texts:
I would like to know when an inbound call originates from the GV number (versus the iPhone's carrier number).  Is there a procedure that allows one to configure the iPhone to indicate the call is a GV call?

UPDATE: Assume that the GV is for a business and the inbound calls are from unknown phone numbers.


texts: Early 2008 Mac Pro random wake up and other oddities

texts:
When I first purchased the machine in 2008 it ran flawlessly under Leopard.  Ever since I upgraded to later iterations of OS X, my machine would randomly wake up from sleep but it's not a full on wake as the monitors don't turn on, just the audible click sound from the Mac and a few minutes later it will go back to sleep again.  Happens 3-4 times through the night when I'm sleeping.

Secondly, when I wake it from sleep, my optical drive will no longer be available.  I have to do a full hard restart to gain that functionality again only to lose it again if my machine goes to sleep.  One last thing is when I initiate the sleep process, it takes a good 30 seconds before it actually goes idle.   Never had these issues with Leopard.

Can anyone offer insights as to how I may resolve this?


texts: How do I do custom key binding in iTunes?

texts:
How would I assign

⌘1 to Music (Library item)
⌘2 to Movies
⌘3 to Podcasts

Surprisingly enough, these key bindings are not assigned to anything yet, and IMO they would be most convenient ones (see e.g. Mail.app).

I can't see any relevant item in AppleScript dictionary for iTunes…


texts: Strange “Devices” section in iOS Wi-Fi Settings

texts:
Has anyone ever seen this ‘Devices’ section in the Wi-Fi Settings page?

It very strange, it's my first time I've seen this. Even more, when I tried to connect to this SSID, iOS pops up a dialog which says "x is not connected to the Internet; Are you sure you want to use this network?"

What is this? How was this achieved?


texts: Can i remap a Danish Macbook Pro keyboard to US?

texts: I found a macbook for sale that has a Danish keyboard.  There are a few special character keys and some are missing.  Can I remap those keys to other characters?  I would like to use it with US english.


texts:
I'm looking for a way to have syntax highlighting for my source codes in El-Capitan's QuickLook without installing TextMate. Previously I had TextMate and I got hooked to this feature.

Googling this bring some really old posts on web such as:

How do I get syntax highlighting of source code files within Quick Look back in Lion?

These are not maintained anymore based on their SVN/Git repo:QLColorCode and colorqc2

Surprisingly there are also some people who wants to get rid of syntax highlighting after installing TextMate:

Remove Quicklook Syntax Highlighting with TextMate2?

Having syntax highlighting is essential for me but I don't want to install a full featured text editor just to use on library of it!

My rationale in not installing TextMate on my El-Capitan is that I have RStudio and Atom which are way more customized/customizable than TextMate.

I would appreciate any suggestion/solution that is maintained properly, work with el-capitan.

Cheers,


texts: How to increase the adhesive grip of a Magic Keyboard 2 rubber feet?

texts:
The "rubber" feet under an Apple Magic Keyboard 2 (MLA22D/A) are too slippery.

What's the simplest, ideally reversible, way to increase the adhesive power of the rubber feet without ruining what is underneath the external keyboard, or a way to augment them with different anti-skid pads, feet, rubbers?


texts: how to restore attachments in mac outlook?

texts:
I had an email sent to me back in february of this year with an attachment. Now when I view that email, instead of seeing the attachment, i see this:

How do I recover this attachment?


texts:
I use a MacBook Air with the Mountain Lion(10.8.1). After upgrading from Lion, my Reliance Data card which is a ZTE AC2373 has stopped connecting. Is there a solution?

What data cards work with this operating system?
CN


texts: MySQL can't start: Symbol not found: _clock_gettime

texts:
I just did a fresh install of MySQL with Homebrew, when I start it, it says:

%> /usr/local/homebrew/bin/mysqld
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _clock_gettime
  Referenced from: /usr/local/homebrew/bin/mysqld
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found: _clock_gettime
  Referenced from: /usr/local/homebrew/bin/mysqld
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Trace/BPT trap: 5

Any ideas?


texts:
I created a user with the sysadminctl and faced some errors.
I'm using macOS 10.15.3.

First of all, to create the user I did this:

$ sudo sysadminctl -addUser someuser -fullName "Full User Name" -password - -admin
Password:
2020-05-07 10:56:14.958 sysadminctl[48350:60273463] ----------------------------
2020-05-07 10:56:14.958 sysadminctl[48350:60273463] No clear text password or interactive option was specified (adduser, change/reset password will not allow user to use FDE) !
2020-05-07 10:56:14.958 sysadminctl[48350:60273463] ----------------------------
User password:
2020-05-07 10:58:02.965 sysadminctl[48350:60273463] Creating user record…
2020-05-07 10:58:04.044 sysadminctl[48350:60273463] Assigning UID: 504
2020-05-07 10:58:04.056 sysadminctl[48350:60273463] ### Error:-14120 File:/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/Admin/Admin-803/DSRecord.m Line:418
2020-05-07 10:58:04.162 sysadminctl[48350:60273463] Creating home directory at /Users/someuser

Two problems arose as a result:

Problem 1. Error -14120 as you can see in the output above.

Problem 2. A weird directory /Users/admin was created:

$ ls -la /Users
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   8 root          admin 256 May  7 10:58 ./
drwxr-xr-x  22 root          admin 704 Feb  6 02:08 ../
-rw-r--r--   1 root          wheel   0 Nov  9 19:03 .localized
drwxrwxrwt   7 root          wheel 224 Feb  6 02:10 Shared/
drwxr-xr-x+  9 someuser      staff 288 May  7  2019 admin/
drwxr-xr-x+ 11 someuser      staff 352 May  7 10:58 someuser/
drwxr-xr-x+ 17 myaccount     staff 544 May  7  2019 myaccount/

What did I do wrong?

Edit:
/Users/admin/.bash_history contains brew doctor.
Maybe it was in the past used somehow for managing Homebrew.
I still don't understand why sysadminctl updated the timestamps and made the new user the owner of /Users/admin/. Perhaps someone in my institute created the user admin in the past, and now macOS reused the user ID for me.

I still don't understand the error -14120, though. Maybe the system tried to use an old configuration file from pre-Mojave days.


texts: Printing from iOS devices to existing printer connected to windows pc?

texts: I am aware of AirPrint activator as a great solution for printing from iOS devices using a Mac on the network. Is anyone aware of a solution for someone with only a pc?


texts: iPhone constantly outputting audio via universal connector

texts:
My iPhone 3GS has just developed an unusual problem. Audio will not come out of the loudspeaker, but the ear piece works, the headphones work and plugging into iPhone speakers via universal connector works. Oddly, the loudspeaker works when on a call and setting to loudspeaker.

I think the audio is constantly being routed through the universal connector, for the following reasons:

It tells me that the device is is plugged into is not compatible with iPhone, despite not being plugged into anything at all.
It connects to my speakers instantly, normally there is a slight delay is it needs to redirect the audio.

Also, I tried plugging it in and out of the speakers with audio running, without and it various other variations. One time I did get sound out through the speakers, but it only lasted 2 seconds before it returned to no audio.

Volume control has no effect unless headphones plugged in.

I have tried reboot and muting/unmuting several time.


texts: I just received an email from Apple Support saying a purchase was made with my account from a previously unknown device. There was a note saying if you did not make this purchase, click here. When I clicked it, I was sent to a site that in no way was connected to this transaction. What can I do?


texts:
After updating my iTunes to the new 12.2.0.145 I can no longer manage the apps on my iPhone 6+ from iTunes.  The apps show up and there is the install/uninstall buttons beside them, but they are grayed out and unavailable.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?


texts: Is Apple's Mail.app more secure over using webmail?

texts:
I have heard that webmail services (even the one with E2EE) are prone to JavaScript based attacks, while native apps like Mail.app in macOS are secure against such attacks.

Is this true? Is it better to use Mail.app than using webmail?


texts:
Is there an easy way I can add custom icons to the menu bar status area? Ideally something like Growl (e.g., where you can just execute a command) but instead of notifications, just renders icons in the menu bar.

I'm mainly looking to draw numbers that I'd use to alert me of various things. For example, I can configure my email client to run a command/AppleScript to update the numbers when an certain kind of email arrives.

Something like this:


texts: Wrong volume name for sshfs volume in Finder even with volname option

texts:
I am using sshfs @2.5 and osxfuse @2.6.4 installed via MacPorts 2.2.1 on my MacBook Pro Retina Late 2013 which is running OS X Mavericks 10.9.2.  When issuing the following command:

sshfs -ovolname=Z user@host:/somewhere/on/the/Y /Z

The mounting is done correctly.  Using the terminal, everything works as expected.  However, finder displays the volume name as Y, as if the presence of the volname= option didn't matter.  Has anyone else encountered this?


texts: Map any string to your Mac Keyboard (globally)

texts:
I use Git - every time I pulled it asked me for a password.
typing them in every time is slowing me down.

pw : 12khdE32

Now, I'm thinking if I can map a string with the the keyboard on a Mac, command + \, then I won't have to type my long pw any more.

Goal

12khdE32 --> command + \

I've tried look into system preferences + download the app call Karabiner.

I'm not sure if this possible, but please let me know if you think this is possible to do. This will help me a lot.

Thanks.


texts: Does the new iPod Touch (iOS 4.1 / 4 gen) require that you jail break it to use a Blue Tooth keyboard?

texts:
I already have a BT keyboard and I don't really want to buy a new one, so my question is, will the BT keyboard I already have work with an ipod touch?

Or will I need to use a proprietary Apple solution for that?


texts: Male-to-male Lightning cables & Lightning hubs

texts:
I find it quite astonishing that these two devices do not seem to exist, either manufactured by Apple or another company:

A male-to-male Lightning cable. An obvious use case would be charging an iPhone from a MacBook. Charging cannot be done through the USB-to-Lightning adapter (at least Apple's).
A Lightning hub that can plug into a MacBook and offers several (at least 2, ideally 3 or more) female Lightning ports.

Am I missing something, or do these devices not exist? If so, is there a reason they don't?

