texts: Why can't I create a .ssh directory on macOS 10.15.4?

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I'm running into a strange problem trying to set up ssh. I'm more used to Linux than macOS. Can someone explain to me what's going on here?

user@nothing ~ % mkdir ~/.ssh
mkdir: /Users/user: No such file or directory
user@nothing ~ % ls -ld ~
drwxr-xr-x+ 27 user  staff  864 Apr  1 13:49 /Users/user
user@nothing ~ % ls -ld ~/.ssh
ls: /Users/user/.ssh: No such file or directory

The ACLs are defined as:

nnyby@nothing ~ % ls -ael ~
total 96
drwxr-xr-x+ 26 nnyby  staff    832 Apr  2 09:47 .
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x   6 root   admin    192 Oct 23 20:37 ..
-r--------   1 nnyby  staff      7 Mar 28 11:24 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@  1 nnyby  staff   6148 Apr  1 13:44 .DS_Store
drwx------  10 nnyby  staff    320 Apr  1 13:44 .Trash
-rw-------   1 nnyby  staff    751 Apr  1 13:43 .bash_history
drwx------  41 nnyby  staff   1312 Nov  7 14:29 .bash_sessions
drwx------   3 nnyby  staff     96 Nov 15 11:40 .config
drwxr-xr-x   4 nnyby  staff    128 Nov  1 11:27 .emacs.d
-rw-r--r--   1 nnyby  staff     53 Nov 13 12:28 .gitconfig
drwx------   3 nnyby  staff     96 Nov 15 11:40 .local
-rw-------   1 nnyby  staff    118 Mar 22 09:59 .python_history
-rw-------   1 nnyby  staff  12554 Apr  1 19:37 .viminfo
-rw-------   1 nnyby  staff   5271 Apr  2 09:21 .zsh_history
drwx------@  3 nnyby  staff     96 Apr  1 09:53 Applications
drwx------+ 14 nnyby  staff    448 Apr  1 22:56 Desktop
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 10 nnyby  staff    320 Apr  2 09:47 Documents
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------@ 25 nnyby  staff    800 Apr  1 22:39 Downloads
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------@ 66 nnyby  staff   2112 Apr  1 09:52 Library
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+  4 nnyby  staff    128 Nov 25 14:23 Movies
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+  4 nnyby  staff    128 Mar 17 20:50 Music
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 30 nnyby  staff    960 Apr  1 22:39 Pictures
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x+  4 nnyby  staff    128 Oct 24 14:34 Public
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x   4 nnyby  staff    128 Mar 20 10:40 dist
drwxr-xr-x   9 nnyby  staff    288 Apr  1 14:12 src
nnyby@nothing ~ % ls -ael ~/..
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   6 root      admin  192 Oct 23 20:37 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 root      admin  704 Mar 28 11:54 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root      wheel    0 Oct 17 18:40 .localized
drwxrwxrwt   5 root      wheel  160 Oct 17 18:40 Shared
drwxr-xr-x+ 11 ctladmin  staff  352 Oct 24 14:34 ctladmin
 0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x+ 26 nnyby     staff  832 Apr  2 09:47 nnyby
 0: group:everyone deny delete

Similarly, I can't generate public and private keys:

user@nothing ~ % ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa):
Could not create directory '/Users/user/.ssh': No such file or directory
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Saving key "/Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa" failed: No such file or directory

I can create a dot-prefixed directory with another name, no problem:

user@nothing ~ % mkdir ~/.abc
user@nothing ~ %

If I do mkdir /tmp/.ssh; mv /tmp/.ssh ~/, the mv process hangs, and uses all my CPU until I restart!

So, how do I make my .ssh directory?


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Certain websites are failing when I have "security.OCSP.require: true" set in Firefox. Normal websites work, but when visiting commonly used websites (Facebook, GitHub, Spotify) it fails 90% of the time.
What could be causing this?
Firefox Version: 84.0b7
MacOS Version: 10.15.7


texts: Apple Pay on the Web requires my phone and email. Is that information shared?

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I chose Apple Pay while paying on a website using an iPad (iOS 13) and then a Mac OS (Mojave), and got a pop-up asking for my phone number and an email. The website I was on already has that information. The pop-up was legit from Apple Pay.

I was under impression Apple Pay won't ask for (and especially share) any information unless it's absolutely necessary. Apple Pay on my Mac never asked for any of this before.

Is there any official source explaining why is that information required, and what information would be shared with the merchant? (I.e. will it maybe obfuscate my email like Apple Sign in would?)

I only found irrelevant articles on applying for the Apple Pay physical card, as well as this, but it doesn't answer.


texts: Automator sequential renaming for one file at a time

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I have found many tutorials on how to rename some files using a "batch-renaming" type of workflow, but I have a different issue.

I'm moving files one at a time into a folder, not all at once, so the Make Sequential block in Automator doesn't see it as "A1, A2, etc", but rather "another A1, so make it A1-1". In other words, it doesn't see the existing files inside the folder and therefore every time it restarts from the base number I set it to.

Apparently I should/might use an Applescript to check existing files, but I have never got into it, let alone write one. Is there a way besides the Applescript or is it the best/only solution?


texts: Can i charge mag safe 1 laptop via external portable battery ?

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Ive got a mid 2012 15" Macbook Pro with which has a magsafe 1 power port.

Is it possible to charge this model of laptop with an external battery like the 20000 Mah units you can get to charge phones / tablets ? But with a magsafe adaptor on it ?


texts: Attempts to login result in showing "Other..." user screen

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I'm helping a friend with a Macbook Air running Mojave. They didn't know their password. I booted into recovery mode and did a password reset using the the AppleID.
Upon rebooting and attempting to log in, the loading bar froze halfway. After 30 minutes of no action, I hard-shutdown the system.
I booted again and was presented with a login screen. Upon logging in I was informed that I cannot have a user account with the same password as the Apple ID's password, So I reset the password for the user account.
If I recall correctly, AFTER that screen, I was directed to a login screen which said "Other..." and did not show any other users. If I click "Other..." I can provide a username and password to login. I cannot get past this screen.
So, everytime I boot I'm presented with the actual user login screen. I login, the loading bar loads and then I'm sent right back to the login screen with "Other..." displayed.
I also tried to login in safe mode by holding Shift while logging in. No dice.
Additional troubleshooting and research seems to indicate that something got corrupt with my user account.
Any assistance would be appreciated!


texts: Is there anyway by which one can have grayscale system wide except some selected (by user) apps, on macOS?


texts: Can't set Live Photo as wallpaper, only Still and Perspective options

texts: When I want to set a Live Photo as my wallpaper it only had Still and Perspective as options. In Settings → Wallpaper it only has Still and Dynamic. Can I do anything?


texts:
I know that SSH from the command line is easy enough, but would like to give my students that use OS X a GUI option.

Is there a PuTTY equivalent for the Mac?


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I'm trying to add a second router(a Netgear R7000) to extend my current network which uses a 5th generation Airport Extreme as the base. I am trying to set it up such that there is one continuous network with a single password.

Right now it exists as three separate networks (Airport, Netgear and Netgear5G). I tried to set it up as an ethernet connected roaming network. The problem I have is the configuration pages shown on the Apple site (Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring a roaming network (802.11 a/b/g/n)) showing connection sharing options does not seem to be found anywhere on my current Airport utilities software.

Does anyone know where these configuration pages can be found or how I can configure the routers into a single network?


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I have a MacBook Pro and I am looking for a way to run another OS X Yosemite inside it.

I tried Virtual Box, and installed OS X, but it doesn't support guest additions for OS X guests. It keeps the display at 1024x768 and the mouse moves very slowly.

What is the best way to run OS X inside another OS X? Note that I have a legal OS X and I am not talking about Hackintosh!


texts: WiFi problems after wake up (MBP2011 OS X 10.10.3)

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Suddenly yesterday my mac started to have WiFi-problems. I have had this mac since 2011 and it has always worked and I have only been using it on WiFi.

But today when I woke it up it didn't enable the WiFi. I tried to disable WiFi and enable it again but it didn't work.

I rebooted. It worked. After ~5 minutes it stopped working again.

Now I'm using my iphone (via USB) to connect to internet. Works fine.

Just before the problem occurred I installed the following updates:

Remote Desktop Client Update V3.8.4
Command Line Tools (OS X 10.10) V6.3

Does anyone have any tips for me?

Thanks in advance :)

Update: I add a section from my wifi.log file on the time of one of my failures

Wed May 20 16:45:53.489 <airportd[50]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: en1 attached (up)
Wed May 20 22:20:51.299 ***Starting Up***
Wed May 20 22:20:51.504 <airportd[50]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: en1 attached (up)
Wed May 20 23:19:39.448 <airportd[50]> _handleLinkEvent: WiFi is not powered. Resetting state variables.
Wed May 20 23:20:13.062 <airportd[50]> WARNING: Network Diagnostics (827) is not entitled for com.apple.wifi.set_power, temporarily allowing request with background priority —— all entitlement requirements will be strictly enforced in a future release
Wed May 20 23:20:13.275 <airportd[50]> WARNING: Network Diagnostics (827) is not entitled for com.apple.wifi.scan, temporarily allowing request with background priority —— all entitlement requirements will be strictly enforced in a future release
Wed May 20 23:22:20.165 ***Starting Up***
Wed May 20 23:22:20.198 <airportd[50]> airportdProcessDLILEvent: en1 attached (up)
Wed May 20 23:23:49.476 <airportd[50]> -[CWXPCConnection performScanWithChannels:ssidList:legacyScanSSID:includeHiddenNetworks:mergeScanResults:maxAge:maxMissCount:maxWakeCount:maxAutoJoinCount:interfaceName:waitForWiFi:waitForBluetooth:token:priority:reply:]: !!! SCAN request received 1.2470 seconds after previous scan request from 243 (locationd)
Wed May 20 23:25:10.549 <airportd[50]> _handleLinkEvent: WiFi is not powered. Resetting state variables.
Wed May 20 23:31:45.127 <airportd[50]> _handleLinkEvent: WiFi is not powered. Resetting state variables.

Update

Today (4 weeks later) my MBP couldnt enable the wifi when I woke it from sleep. I turned it off via the terminal and then I turned it on with:

networksetup -setairportpower en1 on

My computer froze. The most interesting I could find in the log is

kernel[0]: en1: Error configuring antenna diversity (index = -1).

I have no idea what that means though. Ideas?

