texts: Password dialog appears when SSH private key permissions are set to 0600

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I installed my SSH private key in ~/.ssh/id_rsa and set its permissions to 0600.  When I connect to an SSH server which uses my private key in Terminal.app via ssh, a dialog pops up and asks me to enter my password to access the id_rsa file:

I see the same dialog when I connect to an FTP server with the Interarchy GUI client.

Update: I see this dialog every time I connect regardless of whether I check "Remember password in my keychain".  It appears two more times if the OK button is clicked regardless of what is entered in the password field.

When I relax these permissions to, say, 0640, I no longer see a dialog asking me for my password but ssh aborts with the following error:

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@         WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!          @
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Permissions 0640 for '/Users/myusername/.ssh/id_rsa' are too open.
It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
This private key will be ignored.
bad permissions: ignore key: /Users/myusername/.ssh/id_rsa

I find the password dialog extremely annoying and I am sure there must be some way to avoid having to dismiss this dialog SSH needs to access the id_rsa file.

Note: I am running Mac OS X 10.6.8.


texts: Slow Internet on Lion, but only for some sites and some browsers

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I've upgraded to Lion today and since then I am facing a very strange problem.

Gmail, Facebook, discussions.apple.com do not load at all, and IF they loaded, I get only text with no CSS or images.
support.apple.com, Google, apple.stackexchange.com work fine and astonishingly fast, as usual
The sites which do not load, do not load in Chrome and Safari, but if I used wget I do get immediately the HTML of the page.

This may suggest (if anything at all) that the mechanism wget is using works fine but the mechanism Chrome and Safari are using is not fine. Does this make any sense to you ?

I've tried searching Google.com (since it loads fast enough), and I get to see the results only through Google cache (because accessing them directly won't work!), and what I found is that lots of people are having this speed problem (and other problems as well).

  However, apart from Apple, I am curios to to know why could wget access sites which Chrome and Safari can't ?

Edit: I confirm that Facebook works from Lynx (a terminal-based browser) but doesn't work on Chrome nor Safari.

Edit2: I can even load facebook quickly through a proxy, though I can't load it directly!

Edit3: apple.se loads on Chrome but doesn't load on Safari.


texts: Is there a way to disable all notifications on the iPhone in one step?

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Is there a way, when doing screen recording (for online gameplay, for example), to disable all notifications in one step, so that it won't interfere with the screen recording?

Details: It can be done by turning off all notifications for 35 apps one by one, and when done with screen recording, turn them on one by one again -- but it will be 70 steps total this way.

I want to disable any notification at all, including the one that slide down showing "no preview" content -- I want to disable those as well -- everything.


texts: What apps are available for subscribing to podcasts directly on the iPhone

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I listen to a lot of podcasts - A lot of stuff from twit, cnet, smodcast and npr.  I sync my phone about once every two weeks or so which for a lot of my daily podcasts is not good.  For twit there's a decent mediafly app that is specifically for twit but it seems buggy - when you go back to listening to a podcast after stopping for a while it goes back in time and will skip back anywhere from 30 or so seconds to about 20 mins and  you then have to scrub to find out where you were.  There is also a standalone mediafly app that is supposed to be for alternate podcast locations but it doesn't seem to do a good job handling the RSS and misses quite a bit plus it has some of the same bugs as the twit version.  Also as with any background audio api (aside from the iTunes app) they never properly are able to display the right info on the lock screen - some times it shows the title of the app, sometimes it shows the last thing you were playing in itunes (even though it doesn't play that and plays what you want it to), sometimes it's blank - and it never shows the artwork.

Right now I've resorted to subscribing via iTunes on mac, then on my iPhone go to the podcast, get more episodes and them download from there. It works but it sucks if I'm away from wifi when I want to do that as there is still the 20 meg limit.  I'd settle for a single download limit going away and a button to download all new episodes being wifi only

What I would like ideally is to press one button that will download all of the latest versions of my podcasts to the itunes app - this isnt likely to happen.

Failing that I'd like to have an app that lets me do the same thing, download the latest episodes with a single button, delete older episodes automatically, play nicely in the background, and have a good browser/management interface.


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My backup drive (named seagate) kept getting the error- not enough space - although the size of the backup is the same as the HD. I am at 60% capacity on my HD.

The error continued even though I erased my backup to restart the process (as well as deleting unnecessary files from my HD, and limiting what was being backed up)

In setting up Time Machine again, it's asking if I want to replace the back up disk "Macintosh HD" or back up to both disks. I just want to use seagate, but am now concerned somehow it will erase my HD. Is that concern invalid? It would certainly be counterproductive to lose what I'm trying to save


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We have an iPhone 3G running iOS 5.0.1 (9A405), which connects to an Exchange server in Mail.

Calendar is synced, and event reminders pop up with an alarm on the phone.  The alarm occurs once only.

Is there any way to set the alarm/reminder to repeat?

Is this set on the phone, or in Outlook when creating the calendar event?  I can't see an option for this in Outlook 2007.


texts: Equivalent of objcopy -0 binary for Mach-O object files in macOS?

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Equivalent of objcopy -O binary <FILE> <FILE>.bin for Mach-O object files in macOS?

I want to dump the executable code in the __TEXT segment to a flat binary file on macOS.

This can be accomplished on Linux as follows:

objcopy -O binary <FILE> <FILE>.bin, where <FILE> would be an ELF file.

However, since objcopy isn't available (or very poorly supported) on macOS (e.g. llvm-objcopy cannot handle Mach-O objects), how can I achieve the same result?


texts: Stop asking Touch ID to Open Voice Memos

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Some time ago, after an update of the iPhone OS, it started to ask Touch ID after screen goes black when recording voice at Voice Memos.

How can I do in order to Voice Memos stop asking Touch ID? It doesn't seem to have an option to disable this


texts: Cannot boot into macbook pro - Cannot access recovery mode

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I have a macbook pro 2019 with macos Mojave installed on it. It suddenly stopped working and stuck at apple logo for some unknown reason.
I tried Command + R to access recovery mode. There is no error message. It shows apple logo and fills the progress bar. I waited for more than 30 mins but nothing happened. I tried releasing the keys immediately when apple logo appeared. Also tried holding the keys until the progress bar filled.
Then I tried Command + Option + R for internet recovery. On the spinning globe screen, I connected to wifi network. After download, it gets restarted and again stuck at same apple logo. I waited for more than an hour everytime but nothing happened.
And then I created a bootable usb and tried to install Catalina OS from it. The result is same, it stuck at apple logo.
As a last option, I installed macos in an external USB using my friend macbook. I tried to boot into external USB by holding Option key on startup. Again the same result, it stuck at apple logo.
I also tried Command + Option + P + R to reset PRAM. Nothing worked. Assuming my macbook has T2 security, I cannot disable it since I'm unable to access recovery mode. Please suggest if there are any other options.
I tried Apple diagnostics by holding down the D key. After checking for few minutes, it shows no problems found.
When I try target mode by holding down the T key, it showed 2 icons, thunderbolt and usb. When I connected it to another MacBook Pro with a cable, the target MBP didn't show up in the host MBP. I did check in disk utility and network folder, not found anywhere.
I tried the verbose mode by holding down Command + V keys. The logs shows 2 messages frequently. One is "X86PlatformPlugin result 0" and the other one is "Interface link is not up, do not pull packets yet". It keeps showing these 2 messages. Also seen "kextd stall[0], (60s): 'IGPU'  " and "kextd stall[1], (60s): 'IGPU'  ". Attached a video link of recorded log. https://youtu.be/YFo9Ja63w68


texts: Mac Pro 2008 running but no video out, is it a failing graphics card?

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I am running a Mac Pro 2008 as of the last week I have been shutting down the machine instead of sleeping it due to the 10.8.2 sleep bug that had been floating around. Today I went to start it and no video period, and the USB / the system appeared to be unresponsive wired mouse and keyboard and the usb hub had no sign of power. I have tried 2 different displays connected to each of the different DVI ports. The Mac starts with a Chime onetime it did two. The display never turns on or gray, just no signal.

I have tried resetting the NVRAM/PRAM and resetting the SMC, still no video?

After the resets the machine appears to be not crashing, normal hard drive boot up activity, start up chime, and the caps lock light is able to turn off and on, was not able to verify system is in fact booting OS X though, I think it is, will verify later.

Has my graphics card failed? What else can I do to try and get the video back?

When I went to verify if the system was running, it booted up normally everything working fine. The Mac Pro had been left unplugged from Friday 5pm til about 6PM on Sunday.

Just restarted the Mac Pro and it looks like the Graphics card is back to the same conditions as talked about earlier, although this time I was able to verify that the Mac Pro is still running by remotely logging in.  As shown in the screen capture below, the "About This Mac More Info..." shows a missing graphics card name as well as a complete lack of Info with the the Graphics/Displays section of the "System Information" Application.


texts: How can I simply and quickly upload just 1 photo from my iPhone to a PC or Mac?

