,884,392,284
Purgeable space : 9,433,788,764
Free space : 159,450,603,520
Used space : 205,872,606,884
File count : 1,735,041
Owners enabled : Yes
Is encrypted : Yes
System Integrity Protection supported : Yes
Can be verified : Yes
Can be repaired : No
Bootable : Yes
Journaled : Yes
Disk number : 1
Media name : Macintosh HD
Media type : Generic
Ejectable : No
Solid state : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. status : Not Supported
Parent disks : disk0s1


texts: How do I resolve 501: Method Not Implemented in MRD for OSX El Captain?

texts:
I've gotten a MBP with El Captain installed & latest MRD (Microsoft Remote Desktop) 8.0.33 - However when I try connecting to a Windows host with it's PC name given along with credentials .. MRD gives me the following:

  HTTPEndpointException: 4, The non-proxy http connection failed to
  connect with the message: 501 Not Implemented stack exchange

The same credentials & settings worked before, it somehow doesn't work now. I have done intensive research on it including this, this, this, this & this to no avail at all. I've also attempted to install Royal TSX, and it gives me the below:

  The connection failed. (Error Code: CONNECTERROR)

I'm fed up & would require to handle office docs & mailboxes from my Windows Host. I can't ssh into for obvious office reasons. Can the community resolve this one?


texts:
I'm on macOS Sierra and I have been losing icons randomly, as you can see below, the Adobe Illustrator folder does not look like it should.

This also occurs in the Dock:

FaceTime (left of iTunes) has no icon, this also occurs with numerous other applications such as Inkscape, Gimp, and a few others.

Please help!


texts: Can AppleScript or any other script measure a Macbook's wifi signal strength?

texts:
At my home I have two separate routers due to poor signals when being in one location opposed to another.

When I work on my Macbook from different locations I find it annoying when I have to switch between routers. The eventual goal is to run a more complex script under launchd to identify if a better networks is present and automate the change over.

I've tried experimenting with networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder and networksetup -listallhardwareports but have had no luck.

In AppleScript or any other scripting language a way to measure two router's strength similar to what's visible on the menu bar's wifi signal?


texts: Sleepwatcher needs to be relaunch after every boot on Catalina

texts:
I have a .sleep script that sleepwatcher launch everytime my MacBook Pro goes to sleep (by closing the lid).
On Mojave, everything worked fine. Now on Catalina (10.15.7), every time I boot:

I have the message "can't open sleepwatcher because it's from an unidentified developer" popping up over and over again. I have to go to System -> Security -> Open Anyway in order to stop the message. (Thanks to @Allan, I managed to get sleepwatcher out of the quarantine flag).

I have to relaunch the .sleep manually via the command line /usr/local/sbin/sleepwatcher --verbose --sleep ~/.sleep  to get my script back running (on Mojave, the .sleep was automaticly loaded).

How can I make my Mac remember sleepwatcher & my .sleep setting like old times ?


texts: CMD + ` to switch between windows on Turkish keyboard

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro with Turkish keyboard layout and I haven't been able to find what the equivalent shortcut combination for command+` to switch between windows, especially on Chrome.

Does anyone knows what that is?


texts: Filter out ARP query from given ether:ip

texts:
Let's say on my network there is a hacker who floods my computer with arp messages to associate his MAC address with the IP of the computer I want to reach.

It's like he sends the following message continuously (100 packets per second) to my computer:

192.168.1.2 (my target) has 0:0:0:0:0:1 (hacker's MAC address)

the following does not work, I end up with the two association in arp -a:

arp -a -d; arp -s 192.168.1.2 0:0:0:0:0:2 (the real MAC address of the target)

Is it possible on macOS to  drop the arp packets from the hacker?


texts: Multiple desktops break in weird way when plugged into monitor

texts:
I have spent a lot of time searching for answers to this problem but I have not found anything.
I have an LG UltraFine 5K Display and a 2016 MacBook Pro running Catalina 10.15.7. The monitor is connected to the computer with a Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) cable. When I disconnect the computer, use it without the monitor, then connect it again, I often get the following bizarre behavior (also see .gif below):

The right-hand side of the menu bar disappears for all spaces/desktops except for one.
If I open an application it will only open in that one desktop.
I can interact with applications in other desktops, but if I try to resize or reposition them, they disappear and move to the one desktop.

I have tried the following things to fix the problem:

Wipe the hard drive and reinstall the operating system. This did not fix it.
Restart the computer. When I restart the computer with the monitor plugged in, it temporarily fixes the issue.
Unplug the monitor and plug it in again. This fixes the issue about half of the time. Sometimes I have to unplug the monitor and plug it back in four or five times before it works.