I could also find the following in the log

 Wifiscript[1018]: dig attempt via
 Wifiscript[1022]: *** WIFI ERROR #1 DETECTED -- Trying again ***
 Wifiscript[1024]: dig attempt via
 Wifiscript[1028]: *** WIFI ERROR #2 DETECTED ***
 Wifiscript[1029]: ---> Bringing en1 down and waiting five seconds
 Wifiscript[1032]: ---> Turning off Airport and waiting five seconds
 Wifiscript[1036]: ---> Turning on Airport and waiting five seconds
 kernel[0]: LinkStatus 3011 Uncorrectible Errors 100000 Correctible Errors are: 30c1
 kernel[0]: Attempt to restore PCIe Config Space
 kernel[0]: en1: setting diversity to: -1
 kernel[0]: en1: Error configuring antenna diversity (index = -1).
 kernel[0]: en1: setting tx antenna: -1
 kernel[0]: en1: Error configuring transmit antenna (index = -1).
 Wifiscript[1042]: ---> Bringing en1 up and waiting five seconds
 kernel[0]: Vendor ID 0xffff is not validVendor ID 0xffff is not validen1: setting diversity to: -1
 kernel[0]: en1: Error configuring antenna diversity (index = -1).
 kernel[0]: en1: setting tx antenna: -1
 kernel[0]: en1: Error configuring transmit antenna (index = -1).
 kernel[0]: Vendor ID 0xffff is not validwl_recover_nocard: Timer already started
 Wifiscript[1045]: *** WIFI RECOVERY ATTEMPT COMPLETED ***

And now after some more reboots it says No hardware installed and I cannot get the card to work at all :(


texts: Truncated transfer of Time Machine backup contents to new flash drive

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I'm trying to transfer a 60GB folder from a Time Machine backup of a dead MBP to my 128GB USB-C flash drive (ExFAT). Unfortunately, whenever the transfer is almost complete, an alert informs me that my flash drive is 'full' and then truncates the transfer. This is weird, because my flash drive is newly formatted (no .trashes), and the size of the folder to be transferred is clearly much smaller than the maximum capacity of the flash drive. The folder ends up being only partially transferred. Furthermore, I start having trouble mounting the flash drive after the truncated transfer; the drive only mounts after I kill fsck.

All of the sub-folders of my 60GB folder can be transferred out individually – quickly and without any problems – except for one folder (projects). This folder contains ~400,000 items, primarily in node_modules folders. I believe that the large number of items might be causing the transfer to fail, but I can't figure out why.

My questions:

What am I doing wrong and how should I go about transferring my folders?
Why does my newly formatted 128GB flash drive show that it is full when it only contains a 60GB folder? Does this have anything to do with the large number of files?


texts: What process is changing my file permissions?

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Every once in a while, I notice that something must have recursively changed all my files' permissions in my home directory to go-rx — so I do:

$ find . -type f -exec chmod go+r {} \;
$ find . -type d -exec chmod go+rx {} \;

to put it back to the way I want it — for a little while until whatever thing changes the permissions again. But what process is periodically changing my file permissions (and how can I stop it)?


texts: Trying to find the culprit taking up space on Catalina HD

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I am at a loss of how to clear up system files manually on a 2017 MBP. Upon running du -h -d 1 I get;

Now the private folder is way too big and I am cautious to clear that out. I know I could clear the private/var files to an extent but want to try and avoid that. The user caches say they are  only taking up 7.3GB, after running du -sh ~/Library/Caches.

Any guesses of where/what I can purge to get this system's storage down? Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: Contacts can't be indexed by Launcbar: MacOS Error -67050

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on macos Sierra 10.12.4 and latest version of LaunchBar I have a problem with indexing Contacts items and now I am sure it is not LaucnBar's fault because I ran it in debug mode and found this in Console:

UNIX error exception: 17
MacOS Error -67050

There are bunch of other warnings (as always) which I believe are not relevant like:

  warning: dynamic accessors failed to find @property implementation for
  'uniqueId' for entity ABCDAddressBookSource while resolving selector
  'uniqueId' on class 'ABCDAddressBookSource'.  Did you remember to
  declare it @dynamic or @synthesized in the @implementation ?

Is there anybody else who had this problem with Contacts?

Thanks in advance


texts: Tools for measuring wireless strength in iPod Touch?

texts: I just need to see the signal strength of WiFi stations I have around my house. It would be better to have it (signal strength) in a percentage format, because there some apps that show strength in some other difficult format.


texts:
I installed Inkscape-0.48.3.1 via MacPorts to my Mac OS X 10.9.1 System. I Can start it from the Terminal using the command inkscape, which starts inkscape fomr the location /opt/local/bin/inkscape.

How can I link Inkscape to SVG files? I'd really like to open SVG-files by double clicking on the file.

When installed via Macports, Inkscape does not appear in the drop-down of the "open with" dialog. An entry is only added, when I install Inkscape using the installer from the Inkscape website. The problem is, that this version does not run properly under Mavericks (10.9.1). Sor far I could not find a way the this location to the dropdown menu or add a launcher to the panel.


texts: AppleScript - GUI Scripting and setting checkbox, radio button and field values

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I'm working on an GUI scripting AppleScript that will, for the open FileMaker Pro Advanced document, go to the File menu and select the File Options dialog box, then set some checkbox/radio button and field values.

The dialog box looks like this:

I would like my script to do the following:

tick the "Log in using:" checkbox if it is not already selected
select the "Account Name and Password" radio button if it is not already selected
Enter a value into the "Account:" field
Enter a value into the "Password:" field
Click the OK button

I've got it opening the dialog box but I'm not able to get past setting the checkbox - this is my first time with GUI scripting. I'm using OS X Yosemite 10.10.3.

Here's my script:

-- check that GUI Scripting is available

GUIScripting_status()

-- bring FileMaker Pro Advanced to the front

tell application "FileMaker Pro Advanced"
    activate
end tell

setfmFileOptions()

on click_button(app_name, button_name)
    try
        tell application app_name
            activate
        end tell
        tell application "System Events"
            tell process app_name
                click button button_name of front window
            end tell
        end tell
        return true
    on error error_message
    end try
end click_button

on do_menu(app_name, menu_name, menu_item)
    try
        -- bring the target application to the front
        tell application app_name
            activate
        end tell
        tell application "System Events"
            tell process app_name
                tell menu bar 1
                    tell menu bar item menu_name
                        tell menu menu_name
                            click menu item menu_item
                        end tell
                    end tell
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
        return true
    on error error_message
        return false
    end try
end do_menu

on setfmFileOptions()

    -- choose the Developer Utilities menu item from the Tools menu of FileMaker Pro Advanced

    do_menu("FileMaker Pro Advanced", "File", "File Options...")

    -- click the "Log in using" checkbox:

    if (exists checkbox "Log in using:" of window 1) is true then
 click checkbox "Log in using:" of window 1
 end if

end setfmFileOptions

on GUIScripting_status()
    -- check to see if assistive devices is enabled
    tell application "System Events"
        set UI_enabled to UI elements enabled
    end tell
    if UI_enabled is false then
        tell application "System Preferences"
            activate
            set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
            display dialog "This script utilizes the built-in Graphic User Interface Scripting architecture of Mac OS x which is currently disabled." & return & return & "You can activate GUI Scripting by selecting the checkbox \"Enable access for assistive devices\" in the Universal Access preference pane." with icon 1 buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
        end tell
    end if
end GUIScripting_status

It won't compile and returns this error the line "      if (exists checkbox "Log in using:" of window 1) is true then":


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I have a Mid-2014 MacBook Pro (Retina), running OS X Yosemite. I would like to run OS X Lion within a virtual machine.

Is this setup supported by Parallels/VirtualBox/VMware, even though this MacBook would not run Lion natively?

If so, how can I obtain a copy of Lion to install in the virtual machine? Would it help if I had access to a Mac Mini running Lion?


texts: How to prevent Safari from stopping downloads when sleeping?

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I am using macOS Server to host files on a website. I often need to download large files to the server to host them myself.  Because I do not usually have physical access to the server, I use the default Screen Sharing app In macOS from a different mac into the server (VNC). From there I open Safari (on the server) enter the url and start the download. The files range from 400MB to 2GB. They are downloaded to an external drive that is constantly plugged into the Mac.  Once the download starts it can take a while to complete so I often disconnect through the screen sharing. Unfortunately, a minute or two after I disconnect the download stops. When I check what happened by clicking on the download arrow in Safari it says that the download timed out. If I try to continue the download, it continues only to be stopped again when I quit the screen sharing. This is extremely frustrating as I am forced to keep the connection open while it is downloading.

My settings in the Energy Saving tab of System Preferences are as follows.

Computer Sleep: Never

Display Sleep: 5 Minutes

Put Hard Drives to Sleep when possible: Checked

Wake for Network Access: Checked

-

Schedule

Start up or wake: Every day at 6:30 AM

Sleep: Every Dat at 12:00 AM

Note: The downloads are NOT taking place between 12:00 AM and 6:30 AM

Thanks!


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Is there a way to make Logitech side mouse buttons just be generic mouse buttons? If there is a way to do this, I can't find it in the "Logi Options" app, which is the program that Logitech provides for configuring Logitech mouse buttons.
Yes, I can set a side mouse button to be a left-click or a right-click. But what about setting it to be mouse button 4, 5, or 6?
There are many programs that will let me bind functionality to mouse buttons 4, 5, and 6, etc. But my Logitech mice do not seem willing to expose their extra buttons as just generic mouse buttons. It's very frustrating!
If there's no way to make this work for a Logitech mouse, does anyone have any recommendations for a good ergonomic mouse that has some side buttons and merely exposes these as simple generic mouse buttons that apps can identify as such?
P.S. I'm using Catalina at the moment.


texts: How to disable auto-exposure adjusting for my webcam?

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I have an external display plugged into my MacBook Pro.  The external display has a webcam built in.
In some lighting situations, macOS struggles to determine the correct exposure/gamma, and jumps it around trying to find an appropriate setting in a way that is very distracting on video calls.
I've used the "Manual Camera - Webcam Control" app in the past, but it stopped working recently (either a broken app update or due to upgrading to Big Sur, I'm not sure which).
What is the best way to manually lock my camera settings so that my picture stays consistent during video calls?
Edit: I am looking for a solution that works on Big Sur, for either external or built-in displays (though based on previous experience I would expect a solution that works for one to work for the other).


texts: How can I keep System Events from deactivating?

texts:
I'm using more and more Applescripts for home automation that rely on System Events being active.  The problem is that System Events shuts down if it hasn't been used for a while.  I'm not sure how long the time is though.  15 min?  5 min?  Regardless...  if System Events isn't active, there's either a pause or an error while it launches, meanwhile I wonder what happened.  I don't want to build delays into the Applescripts because many of them are for remote control type actions (imagine if your TV required a 10 second delay every time you tried to use your remote.  That'd be annoying).