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This is really frustrating. Occasionally, my work requires me to upload a photo from my iPhone (ios7) to a clients PC or Mac. I used to simply email it to my Gmail account and download it from the web but for whatever reason I can no longer do this (seems I can no longer email something to my self via Mac mail).

I've got Photostream set up but I cant access it via iCloud - theres just no photo option.

Obviously my clients PCs dont always have iPhoto (which is a huge pain to use anyway).

Why isnt there a simple way to transfer a photo from my phone to a computer via Bluetooth or USB?

Is there just a simple, non-proprietry software solution for transferring just 1 photo between devices?


texts: How to block updates to Mac OS X Catalina?

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Mac OS X Catalina will be released in a few days, so how can I block updates to that OS so it doesn't get downloaded and, ideally, I don't even get prompts to upgrade.

I have 32-bit software I intend to keep on using, so I can't update since this version of OS X will support 64-bit apps only.


texts: AppleScript - Changing Width of Dialog Box and Adding Text

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I have a normal display dialog working using AppleScript within the Editor. How would one increase the width of the display dialog and add text under the input field and above the buttons. In advance, thank you for your time.

display dialog "EXAMPLE" with icon alias ((path to me) & "Contents:Resources:ICON.icns" as string) default answer (do shell script "SHELL SCRIPT HERE " & quoted form of (text returned of (display dialog "Enter String:" default answer "" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "EXAMPLE"))) buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "EXAMPLE"


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I have with me a Mac Mini Late 2012 model (Core i5, 6630M). It was running like a champ despite its age but recently while watching Netflix, the screen had a glitch and hung. I force restarted it.

After the reboot, it fails to load the OS and would stall at a blank white screen after the loading bar completes. Had tried resetting the PRAM, ran diagnostics and only had this error - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203648 (which seemed like a false positive)

I took out the SSD and was able to boot it up with another mac. I wiped it clean anyway and re-insert in back to the mac mini. I tried doing USB boot and internet recovery but the issue still persist. The recovery modes, just like the OS never boots and stalls at the white screen.

From the looks of it, it seems like the motherboard is having some issues loading up the OS, given that I tried multiple boot options (recovery, normal os) that were working previously.

Has anyone encountered similar issues or have some clue to what may be happening?


texts: How to change the date created and date modified of a note in Notes.app?

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I'm trying to merge all of my text-based notes into Notes.app. My notes are all over the place: some in text files, some in email drafts, etc. I can of course just copy and paste the text of such notes into Notes.app, but then their date created and date modified will be as of the time I copy and paste them in, rather than when I actually made them or modified them, and I'd like to retain the original date data.

I don't believe there is a way to change this directly in Notes.app, but is there a way to change the dates in the files created by Notes.app? If so, how?


texts: Applescript to click menu item in Lightroom 5

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I am using a script found elsewhere on this site.  But I can't figure out how to modify it to fit my use.  As written the script activates the submenu I need but I can't figure out how to click an item on this submenu.  I've tried all the variations of the line for "Rejected" I always get an error message saying "Can't get menu xxx..."  The actual menu structure is: menu bar item: Photo, sub item with triangle: Set Flag, which expands to a submenu that includes "Rejected".

Hope that's clear.

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5"
set frontmost to true
tell menu bar item "Photo" of menu bar 1
    click
    click menu item "Set Flag" of menu 1
    --works fine to here

    click menu item "Rejected" of menu "Set Flag"

end tell

end tell


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I force quit Google Chrome by right-clicking the app icon in the Dock and selecting Force Quit. That seemed to quit Chrome (absence of indicator under app icon). However, when I try opening Google Chrome, nothing happens. When I open the Force Quit window by using the keyboard shortcut,Option + Command + Escape, Google Chrome is present in the list.

At the same time, Google Chrome does not show up in ps output or in Activity Monitor app.

I think that Chrome is actually closed but that macOS thinks it's open. How do I convince macOS that Chrome is, indeed, closed?

I have just installed macOS Mojave.


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my terminal is showing output in weird way and I don't know what it is called, so couldn't find similar question on this site, so pardon me for asking again.
This is the output on my terminal on MacOS 11.1 Big Sur:

As you can see the words are wrapped at first character.
I tried changing following things to fix: font, Oh-my-zsh theme. None worked.
My configuration for the terminal are:

Use Zsh - the default theme. .zshrc contents here
Use oh-my-zsh for the prompt and theme is powerlevel10k. Used robbyrussell theme for screen shot.
Font is Fira Mono, size 18.

Please tell me if I am missing something here to provide more details of my setup. Thank you.


texts: OSX Yosemite upgrade error: "a mismatch between the MBR and GPT partition maps..."

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My MBP's HDD is half OSX and the other half is Bootcamp.

While booted into OSX I decided to let Software Update install Yosemite. I left the room. Upon returning a while later I found the following error message: "a mismatch between the MBR and GPT partition maps is not supported".

I found an excellent post in this forum by @klanomath that dealt with a MBP stuck in an endless upgrade attempt loop like I'm experiencing, but that situation required reinstalling OSX; I'm hoping this "mismatch" can be repaired so the installation can continue.

If not, is it possible to interrupt the endless installation attempts and see if the existing OSX is still bootable? (has the existing OSX installation been destroyed by the upgrade yet?)

I found another post in this form, by @AndyD273, where it looks like a proposed solution exists but I do not know how to get from this endless loop state into the position where I can download, much less install, gdisk and use Terminal (and I cannot ask via comment in that post because I lack the "reputation"). All I know how to do is use the Option key to get to my Windows 8.1 partition.


texts: All my downloaded spreadsheets are going to Excel which is totally corrupted. I want them to open in Numbers instead and ditch Excel if possible.


texts: 42 Spaces Open on Mission Control on starup (mavericks)

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On startup, when I press f3, I have 42 spaces open in mission control. Is this normal? Is there anyway to limit the amount of spaces that are open on startup in OSX? I don't remember this happening for versions before Mavericks.

If it helps i'm on a 2011 15 inch macbook pro (early).


texts: Why do Apple bloggers use Skype or Google Hangouts instead of iChat for video podcasts?

texts: I enjoy a few "talking heads" type of video podcasts by Apple bloggers. How come they don't use iChat? Doesn't iChat have group video conferencing or are there technical (as opposed to social) reasons to prefer skype over iChat for producing a video podcast?


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I am constantly being warned that my 32GB iPhone is running low on free space. Looking at Usage in Settings I can see that 10.5GB are being used by Photos & Camera, with the breakdown:
Photo Library: 9.2 GB
Synced From iTunes: 137 KB
My Photo Stream: 1.1 GB
Shared Photo Stream: 227 MB

My Camera Roll in the Photos app only has 5 pictures. My Recently Deleted album has 85 photos. I am trying to determine where the rest of the storage is being used, and how to free it up.

My extended family and I use Shared Photo Streams to share pictures of our kids. On my iPhone I'm subscribed to seven Shared Photo Streams, the largest of which has 1,800 pictures and 100 videos (the rest are much smaller).

Is the Shared Photo Stream storage being lumped in with Photo Library in the usage breakdown? Or is something else going on?


texts: I don't have to be connected to the internet to view them on my phone. Is it storing the current ones on my device?


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I can't find the Java console in Preferences nor in Utilities.
Can I open the Java console from a Terminal command?

Running OS X 10.7.5 and Java version 1.6.0_65


texts: Change computer Apple TV uses to connect to iTunes

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I have the newest version of Apple TV. Firmware is up to date.

I set it up in the apartment I used to share with my girlfriend until about a week ago when I moved away for school. After I left, she found herself not only without companionship but also unable to access Netflix or the iTunes store.

I'm guessing this is because I set up the Apple TV using my mac, which is no longer in the apartment with the Apple TV. Assuming this is the case, I'm wondering: is resetting the Apple TV and going through the setup process again the best way for her to "associate" her mac with the Apple TV? Or is there an easy way to do this that won't wipe out all of the configurations we've made?


texts: Different hibernate modes on MacBook Pro?

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Sorry if this question will appear to be stupid.
Is it possible to set one hibernate mode (for example 3) when macbook is on power adapter and another hibernate mode (25) when it’s on battery. Is it absolutely nonsense or...? hehe
Thanks in advance


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My iOS device is stuck in Recovery Mode.

How do I exit this mode?


texts: How can I display Quicktime's "New Movie Recording" function in ASCII

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I wonder if anyone could master this one?

So Quicktime can play movies in ASCII mode as per the link below:

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/ASCIIMoviePlayerSample/Introduction/Intro.html

But is it possible to view, through the webcam in Quicktime, the webcam video as ASCII art?


texts: Is there any way to add new devices as a GameController Framework compatible controller for Apple Arcade Games?

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Currently the list of supported game controllers are pretty slim (PS4, XBOX ONE, and MFI Controllers only), and many Apple Arcade Games doesn't support other controllers directly
I want to know if there is any (unofficial?) way to add unsupported controllers to the GameController list on macOS .


texts: How to make Adobe applications respect desktop/spaces?

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I have my applications arranged on three different desktops (formerly known as Spaces) to avoid cluttering.

