texts: OSX and DHCP, forcing the local system to release a DHCP address

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We have a heterogenous network that has many Apple products within it.

Recently, we had an issue with a duplicate IP that appeared to be interfering with someone's work.  Simple enough, right?  Not on OS X, apparently.

After digging around the Internet and a phone call with Apple Support, who suggested it was our routers (!!), I'm hoping someone here may have a deeper understanding of what's going on here.

I released the address from our internal Linux/ISC DHCPD server manually (it was deleted, server restarted).

I found and XML file generated at /var/db/dhcpclient/leases/en2-1,18:af:61:b7:7d:0 (for whichever device/MAC). Removing this file had no effect. OS X still insists on renewing the address it has had. Our default lease is 24 hours.

Rebooting the Mac after the above had no effect.  ipconfig, unplump/plumb the interface had no effect.

This leads me to believe that OS X is storing this information in some obscure database that I'm unaware of.   As for the documentation, well it basically sucks and didn't tell me much of anything.

Does anyone know how to force the Mac to forget about it's DHCP acquired IP address, completely, and request a new address from the server?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Upgrade to Big Sur Beta 3 Broke Brew Build system

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Today I upgraded to Big Sur Beta3 and I cannot install anything with Brew. I get the error:
Error: Your Xcode (11.6) is too outdated.
Please update to Xcode 12.0 (or delete it).
Xcode can be updated from:
  https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

Error: Could not find an SDK that supports macOS 11.0.
You may have have an outdated or incompatible Xcode.
Homebrew found the following SDKs in the Xcode install:
  10.15

I can safely Ignore first error as I have tried everything I state here with XCode 12 Beta2 yielding the same results. The second one which is actually the issue I get seems to come from name changes that makes this Beta to be 11.0 instead of 10.16.
I have read blog post proposing setting special environment variable and I set as below but still does not work.
export SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1

Any pointer or help is appreciated


texts: How to limit any devices to appear on any Bonjour/Airplay capable devices close by?

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This is an issue at my school district where I work as a network admin. Right now, I could see around the list of at least 15-20 Apple TVs that is located across school buildings when I press on AirPlay function on my iPhone 6. Our only security we have is right now that all Apple TVs require password to access before we can use them.

What is a good method to limit Apple TVs to only ones that teachers should be seeing in the list to select from? I am trying to find the answer for this on Internet but I cannot find one.


texts: Why our game never appeared in the new section of the appstore?

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We released a game 4 days ago (Thursday), Junction Action Arcade, its categories are action and arcade,
and I've been looking in the appstore in the section "Games -> Action -> New", in tha USA store, and it never appeared there.

Doesn't every new release appear in that section sometime? Or how does that work?


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It's very often that I have to reset my Mac password using recovery mode as I keep using fingerprint to login. If I shut down my computer after prolonged use of fingerprint, the machine asks for a password which I remember, but the machine will not take it.

So I have to reset the password either from Apple ID way or from Recovery Mode Reset Password. But this time, nothing is working and my machine isn't updating the password which I'm changing as I keep seeing the old password hint even though I changed it to something else. I have even tried to reinstall OS hoping this will work but it didn't.

Can someone help me?


texts: AirPods Pro show as connected on iPhone, but don't appear as Speaker

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On my iPhone 11, my AirPods Pro show as connected in the Bluetooth settings, but are not available as an option as an external speaker.
One of or a combination of the following will eventually work, but never consistently:

Resetting my AirPods: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT209463
Forgetting and reconnecting my AirPods.
Threatening to reboot my iPhone (ie. Press lock and volume, and reaching the screen where you can swipe to reboot)
Actually rebooting my iPhone

Both my iPhone's OS and the AirPods firmware are up to date.
Does anyone know what the root cause might be, or a consistent way to resolve it?
Any help would be really appreciated.


texts: Can't play any music off-line from iPhone

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After a recent update to iTunes and iOS I can only play the music in my phone when I'm connected to the internet. When I choose the option for show offline music it only shows 4 songs that I have added recently after the update. How do I get all my music library to play offline again?
P.S this happened after the Apple Music update.


texts: Microsoft Excel - Conditional formatting, finding duplicates

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I need to highlight duplicates in column A, but only if column B is equal to 10.

67890    10

67891    10

67891   20

67891   30

67892   10

67892   20

67894   10

67895   10

67891

In this example, what I want it to do is, as soon as I input the value on column A the cell automatically changes colour.

I have tried using sumproduct and countifs on conditional formatting, but it does not highlight the values.

Thank you in advance.


texts: How to find out web cam URL string with username/password included, to get snapshot?

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I've got an "SV3C 1080P HD Two Way Audio Security Camera" on my LAN. I need to know the format of a 1-line URL that has all the info needed to return an image snapshot. This works,
http://10.0.1.111/tmpfs/auto.jpg
but only after I manually put in the authentication credentials. I want to include the username and password information right in the URL so it returns the snapshot and doesn't put up a separate menu. It will be something like
http://10.0.1.111/tmpfs/auto.jpg?user=mlevin&pwd=mypassword
but I don't know the right format. Is there a way to figure this out?


texts: Stuck in endless macOS Sierra installation loop

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I am a long time Apple Mac user since the 1990s, and I have never come across this sort of ridiculous behaviour before.

Yesterday I decided to reinstall macOS Sierra on my iMac. I followed these steps:

I used Command-R to boot into macOS Recovery.
I selected Disk Utility from the macOS Utilities window.
I opted to erase the HD with a 2 pass secure erase. This was successful.
I quit Disk Utility.
I selected Reinstall macOS from the macOS Utilities window.
I clicked continue when it told me to click ‘continue’ to set up the installation.
I clicked continue again when it told me to click ‘continue’ to download and restore macOS
And now I’m back at Step 6 again and get stuck in a loop between steps 6 & 7.

I have tried the above steps again today with the exact same result. Below is a visual representation of this madness:

Also, clicking on 'continue' instantly displays the next/previous screen - there is no indication that anything else is happening - not even the apparent eligibility check.

How do I get out of this looping hell?

I did read installation stuck in a loop due to damaged HD and Mac OS X Sierra installation stuck in a reboot loop but neither is about the same looping scenario as I find myself in.


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I have a MacBook Pro Retina (2015). After updating to OS Mojave, Bluetooth has stopped working. I get an error message that "No Bluetooth Hardware Found".

I have already tried to do the following:

Go to the /Library/Preferences and delete the com.apple.Bluetooth.plist file
Successfully resetting SMC. (pressing Shift+ctrl+alt + power button)
Removing the Bluetooth icon from the menu bar
Successfully resetting NVRAM.

None of the above solutions has worked for me.


texts: Can I frequently switch Apple IDs on my iPad?

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I had thought one couldn't upon reading the text on Apple's website, "Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID for 90 days." Recently, though, someone has told me that is is indeed possible to switch as often as you want.

Which is the case? I'd prefer someone with firsthand experience.


texts: Why is Photo Stream not visible in iOS 12?

texts: I have an iPhone 6s running iOS 12.1.4, and I recently noticed my photos are not being uploaded to Photo Stream. There is no option for Photo Stream under Settings app → Account → iCloud → Photos, nor under Settings app → Photos. Did this option get removed in iOS 12?


texts: How can I change the OS X Lion Glossy Dock Notifications/Badges?

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Is there a way to change the little glossy dock notification icons that have been changed from their pleasant form pre Lion to a glossy style badge like iOS?

An example would be the incremented indicator that notifies you of how many unread emails you have in the Mail application. It displays in the dock.


texts: How to download a apple developer profile to use in xcuitrunner?

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I am new to iOS. So i have some doubt related to the xcuitrunner parameters like:

-d  [path to your developer profile]

From where i can get this and how this actually looks like.
I have a apple developer account but when i am downloading a developer certificate and trying to use it .It is throwing an error as not a valid development profile.

-k [path to the directory containing the developer disk images]

From where and how can i get the developer disk images

-l [path your Quamotion license file]

From where i will get the quamotion licence

If anyone can help me then it will be great


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As far as I can tell, the search function in Notes only shows you which notes have that string. Is there a way to find the occurrence of the term inside the note itself (without copying to a text editor)?

EDIT:
⌘F Does not show me any in-note searches.


texts: How do you enable “bootable” on MacBook?

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12” MacBook (Early 2016) Model: 1534 EMC 2991
I’m trying to use a USB to use a software on a MacBook that won’t boot. I’ve been doing everything from recovery mode.
Everything is fine with the USB it’s journaled, guid, writable, except one thing, and that’s bootable. It says “no” for it. How would I go about enabling this setting?
Is there a command in terminal to help me enable this setting?
Thanks.

Edit: and also for some reason when I hit “option” when I boot, I only see the option to boot into internet recovery mode it wont give me the choice to select my usb. Am I doing something wrong?
Edit #2: so when I try downloading something I get his message that my SSD is full and this could be the reason why it won’t mount. Does anyone know how to free up space on it? Erasing won’t work.


texts: My machine is a 2010 Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 6-core intel xeon with 32 GBs of ram running Mac OS X 10.8.3. Just the other day it started to beach ball after about an hour of use. It doesn't make any difference what I am doing on it whether it be CPU intensive or the machine is just idling, without fail after an hour goes by it starts to beach ball and becomes totally unresponsive. I let it sit for an hour the other day but it just kept beach balling, so all I can do is hold the power button to shut it down and then restart it, but after an hour the same thing happens again. I have had this Mac Pro for about a month and a half now and everything seemed to work really well up until a couple of days ago. The computer is running a 30" and 20" apple display and it has the ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB, also my hard drive is a Crucial M4 500gb SSD, I have it installed with APRICORN VEL-SOLO-X2. If anyone has any ideas what could be causing this please let me know.


texts: Simple text editor that supports highlighting and font colours

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I'm looking for a standalone (or web) application that allows for very simple text editing, but also allows for personal annotation of the text by changing script colour and highlighting. Most text editors for developers doesn't allow for the above features, and Word/Pages is much too cumbersome. I'll be using it for some coding but it's primary use will be for DNA analysis (hence the annotation).

