texts: Do Pages, Numbers and Keynote for Mac/iOS offer real-time collaboration on shared documents like Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iCloud do?

texts:
In Pages and Numbers (I guess Keynote too) for iCloud if you share a document and then send the link to other people you get real-time collaboration between the contributors as they edit the document and you can see the edits taking place live.

Does this work on Pages and Numbers for Mac/iOS?


texts: Is it possible to set the JAVA_HOME env in El Captitan?

texts:
I am unable to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable osx. I added the following line to my .bash_profile

export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`

and sourced it afterwards; yet when I printenv or attempt to echo it, I see nothing in Terminal.


texts: USB 3.0 to gigabit ethernet keeps crashing system with 10.10.1/2

texts: I have this Realtek USB 3.0 to gigabit ethernet adaptor. Using either the included drivers for OS 10.8.x or the official Realtek drivers from December 2014, it hard crashes the system every 5-10 minutes. I have about 120 GiB of data to transfer to a 13" Pro Retina and no external HDD - is there a way to make the Realtek adaptor work under 10.10.x or a quicker way to transfer my data?


texts:
If I am to purchase an Apple Watch in NYC to be used by a relative in Amsterdam, can I purchase a SIM unlocked watch and expect it to work with any of the carriers? If not, which carriers will support cellular Apple Watch.

As I understand it, the eSIM inside the watch is not removable and copies the SIM info from the iPhone.


texts: How to: Multiple iOS Enterprise Applications inhouse

texts:
I am trying to develop two separate applications for our company using the Enterprise Program.
Regardless of what I've tried, the second app always replaces the first app...

Create iOS Production cert1, download, keychain, upload, Provisioning Profile 1 created.

Repeat iOS Production cert2, download, keychain, upload, Provisioning Profile 2 created.

I am not sure why I have gone wrong. Is there a step I need to take differently?
////
edit:
I have gone back to Apple and created a second app id.. the bundle identifier is the same. I used com.domain.* and org.domain.* for both. It will not allow me to create a third (understandably) ... Will we be limited to two apps total?


texts: Is there any difference between zooming and cropping on iOS?

texts:
iOS devices with cameras allow the user to "zoom" into the image being captured. This does not move any lenses or anything; it is a digital zoom and is conceptually equivalent to cropping in post.

However, I would like to know if there is any (however small) difference in output between an image that is captured while zoomed in and one that is only cropped after the fact.


texts: OS X unknown ghost text expansion automatically!

texts:
From yesterday, every time I type two characters "p" and "i" in serial, it will turn into "ssh pi@10.210.100.45", like this:

And I have checked my system settings System Preferences → Keyboard → Text, it's empty, also unchecked the Correct spelling automatically.

It really confused me, imagine that each time I type "ping some.domain" or some words contains "pi".
Does somebody know how can I turn this feature off?

As @Alistair McMillan commented, I post the EtreCheck Result in gist.


texts:
My iPhone 6S on IOS 9.3.2 has been set in iTunes so that it automatically backs up to iCloud. However it only backs up if I manually choose to do so from the iPhone.

The phone is charged at night and has a working WiFi connection, it is running a sleep monitor app.

Why is it not backing up and what do I need to do to make it do so?


texts: Unlocking new Mac not working with Apple Watch

texts:
I've grown accustomed to the convenience of being able to unlock my MacBook Pro with my Apple Watch, but I just got a new Mac Mini, and no matter what I do, it is not unlocking it for me.

I have checked "Use your Apple Watch to unlock apps and your Mac" in System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General.  And I am able to use my watch to unlock (e.g.) settings in the Privacy tab of that same System Preferences pane, like Accessibility settings.  I just can't unlock the computer itself.

What could be wrong? Why would this work on one computer and fail on another (newer) one?


texts: How to sync time between Windows and OS X?

texts:
I'm using OS X Mountain Lion with Windows 8 installed via Boot Camp. When I switch between Windows and OS X the time in each operative system is different, exist a difference approximately of 4 hours with the same Time Zone.

So, I need to change the time when start Windows or OS X, but automatically change the time of the other operative system.

Exist any trick that solved this issue using the same Time Zone?

Thanks.


texts: Unable to fully maximize Terminal window

texts:
I am trying to maximize my Terminal window so that it goes from edge to edge. I do not want to take it full-screen.
However, I am observing that I am unable to do so and despite by best effort, there's a tiny gap that remains at the bottom of the window. The same can be seen in the screenshot below:

I do not encounter this behvior with other macOS apps, just the Terminal app. Is this by design? or could this be a possible bug with the app?


texts: How do I specify which bluetooth devices can wakeup my iMac?

texts:
I've seen many posts regarding bluetooth headphones waking up people's Macbooks, and the solution is usually to uncheck the advanced bluetooth setting which allows for devices to wake up a sleeping computer.
I have an iMac so it's not as simple as opening my laptop to wake it up. I would like to be able to wake it up using my mouse or keyboard but not have it wake up when I open my headphones, turn on my AVR, etc.
Note: I have already attempted to "forget" my AVR from my iMac, but still when I go to turn on my AVR to watch TV my iMac wakes up. I have found the AVR in my com.apple.Bluetooth.plist DeviceCache, but it doesn't seem as though I can edit it. It says I need to find it in Finder, which I've been unable to do. I'm not even sure if deleting the cashe would do it though.


texts:
Before, Apple would send an email when my Apple ID was used to login to Find my i
iPhone on another device. Did Apple take away the email notification when your Apple ID is used to login to Find my iPhone?


texts:
Is there a way to exclude specific apps from Spotlight search results? For example, in my daily workflow I rarely open iTunes. So when I want to open iTerm2 it would be great to save the extra keystrokes if Spotlight knew ignore that application from the list of search results. Similarly, when I want the App Store, I prefer using my Launchpad dedicated Hot Corner. I'd love to Spotlight to Airmail without the extra strokes it requires to get past the App Store suggested...

One alternative would be third party tools, a la Quicksilver, Alfred, etc and setting up dedicated key bindings. I'm a bit of a binding junkie but hesitate with setting universal patterns that might impede applications I've overlooked.

As far as I can tell it seems Spotlight's search preferences are limited to the broad strokes but is it possible to hide specific apps from the results?


texts: Can't print remotely with "lpr" command unless I log in to remote Mac

texts:
I have remote access to a Mac and I'm trying to print over command line using lpr.
However, the command is stuck until I log in to the remote Mac and press an icon to confirm the password already stored in Keychain.
Can I print remotely without logging in to the remote Mac?


texts: Rsync 3.1.2 and High Sierra sparse bundle problem

texts:
For over a year, I've been using rsync to add a layer of archiving to my systems. It has worked fine.

I recently upgraded the computers to High Sierra. My server contains a volume incorporating a sparsebundle. In the past, this volume (/Volume/Videos) archived without problems. Once I ran my script on High Sierra, it fails with:

 rsync: unpack_smb_acl: sys_acl_get_info(): No such file or directory (2)
 rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1178) [sender=3.1.2]

I've been using rsync 3.1.2 with the -aAXE options to get the ACLs,etc. For this single volume, I'm now trying the default rsync without those options, and it appears to be working. Later, I'll try again with rsync 3.1.2 and no AXE options.

Has anyone else seen this behavior in High Sierra?
Does anyone have an explanation about why it is happening?


texts: How to restore previous iPhone backups (not the latest one)

texts:
I messed up with my contacts a bit on iPhone 5 and then did not do the smartest thing — connected it to the computer and it backed up, erasing all previous contacts from the computer too.

However, in \AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup folder (Win7) there are some previous backups for my iPhone (from November, October, etc.), which hopefully contain the contacts.

iTunes does not see the earlier backups, only the latest one.  Although all the files are together in the iPhone backup subfolder with long gibberish name.  Neither other recovery soft can see the previous backups.

My guess is that Info.plist, Status.plist and similar files are responsible for that.

How can I backup from previous backup files and not from the latest? Do Info.plist, Status.plist, etc. have to be changed / deleted?

Many thanks in advance.


texts: Open two applications in full spit screen using Bash script

texts:
I am trying to write a Bash script to open two applications in full split screen, for example:

#!/bin/bash

LESSON="$1"

echo operating on lesson $LESSON

open /Applications/Pages.app /Users/username/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents/$LESSON*
open /Users/username/courses/chemistry/$LESSON*

This works, but I want to open Pages and Preview in full screen and split view.


texts:
My husband and I share the same iTunes account but when we sync our iPhones to the same account, we can no longer text each other.

I've tried starting my own account in which the iTunes will sync but all of my contacts and calendar events are no longer on my phone.

What can I do?


texts: Your computer can't be shut down now, because software is being installed

texts:
I was trying to install Microsoft Office 2011 when the installer hanged (and it is not going anywhere, I waited about 12 hours before trying to reboot this macbook). Now I can't restart this macbook until the installer finishes.

Is there a easy way to locate what process is preventing my mac from restarting?


texts:
Yesterday, I just installed Open Sans fonts family because I need it for developing apps in Xcode and to create some design in design software. Today, I see that almost all the text that should be using default fonts now using Open Sans Condensed instead, including some websites and some apps like Whatsapp chat bubbles. Open Sans Condensed is really bad for reading. How can I change the default font back to whatever the default system font was, but not turning off or deleting Open Sans font family because I need them?

For example, the font displayed on Whatsapp chat bubbles should be like the "Type a message" font.

The default font on website is also affected.


texts: Does anyone know of an editor than can open/read SNES 4BPP graphics files? Or at least one that can convert to/from this format?


texts: Why does iPhone and iPod touch auto-brightness setting work relative to a brightness you set rather than absolute?

texts: iPhone and iPod Touch aside, I've always considered manual brightness and auto brightness to be mutually exclusive settings.  Intuitively, auto brightness means exactly that - the device figures it out.  Why is the iOS auto brightness setting implemented relative to the manual brightness setting rather than absolute?  In other words, why is manual brightness even an option when auto brightness is selected?


texts:
Following on from my previous question entitled "What is the function(s) of the hidden Debug menu in Disk Utility?".