The only problem is that Adobe apps such as Photoshop or Illustrator always spawn windows in whatever current desktop I'm in. It works with all the other apps.

Is there a way to make Adobe apps respect my settings?


texts: How to increase mouse tracking speed beyond the maximum for MacOS Mojave 10.14?

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I have been trying to increase maximum tracking speed for my 2018 Macbook Pro trackpad past the normal settings for Mac OS Mojave 10.14, but I am unsuccessful.

I have looking at the previous answers, but they only apply to Mac OS High Sierra. I have tried the following commands in Terminal:

defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling -float 5.0

defaults write -g com.apple.trackpad.scaling -float 5.0

It seems that the names of the files have changed so I am unable to change the correct ones.


texts: Applescript - calling another script, but property in said script is not updating

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I have; script A, that wants to run script B.
I want script B to save a file path to a property in that script.
When I run script B in Script Editor the property updates as expected... but when I call script b from script A, the property does not update as I would expect it to. It's like script B is compiling on each run or something?
I apologise if I'm missing something obvious.. but I can't seem to find an obvious answer online.
Script A:
set theScript to (path to desktop as string) & "Script To Call.scpt"

run script alias theScript

which calls Script B:
property PT_Icon : ""

if PT_Icon is "" then
    set PT_Icon to (path to application "Pro Tools 2019.6" as string) & "Contents:Resources:ProTools.icns" as alias
    return "icon not found"
else
    display dialog "" with icon PT_Icon
end if

Many thanks in advance!


texts: I am using the Photos app to organize my pictures on my mac. I had imported them a month ago and then decided to go through the Finder and Pictures directory and actually delete pictures I didn't want. So when I go into the new Photos application the pictures are still there. Do I need to go through the app now too and delete them out of there or can I reimport from that same directory. I just didn't understand why it couldn't sync with what I had deleted out of there.


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On my iPhone and Mac I get regularly prompted for the password of a CalDAV account (for my calendars). The password is still valid server side and just entering it again resolves the issue. Until next time....

I checked the password in the KeyChain - it's correct and the expiry date in the KeyChain app is also not set
I deleted the CalDAV account and created it again

None of this helped, any other ideas?
macOS: BigSur 11.3.1
iOS: 14.4.2


texts: Making a program use a specific network interface

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I would like my IRC client to only use a WiFi connection and all other programs to use WiFi or wired connections. This is because every time I plug in my Ethernet cable my IRC client automatically reconnects over wired, and then when I disconnect the cable it reconnects me on wireless.

So now I have multiple users logged into IRC.

Can I force an app to use a certain connection over the others? I like having the wired connection as the primary connection over wireless, because I do a lot of uploading and downloading and the NIC card gets hot sometimes. I guess I should of stated I'm using a MacBook Pro.


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In Yosemite, there is a log file here:

/private/var/log/coreduetd.log

...but it's always empty.
How do I make the system write events to it, assuming there are any?


texts: How to revert OS X Snow Leopard default theme?

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Yesterday I tried to change my OS X default theme so I installed many themes one of them was Aqua Extreme. Non of them give me what I was looking for as a result I revert pack to default theme using ThemePark program but icons in the main menu lost its shadow. Is it possible to return pack to default theme settings?

Thanks


texts: Apple Music: Heart ratings ("Loved" tracks) are not supposed to synchronize between devices?

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I hearted/Loved dozens of tracks on Apple Music desktop (on Mac), but when I played them on my iPhone, they were not hearted/Loved.

Is it normal? I hope not, because it wouldn't make any sense! (Why would I want to love a track but only on one device and not on another?)

If it is indeed normal, is there a way to force this sync?

Thanks!


texts: Black screen on Macbook pro with weird behavior

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My 13' Macbook pro mid-2014 has currently very weird behavior with the screen. It starts with a black screen on the integrated monitor (with no Apple on boot) but the light of the screen continues to work. After that I connected the macbook pro to an external screen to check if it is working or not. The display works on the external monitor that seems to indicate that ther is a trouble with the connection of the integrated monitor. I finally check the hard-drive and start it completely. The MBP starts well but a few time after MACOS has started the screen becomes black on the external display (and it is still black on the integrated one). Could the GPU be affected?
Notice that the external monitor works well in recovery mode and I have reinstalled MacOS Catalina directly on the existing hard-drive.


texts: How to open CSV file with Microsoft Excel and get the information into separate columns?

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I have a problem opening my .csv files in Excel; when importing them, all the information is in one column. How do I get Excel to separate the information automatically into different columns?

I have a MacBook Pro and I’m using Excel 14.3.8.


texts: Time Capsule / AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Signal

texts: Regard maximizing the Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi signal, just for my curiosity and knowledge, from the hardware standpoint why is not recomended to place the Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme in areas surrounded by metal surface on three or more sides?


texts: What types of problems could lead to 10 logic board failures across 3 different laptops?

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In March 2012, I bought a new 15" MacBook Pro. It required 3 logic board replacements over the next 13 months, leading Apple to replace the unit with a new 15" MacBook Pro in April 2013. That computer required 6 logic board replacements (as well as various RAM, airport card, and fan replacements) over the next 20 months, leading Apple to replace that unit with yet another 15" MacBook Pro (the one I have now; specs below) in December 2014. Despite my best hopes, this computer recently required its first-ever logic board (and hard drive) replacement last month. All problems were diagnosed and all repairs were performed at Apple stores.

The astounding frequency with which my laptops have required logic board replacements has naturally made me wonder what, if anything, I am doing to damage them. Some potentially relevant pieces of information:

I keep multiple current backups of all my data, and whenever I get a new machine and/or hard drive replacement, I port all of my backed-up data to the new hard drive. Sometimes I've used Time Machine, sometimes Carbon Copy Cloner, sometimes manual drag-and-drop. In general, I install all applications anew from freshly downloaded .dmg/.iso files.
I use my laptop a LOT (I have a single machine for work + personal use), but I don't do anything too resource-intensive: very little gaming, no video editing, etc. The only exception is that I do some occasional statistical modeling in R, which always gets my fans going.
This may sound obvious, but just to head off a potential concern: I take care of my computer in the usual ways (always transport in a padded case, no liquid damage, etc.).

My question is: What factors could conceivably cause a string of logic board failures like this? To clarify, I am not asking anyone to solve my issue specifically; it's just that I don't even know what kinds of things to troubleshoot. (For example: As crazy as it sounds, is it possible that my files, which have – aside from me as the user – been the only constant across the three laptops, could somehow cause problems like this? Or is that outside the realm of possibility?) Any suggestions as to possible causes would be greatly appreciated.

Current computer specs:

15" MBP (Retina, Mid-2014)
Processor: 2.8 GHz
Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
HDD: 1 TB SSD


texts: Every time I press enter in the terminal it says Karans-MacBook-Air:~ karanmunjal$. How do I fix this?

texts: My name is Karan and so obviously the laptop is named Karans MacBook Air but I dont think it should show up every time I press enter. Please tell me how to fix this!


texts: Right now i am using Microsoft PowerPoint 2011 (on my macbook pro). I am doing a project on Hispania (an old Roman province) which today is currently Spain. My spell check has switched languages to spanish (for this reason i think). However I need it to be in English because my project is not in Spanish. When i go to Tools>Language... and set it to english it ignores my change in the settings and continues to check in Spanish. Can someone please help me change my settings. Thank you


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After upgrading to the Maverick version, I started having many issues that I never had before.

First of all, it is very common my iMac to open in a different user (even there is no other users available, kind of a safe mode I think), where I can basically do nothing, as it says I have no permission.

Secondly, my finder keeps crashing all the time, always when I try to preview a file, doesn't matter what kind.

Thirdly, my Mail just stops sending and receiving emails sometimes.

Fourthly, but not last, after the finder crashes, I can't open any program.

At last, my iMac late 2009 i7 8Gb is has never been as fast as it used to be.

I hope I had never upgraded to the new version of Mac OS.


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Some days ago, I opened my laptop, it was doing security update. After the update, the login screen appeared and  I enter my regular user/password but instead of login it asked the firmware
Any idea why it asked firmware password?


texts: I just recently purchased an iPhone 4 on Amazon that doesn't have a SIM card. I was planning to use it as an iPod, because my parents wouldn't and couldn't buy me a phone with a plan. So I was just wondering if I could activate it on the spot when I get it in the mail.


texts: Sync iCal and contact with Windows Mobile 6.5 in OSX Lion

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How can I sync iCal and Address Book with Windows Mobile 6.5 in OS X Lion?

I would prefer a simple solution. I very much don't want this information on the Internet and am willing to wait for my Windows Mobile to be in the same location as my mac for syncs to happen.

I have tried The Missing Sync but it does not support Lion.


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I'm playing with macOS 10.13 beta but a volume seems to have been corrupted during migration to APFS. I can boot and log in but soon get a "static screen". I launched recovery mode and launched disk utility. When trying to run First Aid I get exit code 65. So I started the terminal:

If I run diskutil apfs list I see the volume encrypted and locked.