Is there a way to keep System Events active?  Is there a reason to NOT keep System Events active?

I'm on Mavericks, if that matters.


texts: MacOS install USB not listed in boot manager on startup

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I have a 2011 Macbook Air (a1370) that was stuck on the boot screen with the spinning wheel.

I booted into internet recovery and from Disk Utility wiped the SSD clean. When I then tried to reinstall Lion through recovery, I kept getting the error "Can't download the additional components needed to install Mac OS X." Avoiding this error, I made an install USB with TransMac and attempted to boot from that, but there are no drives listed, including the internal SSD.

I have tried to reset NVRAM  but that did not work. My USB drive is converted to GPT and I have tried different OSX versions. I'm not really sure what to do from here.

Weird time estimate

Initial error

Install USB partition

No bootable partitions


texts: How to read my old deleted iPhone WhatsApp messages from PC/Mac?

texts: I deleted some important messages seven days ago and want to recover them. How can I undo my mistake and how can I read the data from my PC/Mac?


texts:
I use an old (2007) Mac Mini (10.7.5) to serve iTunes (11.0.2) and recently it has started using a lot of memory. It has never been what you would call efficient in terms of memory allocation, but 1.5+GB seems high even for iTunes. It starts out around 115MB and every so slowly climbs even with nothing using or accessing it.

Anybody else seen this?

And no, purge does not help. :)

The machine has 4GB installed but of course OSX sees 3GB.
The iTunes library is about 300GB.
There are no other active processing going on and the machine is not used as a desktop.
It is not actively importing new content or even playing content at all. Mostly it just sleeps.
When launched, iTunes uses a bit over 100MB according to Activity Monitor.

All it does is run iTunes so various iOS devices can wirelessly sync when they want to. I restarted iTunes yesterday and it used 113MB. This evening I came back and it is using a little over 1,000MB and growing ever so slightly.


texts: Does macOS install updates when you reboot if not explicitly allowed to?

texts:
On Windows, when updates are available, you are not allowed to reboot your computer without installing them which takes quite a long time.

On my Mac, a normal update is available.
If I reboot normally with this button will updates automatically be installed?


texts: Prevent backup of iPhone on macOS Catalina

texts:
I don't want to back up my iPhone in any way; not to my Mac, and not to iCloud. However, it seems the backup to macOS is forced whenever I connect my iPhone to my Mac, since I have opted out of iCloud backups. The dialogs are all grayed out and the process starts without my consent:

Is there any way to prevent this?


texts: iPad app for collecting door-to-door survey information?

texts:
I need to be able to develop a custom form so I can have workers go door to door and collect survey information.  Think census workers, but geared towards the upcoming election.

While I could develop a custom app, I expect to have to customize it heavily for each area, and make changes to the forms throughout the process.

In order to control costs we're not going with 3G service, so all the form data has to be collected on the device and saved until it's uploaded via wifi network (or any other method) later.

Are there any apps that let me design my own custom fields for form entry, and save the data on the device?
Simple database apps with custom forms or similar?

If I had my wishlist, it would also:

Automatically download the latest collected data when in range of a network.
Update a standard database server directly (MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL, other?).
Track the location the info was collected (difficult and imprecise, probably, since it's a wifi tablet only)
Allow hundreds of tablets to check in and upload to the central server at any time, including simultaneously
Prompts the survey recorder with a script - not just a form, but gives them what to say, what to ask, and leads them through a configurable tree of questions, some of which depend on previous questions answered.  For instance once they indicate their political affiliation, it might skip questions not appropriate to save time.


texts: Can I connect iPhone 6 to an old Samsung TV without HDMI?

texts:
it is a macbook 2008 2ghz intel core 2 duo, NVIDIA Geforce 9400m 256mb, software ox10.9.5 (13F34)
serial W8843A9J1AQ

THANKS
ANDREW

!this is the macbook - thanks
I have an iphone 6 and an old macbook - i want to watch movies from these apple products on an 7 year old samsung tv monitor - the tv does not have hdmi but it has the old pc and av connections. Is there a cable I can buy to view items from apple products on the Samsung monitor?? thanks


texts: Macbook pro 13" (2018) compatible external monitor

texts:
Can someone recommend a 27" or 24" monitor that works with MacBook Pro 13" (2018 with 4 thunderbolt ports) connected through HDMI or DisplayPort (not VGA). The budget is 250$ at most, purpose is mostly reading and coding and writing). I can only find USB-C like monitors which are too expensive.

I had eye on Dell P2719H but there have been several reports that it does not detect signal from mac over HDMI which seems to be prevalent for Dell brand (apparently, Dell has issues with compliance to HDMI standards).


texts: Sync Internet Accounts between OS X and iOS via iCloud

texts:
I have setup iCloud and Keychain on both OS X and iOS, but my Internet Accounts do not seem to be synced (iOS Mail doesn't show all my inboxes).

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks.


texts: Automating opening a PDF from Preview.app in preferred PDF editor

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When having a PDF file open in Preview.app, I'd like to click a menu item or keyboard hotkey to open the same file in my preferred PDF editor (f.x. PDF Expert).

I suppose it could be done by creating a Service or adding PDF Expert to the Share menu. I'm rather new to Mac/macos but have previous coding/scripting experience. So;

How could I with a Service in Automator get the path of the currently opened file in the Preview.app?
I suppose it should be possible to add a third-party app like PDF Expert to the Share menu. If so, how?


texts: How to change the creation (st_birthtime) date/time of a file in Lion?

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touch(1) can only change modification and access times, but has no options for creation time. This does not work, at least not on Lion.

So how do I change the creation time, also referred to as birthtime in fstat(2)? There's no corresponding call in utimes(2) and there doesn't seem to be any command line tool for this.

I know I can copy the file to a new file, which then gets the current time as birthtime (and then delete the original), but surely there must be a better way?


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I would like to create a keyboard shortcut to Clean Up Folder by Name. Which can be done by right-click > Clean up by > Name

What is the Automator code needed to achieve this ?


texts: Correct way to backup via Time Machine to a remote Time Capsule

texts: If I have a MacBook through which I will like to access a Remote Time Capsule via Back to My Mac in order to perform updates to my Time Machine backup on said Time Capsule, which should be the correct settings o accomplish this?


texts: Is it possible to connect iPhone to Sound In port on PC running Windows 7?

texts: Is it possible through a male/male cable to route audio from my iPhone 6 to my computer through the Sound In port?


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My Finder folders today have a line beside the folders
Since the view is half blank, I have to move the line over before I can view the rest.
Can anyone help a girl out?


texts: Is there a hard keyboard case for the iPad keyboard?

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Is there a hard case for the Apple wireless keyboard for the iPad?

The case is to make the keyboard safe to transport, like in a backpack or something.


texts: How can I delete certificates on my MacBook? In the All Items category I am having to spend to much time looking for the most current certificates.


texts: Apple Music "Content not authorized" error

texts: Yesterday I started my free trial of Apple Music and downloaded about 200 songs on my iPhone through Wi-Fi and it worked fine (with Wi-Fi turned on). Today I went for a walk and I could not play the downloaded music offline. Once I turn off both Wi-Fi and Cellular network I get an error: “Cannot Open: This content is not authorized”. Neither of songs downloaded to the phone works. However, if I turn my Wi-Fi back on, everything works perfectly fine. Does anyone know how to deal with it?


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MMighty Mouse isn't so mighty since it won't click any more. Surprise is it does move the cursor around the screen. I have of course been through the Mouse and Bluetooth parameters to check for any potential "disable mouse clicking" button... in vain.

I've considered bringing it back to the Genius Bar but would like to solve it myself (and hopefully faster). Has anyone experienced the same problem?


texts: Transfer songs from ipod nano without password

texts: I have an old ipod with a lot of songs my son loaded years ago. We cant figure out how to get the songs off the ipod and onto my itunes account.    Can anyone help with this


texts: Configuring Mail.app "From" drop-down menu?

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When I write a mail in Mail.app (using MacOS X Mavericks 10.9.2 here), I have this "From" Drop down menu which allows me to select from which of my accounts I want to send that mail.

In my case, this drop-down menu has 33 items.

How is this menu configured?

I ask because it is tied to the account list, but not quite the same. My account list has only 17 items for example.

I have a few forward email addresses that show up there, but not all.

At this moment, I would like to have one of my email sent with a "From" header that is a forward email address that doesn't show up in that menu.

Any idea?


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I launched Apple Books on my 2016 MacBook Pro (10.14.5) to continue reading some book I had started on my iPad Pro (where it was purchased).
As expected the book was in the cloud so I double clicked its cover to download it. It prompted me for my Apple ID and password, as expected and then it started to download 16 other titles before this one, completely freezing the app.

The download is not progressing, nor I can stop it. Relaunching the app, or even after a reboot, gives me a Library full of greyed out items without any chance to force a download...

What can I do to make it unstuck?
I even went in Preferences and unchecked automatic downloads of purchases.


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I see that there are 2 people in my school connected to my iTunes library. how would i go about finding out who it is, other than just the ip. Maybe try to figure out like their computer name or something like PersonA's macbook.  I'm also new to apple and all these commands. A walk through would be helpful thank you.

-s


texts: Prevent apps from using wifi without VPN

texts: When I travel and am connecting to public wireless networks (or, really, any wireless network I don't control), I use a VPN (either L2TP with the built-in networking support or OpenVPN with Viscosity).  What I'd like to do, though, is prevent any applications from using the unsecured wireless network in the few seconds between connecting to the wireless and getting the VPN connection up.  Is there a good way to do this?


texts: Why do empty "Icon\r" or "Icon^M" files appear in directories?

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There's an empty file called Icon^M occasionally in my directories. I guess this stuff predates OSX, and it's a file that gets created by the finder to be backward compatible with OS 9. Yet, this is my guess. I tried to google, but given the name, I had some trouble finding something meaningful (in the sense that it explain what the file is and where it comes from, historically).

If you have any reference at hand I would enjoy learning this bit of lore.


texts: Will using higher wattage chargers degrade iPhone battery more quickly?