Edit: It seems I missed the obvious fact that the female ports on modern MacBook Pros are in fact USB-C! Yes, I'm an idiot. They're roughly the same size/shape as Lightning ports, but equally quite different. Now, USB-C-to-lightning cables do of course exist, though I'm curious why the USB-C-to-USB-A adapter that I have (with the ordinary USB-A-to-Lightning cable plugged into it) is incapable of charging the iPhone. A limitation of the adapter to data-only only, perhaps? Anyway, I think my second bullet point still stands: I can't find any hubs that offer Lightning ports (at least one charge port) and have a male USB-C cable to plug into the MacBook.


texts: Reposition Spotlight search bar to its default location in macOS Mojave

texts:
I accidentally dragged and moved the Spotlight search bar shown on pressing Command + Space. This is what it looks like now:

I want to re-center it, but I am not very sure how to do it precisely. Is there a way or a setting to move it back to its original location again?

I am using macOS Mojave 10.14.


texts: How can one create a shortcut for pasting unformatted text in Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac?

texts: iWork provides the keyboard shortcut Cmd-Option-Shift-V to paste text without it's original formatting. How can I get this or a similar shortcut key for Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac?


texts: Macbook Pro 2016 - Big Sur Battery Issue after replacement

texts:
Background - i bought a 2016 Macbook Pro (A1708) a few weeks ago that was at 800+ cycles and the battery was listed as "service recommended", would not charge past 1% and switch off if unplugged. So i bought a new battery and installed it. Little did i know that there was a replacement program for the 2016/2017 MAcbook Pro's that had issues after Big Sur upgrade..doh! So now Apple wont touch me as i replaced the battery but the issue still persists even with a new battery. I have attempted an SMC reset and PRAM/NVRAM resets and it still doesn't work. I have wiped SSD and gone back to Mojave (same issue) then upgraded back to the latest version of Big Sur.
Did this bug with Big Sur brick something on the logicboard/SMC? Has anyone else had this issue and worked out how to resolve?


texts: Can I "Forget this Network" when the wifi network is not in range?

texts:
I have an iPod Touch that I upgraded to iOS 4 (but this an issue that also existed in iOS 3.1). When I travel, and I join a WiFi networks (e.g. hotel, etc), I don't always remember to forget the network before I leave.

iPod touch: Wi-Fi Information and Settings tells you to "Forget this Network" if you can choose it from the list of Wi-Fi Networks.  However, when the network is not in range, you cannot select it to forget it.

Is there either a way I am not seeing in iOS to do this, or a third party application I can download?  Does the fact I have extra WiFi networks in the list affect the performance of my device when it is trying to join known networks?

Update: I now have doubts a third party app exsits based on that Apple Drops Wi-Fi Sniffers from iPhone App Store reports "sniffers were dropped because they use a private framework, hooks in the operating system that are not documented nor allowed for third-party developers to use."


texts: How do I set Outlook as the default mail option in Yosemite?

texts:
Mail merge is greyed out, in MS Word so I'm guessing that it needs to talk directly to Outlook instead of Apple's mail app. I read somewhere that Outlook as to be set as the default in Mail.app, but I can't find how to do that.

Is this possible to get Word's Mail Merge working on OS X?


texts: Is it possible to retrieve deleted text messages from an iPhone 4?

texts: I have an iPhone 4. My text messages which were NOT backed up were deleted by mistake. Is there anyway to retrieve them?


texts: Is there any way to make games smoother on Macbook Pro 13'?

texts:
I currently have Macbook pro 13' and I am trying to games like Samurai vs Zombie and Contract Killer 2. Both of these are not highend games with not so detailed textures. Yet they get stuck after every click.

Is there some way to do away with this ?


texts: Why can't I connect to my Kodi server from my Ipad?

texts:
i’m trying to connect to Kodi (running on LibreElec) from my iOS (iPad) device.
In Kodi, I have settings>services>samba enabled. No login & password.
In iOS, I went to Files app > menu > connect to server.
I did try with smb://192.168.1.7; or smb://LIBREELEC; both as a guest or with credentials, but it does not work. Sometimes it shows a popup notice (an unexpected error occured), other times it seems to work; but there is no files list + it says it is read only.
Note that I CAN connect to Libreelec from my (linux) laptop.
Any ideas of what it might be ? Thanks !


texts: How to make Karabiner work with Intellij on Mac?

texts:
I've recently switched from Windows/Ubuntu to MacOS Catalina and I'm trying to avoid changing too many key mappings on Intellij 2020.2.
I'm trying to achieve these things:

Swap Left Ctrl and Fn
Having function keys as default in touch bar when using Intellij to be able to use combinations like Ctrl + F4 in Intellij without having to press any additional (Fn) keys
(If possible) Map Ctrl + click to something other than Right Click

Here's what I've done so far:

Swap Left Ctrl and Fn using Karabiner
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Function Keys > Add Intellij
Imported a complex modification in Karabiner to change Ctrl + click to just click.

The issues that I'm facing:

Pressing original Fn (mapped to Left Ctrl) in Intellij changes touch bar from Function keys to other touch bar options. I'd like to disable this to be able to use Ctrl+F4.
Left Ctrl+Click still behaves as right click.


texts: How can I create a new user through terminal macOS 10.14

texts:
I am trying to write a script to add a user to a computer. These will not be admin accounts and should be staff accounts. I ran the following script and can login to the account but I can't access any files, create any files, or save any files to the computer.

Ultimately I would like to run this to remove 5 user accounts and all of their information and then create 5 new accounts (this is in a classroom where I have 36 computers) but I am struggling to create a single user correctly with the following script.

Any help would be much appreciated.

#!/bin/bash

USERNAME=per1
FULLNAME="Period 1"
PASSWORD="test"
SECONDARY_GROUPS="staff"

# ====

if [[ $UID -ne 0 ]]; then echo "Please run $0 as root." && exit 1; fi

# Find out the next available user ID
MAXID=$(dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $2}' | sort -ug | tail -1)
USERID=$((MAXID+1))

# Create the user account
dscl . -create /Users/$USERNAME
dscl . -create /Users/$USERNAME UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . -create /Users/$USERNAME RealName "$FULLNAME"
dscl . -create /Users/$USERNAME UniqueID "$USERID"
dscl . -create /Users/$USERNAME PrimaryGroupID 20
dscl . -create /Users/$USERNAME NFSHomeDirectory /Users/$USERNAME

dscl . -passwd /Users/$USERNAME $PASSWORD

# Add use to any specified groups
for GROUP in $SECONDARY_GROUPS ; do
    dseditgroup -o edit -t user -a $USERNAME $GROUP
done

# Create the home directory
createhomedir -c > /dev/null

echo "Created user #$USERID: $USERNAME ($FULLNAME)"


texts: Can I control the sensitivity of the back gesture on the Magic Mouse?

texts:
So I stopped working from home last month and took my beloved Logitech to the office, which means I'm stuck with the horrendous Magic Mouse here at home now.

Whenever I'm wanting to go back in Firefox, the slightest two-fingered left gesture sends it spinning back about a dozen pages.

Any way around that, short of using Safari?


texts:
Is there an apple script command for the "Look Up" action/service?
If not, what would be a decent way to mimic it?

If you don't know what I'm talking about it's the popover when you three-finger click some thing, or select some text and select Look Up "some text" in the contextual menu.


texts: Mail App timing out and having trouble getting and sending mail

texts:
I'm using El Capitan now...but this problem existed with Yosemite too.

I keep getting error messages that say either could not connect to server or the server returned the error: Connections to the server “imap-mail.outlook.com” on the default ports timed out...sometimes it's saying that my trash cannot be emptied, other times it says a piece of mail could not be moved to trash.

If I open connection doctor on my original account, it shows two types of connections for each (gmail and hotmail) of my webmail accounts (SMTP and IMAP); for this, I have no idea why! I set up each of these accounts though the mail app, so I did not add them manually that their should be two types of account for each, as I did not choose the type - they are predetermined by the app.

I spoke with Apple about this and a few other issues a couple weeks ago, and the tech suggested that when I had Apple transfer some files onto this new Macbook from a Windows 8 computer, that something potentially got transferred that was a WIN8 file, that ends up corrupting mail. Didn't make much sense to me sense these are webmail accounts and not discrete files, but what do I know.

He told me to open a new user on the Macbook (as guest user deletes upon shutdown), then open up the mail accounts the same way through the Mail app, and that should fix it. I've now done that, and still...same problem except now, it's not showing two types of webmail for each account, just IMAP. But it currently won't sent the mail I just drafted and i just got the server timed out message.

Since they are webmail accounts, I could just access them online, but I want the organizational features of having them in one place, merging calendars, etc.

Any help, even an affirmation that this is a bug that others are experiencing, would be much appreciated. I really thought this was an OS X problem and hoped it would be fixed with the release of El Capitan, but no love.


texts:
I'm travelling from Australia to the US. Apple Pay isn't available in Australia yet.

My question is: Can I use Apple Pay in the US with an Australian AMEX?


texts: How can I disable a USB port that is drawing too much power?

texts: One of my USB ports is being constantly disabled by my OS because it is drawing too much power, without a device attached. Is there any way to permanently disable the port?


texts:
I've noticed a strange animation on the desktop of my January 2007 Macbook Pro.  The animation appears sporadically in the lower left-hand corner.  The best way I can describe the animation is "a hard disk being accessed".  The image is a simple cartoon hard disk being read.  The animation appears very briefly.  Have you seen something like this?

Cheers!


texts: Applications assume Home folder to be /home/{user}

texts:
All my apps have started identifying Home folder as /home/{user} rather than  /Users/{user}. This is causing them not to be able to launch as they can't be launched due to inability to write/read from /home/{user}

e.g
When launched Chrome says following popup and doesn't launch:

Google Chrome cannot read or write to it's data directory :
/home/{user}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome

When launched Skype says following popup and doesn't launch:

Can't create Skype folder at "/home/{user}/Library/Application Support/Skype/"
Make sure you have enough privileges to create that folder and then launch skype again.

Relaunching finder gives me this message :

The home or Users folder may have been moved or deleted. If the home folder is located on the network, the server may be temporarily unavailable. If you continue to have problems, see your system administrator.

Any solutions ?


texts: How can I determine what kept my macbook pro awake until the battery drained?

texts: I left my laptop unplugged last night and woke up to 0% battery. This is not usually what happens. Is there a way I can find out, this time or next time, what caused that? I assume something was running that prevented it from going into low power or sleep mode.


texts: Where can I find the log of all mounted volumes?

texts: To be more specific, I mean the file that keeps a history of every disk image/volume ever mounted. I know it exists because I found it once, but it was a long time ago and I have no idea how to find it again. It is similar to the InstallHistory.plist file, which logs every program ever installed.


texts: MobiControl Device Enrollment Profile Installation Failed with "The request timed out"

texts:
I am trying to enroll my iPad to be a remotely controlled device via SOTI MobiControl. The Wi-Fi is internal and is currently not able to access public IPs. After I tap on Install, it times out after 45 seconds. The error message is:

  Profile Installation Failed
  The request timed out

Does anyone know what the device is trying to do at this point? I am thinking the iPad is trying to communicate with Apple, but I am not sure.


texts:
Is there any way to specify that a certain password should not be synced to iCloud?

