texts: OpenCV library not installing after using cmake

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I use Yosemite 10.10, and I need to build and install the OpenCV library using cmake-gui. I was able to configure and generate the binaries readily. But when I try to 'make' the library using the terminal
    sudo make -j4
in the binaries folder, I get the following error -

Building CXX object modules/core/CMakeFiles/opencv_core.dir/src/parallel.cpp.o
In file included from /usr/include/os/object.h:27:0,
             from /usr/include/dispatch/dispatch.h:48,
             from /Users/imecindia/Desktop/Downloaded Libraries/opencv-3.0.0-beta/modules/core/src/parallel.cpp:106:
/usr/include/os/base.h:113:20: error: missing binary operator before token "("
#if __has_extension(attribute_overloadable)
                ^
/usr/include/os/base.h:119:54: error: missing binary operator before token "("
#if __has_feature(objc_fixed_enum) || __has_extension(cxx_strong_enums)
                                                  ^
[ 45%] Building CXX object modules/core/CMakeFiles/opencv_core.dir/src/pca.cpp.o
In file included from /usr/include/dispatch/dispatch.h:51:0,
             from /Users/imecindia/Desktop/Downloaded Libraries/opencv-3.0.0-beta/modules/core/src/parallel.cpp:106:
/usr/include/dispatch/object.h:325:20: error: missing binary operator before token "("
#if __has_extension(c_generic_selections)
                ^
/usr/include/dispatch/object.h:363:20: error: missing binary operator before token "("
#if __has_extension(c_generic_selections)
                ^
/usr/include/dispatch/object.h:391:20: error: missing binary operator before token "("
#if __has_extension(c_generic_selections)
                ^
/usr/include/dispatch/object.h:423:20: error: missing binary operator before token "("
#if __has_extension(c_generic_selections)
                ^
/usr/include/dispatch/object.h:143:15: error: expected unqualified-id before '^' token
typedef void (^dispatch_block_t)(void);
           ^
/usr/include/dispatch/object.h:143:15: error: expected ')' before '^' token
/usr/include/dispatch/object.h:362:3: error: 'dispatch_block_t' has not been declared
dispatch_block_t notification_block);
^
make[2]: *** [modules/core/CMakeFiles/opencv_core.dir/src/parallel.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [modules/core/CMakeFiles/opencv_core.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

I get that in multiple places in this particular file,

Also I specified the compiler for using gcc/g++/gfortran that came with MacPorts. It's mandatory that I use the MacPorts compiler btw.

Can someone let me know what I can do?


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I have a serious problem with my 2011 MacBook Air (current OS version (Mountain Lion))
Always on startup, I have to enter my password twice.
Right after entering it the first time, the screen is gray for a very short time and the same login screen appears again. After entering the password the second time, it takes me to my desktop as usually...

I also tried activating the automatic login, but then a different problem occures:
The desktop appears (without wallpaper and dock), after less than a second the screen is gray again, the screen appears again (still without wallpaper and dock). After about 10 seconds the dock slides up and the wallpaper appears...

Is it possible to reinstall Mac OS without changing any files and settings?

Any help would be great!


texts: How far can one go with an app before having to pay for the developer license?

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We are using the iAd framework, which I know you need the 99$ developer license in order to be served ads. But you also need the 99$ developer license in order to go live in the AppStore. My question is, how far can one go before having to pay this? I.e. can we do the Testflight for beta testing before having to pay that fee? Or by then will we have to have committed the 99?

The reason I ask is because, if the app store ultimately rejects the app you have effectively flushed the cost of the license down the drain.


texts: Can I connect external hardrive with time machine to someone else's mac to access one file

texts: Can I connect an external hardrive with time machine to someone else's mac and then access one file on time machine?


texts: How to listen to my iPod on an other computer?

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I have an iPod and it is synchronised on a computer A.

I would like to listen to my music on another computer B, on which iTunes 11 is installed.

When I connect the iPod on the computer B, I am able to see all the screens related to the settings, such as  or
but I don't know how to actually access the content of the iPod to play the music.

Is it possible ?

And, if yes, what should I do  ?

EDIT : When I click on "Sur cet iPod" ("On this iPod"), I am able to see the content of the iPod but it seems that I canno't play it... Any advice ? Here is the screen :


texts: Can one mount a FileVault 2 encrypted drive from Windows?

texts: I encrypted an external drive with FileVault 2. Now it would be great if I could access it from a Windows PC. Is this outright impossible? I found no definitive answer either way.


texts: Where is the index.html on OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) Apache setup?

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I've started up Apache on my Mac and get the "It works!" message, but I have no idea where that file is.

I've checked the httpd.conf file and the location listed is:

DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"

Yet, when I go to the /Library/WebServer/Documents folder, it is empty!

This one is driving me crazy, any help would be appreciated.


texts: How to remove a container disk and reclaim the space onto my main partition?

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I purchased a secondhand iMac in which the previous owner manually deleted his data instead of just restoring to factory settings. It was rough getting it started but we got there in the end. The only thing left is this: he originally had a bootcamp partition on his hard drive, but when he deleted his data it left behind an empty container with 150.85 GB in it. I want to use Bootcamp to create a Windows partition on my hard drive, but it just wants to create a new partition, and I would rather just get rid of this container and then use Bootcamp to do it properly. I'm running Catalina 10.15.6 - How do I do this?
Here's the diskutil list

Here's my disk utility

Here's the container

I found a similar post that gave Terminal commands, and that would be fine - I just couldn't figure out how to adjust it to fit my situation. Other instructions are fine, too, I just want this container gone.
Thank you in advance!


texts: What cache files are deleted during Safe Boot?

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According to https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201262 a safe boot will perform the following:

  Verifies your startup disk, and attempts to repair directory issues if needed
  Loads only required kernel extensions
  Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically
  Disables user-installed fonts
  Deletes font caches, Kernel cache and other system cache files

Apple as usual is somewhat vague.  Does anyone have a list of the exact cache files deleted and where to find them?

Why I need this:  I have two labs of iMacs where after a week or so of student use, they will freeze and when rebooted get stuck at 100% of the progress bar. About 80% of the time a safe boot fixes them (the remaining I usually end up wiping).  I've looked at /Library/Caches and /System/Library/Caches before and after a safe boot and there appears to be no change.

Any clues what cache files I should look at next?  If I can pinpoint the culprit, I can design a manual purge of this file and hopefully keep my uptime of these machines beyond a week.


texts: How can I detect which button was clicked in the DMG EULA confirmation screen

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I'm using the open command to automate (via bash) opening a dmg which has a EULA attached to it. When I run open my_app_distribution.dmg I get a screen that looks like this:

The open commands uses another app/core service to handle the actual mounting, but it nor the open command has any output (or exit code afaik) by default nor do they seem to have a way to change that default behavior.

How can I report back to my bash script which button was clicked so I can determine the next course of action my script will take?


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I'm trying to connect to a development board using a serial-USB adapter, and can't find the serial port on my Mac.

I tried ls /dev/tty.* and ls /dev/cu.*, and nothing relevant shows up on my Mac. I tried on a friends Mac and it does show up!

This must be because I had installed VCP / FTDI drivers in the past on my Mac (can't remember which, but there were a few), which must be interfering. I tried deleting the serial drivers .kext files in /System/Library/Extensions/ and restarting, but that didn't work. I also tried reinstalling these drivers and restarting, but that didn't work. I've tried 3 other driver sources and that also didn't work.

Also, the device doesn't show up in setting > Network. Running Mac OS Mojave on both PCs.

Help would be much appreciated!


texts: How to retrieve deleted text messages from iPhone 5s?

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I need to be able to retrieve some deleted text messages from my Daughters phone which were deleted approx. 1 week ago.

I have had limited success by using an online service called TeenSafe which has pulled some of the messages back, but these appear to be mostly my daughters side of the conversation with only sporadic responses from the other party.

What I would like to know is how TeenSafe is managing to retrieve some of these deleted messages, and if it can retrieve some, is there a way that I can use a similar method to get the rest of them back?

Assistance is greatly appreciated.


texts: Is there a way to convert an audio to text using terminal?

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I have 2000 audio files named as audio1.wav, audio2.wav, etc.
Each file contains one or two words like "house", "car", "beach house", etc.
Is there a way to read the audios and convert them to text using terminal, so I can use the result to rename the files?
PS: I'm aware of How can I use cloud-based text-to-speech services as native voices in Mac OS? but I'm looking for a solution which doesn't involve Google.


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I have a macOS 10.13 machine that is being used only for remote work, and has no need for printers. Printer Sharing is definitely turned off in System Preferences, and yet, cupsd is listening to a port:

# lsof -i :631
COMMAND PID USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
cupsd   427 root    5u  IPv6 0xbb661a1308e1d70b      0t0  TCP localhost:ipp (LISTEN)
cupsd   427 root    6u  IPv4 0xbb661a130bee2d13      0t0  TCP localhost:ipp (LISTEN)

What is the appropriate way to turn off cupsd?


texts: Hide all notifications when screen sharing

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I'd like to never show ANY notifications if I'm currently screen sharing to prevent those awkward moments where I forget to disable them manually and run the risk of someone IM'ing me something inappropriate. Notifications should be automatically disabled when I start screen sharing and automatically re-enabled when I stop.

Is this possible at all? Even if it requires some development?


texts: How can Disk Drill say it has recovered 2.4 TB of files when the HDD is only 2 TB?

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I had a serious failure on a 2TB external HDD this week. Yosemite says the drive is "not readable by this computer."

Oh well, it happens to all HDDs sooner or later.

Even though the contents could be re-downloaded from the internet, I decided to run Disk Drill to see how much I could recover.

What seems strange to me is that Disk Drill says it has "reconstructed" 2.4 TB of files.

While the HDD only has 2 TB capacity.

I'm simply curious, how is this technically possible? How can DD have reconstructed more data than could possibly have been stored on the drive? I don't require a solution to any technical problem. I'm just curious about the technical details behind this.

FWIW, prior to the failure, there was a 1 TB encrypted HFS+ Time Machine backup partition, a 600 GB HFS+ unencrypted partition, and a 400 GB unencrypted NTFS partition.


texts: Enable chrome://flags/#enable-npapi via Puppet manifest

texts: Any ideas how a Puppet manifest for OS X should look like to enable the use of NPAPI plugins in Chrome on managed clients? I would like to enable this settings for a big group of users remotely.


texts:
In Snow Leopard you could right click an application toolbar icon and select "Remove item", this is no longer possible in Lion. If I select "Customize toolbar" I get the customization panel, but it's not possible to do any changes.