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I’ve been using an 8+ for exactly 3 years and have been using the usb 5W wall charger that came with the box. I’ve never used any other charger, and has always charged by phone with 5V/1A. However, the phone seems to be charging more slowly over time, and I’m thinking to buy a replacement.
I have iOS 14 installed, and battery health is at 80% after 3 years. (~7% decrease per year)
Will suddenly using a third-party 12W wall charger (5V/2.4A); or any higher wattage charger of other brands; cause my 3 year-old battery to decrease in battery health at a faster rate? Should I get a battery replacement before switching to a faster charger? Also, will my phone be overheating as a result of higher wattage and amperage, and will that be a concern for an 8+?
Thank you in advance for your time and answers.


texts: Can I enlarge the EFI Partition? And if so how?

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I've been searching for this forever...
By default EFI partition on Mac is 200 MB.
I have a special Windows 10 image (enterprise compilation) I would like to install on the Boot Camp partition, which requires that the EFI partition be 500 MB due to the image installer boot.wim file size, which is 290 MB.

The way I tried to do this is first install MS Windows 10 image downloaded from MS website by using Boot Camp Assistant to create and prepare Windows partition, then startup from the USB drive that includes the Windows 10 Enterprise image, deploy the image on top of the Windows partition, and reboot starting up from Windows to continue installation, but because I cannot copy boot.wim file onto the EFI partition, the deployment process cannot continue.

I've been trying different methods to change EFI partition size, using diskpart when starting up from the USB drive with the Windows image, or diskutil when starting up from macOS.
None of which allowed me to resize the EFI partition:

With diskutil I get: "File system format does not support resizing".
With diskpart I get: "You may not extend OEM, ESP, or recovery partitions".

Is EFI partition resizing even possible?

Due to the fact that this is a relatively new Mac, I don't think I'll have any problem reformatting the drive for this to work, and reinstall Sierra from the Recovery Mode, if necessary (Of course if it's possible to change the partition size without losing data, that's the best solution).


texts: Can you still ’undo’ on the iPhone in iOS 11?

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I found this question and answer iOS undo text field clear (x) via a Google search. Thing is, when I shake my iPhone nothing happens.

Can you still undo on an iPhone using iOS 11? How do I use it?

I didn’t see anything about Undo in settings!


texts: My MacBook Pro uses an extraordinary amount of RAM

texts: I bought my MacBook Pro about 1.5 years ago (with 4 GB RAM) but these days I think it uses an extraordinary amount of memory; when I open Firefox & Adium & Thunderbird & iTunes & last.fm it uses 3.84 of my 4GB RAM. I must say I installed several 3rd-party software packages on my laptop (maybe on start up they run some process of itself) is there any tool that exists to help me tune my laptop and find what processes run functionless in background, or is there any guideline to help me fix this problem?


texts: Understanding iPhone Provisioning Portal and how it works?

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The process of provisioning portal, certificates, provisioning profiles, etc are still confusing me. I read apple's documentations and googled a lot about it.. Nothing helped me..

I have a Mac and an iPhone. How can I install the application which I developed in Xcode in my device?

Could anyone give a simple steps to understand the work flow of Provisioning Portal process?

Thanks


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I want an app(specifically Ip Messanger for iOs) to start on startup in my ipad ios 7.1.1. I saw this 3 years old source in github and write the following .plist file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">

<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.mac.eijimiwa.ipmessenger</string>

    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/var/mobile/Applications/268983D6-12F9-45B5-ABF4-5B5F3D1C5E90/IP\ Messenger\ for\ iOS.app/IP\ Messenger\ for\ iOS</string>

    <key>OnDemand</key>
    </false>

</dict>

</plist>

I cannot be sure if I made a mistake or the plist format is no longer supported by ios v7.1.1. Can anyone point me what I shall correct or other auto-start options?


texts: Automator and Batch Adding Keywords to Images?

texts: Is there a way to use automator (or something else) to batch add keywords to photos selected in finder?


texts: Having problems connecting to file shares on Big Sur from a Catalina Machine

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Relative newbie to Mac.
I have an iMac running Catalina V10.15.3 and a recently purchased Mac mini now running Big Sur 11.2.
The problem is I cannot connect to some shared folders on the Mac mini from the iMac. The only ones that do connect are my user share and the macOS boot disk.
I get the message "There was a problem connecting to the server xxxx. You do not have permission to access this server"
I have checked for permissions as far as my limited knowledge allows, but am stuck. Google gives me zero clues !!
Any help would be much appreciated
PS I can connect to all shares on the Catalina machine from the Big Sur machine.
Thanks


texts: How to confirm that a cloned external hard drive is accurately cloned?

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I've used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy one external SSD, which is currently about to die, to another one. I also have an online backup of the external drive, but I want to confirm that my cloned copy is exactly the same as the old one.
I can compare individual files using md5sum. Is there a tool I can use to compare every single file on two drives?


texts: Is it safe to delete these 4 files in the folder called dyld

texts: The system storage seemed to take you a lot of space so I used this software which gives you a visual depiction of the size of files on your Mac (big files are big squares and so on) and turns out these 4 files in system have randomly inflated, it wasn't like this a few months ago. is it safe to delete these files they're in some folder called dyld. if not then what do I do to clear the system storage because I really need the space rn for some applications.


texts: Problem with Boot Camp and XNA 4.0 with Visual Studio 2010

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I'll try to be as brief as possible with my problem. Do not hesitate to ask for logs or information about my computer and/or the program.

I have a game that consists of a ship that navigates on space. A friend and I are programming this game. The problem resides in the execution and debugging of the program on my computer (MBP 15" running Boot Camp) the speed of the game is deeply accelerated and the color of space becomes a bright red instead of a black.

We have been trying a few things with the drivers (everything is updated to the most recent) and playing around with the video card (vertical synchronisation, anti-aliasing, tessellation, Anisotropic blah blah) to no avail.

I am running Boot Camp on a mbp 15" using windows 7.

OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Visual Studio 2010 XNA 4.0

The graphics card is a AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series

This question was already asked on Stack Overflow without success.


texts: Add a background to an Excel sheet (printed)

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I would like to add a background image to an Excel sheet covering the whole page and print it.

A background in Excel is only shown on screen and not printed.
Using a large image as header in Excel works but leaves a lot of white space.

I tried generating a 'background' PDF and using pdftk to merge them, which worked well a couple of years ago but I am no longer able to find a working version of pdftk (see for example https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48528).

pdftk excel.pdf background background.pdf output out.pdf

Is there another way to achieve the same result?

Edit

A screenshot of what I was able to achieve with a PDF background:

All the Excel solutions have some margins.


texts: Tools to support maintenance jobs with Finder tags

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When OS X Mavericks was released in 2013 with tagging support built directly into Finder, I expected tagging on OS X to gather steam (at least among “power users”). However, the number of tools and solutions for using tags remains limited:

Homebrew’s tag
Leap
Yep

I am looking for tools to support maintenance jobs like merging tags, listing tags according to frequency, mass re-tagging.

Are there other tools to help with these jobs?


texts: After migration to new Mac, Apple Mail doesn't use keychain but asks for all account passwords instead

texts: After I migrated via migration assistant to a new Mac (old and new device are running Mojave), Apple Mail asks for passwords of all my accounts despite I did a full migration with all data, keychain inclusive. Although passwords are present in the migrated keychain, I have to enter them manually in the password dialog boxes of Apple Mail. Since I've got to do this kind of migration serveral times a week with a plethora of email accounts, this manual procedure is very annoying. How can I make sure, Aplle Mail uses the stored account information in keychain automatically?


texts: Is it possible to install OS X on an assembled desktop?

texts: I've recently purchased an assembled desktop (it has an i5 processor, and a intel DH67CL motherboard). Is it possible for me to install OS X on a separate partition, just to understand the experience of working in OS X? I don't mind if its a trial installation (which won't work after X days), but I need to understand whether working on OS X would suit me. I'm 60+, and have used Windows all my life, hence the hesitation before buying a MacBook.


texts: How to edit files on/copy to an NFTS external hard drive?

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I've got a WD MyBook external hard drive formatted in NTFS with files on it. How can I edit files already on it as well as paste files to it?

I've installing Mounty and when I try to re-mount it read-write I get the following error message:

"Volume "MyBook" not re-mountable. The volume is not re-mountable in read/write mode. Probably it was not clean unmounted before."

I've tried another external hard drive also formatted in NTFS and that works.

I've tried one of the free solutions mentioned in the previous post - How do I write to NTFS drives in OS X?


texts: Shift Key Random behaviour on MacBook Air with Big Sur

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Recently I upgraded to Big Sur on my MacBook Air (13 inch, early 2015 model) and it worked fine for a couple of days. Suddenly the left Shift key shows some random behaviour. Sometimes, it is always on leading to Safe Boot. Some times it is disabled. This behaviour appears randomly and creates a lot of trouble. I checked Internet and tried a few suggestions like installing keymap applications, removing the shift key physically etc. Nothing gave a permanent solutions. Then I removed MacOS completely and installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and all keys including the SHIFT key worked perfectly. Which implied that there is no hardware issue with the key. I again installed MacOS (Big Sur) and now the issue (the random behaviour) is back. Is it due to some virus attack? Any solutions?
As per Tetsujin's suggestion I installed Key Codes. The left Shift key didn't give any response. The right Shift key response is shown in the figure attached.


texts: Suggestions for iPhone 7 with Audio IC fault

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TLDR; what can I do with an iPhone7 when the microphone doesn't work?
Hello! I've got an iPhone 7 with the dreaded "audio ic fault". The mic doesn't work so the following apps fail:

cannot record voice memo, record button does not respond
cannot initiate/answer a phone/Facetime/etc call; disconnects immediately upon answer
cannot record video with sound; no audio with recording
cannot stream audio over airplay
[more to come...]

However #1, #2 do work when using the BT mic. #3 video does not respond to the BT mic.
The phone is 4+ years old, and apparently the micro-solder IC repair costs more than the phone is worth. So I'm looking for creative suggestions on how I can repurpose this phone. ideas?

games w/o mic
BT webcam with my MacMini


texts: Change Default Photo Aspect Ratio in iOS

texts: Is there a way to set the default photo aspect ratio to 3:2 (from 4:3) in the default camera app in iOs?  I know it can be done using different photo apps, and I know that photos can be cropped to a variety of aspect ratios after they’ve been taken. But I’m looking for a way to set it before taking photos, using the default camera app.


texts: How do I cat a deleted file which is still open by its inode?

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I have deleted a file I still have open. I want to save that file. I know its inode number.

I think that sleuthtools icat would work for me except for the following.

$ sudo icat -f hfs /dev/disk0s2 3720257 > /path/to/some_new_filename

Error opening image file (raw_open: file "/dev/disk0s2" - Resource busy)


texts: Can I delete things safely from ~/Library?

