texts: Windows have pinstripes and large corner radius on Lion

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Somehow, some defaults setting or something in Lion on my MacBook Pro has gotten set terribly wrong, because starting recently, my inactive windows (and certain other window chrome) have gained what I presume to be 10.4 Tiger-style pinstripes.
Behold the horror:

Obviously, this is not acceptable in any way. I don't know what I did that made these appear. I've looked through Secrets, but haven't found anything relevant. Does anyone have any ideas?
EDIT: I just realized that in addition to the pinstripes, windows' corner radii have grown larger, as they were in Tiger and before, as well. What in the world is going on?


texts: How do I prevent icons from being added to the dock?

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Our IT department pre-loads a utility for remote management, no problem there.

However, the utility is automatically added to the dock every 30 minutes, even after Keep in dock is manually unchecked, the app is quit, and the icon is removed.

There is an option to disable the dock icon in the utility config, but its effects are org-wide and they won't disable it. I see several posts about editing the .app's plist, but it looks like that trick stopped working after 10.8.

How can I prevent this icon from showing up in, and getting pinned to the dock in macOS 10.14?


texts: How to initiate a specific keystroke using automator?

texts:
I have the following code :

on run {input, parameters}
    if application "KeyboardViewer" is running then
        quit application "KeyboardViewer"
    else
        activate application "KeyboardViewer"

    end if
    return input
end run

I want to press ALT + TAB automatically after I activate application so that I can start typing right away ..
Reason to do this is because the keyboard becomes the foreground running application and the webpage or typing area the background.


texts: Send photos from Mac to iPhone using iTunes

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I'm  trying to send photos to my iPhone, using iTunes, but when I select the Photos section in iTunes, it shows me this (it doesn't let me choose a folder):

How can I sync a specific folder containing images on my iPhone?


texts:
My mac is always quite hot and the fans are often at full speed even with moderate activity. Also, when I plug in the external monitor, the computer becomes very sluggish and kernel_task starts taking insane amounts of CPU.

So it looks like I need a SMC reset.

My question is: what does it entail? Will I lose some settings/configurations? Do I need to back up some data? Is there any risk that the system will not work properly after the reset?
As weird as it sounds, I did not see these questions ever addressed anywhere the reset was mentioned online.

This is my working computer, so it would be very inconvenient if I somehow disabled it.


texts: How can I slow down podcast playback speed to 90% - 75% on my iPhone?


texts: I am comparing prices of Photoshop Elements 11 for our new iMac. Some of the ads say 4 gb space needed for download. Others are less money but only need 1.5 gb. Are there different versions of elements 11 out there? Why the big diff in space needed?


texts: Does the MacBook Pro need both Ambient Light Sensors to function correctly?

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Does the Late 2013 15-inch MacBook Pro (Retina display) need both sensors to the left & right of the FaceTime camera in order to function correctly?

Are these both ambient light sensors? I usually don't use FaceTime nor do I allow the system to automatically adjust the levels of brightness.

If the two uses mentioned above are the only two purposes for these sensors, I wouldn't really need them, or at least not both of them right?

The problem is the screen protector I have, which was supposedly designed for the exact specs of this laptop; yet, it clearly covers the rightmost sensor. The slightest up, down, left, or right will leave one side short and the other side overlapping the bevel.

If both of them happen to be ambient light sensors, my question is, in order for the macbook and other apps to function properly are both sensors necessary? Please keep in mind the fact I don't use FaceTime and do not allow the system to auto adjust brightness as well.

Else, what are their purposes?


texts: Alt Gr not working with Microsoft Windows RDP client on Mac OS with a PC keyboaard

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Alt Gr key (right alt) randomly stops working when working on Microsoft RDP client and behaves as left alt instead.
I am on a Macbook Air M1, with a PC keyboard, using an AzertyPC layout in MacOS.
When this occurs, switching the RDP keyboard mode to Unicode will fix the problem but it will create other issues (like shift+leftAlt+key will stop working in visual studio inside the RDP)
This leads to three questions:

There is a workaround on windows for this issue which is to press ALT+Enter on a RDP window. Is there an explanation on what it does? Is there a smilar workaround on MacOS?
Why switching to Unicode makes Alt Gr work properly?
Why in Unicode Shift+LeftAlt+Key works differently?


texts: "Look Up in Dictionary" stopped working in Chrome on Mac OS X 10.10.2

texts: I upgraded my Mac to OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 recently. Since then the dictionary lookup stopped working in Chrome. Tried both keyboard shortcut and context menu. Know of any workaround for this issue?


texts: Remove accepted self-signed certificate from iOS Safari

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I was experimenting with self-signed certificates and while viewing my website from Safari on an iPhone I first got the warning that it is an untrusted site and I could review the details of the certificate. I then tapped the "Accept" button in the top right corner and continued to browse the site. Now Safari is not asking me again when visiting my site. No matter if I clear history or go to Safari settings and choose Clear Cookies and Data and even If I restart my phone.

Obviously there is an option to completely reset all iPhone settings but that is highly inconvenient to just remove a certificate you no longer need.

Am I missing something? Is there a way to remove that particular certificate?


texts: Can I assign a gesture to Mission Control on an older MacBook?

texts: I have an older MacBook (2006) that I want to use the four finger swipe to enable mission control. It is not the glass trackpad, but it does have two finger scrolling. Is there any way to enable this?


texts: What can I do when my Time Machine password is not accepted, although it's correct?

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Having troubles with a botched system upgrade on OS X 10.10.3, I tried to restore my MacBook Pro, 15" Early 2011 version, using an encrypted Time Machine backup made on an external USB drive.

The backup is in working order; I can boot from it just fine. However, when I try to restore from a previous backup version through the system restore feature, I am asked for my Time Machine backup volume, and when I click the external drive, and enter the password, there's a dialog saying the password is wrong.

But it isn't.

I am a hundred percent certain it's the correct password. It can't be copy-pasted, unfortunately, but I've typed it often enough to know it's correct. And when I finally got to boot the Mac after the – what I thought was – a botched update, I checked my Keychain to verify that the Time Machine password was actually the one I had used previously.

Has this ever happened to anyone, and is there any solution to this, apart from maybe creating an entirely new Time Machine volume and, gasp, not encrypting it?


texts: During an iTunes sync, are MacBooks prevented from going into sleep mode?

texts: I want to know this as I sometimes leave my iPhone unattended while syncing and I want to make sure that there's no cut off to the iPhone sync.


texts: Will there be a performance benefit in the upgrade for iPod touch 5 to iPod touch 6 for the KNFB reader?

texts:
A totally blind user wants to make use of the KNFB reader but does not want a cell phone, some of the reviews I have read suggest that it works best on the iPhone 6, other reviews suggest that that iPod touch 5 is a suboptimal version of the iPhone 5.  I have near zero knowledge about smart phones and less about apple devices.

Is it possible to tell if an iPod touch 5 will provide the same level of function with the KNFB reader as users are seeing with the app on the iPhone 6?


texts: Can't shift+select in Finder in Lion 10.7.1

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In previous versions of Mac OS X, to select a whole row of files, you select the file which comes first in the row and then select the last file with a shift+click.

When I try this procedure in icon view in Lion, it behaves as if I would select the files separately.

What changed? Is there a way to restore the old behavior?


texts: Is there a way to set up the iPhone so that when I'm away from home it requires a lock code, but when I'm at home I don't need a passcode?


texts: Can I inherit a Time Machine backup if I clone my HD?

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I have an old Power Mac G5 running OS X 10.5.8 (The newest OS it can run). It is backed up regularly using Time Machine to my Time Capsule.

The main drive is 500 GB but I would like to replace it with a 1 TB drive by cloning it, possibly with SuperDuper. Is it possible to trick Time Machine to continuing on with the same sparsebundle rather than starting a fresh, new backup? I don't have much space left on my Time Capsule so a whole new backup would be difficult.


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MacBook Pro 2019 13" If I don't use the laptop, it goes into sleep mode about 5-10 minutes. When I want to continue working I press any key and I am greeted with a login window, after which I find out that all applications are closed as if a reboot has occurred.
If I work on it and do not allow inactivity for more than 5-10-15 minutes, I do not know the exact duration, everything is OK.
Maybe I incorrectly set some operating system settings or the system restarts one of the applications, But how do I find out?


texts: iPad Camera Connection Kit not showing valid MP4 videos

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I've been wondering if I can use the camera connection kit as a way to directly copy video files onto my iPad for watching, from SD card. I've tested that photos and videos taken on my digital camera do show up on the "import" screen, but when I copy a different MP4 file (an episode of a TV show) into the exact same DCIM directory on the SD card, it is not visible for import. The MP4 was created specifically for iPad using HandBrake - I know if I import into iTunes library they will work on the iPad because I've been doing that already - but I'm going away and won't have my Mac with me.

Are there possibly file size restrictions in place, or something else I can easily fix?


texts: osx service for `mpc add`ing files to mpd’s playlist

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I’m trying to create a service in automator, which allows me to add files/folders from Finder directly into my mpd playing queue.

I tried the following, the command runs, but nothing happens.

Could anyone please help?

PS: My music-directory is $HOME/Music/ – if that’s important …

EDIT: The following code works perfectly in bash, but not as service.

for arg in "$@"; do
  dir=$(cd -P "$(dirname "$arg")" && pwd)/ || continue
  mpc add "${dir#"$HOME/Music/"}$(basename "$arg")"
done


texts: "usb device was drawing too much power" error message

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Ever since I upgraded to Lion, I've been getting this error message a lot. It seems to trigger(not every time though) when I plug in my iPhone to the usb port on my keyboard.

The only other USB device that's connected to my brand new 27" iMac is my printer. I'm using a Magic Mouse. I've never had this problem before prior to upgrading to Lion. What's causing it how do I make it go away?


texts: When launching java app as Mac app there default java process name and About description instead of mine

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I have a number of jar-files, some resources, h2 database, etc. in my project. To create Mac application I used Platypus. To run my application shell script was used.

However at this case when application starts then separate java process starts and there neither proper name of the app nor proper About description in Mac menu. Also Terminal starts that is not wanted.

How I should launch the app to avoid this drawbacks so that the name of the app and About description were the right ones?