I then tried diskutil apfs unlockVolume /dev/disk1s1 which unlocks AND mounts the volume.

Now fsck_apfs /dev/rdisk1s1 and fsck_apfs /dev/disk1s1 give error: container /dev/rdisk1 is mounted with write access.

How can I try and repair this volume? I suspect that something happened during the initial migrate and the volume is stuck in half APFS, half HFS+ somehow.

Update:

If I go back to "Disk Utility" and unmount the volume there and return to Terminal, then fsck_apfs /dev/disk1s1 gives error: container /dev/rdisk1 is mounted. I try and unmount the "Image Volume", but diskutil umount /Volumes/Image\ Volume/ gives Volume Recovery on disk1s3 failed to unmount: dissented by PID 0 (kernel)


texts:
I am new to mac and running a website through apache server.
The code for my application is being accessed by the _www user, so I set the ownership to _www user but then when I try to edit a file from netbeans I have to give the ownership back to my user.
I dont want to use the my application or netbeans from the root user but is there a way I can give permission to both myuser and _www user to a directory?

Thanks!


texts: When Do Not Disturb is set on iPhone, what will fire off and what will not?

texts:
It seems if Do Not Disturb is set to on (manually or daily scheduled) on the iPhone, then alarm (in the Clock app) will still fire off, but Calendar alerts will not fire off?

What are the rules?


texts:
I've got a 13" MacBook Pro, first Mac I've ever owned, and maybe this is just standard behavior that I'm not used to.

Whenever I close my laptop, then next time I open it, it seems that some of apps have restarted. Chrome, for instance, always opens up to the home screen, all my tabs gone, and gives me an option to restore previously opened pages. I thought that was odd (I was used to this behavior after reboots on my ubuntu, but not after sleeping,) but didn't worry too much since restoring works fine.

Now I've noticed, however, that it even happens with productivity apps. Gimp in particular spawned a new instance (/window) after opening the machine, the old instance gone. I've also lost work that was left open but unsaved. Sure, maybe that's bad practice, but this is totally unexpected behavior.

Is this a setting somewhere?


texts: Mac camera not working even after sudo killall VDCAssistant

texts: I ran sudo killall VDCAssistant, SMC and resets and still it shows my camera isn't connected. I have recently updated OS X to Yosemite and it was going fine for a month or two but now my Photo Booth and Skype isn't working.


texts: hostname configuration for remote access

texts: I have a new Mac Pro that's running Mavericks and I would like to configure it for remote access (ssh and sftp).  The IT staff says I need to provide them with a fully qualified domain name before we can proceed.  So what I need to do is set hostname.subdomain.domain.com.  I've seen some posts about setting hostnames, but what about the rest of this?


texts: Wallpaper Not Showing Behind Mission Control/App Exposé or resized Window on only one Desktop

texts:
No clue why this is happening (screen recording link): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cm82c9ApbNU1qF6bjCzITMpnQ00xlvmN/view?usp=sharing
For whatever reason, the desktop wallpaper only shows up when I use the Hot Corner (cmd + bottom right), but not in the background of Mission Control or App Exposé or even when I resize the Chrome Window. Desktop 2, however, shows the wallpaper anytime it should.
I moved all the windows onto Desktop 2, and deleted Desktop 1, and it showed the wallpaper as normally for about 30 seconds. Then Mission Control started showing an empty black square in the spot where Desktop 2 would have been.
Currently running the newest macOS.


texts: How to update Mac OS X 10.9 keychain access

texts: I am using Mac OS X 10.9 and I am trying to update my keychain password. I have just changed some Facebook password so that now when I log into Facebook, the password that is put by my Mac OS X system is the older one. How can I update my keychain password ?


texts: MacBook Pro Retina Late 2013 slow down with 65W charger?

texts:
I'm an owner of a macbook pro retina 15' late 2013 that I bought (in used conditions) from the web 2 months ago.

Just few days ago, while having 2 external display and a thunderbold blackmagic ministudio recorder connected, the battery dropped to 0% despite the ac adapter was plugged in.

In addiction to this, sometimes the mac ran very slow (for example while hovering the icons on the dock, the magnifier effect looked jerky) and the kernel_task process took over 200% of cpu usage.

After that I found out the ac charger was 65W instead of being 85W (that was supposed to be included in the box... so it means I was mislead in first place from by seller). When I replaced it with the correct power adapter I solved all my problems.

But the doubt remains..

Does it make sense that the slow performance and the kernel_task process locking the cpu was caused by the wrong ac adapter only? Can someone confirm that I ultimately solved my problems using a more powerful power adapter? Someone who maybe encountered the same exact scenario and had the same issues. I ask because I'm afraid the cause was more subtle and I have still no idea if it could arise again also now I set up a more appropriate configuration.


texts:
So with Mojave, Apple removed particularly LinkedIn and Facebook internet accounts and as a result my macOs contacts app now have LinkedIn group with hundreds of my LinkedIn contacts which I do not want to have in contacts app and I can't delete it.

Any way to remove LinkedIn group? (as well as Facebook group)


texts: Looking for advice setting up a new Mac Mini with Lion Server

texts:
I am setting up a new Mac Mini server which will serve as a web server (with Apache and MySQL) as well as some other pieces of functionality.  I have seen little on securing OS X for such a scenario (I am running Lion - and this is not Lion Sever).

I assume it is recommended to use ipfw as opposed to the application firewall.  I also assume that it makes sense to lock down SSH (put it on a non-standard port and use certificate authentication).  However, should I also lock down screen sharing (and force an SSH tunnel for this)?  Any tips on this are welcome.


texts: Can Mac App Store purchased apps install Quicklook Plugins?

texts:
Since all apps are now sandboxed when purchased from the Mac App Store, what does this mean for the install process? Do you literally downoad the .app bundle, which gets placed into /Applications, and then the process is complete?

Is it possible for an application that is sandboxed to install a Quicklook Plugin for use with filetypes it supports?


texts: How do disable control by iPhone headphones?

texts:
I have bought 2 iPhone headphones from Amazon, good quality earphones with 5-star reviews, but unfortunately there seem an issue where it randomly initiates commands.

Music forwards, music rewards, Siri asks me if I have a question, all features that would be normally initiated by pressing your headphone buttons.

So the headphone mostly make listening music on the iPhone impossible, because of all the random control features being initiated.

How can I disable these headphone controls? The quality of the audio is pretty good and I'd like to keep using these headphones.


texts: Is there a fix for the Bluetooth issues in OS X 10.10?

texts:
After updating my iMac (late 2013) to OS X 10.10.3, my cursor has begun to move very sluggishly and erratically. In addition, my Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse both randomly drop their connection entirely, often taking minutes to reconnect. The keyboard will also occasionally send repeated keystrokes to the computer, continuing until I physically turn it off. I have tried to restart the computer (many times), reset the SMC and NVRAM, boot into Safe Mode, and turn Bluetooth, WiFi, and the peripherals on and off, all to no avail. Several times the machine would boot without any lag, only to begin lagging when I opened Messages or Safari. There is no Bluetooth interference, as none of my other nearby devices experience any Bluetooth issues. I have also noticed that USB peripherals work perfectly, without any lag.

Are there any potential workarounds I haven't tried? Or will I simply have to cope until Apple pushes another release?

Update: These issues, to a lesser extent, are still present in OS X 10.10.4.


texts:
I am talking about the text replacement function under system prefs/keyboard/text.

I have added multiple replacements, but they don't work in MS Office (Word, Excel, etc). Anyone know how to fix this?


texts:
My father has an iPod Nano (4th generation I think, though it may be 5th) and runs iTunes on his aging Windows laptop.  He would like to switch to a Chromebook, which would obviously prevent him from running iTunes locally.

Are there alternative (cloud-based) ways of syncing music to an older Nano device, or is a PC with iTunes required to store music and sync this device?


texts: Changing the color of the path in Terminal.app

texts:
I would like the CasebashMac:bfgenv chris$ part of the following line to appear in a different color in my terminal.

CasebashMac:bfgenv chris$ python


texts: iPad restarting every 5 minutes after updating to iOS 9

texts: After the update on iOS 9, iPad 3 with Cellular Model A1430 itself is restarting after 5 minutes. I made hard reset but it didn't help me. I didn't drop my iPad. How can I fix it?


texts: Empty Keychains "1" that cannot be deleted

texts:
When opening Keychain Access I have a bunch of empty keychains named 1 as well as the normal login keychain. These cannot be deleted.

