texts: How to set the correct PATH for different software

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I installed R via Conda. During the installation Terminal says environment location: /Users/tymac/anaconda3...The following packages will be downloaded:....  Everything was installed but now at bash prompt: computer:~ tymac$ R -bash: R: command not found.

If I search manually I see that the R folder was installed in /Users/tymac/anaconda3/lib/(R-folder). The R executable was installed in /Users/tymac/anaconda3/bin/(R-executable). (printenv actually says that executable is RSTUDIO).

If I do echo $PATH I get
/Users/tymac/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/share/dotnet

Why are they installed in different locations and what is the best solution for these paths since Terminal is not recognizing R?

This is my .bash_profile when I installed Anaconda a while ago. I do not have a .bashrc file.

EDIT: just added this path for R. Can I remove all of the Anaconda script?

# added by me just now
export PATH=/Users/tymac/anaconda3/bin:$PATH
# added by Anaconda3 2019.03 installer
# >>> conda init >>>
# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !!
__conda_setup="$(CONDA_REPORT_ERRORS=false

'/Users/tymac/anaconda3/bin/conda' shell.bash hook 2> /dev/null)"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    \eval "$__conda_setup"
else
    if [ -f "/Users/tymac/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ]; then
        . "/Users/tymac/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
        CONDA_CHANGEPS1=false conda activate base
    else
        \export PATH="/Users/tymac/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
    fi
fi
unset __conda_setup

# <<< conda init <<<


texts: How to remove glitched macOS Big Sur Installer?

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I'm perpetually stuck on macOS 11.0 beta (the last one) because a glitched installer for 11.0.1 RC1 is stuck on my system.
I can't remove it, and I have to option-boot out of the installer every time I turn on my Mac. I even looked at Disk Utility, and there's a 30GB partition called com.apple.os.update-1F1A... which seems to contain the installer, which doesn't seem to be removable.
Can anyone help me out with next steps? I'd like to be able to install updates again (or at least my free space back)


texts: battery capacity indicator button not working

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i have this button (battery capacity indicator) in my macbook pro 2011 series that shows battery capacity, but when i press it nothing happens.
can i know if it is plugged in or not via a terminal command?
e.g.: ubuntu have 'lspci' command to know the plugged in devices
or how can i know if it is plugged via hardware disassembly ?
Edit:
here is how the button look like, its on the left of the macbook

Thanks


texts: Show only windows and not tabs when app item is right clicked on Dock

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Currently when you right click on an app icon in the Dock, that pulls up a menu with a list of open windows and/or Tabs

For example, When I right click on Chrome app icon then it shows the list of windows and not tabs. But when I right click on Terminal app icon then it shows the list of windows and tabs as well

Is it possible to always show the windows and not tabs when I right click on an app icon in the Dock?


texts: Why does the fan come on after having my MacBook Air on for only 2 minutes?

texts: Running Windows 7 and after a resume the fan comes on about 2 minutes and doesn't turn off and it's the loudest thing in the room. I'm not doing anything but browsing . . and I don't think it's because of flash. Any ideas?


texts:
I have a Mac app that is 443,245,675 bytes.

When I copy it to a flash drive, the copied version is only 443,239,527 bytes and the app package becomes invalid (spctl -a fails).

This difference (6148 bytes) is the size of a .DS_Store file exactly, but none seems to exist in the app package. My hidden files are visible and I've looked using ls -l — there's no .DS_Store file there.

What's going on here and how do I fix it so my app doesn't become invalidated every time it's copied? Note that the app still runs even though spctl fails. That said, should I even worry about this?


texts: Is it worth getting a 4k monitor for a late-2012 13" MacBook Pro with Retina display?

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I know my 13" 2012 MacBook Pro with Retina display won't support 4k (because it uses the Intel HD4000 for graphics), but I need a new monitor.

I just want a monitor that will look good at 2560x1440 (or 2560x1600?) ideally similar performance to the current thunderbolt display.

Will a 4k display (eg. the PB287Q) perform just as well as a 2560x1440 display (eg. the PB278Q) with my MacBook Pro? If so, I may as well get one so that I'm 4k ready whenever I upgrade the macbook.

Update, Details about my usage: I don't care about gaming, I just want something for programming and internet. I intend to just drive this external screen only and leave the MacBook closed. I occasionally dip into Lightroom for photo editing, so image quality is a bonus. It wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to review images on the laptop screen though.


texts: How to determine the device name of a USB connected printer

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I'm trying to solve a printer issue and I'm attemting to send a text file via Ghostscript to a locally attached USB printer.  To do this, I need the device name (/dev/<someidentifer>).  How do I determine what that device identifier is?
The command I'm trying to issue is:
cat file.txt | gs -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=gdi \
-sPAPERSIZE=letter -r600 -sOutputFile=- - | cat /dev/**SOMEUSBIDENTIFER**

How can I find out what /dev/**SOMEUSBIDENTIFER** is?
Please note:  I'm looking for the procedure to determine this as I don't have the actual printer to test.  All my current printers are networked and the last time I dealt with locally attached printers, parallel ports (Centronics) were all the rage (/dev/lp0).


texts: Recommendations for USB 3 ExpressCard/34

texts:
There is a proliferation of portable and cheap portable USB 3 drives nowadays and nothing of the sort for Thunderbolt.
I was wondering if it is worth my while getting an ExpressCard/34 USB 3 card for my 17" Macbook Pro, to tide me over until some reasonably priced Thunderbolt drives come out.

I did a quick search and found a few drawbacks of the ExpressCard/34 USB 3 solution.

It appears you need an external power supply according to this article http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5985&review=aluratek+usb+3+expresscard+adapter
Can anyone confirm this? That would be a pain, since I want to use portable drives, avoiding separate power supplies.
Performance is not as good using USB 3 through ExpressCard (although it is much better than USB 2, so this is not so much of a problem).
The need for drivers. Lacie provides one. http://www.lacie.com/au/more/index.htm?id=10112
Ugly (I'll forgive this one, since this is a temporary solution until Thunderbolt drives arrive).

Does anyone have any experience with a USB 3 ExpressCard?
Can you recommend one?
My biggest blocking point is the need for an external power supply. Is there any card that doesn't require external power for USB 3.0 speeds? (Lacie don't mention this on their website as far as I can see).

Please don't answer with suggestions about Firewire. I currently have several Firewire 800 drives. This question is specifically about ExpressCard/34 USB 3.


texts:
I have a PDF file in my IPad and I want to send it to a colleague. Unfortunately, when I tried to send it he does not receive the comments, even if I put (Share flattened copy)

How can I do it? What are the common problems that I might be having?


texts: '07 MacBook Pro -- OS X will not accept disk 2 during a fresh reinstallation

texts:
My 2007 MacBook Pro is in need of a fresh OS X reinstall.  Initially, I wanted to Erase and install everything eg,. Snow Leopard, Leopard, and the original OS X, however I am now sorry for trying because Disk 2 of my original copies will not load, but rather is continually ejected. When I attempt to boot, 'Installer' will ask that I insert 'Disk 2' to continue the installation, however will merely try without success before repeating this process over.

On my iPad, after searching the Internet for solutions to my dilemma, the only way I found to boot my MacBook is to press the 'alt/option' key with the 'power button' simultaneously until I arrive to my desktop, and at that point all appears normal, however, this is such a bother.  Aside from buying a new MacBook, are there any suggestions I might consider?


texts: I have a lab of MacBook computers. How can I limit the internet access to only learning sites I choose (like Study Island or Plato)?


texts: Application permissions for Standard user

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I use my Mac as a Standard user. When I first set it up, all applications were downloaded/installed using the Admin user. Running latest OSX 10.10.3

When using my Mac as the Standard user, every time I go to run an application I get the following message:

"Whatever.app" is an application downloaded from the Internet.
Are you sure you want to open it?

With the options for Cancel and Open. Of course I choose Open and everything works fine.

Now, I am used to this notice appearing the first time I try to run an app from the internet. My problem is that it appears every time.

Note that I am not asked for any Administrator credentials, and these apps have already been installed to the /Applications directory as an Administrator.

I have tried with a different Standard user and still have the same issue. I have also already used Disk Utility to repair the drive permissions, just in case.

How can I make this notice appear only on the first run?

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

I found another "clue". If I install an application, while logged in as the Standard user, but authenticating as the Administrator, then it only warns me about the Application on the first run, and then never again, as long as I am still logged in as that Standard user.

But all the applications I installed while logged in as Administrator give me a pop up warning every time if I try to run them while logged in as a Standard user. There must be a way to fix this.

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

UPDATE

"Solution": For every application I downloaded and installed, while logged in as Administrator, simply installing the application is not enough. I must actually login as the Administrator and launch the application at least once to clear the warning for all other users. This seems incredible silly. I'm glad I found a "fix", but surely there must be a better way to accomplish this?


texts: Problem transferring files from old 2008 iMac to new 2015 iMac using Migration assistant

texts: Transferring files from old 2008 iMac to new 2015 iMac using Migration assistant and ethernet cable - work fine, albeit 3 hours, until says " About 12 minutes remaining" on the new iMac and About 16 minutes remaining on old iMac, seems to have frozen for last 2.5 hours, ideas?


texts: Could someone help to find best free / paid Mac OS or iOS (or both) app for reading rss feed in real time? I want the recent posts to appear at the top of screen with time, date and source. Also it should be minimalistic and functional design, ability to search and filter with key words. Any suggestions?


texts:
I recently updated my mid-2014 MacBook Pro running High Sierra, which was working perfectly to Mojave. As soon as I did this my screen went pixelated (just like if you added noise on photoshop) and the display started to jump around. I turned it off and back on and it seemed to be fine. Around a week later while running Android Studios, it happened again but much worse. Turned it off again, however, was unable to turn it back on.

The guys at the genius bar informed me that there is an issue with the display and they will need to replace the whole top of the Mac costing around $800 and take 10 working days. They told me that it works while being plugged into an external monitor, which it does but is incredibly slow.

Booting into safe mode doesn't help & running the Apple Hardware Test doesn't report any issues.