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I am running out of storage space on my 2011 MacBook Air. I was thinking I should clean up before I contemplate adding more storage.

I notice though, that while I have ~30 GB in ~/Documents, ~2 in ~/Movies, ~10 ~/Pictures, I also have ~70 GB in the ~/Library folder.

What can I safely delete (if anything), and what is the best method to delete from this folder?

Here is the result of the cd ~/Library; du -sm * | sort -rn | head -16 script:

46559   Developer
26874   Application Support
23941   Mail
4822    Containers
2030    MobileDevice
1524    Logs
1430    Caches
1371    iTunes
1032    Mobile Documents
229     Safari
65      Dragon Profile.ddictateprofile
40      Keychains
35      Preferences
33      Internet Plug-Ins
29      Mail Downloads
26      Autosave Information


texts: How Do I Disable the Webcam on an External Thunderbolt Display

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I've got an iMac 27" paired with a Thunderbolt 27" display that's rotated to portrait mode.   Both of them have integrated webcams.  Some applications are screwy and inconsistent about letting me pick which webcam to use.

I always want to use the webcam on the iMac and never the one on the Thunderbolt display, especially as it's rotated so the webcam image is not only off-center, but 90 degrees in the wrong direction.

Is there any way (defaults setting or something) for me to disable the webcam on the thunderbolt display, but still let the webcam on my iMac to function?


texts: Trouble with Shared Folders Between 2 Macs

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I have 2 Macs (a MacMini and a MacBook).The MacMini gives shared access to a couple of its folders. The MacBook connects and has read/write access to those folders. For many years this has worked, but since migrating to Mojave on both machines, it has become unstable. After rebooting both machines everything works, but eventually the MacBook can no longer see the folders on the MacMini and attempting to reconnect results in a beach ball and eventual timeout. Once this point has been reached the only thing that might resolve the issue is rebooting the MacMini.

The MacMini can be pinged from the MacBook, so there's some basic level of connectivity, but beyond that I don't know what else I might try to isolate the source of the problem or identify which machine is the culprit.

I should add that when this occurs I have tried to relaunch the Finder on the MacBook, but it doesn't work. I can force quit the Finder on the MacBook but once I do that, it won't relaunch. I don't know if this is related or some other problem.

I recently reinstalled the OS on the MacBook thinking that there was a stability problem there. It didn't resolve the problem.


texts: cannot add shortcut to switch to desktop 2 when apps are fullscreen on 10.8.4

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I am running 10.8.4 and would like to switch to different desktops using keyboard shortcuts. Unfortunately for me, I only see "Switch to Desktop 1" and have not way to add a shortcut to switch to desktop 2.

If I have have 4 desktops, I have to scroll through all 3 of them if I want to go from desktop 1 to 4.

UPDATED QUESTION
Sorry - This question has become a little convoluted suddenly. I am able to desktops using CTRL + # shortcut only if the apps is not full screen. If I have full screen apps, I cannot use the short cut (perhaps because it is not longer a "Desktop" then). I use my editor, browser and terminal all the time in fullscreen mode - I just want to switch to them using one shortcut - I could do this in older version of osx, but not in 10.8.4 :(


texts: How to remove xattr com.apple.quarantine from all .webarchive files with that extended attribute?

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Spread across multiple file system I have numerous .webarchive files that were saved by OmniWeb. So for example:

sh-3.2$ ls -@ 2012-03-19.webarchive
2012-03-19.webarchive
sh-3.2$ ls -@l 2012-03-19.webarchive
-rw-r--r--@ 1 gjp22  staff  3722852 19 Mar  2012 2012-03-19.webarchive
    com.apple.quarantine         26
sh-3.2$ xattr -l 2012-03-19.webarchive
com.apple.quarantine: 0000;4f66fcc8;OmniWeb.app;

Those files are treated as from an unidentified developer. I can open each one with a Control-click but it's tedious.

So I'd like a command, probably involving find(1), to remove all such extended attributes.


texts: Restoring to a 10.6.8 from Time Machine that backed up a 10.8 system

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I spilled coffee on my Macbook Air and didn't turn it off in time. It's fried.
I have a Time Machine backup of the entire system. I believe it was running 10.8 when it died.
I want to format my old Macbook 2008 (currently running 10.6.8) and restore my system to the old Macbook.  Is it possible, even though the system was running 10.8?

Would it be better to upgrade to 10.7 on the old Macbook and THEN do the Time Machine restore?


texts: Customise drop shadow size (larger) in Preview.app

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In Preview you can draw shapes.
You can add a drop shadow to these shapes.
However, I can't seem to figure out how to make the drop shadow larger.
On the scale of the image I am annotating, the drop shadow just looks like a tiny black border.


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Someone sent me an email with an image attached. I want to review the image and forward it to someone else.
How do I do that?


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I am trying to use Siri to launch an app.  So I say "Open Hipchat", however Siri interprets it as "Open Hip Chat".   Which she then doesn't find it because the app is named "HipChat" and not "Hip Chat".

Any way to help Siri understand that "Hipchat" is one word and not two?


texts: IPad mini repeating playlist without my permission

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Previously, my iPad would play a playlist and stop. Now it keeps repeating endlessly. The only buttons I can find are play, stop, restart and skip ahead. There is no "repeat" button!
How do I make it stop repeating the playlist?


texts: If I export a Word document (authored as a versioned document using Pages 4.1 on Lion),...

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will it open on Word on Windows?

I don't have a Word on Windows and I've only Pages on my Mac.


texts: Can I install mac mini and wireless keyboard/mouse without USB keyboard/mouse?

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I want to buy mac mini.
But I do not want have USB keyboard/mouse, which will not be used after installing them because I will use wireless keyboard/mouse.
Can I install or reinstall mac os and install wireless keyboard/mouse without USB mouse/keyboard?

it is acceptable for me to have only a usb mouse because it is small.
if there are no ways to install os and wireless mouse/keyboard without USB mouse/keyboard,　are threre ways to install them with only a USB mouse?


texts: Set network proxy by group on Open Directory

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I have an OS X Server with Open Directory. I am wondering if there is a way a group can be set to use a proxy when a user from that group logs in, and to remove the proxy if a user from a different group logs in.

Edit:
What I need to do is if User A (in Group A) logs in, an HTTP and HTTPS proxy is configured. But if User B (in Group B) logs in, the HTTP and HTTPS proxy is removed. I was able to set it up as explained below, however, I can only change the proxy settings for Wi-Fi adapters, the Ethernet adapter does not have proxy settings. The global HTTP proxy option only proxies HTTP but not HTTPS protocols allowing users to view blacklisted sites on HTTPS.

Is there any way to apply proxy settings on Ethernet, or any other way to apply HTTP and HTTPS proxy settings?


texts: Lion: Switching an Application's launch preference off of Rosetta (PPC)

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I have a case where a machine was upgraded to Lion. Prior to Lion the user was running Photoshop CS4 (a Universal Binary) under Rosetta which required hitting a checkbox in the application's "Get Info" dialog. With the advent of Lion and the removal of Rosetta, the checkbox is gone but the OS still tries to run Photoshop as a PPC binary and fails.

Is there a way I can reset the "Launch this UB as a PPC binary" flag?


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I'm searching for an audio converter for mac with wide capabilities. It should be able to:

Convert to flac (not from flac)
Split cue files into separate tracks
Grab audio CDs
Edit ID3-tags in batch mode

Ability to convert different audio formats to MP3 and ALAC would be a big plus :)

If there is no such ultimate tool, could you please provide links to some separate tools that have the different functionalities listed above.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Is it still possible to run Safari 6 in 32bit on MacOS 10.8?

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I tried the ways i know:

Get Info - 32bit Mode - Start ==> runs in 64 bit
arch -i386 /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOs/Safari ==> results in error

is it still somehow possible to run Safari in 32bit ? I need it in order to work with ManyCam which can only operate in 32bit.


texts: Ruined 2006 imac - Only allowed to reinstall Lion which is no longer availiable

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I have a 2006 imac which was installed with lion and now I've got it to a point where the OS became corrupt. I've put a maverick install on a bootable USB but when I boot from the USB doesn't give me the option to "Install OSX" it only gives me the option to "Reinstall OSX Lion" which doesn't work because that is no longer availaibile from the app store. I've tried to format the harddrive and that doesn't change anything.

My question is, how do I get the option to install a new OS fresh instead of only being given the option to reinstall Lion which does not work.


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After upgrading to 11.1.1 both the Settings->General menu item and the sub-menu for Software Update have a (1) badge which will not go away. Selecting the Software Update menu shows the phone software is up to date.

Is there some update I'm missing, or way to clear this badge?


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I recently upgraded from OS 10.13 to OS 10.14 on a new 2019 Mac 21.5" with 16 GB RAM

When I install my MFC-L2700DW Printer I get a Print Error message when trying to print. I have tried to print PDF and Word with no luck. Running on the same network is my old OS 10.13 2011 21.5" mac which has run the brother printer for the last few years without issue and continues to print without issue. The print error log in OS 10.14 is displaying the following messages

[cups-driverd] Unable to open driver directory \"/usr/libexec/cups/driver\": No such file or directory
[Client 27] Returning IPP client-error-document-format-not-supported for Send-Document (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Brother_MFC_L2700DW_series) from localhost.

Things I've tried

I have installed the printer using both the CUPS driver and using AirPrint with no success. I have removed the printer and reset the print system with no luck.
I have tried in safe mode with the same print error message.
I have tried a factory reset on the printer.

The Brother print driver is in the folder /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/Brother_MFC-L2700DW_series _CUPS.gz.

Any assistance would be great. Thanks


texts: How to type in backtick and tilde in Safar in macOS?

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Is there any way to type in a backtick and tilde, the key located on the top-left of the keyboard (below the esc key) in Safari in macOS?

For some reasons this key works in all the other applications but don't in Safari. Also, I think this worked before Safari 9 or 8; I don't know why Apple ditched it, but I still want to know any ways to type in the key.

UPDATE

I just found that this key works when you type in the search bar on the top of the status bar. However, the key doesn't work if you type in other situations, such as typing in the text field within any pages, including a google search and that in Stack Exchange. In fact while I'm writing this right now in Safari, I cannot type in the backtick and tilde character...


texts: Our iPad is locked and we're not sure of the Apple ID / iCloud password

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My Granddaughter has lost/forgotten her ID and passwords for her iPad. When the iPad powers on, it goes straight to an iCloud password request and I cannot get past it.

I have installed iTunes on my laptop but it fails to connect to the server (error 310).