What are they and what are they for? How do I get rid of them? (Should I?)


texts:
How are *.dmg packages installed via the command line?
I noticed that they can be mounted with:

me@MacBook-Pro:~$ open /Users/me/Downloads/installer.dmg

What's next?


texts: Monitor only works after turning on multiple times

texts:
I have had two monitors for my Late 2016 MacBook Pro running the latest updates, a 1080p one and now a 4K monitor. Both have had the same issue described below.
When I connect my external monitor to my laptop (using HDMI to USB-C) the monitor is turned off, however, it is detected as I can move my cursor onto the other screen (though I can't see the cursor as the monitor is turned off). When I turn the monitor on it does not display my other screen as it should but turns itself off again. This cycle of me turning the monitor on and then it turning itself off happens about 5 times until seemingly randomly it displays as it should my desktop background and any windows I have open.
On further experimentation if I plug a USB-C hub into my laptop and then connect an HDMI cable from the hub to my external monitor the problem does not occur at all.
This is becoming very frustrating and I can't seem to solve the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to choose the "From" account in El Capitan Mail when composing e-mail

texts:
I use Apple Mail using two e-mail accounts (both IMAP but I don't think it really matters). Before El Capitan when composing an e-mail, one could choose the account the e-mail should be send from using a drop-down in the compose-window. However with the El Capitan update this dropdown is gone and there seems no way to select the account the e-mail should be send from after composing the e-mail.

The Mail settings do have an option to select the sending account. Here I can set it to one account or use the open mailbox as indication for which account to send mail from.

Is there any way to switch the sending account after composing an e-mail in El Capitan?


texts: OSX- Not able to open root directory in SAMBA file share

texts:
I am re-writing my question to make it simpler to understand.
I am using OSX 10.10 version and I need to connect with SAMBA share server.

Now when I open the finder application and press command +K and enter the server address as smb://serveraddress/sharename
I am able to connect with SAMBA sever and shared drive.

But when I remove the shared drive name (i.e. smb://serveraddress/), I am not able to connect with SAMBA server.

Please suggest what can be the possible reasons for this problem.
Is it mandatory to provide shared drive name if I have to connect with SAMBA share.

[Older version of question]
I am using stunnel as client in my Mac machine to connect with SAMBA share.

I am using below stunnel configuration in my mac machine.
accept=127.0.0.1:119
connect=target server information

I am able to start stunnel service and its getting bound also with my destination server.

Now when I try to open the remote server directory with root folder(smb://127.0.0.1:119/) , this does not work and my connection getting closed after entering the credentials. However if I specify a shared folder name(smb://127.0.0.1:119/folderName) then this does work and my shared drive get open in my machine.
I am facing this problem in Mac OS 10.10.
However, I am able to achieve same functionality in my windows machine using stunnel connection.
Please let me know if someone has faced similar issue in Mac OS with stunnel connection or have any idea about possible cause of the problem. Kindly help


texts: Is there a way to "Find My Friends" from the desktop, rather than iPhone?

texts:
I would like to access "Find My Friends" from the desktop.

Also, is there an API available? I'd like to write code to monitor a person's location over time.


texts: Is it possible to rename network interfaces in system preferences?

texts:
Is there a way to rename USB Ethernet interfaces in System Preferences? I'm running macOS Catalina.
I have 2 USB Ethernet adapters - both are AX8817. Kinda hard to tell them apart.
I'm in this menu quite often, changing IPs. Would be nice to have some control over the names used here.


texts: Import user name and password automatically with AppleScript or Unix Shell

texts:
I'm trying the Cloud Service tool: Egnyte Drive. But the process "SecurityAgent" will be activated and the administrator's name and password is required the first time when I try to launch Egnyte Drive. I wonder if there is a way to import the administrator's name and password automatically or any way to bypass to activate "SecurityAgent" and launch Egnyte Drive without user name and password. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Here is what I have tried:

1.

tell application "Egnyte Drive" to activate
    delay 1
        tell application "System Events" to tell process "SecurityAgent"
        set value of text field 2 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window 1 to "password"
        click button 2 of group 2 of window 1
end tell

The above code is invoked from How to enter password for prompt windows using applescript

do shell script "open -n /Applications/Egnyte\ Drive" user name "USERNAME" password "THEPASSWORD" with administrator privileges


texts: Can I use an iPad Air (iPad 5) screen protector on my iPad Air 2 (iPad 6)

texts: I received an iPad Air 2 recently and am trying to order a screen protector for it. Can I use an iPad Air 1st Generation screen protecter? Are the width and height the same on both generations?


texts: Where are Logic instruments located in High Sierra?

texts: Trying to locate the logic instrument pack on my HD. Earlier versions had them in Library/app support/Logic, but no such file exists.


texts: Can I have a second menu bar on my secondary display?

texts: Is there software that will allow you to add a second menu bar to a secondary display? I am using Second Bar, but I was wondering if there was other software out there that would do this. Note that I don't want to move the menu bar. I know I can move the menu bar in System Preferences. This is not what I want. I want a second menu bar.


texts:
So, I'm abroad and I want to stream my music library, I use subsonic on my main desktop (iMac) to stream music to my MacBook Air. So far it's been working fine, but it seems that the subsonic application on iMac has stopped working. The problem is with subsonic only, I can still access my shared files etc.

Is there a way to restart subsonic remotely? I tried to do shared screen but I don't seem to find the right menu for that.


texts: Is it possible to exchange the F1, F2 key functions for the F3, F4 key functions ?

texts:
I was wondering if I can switch the functionality of the F1 and F2 keys (brightness down,up respectively) and pass it to the F3,F4 keys; subsequently switching the functionality of the F3,F4 keys to the F1, F2 keys.
I want to keep the functionality of all the keys but swap their locations.
Is that possible?
My operating system is High Sierra V10.13.6
Thank you! (and sorry if the answer to this question is obvious!)


texts: How can I find where an app's files are stored?

texts: Besides the app's package, is there a way to find where it stores its other files from during installation?  Are they only allowed to install into the "Library" folders, or are there other places?  I want to wipe my drive and do a fresh install when I upgrade to Mountain Lion.


texts: Trying to remove Chess.app using terminal

texts: The title says it all. Can I use sudo rm -r or sudo rm -f?


texts: Can too much wattage on a charger destroy my iphone 7 plus?

texts:
I've been googling it and trying to find answers but I cant find a direct yes or no. All I find is "My 12w charger works on my iphone" and "iphone draws as much power as it allows so its ok to use an ipad charger" and "read the manual to be sure"

Well I saw a 50W charger on amazon.

Thats like 5x more than a 12w charger. And it was only 25 bucks.

Will a 50w charger destroy my phone?


texts: Two iPhone 4S Configured with same email ID

texts:
I had a iPhone 4S which was setup with a Gmail ID and later I returned it to my employer, since it was given by them. I have a new personal iPhone configured with same email id.

When my employer tries to configure old phone for somebody else, they face an issue that device is mapped to my Gmail ID. They are unable to configure it for new person.

What can be done to resolve issue?


texts: Why is arp -a showing so many incomplete addresses?

texts:
When I execute the arp -a command I get a whole lot of incomplete entries and I don't understand why. Can someone please shed some light on this? I've not posted every single incomplete entry just because there are so many of them.

deza@PandaMacPro:~/home$ arp -a
(169.254.115.104) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.143.2) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.162.244) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.216.162) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.232.210) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(169.254.236.58) at (incomplete) on en0 [ethernet]
(192.168.1.0) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.1) at a0:21:b7:ba:b7:b5 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.2) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.11) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.12) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.13) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.19) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.28) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(192.168.1.254) at (incomplete) on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
(224.0.0.251) at 1:0:5e:0:0:fb on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
(239.255.255.250) at 1:0:5e:7f:ff:fa on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]


texts: Photos moved to trash still displayed in Photos App

texts: I have moved my pictures manually(by right clicking) to trash. But they are still being shown in Photos app, Why and how to delete them?


texts:
My kids were playing with some cool magnetic rocks and left them sitting on top of our iPad. This provoked some non-trivial discussion in our family as to whether this was a bad thing.

I grew up in the era of magnetic floppy diskettes, where sitting a magnet on one could cause you to lose important data. But the iPad, as far as I can tell, doesn't have any magnetic storage. It clearly does have magnet sensors, as that's how the Smart Cover turns it off and on, and I'd hate for magnetic rocks to desensitize said sensors, but I'm also thinking that it seems unlikely that magnets will cause data loss.

What are the risks, if any, of leaving medium-strength magnets (not weak, but not any kind of industrial super-magnet), sitting on top of an iPad? Assume that the screen is covered, so I'm not worried about scratching the glass.


texts: SMC Fan Control Causing random freezing and crashing

texts:
After experiencing crashing and freezing on 15" MacBook Pro 2017 (macOS High Sierra), I started eliminating running programs that I thought might be causing the crashing as advised by an apple support employee.

I immediately suspected that it might be smc fan control (A program that hasn't been updated since 2016)

After removing the program I noticed that the problems stopped.

However it is useful to pre-emptively turn fan speed up before using a resource intensive program. My lap has also threatened to leave me if I don't resolve this issue.