How could updating to the latest OS have caused this to have happened or could it just be a coincidence? I haven't tried reformatting it yet but could it help? Anyone else experienced this or something similar?


texts: Every now and then, my media keys (F7, F8, and F9) keep randomly stop working with Spotify. I don't have any other media apps open, like iTunes or anything, just Spotify. A program restart doesn't solve the problem, forcing me to restart the entire computer for it to work. How do I fix this?


texts: My iPad2 won't charge and needs activation

texts: I have had similar activation question as others; my iPad2 says activation needed. My problem is I cannot charge my ipad to get to iTunes.  My cable is  fine, my port is fine, but it will not charge past 2% and will not stay on long enough for me to enter my password.  I have tried the hard reboot (hold power and home button down x 1 minute). Nothing.


texts: Is Mac OS X required to submit an app to the iOS App Store?

texts:
We are about to develop an application using Phonegap, a cross platform mobile development tool, but they offer a service where they will build your applications and send you the compiled source code.

Can I submit the compiled source code to the App Store on a Windows-based PC?


texts: How to use 3 monitors on MacBook Pro that does not have a graphics card

texts:
I'm currently using an early 2015 13 inch MacBook Pro with Intel Iris Graphics 6100. I'm trying to use 3 external monitors, but I can only get 2 to work. I've seen people suggest using an active cable, but all of their suggestions are for MacBooks with a dedicated graphics card.

Will an active cable be enough for my situation, or do I have to buy some other, more expensive piece of hardware?


texts: My iPhone & my daughters iPhone are getting the same text messages

texts: I just restored a phone from back up for my daughter.  Now my text messages say they are from her.  We both have IOS 7, and share an Apple ID.


texts: Change m4v type from Home Video to Movie

texts:
How can I via the command line change the iTunes Media type from Home Video to Movie?   After I convert a DVD to m4v via Handbrake I would like to set the iTunes media type.

I can do this manually in iTunes but I'm looking for a command line approach so that I can automate it.


texts: Change Replace keyboard shortcut in Gedit

texts:
I'm a Linux user trying to get used to Mac. I've already swapped the Command and Control keys around.

I'm using Gedit in Mac now, and the replace key combination I'm used to (Control-H) is hiding the Window.

I've been using Karabiner to remap keys, and have been trying to figure out private.xml syntax to remap this how I want it to behave.

Here's what I have so far (not working):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
     <name>Change Control-H (Command-H Hide in Mac) to Replace for gEdit (Control-Alt-F)</name>
     <identifier>private.control_h_to_replace</identifier>
     <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::H, VK_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::OPTION_L, VK_COMMAND,KeyCode::F</autogen>
  </item>
</root>

I've also tried to remap it using Mac's settings > keyboard > shortcuts.

The Mac keyboard is driving me batty.


texts: Is there a way to make the Enter key work with a Logitech K811 keyboard?

texts: The key is labeled such that it looks like holding down fn and pressing Return will produce Enter (as with Apple’s keyboards). However, when I do that it only produces a regular Return.


texts: Mail.app: connect to IMAP server with STARTTLS

texts:
I have an IMAP account on a private server and they said me to configure my mail with a STARTTLS secure connection on the port 993 and authentication with standard password.

How can I set STARTTLS in Mail.app?


texts: I am sure this question was asked somewhere but just could not figure out precisely how to describe the behaviour so as to find the answer. I have multiple windows open on the screen. The one in the foreground is a Finder window, then some other stuff and then another Finder window in the background. If I close the Finder window in the foreground then the one in the background appears. How can I prevent this behavior?


texts: iPhone 6 stuck in recovery mode and need to download iOS 11 beta 1

texts: I tried to downgrade from iOS 11 beta four to 10.3.3 and my iPhone 6 is stuck in recovery mode. I read I need to restore to an earlier beta to unstick the phone but can't find good links (I am not a registered developer with Apple). How can I download the .ipsw?


texts: When trying to update, or download apps from app store, my old Apple ID is being used. How do I remove it and use my new one?


texts: How do I make command+delete delete a word backwards instead of to beginning of the line?

texts:
I tried putting this in my ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict:

"@\U0008"  = "deleteWordBackward:"; /* Cmd  + Backspace */

When I log out and log back in, but it still doesn't work. command+delete (as labeled on my Macbook keyboard) still deletes to the beginning of the line. I also tried

"@\UF728"  = "deleteWordForward:"; /* Cmd  + Delete */

and in that case command+delete still deletes to the beginning of the line. If I'm not mistaken, the "delete" key on my Macbook Pro Retina is what the comment in the example refers to as "Backspace", and there is no actual "Delete" key on the keyboard.

I was able to successfully change command+arrows to move word by word instead of to the beginning and end of the document by doing

"@\UF703"  = "moveWordForward:"; /* Cmd  + RightArrow */
"@\UF702"  = "moveWordBackward:"; /* Cmd  + LeftArrow */

so I know that at least some bindings are working, among others. I just can't get command+delete to delete back a word.


texts:
After restarting my MacBook, I want to open Safari.
Safari asks me if I want re-open my windows or just restart Safari.

Whatever I do, Safari crashes and i can't open it.

I have tried to create a new session in my MacBook, and in this session Safari works.

I've been looking for the "com.apple.safari.plist" file but i can not find it...

I have checked and repaired my partitions in Disk Utility and tried to clean everything with Onyx, but nothing works.

My Macbook Pro is running on MacOS 10.10.5 version.

Any ideas ?


texts: Shortcut to the top in Terminal on macOS

texts:
I want to check top line in the Terminal.app after working on it for all day long.

How to scroll back to top in a quick way?


texts: "Running Applications Only" Dock mode Stuck!

texts:
Recently I have stumbled upon a trick that will allow you to view only your running applications within the dock. The Terminal command was:

defaults write com.apple.dock static-only -bool TRUE

This would hide all of the "pinned" apps that were on the dock, and only show the active/running apps.

When I found out I was ecstatic, but slightly cautious (due to the fact that it may not be reversible).

I changed TRUE to FALSE and saw that it could easily be changed.

Now, for some reason, the Dock won't change back. I've tried running the command as root, rebooting, restarting the Dock, restarting the Finder, restoring TEMP files, closing and opening all running applications, and more.

Any help?


texts: How to delete a specific line of a paragraph in AppleScript?

texts:
I have a text variable of class text that shows something like this when it is returned:

"
This is sentence 1.
This is sentence 2.
This is sentence 3.
This is sentence 4."

I want to be able to delete specific lines from the text, without affecting the rest of the variable:

For example: delete {1, 3} to get this result:

"This is sentence 1.
This is sentence 3.
This is sentence 4."


texts: as of 4/2015 OS X Kindle App: Where are the books located?

texts:
After I updated my Kindle for Mac app 2 mos. ago I can no longer find the azw book files on my Mac to convert them so I can read them on my KOBO ereader. I use to find them in a My Kindle Content file but that has disappeared. I have Ult. DRM & Calibre but they won't work without the azw files, and I can't find them on my mac anymore. Can anyone help me?
The answers on this site about this are years old & do not apply to my problem.


texts: How do I record the sound output from my mac?

texts:
I am trying to record the sound output on my mac.
Like if there was a meeting going on and I want to record what other people are speaking.
Is there a way I can do this without having to record my screen for it.
I am using macOS Big Sur 11.3.


texts: I need to put a video in an iPhone 5s frame? How is this done?

texts:
Something like mockuphone.com. I need to put VIDEOS in an iPhone frame. I have a Mac on OS X.

How can I do this?


texts: How to restore jailbroken iPhone stuck in recovery mode without iTunes?

texts: I have a jailbroken iPhone 4 running on iOS 7.1.1. I checked Cydia and updated a few tweaks and since that update, my tweak called "f.lux" wasn't working so I deleted it. After deleting it, I would swipe to unlock my home screen but my phone would just shut off and restart. Restoring it in iTunes didn't work and errors would always pop up. I tried using TinyUmbrella and it didn't work. I also tried downloading an ipsw file but that doesn't seem to work either. Do I just need to buy a new phone or is there a way of fixing it?


texts: What is the material difference between iPhones ordered from different countries?

texts: I brought an iPhone 6 from Malaysia. One of my friends claim that Malaysia has lame quality and also a material difference. So people like to order only from Europe, because they have best quality, like Germany. He also claim that Germany has the best material. Is it? If so, what is the quality and material difference?


texts: How to change dock icon when some app has created generic icon images?

texts:
I want to use a custom app dock icon, and followed instructions found online, which specified the following:

Find image in Finder
cmd-i on file to "Get Info"
Click the little icon in the top corner
cmd-c to copy ... something.
Open the Applications list in Finder
cmd-i on the application to "Get Info"
Click on the little icon in the top corner
cmd-v to paste ... something.

This worked great. Except, not really.

The problem: It appears some app, in associating itself with images, has set all those "Get Info" icons to generic "PNG" and "JPG" icons, like so:

The only image app I've installed is GIMP, and I've played with its and X11's settings but didn't find anything.

Perhaps there's a way to reset PNG / JPG icons? The things I've found online for resetting icons seemed to be about undoing what I'm trying to do, e.g. "I want to bring back the original icon for [someapp], how do I do that?" Which doesn't help me.


texts: How to add a shortcut to a NFS share in Finder?

texts:
I have defined a NFS mount point in Disk Utility. The target machine is running Linux.
I don't see the machine in Finder (preferences/ shared / servers is checked)
I also can't drag the folder to the Finders Favorites.

All of this is possible if I mount the NFS share manually through the command line.

Is there a setting to have the NFS mount points behave like the other folders on my system (OS X 10.7.3) ?


texts: I just overwrote my folder while mounting a hard disk drive. How do I undo/recover it?

texts:
I was trying to mount a Linux filesystem on a Mac and accidentally mounted it to my ~/Documents folder using a utility ext4fuse.

Below command is the issued command:

sudo ext4fuse /dev/disk2s7 ~/Documents

And after that, I can't access my ~/Documents folder. Is it there or gone forever?


texts: High-pitch sound coming from my macbook pro when I move a wired mouse

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro Retina and when I move my wired mouse (mionix Naos, but same with others) there is a high pitch sound coming from my mac.

It does not make any sound if I don't move the mouse, or if I the integrated trackpack.