How do I enable the Debug Menu via Terminal command or otherwise, thereby increasing the functionality of Disk Utility ?


texts: Question regarding how Mac Security works with FileVault off

texts: If FileVault is off, I know my disk is unencrypted but I don't quite understand what that means in regards to unauthorized access. How exactly would someone get into my Mac if it weren't encrypted, since I already have a password on it?


texts: Use security to get a list of Keys in Keychain based on type?

texts:
I'm successfully using security to fetch keys from my Keychain via their label, e.g.:

security find-generic-password -l "PDF Encryption"

However, I'm trying to build a UI that offers me a CHOICE of keys to decrypt. Specifically, I'm only interested in the keys that I MANUALLY ADDED via Keychain Access. These show the Kind: Application Password when viewed in Keychain Access:

Unfortunately, I can't seem to come up with any command/filter/search to come up with this list. When I specifically call one out via label, or use dump keychain, I see the following data for each key:

keychain: "/Users/jay/Library/Keychains/vault.keychain-db"
version: 512
class: "genp"
attributes:
    0x00000007 <blob>="PDF Encryption"
    0x00000008 <blob>=<NULL>
    "acct"<blob>="PDF Encryption"
    "cdat"<timedate>=0x32303137313030323032333433385A00  "20171002023438Z\000"
    "crtr"<uint32>=<NULL>
    "cusi"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "desc"<blob>=<NULL>
    "gena"<blob>=<NULL>
    "icmt"<blob>=<NULL>
    "invi"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "mdat"<timedate>=0x32303137313030323032333433385A00  "20171002023438Z\000"
    "nega"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "prot"<blob>=<NULL>
    "scrp"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "svce"<blob>="PDF Encryption"
    "type"<uint32>=<NULL>

Unfortunately, it looks like every bit of data except for account and service are set to NULL. But, I don't seem to be able to search via NULL.

Is there any direct way to get a list of these keys?


texts: Automatically quit Terminal when typing exit

texts:
Scenario
I use terminal to SSH a lot, however would like the Terminal App to quit when the last Tab closes using exit. I already have the terminal window itself set to close on successful exit, however Terminal keeps running. I followed Ricky Campbell's tutorial here which uses an AppleScript to quit terminal. The AppleScript works perfectly when running outside of Terminal, however I somehow can't get the trap command to work that needs to be placed in the terminal.
For reference I will post the relevant text here:

Now we need a way to kickoff the script. This can be done with the bash command “trap”, having it listen for the EXIT signal. Since I want this to happen everytime my user opens a shell, I add it to my .profile file. I do this with nano:
$ nano ~/.profile
In this file add the following somewhere. You may need to edit the path to the AppleScript file you created earlier:
trap '/usr/bin/osascript $HOME/Scripts/QuitTerminal.scpt' EXIT
All this does is listen for the EXIT signal within bash and when it gets it, runs the script we created earlier.

Question
How do I go about troubleshooting this problem. For some reason the trap is not firing or working the way it should, even after numerous reboots. Is there an alternative way to get the Terminal App to close when the last tab exits?
Solution
The links provided by Dori led to the solution. The article suggest that the trap command should be in .profile, when in fact it has to be placed in .bashrc. Moving it to the correct script fixed the problem.


texts: Reset different computer's Time Machine backups to certain time

texts: I have two Macs on Yosemite, and one got a malware/adware bug that will not go away. I am going to do a fresh install, and would like to use Time Machine to restore to the point before the malware was installed (I know the time it happened). Can I use my working mac to reset the bad macs time machine folder to the appropriate time? I have seen many other posts on using tmutil to do similar things, but not this exactly. Thanks!


texts: Cannot join wifi network - "please move closer"

texts:
I have a macbook pro running osx. It is identical to many others in my office. I am the only one who cannot connect to the office wifi network. I can connect to other networks just fine, but when I try to connect to this one specific network a dialog box replies with

The Wi-Fi network "office" could not be joined.

Try moving closer to your wireless router. Alternatively, run Wireless Diagnostics to troubleshoot.

Moving closer is not the solution. Diagnostics spits a lot of info, within which the wifi log is contained. During the join attempt the wifi log reported:

Tue Apr 22 14:37:28.028 <airportd[101]> composeEFIJoinParam: Invalid security type
Tue Apr 22 14:37:28.029 <airportd[101]> writeRecoveryNetworksToNVRAM: could not compose EFI join params
Tue Apr 22 14:37:28.029 <airportd[101]> _handleNewMessage: Received XPC message, event = USER_REQUEST_EVENT, pid = 175
Tue Apr 22 14:37:28.029 <airportd[101]> _handleNewMessage: Received XPC message, event = DEBUG_FLAGS_EVENT, pid = 1023

How can I solve this?


texts: TextWrangler: How to do a Find then Replace: How to Specify what text to find and what text to replace

texts:
I'm stuck what most would think is one of the basics of editing with TextWrangler - how to do a find/replace!

In Notepad++ on Windows, the Replace is, to me, very straight forward: you select it from the menu and a pop up windows appears with a 'find what' field and a 'Replace with' field. You enter in those what you need to find and replace, respectively. And it does the job.

Not so on TextWrangler on the Mac: Sure, there's a replace option under the 'Search' menu. But that's it - no guideance or prompting as to what to do. No pop up prompt or anything.

I'm sure it works and perhaps I need to relearn for the ways of TextWrangler, but a Google Search and a look the TextWrangler manual gave me no clues. So I came here :) Please advise me, it would be appreciated. Thank you.


texts: Single key shortcut to invoke Launchpad or Spotlight

texts:
I've just switched to macOS. I'm wondering if there is a way to show Launchpad and Spotlight using single button shortcut, like Windows does with Window key and the Start bar?

It would be very handy to me (possibly without external softwares..).


texts: Force Quit Disk Utility to Cancel 7 pass Erase and Now Disk is not usable

texts:
I accidentally performed a 7 pass erase on my usb drive, and I don't want to wait that long time so I forced quit the Disk Utility. However, after doing that I found out that my disk is kind of unusable. I couldn't format it nor could I erase it since it would give me the error

Error: -69888: Couldn't unmount disk

Below is the information of my usb drive right now, what should I do to make this usb usable again?


texts: Why does deleting a Mac OS X app leaves its shortcut in the Launchpad?

texts: Whenever I delete an app from the Applications folder, its shortcut stays in the Launchpad. In order to delete it, I have to click on it (a question mark appears), and then drag to the trash can. Is it a bug, or does this mean I am doing something wrong?


texts: Disable bluetooth keyboard for second mac

texts:
I've searched through some sites and couldn't find any solution for my problem, so finally landed here :)

I have two mac's in my job - one has bluetooth keyboard, one wired. I want to permanently disable bluetooth keyboard for that with wired keyboard. Now it automatically pairs with Mac which is first turned on. How I can do that?

Thanks!


texts: How do you clone an internal drive to an external one, and why?

texts:
I am trying to fix my hard drive so that it can be formatted as APFS. Another Stack Exchange post suggests I must do the following:

  Full clone of internal drive to external drive using SuperDuper!
  Reboot from external drive
  Reformat internal drive as APFS
  Full clone of external drive to internal drive using SuperDuper!
  Reboot from internal drive

My question is:

Why do I have to clone the internal drive to an external drive and then reboot from the external drive? What does this accomplish?

I then have to reformat the internal drive as APFS, will this somehow be more possible once I have rebooted from the external (yet cloned internal) drive?

Why is it more possible to format the internal drive as APFS once it is cloned to an external drive? And, when they say "reformat the internal drive as APFS", do they mean the clone of the internal drive that now resides on the external drive, or the actual internal drive that was left behind when the original internal was sent to the external?


texts: Safari and desktop apps have connectivity issues, but chrome and ping work

texts:
I have a 16 inch Mac book Pro, which I have been using for the past 8 months.
It is connected to my home wifi network. In my home wifi network there are other devices like a 15 inch Mac book Pro, couple of iPhones, Amazon Firestick, Alexa etc and all of them are working properly without any issues.
But I am facing a wired and strange issue only in the 16 inch Mac book Pro.
I am able to browse internet using Chrome and it works without any issues. But both Safari and other desktop apps like Slack, Zoom, App Store etc have intermittent network issues. It works for a few seconds, stops working for a few minutes and then works again for a few seconds before stoping again.
But Google Chrome and the ping command in iTerm work without any issues, exactly when Safari and other apps have issues.
So far I have tried to reboot the machine, clear the cache by running dscacheutil -flushcache command but nothing works.
Any idea what might be wrong and how to fix it?


texts: Early 2015 MacBook Air and two external monitors: how to do it and maximum resolution?

texts:
I have an Early 2015 13" MacBook Air with Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB. I'm trying to figure out what its capabilities are in terms of connecting two external monitors.

First, if I just used the two external monitors and did not use the MacBook Air's built-in monitor, what is the maximum resolution I could run both external monitors at simultaneously? For example, could they both do 1080p resolution, or perhaps higher? And does it matter whether I use the built-in monitor? (I've scoured the internet looking for information about this but haven't found anything so far!)

Second, is there a device I can use just for connecting two external monitors via DVI, HDMI, or DisplayPort to the MacBook Air's Thunderbolt 2 port, other than an expensive general purpose Thunderbolt 2 dock like one of these? I should add that I'm not interested in using devices that connect to a USB 3 port and use a DisplayLink driver.


texts: Questions from trouble getting the UniFi Controller to work on macOS High Sierra + Server (port 8080 in use)

texts:
After upgrading from Sierra+Server to High Sierra+Server I am running into the problem that port 8080 is occupied by default. This blocks the UniFi controller from launching.

After the upgrade, I lost all my WebDAV shares, for which the simple solution to get them back was setting Wiki Server on.