What I see now (name and About):

My launching shell script is the following:

#!/bin/bash

export IRULE_HOME="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"

export IRULE_LANG=en
export IRULE_REGION=EN
export IRULE_XMS=-Xms256m
export IRULE_XMX=-Xmx1024m
export LOG4J_CONFIGURATION=${IRULE_HOME}/conf/log4j2.xml
export JAVA_HOME="${IRULE_HOME}/jre/Contents/Home"

export DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="$IRULE_XMS \
              $IRULE_XMX \
              -Dlog4j.configuration=file:"${LOG4J_CONFIGURATION}" \
              -Dirule.home=${IRULE_HOME} \
              -Dirule.client.logs.path=${IRULE_HOME}/logs \
              -Duser.language="${IRULE_LANG}" \
              -Duser.region="${IRULE_REGION}" \
              $JAVA_OPTS"

export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}:${PATH}
export CLASSPATH=${IRULE_HOME}/lib/*:${IRULE_HOME}/conf:${JAVA_HOME}/lib/jfxrt.jar;

exec ${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -Xdock:name="iRule Reader" -Xdock:icon=${IRULE_HOME}/image/irule.png ${DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS} -classpath "${CLASSPATH}" com.spi2.Main $*

How I created the app by Platypus. The process is simple: I set my shell-script and add all my resources. Also I can set up the icon. And I add Credits.html to allow About description as said in documentation:


texts: Recover data with file structure HFS+ on Mojave

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I'm desperate and trying almost everything. That's what happened. I was having problem with Time Machine. One file was not letting time machine finish the backup. But to discover this took me a while. Then I was just formatting the backup HDs to see if would fix it. But then I formatted my 8tb external HD with work photos and videos totalling around 4,5tb.

Usually I do things on my own, I don't know why I didn't searched beforehand an answer around google and recovery softwares. But since it was a simple formatting by disk utility I thought it would be simple. But anyway I went to a recovery specialist. Let the HD for 4 days for an estimate. It was too expensive so I denied and the next day got the drive back and tried another technician. This second guy got all my raw data back using PhotoRec. Then tried some softwares and could not get the file structure. After a while he quit and then I went to a third one. After a week he also could not recover with the file structure.

I tried Stellar data Recovery, R-Studio, Disk Drill and some others. None can see the last formatting. And getting many files corrupted specially video.

Is this normal? Is it so hard to recover 100% a Mac formatting? Because I can even see the original factory formatting with the bundled software. Why I can't see my file structure. Am I doing something wrong? Is there something I could try? Anything? I have a little suspicion that the first technician did something to the file structure so others could not repair it in full. Please help.


texts: Using ImageMagick's identify to determine DPI of a document

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Ultimately, I'm trying to determine the size of an image in inches so I can be certain it lays out properly on the printer.

If I use the command identify document.pdf I get the following output:

document.pdf PDF 612x792 612x792+0+0 16-bit sRGB 29289B 0.000u 0:00.000

If I divide 612 and 792 each by 72 respectively, I get 8.5x11 which tells me the size.  I know this is correct because I printed it.  The problem is, it's not always going to be 8.5x11 nor will the DPI always be the same (and I won't be there to "know" how it was printed/saved).

From ImageMagic's page on using Identify they have a -verbose output flag and an example of "calculating an image size at 72 DPI" but they don't say how they got the DPI!

How can I programmatically determine the DPI of an image?

(Graphics are bit out of my wheelhouse and with the sheer volume of ImageMagick's options along with terms I'm not familiar with is a bit like drinking from the fire hose.)


texts: Using iCloud as file storage and synchronization service

texts:
I am considering to choose iCloud Drive vs Google Drive to store old music and photos folders present in external drives.
Is it possible to upload large folders to iCloud Drive that are not present in my Macbook SSD, but in an external drive?
What is the best option for this kind of purpose?
May I use both services, each one for a certain task?


texts: How can I navigate any directory in Finder?

texts:
The Finder shows several particular directories in the home folder.
It does not even show directory I made in the home folder.

But I do want to navigate any directory of the file system. How can I do that?


texts: Is there an iPad app that lets me share my iPad screen with someone at another computer at another location? I'd like an app that lets me write stuff with my stylus (like note taker HD) and have that appear on someone else's screen on a computer at another location. If there is no such app, I'd be happy with some hack that lets me do this through my computer. (Now what I tend to do is write a bunch of stuff and have note taker HD email it to the other person.)


texts: Preferred Location for cgi executables in Lion Server

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This question relates to use of a Lion Server only for testing and prototyping, so I don't need multiple sites hosting separate domains. All of my projects have directories in the root directory, not in separate "Sites" sub-directories.

In Lion Server, Apple has dropped the previous directory arrangement of:

/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables [aliased as cgi-bin]

/Library/WebServer/Documents       [aliased as root directory]

Now, the web server is simply:

/Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/Default

After I installed Lion Server, Apache was still configured with cgi-bin aliased to /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables and root directory to /Library/WebServer/Documents. I changed the latter in the Web section of Lion's Server.app to /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/Default.

I'd like to ditch /Library/Webserver. I can't find any reference to a preferred/recommended directory for my executables. I'm thinking:
/Library/Server/Web/Data/Exec   [aliased in Apache config as cgi-bin or whatever]

I'm used to having all my executables in one place, and they usually share lots of modules in common, so I'm not inclined to put a cgi directory in each project's own directory.

Suggestions? Current best practices?

Thanks.


texts: Mac mini hangs on Apple logo after Mojave 10.14.6 Update 2

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My mac mini (model Late 2012) worked fine until I installed the "Mojave 10.14.6 Update 2" security fix today.  After the automatic reboot (required for the update), the boot process hangs after displaying the Apple logo.  (There is no progress bar showing up below the logo.)

I already tried resetting the SMC, but that didn't change anything.  Booting into "Internet recovery mode" worked and I could run "First aid" over the harddisk, but that didn't fix the problem.

When I boot in verbose mode (Cmd-V), I see the message

Attempting system restart...MACH Reboot
Attempting system restart...MACH Reboot
Attempting system restart...MACH Reboot
Attempting system restart...MACH Reboot
Attempting system restart...MACH Reboot
Attempting system restart...MACH Reboot

repeated endlessly, after a few kernel traces WRT corekrypto.kext.

Unfortunately, I don't have a time machine backup of this Mac.

How can I recover my system?  Is there a way to boot of an installation medium and recovery the system without having to reinstall everything?

Thanks a lot for your help!

[EDIT:] I managed to take a video of the boot log.  The first error reported is a kernel panic with message "FIPS Kernel POST Failed [...] corekrypto_kext.

Why did the security upgrade leave the system in this state and how can I fix this without having to reinstall everything?

[EDIT 2:] I just found this issue on the net: https://eclecticlight.co/2019/10/18/beware-apple-security-certificates-after-24-october-they-may-have-expired/  Could this be the problem I'm facing?  How can I fix the certificate?


texts: Can you add blank space to a photo in Mac Preview?

texts: I would like to add a title above or below a photo that is open in Preview.  I know how to annotate the photo that writes over the photo.  I want to add a new blank area where I can put the annotation.


texts: iMac-Pro(Win 10) NO Ethernet controller Driver (NO BOOTCAMP)

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After successfully installing WIN10 on my iMac-Pro without BOOTCAMP, I was able to manually install the windows support(BOOTCAMP) drivers, and all of them work fine. Except the Ethernet Controller Driver, and that really bothers me since I'm not a fan of WiFi.

I have the iMac Pro base version

I tried every Driver I could find with no success.

Was any one able to get the Ethernet working on an iMac-Pro running WIN 10?


texts: How do I stop my Mac from ringing when I get a phone call on my iPhone?

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Yosemite has a new feature where my Mac rings when I get a phone call. Annoyingly, it continues to ring for 30 seconds or so, even after I've answered the iPhone.

How can I turn this sound off? I'd like to continue to have this feature available on my Mac: I'd like to be able to start calls from my Mac and I'd like to see the little alert that says "Accept / Decline" when the calls come in, but I want to turn off the ring sound on the Mac so I can answer my iPhone without having the other person hear endless ringing in the background.


texts: Word 2011: Keyboard shortcuts for accepting/rejecting a tracked change AND moving to the next change

texts:
Is there such a built-in shortcut for doing such action pairs? (e.g. accept+move to next, using a single shortcut)

If not, how can I define such a custom shortcut?


texts: My Desktop Mac is about four years old. I don't remember the original OS but it has been upgraded to Yosemite. At the time of purchase / original setup I don't remember what user accounts I set up. It may have been my name only Simon xxxx or it may have been my wife only Lesleyxxxx or both. I seem to remember setting up a guest account. At some point early on I imported lesley's iTunes. After a year or so of being totally confused about who's iTunes was doing what and who's mac it was "lesley's Mac" / "Simons Mac" I decided to delete her user account & iTunes. I was then either left with "guest" and Simon xxxx or "guest"  and created "Simon xxxx" making simon the administrator. The problem or rather annoyance I now have is the name lesleyxxxx appears randomly from time to time. For example I have just set up an airport extreme & Mac TV both seem to be called "lesley's". In my user groups the only users appearing are guest and Simon xxxx. However, on opening the Terminal the first two lines read: Last login DATE TIME on ttys000 Simon-Desktop:~lesleyxxxx$. Note the title bar on opening the Terminal has a house symbol followed by lesleyxxxx – bash –No X No. At login or on the top right of the screen the only name mentioned is Simon xxxx. How can I stop the lesleyxxxx appearing as it is.


texts: iPhone 5 not charged enough to boot after 2 hours plugged in

texts: Today I drained my iPhone 5's battery (went down to around 10%) and then went out in the cold (it is winter now and very cold, around 0ºC/32ºF). The phone died, and now I've left it on the charger for the last 2 hours, and the phone still hasn't turned on. Should I be worried? How long should I wait?


texts: How can I prevent my Library and Playlists from interfering with each other in Apple Music?

texts:
I'm looking for a way to prevent my Library and Playlists from interfering with each other, or at least maybe they could play well together.

Currently, I've erased everything from my Library in an attempt to solve this problem. I've got about 20 Apple Music Playlists. Currently, I've made all these playlists available for offline use.

