texts: Install Windows 10 on external hard drive.. but

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i want to install windows 10 to my external disk drive on this early 2008 iMac, but when i follow some tutorials online, when booting to windows 10 setup i only get this message
"no bootable device found -- insert boot disk and press keys"
so i am in a loophole now.
please help me


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I'm using Windows 7 with Parallels Desktop.

When I open an instance of Windows 7, I see the 'Device' menu. I can choose which OS (Windows or OS X) can own a device within the menu.

The problem is, When I let Windows own my mouse, there's no way to get it back to Mac OS. The only way I found so far is to open a terminal then kill the instance of Parallels.

How do I get a device back within Parallels?


texts: Is there a way to load a LaunchAgent as another user?

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From a script run as root I copy a LaunchAgent .plist to /Users/xyz/Library/LaunchAgents.

If I load that via launchctl logged in as user xyz it works without problems. If I try to load it from the script with the following command:

sudo -u xyz launchctl load /Users/xyz/Library/LaunchAgents/x.y.z.plist

it doesn't work. The error message is

Could not open job overrides database at /private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd.peruser.0/overrides.plist: 13: Permission denied
launch_msg(): Socket is not connected

Is there any other way to accomplish my task?


texts: Glitches appear on facebook chat window when using Mac Book Pro

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At the bottom of my Facebook chat, there are irritating glitches that I cannot unsee now.

The arrows point to the red box indicating the errors. I use the Chrome browser on Mavericks.

Is this common for 2013 Retina MacBook Pro?


texts: iTunes archive on non permanent external drive?

texts: Is it possible or recommended to have the iTunes library on a non-permanent external drive? What will happen if I e.g. sync my iPhone while the drive is not attached? Or what will happen when iTunes thinks it should download the music I have bought on my iPad while the drive is not connected?


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How to enable AirPort network (and other) services; in single-user mode?

Input:  (including prompt string)

bash-3.2# networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 <network> [password]

Output:

Error obtaining SC session.
All Wi-Fi network services are disabled.

So I tried to power up the interface.

Input:  (including prompt string)

bash-3.2# networksetup -setairportpower en0 on

Output:

Error obtaining SC session.
You cannot set Wi-Fi power because all AirPort network services are disabled.

Not letting me use Apple's native disk utility either. It seems like most basic system services are disabled by default.

Input:  (including prompt string)

bash-3.2# diskutil list

Output:

Unable to run because unable to use the DiskManagement framework.
Common reasons include, but are not limited to, the DiskArbitration
framework being unavailable due to being booted in single-user mode.


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I am new to AppleScript and trying to write a script to record from webcam for say X seconds.

The script below gives an error that I do not have permission to save this file to Desktop. How can I avoid this error?

Secondly how can I save the file with Date and Time stamp appended in the name of the file?

tellapplication "QuickTime Player"
  set newMovieRecording to new movie recording

  tell newMovieRecording
  start
  delay 5
  pause
  save newMovieRecording in "/users/rohitbhutani/desktop/movie.mov"
  stop
  close newMovieRecording
  end tell


texts: How do you forward an email as an attachment of another email on an iPhone 7?


texts: APFS Container minimum size equal to current size

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I've got a newly installed iMac with a fusion drive consisting of the internal SSD and a secondary SSD which I installed instead of the factory HDD.

I'm now trying to install bootcamp and getting issues with the creation of the new partition.
Bootcamp complains there would not be enough space on the disk.
In fact there is plenty of space available (more then 1.5 TB)

So I checked the minimum size of the APFS Container and the output is as follows:

diskutil apfs resizecontainer disk0s2 limits

Resize limits for APFS Physical Store partition disk0s2:
  Current Physical Store partition size on map:   1.9 TB (1920173654016 Bytes)
  Minimum (constrained by file/snapshot usage):   1.9 TB (1920173654016 Bytes)
  Recommended minimum (if used with macOS):       1.9 TB (1920173654016 Bytes)
  Maximum (constrained by partition map space):   1.9 TB (1920173654016 Bytes)

As you notice minimum is equal to current.
What's wrong here and how can the values be reset to reasonable settings?

this is the output of

david@iMac ~ % diskutil apfs list
APFS Container (1 found)
|
+-- Container disk2 0218B52B-C623-4E1E-95AF-C05AB41E09E5
    ====================================================
    APFS Container Reference:     disk2 (Fusion)
    Size (Capacity Ceiling):      3920362831872 B (3.9 TB)
    Capacity In Use By Volumes:   2015231324160 B (2.0 TB) (51.4% used)
    Capacity Not Allocated:       1905131507712 B (1.9 TB) (48.6% free)
    |
    +-< Physical Store disk0s2 201240FE-3237-4844-AADB-458A59419B57
    |   -----------------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk0s2 (Main, "Faster" Disk Use)
    |   Size:                       1920173654016 B (1.9 TB)
    |
    +-< Physical Store disk1s2 EE4FD562-AB62-447B-9579-00E41DA8AB3B
    |   -----------------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk1s2 (Secondary, Designated Aux Use)
    |   Size:                       2000189177856 B (2.0 TB)
    |
    +-> Volume disk2s1 3C8DE1E2-20FA-484A-8C66-8805A4BED265
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk2s1 (Data)
    |   Name:                      Macintosh HD - Daten (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /System/Volumes/Data
    |   Capacity Consumed:         1992435200000 B (2.0 TB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk2s2 1D17CC7A-A7A7-49C1-A23F-DF7E9689A942
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk2s2 (Preboot)
    |   Name:                      Preboot (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted
    |   Capacity Consumed:         85590016 B (85.6 MB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk2s3 E4FFDDDF-447F-445E-B0F3-B7B97B1E7A91
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk2s3 (Recovery)
    |   Name:                      Recovery (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /Volumes/Recovery
    |   Capacity Consumed:         528502784 B (528.5 MB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk2s4 13EB1B45-8528-406C-8828-05A08797617A
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk2s4 (VM)
    |   Name:                      VM (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /private/var/vm
    |   Capacity Consumed:         2148552704 B (2.1 GB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk2s5 19A26984-665C-467B-B75C-56FBB6B4AB8F
        ---------------------------------------------------
        APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk2s5 (System)
        Name:                      Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)
        Mount Point:               /
        Capacity Consumed:         10946355200 B (10.9 GB)
        FileVault:                 No


texts: How to create an encrypted volume on an external drive or flash drive

texts: How do you encrypt an external hard/flash drive connected to my Mac in Lion 10.7? Preferable something with a strong encryption as FileVault.


texts: Is it possible to switch from Safe Mode to Normal and back without a reboot?

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Since 10.6.3, Apple has decided change the AppleIntelCPUManagement kexts, which leave me stuck with a kernel_task that pegs out at 135-185%, generating a lot of heat.

Anyway, since I doubt anyone has a fix to the above, is it possible to switch from Safe Mode to Normal (and vice-versa) without a reboot?


texts: App Store update and softwareupdate in terminal hang indefinitely

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OSX 10.13.1

The App Store shows a badge of "3" on the icon, but opening it and pressing "Updates" will result in an indefinite hang with low CPU utilization.

Tried going into the terminal and running "softwareupdate -l --verbose". I get "Finding available software" and that's it. It never returns more or accepts input again. Both using my admin account and then doing "sudo su" and running the command with sudo get the same results.

Any ideas? Thank you!


texts: Can iPad SSL/TLS traffic be inspected during DEP enrollment?

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I am planning for hundreds of iPad devices that should enroll into MDM using a DEP certificate setting but the network in use inspects SSL/TLS traffic using man in the middle technique in order to decide if outgoing traffic is allowed or not.

Will this inspection prevent enrollment?


texts: Prevent Pages from breaking web link at slash

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I want to put a web link, right-justified, in the header of a page. There is room for the entire link to easily fit, but Pages keeps breaking it at one of the slashes.

Pages does:

            site.com/subdirectory/
                         page.html

What I want is:

   site.com/subdirectory/page.html

How can I force the link to display on one line?


texts: How do I view a webcam image on OS X 10.11. I have a webcam previously used on Windows and just want to use it as a camera.


texts: Disable iPhone 1.8 GHz radio transmitter?

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Is it possible to turn off the 1.8 GHz transmitter on an iPhone via software?

I would like to use WiFi calling only.


texts: Apple Mail: Only TLS v1.0 supported on macOS 10.11

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I'm on OS X 10.11.3, aka El Capitan.

I can't connect to mail servers running only TLS version 1.2 or 1.1 with Apple Mail.

IMAP as well as SMTP connections are always established using TLS 1.0.

Could that be correct?

If so, why doesn't Apple Mail support TLS 1.2 yet?


texts: Cannot restore located file from TimeMachine

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I'm trying to restore a handful of photos from my TimeMachine on Mavericks.
Here's what I've been doing:

Connect back up drive
Go to Finder, search for file name "S0077"... (which has been deleted, thus cannot be found on "This Mac")
"Enter Time Machine" and go back to a back up, where it can find "S0077"
Mark all the files I would like to restore and click "Restore"

Now, time machine animates the restoration process, making it look like the files are being put back to where they used to be. However, the restored files don't ever appear in the file system after restoring. Once the animation is over and time machine closed, the files are nowhere to be found.

I do not remember where in the file system the files used to be. Inside time machine it will only find the files as long as the search location is set to Devices > My MacBook Pro, but not on the HD. But in regular mode that entry dissapears from the sidebar and only shows the HD and the external back-up devices.
To me that seems like the files are restored on the computer but outside the harddrive - is that even possible??

Where could it be restoring the files to? Is it even restoring them? Is there a way to dictate a different restoration location for Time Machine other than its original location?

Thanks a bunch for any help and pointers


texts: Macports: switching back to the system default version of Python

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I'm trying to use Macports to switch back to the system default version of python.

When I run this command:

port select --list python

I get back :

Available versions for python:
    none
    python26-apple
    python27
    python27-apple (active)
    python34

So for example, I want to switch back to the usr/bin/python (which is the apple version of python), I would enter this into the terminal:

 sudo port select --set python python26-apple

It says:

  Selecting 'python26-apple' for 'python' succeeded. 'python26-apple' is
  now active.

But, when I run which python, it gives me this:

/opt/local/bin/python

Which is not the system default version of python. That is the Macports version of python as Macports installs all their python versions into the /opt/local/bin directory.