But now, httpd is listening on port 8080. nmap tells me:

8080/tcp  open  http-proxy

I wonder, why is this called http-proxy? And lsof:

sudo lsof -i :8080
Password:
COMMAND  PID USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
httpd   2229 root    4u  IPv6 0xd734a34402fd0c9b      0t0  TCP *:http-alt (LISTEN)
httpd   2238 _www    4u  IPv6 0xd734a34402fd0c9b      0t0  TCP *:http-alt (LISTEN)
httpd   2290 _www    4u  IPv6 0xd734a34402fd0c9b      0t0  TCP *:http-alt (LISTEN)
httpd   2291 _www    4u  IPv6 0xd734a34402fd0c9b      0t0  TCP *:http-alt (LISTEN)
httpd   2291 _www   25u  IPv6 0xd734a343f0761a9b      0t0  TCP foo.rna.nl:http-alt->unifi-foo.rna.nl:40018 (ESTABLISHED)
httpd   2292 _www    4u  IPv6 0xd734a34402fd0c9b      0t0  TCP *:http-alt (LISTEN)
httpd   2293 _www    4u  IPv6 0xd734a34402fd0c9b      0t0  TCP *:http-alt (LISTEN)
httpd   2293 _www   25u  IPv6 0xd734a343f0760f1b      0t0  TCP foo.rna.nl:http-alt->unifi-bar.rna.nl:60849 (ESTABLISHED)

The Apache server creates these httpd daemons:

sysbh$ ps laxww|grep 2229
    0  2229     1   0  20  0  4280200   6592 -      Ss     ??    0:00.35 /usr/sbin/httpd -D SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS -D FOREGROUND
    0  2236  2229   0  20  0  4289980  15012 -      S      ??    0:00.65 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/libexec/wfs/webdavsharing_mapper
   70  2238  2229   0  20  0  4284820   3520 -      S      ??    0:00.13 /usr/sbin/httpd -D SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS -D FOREGROUND
   70  2290  2229   0  20  0  4280200   2444 -      S      ??    0:00.10 /usr/sbin/httpd -D SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS -D FOREGROUND
   70  2291  2229   0  20  0  4280200   2508 -      S      ??    0:00.12 /usr/sbin/httpd -D SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS -D FOREGROUND
   70  2292  2229   0  20  0  4284820   3496 -      S      ??    0:00.13 /usr/sbin/httpd -D SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS -D FOREGROUND
   70  2293  2229   0  20  0  4280200   2472 -      S      ??    0:00.11 /usr/sbin/httpd -D SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS -D FOREGROUND
  501  3418   711   0  31  0  4258468     24 -      R+   s001    0:00.00 grep 2229

And apparently, they listen on port 8080 because /etc/apache2/httpd.conf has:

<IfDefine SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS>
    Listen 8080
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine !SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS>
    Listen 80
</IfDefine>

I wonder if mainly it is safe to change 8080 into 8081 there so the web server doesn't clash with the UniFi controller anymore.

It also seems it httpd getting the "-D SERVER_APP_HAS_DEFAULT_PORTS" from /etc/apache2/env.plist via the httpd-wrapper ruby script (which is actually started by the LaunchDaemon)and I was wondering how env.plist gets there.

And I was wondering where the simple page comes from that just has a h1 tag with the text "It works!" when I go to http://localhost:8080/

Note: I have an nginx running (installed with homebrew) but I have turned 8080 off on that install and httpd is running on 8080 even if nginx is not running. However, it is in Homebrew that I find references to "It works!" so far.


texts: How to open a new Terminal tab in current working directory?

texts:
I want to create and run a bash function that:

cd into a project's directory
Open a new tab in Terminal in the same directory
Open my dev tools and start dev services

Item #2 doesn't work as expected, the new tab doesn't change directory.

Here is the script (both functions residing in my .bashrc file:

# Open a new tab (needs a path as an argument)
new_terminal_tab(){
    osascript -e "tell application \"Terminal\"" \
                        -e "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"t\" using {command down}" \
                        -e "do script \"cd $1; clear;\" in front window" \
                        -e "end tell"
                        > /dev/null
}

# Set up workspace
affiliatesForm(){
    # cd into the project's directory
    cd /Users/iamuser/Documents/path/to/project\ file
    # Get the working directory
    pwd=`pwd`

    # Open a new tab in Terminal and cd into project's directory
    # The idea is to have a tab with Rails server output, and another tab in the project's directory
    new_terminal_tab $pwd

    # Open the project in Sublime Text 2
    subl $pwd

    # Start the Rails server
    rails server
}

What am I doing wrong? What is this code doing that I don't know?

Update

The path for the directory I am trying to access has spaces in it. But escaping the space is not helping at all. The script works with paths that do not include spaces.


texts:
I put my MacBook Pro to sleep at night and the next morning when I try to boot it .. I get a question mark icon on a blinking folder... I long press the power to shut it down.

After some time when I try to boot again I no longer see the same error icon, instead i see the Apple icon followed by the user accounts (one main account and the other for the guest user). After keying in the password the OS seems to load as I can see on the progress bar. But then it stops and there is a blank screen with a prohibited sign on it.

This is what I have tried so far.

I have gone to the Disk Utility window and I have tried to verify the disk and the results tell me that it is corrupted and needs to be repaired. But the repair disk button is disabled. Also i am able to boot using the guest user account just fine. Can someone please help me out?


texts: How can I get a standard (non-phonetic) Russian keyboard to map "/" and "?" to "." and "," or otherwise allow their entry?

texts:
I have Russian/English stickers on top of the keyboard, which in the Russian layout works for almost every key I have tried, but not the "?" and "/" key, which in the Russian layout should be "." and ",". As a result, I do not know (apart from switching to the U.S. keyboard to enter an appropriate keystroke) how to give a "," or "."
How, from the Russian keyboard, can/should I enter a "," or "."?


texts: Bundling Java applications for Mac OS X Catalina

texts:
I write amateur Java scientific applications which I provide freely for a small audience. (Probably I am the main user.) Most of them are still compiled under Java 1.6 where they run fine on Mojave either as jar files or as applications with the standard package contents structure shown below.

Under Catalina the applications no longer launch and I get a screen telling me that I need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime, which, of course, is already installed.

However if I remove the jar file (here Motivator.jar) from the app package and double-click it on the desktop (right-clicking to by-pass Gatekeeper) it runs fine.

So in one sense I am OK. But this is a Mac and I would prefer my applications to look like Mac applications on the desktop and when they run (i.e. not have the name of the class with my main method show).

Anyone know if it is possible to package a jar file as a Mac application any more? I can recompile with a higher version of Java if I have to.


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I have a portable external hard drive, and I want it to be the backup disk by using time machine.

But first I encounter a problem, I can't divide it.

In my Dish Utility, it display this.

The partition button is disable.

Before this action, I erased my disk and chosed the ExFat type.


texts: So, on High Sierra, I know how to change the login screen for when a user logs out by changing the com.apple.desktop.admin.png file in /Library/Caches. And this works fine when you log out, however I was wondering if there was customization to where it would display on lock screen? Because as of currently, when the screen gets locked it goes to a low transparency picture of the background.


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I have a machine not running Lion because of software Lion does not support. This machine is currently my primary household media hub, and it would be very helpful if it could take advantage of Photo Stream.

http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/photo-stream.html indicates that Photo Stream supports both Macs and PCs. If there is a PC client, could pre-Lion Macs take advantage of it under emulation to access Photo Stream data?


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I'm working on a sticker which I'll attach to a 15 inch MacBook Pro. I know that the size is:

Height: 0.71 inch (1.8 cm)
Width: 14.13 inches (35.89 cm)
Depth: 9.73 inches (24.71 cm)

but what about the corner radius? And is it the same as the other MacBooks? I'm using a 13 inch MacBook Air and don't have access to a 15 inch MacBook Pro.

Thanks!

tl;dr

What's the corner radius of a 15 inch MacBook Pro?


texts: Why allowDeviceNameModification is not working in iOS 12 but working in iOS 13

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I have two Supervised device iOS 12 and iOS 13.
I am Appling restriction profile in both device from MDM

 allowDeviceNameModification = false

both Devices not allowing me to change the name from the device side,
which is justified from Apple doc it's working fine from the device side.

but I am also facing very weird behavior in iOS 12 devices.
when I am trying to change the name from the MDM side it's not working, while it's working in iOS 13 device.


texts: Use iPod touch to connect phone to car stereo

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I have a iPod touch 4, paired to Boss 758DBI in-dash car stereo. Why can't I use Bluetooth on iPod to pair my phone?

Would like to do this so that I can have a handsfree conversation through my car stereo.
My iPod has a built-in mic and Bluetooth and a dock in my car.


texts: Are there any standard apps in iOS that implement isIdleTimerDisabled=true?

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I'm wondering if any of the built-in applications in iOS have isIdleTimerDisabled set to true at any time?

If so, which app, and how do you get in the state to activate it?

Note - if an app is in this state, it will have its display stay on, and never turn off while the app is active.

Why do I want to know this?

I have a company iPhone that has the auto sleep option set so the phone's display locks after ~ 2 or 3 min, and it can't be set to "Never" sleep due to company policy lockdown.

But one day I noticed that if I had a certain app open, the display never went to sleep. I did some research, and it appears the app is using the  isIdleTimerDisabled feature to keep the display on permanently, if the app is in the foreground.

The benefit of this is that it allows me to receive 2FA notifications on my phone and approve them without leaving the app that's keeping the display awake.

This works for me, as I own this paid app, but I'd like to share this idea with others on my team, preferably using a built in app, so no one has to install anything.

Note if none of the built in apps support this, are there well known, trusted, 3rd party apps that do this as well? YouTube or Netflix come to mind, but I'd like it to be something people wouldn't mind running on their phone at work and having their boss see it!


texts:
When I put a scheduled reminder with a daily repeat mode, it won't dismiss.

It keeps on showing and just changes the date to the next day.

Is this a bug or a feature?


texts: Do I have to use the Apple USB Ethernet Adapter for a MacBook Air?

texts: Or can I use a third party one that is half the price? If there will be compatibility issues then I would prefer the Apple, but if it's just the same (like not needing to buy a SuperDrive any USB DVD reader/writer will do) can a third party one be used?


texts: Apple Watch app won’t download on iPhone XR

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I recently got a new iPhone XR. When I restored it from a backup, I realized that the Watch had offloaded. I tried reinstalling, but it didn’t work. I deleted the app from my Home Screen.

Now whenever I go into the App Store to install it and tap on the cloud icon, it loads as if it’s about to start installing for half a second, then changes right back to the cloud icon. The app never installs, and I’m stuck because it leaves my Apple Watch useless as it can’t pair to my new iPhone.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: iOS 14: How to kill and relaunch a shortcut (or the shortcut engine)?

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I have custom shortcuts on my home screen. Tap one and it presents a menu to choose an action — except pretty often it doesn't. It simply doesn't get executed.
In iOS 13 I got funneled to the Shortcuts app whenever I tapped these, and could always see that the app was executing them. Not so much in iOS 14, which means I have no choice but to assume that some invisible instance of my shortcut is still alive and preventing execution, or, considering multiple different shortcuts stop working at the same time, assume that some shortcut daemon/ interpreter is unresponsive.
If that's the case, how do I kill it or reset it? Killing the Shortcuts app does not help. Short of rebooting the phone, is there a trick to reset this faulty component?
Update: Only the home screen shortcut icons are unresponsive apparently. The shortcuts can be executed manually in-app.
Emptying memory by pressing and holding the home button on the Slide to Power Off screen has no effect.
iOS 14.4
iPhone 8


texts: Mojave upgrade being suggested on unsupported Mac

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My mother has a 2008 iMac currently running El Capitan. Every now and then it pops up the notification suggesting that she upgrade to Mojave. But if you actually try to download Mojave from the App Store, it says it's not compatible with this Mac (according to Mac OS X Compatibility Guide, El Capitan is the latest version for her Mac). Why is it suggesting an upgrade that isn't actually possible, and how can I stop the notifications?