Has anyone else experienced this or am I alone? Are there other alternatives for fan control in osx.


texts: Making an outgoing call from my Macbook on my iPhone, I can't hear a ring tone or busy tone

texts:
I've configured my iPhone and Macbook so I can make an audio call from my Macbook using my iPhone, as explained in Make and receive calls on your Mac, iPad, or iPod touch.
When initiating an outgoing call from my Macbook on my iPhone, the call is made, but I can't hear a ring tone. Once the other side picks up the phone, the connection works perfectly well: I hear them and they hear me. But while it's ringing, I hear nothing which is quite confusing.
After several tries, I started to notice that the ring tone actually is played on the Macbook, but in such a low volume that it can only be perceived when the surrounding is very silent, and even then, I need to move my ear very close to the Macbook speaker.
I've modified the volume on the iPhone as well as on the Macbook, but that doesn't change anything. I've performed a forced reset in the iPhone, and I've performed an NVRAM reset on the Macbook, but still the same.
Just making a call on my iPhone works fine. I can hear the ring tone perfectly well there.
I'm clueless about what else to try. This would be a useful feature, and I would like to have it work properly. Any ideas?

Setup

Macbook: macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave)
iPhone: iOS 14.4


texts: Lost iPhone but someone is trying to use it - how can I track this

texts: My iPhone was stolen and I have blocked it, recently I received an email stating that I reported a problem... Someone is obviously trying to use my phone but because they can not access the internet or wifi I am unable to track this, does anyone know how I can track my phone?


texts: How do I change the resolution for the external monitor to 2048x1152 HiDPI?

texts: I just got a Dell P2421DC monitor and connected it through USB-C to my MacBook Pro 13'' from 2017 running on Big Sur 11.1. I know that the font won't be all crisp and Retina is just way better anyways, but I read that running it on 2048x1152 HiDPI would give me a better result for the fonts. Is it possible to do this with SwitchresX? I read so many posts already but just couldn't find a solution that works (since I'm not a coding expert anyways)...


texts: How to Tell Siri to Send a Text Message with Special Characters Such as Enter (Newline or EOL) - Dictation Commands

texts:
I'm using Siri a lot in my car to send text messages. The problem is I don't know how to convert characters into the text. Think like questionmarks (?), dots (.) and enters.

Example:

This is a question [questionmark]?
[enter]
End of text [dot].

Thanks in advance!


texts: Why does 128GB iPhone have 113GB capacity?

texts:
On the side of the iPhone packaging, Apple defines 1GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes (rather than 1,073,741,824 bytes), so you end up missing 9,438,953,472 bytes (~9GB) calculating it this way for 128GB of space (128,000,000,000 bytes is ~119GB).

My iPhone says that it has 113GB of capacity, but it should be 119GB, so where did the other 6GB disappear to?


texts: Does Apple recover tax paid to government on sales on apps?

texts:
I signed up to sell my apps on the Apple app stores, and the agreement says:

  Apple shall collect and remit to the competent tax authorities the
  taxes described in Section 3.2 of this Schedule 2 for sales of the
  Licensed Applications to End-Users located in the following countries,
  as updated from time to time via the iTunes Connect site:

  Albania Australia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada China* Croatia
  Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece
  Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta,
  Republic of Netherlands New Zealand++ Norway Poland Portugal Romania
  Slovakia South Africa Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
  United States

Does Apple recover this tax from me? In other words, will I end up paying more than 30% to Apple when a user from one of these countries buys my app?


texts: Can't automate typing in Safari with AppleScript when Safari is not the current window

texts:
I've searched all over the web but can't seem to find an answer to this. I developed this applescript to type in safari with the intended purpose for it to keep typing in the background while I worked on other things on my mac. Is this possible in AppleScript? Everything works fine while I'm in the window but the moment I click on another application the script will start typing it where my cursor is. Here's my code:

do shell script "open -a \"Safari\" \"" & "https://discordapp.com/channels/640284517051138079/646446075904917504" & "\""

to clickClassName(theClassName, elementnum)

    tell application "Safari"

        do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('" & theClassName & "')[" & elementnum & "].click();" in document 1

    end tell

end clickClassName

set work to "!work"
set crime to "!crime"
set slut to "!slut"
set deposit to "!dep all"
property workCounter : 0

delay 7
clickClassName("textArea-2Spzkt textArea-2Spzkt scrollbarGhostHairline-1mSOM1 scrollbar-3dvm_9", 0)

repeat
    tell application "System Events"

        repeat with i from 1 to count characters of work
            keystroke (character i of work)
            delay 0.05
        end repeat

        delay 1
        keystroke return
        set workCounter to (workCounter + 1)

        if workCounter mod 5 = 0 then
            delay 2

            repeat with i from 1 to count characters of slut
                keystroke (character i of slut)
                delay 0.05
            end repeat

            delay 1
            keystroke return

            if workCounter mod 50 = 0 then
                delay 2

                repeat with i from 1 to count characters of crime
                    keystroke (character i of crime)
                    delay 0.05
                end repeat

                delay 1
                keystroke return
            end if

        end if
        delay 2

        repeat with i from 1 to count characters of deposit
            keystroke (character i of deposit)
            delay 0.05
        end repeat

        delay 1
        keystroke return
        delay 30

    end tell
end repeat


texts: Create Dock Icon for Spyder (installed with Anaconda)

texts:
How can I create a single dock icon for an application that is launched via the Terminal?

I have installed spyder using anaconda. I can create a launcher app using Platypus (see this answer). But the actual spyder-application opens a new (ugly) dock icon labeled "python" next to it:

The confusion starts when I want to switch to the Spyder app: I have to click on the python icon and not on the spyder one...


texts: Cannot open graph .gcx file saved by Grapher

texts:
I'm facing an issue where I am unable to re-open any saved graphs that have a contour plot inside. For example, if you plot sin(x)*cos(y) and save it, you will not be able to reopen it in Grapher. It will just say: The document “test.gcx” could not be opened.

Example of a plot that I cannot save and re-open:


texts: Does a Mini-DVI to DVI cable exist that's more than 6 inches long?

texts:
I have a plastic MacBook that I like to use both on the go and at home, where I have a monitor, keyboard/mouse, speakers, etc that I hook up to use it more or less as a desktop. This works great, for the most part, except for the adaptor - it's constantly getting snagged on my desk due to the sheer size of the DVI-DVI connection.

I've tried looking online for a 3 foot Mini-DVI to DVI cable so that I can eliminate this bulk, but without success. It seems that both Apple and a number of third parties are more than willing to sell adaptors for the Mini-DVI, but none sell actual cables.

Have I missed something in my search? Or do manufacturers simply not produce the product I describe? If the latter, is it due to restrictions on using the Mini-DVI connector, a technical problem that requires the adaptor to be no longer than 6 or so inches, or perceived lack of demand?


texts: How to make Mail not to open it's window automatically?

texts:
I always keep the Mail application running in the background (there is a dot below the Mail icon in the Dock but a Mail window is not open) to get notifications about new messages. When I finish work, I don't turn my MacBook off, I make it sleep by shutting the screen pane down. Every time I awake the MacBook in the morning, a Mail window opens as soon as an Internet connection is established. It is very annoying. How to prevent Mail from opening the window on the day first login?

The «Open at Login» option is not turned off in the Mail context menu in the Dock. The Mail application is not listed in «System Preferences» – «Users & Groups» – «Login items».

Environment:

MacBook Pro 13" 2012, MacBook Pro 15" 2015
macOS 10.13.4, 10.15.2
Mail 11.3, 13.0

Update. Starting from macOS 10.14 Mail opens not only on login but occasionally with no apparent reason (it is very annoying when I'm using a fullscreen application).


texts: Adding songs without duplicate in iTunes?

texts:
Is there a way to add songs to iTunes and avoid make duplicates in the process ? I've a couple of macs and I want to merge all my songs on 1 mac and then be using home sharing...

Is it possible to avoid duplicating all the songs that are already in the "destination" iTunes Library ?


texts:
I replaced tha hard drive on my Mid-2010 iMac because it failed and was unrecoverable.

Now I need to install Mac Os High Sierra (the latest for Mid 2010), using a USB drive I have to create on Windows, because I have no other Macs.

Now, I know I can use TransMac, but the problem is that I can't find any install DMG online. I also tried to search for Sierra instead of High Sierra, but I couldn't find nothing.

I can't download Sierra from Mac App Store, because I'd need a Mac I don't have right now.

So the main question is: where can I find the DMG file I can use to create the USB recovery drive with TransMac?

Thank you and sorry for bad english!


texts: How to use MacOS Screen Sharing to access second account on same machine

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I have two user accounts, personal and work.
I used to have two machines, a desktop and a laptop. Laptop had personal account, and I would use the work desktop with Screen Sharing to have both accounts accessible to me with a simple four finger swipe (with Screen Sharing in full-screen mode).

Now I have only one machine with both accounts on it. I can no longer use the above trick to have quick access to both user accounts, because Screen Sharing doesn't allow me to access localhost. I cannot use Fast User Switching, as it is not fast, but more importantly it logs me out of an important App I use each time I switch.

Is there some way to trick Screen Sharing into thinking I'm not trying to reach localhost and let me connect to my second user account? I do have access to an Ubuntu desktop on my network, if that helps any...

Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: Install MS Office (home and student edition) on more than one Mac?

texts: If you purchased the home and student edition of Microsoft office, can you legally install the software on more than one computer?


texts: Does higher-resolution display scaling improve movie quality?