I want to type in which python and get back this when I switch to the apple version of python:

/usr/bin/python

When I type into Terminal type -a python, I get back these two versions of pythons installed on my mac. The first one is where all the Macports versions of python get installed. The second one is the system version of Python:

python is /opt/local/bin/python
python is /usr/bin/python

I have read this post: How do I change back from MacPorts Python to system default version? however, it doesn't seem to address this problem.


texts: Fan speed increased after upgrading to SSD

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I just replaced my Macbook Pro's Mid 2012 HDD with a Samsung 850 EVO SSD. The performance is great and I am very happy, but I noticed that the fan seems to run faster. It is not a drastic change, but it is noticeable. I have downloaded iStat Menus, the Exhaust of the fan is 2000 rpm and the Temperature is a bit over 50°. Is that normal and is there any chance I did something wrong while replacing the HDD?
I am running Yosemite and I did a SMC reset.


texts: Is there any way to set default Podcast display order in iTunes 12.5?

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I have to set each individual podcast to "oldest to newest" when I would like this as a default.

This would not be such a big issue except that iTunes unsubscribes me from an average of one podcast a day - anyone know why that happens?  (these are active podcast with current episodes and current listening activity).  Certain podcasts get unsubscribed about once a week - others are random.


texts: What is the smallest and/or fastest way to run Windows programs on MacOS (Catalina)?

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I'm using a 2017 i5 Macbook Pro with just 128GB of storage and need to run Revit, which is Windows only. I know there are many different methods for running Windows programs on Mac, but with very limited storage and the processing used by Revit, I'm trying to determine the smallest Windows environment with the least overhead. My preference would be for something that can run without a reboot or logoff (though I'm aware this will sacrifice some performance).

What is the smallest and/or fastest way to run Windows programs on MacOS?


texts: I keep my iPhone on airplane mode nearly all day. I usually text via iMessage with the Messages app on my mac. I was wondering if there was any way I can turn off iMessage on my computer and then turn it back on later and get all the missed text messages (with my iPhone on Airplane Mode during this whole process). I tried signing out of iMessage but when I sign back in, I don't get the missed text messages. Thanks!


texts: How to remove page marks in pdf file with iPad viewers?

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I found some of the pdf files has some page marks(or three holes I don't know the official name for the marks) as is shown:

Most of the iPad pdf viewers can't recognize this to show the marks, only the good reader app can show only the area inside the marks. I wanted to stick to the good reader, but it sometimes doesn't show the pages properly, so I need to find a way.

I was trying to use crop method : Crop multiple pages in a pdf file to cut out the marks in Mac, but Mac pdf viewers (Preview, Skim) are smart enough to show the region inside the marks.

Do you know any way to resolve this issue?

Do you know how to show the marks so that I can crop them?
Do you know any smart iPad pdf reader that shows the region inside the marks?


texts: My mother changed her session password and now the system can't unlock the "login" keychain

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The title says most of it. My mother changed her password through the Accounts pane of System Preferences to a lengthy one (17 characters) about three weeks ago. Then, the next day, she left for Spain, and she came back today. I'm pretty sure she didn't log out between the time she changed her password and the time she shut down her computer on the day she left.

Now, when she logs in, the system shows a dialog box that says it can't unlock her login keychain, and suggests that she either updates the password or create a new login keychain. I tried with her old password, a variation of her old password, her current password and a few variations of her current password and nothing does it. My only conclusion is that somehow, something changed her session password to something that is neither her old password nor her new password. The question now is, what could have done that, and what can it be?


texts: How do I view all my weight data in apple health on iOS?

texts: Is there a way to show a list of dates and times and weights in the Apple health app on iOS? I don’t want to see it as a graph.


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Is there any way, such as an application or a terminal command, to display a log of every application that has been running on the computer? A bit like a keylogger, but for applications instead of keyboard. I did not find anything on the internet.

If it does not exist, do you think that programming such a tool would be possible?

Thank you for your help


texts: How do you use your iPhone as a usb key?

texts:
I saw a friend of mine manage to use his iPhone as a usb key. I had a large file that I needed to transfer to his computer. So he gave me his iPhone cable, had me open iTunes, open his iPhone in iTunes, select some app that was on his iPhone, drag and drop my file there, and then he could get the file to his machine.

Which app was he using? I want it, too!


texts: Can the iOS 6 setup assistant be re-run a second time without erasing my iPhone?

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After upgrading my 3GS to iOS 6, I had to make an urgent phone call. Thus, when the iOS 6 setup wizard showed, I just hit "skip", "continue", and "accept" whenever possible.

Now that the phone call is made and I have time to spare, I'd like to go through the setup again. Is it possible to restart the setup wizard (without having to restore my device and reinstall iOS 6)?

If this is not possible, which settings should I check and which steps should I take to make sure everything is set up correctly?


texts: Homebrew - Upgrading software in /usr/bin

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My OS X comes with a version of Git installed in /usr/bin. However, this version is older than the official stable one. I would like to upgrade it.

Can I use Homebrew to upgrade this version? Or would Homebrew install Git in a separate location (and if I do so, how can I ensure that the new version is actually used)?


texts: Work Mac and home PC with same Apple ID causing problems

texts: I used my personal Apple ID on a new work computer and now am having issues.  Bookmarked Favorites set on the work Mac appear on my home PC and vice versa.  iCloud photos available on the work Mac aren't accessible at home.  Personal Messages received on my iPhone pop up on my work computer.  How can I change the work Mac's Apple ID to stop this intermarrying?


texts: Is it possible to open folders with just one click in Mac OS 10.11? Renaming could be done using context menu with right click then.


texts: Does WhatsApp duplicate files when I share them with different contacts

texts: If I share the same file (say, an image or a video) across multiple contacts in WhatsApp, does the app create multiple copies of the same file (increasing the storage use)? Or is it smart enough to link always to the same file, from each different chat?


texts: Does the Catalina Music app preserve star ratings from iTunes?

texts:
Ever since the introduction of iTunes and the 5-star rating system, I've heavily used the feature to organize my library.

When migrating to Catalina (and thus retiring iTunes), will the star ratings I've set over the last 15+ years be preserved and still usable?


texts: Phone stopped working. Took it apart only batt, antenna, and some covers. Cleaned with brush and alcohol. Put back together.  The phone works perfect except: screen does not light up. Looking closely can unlock and it is receiving messages as it should. Not sure where the connection is for the LEDs or what connector to look at.


texts: MacBook turning on issue during high humidity

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For past few days, roughly 30, I've been facing issues with switching on my MacBook Pro 2015 model.

This is what I've observed.
So what happens is if during a day or night there is high humidity, Mac doesn't turn on in case it has been kept in turn off mode for 5-6 hours however as soon as I take it to an air conditioned room, it switches on just in a matter of 2-3 minutes.

Also, if I use hair dryer on it for about 30-40 seconds, it switches on without any further problems.

These problems are being faced only during high humid environment & for other period of time, it works fine. I've done hardware test on my Macbook which doesn't show any issues.

If this helps. It's been two months I've relocated to a more humid area, before that I was not having trouble with my Macbook.

What could be the possible reason for this strange issue? Can anybody help?


texts: "brew install python" without Xcode in Snow Leopard

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I've been able to get brew to install many packages on Snow Leopard using just the gcc library without installing all of Xcode.

I had installed Python as well as PosgreSQL from the gui installer and both were working fine, but was getting the following error after installing psycopg

ImportError: dlopen(/Users/mikekilmer/Envs/GLITCH/lib/python2.7/site-packages/psycopg2/_psycopg.so, 2): Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/postgresql/lib/libpq.5.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/mikekilmer/Envs/GLITCH/lib/python2.7/site-packages/psycopg2/_psycopg.so
Reason: image not found

Tried installing PosgreSQL with brew and got same error so decided to try reinstalling python with brew and am getting following error:

error: SecurityHI/SecurityHI.h: No such file or directory

It appears that SecurityHI/SecurityHI.h is part of Xcode, the (4 gig) compatible version of which I am downloading now.

But am curious if anyone else has had luck getting Python, PosgreSQL, psycopg working on a mac without X Tools. Am open to the idea that I'm being stubborn trying to avoid X Tools, and also wondering if it's high time to upgrade to a new computer.

This one:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:   MacBookPro5,4
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:     2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors:   1
Total Number Of Cores:  2
L2 Cache:   3 MB
Memory: 4 GB

I had already upgraded to Lion which ground the speed to a crawl, so went through the grueling process of downgrading from Lion back to Snow Leopard.


texts: Sierra as NFS/LDAP client: write permissions problems

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I have set up an NFS/LDAP client under Sierra and I have write permissions problems with the user profile. Some installed applications do not want to launch with the user account such as LibreOffice, Filezilla, Opera... I use /etc/auto_master and /etc/auto_nfs

The user manages very well to write on his account nfs

Here's what it is:

+auto_master # Use directory service
/net -hosts -nobrowse, hidefromromfinder, nosuid
/home auto_home -nobrowse, hidefromfinder
/Network/Servers -fstab
/- - - Static
#/- auto_nfs -nobrowse, nosuid
/- auto_nfs -nobrowse, nosuid

/home1 -fstype=nfs, noowners, rw, resvport, nolockd, hard, bg, intr, nfc 192.31.21.33:/home1
/home2 -fstype=nfs, noowners, rw, resvport, nolockd, hard, bg, intr, nfc 192.31.21.33:/home2


texts: Yosemite repeatedly tells me to open system preferences to give control to RightZoom but it is checked in system preferences. Whats the matter?

texts: Whenever I reboot Yosemite (MacBook Pro Early 2011 model), it keeps giving me a bunch of these messages. I have included an image of the , but then when it opens up System Preferences, RightZoom is already checked, so shouldn't it have access? It is annoying because the new full screen functionality is a bit aggravating


texts: Handing in macbook with root access - protecting data

texts:
There is a macbook with a badly swollen battery that will have to be replaced. The macbook itself is out of warranty, and even though the public Apple site lists an option to get it serviced out of warranty anyway, that option disappears when logging in with the associated Apple ID.
There is a Premium Reseller nearby that can replace the battery, but they require, aside from the laptop itself (obviously) full root access in the form of the password of an active administrator account.
Are there any tips for protecting the data on the laptop? Just erasing all data isn't quite enough on an SSD as all data can easily be retrieved if I'm not mistaken. The laptop doesn't have a T2 chip, if that makes any difference (2014 model). Are there any tips on this matter?


texts: How to move a file from within the app to another folder?

texts:
When I download a PDF from Safari and it opens automatically (which I want), I then want to be able to drag the document title thumbnail to a folder and MOVE it to that folder. Instead, it creates an alias to that file. I know if I hit Option and move it it will COPY it to the folder I drag it to. I want the default behavior to be that when I drag the thumbnail without holding anything down, it will MOVE to where I'm dragging it. Can you direct me to some tweak or terminal command that can make this happen?? Thank you!

