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I'm looking for a utility that will allow me to kill all processes that aren't essential to maintaining system stability in an efficient manner. I'm guessing the easiest way to do this would be to find out which processes are owned by Apple Inc. and exclude them from a kill list, if possible.

Disabling login items is not an option as certain processes are needed at startup, such as a few different cloud services which synchronise files. Killing them on demand would be ideal.

Below is an example of what should be killed.


texts: How is audio transmitted with wireless Carplay?

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I have a 2019 BMW X2 with Carplay. The audio quality is noticeably worse with Carplay than through USB or even Bluetooth.

Carplay apparently transmits the audio via a wi-fi connection the phone makes with the car's head unit. It's higher bandwidth than Bluetooth, so Apple claims it can transmit lossless audio without recompression to the head unit. But it doesn't sound that way. (I watched a WWDC developer video from Apple that explained this)

I've played music through Tidal & Apple Music. They both sound the same through Carplay. Thin, lacks clarity. Doesn't really sound like mp3/aac compression though.

Does anyone know what codec/protocol is used to trasmit audio to the head unit? Anyone else experience this? I want to know whether this is a problem with Carplay or just the head unit's implementation of it.


texts: Can I make the color of the matched word more vivid on macOS dark-mode?

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I use a dark mode and so the matched color using Find functionality on the Dictionary app is very unclear.

I changed the color from System Preferences | General but all the colors look useless on the dark mode, since all of them are very sombre grim.

Is there any way to make the color more vivid, or is switching back to non-dark the only option?


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I'd like to move text boxes on the official OneNote iPad app, but can't figure out how to do so.

I've tried tapping and dragging, and double-tapping and dragging, but both only scroll the page.


texts: Repeatedly asked to install firmware update 1.8

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In the last few days I have seen the same update keep appearing in my App Store updates list. The details are:

Software Update: MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.8

"This update address a rare issue on some Apple notebooks where a battery..."

I'm on a Mid-2011 Macbook Air running OS X 10.9.

I have installed the update and the machine reboots as expected, but then a day later the App Store prompts me to install the same update again.

Is there a way to reset or somehow suppress this so I don't keep getting asked?


texts: MacBook in bed: M1 Air vs. M1 Pro with fans disabled

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I work in bed a lot, and I'm undecided between the MacBook M1 Air vs. Pro. I have heard that fans in the bed will cause my MacBook to collect more internal dust. I’m not even sure how to determine if my bed has a lot of dust compared to other offices.
How can I research if having a fan/blower is better or worse in a generic environment?


texts: How can I release and renew my DHCP lease from Terminal?

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From the Terminal, how can I release and renew my DHCP lease?

Currently, I'm doing the following for the wireless interface, but I'm wondering if there's a better way:

sudo ifconfig en1 down
sudo ifconfig en1 up

For the wired interface, replace en1 with en0.


texts: How do I prevent Apple Watch from silencing my phone's vibration on notifications?

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I've got an Apple Watch, and because haptic feedback is physically disturbing me, I've turned it off. However, I'm getting all notifications on the watch but my phone is not vibrating on a notification, but I do want it to vibrate.

How do I get my phone notifications back?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch 2017, 2 USB-C ports, MacOS 10.13.6, with about 90 GB content, 120 GB total HD. It gets its first backup onto a pristine, just reformatted, 500 GB external drive, via USB. The drive is connected via a USB to USB-C connector (in case this could be an issue).

The backup starts fine, then it goes past 90 GB and it keeps ballooning until it "runs out of space". I made a small clip of the window  that displays this process which I can't show here but here is the display on the first frame: "Backing up 325.82 GB of 358.40 GB" and on the last: "Backing up 326.00 GB of 358.60 GB". I can see, looking at the screen, as both numbers just keep climbing up and up.

There is nothing else connected to the computer.

What's going on? It seems the backup goes into an infinite loop.


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After updating my iPod I'm asked to enter the password for the iCloud account, which has an Apple ID which uses an older email which no longer exists. I don't remember the old password.

Is there a way to update to my current Apple ID? I don't have access to the old email for verification.

If it's not possible I could live without it as I don't really use iCloud.


texts: Restore macOS Mojave Stickies app RTFD files in macOS Catalina

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When a Mac authorised dealer was migrating my MacBook Air 2015 (early) 250 Gig data from a 500Gb SSD to my new Catalina MacBook Pro 2020 2 Terabyte, my data was corrupted and somehow the dealer also lost the Mojave operating system as well.
They ran a data recovery which resulted in approx 130 Gb of data, but all folders and many creation dates and file names were lost (ie will not recognize or open).
I am gradually piecing together files, but I cannot reclaim Stickies. I have found the Stickies database, but the RTFD files when opened look like machine language.
Can anyone advise where I go from here to be able to recover an extensive number of stickies?
Also, I would like to reload an operating system back onto the MacAir, preferably Mojave so I retain the 32/64 bit options.
I also lost extensive keychains and all the loaded applications, including owned copy of Microsoft Office (not the subscription).
Unfortunately I was outside of Australia when Covid hit, and I have been in NZ since (safe, but unable to access all my backups which are in storage in Australia where no-one can access).
Apple has provided iCloud info for me for one of my four Apple ID's, but that has not covered everything. I have been with Apple since 1994 (Quadra 900) hence multiple ID's.
Thanks for any assistance in ideas for data recovery of the corrupted files and for opening Stickies, finding more of the keychain passwords, resurrecting old applications (not all bought through the App Store, getting all iTunes songs back (Two accounts, one US and one Aus).


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I bought a new mac and want to sell my old one. It came with Snow Leopard but I upgraded a few times since I bought it. I have deauthorized, reformatted and reinstalled OS X on my mac following the instructions here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5189

When I reinstalled, it installed Mountain Lion (not Snow Leopard) and asked me for my iTunes account to verify that I purchased Mountain Lion. I used Command-Q to quit after the install, so it is at the factory default welcome screen at the moment.

My question: if I sell it, is my iTunes account tied to the computer now since it asked for that during installation? And if so, is it possible to return it to an identity-free state to sell?


texts: 2 phones using same Apple ID. What happens if I erase everything on one phone?

texts: I have two phone using the same Apple ID.   Second phone was a temporary replacement, and then the first phone was found.   I want to erase all the settings and data on second phone so I can give it to another employee, with a new Apple ID.   Second phone wants me to log in with the Apple ID before it will allow me to erase everything. Will all the data be erased on the iCloud account, and also delete the data from the first phone?


texts: Why can't I paste Chinese characters to Word?

texts:
I have a strange problem with Word, every time I paste Chinese characters into Word, it looks like this:

However, I have no problem pasting Chinese characters to Pages(both 09 and 13 versions are OK), what should I do?


texts: How to assign a shortcut to "Open Image in New Tab" in Safari?

texts:
I can see the option to Open Image in New Tab in the context menu whenever I right click on any image in Safari.

I tried to assign an App Shortcut in my MacOS by:

Going to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
Clicking on the + icon
Selecting

Application: Safari
Menu Title: Open Image in New
Tab
Keyboard Shortcut: ⌘B

I tried assigning some other keyboard shortcuts too in place of ⌘B but it just does not seem to work in Safari. Is there any solution?


texts: Disk disappears while trying to upgrade to Mojave, error ppm002

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I'm on High Sierra, MacBook Pro, 2017. For some reason it wouldn't finish logging me in and turn the laptop off today's morning.

What I've tried so far:
First aid says everything is OK, while giving error "ppm002" in diagnostics. I'm trying to upgrade to Mojave in hopes that it will fix it. While choosing a disk to install on and after typing the password - the disk disappears from the choice menu, and I can't proceed with installation.

Any ideas? I'd be glad if there is a way to save information from the ssd.


texts:
I use Unix mail (Berkeley mail, /usr/bin/mail) on my iMac.  It has just started  behaving in strange ways.  If I type ~v, to open an editor, I get [LogLevel VERBOSE] or sometimes [LogLevel DEBUG] and the editor doesn't open.  I get the same behaviour running heirloom mailx.

Any idea why this might be happening and how I can stop it?  (I'm not a power user and know little about logging.)

Somewhat mysteriously, this new behavior coincided exactly with an upgrade to Mavericks, not on the machine running Unix mail, but on the machine from which I remotely ssh to that machine.  The machine running Unix mail hasn't been upgraded and uname -v yields:

Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr  9 19:32:15 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.26.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64


texts:
I've just bought a used 2012-era MacBook Air (model MacBookAir5,2).

I'm considering upgrading the SSD using a Transcend Jetdrive or an OWC Aura.

Going by their specs, both devices are the same. Right now the only difference I can see is the cost and time needed for shipping, but I'm more interested in knowing if there are long term benefits of one over the other technically wise in terms of speed/durability/other.

How can I determine the better SSD - not the cheapest?


texts: Creating iTunes ID using existing Apple ID

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I've an Apple ID already, which I got after registering at developer.apple.com. Now when I sign-in using iTunes, it says the id has not been used with iTunes and needed to review. When I click on review button, it asks some information and my credit card details. Since I am not purchasing anything, I put a card info which I rarely use. On Clicking submit, it doesn't accept the card info.
Why apple need Card info just to sign-in to iTunes, and will it deduct any money for signing in??


texts:
I need quick access to the Danish letters æ, ø, å while using the US keyboard-layout in OS X (I it slow to change keyboard layout all the time, my MBA has a Danish keyboard).

I want to use right-alt (option) as the compose key, so I can get "ø" by typing r-alt-/-o and similar.

I have consulted an earlier question but it is not clear if this gives me access to the Danish letters and I don't have a Linux installation to get configuration files from.

Is there a another/newer/easier way to do it with Karabiner/Seil etc.?


texts:
I'm getting crazy battery numbers in my ancient (but fully operational) PowerBook G4 2005 running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11. The battery is very nearly shot. The numbers reported by coconutBattery also reported by System Profiler.
How can I reset those crazy Maximum Battery Charge and Current Battery Capacity to actual numbers?
I've removed the battery and done a SMC reset with no change.


texts:
I just got a 2012 MacMini, and it happens to be running Mojave. I'd like to easily boot into multiple OSes and have an SSD I can install into the Mac.