Anyone know if this is a bug or intentional?

Any way around it?


texts: Use time machine with different MacOS versions and a NAS

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I'm going to buy a NAS to back-up different pcs (~15) with Apple time-machine but I'm facing different doubth regarding compatibilities, and possible issues. I will include informations regarding chosed devices and approaches, but I hadn't bought anything yet so choices can be changed.

The general approach (single NAS, local storage backupped with TM) is not a question topic, or until it will be clar that what I'm asking is not possible.

I will quote different pages where I get informations from, because apple documentation is not exhaustive.

Selected NAS: QNAP TS-431P2-4G
MaxOS versions:  10.6.8 ,  10.13 and newer

NAS support time-machine, support Protocols AFP (v3.3) and SMB and has QTS 4.3
MacOS > 10.12 support SMB in addition to AFP for time-machine, QTS 4.3 can run SMB for time machine. No mention has been done regarding the possibility to use both SMB and AFP protocols in the same NAS

Other link with the same information

Chatting with QNAP technical service I had a reply:

  Service: Non possono essere combinati i vecchi macos con quelli successivi 10.12 sullo steso nas.
  Old macOS cannot be combined in the same NAS with macOS newer than 10.12

  Me: QTS 4.3.6 o precedenti non supportano contemporaneamente SMB3 e AFP? Non posso configurare un utente per SMB3 (macOs > 10.12) e un altro utente per AFP?Neanche creando diverse partizioni?
  Doesn't QTS 4.3.6 or earlier support SMB3 and AFP concurrently? Can't I set up an user for SMB3 (macOS > 10.12) and another user for AFP? What about using different prtitions?

  Service: non abbiamo casistiche come questo .
  Se desidera procedere lo stesso posso sollevare il problema con i developers ma deve essere pronto a mesi di troubleshooting nel caso ci fossero problemi con i backup.
  We don't have experience about that. If you decide to proceed anyway I can update developers regarding the problem, but be ready for months of troubleshooting if there will be problems with backups.

AFP can’t share files on Apple File System (APFS). Apple File System (APFS) is the default file system in macOS High Sierra (10.13) for Mac computers with all-flash storage. You can't opt out of the transition to APFS when you upgrade a Mac with all-flash storage to macOS High Sierra. If you need to share files, switch to SMB. If you have network home directories shared via AFP on an APFS volume, update the mount records and user records to use SMB.

Other link with the same information

That with point 2 should means that only macOS 10.12 works with both SMB and AFP

Does anyone had experience or informations regarding a successfull way to use the same NAS to store time machine data with two mentioned OS?

The only option, from infos above, is to have a NAS that can handle SMB and AFP concurrently and that was reported as impossible from QNAP technical service (buy maybe other brands can, or he was wrong).

Thanks for help


texts: Does this MacBook have a screen or GPU problem?

texts:
This is on an Early 2011 Macbook Pro 17" with i7 2.2ghz and the Intel + Radeon HD6750:

If it is a screen error then I don't mind fixing it myself, but if the GPU is the problem, I'm worried I might have to buy a new logic board assuming I can't use the GPU.


texts: Notes app search is not finding some notes

texts:
I am using my notes app on OSX 10.11.5 and iOS 8. For the most part, things are working, but I am noticing that many of my older notes are not searchable. When I type something in the search box, these older notes do not appear in search results even if there is a match. However, if I edit a note or create a new one, it is fully searchable.

My guess is that somehow the search indexes for my notes got corrupted. Is there any way to fix this or rebuild the indexes?


texts: "This Connection Is Not Private" → "Visit The Website" asks for admin password to "Update Settings". Are permanent system changes made?

texts:
When I try to visit a website that hasn't configured https correctly, this message pops up in Safari.

I appreciate the warning—it lets me know not to enter any personal information on the website. However, if the site is e.g. a standard blog, I still want to read it. So I click "Show Details" and then "visit this website".

This causes Safari to ask for my admin password, in order to make "changes to [my] Certificate Trust Settings". I don't want to make any lasting changes to my system, just read one website! Am I somehow making my computer permanently less secure, and if not, why does Safari need my admin password?

What is actually happening behind the scenes when I update my Certificate Trust settings in order to view one of these sites?


texts: Search all archived mails in the server in Apple Mail for OSX Mavericks

texts:
I'm using Apple Mail on OSX Mavericks, with an IMAP account configured (Google).
Since all my mails are archived on the server (I'm using Apple Mail just from a few months), when I search emails, I need to retrieve all the emails stored on Google servers.
Instead, I can only retrieve recent emails, while on my iPhone (Mail app) the search is distributed on the server.

How can I apply a distributed search also on my Mac? Is it possible?

I also tried to enable the (translated to english) "Do not limit the number of messages in IMAP folders" option on Gmail, but after some time Mail on OSX shows me an empty inbox and only a few mails in my folders.


texts: How can i install version 10.12.0 on my late 2008 macbook pro?

texts: I need to install microsoft word for university but it won't let me without version 12.1.2 on the macbook however it doesn't say that the mac needs updating?


texts:
I am doing a project in which my Arduino needs to connect to a simple web page and retrieve the content of a text file. I want to use curl to see the response I would get if I sent the following HTTP request once connected to example.com (the website in my actual project is a different one) so that I can devise a parse for the contents of commandPage.txt:

GET /commandPage.txt HTTP 1.1
Host: example.com
Connection: close

How can I use curl to send the request and see the full response?


texts:
I have a folder than contains over 1000 text files. The text files are supposed to be organised in folders.

I have a spreadsheet which states which text file goes in which folder:

Is there any way I can make the "Finder" respond to this spreadsheet, so it puts the correct file in the correct folder.  Maybe something involving Applescript or the terminal? It's just a simple "Apple Numbers" spreadsheet, so I can copy and paste the data out into something else.


texts: Changing the speech recognition speed vs. accuracy trade-off in OS X Yosemite dictation

texts:
Is it possible to change the speech recognition speed vs. accuracy trade-off in OS X Yosemite dictation?

E.g. in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.5 professional on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate I can change it like this:


texts:
I have a mac that just received an external drive which I formatted and plugged in.

When I am logged in as a normal user it all looks fine.
But when I am logged in as root the system recognizes ownership of the drive as '_unknown'.
Also, I can't change the ownership of any files/folders within the drive to root.
I do 'sudo chown root somefolder' but nothing happens.

Why is this happening? How can I make the mac recognize the external drive correctly?

Further info:
Version: OSX 10.7.5.
External drive is connected via USB.
It's a 3TB externa Lacie drive.
I formatted the external drive by just clicking the 'Lacie setup' program that appears when you connect it.
Filesystem: when i typed mount i recieved (hfs,local,nodex.noswich.journaled).


texts: How to limit system processes cpu usage?

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Some system processes like systemsoundservd, logd, diagnosticd, etc. recently use a lots of cpu on my macbook pro. How can I limit them to some degree because most of them are not too relevant to me?

Note: I have already checked out Can I manually limit the %CPU used by a process? but it does not seem to work as expected.

viet@Mozg  ~  pgrep -l systemsoundserv
506 systemsoundserv
viet@Mozg  ~  sudo cputhrottle 506 10
libc++abi.dylib: terminating
with uncaught exception of type Process::ManipulatorException: Error
on task_for_pid of pid 506, res = 5 [1]    7594 abort      sudo
cputhrottle 506 10


texts: When attempting to open some MS Word Docs I'm asked to download - STHeiti and other fonts

texts:
When opening one of my documents in Word 2011 on MacOS 10.12.3, I'm asked to download a series of fonts including: STHeiti and Osaka.

I assume this means the document was opened on a computer with those fonts installed and now the file is convinced they need to exist.

I've tried accepting the downloads but the problem just returns the next time I reboot my mac.

So where should these fonts be installed and where is Office installing them?


texts: Accidentally tried to set time to 1969 on iPhone 6 and crashed

texts:
I am currently using iOS 9.2. I've had my iPhone 6 for a year now and have never experienced such a crash. I am a novice coder and am aware of 32 bit time restraints.

Being as curious as I am I was wondering how Apple handled having to restrain users. I was scrolling quite quickly and reached an arbitrary date in 1970. I then gave it a good hard scroll downward and reached mid-summer in 1968. My phone then crashed graphically and after about a second it shut down. It tried to boot up again and is now in a reboot loop. It displays the apple logo for about 15 minutes and then the screen turns off and starts all over again.

I've tried twice with Apple chat and haven't reached a resolution yet. I am now about to be redirected to a senior technician but I don't know how much they'll help. I've already tried to "soft" reset by holding the power and home buttons. It just starts over again. I've also tried to use the iTunes restore functionality. When it is about to finish restoring, the final stage of "verifying firmware" comes up and freezes everything. My phone then starts the reboot loop again as if nothing happened.

My iTunes is on the latest version (12.3.1) This is an iPhone 6 16GB and I am running iTunes on a Mac.

If you know how to help me please help as I have been trying to resolve this for hours.

Edit: I ended up having to go to the Apple Store because my phone was still under warranty. They accepted it but clearly seemed as though they were not knowledgeable that such issue could occur.


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I recently bought a replacement battery for my MacBook battery. In Coconut Battery the Current charge has been as high as 8000 mah, yet the maximum capacity is listed as 6100. When the battery icon shows 100% has been reached the MagSafe light stays orange and doesn't turn green till the Current Charge exceeds the Maximum Charge.

Also, sometimes the laptop running on battery power will just shut off at 50%. When I plug in the charger it turns back on without a reboot but suddenly the battery icon shows 10 or 11 %..
Any ideas on these issues? Could my charger be defective and charging the battery too much?


texts: Disable the Command-Tab shortcut from Dock

texts:
I have the following problem:
I'm an extensive Quark User since the 90's and recently updated
two of my Macs at work to OSX 10.7.5. I would like to use my favorite Shortcut "Command-Tab" in Quark Xpress as usual, without changing the Apps via
the Dock.

My question: Where can I change or delete this shortcut?