OSX: El Capitan


texts:
HDMI has been working fine for as long as I remember. However, today when trying to connect it to my Sony TV, the HDMI wasn't working. It's not the cable or TV (tested different laptops/cables) so it must be my MacBook Pro with Retina Display, Mid 2012.

I've had some issues with black screens when booting recently (still do, but can work around it by shutting my laptop lid for one minute and then opening it and it seems to work) which may be an influence.

I tried resetting the PRAM and SMC etc., but to no avail. When I unplug the HDMI cable, my screen goes to black for a brief second so it must still detect something.

Any ideas?


texts:
I made a shortcut with Automator to open a file with VS Code in Finder. But I can't assign it to the desired keyboard shortcut (command + option + c) because it is already taken by 'Copy "filename" as Pathname' shortcut. I can't reassign in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts because it has a variable name in it.

Automator script to open VSCode


texts: I want know how to get the new photo filters in the camera on my iPhone 4

texts: I want to know how to get the new photo filters in the camera on my iPhone 4 because my friend has them on her iPhone 4s. How do I get them?


texts: Finder does not sort correctly in mavericks

texts:
I have both 'sort by' and 'arrange by' sorted as last opened and still finder is not showing the files and folders correctly.

e.g., I have some documents made in 2014 but finder shows those documents as if they were made in 2013. Even 'last opened' shows them in 2013! I am pretty sure that the dates are correct because those documents are from my bank and they didn't exists at all in 2013.

When I put or open a file at a certain date in a sub-folder, why is the date last opened of the 'master-folder' not affected?


texts: Are RAID volumes compatible between OSes?

texts:
I have a RAID 1 (mirrored) volume made of 2 USB external drives which was created on macOS High Sierra and I wanted to check if I can plug these drives into another machine running an earlier version of macOS like Sierra.

Are RAID volumes independent of the Mac OS that created them?


texts: How to activate external display when Macbook display is dead

texts:
I have a Macbook which I bought in the fall of 2009.  I recently upgraded it to OS X Mavericks via the free download.  The display has been flaky for a few months; the mouse worked and you could click buttons and close windows and so forth, but the image would sometimes flicker or slide back and forth.  So this made me think that the problem is with the display and not the CPU or anything like that.  Well now the display is totally dead, it gives me nothing but vertical gray bars.

I have an external display connected via HDMI adapter, but the computer is not sending a signal to it.  Is there someway I can force the computer to send the display image to the external monitor, like say by holding down a particular key while booting?

Thank you to anyone who can advise me.  I can't afford to buy another computer right now.


texts: Mount PC's HDD on Mac, with a USB from Mac to PC

texts:
I was wondering is it possible to connect, a MacBook and a PC by a USB cable and then mount the PC's HDD/SSD on the MacBook?

Further more if this is possible, would there be any restrictions on the MacBook's side?, I know about lacking support for NTFS, but how about using programs such as Scalpel, and the Sleuthkit collection to restore deleted data, and such?


texts: Which `vboxmanage clonehd` variant corresponds to the GUI selection `dynamically allocated`?

texts:
I wanted to resize a VMDK, which VBoxManage can't resize directly, so I used the Convert to VDI → Resize VDI → Convert to VMDK procedure described here.

For the last step, I could not find clear documentation of which --variant corresponded to the "dynamically allocated" option I chose in the GUI when creating the original VMDK.

The documentation on clonehd has this list of variants: Standard, Fixed, Split2G, Stream, ESX.  It is not obvious from the names which of those is dynamically allocated, and there is no mention of which variants apply to which image formats.

The documentation on disk image files refers to the GUI options of "fixed-size" or "dynamically allocated", but uses the word "variant" to mean file format, and does not refer to the list above or any of its entries.

Which --variant corresponds to selecting "dynamically allocated" in the GUI?

This is with VirtualBox 5.0.32 r112930 on macOS Sierra 10.12.3 (16D32)


texts: How do get photos from your photo stream on your PC

texts: Ok so I downloaded the iCloud program for Windows and synced my photo stream with my PC but only 100 pictures went onto my PC. There are still another 500 pictures in my photo stream on my iPhone. How can I get them to download to my PC as well?


texts: How does one create standalone safari Apps in MacOS Big Sur (Like Chrome Apps)

texts: This thread explains How to make Web Apps appear as First-Class Mac Desktop Citizens with Chrome. Looking for the same approach with Safari.


texts: I restarted my iPhone 6s and it went to the apple logo then went off and will repeatedly do so when on charge. It is a black screen unless I click the power button when off the charger in which case it also only shows the apple symbol. Granted it's three years old. Is this the end of its life or something I can fix ???


texts: What is causing Lion's Mail to freeze for upwards of 45 seconds after launch?

texts: This just started happening today. I have no idea what is causing it. No useful system.log information. I tried rebuilding the envelope files to no avail.


texts: Mac App Store Debug - Save page source to disk

texts: I've searched the net for this, but nobody seems to have the answer. Anyone knows where the "page source" gets saved when I select Debug - Save page source to disk from within the Mac App Store? Thank you.


texts:
I know someone or the other has asked about disabling ⌘Q, but I like the shortcut, and I use it often. However, I use an email client called Airmail that unfortunately does not keep a service (for notifications) running in the background when it is quitted. However, if I press the close button a service runs in the background, allowing me to receive notifications.

But since I have a habit of pressing ⌘Q all the time to close apps, I was looking into a way I could disable it for only Airmail.

Anyone know of a what to do this?


texts: Can I use someone's Apple ID Email to Text Them on Their iPad if I Don't Have an iPhone?

texts:
Can I send a text to a friend's iPad if I use their email address as their Apple ID? I have an Amazon Fire smartphone.

Will the message get to them from my phone?


texts: I did buy an album and for some reason a song in this album did not fully downloaded however iTunes thinks it is. So I deleted it and went back to the store to re-download it again. In the store it wrote 'Downloading' next to the song but the song is not getting downloaded. What can I do?


texts: Where does OS X Lion save data from my iPhone backups?

texts:
Where does OS X Lion save all the information it copies when making backups of my iPhone 4? Specifically, I'm looking for where my contacts, photos, music are.

I can not find them in the 'Application Support' folder.


texts: MacBook keeps booting into system installation after failed installation

texts:
I did try to install Mavericks from the original installer package onto a separate disk via Firewire. The machine used is a MacBook Pro which is newer than the Mavericks package. As usual, after starting the installation from the desktop, the system rebooted to perform the installation after a minute or so. After rebooting it got stuck on a grey screen with a slashed circle on it. I did remember that Apple some when in the past introduced this nice feature to prevent installing an older MacOS on a newer Mac, so I booted into the recovery mode and installed on the external disk from there. So fine, so good - but when I unplugged the external disk to reboot into my normal system again, I ended up on the grey awful screen again - looks like the Mac insists to continue the failed installation which is not possible. Using the option key on booting to select my normal boot partition does not work, it does not show up. So I assume the installer has put something to mark this system as installing. I don't want to reinstall my entire system to get rid of it for several reasons. So now comes the question: What did it put there? I can handle a bash to clean it out manually, if I just knew what and where.

Thanks in advance,
  Peter


texts: Does the iPad setup wizard require a home button in iOS 10?

texts: I'm about to factory reset an iPad with a broken home button. I've been using AssistiveTouch in place of the button.  In iOS 10, unlocking requires the home button, so I have to use AssistiveTouch every time I turn the iPad on. My question is—if I factory reset it, is there a part of the iOS 10 setup screen that requires the home button to proceed? If I reset, AssistiveTouch will not be enabled and I won't be able to enable it until the iPad is finished being set up. This could make the device unusable.


texts: Configuring OS X Lion as server (without server.app)

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I purchased a Mac Mini Server (2x500 GB) with Snow Leopard Server. I upgraded to Lion (not Server).
The Mac Mini should act as a Homeserver for my development. My needs are:

Time Machine on HD2 for the Minis HD1 and for my MacBook (I'm sure 500GB are sufficient)
MAMP installed from macports.org
24/7 uptime
ssh from dynamic DNS
screen sharing from local network

I use Lion Server at work and figured I don't need it for the Mini at home, since I have no user management, don't want to use the built-in Apache and have read numerous discouraging reviews.

My question is, is there any advice available how to configure Lion for my purposes? It's hard to google for that, any search query containing "Lion" and "Server" will return references to Lion server - even finding tags for this page is difficult :)

For example, do I have to configure Time Machine in a certain way, or is there anything special the Server app has for time machine?
How should I configure admin access?

I would appreciate advice or pointers to websites.

Thanks in advance!


texts: iphone shares my email address without permission

texts: I've found that with my iPhone 5 the following happens. When i give out my phone number to other people who also have an iPhone they can see my email address. I would rather this didn't happen. How do I stop it?


texts: Why does Automator get stuck in a loop when processing a large number of files?

texts:
I have a very long workflow dealing with renaming, resizing and duplicating a large number of high resolution images. The workflow was working fine until I tried it with 300 images. Automator got through about 15 actions and then just spins on a particular action. I can see it gets about half way through this action (looking at the images it is supposed to be resizing, number 180 and before are resized, but nothing after).

Automator is still responsive - I am able to stop the task while with the stop button.
Reducing the number of files (say to 170) solves the problem. I have not tried anything higher than this.
Automator stops on the same action every time (resize to 480 pixels)
The workflow description:

The original size of the images are 3920 × 3072.
There are about 30 actions.
The output is about 5 different sizes of the images and two PDFs (made up of the images).

Has anyone else experienced problems? I would be happy with just a work around, because using Automator just saves so much time.