Below is a .gif of a recording of the issue. It is poor quality because Stack Exchange limits images to 2MB. But it should still be possible to see what's going on.

Edit: This issue occurs (but very rarely) when I unplug the computer from the monitor and use it as a laptop. In this case, the only way to fix it is to restart the computer or plug it back into the monitor.


texts: How to use custom font for codes in Quick Look?

texts: When using Quick Look on a code file — .swift or .cpp, etc. — the font used to render the text seems to be Menlo. I was wondering if this is customizable. Can I manually set it to any font I want, such as SF Mono or Source Code Pro?


texts: How can I prevent MIDI Aggregate Input Device from distorting audio?

texts:
I am trying to redirect both my microphone and computer sound output to an aggregate device so I can auto-transcribe both sides of a web conference. I set up the Aggregate Device via the Audio Midi Setup and ensured that they both have the same sample rate. Then I record using sox and the playback sounds chopped up and slowed down.  Is it interleaving the two streams as if they're alternating instead of simultaneous?  I've tried using both Soundflower and Virtual Audio Cable--same results.  Also same results whether "Drift Correction" is enabled or disabled, and whichever of the two inputs I set as Clock Source.
Has anyone encountered the same behavior?  Is it possible to fix in the Midi Setup and/or is there any kind of workaround using sox itself?
Thank you!


texts: Using an iPhone as a Remote Video Recorder from a Mac

texts:
Does there exist any app for iPhone/Mac that allows me:

to see on the Macbook what my iPhone camera "sees" via WiFi?
to remotely, from the Mac, start/stop recording on the iPhone?

I'm currently trying iKeyboardRemote but it allows me only start and stop recording via Bluetooth (and without any feedback). I would like to see when to start recording and when to stop.

I have found several apps in the App Store that allow remote video between two iPhones or iPhone/iPad, but found none for iPhone to Mac OS X.  (I don't have two iPhones, nor an iPad).

Unfortunately, I have upgraded to 6.1.3 on 4S, so I can't jailbreak it for installing a VNC server, which would be the easiest and best solution.

I'm hoping I missed some apps — can anybody suggest a solution?


texts:
Why when deleting from a USB or an external HDD on mac the occupied space wont be free untill deleted from trash?

Is there a direct way to delete from the drive and freeing the occupied space instantly?


texts:
OBSERVATIONS
I was not expecting the command to return an error:
/usr/bin/xcodebuild -version (Reference) returns an error:

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active
developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command
line tools instance

ls -l /usr/bin/xcodebuild returns:

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  31488 May 27 19:37 /usr/bin/xcodebuild

xcodebuild -version returns:
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance
gcc --version returns:

Configured with:
--prefix=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple clang version 11.0.3 (clang-1103.0.32.62) Target:
x86_64-apple-darwin19.5.0 Thread model: posix InstalledDir:
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin

QUESTIONS
Why is the an error returned in the first observation and what remedies are available?
How can I test (without installing anything to determine if I have the problem described here?
I am concerned that changing the active directory
sudo xcode-select -switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
will cause problems with brew or other installed apps.  Though it would seem that my active directory and the suggested change is the same.
UPDATES
$ ls -l /Applications/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  4 user  admin  128 Jul 26 00:06 Polyspace
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel   96 Apr 23 00:52 Safari.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 user  staff   96 Sep 30  2019 Sublime Text.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 user  staff   96 May 15 20:06 Transmission.app
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  128 May 27 19:31 Utilities
$ ls /usr/bin | grep -I Xcode
xcode-select
xcodebuild


texts: How do I establish a secondary axis in Numbers on an iPad Pro?

texts:
I see various older questions and replies about secondary axes and presumably can make them on my MacBook Pro. But I’m often working outside on my iPad these days and its lack of anything like traditional menu systems is quite maddening.

The problem today is where the controls are hidden that will let me tell a plot to use a secondary y-axis for some of its series.

Anybody know?


texts: Are Quartz Compositions portable to Linux?

texts:
I am interested in using Quartz Composer to make some visualization programs, that I want to run on a Raspbery Pi.
My question is, is it possible to run something made in Quartz on Linux?


texts:
I've been using SoundJam MP since it came out and many years ago I found a beta version that worked on OS X and that's the reason I can still use it.

Unfortunately, with OS X Lion, PPC support is gone and I need to find a similar app for my music listening.

My main objective is to find a software that allows me to add folders with MP3s and allows me to sort it manually and even sort the files inside the folder, instead of (as iTunes and others do) having the app sort it by album/artist, because I have several MP3s that aren't even tagged and I want to control it and not let the app sort and "mix" (wrongly) for me.