Use case:

  I am allowed to have internet only on one mac address. So I use it on my laptop, but the password is synced to iCloud and so iPad also joins the network (which it cannot use as there is mac protection). Can I restrict that password to be available only on the Mac?


texts: Transfer PDF from iPad to Mac without Internet

texts:
No internet access here except iPhone.  Therefore, I can't download an iPad file explorer, nor email a PDF to myself.  Is there another way to "reverse sync" a PDF?

(Backup will NOT do it).

I did actually send by email, thinking sync would let me pull it from the Drafts (unsent) in Mail.  Alas, Apple has decided there's no longer any value in syncing Mail.

I do already have two such explorer apps, but one announces it is not compatible with IOS 8, and the other does nothing when I select "mount device."


texts: Is there an alternative/customizer app for Cmd+Tab that does not show minimized/hidden windows and apps?

texts:
Is there an alternative/customizer app for cmd+tab that does not show minimized/hidden windows and apps?

Sometimes I have many apps running (Calendar, Mail, Twitter, etc.), but all of them are minimized and my focus is on, say, two apps: my IDE and the browser.

So I want cmd+tab to only show my browser and IDE.

Is there a way to achieve this?


texts: Relative Wifi performance: iPhone 5 and iPad

texts:
I noticed that my iPhone's Wifi performance sometimes lagged and so I did an experiment. From exactly the same place in my living room, within seconds of each other, my iPad showed around 6Mb down and my iPhone 5 showed less than half that, around 2.5Mb.

Can someone suggest why they think this might be?


texts:
Do Apple USB SuperDrives work with IBM compatible computers?

If not, are there any advantages for buying a SuperDrive compared to a generic USB DVD drive?


texts: SFTP - how to tunnel to private AWS server behind AWS NAT

texts:
I need to SFTP connect to a AWS server behind a NAT server in a private subnet.  Login to both the NAT server and the private subnet server is done using private SSH keys.

In windows, there is WinSCP which lets you create a SSH tunnel through the NAT server and then connect to the private subnet server.

What options exist in the OS X environment?
Fugu is old.
No other GUI seems to support SSH Tunnels

I have yet to figure out the terminal command lines or combination of terminal command lines and existing SFTP GUIs that let me tunnel.

Thanks!


texts: iPhone Search does not find historic SMS messages

texts:
On my iPhone 4, I have a large number of SMS messages (I don't delete them at all).

If I want to search for text in a particular message, it appears not to search historic SMSes. In other words, unless the text is visible in the latest messages, viewable on the screen without tapping "Load Earlier Messages", it will not match my string.

Am I doing it wrong? Is this a known issue?


texts: I recently converted one of my books into an iBooks format using Author. However when I connected to my iPad and went into 'preview', I saw my device, clicked it, but the 'preview' button to enable the previewing process was faded and I could not click it. Has anyone actually used the preview feature enough to give me some help? Thanks!


texts: How can I fix or back up a system after I use gparted to resize my drive and the system will not start?

texts:
I created an EFI to run Ubuntu on my mac it was working well but I didn't have enough space so I created a another partition in disk utility and then went to gparted and turned the new partition to un-allocated space, selected swapoff on my SwapSpace  partition in order to move the un-allocated space next to my ubuntu partion.
Now I can  no longer select  macOS to boot and am exclusively stuck in linux. I don't know to much about this stuff and am really struggling.
Apple support says to erase everything but I have no backups.
My whole drive for my mac is still there and I can see it is taking up space. I just cant access it
Is there a way to salvage the system or at least back things up now that my system will not boot?


texts: Unable to reset VRAM or boot a 2007 MacBook in Safe Mode or otherwise

texts:
Recently I made a hasty mistake in forcing a shutdown when it was becoming unresponsive. Previously I've been able to boot the system with no problems by starting in single user mode (to bypass the gray progress bar (which disappears after loading partially) and spinning wheel that stays indefinitely). However, now when starting up the system, it appears that pressed keys aren't recognized.

I've tried resetting the SMC (by unplugging the power source and battery and holding down the power button for 5 seconds), but that appeared not to help.

Is there another way to get to single-user mode or reset the NVRAM (such as by opening and adjusting something in the MacBook)?

EDIT:  I attempted diagnostics based on comments below by trying to boot into Verbose mode and holding Option to bring up the bootloader, but nothing worked.


texts: Securely Deleting Text Messages from iPhone?

texts:
I was under the impression that you can't recover "deleted files" from iPhones and their encrypted storage memory the same way you can from a computer.

But after doing some research, there seems to be a bunch of apps that can do just that.

So I'm wondering, is there a way I can securely delete specific messages (personal ones) from my phone, in a way that definitely cannot be recovered if my phone is imaged? I can't wipe the whole phone though, that's off the table.

Essentially what I'd like is the iPhone equivalent of "erase free space" that Disk Utility has, that overwrites all free space so nothing can be accessed.


texts: What are "nwnode:" URLs, and why did Lion break them?

texts:
After installing OS X 10.7, Dropbox presented the following error upon loading: "URLs with the type "nwnode:" are not supported". I also got this error from Path Finder (although I don't know what I did to cause it).

Both applications only gave me the error once and have not done it since.

What are nwnode: URLs? What purpose did they serve? And why did Lion stop supporting them?


texts: How to use iTerm along with the default bash terminal?

texts: I want to use iTerm with my default bash terminal because there is a lot of customization that i have done to my .bash_profile and I don't want to lose it or perform all the hard work again.


texts: Updated iMac to Yosemite 10.10.5 and USB keyboard stopped working

texts:
I updated my iMac's OS to Yosemite 10.10.5 and found that the Apple USB keyboard is no longer working.

I tried different USB ports to no result.

I tried using the keyboard on another computer and it works fine.

I tried an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and it works fine.

Would anyone know what I could do to get it working again?


texts: Is there a quick an easy way to share files between two macs (OS X Lion) over wifi?


texts: Mountain Lion does not show up under Purchased for ML pre-installed machine

texts: I recently purchased a new Macbook Air (2012) and it came with Mountain Lion pre-installed. I've noticed that Mountain Lion does not show up as 'Purchased' in the App Store and indeed when I search for the app, the store offers to sell it to me. Is this a bug or by design?


texts: “Couldn’t create temporary file” error when erasing free space on startup disk

texts: When I tried to erase space on Disk Utility, it couldn't create a second temporary file for my startup disk.


texts: Safari - is there a way to set a preferred screen size?

texts: As the title says, I would like new windows to open in a set screen size. I believe that the default is that they open in the size of the last window. Sometimes, I want to make a window smaller for some reason, but I want new windows to open as usual. Is there a shell script/command to accomplish this? Thanks


texts: OS X dock frequently creates new icon for program already in the dock

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The issue is:

A program icon is created in the dock for an open program.
Later, that program is closed, but the icon remains in the dock.
When I open a new instance of that program, a new icon is created and the old icon persists, unused. Right clicking the new icon confirms it is for the active window. The old icon does not correspond to any active program (and can be removed from the dock from the context menu).

This happens for several programs, including Firefox and Eclipse. It happens even if the binary and its location are completely unchanged. It also happens when restarting the computer (when OS X tries to restore the previous windows).

It's rather annoying because it makes "keep in dock" useless.

Unfortunately, I cannot determine how to accurately reproduce this. It seems to happen sometimes and not others. As well, not all programs seem to be effected (this happens often with Eclipse and Firefox, but never with Sublime Text or Terminal).

How can I force OS X to use the same icon for the exact same program? Alternatively, if there is no way to fix this, how can I prevent OS X from keeping icons in the dock after the program is closed?


texts: How to speed up my iMac (Mid 2007) running Lion

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I've had this 24" Al iMac since it came out in August 2007.

2.8 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo (X7900 Core 2 Extreme)
2GB 667 DDR2

The machine has never been rebuilt, and the profile is the original profile from my original iBook G4 back in 2004 (migrated to a MacBook and then to the iMac)

I'm loath to spend any money on the machine since it is coming up to 5 years old, and I want to save up for a new one later this year.

I want to know what software tweaks that I can use to speed up the iMac as it is now slow for much of anything except the basics.

I'm looking for ways to speed up the boot time, runtime memory efficiency, and responsiveness.

Edit for clarification purposes:
If you have any quick fixes, they would score higher for me than say having to rebuild the system (sorry Stuffe)


texts: How can I close the mail function in terminal?

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Every time I open the Terminal.app, it shows You have new mail. I want to know, how it is caused and how can I close the mail function.

I do not wish to see any mails and the above message when I launch the Terminal.app.


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I just updated from iOS 7 to iOS 8, and I noticed that the built-in dictionaries, I previously used, aren't working. I had used American English, British English, and Apple Dictionary. Now, when I try to define any word, I get a "No definition found" error. The dictionaries I previously used show a blue circle (while all the others show the cloud download icon).

I tried to download a new dictionary, and I was able to use it. However, that was in another language.

How can I enable these dictionaries again?


texts: Why is the IP address to my MacBook Pro being zapped by another computer?

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This started two days ago and I can't decide if my MacBook is at fault, my router is at fault, or I have a hacker. My MBP will throw an error saying the IP address I've been using has been assigned to another machine and blah blah blah reset the router or contact my local admin. (Which is me; this is our home system.) I'll renew the DHCP license and the error immediately comes up again. Also happens if I am HARDWIRED to the router itself. (So if wi-if is on I get two errors simultaneously.) I tried changing my MAC address to something else, thinking it was a possibility the MAC address was being spoofed, but the problem continues. I have a linksys router and a cable modem.

We have three iPhone 4s's, two iPad 2's, and a Windows laptop or two (depending on whether he brings his work laptop home. We also have a few roku devices and two IP cameras (monitors for the kids' rooms). Oh, and the printer. I can see everything assigned to the router in the DHCP tables and never see the assignment of the old IP to another machine.  I tried pulling out an older linksys router and the behavior has not changed. Security is WPA2 with a 16-char string that I have not yet changed. (My weak point; it's a pain to update those cameras.)