I keep attempting different solutions to this problem:

If I choose to either + or ‘Make available offline’ any particular song from a playlist that is available offline, it goes into my Library.

However, when I remove any of these songs from my Library by ‘Remove from My Music’, playlists that contain these songs are no longer available offline. To make things worse, if I try to ‘Make available offline’ again, nothing happens. The playlist will not download again.

I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm doing something wrong.

I've found another unexpected behavior, if I add a song to my Library by clicking + on a song in a downloaded Playlist, it will appear in my Library. By all appearances, the song is available offline, but the context menu still gives me the option to ‘Make available offline’. I don't understand why this option is available to me, when the songs are already downloaded.

Here's an Imgur album I created to show how reproducible the problem is.


texts: AppleScript: can I trigger the eyedropper tool upon opening the Mac colour picker?

texts:
I'd like to be able to use an eyedropper tool on command. The built-in Mac colour picker is nice, so to that end, I set up a keyboard shortcut using BetterTouchTool to open the colour picker; it does so simply by running the choose color AppleScript command.
This is only a partial solution, because I still need to click the eyedropper icon to get what I want. Apart from the minor nuisance of an extraneous click, the problem is that the click itself changes focus away from the application I'm using. (For example, suppose I'm using the eyedropper to test the :focus state of an element on a website.)
Is there a way to tell my script to run the eyedropper tool after opening the colour picker? In other words, I would like to automatically click the button indicated in this screenshot:


texts:
I'm not very savvy.  I usually accept all iTunes updates to get any important fixes.  But I don't think I need Ping - never signed up and don't use social networking.
Should I reject iTunes update # 10 and its follow-ups, i.e., 10.3?


texts: Triggering a video at startup like the "Welcome Video" on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

texts: Do you remember the incredible Welcome Video on Mac OS X Snow Leopard? Does anyone know how all this is achieved? I mean the principle of how to get the video to play automatically the first time one tries to log in to a New Mac. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks.


texts:
Is it possible to adjust the line spacing on title screens (specifially: scrolling credits) in iMovie 10?

I can find some references on how to do it in previous versions of iMovie (see e.g. font panel here) but I can't seem to find the right setting in iMovie 10.  The fonts window doesn't show the spacing control, even when resized.


texts:
How do I control iTunes Sync to control exactly what I would like to upload to my iPhone or iPad?

Note: I am running iOS 5 on the phone, and iOS 6 on the iPad.


texts: Can I use the screen (and keyboard) of a separate laptop with a Mac Mini?

texts:
At the moment, I really need a Mac to run Logic Pro, and I reckon my cheapest option is getting a Mac Mini.

It would be very convienent if I could use the screen (and optionally keyboard) of a current working Windows laptop with the mini.

Can I do this?

(Update maybe like Apple Remote Desktop on Windows?)


texts: I want to turn off two factor sign in for Apple ID. Did not receive email option to go back to previous settings.

texts: I want to turn off two factor sign in for Apple ID. I do not see that I have that option this time. It used to be that I would be sent a email letting me know it was activated and it had a option to go back to previous settings. This time I did not get a email like that. I do have that I want to recieve the information from Apple all check marked.   Is it possible? How


texts: Can I give away my iPhone apps with my phone?

texts:
I had an iPhone 3G that I've given to my friend. I had a number of paid apps that I left on there in the hope my friend would be able to use them, however when he tries to sync iTunes tries to delete them all.

I no longer have an iPhone and so have no need for these apps - is there any way that I can give these apps to my friend?


texts: Request for Sierra screenshot of 2 folders

texts:
Can anyone running the released version of Sierra post screenshots of the folders:
Library>Fonts and System>Library>Fonts?

Got something I want to check about deprecated system fonts, but I don't have a noncritical machine I really want to install Sierra to.

Thanks.


texts: iMessage and FaceTime won't activate IOS 7

texts: Please help, iMessage and FaceTime won't activate after updating my phone to iOS 7. I have tried to be patient... For five days ... I'm about to scratch my eyes out ... Any suggestions I havetried everything people said. Help! -Shay


texts:
My MacBook Pro lost wireless connection.

Everything was working fine when the connection suddenly stopped.
My mac can still connect via ethernet cable, so I know the modem and router and everything are working. Other wireless devices (phones and computers) can connect to the router, so I know the router is working. I've tried restarting my mac, and that didn't help.

Any suggestions?

I'm on OS 10.6.8


texts: More than one iPad on one computer / temporary connection

texts:
My wife uses her iPad (first generation) a lot, but never syncs with her laptop.

So she never updated to IOS 5, because she never got a message to do so.

Her laptop is gone. I would like to update her iTunes and install IOS 5. But my computer has the existing partnership with my iPad.

Can I plug her iPad into my computer, without synching, for only the purpose of downloading and installing updated iTunes and IOS 5 on her iPad?


texts:
As you can see whenever I try to backup my iPhone it tells me there is insufficient storage. All I want to do is backup my contacts and all super basic data in case something happens to my phone. I have backed it up a couple of times to my computer but I would like the more consistent back ups from iCloud.

I have next to nothing stored in my iCloud like I honestly do not know what it is and so I cannot understand why it will not let me backup my phone. Then when I try to backup my phone even though I have every app turned off it says my backup will be over 5 gb. How do I make it so my backup is under the 5 gb limit???? I have looked at all the other forums and have not found anything helpful. It tells me my iPhone has never been backed up before.

On a side note can you tell me why Netflix wants to use 150 mb of my iCloud?


texts: MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) won't go to sleep, nor will it wake up from sleep

texts:
Occasionally, my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) won't go to sleep when I close it. When I close the lid, the fans keep going and the computer slowly becomes warmer and warmer, louder and louder. Also, when the lid is closed, the little white "sleep light" on the front of the computer ignites solid (does not pulsate, as it normally should do when asleep).

Then, when I open it back up, the screen will not turn on (it remains black), the white "sleep light" turns off (still no pulsating) and the computer becomes completely unresponsive to any kind of keyboard, mouse or trackpad input. It simply won't respond to anything.

When this happens, the only "fix" I've found so far is to hold down the power button until the machine turns off completely, and reboot. At which point it seems to be working fine again for a while. This doesn't happen every time I close it; only occasionally.

It almost seems like sleep mode has been "inverted" in a way. I'm not even sure if this is likely to be software or hardware related issue, but it started happening after having used OS X Mavericks for a while, and has persisted after upgrading to OS X Yosemite.

I saw a couple of other similar questions and answers, but nothing that quite seemed to match the description above, and I haven't been able to find a solution for my problem in the other questions. Has anyone seen something like this before?

Any help or pointers greatly appreciated.


texts: How do I connect to my own shared folders on a Mac?

texts:
On my Windows 8 PC, I can go to the "Network" page to see all networked computers, including my own. On my Mac, on the "Network" page I can see all networked computers, EXCEPT my own.

I'd like to be able to see the shared contents of my own computer. Is there any way to get it to show on the "Network" page, or at least manually connect to it somehow? I'm sharing files via SMB. I tried combinations like connecting to smb://localhost, smb://192.168.1.xxx (where xxx is my local computer), etc. but these don't work.


texts: Why does the same colour appear different in different apps?

texts:
I've configured VSCode and iTerm2 to use the Solarized Dark colour scheme.

As far as I can tell, they are both using the same RGB colour specification for the background colour, but to my eye they appear slightly different.

I used Digital Colour Meter to inspect both windows, and found that in sRGB they both report (0,44,55), while in "native values" VSCode reports (0,43,54), while iTerm2 reports (13,43,54). See pictures below.

Why does this discrepancy exist?
What are "native values"?
Can I get these apps to look the same?


texts: I have forgotten my iCloud username and password and need to turn Find My iPhone off. What can I do?

texts:
I have forgotten my Apple iCloud username and password. I can't remember the email address I used to sign up for the account. I need to turn off Find My iPhone before sending my iPhone in for servicing. My screen won't turn on at all so I don't know what else to do. I am being told that if I don't turn Find My iPhone off I can't get my phone fixed.

Is there any way I can recover my account information and turn off Find My iPhone in this situation?


texts: Messages: Online status or Last seen time

texts:
Is there any method for me to know if a user registered with Messages is currently online? Or, is it possible for me to determine when they were last seen?

If not is there a way to find out using different method, preferably without reaching out to them?


texts:
How I can force El Capitan to use SMB3 (I have heard it perform better than this)?

Windows machines connect and list files fast but OS X machines are terribly slow and becoming nonuse because there might be thousands of files and folders to list.

When I run in console:

smbutil statshares -m /Volumes/myShare/

I get the following:

==================================================================================================
SHARE                         ATTRIBUTE TYPE                VALUE
==================================================================================================
myShare
                              SERVER_NAME                   <internal ip>
                              USER_ID                       501
                              SMB_NEGOTIATE                 AUTO_NEGOTIATE
                              SMB_VERSION                   SMB_1
                              SMB_SHARE_TYPE                UNKNOWN
                              EXTENDED_SECURITY_SUPPORTED   TRUE
                              LARGE_FILE_SUPPORTED          TRUE

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


texts:
How does noise-cancellation work in Mac laptops?.

I understand how it works in Headphones or even in iPhone.  But if the mics in a MacBook Air 2018, for example, are located in the same spot, what is being cancelled there? How can a plane motor or fan buzz be cancelled this way during a FaceTime call or similar?

This is set up in System Preferences > Audio "Use Ambient Noise Reduction"

Any resource explaining this?

Any help much welcome.


texts: How can I create a personal Photostream with Manual Upload?

texts:
My first time using Photostream. I saw that My Photo Stream automatically uploads photos the stream over wi-fi, but I do not want to do this.

I want a personal stream with photos uploaded manually, and that they're not shared with anyone at all.

Photo Sharing states that I can create a stream to share with others, but what if I don't invite anyone, does that still make my stream public ?


texts: Will moving my photos to photostreams save my iCloud storage space?

texts: I've read here that photostreams do not 'eat up' the space however the post is quite old. If this is still correct, is the '1000 recent photos limit' applied per photostream or all photostreams?


texts: Where can I get a Thunderbolt hub or splitter?

texts:
Apple has just announced the new MacBook Airs, Mac mini, and Thunderbolt display. One of the features of the Thunderbolt display that caught my eye was its ability to daisy-chain two displays together from one Thunderbolt port (on a MacBook Pro).