Many web sites, including Is it possible to STOP the 'Upgrade to macOS High Sierra' message that keeps stalking me?, say to remove /Library/Bundles/OSXNotification.bundle. But there's no /Library/Bundles folder on her Mac in the first place.


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macOS 12.13.5, Mail.app 11.4. with an IMAP email account, Time Machine

I'd like Time Machine to automatically and regularly back up a specific IMAP mailbox and its contents — even better would be the preservation of the mailbox's nested folders — so I have a local copy, independent of the IMAP server. The Mac's contents are now backed up using Time Machine, but neither this specific IMAP mailbox nor its contents appear in TM. I have some anxiety about an inadvertent deletion: without maintaining a local copy, the emails would be gone and things would be difficult.

These SE questions are close:

Mail.app in OS X — IMAP and Archive Mailbox subfolder creation

Can I backup or mirror an IMAP mailbox on Mac OS X?

How can I back up a complete IMAP account?

but aren't helpful, particularly as I'm not facile or very comfortable in the Terminal.

Can any of you offer a solution or pointer?


texts: I don't want to mirror my monitors but I would like the files in ~/Desktop to display on both. Right now they only display on my primary monitor. Is it possible?


texts: Big Sur 11.2 upgrade stuck in boot screen

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My Mid 2014 MBP decided to install 11.2 Big Sur update yesterday evening. After rebooting, it stuck in the boot screen. Left it there overnight but nothing changed.
Then I force-powered off it and booted it in Safe Boot. It completed the update and Software Update shows I have 11.2. However, if I reboot to normal mode, it gets stuck in boot screen again.
Took a look to the logs but didn't see anything definitive.
Any help is appreciated.
Some updates:

SMC clearing did not work.
PRAM clearing did not work.
OS Reinstall did not work.
Moving 3rd party extensions out of /Library/Extensions didn't work.

Invalidating kext cache didn't work either.

There's a /System/Volumes/Update folder with success logs.

I still don't know what the problem is.


texts: Mac laptop to TV issue: mirror display doesn't work?

texts: I can get the laptop display onto the screen but when I click Mirror Display it doesn't work and loses the signal. I have a MacBook Pro and the TV is a Samsung. I'm connecting via an HDMI cable. Any ideas? After all the videos I have watched when I click mirror display it should work.


texts: Two external monitors using macOS and Windows on a MacBook Pro 13”

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I am in the process of setting up my desktop space and would like some guidance on products to purchase.

I am looking to buy two external monitors and a dock that will allow me to use my macOS and Windows Boot Camp partition on MacBook Pro 13” (2019) with two USB-C ports.

I essentially want to be sure that I will be able to utilize both operating systems when I purchase the new hardware. I have encountered mixed reviews about what will work with Boot Camp. I am willing to sacrifice display quality for speed as I will be using various types of statistical software and ArcGIS.


texts: I have a mid 2010 Mac Pro and I would like to have a larger Pointer on my cursor so that I can find it easier. Where might I go to fine and download one?


texts: Run a script to log in to WiFi upon connect

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My school network have a captive portal. Using Google Chrome's "copy as cURL" seems to log me in using curl, but I want to automate this process so it happens as soon as the mac connects to Wi-Fi. How would I achieve that?
The curl command is as follows:

curl 'http://1.1.1.3/ac_portal/login.php' -H 'Connection: keep-alive' -H 'Accept: */*' -H 'Origin: http://1.1.1.3' -H 'X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest' -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0; Nexus 5 Build/MRA58N) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/79.0.3945.88 Mobile Safari/537.36' -H 'DNT: 1' -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8' -H 'Referer: http://1.1.1.3/ac_portal/20171018144956/pc.html?template=20171018144956&tabs=pwd&vlanid=0&url=http://www.gstatic.com/generate_204' -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate' -H 'Accept-Language: zh' -H 'Cookie: ac_login_info=passwork; Sessionid=3566675246-1' --data 'opr=pwdLogin&userName=student&pwd=password&rememberPwd=1' --compressed --insecure

The network name is SCLSCHOOL_G, SCLSCHOOL_F, and SCLSCHOOL_H.


texts: How to set up multiple PATHs in the user bash_profile in OSX 10.8?

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I am looking to set up my laptop for both Python development and Phonegap Android development in OSX 10.8 using Eclipse. I installed the lastest version of Python (3.3) which added the code:

# Setting PATH for Python 3.3
# The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

to my .bash_profile. In process of setting up Phonegap you need to set up the PATH for the Android Development tools with the following line:

export PATH=${PATH}:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/platform-tools:/Development/android-sdk-macosx/tools

Is it possible to set up both PATHs in the .bash_profile so that Python and Android development can take place simultaneously? Or would I need to switch between the PATHs depending on what type of development I would like to do?


texts: Watching 720p and 1080p Movies on a 4K or 5K Monitor

texts: I want to buy a 4k or 5k monitor but I'm worried about watching 720p and 1080p movies on it.  I have a 24" 1920x1200 monitor that I watch lots of movies on and just wondering how would I watch movies on a 4k or 5k monitor if it has much more pixels?


texts: Configure center mouse button to open new links

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I have a simple Logitech mouse with 2 buttons and central wheel button.

The central button opens some accessories (calculator and so on). I would like this button to open new links in chrome (as it does on Windows and Linux). Is there a way to configure that?

I've tried Logitech control center, but it can't find the attached mouse.


texts: "New Tab with Settings - Basic" Mac Maybe a Dash?

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I am trying to edit the terminal new tab command "New Tab with Settings - Basic" in Terminal on my Mac.

It doesn't seem to change to anything.  Other commands edit fine.


texts:
I am using IntelliJ IDEA compiler for Java programming on my MacBook Pro 2015 Retina (Yosemite). When I run some Java program in my activity monitor appears Java process and takes 100+% of CPU. The fans start to run loud since it's starting to heat up. Sometimes there are 5 and more same Java processes and couple of them are using 100%. Those processes are turned off when I quit IntelliJ or when I quit them manually.

Can somebody tell me why is this happening, or how to fix this if it is possible to fix?


texts: What hardware needed for multiple monitors (3) on a 2009 MacBook Pro 5,5 with displayport (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M video card)

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I am adding a 30" monitor to my existing setup (a 24" monitor) for use with a 2009 13" MacBook Pro 5,5 with DisplayPort. This is the model with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M video card.  This MacBook Pro should support the higher resolution of the 30 inch model (2500x1600 res), but...

How do I add the older 24" monitor (1900x1200 res) into the mix?

The laptop stays closed, but technically this is 3 screens. The older monitor only supports DVI and VGA inputs.  I have read about several USB to DVI converters on Amazon, most with mixed reviews.

Can anyone recommend a specific piece of hardware known to work?

Later addition:

Thanks everyone for the helpful answers.

Thanks Martin, but the Matrox is unsuitable for my setup as I have one 2500x1600 and one 1900x1200 monitor. The Matrox website says "maximum resolutions of dual 1920x1200 and triple 1360x768 under Mac" and I've read elsewhere that both resolutions need to be the same.

John, Thanks for the tips - that is indeed what I settled on; a Kensington USB to DVI Converter (with DisplayLink 195 chipset).

My additions to your suggestions:

Definitely use the latest drivers, even if beta. I had a major problems with the DisplayLink 1.5 drivers when trying to resume from sleep. The 1.6b3 drivers fixed that.
You cannot use the Mac built in screen capture on the USB monitor.  No biggie, but it tripped me up until I figure out that was the issue.

Rock on.


texts: Enabling Intel VT on Macbook Pro 9,2 (Mid 2012)

texts:
I want to enable (if it's not) Intel VT-x to speed up the Android emulator.

How can I see if it's enabled and if not how to do it ?


texts: High Sierra permissions failing to modify recursively via Terminal

texts:
Trying to change permissions via Terminal:

$~ sudo chmod -r 777 [DIRECTORY LOCATION HERE]

Before it can start diving into the subfolders, it comes back with:

chmod: 777: No such file or directory.

Looking at the files, the folder is now "Write-Only (Dropbox)" across the board.

Attempting to adjust batch permissions via Get Info panel does not recursively apply even when directed to do so.

Any ideas?


texts: How to troubleshoot stuttering iTunes video playback while downloading on Mac OS X 10.7.2?

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Observations: Recently, not sure when it happened, with upgrade to Lion or before, but I have not been able to cleanly watch a video of any type in iTunes while something [movie, tv show, app, podcast, etc.] is downloading from the iTunes store. This is particularly annoying when renting a movie, and trying to start watching before the movie is downloaded. There have been no hardware changes, and playback used to work perfectly during download. There have been a lot of recent changes to iTunes, Mac OS, and I would like to fault isolate. How can I determine which software might be causing this problem, or if something is interfering with playback?

Problem: iTunes video playback is choppy only while downloading anything from the iTunes store. Video is choppy at all sizes, e.g. actual size, full screen.

System Setup: iMac 20-inch, Early 2008, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB, Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2; iTunes 10.5.2; iTunes library stored on external Firewire HDD, HDD approx. 50% full; All software up to date.

Solutions already tried: iTunes reinstalled; Quicktime reinstalled; reboot; All other apps closed; iDevices ejected from iTunes panel;


texts: Is it possible to upgrade memory to 8 GB my model of MacBook? The manual says no, but on the web some people have made some videos about the upgrade. I don't know if any of them are fake.


texts: How to launch an iOS Simulator with Safari open using a single command?

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I am looking for a solution to launch the iOS Simulator from command line with Safari launched by default. Launching the simulator from command line is easy. So is the launching of Safari. But I want (rather need) to do this in a single command line statement which will be executed from some third party tool. Is there a possible way to do this?