The sound comes from the mac. If I use headphones the sound does not come from it, but form the mac.


texts: Why does OS X Mavericks block the purge command in Terminal?

texts:
When I try the purge command on my terminal, OS X Mavericks gives me the following message:

Unable to purge disk buffers: Operation not permitted

This hasn't been the default behavior until now. I wonder why Apple changed that. Is there a reason behind this decision? What are the advantages/disadvantages of this?


texts: Will iTunes match download all my music to a new hard drive?

texts:
I've been thinking about weather to use iTunes match, but not for syncing to all devices as I'm happy with what I have on my iPhone and have iPod with all songs on.

What it would be useful for is to be able to download my library if my hard drive packs in or my computer is stolen.

Will iTunes match work in this way? will I be able to download all my songs and not just the ones purchased in iTunes?


texts: Some how my iPhone calendar subscribed to a website and now I get reminders of really bad things in my calendar. I cannot go to the web page to unsubscribe because it’s spam and takes me to a different website every time. Is there a way to delete this from my calendars?


texts: How to confirm that a file has copied to a new disk without any errors?

texts:
I'd like to copy files from one external drive to a network connected drive.
I want to make sure that there are no errors.

I know of MD5 hash files that I see for large single files that are download from the internet. I also know that I can use the terminal to 'diff' the two sets of files.

However, I'm looking for a piece of software that could confirm that all the files in the file structure have been copied by the finder completely, or a piece of software that would do the copying for me and confirm that all the bits are exactly the same.

The files are video related - and are often over a TB in size (not in one file - complex multi-folder nested files)

I'm fine if there is a terminal command that can do the copy and compare for me as well. (although being able to see the amount of time left on a copy is a very nice feature... additionally, I want to make sure I get ALL of the file - resource forks and all)


texts: MacBook Air 2015 1465 Catalina 10.15.6 Update Fail!

texts: I am using 128gb MacAir 1465 2015 version. I have XCode and some other apps. When I try to update my mac. It looks like completely fine. I click Update Now button and it requests restart but that is the gimmick. With hope I look on to my screen after clicking restart button it perfectly reboots and yet i get same warning about the same update. It is like edge of tomorrow movie. please help me !!


texts: Mac asks me to run Disk Utility in Recovery, while in Recovery

texts:
I have a WD EasyStore Drive, and for some reason it was bugging out with Time Machine today. I decided to run First Aid on the drive and it found a corruption it wanted me to fix via Recovery mode. That seemed easy enough, so I booted into Recovery mode, and proceeded to run First Aid from there only to find it give me the exact same message.

How do I run First Aid on my drive?


texts: Does a big market exist for OSX app store development?

texts:
I'm a developer who has delved a little into Android and iOS development. Both huge markets in terms of downloads, exposure, and opportunity to make a little bit of money.

However, I've started playing with OSX development and am loving it. I would like to develop for it more frequently, however, it doesn't seem like there's a huge market. The apps found on the Mac store usually have a very low number of ratings, very few comments, and Apple doesn't list the number of downloads. It's hard for me to get a good idea of the market.

With that being said, do you believe there's a market? If you're a developer yourself, has your OSX development experience proven that there is a market?

I would like to understand the market potential before I invest time, effort, and buy the Mac developer license.

Thanks.


texts: How can I submit my app if I didn't enrolled for the Apple Developer Program?

texts:
I made this app and I would like to put it in the App Store and I searched the Internet for how to do that but they all require you the account that you used to enrol for the Apple Developer Program and unfortunately I don't have one(I learned Swift by Youtube).
What can I do?
NOTE : I don't care if I have to pay any money.


texts: External monitor not working with Mini Display Port to Display Port adapter or cable

texts:
I just bought a Phillips 245B monitor with QHD (2560x1440) so I could run it in native resolution with my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) and its NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU.
Unfortunately with a Mini Display Port to Display Port adapter or cable the Mac does not recognize that there is a external monitor and the monitor just outputs "no video output".
With an Mini Display Port to HDMI adapter or cable the monitor works but with a maximum resolution of 1080p.
I tried already:

Preferences -> Displays -> option-click on Scaled
Resetting the PRAM
Different Mini Display Port to HDMI adapters and a Mini Display Port to HDMI cable without adapter.
A Mini Display Port to Display Port adapter and a Mini Display Port to Display Port cable, which resulted in the "no video output" on the monitor.
Creating a new EDID file like here, which resulted in the monitor staying black.

What I did not try yet is an active Mini Display Port to HDMI adapter because no shop has one and also because I guess that if Mini Display Port to Display Port does not work there is a different problem.
I hope one of you guys can help me, I just do not know what else I can do...
Cheers


texts: How do I bring my Quicktime DV from 2013 to life?

texts:
Back in 2012/2013 I've imported a stack of home video tapes from my DV camera into iMovie. I also converted a lot of files created by earlier versions of iMovie, some of them dating back as far as 2003 or thereabouts.

For as much as 2 years I haven't touched iMovie or those files. What I did do was update my OSX and all my apps along with it, including iMovie. I'm now on El Capitan (wish I Kept Yosemite) and my iMovie cannot read the iMovie files dating from 2012/13.

Any thoughts? Tools?


texts: MacOS Startup Disk error: "Running Bless to Place Boot Files Failed" (triple boot, MacPro 4,1 -> 5,1)

texts:
My question is, how do I add a (properly-booting) Ubuntu volume to High Sierra's "Startup Disk" Menu?

Running MacOS High Sierra, Windows 10 (Legacy, not EFI), and Ubuntu 18.04 (triple-booting on a 2009 MacPro 4,1 w/ firmware upgrade to 5,1). I installed Ubuntu after Windows using the procedure in this link. I have a second EFI partition for Ubuntu (scroll down for output from diskutil list). I've placed / renamed the boot files so that all three operating systems boot normally using Apple's Startup Manager (holding ALT during bootup) - see this link and this link for guidelines:

However, I cannot select Ubuntu as a bootup option through the "Startup Disk" tool in High Sierra. Initially, the "Startup Disk" menu had no entry for Ubuntu. Then, I followed these steps to create a dummy mach_kernel file and place a SystemVersion.plist from in /System/Library/CoreServices/ my Ubuntu EFI partition. Now, Ubuntu appears in my "Startup Disk" menu, however I cannot select it. "Startup Disk" fails to select Ubuntu, and says, "Running bless to place boot files failed."

Currently, I'm working around this by using the following bless command to boot directly into Ubuntu from High Sierra (only works if csrutil is disabled in Recovery):

sudo bless --device /dev/disk0s5 --setboot --nextonly && sudo reboot

It works for now, but I would appreciate any insights on how to add Ubuntu to High Sierra's "Startup Disk." Thanks!

Output of diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            1.5 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                290.3 GB   disk0s4
   5:                  Apple_HFS Ubuntu                  200.3 MB   disk0s5
   6:                 Linux Swap                         8.0 GB     disk0s6
   7:           Linux Filesystem                         201.5 GB   disk0s7


texts: No sound from headphones under ubuntu 13.10

texts: I have a fresh ubuntu on iMac. I have managed to set up the sound from the native speakers, however, there is still no sound from the headphones. I have disabled automute in alsamixer, but this didn't help. Does anyone know what to do in this case?


texts: How to disable service workers in Safari?

texts: Is there a way to disable Service Workers completely in Safari (as a user)?


texts: Moving terminal version of python to homebrew version

texts: python -V shows that I am on 2.7.7 but brew upgrade python shows I have 2.7.8 so clearly my terminal isn't looking at the Homebrew version. How do I fix this?


texts: Suppress "Are you sure you want to delete..." dialogue when deleting items on SMB shares

texts:
When connected to an SMB share in Finder and deleting files or folders, this dialogue comes up:

I believe that the reasoning behind this dialogue is because deleted files don't go to a Trash or .Trashes folder, and so I think it's a good dialogue to have for most users. But when managing a large number of files in SMB shares frequently it can become very tedious and time-consuming to keep having to confirm each deletion. Power users really only need to see this once (the first time they delete something).

I am aware of the cmd+d keyboard shortcut for performing the delete function on this dialogue, which shaves off some time, but ultimately I'd like a way to suppress this dialogue completely.

How could I suppress these dialogues and make it so that when I delete something the "Delete" action is performed?


texts: Are there any improvements in the Mavericks Terminal app?

texts: Most OS X updates have included a few tweaks to the Terminal app. I know that Mavericks has upgraded a lot of command-line tools, but I haven't seen any reports of changes in Terminal.app itself. Has anyone noticed any?


texts: What is the difference between 'Application' and 'Process' in OS X?

texts:
As I increasingly dabble with AppleScript and OS X tweaking in general, I arrive at this question:

What is the difference between these two words in terms of OS X's inner operations - e.g. do some processes operate 'within' applications (or vica versa), or two processes operate as part of one 'application' in terms of what the user interacts with GUI-wise (or, vica versa)?

Also - I come originally from a Microsoft Windows background. Do 'application' and 'process' have any relationship to 'service' in OS X, (given 'service' and 'program' are different things in Windows), and is there indeed a third category in OS X called 'service' as well?


texts: Numbers 3 or 4: how to copy a chart completely?

texts:
I have Numbers 4.3, 3.6 and 2.3 installed on different computers.

I want to copy charts from Numbers to Keynote but when I do that in 4.3 or 3.6 the title, legend etc are omitted (and yes, I have tried "plain" copy as well as "copy as pdf" - the result is the same). I can export my file to Numbers 09 and open it in 2.3 and achieve my goal but that feels like a very inefficient and stupid workaround.

I found this article that suggested I should group the chart with its title and then copy the grouped object but it does not work since I am unable to select both the title and chart simultaneously.

How do I copy everything that belongs to a chart in Numbers to Keynote?

(Mostly working with pie charts at the moment if that matters)


texts: Anyone remember the name of this iOS sharing app?

texts:
A long time ago, there was an iOS app that was quite innovative for the time. The way it worked was that two iDevices on the same Wi-Fi network that wanted to share data (for instance a picture) would launch this app and come to a virtual "table". The edge of the table would be a recipient. To send the picture, the sender would choose what to share and bring it to the table, and then swipe the picture off a particular edge of the screen, and it would slide in on the recipient's device. As far as I can recall, the UI was white.

Can anyone name this app?


texts: Is there a way to set Sound Balance permanently for MacBook?

texts:
My left speaker of Macbook pro is producing a bit muffled sound. So I have turned the Sound Balance setting in System Preferences towards midway through right speaker, and it's no longer noticeable.