I already have two 24" monitors and I don't feel like paying for two £900 displays. I worked out that all I need is a Thunderbolt hub/splitter so that I can plug the two cables that emerge into mini DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters.

Does anyone know of any Thunderbolt hubs or splitters? Or does anyone know of an alternative method?


texts: How to force quit an app that doesn't show in the Force Quit Applications menu?

texts:
I have an app running that is showing in my statusbar icon menu, but it's rainbowing - I can't click on it or interact with it in any way.

The same application doesn't show in my Force Quit Applications menu.

What choices do I have?


texts: Error while changing the default application with which we open a file

texts:
Recently I've tried to change the default application with which a file is opened, by doing the following:

Right click on the file
Get info
In "Open with", change to the application you want your file to be opened with.
Click on the "Change All" button which is found under the "Open with" label

in the last step, i.e. when I click on "Change All", I receive the following message:

then if I look at the default application that opens this file, it's really the application I've just chosen, but when I click on the file to open it, I've the following error message:

Yes, I was trying to open a Makefile for a C program.

Any ideas of why this is happening and how to solve it?


texts: External hard drive slows down computer and makes processes freeze

texts:
I have a very odd issue with my external USB3 hard drive. Sometimes, I can use it with no problems, but sometimes it slows down the entire computer and freezes processes.

For example, spotlight might stop working, and if I kill it through the Terminal, no new spotlight process launches. And for example the dock might freeze, not responding to anything and just showing a beach ball when I put my mouse on it. Same thing with Finder.

Some things still work but the more I use the computer with the hard drive in, the more processes freeze, for example if I quit Safari I can't open it again. However, if I just unplug the cable suddenly every single process starts responding/working again instantly, with no problems.

I have tried to repair my hard drive through Disk Utility, but it finds no problems.


texts: Damage replacement plan / Insurance for Mac Book Pro?

texts:
I used to own a Dell with a pretty beefy replacement plan.  When I bought my MBP, I asked if there was any similar coverage and the "genius" said no.  I search around online and found a company called Safeware, but it would be hard for me to believe that this would be the only company around doing this.

Does anyone own insurance like what Dell offers for their Mac?  Has anyone ever destroyed their computer and got a replacement?


texts:
I am unable to brew build rtorrent. Could someone tell me what I need to do to get this to work?

Things I have done -

brew doctor
brew update
brew upgrade --all

Error -

ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [rtorrent] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
==> Formula
Path: /usr/local/Library/Formula/rtorrent.rb
==> Configuration
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 0.9.5
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew
HEAD: 45bc689b2a1af15c798fa01481b38da062e47e3f
Last commit: 53 minutes ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /usr/local/Cellar
CPU: 8-core 64-bit haswell
OS X: 10.10.3-x86_64
Xcode: 6.3.2
CLT: 6.3.2.0.1.1431401888
Clang: 6.1 build 602
X11: 2.7.7 => /opt/X11
System Ruby: 2.0.0-p481
Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Python: /usr/bin/python
Ruby: /usr/bin/ruby
Java: 1.8.0_40
==> ENV
HOMEBREW_CC: gcc-5
HOMEBREW_CXX: g++-5
MAKEFLAGS: -j8
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /usr/local/opt/openssl:/usr/local
CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH: /usr/include/libxml2:/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/Current/Headers
CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/Current/Libraries
PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/opt/libtorrent/lib/pkgconfig
PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR: /usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/Library/ENV/pkgconfig/10.10
ACLOCAL_PATH: /usr/local/share/aclocal
PATH: /usr/local/Library/ENV/4.3:/usr/local/opt/pkg-config/bin:/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/opt/gcc/bin

Logs:
     /Users/aaron/Library/Logs/Homebrew/rtorrent/01.configure
     /Users/aaron/Library/Logs/Homebrew/rtorrent/01.configure.cc
     /Users/aaron/Library/Logs/Homebrew/rtorrent/02.make
     /Users/aaron/Library/Logs/Homebrew/rtorrent/02.make.cc
     /Users/aaron/Library/Logs/Homebrew/rtorrent/config.log


texts:
I connected my iPhone to my MacBook Pro for the first time. I wanted to save photos from iPhone to Mac and get some music on my iPhone.

I, unknowingly, chose to restore backup rather than setting up as a new iPhone. Now I have lost pictures from my iPhone. How can I undo this is get my pictures back and the iPhone restored to its previous set of apps and configuration?


texts: Remote control of iPad pro from another touchscreen display

texts:
With AirServer I am able to display my iPad screen on another device.
Now, I would like to know what are the possible solutions to have a remote control of my iPad.

Unfortunately, Teamviewer or VNC are not allowing such thing.

Someone has an idea ?

Regards,

Kelson


texts: What does the undocumented switch, `-t`, do for the `mdutil` utility?

texts:
In the process of troubleshooting why my Time Machine setup was not completing any backup operations and hadn't finished backing my machine up since 4PM today — it's now 11:49PM —, I saw two suspicious console log entries as follows (btw: after a re-boot, Time Machine completed, but I'd still like to clean up my console log messages and/or spotlight, as the case may be):

*9/24/13 11:36:57.053 PM sandboxd[485]: ([484]) mdworker32(484) deny mach-lookup com.apple.PowerManagement.control (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:200000056 diag:0 uti:org.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 9288141)*

and

*9/24/13 11:37:57.524 PM sandboxd[499]: ([498]) mdworker32(498) deny mach-lookup com.apple.PowerManagement.control (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:200000056 diag:0 uti:com.microsoft.excel.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 2795200)*

I did as suggested, and rather than bore you all with that content (and have to figure out how to make it not auto-wrap in this field), here's the question:
  What does the undocumented switch, -t, do for the mdutil utility?  I've looked in the man page and several man pages online, and none document this switch.

Well, maybe I can format one of them:

whmcclos@mbp ~
$ sudo mdutil -t 9288141
dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/sudo) is setuid or setgid
Password:
/Users/whmcclos/Documents/Medical Expenses.xlsx
/Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/William’s MacBook Pro/2013-09-24-160438/Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Fireworks CS6/Adobe Fireworks CS6.app/Contents/Frameworks/ICUData.framework/Versions/4.0

OK - that wasn't hard - here's the other (I'm gettin' tired!):

whmcclos@mbp ~
$ sudo mdutil -t 2795200
dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/sudo) is setuid or setgid
/Users/whmcclos/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Excel Toolbars (12)


texts: iPad Air WiFi + Cellular, but no cellular settings?

texts: I have an iPad Air 16gb I bought off a popular classifieds website. It was advertised as WiFi only, and in the settings there is only WiFi. But when I look up the serial number on Apple's site, it says it's WiFi + Cellular. I've corroborated this on several other Apple serial lookup sites. Am I missing something? Is there something I have to activate to get the cellular settings to appear?


texts: Which files are transferred when using Transfer purchases from?

texts:
iTunes is still very confusing to me, and today I tried to upload a book on an iPad.

After adding one pdf file to the iBooks library on OS X, I tried to sync the iPad. Unfortunately, iTunes insist on erasing everything before synchronising the content, because it's not using the same iTunes library. Apparently, iTunes refuse to simply upload a file to the iPad.

At that point, I thought I could just transfer back the selection of books (not bought through any store, really just PDF files that happen to be on that iPad) and manually add them together with the new file I wanted originally. I have never been able to get the files back. It looks like Transfer purchases from ignore those files. (ITunes / Files / Devices / Transfer purchases from )

So I ended erasing the content of iBooks on the iPad to put a new file.
Am I missing something, or is iTunes just developed with frustration in mind ?


texts: MacBook Pro battery percentage jumping down and up

texts:
Recently, my 2011 MacBook Pro 13' produces strange instantaneous jumps in battery percentage. Sometimes, when it is discharging, it drops by ~40% (and if it was near or at less then 40%, it shuts down unexpectedly), sometimes (both when discharging or charging) it suddenly increases by 40%.

The output of coconutBattery shows that the maximum charge is at the half of the design capacity when the 40% is "missing":

Then the maximum charge seems to go back to normal:

System Report says:

Battery Information:

  Model Information:
  Serial Number:    W00030C0L77ZC
  Manufacturer: SMP
  Device Name:  bq20z451
  Pack Lot Code:    0
  PCB Lot Code: 0
  Firmware Version: 3
  Hardware Revision:    2
  Cell Revision:    100
  Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):   2979
  Fully Charged:    Yes
  Charging: No
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh):   2979
  Health Information:
  Cycle Count:  86
  Condition:    Normal
  Battery Installed:    Yes
  Amperage (mA):    0
  Voltage (mV): 12471

System Power Settings:

  AC Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    180
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Wake on LAN:  Yes
  Current Power Source: Yes
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:   0
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  0
  Battery Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    15
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  Reduce Brightness:    Yes
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  0

Hardware Configuration:

  UPS Installed:    No

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  ID:   0x0100
  Wattage (W):  60
  Revision: 0x0000
  Family:   0x00ba
  Serial Number:    0x002b46f4
  Charging: No

Should I suspect hardware failure, or is there something I might try to fix this erratic behavior?


texts: How to get Music to notice changes in mp3s, speficially album covers

texts:
I have 2 Macs and I'd like to sync my music collection between them.

I organize my music files myself so the options to "Consolidate files" and "Reorganizes files in the folder Media.localized" are off. "Keep Music Media  folder organized" is off (I'm not actually using the media folder). "Copy files to Music Media folder when adding to Library" is also off. This is because I have machines other than Macs and I try to keep the files synced across all machines.

In one Mac I see an album that is showing no cover. I pick "Get Info" and paste in a new cover image. I see that Music has modified all mp3s in that album and inserted the album cover as meta data directly in the mp3s. I can copy those mp3s to any other machines (Mac/Windows/Linux) and see the album cover is embedded in the mp3s.

I then sync those updated mp3s to another mac. Let's call it MacB. MacB had had the old "no album cover" mp3s but now I've replaced them with the new mp3s with embeded covers. I can see in the finder on MacB the covers are embedded. Example

But Music shows no covers

Clicking an album also shows no cover though if I select a track and choose "Play" there is a cover shown at the top

I tried picking "Music->Add To Library" and selecting my music folder (/Users/me/My Music).