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I just got a new Retina MacBook Pro, and I keep it at the default 1440x900 resolution setting due to not liking when everything is super-tiny. However, I was wondering, does the resolution setting make a difference when playing movies?

My thinking is that if the computer thinks it has more pixels, it should be able to display a higher-resolution video. Am I wrong, or should I make a habit of switching to the "More Space" resolution before playing movies?


texts: Keynote: appear, disappear, reappear in Build Order

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Is there a way to make an object in the Build order appear, disappear, then reappear on the same slide?

For example, I want to show a blank slide. Then, when I click, I'd like a circle to appear. When I click a second time, I'd like the circle to disappear. Finally, when I click a third time, I'd like the circle to appear again.

Obviously, this is a vastly simplified example of the problem. However, if you can tell me how to accomplish this, I can apply the solution to the very complex slide I'm building.

Also, I know I could do this by duplicating the slide and playing with what is visible on the second slide. However, I would like to accomplish this in a single slide.


texts: Time Machine failing: "an error occurred while copying files"

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As of 1/1/2017, my Time Machine backups are failing with the following message:

  Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to "WDMyCloud". An error occurred while copying files. The problem may be temporary. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.

The drive itself is a 3TB Western Digital My Cloud NAS. I can mount it in the Finder and it seems to be okay (in that I can browse it and open files), but it doesn't appear in Disk Utility at all, which doesn't seem right...

I ran the full diagnostics test in WD's utilities (it exposes a page at wdmycloud.local when the drive is powered on) and it reported no problems.

I've tried restarting both the drive and my MacBook Pro, which didn't help.

Is this a fixable problem, or is my drive dying? I'd be surprised if it's the latter, since it's less than three years old, sits untouched next to my router in a well-ventilated area, and again the diagnostics reported no issues.


texts: I have to replace a wifi/bluetooth/isight cable on my mid-2009 MacBook Pro 13".  I have seen resources and vids that show how to essentially replace the cable up to the card and including the card but there is the other long end of the cable that feeds and connects too?  How do I replace this without causing damage.  Help!


texts:
I am using an OSX box to run a bash script to extract an iOS IPA file so that I can use otool and nm to extract details about the app for vulnerability analysis. The ipa files are already decrypted, because I am doing grey box analysis as part of scheduled testing.

The command line has no problem with the ipa file itself, using unzip, but then inside the Payload folder there is a compressed archive witht he same name as the ipa file without the extension that Windows and Linux can extrace with the unzip command, but OSX cannot. You can, in Finder, right click and show contents, but I do not want to perform this step. I am writing a script, so I want to do it from a Unix command.

How does one open this archive in iOS? I can script the extraction in Windows or Linux, but cannot run otool or nm there.

I have tried:

Directly addressing the archive as a folder, where I get a "this is not a directory" error.
Using unzip, where I get a "cannot find this archive" error.
Using the open -R command, which opens it successfully in Finder, but that doesn't allow the rest of the script to  open


texts: Quick combination or text replacement for typing schwa

texts:
I would like to configure a simple key combination to type a schwa (ǝ). I configured text replacement for the å character, but it won't work if it's inside a word i.e. "å" gets replaced correctly to "ǝ", but "andatå" doesn't become "andatǝ". Good solutions would be:

automatic text replacement for the å character
a way to assign ǝ to the option+a key combination

My keyboard has the Italian ISO layout.


texts: Yosemite randomly switches audio output to displayport

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Ever since upgrading from Mavericks to Yosemite I'm experiencing this annoying bug, where OSX switched the default audio output to external display connected via DisplayPort. This display has no speakers nor audio port of any kind.

Is there a permanent work around for this? Can I somehow blacklist a device as audio output?

System info:


texts:
How can I update iPad 1 from iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 7.1?

I tried checking for updates but I get a message "your software is up to date".


texts: Invisible region on screen is blocking mouse cursor

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In the bottom right corner of my Macbook Pro (running MacOS 10.15.3 Catalina with a second screen connected as main),
sometimes, there is a region (invisible) where I just can't move the cursor to. I need to restart the MacBook Pro to let me access the region with my mouse cursor.
The cursor just won't pass this region, just as if the screen has ended there. I have added a screenshot below and drawn the region.
I read about applications that might behave weird and cause such an issue, but the problem persists even when all apps are closed.
What could this be?
Are there any known issues? Or yet better, known solutions? ...
Update 1:

I have appended a screenshot of my arrangement and drawn a yellow box of the area which is not accessible.

Update 2:

The cursor is blocked from reaching the region in the third screenshot (I cannot reach the Files folder for example).

Update 3:

Today (2020/05/25, using Mac OS 10.15.4), the problem re-occured, but the non-accessible area has changed to the top-left, with the available height only being as much as the system menu and a width of 90%. (For example, I have a window in full height/width and I can no longer move the mouse cursor to the 'minimize' or 'close' window buttons).

Update 4:

2020/10/30, (using macOS 10.15.7) I returned my 15" MacBook Pro, because I thought the problem only appears on them. I encountered the same problem on a 13" MacBook with completely different apps installed. I suspect more and more that it's a very rare (race) condition / scaling bug in the OSX core that handles multiple display screens. The problem also happens on macOS 11.1 Big Sur.

Note: In the linked question, someone has posted a video screenshot of what happens.


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I recently updated my Mac Pro from Sierra to High Sierra and now Mail cannot connect to the Gmail SMTP server. So I can receive mail but I cannot send. I have found posts from many other users with the same problem and none of the solutions have worked for me. I have tried deleting prefs, deleting my Gmail account in Internet Accounts, turning on and off two step verification, and nothing has worked.

When I run Connection Doctor, I see the following in the error log:

WROTE Mar 07 10:32:09.713 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x6140004a3060 -- thread:0x600000267340
EHLO vuze on mac-pro.home
READ Mar 07 10:32:09.749 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:465 -- socket:0x6140004a3060 -- thread:0x600000267340
501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "vuze on mac-pro.home" invalid, closing

Oddly, when I open terminal the command prompt says "vuze on Mac-Pro:". So this makes me think the problem is something OS or network related, but I have no idea where to start. Any ideas?


texts: How do I disable "rich links" in Messages in Sierra?

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I don't want every link I send through iMessage to be accessed and embedded inline. I can't find a preference setting or defaults key to turn this off.

In this example image, I would want the YouTube link to be sent as a bare link, not a movie + screenshot:


texts: how can I receive external display connection notification in launchd?

texts:
How does one receive notification from notifyd (or equiv) when the display configuration changes? My goal is to fire off some daemons when connected to my thunderbolt display "dock". Any example scripts gratefully accepted.

Thanks.


texts:
How do I get rid of these kinds of animations:

Switching spaces
Minimising windows
Entering Mission Control
Exiting Mission Control

in macOS Catalina 10.15?


texts:
Sometimes I notice that the process Python hung up. Then I'll kill it via the Activity Monitor and everything is fine.

I'd like to kill that process in the Terminal instead. However, looking up the PID seems kind of unecessary because there's only one process by the name Python.

Is it possible to kill a process by its unique name?


texts: Why does time machine backup take "3 days" over USB 3?

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I have an external hard drive connected using USB3 to my macbook pro retina and I am running time machine for the first time.  It is going very slow and estimate says "3 days".  I don't understand why its taking so long because my hard drive is 335 GB and I would expect a backup to take a few hours tops maybe.

Can anyone explain if this is normal or if i am doing something wrong?


texts: I've got a Mac Pro (Jan-2008) 2.8GHz Quad-core Xeon with one processor. Do all the Mac Pro's have the two sockets motherboards even if it's purchased with one processor? If so can I purchase an equivalent Intel Xeon proc and install it to have the 8-core?


texts: What are the dimensions in pixels of a picture taken with iPhone 8 and X?

texts: Does anybody know the dimension, in pixels, of a picture taken with the front and back cameras of both iPhone 8 and iPhone X at their maximum resolutions for both cameras?


texts:
I'm the proud owner of an 27-inch iMac 2012 with high-end configuration, but the 1TB fusion drive keeps being the bottleneck. As my warranty has expired now, I want to upgrade the 128GB SSD to a larger one (preferably as large as possible), but I want to keep the traditional HDD for storage reasons, and upgrade it later.

Here are my questions:

What type is the slot the iMac has for it's SSD? In the iFixit repair manual it kind of looks like an M.2 SSD, but I'm not sure.
What is the maximum size (length) for SSDs to fit into that slot? I know that there are different sizes of M.2 SSDs (if it's M.2 at all).

I've heard of adapters that translate that whatever slot the iMac has to a regular SATA connector, so one can use regular SSDs in an iMac.
This is interesting because regular SATA SSDs are the cheapest, after all, and offer larger storage options.

Does anyone know if these are usable (maybe recommend one)?
Would it be possible to place an 2,5" regular SSD (e.g. Samsung 850 Evo) somewhere in the case of the iMac and hook it up to that adapter?