Before I make a huge mistake and waste a lot of time, I'd like to ask if the APFS file system of Mojave is going to be an issue. By this, I mean, can I still partition the SSD into 2-4 drives, and load each as I want? Will an old OS have an issue seeing the Mojave drive or vice versa?

Update - I installed an SSD, and it's running Mojave. I would still like to know if I'd be wasting my time partitioning the SSD to 2 partitions so I can use one with Yosemite and the other, Mojave. The exact question - "Can a partitioned drive have 2 file formats? One, APFS, the other, the 'old' Mac OS extended journaled (HFS?)?


texts: What's the difference between "transmit rate" and "link speed"?

texts:
On my MacBook Pro, System Information (or airport or option-clicking on the wifi status icon) reports a "transmit rate" of 176

while Networt Utility reports a "link speed" of 289

What's the difference between these two parameters?


texts:
I'm currently running Safari 5.1.4 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3, and after bringing it out of the fullscreen mode, I quit safari using Command+Q.

When I restarted my Mac, for some reason, Safari won't return to fullscreen mode despite attempts to click on the icon on the upper right hand corner or by going through the View menu manually. ( I've also tried the short cut keys as well, Control + Command + F, to no avail).

Is there a way to fix this?


texts: The Java JAR file  could not be launched - Mac OS

texts:
I developed a Java program in a PC running on Windows 10 and sent it to my professor, who owns a PC running on Mac OS.

In my computer, the executable runs perfectly, but on theirs it pops this message.

The Java JAR file  could not be launched. Check the console for possible errors.

Is there something wrong with my application or could be an error in their computer?

I used NetBeans to export the application to a .jar file, and selected the correct main class.

Any suggestions?


texts: Can I supervise iphones with Apple Configurator 2 without MDM to get bypass codes for activation lock if needed?

texts:
I work for a subsidiary company and our parent uses Microsoft Intune as an MDM and to use Office 365 mobile.  We've had some issues with departed employees returning factory locked iPhones either with a personal email AppleID or with a company email AppleID where the company mailbox has already been deleted.

I would like to be able to supervise the iPhones in some way that I can reset the phones, even when the original AppleID is no longer accessible.  I can't use MDM as I have minimal budget and have been advised by our corporate seller that iPhones can't have 2 MDMs at the same time.

I'm wondering (before I commit to buying a Mac Mini) whether I can use Apple Configurator 2 (or similar) to supervise the phones first, then set them up for the users as usual and deploy, such that I can either disable or bypass activation lock (I see some mention of a bypass code) should it be necessary.

(Our vendor has the option to enroll these phones into Apple Business Manager but they say that requires an MDM.)


texts: Why does StorageManagement keep quitting whenever I want to look at storage?

texts:
So recently I have been noticing that I have lost about 12 GB of storage randomly. Of course, I loaded up Daisy Disk and try to find the issue (with no luck unfortunately), so I decided to see what I could do with the Apple Storage Managment features.

So I headed over to Apple -> About This Mac -> Storage to look at the summary. I see the following screen:

A few seconds later, this pops up:

The Storage panel keeps on "calculating", and I cannot use the default functions provided in Manage Storage. Does anyone know how to fix this? I am on a MacBook Pro Mid-2014 on macOS Sierra 10.12.5


texts: is it safe to delete /private/tmp vs /private/var/tmp?

texts:
I see these dirs are bloated with size in many GBs.
I have never touched these.
Occationally I just delete /private/var/mail/ishandutta2007


texts: iPhone 4 is locked after using Find My iPhone

texts:
My iPhone 4 won't turn on or do anything after using the Find My iPhone app to find it.
I already tried to fully charge the iPhone and pushing the power button, but nothing works.

Any suggestions?


texts: Does 'erase all content and settings' actually erase all data?

texts: I recently decided to sell two of my iPhone's (5 and 6s) and I used the 'erase all content and settings' option to wipe and factory reset my iPhone. Now, I'm a little concerned whether this is enough to prevent any data retrieval on my iPhone's and I was wondering if a simple reset in iPhone's settings can provide the same effects as that of an overwritten data? If not, what should I do? Is there a method for overwriting data on an iPhone as there is for macOS?


texts: Windows aren't quite maximized when opened

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When I open window in a program, I typically want it to take up my entire screen (but not be in full screen mode, just maximally sized)

Instead, there is a thin gap at the left edge of the screen. It seems like the edge it is on follows the dock, as my dock is on the left edge, and if I move the dock to the right edge, the gap moves to the right edge. but whatever is causing this, I have to use a shortcut to remove that thin gap every time I open a window (I use a 3rd party app to make it quick but I'd still like it to "just work" when I open the window). Does anyone have any solutions to change this behaviour?


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I recently acquired an Apple Watch (running 2.2.2). When it synced with my iPhone 7, the Keynote app was automatically installed on it, because I have Keynote in my phone. Then a problem arose: when I tried to install an app, it did not appear on the Apple Watch. It does not appear in the Apple Watch app anywhere, but it is installed on my phone. Needless to say, I would like to be able to install the app on the watch as well.

I tried restarting, and reinstalling the app. Neither worked. The app I am trying to install is Field Day.

If I missed anything, tell me in the comments. First Ask Different post!


texts: Is there a way to turn off iOS 9 update reminders?

texts:
The answers to this question imply that the reminders do not recur... but that's for versions prior to iOS 9.

Much like with newer versions of OSX, iOS 9 will remind you every other day or so to update giving only the options to "update now", "remind me later", "view details". The third option is the only way to avoid "scheduling" a reminder later and it's my go-to option in OSX to shut the reminders off for a bit... but I don't want to stop in the middle of what I'm doing to switch over to the Settings app and then go right back to the app I was actually using.

This is very annoying to me, particularly as I intentionally skip updates. Is there a way to turn this "feature" off?


texts: New phone registration into old apple ID data

texts:
I got a new iPhone 4S and I used it to voice-record an important lecture. I plugged it into my computer and iTunes popped up saying I had to register it.

It showed me two options:

Register as a new iphone.
Register as "__ iphone" which of course was my old apple id.

I texted myself my audio file. I thought registering the iPhone with my old Apple ID would just format a couple things on the phone like the apps, contacts, and pictures. However, I did not realize it would reset everything including my text messages!

I should've texted this file it to another person too!

Can I unregister my old Apple ID and register my iPhone with option 1 (as a new iPhone)? I desperately would like to retrieve that file ASAP!


texts: How to add image/mount/disk back to the sidebar?

texts: I accidentally dragged and removed an image/disk from the sidebar under the device. I can now only access this image under volumes folder, but I like to add it back to the sidebar. Is there a way to do it? (I can see it also in my diskutil. Thanks.


texts: How do I turn off/disable my trackpad on a MacBook Air?

texts:
I am on a mission to become proficient with keyboard shortcuts, and I keep cheating by accident and using my trackpad. I want to be rigorous in my attempt to learn, so how do you toggle the trackpad on and off?

I found information on how to turn it off if you use a mouse, but that defeats the purpose of what I am trying to do.

In the spirit of learning keyboard shortcuts, if anyone knows how to set a keyboard shortcut to toggle the trackpad, that would be optimal.


texts: Why does new Time Machine & Migrate fail with SD

texts:
My MacBook Air had a Time Machine backup of my 60g partition on 80g partition of SD card. The drive needed reformatting, but when I tried to restore the TM backup after disk was erased, CMD-R wouldn't boot the SD card--it would see it but not boot.

Now, I've destroyed that TM backup and completely started over both with a new encrypted 80g system partition (OS X 10.11.5 El Cap) on the Air, and 95g Time Machine partition  (exfat) on the SD.

Last night I did a complete TM backup. But this AM when I attempted to test a restore via Migration and CMD-R at startup both attempts failed.

Migration app could not recognize the SD, CMD-R would see the SD volume but when I'm at the Select System Backup screen, the file browser window shows the message, No system backups were found."

This seems to be more complicated than I expected. Should I be doing more reading at Apple support or is there a simpler answer?


texts: Files and Folders services do not appear

texts:
I'm running macOS Catalina 10.15.2.

I enabled "Files and Folders" in Services under Shortcuts in the Keyboard tab and I enabled all services under Files and Folders.

The services do not appear in the Finder's Services menu. I tried relaunching Finder, entering /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs into a terminal, and restarting my computer. It still does not work. What might be going on?


texts: Change width of a column in a table in Notes.app on a Mac

texts:
I discovered the nifty table feature (rows and columns) available in Notes.app on macOS Mojave.

How does one stretch or narrow the width of a column?


texts: How can I free up some space on my EFI partition for dual booting windows

texts: I'm trying to free up my EFI system partition to install windows 10 I've done this Unable to install Windows 8.1 using Bootcamp, system volume doesn't contain required free space? but it only frees up to 11 mb which is not enough, or if you have any other options that would be much appreciated


texts: On iphone sync, can I skip transfer of purchases from iphone to computer?

texts: I really hate syncing my phone these days because whenever I do I have to wait for all the apps I've downloaded since last sync to transfer to the computer. I download a lot of apps  so this process takes for ever.  So: can I opt out of backing up my apps?


texts: The operation can’t be completed because the original item for “Новый том” can’t be found

texts:
I have external hdd that I've connected to my wifi router Keenetic extra. I've enabled CIFS and FTP in router USB settings page.
I can see this HDD folders in terminal using ls without a problem, but I have error trying to connect to it via finder.

I've already tried solutions from this question, none of them works for me.
It seems very strange to me that two unix systems (os x and the linux on router) should use some windows-origin protocol SMB to share files with each other in the first place, actually, but alright.

I've also read that os x use some proprietary smb implementation, and that could be the source of the problem, but I don't want to bother to install samba manually right now. How to diagnose this error or maybe there is some workarounds?


texts: I'm using time machine to make backups everytime. Now I'm going to bring my laptop to repair center, and there is a chance that they will replace it to me. It means that I could get back totally clean OS. Will "time machine" help me to get everything what I had before ?


texts: is data stored in iphone encrypted by default?

texts:
according to the following website:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-thieves-recovering-data-factory-reset/

it is stated that iphones encrypt all data stored in them:
The iOS operating system on Apple iPhones and iPads has to deal with a similar problem. To ensure a user’s data can be quickly and completely wiped when the device is factory reset, it has a trick up its sleeve. All data on the device is encrypted by default using the hardware encryption feature. When you choose to set up encryption, the device is protected with your own encryption key. Even if you never set up encryption, the files are stored on the device in encrypted form so any bits of deleted files appear as random gibberish on the device’s storage after it’s reset. The data can’t be recovered.

im confused.

is all data stored in iphones encrypted by default?
specifically iphone 5s


texts:
I've been annoyed and concerned with Macupdate's recent inclusion of adware in some of their update packages.