However, this goes off every time system restarts and I've to move the slider to right again. Is there a way to set this permanently (via terminal maybe?)


texts: Strange jumping cursor on MacBook Pro 15" Retina mid-2015 El Capitan when typing

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Using MBP (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), 2.8GHz Intel Core I7 16GB 1600 Mhz DDR3
AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2048 MB
1 TB Apple SSD

Top shelf system. Running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6.

While typing, in almost any app or input form, the cursor will often randomly jump to a different place in the text and continue placing my input in the new location. I use the internal keyboard and trackpad most of the time. I work hard to keep my palms off the trackpad. This has become such a prevalent problem the machine is difficult to use for serious work. The keyboard and trackpad could sure use a cleaning by Apple Store or something. But what is the root cause of the jumping cursor. I do have external keyboard and magic mouse but I disable bluetooth to ensure they are not the cause (or it happens when those devices aren't with me).

Been a MBP and other Mac user since around 2004 after Intel and OS X. I have virtual machines with Linux, FreeBSD, (no Windows at the moment) but the VMWare Fusion App isn't running when this happens. Typically I have Chrome open with dozens of tabs, several command terminals, Spotify, Email Client, Skype, Slack, Sublime Text 2, Notes and sometimes a MS Office app. There are not a lot of things running or autoloading. I run regular virus scans weekly and malwarebytes. The machine seems clean of anything malicious. FWIW, I don't use real-time AV, I just do complete system scans 1-2 times a week. I can't say when this started happening exactly but it's been a while now and I'm finally questioning my love for this machine. I have some strange typing stuff on my iPad Air 2 but that's fairly close to the same problem. Anyone have a clue what might be going on here with my Apple systems? I'm actually reluctant to upgrade to a new MBP until I understand what is happening here first.

Despite the huge drive the systems tends to run 80% full with only about 200GB free. I almost always one with an external HDMI monitor if that matters. I generally have nothing plugged into thunderbold and manybe one USB 2 or 3 device to charge my iPhone/iPad Air 2, Apple Watch, external battery, or (forgive me), my Google Fi Nexus 5 I use for Asian travels.

Oh... I do go to Asia and although I am always in English, I do get messages with a lot of Chinese Unicode messages. I sometimes change region or time zone when in Hong Kong or Dongguan. I mention this because it does seem to be about the time strange problems began. But remember, Malwarebytes, Avast AV and other security tools report the machine to be uninfected.


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Anybody knows how to fix Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 on Sierra? The app just dont open anymore. I was using it on a clean install of El Capitan, but after Sierra, the app crash right after toolbars appear.

Things that I tried:

Set 755 (read/write permissions) on /Library/Application Support/Adobe, ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe.

Result: App crash.

Path:                  /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC 2014/Adobe Illustrator.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Illustrator
Identifier:            com.adobe.illustrator
Version:               18.0.0 (18.0.0)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
...
Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000068
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal:    Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process:   exc handler [0]

VM Regions Near 0x68:
-->
    __TEXT                 0000000100000000-00000001014ca000 [ 20.8M] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC 2014/Adobe Illustrator.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Illustrator

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fffb20ad6c0 flockfile + 4
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x00007fffb20af38f fread + 31
2   com.adobe.amtlib                0x0000000107ecd4d9 0x107ea0000 + 185561
3   com.adobe.amtlib                0x0000000107ec210b 0x107ea0000 + 139531
4   com.adobe.amtlib                0x0000000107ea2bf7 AMTPlugPlugRequest + 81
5   com.adobe.PlugPlugOwl           0x000000011da9e2ef int boost::_bi::bind_t<int, int (*)(char*, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::arg<2> > >::operator()<char*, int>(char*&, int&) + 49
6   com.adobe.PlugPlugOwl           0x000000011da9cf01 boost::detail::function::function_obj_invoker2<boost::_bi::bind_t<int, int (*)(char*, int), boost::_bi::list2<boost::arg<1>, boost::arg<2> > >, int, char*, int>::invoke(boost::detail::function::function_buffer&, char*, int) + 28

Start application with sudo.

Result: App wont open.
Log in Terminal The application with bundle ID com.adobe.illustrator is running setugid().

Reinstall software (Install only run with sudo).

Result: After install, first run with sudo, and App not even open after accepting the license. No logs, no crash.

Create another user (Edit 1).

Result: The app not even bounce on Dock,

Illustrator CC 2015 Trial, Installer only with sudo. First run with sudo, then crash. Updated to 2015.2.1 again only with sudo. Now there two results (Edit 2).

Result 1: With sudo, The application with bundle ID com.adobe.illustrator is running setugid(), which is not allowed.

Result 2: Without sudo, maybe this is a big clue:

/Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CC\ 2015/Adobe\ Illustrator.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ Illustrator ; exit;
2016-10-10 12:37:18.454 Adobe Illustrator[2481:60401] AdobeCrashReporterInitialize: executionTime = 0.003444 seconds
2016-10-10 12:37:25.209 AdobeIPCBroker[2490:60500] *** CFMessagePort: bootstrap_register(): failed 1100 (0x44c) 'Permission denied', port = 0x1703, name = 'com.adobe.AdobeIPCBroker'
See /usr/include/servers/bootstrap_defs.h for the error codes.
Segmentation fault: 11
logout

Lastest version of Illustrator on CC, install only work with sudo, download ok.

Result: The app not even bounce on Dock.

Maybe it is a lost cause... for now moving to another app.


texts: Does iCloud Drive automatically download all files?

texts:
I am using OS X 10.10 with iCloud Drive. I am thinking of upgrading to a bigger storage plan (at the moment: 5GB).

I am running this Version on a MacBook Air with 128GB.

  If I buy the 500GB package, does it mean that I fill up my local hard
  drive automatically when I upload things to the iCloud Drive?

iTunes has the Option of stream the music i didn't download yet.

How does iCloud Drive behave? Is there any Online Document?


texts: PostgreSQL not in path after installation

texts:
I installed PostgreSQL using the interactive installer by EnterpriseDB following this link. It defaulted the installation directory to /Library/PostgreSQL/9.6. After successful install, psql is not in the $PATH. I have to navigate to the installation directory or enter the full path execute it:

cd /Library/PostgreSQL/9.6/bin
./psql -d template1

Must I add this path to .profile or .bash_profile, create a symlink to /usr/bin? What approach is more suitable for the Mac?

Because this is not working:

# ln -s /Library/PostgreSQL/9.6/bin/psql /usr/bin/psql
ln: /usr/bin/psql: Operation not permitted

Temporary solution:

sh-3.2# ln -s postgres /usr/local/bin/postgres
sh-3.2# ln -s createdb /usr/local/bin/createdb
sh-3.2# ln -s createuser /usr/local/bin/createuser
sh-3.2# ln -s dropdb /usr/local/bin/dropdb
sh-3.2# ln -s dropuser /usr/local/bin/dropuser
sh-3.2# ln -s initdb /usr/local/bin/initdb
sh-3.2# ln -s pg_ctl /usr/local/bin/pg_ctl
sh-3.2# ln -s pg_dump /usr/local/bin/pg_dump
sh-3.2# ln -s pg_dumpall /usr/local/bin/pg_dumpall


texts: What kind of partition should I use for a shared network drive used mostly un Mac?

texts:
I have a 2TB external USB drive that I'm using to share things in my home network.

Now the drive is connected to my Mac Mini, that is supposed to act like a file server.

Currently the drive is partitioned using NTFS (via Tuxera  NTFS) because I wanted to be able to bring it with me when I visit some friends with PCs using Windows ;)

The biggest problem is that I discovered that Lion is no longer able to share NTFS, FAT or exFAT drives because Apple replaced samba with their own implementation.

In the future I plan to buy a new router that will be able to share the drive.

Now, what partition type and setup should I use in order to minimise portability issues between OS X, Windows and Linux(Ubuntu)?

NTFS - so far not able to share it from Lion but I can r/w on all platforms if I connect it directly
HFS+
ext3
ext4
exFAT
FAT32 is not an option, I want to be able to deal with big files 4GB+

(Optional) It would also be great if you could tell me which inexpensive router can be used to share a  big drive like that without having performance issues.


texts: How can I make Intel Core i7 Mac perform at i3 or i5 level?

texts:
I need to do some performance testing, and I need the MacBook to behave at i3 or i5 speeds. Is this possible? If yes, how?

I have the MacBook Pro Retina / macOS Sierra 10.12.6 / 2.2GHz Intel Core i7.


texts:
I'm looking for a simple command that will list ALL currently active and/or otherwise bound TCP & UDP sockets, corresponding port numbers and their respective states (i.e. ESTABLISHED, LISTEN, WAIT, etc.)

Sort of like a reverse nmap scan is what I'm going for here.


texts:
I found a curious little .plist in my LaunchAgents, and I'm worried it could be a rootkit or other backdoor. Here are its contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>com.asdasdasd</string>
   <key>ProgramArguments</key>
   <array>
      <string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_73.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java</string>
      <string>-Dapple.awt.UIElement=true</string>
      <string>-jar</string>
      <string>/Users/LoganDark/.asdasd/asda.jar</string>
   </array>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Can anyone assist me in figuring out what this is? Should I be worried?


texts: Numbers: checking if cell with specific text exists

texts:
Prerequisites

I have some tables with cells like so:

Also, I have some more tables like so:

Objective

Note the YES and NO. in the Included column in the Example Requirements table.

You will note that for JAE 101 in the Example Requirements, a YES is to the right, because I have included it in the Example Semester table.
Conversely, there is a NO to the right of OME 321 because there is no such ID in the Example Semester.
Also, there is YAE 555 which has nothing to do with the Example Requirements table.

Problem

Unfortunately, the described scenario was a mockup; the YES and NO were placed manually by myself.

What formula do I put in the Included column of the Example Requirements table to reproduce such scenario?


texts: How do I undo deleting my bluetooth device from my macbook bluetooth device list?

texts: I accidentally deleted my bluetooth speakers from my macbooks devices list. Now it will not show up again. How can I get it to show up again so I can reconnect it?


texts: How to run an application as a system service?

texts: I'd like to be able to run Plex media server in the background even when not logged on. This is something I could easily setup in Windows but I can't figure out if this is possible in OSX.


texts: macOS - Determine the count of open windows for running app

texts:
After switching to an app with Cmd + Tab, which has multiple windows open, if the frontmost window in not the desired one, additionally Cmd + ` needs to be done to reach the desired window. But at times, the latter shortcut may not effect a switch when the target app has only single window open.