More Information

This is the offending action:

Detailed Description of the workflow:

Copy 300 images at 3920 × 3072 pixels (base images)
Rename the images
Copy and Scale the 300 images to 50% of the base image size
Rename the images
Copy and Scale the 300 images another 50% (now 25% of the base images)
Rename the images
Copy and Scale the 300 images to 480 pixels (this is the step that Automator gets stuck on)
The script goes on the copy and scale the images again, create two 300-page pdfs and then rename all of the images one more time.

Testing Notes

When just copying and scaling the 300 images by 480 (three actions), the operation still does not complete...
The workflow does not get stuck on the same image every time. I tried three times and the image number was:

176
182
183

Current Workaround

I currently am splitting the input of the action into three with a filter and running the action three times of each of these groups and then combining the groups again. Using the filter does not work on my network drive (not indexed by Spotlight apparently). It is also a large number of extra steps. Would still be interested to hear any solutions or better work arounds - especially since this work around requires a large number of extra steps...


texts: How to add Outlook to "Share" popup menu in finder

texts:
Unfortunately I have an old habit to have the "send by email" when right click on a file in the Share option pop up window.

I would prefer to use the Outlook so I can email the selected file.

Right now it comes up with Twitter, Facebook, Messages, AirDrop and even with Flicker (that I do not have).

Is that option available on my MBA osx 10.8.3 ?


texts:
I've uninstalled the Jawbone Updater software by deleting it from /Applications. However, I'm still seeing the JAMBOX by Jawbone as a Bluetooth output and input in the System Preferences panel.

I tried to delete these using the command:

$ sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/jawbone.kext

But received the error message:

(kernel) Kext com.aliph.driver.jstub not found for unload request.
Failed to unload com.aliph.driver.jstub - (libkern/kext) not found.

How can I delete these Bluetooth inputs and outputs?


texts: Using Late 2015 13" MacBook Pro as a 2nd monitor for Late 2015 27" iMac

texts:
I have a Late 2015 13" MacBook Pro (HDMI, Thunderbolt 2, and USB 3) that I want to use as a 2nd monitor for my Late 2015 iMac (Thunderbolt 3 aka USB-C and USB 3).

What is the cheapest/best cable choices to hook them up? Is there way to use the Sidecar and Airplay software to set up this?


texts: Use a Mac App Store free app without having to associate/login to Apple ID?

texts:
The scenario:

I'm working on a friend's Mac. To proceed with the task at hand, I need a specific tool. This tool is available for free (and does not use in app purchases) from the Mac App Store, but isn't available as a direct download from the developer.

I do not wish to log into my own Apple ID on my friend's Mac, for a number of reasons: having to deal with de-associating and re-associating my friend's ID with his machine, the fact that there is an apparent limit as to how many Macs can be logged into the App Store under a single account, etc.

My friend is not present and thus I do not have his Apple ID password to download it under his account. It wouldn't be a reasonable request to me to ask my friend to provide his Apple ID password to me. (Assume that before giving me his machine, my friend set his local system password to something generic so I would be able to know it, but has obvious good reasons to not do this with his Apple ID password.)

Another scenario:

I am at work and just received a Mac. The IT management says that employees are permitted to install any apps onto the machine as long as they are free. (So, for example, I'd be allowed to install Homebrew, or stuff from SourceForge, etc.) However, the machine is logged into a "corporate" Apple ID, and thus I cannot re-associate it to my ID even temporarily. Also, I would not be able to "purchase" the free app under the corporate ID as I would not know its password.

In both scenarios, I do have local administrator rights to the machine.

In these scenarios, is there a way to use the free app from the Mac App Store on the machine in question, without having to associate that machine with my own Apple ID, or purchase the app under someone else's account?


texts: iTunes 12.1 - Stuttering when playing music

texts:
I've just upgraded to the latest version of iTunes (12.1) for Windows -- the first proper 64-bit edition of the software for Windows -- and now all my music has stutters, pops and clicks when playing music.

I have an extremely well-specced machine.

Intel Core i7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
16GB RAM
Windows 8.1 64-bit

Latest drivers. I even ensured I reset my machine after the installation. It happens with all music files, from MP3 to AAC.

What's going on? Every other music player on my system plays the same files perfectly fine.


texts:
I am trying to understand how some of the data structures are designed in stl. In ubuntu, I usually open the .h and .cpp files from /usr/local/include but in Darwin (kernel version 14.3.0) I am lost, google doesnt help much either, the file structure is different. So, could you please tell me where are those libraries' .h and .cpp files in mac?

P.S. I installed XCode but I didnt like it so I uninstalled it. The g++ stayed even after uninstall. Actually I never tried checking whether g++ was there before I installed Xcode. I dont have /Applications/Xcode.app so it must be someplace else.


texts: How can I get iTunes on my new MacBook to acknowledge an existing Podcasts directory?

texts:
I'm setting up my new MacBook Pro and iTunes doesn't acknowledge an existing Podcasts directory that I have on a networked drive.  This directory was created by iTunes running on my Windows laptop.  (I made sure to change the iTunes Media Folder location in Preferences, and Podcasts is an existing subfolder.)

The thing that is extra-confusing for me is that, when iTunes downloaded the latest episode of a podcast (just now), it put it into that same Podcasts folder, so I'm confident that I've set up the media location properly.

How can I say to iTunes, "no, you don't need to download any of those old podcasts, they're right there"?


texts: Erase MacBook hard drive without OSX disc

texts: I would like to erase everything on my Mac's hard drive as I'm going to recycle or sell it. Is there a way to do it without OSX disc?


texts: Does resetting NVRAM reset EFI Boot Order?

texts: I've had a Macbook Pro for a year or so now and have experimented with quite a few Linux distributions which have added and changed things in the EFI Boot Order. I am looking to clean things up. The tool efibootmgr for Linux does let me make changes and cleanup as necessary. However will resetting NVRAM reset the EFI Boot Order for me?


texts: Resume airplay after device is on standby

texts:
I'd like to have my device constantly streaming airplay.
Now the challenge is, if the device is on stand by, it reverts to it's original state, which is not to stream.

Is there a way to avoid this behavior, and have it stream to Airplay as soon as the device is back online?


texts: How can I add some SSD goodness to my MBP?

texts:
I have a decently modern (late-2010) Macbook Pro, with a 7200 RPM 500GB HD. I need this much space, but I'd like to have an SSD for compiling code, running the OS, and running games.

Is there any way to add an SSD to my machine? Without voiding its warranty? If not, what's a good choice for a 500GB replacement SSD?


texts: Can not boot into Windows 10 with Boot Camp after partitioning more space to Windows in Disk Utility

texts:
I wanted to allocate more space to the Windows side by using Disk utility in macOS. So I partitioned a new part. I would then jump to windows and allocate that new untitled partition to Windows, but I can't get back to Windows. Is there a solution to this? I'm fine with reinstalling windows if thats an option. However, I would like my windows key, if that is possible. I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhkdOLXT6Eg.

Operating System: Sierra 10.12.6

I also looked at this post, but I can not figure out what to do.

Mac won't boot Windows partition after using disk utility

Thanks


texts: Still receiving online messages/notifications after disabling cellular data

texts:
When disabling 3G/network usage (go to Settings->Cellular->Use cellular data for:) for a specific application (eg. Facebook, Hangouts, Messenger, ...) I can still receive messages and/or notifications on my iPhone.

Is this some kind of bug in iOS [version: 7.1(11D167) - modemfirmware: 2.18.02]?


texts: What is the easiest way to move images, clipboard, links from iOS to a Windows PC and vice versa?

texts:
I've used PushBullet in the past but it's been so neglected and now barely works.

What can I use today to accomplish this task?


texts:
My iMac doesn’t start up. The loading bar doesn’t fill up and then, after 10 minutes or so, it shuts down. I tried to get in the recovery mode, but there is the Macintosh HD drive grey and it says „not active“.
Any help or advice on how to solve it?
Thanks

(I haven‘t saved my files on a external hard drive and I don‘t want to lose it)

Macos 10.13

Update:  So i think it tries to repairs the volume repair volume and then some error messages one says invalid number of threads and then it tries again and then something fails and it shuts down.


texts: Why do tagged folders do not appear in open/save dialogs?

texts:
On my Mac, I use tags for both files and folders.

In the Finder, when clicking on the « tag view » in the sidebar, I see every file and folder which holds that tag, as expected.

However, for some reason, in Open and Save prompts, when I go in the same « tag view », folders are not shown, only files are.

I was wondering if it is a specific issue with my setup, or if it is a general bug in macOS ?

PS : I already have rebuilt Spotlight index.

On the screenshot below, top window is a generic Finder window. Bottom window is TextEdit open dialog. The latter do not show folders in Tag view.

==================================================

Edit : After some additional trials, it seems it finally occurs only in Open dialogs, and in some apps only.

For instance, in Preview’s open dialog, the issue does not occur.
However, in Textedit, Pages, Numbers, the issue occurs in Open dialogs.


texts: How to disable codesign check on Logic Pro X plug-ins?

texts:
I run Logic Pro X and other software to make music, and some third party plugins make the program crash if they get a:

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (Code Signature Invalid)

I can solve this problem by codesign -f -s - <file> but id rather not to, is there a way to disable code signature check? so it wont even give me an error and wont check it?

I assume the answer is no so hence my second question:

i need to run sudo codesign -f -s -  on a .bundle file thats inside a a Resource folder inside a .component (a package), and i have A LOT of these to go through, for example:

Plugin_2.component -> Resources -> Plugin_2.bundle
Plugin_3.component -> Resources -> Plugin_3.bundle

Is there a way to make a command to do it automatically?

I was thinking maybe in automator? something to make it do these 2 steps:

look for a .bundle file inside a Resource folder in a package
run sudo codesign -f -s -  on it

Is that possible? maybe make it in Automator and add it to Services in the right click menu? or to make it scan a whole folder with .component?


texts: iMessage Security issue: Typing Status Indicator Actually sends what you are typing?

texts:
I have a iPhone4 (iOS 5.0.1 [9A405]), and I noticed that from time to time instead of the typing indicator (...) I can see the part of the future message that I'm just about to receive.

Is this a security issue?

How does the typing indicator work? Is it possible that it sends some sort of key-codes over the iMessage IM network?


texts: How much of the range can be used when creating audio caff files?

texts:
I'm creating some sounds to use on an iPhone app, using 8K samples/s, one channel, signed 16-bit linear. All done programmatically, as in C code to output RAW then using sox to convert to CAF.