I previous used "Ape" and "PullTab 1.4" to solve my problem, but these hacks are no longer supported.


texts: Crontab task "LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed ... with error -600 for the file ..."

texts:
I just moved to a new MacBook with El Capitan and trying to set up my crontab to do backup tasks.  Here is how I have it set up (via crontab -e)

40 7 * * * /Users/myusername/daily.sh "daily tasks run 7:40a"

Daily.sh looks like this

open -b com.apple.terminal ~/backupThing1.sh
open -b com.apple.terminal ~/dailyThing2.sh

I have it set up this way so I see the terminals come up and can respond to some inputs and password prompts.

Anyway, this task fails with the following messages:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed for the application /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app with error -600 for the file /Users/myusername/backupThing1.sh.
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed for the application /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app with error -600 for the file /Users/myusername/dailyThing1.sh.

I have verified that these scripts are owned by myusername and are executable.  What am I missing?


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TLDR; It was a hardware issue.

MacBook Pro - Mid 2012

OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 (and the problem occurs with 10.9.2 as well)

I'm experiencing some severe WiFi issues. Every 20 minutes or so my Macbook loses its WiFi. This happens at several different locations.

When this happens it looks as if I'm still connected, but I'm not. The drop-down menu does not show any networks. If I turn off WiFi I'm unable to turn it back on again, with a few exceptions (though still no functionality). My guess is that when this happens I've already lost my WiFi completely, the computer just hasn't realized it yet.

The shell command airport shows the same behaviour as I'm seeing in the GUI. When I lose the connection, -I gives me AirPort: Off, and if I manage to turn it on, a scan finds nothing.

At the time of the problem, the Console doesn't contain anything relevant.

Rebooting the computer always fixes the issue, temporarily. I'm of course looking for a solution to the actual problem, but avoiding a reboot would be very helpful as well, especially since it might get me close to a solution. I've tried to restart the WiFi in various ways, but nothing but the reboot has any effect.

I found a thread on this subject:

Is there an equivalent command for 'init.d/networking restart' in OS X

but nothing there has worked.

Things I've tried:

ifconfig eth1 down/up
networksetup -setairportpower en1 off/on
adding a new Location in the Network settings with no connection options (such as WiFi, Ethernet, Bluetooth, etc.) and switching to this Location and then back to the default
switching both channels and frequency (40MHz -> 20MHz) on the router, even though I know it's not the router.

One theory is that the network card is starting to fail. If so, how would I determine this?

Any ideas?

Some technical info:

  Software Versions:
  CoreWLAN: 4.3.3 (433.48)
  CoreWLANKit:  3.3.2 (332.36)
  Menu Extra:   9.3.2 (932.35)
  System Information:   9.0 (900.8)
  IO80211 Family:   6.3 (630.35)
  Diagnostics:  3.0 (300.40)
  AirPort Utility:  6.3.2 (632.3)
  Interfaces:
en1:
  Card Type:    AirPort Extreme  (0x14E4, 0xF5)
  Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
  MAC Address:  7c:d1:c3:84:85:c2
  Locale:   ETSI
  Country Code: SE
  Supported PHY Modes:  802.11 a/b/g/n
  Supported Channels:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140
  Wake On Wireless: Supported
  AirDrop:  Supported
  Status:   Connected

Edit:

New symptom:
Sometimes when I do networksetup -setairportpower en1 on the whole computer freezes.

Edit2:

I did a complete reinstall, with a partial time machine restoration (no network settings, among other things). Nothing's changed.

Edit3:

The problem seems to be related to temperature, which strongly indicates that there's something wrong with the network card. I'm going to replace it.

If you want to check for temperature issues, keep your computer on a cool surface and see if that helps.


texts: Why is Microsoft Excel 2016 so slow when Internet connected

texts:
When I try to scroll up and down a sheet there is substantial delay. Using the keyboard arrows to navigate is also incredibly slow. I have no graphics or complex formulas. Just 10 columns of plain text and about 300 rows.

I'm using a registered version of office 2016 (for business) and Mac OS 10.11.6 (El Capitan).

This slow down appears when connected to the Internet.


texts: What does "Enable Quick Website Search" do on OS X?

texts:
I'm trying to find out what the "Quick Website Search" checkbox does technically. My guess is that it prefetches data or somehow sends my search terms to siri or another apple online processing engine, but I'm unable to locate specific documentation or files on the system that control/cache these search results.

The help page is vague about how this works in practice and I'd like to understand the mechanism a bit more finely grained than "lets Safari record information" and instead know where that information is stored and what "searches within a website" actually means in practice.

An answer for Safari on 10.10.2 would be ideal and a practical example of how it searches within apple.stackexchange.com (which is shown in my Manage Websites list of sites that are enabled).


texts: How do I reorder the programs in the 'open with' window of a file?

texts:
I want to reorder (not change the default program) the programs suggested in the menu when I click on 'open with' for a file.

Is that possible, if yes, how?


texts: Is audio and video slightly out of sync when iPhone is used with a Bluetooth earphone?

texts:
Because wireless audio through Bluetooth is usually slightly delayed, so when a Bluetooth earphone is used, is the audio and video slightly out of sync for:

YouTube videos
Videos in general, such as Facebook videos, and movies on iTunes
What if Apple's own Airpods is used, is it optimized for (1) and (2) above?


texts: Can I use my iPhone 2G with Bell Canada?

texts:
Long ago, I purchased an iPhone 2G in the US before Rogers came to Canada to provide iPhone service. Before I got my 3GS, I had unlocked it and was using it with my Rogers SIM with no problem.

Recently my wife took an interest in the handset and we took it to the Bell Store to have them try to get the device working with her account.

The sales person at the kiosk tried a "Demo SIM", and when they did that the device read "Invalid SIM".

Is there any reason to believe that we can get an older iPhone 2G working with Bell Canada? Maybe the salesperson just have some older SIM card perhaps that doesn't work with the 2G? Or is this a known limitation?


texts: Put Macbook Pro to sleep with HDMI connected to External Monitor?

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I have conneceted my Macbook Pro (Late 2011) to my recently bought 27'' monitor with an HDMI cable. I have done all the settings so when I close the lid, I can still use my external monitor without any problems.

The issue however is that my Macbook Pro heats a lot when I do that and I also use two devices and therefore have to pay bills for two devices as well.

Is there any possible way of putting my Macbook Pro into sleep mode so that I can ONLY use my external monitor without my Macbook Pro being 'on' (sleep mode)?

Extra information:

I use a bluetooth keyboard conneceted with a cable to charge
I use a bluetooth mouse conneceted with a cable to charge

Both, mouse and keyboard can be used when my Macbook Pro's lid is closed.


texts: Show the Mobile Safari Debug Console on demand

texts:
Using the same iPad for testing and casual browsing makes the handling of the Mobile Safari Debug Console a little annoying.

Is there any way to enable it on demand (ie on my test sites), without turning it on for all sites?


texts: TestFlight Internal Testers on iOS Individual Developer Program

texts: If I sign up for the iOS Individual Developer Program (rather than the Company one), will I be able to set up multiple users within iTunes Connect so that I can have some TestFlight internal beta testers?


texts: WiFi connecting problem in 5GHz networks

texts:
I have a 2017 13” MacBook Pro Retina, model A1407,  which doesn't even show my 5GHz WiFi connection. I tried so may times but failed. Other devices at home is working just fine with 5GHz network on WiFi,  But my MacBook Pro doesn't.

How can I make it work?


texts: Stop Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client from starting up automatically

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So I am currently running:

OS X 10.10.5
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.1.04011

I boot up my laptop and AnyConnect is running.  I go into Preferences...Users & Groups and remove /Applications/Cisco/Cisco from my list of login items then I quit AnyConnect.

Shut down...turn computer on later and it's back running and it's back in my login items list.

The company I work for only uses AnyConnect for VPN.

Is there a way for me to keep AnyConnect out of my login items list?
It's not that I mind it running in the background but if it is it's in my command + tab, etc... and I just find it annoying.


texts:
I have one HD, after some issues I reinstalled macOS, now I'm getting this,

Can I format/delete them?


texts: Could I revert system to Yosemite by using TimeMachine backup, after upgrading system to El Capitan?

texts:
I'm considering upgrading system to El Capitan, but I have a lot of apps that could not work on new system. I have to check it by installing new system. I wonder if that apps would not work properly could I revert system to Yosemite by using TimeMachine backup, after upgrading system to El Capitan? Or it'll revert only files but on new system version?

How does it work?

It's critical for me, because I'm working on this apps. If I wouldn't be able to run them I'm dead.


texts: Trying to upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra - monitor goes to sleep permanently

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When macOS Sierra came out I tried to upgrade, but my monitor just showed nothing. When I used CMD+R and restarted from there, I could access my Mac. Eventually I had a technician reinstall El Capitan, because no advice I read online helped.

Now I've tried upgrading to macOS Sierra again (using the macOS Sierra button that's been in my Launchpad for about the past nine months) and this time it was worse. I can access CMD+R, but restarting from there has no effect.

I use a Philips monitor on which the power button blinks when it is asleep. After upgrading to macOS Sierra, it had the same effect - my monitor seems to be asleep while my Mac is running.

I used a backup to revert back to El Capitan. macOS Sierra has brought nothing but troubles and now even El Capitan seems a bit slower than before. I hope nothing was corrupted during the Sierra upgrade and backup restore.

Does anyone have any ideas on why this could be happening? Is it due to my monitor not being Apple hardware? Or is it because Sierra just isn't working with my Mac Mini?

I use Mac Mini Late 2014 and Philips 223V LED monitor


texts:
I can't see any longer any Photos library inside iTunes->Phone->photos.
Nor my full photos collection neither any newly created test library can be chosen in the option "Copy photos from"

I don't know if this issue is related to latest upgrade to macos 10.11.2 or to some old files cleaning I perform recently.

Anyone know what is missing?


texts: Blanking plate for MacBook Pro optical bay?

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I've installed an SSD as my main drive, and installed an HDD in the optical bay with a caddy, however I would like to blank the optical bay with an aluminium panel or something which I would assume could just be pushed into the slot.

I can't find anything by searching for a blanking plate, so just wondering if they even exist?


texts: Can I set an institutional recovery key for Filevault2 after Filevault2 is enabled?

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I have a macOS 10.13.4 device that is encrypting with Filevault2 right now. It needs to be taken by a user for travel at the end of the day.

I had meant to set an institutional recovery key for this device. The master keychain is already generated and in use on other devices. I've just read instructions for deploying the master keychain which indicate that I should have done this before I enabled Filevault2.

Does Filevault2 need to be disabled (decrypting the disk), then the master keychain deployed, then Filevault2 re-enabled (encrypting the disk)? This would take more time than is available to me, but I understand if that's the only option for deploying it.