I installed iCloud control panel and tried a restore but that failed because of "Find my iPad" was active, which I cannot turn off because of the original password problem!

This is driving me crazy. I just want to reset everything now so that I can hand it back to her. Can anyone help?


texts: iOS 7 update not shown in Software Update

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When I try to update my iOS 6.1.6 it says it's up to date and it's been like that for five months. However, every App that I want requires a minimum of iOS 7.0.

I have an iPhone 3G.


texts: Request screen sharing always by requesting permission

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Usually, when I request a screen sharing from my colleagues, I get the dialog window asking whether I want to ask for permission or specify a registered account.

I wonder if there's a way to bypass this question and always directly request for permission, so I always save 1 click.


texts: Applescript - Getting Property of an Object Not Working

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The dictionary for Messages states that the application has a "chat" element which has the property "updated". My goal is to get this property, and here is my code:

tell application "Messages"
    set _chat_ to get first chat
    set _date_ to updated of _chat_
end tell

When I run this, I get the error:

Messages got an error: Can’t get updated of text chat id "iMessage;-;+<someone's phone number>".

This seems like a very basic thing, and yet it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?


texts:
Is it possible to turn off the Two-Factor Authentication for an Apple ID?

I have more than one device linked to this Apple ID and I know the password and security questions.


texts:
So i have a MBP retina 15" that has a Windows 7 Bootcamp partition.
The other day I noticed my screen was a little dirty so I took the screen brightness all the way down (fn+ f1) and did this while Windows 7 was locked.
I now cannot get the brightness back up.

I have hard booted and it seems to get back to the Windows 7 login screen.  I'm not 100% sure if it's there but if I press esc, I can hear the Windows ting error sound.  So it seems that i am there.

Is there any way to "reset" the brightness for bootcamp?


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I am getting weird time in my click (attached is the screenshot)

And it's not letting me change my time and giving me error "Could Not load Date & Time preference pane"

Any idea what's going on? Because of this error lots of app have stopped working such as chrome, sublime etc. My suspicion is that it has been corrupted by MAMP but can't confirm.

Thanks.


texts: Macbook Pro 15 mid 2012 - not able to solve overheating

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I've been trying to solve my overheating problem for quite a long time, but had no luck, so I will try to describe it to you and hopefully, someone can come up with some solution.
I've also read numerous topics about heating problems, but that didn`t help me at all.
My specs are Core i7 2,3Ghz with nVidia 650GT, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD, OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.4. SMC reset is not helpful in any case, did OS reinstallations many times with no noticeable effect.
MBP is 1 year old, I have cleaned it up from dust and also did the thermal plaste reapply (Arctic Cooling MX-4).
I use iStat pro on Dashboard and iStat menu for temperature monitoring in OSX and Mac fan Control along with Real Temp in Windows 7 (Bootcamp). Room temperature is pretty cold and I use two table fans directed to the MBP to help cool the alu case and also, MBP is elevated about 1,5cm in the back and 0,5cm in the front for better heat dissipation.

Now for the temps and issue itself:
In OSX, it usually idles at about 45C average with default 2000rpm fans, quite no problem with that. All cores are +-3C around 45C. which seem quite fine. When really idling for few minutes, sometimes it goes lower even to 37-40C.
I do not really game in OSX, but when I do (GRID 2, DIRT 3, and other more demanding games on low to mid settings) I set the fan speeds always to max 6200RPM. But even if I do, temps usually wobbles around 95C and I experience thermal throttling sooner or later. Temps do not stay at 95-100C but they oscillate, probably due to thermal throttling. Temps are generally better in OSX as it should be, but I made another test with Prime95 under both systems.
OSX:
I use torture test (in-place large FFTs: maximum heat and power consumption as stated), all four cores go 100% load, which are supposed to. I set fans to 6200rpm everytime I test this.
Starting from idle temperatures and MBP case pretty cold, temps are like this:
After 3 minutes, C1 is 88C, C2 96, C3 99, C4 95
After 5 minutes, C1 is 91C, C2 99C, C3 101C, C4 98C
Then it goes celsius by celsius up and up, about 20sec/1C more. Core 1 is usually able to stay under 95C, while C2 and C3 are running up the most, even to 104-105C, C4 is a bit lower, about 101-102C.

Same torture test under Windows 7 shows similar pattern, except idle temps are about 55C and load temps go up little faster, while gaming under W7 (Battlefield 3 on lowest setting except resolution, which I use native) is experiencing throttling and Realtemp shows reaching 104-105C eventually on C2 and C3.

Of course, I'm worried about my MBP and I do not want it to suffer any heat damage, so I stopped playing for now and hoping for some solution you guys may help me with.
Please notice, that MBP is not under warranty and there is NO apple store in Czech Republic, where I live.
I did few thermal paste replacements before this one and I believe I made it correctly. Temperatures before the paste replacement we're slightly worse than I have now.

Thanks for reading and your help.


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I am having the exact same issue when it comes to not being able to reclaim space as in the answered question below...

Reclaim hard drive space from deleted partition and reclaim Apple bootloader

I went into terminal and compared my data to the solved and could not figure out which index I need to be focused on while in recovery mode.  And is there a way I can send a message or ask a question to a specific person on this site such as the person who had solved the above issue?  Please any help is really appreciated! Some Terminal info is below.


texts: How to retrieve deleted photos (duplicate) from iphone?

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Recently i have imported my pics from iPhone in iPhoto and it asked me for deleting duplicate pics and i chose yes. But the problem is it has deleted some pics which i wanted but according to iPhoto they were duplicate.
So is there any way i can get those deleted photos back?
Thanks for your time.


texts:
I have over 30k photos on my Mac (running macOS High Sierra V10.13.2). They are stored as Events (e.g. Summer 2015), making it very easy to quickly find an individual picture.  I also have an iPad and iPhone 5, both with 64GB memory on which I store all my vital pictures (by selecting certain albums from my Mac when synchronizing). This ensures I have two back up devices.

However, within the last two weeks all my albums have disappeared from all three devices; all I have are the individual pictures (all 30k of them). Where have my albums disappeared to? There is no way I can recreate each album (even if I remembered all the names) and then copy the relevant pictures into each album - it would take years.

Can anyone help me recover the albums loaded with the pictures they contained?


texts: How to determine how much RAM I can put in my Mac Pro

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I have a Mac Pro 4,1 (Dual 2.66Ghz, 6GB Ram).  I want to increase the RAM, possibly adding 8GB to my existing 6GB.  The RAM slots are used as follows:

SLOT1: 1GB
SLOT2: 1GB
SLOT3: 1GB
SLOT4: OPEN
SLOT5: 1GB
SLOT6: 1GB
SLOT7: 1GB
SLOT8: OPEN

What are my options without removing the RAM that I already have?


texts: How to set alarm clock when screen-time is active?

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Often I don't go to bed until 'screen-time' is active.

I'd like to check/set my alarm, but screen-time doesn't let me use the alarm/clock app.  I couldn't find the "Clock" app in the "Always Allowed" configuration area of screen-time.

Can I set a wake-up alarm, without disabling screen-time every night?


texts: Numbers SUMIF by dates within current week?

texts:
I have a table like this:

Which basically contains jobs I've done, the dates I did those jobs and how much that job made me.

I'd like to find out how much money I've made this week (current date is 09/10/2015), with Monday being the first day of each week and Sunday the last. Monday of this week was on 05/10/2015.

Above you can see the values I'd like to sum, because they were all jobs completed within this week.

I can't get anything closer than this:

which only sums the money I've made today, but I want the whole week; how can I sum all the money I've made in this week?


texts: Unable to deploy home folder mobility settings through an Apple MDM server

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I have setup the latest Apple MDM server (Mavericks 10.9.2/Server 3.0.3) with Profile Manager and I'm able to push out configuration profiles to test Macs.  One of my goals is to push out profiles that will cause Macs join our Active Directory and configure our Macs to use Portable Home Folders.

When I join a Mac to Active Directory by hand, I am able to get the Portable Home Folders working, however when I push out Mobility settings through Profile Manager I can't seem to get it to work.  The error I receive when doing a sync is 'The sync could not complete because your network home at "(null)" does not allow writing.'

In my profile I have settings for Directory and Mobility.

Directory Settings (Active Directory domain):

Here are my settings for Mobility:

After deploying a profile to a test Mac I can logout and then log in with Active Directory credentials. It prompts to have a mobile account created, but after creating it and attempting a sync I receive the aforementioned sync error.

I know the mobility settings are getting applied because it displays them as greyed out.

In addition, when I join the machine to AD without using a MDM profile, it uses the network path from the AD attribute called SMBHome for the network home folder, however this doesn't work when deploying the profile despite the fact the checkbox is still checked in Users & Groups on the machine. There's no way I can see to push this checkbox via the profile, however it is checked on the Mac anyway. The (null) in the error message leads me to believe it is not taking this checkbox setting or perhaps it is looking for a different attribute.

Does anyone know how to get home folders working with AD when pushing out Mobility profiles? Alternative suggestions?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there a terminal based "Running out of Disk Space" reset?

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I often get the notification that I'm

Running out of Disk Space

I'm usually around ~5gb when the message comes up.  I've found that if I ignore it for a while, it'll continue going down (even while I'm not downloading anything).
Somewhere around ~2gb is when I usually reset my computer, and when it reboots it'll be back up to ~15gb.
It seems pretty clear to me that this is a virtual ram, and/or caching thing.  It's likely from either my browser or the compiler that tends to be running in my terminal.

What I want to know is if there's a way to get the effect of resetting my computer without having to reset the entire thing?
I think what I might be looking for is something that stops and closes every application, resets vram, then opens up everything again.  Basically the entire reboot process minus the OS.
If it could do it for all users, that would be even better.


texts: Does Thunderbolt support a net topology like FireWire?

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Does Thunderbolt support the same kind of network architecture that FireWire does?

If you have a Mac with two FireWire ports, you can daisy-chain FireWire devices in a loop with the Mac at both ends of the chain. Then you can disconnect any single connection in the chain, and all devices will continue to work so long as they're ultimately still connected to the Mac.

Now with the Retina MacBook Pro's two Thunderbolt ports, it's possible to try this out, but does anyone know if this should work?


texts: Login screen shows wrong battery percentage

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My 2018 Macbook Pro 13 login screen shows 96% and shows no charging indicator even though the power is connected. When I log in it shows 100% and the charging/power indicator.

I am running Mojave 10.14.1. The Macbook is only a few days old. There is no other issue with the battery or charging.

I tried resetting the SMC but not sure if it worked. Is there a way to tell? It did not fix the wrong battery display.