Does such an app exist?


texts: OS X Wi-Fi turning on and off, slows mac down while doing so

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My Wi-Fi is turning on and off every 5 seconds. It's not connecting to anything and just lagging my MacBook Air. Even when I click on AirPlay, it slows down and spins the loading icon. Seems like a bug with the Wi-Fi itself. I have reinstalled OS X and reset the SMC to no avail - still doing the same.
Any suggestions?


texts: How to auto-mute inactive tabs on safari?

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Example:
I have 4 tabs that are all playing audio.
First tab: NFL game pass
Second tab: NBA game pass
Third tab: youtube video of despacito
Fourth tab: youtube video of of some funny cats

If the current tab is the second tab, the 1st, 3rd and 4th tabs are muted. If I changed to the third tab, the 1st, 2nd and 4th tabs will get auto muted.
Thanks


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It looks like my favorite OS X "window management" app, MercuryMover, is becoming abandonware. I'm looking for a well-supported alternative. I like MercuryMover because it is keyboard-driven, has a HUD that shows me the dimensions and position of the window I'm moving, and has a standard preferences screen for adding custom sizes and positions instead of a text-based configuration file.

Any suggestions for an alternative?


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I have a iPhone 4S and I dropped it in water and can't talk on it now. So my buddy gave me his old iPhone 4S. But the catch is that he has a passed due balance with "Telus". And I need the phone to run on the "Bell" network. How do I do that? I've heard it's possible. I've already jailbroke it.

How can I switch providers?


texts: 2017 iMac Windows 10 on BootCamp 6.1 wont shutdown

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I have a brand new 2017 iMac on which installed windows 10 Pro. I installed the Bootcamp support software and for the most part the system works fine. Except for one annoying issue - I cant shutdown or hibernate the system it will only restart. I have done as much research i could and FWIW -

Fast startup on windows 10 power settings is disabled.
Installed and reinstalled Bootcamp windows 10 support software.
Don't know if this is an issue the Intel Management engine.

At this point i am going to have to remove windows 10 and make do with windows 7 unless someone can help me with this problem. I am worries i have restarted so many time already it may damage the SSD or some other component of my shiny new iMac. Please help. Desperate!!!


texts: Were there changes to AppStore 'password caching' in iOS 7?

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Ever since I updated my iPad mini to iOS 7, my son (4 y.o.) has been making sneaky in-app purchases. What's worse is he knows how he's doing it, but won't spill the beans when I ask him how. Whatever his 'trick' is, it doesn't seem to work on our other iPad, which has not been updated to iOS 7.

I think I figured it out last night. After I input my password to install a (free) application, it seems he can hop in to an app and make a purchase using the 'cached' password. In the past I thought the password would be requested again for in-app purchases.

Have there been any changes to AppStore passwords in iOS 7, specifically the length of time before the password will be asked for again, or a change that allows in-app purchases during the 'caching' period? Or is this simply a change in his behavior?

I've disabled in-app purchases now. Slightly annoying but it does solve the problem.


texts: How to posterize image using Procreate? Even Google is silent on that. Maybe they have a different name for that effect. I am looking for an effect which reduces the number of colors similarly as in GIF file.


texts: Can you disable power from LG Ultrafine monitor to Mac?

texts: I am experiencing a potential known issue of second monitor not waking when system wakes from sleep.  I have done the perquisite resets of SMC and NVRAM and have been working with Apple support to a very deep level.  To no avail.  There seems to be an issue where system does not respond as expected when there are multiple power sources.  Is there a way to disable the power flow from the LG Ultrafine 4k monitors?  I will just rely on the wall.  I have a 2017 15" MBPro with Radeon Pro 560.  I have tested on MacOS 10.12.5 and MacOS 10.13 Beta (17A291m). Thanks!


texts: Terminal 'ls' command not showing files when newly generated

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I generate files to the public folder using ng-cli from my terminal

Using this command ng build

Another terminal is open to the public folder while files are generated ...  I run ls but it's not working I must go back then re-enter the folder to show the files and folders generated !!!

Osamas-MacBook-Pro:public osama$ ls
Osamas-MacBook-Pro:public osama$ ls
Osamas-MacBook-Pro:public osama$ cd ..
Osamas-MacBook-Pro:dawaeymean osama$ cd public
Osamas-MacBook-Pro:public osama$ ls
favicon.ico     main.bundle.js      styles.bundle.js
index.html      main.bundle.js.map  styles.bundle.js.map
inline.bundle.js    polyfills.bundle.js vendor.bundle.js
inline.bundle.js.map    polyfills.bundle.js.map vendor.bundle.js.map

why ls is not just reflected in real time changes?


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My sudo command is not working. After I type sudo and hit enter (or type sudo with some command and hit enter), the cursor moves to the next line which remains blank. It does not ask my password or anything, just a blank line. I can type in this, and hit enter, but then it just goes to a new blank line.
How can I fix this? I dont understand because sudo always worked for me, i.e., it asked me my password. See screenshot below.

UPDATE: It does work eventually, it just takes like 5 minutes. Why?


texts: Windows 10 Boot Camp shuts down and boots into macOS overnight

texts: Only when I wake up in the morning I find my MacBook Pro 16” in Catalina. At night the computer is in Windows 10. This happens only overnight. Throughout the day my computer remains in windows 10. Even whilst asleep. Is there something causing the computer to shut down?


texts: How to do transfer data via iTunes from iPhone 4S to 6S

texts: I'm trying to transfer data from a 4S backup via iTunes to a new iPhone 6S, but being told that I need a newer version of iTunes despite having just downloaded iTunes in my MacBook Pro 10.6.8.


texts: I finally got my wireless keyboard for my iPad and I'm quite disappointed. Beside the media controls the whole stuff from the dock-keyboard doesn't work on the wireless one. What's even worse is that I have to disconnect the keyboard when I take the iPad away from the desk and go to the balcony. Is there any way to get the soft-keypad back, when the wireless keyboard is connected without going to the keyboard and pressing the eject-key?


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When you click on the battery in the menu bar in OS X it shows you how much battery power you have left. It also shows the processes that are using the most battery power.

But last week a process called SimStreamProcessorService showed up in that list. I don't know what that does. When I open up the activity monitor it does not show up in there, which means I can't shut it down. So I wanna know if this is malware or not.

Does anyone know what SimStreamProcessorService is/does?


texts: Where is my iPhone backup kept? (Created prior iOS5 upgrade)

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I've just updated my wife's 3GS to iOS 5.1 from iOS 4. The restore seem to only restore the messages/photo roll and some other settings. I don't see most of the apps but the most important part is the contacts are missing. This is why I'm looking for the iPhone backup that iTunes creates before updating the software.

I currently have tried the following:

Turn off iCloud
Turn on then off iCloud
Adding a Contact
Restoring from the last backup file(without timestamp)
Reset to Factory defaults and restoring
Copying from Sim (Has some older contacts, not the recent ones)
Using iBackupBot to browse the backups (only iOS5 backups seem to be there)

Here are some other valid points:
 1. The iPhone isn't regularly synced
 2. I created a backup before updating the OS I can't find it anywhere now
 3. There's no contacts on the Mac's Address Book.
 4. There is only Sim contacts in the iCloud sync
 5. iBackupBot shows me there are no other contacts other than the Sim ones that got synced to iCloud
 6. There are existing SMS-es without Contact Names
 7. I can try to correlate the SMSes with names but it will not give me the full contact list.

Since the Messages are restored, the contacts must be kept somewhere can anyone help me? I'm pretty sure I just need to find the backup that was created for the Update and somehow grab all the contacts maybe using ibackupbot.


texts: Use of “iPhone”, “iPad”, etc. in iOS apps

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An iOS app we're making has features which will work only with certain Apple devices. Can we mention them specifically as “iPhone”, “iPad”, etc. or should we use generic terms, e.g. “compatible smartphone”, “compatible tablet”? This would be text in the app itself, e.g. a button labelled “Connect to Your iPad”.

The guidelines indicate separate rules for publications depending on the target, e.g. “iPhone®” within the US, but “iPhone” with a separate credit section outside of the US. But does an app count as a publication? We can't really guarantee someone outside the US will not download an app targeted to the US, or vice versa.

I guess precedence would help here. Is anyone familiar with an iOS app which uses “iPhone”, “iPad”, etc. liberally in the app itself?


texts: iOS 10 disable erase all data after 8 failed attempts

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I was looking trough settings since I've upgraded to iOS 10 and noticed that settings to disable erasing all data after 8 failed passcode is greyed out on enable setting and I cannot disable it or click it. Same with removing passcode I cannot disable it as well.
My wife keeps entering passcode to lock off my phone to stop me using it sometimes (more attention to her)  or friends do the same just to annoy for having an iPhone (apple haters) so I don't want this feature but I cannot disable.
 Tried googling it but all I find is how to enable ... I simply cannot click it to disable..


texts: Is it possible to use Oracles Java 7 in general instead of apples Java 6?

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i have recently bought my first rMBK and i really love it.
i would like to start programming in java and have therefore tried installing two IDEs, eclipse and NetBeans. i have also made sure to download the newest java version from oracle (7u45). my problem is that the java provide from oracle is not used in eclipse and i cannot even install NetBeans - it stops installation and ask me to install java 7, even though it should already be installed.
i am running OS 10.9.1. typing "java -version" gives the output:

java version "1.6.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-462-11M4609)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-462, mixed mode)

and "which java" gives "/usr/bin/java".
under "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java" i can find the java version from oracle - but it is not the version used for anything except browser plugins.
typing  "/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java -version"

java version "1.7.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)

i guess i can change the config file for eclipse, so that it uses the java in the strange "internet plugin" folder but for simplicity i would prefer if i could put Oracles java in my /usr/bin/ folder so all programs automatically uses the newest release. it would also allow me to install all the programs/aps that requires the newest java.
renaming apples java to "java_backup" and copying oracles java to the usr/bin folder does not work. would it make sense to update my path variable to include the strange "internet plugin"? i have previously made a mess by adding strange folders to my path environment on linux so i am a bit cautious about that.


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The ability to type a long dash has disappeared from Catalina. Using the ⌘ + - key no longer works unlike previous versions. Now I just get a beep, and no EM dash.

This is across several apps including native macOS ones, and 3rd party like Adobe's.