Thank you.


texts: iCloud Mail has stopped working on all devices including web interface

texts:
My iCloud email has stopped working on all my devices including the iCloud web interface. I can log in fine, and all other aspects of iCloud are working well.

I've tried signing in and out on both mac and iPhone, and changed my password to see if that would reset things, but none of it has fixed the problem. My gmail account is functioning just fine, so I don't think it is just an issue with the Mail app either.

Any ideas what could be causing it? I use iCloud for my main work email so I'm really keen to fix it asap.


texts: Lion Apache Subversion (SVN) ignore problem

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I hope this is the right place to ask this kind of problem.
So, before the Lion, when I tried to ignore something on Apache Subversion (svn), I just typed the following command: svn propedit svn:ignore .
So this opened a temporary file for the current directory with the selected editor and I could write there my patterns, which where ignored by the svn.
After the I installed Lion, when I type this command the following error appears: The document “svn-prop.tmp” could not be opened. The file doesn’t exist.
Did anybody else met this error before? (I tried googling, but I didn't find any solution).


texts: iPhone hotspot prioritized over ethernet

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In Yosemite, when I connect my iPhone to my Macbook Air through USB the iPhone becomes a internet hotspot for my Mac, even though I've connected the MBA via ethernet. If I enable Wifi, then Wifi is prioritized.

Can I change so that ethernet is prioritized over the iPhone?


texts: App from USB always shows verifying app dialog

texts:
I have a USB drive, and I decided to transfer a few apps from my Mac to the USB that took up a lot of space. Now every time I launch an app from the USB, it always shows the verifying dialog.

Is there a way to prevent this?


texts: ipad mini wont start after downloading ios 8

texts: I was downloading ios 8. it was almost complete and suddenly ipad became dead and couldnt start again? tried rebooting too but couldnt start. Could anyone give an advice please.


texts:
I thought command ⌘+T was for new tab in finder but it keeps opening Terminal instead.

How can I activate a new Tab in Finder with keyboard shortcut ?


texts: What OS X Timer Application emulates the functions of iOS's stopwatch (clock) app?

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I am searching for a OS X Timer/Stop Watch application which provides functionality to start or stop a timed counter?

Something that looks and works just like the iOS Stopwatch and Timer function would be perfect.

It doesn't have to look exactly the same as the iOS app and should have keyboard shortcuts rather than need touch screen / mouse interaction.


texts:
Whenever I leave my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) unattended (plugged in, or not) overnight (or for long periods of time) it shuts down by itself. When I open the lid it boots up to the FileVault password screen. It seems that if the lid is up, the laptop does not shut down.

It is running the latest and greatest macOS Sierra build (10.12.3 (16D32)).

There is no kernel panic, and I cannot find anything in the logs or settings that would cause this behavior. I tried searching and did a SMC reset.

EDIT

log show --style syslog --predicate 'eventMessage contains "shutdown cause"'
Skipping info and debug messages, pass --info and/or --debug to include.
Filtering the log data using "eventMessage CONTAINS "shutdown cause""
Timestamp                       (process)[PID]
2017-02-08 09:54:22.064782-0800  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 3
2017-02-08 20:07:46.801647-0800  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
2017-02-10 07:52:07.041401-0800  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 0
2017-02-10 19:10:11.005920-0800  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 0
2017-02-11 10:17:08.462940-0800  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
2017-02-12 10:22:55.834601-0800  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 0

EDIT 2
It turned out that the batteries on the laptop were failing. We sent the laptop to Apple for fixing under Apple Care.


texts: ITunes volume noticeably lower than browser volume

texts: Can anyone think of a reason why (and a possible solution) the volume on my ITunes player is lower than other apps (like for example playing videos on youtube or music in grooveshark)?


texts:
I keep my code in bitbucket.  Without warning  git pull just hangs and after a long wait says to check

Deleting all my keychain entries for bitbucket.org and relogging in manually didn't help anything.
Following the instructions for caching credentials didn't help either.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/permanently-authenticating-with-git-repositories-776639846.html#PermanentlyauthenticatingwithGitrepositories-Usingcredentialcaching

I can't find a git command for checking status of my authentication.
My login for bitbucket website works fine.

I'm on mac osx  10.11.5. El Capitan.


texts: How to get SAM activation tickets (iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4)

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I was asked to unlock an iPhone 5. The phone has been jailbroken successfuly (with SSH access), but I can't get around the simlock.

I've tried SAM, but with no luck. When SAM is enabled, the phone seems to log into the network with any valid microSIM, but it does not work at all: Data do not work, calling makes "call failed" error message. The phone does not receive the SMS message I've sent.

So, I've tried to search a way specific for iPhone 5 and iOS 7.0.4. This one looks promising (although iPhone 5 was not mentioned explicitly). However, there is a prerequisite:

  You must have SAM activation tickets for this guide to work.

How can I get them?

If I can't, is there another way around, except downgrade to iOS 6?


texts: "Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse is present" not working

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The built-in trackpad of my Mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro (running macOS Catalina 10.15.6) started to malfunction and I have tried everything from an SMC reset to an NVRAM reset but to no avail could I get it working.
I then purchased a Logitech M590 mouse as a replacement for my trackpad. When I go to System Preferences → Accessibility → Pointer Control  and check the Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present the laptop still accepts inputs from the mouse. However,  when I use another wireless mouse or use the Unifying receiver that comes with the Logitech mouse the computer no longer accepts inputs from the built-in trackpad.
Is there any way I can fix my built-in trackpad or use the Logitech mouse without its receiver. I feel like the problem lies in the way macOS interacts with the Logitech mouse.


texts: In Automator, how to get the folder contents after a "Run Shell Script" action

texts:
I have an Automator application where I'd like to drag a folder onto it and have it create a duplicate (sibling) of that folder with the duplicate's files renamed. For example, starting with the following:

root
 +--svgs
     |--icons_a.svg
     +--icons_b.svg

When dragging the svgs directory onto the application, I would like to end up with the following:

root
 |--svgs
 |   |--icons_a.svg
 |   +--icons_b.svg
 +--renamed-svgs
     |--a.svg
     +--b.svg

I've tried the following:

But it throws the following:

Not sure how to debug the error, but how can I get the first "Run Shell Script" action to return either the "renamed-svgs" folder or that folder's contents?

Or is there a better way to do this whole thing?


texts:
Choosing :

I use a European keyboard (french) and I can't use ⌘1, ⌘2 etc. to access a specific tab with TM2.

These shorcuts are used by the Finder to choose a Desktop (Space).
In the Preferences System, I use the default keys : ^& , ^é to go to a Desktop (Mission Control). These shortcuts works perfectly but ⌘1, ⌘2 works also perfectly in the Finder to go to the Desktop 1 etc. In TM2 go to tab use ⌘1, ⌘2 but these shortcuts don't work for me in TM2. So I have two possibilities to switch between Desktops in the Finder and none in TM2 to switch between Tabs !!

My question is how to modify the shortcuts in TM2 or in Finder ?  I would like to be able to use ⌘1, ⌘2 (or a different shortcut) in Textmate to choice a tab (file) .

or How to remove the shortcuts ⌘1, ⌘2 used by the Finder to go to Desktop?

Switching :

A) Remarks about switching tabs in TM2
   I can switch between tabs with ⌘} and ⌘{ but I can also make a switch with ⌘⌥-> and ⌘⌥<-.
I think it's strange to have two different shortcuts to make the same action

B) Remarks about switching Desktops (spaces) in the Finder
  I can use ^-> and ^<-


texts: Storing whatsapp message data in iCloud to free up space on phone?

texts:
Ive got an iPhone 64gb running iOS 14
The storage is almost full and i noticed that Whatsapp is taking up almost 15gb. Most of this is photos / video from group chats etc.
I dont want to loose the photos and videos, but at the same time i dont want to store them locally on my phone, is there a way i can store them in iCloud ? Ideally i dont want to store the photos / videos to my camera roll, but would like to just unload some of the whatsapp data to the cloud.


texts: Is it possible to ditch OS X and install BSD on my 3rd Gen Macbook Pro

texts:
I would like to run BSD on Mac hardware. I'm unable to locate a version of BSD that runs on any MacBook Pro.

I'd like a native install, replacing OS X entirely and not doing a Boot Camp setup or virtualizing over another OS.


texts: I have a new phone number but I'm getting texts from my old number

texts:
I have a new phone number. For some reason, I'm getting text messages from my old number on the new number. How is that possible? I've also sent text messages from my new number and the recipient sees that it's coming from my old number. Wish I could post a screen shot.

I am still using the same phone. I just changed the phone number.

Also, when someone calls the new number, there's no voicemail message but if they call the old number, they hear my greeting.


texts: iOS Shortcuts restrict "Get Contents of URL"

texts:
I have restrictions set on an iPhone to restrict web access to a whitelist. However, Using Shortcuts you can somewhat circumvent this and view any website content by using Get Contents of URL in conjunction with Quick Look. This means I need to block Shortcuts as well even though I would like to allow it. Is there any way to restrict Get Contents of URL? Either to only work with whitelisted sites, or block entirely?
Really any solution that would block Shortcuts from being able to circumvent the web restrictions would be good.


texts: Dock isn't responding to mouse movement in Yosemite when external mouse (Cyborg R.A.T. 5) is attached

texts:
For the past few days now, I've come across a peculiar error with my Dock. It won't respond to my mouse moving down to the bottom of the screen until I click it, and when it does, it won't change the active icon when I drag my mouse over it. Here's a video of what happens.

This is accompanied by a peculiar error in Mission Control where I can't click on windows to enter them until I drag them a little bit. Here's a video of that phenomenon.

Update: I've found out that this happens when I attach my external mouse (a Cyborg R.A.T. 5) to the computer. I'll test other external mice and then maybe file a bug report with Apple.


texts: Can the default font size for "Email this Page" text be changed in Mountain Lion?

texts:
In Mountain Lion, Safari has a new method of "Email this Page" which opens up a new mail message where the web content can be shown as a page, pdf, or a link.

If one chooses "Link", the font type and size for the link text is the default the user has chosen for messages in the Mail.app preferences. However, any text that the user can add to the the message now defaults to Helvetica 12 pt.

Is there a way to change the default for text size, either in a preference or through the terminal?