Could it be in some way connected that I restored the system from a timemachine backup that came from a different Macbook model? The system also refused to shut down twice now. And this too I have not experienced with any other Macbook before.


texts: Unable to manage mobile account settings

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I'm trying to manage my mobile account settings after migrating my local account to a network account.

The problem is that the settings button is greyed out.

How can I change this in order to get my local account syncing with my home server?

note: the lock icon is "locked" in the screenshot, however even unlocked the settings button is still grey


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We replaced the hard drive with a Patriot SSD in our iMac at work. I messed up while cloning the drive to the new SSD using a GPartEd CD. Everything works but there is about 40 GB unpartitioned that I want to recover. I cannot extend the main Macintosh HD partition using Disk Utility because the Recovery HD partition is "in the way", it is right after the Macintosh HD partition and all the free space is after the Recovery HD partition.

So, in short, is it safe to delete the Recovery HD partition? If not is there an easy way for me to remove it, resize my main partition, and then create a new Recovery HD partition?

Also, just out of curiosity, what does the Recovery HD partition do? Disk Utility seems to imply it has something to do with the bootloader but that doesn't make sense to me.

Edit: Partial duplicate of Can I repartition my primary hard drive without removing the Lion recovery partition?


texts: Keyboard shortcuts (spacebar) no longer works in Photos on Mojave

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Until recently, pressing spacebar toggled expanding my photos in Photos, and single keys provided a way to edit photos (e.g. C for crop). None of these features now work for me.

How do I restore keyboard shortcuts in Photos?


texts: Backup data from Macbook pro which won't boot

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I have a 13" 2010 Macbook Pro which I am unable to boot. The most possible reason for it is that the Logic board has short circuited. I have detailed the problem in this separate post: Macbook Pro - Faulty keyboard short circuit at video connector

I am going to submit the laptop to service center but before that I need to take the backup of the data. Is it possible to do the backup? If so, how can I do that?


texts: Adding airport extreme to existing network breaks wifi

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I have gone through a two step change to my network and the last step seams to have made it nearly unuseful.
Step 0:
My network looked like this and have been working for years:
Internet coming in to the house to an edge router that handles firewall and dhcp. It’s connected to an airport time capsule with two ethernet cables going to different floors in the house. At the end of the first ethernet cable there was an old airport express and at the second an airport extreme.
Fiber —> edge router lite —> AirPort Time Capsule (802.11ac)
(eth0) —> AirPort Extreme (802.11n)
(eth1) —> AirPort Express (802.11g)

Step 1:
I replaced the AirPort Extreme (802.11n) with a newer AirPort Extreme (802.11ac) and removed the airport express. This worked well. I installed the new extreme by resting it and using my iPhone to basically taping next, next, next in the setup process. It’s in bridge mode and creates a new network with the same name (I have automatic on both 2,4 and 5 ghz). I ran this setup for about a week and had no issues except sometimes I had a weaker wifi signal at the spots were the express was located before.
Fiber —> edge router lite —> AirPort Time Capsule (802.11ac)
(eth0) —> AirPort Extreme (802.11ac)
(eth1) —> nothing

Step 2:
I then added another AirPort Extreme (802.11ac) and my network now looks like this:
Fiber —> edge router lite —> AirPort Time Capsule (802.11ac)
(eth0) —> AirPort Extreme (802.11ac)
(eth1) —> AirPort Extreme (802.11ac)

I setup the new airport extreme the same way as the one before using my iPhone. But now several of my devices have both issues with getting a wifi signal and when they claim to be connected to the network apps can’t connect. This is for a wide range of apps like safari and social media apps.
I have tried a few different things:

I have switched places between the new airports but the error still
remains
When unplugging either of the new airports the wifi works great
I have read the different guides at apple (for example
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202056) and youtube
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYEAO9aurxg)
I have checked that the channels don’t overlap with something close
to my house

When both airport extremes are on the network my wifi just won’t work reliably. Can anyone help me work this out? Thank you.


texts: Highlight and copy text within hyperlink in a pdf

texts: Say there is a phrase in a pdf file that is a hyperlink: "This is a hyperlink". How can I select/highlight just the text in the middle in order to copy and paste it elsewhere without opening the link? That is, how can I just copy and paste "is a" from the example without triggering the hyperlink to open?


texts: Internal macbook pro microphone not working on any browser, but working in apps (skype, slack, photo booth)

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Specs:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
macOS Mojave v10.14.2
chrome version  71.0.3578.98
safari version 12.0.2

Using this website I can see the line but it isn't moving. The problem occurs on both chrome and safari. However, in safari the line doesn't even appear.

My google chrome settings are set properly (i.e. allow on request and no sites blocked)
I have attached a screenshot of my sound input settings
I have tried installing and uninstalling chrome
Microphone works fine on photo booth, skype and slack


texts: setting up new me.com to activate iCloud when I already have one

texts: There is no where for me to enter the fact I already have a me.com address that I wish to keep and continue using.  At the moment none of my devices are syncing because it insists I set up a new me.com account - help!!!!


texts: Windows to Mac database connection intermittently available after Windows Security prompt

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I am trying to connect from a Windows 10 computer to a Firebird database server (port 3050) running on a Mac. This has been working fine until recently. I now only get intermittent access in a predictable way.

If I try to connect to the database on port 3050, I get an "Unable to connect to network host ..."

However, if I open a Windows Explorer window and try to navigate to the host as a UNC path (e.g. \\192.168.0.1), I get a Windows Security prompt.

I don't have to enter anything in this at all, or submit the dialogue, but after this point, I can connect to the database server on the Mac for about 30 seconds or so.

Could anyone explain this behaviour with a view to getting more reliable access to the database again?

UPDATE

After gaining access to the iMac, I seem to be able to reproduce the issue by putting the iMac to 'sleep'. After putting to 'sleep', I can't access the database, then trying to navigate using Windows Explorer to the mac, I can call it. To me, it seems as though Windows Explorer is doing something to 'wake-up' the mac - temporarily at least - but a standard call to the database on port 3050 doesn't wake it up? Further investigating...


texts: How can I fix voice dialing iCloud contacts?

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I use voice dialing primarily to call my wife, let's call her "Helga". She's the only Helga in my contacts, so I could hold the button and say "call Helga mobile" and it would dial her iPhone.

Since I updated her phone to iOS5 (and enabled iCloud), when I say "call Helga mobile" my phone asks me which of four Helgas I wish to dial -- my wife or one of the three other Helgas in her contact list.

I've disable iCloud contact syncing on my phone but not yet on hers. If I go to http://www.icloud.com/, I can only use "Find my iPhone" there.

What else can I do?


texts: Scripting on iPad - accessing features like accelerometer, GPS, etc

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Are there any scripting languages for the iPad that can access native functionality like accelerometer, GPS, text messages, etc?

I know that it is possible to write Scheme and Python scripts but I don't think they can access any of the native functionality.

Is there any way to do this?

If not, why not? Is it that Apple won't allow scripting environments in to the app store or is it the case that no one has bothered creating it?


texts: Font Used in OS X 'Yosemite' Version of Terminal's Icon?

texts: What font is used for the prompt ('>_') in Terminal's icon in OS X 10.10.x 'Yosemite?'


texts: I have a 50 GB storage plan for a previous phone that I still pay for. How do I make it cover my new phone?

texts: I had  an iPhone now I have a Samsung. I am still paying for my storage plan for the iPhone. How do I get my new phone covered with this plan?


texts: How can I recover a standard user's password using the admin password?

texts: I'm trying to recover a standard user's password on Mac. I'm using OSX Sierra. Using the admin, can I view this password? Either with Terminal or otherwise?


texts: Can Find My Mac be disabled on a stolen MacBook without a password?

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My friend had his MacBook stolen from his house but he didn't have a password on his MacBook so if the thief logged out of his iCloud can it still be tracked since he already put a lock on it?

If he deletes the iCloud account while the MacBook isn't connected to Wi-Fi can he still track it if the MacBook connects to Wi-Fi?


texts: How can I tell what version of Recovery HD OS is running while I'm booted to the recovery software?

texts: How can I tell the version of OS X (and the build) that runs on Recovery HD while I'm running in that mode? The Apple menu has no "About" menu that shows that information when you're running normally.


texts: How can I process/read checkmarks on a paper form?

texts:
I would like to process a large number of scanned paper forms (GUI or command line). I am only interested in reading (custom) checkboxes. The form looks like this:

every line has 6 circle-shaped boxes (one is marked)
form has has 45+ lines

After processing, I would like to have the checked value (1 … 6) of every line. I assume as there is no Optical Character Recognition involved (but OMR), this should be somewhat easier.

Is there a way to do this from the GUI or the command line? What would be the best approach?

UPDATED: scans come in PDF or JPEG (my choice). Sample scan (380kb JPEG).

Here is an anonymized version of the form:


texts: iPhone FaceID stopped working after 13.5 update––is this a bug or hdw failure?

texts:
So here's the story...
My iPhone X was working just fine on 13.4.x. Then a couple weeks ago I updated to 13.5.1 because of the rumored FaceID w/Mask unlock. Everything seemed to be working fine––but I think I got so used to typing passcodes I didn't notice if FaceID ever worked after the update.
When I finally realized something was wrong with FaceID, I did the usual: soft reset, FaceID reset, and then finally, factory reset. Nothing worked, and once I reset FaceID, I could never "Set up Face ID" again. Every attempt left me with the "move the phone higher/lower" bug.
Since then, I've also updated to 13.6 with no change in FaceID. After reading more than a few pages on the web, I've got the following diagnosis:
iPhone X FaceID checklist:

Proximity sensor/AutoBrightness OK
Animoji OK
Selfie camera portrait-mode does NOT work, “move farther away” msg, no background blur
Rear camera portrait mode OK

"Set up Face ID"

shows "position your face within the frame" or "move iPhone a little higher/lower"

Can someone help me determine if this is 1) a software bug or 2) a fatal hardware failure that coincidentally emerged within days of upgrading to 13.5.1?


texts:
I have two hard disks on my 2012 Mac Mini. The first disk is partitioned with Mac HD and Data HD. The second drive has OS X Public Beta and Windows partitioned.

I want to prevent OS X on my main disk from auto-mounting OS X Public Beta and Windows 7. Both are encrypted (FileVault 2 and Bitlocker).