How do I type a long "Em" dash in Catalina?


texts: How do I print my logical volume group UUID to file?

texts: I'm in the process of trying to automate getting the LVGUUID and printing it as a string to a text file, or better piping it in terminal to other commands. All I can do right now is diskutil coreStorage list and then copy/paste the UUID as needed. Is there a faster way to do this?


texts: Connecting to password protected AFP server from terminal?

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I have one Mac set up with file sharing on the desktop, and I am trying to connect to it from my other Mac from the Terminal.  I made a folder mount in /Volumes/, then I used the following command.

sudo mount -t afp afp://user:pass@ipaddress/Desktop /Volumes/mount

(obviously I changed the user/pass/ip to the correct information)

Though whenever I try to access it, it says I do not have permission.  When I access it through Finder with the same username and password, it works perfectly fine.

Is there any reason this is not working?

Edit - If I run the ls command with sudo I can access the files.  So update to the question:

Is there a way to change the ownership of the Volume? chown is throwing the error Operation not permitted, even with sudo.


texts: Why can't I make the partition use the full 500 GB availiable?

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I can't seem to make my Mac partition utilize the full 500 GB that I have available.
It only uses 243.47 GB.

It looks like my hard drive is somehow split into 2 sections:

Any ideas on how I can get it to utilize the full 500GB?


texts: Why Time Machine can't make first copy if lid is closed?

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The Situation: MacBook (Pro or Air, no difference) can't makes first copy to Time Capsule disk if:

Power Nap is switched on.
Power cord is plugged on.
Disk on Mac is SSD.
I start copy via Time Machine, it starts normally.
I close the lid, wait 10 minutes, open the lid and see that copy process fails.

If lid is open, copy process run normally.

The situation is true for number of laptops, 2015, 2016, Pro or Air. Always all software are updated.

Apple tech support (via phone and chat) told that it is recommended to not close the lid. If I ask "why, what prevents Power Nap to make the copy" no certain answers. Only, "we advise you". There are no certain article about this process.

Question: Why should the first copy be done with lid opened (not put to sleep)?


texts: How would I bring View Controller Scene in Xcode to the main working area?

texts: I cannot figure out how to get View Controller Scene on my main working area in Xcode rather than to have it on top of my working area. I want to be able comfortably navigate  thought my view items.


texts: How to arrange two windows easily to left and right side? v2

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This question was asked in 2012. I know that the solution is in upcoming version of OS X (fall 2015), but until then... is there any similar internal function to arrange windows in Windows-OS-like way? It is hard to believe there are not...

Thanks.


texts: Xserve 1,1 and PCIe 1x Nvidia compatibility

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I have a GeForce GT 610 that I have been trying to figure out how to get the Xserve to utilize. I have followed various guides and ideas to no luck. The screen on this card is always black and the system does see something on the PCIe bus but just doesn't send video.

I have tried various hackintosh kext files but I am at a loss.
Is there more options that I just have not found?

I have it running Snow Leopard desktop with the .8 update


texts: How to fix OS X Lion being unresponsive?

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After having upgraded to OS X Lion seamlessly, the whole system became unresponsive. Sometimes, I have to wait seconds for keypresses or clicks to have effect, even sound playback or the Dock animation stutters, while strangely the CPU usage remains low. Repairing my disk and its permissions didn't help, upgrading to 10.7.1 neither. Can somebody help?

FYI: I have a 2.3 GHz 13'' MBP with 4 GB RAM.


texts: I would like to use an iphone 4s for the Tracfone BYOP program. Does the iphone 4s have to be used to work on the Tracfone BYOP program, or can I use a new phone?


texts: MacBook has black screen, boots up but just the fan runs

texts: Want to know what can be the problem and if it worth repairing.  Just the fan boots up, the screen is black and the keyboard won’t light up.  Apple genius could not troubleshoot.


texts: MD711B, MD711LLA... How do I figure out which version is newer?

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I am getting many offers from stores for Macbook air but I don't know how to choose the newest model.
Is there any place where I can check based on the model num (e.g., MD711B)
I have tried on Apple website to see what is their latest version is but couldn't find


texts: Problem with changing Apple ID on iPhone

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My original Apple ID was associated with an email address that is not valid anymore. I updated my Apple ID to a real valid email. I managed to update it successfully with everything except iCloud on my phone. The App Store, iTunes, and everything else on my phone has the correct ID except iCloud.

When I try to delete my iCloud account from Setting > iCloud > Delete Account, I am asked to enter my password for the old email address, when I do so, I get a reply that the password is wrong.  When I try to retrieve it, I am asked for my date of birth, and then told that it is also wrong.

How can I change to my new Apple ID?


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When I try to view a certificate, a dialog popup and I'm unable to see the contents.

What could the problems be?


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Does Photos on mac do facial recognition on images which are Imported from Folders present?
I have disabled the ‘Copy’ option due to which the files are referenced instead of having original files, to avoid bloating Photos Library and save storage space. Since an hour, the People tab says 620 photos remaining which is about the number of files I have imported but that number seems to be static so far.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Best reader for annotating PDFs

I am looking for a simple app (ideally free) for OSX that allows you to edit PDF documents, essentially providing you with the ability to add text onto a PDF document, save or print it. Similar to http://www.pdfescape.com but as an app. Does something like this exist?


texts: How can I show the Cover Art window in iTunes 11?

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I like to see the album art for each song as it comes on; in iTunes 10, I would have iTunes DJ playing, hidden under my other apps, whilst the current song's cover displayed in a floating window on my second monitor...

Can I do something similar in iTunes 11? (at the moment, I'm using the iTunes DJ replacement suggested here, but the thumbnail is tiny!)

I've sifted through the menu and prefs, but didn't find anything.. I'm hoping that someone will have a tricky way / script that replaces my 2nd Desktop Wallpaper with the art!?

Fingers crossed, Tx!


texts: HP Easy Scan - "HP Scanner 3" will damage your computer

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I have been using a HP Envy 4500 printer with my iMac for 2 years using HP Easy Scan - with no issues.
Today I tried to scan a document, when I press the "scan" button on the app a pop-up appears stating:
"HP Scanner 3" will damage your computer
this file was downloaded on
an unknown date. Report malware to Apple to protect others

A second popup also appeared stating:
Scanner reported an error
Failed to open a connection to the device

To me this indicates the macOs has decided to block the program.
Why has this started happening? and how can I tell macOS that "HP Scanner 3" is no malware.
Edited to add:Using etc built in Apple/macOS scanner (which doesn't have all the features of HP Easy Scan) works so that proves this is not a hardware issue.


texts: Load a locale from /usr/local/share/locale in OS X

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While importing a PostgreSQL database in OS X 10.10, I got a error like "invalid locale name: en_US.utf8". I went to /usr/share/locale and copied the folder en_US.UTF-8 as en_US.utf8. Ok, problem solved.

But I know this solution will not work in OS X 10.11 due to that "rootless mode". I'll not be able to modify /usr/share/locale.

Is there any way to load this folder from /usr/local/share/locale? I tried to copy en_US.utf8 to that directory and it didn't work.


texts: How to make my late 2011 MBP compatible with USB 3.0?

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Maybe an ExpressCard?

Is that the way I should do it?

My ports look like this:


texts: Creating files in /tmp changes default group ownership? We are supposed to stop using /tmp?

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I just noticed:

  ~$ touch ~/home.txt
  ~$ touch /tmp/tmp.txt
  ~$ ls -l ~/home.txt
  -rw-r--r--  1 jdough  staff  0 Dec  2 15:09 /Users/jdough/home.txt
  ~$ ls -l /tmp/tmp.txt
  -rw-r--r--  1 jdough  wheel  0 Dec  2 15:09 /tmp/tmp.txt

Is it unusual that OS X uses the file system to decide the group ownership? I'd expected all files created by a user to have staff as the group.

I've been tarring cds in /tmp and then putting them in cloud storage. Isn't that a classic use case for /tmp? As users, are we supposed to stop using /tmp? I don't want my group ownership messed with and tmp is now wired to unexpectedly change the group.

Of course, just using $HOME/tmp is fine. But, I'll be sad to stop using /tmp.


texts: Why did the emoji and predictive input stop showing up on Touch Bar while typing in WhatsApp desktop Mac app on MacBook Pro?

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When I first began using WhatsApp Mac app on a new MacBook Pro, the emoji and predictive text were working normally whenever I was typing in the WhatsApp desktop Mac app. I could quickly access the emoji on the Touch Bar and predictive texts show up too on the Touch Bar.

But suddenly it stopped working. The emoji and predictive text stopped appearing on the Touch Bar whenever I open WhatsApp app.

What is causing this problem? Is there any way to fix it?

The issue still persists when logging in to other user accounts. And the emoji and predictive text show up on the Touch Bar normally when I use iMessage app. I tried uninstalling & installing WhatsApp app to no avail.


texts: Kitematic container doesn't start and getting error "Cannot connect to the Docker daemon"

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From shell I am trying to start docker ps but I get this error:

$ docker ps
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?

secondly if I run Kitematic and try to start a container I get this error:

AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 172.17.0.2. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message
httpd (pid 6) already running


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I have a PC running Windows 10 and a Mac running macOS 10.12.4 both connected to a common home WiFi network.

Mac network settings
Firewall: disabled, IP: 192.168.1.18, Subnet: 255.255.255.0

Windows network settings
Firewall: disabled, IP: 192.168.1.14, Subnet: 255.255.255.0

Ping Results

Mac->Mac (other) = success
Mac->PC = success
PC->PC = success
PC->Mac = fail

When monitoring tcpdump via Terminal on the Mac it is showing that the computer is receiving the ping, but the PC is not receiving a reply.


texts: iTunes 11 - View Selected Songs' Playtime

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After upgrading to iTunes, I can't seem to find a way to know how much time the selected songs take to play. This used to be at the bottom of every window of iTunes.
The only way I can find this now, is in the playlists, shown as for example 29 songs, 1.2 hours.

Any way to get the old bar at the bottom back?