The possible range of values is from −32768 to +32767, however if the entire range is (over)used, I've encountered clipping distortion effects on some platforms as a side effect of various resample, filter, and interpolation operations.

Do I have to worry about this in the iPhone? If so, what would be a recommended safe range for the input, to ensure a good dynamic range, but avoid clipping?    I'd follow what Apple does in its system sounds, if there were a way to get at them!


texts: How to permanently stop "A new iPhone software version..." notifications

texts:
I jailbreak my phone and therefore can't always update to the newest iOS version as soon as it is released.

How do I permanently remove all notifications about iOS updates?


texts:
I'm trying to clean my old iPhone for selling it.  iCloud address is a different Apple Id from the one I'm using now.
I can not see a way to reset the password for the old linked Apple id.

What should I do?


texts: How do I force a "Waiting" file to upload to iCloud?

texts:
In this question, I learned that the "dotted-line cloud" icon in OS X's iCloud file view means "Waiting to upload". While writing a document in Byword today, I saved it and found it had been marked with this icon - there were several other documents, months old, that still had the "Waiting" icon as well.

Is there any way to, if not force, gently encourage these files to upload to iCloud?


texts:
I just accidentally updated Xcode to 6.0.1 (don't ask me how these things happen).

I'd like to downgrade - is there any clear path for that?


texts: How can I check if an iphone is sim unlocked already?

texts:
For the iPhone 4S and 5, is it possible to easily check if they are sim unlocked ? If so how ?

I've already seen this question but sounds a bit more complicated than I hoped. What's the simplest solution ?


texts: In Screen Sharing, how do I stop the local Mac from grabbing Mission Control keyboard shortcuts meant for the remote Mac?

texts:
I have two Macs, each with ^-1 through ^-4 configured to switch between Mission Control desktops in Keyboard/Shortcuts. When I use Screen Sharing, these shortcuts always go to the local Mac, never to the remote Mac, regardless of whether the remote Mac otherwise has focus.

If I go into Keyboard/Shortcuts and disable these on the local Mac, I can then use them on the remote Mac. However, it's a hassle to toggle these every time I start/stop using Screen Sharing. Is there a way to get the local Mac to stop grabbing the shortcuts?


texts:
What is the de-facto way to export a binary/executable to my global PATH? I have seen different answers to this, but I am looking for the best answer.

Basically, if I go on Github and download a directory or folder and then I want to add whatever I download to my PATH, what is the recommended way to do that, so that I can echo it in any shell?


texts:
I recently purchased a new MBP to replace an older one. However, I forgot to disable the iMessages feature on the old MBP before giving it to a family member. That family member and I both discovered that the messages that should be going to the new MBP are going to the old MBP.

How do you get the messages that were on the old MBP onto the new MBP? I do not have access to the old MBP, and the family member logged out without thinking and could not simply read the messages to me.

Any ideas?


texts: I have created a number of desktops in which to keep Safari, Mail, iCal etc. These are all kept in full-screen mode and I have unchecked the setting to automatically rearrange spaces, yet whenever I restart my Mac the Spaces have changed order. Any ideas why?


texts: Do I have to reinstall XQuartz every time I upgrade MacOS?

texts:
I use a slightly weird setup where I will connect from my Mac laptop to a linux machine, using ssh -X, and from there connect to a Windows machine using rdesktop. This works just fine, but whenever I update Mac OS (even minor upgrades), I find I have to re-install XQuartz. If I don't, rdesktop fails with the message ERROR: Failed to open display:. After I re-install XQuartz, it works as expected (no reboot or log out or anything, just opening a new connection with ssh -X).

Is there a way I can avoid having to reinstall XQuartz all the time? It gets a little annoying.


texts: How many combinations of tags are there for a file?

texts:
With the advent of Mavericks, files don't have only labels, they have tags. You can still use it just like labels (and have the classical 'work', 'home', 'urgent', 'to file', ... tags), but it is more powerful than that.

The difference with tags is that you can have multiple tags for one file (while there was one or none label). My question is two-fold:

How many combinations are there?
Is there a better way to organize tags than the categories:

Combination to produce many labels: 'red - blue = work, projectA' ?
A hierarchical way?
Find relevant, relatively independent axis:

'blue = related to work',
'red = to treat urgently',
'violet = general interest',
'green = recycle'?


texts: How do I change focal distance in iPhone SE

texts:
When I try to take a photo through  window screen, the plane of focus is the window screen rather than the things outside.

Is there any way to forcibly change the focal distance when every part of the field of view is covered by the window screen?

I want a close-up shot, of the thing outside, so stepping back from the window screen is not ideal.

I am using an iPhone SE. On an "old" style camera, I would adjust the lense to change the focal distance.


texts: Can the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro (with Touch Bar) drive 4 external monitors?

texts: I'm wondering if the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar that was announced on October 27, 2016 can drive 4 external monitors? It says it has 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports, but can the graphics card handle 4 monitors?


texts: Is there a way to disable web page auto refresh in Safari?

texts:
I'm new to Safari ... and would like to know if there is a way to cause Safari to inhibit the auto refresh function that a lot of pages seem to use these days.

Fwiw, my rationale is to stop large websites - being refreshed regularly - and hence consuming my download quotas. This is common with a number of news sites in Australia - eg. www.news.com.au

I know there are ways to do this in Firefox, but I'd like to use Safari.


texts: Is there a way to see iTunes sync info on the iPhone?

texts:
Let's say I have a few of my favorite artists who I've told my iPhone to sync, even though those songs might not be in any playlist.

Is there any way, when I open up my iPod (now "Music" in iOS 5) to see who those artists are?  Or maybe there are specific albums I've sync'd; is there a way to see those albums listed anywhere?

In other words, instead of just my playlists, and all the artists and albums that are on my phone, is it possible to see who the specific artists are that I've checked in the music tab in iTunes when syncing to my iPhone?  Or even the specific albums I've checked?

EDIT

Here's the use case, in case that prompts any workarounds.

I have my main "At Work" playlist, with my thousand or so favorite songs ever.  Every once in a while though I might want a change of pace, and might want to browse through the albums and artists I like enough to sync in toto.  "Ohh, Robert Cray sounds great right now".  Currently, my "Artists" tab is full of every single artist anywhere in my iPhone, mostly because they have a song or two in the work playlist.  I'd love to get a separate list of the artists and albums whose checkbox I checked in the iTunes Music tab to specifically sync.


texts: SD card reader issues mid 2010 MacBook Pro

texts:
I’ve been having a few issues with the sd card reader on my mid 2010 MacBook Pro. A few weeks ago every sd card I inserted I could only read from, but not write to. I know the switch on the sd cards for enabling/disabling writing, and that was not the issue. After some googling I found out there is actually a switch inside the sd card reader, and that had gotten stuck. So I was able to flip that with a paper clip and everything started working again for the past couple of weeks.

Fast forward to today and I had the same issue not being able to write to any sd cards. I figured it was the same issue as before, but the internal switch is in the correct position as well as the one on the sd card. I thought a reboot may fix it, but after trying that without a sd card inserted I can’t get past the grey boot screen. If I turn it off and try to reboot with a sd card inserted it boots fine, but I am still unable to write to any sd cards. It also sounds like there is a faint constant clicking noise coming from around the sd card reader that I have never noticed before. Has anyone experienced this before or have any thoughts on how to fix it?

Thanks for any help!


texts: Can not boot from USB to make a clean install of Yosemite

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 13' retina from April 2013. Yesterday I wanted to do a clean install of Yosemite. I formatted my USB as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and made the partition to be a GUID table partition.

Then I run this command to copy the bootable installation files of Yosemite to the USB:

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app --nointeraction

Everything went fine and to be sure I verified with Finder that the installation really was in the USB and not corrupted.

Then I rebooted my MacBook Pro, held the Options Button to get into the boot menu but there my USB wasn´t listed, only the harddrive and the recovery partition. I also tried the other USB port but id did not help. I have googled a lot of this issue but I haven´t found anything that helped. I have also tried the whole procedure of formatting the USB and putting the installation files 3 or 4 times now.

After some hours of tries to boot the USB I gave up.
What I did instead was to open Disk Utilties (from my recovery partition) and format the harddrive, then install Mountain Lion and then make the upgrade to Yosemite. But that is not a clean install.

Any ideas why I could not boot from the USB?


texts: What's wrong with my automounter config?

texts:
So, i am using automounter to connect some smb shares. It was all ok on Mojave. Yesterday i downgraded os to High Sierra with full reinstall. For some reason my shares not connect at all now.

Here is my config:

#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master        # Use directory service
/net            -hosts      -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid
/home           auto_home   -nobrowse,hidefromfinder
/Network/Servers    -fstab
/-          -static

#Sambas
/mnt/server auto_server

And my auto_server:

public -fstype=smbfs,soft ://(user):(password)@server/public
web -fstype=smbfs,soft ://(user):(password)@server/web
projects -fstype=smbfs,soft ://(user):(password)@server/projects
private -fstype=smbfs,soft ://(user):(password)@server/private

If i do something like
mount_smbfs mount_smbfs //(user):(password)@server/public /mnt/server/public
It's all ok if i mkdir folders manually.

If i do Go -> Connect to Server -> smb://(user):(password)@server/public It's all ok

So, the problem is only with automounter.


texts:
What is the best way to protect my privacy when using my Mac?

Assume I am a privacy-sensitive user, with Mountain Lion.  What software configuration should I do, to protect my privacy?  Is there any software you would recommend to protect my privacy, e.g., when using the web or other applications?  Which web browser is best, and what extensions are available to protect privacy while browsing the web?


texts: iPhone log for actions like deleting text conversations?

texts: I recently found one of my long-running text conversations cleared.  I may have deleted it accidentally, but I would like to know when I did.  Is there a system log that logs information at this level?  Maybe in /var/log/ ?


texts: How to iterate over Reminders using AppleScript

texts:
I'm trying to write an AppleScript that simply iterates over uncompleted Reminders and displays the name.  The code below generates this error: Reminders got an error: Can’t make name of reminder (reminder id \"x-apple-reminder://838D4BDF-C520-440A-ADF2-B66FD602ADDC\") into type string

I figured out how to make it work by iterating from 1 to (count of notCompleted); but I would like to understand why the code below doesn't work. (The fact that I expect the code below to work suggests that I am misunderstanding what kind of objects are in notCompleted.)  What exactly is contained in notCompleted, and what exactly is the type of currentReminder?

tell application "Reminders"
    set snoozeList to "Snooze"
    set notCompleted to reminders in list snoozeList whose completed is false
    repeat with currentReminder in notCompleted
        display dialog (name of reminder currentReminder)
    end repeat
end tell


texts: YouTube keeps crashing on iPad Pro 13 inch

texts: I tried to watch unbox therapy’s new video: “The Worst Text You Could Ever Recieve” and the YouTube app keeps quitting. Furthermore, my screen just blacks out for a second before showing the home screen. This is only for one video, not others. Tried restarting, no effect. Running latest version of iOS.


texts: Does the real-world MacBook Pro battery life scale linearly with it's capacity?