Here's an example of what I'm talking about, where the link text is Helvetica 16 and any additional text added defaults to Helvetica 12.

http://www.qwip.org/pictures/EmailLink.jpg


texts: How to safely and conventiently have an external drive connected to an OS X laptop

texts:
We all know that notification 'Drive X was not ejected properly'. I have a laptop, which I use regularly at my desk with monitor etc, as well as on the go. I want to be able to back up my data to an external drive, so I've got a 1 TB drive connected via a USB hub alongside my mouse an keyboard.

It's a real pain trying to remember to eject the disk before I unplug the laptop to take it somewhere. Especially when I'm in a hurry I often forget. I've seen that notification countless times when pulling out thumb drives but nothing ever happened so I stopped taking it seriously.

That is, until my backup drive got corrupted. It's now in a state where disk utility consistently fails to reformat it and time machine can't write to it. I have two other USB devices this has happened on, but they were fairly old ones I used infrequently so I assumed something else had made them fail.

Why does OS X require users to be so careful ejecting drives? Both Windows and Ubuntu (the other two OS's I've used) seem to handle this fine. Is there a way that I can have this drive consistently connected so that backups happen automatically, but that I don't have to worry about the drive being damaged?


texts: Trying to script partitioning Macintosh HD in command line?

texts:
I am trying to script partitioning the Macintosh HD. I am running

diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk0 GPT JHFS+ New 100g

in command line and I'm getting this error.

Started partitioning on disk0
Unmounting disk
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device
(Is a disk in use by a storage system such as AppleRAID, CoreStorage, or APFS?)

So it seems like it's having problems dismounting Macintosh HD because that's what my laptop is running on. How do I partition Macintosh HD while booted on it?

diskutil list

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

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE           IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +499.1 GB       disk1
                             Logical Volume on disk0s2
                             EFDB0B2F-EEBB-4CAC-8AFE-69F4C1803A54
                             Unlocked Encrypted

diskutil coreStorage list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 5E012656-B5D2-43E3-999F-5EF2E2D0C138
=========================================================
Name:         Macintosh HD
Status:       Online
Size:         499418034176 B (499.4 GB)
Free Space:   10645504 B (10.6 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 404807DA-ADE9-4CAE-B449-279488379018
|   ----------------------------------------------------
|   Index:    0
|   Disk:     disk0s2
|   Status:   Online
|   Size:     499418034176 B (499.4 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 78187C7A-2A55-48A1-AEE3-25AD3A9E3538
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
    Encryption Status:       Unlocked
    Conversion Status:       Complete
    High Level Queries:      Fully Secure
    |                        Passphrase Required
    |                        Accepts New Users
    |                        Has Visible Users
    |                        Has Volume Key
    |
    +-> Logical Volume EFDB0B2F-EEBB-4CAC-8AFE-69F4C1803A54
        ---------------------------------------------------
        Disk:                  disk1
        Status:                Online
        Size (Total):          499055067136 B (499.1 GB)
        Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
        Revert Status:         Reboot required
        LV Name:               Macintosh HD
        Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
        Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

diskutil apfs list

No APFS Containers found


texts: Trackpad and Magic Mouse not working properly after Sierra 10.12.4 update

texts:
I’ve updated the OS to Sierra 10.12.4 on my Macbook Pro Retina after which Magic Mouse started going crazy with the scrolling speed significantly increased (even with the minimum scrolling speed set in mouse settings), while both the mouse and the trackpad won’t scroll.

Luckily, I was able to revert back to 10.12.3 via Time Machine and everything seems to be working on this version…

What should I do to solve this problem and why does it happen?


texts: iMac cannot boot from an external SSD but MacBook can

texts: I have recently bought an SSD (Crucial MX500) and an USB enclosure (EE25-F6B). I wanted to use it instead of my internal drive in iMac(Late 2012). I tried installing macOS Mojave on it from a usb stick, but the instalation always failed when it was trying to convert the drive to APFS. So I tried El Capitan but the installation crashed everytime when it showed 2 minutes remaining. So I connected it to MacBook (2016) to see if it was faulty. It successfully installed and I was able to boot from it. But when I connected it back to the iMac, it didnt show up in the boot menu. But when I boot from my internal drive I can see it in the finder. I also tried booting from it on MBA and it worked. I have tried reseting SMC and NVRAM but it didnt help.


texts: Transfering a Bluetooth keyboard & mouse from one iMac to an iMac that has never used Bluetooth

texts:
Is there any way to do this? I tried putting iMac 1 to sleep and waiting for the 2nd one to pick up the keyboard and mouse, but still "No keyboards have been found."

The 2nd one is, of course, the one I need to use with a few hours. I tried downloading certain programs listed in other answers, but they did not pick up iMac 2.


texts: Deleted com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist in Mavericks, how to get it back?

texts:
I already had trouble with DNS not resolving for all apps except Chrome, in my troubleshooting I for some reason deleted com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
Deleting this file did not help in any way..
Could someone post the text to 10.9 com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist? I understand I will have to change permissions etc on the file.


texts: Disable Scrolling on Magic Mouse 2 in El Capitan

texts:
How can scrolling (horizontal or vertical) be disabled in El Capitan with a Magic Mouse 2?

Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad > Mouse Options does not contain a checkbox as described in some online articles


texts: How do I stop a deleted purchased apps from continously charging me?

texts: I bought this Starmaker app at the App Store for Iphone which cost me $1.79. I thought that I would be charged just one time. But every week, I have been getting email notifications that I am continously being charged $1.79 for each week. I deleted the app from my Iphone but they are still charging my credit card. How do I stop this?


texts: ssh into my local ubuntu virtual machine

texts:
I would like to ssh into an Ubuntu virtual machine running on Virtual Box on my machine; use Terminal to ssh into a virtual machine running in the same computer

To avoid "why are you doing that? do so and so" answers, here is why I need this: I need to write desktop automation testing that will run on Amazon EC2 but it is very hard to test due to the network delay caused by using VNC.


texts: Is there a way to minimize open windows from the command line in OS X Lion?

texts:
Just wondering if there is a way to retrieve open windows and minimize them from the command line in Lion?

I have an AppleScript that does this, but it kind of slow, so wanted to know if there was anything

Thanks

EDIT:
I have not completely figured out how to do it yet, but there is the command line command
osascript which allows you run applescript from the command line. So you can use:

osascript -e "applescript command goes here"

SOLVED:
Yes you can do it... here is how I figured it out:

/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to click (first button of (every window of (application process "firefox")) whose role description is "minimize button")'

Some other application process that I have are "Skype", "Finder", "thunderbird-bin", AppleScript Editor"


texts: I tried to ask Siri to run my shortcut from my MacBook pro but it did not work... Does anyone know if it is possible to run a IOS shortcut from a Mac?


texts: The unicode entry tool in OS X 10.11 (the one displayed in your menu bar if you tick the appropriate box in the first tab of the keyboard settings) allows me to copy information about a symbol. There is an entry to this effect in the context menu of the symbol. However, I can't find an option to just display that information, so I always have to copy the text to some other application if I want to just read it. Am I missing something?


texts: Flash not working on a specific site in Safari 7 Mavericks

texts:
I've tried the following site in Safari:

http://www.2dayfm.com.au/listen/

which seems to activate plugin but stalls while loading:

This site works fine in Chrome... It may well be a site specific problem but in case I've overlooked some setting I thought I'd ask?

I've tested flash on the adobe website and it seems to be fine, and also I've checked preferences for the site to allow flash but still no luck... Anything I can try?


texts:
I've updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 6.1 today.

I made a clean restore in order for it to be as fast and clean as possible, without any junk leftovers.

The problem is that while I was able to restore all of my files, it somehow destroyed my Notes, I can't restore them!

Steps I did so far:

iCloud backup - In the iCloud main menu, I marked "notes", in Storage, marked the iCloud backup, then "backup now". (It went down from 5 to 4.8GB).
Normal iTunes backup to the device.

Please note I did that before the update.

When I finally updated, I entered my iCloud account, it took a long while, but when it was done, everything was restored except for the notes.

When I tried to restore the iTunes back, my last backup did not appear in the list!

I'm really at a loss please help me, I promise free cookies for whoever helps me solve it.


texts:
I am using OS X 10.8

I wish I could change the order of input method.

How do I do that?


texts: Is there a utility to display outlines of other resolutions on the screen?

texts:
I have a 17" MacBook Pro and occasionally need to design software that's optimized for smaller resolutions. Some of them I can work with by setting my display's resolution to the target system's, but there are a few resolutions (1400x900, for example) that aren't supported on my machine.

Is there a utility that will display a rectangle on the screen that will show me what the resolution would be for smaller displays?

BTW, I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion).

Thanks,

Chuck


texts: What is the "Sign in with Apple ID - The password for "" needs to be updated" dialog?

texts: I just encountered the dialog below. It looks a bit suspicious to me and I am wondering whether it is an authentical or some scam/virus. It just popped up after I had an issue with my computer running out of (application) space and I had to restart it.


texts:
I have this annoying BitTorrent app that won't quit. I first tried right clicking and force quit from dock. It does show 'App not responding', however, on clicking 'Force quit' nothing happens, and the app persists in the dock with the black dot below:

So I next opened 'Force Quit' from Apple menu, and clicking it launches the list of processes open, and sure there I see BitTorrent. However, same here, on force quitting it, nothing happens, the app name is still there in the list of open apps.

So I next open Activity monitor, and check if it is there. However, as you can see, it is not there:

However, if I switch to the energy tab, I see BitTorrent there, but it shows as disabled, and consequently I am unable to quit it by clicking the cancel button at the top left (which is disabled):

So I login to my terminal, and type top to see whether the app shows up, and it doesn't.

Then I try launchctl list to see which things were launched by Apple at startup, and spot something like com.bittorrent.BitTorrent.307036. So I run sudo launchctl remove com.bittorrent.BitTorrent.307036, and still nothing happens, the app remains frozen in the dock.

Finally, I tried killall -9 Dock and it does nothing. This is happening quite frequently off late. Last day it happened to my Outlook app, I had to restart to get rid of it. How do I solve this problem?


texts: What does this statement about saving battery power on iOS mean?

texts:
While reading the iOS 14 guide by Apple here, on page 78, In the Quit and reopen an app section

What does the highlighted statement mean?