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I'm having issues with setting the default umask on our Macs for users. I run the following the commands to set the default perms to 775:

sudo launchctl config user umask 002
sudo launchctl config system umask 002

But if I then run: touch file.txt the perms on file.txt show up as:

-rw-rw-r--

If I change the umask to 000, which should set perms to 777, I see the following:

-rw-rw-rw-

All the Macs in question are running 10.10.5

Is this related to the fact that if you go to: Get Info > Sharing & Permissions > the only options available are Read & Write or Read Only? We're encountering issues whereby our Linux users can't open files copied to network storage by Mac users because the permissions aren't 775.

The only work around I've got at the moment is to get Mac users to mount network shares via SMB instead of using NFS. I'd quite like to know if there's a better method.


texts: After updating Xcode 8 to Xcode 10 the apps are not running in simulator. And I am getting this error.


texts: How to move files to trash from command line?

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I do a lot of terminal work, and today had the experience of typing

rm fileInQuestion.txt

Before finding out that I did actually need fileInQuestion.txt. If I'd deleted in the GUI then I would have just gotten it out of the Trash. I'd like to know if it's possible to overload 'rm' in the Terminal in such a way that it sends the file/files to the Trash on the way out.


texts: Not able to boot into Ubuntu after Yosemite Upgrade

texts: I am running dual boot on my iMac. I upgraded my OS to OS X Yosemite yesterday,and now I can't boot into Ubuntu. How can I fix my issue?


texts: How to remap a single key in Language Input

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I am pretty new to Macs and these days I've been experiencing the whole frustration that comes when switching from Windows to Mac.. All my favourite shortcuts are so different or non-existent an so on..

I can live with that, there is a learning curve and I will get used to it (even though I used Karabiner to remap some shortcuts, there are plenty to learn :) )

Here comes the real question here. I am also using the Bulgarian keyboard, one of those cyrillic keyboards that have more letters than the normal keyboards can fit. On Windows though I had one letter (ч) which is under the `. It is in the same key on the Mac, with the sole difference it is located..next to Left Shift so it is super hard to reach.

Can I somehow remap the ч key to § ?

I tried with Karabiner, but didn't manage to do it (maybe I missed something).


texts: Can I use Time Machine to restore to a smaller disk

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I have used Time Machine to restore my MBP to a larger HDD with great success, but am about to purchase a smaller SSD for it.

With the obvious caveat of not having more data than the SSD can hold, is there anything stopping me from going from a 500GB SATA drive to a 240GB SSD using a Time Machine restore?

It's a 2010 MBP running Lion 10.7.1, if that makes any difference.


texts: Suggestions to make a old Macbook Pro faster?

texts:
I got a Macbook Pro I think the year 2010. How can I make it faster because,it starting to get slow. Are there Free or Inexpensive Apps or tricks to make it fast?

Thanks!


texts: Applications in the Menu Bar & The Ability to choose which are Active upon startup?

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Are the applications located towards the right side of the menu bar next to system icons automatically active upon boot up of an apple mac. What decides which apps sit there & is there a way to choose which apps are active and sit in the menu bar by default at startup ?

Indeed if one is using a 13" Macbook Pro (like myself) or even an 11" Macbook Air, what happens when the number of apps gets to the extent where they begin to close the gap towards what I believe is usually help located towards the left of the menu bar. If your using a 27" display I guess this scenario doesnt occur.

Is there a way to minimise those apps in the menu bar whilst keeping them active if required ?

Thankyou


texts: How to include a tab in an Excel for Mac cell - Mac equivalent of char(9)

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I'm writing some guides for a procedure which involves using an Excel formula which places tabs into a cell. This guide will be used by staff on both Windows and Mac, and I want to make sure it works on both. I don't currently have access to a Mac for testing.

On Excel for Windows, =char(9) places a tab character. This tab character doesn't show within Excel, but does appear correctly when the content of the cell is copied and pasted, which is what I need.

Some of the Excel character numbering is different between Mac and PC, for example, non-breaking space is char(160) on Windows and char(202) on Mac.

What's the Excel for Mac way to add a tab character by a formula? Specifically Excel-2011 for Mac, but I don't believe it changes between versions.

I've tried looking it up in this table - http://www.alanwood.net/demos/macroman.html - but that doesn't include the Tab character.

If it's possible, I'd love an option that works on both Mac and Windows and is standard to spreadsheet programs e.g. not just MS Excel but others too. But I'm guessing this is probably impossible, so just knowing the Mac exquivalent of =char(9) would be enough.

Bonus points for a link to a reference to the complete character table Excel for Mac uses so I can just look up any question like this in future.


texts: Virtualizing Mac OS X on Linux - is it legal?

texts:
While browsing i found an interesting tool in sourceforge.net
it says

Mac-on-Linux is a Linux/PPC program that virtualizes Mac OS or Mac OS X in Linux.

Is it legal In india?


texts: Disable oscillating light on MacBook Pro when in sleep mode

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This is not the same question as Can I disable the lighted Apple logo on the back of my MacBook Pro?

When I shut the lid of my macbook pro, it goes into sleep mode.  When it is in sleep mode, there is a small oscillating white light on the front of it.

That small pill-capsule-like shape on the long metal strip glows forever on end when in sleep mode.  Is there any way to disable this while keeping the computer in sleep mode?


texts: Sometimes the keys F, V and Backspace stop working in macOS High Sierra! How to fix this?

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I'm having a very odd problem where the keys F, V and ⌫ (backspace) stop working for no apparent reason!

Then the problem seems to fix itself some time later, to reappear afterwards.

What's causing this and how to avoid it? It's getting really annoying. And I don't understand why only those 3 keys fail to work, the rest of the keyboard works just fine.

I don't think it's really a hardware issue. I'm on High Sierra 10.13.2. I use Karabiner-Elements to program some keys and at first I thought it could be the culprit (even though I have used it for a long time with no issues), but the problem persists even after quitting that app.


texts: How can i put selected images from photos app on macbook to the camera roll on iPhone 5?

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So i import images from my dslr to the photos app on my macbook which works perfectly but I only want to put a few of them onto my phone so it appears in my camera roll. I am aware of syncing an album through Itunes however they do not appear in the camera roll.

Is there a simple method to transfer select images from photos to the camera roll?


texts:
After resetting my Mac from a backup (High Sierra, version 10.13.6), I somehow lost the preview.app. It's not there. I still see remnants like com.apple.Preview.plist (yet, no com.apple.preview folder). What can be done to get it back without installing macOS anew?
thx


texts: Enable Internet Sharing over Bluetooth PAN

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I'm trying to share my MacBook Pro's internet connection with my iPad over Bluetooth. The MacBook is running Snow Leopard.

On the Sharing preference page, I can select Ethernet as the source, but when I select Bluetooth PAN (or any of the other options) for the target, nothing happens. The status next to Internet Sharing changes to Off, and I can't check the Internet Sharing option in the list on the left.

Selecting another entry from the list (like Screen Sharing) and then going back to Internet Sharing, everything is back to the initial state with a red status and the message that I need to select how to share the connection.

Is anyone familiar with this issue and can explain why this is happening and how to fix it?


texts: I want to downgrade from Yosemite 10.10 to Mavericks or previous operating system

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I want to downgrade from Yosemite 10.10 to previous operating system (i think its name was Mavericks).

I am not experienced in Computers so please explain to me in simple, step by step way.

Why i want to go back to Mavericks?

After installing Yosemite:
- My Mac is always very hot;
- The Fan is working as soon as it starts;
- Battery is getting half its normal time.
- Most important, the computer hangs a lot and became very slow.

With all this probe, I feel i am not using an apple computer any more..

Thanks to anyone who can assist.


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Is there a way to copy an entire photo (not just a shortcut to the photo) from your camera role to another photo album?  Now that we can edit photots on the iPhone I thought it might be useful to make a copy of a photo before messing with it.

After selecting a photo and hitting "copy", there doesn't appear to be a way to paste it into another album.  Selecting the "add to" option, and adding it to another album does appear to work; however, editing the photo in one album affects both the original photo, and the "copy" of it.

Is there any way to make a copy of the actual photo, and paste it in another album?


texts: Examples of Apps with PIN protected content

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We have an iOS app with the following requirement.

The app must be accessible only to those participating in a research study

The app will be published to the public App Store, however, it will launch with a lock screen. If a valid PIN code is entered, the lock screen will disappear to reveal the app.

We are looking for examples of other apps that follow a similar restricted-access model.

There are a lot of apps that require login prior to use. However, most of them also have a registration button, a preview mode, or provide unrestricted content. In our case, the PIN code will be provided in person to those participating in our research study.

We are look for examples to emulate so in order to avoid issues with the app review process.


texts: Boot Camp - running OS X partition as a VM

texts: Now while many users know that it is possible to run a Windows Boot Camp partition as a VM under OS X via VMWare or Parallels - however is the opposite possible? That is, in my case - I would like to know if I can boot into Windows 8.1 on my Retina MBP then access my OS X partition as a VM.


texts: How much RAM memory do I need for an OSX device?

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I'm about to buy a new Mac Mini and I would like to know if it's enough with 8GB RAM or I would need 16GB.
Linked is my MBP 15 early 2013 16GB RAM usage in a current daily usage.

memory pressure screenshot.


texts:
I am running OSX Lion 10.7.5 (can't upgrade yet due to corp policy) on my MBP 13" 2011.  I run with the lid closed connected to two displays:

HP 24" via DisplayPort/DVI adapter
Dell 24" via Diamond BVU195 USB/DVI adapter

Problem:  Intermittently, when I go to lock my screen (an Automator app that starts the screen saver), the screen saver won't start.  If I unplug the DisplayLink from the USB port, this instantly fixes the issue.  I can then reconnect the DisplayLink and the screen saver appears on both screens simultaneously.  Likewise, sometimes when I return to my desk and go to unlock my screen, the display hangs; it's black on both screens with visible mouse cursor but no image.  If I unplug the DisplayLink, again this immediately fixes the issue.

I've made sure I'm on the latest DisplayLink driver.  What else can I do to fix this so I don't have to frequently disconnect the DisplayLink device?


texts: Send an email message via script upon startup, before user login

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Is there any way to automatically send an email message (as a notification that my server box has rebooted, usually due to power failure) to myself upon system startup, before user login?