Is it feasible to determine the total count of open windows for the target app? (E.g. by having the count of open windows shown under the app icon in app switcher UI or in the Dock)


texts: iPhone builtin speaker partly not working

texts:
I have an iPhone 6 that is running iOS 8.3
Last night I got in the rain and my phone got a little wet too. Later I noticed that when I try to speak on the phone I cannot hear a single thing, also if I try to play music or use siri I cannot hear anything, but if alarm sets off or a timer or I have an incoming call the sound is working.

I tried restarting my phone but the situation remains. Not sure what is up with my phone and don't really want to pay for speaker replacement. Has anyone experienced anything similar?

I have also noticed that when I try to increase/decrease volume it says Headphones, however the phone is not connected to any headphones neither wired not wireless


texts: Recommendations for video editing + screen capturing software

texts:
I'd like to make a video demo of my upcoming web application. Requirements include:

Being able to have a sound track (probably just an mp3)
Being able to 'film' screen work and chop it to bits and pieces to be embedded in the movie
Having text, photo effects, fade in-out, constant motion (similar to mac screen saver slide show) etc - nothing too fancy.
"Timeline" editor where I can combine all those elements and time them perfectly
HD output with formats I can export later to Vimeo or YouTube.

I you have recommendations to video editing/video screen capturing i'd be happy to hear those. I've never done that before, but I do have lots of graphics experience and a good eye. Should be an interesting attempt.


texts: Cannot resize APFS partition - "The new size must be different than the existing size"

texts:
I have a 1TB SSD on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 with the following APFS partitions:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         300.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         254.0 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +254.0 GB   disk1
                             Physical Store disk0s3
   1:                APFS Volume macOS High Sierra       225.1 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 23.9 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                519.5 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +300.0 GB   disk2
                             Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS Mojave            241.4 GB   disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 49.0 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                1.0 GB     disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      20.5 KB    disk2s4

I would like to resize the macOS Higher Sierra partition highlighted above to ideally take up all the free space dynamically, which I tried to do using the command:

$ diskutil apfs resizeContainer /dev/disk1 0
Started APFS operation
Error: -69743: The new size must be different than the existing size

Trying to enlarge using a fixed size does not work either:

$ diskutil apfs resizeContainer /dev/disk1 500g
Started APFS operation
Aligning grow delta to 246'000'209'920 bytes and targeting a new physical store size of 499'999'997'952 bytes
Determined the maximum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS Container to be 253'999'788'032 bytes
Error: -69771: The target disk is too small for this operation

Neither Time Machine nor FileVault is enabled.


texts: com.apple.xpc.launchd Report crash process constantly shows up with high CPU

texts:
There is a process »Crash Report« in the Activity Monitor which uses 10-25% and constantly disappears and shows up again. When I quit it from the activity monitor it comes back right away. Also, the MacBook fan is going crazy. In the systemlog I see this entry several times per second:

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (secagntd) Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 9 seconds.
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (secagntd) Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 9 seconds.

There are lot of Crash Reports in the OS X Console. The Crashlog looks like this:

Process:               secagntd [1030]
Path:                  /usr/local/bin/secagntd/secagntd
Identifier:            secagntd
Version:               ???
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        launchd [1]
Responsible:           secagntd [1030]
User ID:               0

Date/Time:             2016-07-31 19:15:25.985 +0200
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.10.5 (14F1909)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        75C82E52-67A5-8A7F-56CA-FB9B99BB5C0E

Time Awake Since Boot: 2900 seconds

Crashed Thread:        0

Exception Type:        EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
  Symbol not found: _wlScanBSSID
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/secagntd/libwpsapi.dylib
  Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Apple80211
 in /usr/local/bin/secagntd/libwpsapi.dylib

Which application uses the secagntd process? How do I get rid of these Crash reports?


texts: I store my music on a network location \192.168.1.6\music   I added that folder to iTunes on Windows 7.  I want to use a new Mac and I'm wondering what's the easiest/fastest way to transfer all the iTunes settings, metadata, playlists, etc from Windows to OSX?


texts:
I have an iPod classic 80 GB since 2007.
I bougth a cable that allows me to stream the music from my iPod to my Pioneer car radio.

Now I would like to use the same cable for my iPhone 4, however it doesn't work.
It seems that apple changed some pins in the connector. Is that possibile?

Do you know a solution for having my iPhone 4 working as well my iPod? Maybe a simple connector adapter?

Thanks!


texts:
In Linux machines, there is a command called taskset, which can be used to do the processor affinity.

In mac(from mavericks) are there any commands to the same job like taskset?

Else how one can achieve processor affinity on mac?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there a way to disable rotation in QuickLook?

texts:
I've gotten very used to using Command-R in Finder to locate the original file behind an alias or symlink.

In recent versions of the OS, Apple has seen fit to remap the "Find Original" shortcut to Command-Option-Control-A, which I personally find very awkward.

I have a workflow where I often need to retrace an original file from a symlink, so I've used System Preferences to reinstate my beloved Command-R shortcut.

However, to my horror, when QuickLook is open, Command-R rotates an image. I can understand tying that functionality to an on-screen button, but I find it very unfortunate that Apple has chosen to map a write operation to a keyboard shortcut. I've already modified several files unintentionally, and some of those were on a backup volume. In my opinion, there should AT LEAST be some kind of confirmation dialogue so you don't unintentionally modify a file.

Is there any way to un-map the QuickLook command-R shortcut, so this doesn't happen again?


texts:
64GB MacBook Pro using Swap space
Any idea why my computer is using swap?


texts: Creating a directory in /home on MacOS Sierra

texts:
I have this PHP old legacy code that I have inherited. There is hardcode references to /home/project everywhere I can not change them.
I am on MacOS/Sierra and it will not let me create a folder in /home

sudo mkdir /home/myproj
mkdir: /home/myproj: Operation not supported

I am not new to Linux but new to MacOS
I tried sudo as well and still will not let me.
I also thought maybe a symlink but still not allowed.
I tried disabling SIP
$ csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: disabled.

I still get the same error
mkdir: /home/foo: Operation not supported


texts: I have heard that a specific type of SSD is required if you want to use an SSD in an iMac 21.5" (mid 2011). Which type of SSD would this be?


texts: I have tap to click enabled. Is there a gesture that I can use to drag and drop? (especially in Finder). I do not want to over-ride the new three finger swipe for dektop change.


texts: recover WPA2 passphrase from iPhone4s or its backup?

texts:
I forgot the passphrase to a WiFi network but my phone still connects to it.

My old iPhone3 used to be connected there, then when I migrated to an iPhone4S the settings were magically transferred through iTunes. I guess the WPA2 key is therefore in the backups (which are not encrypted)

Is there a way to recover this WPA2 key from either the phone directly or from the backups? I read that there is an app for jailbroken phones but mine is not.

Thanks!


texts:
When I connect my iPhone 7 to my computer, the PC does not detect it. My Iphone notifies me that it is connected and the battery is charging but it does not allow me to transfer works data.
How do I fix it?


texts:
This started yesterday morning, and crashes about every 20 min or so of use, it was fine all night. And when it crashes, I get this red spike in battery performance.

What’s going on and how do I fix it, phone is out if AppleCare and I don't know if it'll make it two more weeks for the new phone.


texts: I had a question "How do I run a jar when double-click it?" But now I know that my computer is not set to open jars by default. Is there a settings in the mac that open jars by default? All the jars that I tried to open is not working. Do I need a program to make it open by default? I use terminal to open it


texts: packages installed with Homebrew not found after restore

texts:
I got a new Macbook Pro and restored from the backup, all of my packages are in still there and the path is still correct, but when I type a command that was installed on the previous system it returns an error. Take for example pstree

pstree
-bash: pstree: command not found

Someone elsewhere on the internet suggested reinstalling them, but I have way too many packages installed to go thru them one at a time.

The computer is running Mavericks. I used migration assistant to restore from a time machine backup and brew doctor says my system is ready to brew.


texts: How do I use my Logitech G9x mouse on Mac OS X Lion?

texts:
I've got Logitech G9x mouse. Gaming mouse. Great mouse.
Logitech doesn't support it under MacOS X.
Mouse works perfectly (as far as I can see ) with standard Mac OS driver. (ie right/left/middle buttons and scroll works. What doesn't work are thumb buttons. I've got used to them to go back/forward while browsing, etc.

Couple options I've tried, none helped.

Logitech Control Center (LCC v.3.5.1-28) - did not recognize mouse. Expected.
USB Overdrive - no support for OS X Lion with repots on kernel crashes from users of OS X Lion. didn't try, as it's not stable solution.
Steer Mouse didn't recognize G9x on Mac. But did recognize couple other mices I had (ie mx revolution, vx revolution)

Option left: Write own driver. How?

Did I miss anything? Any other drivers out there, I didn't find? (I found a lot of enhancers for magic mouse, or whatever it's called)


texts:
The little button that sits on the microphone of my iPhone headset stopped working.

Normally, pressing the button will pause a song, go to the next song if you double-click it, and go to the previous song if you triple-click it.

Now the button doesn't do any of these things, but the headphones and mic are working fine.


texts: Can the playlists and ratings be recovered from iOS devices when an iTunes library is lost?

texts:
I recently had to do a complete reinstall of my C: drive due to a catastrophic hardware failure. Unfortunately, the iTunes database and play lists and play counts were lost with no backup.

Fortunately, my iTunes media files were on D:, so I can re-import those songs and movies, but my playlists and other sync settings were lost.

Both my iPad and iPhone still have their synced playlists, but if I try to resync them - iTunes wants to erase them. I want to keep the the ratings and play count of 4000+ songs. My ratings and play counts feed into smart playlists to determine what goes into the limited space on my mobile devices.

Is there a way to get iTunes to read and/or respect/not erase the ratings and play count from a device it has yet to sync to?

What's the least amount of work I can do to recover this data from my iOS devices?


texts: My lock button is broken and i have been using assist to lock my iPhone , but early today i pull my iPhone out of my pocket it I couldn't turn it on. I tried plugging it into the wall charger, nothing. I Tried plugging it up to my Mac , NOTHING and I'm not on a plan so I cant't get a new iPhone . So what do I do, I'm desperate for answers on how to fix this .


texts: On creation of folder in a specified folder create sub folders in the new folder

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I'm new to AppleScript and Automator. I have explored the different threads at Apple but unable to find something useful.