Is it that on iOS, the apps don’t close(terminate processes is what I mean here) at all and are still active and the app switcher is just for the ease of multitasking.
Is it that the services(eg. in the mail app, the service to fetch mails and send notifications) are still on, but the app is terminated.


texts: MacBook Pro: Some keys not working (correctly) anymore

texts:
On my brother's MacBook Pro, suddenly the Enter, right shift, and right alt keys do not work properly anymore. It works with an external keyboard, though. PRAM/SMC reset did not help. Strangely, at least the shift and alt keys seem to at least work mechanically: When I press shift and a key, both inputs are completely ignored. When I press e.g. shift/alt/a, the correct special character is printed. So at least shift/alt seem to work, but only in some circumstances.

Any ideas on how to solve this?


texts:
I´ve done what's explained on "GPU problem - Boot Hangs on Grey Screen" question.

In the option "about this Mac" only appear the Intel HD. The graphics card status app shows "i".

I searched for the amdradeon3000 kext on finder, and its in the folder I've created for backup on single user mode.

It seams to have worked, but it only boot correctly after a few power cycles to a black screen. Before it would show random graphics colours and glitches, or a grey or blue screen.

Using find command on user mode the amdradeonx3000.kext appears in 2 locations:
- .../extensions-off
and
- .../.pkinstallsandboxmanager-systemsoftware/nrsandletters.orphanedsandbox/root/system/library/extensions/amdradeonx3000.kext.

It is possible that this last one is causing the black screen at boot?

Should I move it to another folder?


texts: What features in iOS 9 make a difference?

texts:
Share your experiences on exploring iOS 9 with us..

Whether you found hidden or little-known feature of iOS 9 or can explain how a big feature makes a difference, we're looking for objective reports of how the new OS affects your workflow.

Also provide details on how to achieve that feature, and if possible, include a relevant image too (hold Home and Lock for a screenshot on your iOS device).

Please post one tip per answer. Please also check to see if your answer has already been posted - duplicate answers will be deleted in favour of the original answer on any given topic. To search answers for this question use inquestion:207004 (or inquestion:this, directly from the question page) in addition to your search terms in the search box in the upper right hand corner of this page.


texts: I bought a pair of Airpods for my iPhone 7. When I have them connected I can't answer calls, but I have to disconnect them to be able to answer. How can I fix the problem?


texts: Theme setting missing in iPhone Gmail app

texts:
I want to turn off dark mode for the gmail app. It turned on yesterday without asking me. I know about the global iPhone dark mode setting and it’s set to dark mode but gmail should have its own setting as well But it’s missing. See attached screenshot. It should be listed under the settings section.
Where is it now?


texts:
I have the following MacBook

  MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

I want to format the hard-disk and reinstall the Mac so that I have a clean system.
I tried to boot up with CMD + R and reinstall OS. Looks like it didn't wipe out the hard disk and just install the OS again.

Please let me know whats the best way forward. Read a lot of articles are they are confusing. Some say it will get into Internet recovery mode etc.


texts: macOS Mojave - The great disappearing disk space mystery

texts:
I have a 512GB SSD in my Mac. When cleanly installed from a TimeMachine backup, it shows as being about 120GB. Over time, the disk usage steadily increases. Today About My Mac Storage shows just 44GB free and 403GB of "System".

I've read through all the related questions and (I think) tried everything, but given low level Un*x tools show nothing, and none of the solutions I've read worked (including flushing Time Machine snapshots. None have worked.

Here's the weird thing: df shows me 94% full, but du says 118GB used. Where is the rest?

I've cleaned out TimeMachine snapshots using tmutil, all the disk utilities like OmniDiskSweeper confirm the 118GB of actual files.

Creating a CarbonCopyCloner image on another disk is 118GB as indicated by du, so apparently somehow APFS thinks there is an additional huge chunk of space used.

(base) Mnementh:private alastair$ sudo du -d 1 -x -c -g /
1   /home
1   /EFI-Backups
1   /usr
1   /.Spotlight-V100
1   /net
0   /.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware
1   /bin
1   /sbin
du: /Library/Application Support/Cylance/Desktop/q: Permission denied
40  /Library
0   /.Trashes
6   /System
1   /.fseventsd
4   /private
1   /.DocumentRevisions-V100
0   /.vol
23  /Users
45  /Applications
1   /opt
1   /dev
1   /Volumes
0   /.TemporaryItems
118 /
118 total

(base) Mnementh:private alastair$ df
Filesystem     512-blocks       Used   Available Capacity  iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
**/dev/disk2s1    999805536  930152088    66129504    94%  2216997 9223372036852558810    0%   /**
devfs                 693        693           0   100%     1200                   0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk2s4    999805536    2099232    66129504     4%        1 9223372036854775806    0%   /private/var/vm
/dev/disk0s4    934512880  312083512   622429368    34%   459251          4294508044    0%   /Volumes/Windows
map -hosts              0          0           0   100%        0                   0  100%   /net
map auto_home           0          0           0   100%        0                   0  100%   /home
/dev/disk4s2   7813390288 5615807616  2197582672    72% 10158039          4284809240    0%   /Volumes/Thyme Machine
/dev/disk3s2  15627315120 3533581776 12093733344    23%   207942          4294759337    0%   /Volumes/8TB USB
/dev/disk4s3   7813128160 2320179456  5492948704    30%   134145          4294833134    0%   /Volumes/Media HD
/dev/disk5          49896      39432       10464    80%      328          4294966951    0%   /Volumes/OmniDiskSweeper

Where is all the rest?


texts: Setting older Wacom table preferences using MacOS 10.14 or later

texts:
This is an update to an older question:Is it possible to use old Wacom tablet on 10.11?

I am not allowed to comment on some of the great answers there, so asking as a new question.

I followed the suggestions (answer by @RemBem) and was able to have the Wacom preference pane open using a combination of the most recent supported driver for my Intuos2 tablet and an updated info.plist.

However, most of the preference pane is grey and it is not useful. I wonder if anyone has a suggestion.

Here is what I observe.

The system sometimes also gets into a state where it thinks it needs to restart the System Preferences, but restarting doesn't help and it loops.


texts: Disable alert: "Cellular data disabled for [app]"

texts: The above alert pops up every time I open an app whose access to cellular data I've turned off. This adds an unnecessary step every time I launch one of these apps. My feeling is, "Who cares if cellular data is disabled for Photos? I just want to see my damn photos." This happens with 3rd party and native apps alike. I first noticed the issue in iOS 7 and am seeing it again in iOS 8. Is there a way to turn off these alerts?


texts: My Macbook pro OS X 10.8.5 headphone jack seems to work - like it knows when I plug in the headphones - but it only plays out of the right side. I've adjusted the balance in settings but the left side stays silent. I've tried many different headphones and its always the same. Any suggestions?


texts: Is Mac Pro Airport Extreme simultaneous dual-band?

texts:
Can the Airport Extreme in a Mac Pro be used to create a network that is simultaneously dual-band such as the Airport Extreme base station?

The Mac Pro is a 5,1 with the AirPort Extreme  (0x14E4, 0x8E) card in it using the
Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.1) firmware.


texts: Install automator service via command line

texts:
I would like to automate my Mac installation flow for services. The following is my script:

#!/bin/sh
rm -rf ./tempWorkflows
mkdir tempWorkflows
for filename in ./*.workflow; do
    cp -R "$filename" ./tempWorkflows/"$filename"
done
for filename in ./tempWorkflows/*.workflow; do
    open $filename
done
rm -rf ./tempWorkflows

It basically copy all my *.workflow and open it. However, for open $filename, it prompts and asking for a confirmation:

Is there a way to add --no-prompt or similar flag for the open command?

EDIT:

I am using El Capitan 10.11.3


texts: How do I increase the size of the icons in a list stack?

texts: When adding a folder to the dock to make a stack, I like to view it as a list. The only problem is, the size of the icons is too small. I know there is a way to change the size for the grid stack, but it doesn't seem to work on the list stack. Is it possible to change the size?


texts: Can my iPhone have more than one iCloud account on it at a time?

texts: Can I add more than one iCloud account to an iPhone?  For example if I set my wife and I both up with an iCloud account, could I get her calander and mine on my phone?


texts: MobileMe calendar invite emails are missing Accept/Decline buttons

texts:
I've got a weird problem that is almost certainly a configuration issue. I send calendar requests to 3 people via MobileMe (for shared calendaring), and 2 of the people receive Accept/Decline buttons in their HTML emails (and also an ICS file), but one does not.

I've checked all sorts of settings, but I can't figure out why he doesn't get the Accept/Decline buttons or ICS attachments when the others do!

Any ideas?


texts: Hidden ‘in use’ file preventing Office MAC 2011 uninstall

texts: I am moving from Mac Office 2011 to Office 365. After running the uninstaller, An invisible file in the Excel package, Microsoft Office > Microsoft Excel > Contents > Resources > En.lproj > Help > Art > wheel, continues to show “in use” despite several restarts, so I cannot empty it from the trash. My UNIX skills are embryonic at best. How do I kill this file?


texts:
What's the optimal formatting for a MacBook disk?

My disk seems to be formatted as a LVG (Logical Volume Group) and it seems super slow...


texts:
Buying an iPhone 6s from a small unauthorised seller. When does the warranty with apple start? Does it start from the date he purchased/received the phone from phone company as a replacement/purchase or does it start when I open the product (it is sealed and never opened) and register it?

Thanks!


texts: Problem migrating mailboxes to Mountain Lion

texts:
I have just set up a new mac and migrated the user accounts from the old system (Snow Leopard) to the new one (Mountain Lion) and everything went well except for some parts of the Mail setup.

In the old computer there were several mailbox (.mbox) directories on the Mac itself.  These mailboxes were transferred to the new computer and it looks like they were successfully processed by the migration into a new directory structure.

However the mailboxes do not show up in the new Mail program.

(Note that the mbox's directly related to the email POP accounts did successfully transfer to the new mac)

For example, there is a mailbox called Travel and for a particular email message it is located in the old and new systems as:

/Users/oldmac/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/Travel.mbox/Messages/24307.emlx
/Users/newmac/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes/Travel.mbox/A24F8F9F-8AEC-4802-9FF9-10A497A5352D/Data/4/2/Messages/24307.emlx

And the text in 24307.emlx in the new location matches that of the old location.

So the question is how do I get these local mbox folders to appear in the Mail app?  Do I have to manually configure something under the hood, or is there a user configuration somewhere that I have missed?


texts: How much use can you get from an Apple Watch if you don't have (or plan to get) an iPhone?

texts:
The Apple Watch uses an iPhone for network connectivity (WiFi) and GPS, and reportedly will have some basic capabilities when you don't have an iPhone nearby.  But, what if you don't have and don't plan on getting an iPhone?  Can you get internet from any WiFi source?  Or from a non-apple Bluetooth tether?