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I have a well-worn battery on my 2010 MacBook Pro. After 467 charge cycles, I get about 3 hours of the normal 6-7 hour range.

Using coconutBattery shows me that the charge capacity is 5783 mAh, compared to the original 6900 mAh. Extrapolating the math there would indicate that a replacement battery would only last for an additional half an hour!

Is this number a reliable indicator of present and future battery life?
What kind of realistic usage am I likely to get from a new battery under Lion?

(For what it's worth, I've already calibrated the battery with a full drain, checked for rogue background processes, and force-disabled the NVIDIA graphics with gfxCardStatus.)


texts: Looking for reference for Apples A5 cache size

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I saw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A5 where they tell that the L2 in Apple A5 is 1MB, however, I could not find any official reference or white paper or research publication of it, even though I searched both Google and Google Scholar.

Would you kindly give an idea of or pointer on how can I search for that. I would be grateful for your help.


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My MacBook constantly freezes because of using all RAM (8GB). The disk cache seems to be the cause. The command sudo purge only helps a little bit. In some older versions of OS X, my MacBook worked fine because it had (just) enough RAM for running Xcode (with big project) without constantly swapping.

This is the memory usage after compiling my project once. The memory usage of Xcode can grow few hundreds more MB after few hours of usage.


texts: On the ios inscript hindi devanagari keyboard how do I type a र् or "verama" character?

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As in the title this character half ra: र् is used in words in Nepali such as पर्‍यो

From what I read this is formed by typing "ra" र + "halant" ् + "zero width non joiner" + "ya" य

I do not know how to type a zero width non joiner character in iOS, I am using the standard iOS hindi keyboard.


texts: How to view monitor refresh rate in macOS?

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I just purchased a Dell P2175Q monitor for my 15" MBP w/Touchbar. I'm connecting with a USB-C to DisplayPort cable, but when I go to Apple > System Preference > Displays, there is nothing about the Refresh Rate. Pressing the Option key does not show any additional options.

I've seen countless screenshots where this information should appear. Is there another way to check the refresh rate?

I'm on macOS 10.13.4

Thanks.


texts: Will an OS X 10.7.4 installation and compiled binaries be compatible across Sandy/Ivy Bridge?

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Will a hard drive having OS X 10.7.4 which installed on a mid-2011 Sandy Bridge Mac just work if plugged into one of the mid-2012 Ivy Bridge Macs?

Will all binaries, including those installed by Macports/Homebrew be fully compatible?


texts: iPad Camera Connection Kit - Photo resolution

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When I send photos from my PC to my iPad through iTunes, there is a pre-processing stage where iTunes reduces the photo size and resolution (I think).

Does this also happen when I use the Camera Connection Kit to add photos from an SD card? If so, does this mean that I will lose the originals if I delete them from the card?


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XQuartz was always the goto for running X applications on a MacOS desktop. It's been a couple of years since the last version of Quartz and there is no activity on the github, so we may assume that the XQuartz project is dead.
Are there any alternatives for running X application on a MacOS desktop?


texts: Is it possible to daisy-chain a 2019 MacBook Pro with Dell U2417H monitors?

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I'm wondering if it's possible to daisy-chain my two Dell U2417H monitors with my MacBook Pro (2019 - 16 inch), which has 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports.

I've seen a few "no" answers relating to older Macs, have Apple decided/announced support for daisy-chaining since.

If not, can anyone recommend an alternative way to connect two monitors + peripherals with minimal cables into the Mac?


texts: Setting Up Port Forwarding For Foscam Camera With Apple Airport Extreme

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I am trying to setup a Foscam FI8189W IP Camera to work with my Airport wifi network. I have tried to follow the instructions that Foscam has given but I believe the problem is with my Airport setup.

So to give you an idea of what sort of a setup I am running, I have a 5th gen Airport Extreme and a 5th gen Airport Express. Both are connected to my Comcast modem/router through a gigabit switcher and the Express just extends the Extreme.

As per the Foscam instructions here: http://youtu.be/8VyKJgCFOZ8 I get to the point of going to the Network tab of my Airport Extreme and turning on DHCP and NAT and then clicking the + in the Port Settings section. Here is my issue, the DHCP range only allows me to go from 10.0.1.2 to 10.0.1.200 and my camera's ip address is 10.0.0...

If I try to change my camera IP address manually to a 10.0.1... number than it says that is invalid and if I try to change the DHCP range it says it will conflict.

Any ideas???


texts: I am not seeing how to sync my iPhone contacts with my computer contacts.  It's an iPhone 5s and a 2008 MacBook. How can I move my phone contacts to my computer?


texts: Single keypress types repeated characters (MacBook Pro 2016 & 2017)

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I previously used a MacBook Pro 2016, and I had problems with the b where the key produced a bb about one third of the time I hit the key. After getting it repaired, several months later, the same problem started with the N key.

I now own a MacBook Pro 2017, and I have the same problem with the M key, but maybe with an occurrence of only one in forty, which makes it much harder to demonstrate.

It's always the same zone on the keyboard, I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing the same problem and what they did to fix it?


texts:
I'm running a vocabulary app and I've a problem with fonts as you can see from the screenshot

On another macbook it works fine, on this one it has this issue, I've no idea on what it could be


texts: Mac OS Blocks Reinstall on Macbook Pro 2019

texts: My work donated a Macbook Pro to me, when I attempt to reinstall a clean copy of Mac OS Catalina via USB drive I receive a message saying that I don't have permission to install Mac OS.  Anyway to get around this?


texts: How to minimize all windows except the selected ones?

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Ok, if you use ALT + CMD + H you can hide all windows except the active one.

How can I minimize (or hide) all windows except a set of 3 or 4 windows chosen by the user? Is there any app for that?


texts: Pages - how to hide header but not footer on first page of section?

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In Pages, there is an option to hide headers and footers on the first page of a section.

But I want to only hide the header, not the footer. That's because I have the page number in the footer and I do want to show it, even on the first page. How can I do this?

At first I thought I could just put the first page into a separate section, but that breaks up paragraphs that flow from the first page onto the second.

If this is not possible with Pages, do you know of another word processor that can do this?

EDIT: Here's an overview of the problem situation:


texts: How to use fiber-optic LC connector with my MacBook Pro for access to LTO-5 tape drive?

texts: I'd like to use an LTO-5 tape drive to provide long term backup storage for files on my MacBook Pro that I wish to archive.  It appears the drive uses a fiber-optic LC connector.  Is there a way to connect such a drive to my MacBook Pro so I can back up files using it from my laptop?  If not, is there a LTO tape solution that works with MacBooks?


texts: Copying files over file sharing on Mavericks extremely slow

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I have three Macs on the same LAN/Wifi at home (Airport Extreme), all running Mavericks 10.9.2. Two Mac Minis (bought 2013) copy files to/from each other over file sharing at an acceptable speed, e.g., takes 2-3 min to copy 2G data over WIFI.

However, the third is a Macbook Air 2012. When copying files between the Mac Minis to the MBA, it's extremely slow. For the same 2G data, it's about 1 hour over WIFI.

What's more strange: I restarted the MBA a couple of times just to see if things can improve. The first time when it restarted, the copying process estimated to 2 hours, and the second time 3 hours!

I tried many suggestions on this forum dealing with Mavericks' slow Finder and file transfering, none of which helped.
I think one logical conclusion I can reach is that there is something different between the MBA and the Minis. But I can't figure out where.

One of the Minis uses a fusion drive, and the other SSD. So I don't expect disk performance to be part of the problem.


texts:
So I'm learning about writing Kernel Extensions and while I was looking for examples I stumbled across webcontentfilter.kext.

I gathered from this post Website gets blocked by webfilterproxyd even without website restriction that it has something to do with Parental Controls, which as a child in his mid-30's, I am whole-heartedly against.

Upon deeper examination, inside the kernel extensions executable /System/Library/Extensions/webcontentfilter.kext/Contents/MacOS/webcontentfilter I found the following phrase which gave me pause.

`================================
 ======== HolyInquisition =======
 ================================`

Without actually disassembling it (I can't disable SIP right now, long story.) it looks like a bunch of functions, name with the prefix holy_ for creating/filtering/closing sockets, and some hooks to the factory standard macOS programs. Which would make sense for parental controls. Just wondering if this is programmer humor, or if I should throw the MacBook in the water and see if floats.

Also, I would really like to know in as gross detail as possible how webcontentfilter.kext works. That would be nice too. It's what I'm here for.


texts: How to reduce lag when scrolling in Preview?

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I have a large pdf file and I was wondering how I could decrease the lag when scrolling.

I tried breaking the file into smaller sections (roughly 20 page chunks) but that didn't help. I'm thinking scrolling is so slow because each page is some sort of image.

Are there any other steps I can take to reduce the choppiness when scrolling?


texts: What exactly is the toggle option for Pages in Settings > [your name] > Pages for? It apparently does not good

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If you have the iCloud Drive turned on, the Pages files get stored on iCloud Drive and if it is off, they are stored locally. This is decided on the option set in Settings > Pages and there you select where to save. What exactly is the toggle option for Pages in Settings > [your name] > Pages for? (It's right below the iCloud Drive toggle)
This is the toggle option I'm talking about (also, personal info has been removed, in case the picture looks weird) :


texts: External hard drive no longer appearing on my desktop or in Disk Utility

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My hard drive usually works on my MacBook, but today it has decided otherwise.

My hard drive works on the TV and DVD player. However, when I plug it into my Mac the light comes on and I can hear it running, but it doesn't show on my desktop or appear in Disk Utility. I've tried researching to find options, but nothing seems to be working.