Well, my problem is that I have a folder i.e "work" I have applied folder action on it. On creation of new folder at "work" i.e "abc" I want to create three new folders in "abc". Check out my code

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
  tell application Finder
    repeat with this_item in added_items
        make new folder at this_item with properties {name:"Main"}
        make new folder at this_item with properties {name:"Lower"}
        make new folder at this_item with properties {name:"Upper"}
   end repeat
  end tell
end adding folder items to


texts: What version of Perl 5 is OS X Lion shipping with?


texts: How can I remotely monitor whether a Mac is connected to the Internet?

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I'd like to monitor a fleet of machines and be notified when they fall off the Internet (independent of wifi access). Does OS X support this natively?

Is there a go-to tool that IT folks use to accomplish this?


texts: I can't use Mail.app in El Capitan to encrypt email with a self-signed certificate

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I generated a self-signed root S/MIME certificate using Certificate Assistant. I made sure the resulting certificate was in my Keychain, and trusted it explicitly. In attempts to send encrypted mail to that account the encryption icon is never activated and the certificate does not show up on the TLS certificate list for the account (Mail Preferences). I've also tried creating a Certificate Authority and using that to generate a leaf S/MIME certificate, with the same results. I found detailed instructions for setting up server and client certificates at

developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2326/_index.html

but, following those instructions, trying to adapt for S/MIME, produced the same result.

Signing mail from that account works fine.

Is there any way to do this?


texts: Preview can't find fonts used in eps file generated by gnuplot

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I am trying to use TimesNewRoman.ttf as the font for *.eps files generated by Gnuplot.  I am running OS X 10.9.5 on a 2010 Macbook Pro. Here is my gnuplot script.
set terminal postscript eps enhanced size 5,5 font 'TimesNewRoman.ttf,20'
set output "./test.eps"
plot sin(x)

When I open this file with Preview, I get the error:

PostScript Conversion Warning
Converting the PostScript file “test.eps” produced the following warnings:
· TimesNewRoman.ttf not found, using Courier.

TimesNewRoman.ttf is an exact copy of Times New Roman.ttf. Gnuplot has problems trying to find files with spaces in the file name. So I copied the /Library/Fonts/Times New Roman.ttf to /Library/Fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf and
~/Library/Fonts/TimesNewRoman.ttf.  I believe this trick worked when I was using OS X 10.6.8, but it appears not to work in Mavericks.
How can I fix this?


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I would like to use our jailbroke iPhone 3G with NO SIM. Is it possible to use the built in messaging app that Apple supplies on this iPhone wit no SIM?

Is this possible to do or do I need to use one of the other free text apps?  If it's possible could some one please post the instructions.

Why is it that our iPad is able to use the messaging app but I can't with the NO SIM 3G?

Edit:
I previously thought I had the iPhone 3GS. I recently edited because I found I have the iPhone 3G (not S)


texts: How to resolve messed up GPT (FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF) from Ubuntu without data loss

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I was having Ubuntu installed along with MacOS Catalina. I need windows for project work so I decided to create a partition and flash windows in it... Doing this I messed up and there was showing no option to boot into MacOS.
Right now I can log in into Ubuntu with no problem so is there any way, by which I can boot into MacOS located at disk0s2? Disk0s1 is EFI
I have access to /EFI/EFI from Ubuntu I can see 4 folders there... Apple, Boot, Microsoft, Ubuntu. What should I do?
P.s.: I have a blank partition of 50GB and in external hard disk I have a 5.5GB ISO file of old version of MacOS file.

Edit No.1

derek@derek-MacBookPro:~$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.3

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

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 490234752 sectors, 233.8 GiB
Model: APPLE SSD SM0256
Sector size (logical/physical): 512/4096 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): F3A656EC-6327-4E3B-B8D4-24D7C90F18DD
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 490234718
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 105470093 sectors (50.3 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System Partition
   2          409640       294970071   140.5 GiB   FFFF  MacOSX
   3       400439296       490233855   42.8 GiB    8300

Edit No. 2 result of sudo efibootmgr -v

derek@derek-MacBookPro:~$ sudo efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0001,0000,0080
Boot0000* ubuntu    HD(1,GPT,ba591477-7a5b-4314-95e2-3ea359d0b28c,0x28,0x64000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot0001* Linux HD(1,GPT,ba591477-7a5b-4314-95e2-3ea359d0b28c,0x28,0x64000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\grub.efi)FFFF.0000.0080...............
Boot0002* Linux HD(1,GPT,ba591477-7a5b-4314-95e2-3ea359d0b28c,0x28,0x64000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\grub.efi)4.1.2.3............
Boot0080*   PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x4)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(1,GPT,ba591477-7a5b-4314-95e2-3ea359d0b28c,0x28,0x64000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi)
BootFFFF*   PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x4)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Sata(0,0,0)/HD(1,GPT,ba591477-7a5b-4314-95e2-3ea359d0b28c,0x28,0x64000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi)

Edit No.3 : Output of sudo sgdisk -i 2 /dev/sda

derek@derek-MacBookPro:~$ sudo sgdisk -i 2 /dev/sda
Partition GUID code: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF (Unknown)
Partition unique GUID: 4D99D8DA-F7FF-451F-B9F2-074010EBF442
First sector: 409640 (at 200.0 MiB)
Last sector: 294970071 (at 140.7 GiB)
Partition size: 294560432 sectors (140.5 GiB)
Attribute flags: 0000000000000000
Partition name: 'MacOSX'

Edit No 4: sudo sgdisk -t 2:7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/sda

derek@derek-MacBookPro:~$ sudo sgdisk -t 2:7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/sda
[sudo] password for derek:
Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you
run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
The operation has completed successfully.


texts: Multiple “Disk Not Ejected Properly” messages shown after waking from sleep

texts:
I am getting tons of (about a hundred) “Disk Not Ejected Properly” notifications/messages for two external hard drives (one drive has one partition, the other has two partitions). I'm running Mojave 10.14.4. I never had these issues when these two drives were connected to a MacBook also running 10.14.4. But, now I have them connected to an iMac and these messages have been displaying recently the past day. Had not happened for about a week's worth of use prior to yesterday. The disks still seem to be working fine but for some reason it's worrisome to me.

Both drives are connected via Thunderbolt 3. Under the "Energy Saver" preference pane, I have "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" and "Enable Power Nap" checked.

Also: Similar Issue and Similar Issue


texts: Force an app for macOS 10.12 Sierra and later to run on OS X Yosemite 10.10

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I have an application that wouldn't start on OS X Yosemite and throws the following message

  This application required OS X 10.12 or later.

The application itself is fully functional. I can easily run it via Terminal

/Applications/My\ App.app/Content/MacOS/My\ App

It does start perfectly fine.

The old method was to edit app's Info.plist file and set LSMinimumSystemVersion to the version of OS X you are running. However, my app bundle's Info.plist doesn't have any LSMinimumSystemVersion specified at all.

I tried to spoof the OS X version by editing: /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist and it works for My App.app but breaks a few other apps.

Somehow, just by reading app bundle the Finder knows, it's incompatible and draws the white crossed sign over the app icon.

How does it know that Info.plist file does not have this information?


texts:
I recently bought Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 bluetooth headphones and I use them mainly with my imac. After a bit of fiddling I figured out to force aptx via the bluetooth explorer and disable the handsfree profile as well, as countless people are recommending.

At this point I'm pretty happy except for one minor annoyance: I can't connect the headphones without OS X insisting on dropping the sound quality as if it were receiving a call and then deciding it is not a call after all and switching back to normal quality. I'm not sure if this is specific to OSX or the momentum 2.0, or both.

Symptoms: I turn the headphones on. Almost immediately it announces "connected", as it should. If any music is playing at this point it first plays at good quality but almost immediately it changes to very low quality. After a few seconds the head phone announces "call ended". From then on everything is fine.

I've been searching for a resolution to this but I haven't been able to find anything that even confirms this is a known issue. So, is there a way to skip the whole connected ... call ended ritual? I'm not actually interested in answering any calls with this thing.


texts: How can I disable the "no backup in x days" from TimeMachine?

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(Updated answer choice for High Sierra. See the old answer if you are still on Yosemite)

I'm running OS X Yosemite, and I want to disable the notifications from Time Machine. I rarely do a hard-drive backup because all of my essential files are in the cloud. I don't need to run timemachine as often as it suggests/warns/annoys me about.

How do I disable the notifications? Time Machine is not in the Notifications preferences, and I don't want to stop using it entirely.


texts: iMac with OSX El Capitan does not read inserted CD or DVD

texts:
In June 2018 I installed  El Capitan on my iMac2009, until then my built-in optical drive worked just fine. Now I can insert music cd's or movie dvd's but I do not get an image on my desktop.
I suspect the cd does not enter the drive completely, as the tiniest bit sticks out and I can eject the cd with my fingernails. Anybody ever had this problem and solved it?


texts: Drag application from Downloads folder to Applications folder in the Dock overwriting an existing application

texts:
I just downloaded an update to an application as a zip file, so I extracted the file in the Downloads folder.

I now have the old version of Foobar.app located in the Applications folder and the new version Foobar.app located in the Downloads folder.

I would then like to replace the old version with the new version by dragging the new version from the Downloads folder to the Applications folder via the Dock.

This doesn't work if the app has the same filename, so I have to either first delete the old version using Finder or just move the new app to the Applications folder using Finder.

Edit: This isn't only a problem with Applications/Downloads folder, but any two folders in the Dock.
Also it doesn't matter if it is an application, a folder or a file.

Is it possible to make it possible to replace an application using Drag'n'Drop in the Dock?

Here is a recording of it:


texts: PDF viewer that makes reference checking easy

texts:
I'm an academic and I read a lot of papers on-screen in pdf format. Scientific papers always have a list of references at the back, and when reading them it's often necessary to check a reference, which means taking a quick look at the list at the end of the paper, and then returning to where I was reading before. Sometimes these pdfs include hyperlinks to the references, but often they don't.

I would like to know if there are any pdf readers available for OS X that have features designed to make this task easy, of quickly navigating to the end of the document and quickly navigating back to exactly where I left off.