It looks like an interesting product, but I have no interest in getting an iPhone and am concerned that the Apple Watch might be tied so closely to the Apple eco-system that it isn't worthwhile to get.

(Also, looks like somebody needs to create a new "Watch" tag?)


texts: How to Airdrop images from my iPhone to my computer to avoid JPEG compression?

texts:
When I transfer images from my phone to my computer, I believe they are converted to JPEG and compressed.
I don't want lossy compression, the full resolution images are worth more to me than a few kilobytes on my disc. I don’t know if I can control this.
How can I transfer images with 100 percent quality and resolution?


texts: Is there a way to detect caching servers?

texts:
I need to find out if there are OSX/iOS caching servers on a bunch of different networks - and put in a caching server where needed. But since the caching service on a Mac server is pretty black box, there isn't much information available on how it works.

I know that if I have access to a server, it's trivial to check if caching is on in the server software. I'm looking for, say, a port to scan, or a flag that gets set on client devices' App Stores that can be checked, or something in firewall logs to look for. There is just so little information out there I can't say exactly where to start.

I have remote access to at least a headless Mac Mini on each network.


texts:
Right now we have a single iMac in the house and I have two external hard drives.

One is connected to the iMac and used for TimeMachine backups.  The other is a few miles away (thanks Mom!) to act as off-site backup, and I swap them once every couple of weeks.

Thinking of adding another computer to the mix and I don't necessarily want to purchase two more disks to keep it backed up, so I am considering upgrading to TimeCapsule.

But it has an in-built disk.

So how do people either do
a) an offsite backup
b) swap disks like I used to
c) anything that will work similarly!


texts: Is there a way to automate an AirDrop between computers?

texts:
I'm currently playing around with different Mac processes and I had the idea to be able to send an AirDrop using an automated program, say, when a task is completed. No particular language.

I have scoured the internet and cannot seem to find any information on whether or not this is possible and, if it is, how it can be done.

If anyone knows and would be happy to share, I would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks!


texts:
A 3.5mm jack broke into my mac's jack input and I can't take it out (we tried for a day, it's absolutely impossible) and because of that my MacBook detects a plugged in audio output. I can't listen music or audio output on my Mac's speakers.

Is there a way to force the sound to come out from speakers, even while the system detects a plugged in jack?


texts: Can the iPad detect the shape of a contact on its screen?

texts: For example, could the iPad or iPhone accurately detect the difference between conductive pieces of plastic in the following shapes?


texts: My mac is starting slow. I know login items, CleanMyMac. What else?

texts:
My MAC has a slow start-up time (at times, 5s or more before initial black screen with Apple logo).
I am aware of login items. I have used CleanMyMac. Is there anything else I should check for?

Thank you :)


texts: Does using a standing desk "count" when using the Apple Watch to close rings?

texts: A colleague asked me how sensitive the Apple Watch was, and if it supported standing desks. (those hours should count right?)


texts:
I am on OSX Lion, with a MacBook Pro. I am using the DisplayPort for an external monitor and two USB Diamond BVU195 for two extra monitors. Each time when I turn my computer on, the two monitors get mixed up/reversed - so instead of going from left to right, like this:

MBP Screen  |  BVU195 - 1  |  DisplayPort  |  BVU195 - 2

It shows up wrong like this:

MBP Screen  |  BVU195 - 2  |  DisplayPort  |  BVU195 - 1

It is easily fixable by going to System Preferences and reversing them, but next reboot, they are mixed up again.


texts: What is the name of the Subversion server process on MacOS?

texts:
I'm running a Subversion server on MacOS. My remote IDEs connect no problem (using ssh tunneling). But, I can't figure-out the process name of the Subversion server.

It is so easy:

$ mkdir svnroot
$ svnadmin create /Users/johndoe/dev/svnroot
$ svn checkout svn+ssh://jdoe-macbook/Users/johndoe/dev/svnroot

But I go looking for the server as such:

$ sudo ps -eal | grep svn

doesn't return anything. And none of the processes listed in Activity Manager jump out at me as anything that might be a Subversion server.

To get ssh tunneling to work, I had to make adjustments to System Preferences --> Sharing. The ssh server is involved first. But then, what is ssh connecting to to manage the Subversion repositories?


texts: how do I remove a redownloadable song.  I down loaded a song and it keeps charging me for it per month.  I want to remove it.


texts: Error Installing OS X El Capitan on Early 2008 Mac Pro from USB

texts:
I am trying to install OS X El Capitan on an early 2008 Mac Pro. I wiped the hard drive on the Mac and followed this tutorial to create a USB boot drive with El Capitan using a Macbook Air running El Capitan. I then place the USB into the Mac Pro and hold the option key during boot. The option to install El Captian from the USB stick appears and the window with a loading bar and the Apple logo appears. The loading bar loads 2/3 of the way and then the following screen appears.

This error is cryptic so I did some research online to see if any others have had this issue. Other have suggested to try another USB stick but this did not change the behavior. I've also read that this problem can occur with an incompatible version of OS X being installed. Is this possible?

Does anyone hae any idea how to fix this?


texts: Youtube full screen doesn't work properly on yosemite

texts:
Since my macbook is a 13" model, I like to use my entire screen when watching YouTube. But a problem has started.

When my Firefox isn't in full screen, and I click the full screen button of my video, Firefox goes to full screen mode (opens a new desktop and goes to full screen) and then shows the video in full screen.
When my Firefox is already full screen, the video just opens in full screen as it should, but once I close the video, Firefox also goes out of full screen.

So I can't keep my Firefox in full screen if I want to watch videos in full screen. I can't keep it windowed if I want to watch full screen.

Also the constant going in and out of full screen of Firefox is insanely annoying since it takes a few moments for the animation to complete.

Anyone out there that has the same issues?


texts: OS X El Capitan different behaviours at start

texts:
I have two MacBook Pro mid 2013, same hardware inside.
In the first one I had the following sequence of OSs.
Mountain Lion (factory) > Mavericks > Yosemite > El Capitan > El Capitan (Clean Install)

And whenever I start the Mac I have this flow
Apple Logo > User login (my user + guest user) > Loading (progress bar) > OS loaded

In the second MacBook I had
Mountain Lion (factory) > El Capitan

And this flow at start
Apple Logo > Loading (progress bar) > User login (my user + guest user) > OS "lazy" loaded ("lazy" = Status bar is loaded a few seconds after the screen with dock is presented)

Since there is a clearly difference in the behaviour of the two OSs, my question is: why does this happen? Is there a problem with one of the OSs? Which is the correct flow?


texts: How do you restore emails from a Time Machine backup?  I am uncertain of how to use Time Machine back up to restore emails from my Google folders.


texts: Use 3.5mm jack as line in for a musical instrument

texts:
My iMac and Macbook Air have only got one 3.5 mm jack each. I would like to use this jack as an audio input source to record an electronic drumkit.

I realize the proper way of doing this would be to get an audio interface, but I don't want to invest in one just yet. For now, I would like to plug in a 3.5 mm cable to the output jack of the electronic drumset and connect the other end to my computer to record the drumset's sound.

This was possible with my very old 2009 white MacBook. Can this be done in the newer models?

I found this thread and tried using a cable with three rings. This cable has a built-in mic, so the computer is picking up on its mic, rather than the drumset's output.


texts:
Is there a way to run an Javascript using AppleScript

here is the JS :

javascript:Array.from(document.getElementsByClassName('action-button')).forEach(function(v){v.removeAttribute("disabled");});

I tried this

tell application "Google Chrome"
    tell tab 2 of window 1 to set RemoveBtRestriction to execute javascript "javascript:Array.from(document.getElementsByClassName('action-button')).forEach(function(v){v.removeAttribute("disabled");});"
end tell

but this return the error "Expected end of line but found identifier."


texts: Can't log in to my user on Mojave with Filevault enabled!

texts:
I am having issues with my user account in Mojave. The apple support reps and online forums signal that it is due to Filevault.

Essentially my MacBook froze one day (beachball) and I powered off. When I restarted, I was taken to a separate user account after I logged into my standard user. From there, I couldn't get in.

So I booted in recovery mode and removed the .AppleSetupDone from the Macintosh HD/var/db/ folder.

Once I did I had to go through OSX set up assistant then create a new admin. When I got in, I could see my other original user and log out to log back into it.

A few days later it happened again, this time I did the same thing removing .AppleSetupDone, restarting, and creating a new user. But this time, I did not see my original user anymore in system preferences.

I tried to repair disk permissions, create the same user from system preferences, and even clear the .AppleSetupDone once again. Nothing was working. I do have Filevault enabled, but I was not able to click the "Enable users..." button. It wasn't working.

I can see my user folder in my Users/ directory, but I am not able to log in.

Any ideas on how to regain access to the original user and have it show up in system preferences?


texts: Time Machine backup to run my MacBook on another

texts:
My MacBook is in the shop for repair. I have my Mom's MacBook, but the hard drive has failed. I'm wondering if I can use the time machine backup of my computer via USB to basically run my hard drive on her computer. I can plug my external hard drive in and boot to it, but there are no options to simply run the computer off the external hard drive, like it was my own computer.

Can I tell the computer to just use the external drive with the back up as it's own so I can access my files and programs like it was my own laptop?


texts: Is it safe to cancel tmutil delete halfway through?

texts:
I wanted to delete my oldest backups to free up space on my backup drive.

Due to some confusion, I "accidentally" deleted all backups.

The image shows the current progress of the command:

Is it safe to just ctrl-c/ctrl-d this?

I don't care about deleting the rest, I bet there is enough space by now and if not I'll find out and obviously delete again.


texts: How do I see who's online to my linked Gchat and Facebook Chat in Messages?

texts: I had Google Chat and Facebook Chat linked to iChat, but since I upgraded to Mountain Lion I can't see who's online through the bar that used to display along side messaging window. Any ideas?


texts:
I've been using the Jammit app for learning songs and it's now not supported as the company that made it has gone bust. I've got a lot of tracks I've brought from them and they're still on my hard drive.....

I found a site https://github.com/mtolly/jammittools and it seems to have a solution which would do everything I need it to (extract the audio and score files for me to use outside of the app) but I have come up against a problem! I just don't understand how to use the software! As it's not for distribution to others but solely for my use, I'm just after getting the things back that I've paid for but can no longer access.....