I realize that a lot of apps that aren't from the Mac App Store include the Sparkle updater functionality, but it requires launching the app to trigger the update check.

Is there a way to scan for all apps with the Sparkle updater and trigger the update check one by one?

Edit: I just discovered this post at SE. Perhaps it's too convoluted a process.


texts:
If I configure a large external drive as a RAID, can TimeMachine use it for backups?

I see it can use a Drobo, but can it use even a "home-brewed" RAID?


texts: Quick entry for Google Translate via MacOS?

texts:
Is there a way to input text into a quick-entry form that takes that text to Google Translate, and then spit out a translation? You know how to-do list managers like OmniFocus and Things you can quickly add a to-do or when you press cmd-space for Spotlight Search? I have a feeling it would be through Automator, and saw the following question

Automator Service with Google Translate

but its all greek to me! How would the UI look like?


texts:
How do we "block" calls such that no one is able to call through?

For example, I would not like anyone to call me for the next 60 minutes, but I do not wish to turn off the phone.

What's the best solution?


texts: Possible to upgrade RAM to 16 GB for mac mini mid 2011?

texts:
Does anyone has experience with upgrading a mac mini mid 2011 to 16 GB RAM?

I know the official doc says the max is 8 GB RAM, but there are articles on the internet which claim it is possible.

The official doc: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202283
Article which claims it is possible: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3859325

Thanks


texts: Which Apple ID should I use for my Apple Card?

texts: I'm one of the users who has one Apple ID that I use for e-mail, calendar, etc., and a different ID that I use for iTunes and the App Store. Is one of these preferred (or required) for use as the Apple ID to use with Apple Card? Are there differences in the features available or user experience of choosing one over the other?


texts: How to increase the size of the system partition (container) on Catalina?

texts:
This is on a Macbook Pro with a 250 GB disk that was originally split into two partitions, roughly 90 (Macintosh HD) and 160 GB (disk2). The machine is now on Catalina with the first partition being APFS and the second staying HFS. There is not enough space on the first partition and I am trying to add more space from the second to the first by following this guide:
https://www.macobserver.com/tips/deep-dive/resize-your-apfs-container/

After splitting the second partition into 2 with Disk Utility, I have an empty partition of 20GB that I convert to empty space by doing

sudo diskutil eraseVolume "Free Space" %noformat% /dev/disk0sX

as shown in the guide (on my system X is 5, not 3 as in the guide but this should not make any difference). Then when I try to resize the APFS container as shown in the guide by doing

diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

it gives me

  Started APFS operation.
  Error: -69519: The target disk is too small for this operation, or a gap is  required in your partition map which is missing or too
  small, which is often  caused by an attempt to grow a partition beyond
  the beginning of another  partition or beyond the end of partition map
  usable space

disk0s2 seems to be the correct disk as shown in diskutil list

...
 2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         89.5 GB    disk0s2
...

Any ideas whether what I am trying to achieve is even possible and if it is, how to do it?

Conclusion: I went with the second suggestion by David Anderson and it seems fine. The only thing that I noticed is that the high-level folders in disk2 are owned by root after copying them back, but that doesn't seem to be an issue.

As always, make sure that you have reliable backup of your system before doing this


texts: In Activity Monitor, is the percentage out of each core or out of each virtual core?

texts:
I have my new MacBook Pro with 2 cores.

However, the Activity Monitor shows me 4 “virtual” cores. (I don’t really know what a “virtual core” is.)

If the processor is running at maximum, what percentages for processes would I have in Activity Monitor ?

A total of 200 % ?
A total of 400 % ?


texts:
I am trying to use rsync for back up using this command:

rsync -vaE --progress --delete /source /destination

My goal is to have the destination be an exact copy of the source. I have updated rsync to 3.1.2 (using homebrew) on my iMac running 10.11.6.

My problem: I use Finder to originally copy /source to /destination. Using Get Info, I see the size and number of items in source and destination are exact matches. Then I run the rsync command above to ensure destination is an exact match to source, but it rewrites many files (incl resource forks, .DS_Store files, etc) before completing successfully. But if I do another Get Info on source and destination the size and number of items no longer match.

Shouldn't destination be an exact copy of source after rsync, with the same size and number of items, etc? Shouldn't rsync exactly match destination to source, incl resource forks, hidden files, etc.? I am very inexperienced at Terminal and would appreciate any help and guidance.

A further oddity: if I run rsync twice in a row, the second run still finds files to write/rewrite. Why is this? Shouldn't the first run have exactly synchronized the directories?


texts: How to get Mediatek MT7601u working on 10.13.6?

texts: My 2011 MacBook pro has a broken WiFi card so I have been using USB dongles instead. My previous one stopped working so I have been trying to get a Mediatek MT 7601u working. This MacBook Pro is triple boot and this dongle works fine in Windows 10 but I get nothing in Mac OS and Ubuntu. When I tried to download drivers on the website, the mac link downloaded the linux drivers which don't work even on linux! When I searched this up, all the links pointed at Hackintosh installs. Has anyone got this type of USB dongle working on a real Mac running 10.13.6?


texts: MacBook Pro 2015 Keyboard and trackpad not detected once booted into operating system

texts:
Ever since I updated my computer to macOS Mojave I’ve been experiencing issues. The issues all started at the same time and they include:

Computer crashing after opening lid(Computer Transitioning from Sleep State
Trackpad feedback(the click from the Taptic Engine) stops randomly while using the computer
Trackpad and keyboard not detected by OS after reboot.

In the past most of the issues I was having were simply fixed by resetting the SMC or by simply rebooting the computer. Unfortunately at this point no matter how many times I reset the SMC, or reboot the computer, the internal keyboard and trackpad are not responding, even though the trackpad still makes a “click” from the Taptic Engine when clicked.

I’ve attempted many things including rebooting the computer, SMC reset, PRAM/NVRAM reset(unsuccessful), system hardware test(unsuccessful), etc...

The reason certain resets and tests were unsuccessful is because the OS is unable to detect the keyboard, but others like the SMC do no require the OS to preform the reset so it functions.

Does anyone have any ideas on ways to solve this issue that doesn’t involve completely reinstalling macOS?

Computer:
MacBook Pro Mid 2015 13”


texts: How do I make my macbook pro (2011, OS10.7.5) reconnect to the network when the signal goes down?

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My problem is the wifi internet is not stable and regularly goes out for 4-5 seconds at minimum up to ~40 seconds, although the network stays up. However it is annoying because my macbook does not automatically reconnect, and instead sits there saying nothing is connected when it detects a network doesn't share internet anymore.

By regularly I mean 7-8 times per hour I have to manually rechoose the network. On windows 7 the computer stays connected, and I just have to wait while hitting refresh for the signal to come back. I would like to be able to have it stay connected but without a signal like what happens when I am in bootcamp.

Edit:

  Are you sure it's Wifi outages and not a DNS server problem?

I'm sure it's not DNS. I've tried opening firefox in bootcamp (where it doesn't disconnect me automatically), as well as pinging various websites from the console. What happens is the signal is dropped, but not the network. I am still connected to (w/out internet) and see the network while I have no internet in windows.

In osx what happens when the signal is lost is that the entire network is dropped as if I was never connected to anything at all. And it does not auto rejoin. I have to manually click the network icon and reconnect, however it sits there for a while after I click moving up and down.

I assume what is happening is that the signal is not back yet when it happens, so it is trying for several seconds until it comes back.


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I have a mid-2014 15-inch MacBook Pro (the one with the Retina display) with macOS 10.12.6. I use spaces a lot and normally have my most-used apps open in specific spaces. One of these is Safari, which is set to always open in space 2 (out of 5). However, I often move Safari windows to different spaces as needed (for instance, if I'm going to use a website for reference while using an app that runs on space 4, I'll move the window with that website to space 4).

I tend to leave Safari open when I turn my computer off; that way, I get back any windows and tabs which I was using in my last session and am likely to use again in my next session. However, when the computer starts up, sometimes some of the windows which were in different spaces go back to space 2. It doesn't happen always, and when it happens it only happens with some windows (so, for example, the window on space 1 will remain there but the windows on spaces 3-5 will have migrated to space 2).

(I know that quitting Safari and reopening it causes all windows to go to the space where it's opened or where it's told to open in. I'm talking about Safari restarting by itself again after I've shut down or restarted the computer without having quit Safari, which normally puts windows in the spaces they were in before the computer was shut down or restarted.)

Does anyone know why this happens?


texts: How to check when Macbook was turned on first time?

texts: I need to know when some Macbook did run first time. Is it possible?


texts: enable program for all users (root included) installed via Terminal from source (tarball)

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I can to enable some program installed from tarball...

using this command:

echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/SomeProgram/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export MANPATH=/usr/local/SomeProgram/man:$MANPATH' >> ~/.bash_profile

But how to do it for all users (including root profile)?


texts: Why is Photos uploading more photos than I have?

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When I open photos it shows the number of photos and the number left to upload:

How come it is uploading more photos than I have?


texts: How can I navigate backward and forward using a Rapoo Optical Mouse?

texts: I want to use the additional buttons of my Rapoo N3600 Optical Mouse to navigate backward and forward in my web browser. How can I achieve this?


texts: Does Mac keeps a history of all actions I have done with files/folders similar to terminal?

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2 days ago I accidentally deleted my work folder which include many projects aI have worked on them for last 2 weeks and I didn't packed them up at all.

I used Dr.Cleaner to clean up "un-wanted" files, but it seems (i don't remember exactly) I deleted many files permanently and my work folder is one of them.

After that I used my computer for many operations (read/delete/add/copy and past files and folders), for about 12 hours until, I discovered the sad news.

Unfortunately I didn't use Time Machine, I didn't backup manually at all, and I didn't have any software installed prior deletion to help me to recover what I have lost.