I have Xcode 6.0 installed with me on OS X version 10.9.4. For now, I am starting the simulator using xcrun instruments -w "iPhone 6 (8.1 Simulator)"

But I am not able to figure out if we can pass extra arguments to this statement so that it launches Safari as well.


texts:
Every time I attempt to log on to the apple developer forums it tells me I need to create a new user account (even though I already have one), and when I try to sign up it gives me an error:

Anyone else have this issue and/or know how to fix it? Thanks!


texts: Certain Calendars do not trigger iPhone Notifications

texts:
I've got three calendars set up on my iPhone:

Microsoft Exchange
outlook.com (Windows Live)
icloud

I've got entries in the first two calendars. However, I only get notifications from the Exchange Events as set up into them (like 15 minutes before, and so on). On the other hands, I won't get notifications on outlook.com-Events.

Both calendars are synchronized exactly the same, notifications for calendar at all are set, I can see all the events with different colours in my Calendar App, but I won't get any notice at the outlook.com Events...

Anyone knows what I forgot?


texts: How do I recover a password from a custom disk?

texts: I made a folder with some content into a disk image and assigned it a password. I unfortunately have forgotten the password and cant access it. Any work around solution to the problem?


texts: Can I stream movies from external drive to the new Apple TV?

texts: Is it possible to stream movies from an external hard drive (attached to a Mac Mini) to an Apple TV2? The movies on my external drive show up in iTunes on my Mini, but the Apple TV says there are no videos in my library. I don't have room to store them on my internal drive, but it seems like that might be the only way to get them to stream. I have "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" unchecked. Any thoughts?


texts: what is com.apple.coresymbolicationd in caches?

texts:
Doing some cleanup on my Macbook Air with a 128GB SSD looking for big files to reduce the space used.

I found something named com.apple.coresymbolicationd that is 1GB in the /System/Library/Caches folder I don't recall seeing it before.  Running Mountain Lion.

What is this and is there a way to clear it?

By the way I am using DaisyDisk to show the files and sizes.


texts: What is the point of 'sync music' in iTunes if I have to click 'make available offline'?

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Used to be, I bought music in iTunes and then sync'ed it to my phone. If I didn't have enough space on the phone, I'd only sync certain playlists. Then I always had the music on my phone, even if in airplane mode or off wifi. Now I do that but it doesn't sync all the music. Apparently I have to go to each playlist on my phone and click 'make available off line'. This is tedious as I have numerous playlists. (But it is not all my music that is in iTunes, because I don't have the space on the phone.) So if I must do both, I must consult the list of playlists that have been sync'd, open each one on the iPhone and click 'make available offline'.

I am often not on Wi-Fi, for instance if I'm driving or taking a walk or on an airplane. Why should most of my music cease to be available? This is music I purchased. Why is there an implicit assumption that we are always on Wi-Fi?

Question 1: What is the point of having both 'sync' and 'make available offline'?

Question 2: Is there any way to just use 'sync' and have the music behave as before the advent of iCloud, ie. be available on my phone regardless of whether I have Wi-Fi?


texts: Can I assemble an Apple labeled hard drive in another laptop?

texts:
A lot of hard drives delivered with Macs come with an Apple logo.

Is it possible to put those drives in other laptops like Asus, Acer, Toshiba etc.?


texts: App for hi-res frame capture from a webcam

texts:
I need a simple app to capture single frames from a high-res webcam. Like PhotoBooth, but saves the full resolution of the camera is what I'm looking for.

A similar question was asked here What app to use for high res webcam photo capture? - but I'm looking for an app that just does frame capture, not a more complicated app that does a bunch of other stuff, with the frame capture requiring multiple user steps.

Update: it's for capturing images off a microscope, so live preview of the camera output is essential. Something like Cheese for linux is what I'm looking for.


texts: Why running Time Machine on OS X Server slows down my Mac?

texts:
I have MacBook Pro (2.3GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD - late 2013?) and Time Machine backups data via network to our internal OS X Server. But when Time Machine is running backups, my computer is completely frozen. Webpages are not loaded, Apple Mail doesn't load/show messages at all, etc. But my colleague doesn't have such problems with his MacBook with the same HW configuration.

What could be wrong?


texts: Can photos be added to a shared iCloud photo stream album even after it has reached 5000 photos?

texts: Apple says that a shared iCloud photo album can contain a maximum of 5000 photos. What will happen once that limit is reached? Will it not be possible to add any more photos? Or will the oldest photos just silently be deleted to make space for the newest?


texts: How to sync an iBooks collection created on my iPad?

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I recently created a few collections in iBooks on my iPad.  When I synced my iPad with my Mac, none of the collections that I created in iBooks on my iPad are visible on in iBooks on my Mac.  How do I get these collections to be visible and fully synced across all of my devices?

Everything is fully up-to-date: the iPad is running iOS 9.3.2, the Mac is on OS X 10.11.5.


texts: Disk Utility and Startup Disk pane not loading discs or partitions

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I'm running on a late-2016 MacBook Pro with macOS 10.13.3 High Sierra. I recently created and installed a Bootcamp partition.

Since installing Windows, both Disk Utility and the Startup Disk pane in System Preferences never load anything or do not believe in the existence of any discs at all, respectively.

Disk Utility simply does this:

However, when booting to the Recovery partition using Command + R, I'm able to access Disk Utility there, which reports the existence of both the APFS and NTFS partitions.

And the Startup Disk pane simply reports that there are no startup discs at all:

Yet, when using the chooser when booting with Option, it shows the two start up discs perfectly (though for some reason it insists on choosing the Windows one even when apparently using Command + Enter should change the default).

The macOS reboot switcher/start up disc selector in Windows is of a different mind as well. It only recognises the existence of itself, while the macOS one believes none exist, and the UEFI selector shows the existence of all.


texts:
After editing .bash_profile, .bashrc, .inputrc
dotfile config my aliases went silly.

Some aliases work as expected.
Others for no apparent reason return:
No mapping found
Press ENTER or type command to continue

bash GNU bash, version 3.2.57, Yosemite 10.10.3, iterm2


texts: What is accessible to an attacker who has reset my administrator password?

texts:
I understand that it is possible to reset the administrator password on a Mac, allowing someone with physical access to a machine to create a new password that gives them access to all files unlocked files remaining on the machine after the reset process.

But what else do they have access to? Specifically:

Are all user accounts still present?
Are all keychains still present, or are they reset or cleared as part of the password creation process?
If the keychains are still present, does the (new) administrator have access to the contents of existing keychains.
Are any files (other than keychains) erased or reset as part of the process?

I assume that FileVault protects against using this technique in an attack; would a firmware password confer any protection?


texts: Preview is closed in Mavericks when last window is closed

texts:
I did the direct jump from Snow Leopard to Mavericks and there is possibility that I have missed some changes in the versions in between. Nonetheless, here is my problem:

When I open a document (e.g. an image) preview shows up and does its job. The problem is when I press the close button in the finder, the Preview is closed completely. In 10.6 Preview would remain open, indicated by little white dot bellow its icon in the dock. How can I keep Preview open and let it close only if I send a cmd+q?


texts: Safari Mac doesn't load websites and shows crashed images

texts:
I'm really struggling with my Safari on Macbook and I'm getting frustrated and angry.
I use Macbook Air 13" 2015, Catalina 10.15.7, Safari 14.0
Some websites doesn't load at all, the error is "Safari can't find the server". And some load crashed images. The thing is that it ONLY happens in Safari. I instantly open the same pages in Chrome, Firefox, Opera and ALL of them load everything perfect, no errors, no problems with images.
What I've done already with Google help:

Develop - Empty Caches
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
Preferences - Privacy - Manage Website Data - Remove All

Sometimes it helps but after browsing for like 20-60 minutes the problems repeat again. And clearing data every 30 minutes irritates me because I get logged out everywhere. I can't google the solution, please, help me. Why other browsers don't have these errors? What can I do except that move to Firefox or Chrome?


texts: Delete account on Mac OS Catalina Single User Mode

texts:
I have an account on my MacBook Air with the new Catalina OS.

I am unable to delete an account and I have tried to delete it using Single User Mode, I have forgot the password for admin but I cannot recover the admin password for personal reasons. But the /sbin/mount -uw / does not work as it says it is only read mode.

How can I delete the account in Single  User or Recovery Mode?


texts: iPhone 5s: benefits of 64 bit processors if no more than 4 GB of RAM?

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My understanding is that the (main) reason of having a 64 bit processor, is to be able to use more than 4 GB of RAM.

In PCs, it is now very common to have more than 4GB of ram, and to really be able to use such ram, you NEED a 64 bit processor.

But for a smartphone, which (afaik) doesn't have more than 4GB of ram, what's the point? what is the benefit?

What kind of apps benefit from it that will really make a difference ?

Specific examples of apps taking advantage would be nice.

Do final users will even notice a difference? Or is it just a marketing strategy?

Note, i know a similar question has been answered here: https://superuser.com/q/56540/152803
but in this one i ask specifically for smartphones, that one is focused on Intel/AMD architecture. Besides, that answer is now more than 4 years old...


texts:
When I sleep my MacBook Pro and then lift the lid to wake it, after several seconds I hear a double-beep. Here is a link to a recording of the sound.

I'm not positive that this is related to the 10.13.5 update, but it didn't happen before the update.

I would like to determine which process is responsible for this audio playback so that I can determine why it is happening.


texts:
I tried to add a picture in the folder /User/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/ (the same as /private/var/mobile/DCIM/100APPLE/), but it doesn't show up in the Camera Roll.

How can we make it appear?
It's an iPhone 3G running iOS 4.3.1.


texts: More than half of my hard disk space is occupied by "other" storage, how can I find and delete those files? some of it is probably garbage left from deleted or unused software.


texts: Continuity sketches in mail.app: PNG instead of TIFF?

texts:
When inserting a sketch into Apple Mail from an ipad via the continuity feature, it seems that this is attached as a tiff file:

Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: inline;
    filename=image.tiff
Content-Type: image/tiff;
    x-unix-mode=0666;
    name="image.tiff"

(from the source of the sent email).

Is there a way to request a different format? Many email clients do not support out of the box inline display of tiffs and this turns a fancy feature into an obscure message...

My current work flow is therefore to sketch something in Notes, open it on the computer, take a screenshot (PNG) and attach this, as PNG's can be viewed inline by many more mail applications (in my experience).

Is there a way to configure continuity to insert as a PNG directly and thus skip this step?