I'm running an iMac 21.5 inch, Mid 2010, macOS Sierra v. 10.12.1

I've managed to get so that some of the command lines work, but I cannot locate the files within the Jammit app.......


texts: After deleting an app, can you (much) later reinstall it and restore its data from iCloud?

texts:
I have several games that, combined, use up a pretty good chunk of my iPhone's flash.  I haven't played some of them for a while, and would like to remove them.  However, at least before iCloud, deleting an app also deleted its data.  Since I may go back and play them again, I'd rather not lose said data.

After backing up to iCloud, can you delete an app, and (possibly much) later reinstall it and restore your data from the iCloud backup?


texts: Fixing macOS Big Sur Finder SIDEBAR width prefs from command line?

texts:
My default sidebar width in Big Sur is too small. While I can click/drag to make folders look wider, that fix only works for folders that I open. If any application calls a new window to open - say for picking a file to attach or upload - the default windows that open render differently and my sidebar shortcuts once again can't be fully seen.
When I drill down into those prefs via CLI to change them, there seem to be about a dozen places in the finder's preferences file that mention the sidebar width:
defaults read com.apple.finder | grep SidebarWidth
        SidebarWidth = 174;
        SidebarWidth = 221;
        SidebarWidth = 221;
    "FK_SidebarWidth" = 294;
            SidebarWidthTenElevenOrLater = 217;
    NSNavSidebarWidth = 120;
        SidebarWidth = 178;
    SidebarWidth = 260;
        SidebarWidth = 135;
                SidebarWidth = 248;
            SidebarWidth = 0;
        SidebarWidth = 221;

I'll spare sharing the entire Finder preferences file as it's ginormous, sooo: I have questions!

Am I working with the right preference file?
Which of these mentions is the right one?

Thanks, all.
For @pion, here's the full code pull you'd requested:
WindowState =     (
        BROw,
                {
            EntryPoint = "file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20DVD/";
            ScrollPosition =             {
                h = 0;
                v = 0;
            };
            ShowToolbar = 0;
            SidebarWidth = 0;
            Target = "file://localhost/Volumes/Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20DVD/";
            ViewHeight = 420;
            ViewStyle = icnv;
            WindowBounds =             {
                bottom = 590;
                left = 597;
                right = 1122;
                top = 170;
            };
        }
    );


texts: iPhone 5S wallpaper zooming when set through MDM despite being correct resolution

texts:
I have some devices managed through MDM (JAMF) and a 640 x 1136 wallpaper that I want to set through the MDM interface as the home/lock screen background. Unfortunately, pretty much every time I set it it comes out zoomed in.

I have set up the restrictions on the configuration such that the user cannot change the wallpapers.

This may be relevant: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/featureRequest.html?id=3232

Doesn't seem to be a way to turn it off properly, but perhaps if I set the resolution of the wallpaper image to something bigger than my target, it will show up properly. Rather than figure this out by trial and error, perhaps someone will know an appropriate resolution to use?


texts: How To Recover Specific Items When MacBookPro Won't Boot

texts:
So I have a mid 2012 MacBookPro running Mojave and it's fully upgraded (SSD and 16gb RAM). I accidentally ran system updates and that led to an error and now every time I try to boot it gets stuck on the white logo screen with no progress bar.
I have a 1TB external drive that has a Time Machine back up on it but the problem is I haven't backed it up in the last few months. I would really like to recover the files created in these past few months. What would be the easiest solution to recover them?
My process so far: I bought an additional 2tb external hard drive. I booted up in Internet Recovery Mode, unmounted the internal hard drive (SSD), and created a new disk image from Container disk2 (the container for the internal hard drive) to copy onto the 2tb external hard drive. I had to use this method because the regular option "Copy From Macintosh HD" was greyed out. That worked and I'm in the process of verifying it in Disk Utility to make sure there's no errors. I really want to ensure that the files that I want are going to be able to be opened though. So before I restore the old Time Machine backup (from the 1 tb drive) and open the .dmg file (from the 2 tb drive) I'm thinking I should reinstall the OS in Disk Utility onto the 2tb external hard drive. Then I boot up off that and check to see if the Disk2.dmg correctly copied and I can retrieve my files.
Does that seem like it would work? Open to other suggestions as well. Thank you!


texts: How to find all files that are larger than 1GB on the Mac HD?

texts:
It seems that either one of these commands can be used:

sudo find / -size +1G
sudo find / -type f -size +1G

But when it gets to /Volumes, it actually look at all the back up files by Time Machine in the external hard drive. (and another hard drive for data).

I was going to cd to /Volumes/Macintosh HD and start the find there using find . instead of find /, but then I did an ls and there is a Volumes right there again.

Any option to use the Finder as well (the GUI)?

Another thing I found puzzling is that none of the manpage of find on Mac OS Lion or on the web mentioned the +1G... all they mentioned were the format 1G for exact match.


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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) with MacOS Sierra.

My issue is that the WiFi keeps searching indefinitely, even when I'm stably connected to my home network. My house is quite isolated so my hotspot is the only one in range.

In addition the icons don't reflect the actual signal strength (when choosing the network), and the one in the top bar is constantly animated as if during the connection phase.

I have no idea how to solve this. What can I do?

EDIT: this is specific to this device, all the other devices I own have no issues connecting. Also I want to specify that connection is not the issue, meaning that I can browse internet just fine and even use ssh as if nothing was wrong.

WiFi Diagnostic tool highlights no issues with the connection (as expected as I'm not seeing any).

I performed all the operations listed in the Apple support page, which frankly seem supremely useless, and nothing changed.


texts: Is it possible to use `tmutil delete` or another command to delete one file from all backup intervals?

texts:
I'm having problems clearing our a backup drive. I want to get rid of a couple large files so I can preserve the other incremental backups.

I can't use the tmutil delete command on entire backups since I'd lose all files from that interval and not just the offending file I want to purge. Additionally, having a script would mean I could recover space from a whole lab's worth of computers by scripting this from the command line. I also expect that script would let me discover which file in the package the GUI is refusing to prune since I can debug a script easier than I can Finder and the Time Machine interface.

In case this is a simple permissions issue - the library package file/folder:

Mac:~ bmike$ ls -laeO  /Volumes/Backups/Backups.backupdb/Mac/2015-04-09-072338/Macintosh\ HD/Users/bmike/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 10 bmike staff  - 340 Apr  8 20:05 .
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
drwx------@ 28 bmike staff  - 952 Apr  9 09:38 ..
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
 1: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x+  2 bmike staff  -  68 Apr  8 09:07 Attachments
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
drwxr-xr-x+  2 bmike staff  -  68 Apr  8 09:07 Masks
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown

When I use the Time Machine interface, it errors out and I don't know which file or instance has errors:

I'm looking for a way to delete these protected files from all backup intervals in a similar manner to the Finder Gear icon action of Delete All Backups of "Photos Library"

Is this selective pruning of a file/folder possible across all time intervals with Apple's built in tools, a custom script and/or other tool?


texts: How do I insert a row into numbers, in just one column

texts: How do I insert a row in one column only. By moving the current data down and inserting a row above it. I don't want to insert a row across the entire spreadsheet - just that column.


texts: Location of services created in Automator

texts:
Long-time ago i created a service in Automator, which still works.
But i want to change the code and it isn't located in either /Library/Services/ nor ~/Library/Services/ as they are both empty

Have i lost the source code or can i restore it otherwise?


texts: My SSD seems slow, could it be the link speed?

texts:
I just replaced my old HD from a late-2009 iMac with a new Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB.
It was installed by an official Apple repair store but I am worried because it seems slower than my new macboook pro (also with SSD)
I tested with Blackmagic Disk Test and it:

Writes 253 MB/s
Reads 268 Mb/s

Official specs say it should:

Write 520 MB/s
Read 500 Mb/s

And it seems from reviews they get numbers close to official ones.

I checked my SATA Chipset in the iMac and it says: "Link Speed: 3 Gigabit".

Does this mean that 3000 Mb/s (Megabits) are 375 MB/s (Megabytes) and it cannot transfer faster (even though the SSD is faster)?


texts: How can i get the mac family number using terminal?

texts:
I want to get model number/family number.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/mac-specs-by-model-number-family-number.html.

I have found the above link that have listed all the Model number.

That information does not exist in the SystemProfiler.


texts: Move folders using Terminal by referencing a CSV file

texts:
I have a CSV file containing the following two columns:

Column A: From Directory (e.g. /Volumes/Backup Plus/Salesforce/Order Test/OR-1000049439).
Column B: To Directory (e.g. /Volumes/Backup Plus/Salesforce/Opportunity Test/Q-DNYE20180508-2308).

I need to write a script in Terminal that will loop through the CSV and move the directory from Column A into the directory from column B. The end result would be the OR-1000049439 folder residing inside the Q-DNYE20180508-2308 folder). There are roughly 13,000 rows in which I need this to occur.

Can someone please help me on how to do this?

Here is a copy of the first few rows in the CSV file:

I need the folder in A2 to end up in the folder on B2.  I need the folder in A3 to end up in the folder on B3, etc...

Brians-MacBook-Pro:Data Migration briangannuscio$ Head OrderFileV2.csv
/Volumes/Backup Plus/Salesforce/Order Test/OR-1000050081,/Volumes/Backup Plus/Salesforce/Opportunity Test/Q-RGORD20170207-1526

Brians-MacBook-Pro:Data Migration briangannuscio$ File OrderFileV2.csv
OrderFileV2.csv: ASCII text, with CR line terminators


texts: How to make apps not start up automatically on iPhone and iPad?

texts:
It seems that even when I restart my iPhone, some apps will send me notifications... so how do I make them not run by itself? (kind of like making it not in the Start Up folder on Windows 7).

The reason is that Pokemon Go is eating up a lot of RAM, and with some apps starting up and/or running in the background, it causes the Pokemon Go to run very slowly sometimes, so I would like to limit the running of other apps.  (mine is iPhone 6 Plus, and I think it has 1GB of RAM. It may be that iPhone 6S Plus has 2GB of RAM and won't have this issue).


texts: I think there are leftovers from previous OS X versions on my HD, how can I find/delete those?

texts: I've got two Macs, one of them is a few versions newer than the other. They are both currently running the latest version, but the older Mac has lots of OS and system files that the newer one hasn't