I stopped doing any internal operations (mentioned above) to avoid overwrite the physical part on my hard drive (hoping to recover that area using 3rd part software).

Right now I'm using "Wondershare Data Recover", "Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery" and "Disk Drill" to recover what I have lost, but nothing promising yet.

I don't know if I just gave up and accept the fact my work file is gone. Or there are other way to help recover these files or at least understand it's history??!!

My question is, Does Mac keeps history of all action user does for every file/folder? Similar to Terminal (bash/zsh)?

Also, I'm looking for Dr.Cleaner log file (if there's any) that keeps history of it's all action and operation. I can't find it at all. Does it have one?

Last thing, after all of that, do I still have a chance to recover my lost folder??

Thanks!


texts: Me and my husband have just upgraded our phones. Since we have done this I now can no longer access all our music (on my phone). We have separate I-Tunes accounts and family share and for the last god knows how long I have always been able to listen to Albums he has burned from CD's on to our Mac on my phone but all of a sudden I don't have access to them all. Most I can access and download from the cloud but there are the odd tracks and all albums by Garth Brooks that I can not access. Does anyone have any idea what's going on. TIA


texts: Changing system passwords without changing user password

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Is it possible to change the passwords for ssh, vnc, sudo et.c. without changing the password I use to log in?
If so, how can I do it?

(Mac with Sierra)


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I know, you can't have the dock on both screens at the same time, and I know that there's a 'swipe down' gesture I'm supposed to be able to do with the mouse to make the dock appear. I just can't seem to get that to work, though... I've done this before on other computers.

Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11) clean install done yesterday.


texts: App windows move spontaneously on display wake (2 monitors) - OS X 10.8.3

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OS X 10.8.3
Mac Mini Late 2012, 2.6Ghz quad-core i7, set up with 2 displays, like this:

     Thunderbolt Port          HDMI Port
     /*****************|------|**********\_______________
    |                  | Mac  |          |               |
 ---------------       | Mini |          | DVI Display   |
 | DVI Display |       |------|          | (2nd monitor) |
 |   Primary   |                         |_______________|
 |_____________|

Problem: When I "display sleep" the system (by moving the mouse to a hot corner, to sleep just the displays, not the entire system) --

on display-wake, all windows are moved back to the primary window.

I.e. if I had, say, a Mail.app, a Finder, and Preview.app window open on 2nd display, then I put the display to sleep, wait 10 seconds, then wake the displays, all the windows are moved to the Primary display, even though the 2nd display's desktop background shows up normally & simultaneously w/ the Primary display.

It's as if the 2nd display had been physically disconnected & reconnected from the Mini each time.

Here's why I don't suspect any software or preference issue:

The system is booted off an external SSD running OS X 10.8.3. This exact same SSD was previously used to boot a 2011 Mac Book Pro (model ID 8,2), connected to the same 2 displays, and running in closed-lid mode, and this problem did not occur.

The only differences are in hardware:
a) Now using a late-2012 Mac Mini 6,2 instead of a MacBookPro8,2 as the CPU.
b) 2nd display now attached through an HDMI --> DVI converter dongle. Previously it was attached through a Newer-brand USB --> DVI adapter.

Another bit of info -- if I quickly sleep-wake the display, before the display has a chance to actually complete its "go to sleep / power off" mode changes, the problem does not occur. Only happens if I let >5 seconds go by, long enough for the external display to go to sleep.


texts: Living with notifications in a many-tabbed world

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I like notifications. I also like having many browser tabs open. When my browser is fully zoomed on my main screen, notifications can cover the rightmost tab. When I'm in a busy chat or other notification-heavy situation, they cover it constantly, and I have to move the window to get access to click the tab.

I'm looking for a better way to have my cake and eat it, too – is there some way to have the notifications, but not have this situation? For example, I don't ever really want to interact with the notifications, so if I can click behind them, that would be fine. What do you suggest?


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I have a higher end (i7, 2.5ghz, 16gb RAM) 2011 MBP with an older HDD that has been pretty unreliable for the last year or so. I have an unused/unopened 250bg SSD sitting on a shelf and was thinking of buying a matching one for ~$60 and a Tray Adapter ($8) to replace the optical drive and running both SSDs in a RAID0 config.

I do both design and front-end dev work so I typically have photoshop and illustrator open along with a bunch of browser windows and tabs and/or several VScode tabs while running a LAMP or MERN stack along with a bunch of browser windows and tabs.

My desktop can handle all that at once, but if I could get away with running even half (either the PS/Illustrator/Sketch/XD side OR the VSCode/MERN) at a time on this laptop, I'd be psyched. I only use while on the road (which is not very often) and while making system or hardware changes to my desktop.

The main drive is SATA3 and the optical drive is SATA2, which I'm sure would slow things down at startup using RAID0. But I'm wondering (hoping) if, that aside, the RAID0 configuration will boost performance/speed for the kind of work I'll be dong? I'm sure anything will be an improvement from the HDD, but will RAID0 (with 1 disc being connected via SATA2) give me a noticeable increase in performance over just a singe SSD on SATA3? >= $68 worth of improved performance? =)


texts: How To Trick WeChat Into to Thinking My iPhone Is An iPad?

texts: so I use a chatting app called WeChat and I have two phones. It only allows me to sign in on one phone at a time. But I can sign in on an iPad and a phone at the same time. It's an universal app, which means there is no iPad specific ipa. I like to know how I can put WeChat into a sandbox and makes it think my iPhone is an iPad. Thanks.


texts: How much free space should there be on the start volume?

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I have a MacBook 2,16 GHz with 3 GB RAM (white from 2007) and I wonder how much free space should there be on the start volume.

I have a 100 GB partition for OS X (10.6.5) and a separate data partition of 300 GB (however the user directory is on the system partition).

free space on the start volume:
30 GB after booting
22..25 GB after one day of use
goes down to about 22 GB after several days of use (I usually reboot, when it reaches 22 GB).

(there is also about 30 GB free on the data partition).

=> Could that be a performance problem or is that enough free space?

I have some large databases open in DevonThink Pro, mostly many pdf files open in Skim,  Safari seems to need quite some RAM and there are some non-native apps (TexMakerX and JabRef) which also get quite slow sometimes.


texts: Logging camera access on OS X Yosemite and up

texts: I'd like to have camera access by applications be logged in system logs, so that I can later search for camera access in the console app. Any idea if there is some debug feature in OS X to enable logging ?


texts: Can't open folder on (encrypted) APFS drive in Finder after sharing through SMB and setting "Everyone" to "Read Only"

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I have a folder that I use to backup my Android phone to. It is shared over SMB. Until recently this folder resided on an old Time Machine drive formatted as HFS+.
I've now moved the folder to a new drive formatted as APFS with encryption. I've configured the share the same way I did on the old drive: my user and "staff" can read and write, and everyone else has no access. The folder and its contents are "owned" by my user.
However, when I open the drive in Finder, the folder is marked with a "no entry" icon and when I  try to open it I get the following message:

The folder <folder_name> can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents.

When I add "Read only" to everyone and select "Apply permissions to Enclosed Items", I can navigate the folder and its nested content as before.
What can I do to allow navigation in Finder without allowing everyone read access to those shares?
For now I can work with the "Read Only for Everyone" work-around, but I'd much prefer not to. The only real difference I see is the formatting of the two drives, but I have now real idea whether that has any influence on this behaviour.


texts: Keyboard shortcut conflict between Google Chrome and Facetime

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Google Chrome and Facetime app use the same keyboard shortcut (⌘ + control + f). In Google Chrome that keyboard shortcut toggles full-screen, and the same shortcut launches the Facetime app. When Google Chrome is the top-level application and I hit that keyboard shortcut, Facetime launches. I want Google Chrome to toggle full-screen. Currently, I don't know a way to toggle full screen with Google Chrome using the keyboard.

Is there a way to get the behavior I want? Can stop Facetime from launching with that shortcut? Can I remap Google Chrome shortcut to something else?


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Since yesterday text messages from one number are not showing up in messages on my Mac.

They show up ok on the phone though, and messages from other senders (myself, friends) show up on both phone and laptop.

I checked accounts and they are in sync, and the number is not blacklisted.

I have closed and restarted messages - no difference.

Any suggestions as to how to figure this out?


texts: How do I disable a launchd service I no longer have the plist for?

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I delete an app that had some service running through launchd. Now launchd complains all the time in the console for not being able to launch the service:

19/02/15 08:50:28,589 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.sovapps.launchAtLoginHelper[16732]) Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 149: Could not find a bundle of the given identifier through LaunchServices: com.sovapps.launchAtLoginHelper
19/02/15 08:50:28,589 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.sovapps.launchAtLoginHelper) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

Since I no longer have the plist file, I can’t simply unload the service. How do I make launchd forget about the service?


texts: Problems with target disk mode, HD does not show in Finder/Desktop (only in Disk Utility)

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I have a MacBook Pro which goes straight to Disk Utility when I try to start it (it totally froze and I forced it off and on). And no luck in repairing the hard disk (Disk Utility can't repair…)

I am trying to copy from my HD to a borrowed MacBook putting my MacBook Pro in target disk mode using a Thunderbolt cable, but the icon for my HD doesn't show in Finder/desktop. I do find it in Disk Utility and tried to repair it here as well but it failed. Is there anything I can do? Will DiskWarrior help me?


texts: Gaining access to data acquired by AppleScript outside of the script

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I'd be interested in using the data that I acquire with an AppleScript in another Framework, or even to write it to disk (the former is preferable).  For example, I have an AppleScript where I ask QuickTime Player to open a file and play it, then I poll the file's playhead location in a loop.

Is there any way that I can ship/pipe that data off elsewhere?


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I'm planning to buy a new high-end macbook air and found that there're different part numbers for the same product: MD232LL/A and Z0ND0002Z. What is the difference between these two? Is it just about the released country or do they have different specs actually?

I appreciate your help in advance!


texts: I need to create a bash file that executes google chrome (if installed) with some flags and an input file. Does someone know how to detect chrome installation and path via a bash file?


texts: How does the technology behind iTunes Match work?

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As you probably already know, iTunes Match is a paid service provided by Apple.

  With iTunes Match, all your music — even songs you’ve imported from CDs — can be stored in iCloud. So you can access your music from all your devices and listen to your entire library, wherever you are.