I'm not sure exactly what such a feature would be like - I don't want to constrain the question too much in case there's a way of doing it that I haven't thought of - but what I'm imagining is simply that I can have two 'views' into the pdf and a keyboard shortcut to switch between them. Clicking a hyperlink would open it in the other view, so that the keypress would bring you back to where you were. In case there aren't any hyperlinks, I could just keep one view at the reference list and the other one on the page I'm reading, and I could just switch between them as needed.

I've tried using the split-screen feature in Skim, which is better than nothing, but it's still slightly awkward for me. I have quite poor eyesight and tend to read zoomed in quite far, which means I have to keep resizing the lower panel in order to have enough space to read the main text. I also couldn't find a way to open hyperlinks in the other panel, which means I have to scroll around to find references manually, even if the document I'm reading has hyperlinks.


texts: How exactly does the new Mountain Lion filesystem work?

texts:
I heard that the new filesystem only allows one level of folders. How does it work exactly ? Will my existing beautifully organized folder-tree be collapsed into one folder when I upgrade? As a software developper, I really need to work with multiple level folder hierarchy, and I can't imagine living without this.

I'm waiting to upgrade until I get better information about this. The article I read doesn't make me comfortable with such a flattening of the OS X filesystem if indeed that has happened. Can someone shed more light on this please?


texts: Pretty simple question, but I can't find a solution. Is there a way to rearrange the panels/sidebars in Xcode? I prefer to have my IDE/text editor on a vertical monitor and the two sidebars in Xcode constrict the view of the actual code. I would like to be able to position these panels at the bottom of the screen rather than the sides. Thanks for the help!


texts: Macbook failing to connect to 5GHz networks

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) running on MacOS 10.14.3 (18D42) and since some time I have been unable to connect to any 5GHz WiFi networks while 2.4GHz networks from the same routers are ok.

I have tried several things to no avail:

deleting the network in my wifi settings
using three separate and different brand routers
resetting SMC and NVRAM
deleting settings in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/
directory
made the 5GHz open without passwords
Changed SSID names

The Macbook is able to see the network; however, when I try joining the network, and I enter the password I keep getting an error "the wi-fi network requires a WPA2 password".

Interestingly, I get the same error when the authentication method is set to "Open".

I am 100% sure that the password is correct as I've tried several times (also setting up the 5GHz on different routers).
The networks are working (e.g. from my iPhone, Android phones).

Lastly, below are some of the details of the network setup in my Wi-Fi router.


texts: Apple Time Machine: Not backing up every hour

texts:
I have another question regarding Time Machine problems (Time Machine always makes a full backup), which I think I have resolved. As soon as I am sure, I will post my solution there.

I am now getting the sort of behaviour I expect from Time Machine (proper incremental backups) but it seems to skip some backups.

I found this morning, that it had not backed up overnight, and I found this afternoon, when I got home from work, that it had backed up this morning, but not during the day.

The iMac was put to sleep, and, obviously, there was no activity to warrant more backups. However, the control panel does say the it keeps “Hourly backups for the past 24 hours”, and that’s clearly not what’s happening.

The question is, is this the correct behaviour of Time Machine: only making backups when the machine has been busy? This would imply that the message is not quite correct.


texts:
My cat walked on my keyboard/mouse/touchbar and now my volume is too low. It happens with both headphones and using the internal speakers. I've looked at Audio/Midi settings and everything seems okay there, but testing still plays the audio too quiet.

What kind of secret "low volume" setting did my cat engage and how do I reverse it?


texts: Listing an "On My Mac" Mailbox by Sender in Apple Mail.app

texts: I archived email from an online account of mine to an "On My Mac" mailbox in apple Mail.app on Catalina Mac OS 10.15. I saved my "Sent" email to a separate "On My Mac" mailbox as the "Inbox". The mail in my archived "Sent" mail box is not listed by sender (me) rather than the recipient. Is there any way I can get the mailbox list to show the email recipient instead of or in addition to the sender?


texts: Obtain FileVault 2 recovery key with administrator account

texts:
I enabled full disk encryption on my new MacBook Pro.  (I am new to the Mac world but an accomplished Linux/UNIX and Windows type)

However, I made a mistake and skipped the step of taking note of the recovery key.

Is is possible to get the recovery key at this point?


texts: How can I change the encoding of a subtitle file?

texts:
I have a subtitle .srt file. Is there an app which can change the encoding of this file.
(I guess it's encoding is Arabic(windows-1256) but vlc and MXPlayer didn't open it.)
The link of subtitle is here.


texts: Mac OS and Facebook Integration: Select Push notifications from Facebook

texts:
Is it possible to selectively turn off the notifications I receive from Facebook on Mac OS? In the system settings "Internet Accounts" I can only enable or disable the entire notification function.

Currently I am using an app for Facebook messages and I am receiving double notifications each time a message comes in.


texts:
I remember this issue happening to me since at least High Sierra, maybe Sierra, maybe before.

When switching between spaces my mouse pointer is invisible until I click on the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Doesn't happen all the time, and I don't know how to reproduce or perform it consistently, but when it happens it's really annoying.

How can I stop it from happening?

This is happening a lot more at the moment, I am on macOS 10.14.4, MacBook Pro w/ Retina display Mid-2015


texts: How to highlight text in Preview properly?

texts:
I know this problem could be trivial, but it just bothers a lot. I can use the highlight function of preview properly before like the following:

but now when I try to highlight the text again, it just messed up like below

Is this a bug of preview? Any configuration could solve this problem?


texts: No longer able to copy file link in Dropbox after upgrading Mac to Yosemite

texts: I upgraded my Mac to OS to 10.10 Yosemite.  Dropbox no longer lets me copy the file link to send someone to let them download files. I don't get the choice anymore in my right click info. Can you tell me if I'm doing something wrong, or is Dropbox not able to do that anymore?


texts: How do I further diagnose TCP connectivity (timeout) problems? (ICMP, DNS work fine)

texts: I have two Macs behind a cable modem/WAP. One works fine. The other is able to ping servers but is unable to telnet to them. For instance pinging what.org works fine but I get operation timed out errors when I wget what.org or telnet what.org 80. And nmap what.org -Pn says host is up but all ports are filtered. I'm pretty sure this is a problem with the computer, not with the modem/router. Also, strangely some of my Chrome tabs can still reload, duplicate, and function, like google, Gcal and Gmail, but other's can't, and all new domains fail with Error 118 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT): The operation times out.. Skype chat and dropbox work. How can I further diagnose this problem?


texts: How can I play songs across Apple Music playlists?

texts:
I work while playing Apple Music in iTunes (12.8.0.150) on my Mac (macOS 10.13.6). I would like to add all the songs in various playlists to a single playlist so I can shuffle across them. These are generally Apple's "Essentials" playlists for an artist.

I tried going to each "Essentials" playlist, clicking the ellipsis button in the top right, and selecting "Add to Library." Here's a couple of the "Essentials" playlists I added.

None of the tracks for these playlists is greyed out.

I then created a smart playlist.

So, 15 songs in Faith No More's playlist, 25 in Foo Fighters, and 25 in Green Day's. Total of 65 songs, but...

Only 27 songs, less than half, made it to my smart playlist.

Perhaps I'm going about this in the wrong way. If this method can work great, but if not, is there some way to say to iTunes, "Shuffle all of the songs in these playlists?"


texts: How do I transfer voice memos from iTunes back to iPhone 5 voice memos

texts:
On my iPhone 5s, I have Voice Memos previously recorded. They were synced to iTunes on my Mac. The recordings still show on the iPhone as they normally would (date recorded and length/time) however, they no longer play on the iPhone and the cursor does not move on the sequencer bar after pushing the plat button. They do play in iTunes both on my Mac and on the iTunes program that is on my iPhone.

To resolve/transfer the Voice Memos back into Voice Memos on the iPhone I attempted the following: I opened iTunes on my Mac and found the recordings that I would like to transfer back to the Voice Memos program that is on my iPhone by dragging and dropping the selected recording under the Devices section into Voice Memos. The blue bar shows and appears the sync process occurred. The recording(s) still do not appear/play in the Voice Memos on the iPhone.

Any ideas how to accomplish this are most appreciated!


texts: What is a (nearly) free method to transfer all my audiobooks from my iPhone to my MacBook?

texts:
I found EaseUS MobiMover and WonderShare TunesGo, but they're both super limited unless you're willing to pay $50. I'm willing to pay up to $5, but no more than that.
And just for clarity, I'm talking about audio books that I didn't purchase in the app, but that I already owned and just added to the Books app myself. So it's just a bunch of mp3's. However, that was years ago, and since then I have a new macbook and I forgot to backup those audiobooks on my mac so now I only have them on my phone still.
Also my iPhone is jailbroken so I'm also open to use a tweak for this. I tried looking into the Filza app if I could find the location of these audiobooks, but I have not been able to find them.


texts: Why can't find you open source software in the app store?

texts: Why do you need macports or homebrew to get open source software installed? Why can't you find this kind of software in the app store?


texts: How do I get Terminal to remember previous commands after closing window in SL 10.6.8?

texts:
Any way to enable scrollbacks after you quit the window? Even if the app itself is still running, closing the window and opening a new one doesn't work.

I am SURE it used to work on my old Mac, but I simply cannot find an option in preferences anywhere and Google is not my friend.


texts: Can auto glass chip repair kits fix cracked iOS device screens?

texts: Can auto glass chip repair kits such as this item repair cracked iOS device screens? If so, what should I watch out for?


texts:
A brand new Mac locks after it goes to sleep, or when the screensaver happens.

How can I keep the Mac from locking?


texts: 60hz on LG Ultrafine 4K with Macbook Pro 2016

texts:
I'm struggling to get 4096 x 2304 at 60hz using the hardware mentioned.

It works intermittently. If I unplug and replug the monitor cable, it sometimes comes back in 60hz. But then it reverts to 30hz after waking from sleep.

I've installed SwitchResX and the 60hz resolutions are just missing sometimes - see https://www.evernote.com/l/AFUEaitsECJFb59g2P7zgyefBMlpgAOLw9U

I could be imagining it, but I think it was running at 60hz reliably before my recent High Sierra upgrade.