I am not very familiar with scripting but am willing to try my best.

I am guessing that /Library/LaunchDaemons is the place to call the script?


texts: How can I stop validation of packages hanging for OFXFuse

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OSXFuse and Veracrypt were working until I reinstalled Mojave 10.14.6
When I try to reinstall OFXFuse (including option for compatibility layer for legacy MacFUSE file systems) it hangs near the end of the "validation of packages”:

It installs without that option, but on mounting a volume in Veracrypt, I then get the same error I had after reinstalling Mojave, which is why I want to reinstall OFXFuse:

Can someone please explain how to avoid OSXFuse installation hanging at "validation of packages”?
Thanks.


texts: Streaming video without an internet connection

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I have a customer that wants to stream his Iphone 5 and iPad video and audio files over his wireless network.  this network is not connected to the internet 80% of the time making using an Apple TV nearly impossible.  Is there any other hardware, such as a WiFi Blu-ray player that would be capable of doing this procedure for him?

The reason this network is not connected to the internet most of the time is that it is in his private jet that only gets internet above 10k feet and only within the continental US


texts:
I'm trying to set an environment variable for Anki's media folder, in .bash_profile.

The line is export ANKI_MEDIA='/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Anki2/me/collection.media'.

Once sourced, I try echo $ANKI_MEDIA which correctly returns the full path but if I do cd $ANKI_MEDIA I get back -bash: cd: "/Users/<username>/Library/Application\: No such file or directory

I've tried different combos of single and double quotes -- to no avail.
Please advice, thank  you in advance.

EDIT 1

I've tried writing the pathfile in .bash_profile within backticks. After sourcing it, I immediate get back -bash: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Anki2/me/collection.media: is a directory

EDIT 2

For future reference, I created a link in the home directory of the User and pointed it to the collection.media folder. This just a workaround, I would greatly appreciate it if someone helped me solve this puzzle.


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I'm looking for a stand alone audio spectrum analyzer for OS X. The main requirement is that it can analyze the audio out (the current audio from any app) rather than microphone or line in.

I'm a developer (although not a obj-c, c, c++ one) so if there are no apps that can do this a library could work too.

thanks!


texts: outlook.com (Exchange ActiveSync) on OS X Mountain Lion

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Outlook.com offers email/contacts/calendar similar to Google. With my iPhone and iPad (iOS 6.1.3) I can connect to outlook.com by setting up an Exchange account. It uses the Exchange ActiveSync protocol. On OS X Mountain Lion I can choose an Exchange server in the Mail, Contacts & Calendar settings tab, but it does not connect when I put in my outlook.com login.

Is there a way to connect to outlook.com via Exchange ActiveSync to access email, contacts and calendar?


texts:
When trying to use my online bank, I was directed to the Java update site (again). I downloaded and installed Java 7 update 17, and the installer reported that everything was a-ok. Clearly, that was something of lie.
Now, when I try to check my Java version on http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp, it says that "An old version of Java has been detected on your system". I have tried installing the update again, but the results remain the same. I have also tried rebooting.
On the command line, java -version reports

java version "1.6.0_43"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_43-b01-447-11M4203)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.14-b01-447, mixed mode)

I remember that there used to be some kind of settings where I could choose between installed Java versions, but now I cannot find it. Under "System preferences" there is no mention of Java, and when I search for Java in Spotlight, the only application that comes up is Java VisualVM, whatever that is.
Any ideas as to what might be wrong?
I am running OS 10.8.3 on an Intel Core i3 iMac with 4 GB RAM.


texts: How to bring an application to the front, no bouncing dock icons

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In my AppleScript, I use activate to bring an application to the front. However, on machines of some colleagues, it doesn't do that. The app-icon in the dock will bounce, but it doesn't get put into the front. This is very annoying, because the user has to go to the app manually every time.

I suspect this is due to some setting or something. Any ideas how to accomplish this?


texts: How to organize Launchpad apps with the command line?

texts: Is there any way to change the order, create folders, and put apps in folder in macOS Launchpad from command line. I'm trying to automate a macOS clean install, and it's time consuming to reorder manually all the apps.


texts:
my phone behavior is very strange. If I plug the charger in and do not use the phone, it not charging. It only can be charged if I using it. I've reset but it's still the same. Do you have any idea about it.

Thank you.


texts: Dual booting older (2011) MBP into Windows and Linux (not macOS)

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I was given a 8,2 15" MBP, and b/c its graphics won't allow me to install Mojave, I want to turn it into a dual booted Linux/Windows machine. (I'm a developer, and find myself needing to tread into both worlds more and more.)

I found this article to help with this... except I don't really need to keep a viable older macOS on this machine. Just Win7 (which I'm gonna quickly upgrade to Win10) and Ubuntu Desktop. How would you, after getting rEFInd installed, and Win/Linux installed, excise the macOS still there? Or is this even the wrong approach?


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I am using iPhone 6 native app as my email client. I recently did the latest update and I have noticed that I've been receiving my email notifications a bit late or delayed. The notifications are sometimes taking about 20 minutes!

At first, I first thought it was a problem with my carrier but on the contrary. They claim that it had something to do with the email client.

I know many people are probably wondering why I don't just use another email client, but for specific reasons, this is the app that I have to use as a mail client.
Is anyone else seeing this problem?


texts: Dead characters on iMac Mojave, NOT keyboard-related

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2002 iMac running Mojave with Apple wireless keyboard

Today, a cluster of characters on the right side of the keyboard (7 8 9 u i o j k l m .) quit working, both caps and lowercase.

To narrow down the problem, I replaced the keyboard with a spare and re-booted. The issue remained, leading me to believe it's not a keyboard problem.

I enabled the keyboard viewer and all keys work when clicked.

SOLVED — The problem was inadvertently enabling Mouse Keys.


texts: How to set inbox sync time range in Mail?

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When I setup an email account in Mail seems like Mail insists on downloading the tens of thousands of emails I have between now and years way back. How do I tell it to sync only in a specific time range like 3 months for example?

Thanks


texts:
My mouse just got stuck: I could still move the pointer, but clicks would not register. This occurred with both my external Magic Trackpad, and the laptop's internal trackpad, apropos of nothing. As such, I assume it to be a software thing, rather than hardware.

Rebooting the machine did not work. However, it did all of a sudden start working when it came up from sleep (as I carried it to our service desk). The keyboard remained operational throughout, giving me enough input to be able to do basic things.

As I say, I assume this to be a software thing: a service/daemon malfunctioning. If so, is there a command I can issue at the terminal to restart said service (if that would even work, given rebooting didn't)? If not, any other ideas, if it happens again?

(High Sierra 10.13.6; 15" MBP Mid-2014)


texts: Wireless & Automatic photo sync from iPhone to Macos

texts:
I've got a puzzle you can hopefully help me solve. I would like to:

automatically back up my iPhone photos to my NAS
without using the internet (so no cloud services etc.)

iOS 13.1.2
WD EX2 Ultra
Both devices are connected to the same network

I've so far done this using the WD MyCloud app, but frankly, I don't trust its security. Too many security failures to often. Now I can backup my Macbook using TimeMachine without connecting the NAS to the www but there is no similar solution for iPhones as far as I know.

Any help would be much appreciated. Don't want to be forced to use iCloud or, god forbid, manually back-up my photos.


texts: Normal websites use large amounts of RAM

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Lately, on my MacBook Pro, visiting webpages has started to consume large amounts of RAM. Visiting websites like Stack Overflow, golang.org, golang playground, or gnu website causes my computer to perform very poorly since it runs out of RAM.

This occurs on both Safari or Chrome. Some of those websites are and most of them use no flash or any other plug in as far as I can detect.

What can be the reason for such a behaviour?


texts: Could anyone help me get my app back on eBay x

texts: I am having trouble getting my eBay app back since I downloaded new s settings from you what come through every now and again , only My old eBay just keep s crashing now so when I tried to get a new eBay app to work it tell s me to put password for Apple ID something iTunes  but my daughter set this up and used her email address but this is no longer being used and we can not remember the password so I can t get it to work cause you can t send me nothing cause the email no longer s exist so I don t no what to do as I have tried but still keep s saying that old email address could you please help me as I can t get on eBay no more


texts: How do I reset the scrollback in the terminal via a shell command?

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When using Terminal.app, you can clear the screen by using the shell builtin clear or by pressing ^+L (Control-L).

However, all this does is push the current screen content back one screen height and reset the cursor/input at the first line. Meaning you can still scroll back and see it.

What you are also able to do, is reset your entire scrollback by pressing ⌘+K (Command-K).

After you've done this, you cannot scroll back at all.

In certain situations (notably, before running screen or vim), I'd like to reset the scroll back before the command actually executes.

Is there a command (like clear) that is implemented in OS X that allows me to do this? Given the existence of pbcopy and pbpaste, I'm thinking something similar might exist that will allow me to do this.


texts: iOS app that shows a list of values to toggle on/off

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I'm looking for an app that contains a customizable list of fields, with a binary on/off or yes/no switch on each.

This is seemingly impossible to search for, given the generic words involved.

The usage is: I carry three laptop battery bricks with unique serial numbers. As one depletes, I insert the next one. They all look identical except for the serial number, so it's helpful to make a note of which one is spent or not. I'd like a simple app where I can list the three, e.g.,

EZXXXXX
TYXXXXX
FLXXXXX

With on/off switches next to them, so I can toggle and see at a glance which is spent. Often I wind up having only one with juice on it, and I have to cycle through all three and power the laptop on before finding the right one.


texts: How can I upgrade my GPU for my early 2011 17" MacBook Pro to run Mojave?

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I'm currently running 10.13.6 and have a MacBook pro 8,3, 2.2 GHz.

How can I upgrade my GPU for my 2011 17" early to run Mojave?

I've heard I could replace the logic board with a newer GPU and processor but can't seem to find the company.