I've searched a lot and tried so many apps already without success (ex: cog, instinctiv, neutrino, songbird, vox).

Anyone knows of such a software?

P.S. the app can be either free or paid (reasonably priced).


texts: Is there a plugin to create a folder and a file in it at the same time it terminal?

texts:
At the moment this is what I need to do

mkdir someFolder
touch someFolder/file.md

Is there a way to create both in one go (not using &). I'm thinking

mkTouch folder/file.md


texts: How can I have unlimited keyboard shortcuts?

texts:
There's only so many keys in a keyboard, I want limitless
possibilities with key bindings by being able to bind key sequences
to actions.

How can I bind an action to an extended shortcut?

Let's say

Control-x-k to    'open textedit'

I know there's no hardware limitation preventing long keyboard shortcuts, because with emacs you can do

(global-set-key (kbd "C-x k") 'open-something)

ref


texts:
I downloaded a port knocking script from
http://www.zeroflux.org/projects/knock

It downloaded a file knock, which is a Unix Executable File. When I double click on it, it runs the Terminal, where it writes

Last login: Thu Nov  1 12:19:53 on ttys003
Admins-MacBook-Air-3:~ me$ /Users/me/Desktop/knock ; exit;
usage: knock [options] <host> <port[:proto]> [port[:proto]] ...
options:
  -u, --udp            make all ports hits use UDP (default is TCP)
  -v, --verbose        be verbose
  -V, --version        display version
  -h, --help           this help

example:  knock myserver.example.com 123:tcp 456:udp 789:tcp

logout

[Process completed]

But I would like to run it in Terminal using knock [options]. How do I do that?


texts: Google Drive File Stream syncing forever

texts:
Google Drive Files Stream is stuck syncing since installation. I tried waiting a few days, I tried a clean install, nothing seems to work. It's especially annoying since the Activity Monitor on my mac lists the Google Drive's process as using 90% of the CPU.
I'm on OSx Catalina 10.15.1 - mbp 15" 2018


texts: How can I automount a shared network drive for Time Machine backups?

texts:
At home, my primary computer is an iMac with an external USB hard drive. The external drive is shared so that other computers can use it for Time Machine. I have a MacBook Air that I take to work every day, and it uses the shared Time Machine drive when I am at home. However, I have to manually mount the drive.

How can I set up my MacBook Air to automatically mount the shared drive when I'm on my home AirPort network?

Currently, I perform these steps to mount the shared drive and back up:

In a Finder window, select the iMac from the Shared list
Press "Connect"
Authenticate with my iMac user credentials (I just saved the password to my keychain)
Choose the USB drive from the list of available volumes to mount
Use the Time Machine menu extra to choose "Back Up Now"

Ultimately, I want to make this a zero-step process, so I can come home, turn on the MacBook Air, automatically detect and mount the shared drive, and back up with Time Machine. I assume this can be automated, with an automation script set up as a login item, but it would be preferable to avoid explicitly scripting it.

(I originally wanted to attach the hard drive to my AirPort Extreme and share it from there for Time Machine, but this failed or was not allowed on SnowLeopard; I don't remember. I haven't attempted it since upgrading to Lion.)

Thanks for reading!

Both of my computers are running Lion.


texts: iLife doesn't appear in "Purchased" after installing ML on a registered MacBook Pro

texts: I bought an open-item, unregistered MacBook Pro from Best Buy and they told me that they had installed Mountain Lion just like a clean setup. But the iLife bundle doesn't appear in the laptop or in the App Store (the "Purchased" section is empty). Does anyone know if I need to buy it?


texts: Starting and stopping mysql server. Shorten and make automatic

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Currently I start and stop mysql with the following command

sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start

sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop

It is quite a long command to remember.  How can I set it up so that I can start and stop it with a single command.  Something like.

sudo mysql-server start

I am thinking I would need to crete a symbolic link somewhere for this to work?  Also one last option; how can I make it so that it runs on bootup by default?


texts: Can Apple decrypt iCloud data of third-party app?

texts: Suppose that a third-party app is encrypted (say, with AES 128), and that this app stores data in iCloud through iCloud Drive. In general, can Apple decrypt this data as it would with data stored in native iOS apps?


texts: I can't paste a file into system directory

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I want to paste a file into /System/Library/Java/Extensions path but there is no "paste" button

. So I tried to change permissions, but when I checked I already have the permission to read & write. to this folder. Finally I tried to paste this file via Terminal. But this time it says "no such directory or file"

.

How can I solve this issue?


texts: How can I get iTunes to recognize my iPhone 4S again without having to re-configure all my apps?