It scanned many things but when it finished no covers.
I tried resetting the Music Media folder.

That seems unrelated although it did scan more things when I clicked it.
I tried deleting my "Music Library.musiclibrary" data.

Restarting Music asked me to setup my music library again. After 10 minutes of scanning all the music showed up but 98% of the albums now had no cover and my playlists were gone (expected but sucks). No idea why a few albums had covers. Music showed some message in the bottom left about something like "Scanning for gapless music" (I don't remmeber the exact message). That went on for about 10 minutes after which the CPU settled down but no album covers appeared.

I restored a backup of my .musiclibrary data so at least I'm back to the state I was in above.

Is there some way I can sync the album covers across machines? Maybe I need to sync the .musiclibrary file? That's scary as I might add new music separately on both machines. Syncing mp3s only that's not an issue but the music db that would be an issue.


texts: How to Map f2 to Ctrl u in Excel (to make cell editing easier)

texts:
Just upgraded to High Sierra on my MacBook air 2011.
Unfortunately my Excel keyboard shortcuts have stopped working - I was using Karabiner to map F2 (usual windows edit key) to use ctrl u, which makes it easier to use excel.
I had to also move to Karabiner-elements, as the version I was using isn't compatible with High Sierra.
I have attempted to write a .json file to setup a complex_modification, but it doesn't seem to work - the event viewer just shows the f2 key
Im using MacOS 10.13.6
Excel for Mac 2011 version 14.7.7
Karabiner Elements 12.6.9

The code I wrote is:

{
    "title": "F2 change to Ctrl U",
    "rules": [
        {
            "description": "F2 change to Ctrl U",
            "manipulators": [
                {
                    "type": "basic",
                     "from": {
                        "key_code": "2",
                        "modifiers": {
                            "mandatory": [
                "fn"
                ],
                "optional": [
                         "any"
                        ]
                        }
                    },
                     "to": [
                        {
                          "key_code": "u",
                          "modifiers": [
                            "left_control"
                          ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

What am I missing?
Thanks,


texts: Why can't I AirPlay mirror my iPhone XS FaceTime video to my AppleTV in landscape rotation?

texts:
I always did this in the past with my older iPhones and a 3rd Gen Apple TV: launch a facetime session, enable AirPlay mirroring to the TV and turn the phone sideways to get landscape mode so that the image would take up the entire TV screen.

My wife now has an iPhone XS and has been trying to do a landscape FaceTime with me while I'm away and it never fills the 46" HDTV. Yes, it rotates when she flips the phone, but it only rotates within the narrow vertical space, i.e. as if someone was to take a vertical video and display it on a widescreen TV.. massive unused space on left and right of image.

I've made sure that the "lock rotate" button is not enabled, but I can't find any reason why it isn't rotating into a landscape view and taking up the whole TV screen.

Any thoughts? Did Apple remove this feature for some reason?

EDIT: I found this link which someone seems to suggest it still works, but I can't find elsewhere on the internet anyone claiming it works.


texts: Finding and disabling unnecessary open ports on High Sierra

texts:
I know open ports let applications communicate with devices or applications on network or internetwork, however I have been using my MacBook for 5 years and I have installed and removed lot of things over time.

I will highly appreciate it if someone can please tell me how to list all open ports, and which ports are being open/used, and by which applications on my MacBook.


texts: How can i remap the eject key so i can use the the sleep shortcut on a Microsoft keyboard

texts: My new microsoft keyboard doesn't have an eject button which makes it impossible to put my  computer to sleep using the usual shortcut. Is there any way to remap the eject key to an existing key so i can continue to use the usual shortcut.


texts:
I've created an USB with Windows 10 from where I can boot:

Restart pressing option.
Select USB EFI partition.
Windows starts.

When EFI password is active it will be asked when booting pressing the option key, and unless I know the password I can't boot using a different partition.

I tried to set Windows as Startup Disk using System Preferences, but end up with this error:

  remove disk or other media press any key to restart

Is there any alternative to boot Windows from USB without pressing the option key, but behaves the same way and I'm not asked for the EFI password?

Here are some details, I'm on a MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) running OSX El Capitan 10.11.3 (15D21). Booting using a USB 3 with Windows 10.


texts: Merge two folders, without overwriting any files

texts:
I have a folder called "AeroFS", and another one called "AeroFS Backup".

"AeroFS Backup" contains everything that "AeroFS" contains, and more.

I need to merge "AeroFS Backup" back into the "AeroFS" folder, but not overwrite ANY existing files, even if they are newer.

I'm not particularly comfortable with terminal commands, but may give them a try.

Is there a free app that can do this without overwriting existing files at all?


texts: iTerm2 & Terminal show my Mac serial code

texts: I had problems with colours not showing in iTerm2 for me. I tried a few fixes I found online which didn't work and now my serial number of my laptop is showing in iTerm & Terminal. Anyone know how to remove this?


texts: How to export iCloud photos with proper datetime

texts:
I'm using Photos app on macOS to export iCloud photos, because it's easiest possible way.
The app itself is showing date and time of every photo in the header, but when Exporting the Originals everything is saved with wrong Date Modified/Created date. EXIF date is correct but f.e. pictures from internet don't have any metadata. Same applies to videos (no EXIF).

I tried AirDrop from iOS to macOS also, but same behaviour.
checked extended attributes (xattr and mdls) for correct date, but no luck..
checked datetime of local files in LocalMacbook.photoslibrary after setting Download Originals to this Mac. in Photos -> Preferences

The best I could get was Export all into subfolders named by "Moment Name". So I have at least date:

Is it possible to export photos/videos with correct date & time via Apple software? iOS/macOS Photos app is clearly able to display the correct date and time.
Photos version 4.0 (3461.7.160) on Mojave


texts: On the iPhone lock screen, how can I see just the number of unread mails?

texts:
As a Windows Phone user, I can see the number of new mails for an account on my lock screen.

I'd like to have the same effect on my iPhone, without seeing the mail's preview content. Is there a way to do this without jailbreaking the phone? Note that I realize I can have mails in my notifications area, but that involves seeing a mail preview.


texts: Can I listen to music from my iPhone with a Plantronics Discovery 665 Headset?

texts:
The headset supports the "Headset" and "Hands-Free" profiles.

I can make phone calls with it, but when I play music, it doesn't work.


texts: Local Email folders dont come up on new OS 10.8. What can I do?

texts: I just upgraded my from 10.6.8 to 10.8.5. However my local folders are gone. I just tried to use time machine to access them however the time line before I made the upgrade is in red. How can I access those local email folders?


texts: Is it possible to hide files from Terminal's ls?

texts: I am saving some files because I need to reinstall OS X, and noticed oddly high numbers of files in some folders. Is it possible for malware to hide files from ls?


texts: g5 ppc osx 10.5.8 i can't change administrator password

texts:
I have a problem with my G5 PPC with OS X 10.5.8. I bought this Mac from an English friend of mine. He forgot an administrator password. I don't have the system CD or Internet connection.

I tried to follow your instructions in other post (command+s) but this is what happens when I do that (on the Mac).

I wrote the command like post and i tried to write in different mode. If you look the last row the command was not found or nothing found to load.

Now i have a new problem. following your instruction this is the results !

i hope you can help me please step by step ... because i'am desperate

Excuse me for my english


texts: Daisy chain of two Dell U2414H to Macbook Pro Retina 13''

texts:
My MacBook Pro have only two thunderbolt ports.

My new external monitors are Dell U2414H connected to MacBook Pro using Display Port to Mini Display Port cable each one. In this situation I'm unable to connect Apple Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter cause of no free ports.

Next step I tried to connect monitors using Daisy Chain function this way:
On first monitor I enabled "Daisy Chain" function. On second (and the last one) I didn't change anything and left it disabled. Now I connected supplied cable (DP to MiniDP) to first monitor to DisplayPort and the other side (Mini DP) two second monitors MDP input. Than I connected only one cable (from first monitor) to first thunderbolt port of my MacBook Pro. Only thing I got was display mirroring. Two of My Dell's was mirrored.

My question is - Any chance two run it using Daisy Chain functionality? As far as I know MacBook thunderbolt ports compatible with MiniDP but...

Any chance to solve it?


texts: Terminal: Remove specific extension recursively

texts:
I have a folder, containing many other folders.

Some of the folders contained therein (at arbitrary depths) have a specific extension, let's say, .ext:

TopFolder
+ Folder1
| + Folder11.ext
|   +Folder111
+ Folder2.ext

I want to use Terminal to remove that extension from all folders in any subfolder so that it looks like this:

TopFolder
+ Folder1
| + Folder11
|   +Folder111
+ Folder2

I've played around with find and xargs, but I couldn't get it to work.


texts: iCloud Drive: My files can't be found on my iPad

texts:
I have 200go on my iCloudDrive and all my Documents folder is on the cloud.

On my iPad, with the Files app, I am able to browse in the folder hierarchy in Documents but ultimately the folders are not sync. Some files are missing, some folders also...

Why? What should I do?


texts: Can't bring up the menu bar while in full screen mode in El Capitan

texts: In Yosemite I could move the mouse to the top of the screen and the menu bar would show but under El Capitan it remains hidden. Is this a bug or is there a new way to display the menu bar while in full screen mode in 10.11?


texts: How to write to a Windows formatted disk from OS X?

texts:
I have 4 external hard disk formatted on Windows as NTFS, but they are lying unused since I bought a Mac. So I am looking forward somehow I should be able to write to those disc without having to format them! Is there anyway I can do that?