I was wondering the technology behind iTunes Match works. How does it match the songs on your computer with the right ones on the iTunes Store?


texts: After recently found risk for ios 7 device and releasing an update to resolve it, is it a risk to keep ios 6 on iPhone 4?


texts: Can dual boot Mac access files between two OS installs

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I have a High Sierra Mac, I was thinking about doing a dual boot setup with Mojave or Catalina.

Will I be able to copy files between two installations via Finder?

Or another way to ask, when I am running the newer OS, will I be able to access files on the older OS in Finder without copying them to an external drive first?  Vice versa?


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I work at a web design firm. I need Safari's cache to be permanently disabled on my work computer, as it creates too much confusion when I'm testing websites. This setting should persist after I restart Safari, and when the inspector is closed.

The method in Permanently disable Safari caches is no longer working as of Safari 11. I'm testing with http://refreshyourcache.com/en/cache-test/.

Is there any way to accomplish this?


texts: How does Script Editor choose the applications to show on the 'tell current application' popup? For instance, why doesn't Preview appear on the list (see screencap below)? Is it possible to add applications to this list? If so, how?


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I have a Logitech vertical mouse. I can move the mouse and click. The scroll wheel does not register on macOS, neither in Safari, nor Finder, or other.

On Linux, it works like a charm. Therein, I can also use xev, and see any mouse panning, click, or scroll, trivially.

How can I dump mouse wheel events, at different layers of the stack? Over USB, since it's HID, could just use Wireshark and USB capture… if it's implemented on OS X. But further up?


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I would like to save a URL to my home screen (iOS). The URL includes an authorization key that is handled on the Apache server that serves the site.

http://www.host.com/key-foo

When I navigate to this website and create a home screen shortcut, the URL of the shortcut ends up as:

http://www.host.com/index.html

This breaks the shortcut because the authorization key is required. They key is used client side (React JS) and the Apache config is there so that we still direct all requests to index.html. The relevant Apache config is:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/key-(.+)$ /index.html [P]
ProxyPassReverse "/" "http://localhost/"

How can I make my iOS home screen shortcut URL = http://www.host.com/key-foo (which, for the record, is the URL that is saved if I create a regular Safari bookmark).


texts: How to I change the password of a keychain item from the Terminal?

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I am able to list the password of a particular keychain item, but I need to be able to change the password using the Terminal. I intend to write a small script that will automate such a process.

Note: I need to be able to do that using the Terminal only without any GUI!

To display the password of my keychain item, I do the following:

security find-internet-password -gs my.site.com | grep "password:"

The above command works nicely. How do I change this password? For now, let's assume that the security and Keychain Access.app applications have full access to the keychain item. I eventually need to find a way to give access to that keychain item via the Terminal, without any pop-ups/GUI. I have Administrator \ sudo rights to this Mac machine.

Thank you!


texts: Correct time zone when using “now” button in a shared document

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I made a shared .numbers document with a column with data type “Date & Time”. On iOS, this results in a keyboard with a “now” button that inserts the current date and time. I want people I’ve shared the document with to be able to use this button. However, when they hit it it inserts the current date and time in my time zone, not theirs.
I’ve already changed the document’s region to theirs. It had no effect. It would also be nice to have a solution that can work for multiple time zones at once.
How can I fix this?


texts: Examples of 3D Javascript of CSS3 animations in-browser on iOS?

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Are there any examples of 3D animations rendering in mobile Safari? To date, nearly all of the 3D animations I've seen working on a PC don't seem to render correctly on iOS. (Why is that?)

I was under the impression that because of full hardware acceleration, 3D animation would be no problem in mobile Safari, especially since mobile Safari is pretty standards compliant and supports both Javascript, HTML 5 and CSS3 quite well.

If there are no examples, why not? What are the limitations?


texts: Using different Apple ID at App Store without transferring registration

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I have made some app purchases using my current Apple ID (say personal.email@example.com).

Can I use my current Apple ID (personal.email@example.com) at "Mac App Store" on MacBook Pro and iMac, which are registered to my family Apple ID (say family.id@example.com) without transferring registration ?


texts: Correcting text on iOS: fixing capitalization

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I re-write and re-organize text frequently when I type longer messages (emails, StackExchange posts, etc). That means that words that were originally at the beginning of a sentence might end up in the middle, or vice versa.

I have found that it is nearly impossible on an iOS device to change the capitalization of a word without retyping the entire word. If I try to highlight just the first letter (or to drag the highlight end-point), then it snaps back to highlighting the entire word.

Is there some technique I am missing to do this?

Or maybe some custom keyboard that would make this simple? (I haven't used any custom keyboards yet.)

Some of this is in built-in apps (iMessage, Mail), others are in 3rd-party apps ("Alien Blue" client for Reddit, Facebook app).

In case it matters, I use an iPhone 6 and an iPad Air, both with latest iOS 8.1.3.


texts: How do I determine where a process is being started from, and disable it?

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When I start OS X (Mavericks) and run ps aux | grep postgres from Terminal, I have a process that was automatically started:

postgres          132   0.0  0.1  2526456   7936   ??  Ss   10:04PM   0:00.07 /Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/bin/postmaster -D/Library/PostgreSQL/9.2/data

This is a problem because I recently installed HomeBrew's version of Postgres and want that to be the postgres that is always running.  However, I can't figure out how to disable the old one (above) and it is driving me crazy! I've looked for launch agents in:

~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchAgents
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons

and can't seem to find one matching the above... any ideas?


texts: Why does iTunes repeatedly start playing

texts: Whenever I plug my 13" MacBook Pro into my TV (via DVI) iTunes spontaneously starts playing.  If I quit it, it reopens and starts playing again.  I ended up having to rename iTunes.app to get it to stop.


texts: OS X Lion not able to login with regular open directory domain users

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I've configured a Lion client machine to connect to my OS X server and use it for network logins. The diradmin works okay, but I tried to use a regular user, and it doesn't allow any other users to log on.

Where can I start to troubleshoot this?


texts: Auto completion of accents and tilde OSX

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I've been working on macs for a couple of years now, and recently switched jobs (Software dev).
Before when I  was typing something like "e would not automatically merge into ë. This is really annoying in terminal And I don't know how to disable this as of now (I googled but not sure what I should be looking for). One of the most annoying things I encountered was when I need to go to my home dir in terminal (using tilde) when tying by default it will complete to ˜/ whilst I would like to see it act like before: ~/ which requires me to type an extra space.

I never need the auto completion for accents since I'll use the menu which opens when you hold the key instead.

Does anyone know what could cause and get rid of this behaviour.

My keyboard settings are US-Internation (which is normal in the Netherlands) and my MacBook is fully updated to El-Capitan.


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I think this is a duplicate of an old question without a good answer: Display appears different on two accounts using same color profile
My child was doing schoolwork on her school-issued Macbook Air. Suddenly lighter greys are totally white. This generally gives the images on the screen a vague feeling of being "off", and pixellates all curved edges. The biggest problem is that text on some of her sites is unreadable.
I've checked the following:

Color profiles - it looked like it was using the default, but a cycled through a few built-ins. I could see noticeable changes to color balance, but the light greys remained the same as white. Also deleted contents of ~/Library/ColorSync/.
Accessibility - my child has accidentally inverted colors before, this isn't that. No other accessibility settings seemed related to color.
Display settings - Modifying brightness was also fruitless. The screen overall got brighter or darker, but still couldn't distinguish between light grey and white
Rebooting - colors look fine until shortly after logging in - seems connected to user profile somehow.

Here are some images to demonstrate the issue. This is a generic color test image:

On the Mac, it looks like this (simulated with photoshop):

Any solution would be appreciated, but if there is a keyboard shortcut that can cause this, it would be the most likely explanation (8 year old says they "might have rested their arms on the keyboard" during a class meeting)


texts: Unable to use SSL or TLS to access OpenDirectory ldap server

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I am unable to connect with my openserver system using SSL/TLS connection.

There are no issues communicating without SSL on port 389 and can connect and retrieve directory information without issue.

However, when using port 636 and expecting secure communications the connection fails to connect.

The below openssl connection attempt details the trace which would indicate that no ssl connection is being established.

The following image is from ServerAdmin indicating that SSL is enabled and a certificate has been provided for the server connection.

The port 636 is open on the ldap server, and no firewall is between the two hosts.

sauce:Java frank$ netstat -an | grep 636
tcp6       0      0  *.636                  *.*                    LISTEN
tcp4       0      0  *.636                  *.*                    LISTEN

A telnet connection to port 636 on the server succeeds indicating that there are no firewall issues in play.

Can anybody provide any additional items to check to identify and correct the cause of this issue?


texts: OS 10.13.3 IKEv2 VPN automatically disconnects

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I am unable to connect through IKEv2 VPN. I fill in everything but clicking connect only tries to do that(without actually connecting) and almost immediately disconnects.

Syslog is empty, in wifi.log however I can find:

Sat Feb 17 19:19:54.426 <airportd[115]> _processIPv4Changes: ARP/NDP offloads disabled, not programming the offload
Sat Feb 17 19:19:54.620 <airportd[115]> _processIPv4Changes: ARP/NDP offloads disabled, not programming the offload

I don't really know what that means though.

This is the exact same issue as in macOS Sierra 10.12.6 can't connect to VPN using IKEv2. How to troubleshoot?

That question remains unanswered and unfortunately due to SE policy I am unable to comment and ask if OP resolved his issue.

Is there any way I could possibly troubleshot that issue? The VPN connection worked properly like one week ago. I haven't updated my OS since then and nothing changed in my home network.

I tried connecting using another network and also with sharing the internet from my phone, without any luck.


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I've been trying out Safari Restore and Sessions for a few days and I find they both remember the tabs from the previous session, but only the last page I looked at in each tab. There is no history for the tabs, ie, I can't click the Back button. "Reopen all windows" in the History menu does the same thing.
Firefox and Chrome remember the entire session, so it's as if I never shut down. How do I get Safari to remember the actual session and not just the last page I looked at?
Safari 5.0.4, 10.5.8


texts: Associating Contacts to Companies within Address Book

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I've started using iCloud to manage my contacts. One thing I really like is the ability to have custom defined fields, and have them voice activated from my iPhone.
One problem however is this small (niche) area with regards to my company. I know that I can easily work around it, but I'm hoping for a definitive answer.
Here's the example.
Say I have 3 people who work for my company.