Update: Seems this issue has been around for a while: This is an (ancient) Thunderbird bug report reporting a similar issue (for pasted images in Apple Mail), but they dwell only on TIFF support for Thunderbird, not on getting Apple Mail to change the format...


texts: Apple TV crashes internet upon startup for 5 minutes

texts:
We just got the Apple TV 4K and are having a weird problem. When Apple TV is plugged in and setup and we turn on our TV (Samsung), our internet completely crashes. After about 4-5 minutes everything reconnects and once it reconnects, everything that was connected to wifi works perfectly (including the Apple TV).
I thought it was the Apple TV but we bought another one and are having the same issue. What's weird is that we used to have a Roku stick and didn't have any issues - it's only with the Apple TV. Internet also only drops when we turn on the TV (which boots up Apple TV) but not during any other time.
I have the Apple TV right next to my Verizon Fios router and again, haven't had any issues prior to using Apple TV. I've tried looking at my router settings and have upgraded firmware but can't figure it out.
Has anyone else ever had this problem?
Thanks,
Jeff


texts: Find my iPhone app won't install on iPhone 6s

texts: The "Find my iPhone" app won't install on my iPhone 6s. I tried several times directly from the App Store and I am unsuccessful


texts:
I have a Mac 2009 mid-model running OS X 10.9.4. When i click the App Store icon in the dock nothing  happens. And I am not able to download or update my applications.
My firewall is off.


texts: Cannot install libsodium via commandline

texts:
I am trying to install libsodium using

./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

In the install step, I get this error:

usage: install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
               [-o owner] file1 file2
       install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
               [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory
       install -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ...
make[4]: *** [install-nobase_includeHEADERS] Error 64
make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

Do I need a different verison of some package?


texts: Where can I find system log information on OS X Lion 10.7.5 for System Preferences changes?

texts:
Suppose I navigate to System Preferences and make a simple change (say I turn off BlueTooth).

Is it logged somewhere in the syslog? In other words, is there a log file somewhere on the file system that keeps track of what was written to the System Preferences plist file?

The main reason I am asking this question is because I would like to know when certain things were set in the System Preferences.


texts: How to enable HiDPI mode on external display in OS X 10.9 Mavericks?

texts: The usual method of using Quartz Debug doesn't seem to work anymore.


texts: Did the latest iOS or Zoom update break screen sharing when in split-screen mode?

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I use Zoom every day for teaching online classes, and I always use the Zoom app for iPad to screencast my Notebility app, which I use as a digital chalkboard.  Frequently I will also open a second app in "split screen" mode -- for example I might demonstrate something using the Desmos graphing calculator app on the left while I make written comments about it in Notability on the right.
Yesterday the Zoom app updated to Version 5.3.1; on the same day, my iPad updated to iOS 14.0.1.  Suddenly screensharing in split-screen mode seems to be no longer supported:  every time I try to open a second app while screensharing, the notification below pops up:  "Screen recording has stopped due to: Recording interrupted by multitasking and content resizing."
I’m not able to determine if Apple messed up wtheir iOS update, or Zoom do it with their app update or if this is an intended functional change. This same error has been reported by a user of Microsoft Teams, which makes me suspect that the culprit is the latest Apple update.

I must emphasize that this is a brand new problem.  I have done this routinely for months now and never had an issue before.
Who broke this functionality?


texts: To install applications in Developer view of iPad

texts:
I would like to install Amazon's Kindle application to my virtual iPad on my Macbook Air's Xcode.
However, the developer view is very limited.
I can only connect iCloud which shares some details such as emails but not programs.

How can you install Kindle to your virtual iPad in XCode?


texts: How to export a growing Aperture Smart Album repeatedly without creating duplicate files

texts:
I have a smart album in Aperture which contains a steadily growing set of pictures, which I want to share with others. To do that, I use Dropbox and export the smart album every now and then to my dropbox, which then creates a web album for the folder.

However, when Aperture encounters a file with the exact name of a picture that it wants to export, it appends " (1)" to the file name and creates a duplicate for the web album. To avoid this, I have to manually delete all files in the dropbox folder before I export. This is tedious and sometimes I forget to do so, having to export all files again.

Is there any way to get Aperture to not export the duplicates?


texts: Can I charge my MacBook Pro 2015 without using MagSafe 2 power port?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015). Now after three years of use, the charger isn't responding to being plugged in. I tried to reset the SMC by holding down the left side shift control option and the power key but no luck.

Is it possible to charge my MacBook using Thunderbolt 2 ports or USB 3 ports? I have seen some videos on Youtube people charging their device using these but I am not sure.


texts: Second display not using the correct refresh rate

texts: I have a second display at work, and when i plug it in i use a thunderbolt to vga adapter, however it always uses the wrong refresh rate 90hz instead of 60hz, is there a way to stop this from happening? As its getting annoying when i use my secondary display at work and it moves my windows then the other screen appears blank.


texts: Does Evernote on the iPad have undo functionality?

texts:
Am i wrong or it is true that the evernote app on iPad doesn't have undo funcionality ?

For example if I delete a line, it is gone for ever ?


texts: How to change the input menu input method order

texts:
I use 3 input methods.

The order of input methods on here is what I want, in this order: English, Chinese(Wubi), Japanese(Hiragana) but when comes to the input menu of status bar:

I want to change it's order to: U.S., Wubi, Hiragana. I searched around but couldn't find any way. How can I do that?


texts: iOS Enterprise App not from AppStore – any warranty issues?

texts:
We distribute a non-AppStore-app to our agents in the field. Since our app is not from the App Store, it has not been reviewed by Apple.  An Apple retail store worker in Australia told one of our agents that the app is not authorized, and to stop using it or else they will void the warranty.

Can anyone verify that the Apple device warranty is not affected at all by non App Store apps? The device isn't even jail-broken and nothing in the warranty clause talks about faulty software (that I could find). I am also certain the Apple (or retailer) employee is wrong because apps cannot break the system!


texts: Strange characters in Console .awd reports

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Anyone knows what causes this behavior?

In Console > system reports all .awd reports have characters like this

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texts: How can I download free music from the internet to itunes on the iphone/ipad without using a mac/pc?

texts: There are loads of bands on the internet offering their music as free downloads on their websites. Either as zips or direct mp3 downloads. What ways are there for iphone/ipad users to get the music playable via itunes without taking the mac/pc detour and without jailbreacking?


texts:
I've just installed OS X Server. What are services?

What do I enable them for? Lets consider Xcode and Messages. How can I use it?


texts:
I want to use proxy on my iPhone to be able to access the internet from my organization Wifi, but I face a problem when accessing local intranet addresses (e-mail mainly) as it has to bypass proxy server

how can i configure some addresses to be bypassed?


texts:
I'm trying to use Mail.app in English in Yosemite. The reason for this is that when the app is in another language, it uses that language's headers for replies and can be very distracting to the other reader.

So the two possible solutions are a reply-header fix (like Outlook's "Use English for message headers on replies and forwards and forward notifications" option) or a Mail.app language fix. There supposedly is a way to fix a single-app's language, but they don't work.

Here is what I've tried:

defaults write -app Mail AppleLanguages -array en

defaults write -app Mail AppleLanguages -array en-US

Editing the file:
/Users/[username]/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist

and adding an "AppleLanguages" array and then as the first String value, adding "en", which is what the defaults command does.


texts: Prevent Mail pop up automatically when there's a new email

texts:
I'm using macOS Mojave. Apparently I've changed a setting - but can't figure out which one - that forces Mail to automatically pop up in the active desktop when there's new email.

For instance, I'm in a desktop with Safari maximized, I receive an email and the Mail app automatically splits the screen and shows the new email.

This happens even when I'm connected to a projector and in a meeting. considering I've even turned on the Do Not Disturb mode when mirroring TV and projectors, it's super strange.

Could you please help me find this option to prevent Mail pop up when there's a new email?


texts: How to import photos from iPhone 3G to iPhoto in Mavericks?

texts:
I have a still fully useable iPhone 3G (2008). I take snapshots daily, and used to put them into iPhoto on my 2008 white MacBook with OS X 10.5.8.

Recently, I started using a 2012 MacBook Pro (not Retina) with Mavericks installed, by now Mac OS X 10.9.4.

Ny iPhone and My Mac do not recognize each other. iPhoto does not open when connecting my iPhone. The iPhone is not seen as an external device in Finder.

How can I transfer the 5,000 photos on my iPhone to iPhoto on that Mac?


texts: Is it better for the battery to leave the iPad plugged when charging is done?

texts:
I charge my iPad. Later, I notice that the battery is charged at 100 %.

Now, what is better to preserve the battery capacity ?

Unplugging the cable.
Leaving the cable plugged.

The answer may vary depending on whether I leave the iPad sleeping or whether I use the iPad.


texts: Error restoring encrypted disk using Disk Utility

texts:
I am trying to replace the hard drive in an old MBP-15 mid 2010 with a new SSD. The old disk is encrypted. I did that on my own two MBPs successfully, but both disks were not encrypted. The Mac is running OS X v10.10.5.

I reboot the friends MBP with CMD+R into Recovery Mode and run Disk Utility -> Restore with the old drive set as "source" and the new SSD set as "backup"

It runs for a few minutes, but then it fails with

RESTORE FAILURE
Could not restore - Device not configured

The SSD is brand new and connected to the Mac via USB.
Does anyone have an idea what is going on?

---------- Solution -----------

Thanks for the answers. The simple solution was to exchange the original HD with the still empty SSD and run restore in that combination. I believe it may have been some kind of USB problem, maybe related to the different read / write speeds (slow reading, encrypted disk vs super fast SSD write). Not sure, but it worked. Cheers!


texts: How can I keep "Update Notifications" from disrupting a Keynote presentation?

texts:
When I was in the middle of teaching class, using Keynote, my presentation was disrupted when TextExpander discovered there was an update available and threw up a dialog box asking if I would like to download the update.  Obviously, this was the wrong time to ask me.  In the past, I've had a similar experience with Time Machine ("It has been 10 days since your computer was last backed up with Time Machine").

I certainly can keep TextExpander from intruding by turning off the automatic checks for updates.  I could do the same with all other programs that have such update checks.  I'm not sure I can turn off the Time Machine request, other than by making sure to back it up frequently.

However, the automatic updates are a really nice feature.  I like having my apps updated and I don't want to make a chore out of going out and discovering if I have updates available.  To a certain extent, the App Store update process may make the update maintenance easier, but I'm sure I'll always have apps that aren't MAS available.