Any ideas? I'm not opposed to getting a new router if that's what it takes; I was prepping to do that later this morning anyway when stores open. But I'm afraid the new router will do the same thing.

Edited to add: yesterday I also tried powering down some of our iThings. When all phones and tablets were powered down the problem seemed to go away. But then it returned with a vengeance so I powered them back up so we'd be able to communicate with the rest of the world.


texts: Use stereo 3.5mm microphone with MacBook Pro headset socket

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I have a stereo condenser mic that I've had for a long time and I quite like it - here's the specific model (Sony Electret Stereo Condenser mic, model ECM-MS907).  I'd like to be able to use it for recording with my MacBook Pro (15-inch 2019 model), which has four USB-C ports and one 3.5mm combined headphone-and-mic socket.
As noted all over the internet, one does not simply plug the 3.5mm mic plug into the 3.5mm socket and achieve microphone happiness.  The plug is TRS and the socket is TRRS, and if the MBP isn't happy with what it's sensing, it doesn't offer the mic as an input device.
[Wishfully] thinking there was a universal standard for these things, I purchased a mic/headphone splitter (in case that link goes away - the description is "StarTech.com Headset Adapter, Microphone and Headphone Splitter - 3.5mm Male Aux to 3.5mm Female Audio & Mic Combo Jack Y Cable for Laptop / PC (MUYHSMFF)") and plugged my mic into the headphone side of the y-adapter.  The result is BAD.  The mic audio is faintly detectable in the background, but mostly what I hear is the extremely loud flopping around of some bad connection (ground-fault?) that's either destroying my equipment or acting out a reasonable facsimile thereof.  Waveform:

I think the issue I'm having is that this is a stereo mic, with a TRS connection of (I think) Left-Right-Ground, but most mics are mono, with a TS connection of Audio-Ground.  I have no hypothesis about why this leads to the particular badness I'm seeing/hearing, though.
So the question is: is there some adapter or configuration that will allow me to use this analog stereo input source?
A good starting place: does anyone know the actual capabilities of the audio socket on this model MBP?  The specs on Apple's website simply say:

BTW, if I figure out how to get it working for my MBP audio port, I think chances are good that it'll also work for my iPhone, using the lightning-to-3.5mm adapter.
UPDATE:
Some of the comments suggest that MBPs can't do stereo input; I don't think that's categorically the case, as this Apple page says, for example, "Audio in: You can use this port to connect stereo equipment to your Mac with a stereo miniplug-to-RCA cable adapter."  It's very unclear to me what capabilities my model of MPB actually has, though.


texts: unable to drag and drop files from macOS Mojave to Macbook running Ubuntu 18.04

texts: I'm currently connected from my iMac (macOS Mojave) to my Macbook running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my local network via the Screen Share application; however, I'm unable to drag and drop files from my local iMac desktop to my Ubuntu Macbook as I've ordinarily transferred between macOS devices on my local network via Screen Share. I've enabled "Screen Sharing" and "File Sharing" within my iMac System Preferences > Sharing options and enabled "File Sharing" within Settings > Sharing on my Ubuntu Macbook and disabled the "require-encryption" option within the path /org/gnome/desktop/remote-access/ via the dconf editor- why am I unable to share files or copy/paste between the systems?


texts: Get parent of symbolic link instead of original folder

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I have a project with node_modules folder that contains a symbolic link to another project. The problem that inner project takes configs from parent project (etc ../../../config) and thus cannot find it because of the relative path starting from the original folder instead of a symbolic link.

Example:

$ cd ~
$ mkdir -p a/b/c
$ ln -s a/b/c d
$ cd d
$ ls ../

Will display content of b folder. But I need to display listing of ~ directory. How to do it?


texts: I'm planning to buy a Samsung Monitor. If I'm planning to play games on it, will it decrease my fps? Also, can I run window games on the monitor?


texts: How to block "No Caller ID" calls but not unknown calls

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My phone number is published on the website of a project I run. However, it seems some young people have found it really funny to start prank calling me. It's very annoying and rather humiliating to have them get a laugh out of me at my expense. I would like to block them.
The conventional advice is to enable "Silence Unknown callers" in iOS 13. However, this will block not only Unknown Caller ID but also any number not in contacts. This doesn't work for me, because as a part of the project, strangers will contact me by calling which I do want.
Is there any way to only block private numbers/"No Caller ID" in iOS without also blocking people that are not in contacts? It doesn't seem like a hard problem since one can easily tell if it is a number or if it is unknown but I can't figure it out. I've tried the 000-000-0000 trick but it doesn't work.


texts: How do I roll back from Yosemite to Mountain Lion without Internet Recovery after erasing my hard disk?

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I erased my MacBook Air hard drive - which came with Yosemite OS X - because I wanted to roll back to Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8), since Yosemite was giving me problems with my files from the previous MacBook Pro.

I deleted the drive using Disk Utility. While partitioning, I forgot to make a GUID partition table. I tried installing Mac OS X on an USB-stick. It's not showing my drive, but just my USB Mac OS X installer. When I click on it, it shows the stop sign.

How can install Mac OS X without using the Internet Recovery for Yosemite


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I'm thinking about buying this but i'm wondering if MacOS can properly scale this for a crisp image. For example my 2018 15 inch macbook pro scales its build in monitor so it looks like "1680x1050" so all the text looks nice and crisp. Wondering if it can do the same with this monitor.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GYBHYNR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


texts: Does the new Macbook Air (2017) work with Apple Cinema Display?

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I'm interested in buying a MBA (2017 model), which has Thunderbolt 2 ports.

Does it work without problems with an 27" LED Apple Cinema Display (with Mini DisplayPort)? Will the display have full functionality, e.g. wake up by mouse/keyboard, even when the Macbook is closed?


texts: What to do after you lost restriction code on the iPad?

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I guess the title says it all. I've the restriction code long time ago, and when I wanted to do actuall in-app purchase it turned out I cannot recall the password. Worse, now after 10 tries I have to wait 60 minutes before each consecutive tries.

The threads on forums are somehow misleading. Some of them claim the only way is to do fresh install and recover all the stuph manually. Some other people post some not entirely clear solutions involving restore from backup. Closest I got was the iPhoneBackupExtractor tool, which is suppose to read the plain text key code from the iPad backup. It worked to the point of getting hands on com.apple.springboard.plist. Unfortunately the password is not in this file.

Please keep in mind, this is about the "restriction code", not the main lock code. iPad if fully functional and the one feature blocked is in-app purchase.


texts: Google Earth Pro not working after upgrade to Catalina

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After I upgraded my macOS to Catalina on my MacBook Pro 2018 (13.3", i5, 16GB RAM, TouchBar), Google Earth Pro will not open anymore.
When I launch the app, it opens the window but it will freeze and there's this annoying spinning beach ball. I have to force quit to quit the application.
What I've tried:

I installed an older version of Google Earth Pro, but that did not solve the issue.
I also cleared out the cache, turned off atmosphere, and my places in the repair window.

Does anyone have the same issue, is there anyway to fix this?
I can use the online (browser) version, but I'd like to use the application because it has more functionality.


texts: Delete time zone entry in Calendar's list

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How can I delete an item from the Time Zone list on Calendar app?
I'm on Yosemite.

Thanks.


texts: I do not have a SIM card in my phone. Before my iMessage used to work even without a SIM card. But now it doesn't, why?


texts: Possible to connect 3 2560x1440 monitors to macBook retina?

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I've connected 2 Dell 27" monitors to my retina using the thunderbolt/minidp to dp ports to get their full resolution.

A touch of greed and the need for symmetry has kicked in and I'm desperate to get another until I realised that only the HDMI port was left which doesn't support full 2560x1440.

So, my question is does anyone know how I can achieve what would be an orgasmic setup?

I'm using a Dell U2711 and the Dell U2731.

I was thinking that perhaps my options would be to either somehow daisy chain the monitors or use a thunderbolt/miniDp hub of sorts?

Any help appreciated.


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I manage the IT systems for a small business with around 7 members of staff. They currently have a Mac running Server.app with Open Directory and the Home Folders are hosted on that Mac.

They have Mac Mini's that are joined to the network account server. Although this is working well, there has been a couple of instances where the Open Directory has become corrupt and it also seems the future of Open Directory is uncertain and Apple may not be supporting this set up for much longer.

My question is whether this is still the best set up and/or if anyone can suggest a better way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance,

Andy


texts: Can I add more math constants to Spotlight search?

texts: You can use pi to do calculations, but I also want to add tau and more math constants, is there a way to do this?


texts: Mouse pointer stuck to edge when switching to smaller monitor in dual display setup

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I have 2 different size monitors that I am using in dual monitor setup. While switching from the larger to the smaller, often times the mouse pointer is stuck at the bottom corner between the monitors.

Is there a setting somewhere that I can set so that this annoying issue doesn't happen?

A quick video showing the annoying state.


texts: Can I use an Apple Watch Series 2 in seawater?

texts: I recently got an Apple Watch Series 2 and I know it has water resistance up to 50 meters. I sometimes take it to the pool and it works fine there. In a few days I am going for a swim in the ocean and am going to swim there for a while. I just want to ask if the Apple Watch Series 2 is capable of being in seawater, which has salts rather than regular pool water.


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Is it possible to somehow determine which of my safari tabs has the most cpu usage?

NOTE: I haven't turned on any flash (i'm using a "plugin customs" extension) in my tabs so it's really hard to figure out visually which of the tabs is a cpu hog


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From Apple's 2014 WWDC Conference Sessions Introducing HomeKit (Slide 11) and Designing Accessories for iOS and OS X (Slide 88), it's my understanding that a User can control HomeKit-enabled/compatible accessories even if the User isn't in the same location. I presume this means that the instructions can be transmitted over the internet and I would also assume that this doesn't require a static IP at the end location (i.e. the Home with the accessories).

If these presumptions are accurate, how does HomeKit Remote Access work? What happens when the Home's dynamic IP changes?

The only information in the presentations is that this is achieved through "iOS Device Connectivity" and this is seamless to the app developers and accessory manufacturers.


texts: Force language change on focus into terminal

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Is there any way of forcing input language set to default one on terminal/iterm focus?

Basically what I want to achieve is setting current keyboard input language to English on switching back from other programs.
Scripting solutions would work as well.


texts: External webcam slow and lousy on a Mac mini?