I tried to edit /etc/fstab and /private/etc/fstab which seem to be replicated but it doesn't work. I thought I was doing something wrong, so I added a line for Data HD which is not encrypted and it didn't mount.

sudo vifs

UUID=NUMBER none hfs ro,noauto

That's the line I'm issuing for Public Beta. I'm assuming its not hfs because of FV2 so is there another file system I need to enter? I also tried hfs+ and it didn't work, I still get prompted to enter passcode.

For Windows 7, I'm assuming I would use ntfs? I'm not using BootCamp so I don't think it would be fat.


texts: How can I combine multiple screenshots in Skitch?

texts: With Skitch, I often find myself wanting to take screenshots of different parts of the screen, annotating them, and combining them into one image. I could use a separate program for this last step, such as Acorn, but is it possible to do this from within Skitch?


texts: Dock restarting continuously after High Sierra update

texts:
I updated an iMac 2011 to High Sierra and now the dock and the upper bar disappear continuously and the wallpaper turns black. Just for a second, then all restart again. And it is happening all the time. It's like the GUI is restarting but other apps don't.

Sometimes a note that said "In order to enable Apple-tab, the Dock must first be quit and relaunched. This will cause all minimized windows to be expanded. Do you wish to proceed?" appear, if I press "no" the problem stop until I restart the computer.

Any idea about how can I fix this?


texts: How to download a binary from brew without installing brew?

texts:
I want a software package that exists in the Homebrew package manager, but I don't want to install brew for it.
How can I get a pre-built binary for my macOS?


texts: Enterprise iPad: Limit which wifi network can connect to

texts: I'm looking for a policy setting or a creative solution here. Is there a way to restrict the wifi networks an iOS device can connect to? We have business issued iPads, but are worried that they can be taken off-site and access company data elsewhere. If we could restrict that only the company wifi can be used, and no other public or home networks, we could mitigate this security concern. Ideas?


texts: Apple Software RAID: Add disk to array online

texts:
I recently purchased a WD Thunderbolt Duo, which has two 4 TB drive, now running in RAID 0 with Apple Software RAID.

My question is simple, if I am to get another Thunderbolt Duo next year, is it possible to add the two additional disks to RAID 0 without going offline? (Copying files out, and then destroy the RAID set, build the new RAID set and then copy the file back.)


texts: Problem loading images on Cultofmac.com in Safari and Chrome

texts:
I have had a problem with the cultofmac site for a little while now.

The pages will load the text, video and some ads. But does not load the main images for the articles until about a minute. This is per page load.

I did at one point have a beta Safari 6.1 running when I first had the problem start. But only after a couple of weeks of using the beta.

I have switched back to Safari 6.0.5 and still have the same problem.
Checking the site in Chrome gives me the same problem. But takes even longer to load if at all.

This does seem to me to be a problem at cultofmac's end with badly constructed javascript and cross domain irregularities.

(All other sites are fine.)

Looking at the Console Log (Safari): which stay blank for the first minute.
Then exactly as the page images start to load I get. errors like these:

From Safari

  Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL
  http://www.cultofmac.com/ from frame with URL
  http://rs.gwallet.com/r1/axbanner?winprice=UkG3IgAE7WQKwo3kAABZub0c2HP1BDKsTDxKew&clickurl=http://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk....kcbkkng41.
  Domains, protocols and ports must match.

(Above http middle content is trimmed. It was very very long)

  Failed to load resource: The request timed out.
  https://app-stacksocial.netdna-ssl.com/assets/dealOfTheDay.js

and

  Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL
  http://www.cultofmac.com/ from frame with URL
  http://bsa.adsrv.us/1278819/backfill5.html. Domains, protocols and
  ports must match.

From Chrome:

  Blocked a frame with origin "http://w.coin.scribol.com" from accessing
  a frame with origin "http://www.cultofmac.com". Protocols, domains,
  and ports must match. ScribolTemplate.min.js:1
  ScribolTemplate.parseUrlScribolTemplate.min.js:1
  ScribolTemplate.trackImpressionsScribolTemplate.min.js:1 (anonymous
  function)5?hpage=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F247370%2Fios-7-mail-now-lets-you-view-files-inside-zipped-attachments%2F:111
  njquery.min.js:2 o.fireWithjquery.min.js:2
  e.extend.readyjquery.min.js:2 c.addEventListener.Bjquery.min.js:

I have tried to contact their web support with no response.

1, can anyone confirm if they are also getting this issue with the site.

2, Is there any fix anyone can think of my end.
(Blocking the ads does not work. It just makes the matter worse by stopping the whole site loading)

Details.

iMac 27" 2011.
Safari - Version 6.0.5 (8536.30.1)
Chrome - Version 29.0.1547.76


texts: Using tracks from Apple Music in iMovie project

texts:
I have used downloaded Apple Music as background music in projects created in iMovie? Will I lose that if I cancel Apple Music subscription?

It seems like I would keep that as it is exported as separate file. Also, what if these videos have been uploaded to Youtube?


texts: Use an Android phone as external mic for MacBook over Bluetooth

texts:
I would like to use my Android phone as an external microphone and send the audio signal via Bluetooth to my MacBook.

What applications and steps would allow me to do this?


texts: MacBook battery/replacement battery does not work

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My MacBook battery failed a few months back. For a few weeks, my computer would go to sleep a few seconds after removing the power cord. (It could be awoken by re-attaching the power cord, and it would be in the same state as I had left it.) After a few weeks, it would shut down instantly after removing the power cord.

(Note: This happened a few months after I began heavily using a dual-boot of Ubuntu on my MacBook, as well as upgrading the Mac OS to Snow Leopard. This is a 2008 black 13-inch MacBook.)

I assumed this meant that the battery was completely shot, so I just recently got around to buying a new one. (I know, I should have dealt with this sooner.) It just arrived today—I bought it from a respected eBay seller—but it does not appear to take a charge. One thing that I have noticed is that my computer now stays on for a few seconds after removing the power cord, then goes to sleep; when I attach the power cord, I can wake it up again and it hasn't been powered down. (Just like the way my old battery acted at first.) However, my battery indicator still shows just an "X" where it should show a charge.

I've done some research and found that resetting my computer's PRAM and resetting the SMC have been known to fix these problems. However, I have done both—to no avail.

One last thing: For the past few months or so, whenever I do software update, I always have a firmware update (pictured below) that never seems to actually be applied.

I have pretty much deduced at this point that it's probably not a problem with the battery, but rather something with the computer or how the computer interacts with the battery. If someone could shed some light on this, I would be eternally grateful.


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I know there are so many tutorials and solutions are posted on internet regarding this, but I am unable to solve my issue.

I am using Ubuntu on my desktop and I also wanna access my MacBook (MacOS mojave 10.14.6) within local network. I followed “Sharing” preference panel and checked the box next to “Remote management” then “Computer Settings…” and made “VNC viewers may control screen with password” checked and set a simple password.

But I am having authentication issues while accessing from Ubuntu, It asks me username and password, I am putting same password which I set previously on mac configurations.

But IDK which username is needed to be put here, I tried so many like mac username, mac pc name, Ubuntu username even tried to keep it empty but it's not working, it's showing always authentication error, How do I solve this? Am I missing anything?


texts: Macbook battery runs flat while "charging" with nearly full USB Brick

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Road warriors buy Macbooks for untethered working and at times find themselves in a place without a powerpoint.  So charging a Macbook from a USB Brick is a fundamental operational requirement.  I thought I'd just plug my 2018 Macbook Pro into a USB Power Brick and it would just "work".  How wrong I was...

The USB Brick charged at such a poor rate my Macbook's battery would run flat despite having almost a full 26800 mAH Brick connected to it via the USB-C/Thunderbolt port to charge it. Something was badly wrong.  Was it the USB brick I was using?  Was it the cable?  Was it a combination of these things?  Much head scratching...

Since this is an issue I feel of broad interest for all mobile workers, I'll give a thorough treatment of the issue and how I resolved it in my answer below.


texts: How can I pad a file to make it a specific size?

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Is it possible to modify file size attribute in Terminal? seems my dash cam only recognizes video files with the exact size of 419,430,400 bytes. My video file is much smaller than this, but in order to play it on dashcam I have to make it match this number!

I have tried this:

xattr -w kMDItemFSSize "419430400" LOCA0122.avi

but didn't work.


texts: Get list of recently focused windows/processes

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An application on my Mac seems to want to take focus away roughly every 4-5 minutes. I hate to complain, but it is quite distracting and rather irritating. If I am in the middle of typing and not paying attention my keystrokes will be lost, and I have to click on the active window to regain focus.

Unfortunately I do not know what process is causing this. Whatever it is does not change the name of the current window process. For example, while typing this, I will lose focus on Google Chrome, but the menu will remain Chrome. The active window simply loses focus, inexplicably.

I would like to know how to detect what this process is that is taking focus.

I have considered a polling of the currently focused window with something like:

$ watch currentWindowFocusedName

Unfortunately, I do not know of a currentWindowFocused command, but it's where my thoughts start.

I have eliminated all open applications yet the issue persists, so I imagine it must be a background process of some sort, but I have 177 of those and I am not sure which ones can be safely closed.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.


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I have an iPad using Safari as a browser.

As you can see I have a very long list of History and/Favorites in the left hand column. There are hundreds of duplicates. I can get rid of the 1 at a time but I've already deleted several hundred.

Is there any way to delete them all at once?

Or find a way to stop duplicating them.


texts: Force Macbook Pro to start as soon as power is connected

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It is incredibly frustrating to me that my Macbook Pro won't start for 15 minutes after the power is connected if the battery was completely drained.  It's obviously waiting until the battery is sufficiently charged so that it won't crash if the power is pulled, but I really don't care - I will deal with any consequences of this as long as I don't have to wait the 15 minutes.

Is there any way to force the Macbook to boot as soon as it has power?


texts: Vertical green stripes when iMac starts to boot up

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An iMac has 5 green vertical bars/stripes that appear on the screen as soon the system starts booting.  The OS is Yosemite (10.10.?)  When I try to boot the computer normally, safe boot, or diagnostics the computer gets just beyond the Apple logo with progress bar and then restarts itself.  I can successfully boot into Single User Mode without the green bars appearing.

My first question is do you know of a fix/reason for the green vertical bars?

Second question:  Do you know of a way to create a backup of the drive or “Macintosh HD” volume while in Single User Mode?  It would be nice if the backup was bootable but not necessary.  I tried “asr” command but it had issues (“could not initialize Disk Arbitration…”) in single user mode.  Can some services be started so that “asr” works?

Thank you for any help


texts: What would be the repercussions about lying about age in apple developer program?

texts: I cannot enroll in the Apple Developer program because I am under 18. What would be the repercussions if I lied about my age and then signed up?