I also heard they offer a 1 year guarantee.


texts: Gather all windows of an app to one screen

texts:
I have a two-monitor setup. I use one monitor as "primary" and other as "Reference" i.e I do active work using primary monitor and the secondary monitor has the windows that I refer to while doing my work. Over a period of time, multiple windows of the same app (Outlook, Excel, Word, PyCharm, etc.) end up distributed on different windows.
I need a shortcut/ third party app which on a keystroke or option from a menu that "gathers" all the windows that belong to the current active app into a single screen (primary screen or an option to select which screen).
Essentially I need the functionality of the "Gather Windows" option present in the Display Preference extended to all apps. I looked at this question: Trigger 'Gather Windows' programmatically (or other quick way) but that operates only on Display Preference window.
If not possible out of the box, third party apps are fine as well.


texts: Calendar event showing new time change notification every day

texts:
I have a recurring meeting each day on my Exchange calendar at 8:45 AM. In the Calendar application, I get a notification every morning that the event time was updated to 8:45AM. However, the event organizer is not changing the time, and it stays exactly the same.

The only thing I can think of is something odd with time zones and/or Exchange. The organizer is in CST and I'm in Mountain. Calendar correctly shows my time in the event details both before and after getting the alert about the change...

Any idea what is happening and how to stop the daily notification that the time has changed (since it hasn't!).

Example of the notification:


texts: Deleted apps on my iPhone stays in iTunes

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When I delete an app inside iTunes from the iTunes Library, it will also get deleted from my iPhone, the next time I sync. The same with if I download a new app, it will be transfered to the iPhone.

When I install an app on my iPhone it will also be imported to the iTune library, however when I delete an app on my iPhone, it doesn't get deleted from iTunes automatically?

Why? And how can I change this?


texts: Unable to remove Windows Boot Camp partition

texts:
About a year ago, I installed Windows 10 via Boot Camp, which I now want to remove, but it doesn't seem to be done causing issues... When I go into the Boot Camp Assistant, I get this message:

My Disk Utility looks like this:

diskutil list gives me:

/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         912.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data Windows                 78.8 GB    disk0s3
   4:           Windows Recovery                         480.2 MB   disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +912.4 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            474.7 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 20.5 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *8.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data Seagate 02              8.0 TB     disk2s2

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *8.0 TB     disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data Seagate 01              8.0 TB     disk3s2

What's the safest way to completely remove the partition/Windows? I'm just scared of messing something up. Thanks in advance!


texts: Viewing all albums sorted by year in Apple Music

texts:
Is there a way to see an artist's albums by year in Apple Music? I've searched around and I can't even see a page where all an artist's albums are listed, let alone a chronological listing.

For example, go into Apple Music and search for "They Might Be Giants". According to Wikipedia they have 19 studio albums from 1986 to present, but if you select "Albums >" from their Apple Music page you don't see all their albums (even the ones listed elsewhere on Apple Music). (And actually most of what you see are not actually albums, but singles, which just confuses things further).

Edit: It's the same with David Bowie, The Smiths, and just about anyone else I've checked. Sigh :(

I hate to say it, but unless I'm missing something, the Zune software was doing this better 10 years ago :(


texts: Macbook's "Internal Memory Card Reader" uses 896ma/900ma doing nothing, is this normal?

texts:
One a new mid-2014 macbook pro:

Internal Memory Card Reader:

  Product ID:   0x8406
  Vendor ID:    0x05ac  (Apple Inc.)
  Version:  8.20
  Serial Number:    000000000820
  Speed:    Up to 5 Gb/sec
  Manufacturer: Apple
  Location ID:  0x15400000 / 21
  Current Available (mA):   900
  Current Required (mA):    896
  Built-In: Yes

This is what System Report reports, there is no card in the reader, is this normal?


texts: Stop sharing Macintosh HD and home folder with File Sharing?

texts:
I've seen quite a few questions posted here and on Reddit about this topic, but I haven't been able to find the solution I am looking for, or a straight up answer like "no you cant change that".

I have File Sharing with smb setup on my macbook pro to access files from my windows pc. What I want is to have my public shared folder that I can put folders and files in to grab on my pc whenever, and stop my "Bloumbs" home folder and entire Macintosh HD volume from being shared.

Is it possible to do that? If so, how?


texts: I have the same number on 2 different phones with 2 different carriers

texts:
I recently switched carriers and everything was done over the phone. I provided my account number etc from my old carrier to my new carrier and authorized everything to be transferred over.

I purchased a new sim card for my new carrier and placed it in my iPhone 6. When I called back to activate the iPhone 6 I called from my old iPhone 4, which was registered with my old carrier.

I expected as soon as the iPhone 6 was activated that the iPhone 4 with my old carrier would cut out, but it doesn't seem like this was the case. Now I have both phones connected to separate networks each using the same number and are fully functional.

I didn't think this was possible, does anyone have an explanation?


texts: I have a total of 119 movies on my Apple tv. I have homesharing on. When I log into my itunes on my computer it only shows a total of 40 movies, where are the remaining missing movies?


texts:
I had the following problem with my internal HD. When I started my mac, after the logo loaded the screen went black and an error panel with the message: "Unapproved caller. SecurityAgent may only be invoked by Apple software" showed. I've had HD problems before so I have an external HD with Mac OS X installed. I used it to boot Mac OS (with no problems) and used Disk utility to repair the ESP (disk0s1 partition of my internal HD), but the partition was deleted in this process. My internal HD (disk0) now looks like this:

I have a backup of my internalHD on disk1, so I could just delete the disk and reinstall everything but I'm curious if the HD can be restored without doing this, so no worries about data loss if the attempt fails.

My thoughts on how to solve this are to implement the following procedure:

  Copy the ESP from disk1, and add it to a new partition on disk0 (I don't know if this can be done simultaneously, so the newly created partition has the exact size of the ESP, or if I need to create a partition and then copy the ESP into it).
  Move the newly created partition from disk0s3 to disk0s1, and then disk0s3 (internal HD) to disk0s2.

I don't know if this will solve the problem, of it can be done, and if so, how to do it.

Any suggestions are welcome!


texts: Cannot log in to apps or websites on iPad 1

texts:
I haven't used my iPad 1 for a long time. Now I have reset it to factory default.

I can't use login features, e.g. Nextcloud via Safari or the Mixcloud app.
I type in my details and press login and nothing happens.

I have cookies enabled and JavaScript enabled. Everything worked in the past.


texts: How do I sync friend- shared google calendars?

texts:
I have an iPhone, iMac, Macbook Air and a girlfriend. So far, so good.

I have multiple Google Calendars that sync perfectly to my iDevices.

The trouble is, I haven't found out yet how to sync the calendars my girlfriend shares with me to the iPhone. They do show perfectly on the Macs though.

Could anyone share the procedure if they managed this arcane spell?


texts:
I've got an OS X Snow Leopard Server config on a Mac Pro 1,1.  I can't upgrade any further on that hardware.

However, I've got a spare MacPro 3,1 and wondered if it would be "simple" to just move the disks to the new hardware?

I thought I'd ask first just in case the disks get updated with something which means I can't go back to the old MacPro.


texts: BMW link app not working on iPhone 5 after restoring my phone

texts: I have a iPhone 5 and I downloaded the BMW link app which was paired up with my BMW S ONE. For some reason after I reset my phone it no longer pairs up with my car as if I have failed to switch something on with my phone. However, Bluetooth works fine. What am I doing wrong?


texts: 135GB of Hidden Space + Snapshot Metadata Tree Invalid error in Disk First Aid

texts:
I have a serious problem with "Hidden Space" eating up my hard drive.

I'm running High Sierra on a mid-2013 MacBook Air "Core i7" with a 500gb ssd.

The last few weeks, something has to been continually filling my hard drive, as free space has plummeted from 200gb to less than 10gb. No matter how much I delete, my free drive space still hovers around 10gb-15gb. Even when I delete a large amount of files, the size of deleted files doesn't correlate with the amount of free space cleared after I empty my trash.

DaisyDisk found that I've got 135gb of "Hidden Space", 127gb of which is "Still Hidden" and DaisyDisk is "Unable to locate"

I've tried all of the listed items on their support page for this and none of them have solved my problem. I've also contacted their support team but have yet to hear back.

As far as potential solutions I've already tried that haven't worked;

I've turned off Time Machine
I've deleted my local Time Machine snapshots, which was the culprit for many people with similar problems.
I've never used Carbon Copy Cloner, which was another usual suspect for people with this issue, so that's a dead end.
I've re-indexed Spotlight, which was a solution for a few people who had this problem in Lion, but doing so didn't do anything for me.
Last but not least, I ran Disk Utility in Recovery Mode, and got the following "Snapshot Metadata tree invalid" error:

I tried the solutions listed re; that error as well, all of them having to do with thinning or deleting local snapshots via Terminal, and that hasn't solved anything for me either....

Most of the research I've found suggests that this is an issue with Time Machine's local snapshots, but I've tried all of the listed solutions that worked for other people where that was the problem, and unfortunately none of them have worked for me.

Alternatively, it seems more like my hard drive is continually creating data, until it runs out of space, and then when I try to clear space, it just gets filled with whatever is creating the data. I have no idea how to figure what's doing this or why...

Here's a screenshot of my Activity Monitor re; what's writing to disk;

Any help or advice anyone could offer on what else I can do to try and fix this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks


texts: How can I fix the lag for share screening between Mountain Lion and Lion?

texts: I screenshare with my friend everyday. It was working well until he updated to Mountain Lion. Now there is a significant delay regardless of network activity. Is there anyway to fix this?


texts:
Setup:
headphones --> iMac -> amp -> microphone

(The Amp, cords, and microphone all work fine as do all elements of the DAW garage band).

History:
We were successfully using an iMac connected through the line-in audio to a Europower Amp (pmp560m) + microphone to record songs in Garage Band.  Everything was working great ... until we plugged headphones into the Mac so that we could stack record (record a track while listening to a previously recorded track).

Recording and playback worked splendidly until the headphones were unplugged.  When they were unplugged we lost audio playback on the entire mac.  (This issue was resolved by checking audio settings, closing programs and restarting the computer).

The Current Problem:
Now everything works as usual except for the line-in audio port.  So we are unable to record.

When I checked the Mac settings for audio Line-in, it has a pulse, but is seemingly erratic.  Moving the slider on "Output volume" doesn't do anything.

The input for recording tracks in Garage Band read the same, and there is a constant low-level wave (sounds like white noise) when we try to record.