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I run a 2012 Mac mini using a Logitech C920 HD Pro USB 1080p Webcam with it. Recently I've noticed it's really laggy. Even in a Skype test window or camera settings, it lags about a second and is very jerky.

Tests show I am getting about 1fps. I tried the Logi Capture app as suggested and it presented more settings but none helped.

Also: audio doesn't work on it. It reports as a microphone but didn't work as one.

Also: maybe a non-issue but my webcam device name is reported as "HD Pro Webcam C902 #2" - why #2? Some apps have a drop-down showing two cameras, this one and .

It seems to me like it's surely a driver issue but I cannot see Logitech provide drivers, and MacOS doesn't seem to recognize webcams as a category in Settings.

One thing I spotted while researching was about the Mic issue, it talked about changing the sound settings on the device:

But, on my Mac that Format drop-down is non-editable:

That might be a MacOS version discrepancy but I do feel for whatever reason, it is not properly supported at the hardware level.


texts: Can the display casing from a 13" MBP be used as a replacement on a 13" Aluminum Unibody?

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Can the display casing for a 13" MacBook Pro be used in lieu of the corresponding part for a 13" Aluminum Unibody MacBook??

Both screens have identical specifications and appear to have the internal connectors. Also, with the new aluminum construction heralding being a new design, it's doubtful that Apple made major changes to the frame or significantly modified the internals when they refreshed the old aluminum unibody MacBook.

That being said, I don't have access to either of these screens, and a fairly innocuous difference (say a difference of an inch on one of the internal cables) could render them incompatible. Another opinion or, better yet, first-hand experience, would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Can't pair 13" MacBook Air with iPhone 4 via Bluetooth

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I'm not sure why, but I can't get my iPhone 4 to talk to my new MacBook Air 13".  I turn bluetooth on for both devices, open the Bluetooth Preferences and pair the devices.  This works - the code is displayed on the Mac and the phone, I click OK and it looks busy.  After that I get a message on the iPhone saying "[mac name] is not supported".

I have also tried clicking 'Connect to Network' on the Mac and that results in the error "The Bluetooth network is unavailable: There was an error connecting to your device. Make sure the device is turned on and in range".

I'm running 10.7.2 and iOS 5.0.

Well the device (iPhone) is on and in range.  Can anyone help?  I want to be able to control Keynote on my Mac using the Keynote Remote app on my phone.


texts: How do I align my TOC so the chapter names are on the right

texts: When I create an automatic TOC in my word document, the chapter names appear on the right and the page numbers on the left. I want it the other way around.


texts: Is there any metadata stored in Contacts.app contacts that would store when a contact was created or last edited?

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I'd like to view my contacts in order of last added in order to remember a few people who's names I now forget but meet this year when busy. The standard Select All… Copy… Paste into numbers as provided here doesn't have fields for record creation date and record edit date.

Wondering if an Applescript or other tool on macOS would make it possible to get this data along with contact data?


texts: I can't figure out how to download podcasts

texts: I can't figure out, anymore, how to download my podcasts onto my ipod.


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I download some files. Using Path Finder, it says Today under the Date Added column. 4/5/14 under Date Modified.

I then copy the file off to a external hard disk, but there it shows 4/5/14 under the Date Added and Date Modified column.

What is wrong? Shouldn't the Date Added remain as Today?

In Finder, the Downloads folder is the same as Path Finder, but for the external hard disk, the Date Added column is --.


texts: To repair permissions for Lion, is it safe to use Disk Utility in Recovery OS for Mountain Lion?

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Background and question

I read of someone using a Mountain Lion Recovery System to attempt repair permissions of an installation of Lion.

I understand that for repair of permissions of Lion, it may be preferable to use OS X 10.7.5 or Recovery OS 10.7.5.

A question remains:

for repair of permissions of an installation of Lion, is it safe to use Disk Utility in a Mountain Lion Recovery OS?

Notes

diskutil(8) OS X Manual Page

  … The data that guides the permissions verification is written during the installation process. …

– but it's not clear whether that data is read from the selected volume when Disk Utility is run from a Recovery OS.

For verbs verifyPermissions and repairPermissions a plist is optional, but there's no interface to this in Disk Utility.

repair_packages(8) OS X Manual Page

Thanks to commentary, I see that an OS X run of Disk Utility to repair permissions involves both diskutil and repair_packages. Here's a line from output of fs_usage:

03:06:31  access            r/libexec/repair_packages    0.000019   diskmanageme

For another run, a little later,

macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ sudo fs_usage | grep "usr/sbin/diskutil"
03:09:24  open              usr/sbin/diskutil                                                                0.000021   repair_packa
^C
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$

– at the same time,

macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$ sudo execsnoop | grep 'diskutil\|repair_packages'
    0   7963   7143 repair_packages
^C
macbookpro08-centrim:~ gjp22$

OS X: About OS X Recovery

This Apple article mentions Disk Utility but not permissions of files.

About Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions feature


texts: Possible to remap CapsLock to emulate the "French - Numerical" behavior on a U.S qwerty keyboard

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I would like to remap the capslock key to behave as such:

When Off :

letters are lowercase
numbers are not active (symbols characters are active)
other symbols (not on the numbers row) behave normally (as if shift was up)

When ON:

letters are uppercase
numbers are active
other symbols (not on the numbers row) are inverted (as if shift was down)

It is the behavior from the "French - Numerical" layout, but I need this on a U.S. keyboard.


texts: Is there an iOS alternative to HTC's Zoe?

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I'm considering a switch back to iPhone and iOS from my Android powered HTC One (M7) phone. HTC created a super cool app called Zoe. I'm wondering if there is an equally good alternative to Zoe on iOS.

If you don't know what Zoe is, it takes your media (photos, videos) and creates really nice, themed video clips. Themes influence things like background music, video transition effects, various graphics effects (old film, zoom, etc.)

See this video for example of a Zoe:

London pt. 1

Update from 6/16/2016

At the WWDC 16 Keynote Apple presented a new Photos feature called Memories. This is basically exactly what Zoe does on HTC.


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Consider this situation: I have two Preview windows with file1.pdf and file2.pdf, and another app, say Chrome, on a MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina.

I navigate between the two pdf files with the three fingers scroll on the trackpad, and between the Preview app and the Chrome app with cmd+tab.
But if am reading file2.pdf, cmd+tab to Chrome, then cmd+tab again, I see file1.pdf (which was opened first) instead of file2.pdf (which I was reading).
Is there a way to cmd+tab from Chrome (or any other app of course) back to the last open Preview window?


texts:
The response of simple tap click on track pad is incredibly slow (like 1 s), (meanwhile usual click seems to be faster).
Same for "right button"-click - tap with two fingers.
How can I speed up the tapping response?


texts: I always thought my iPhone 4 was only 8GB in size, does this mean it is 16GB?


texts:
I have an issue with Mac App store not opening - probably due to using Clean My Mac which has now been trashed!

Is there any way I can download a new OS without using App Store - the iMac does;t have a restore disk or partition!

Cheeers

Ian


texts:
I have a MacBook pro running macOS Sierra.

All of a sudden the Apple Mail program started filtering messages.  I know that they are there in my inbox but I can't see them.  When new mail comes, it's there for a bit but then disappears from view.  I know it's there because I can search for it and find it.

How can I turn off this filtering???

I don't use gmail, just the Apple program with our local email provider.  I have restored macOS and rebuilt the inbox several times.  At one point I saw there were multiple copies of the same emails from the day this problem started.


texts:
I unfortunately copied few of my photos in the foto application and now I want to delete them. This is the specific setting.

Is there a general way to mark files and select every second object in a short way?

Thank you!


texts: How can I send a multi part mime email from my mac for the purposes of sending a html email together with a plain text version. The emails I send will be going out to a single recipient each time.


texts: How to adjust individual sound level of Music app vs other apps on the iPhone?

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If I use my headphone (EarPods), and have just normal music volume, and use some app such as Pokémon Go and have the sound effect on, then the sound effect will blow my ear drum off. (say, when the Appraisal texts are showing one by one, or after the items are dispensed from the Pokéstop).

I remember in the old days, on iOS, we can adjust the Music volume to be louder, and then the master volume to be lower. So in this case, the game's sound effect will go down together with the master volume.

I understand some people may suggest, it is up to the app's developer. But what if some users do want that sound effect to be louder? Or, if each app is to implement its own volume adjustment, then shouldn't the Music app have it too?  I think one good way that it works is that each sound channel can be adjusted, just like on a Mac or PC, when you can adjust the master volume to be lower, and then adjust the music volume to be higher, so that now all the other sound channels (games, apps) will be secondary, because it went down together with the master volume. Can this be done on the iPhone (which if not mistaken, could be done in the old days)?


texts: Whether it is possible to connect Mac Mini to the Macbook Pro?

texts: Will it be possible to connect the Mac Mini to the MacBook Pro and use the laptop's screen, keyboard for working on Mac Mini?


texts: Is there a way for me to view my work or my whole iMac screen in grayscale?

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I am working on a job that will be published in print and online in grayscale. Most of the creative work is being created in QuarkXPress.

My problem is that I really need to see how this is going to look in grayscale.

Up until now I have been exporting the work to PDF in grayscale to see how things look, but as you can imagine this is a slow process.

Is there a setting anywhere in QuarkXPress 9.5.4.0 I can use to view my files in grayscale, or a setting within Mac OS X 10.11.6 that I can use to make my iMac temporarily display in grayscale?


texts: GBoard always starts lagging / crashing after ios update

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I have an iphone XS, and have been using GBoard since I got the phone a year ago with no problem.

Recently I upgraded to ios 13, and I've noticed GBoard having issues ever since.

Frequently when I open an app, gboard does not appear, and instead the default english keyboard appears (I have gboard set as primary). When I click the change keyboard button, I have to cycle through all my keyboards multiple times before gboard actually shows up. The first few cycles, gboard will appear for a split second before crashing and going back to the default english keyboard again.

Previously, I had an iphone 7S, which had the exact same symptom. GBoard was working perfectly until I did an OS upgrade, and then it started crashing the exact same way. It gradually got worse with each OS upgrade until it became completely unusable.


texts: OS X El Capitan won't work and is not recognized on UniBeast

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I have been trying to download the new version of El Capitan and use UniBeast to create a bootable USB. However, every time I download El Capitan from the App Store, it takes 2 hours to download the 6 GB content.