I've also plugged a USB into both USB ports on the MacBook and that works fine.

What can I try next?


texts: Any reason to turn off wifi when connected by cable to network on A/C power for MBPr

texts: Any reason to turn off wifi when connected by thunderbolt adapter to cat-5 1 gig ethernet cable to network on A/C power for MBPr? Does turning wifi off help with anything? Does keeping wifi on help anything?


texts: Uploading to YouTube on iPod vs on Computer

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Is there a difference in resultant quality between uploading my video to YouTube directly from my iPod Touch, or first copying the (huge) MOV file over to my computer and then uploading it with my PC's browser?

I'm running iOS 4.3.3 and have the HD setting selected in the "Publish Video" screen. However, I noticed that the estimated MB displayed in the "Publish Video" screen, is smaller than the video's actual file size.

So is there a difference, or does it not matter?

(this question would also apply to the iPhone)


texts: I recently bought a 15" MacBook Pro (Late 2011) with 4GB of RAM. I want to upgrade to 8GB, but I've read that MacBooks can be kind of picky when it comes to RAM and will not operate right if it is given low quality RAM. So, barring RAM that you buy from Apple (Which is $400 for 8GB of RAM), what is the best RAM I can get for performance and price?


texts: Microsoft Remote Desktop Keychain access

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I use Microsoft Remote Desktop and have passwords saved for different remote desktop connections. Since some time back I get the error:

We couldn't retreieve your password from your keychain, please enter your password again.

I've reset the Keychain inside Keychain Access Management:

I've also looked for cached files in ~/Library/Caches but didn't find any for Microsoft Remote Desktop.

I get the same problem when running Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta.


texts: For Apple Watch + Cellular models, how do they manage active calls when going out of Bluetooth range from their paired iPhone?

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The following example assumes that we have an Apple Watch Cellular model that is connected over Bluetooth to its paired  iPhone:

An incoming call is received by both the Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. The wearer of the Watch decides to answer the call directly on the Watch
During the call, the wearer of the Watch moves out of Bluetooth range of its paired iPhone - in this example, there are no nearby Wi-Fi networks that the Watch can connect to

In the above situation, how would the Watch manage the call? Does it have the capability of switching from Bluetooth to cellular for calls that are currently in progress, or would the call simply be dropped?


texts: What are some alternatives to Quicksilver?

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I'm an avid fan of QuickSilver, and I had been using it for several years already. But then development of the application seemed to have stagnated for a while, and many bugs (specially with plugins and advanced features) were never fixed. I then moved to QSB, which seemed to be where the efforts were being concentrated in order to produce such an application. But then again, development seems to have stopped and several features I still miss (like AppleScript launching) were never properly implemented.

I'm aware of a few alternatives out there, notably AlfredApp and LaunchBar, but I wanted to ask here for your opinion and recommendations before trying them out.

So my question is, as of today, which would be the best replacement for QuickSilver? Ideally I would like support for the following features:

Launching applications, preference panels and apple scripts.
Web search, and search within bookmarks of my favorite browser.
Able to perform actions or operations on files (copy, move, reveal in Finder).
Custom web searches are a plus. I would love if it could index, e.g., my delicious bookmarks.
Free. Open-sourced is a plus.
Some plugin infrastructure.
A healthy community of developers actively maintaining the application.
Not too many bugs.

In your answer, please do let me know about the features of your suggested application, and note if there are any missing features from my desired “ wish list”.


texts: iMessages sent from email address and not received by iPhone

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Whenever I send someone a text, I'm told that it shows that "myname@icloud.com" is sending the text and not my phone number. And when someone responds to "myname@icloud.com", I receive the message on my computer and Wi-Fi only iPad, but not my iPhone. Is there any way to only send and receive messages from a phone number?

I've done what it says on the forum to go to settings, messages, send and receive then it just says me emails and my number is just spinning it doesn't give me any other options.


texts: MacBook Air (Early 2015, El Capitan) Detecting Headphones in Audio Jack When None are Connected

texts: Rather than listing the Internal Speakers as an output device, my MBA only shows "Headphones" in "Headphone Port." Restarting the computer did nothing, and resetting the PRAM seemingly did nothing.


texts:
I need to get photos from my Mac to my iPhone, but best way I found was by AirDrop, but it is too slow (I need to transfer lot of photos).
I would think that it would be faster by wire, but I didn't find any way...


texts: Why does the larger iPad pro support fewer LTE bands than the smaller one?

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Per the official site, the 9.7 inch iPad Pro supports 23 LTE bands for a max theoretical bandwidth of 300Mbps.

..While the 12.7 inch version supports only 20, with a theoretical max of 150Mbps.

Why is the larger unit restricted in this way?


texts: bluetoothd 100%cpu cant turn off bluetooth

texts: my bluetoothd is hitting 100% CPU,on mbp 2013, I have no devices. when I click turn bluetooth off nothing happens, all of the options in option click and shift option click dont change anything, reset smc, pram, tried to turn off sniff mode in bt explorer but clicking link policy does nothing


texts: macOS Sierra: Increase mouse cursor speed beyond System Preferences maximum

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I previously used BetterTouchTool to override the maximum mouse cursor speed in System Preferences. However, as of macOS Sierra, this is no longer possible according to the developer (source).

I am not sure if this is due to a technical limitation on part of the application, or if it indeed is impossible to override the maximum mouse cursor speed.

Note that I am referring explicitly to the Mouse cursor speed – not the Trackpad cursor. I am looking to increase the cursor speed of my Logitech Performance Mouse MX (without the use of Logitech Control Center!).

So the question is: How can the maximum mouse cursor speed be overridden (with a permanent setting) in macOS Sierra? Perhaps it could be done by a Terminal command or editing a plist file, but the solution could entail a third-party app.


texts: status line in iterm integrated with tmux

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I was trying to set the iTerm and tmux integration and found that panes could be displayed as iTerm2 window splits, if I run tmux -CC. But there is a problem, this 'simulation' of tmux does not have the status line, at least I was not able to find manual how to accomplish that.

If you know the way to do that, please, tell me how, thanks!


texts: Multiple users developing for iOS simultaneously on a Mac using RealVNC

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We are a small team of developers and we would like to use MacBook Pro to develop for iOS.

Is is possible for several users to log in remotely to the Mac using RealVNC and to work in multiple accounts simultaneously?

Setup:

We have two Windows machines in different geographical locations
One single MacBook Pro where one user works locally

What we did:

We installed RealVNC server on the Mac

What is the problem:

When someone logs into RealVNC remotely he ends up in the same account as the local user.


texts: Storage used by applications doesn't match between folder info and system report

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I'm running on Macbook Pro OS X 10.11. I'm curious that when I check my storage the system reports I've used for apps 100.15GB whereas the applications folder size is just 39.56GB. Is it probably counted for storage that apps use to store their data?. If so how could I inspect those data (e.g. location and size) to consider removing them?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I get my trackpad settings to work on the login screen?

texts: I enabled the System Preferences > Trackpad > Tap to Click which causes it to work while I am logged in. However, in the login screen, it does not work. How can I get this setting enabled in the login screen as well?


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Is it possible to see the size of the download from the App store when updating an iOS device?

As some users have a limited amount of online data they can use in contracts, It would be useful to know the size of the download. Currently the only way I can find out is if the update is larger than 20mb. This then tells me I have to update over a WiFi network.


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I have a couple of items that are proving intractable to remove from my Mac. One is a no longer needed copy of the Catalina installer, the other is one set of the relocated items that macOS now puts at /Users/Shared with updates.
Trying to delete by putting in Trash & then emptying I get...

For the Catalina installer, variously that error & ...

For the relocated items folder.
Using terminal...
sudo rm -r /Users/username/Desktop/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app

results in the prompt...
override rw-r--r--  root/wheel restricted for /Users/username/Desktop/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg?

to which I respond yes & get...
rm: /Users/username/Desktop/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg: Operation not permitted

I get the same prompts & results for the files within the relocated items folder.
How can I get rid of these pesky items?
Update: I booted my Mac in recovery mode (& moved the Catalina installer to /Users/Shared for convenience) to try using Terminal there to delete these items. From there these items didn't even appear to be in /Users/Shared. Other files that I have at that location were also apparently absent. From that I wonder whether the new volume structure on macOS makes the location more complex than it appears in Finder.


texts: How can I disable/hide the App Name in the OS X Yosemite Dock?


texts: iOS 10 icloud calendars not showing up (gone after upgrade)

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After upgrading my iPhone 5 from iOS 9 directly to iOS 10.0.1, all my icloud calendars are gone.

They don't show up in the calendars list in the Calendar app, and dragging said list down to force syncing of the calendars doesn't even show the usual spinning loading bar indicator – the whole iCloud section is just missing from the list. Rebooting didn't fix the issue.


texts: AirTag can’t be used to recover stolen item if thief has an iPhone?

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The AirTag has an anti-stalking mechanism, so than when an unknown AirTag moves with your iPhone you will get a notification.
This would mean that a thief who has an iPhone will get notified that the stolen item is being tracked. The thief then can locate the AirTag with their own iPhone and disable it.
So for theft situations the AirTag seems to be pretty useless to me.
Am I missing something? Is there a solution to this built in?


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When I use my airport express to play music, the media is still 3 or 4 seconds late but if I change the volume the result is instantly applied.

My Airport is connected throw WiFi to my router and so is my MBP.

Am I the only one facing this? Or is this a common issue? If so, how to explain that the volume settings are instantly applied whereas the music is always late?


texts:
I have bought my mac last month, so I am eligible to get a free upgrade of Mountain Lion. As Apple stated - I have requested for my upgrade and it said you will be notified with your upgrade code. It's been 24+ hours and I have not received any mail from Apple.
So, how much time they're taking to send a mail usually?

Thanks

EDIT - There was some technical issue with the form on saturday. I called Apple Care and they've sent me the codes now.

Thank you all for help.
Ak


texts: How to make iPhone charge over USB cable when locked?

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iPhone 6s, running iOS 12.0.1

Plugging the phone into a computer to charge produces an "Unlock iPhone to use accessories" message and the phone refuses to charge.

How do I fix this nonsensical behavior? I know Apple added a privacy feature where the phone disables the data connection on lock to thwart hacktools that plug into the phone and brute-force the access code, but there's no reason to disable charging-only while it's locked. In this particular case, I only need to charge the phone over a computer; it doesn't need data access.