Smith, Joe
Doe, John
Lew, Sue

My company is called Acme Holdings Inc. and there are two campuses.

Acme Holdings North
Acme Holdings South

Now I'd like to have in my address book

Acme Holdings Inc
--Phone--
North Campus (555)-1234
South Campus (555)-5678

Then I'd like to be able to voice dial one of my co-works with the following command

Call Joe Smith, North Campus

So my question is, is there a way to associate a company with their respective contact information to each of the employees without having to do double/triple entries?
My problem is compounded with the fact that there are 20 some co-workers that work back and forth between 3 campuses. I'd like to have all of them in my address book.

EDIT
The reason the association would be nice would be because I don't want to have to enter the "Acme Holdings" contact numbers for each staff member. It's just nicer if you have an "Acme Holdings" contact card, and point all of the staff to it, and the custom "North Campus" and "South Campus" phone numbers are automagically attached to each contact.


texts: MacOS (Big Sur) Image Capure - How to change default "Import To" directory/folder?

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When I launch Image Capture the "Import To" dropdown always defaults to "Pictures".

I would like to change this to always default to my "Downloads" directory.
I actually managed to change this will previous versions of MacOS but since upgrading to Big Sur the value has changed back to "Pictures" and I've been unable to change it.


texts:
I just "repaired" an iPod Touch, 4th generation (MC540BT). A friend of mine didn't use it for a year because it didn't charge. After playing with it a little; I finally managed to turn it on and it worked. She (my friend) told me that it didn't work as soon as she updated it to 6.0.1 and asked me if I can downgrade it to the previous version. I told her about hard reset but I want to know if hard reset brings it back to the iOS version that it left the factory with.

In less words:
Does a hard reset downgrade device or allow me to downgrade?


texts: How to get the keywords with best popularity on App Store Optimisation?

texts:
My apps have good ratings (all of them >4/5), but I’m stuck at making their traffic significantly increase.

After having read many blog posts and other sources about ASO (App Store Optimization), I managed to successfully find some good words and long-tail keywords for my app.

I am also able to find some information to know how my app is currently ranking for a given search in a given country, thanks to Apple API (see https://affiliate.itunes.apple.com/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-search-api).

However, I can’t find any solution to keep only the most relevant of these keywords (with decent traffic and above all low competition).

If I was to find a great, free trial solution that would actually help me getting more traffic, I would seriously consider paying for it afterwards to stay competitive in ASO.

I tried to have a look at keywords popularity with a simple Google search, but I am convinced the way people look for apps is different from the way they use Google.

So I would like to know if any free tool really exists, or if Apple provides any API to get this data.


texts: How do I get the Mail app to use its configuration settings?

texts: The Mail app is configured to send the downloaded attachments to my downloads folder, yet it keeps burying my downloaded attachments in my library. I've tried resetting the download location in the app settings several times but can't get it to save to the correct location.


texts: Calendar loses custom "open file" alerts

texts:
On a Mac with High Sierra 10.13.6 Calendar loses any custom alerts linked to opening a file. I tested on macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and Calendar keeps those alerts and shows them:

On High Sierra, the same procedure shows no such alert and does not open the file, even after restarting Calendar. Here is the event:

Calendar also fails to display a custom alert of email, but runs it nonetheless.

In the meantime, I am running calendar alerts with Automator following this post. The reason is that I want to run an AppleScript as an alert, which after Mountain Lion I would need to do by saving it as an application bundle and opening the file.

Why does this happen and how to fix it?


texts: Hide applications in contextual menu 'Open with' from an other OS X installation

texts:
I just installed OS X 10.10 Yosemite (but this problem exists for any other OS with applications that run on your current Mac OS) and, because I have a Carbon Copy Clone of my old Mavericks installation on another hard drive installed on this Macbook, it shows applications from other installations mounted from the other hard drive.

Expecting the Terminal to work just as in Mavericks, how would I remove/exclude applications from a different installation from the 'open with' menu?


texts: Have Mountain Lion remember different monitor (not window) arrangement

texts:
I'm using 10.8 on a new retina MacBook.

At home, my external monitor (an HP) is located to the left of the laptop stand. So I want it my display arrangement to be [HP] [MacBook].

At work, my external monitor (a Viewsonic) is located to right of the laptop stand. So I want the layout there to be [Macbook] [Viewsonic].

Under 10.6 it used to remember the layout as part of the monitor profile. Now, that no longer seems to be the case.

Does anyone know whether this is the new normal behavior, or how to fix it?


texts: How to find the corresponding configuration files of php?

texts:
I know the php's version and binary locate, but how can I found its configuration files? such as php.ini.

aircrafts-MacBook-Pro:local ldl$ php -v
PHP 5.6.30 (cli) (built: Oct 29 2017 20:30:32)
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
aircrafts-MacBook-Pro:local ldl$ whereis php
/usr/bin/php

if there are several php installed in my Mac, how can I find the corresponding one?


texts: Where does Photos.app store its library and files?

texts:
I switched from iPhoto to Photos and now one feature that was important to me is missing: "Show referenced files in Finder".

For example, that feature was useful to me for selective sharing. Also for other things, like complete Library backups, I think it is very important to know how Photos.app works and where it stores the files.


texts: Is it possible to configure an Airport Extreme Base Station to forward to an external IP address?

texts:
Our company has a small office but we often work remotely. One of our service providers requires that we access their customer service portal from a known IP address. We don't all have dedicated IPs for our home connection so we were hoping to use our Airport Extreme base station to setup a forward.

I expected to find this in Airport Utility->Network.

There is a section for Port Settings which we're using to forward specific ports to a windows machine on our local 10.0.1.x network. However, I'd like to forward the inbound traffic on a specific port back out to a public IP address so it looks like we're all hitting the portal from the office IP address.

When I try to add another entry the IP address to forward to (labeled Private IP Address) is already set to 10.0.1.

Is this possible with an Airport Extreme?


texts:
My friend asked me a question about "Is it possible to check what programs you open and you made" and I didn't know if its possible or not so I want to ask you if its possible or not.

Like how can you find out what you did on a Mac and delete the history or edit something on it.


texts: The current version of GCC on my mac is 9.3.0, and the latest version is 10.2 now. I want to update GCC to the latest version via Homebrew. How can I do that?


texts:
I have a serious problem with my 2017 iMac running macOS Catalina BETA.  After a normal reboot the iMac loaded until the bar reached 100%. Then for hours nothing happens, it just stays at 100%.

The things I tried:

Boot in Safemode - still hangs on 100%, can’t access Safemode
Reset NVRAM/PRAM - nothing happened
Reset SMC - nothing happened
Run First Aid on all disks - helped and discovered nothing
Uninstalled Google Chrome update in terminal - nothing happened
Tried to reinstall MacOS Catalina - not enough space on my disk
Tried these commands: cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/var/db/caches/opendirectory and mv ./mbr_cache ./mbr_cache-old - “no such file or directory”
Tried to boot in startup manager - still hung on 100%
Tried to run the Apple diagnostics - it said everything is fine
Single user mode with commands like mount-uw / - command not found
Let the iMac sit for a couple days - still hangs on 100%

And so on…
So, as you can see, I tried many things and nothing helped. Do you have a good solution or a advice/suggestion without erasing the disk?


texts: Safari 7.0.5 on 10.9.4 fails to check code-signing

texts:
I noticed that the Little Snitch's Research Assistant told me that the signature for Safari was invalid so i ran codesign to check and in fact i got this:

codesign -vvvv /Applications/Safari.app/
--validated:/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/SafariForWebKitDevelopment
/Applications/Safari.app/: a sealed resource is missing or invalid
file modified: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
file modified: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ServicesMenu.strings

Is this dangerous? I found out that this issue could be related to 1Password: https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/14419/safari-plugin-unverified

I have 1Password installed but the plugin works, so can someone explain this? Should i worry about?

EDIT: find another one: Safari seems to be modified


texts:
Before maximizing an app (like google chrome for example)

After maximizing google chrome:

Why did it shift desktops? Its somewhat irritating when I use multiple desktops and an empty one is created in between. How can I turn this feature off?


texts: /System is hogging memory and I want to know why. Is it dangerous to use sudo du to investigate?

texts:
System Information says that /System is holding 80 GB but when I search with du I only find 5 GB. I reset my spotlight memory indexing by adding then removing / form the "privacy" list in System Preferences -> Spotlight but the discrepancy persists.

I want to use this du command with sudo, but I will only do that if I am absolutely certain that it will not destroy my system. Is it dangerous to use sudo with du? How can I find what is eating my memory?

$  perl -e'%h=map{/.\s/;99**(ord$&&7)-$`,$_}`du -hs /System/*`;die@h{sort%h}'
du: /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.coresymbolicationd: Permission denied
du: /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.receiptInstaller: Permission denied
du: /System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/Default: Permission denied

du: /System/Library/User Template: Permission denied
5.2G    /System/Library
$


texts: Moving mail from 10.6 to 10.8... new computer

texts: I'm setting up a new computer and wanted to get my email contacts from 10.6.8 to 10.8.5 in Apple mail. I exported the mailboxes and I set up the accounts already... but no contacts show up when emailing. I tried copying the plist, but doesn't do anything. Will I have to copy the whole mail folder? I didn't want to muck this up since I already imported the mailboxes and set up the accounts?


texts: How to change the hostname for the Xcode service on Mac Server

texts:
I needed to change the hostname of the server I have setup after I started the Xcode service. My server is currently named as follows...

Except, to view the Xcode service I still need to enter the old hostname (with hyphens), I have tried rebooting the computer and the service, no luck.

How do I change the hostname that is displayed in the "Status" field?


texts: I'm suffering from High Sierra, I need to downgrade but I can't find macOS Sierra dmg any where :| I have been searching for 2 days now but nothing, can anyone save me.


texts: Can't click using trackpad on Macbook Pro (2010)

texts:
I am trying to troubleshoot a 2010 Macbook Pro with a trackpad that won't register clicks. The trackpad makes the click-clack noise and it can be used as a pointer with no issues, but the clicks don't register. I've read this question and I'm trying to figure out if there's anything else to try before I open it up to examine the battery/screws (as seen here). Here's what I've tried.