The MacBook restarts and everything, but when I open it in the App Store, it gives me the option of downloading it again, as if I never downloaded it. The UniBeast can't find the El Capitan either.


texts: Can't boot, OS volume type 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFF'

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after trying to remove a linux distribution through diskutil, i somehow managed to mess up my OS-Volume - i can't boot:

Output of diskutil list

Output of gpt -r show /dev/disk0

Thats the output i get after trying this fix: related question, before it looked like this:

In the recovery-mode disk tool, the disk0s2 is now shown but grayed out, i cannot mount it either. Trying diskutil verifydisk disk0 gives me the following error:

Thanks for the help


texts: Should PS1 be defined before exported in .bash_profile?

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In .bash_profile, should PS1 be defined before exporting?

As an example, the first line in my .bash_profile is currently:

export PS1="\[\033[36m\]\u\[\033[m\]@\[\033[32m\]\h:\[\033[33;1m\]\w\[\033[m\]\$ "

But instead, should it be:

PS1="\[\033[36m\]\u\[\033[m\]@\[\033[32m\]\h:\[\033[33;1m\]\w\[\033[m\]\$ "
export PS1


texts: How do I prevent reduced mouse sensitivity during a screenshot on High Sierra?

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Steps to reproduce

Move the cursor using a mouse (not the trackpad) and note the cursor speed. Now Press Command + Shift + 4, which should change the cursor to a crosshair. Move the cursor again.

Expected behavior

No change in mouse sensitivity

Actual behavior

The mouse sensitivity is significantly lower (i.e. the cursor moves "slower"). Note that this only occurs with an attached mouse. The built-in trackpad sensitivity seems unaffected.

System Information

macOS High Sierra 10.13
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei RAW


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I need an easy way to take a stereo .mov file and convert it to a mono .mp3 or similar formatted audio file.

I use Ecamm's Skype Call recorder to record interviews, which I send out for transcription. The call recorder creates an .mov file with 2 channels--one for each side of the call. The transcription software only plays one channel, so the audio sounds like it's one sided.

I do this a lot, so I'd like a simple, one-step way to merge the channels and convert the file.

I've tried ffmpeg, which I like, but I'm only getting one channel when I do this:

ffmpeg -i call.mov -ac 1 call.mp3

Any suggestions? I'd like to use ffmpeg if possible, but a GUI app would be fine as long as it's pretty simple to use.


texts: Highlighting touches/gestures on an iPad

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I use a note taking app (BlankBook) to draw diagrams on my iPad while talking to people on Zoom. It works very well, but sometimes I want to point to something on the screen.
What I would like is for something visible - like a circle - to appear whenever I touch the screen with my finger. Is there an app or some kind of setting that will do this? I think I've seen something like this in screen-captured videos before, so I think it's possible.
I have seen a few pages like this one that say you can do this by enabling "AssitiveTouch" and creating a custom gesture, but that really doesn't work very well. (When it's turned on the app can't receive any gestures other than a single tap, so you have to turn it off in order to draw on the screen, then turn it on to point at what you just drew, turn it off to scroll, turn it on again, etc.) So I'm looking for a different solution, other than AssistiveTouch.
In case it makes a difference, I should mention that I'm using Zoom on my Macbook rather than the iPad, and sharing the iPad screen via the USB cable.
(Note: there is a similar question from 2018, but that question is specifically about recording a user's interactions with the device for development purposes. The link in the only answer is broken, but is it's this app it's really quite specific to web development - it wouldn't work for my issue.)


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I have a brand new MacBook Pro and Magic Trackpad 2. When I turn the Trackpad on it's not 'seen' when I open Bluetooth preferences on my MacBook.

I've read one solution is to connect the Trackpad to the laptop via the cable, but it came with a Lightning to USB cable, not USB-C, so I can't do this.

Should it be discoverable with Bluetooth? I've charged it for a few hours in case it was a battery issue, but it's still not working.


texts: On my iphone 4, I added 2-3 contacts manually in the contacts list.  After some time when I try to call them, they do not appear.  When I enter manually the number it is displayed in the phone number preview on the keypad.  How is this possible?


texts: App submission - Third party content rights

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I am about to submit my app to app store. I have a question about "third party content right" section. My app contains information from various websites where I am required to give website a credit by putting link in "Credits" section of my app. And I am also using icons from sites like freepik and flaticon (free for personal and commercial purpose with attribution icons). So my question is - What should be my answer to that question? I am using only free content that doesn't require any specific license.
Thanks.


texts: How can I keep my Apple Watch from draining my iPhone's battery?

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I used to have to charge my iPhone 5s just once a day, over night.

Now that I'm using an Apple Watch, I find that I have to charge my phone 3 or 4 times because my battery is draining.

I'm not using my phone more. I'm actually often using it less, because I refer to my watch for things that used to happen on my phone.

I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but I turned off almost every single notification.


texts: Can't install homebrew formula, says "Error: File exists - build"

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I am trying to install wine, by running brew install wine, but it fails. This is the output:

==> Installing dependencies for wine: jasper, gmp
==> Installing wine dependency: jasper
==> Using the sandbox
==> Downloading https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/archive/version-2.0.9.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/gustaf/Library/Caches/Homebrew/jasper-2.0.9.tar.gz
Error: File exists - build

Both dependencies are already installed.


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I try to install NetBeans IDE on my MacBook Air (2017) with macOS Sierra.
I tried both from .dmg file and directly with Homebrew, with the same result - the installation freezes. Have any of you guys had this problem?

Here is the screenshot of what I've been seeing for like 2 hours:


texts: How to prompt Safari to save website's username and password to keychain?

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Given the site: https://ritx-fl-sales.bswa.net, username and password: how do I prompt Safari to save the username and password to the keychain, so that it is available next time I need to logon to the website?

I have logged into the site 3 times today, however, Safari did not prompt to save credentials


texts: How can I mount disks via cron in Mountain Lion?

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Is there a way to mount disks in Mountain Lion that works with cron?

The following command works fine from the Terminal:

/usr/sbin/diskutil mount disk1s6

But when executed via my crontab, it fails. My crontab is working fine, otherwise.

I've been using cron to mount my backup disk once a day before I do a smart clone via SuperDuper. (Possibly related... the SuperDuper release notes mention problems mounting drives in Mountain Lion, but I want to emphasize I was mounting drives separately using a shell script and/or cron.)

Any ideas or potential workarounds for this problem?


texts: Disable "right click release" from clicking options in the context menu

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When I right click and the context menu pops up, I instantly move my mouse over the menu, sometimes so fast, that the release of the right-click actually clicks on the command below the cursor.

I suspect that this happen because on a Mac you can right-click and choose from the menu, or hold the right-click and then release on your options. I do not really like the second behavior, which also caused problems for me since I sometimes have deleted things or made actions that I wasn't aware of.

I am using a MacBook Pro with High Sierra and I have a normal usb mouse, I used to have the same problem though on an iMac with a magic mouse.

Is there a way to disable this behavior?


texts: What is the 'xmessage' command equivalent on macOS?

texts: For Linux, there is a command xmessage which displays a message in a window. Does anyone know what is the equivalent one on macOS?


texts: Performance issues with Dynadock after upgrading to OS X Sierra 10.12.6

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I just took an update today of OS Sierra 10.12.6 on my work laptop (MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)).  Which I had been putting it off until now.

After the upgrade, I noticed that the frame rate on the monitors hanging off my Dynadock are terribly slugish. Full disclosure, I am running 4 monitors AND my laptop screen is open as well.

In terms of delay, it takes about one second after a mouse click to start to see the screen update and another second for it to finish. If I click around a bit, I often get a cascading like delay.

The rate at which the docking bar appeared on monitors that are attached via the dynadock was always very slow, but now everything is just as bad as the docking bar performance on those particular screens.

A quick perusal of Ask Different seems to indicate that no one has ever asked a question about dynadock's with the MacBookPro, so this may be new territory.

Does anyone know who is responsible for the Dynadock drivers? Toshiba doesn't seem to provide a MacOSX driver on their website, yet the Dynadock seems to work perfectly (slugish-ness aside).

I thought it was an Apple thing then, but can find no record of it.
Any ideas of who to reach out to would be appreciated.


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So this is my first iPhone and I'm used to Android. On Android, if I click some link or something that opens another app, I can click the back button and go back to where I was, even across apps. Example: I'm using Chrome and click a video link, link opens the YouTube app, when I'm finished, I just click the back button and now I'm back in Chrome exactly where I was when I clicked the link.

Can't find this function on my iPhone yet. I've tried swiping but all I can do is click the home button to back out of the current place and reclick the app where I was.


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I want a folder to be always opened in a tab instead of new window. The reason I want this is so that I have only one Finder window with multiple tabs.
If apps keeps on opening new window you may miss the opened folder.
New to mac so wondering how to do.

I am using OS X 10.9.2


texts: Why does a short video recorded on the iPhone have almost the same file size as a full HD movie?

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Videos recorded on the iPhone are huge. I don't know where I'm supposed to store those videos. Even with 1TB of storage, I'd run out of space if I regularly recorded & stored these huge files. Also, they're cumbersome to transfer and stream.

Why are they so big anyway, and is there anything that can be done about that?


texts: Why does the keypad show strange entries on my iPhone?

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Why does the top of the keypad show an exorbitant amount of numbers when I press the paste button?

At the bottom are all the websites I visit.  I can get rid of them.
I have cleared everything and not signed into anything.


texts: Safari's "Quick Website Seach" Address Bar Feature Redirects Google to Ask Different

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My default search engine in Safari is Bing (Amazon Gift cards FTW!).

I usually search Google by starting to type "goo" and hitting tab to to autocomplete, which enters search engine mode.

However, Google searches always come here. I removed apple.stackexchange.com from Manage Websites in Safari Search preferences:

But every time I visit the site it is automatically readded.

I don't mind it being there, but why are Google searches directing here?


texts: Is it possible to replicate the Windows 7 'show desktop' behaviour in Mac?

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I'm fairly new to Mac. In Windows 7 I can easily show the desktop by clicking at the far right bottom corner of the Windows Task Bar. I would like to do the same thing in macOS.

Is it possible for me to do this?

NOTE - I already know I can use the CTRL + RIGHT ARROW keys  or the COMMAND + F3 keys to do this. What I want is to click on the bottom right of the Dock to show my desktop.


texts: Can I use Philips Hue White Ambiance B27 Bulb for Apples Home Kit with every bulb fitting?