So, is there a general way to ensure my Keynote presentation time is uninterrupted?  Perhaps something I can run during the presentation to block update requests?  Or a setting somewhere to keep Keynote from paying attention to any update requests?


texts: How to set permissions on network interfaces?

texts:
At each reboot, the permissions on the network devices /dev/bpf* are changed.

As a developer, I want write acccess on these files.
This can easily be fixed with a chmod.

What is the most elegant solution to fix this issue permanently?


texts: How To Give Each User Separate Applications Folder

texts:
I just got a used Mac mini and am currently setting it up for me and my family to use. Before this, the only Mac in the house was my MacBook Pro and very rarely did anyone else use it, so I had the only account. Now, with the Mac mini, I'm giving all four of us user accounts and come across an annoying issue: we all share the same Applications folder. This is probably to save space on the hard drive, but I hate it.

What I'm looking to accomplish is to give everyone their own Applications folder, completely independent of each other (I can delete an app from my folder, but it will remain in everyone else's). Also, I need any new apps downloaded from the Mac App Store to go to the user's Applications folder, as well, but only to that user's folder. Also, I need each user's Launchpad to only show the apps from their folder.

Terminal commands are fine.


texts: does WiFi Assist of iOS 9 work when cellular data is turned off?

texts:
Cellular connection kicks in when the WiFi is weak, that's a nice feature in iOS 9: WiFi Assist.

I have on question, when WiFi Assist is ON. Does it cause me cellular data in the following scenario:

WiFi Assist is ON
Settings > App and iTunes Stores > Use Mobile Data is OFF
Now, WiFi is good
I am downloading a huge app
... so far so good
suddenly WiFi goes weak ..

Does AppStore continues to download and consumes my cellular data, or just stops?


texts:
I am resetting my sister's MBP late 2010 to factory defaults. It's all backed up. I'm reinstalling from the recovery partition currently. Before I started working on it today, it had the very descriptive problem: "wouldn't boot."

I previously had installed Ubuntu on this since she wanted to try it, and it was run as a dual boot system for about a year. Now, the disk space needs to be brought back into Mac, since the HDD was almost full. To top it off, Grub/rEFInd seem to have gotten lost at some point along the way during an upgrade, so Ubuntu is functionally gone anyway.

I did some research, took it into safemode, which did boot, backed up, and then booted into recovery (command + r), opened up disk utility, formatted, and clicked the - button on the three Linux partitions (boot, swap, and file system, I believe).

Now, when I look in Disk Utility, on my 320GB HDD I see a ~200GB Macintosh HD (which I have erased and formatted), a Recovery HD, and there's over 100GB missing. There's no other partitions, and I can't expand the Macintosh HD partition.

Immediately after removing the partitions, I had a Partition Table error when I ran Verify on the HDD. Repair kept failing, so I rebooted into recovery mode and ran repair. Now there's no error, but still no drives.

When click on the HDD and go to the Partition tab, I can choose 1 Partition, which does correctly show 320GB. Otherwise, I can't find the lost 100GB. I tried enabling debug mode (something like defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled 1) and checking making everything visible, but the partitions still are not visible.

My questions:

Is it possible to reinstall without the disks (not my machine, no idea where the disk is) if I change the drive to 1 partition and format it? Am I going to be able to do this from Recovery Tools?
Following Unable to increase partition size with subsequent blocking partition, I believe after reinstalling OSX I will be able to use a 3rd Party utility, probably gParted, to move stuff around on the drive. Can I use gParted from an Ubuntu live disk for this?
Is there a way to make the partitions reappear is disk utility so that I can at least format them?

After reinstall finished:

Edit: Per the comment, here's the output of sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  423215696      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  423625336    1269544      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  424894880    1269536      4  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  426164416  198977999
  625142415         32         Sec GPT table
  625142447          1         Sec GPT header

And a screenshot of DiskUtility's output. As you can see, my 320.07GB HDD has a partition just shy of 217GB Macintosh HD. The Recovery HD partition is 654MB, leaving 102GB lost.


texts: Numbers: Count number of payments, SumIf, CountIf, Concatenate Date, change data types

texts:
I am trying to create a spreadsheet that will figure out how much has been paid to date, from a list of payments in a separate row. I have tried many different options including using SumIF and CountIF. With both functions I am not receiving the desired result. I suspect that the date value in the expression is not being converted to a string. How can you change data types (date/value to string)? There are many functions that will turn a string into a date value but I don't know how to do the opposite and turn a date value into a string.

these are the formulas tried so far:

=SUMIF(2:2,CHAR(34)&"<="&B5&CHAR(34),Pmt)

where: CHAR(34)&"<="&B5&CHAR(34) = the expression = "<=5/1/16"

=COUNTIF(2:2,CHAR(34)&"<="&B5&CHAR(34))

I have tried moving the evaluation expression to a different cell and I have tried running the Expression (B5) through T() and Plaintext() to try to convert the date value to a string, with no success.

Please help,
Thank you for your time!


texts: iTunes "Show Artwork" keyboard shortcut?

texts:
Does one exist? Can one be made? I've tried adding variations of "Show Artwork" to Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Shortcuts / App Shortcuts / iTunes, to naught.

The default operation to toggle view of the album-artwork column in iTunes is:

Press commandj to hail the columns control palette;
Click the "Show Artwork" tickbox;
Dismiss the palette with commandj again.

macOS Sierra, iTunes 12


texts: Force a 5 GHz connection on an iPhone 5s

texts: My wife and I both have 5s and both connect to BT Home Hub on default settings. Through the hub I can see she is connected using 5 GHz but I am connected using 2.4 GHz. How can I make mine use 5 GHz, at least as a preference?


texts: Can iPhone back up to iTunes over Wi-Fi automatically?

texts:
I know that my iPhone 8 can back itself up to iTunes over Wi-Fi. It has successfully done so whenever I've manually hit the button in iTunes to back it up immediately.
In iTunes the iPhone is set to "back up to this computer automatically". It is not clear to me when this automatically happens in the case where I mainly connect the iPhone to iTunes via Wi-Fi. I don't think I've ever had a backup happen automatically -- not over Wi-Fi nor when connecting over USB.
What I can't figure out by searching is whether a Wi-Fi backup to iTunes  can be done automatically. Is it even supposed to be able to do this?
These are additional questions that have come up that might help you understand where I'm standing:

Does an automatic synchronization imply a backup?
If so, does Synchronize automatically when this iPhone is connected apply to iPhones connected to iTunes over Wi-Fi?
Is it possible to back up automatically over Wi-Fi at all?
If so, will it only happen if Wi-Fi sync is enabled?
If it's possible, then how regularly is this done? In other words, at what point can I tell for sure that something is wrong if no backup has been done?

I'm not necessary trying to find answers to all of these questions. They're just different facets of what I'm asking.

Details

macOS 10.14

iOS 13

Devices are not prevented from synchronizing automatically in iTunes
settings.


texts: How can I resolve a sparse SSH connection latency/delay issues

texts:
Synopsis

For months I've occasionally been having problems with SSH connections to dedicated servers - I'm talking every single server I connect to, from multiple locations and the servers being various distributions of Linux.

The problem is that once I have connected via SSH, the initial connection is instantaneous as expected when I'm typing some of the time the characters appear in the Terminal instantly, other times I can be waiting from 1 - 4 seconds and then a chunk of characters appears...

Attempted steps to resolve

I have attempted Google searches but most results come back as latency issues with the initial SSH connection, or connection timeouts - these are NOT the issue i'm having.

I'm not sure how to debug this further; if it's a bug in Terminal, a configuration issue with Terminal.app or even an ssh_config issue specific to UNIX/BSD...

How can I debug this further? Is there any known information regarding this behaviour?

Update

Also, when i connect to 4G via hotspot tethering i still get the same problem...


texts: How to 'linkify' plain text URLs (locally) on the Mac?

texts:
I'm copying a slab of plain text that contains URLs into an RTF file in TextEdit, which I am hoping to automatically, (as there are a lot of them in the text), 'linkify' into rich text hyperlinks - make them clickable, and underlined in blue or as per the default appearance.

In WordPad on Windows, if you paste plain text, WordPad will automatically linkify any links, but TextEdit, Word 2011, and Pages on the Mac all will not.

I've also tried to export the text to PDF in TextEdit, Word 11 and Pages and fiddled around with Tools in Acrobat Pro itself - all to no avail.

An AppleScript would be fun, but (even if hooked into FastScripts), still not as quick or elegant as Windows' WordPad's instant and automatic linkification of URLs upon insertion into a document.

Is there something this elegant in OS X?


texts: Ex husbands email contacts showing on my email contact list

texts: I have just discovered that my ex husband's email contacts are on my email contact list. I contacted Apple and they said our accounts aren't linked but from what I have since been reading, it seems that we might be sharing an icloud account that I'm not aware of. How can I find out if this is the case please. We've been apart for five years but I have recently had on line security issues


texts: Chocolat: How to see Build or Run output for C/C++/ObjC?

texts:
My Setup:
Chocolat v1.2
OS X 10.7.4

I'm using Chocolat to write C/C++/ObjC code. I have saved the file I am working on with the appropriate file extension (e.g. .c, .m, etc) such that Chocolat correctly recognizes the type of code I am writing.

When I select the Build or Run menu items, nothing seems to happen.

Is it possible to see Build or Run results in some kind of output or console window in Chocolat? Specifically, I'm curious about C/ObjC/C++, but also curious if there is a more general feature for this in Chocolat.

I was kind of expecting that when I Build, I would be able to see compiler or lint output in some kind of window or console. And when I Run, I would see stdout and stderr output. Does this feature exist in Chocolat currently?


texts: My USB Apple Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to Sierra

texts:
I have an iMac (late 2015), which I use with a wired USB Apple keyboard. The keyboard was working perfectly until I upgraded to Sierra, at which point it stopped working.

An SMC reset fixes the problem, until I shut down the machine, or unplug and replug the keyboard. At which point, I have to reset the SMC again.
A PRAM reset doesn't fix the problem.
The keyboard doesn't work in recovery mode or safe mode, either.
The keyboard doesn't appear in System Information, in the USB section.
Installing macOS on an external disk doesn't help.
Reinstalling macOS on the internal disk didn't help.
Other keyboards (Microsoft USB keyboard, Apple "Magic" keyboard) work perfectly.
The same keyboard works when plugged into a Windows laptop.
Deleting /Library/Caches and ~/Library/Caches doesn't help.
Replacing the logic board didn't help.