The problem seems to be the line-in port.

Does this port just burn out with time?

Why would plugging in headphones while recording cause this issue?

Thanks in advance for any help on this!


texts: 2011 27 inch iMac disable internal drive

texts: I'd like to know if there is a way to completely disable the internal disk as I am now booting from an external SSD.  It seems like fsck_msdos is constantly running on the old internal drive which prevents disk utility from loading properly as it always shows "Loading Disks"  I've tried erasing through diskutil in terminal but get an error that it can't be unmounted I believe the error is -69888.  Also, if i try manually running repairDisk or verifyDisk it just hangs and the checking prerequisites step.  Any thoughts?


texts: Apple Pay clashes with other cards in the phone case

texts:
I have Apple Pay enabled on my phone. In the phone case is a card that supports contactless payments. When using the phone case (containing both a phone and card) the phone seems to always have preference over the cards.

This seems to be a known behaviour.

But I was wondering if there is some technical background for this, or could it be that the phone when enables the NFC takes over the cards due to strong signal, etc?


texts: How to force update of shared calendar (in OS X Yosemite)?

texts:
I shared a calendar as a public calendar in the Apple Calendar app:

How can I update the shared calendar when I add or modify entries? I assume this should happen automatically, but even after 1 hour nothing happend. How can I force an update?


texts: Do i need a seperate dedicated machine to run osx server or can i use some features running it from my MBP

texts:
We've got 5 desktop devices in our organization which im currently managing using a remote connection client or physically by sitting at each machine.

Each change i make such as an update / settings change has to be made one by one across all machines.

I was reading up online and got pointed towards an osx server - http://www.apple.com/osx/server/ - which looks like the sort of thing i need.

The feature i really liked the look of is the Profile Manager, which looks like it would let me manage the config and updates of machines.

The other features we dont really need right now for instance, we currently use Dropbox for file sharing and i think this will continue as this has a mobile app (accessible when off site using 3g) which we find really useful.

If i just want to use the Profile Manager, can i setup the server on my day to day machine (2012 MBP - 10.9.2) whilst still be able to use it as before, or do i need to get a dedicated machine to run the server on ? Or is there another option for config and one to many updates on osx ?


texts: I would like to block some websites on the guest account, so my cousin cannot browse things that are not safe for my computer.


texts: How to enable Spotlight search in NAS attached folder with macOS Mojave 10.14.4?

texts:
I'm using Synology NAS for my file storage solution. It has been doing great, except one thing. I am unable to do Spotlight search to any of my network drive. I have enabled the indexing in my Synology server, but this does not help either.

How can I enable it correctly? Thanks.


texts: When is the GUID partition table (GPT) preferred over Apple partition map (APM) for external drives?

texts:
I have seagate external portable hard-drive 1 TB, and I will be using with following Mac's.

13" White MacBook (Intel Core 2 Duo) running Snow Leopard
13" MacBook Air (Intel Core i5) running Lion
iMac running Lion

What partition map I should use, GUID or Apple when formatting external portable hard-drive?


texts: Screenshots and images won't open - Don't have permission to view it

texts:
Every time I take a screenshot I try to open it, but it says that I don't have the permission. It's not only my screenshots; all the pictures that I save say that I don't have any permission to open it.

Can anyone please help me resolve this problem?


texts: Inbox by Gmail - making a small application

texts:
Google have come up with a really good service at Inbox. I find it very easy to manage email that way and have been using it on my Windows PC as a chrome application for a lot of time.

Recently, I bought a MacBook Pro and just plain hate the default mail application they have installed. Also, since I own an Android phone and I use the Inbox Android Application there, it's really hard to see what I did in inbox reflected on Mail (see footnote)

My problem is that when I install the Inbox chrome extension, it is little more that a glorified shortcut. On my Windows PC, I used to select 'Open as a separate Window' and I didn't need to use Chrome at all. However, on the Mac there is no such option and it opens Chrome every time I open Inbox (on top of that I cannot pin the application to the Dock like I used to be able to with the Taskbar). So the question is  whether I can make a small application that I can pin to the Dock, which opens a fullscreen window showing the contents of the Inbox website.

I am a Mac newbie so please forgive me for any noobie things I said. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

(footnote) For example, you can mark an email as 'Done' in Inbox. Now I don't know where that email disappears on my Mac.


texts: I need to test an app i'm developing for iPhone 6 device. Can I use an iPhone 5c charger to connect the charger to my MacBook Pro and the iPhone 6? Would the iPhone 5c charger work for iPhone 6 or does iPhone 6 have a completely different charger?


texts: Any way to get Bluetooth to work on MacBook 12″ Boot Camp?

texts: I know that it’s not officially supported, but there is any manual way that I can get Bluetooth to work on a MacBook 12″ Windows Boot Camp partition?


texts: my local development /etc/hosts redirect works only on chrome

texts:
I am confused why my host name in /etc/hosts works for Google Chrome only. Not on Safari, not on Firefox, not from command-line tools like curl.

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost

127.0.0.1       cool.pl.localhost

Only on chrome http://cool.pl.localhost:8080 works. On other browsers I can reach the site only by entering 0.0.0.0:8080 or 127.0.0.1:8080.

Confused what is misconfigured. What magic is Google Chrome doing that it works?


texts: Desktop items disappear from screen and finder solely due to second monitor

texts: I have a second monitor. When I connect the monitor to my Mac Pro by HDMI the desktop items automatically disappear. The strange thing is that they don't just disappear from the actual desktop but they aren't in Finder or anywhere on the computer. As soon as I unplug the second monitor they return immediately. So there isn't a concern about using desktop items, this just makes my second monitor a big paperweight.


texts:
I get an error when trying to run sendmail. I am on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

sendmail: fatal: chdir /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool: No such file or directory


texts: Is there a way to get a screenshot / snapshot of a movie purchased on iTunes?

texts:
Using ⌘Shift3 or ⌘Shift4 won't work -- it will capture a grey window. (I think it is due to the video being displayed using the video card's video buffer).

I think one way is to use an iPad and play the movie and take a screenshot by the Home and Power button together, but other than that, is there a way to take it on the Mac, without installing any additional program?


texts: Where do I find a version of brew for high sierra?

texts:
My laptop is using High Sierra os and I just installed homebrew. However, after running brew doctor I see the following:
Warning: You are using macOS 10.13.
We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version.
You will encounter build failures with some formulae.
Please create pull requests instead of asking for help on Homebrew's GitHub,
Twitter or any other official channels. You are responsible for resolving
any issues you experience while you are running this
old version.

Where do I downgrade my brew for high sierra support?
Note: This laptop does not support any version higher than high sierra.


texts: How to enable iCloud music or link Apple music to my account on macOS Catalina?

texts:
When I try to turn on "Sync Library" in Catalina's new Music App I get this error:

This account does not have iCloud music enabled.
Apple music has not been linked to this account.

I do indeed have an iCloud subscription, so storage shouldn't be an issue.
How do I enable iClound music on my account?


texts:
I can't browse my iphone 5 (10.2.1) in windows 10 explorer, it doesn't show up as a volume.

The iphone is listed in the device manager, with a warning that it
has no installed drivers.
Windows cannot find any drivers online
("iPhone has no driver"), nor in Apple's common program files
(C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support).
I've
uninstalled and reinstalled itunes, and the Apple mobile device USB drivers, as a precaution. Iphone is still listed as driverless in
device manager.
I've installed the stand-alone Windows update
(KB3099229_x64) containing media features that were excluded in my version of Windows 10 Pro N.
I've unlocked my device.
I've trusted the computer.
I've rebooted the device.
I've used three different USB ports.
Windows and iphone is updated.
Itunes can interface with the device with no problems.
Update: There are no hardware problems. Everything works on a Windows 7 computer.

So, why don't there exist any drivers for iphone 5 for Windows 10? Seems like a rather huge oversight.


texts: Unable to carry out Software Update on OS X 10.5.8

texts:
I have tried to carry out a Software Update on a Mac running OS X 10.5.8.

My first problem is that I am unable to find the Mac App Store on this computer (whether by using the search function or looking in the Applications folder.)

Even when I go to the Apple website and attempt to get redirected from there to the Mac App Store to find the Software Update, nothing happens.

Furthermore, the computer does not detect any Software Updates when clicking on the top-left Apple menu and selecting Software Update.


texts: How to prevent Terminal from resizing when font size is changed

texts:
10.8.3/Terminal 2.3.

Terminal resizes the entire window in seemingly unpredictable ways whenever I change the size of the font -- a frequent operation when frequently going between laptop and external displays.

Is there some way to prevent this?  iTerm seems to do the same thing.

Update:  Based on @robmathers' answer below, it seems likely that what I want isn't possible.  Can anyone recommend any OS X terminal emulators that don't have this feature?


texts: How can I rename multiple pictures simultaneously?

texts:
For example,I have 20 pictures downloaded from the Internet. They have some crazy names like "XFGHDHR345" or "SDEREWQ230", and I want to name them:

"Picture 1"
"Picture 2"
"Picture 3"
"Picture 4"
"Picture 5"
.....
"Picture 20"

I don't want to type them one by one. I want to change their names at once.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: On OSX what is the opposite command to "say", i.e. what command is there for speech recognition?

texts:
I'd like to be able to enter a command that registers a speakable word that OS/X can listen for all the time. When the user speaks that word, it should launch an app. Similar to the "OK google" idea.

But is this possible these days? Last I heard of people doing this was in 2010.


texts: Main partition on original Apple SSD or new Samsung PRO SSD in 2011 Macbook Pro?

texts:
A few questions here relate to replacing the optical drive with an additional HD or SSD. Its time for this to happen on my MBP 15 inch (late 2011).

So I will effectively have:

the original 256gb SSD where it was when I got the macbook
a new Samsung 840 Pro SSD in the DVD compartment

My question: which disk would you expect to fail sooner? I'm trying to decide where toput my OS and where to put my home directory etc...  Any thoughts or experience are helpful!


texts: How can I see the full date with year on macOS Big Sur 11.2.1?

texts:
I do NOT see anywhere to add year.
I have looked in every setting in "System Preferences" and just do not see.


texts: My MBP 2011 won't go to slep when AC is plugged in

texts:
Since a few days, my MBP (15" early 2011 with 10.9.4) won't go to sleep when I close the lid and the AC is plugged in.