I'd like to avoid having to buy additional hardware such as a separate power-only limited USB cable.


texts: Macbook Pro late 2011 + Windows 10+ High Sierra

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I'm struggling for two days now trying to install Windows 10 on my Macbook Pro  Can anybody help me out? I tried several methods, and none is working for me.

MacBook Pro 2011 Late
High Sierra
No CD Drive
SSD + HDD (SSD main Drive running osx + hdd storage switched with cd drive)
Modified Bootcamp to use USB Stick

Windows 10 should be installed at the main drive but if its easier to install Windows on my HDD (which I'm only using for storage) I'll take that.
But I guess I tried that as well with the same result.

I tried several methods like :
http://osxdaily.com/2015/06/05/copy-iso-to-usb-drive-mac-os-x-command/
...
I can't find the other links anymore

Clean install without Bootcamp using unetbootin

The final result is always the same when I try to install Windows, I'm always stuck at the step where I have to choose the installation disk, it always says "windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of the gpt partition style" or no volume at this drive to install Windows. When I choose to delete the formatted disk it starts the installation, breaks up after a few % and says can't fulfill the next installation step.


texts: Is it possible make Preview not enhance thin lines?

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Some PDF renderers "enhance" thin lines, i.e. make them thick enough to be clearly visible, no matter how far one zooms out.  Other PDF renderers do not artificially thicken thin lines.

Adobe Acrobat Reader allows one to choose between these two behaviors via an item in the application preferences.

The Preview application always enhances thin lines, and does not seem to provide an option to suppress this behavior.

Is there some hidden setting on the Mac which will prevent thin lines from being enhanced? (e.g. "defaults write ... ")


texts: How to use a selfie stick remote trigger with iPhone 3G?

texts: I have an Apple IPhone 3G and Version 4.2.8 (8E401), and a generic selfie stick.  The selfie stick has a wire that plugs into the headphone jack on the phone, and when pressing the shutter release on the stick increases the volume?  It does not release the shutter to snap a photo.  Can you help with this issue?  Thanks.


texts: Can Soundflower route audio into Facetime?

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I have successfully routed my built-in microphone's audio to a Google Hangout through AU Lab via Soundflower, and want to do the same with Facetime. Using the same settings as with the Google Hangout seem to be unsuccessful. The setup for Hangouts is as follows:

AU Lab document with Built-in Microphone being routed to 'Soundflower 2ch'
In Google Hangout settings, setting the "Microphone" field to 'Soundflower 2ch'
In System Preferences, setting Output tab to the default (Headphones / Built-in Output).

This does the trick for Hangouts, but Facetime doesn't appear to be picking up audio from Soundflower. Would there be a reason for this? Does Facetime not interact with system audio in the same way?

I am on the Mid-2014 model MBP with OSX 9.4, Soundflower 1.6.6, AU Lab 2.2.2, and the most recent Facetime.


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I regularly gift apps to friends, but now I can't find the Gift button anywhere: Not in the sharing menu of the iPad's app store where it used to be, not under the disclosure arrow on the iTunes store under OSX. Did Apple deactivate the ability to gift apps?

Edited to add: No really, the menu options just don't seem to be there anymore. This is what it looks like when in the Mac version of the iTunes store:

And this is what I see in the iPad version of the app store:

Either way, the gift option isn't where it used to be.


texts: Show recipient's email address in mailing list

texts:
I am getting spam to one of my e-mail addresses. The recipient's address, however, only shows an mailing list (I guess), to which I have never subscribed:

>

I am trying to find out, to which mail address this mail was sent. I am using a catchall info@mydomain.com address, but I never use that to sign up for any website. Instead, I would use stackoverflow@mydomain.com. So now, I am trying to find out, which website gave away my e-mail address for spamming, but I cannot find a way to see the <culprit>@mydomain.com in the recipient.

I am running macOS Sierra.


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While troubleshooting a slow boot time in Lion (10.7), I saw these lines in the sys log:

8/21/13 8:47:45.102 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua: load: option requires an argument -- D
8/21/13 8:47:45.102 PM com.apple.launchctl.Aqua: usage: launchctl load [-wF] [-D <user|local|network|system|all>] paths...

So naturally I want to find out where this script is and why it has this error.  I searched the usual LaunchAgent and LaunchDaemon directories, and then searched the whole hard drive, but could not find a script by that name.


texts: How to gain access into /etc/networks/loopback file from terminal?

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In the terminal I am typing:

sudo vi /etc/networks/loopback
, but I am getting a permission denied inside the vi editor.

The /etc/networks file has this inside:

##
# Networks Database
##
loopback    127    loopback-net

Are those three items actual files I can go into?

I am running El Capitan Version 10.11.6.

Thank you.

Edit: I rebooted into recovery mode, typed in csrutil disable, and now when I type in sudo vi /etc/network/loopback I get this output:

E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: /private/etc/networks
E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: ^I"^I1^I0
Press ENTER or type command to continue

Then when I press enter, it goes into the vi editor but it still says [permission denied] on the bottom.


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I'd like to define a Keyboard Maestro macro that I can trigger if I enter a certain key chord.

As a reminder, key chords are sequences of two hot key presses. Many editors like Emacs, Visual Studio etc. support them and they can vastly expand the set of possible hot key combinations one can use to manage any action.

For example, I could bind Cmd+S Cmd+N to the next song in Spotify (meaning, e.g. S =>  Spotify => N = Next Song).

Does Keyboard Maestro support chords?


texts: macbook air i5 4gb ram when scrolling in FireFox or Chrome or Safari I see vertical tearing

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I see screen tearing pretty often while scrolling webpages up and down, and it has been like this from day 1. But now I purchased an external monitor which is huge 23 inches compared to MAC 11, and the effect is more visible. It is driving me nuts and giving me headaches.

I wonder if you see the same. I was reading allot about this problem, and it seems to be present on macbook pros also? can someone confirm I'm not alone?

In other words I'm deciding weather to go through warranty repair, or if it makes no sense if all of theme exhibit same behavior.

It is shame to see this beautiful machine, with insane price tag to be lagging when browsing web when processor is just sitting their idle at 4-12%!

This is an example I found on wiki that more or less describes what happens when I scroll up down. Effect is not so pronounced and clears when I stop scrolling, but it is sure annoying hell out of me.

Firefox tearing like hell, chrome less, safari exhibits jagged scrolling but less tearing of chrome and firefox.

With synthetic benchmarks I don't see any problems with hardware. But this is not particularly revealing.


texts: iOS Mail: Emails are listed in wrong order

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I've recently migrated my email from Google Apps to the free version of Google - however my iPad and iPhone mail apps are ordering my emails in some completely illogical order.

At the top I have new unread emails, then I have emails from October 2013 which then goes backwards down to 2011. Somewhere scattered in those messages are the emails from November 2013 to today.

Other email clients (both on iOS, Windows and the web) don't have this issue, so how can I resolve this?

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I can temporarily resolve this if I scroll down to the very bottom of the emails (so loading them all) and then return to the top. At which point all my emails are displayed in the correct date order.

However overnight iOS (presumably) flushes the bottom emails from memory and in the morning I'm back to seeing unread emails at the top followed by the ones from 2013. The ones that I've previously read are now buried somewhere in the list.

Clients that don't have this issue: Gmail (web), GMail (iOS app),
Outlook (Windows), Windows 10 mail (Windows) and Thunderbird
(Windows).
Clients that do have this issue: iOS Mail for iPad, iOS Mail
for iPhone.

I've tried importing my emails between Google accounts in multiple ways, none of which have made any difference to the iOS Mail clients:

Getting the new Gmail account to pull emails via POP3 from the old email account
Using Thunderbird to link both old and new accounts and then transfer the emails between the two via IMAP
Same as #2, but using a local folder as an intermediary - as suggested by this answer.

Bizarrely, when I did #2 for "Sent Items", iOS Mail presents them in the correct order!

Finally, this has nothing to do with threading of emails. I've tried turning that on and off and it makes no difference.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?


texts: How to batch convert .docx to .doc using Automator?

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I'm looking for a good way to batch convert .docx to .doc, which is necessary as there are many issues when importing more recent Word files into InDesign.
I've tried the built in command line tool textutil but for some reason it is stripping all of the footnootes and endnotes off of the documents. I've also seen various answers to this question, however, they are from many years ago and I can't seem to get them to work.
Is there a good way to use Automator to convert a folder of .docx files to .doc while preserving references? Thanks in advance!


texts: Bought song on iTunes on iPhone, sync'd to iTunes computer, now won't play on iPhone?

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I bought two albums today on my iPhone, on my Apple ID, downloaded them to the iPhone, I then sync'd the phone this afternoon.

Now the albums will not show on my iPhone and it's saying that they're associated with a different Apple ID?

Which it can't be since I haven't changed it?


texts: time machine runs very slowly, then stops

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I've been using Time Machine with my MacBook Pro without issues for some time, however, I’m now having a problem that I haven’t had before: when connecting the external hard drive on which backups are stored, the “Preparing Backup” stage takes an inordinately long time, and when the actual backup starts, it proceeds really slowly (a couple of MB every minute or so) and then it completely stops. I don’t get an error code. This has happened with both Time Machine backup external hard disks that I use.

Could this problem be related to the fact that I’m using two external hard disks for Time Machine backups? I’ve only run backups on two hdd once before.

I’ve run First Aid on one of the external drives but Disk Utility returned an error unmounting the disk. I then ran First Aid on the Macintosh internal ssd drive but Disk Utility returned error: snap_metadata_val objet (oid ox75d3F): invalid externalref_tree_oid (0x0). Snapshot metadata tree is invalid. The volume /dev/rdisk1s1 could not be verified completely.

Any thoughts why this might be happening and how to resolve the issue? I’m running High Sierra on a early 2015 MacBook Pro (upgraded from Yosemite). The two external hdds are formatted as HFS+. I've also swapped usb cables to make sure it's not a faulty cable causing the issue, but the same thing happens.


texts: How to Set a Short User Password in macOS Mojave and Later (10.14+)

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I just installed macOS Mojave and put in my usual short desktop-only password I've been using for years (yes, you read that right). Now though, the operating system rejects setting a password less than 4 characters. It also does not allow having no password at all.

I am completely comfortable using the shell if need be.

How can I change the password policy to allow quite short passwords?