Checked to see if the laptop will work/click with external mouse. Yes.
Checked to see if it happens on other user accounts. Yes.
Checked to see if I can turn on "tap to click" in System Preferences. Yes.
Checked Accessibility Settings in System Prefrences just in case.
Ran Disk Utility to verify/repair permissions.
Did an SMC reset.
Upgraded the OX from 10.6.8 to El Cap, no change

I don't see any evidence of battery swelling but that seems to be the next step. The trackpad clicks but it definitely clicks more on the bottom than on the top, if that makes sense. The laptop belongs to my elderly landlady who would prefer it works the same as always, even though she's been able to use it with a mouse. I'm not sure tap to click is going to solve the issue for her. Anything else I can try? Thanks.


texts: Most reliable way to mirror large number/size files/folders between drives & computers

texts:
Often I find myself shuffling large directories (20 GB+) of data between computers or drives.  What is the most reliable way to ensure that all data is being exactly mirrored with permissions/dates intact?

Bonus points if it's wrapped in a GUI rather than a terminal command.

I saw this question regarding copy utilities for OS X, however the answers were skewed towards speed.  My concern is ultimately file/data integrity.


texts: old iPad, new Mac, transfer iMessage logs

texts:
I have an iPad that I have had for a while, I recently bought a new Mac.
I have a lot of chat history on iMessage already on the iPad, is there a way to sync it to the messages app on the MAC?


texts: Time Machine wants to backup all files after permission change — how to avoid?

texts:
I have been using Time Machine on 10.9.5 for a long time now, and it was working flawlessly until today.

This morning a friend of mine tried to access a freshly set up NFS share of my Music folder, but couldn't read any files due to their permissions.

So I went ahead and ran chmod -R 755 ./* on the whole Music folder, which is roughly 600 GB in size.

And so, now it wouldn't backup at all, telling me this:

The error message keeps on appearing, altering across my two backup disks, none of which obviously have the required 600 GB of space.

Is there any way I could tell it to ignore permissions on that specific folder, or somehow retrieve the permissions without restoring the whole folder from the last backup?

Many thanks in advance.


texts: OS X can’t be installed on “Macintosh HD” because the version of macOS is too new

texts:
I'm currently running Sierra, trying to download the El Capitan installer from the App Store, but am unable to due to the message in the title.
Is there any way around this, or am I forced to erase my HDD and download an OS from internet recovery mode? Am I able to pick a specific OS to download from recovery mode if that was the case?
To note:
I don't have a back up system to restore to. I have a drive to load the installer on to.
Thank you.


texts: Applescript - Automator - tomorrow keyboard shortcut

texts:
I've been able to successfully create a keyboard shortcut from a "quick action" in Automator based on running AppleScript (inserts current system date). However, I cannot get a similar script to work for inserting tomorrow's date (current date + 1 day) or the day after (current date + 2 days).

Here's what I have:

on run {input, parameters}

    set thedate to (current date) as string
    set myNewDate to thedate + (1 * days)
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke myNewDate
    end tell
end run

It produces this Syntax Error:

Can someone help me identify my error and fix it? Apple support won't help with AppleScript-related issues for non-developers.

Any help is greatly appreciated by this novice coder.

Thank you to Allan, Ɱark Ƭ, Wowfunhappy and others for the quick help (not just a fix, but defining my syntax issue). I have a modification: how do I tell the string to leave off the time stamp at the end: "at 12:24:21 AM" ?


texts: How can I change keyboard layout in password field in Safari?

texts:
I've macbook pro with macOS Sierra 10.12.3 and Safari 10.0.3.

I just need to change input language (eg. to Russian) for password input field, but it's disabled.

I've 2 keyboard layouts/languages enabled system-wide: English and Russian and I can write with this layouts everywhere except password fields in browsers.

So, how can I enable non-english layouts for this fields?


texts: Navigating on the internet sometimes I get this webpage "mackeeperapp2"

texts: Is mackeeperapp2 a safe website? Does that mean I have some security problems? I am in possession of a Mac OS X v.10.9.4, which actually is not mine at all, and I wouldn't like to risk or imperil it. As you can notice, I have not so much experience with Mac OS X.


texts: Are deletions in Google contacts synchronized to and from the Address Book?

texts:
If I select the option to sync my Address Book to Google:

and I delete a contact on the Mac Address Book (or from my iPhone), is the contact automatically deleted in Gmail?

And what about vice versa?


texts: Set Safari's default search engine to Google UK

texts:
How can I change Safari's default search engine to google.co.uk?

Currently when I search in the address bar the results are always from google.com.

Also if I highlight a term in Safari, right click and select "search with Google" it's from the US site.

If I scroll to the foot of the search results page it says "United Kingdom" at the bottom, and gives my location accurately based on my Android phone's location, but it's not actually using Google.co.uk.

If I select preferences, I only have Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, and Yahoo listed. Is there any way that I can customise this list?


texts: How the low battery message graphic is loaded?

texts:
When your iPhone battery is "almost" dead, it turn off, and then if you want to turn it on again it loads this very informative graphic:

The problem is that when you turn on "power button" this picture show up almost immediately, without starting up operating system or anything.

I just wonder how they done it ? Is this behaviour is hardcoded in hardware ? Is it configurable and could be changed (to flatter design) when iOS 7 will come ?

My understanding is that, they have to make it in hardware, make special circuit that when battery sensor inform about very low battery status, show this picture.

PS: I saw similar behaviour in Nexus 7 (2013)


texts: Opening a new Terminal window when it's running on another desktop

texts:
I open a lot of terminal windows. I also make use good use of tabs & multiple desktops.

Normally I launch Terminal.app with Spotlight. But if Terminal is already running on another desktop, it changes to that desktop and opens it there. I hate that. I want it to open on the current desktop.

So for now, I've been doing this:

Is there a better way?


texts: Hiding ads on my own YouTube videos on Apple TV

texts:
I'm going to set up an Apple TV at the office to show the company's own videos.

I thought about using YouTube, but I need to make 100% sure there are no ads are ever shown before nor after the video.

Is there a YouTube setting that controls whether ads are shown on my own videos? (For example, if I leave "Monetisation" disabled, am I 100% guaranteed that no ads will ever be shown?)

My alternative is Vimeo, where I pay a yearly fee, but I am guaranteed no ads.


texts: What can be done to save an old macbook?

texts:
I have a 2008 Macbook 13.3 inch (Model number: MB061LL/A) whose battery stopped working yesterday. It also has frequent kernel panics, so although the cosmetic condition is pretty good, its market value seems zero. I was happy with it for the first one year and a half, but then the kernel panics started and my warranty had been void.

I would like to keep this as a functioning machine and an alternative laptop. What are some options to salavage it? (Parts to buy, etc.)


texts: Retina scaling options gone when rotating display

texts:
I have a Mid-2014 15" retina MBP with an NVIDIA 750M running 10.12.5. I am outputting to a Dell P2415Q via an mDP to DP cable.

When the display is in landscape (standard) orientation, I get a nice Retina scaling menu like so, the same options that appear for the Macbook display:

When I rotate the display 90 degrees (portrait mode), I get these options:

I have currently attempted a few solutions. I've played around with SwitchResX. I've run this command:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true

And I've even used the EDID patcher that others have used to force RGB mode on their displays. Option-Clicking the Scaled button gives me resolutions with (low resolution) next to them. I would like to go 1440x2560, but the (low resolution) option looks nowhere near as sharp as the retina scaled 2560x1440 I can set the display to in landscape orientation. If anyone knows how to obtain these scaling options while rotated I would appreciate it.


texts: Siri on Volkswagen RCD 310 using Bluetooth

texts:
How can I get the Volkswagen RCD 310 radio/CD player to work with Siri?

When iPhone is connected to the car using Bluetooth telephone connection and I press and hold its home button, Siri starts, but nothing happens in the car: It does not stop playing music, the alert sound does not play over the car's speakers, and I cannot hear Siri answer my request even though the conversation is displayed on the phone's screen.

Version indication: iPhone 5S with iOS 8.2

[EDIT] when using the phone as Bluetooth media player, when I press the home button to start Siri, I can hear the tone, but I cannot hear the answer to my requests.


texts: Set up Gmail to work properly with Apple Mail

texts:
I often can't find my sent mail in my Gmail account viewed on my Mac in Apple Mail. I did not set up these folders, but I have both a "Sent Mail" folder indented under a "Gmail" folder and a "Sent Messages (gmail [accountname])" folder in my Gmail account in Apple Mail. Sometimes a sent messages shows up in neither of those, but I can find it by searching for it.
Some incoming messages do not appear in my Inbox, but are in a box I did not set up labeled "Important."

How do I set the Gmail settings and filters to avoid these two problems?


texts: Install iOS 5.1.1 on iPod touch 4th gen not jailbroken with current iOS 4.1

texts:
I have an iPod 4th generation which is never jailbroken with iOS 4.1 and want to update it to 5.1.1. I downloaded the .ipsw file. On clicking ⌥ alt/option + Restore in iTunes (10.7) and selecting the .ipsw file, I get the following error:

  This device isn't eligible for the requested build

I have tried editing the hosts file by adding a # in front of 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com but the error still persists. Any suggestions regarding this?


texts:
My laptop locked up (black screen, spinning beachball), and after leaving it to see if it would handle whatever it was doing on its own overnight, I went and held the power button down to force it to shut down.

When I brought it back up, everything seemed okay until I went into Mail.app ... which is asking me about my account information, as if I had never used it.

I unfortunately don't have a recent backup.  I see that I still have a ~/Mail directory, which looks to have lots of my local folders defined.

Should I go through with the 'new user' setup, to see if it finds my existing local mailboxes, or is there some other recommended procedure for this process?

I'm running OS 10.6.8, and Mail.app 4.6.  (And before I get lots of comments, yes, I know they are old, and yes, I know that the newer OSes are free upgrades)


texts: Need a script to connect to wifi based on user logged in

texts: I know nothing of macs, just windows, but I need a script to connect to a specific wifi ssid based on the currently logged in user. Is this possible? This is not a school project; I need this for my home which is currently running a UAP AP Pro which allows me to create multiple access points. I have created an additional AP which has assigned OpenDNS for increased security for my little ones.


texts:
On my 13" MBP 2015 I'm often getting strange error – Google Chrome tabs all become clean white pages, after several seconds it stops responding and can't be killed via process pid through terminal. When I close Google Chrome window and open it – it doesn't reopen tabs and open white page instead. Other apps get some strange behaviour too – for example I can't open ssh sessions in terminal.