I fixed the permissions, repaired the SSD via disk utility, searched in the console to find an issue referenced, try to simulate the closing action with a magnet (the screen goes dark).

Since my computer is not power nap capable, I don't understand what's going on.

It goes well when I unplug it.


texts: How to turn off insert of ASCII control characters using [control]+[option]+[key]

texts: I've tracked down the source of a minor annoyance in Xcode to the inadvertent introduction of invisible ASCII control characters using the key combination [control] + [option] + some key. However, I have no idea how to turn this feature off. I'd be totally ok if the [control]+[option] + whatever combination just did nothing.


texts: Macbook does not wake up properly after several hours of sleep

texts:
When I close my MacBook Pro in the evening, and then open it in the morning, the display is illuminated and the apple is bright but nothing is happening. So I need to push the power button to restart it. When it restarts, Google Chrome crashes and virtualenv is logged out.

I thought that the problem is with hibernation so I set the hibernation to 0 in pmset. My current pmset parameters are as follows:

 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             1
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            10
 sleep                1
 autopoweroffdelay    86400
 hibernatemode        0
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         10
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

2018-10-05 12:50:03 -0700 Assertion status system-wide: BackgroundTask 0 ApplePushServiceTask 0 UserIsActive 1

PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0 PreventSystemSleep 0 ExternalMedia 0 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0 NetworkClientActive 0

Listed by owning process: pid 94(hidd): [0x0000000e00098030] 00:00:00

UserIsActive named:"com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4294968174.3" Timeout will fire in 600 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease pid 188(mds_stores): [0x00000115000b80fd] 00:00:00

BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.metadata.mds_stores.power"

Kernel Assertions: 0x100=MAGICWAKE id=503 level=255 0x100=MAGICWAKE mod=31.12.1969, 16:00 description=en0 owner=en0

Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

If I close the lid shortly everything is okay. Any ideas on what is going on?


texts: Can I download 3rd party songs on the iPad and add them to iTunes Match?

texts:
I wonder if i can buy and download songs e.g. via Bandcamp in Safari, and then add them to my iTunes match right on my iPad?

I know how to do that with iTunes on the Mac, but it would be neat to have this also on the iPad.


texts: Siberia v2 microphone will not work with OS X or Windows XP in Boot Camp

texts:
Is there a workaround to get my Siberia v2 headset microphone to work with OS X or Boot Camp Windows XP?

In OS X, the microphone is recognized but will not let me switch to it in Steam. The built-in microphone still picks up everything. I tried to switch to into in the Sound options.

In Boot Camp Windows, the microphone isn't even recognized. Under Control Panel > Sound options > Voice... the only option I have is for the built-in mic.

I have one of the newer iMacs.


texts: Use TextEdit's AutoCorrect everywhere (especially in Google Chrome)

texts:
I really love typing in TextEdit. It seems to correct all my typos and so saves time in editing.

Is there anyway I can get this functionality to work in all applications, especially on Google Chrome's text fields.

I've searched everywhere, but I can only find articles about Chrome's own built in Auto Correct (which isn't available on the Mac yet).

OS X 10.9


texts: A ton of RAM being used with nothing open

texts:
Ok, so my Mac got a virus, two days later I came home and noticed a screen saying "your computer shut down because of a problem" and then stuff in (I'm pretty sure they were there) different languages. Apparently this is a kernel panic. So anyways, I got rid of the virus and thought everything was good, except the computer was very slow, so after a lot of Apple Support, I decided to wipe the hard drive, reinstalled OS X. By the way, I have macOS Sierra.

Anyways, problem is better but not fixed, at the moment I have Stickies, Safari, and Activity Monitor open. Here's a pic:

Is this normal..?

I am pretty sure, that using 5.92GB with 3 programs open is weird. Please help!


texts: Safe to clean iPad screen with alcohol wipe?

texts: I ordered a glass screen protector for my iPad and have just received it. In instructions, it says I have to clean the screen with the given alcohol wipe. Is it safe to use an alcohol wipe on iPad screen? I read somewhere it damages the screen...


texts: How does macOS High Sierra generate bold weights for its system font?

texts:
Apple's new system font, "San Francisco", has two versions - "Compact", for display on small screens like the Apple Watch, and a regular version for display on larger screens like macOS devices.

I am looking to replace the system font on my Mac from SF Regular to SF Compact. This is the procedure I'm using:
https://www.macissues.com/2014/11/21/how-to-change-the-default-system-font-in-mac-os-x/

Previously, the macOS font files in the /System/Library/Fonts folder included separate .ttf files for each font weight (bold, light, regular, etc.) On High Sierra, however, there is only one .ttf file containing a single font weight (regular).
The file is located here: /System/Library/Fonts/SFNSText.ttf. Using Fontforge, I replaced the alphanumeric glyphs of this font with those from the SF Compact file /System/Library/Fonts/SFCompactText-Regular.otf.

After restart, the following happens:

Any interface text that would normally be bold now fails to render.

For reference, with stock system font:

So, my question is: How does macOS display generate bold type instances of the system font?

What's interesting to note is that even when I only modify certain characters ("C", "r", "m"), the entire bold string ("Chrome") fails to render. This leads me to believe that the individual glyphs are not the issue, rather, something is being changed during Fontforge export. Fontforge does have a feature which allows for "Multiple Masters" - different weights and widths of a font contained in the same TTF file, but the original Apple-provided SF font (SFNSText.ttf) does not include any "Multiple Masters".

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: I am aware that there are also Display and Text variants of both fonts (SF and SF Compact). The menu bar uses the Text variant, so I am focusing on that one.


texts: I just bought my first mac that doesn't have an ssd

texts: I bought My 2017 MacBook pro off eBay without an SSD in it. I bought the converter and SSD but it doesn't have an os installed and I am currently using a windows laptop. Should I just buy a bootable os on a flash drive or is there a cheaper way of downloading/putting the os on the SSD. If I have to buy a bootable flash drive which version of os should I get?


texts:
Basically what I'd like to know is how can I setup a shell script (or an Applescript or Automator wrapper for a shell script) as a protocol handler for a custom URI (so clicking them will trigger my script) with the URI passed in as an argument?

For example, if my URI looked something like:

foo://haravikk.com/request?id=1234&name=bar

How could I setup a shell script on OS X to be triggered any time a URI with protocol "foo" is clicked, and to receive the entire URI as an argument I can then process? I already have the script for processing done, just don't know how to get it triggered in the first place :)


texts: How can I make my external display have the same brightness as my mac?

texts: I'm having a Macbook Pro 15 2019, and the auto brightness function is very useful. Is there a way that it controls the brightness of my external screen the same as the built in one? I'm connecting through DP1.2. My display is Philips 245E1S.


texts: TextEdit paragraph numbering - number on paragraph break NOT on line break

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I need to number my paragraphs but still be able to have un-numbered line breaks inside the paragraph; putting in a soft return (command-return) should work but doesn't; when I re-number the paragraphs through the List Bullets/Numbers menu, it always numbers the line breaks as well as the paragraph breaks.

Has anyone found a work around for this?


texts: How can I send an SMS message from my Mac?

texts: I want to know how I can send a SMS message (not an iMessage) from my Mac. I don't have great Wi-Fi right now, so I need to send a text message in order for it to go through. I know to send one on an iPhone, one needs to hold down the message bubble, but I don't know how to send one on OS X.


texts: Excluding specific file names and types (not categories, not folders) from Spotlight

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How can I completly and permanently exclude specific files (with names like readme or general file formats like .php) from Spotlight search?

One practical example:

I have important notes saved as TXT files which I need to find in Spotlight. However, I also get an overwhelming amount of readme.txt or faq.txt or even .php files shown which makes no sense at all that they are showing up.

They are file related to plugins and programs and in differnet locations.

It is especially bad when you search for a phrase or sentence that is within a text file. Then literally everything pops up.

All of the files need to stay where they are but some should be excluded.
If it is not possible what are possible ways to do it most efficiently.

Note: I am very well aware of the Spotlight settings in System Preferences, but it's not about locations or files in general. And I'm also not looking for moving files in a folder and exclude this folder or use the generally proposed .noindex solution.


texts: Show "Open in Background" Menu with a Long Press?

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On older iOS devices, if you pressed and held a link in Safari, it would pop up a menu with options like "Copy Link," "Open in Background," etc. On my current phone, doing this causes a preview window to open up and only shows these options if I swipe upward.

I'm not a huge fan of this new system - it doesn't let me see what the URL of the link I'm clicking is and it makes it harder to open a ton of links for later perusal.

Is there any way to disable this preview window and just show the menu of options?


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I have a headless Mac Pro running as a server, with Mac OS 10.12 I can reach it via Terminal. I can no longer set the Startup Disk by running:

"bless -mount "/Volumes/Startupdisk" -setBoot.

Even bless -info gives me the following error:

  Assertion failed: (skylight_handle != NULL), function __get_skylight_handle_block_invoke, file /Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/Quartz2D/Quartz2D-1070.22.1/CoreGraphics/Services/Connection/SLShim.c, line 26.
  Abort trap: 6


texts: A Blu-Ray drive to add to the MacBook 7,1?

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I am working on downgrading my laptop to make some extra money while having a beefy Windows PC for gaming, VR and other things...and I just really need a laptop for the go, and decided that the MacBook 7,1 was most appealing to me.

Since I can upgrade it with RAM, SATA drives and even it's ODD, I wondered if there was a way to plop a Blu-Ray drive into this? I would like to watch some DH Blu-Rays sometimes. Most of my anime collection is physical, therefore I need a physical drive to play them back.

What drive can I get to do an upgrade?


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Unable to delete application in iphone5s. There is no 'x' when the icon jiggles. I was able to delete previously until today (17-Jul-16). There was no apps update failure or IOS update failure. IOS version 9.3.2.

I tried to delete from iTunes but Apps are not displayed in iTunes. I am on Windows 10. I had just installed iTunes today, version is 12.4.1.6. Attached itunes screen shot.

Appreciate your help