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I want buy a Philips Hue White Ambiance B27 Bulb and want to know if I have to buy something special to use it or can I use it in any bulb fitting in my home?
I want it for my new borns room, so I can dim/turn off the light as soon as he sleeps.
PS: There is no Home-Kit tag at this stack avaible.


texts: iPhone 3 Upgrading and other similar issues

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So the device in concern is the iPhone 3S. It has been jailbroken in the past and I haven't really used it since. And now I decided to upgrade it so I restore it to factory settings, except there is a critical issue. The device claims that there is no SIM card inserted into it. I tried with multiple SIM cards and bought a new one too, just in case, and the phone continues to give the same message. I am locked in the screen in which the iPhone is to be connected to iTunes. For Apple servicing, I need the index number, for which I need to start the phone and go to Settings, but this phone is completely locked. I tried re-inserting the SIM many times but there seems to be no change. So far I have done the following:

Determine the language
Country of usage
Choose a WiFi network/ connect to iTunes.
And that's all.

This question is similar to one asked before, but I have tried the tape as well and it lead nowhere. And I don't have an AT&T SIM.

iPhone stuck at "No SIM card installed"


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Correct Battery Replacement for Old Macbook Air
Hi there, thank you for reading :)
I have a Macbook Air 5,2 (13” mid 2012) that has a battery with over 1062 cycles and a condition of “Replace Now”, lasting no more than 20 min.
So I’m now looking for the correct battery replacement online (since it’s way cheaper, around 170 USD cheaper)  and have found various models that apparently are compatible. The odd thing is that this batteries have a lower voltage than what “System Information” says my battery has.
Here I found two models… (page in Swedish -> Google Translator)

https://www.teknikdelar.se/batteri-macbook-air-132012-2015-a1496

https://www.equipit.se/apple-batterier/13607-batteri-for-macbook-air-13-2012-2017-a1496-inkl-verktyg-0025093532351.html?utm_source=pricerunner&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pricerunner

...they indicate a voltage of (7,3 V) and (7,6 V) respectably while the voltage in my computer, seen trough “System Information”, indicates that my battery has a
(mV: 8053 = V: 8,053) when fully charged and around (mv: 7300 = V: 7,3) when almost dry of battery.
So which one can I use?
Does the difference in voltage matter?
What should I look for when buying a battery?
I’m entirely dependent on what info you nice people can provide me and will base my decision  on it, so many thanks once again :)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Kind Regards
Julian A. Llenas


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I used ITunes to download to my new IPad3 a variety of songs and albums I had already purchased.  However, in some cases, I have two copies of every song.  When I play an album with the "Music" app, I can see two copies of each song - and yes it plays both copies as it moves forward.

I've seen instructions online of how to get rid of ITunes duplicates on a PC.  But I'm dealing with my IPad3, not a PC.


texts: Is it worth unsplitting my fusion drive?

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I was messing around with my iMac and got to a point where I had to reinstall the OS, but it turned out the Fusion Drive had split into a 1 TB hard drive and a 24 GB flash drive. After looking around I found that you can unsplit the Fusion Drive with a Terminal Command in Recovery Mode but that would involve reinstalling macOS afterwards.
There doesn't seem to be a way to fix the split fusion drive without losing my data (or rather, having to restore it from a backup which in my experience is not only a tedious process but also doesn't restore everything...). So I was wondering if you guys think it would be worth it to fix the fusion drive and reinstall the OS or if a split fusion drive is not necessarily a problem.
What are the drawbacks/benefits of having a split fusion drive?
I have a 2017 iMac 27-inch currently running macOS 10.15.6 Beta.


texts: I am trying to get my Time Capsule backuped to iCloud Drive. This so I can secure my files, and to be able to access pic.s etc online through my iPhone/Mac? Anyone have a receipe? I am now using it only as a disk, not a WIFI router.


texts: Is there a way in Xcode to create a file not associated with a project?

texts: I know that I can do this if I open a text file and use Xcode but often when working on a project, I want to have a temporary place to write something (usually stuff that I'll be copying into the Terminal). Any way to do this in Xcode 4.3?


texts: Does latest ios version gets updated on all the iphones

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I am thinking of learning ios development. I have a noob doubt- right now the latest ios is 13 so my doubt is whether the latest ios gets updated in all the iphones or not?
Basically, I want to learn which ios version centric app development should I learn- I have ios 12 and ios 13 in my mind.
p.s - I don't use iPhone.


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My problem is about my MacBookPro 11.3 (2,6 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB DDR3 a 1600 MHz, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB).

Since I updated to ElCapitan (actually 10.11.1 (15B42)), when I shutdown the Mac, it's stuck to the loading image. Then I usually force the shutdown by pressing the Power keyboard button. The next time I start up the Mac, I see the message:

  Your Mac has been restarted due to a problem.

I tried having a Apple Diagnostic check (pressing D while startup), but all is fine.

Anyone has the same problem? How have you tried to solve it?


texts: iPad 4 frequently connects/disconnects from MacBook Pro

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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) and an iPad 4. The iPad is freshly installed.

Problem

Whenever I plug it into the left or right USB port of my MacBook, it connects for a fraction of a second (the power indicator on the iPad turns green and iTunes opens), but then it disconnects again. This goes on and on, re-connecting every few seconds.

There's a video of the behavior here:

What I've tried

When I plug it into the Apple keyboard's ports, it is not charging, but now the connection is stable. iTunes also recognizes it properly now.
I've already tried it on another Windows PC, where it works fine. Also, I've tried using another cable – no dice.
Restarting the Mac and the iPad

Other info

Here's what the System Profiler has to say about the MacBook with no peripherals connected:

Is it the internal memory card reader that drains all the required power? But why?

What could I do to make this behavior stop?


texts: How can I enable SSH without using the gui or apple script on snow leopard?

texts: A while back here How can I enable Internet sharing without using the GUI or AppleScript? I asked if any one knows how to enable Internet sharing without using GUI or apple script, I still have that problem but I thought this one should be easier, I want to be able to SSH into my machine but sure enough I can't go to the "sharing" pane in the Preferences (It crashes). How can I start sshd?


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In the process of trying to create a bootcamp partition I messed up my partitions. At this point, I just want to merge the empty 40GB drive with my main one, giving that storage back. Here is what I get when I run a diskutil list. I nuked whatever was on the disk partition beforehand.

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         202.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data OSXRESERVED             8.0 GB     disk0s3
   4:                 Apple_APFS                         40.8 GB    disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +202.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            150.7 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 44.6 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                512.4 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0: EF57347C-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC                        *40.8 GB    disk2

To give a little bit more info on my mac:

The macOS partition is working, and I am using it to post this question. The laptop originally only had 1 hard drive, the stock one included in the model. I have included a picture of my system specs below.


texts: How can I add missing avatar/profile pictures in Messages?

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In the new Messages application introduced with Mountain Lion, I cannot see my own avatar.

This is happening even though my Messages.app email is linked with my contact in Contacts.app.

No Avatar appears when I text in Messages:

But I do have an avatar in Contacts:


texts: I am looking for an app (or builtin feature) that allows adding calendar events in my iPhone using text. For example, in my Google Pixel I have an app called Quick Event that when I open a simple text field appear. If I type "Lunch with Bob thursday at 3pm" the information is parsed and an event is created in my calendar. Anything similar for iOS? I have searched all over but cannot find anything similar. I will preferably be able to add this to google calendar.


texts: How to stop Snow Leopard from prompting me to upgrade to El Capitan?

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I have a 2008 MacBook with Snow Leopard on it.

I don't want to upgrade to newer OS versions.

Snow Leopard keeps prompting me to upgrade to El Capitan.

Is there any way to get it to stop this permanently?


texts: make new Finder windows open at current folder

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In Windows when I browse in Explorer, if I open a new Explorer window, it is opened to the same location as the window I had selected when I hit Ctrl-N. Is there a way of doing the same with Finder? So if I'm browsed to Pictures, when I hit Command-N, the new Finder window opens showing Pictures.

Edit: to clarify, what happens now is that regardless of where I have browsed to, when I hit Command-N, the new Finder window opens in my home directory /Users/my_user/.


texts: "Apple Watch Only" apps not showing on Apple Watch when using Configuration Profile on linked iPhone

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The Breathe, Heart, Stocks, Walkie-Talkie, and Workout apps are not showing up on my Apple Watch.

I know this is because I have a configuration profile on my iPhone with an app whitelist only configuration. When the profile is removed, the apps appear on the watch. This is done through inputing the app bundle ID. The Activity app which is on both the Apple Watch and iPhone is appearing on my Apple Watch since I was able to add it to the whitelisted apps.

I use Apple Configurator 2 to provision the iPhone. I cannot find any app bundle IDs for any of the listed above Apple Watch apps.

I have done lots of troubleshooting and have not come to any conclusions.

Can anyone offer me some suggestions on how I can resolve this?


texts: How to assign single-key system-wide shortcuts to numpad?

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I have an external keyboard with a numeric keyboard which I never use. Is it possible to assign functions to those keys like:

- opens Voice dictation

* emulates Shift-Command-4

+ emulates Tab-Command

0 emulates Shift-Tab-Command


texts: Where can I find the official documentation of macOS Kernel Debugging?

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I want to study kernel debugging on macOS, and hence have tried to find official documentation for macOS Kernel Debugging.

Currently, I'm only able to find up-to-date or complete information on third-party blogs, but I'd rather read the original source.

Windows provide such information freely available as part on its site - doesn't Apple do the same?


texts: How to use iCloud Drive on iPhone and iPad?

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On the following screenshot from https://www.apple.com/icloud/icloud-drive/, it looks like I can use an iCloud app on iPhone and iPad.  But some webpage such as http://www.imore.com/how-set-and-use-icloud-drive-iphone-and-ipad says that there is no iCloud Drive app.

I hunted every where on the iPhone 5S and iPad Air which both have iOS 8 and has iCloud enabled, but I can't find such screen as in the screenshot below.

So how do I go to the screenshot as below?  I upload a PDF file, a picture, and an mp4 file on my Macbook using the Chrome browser on www.icloud.com, but can't access those files just like how I would use DropBox or Copy (which has 15GB free).


texts: Does iCloud storage includes photos and videos?

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Wikipedia says it doesn't.