I also tried NTFS-3G but it is giving me this error!


texts: High Sierra 10.13.6 - Security update 2019-003 failing install

texts: My 15" MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) is running slowly since I attempted but failed to install Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra. After researching the problem, I discovered a number of reports indicating the update has failed other users and quickly decided I will wait for Apple to release an "updated" update. However, since attempting the failed install, my machine is running so slowly I can hardly use it. It's as if it's trying to move "under water". Something as simple as moving a document to a different folder stalls the machine as does opening a Web site. I've tried rebooting to no avail and testing the speed on my IP. I know enough about my Mac to realize that I know very little and am terrified to start opening folders and deleting things without advice from someone who knows what needs to be done. Now that I've revealed that I am a complete computer dodo, I hope not to embarrass myself further. History: I received an automatic update from the App Store that a restart was needed for Security Update 2019-003. However, when I clicked restart, my MacBook Pro changed to a black screen with only the cursor showing. The next morning nothing had happened and the only option I had was to do a hard shutdown and restart. When I saw the upgrade had not been installed, I continued after making room on my disk. After several failed attempts, I found information that the update had failed other users with the same circumstances that I encountered. My problem is that I don't know how to clear out the portion of the upgrade that is there and ready to install, that I believe is causing my machine to run so slowly. I've searched many times and ways but can find nothing on how to remove what was downloaded and pending installation after restart. Does anyone know where I can locate this on my Mac and how I can rid it from my life? The upgrade is obviously flawed and I just want it trashed from my machine. Any help is appreciated. Sincerely, Kathryn


texts: Alarm clock OS X with automator and password on wake up

texts: As there is no built in alarm clock in OS X, like in IOS, is there any way to set alarm clock via automator (playlist in iTunes), when Mac is in sleep mode and login password is required?


texts: The Safari icon indicates a question mark. And, it wont let me go to internet etc. How do I find the Safari app and activate it?


texts: SpeechRecognitionServer not found in Mavericks with applescript?

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I am trying to use an applescript to get speech input from a user and then perform and action. However, the code i'm using was made for osx lion. When I put it into applescript editor, the editor gives me a pop-up asking where "speechrecognitionserver" is. How do i find it? I'm on OSX mavericks right now.

the code is here:
http://media.pragprog.com/titles/mrhome/code/GivingYourHomeAVoice/osx-voice-automation.scpt


texts: Problem with updating apps in iPad 3 with iOS 7.1

texts: I have an iPad 3 with iOS 7.1. From April, 2014 I am having this strange problem. My iPad Apps won't update both manually and automatically. Every time I have to "Reset all settings" in the iPad and then only the apps would update. So please suggest how to solve this problem.


texts: OS-wide equivalent of "read later" list?

texts:
Is it possible to set up a shortcut so that whatever is in my clipboard goes into a specific text-file ?

The idea is to have an OS-wide inbox where I can send anything (img, pdf, text, url) quickly. Much like a generalized "read later" feature.


texts: Why does my iMac have one name under sharing, but then say 'new-host3.home' as well?

texts:
In Sharing, my iMac is called 'iMac Quad'. But right below it, its now saying new-host-3.home as well.

This also appears that it would then be on two domains - .local and .home.

How do I correct this? If I change the computer name, it won't change this.


texts: Remotely accessing Time Machine folder structure using Back To My Mac

texts:
I'm in Japan, and I have a Time Machine backup on a disk that's hooked up to my AirPort Extreme in New York. I can connect to the disk using Back To My Mac. The disk is quite old, and I have no backup of that backup, so I'd like to at least backup the Documents folder that's on it. While I can dig into the folder structure of the backup when accessing it from Japan, I can't get to the Documents folder itself. There are several Time Machine backup instances, and from what I gather about how Time Machine works, the folders within these instances are aliased to their corresponding folders in previous instances when data hasn't changed between backups.

My problem is that when I click on one of these aliased folders, I get a message about the alias being broken. I can't find the actual Documents folder itself. I know it has to be there because the drive size is given as 25 GB. Unfortunately, I have nobody in New York who is competent enough to help me. The disk was previously used to backup an iMac that died. Does anybody here have any advice?


texts: Why does macOS show 100% battery and fully charged when "Charge Remaining" is lower than "Full Charge Capacity"

texts: My Battery percentage shows 100% Mark. But I got this from the System Information section. Why does it say fully charged and shows 100% mark when the actual remaining charge is 95%?


texts: MacBook fan does not speed up causing overheating despite sensors and fan are ok

texts:
I have an issue with my Macbook pro retina 13 2014 (A1502):

despite high CPU usage, the fan spins constantly at 1300 RPM, which causes the CPU temperature raise up to 80C.

This happened after i heavily broke my macbook and tried to repair it by replacing its aluminium body, its broken screen assembly and its noisy fan (was a bit bended which caused noise).

All temperature sensors seem to work fine and I can manually adjust fan speed as well as it can be changed by MFC.

Also i tried 3 different fans and the situation doesn't change.

I tried to reset SMC, pram and to reinstall the system (was cooling down CPU manually, don't ask how)

Atm i am using MacFanControl to regulate the speed of the fan, but the issue is still present and causing some discomfort, like i can't install new OS because MFC doesn't run during OS installation and i am afraid of overheating.

Despite all components look good, the system doesn't regulate the speed of the fan.

It is interesting that after i disconnected touchpad the fan was speeding up normally when CPU temperature was raising. The downside of this was that macbook was constantly throttling , CPU usage was 300% and everything was very slow. I had the same symptoms when camera's cable was damaged.

Can anybody help me with this please?

Thanks


texts:
I want to buy LG 31MU97-B as a new external monitor for my Macbook Pro Retina 15" late 2013 with Intel Iris Pro only. But this monitor has real 4k resolution of 4096 x 2160!

Can i get this resoluton at 60Hz on my rMBP?


texts:
I frequently record my iPad (mini 2) screen with Quicktime. Has always worked just fine.
Now suddenly I get the error message "The operation could not be completed" everytime I try it. It appears the iPad disconnects from the Mac as soon as I select it as a source in quicktime.
It works fine with my iPhone, so it seems to be a problem with the iPad.
I tried different cables, rebooting all devices, and even reset my iPad. Still the same. Any idea what else I could do?


texts: Your system is out of application memory?

texts:
I clean installed Sierra two weeks ago and now I have a new persistent problem:
"Your system is out of application memory" box shows up while I am using Safari and forces me to quit all of my apps except finder.
Out of application memory?
My activity logs show that this just isn't the case.
I can see this being an issue all the way back to Mavericks when researching.
Any solutions?
Restart doesn't work.
Hard restart doesn't work.
Disk permissions repair doesn't work.
Deleted apps one at a time to see if they are the culprits (even though activity log shows this isn't the case). No dice.
I even brought my mac back to factory settings and clean installed Sierra.
Didn't work.

I'm being forced to close Safari (and subsequently every other open app like my VPN, iTunes, etc)about every 70-80 minutes.

mid-2010 i5 Imac, Sierra current version, iTunes current version

IPvanish current version


texts: Apple Script: 'activate' an application in fullscreen

texts: Im trying to run tell application "X" to activate on an application that is running in fullscreen, but its not working. Any ideas on how I can work around this and give focus to a running app in fullscreen?


texts:
The idea is that when somebody logs in to my Mac, a popup will show up and the date/time are written to a log.

I run the bash script from a cron job:

 @reboot ~/Develop/login.sh

(I know about launchd but choose to use cron, much easier)

the login.sh script:

#!/bin/bash
osascript <<EOD
  tell application "System Events"
  activate
  display dialog "Unauthorized Login" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon caution with title "WARNING!"
  end tell
EOD

echo "$(date) LogIn Alert" >> ~/Develop/login.log

I can execute the script with ./login.sh. All working well, the dialog is shown and login time is written to the log.

But when restarting my Mac the login date/time is written to the file (so the cron job is working), but the dialog is not popping up.

(I did look at the question Run AppleScript from bash script)

So my question is how to show this dialog when rebooting my Mac?
(macOS 10.12.3)


texts: One certain person can't hear me when I call.

texts:
I have an iPhone SE and when I tried calling my
Boyfriend, he couldn't hear me. I called my
Mom to see if it would happen but she COULD hear me. I could hear him clearly. This has never happened before and we've called multiple times. Why can he specifically not hear me? He used his phone earlier and was able to hear other people. What should I do to fix this?


texts: How can the macOS calendar show (1 more...) daily events in the month view?

texts:
When there are too many events on one day, the macOS calendar does not show all events. I know that resizing the window helps but the problem is still the same for more daily events. I was expecting that there is a popup window, as in the year view, when I click on "2 more...". However, nothing happens.
Is there an easy way to see all events?
(Another workaround may be to use a different calendar app)


texts: Make windows go completely off screen in "show desktop" hot corner

texts: Is there anyway to have it so when I go to the hot corner I have set to show desktop, the windows go so far off screen that neither them nor their shadow can be seen?


texts:
I have a working HE.net IPv6 tunnel configured on my Apple Airport Express but the rest of the machines on my LAN aren't picking it up automatically.  Connected machines work fine if I configure IPv6 on them manually.

Sniffing the network appears to show that there aren't any RA packets being sent.

I seem to recall reading that the Airport will only send RAs if it has a private (RFC 1918) address on its ethernet port.  Mine doesn't - I have public IPv4 addresses.

Can anyone confirm this, or offer a work around?


texts: Numbers for macOS: how to update a column of entries

texts:
In Numbers for macOS I have a column of entries, each entry (field) is just a single word. How can I update the whole column such that each entry will look like that instead:

<img src="field_content.jpg">


texts: I blocked someone from contacting me on iPhone. I then sent an angry message to them that I regret. Did they see the message?

texts: I know this sounds petty. It is. Regardless, I must know the answer. I was angry with the person I have an intimate relationship. I blocked him on my iPhone, in his contact profile, so that he could not contact me. I then sent him a message while I was still upset, a message I truly regret. Did he receive the message?? I still have him blocked because I don't think either of us are ready to talk.


texts: How to keep connections alive on ssh MacOS Catalina?

texts:
I am trying to keep connections alive to my university server. It keeps disconnecting after 2-3 minutes of inactivity and it gets very frustrating to keep relogging in. I tried many things online but I am unable to edit any of the files.