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I have an iPhone 4S that I have bought directly from Apple. I used iTunes on my very old (2006) Mac to set it up and do the initial sync. After that, I did an OTA firmware update and several OTA syncs without problems. I also set it up to perform iCloud backups. When I next tried to connect the phone to iTunes about a week later, the connection felt rather flaky (the phone appeared and disappeared a few times), so I ran the recommended iTunes update.

I reconnected my phone, and iTunes greeted me with a "Set up your iPhone" screen, which offered me the choice of "restoring from backup" (to my knowledge and from the dates offered, this only refers to the backups iTunes has made, not iCloud), and "setting up as a new iPhone" or something to that end.

I did some research and found that some people had that same problem, but said it went away when the allowed it to set up as a new iPhone, which, as they said, would do nothing and everything would be good afterwards. Well, they were right that it did nothing to my phone, but now all those checkmarks ("sync music", "sync contacts", most importantly: "sync apps") are unchecked. If I re-check any of them, the program makes it quite clear to me that first, everything on my phone will be wiped, and then being installed as instructed. I.e. if I did this with my apps, I believe all my settings would be lost and I would have to set all of them up again.

I even went to the "Genius Bar" today and explained all this. The answer was this: reset your iPhone to factory settings, connect to iTunes to make it recognize it again, then restore from iCloud (where both all app settings and the screen layouts are stored).

Sounded reasonable back there, but when I tried this, I found this little problem:
You can only restore to a fresh device from iCloud, but iTunes will either want to set it up for me first (so it's no longer fresh after that), or, if we do an iCloud restore, it goes back to showing me the settings with all checkboxes unchecked.

Maybe I just overlooked one crucial little detail, but I don't see it, so...

what can I do to remedy this?

I know the easy way out is to just wipe the phone and install again from iTunes, but what bothers me is that this disconnect can happen to me again and again - I don't want to wipe my phone and reconfigure all my apps every time this happens. So that's why I'm looking for the "right" solution, rather than the "quick and dirty" one.


texts: Group members from Contact do not appear in Mail address

texts: iMac using OS X 10.8.5. When using a Group from Contacts in a Mail address, all the Group list does not appear in the Mail address and those missing do not receive the email.


texts: Can I work with iPad iPhoto Journals from my desktop Mac?

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iPad iPhoto journals are great... If my photos live primarily on my iPad. In my case though, they are on my iPad when I am traveling but end up on my Mac at home for long term storage. So if I make a pretty Journal on my iPad I would like to continue working on it in Aperture (or iPhoto) on my desktop. Sooner or later I want to remove the photos from my iPad because I need the storage.

Is there anyway to update and change my iPad/iPhoto Journals directly from my Mac?


texts: Show When Applications Were Opened and Closed

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I'd like to be able to see a list of applications that were recently opened and quitted on a per user basis.

Ex:

19:25:34 Google Chrome Canary opened by John Smith
20:45:32 Pages quitted by Julie Smith

I checked the Console, but it didn't seem to specifically detail when apps were opened/quitted and by whom; it only detailed the processes that errored in those applications.

Is there a way (eg. a script I can run) that will show all applications opened and quitted within a certain time frame, and by whom?


texts: How to setup Dual Apple Thunderbolt Display 27 inch with Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Pro and Ethernet

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My current setup

2 Thunderbolt 27 inch displays

7 port Dlink USB 2.0 HUB

15" MacBook Pro Retina, Late 2013

Various low power USB 2.0 Peripherals plugged into hub

I have the one monitor daisy chained into the other which also has an ethernet 1 Gb/s connection and the USB hub connection. This is all connected to my MacBook Pro with the Thunderbolt 2 connection.

Upgrading to 2016 MacBook Pro

I thought it would be relatively simple to simply get a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter.However, Apple support said that this is not possible.

If that is true, why? They said I would need an adapter for each Thunderbolt Display. An adapter for the ethernet, and an adapter for the USB 2.0 hub.

That's a total of 4 adapters!

However, I'm wondering if that is true since you can buy hubs (OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock) which this guide says will run over a single Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter. These hubs can have various thunderbolt/hdmi/ethernet connections. In principle, aren't I using the Thunderbolt display in the same manner?


texts: How to Secure erase files in OS X without moving the files into trash?

texts: My Question is I want to erase a file in OS X Securely (like the function of "Secure Empty Trash") so that, the file cannot be recovered by using recovery tools. I don't want to empty the trash. It is possible to erase Files Securely in OS X without moving the file to Trash ?


texts: How can I kill a process using top on OS X?

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On other Unixe,s I can use top and then hit K and type the process ID.
How can I do that in OS X?

I can type kill [the_pid] on its own at the command line and that works. However, I was wondering if there was a way for it to happen while in the top program.