I know this is a problem with macOS since the keyboard was working perfectly with El Capitan, and the problem started immediately after the "upgrade".

What are some other troubleshooting steps I can take?


texts: I don’t know what that white glob like thing right over left upper corner, I think it’s kinda bug , it just doesn’t look good can any body tell me what is that and how can I take it out


texts:
How do I delete a network from my Mac?

I removed it from network preferences in the advanced pane but it still appears connected in my list.

I also tried looking for it in Keychain Access but it's not there and I'm still connected.


texts: How can I get explicit versions of songs from iCloud?

texts:
I use iCloud / iTunes Match and have just discovered that all my lovely songs with explicit lyrics have been replaced by versions with clean ones.  In some instances it's fine, and it doesn't bother me, but other times it just sounds strange.  I'd like to force iTunes Match to find the explicit ones.

How can I do it?

Just to clarify, I'm what has happened is that my iTunes match version of a song is the clean version.   What was uploaded was not.


texts: How to (easily) open links received on iPhone in an iPad

texts:
I would like to open a link (received from iPhone WhatsApp) in my iPad.  If both devices are on the same wifi network, is there a mechanism that allows the iPad to open the link without retyping said link?   Ideally this would be done without typing characters.

I realize that I could share the link out through eMail to the iPad, however, I was hoping for something simpler like Airdrop


texts: iCloud Photo Library activation on my phone deleted majority of pictures

texts:
I recently completed a complete upload of my photo library from my mac's photos app (whose local repository constitutes the complete set of my pictures) to iCloud photo library. Wary of future issues if I had activated iCloud photo library on my phone simultaneously. I let this upload complete before activating iCloud photo library on my iPhone. This turned out to be a well founded precaution, because after turning iCloud photo library on my phone today, about half my photos are no longer accessible on my phone, but they are still on my mac and iCloud.com.

On my collections view in my iPhone's Photos app, I started by having many hundreds to a few thousand photos per year from 2008 to 2018 for all years. After turning on iCloud photo library, I now have no photos from 2008 or 2009, and only a handful remaining from 2010 to 2016. The photos that remain in my photos app might be only the ones that I took on my current phone (which I bought in 2016). How do I get the entire set of photos that are currently stored in iCloud photo library onto my phone again?

Edit:
     A more specific and descriptive timeline of events below:

Let set "A" be all the photos that I want to exist on my mac, my iPhone, and iCloud. 1 week ago, my iPhone had A stored locally and iCloud was off. I then imported A from my iPhone to Photos on my mac. Now A is on my mac and my iPhone locally (iCloud library is still off). I then turned on iCloud library on on my mac and the upload occurred for about a week. As of this morning, A was in iCloud completely.

After I confirmed that, I turned on iCould library on my iPhone, a device that had A stored locally already! Despite this, about 8 years worth of photos (2008-2016) are not accessible on my phone anymore! There should be no deletion / downloading between iCloud and my Phone because the set of pictures in both places was the same!


texts: Problems with using HP 27fw external display on a MacBook Pro when running macOS

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I am using a MacBook Pro 2017 running on macOS High Sierra. When I use it with the HP 27fw external display the quality of display output is not good. The fonts are not sharp and overall the resolution is not good. I have set the font smoothing when available option. Still the fonts does not appear correctly.

However, when using the MBP with windows the fonts are displayed correctly.

How can I troubleshoot this?


texts: iTunes 12 Apple Music search: is there a way to play all songs returned by search?

texts: Using iTunes 12 on Mac.  I search for an artist in Apple Music.  I get results, including the artist page, albums, songs.  I want to explore this artist, so I want to listen to a stream of his or her songs.  I can only seem to play one song at a time, each with a new play click, or tediously create a playlist by adding each individual song to My Music, then creating a playlist.  Is there no way to stream search results in toto?


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I found an Applescript at apple's support site to sort any contact with the "Company" checkmark checked into a "Business" group:

property groupName : "Business"
tell application "Contacts"
    if (name of groups as list) does not contain groupName then
        make new group at end of groups with properties {name:groupName}
    end if
    repeat with singlePerson in people
        if company of singlePerson is true then
            if (people of group groupName as list) does not contain (singlePerson as list) then
                make new person at end of group groupName with data singlePerson
            end if
        end if
    end repeat
    save
end tell

It fails on:

            make new person at end of group groupName with data singlePerson

With error:

error "Contacts got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000

Does anyone know of a method to sort out all contacts checkmarked as "Company"?

For example I do NOT want anyone who has a company name but is an individual card:

But I DO want companies with the Company box checkmarked:


texts: How do I get a Unix Executable File to run from anywhere, like Java or Git?

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I've just created my first Command Line Tool in Xcode.

What do I have to do, or where do I have to put the final output file, so that I can run it from anywhere from within terminal, without having to go to the directory the actual Unix Executable File is in.

An example of this is the Java and Git executables, which I can run in the terminal regardless of the location I'm in.


texts: iMessages on Mac consistently disappearing

texts: I use iMessages on both my iPhone (6.1.2) and my Retina Macbook (10.8.3). Generally, it works pretty well, but on a somewhat consistent basis messages that I've sent from the Mac will disappear, but only disappear on the Mac. They stay on my phone. It's not a huge deal, but I sometimes like to go review messages via my Mac. Any suggestions?


texts: macOS Big Sur updates - location of files?

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We run a small office with approx 10 Macs all running Big Sur. Whenever a new version of macOS comes out we can download the installer once and then reuse it on every machine, but now I'm trying to simplify the update process since, e.g., 11.3.1 which came out recently is 5.7gb and I would like to avoid downloading it 10 times as we have a slow and also metered Internet connection.
I have used softwareupdate -d -a to download the update:
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Downloading macOS Big Sur 11.3.1
Downloading: 100.00%
Downloaded: macOS Big Sur 11.3.1

I assume I'm looking for a .pkg file (or similar) that can be retrieved before installing, however I cannot find it. I have seen suggestions elsewhere for /Library/Updates but when I use Go To Folder, this only has an index.plist and ProductMetadata.plist in it. (It is also empty if I disable SIP using the csrutil in recovery mode.)
I found this link (https://www.labnol.org/software/upgrade-mac-os-apps/28704/) which talks about enabling a debug menu for the App Store - which will then open up the downloads folder, however that seems to have been removed.
I've had a bit of a sniff around in other places but cannot find anything. I wonder if at this point they're a package contents or similar of an app.
Does anyone know where the update packages are saved and how to retrieve them?


texts: OS X swapping with free memory available?

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I've noticed my machine keeps swapping memory even though there is (at this moment) around 7 GB of RAM still free; does anyone have any insights on why this is happening, if I should care, and if so, how I can stop it?

See this image:


texts: Windows 7 Windows Explorer can't see iPhone 5S any more

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I used to be able to access my iPhone directly from Windows Explorer under Windows 7, can't now. iTunes can see the phone, Windows 7 Explorer can't.

Is there any known fix?


texts: How to import photos library from a Mac SSD to Windows?

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Following the death of my Macbook Pro, I have an SSD with all my photos on it, stored as a Photos library.

How can I extract all the photos that are in it and transfer them to
Windows?
My photos are sorted mainly by albums that I spent hours sorting by hand, not by Moments. Can I keep this information on Windows somehow,
for instance by making new directories based on the albums, or using a specific pictures manager that can import this information?
I have
marked a lot of faces on my photos, can I get this information back?

I have not synchronized my pictures on iCloud, and I would like to avoid doing so because of privacy reasons, and because the library is quite big (>100GB).


texts: Path to my background images on IOS8 iphone or How to recover my background's images from my iphone

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I made a great picture and place it as background at my iphone , now i cannot find it anymore at my camera roll.
I need this picture that is still as my backgroud image. Just give me route or a path or an program to recover it, and NO, is not at any of my backups any more...


texts: How do I fix Mac Safari highlighted find text that is scrambled?

texts:
When doing a "Find" (on page) within Mac Safari, the highlighted text is initially scrambled (jumbled or garbled).

Is anyone aware of a solution? I'm using 10.0.2 and macOS 10.12.2.


texts: Why did MacBook Pro Touch ID stop working temporarily?

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Left my 2016 MBP in coffee shop to go to the bathroom. I put my screensaver on but when I came back after a few minutes it required my password instead of Touch ID so I logged in and then put the screensaver back on and it still didn't work.

Toggling Touch ID fixed it but I'm wondering if this is just a bug or something else.


texts: How can I delete VMWare from my MacBook Air?

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I installed VMware on my MacBook Air (running OS X Lion) and now want to delete it. I dragged VMware into the trash and tried emptying it, but a popup notes that The operation can’t be completed because the item “VMware Fusion” is in use.

I tried pressing command + option + esc but could not see VMware open. I am confused about how VMware is in use.


texts: Can I make double clicking a word to highlight it ignore trailing commas?

texts: For example in Adobe Reader I'd like to double click a word to highlight it, but not have it include the trailing comma if there is one.


texts: Itunes wireless sync between iPad and Macbook Air

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Is there any way to iTunes sync an iPad with a MacBook Air using a wireless connection (either WiFi or bluetooth). If so, how?

I managed to bluetooth pair my MacBook Air with my iPad, but I can't see my iPad on iTunes


texts: Can't connect user without the home directory to Mac OS Server

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When I try to connect user WITHOUT home directory - services only

to the Mac OS X Server 3.1.2 on Mavericks I get the error:

Oct 30 12:55:17 Cassandra515i.local rpcsvchost[10115]: passwd entry for uid=502 homedirectory invalid

On the client side in the console log you get:

10/30/14 12:58:54.714 sharingd[423]: 12:58:54.714 : SDSharePointBrowser::handleEnumerateCallBack returned -6600

When creating the home directory for the user there is no problem.

Could you help me with that, what is the problem ?

Here are advanced option of that user:

Advanced option of the user:

Thank you very much in advance


texts: Is there any way I can animate switching desktops in Lion like it was in Snow Leopard?

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It's been bugging me for quite some time that switching desktops means the application stays at the desktop you're leaving, then pops up on the desktop you switched to. In Snow Leopard, the application stayed where it was and just floated with you when switching desktops, making it a lot easier to keep working in the same window or even to keep watching a movie. This of course applies only to applications you've assigned to all desktops.

I hope this will be fixed in Mountain Lion and if so I will update to that immediately, but is there any way this can be resolved right now, in Lion?

Any and all help will be very much appreciated! Also, I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I've done a bunch of searches but they came up empty.