I have tried following instructions here: https://www.a2hosting.com/kb/getting-started-guide/accessing-your-account/keeping-ssh-connections-alive

Perhaps the problem is that I dont have a ~/.ssh/config file - changes I try to make to the below given files, I keep getting this:

-- INSERT -- W10: Warning: Changing a readonly file
E45: 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override)
"sshd_config" E212: Can't open file for writing

When I try to create it (copy and paste the command you use here), it says this:

mkdir: .ssh: Permission denied

I am happy to answer any further questions you may have :)

This is what my /etc/ssh looks like:

This is what ssh_config looks like:

and this is what my sshd_config looks like:

Is there a better guide to creating my ssh config so I can have my client ssh keep alive the connection to the server?


texts: How make BBEdit Color Scheme follow system dark mode setting

texts:
BBEdit has an awesome setting to make the application appearance match the selected editor color scheme – so when selected, if you select a dark color scheme in Preferences, it puts the app's chrome into dark mode.
I'm looking for the opposite. Is there a way to make BBEdit adopt the BBEdit Dark color scheme when the system is in dark mode, and the BBEDit Light color scheme when the system is not in dark mode? I don't think there's a simple BBEdit preference to do this, but BBEdit is legendarily AppleScriptable.
I use the awesome app Night Owl to switch my system between light and dark mode at sunrise and sunset, so I frequently change between light and dark modes for the OS, and I'd love it if BBEdit followed automatically. If there were an AppleScript that somehow either was triggered when the system changed modes, that periodically polled the system to see if it was light or dark and made sure that BBEdit was using the appropriate color scheme to match the system mode, or did something else creative to be sure that BBEdit used a light color scheme when I am writing things in the daytime and a dark color scheme when I am writing at night, that would be awesome.
In case it matters, I'm running BBEdit 12.6.7 and macOS 10.14.5.


texts: Can't use Bootcamp partition for Windows 8 installation

texts:
I'm trying to install Windows 8 with Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro.
Sadly it won't let me get past the disk partition choice (even after formatting the Bootcamp-drive).

It says:

  Windows can't be installed on this storage device. The chosen harddisk contains a MBR-partition-table. Windows can only be installed on GPT-harddisks on EFI-systems. freely translated

What is going wrong here?

Here's a photo:


texts: Is there a way to restore contacts from data.syncdb?

texts:
My friend's iPhone was stolen. I want to get her contacts back from iTunes. She didn't sync her contacts with Outlook or anything else. I found in her computer an data.syncdb file in

  C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\SyncServices\Local\TFSM\com.apple.Contacts

It's size is 64kb.

Is there a way to restore contacts from this file?


texts: Is there a quick way to delete Foldered bookmarks directly from Safari bookmark bar?

texts:
I like to group my bookmarks into Folders in the Bookmark Bar.

But I cannot find an easy way to delete these bookmarks!

The only way I know to do this is to go to Show All Bookmarks, then browse down to the shortcut and select it and delete it - this totally gets in the way of workflow.

Is there any way to delete a Foldered bookmark from the bookmark bar?!

NB - I am not talking about standalone bookmarks, deleting those is easy and intuitive.


texts: Can't access entirely shared HDD on Windows Server

texts:
So i have a whole entire network on windows, with a WS2012 R2 installed as Domain Controller, a few hiccups here and there but everything is working

I recently added a 6tb disk, and shared it all, it's pretty much their profiles disk.

Thing is, the mac in question, can't access that folder

It acesses everysingle other shared folder, no problem (he's the owner, so admin account) but that folder, it just can't.

It says it can't find the "can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found"

EDIT :

So more info on the problem.

I have 4 disks
Boot/Win
DATA
Production
Backups

There are multiple folders on DATA that are shared and the Mac acess it without problem.
Recently we formated the PRODUCTION folder and fixed loose folders leaving only 6 folders

Production/a
Production/b
...

We then shared the HDD with EVERYONE.

Now the problem

The windows machines have no problem accessing that share and the sub folders, but the Mac just wont connect.

Is it a ntfs problem? If so why does it acess the DATA hdd without problems? I tried to install fuse but don't know what to do after installing it

Is it a shared the HDD problem? Should I share the inside folders instead?

To mention the Production folder is a 3tb folder ntfs gpt


texts: I clicked a date on the Calendar Dashboard widget and was prompted whether I wanted to allow Dashboard access to my Calendar. Not realising what this meant, I did not grant access. Now, I would like to allow the widget access to my Calendar. How do I enable this?


texts:
I have a Drobo which is attached to my MacBook Pro via USB. When I boot into OSX Lion (and Snow Leopard before it) I would get a Drobo icon on the desktop. The icon looks like a shiny rendered picture of a Drobo with the funky blue and green lights.

After a little while the icon changes to a generic USB drive icon with a time machine logo on it. Is there any way to make it stay as a drobo icon, despite being a Time Machine backup volume?


texts: What's causing inadvertent "leave page" commands when typing in browser window?

texts:
An annoying thing mostly, but occasionally results in data loss. It happens when I am typing - as I am now - in a browser window in Firefox on my MacBook Pro (2016, Mojave 10.14.6).

When I'm typing on a SE site, I get a warning, asking for confirmation that I want to leave the page:

This is the same warning you'll get if you hit the "Back" button in Firefox after typing in a form that you've not yet posted. If I get the warning, obviously I select Stay on Page, and return to my work. But sometimes, I don't get the warning (or it happens in a flash); this is when I lose my data. The tab I'm typing in 'backs up' to the previous page instantly. When I go forward, the work/data I've entered is gone.

I've checked my touchpad settings & find nothing other than Swipe between pages that seems suspect. I disabled Swipe between pages over a year ago with no apparent effect.

Firefox also has some built-in shortcuts, but they don't look like suspects either:

I'm not a touch typist. The heels of my hands rest on either side of the touchpad while typing. I don't believe I am accidentally typing command + ←.

What is causing this? More importantly, how do I stop it? Is there any way to recover the data, or is it truly "lost"?


texts: Can't update application in another country apple store

texts:
I moved to Japan, and I have both the Indonesian and the Japanese application store.

But in Japan, when I tried to update my application, it said "verify your billing information", when I tried to verify and add payment information by adding my VISA credit card (Indonesian card) it said this payment method is not valid in this store, it seems like Japan only accepts the Japanese credit card, it won't accept another visa or master card from another country which seems so weird. I tried all methods, I changed to the Indonesian store, but it keeps detecting that my country/region is Japan, so it keeps rejecting although I changed the store, I think this is because some app that I downloaded is from Japanese store.

If I add a payment method in the Indonesian store, I can add billing information using the visa credit card.

When I update some application that I downloaded from Indonesian store, it working well, but when I tried to update apps that I downloaded from the Japanese store, it got stuck and required me to update the billing information.

So I cannot update any apps that I download from the Japanese app store. And this really sucks, because a lot of applications such as Google Maps not working well, because I can't update them.

And to get a credit card in Japan is so hard, because I need to have long term visa, good history of transactions, etc.

Is the only way to fix this to get a Japanese credit card or to buy another iPhone?


texts: How do I quit multiple versions of Firefox with Apple Script?

texts:
I have two versions of firefox. One has an application name "Firefox" and the other is called "Firefox 2".

I'd like to tell AppleScript to close both instances of Firefox. Here's my code

tell application "Firefox" to quit
tell application "Firefox 2" to quit

It's weird because I can type this into Script Editor, but when I press save it always turns into this.

tell application "Firefox" to quit
tell application "Firefox" to quit

I ran this code and I'll put the output below.

tell application "System Events"
    set theVisibleApps to (name of application processes where visible is true)
end tell

{"Finder", "Terminal", "Script Editor", "firefox", "firefox"}

And here's the error code: error "Firefox got an error: Connection is invalid." number -609

How do I make sure they both close?


texts:
I am using MacBook Pro which is running macOS Catalina 10.15.4. Recently my MacBook was suddenly shutdown. I actually don't know why it has happened but After booting again I found there is no Notes in my Notes App. It was totally blank. I took a backup of the full Macbook through the time machine app after a certain time every month. I found there are at least 7-8 backup folders with different dates in my Backup device (Portable SSD). Now I want to know how I can get my Notes back from my backup device?
Thanks


texts: iPhone 5 and 5s lock screen flashing Apple logo

texts:
We have three iPhones in my house: two 5's and one 5s. Over the past 6 months every few weeks they glitch. What happens is that at exactly midnight eastern time all three phones start showing the lock screen for two seconds, followed by a second of a black screen, followed by five seconds of the Apple logo on a white background. During this time the phone is running. When on the lock screen you can actually swipe left and start entering your unlock code, but you will get interrupted. This usually goes on for at least 6 hours. Hard resetting the phone does not fix it: you just boot to the same state. Restoring from a backup does fix it and seems to be the recommended solution on the Apple forums.

If I do not do a restore from backup, the problem resolves itself usually by around 10am.

This happened with all iOS 7 updates including the 7.0.4.

This is a huge problem. First, it lights up the whole room and drains the battery. If not on the charger, the phone will die and our alarms will not go off. If on the charger, the phone will keep buzzing like you just plugged it in. BTW, we use standard Apple cables and chargers. Restoring from backup takes a long time and I do not wish to do that for three phones in the middle of the night. There are of course other inconveniences, like not being able to dial 911.

Someone please tell me I am not alone in having this issue. It seems like a huge bug in iOS and in just a bit I am going to try to call Apple to see if I can figure out how to report it. In the meantime, I'd just like to see if the three iPhones in my house are the only ones that are experiencing this or if this is widespread.

Edit: Turns out an iPad Air we have also had the same problem. The only iOS device that did not is a third generation iPad.

Edit 2: Just called Apple. Their senior support person has never heard of this issue, so they are escalating to the development team. We'll see what they say...

Edit 3: Have not experienced the same issue but never heard back from Apple. Seems like the 7.1 update helped. If anyone else is still experiencing this issue, please respond.


texts: How do I reclaim the "other" space on my iPad?

texts:
I have 3.3 gigs of space in the "other" category on my 16 gig iPad. The space for "other" has grown over time.
I've synced. I've powered down. I've turned all running apps off.
How do I reclaim this used space that I'm not using?


texts:
My wife's MacBook Pro running macOS 10.14.3 suddenly developed a problem with Thunderbird 60.7.0.

It cannot connect to any email server and produces an error "Could not connect to server" "The connection was ref..."

I have checked the email accounts, and can logon from Google Chrome on my iMac and on her computer.

What steps can we take to resolve this without losing existing emails?

Time Machine backup (about a week ago) and a fresh backup just now.
Time & Date OK.
I deleted Thunderbird app, and re-installed from a fresh download. Problem remains (as expected).


texts:
Update:
After the two answers so far I have moved the goalposts slightly. I need multiple selections & tabs - the existing answers; one has multi-select capability, the other gives me tabs, which I've realised is the way to go.