Soft system restart doesn't work – I think it is because of that unkillable process. I'm doing hard restart via on/off button – the black screen stucks and doesn't show an Apple sign, the second restart most of the time launches the os normally.

How can I start to debug this problem?


texts:
I have a gmail account connected via IMAP to the iPhone 4. For some reason it shows a folder named "starred" which I cannot delete, move, nor find via the web interface in gmail. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of it?

Edit: in the properties of gmail, I have unchecked both "Important" and "Marked" folders via visible in IMAP, but that had no impact. Same goes for "All Mails", which I also cannot get rid of.


texts:
I have 16 GB SanDisk USB-C drive and want to convert it to GPT on MB Pro 2017. I haven't found any default tools to do this on High Sierra so I downloaded gdisk. So here is what I type in the terminal:

sudo gdisk /dev/disk2s1/Volumes/BOOTABLE

and the output is:

GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.3
Problem opening /dev/disk2s1/Volumes/BOOTABLE for reading! Error is 20.

How can I convert it to GPT?

EDIT:
I converted drive to GPT using sudo gdisk /dev/disk2 but the following issue appeared:

  Caution! After loading partitions, the CRC doesn't check out! Warning!
  Main partition table CRC mismatch! Loaded backup partition table
  instead of main partition table!

  Warning! One or more CRCs don't match. You should repair the disk!

  Partition table scan:   MBR: protective   BSD: not present   APM: not
  present   GPT: damaged

I verified it and got the message:

  Problem: The CRC for the main partition table is invalid. This table
  may be
      corrupt. Consider loading the backup partition table ('c' on the recovery &
      transformation menu). This report may be a false alarm if you've already
      corrected other problems.
       Identified 1 problems!

So I tried to do as advised and got this:

  Recovery/transformation command (? for help): c
  Warning! This will probably do weird things if you've converted an MBR to GPT form and
  haven't yet saved the GPT! Proceed? (Y/N):

Should I load backup partition table from disk (rebuilding main) or load MBR and build fresh GPT from it?


texts: Possible to redirect or pipe audio into dictation and pipe or redirect text out?

texts:
I want to convert text to audio and back to text for error-checking.

I know how to get 'say' to go to a file but not a pipe.  Apparently a third-party 'espeak' can go to a pipe.

But I don't find a man page or any shell commands for Dictation.

Another question pointed me to a company offering an app that can do it by GUI, but I'd rather do it by script.

I have reasons for wanting to do it by script, but the biggest is that the performance of Dictation is so crappy.  The quality of recognition is still as good as ever, but where it used to transcribe on the fly, now it apparently buffers text and does the transcription only if the audio pauses.  And the buffers apparently are so small (on a MacBook with eight GB RAM and swap on an SSD!) that the pauses have to be very frequent.  Also, you have to tell Dictation all the punctuation.  So a script could break the text at punctuation marks, and "say" the punctuation after each phrase.

The second reason for preferring a script is that the loopback app is expensive.


texts: How to get all selected handwriting to copy as text?

texts:
In Notes, I “select all" my hand-writing. Now I'm supposed to be able to tap 'copy as text'. But this option is never offered except for short selections. Never for longer selections made with “select all”.
What is the trick here?


texts: If I have AT&T, will the iPhone 4S work in areas of CDMA coverage only?

texts: The new iPhone 4S has 2 antennas: both GSM and CDMA. Is there a chance that if I, who am an AT&T customer, buy one of these, that I would be able to use it in areas that are CDMA only? AT&T is GSM only. I have two locations out of town that I frequently visit that have ZERO GSM / AT&T coverage, but get full coverage to Verizon and US Cellular, both CDMA networks.


texts:
I just tried to open Spotify's Mac app through the OS X LaunchPad, and when I clicked on the icon, the Mac app icon remains stuck on my screen.

I've attached some screenshots to show you. I don't know how to get it down. No matter what I do to the screen, the icon is always stuck "on top" of it.

How do I make this go away? If you're curious, Spotify opened on the second attempt. The first attempt it just got stuck.


texts: How to losslessly rotate rotate jpeg images *without* a change to the last modified date?

texts: I'm looking for some convenient tool to handle such rotation without changing the file timestamps.


texts: Automatic Software Update reboots are almost always canceled

texts:
Apple's Automatic Software Updates require a reboot from time to time which is scheduled when the computer is not in use. In my case these reboots almost always fail because some non-Apple program fails to quit, mostly because the application is asking if it is allowed to quit.

I understand that these applications are not able to perfectly reproduce their state before the reboot thus asking me, to prevent data loss. But I'd still prefer a silent update over an very unlikely data loss. The programs in question are iTerm which hardly contains unsafed data in my case and sometimes MS Word which has a quite good but not perfect auto-recovery.

So I am searching for a way to make all applications quit as gracefully as possible without requiring user interaction. Answers specific to single problematic applications are also fine.


texts: Incoming call is not registered on iPhone if iPhone turns of before I pick up

texts:
The situation:

iPhone is low on battery
I receive incoming call
I try to pick up and phone turns of during that moment

In this situation incoming phone number is not registered on the recent call list.

Is there a way to fix this?


texts: 3rd Party Bluetooth Keyboard Won't Connect on Sleep Login

texts:
I've been using my MacBook Pro with 2x cinema displays and like to keep the MBP closed while doing so.

I recently got a bluetooth keyboard but when the OS sleeps and requires a password to log back in, the keyboard won't connect (after sleeping itself).

There's no issue if the keyboard is asleep when the screen isn't locked, it will auto-connect with the stroke of any button.

It's a bit annoying to open up the laptop to log back in and have all the screens reset, is there any way to fix this?

I suppose I could remove the login, but sometimes I want the security - especially when not at home.

Thanks


texts: Opening Chrome icon flashes up then disappears

texts:
A friend has just downloaded and installed Chrome for Mac OS (current version 51).

When they click to open Chrome the icon appears briefly in the dock, then disappears and Chrome closes.

The behavior is replicated if you try to launch Chrome form the command line using

/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome

They get an error

Failed to create /Users/NAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/SingletonLock

If they run with sudo they are able to start Chrome.

sudo /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome

How can we fix this? We've tried reinstalling Chrome and the problem persists.


texts: How to md5 a list of filepaths contained in a file?

texts:
I have a folder containing many folders containing many files. Thousands.

I can do find . -type f > ./FILE-LISTING.TXT to create a file containing many thousands of file paths that looks like this:

./Anders/Letters/20190101 Rent.pdf
./Anders/Letters/20190103 Appeal.pdf
./Anders/Letters/20190107 Decision.pdf
./Beeker/Letters/20180101 Rent.pdf

How would I feed that list of filepaths into md5 to produce an output formatted like this:

9cf14e4d666dcb6aab17763b02429a19 ./Anders/Letters/20190101 Rent.pdf
d1bb70baa31f1df69628c00632b65eab ./Anders/Letters/20190103 Appeal.pdf
7a0f5bc18688fe8ba32f43aa6ec53fb1 ./Anders/Letters/20190107 Decision.pdf
a0c96a79cf3b1847025d9f073151519d ./Beeker/Letters/20180101 Rent.pdf

NB: I want the md5 hashes of the referenced files, not the md5 of the list of files, nor the md5 hashes of the strings in the file-listing.txt.

Also, would it be faster to do it all in one command line, or do it in two passes (find to create file-listing.txt, then md5 to create file-listing-md5.txt)?


texts: IPhones sharing neither Apple ID nor iCloud somehow still sharing data

texts:
My girlfriend has recently acquired her sisters old iPhone 5s running latest iOS version as of writing.

Her mother has an IPhone 5s as well, under similar conditions.

Both devices are linked to distinct iCloud and Apple IDs.

My girlfriend's phone contains a number of contacts belonging to her mother. When she deletes one, it is removed from her mother's phone as well.

How do we prevent this?


texts: Change which microphone iOS 7 applications use?

texts:
Here's the problem. I have an iPhone 5c and when I use the front facing camera to record video (whether using default camera app, Instagram, SnapChat) or when I use anything that uses the front microphone such as Siri or the speakerphone, the microphone does not pick up any sound.

The other two microphones work properly and what I am looking for is a tweak or function that disables the front microphone and uses the bottom or rear microphone to pickup sound.

If it comes down to it, I'll eventually buy a new replacement part but I would prefer to have a software tweak to keep my warranty intact and such.

If you could point me in the right direction of where I could go to request this or to even create this tweak myself, that would be greatly appreciated.

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This is a relatively common issue it seems based on google searches. I know about the privacy settings, I've done the restores, I've done all of that and still no luck.

I am jailbroken on 7.0.4 iOS and I know quite a bit about the software and hardware.

Is there a .plist file for each application that uses the front microphone that I can change? Or a tweak I could create or use to disable the microphone and perhaps clone or mimic the other microphones but change the name it is used to lookup to enable what mic?

I don't know. Anything will help because right now all I have is the basic idea or concept.


texts: Add Library folder to Spotlight privacy folder except Mail/MailData

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having some search/index problems with Mail app on old Mac OS.

How can I put ~/Library into spotlight privacy (in order to not index) except ~/Library/Mail

Mac OSX 10.8

at the moment I just explicitly select all folders but Mail under Library into Spotlight privacy part. Not so nice...


texts:
I am using iTunes 10.2 on Windows 7 32bit
I am trying to subscribe to a video podcast (Tekzilla) and I am getting an error message.

I've been trying to do that for a couple of days and I'm getting the same error message so I guess the problem is on my side, somehow....


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texts: Apple announced iOS 10 during WWDC 2016. It looks amazing so I wanna install iOS 10 on my iPhone 6s. But I don't have a developer account of Apple.


texts: What does it mean when a computer is 'greyed out' in Apple Remote Desktop?

texts:
I've got several computers that I manage using Apple Remote Desktop. Sometimes I have issues connecting with some of them. I've noticed this most often happens when their computer icon is light purple (greyed out) as opposed to dark purple.

Any ideas what this light purple means?