However, iCloud it self say it does

  Your photos and videos are using 1.1 GB

  If you want to stop using iCloud Photos

Wikipedia said:

  While Photo Stream uses the iCloud servers, usage does not come out of
  the user's iCloud storage allowance

Okay looks like there need to be some form of explanation


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We currently are updating all our Active Directory usernames from the old format (FirstnameLastinitial) to a new format (FirstnameLastname). So far, the Windows side of these changes have been working great, no issues with the change. When it comes to changing the OSX machines, things start to break.

On AD, we changed the username, both the "User logon name" and the "User logon name (pre-Windows 2000)", to the new format. This breaks the on-network logon on our Macs, and that user cannot log in at all, with both the old and new username. If i change the username back, after replication is done I can log back in.

So far my searching has only turned up mainly issues with AD passwords, not the username. I did find the ADacctChange script from https://clburlison.com/ADacctChange/ however the script would not work on my test Mac (both 10.10.5 and 10.11.4).


texts: OSX 10.8 Contacts can't access Active Directory 2003 via LDAP

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I've recently upgraded to OSX 10.8 and have discovered that the Contacts Application can no longer access our Active Directory 2003 domain via LDAP. I have confirmed that the exact same settings work for OSX 10.7 and Mac OSX 10.6 which are [generalised to]:

Server: dc01.subdomain.domain.com.au
Port: 389
Searchbase: DC=subdomain,DC=domain,DC=com,DC=au
Scope: Subtree
Authentication: Simple
Username: domain\username
Password: password

If I do a search on the LDAP with these setting I just get a spinning progress indicator. Console doesn't seem to display any errors with contacts.

Does anybody know if there are any workaround to getting 10.8 contacts to read AD 2003 LDAP?


texts: How to fix memory corruption on 2011 MacBook Air?

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I got a 2011 MacBook Air 13”, the device was slowly dying. Now it only boots intermittently and crashes/freezes within 15 seconds of boot up. Many times it does not boot at all - just black screen and 3 beeps followed by 5 second pause.

It appears to be memory (RAM) corruption, maybe; logic board corruption.

I think my hard drive is encrypted/password protected (asks for password when I boot with ⌘ Command^ Control⦿ Pwr

How do I fix the logic board/ memory corruption on 2011 MacBook Air 13”

I'm trying to determine the most economic way to fix my Mac, so I am looking at various options:

I can buy a working, used MacBook Air off ebay (~200$ on auction or 350$ buy now) and swap hard drive into that one using a set of specialized screwdrivers

-or-

I can buy a refurbished logic board for up to 250$ and pay a technician 100$ for an hour labor to swap it.

Do I have other options? I tried hard reset and reset NVRAM (which got the device to show login screen). As I log in, the screen gets progressively more corrupted - see screenshot.  Then, the Mac turns off shortly after.

If I buy a new device I would still have to pay for data recovery and transfer service, as the old device is non functional?


texts: Which terminal window app allows for multiple panes and click to open new window

texts:
I am watching this screencast series where the guy is using OSX and has this cool terminal window client.

Trying to figure out which one he is using.  Here is a screenshot:

It looks like he is able to also click on folders and it opens a new terminal window.  Full video is here: https://youtu.be/-kXYycFYDzo?list=PL05JrBw4t0KqoFUiX42JG7BAc7pipMBAy&t=211

Can someone recommend software that performs this based on the screen shot?


texts: The `ntpdate` command was removed from Mojave. What to use now?

texts:
In the latest macOS version (Mojave 10.14 Beta) the ntpdate tool has been removed. What I want to do is to simply restart the computer clock using an NTP server:

sudo ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org

Has Apple published the reasoning behind the removal, and have they replaced it with something else?


texts: How to remove chrome app icons from launchpad?

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I uninstalled Google chrome by deleting it from the Applications folder and I also deleted the associated profile data from ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome

But I have failed to remove all the chrome apps icons from launchpad.

I would greatly appreciate it if you can point to the location where google is keeping those app launchers. I have looked for them in the hidden folders as well as Google folders in ~/Library but I have had no luck.

Thanks in advance.


texts: I don't want OS X to automatically switch spaces when i launch a new app

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I recently converted to OS X(10.10.5) from Linux Mint. I used spaces there and that worked perfect. Now on OS X the following happens, which I just cannot get used to:

I have multiple spaces. Let's assume I am working in the second space and have the browser open
I scroll down to the doc bar to open the terminal

Result: The OS automatically switch to the other space and opens the Terminal app there, so I cannot see the browser and the terminal app together in the same space.
On Linux Mint it is simple. Whatever you open appears in the space you are working in at the time.


texts: Does System Integrity Protection have any effects on OS's besides Mac OS?

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If I understand correctly, SIP is a security feature that protects certain folders on Mac OS from modification, even by root users.

I don't know how it works on a low level though, and I was wondering if enabling/disabling it has any positive/negative effects on other OS's installed on a Macbook, such as Windows or Linux distros. So, does it?


texts: My 2016 13" MacBook Pro's screen goes black when it is opened vertically beyond 90 degree

texts:
I have experienced this issue today. I closed my MacBook as usual when I had something to do. Then I came back, tried to use it again. However the screen went dark when it was opened vertically beyond 90 degree.

I went on the Internet to search for this problem and tried to resetting SMC, but it did not work. How can I do to fix this problem?


texts: Can I trust Apple Store's employees with my laptop?

texts:
This might be a bizarre but crucial question, can I fully trust leaving my laptop in repairs (Genius Bar) while they have full access to it ?

I recently went to the genius bar to get my display fixed, and apparently they asked for my laptop's password just in case they need some "testing" after they're done. Can't they do that as a guest account ?

I got sensitive information on my laptop such as passport copies etc, as well as passwords saved in Safari's keychains for my bank account, paypal, amazon etc ..

The service is due later on today, shall I change my password and ask them to contact me directly if they need something specific ?? They're going to fix in 3 hours so I'll be in the mall whilst they finish.


texts: Downgrade iPhone 4 baseband from 4.12.01

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Need help with downgrading an iPhone 4 (GSM) from baseband 4.12.01 to be able to unlock it for use with other operator than AT&T.

Have tried this guide (Downgrade iPhone 4 Baseband 4.12.01 to 4.11.08 / 4.10.01 / 01.59.00) but I only end up with an lower iOS version but no baseband downgrade

Do you know how to downgrade the baseband?


texts: Changing Apple ID on iPhone - how is non-iTunes data affected?

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My sister's iPhone had been irreversibly damaged. When she got a new one some time later, she had forgotten her Apple ID's password and created a new one. I managed to reset the password just yesterday, and she'd like to use the old account again, as she's bought many apps with it.

How would changing the account affect all data unrelated to the Apple ID on the phone, like call history and text messages? Are they somehow tied to the account, or can she simply change the account both on the phone and the computer and create a new backup without losing anything*?

* Except the apps from the new account, of course. No problem, she only downloaded free ones.


texts: Prevent StandBy closing MacBook lid during no power connection but Display connected

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I have currently no power connection to my MacBook Air, but I have a Display connected. I want to close the lid and only work on my external display.

So I want to prevent my MacBook going to StandBy when I close the lid. When I have the power cable connected, it will just switch to the bigger screen. But when the connector isn't attached, it will go to sleep.

  How to prevent going to StandBy if no power connector is attached? Any
  app or terminal command?

I am running OS X Yosemite on a MacBook Air mid-2011.


texts: Can not delete individual messages from iMessage

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I do have the same issue like Wanda. I did restart the phone many times. Still the "trash" bin does not appear on the bottom page. And that's not only on my iPhone5, but also in the iPad. This problem started once I did update to IOS8.
Together with some slow reaction from my devices.
No idea how to fix it.


texts: Show in Dock if application is open in current Mission Control space

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When I run an application, it shows a little dot next to the application icon in Dock, signifying that the application is running:

The problem is that I have no way of knowing whether the app is running on the current space. What I want to do is "show Terminal if it's already running on the current space". Otherwise I would open a new Terminal instance! Currently I have no way of knowing if it's open on the current space, which is very annoying.

Is there an idiomatic way in macOS for accomplishing what I'm trying to do? I.e., a fast way for showing Terminal on the current space. Command+Tab has the same behaviour.

I'm thinking about whether it's possible to patch Dock.app.. am I doing something wrong? ;)


texts: How can I disable SSH KeychainIntegration in OS X Mavericks?

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I'm having some issues with SSH KeychainIntegration in OS X Mavericks.  I've tried poking around Apple's support site, but haven't seen anyone having my issue.  I have seen lots of people who seemingly don't know how to use SSH that well, so I decided to try another community.

First, my configuration is working.  I am able to use my key pair and ssh to hosts as I need to, with my credentials being cached in the agent.  I am able to see my cached credentials via "ssh-add -l", as expected.  I am prompted to input my password by an OS X-style dialog, with a checkbox that says "Remember password in my keychain".  I usually ignore this checkbox, but when I check it, I do see my key stored in the keychain.  This key stored in the keychain is seemingly never used, however, since I have a password on it.  At least that's what I've gleaned from various things I've read.  When I enter my password into the dialog, and the key is cached in the agent, I successfully connect, but not before being told "Saving password to keychain failed".  Seeing this error message is what led me to investigate further; I don't like getting an error every time I connect.

Things get interesting when looking at the manpage SSH_CONFIG(5).  Two options for dealing with the keychain exist, specific to Apple:  AskPassGUI, and KeychainIntegration.  You're able to toggle these in ~/.ssh/config, and doing so yields some interesting results.

Setting AskPassGUI to no, you'll no longer be prompted with an OS X-style dialog, instead an input text line in your terminal.  No biggie.  But if you do this, then ssh-agent will not cache your credentials.  This is plainly broken, and frustrating because I could easily live with the text prompt if the credentials were cached.

Setting KeychainIntegration to no, ssh throws a hard error, as follows:

~/.ssh/config: line 11: Bad configuration option: KeychainIntegration
~/.ssh/config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options

My question, simply, is this:  Is there a way to actually disable OS X Keychain Integration for SSH?


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Whenever I attempt to sync an iPhone with iTunes for the first time for this specific installation of iTunes, it makes a mess of the currently installed applications - it doesn't remove them, but it re-arranges all the icons in what seems to be completely random way.

Is there a way to prevent this?


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I am looking for an app that works on the Mac as well as on the iPad.

At work we have daily tasks that do not occur on a set schedule (aka they are on an as needed basis).

This app would allow us to create checklists for these tasks (think pre-flight checklist for airline pilots) that would be "resettable" and reusable.

Any thoughts?