I decided the best way to keep track of a catalogue of published photographs without disturbing their original hierarchy was to drag aliases across to a separate location.

However, many use-cases require the original; they can't cope with having the alias itself dropped to, eg a web site, or Photos.app

Right click - Show Original insists on showing it inside the same window container, so going back to the alias folder loses its place, the selection is gone. In a large folder, this really tests your memory as to where you were up to.

Is there any way to force it to open in a new window, similar to Cmd/double-clicking a folder, thus keeping your place in the folder of aliases?

Currently on High Sierra 10.13.4


texts: How can I create plaintext files with Markdown syntax and convert them to PDF format?

texts:
I am very much a novice at this, so please bear with me.

I'm intrigued by the idea of using Markdown. I want to be able to write my stuff in a plaintext editor on OS X and iOS and save it in Dropbox in .txt format using a Markdown syntax. I don't want to save my files in markdown format but as plain text. I need support for footnotes, so the Multimarkdown syntax seems like an obvious option.

What tools can I use on OS X and iOS to convert my .txt files, marked up with a Markdown syntax, to .pdf format? Is this even possible?

Thanks for reading.


texts:
iPad connects to Wifi but not to Internet is similar, but has no answer, and is incorrectly tagged a duplicate of one that refers to a laptop.

Our iPad with up-to-date O.S. can connect to either of our two WiFi SSIDs or to an iPhone hotspot.  Settings shows the connection, but the WiFi/hotspot icons do not appear in the status bar, and internet access stalls.

Router is a Airport.  DNS was an IPv6 address first and 1.1.1.1 second.  I changed it to 1.1.1.1 first and 8.8.8.8 second.  Didn't help.  Then changed IP address from auto (DHCP) to an arbitrary high number in our netmask range (in case a static IP device was on the same address).  Still nothing.

MacBook Pro and iPhone are exchanging data via iCloud and Dropbox with no problem.

UPDATE: Two-button reboot had no effect, but one-button reboot fixed it.  Oddly, however, about an hour later, the iPhone had the same symptoms.  And a reboot did not fix this one.

UPDATE 2: Eventually, the iPhone started working.  But then the iPad started doing it again.  Every time it happened was immediately after establishing a link between Account Tracker Pro and Dropbox on that particular device.  BUT, this problem has happened three times, and the Dropbox connection was done six times.


texts:
I recently updated to OS X 10.11, El Capitan. After the update one iPhoto (Version 9.6.1, Released Mar 20, 2015) update from the App Store is not getting installed. It shows:

Update unavailable with this appleID
This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled.

If this particular update is not available, How to remove the 1 Update available message from AppStore and the red badge from AppStore dock icon.


texts:
I have to copy and paste a lot of stuff and it bugs me when the formatting is copied over, In pages there's a way to paste using the destination formatting but the keyboard shortcut is 4 keys long which annoying.

Is there anyway to change the in-app shortcuts or generally just swap them around so cmd + V will paste and match the style?

I've already looking in system preferences but I can't see anything like this


texts: I am using a Mac and I use Macvim for programming. If my program happens to go into an infinite loop and I have to quit Macvim and restart it due to this the program will restart but the program process keeps running. I realized this when I opened up my activity monitor and see "program foo" is still running at about 99% cpu usage! I can easily shut down the process from activity monitor but is there a way to prevent this? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Test is the file the loop went into. I created it to show an example.


texts: Logging Into A Mac using only an iOS Device?

texts:
If a keyboard becomes non functional, and a replacement is not readily available, or you may wish to login remotely to your Mac from another location perhaps:

What options exist (if any) to login to one's Mac computer using only an iPhone or iPad ?


texts: VNC connection to Mavericks Screen Sharing drops WiFi connection

texts:
Whenever I try to connect to Screen Sharing on my 2012 Air from my Linux desktop, the Air's WiFi connection drops. I suspect this has something to do with Screen Sharing trying to present a login screen, and if I'm actually in front of the Air and I'm very quick on the draw, I can quickly re-select the WiFi network and get VNC to connect, but if I'm really "remote" I'm in trouble.

I tried

$ cd /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/
$ sudo ./airport en0 prefs DisconnectOnLogout=NO

as suggested for a related problem in this answer (adjusted for en0 instead of en1) but to no effect.

Any other undocumented prefs or other workarounds that might help here? Or do I have to install a third-party VNC server?


texts: rbenv not overriding default Ruby version

texts:
I used the thoughtbot laptop script to setup a new Macbook Air (OSX 10.10.5), but when I navigate within a Rails project that contains a .ruby-version file, running commands such as rails s returns an errors of: Your Ruby version is 2.0.0, but your Gemfile specified 2.2.3.

Running rbenv local within the same directory gives the correct version of 2.2.3.

I'm running the commands in zsh with the following .zshrc:

export PATH="$HOME/.bin:$PATH"
eval "$(rbenv init - --no-rehash zsh)"

# recommended by brew doctor
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(rbenv init -)"
if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi

I just want to be able to run the Rails app locally and will use something other than rbenv for Ruby version management if need be.


texts: Back up only actual files in directory structure

texts:
I want to backup my savegames:

+ /Library/Containers/com.doublefine.dfaosx/***
+ /Library/Containers/com.doublefine.dottosx/***

I initially wanted to do this as part of a larger rsync backup. However, because of some macOS sandbox insanity, the folders include dozens of symlinks that I don't want to backup up, and excluding these has proven difficult with rsync (see related question).

How can I backup only the valuable savegame files and exclude the symlinks, without explicitly specifying a lot of subfolders. I want to specify "Back up all real files under this root folder, excluding symlinks and subfolders that don't ultimately contain a real file".

I tried zip also, but it doesn't even seem to have an option to exclude symlinks. Can tar do it? It would be best if rsync can do it, but if not, any standard Unix tool would be acceptable.

The files I want to backup are as below. Of course I could specify them explicitly, but I want to learn a way to backup real files and ignore symbolic links without getting specific about it.

Library/Containers/com.doublefine.dfaosx/Container.plist
Library/Containers/com.doublefine.dfaosx/Data/Documents/BrokenAge/saves/*
Library/Containers/com.doublefine.dfaosx/Data/Library/Saved Application State/com.doublefine.dfaosx.savedState/*

The files in saves are called auto.sav, auto.cav, slot_1.sav, slot_2.sav and then some.

Example of symbolic links are (there are about 60 of these, most of which are irrelevant for the game, they are just created by default as a means of reaching some Library files):

Library/Containers/com.doublefine.dfaosx/Data/Library/ColorPickers


texts: connecting display with only usb-c ports to macbook pro 2014 (no usb-c ports)

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I'm inspecting a 4K monitor that has USB-C port only. I'd like to connect it to macbook pro 2014, which doesn't have an USB-C type of port.

I found some adapters that can convert between ports, but I am sceptic whether signal can be upgraded from older usb-3 port to usb-c? Is there any data loss?

Background:
As you might know, issues with external displays and Apple devices are quite common. For this particular model, Apple has an official site in where it explains that this particular monitor is not compatible with devices that are older than 2015.

I am curious, if this is just because port incompatibly and whether this can be solved by using adapters.


texts: How can I clean a MagSafe power port on my MacBook Air

texts: There appears to be a few small metallic fragments clinging to the magnet around the port where the MagSafe power connecter attaches to my MacBook Air. I can still get the cord to (mostly) seat, enough to charge the computer, but it's not as snug a fit as it used to be. How can I clean my MagSafe port?


texts: Completely delete an app and the app's cache from iPad

texts:
I've got an app on my iPad Mini that has a weird bug; the app in question is Trello and whenever I try to write a new card it changes the columns to display sideways and half off the screen.

I've tried to get around this by just deleting the app and re-installing it from the app store, but when I do that it has the same bug (I've tried the app on other iPad minis and it works fine) so I'm guessing some of the settings / content of the app are cached on the iPad - is that correct?

If so is there a way to delete an app and its cached content / data at the same time?


texts:
Mail.app is stuck copying messages from an Exchange account to an iCloud account. I've tried re-adding the Exchange account several times to no avail.
I suspect it's because of a single message. Is there any way to find out which particular message is the culprit? Mail.app doesn't seem to transfer in chronological order.


texts:
(Sorry about the title, I had trouble figuring out what to name it).

Anyway, a few days ago, someone asked me if they could text me. I readily agreed but then discovered that they couldn't because if they sent to my email it went to my email.

I don't want that person's stuff in my email, I want it in my texts.

So, I did all that prefacing... All I would like to know is, what information does my friend need to be able to text me? (Yes, the person does have an Apple).

**I'm currently running iOS 8.3 on my iPod touch **


texts: How to clean boot menu and check/clean mbr

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I had successfully installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my mac mini (bootcamp install) but Windows crashed during the upgrade to Release Preview and I removed it a result. But there seem to be some traces of it left.

How do i remove the efi boot entry from the mac's boot menu. I managed to mount the efi partition and deleted the windows folder in it but i still get an efi boot option when I press the option key at startup (of course selecting this entry does nothing now). Is there a boot menu file with the default entries ?

When I try to install windows 8 release preview with bootcamp again (bootcamp does the partition, creates the bootable usb key from the iso and download the windows software) I get the error message :

"The selected disk has an MBR partition table.  On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks"

Yet I see no mbr partition, so I assume there must be some traces left by the windows installer on the mbr of the disk. Is there a way to clean it up ? Or does the error message come from something else ?

EDIT : bmike's suggestion worked


texts: Migrate content of Notes App from 10.11 machine to new 10.13 machine

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I need to get all my notes from my old machine (10.11) to my new machine (10.13) and I was thinking that it would be super easy by copying over a few folders but unfortunately, that doesn't really work as Notes on the new machine is still empty.

What I have tried:
Copy over the following folder
~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes

This didn't help - when I start notes it's empty.
I did find a topic here on how I can get the data out of the sqlite database but that's raw data and need time to sort.

I can hear a lot of you say iCloud already but I don't wan't to mix my personal Apple ID with a work computer. Aside from that I don't like iCloud all that much. Sure it has good features and I use those, but those not so great features are not so nice to say the least.