Apple say 60hz is supported on my hardware here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207447

I suspect my cable is bad. I'm using the one that came with the monitor. I've ordered another, so I'll see if that fixes it. (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CEFESRO/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

I notice that the shorter cables have higher bandwidth ratings, so hopefully this 3 foot cable is better than the 8 foot cable that ships with the monitor.

Has anyone else experiences this problem? Any advice?


texts: Is it possible to completely hide the menu bar on an external monitor? I'm using my laptop with a projector, and while I can set the desktop background to completely black, the menu bar is still there. Even in dark mode there is still text. I would like to avoid showing any desktop UI if the presentation (Keynote) exits.


texts: Macbook performance issues with browsers

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro from 2013, and I'm having issues in both Chrome and Firefox - both are slowing down to a crawl, and when I check Activity Monitor I have multiple processes (in all the 'tabs' at the top) slowing everything down and triggering the fan.  Now I'm guessing each add-on in Firefox and Chrome creates another process called FirefoxCP Web Content, but I also have multiple Adobe CEF Helper and Google Crome Helper.

Is there a way to prevent these multiple processes from starting up, without having to go to Activity Monitor and shut things down? Something like a 'basic' setting (like SafeMode) without a massive drain on performance?


texts:
I recently installed iTerm on both my Mac Pro & MacBook Pro and the text selection behavior is different on both the machines.

Consider the following line in terminal:

/Users/user/basic/Libraries/A/B/c.h:282:17:  .fish = @"FISH",

Double clicking on "Users" can result in the two possible behaviors:

selects "/Users/user/basic/Libraries/A/B/c.h"
selects "Users"

The behavior is as follows:

Terminal: 2 (both Mac Pro & MacBook Pro)
iTerm: 1 (MacBook Pro), 2 (Mac Pro)

I am not sure what I am doing on the two different machines. All my configuration files are the same. The actual iTerm configuration is practically untouched.

What setting is responsible for this? I really want behavior #1 on my Mac Pro as well.

Edit 1: I have already looked at Smart Selection and I don't see any difference in settings.


texts: How to I keep my Magic Trackpad safe in transit?

texts: My magic trackpad keeps getting knocked around in my bag and I feel like protecting it more. What are some good options for a case/sleeve for it?


texts: Can't share my card with family members, have to buy everything twice

texts:
I am a "family organizer". The card is set to be shared with the members of the family.

Yet everybody has to use my account. Just tried it with my wife, urged her to login as herself (App Store asked her for the credit card). Then she deleted Keynote that was purchased on mine account, clicked Buy and my card was billed additional $20.

What is going on here? I have a big family I don't want everybody to use my account.

I have the latest everything. The family is set up, we are exchanging photos and videos since it was released. Shared payment method is set up as well and yet it charged me again.


texts: Disk Utility message "Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required"

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Finder crashed on a external drive which caused an abrupt eject. I rand Disk Utility over the drive and the operation finished with the message:

  Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required

Its a FAT32 partition, it already existed, and it was not bootable so its not clear to me what required updating.

What does the message "Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required" mean? Or how can I determine the changes were made?


texts: Internal drive on MacBook won't appear on desktop

texts: Why doesn't internal drive appear on desktop after a fresh install of Snow Leopard 10.6.8?


texts: How can I create an option in the print PDF pop up menu with Automator?

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I tried to create a print plug-in for pdf pop-up menu, where I'd like to open the PDF in messages so I can send as a text or iMessage. After a few trials it did launch the messages app but it didn't show the pdf within it, nothing to send. Wanted to try the same plug in  with iBooks to see if it works and it did beautifully; saved the pdf to iBooks. I’m using the “open finder items” command. Is there something different I should do to make this work with messages app? My OS is BigSur 11.1.
Thanks!


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I have noticed a problem with my iPhone 3GS recently. It never goes into standby mode unless I turn on flight mode.

When I have phone mode on it will keep on running something in the background. I haven't been able to locate what it is. I have tried to close down all the apps which are in the quick access list. I have also turned of the Location Service, Notification, Push. I have practically tried to turn of everything, and nothing help except for if I turn on the flight mode.

Anyone know what the problem might be? This problem is seriously causing the battery to burn down.

UPDATE: ok it seems a simple reset to factory setting fixed it and returned it back to normal. Probably some bug in the iphone tick off when I updated to the latest iOS. Thus made iphone never truely go into standby mode.


texts: I'm looking for an application or command line tool that can batch edit file metadata. I have some audio files recorded using a recorder that was off by 1 hour, and I want to modify the creation date to the correct time.


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Okay, so this is the first time ever that I install a non-Mac operating system. But it went like this:
First, I downloaded the drivers to a 4GB USB stick. Then, I created a 300GB partition on my hard drive. I put my SuperDrive with my Windows 8 installation CD into my computer and booted, I went through the installation process and then it said that something was wrong with my hard drive format.
I then formated it into a NTSF and booted again, upon which it complained about that my hard drive is MBR and that it needs to be GPT, so I just decided I will continue tomorrow and format my drive again through the installation CD.
So, today I tried booting my computer today again, but on the first step the installation program just said that it can't find my drivers, so I restarted into OS X and redownloaded the drivers and tried again, same thing. I tried changing my USB and SuperDrive from USB-2 to USB-3 but it didn't work either.
Now when I boot, it just says:

non system disk
press any key to reboot

And I have tried to reboot 3 times but I still just get that message. Is it supposed to be this complicated to install Windows? What can I do? I just want to play a game.


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I lost a pair of AirPods Pro that were connected to my iPhone. When I go to the Find My app it shows the location of my phone but for the AirPods it just says No location found.
Is there some trick to get it to show the last known location? Also, I believe they are at a family members house. Is there any way I could use one of there devices to detect my AirPods if they are in range?


texts: Can I revert back to my macOS boot partition after creating dual-boot ubuntu partition

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Mac mini, 500GB, OSX.  I was halfway through making a dual boot Ubuntu system and quit before finishing.  It left my 500GB with one un-modifiable partition labeled "Linux Swap", and also a smaller Mac OSX Base System .

Can I undo whatever I did, and just get back to normal OSX disk and boot stuff?


texts: How to turn off spindle of internal HDD on MacBook from command line?

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I'm going put SSD drive instead of DVD and move OS-X to SSD.
Big capacity HDD I'm gonig leave to have some place for large multimedia data and archives.

So I whant keep HHD in spindle off mode most time and mount it just on demand, what should I do to prevent HDD to be mounted and powered while system boot (after restart) and how to manage spindle with the command line?

Thank you!


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I have a 2009 Mac Pro (flashed to 5,1) with a Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB GPU I acquired to support Mojave.  The configuration has been happily stable since late 2018 and performed as expected with my venerable 30” Apple Cinema Display.

However, after a decade of use, the display was showing signs of pixel fatigue, so today I unpacked an LG 34BK95U-W 34" 5K monitor and connected it to the RX 580 via DisplayPort.

While both the GPU and monitor allegedly support 5120 x 2160 through DisplayPort 1.4, I’m unable to get above 3440 x 1440.
Strangely, I have to set the display to DisplayPort 1.1 to get 3440 x 1440.
With the monitor set to DisplayPort 1.4, the best I can do is 2560 x 1080.

So far, I’ve unplugged, plugged, and reseated everything, reset the SMU, and zapped the NVRAM.  No joy.  Attempts to get support out of Radeon and LG have (predictably) failed, and the problem is so specific I’ve not been able to find anyone in similar straits.  Research into DisplayPort, while interesting, hasn’t proved enlightening.

I’d really like to understand how I’ve gone wrong.  "It all looks good on paper."  I can pack the thing up and return it, but I’ll still have to address the issue of needing a new display and wanting (pardon me) a big one.


texts: Mac internal/boot HD - "the disk you inserted is not readable by this computer"

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My iMac has been playing up and I thought it was the system, but then it froze completely and I had to force quit. When I restarted it booted in to an external drive that has its own system, but my main HD won't mount with the message "the disk you inserted is not readable by this computer". Ouch.

Considering it will still spin (I've removed it and put it on a SATA USB connector) what software options are recommended for recovery and what should I expect? There are a lot of options out there but any recommended that aren't too expensive? Do they just recover fragments or a mess of files? Its a Seagate SATA drive 3TB I installed in 2016.


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Does anyone know how to prevent DNS caching on iOS?  My DNS cache keeps getting fouled up and it causes all sorts of issues that affect:

Population of the bonjour pane in the VNC app
Detection of airplay speakers connected to airport expresses
Detection of airplay screen mirroring devices like an apple TV
Detection and control of accessories setup in the Home app
Detection of shared iTunes libraries in the iTunes Remote App
Resolution of .local addresses for things like:

my eyetv media server
sshing via the terminus app
connecting to vlc streams
web pages on my local network from my laptop

I can temporarily flush the DNS cache by turning airplane mode on and back off, which fixes the all of above issues, but that only lasts for a little while.  The next time I try to access any of these things, it again doesn't work.

I have tried "Reset all settings" and in the past, I have done a clean install of iOS 11.  Neither of those methods permanently fixed this issue.  The temporary fix of turning airplane mode on and back off was a tolerable solution, but I just recently setup the Home app and am using Siri to control smart plugs, my TV, etc. - and having to turn airplane mode on and off anytime I want to tell Siri to turn something on or off kind of defeats the purpose.

My iPad Mini does not have this issue, nor does any of my 5 computers (4 macs and a raspberry pi).  Both mine and my wife's iPhone 6s has the same issue and it's been an issue since we got them, years ago.

It would even help if there was a way to inspect the DNS cache to see what's happening - like if it's a particular device/setting that's mucking up the cache on my iPhone.

Apple wants me to do a clean install of iOS 12, but given my experience with the iOS 11 update and what I've read about battery issues with iOS 12 on an iPhone 6s, I'm very reluctant to do that.  I'd much rather know specifically what the problem is and find a less drastic fix.


texts: How to use a USB-C adapter on an older mac with USB A

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I have two Macbooks - one from work (with USB-C only) and my personal (2015 - thunderbolt and USB-A 3).
I recently purchased a Satechi USB-C to Gigabit Ethernet adapter for the USB-C Macbook and would like to use that also for the older macbook. I purchased a USB-C to USB-A converter and tried to connect the USB-C adapter, but it does not work.
It does not appear as an interface option.

https://www.amazon.com/Satechi-Type-Type-C-Adapter-Converter/dp/B07KCL8WZK