I'd be glad if there's anonye out there to answer some of these questions. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Allan said in his answer that an mSATA SSD is used in the iMac late 2012. Anyone who can confirm this?


texts: Disable warning: "There is a user sharing this computer."

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I have a Mac used as a test server and it restarts daily automatically. Occasionally we connect to it to grab files, but if we forget to disconnect, the Mac fails to restart because it waits for confirmation for this dialog:

"There is a user sharing this computer. If you restart they will be disconnected."

Is there a way to disable this confirmation and make sure the Mac always restarts regardless of who is connected?


texts: How do I import Notes from my iPhone to my iPad?

texts: For some reason, I can't import Notes from my iPhone to my iPad via iTunes - is there a fix for this?


texts: Can not access certain websites from my MacBook or iPhone [WiFi]

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I can't access certain websites from either my MacBook nor from my iPhone when connected to my WiFi network, but the same websites can be reached from a Windows computer connected on the same network. Three days ago everything worked, but then it stopped working.

This is what happens when I try to ping it:

PING ilpost.it (151.1.175.113): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
...

And when I try to traceroute it:

host-001:~ j$ traceroute www.ilpost.it
traceroute to ilpost.it (151.1.175.113), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1  vodafonedslrouter (192.168.1.1)  2.965 ms  0.743 ms  0.745 ms
 2  * 2.96.54.77.rev.vodafone.pt (77.54.96.2)  12.076 ms  10.871 ms
 3  77.41.30.213.rev.vodafone.pt (213.30.41.77)  14.145 ms  10.693 ms  11.960 ms
 4  85.205.11.49 (85.205.11.49)  9.658 ms  8.946 ms  9.085 ms
 5  85.205.13.105 (85.205.13.105)  57.497 ms  57.621 ms  48.080 ms
 6  188.111.129.17 (188.111.129.17)  49.483 ms  51.338 ms  48.852 ms
 7  85.205.25.174 (85.205.25.174)  47.891 ms  49.219 ms  47.821 ms
 8  * * *
 9  * * *
10  * * *
11  * * *

I've flushed my DNS cache but nothing changed.

This is quite dramatic as it seems to depend on 85.205.25.174 hop and I don't know how to avoid it.


texts: Why did the 10.8.3 update disappear from the App Store after I restarted my new Mac?

texts:
I’ve just bought a new Mac with 10.8.2 pre-installed. When I started it up for the first time, once I’d gone through the initial set-up, the App Store launched, and showed me an iPhoto update, and some system updates including Mac OS X 10.8.3.

I quit the App Store, set up another account on the Mac to be my admin account, and edited my main account so that it wasn’t an admin any more. I restarted the Mac, logged in with my main (i.e. non-admin) account, and opened up the App Store again to install the updates.

The iPhoto update showed up, but the systems updates didn’t.

I installed the iPhoto update successfully. I then changed my main account back to being an admin account, thinking that maybe somehow that affected updates. I restarted the Mac, logged in using my main account (now an admin account again), and re-launched the App Store. Still no 10.8.3 or system updates listed.

Any idea what’s going on? On my old Mac, running 10.7, my main account was non-admin, and I didn’t have any problems installing OS X updates.


texts: tar is giving a symbol error in a bash install script?

texts:
I've been trying to install meteor and as part of the install process it downloads node from a tar file which it pipes to tar. But the tar extract command is erroring out with a missing symbol?

I used homebrew to brew install gnu-tar --with-default-names

NODE_URL="https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.1.3/node-v8.1.3-darwin-x64.tar.gz"
curl "${NODE_URL}" | tar zx --strip-components 1

Will return this:

lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found:
_utimensat
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/tar
Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found:
_utimensat
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/tar
Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib


texts: What permissions to host website for OS X Server?

texts:
I am trying to install Dropplet on my Mavericks Server. I have created the site in Server and copied the files to the root directory.

When I go to configure it, I get the following error, "It seems that your config folder is not writable, please add the necessary permissions.".

I believe it comes from this line,

// Check if the install directory is writable.
$is_writable = (TRUE == is_writable(dirname(__FILE__) . '/'));

I have searched all over for what owner/group/permissions are needed for a website so Apache can write to it.

Anyone encountered this?


texts: Hotkey for automator service without giving permissions to all applications

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I have created an automator workflow; then I have created a keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard Settings to run this as a Quick Action on a keypress.

All of this works. But the workflow seems to run in the security context of the application which was active when I pressed the hotkey.

The activity inside the service has nothing to do with the current application (it takes a screenshot and then does something with it); it doesn't access the "current" application in any way.

It needs to access the System Events, and thus security kicks in. I then have to enable access to those features for any application which happened to be in the foreground when I hit the hotkey.

Is it possible to avoid this - i.e. run my service in a context of its own?

EDIT for clarification: The workflow clicks menus of applications, and sends keystrokes.

... take a screenshot ...
... startup GIMP ...

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "GIMP-2.10"

...
        click menu item "From Clipboard" of menu 1 of menu item "Create" of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1

...
        keystroke " "
...

As an example, say I press the hotkey while Emacs is in front. I then get a security prompt asking me to allow some security aspects for Emacs. I neither want do give Emacs any permissions, nor do I want to repeat this for any other application which might be in focus when I take a screenshot later.


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My aim here is to make my iPhone 4S (running iOS 5.0) serve its music library over SMB/Samba (Windows File Sharing protocol) so any computer on the LAN can access it.

Are there any iPhone apps available (for a non-jailbroken phone) that can act as a Samba file server for the iPhone's filesystem (or at least music library)?


texts:
I am using MacOs Sierra and downloads across the operating system hang after a few seconds. To successfully download a file, I have to pause and resume the download over and over until it completes. Here's what I have tried:

Changing browsers. Didn't help
Download accelerators. Didn't help
Switching from wifi to wired internet Didn't help
Switching to windows on the same computer Worked

Is there anything else that I should look into?


texts: Third-party solution for syncing files inside iCloud Drive with family

texts:
Apple does not support syncing/sharing folders inside iCloud Drive between users, for example in a family.  Is there a third-party solution that provides this functionality?

The quirk here is that it needs to be aware of macOS's new optimized storage feature.  This feature will remove a file "foo.txt" from iCloud Drive, store it in the cloud and only leave a ".foo.txt.icloud" empty placeholder file behind.  A plain file synching solution like Dropbox would not understand these, and inadvertently delete files. Therefore the solution needs to be aware of iCloud Drive's characteristics.

Additionally the synced folder needs to be specifically inside iCloud Drive, so that the synced files are available for use through various iCloud Drive-compatible interfaces.


texts: Passing arguments to 'Run Shell Script' in Automator

texts:
I want to make an Automator workflow to run a shell command. For example, I want to receive text input from the user and treat that input as a shell command instead of text. I have tried passing argument as stdin but still not able to make it work. Here is a simple example of what I am trying to do:

The user input some text, say, 'xyz'. I want to pass this text to shell script as follow

echo "$1/"

to get xyz as the output of the shell script to show in show result action of Automator.


texts: How can I default to a particular printer on a particular wifi network?

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When I work from the office, I wnt to print from the office printer.

When I work at home, I want to print from my home printer.

But I spend a lot of time sending documents to the last used printer, and then having to re-select the printer.

Is there a way I can set the default printer in OSX to depend on the wifi network I'm currently using?


texts: how to avoid the "downloaded application" warning for a Standard User

texts:
This is a followup on this post of mine: Application permissions for Standard user

I'm now running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.5 and this problem is still irritating.

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

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?

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

More details:

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 is a "solution" to this problem, but it is so incredibly inelegant. 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. Surely there must be a better way to accomplish this?


texts: Automator: Correct syntax for calling an AppleScript file

texts:
I'm attempting to write an Automator application that will mount an external disk. I have an AppleScript that does the job and I'm attempting to insert it into an Automator application. However, rather than paste in the script I want to call the file, I have the following in Automator:

on run {input, parameters}
    run script file "Macintosh HD:Users/username/Documents/Scripts and Automator/mountdrive.scpt"
end run

However, this produces a syntax error:

  Can’t make some data into the expected type.

Any suggestions as to the source of the problem?


texts: Is there a way to change the displayed desktop in Mission Control?

texts: I'd like to be able to change the displayed desktop in Mission Control without actually exiting Mission control.  For example, if I'm on desktop 1 and I go into Mission Control, I see all of the applications in that desktop along with thumbnails for the other desktops.  Can I view the applications in the one of the other desktops without having to click on it and leave Mission Control and then go back into Mission Control?


texts: mac mail sort by date newest at top by default

texts:
When opening mac mail I always get my mails sorted in the wrong order in the Date sent column i.e. oldest at the top. But like most people I want to have my mails sorted by the newest date on top by default.

Is it possible to configure mac mail to sort my mails by newest date at the top by default?


texts: I'm wondering how I could record the screen of my iPhone without jailbreaking? Are there any Apps that will do this? I know how to take a screen shot but I don't know how to record video.


texts: iCloud Why Are Some Album Tracks Uploaded Instead of Matched

texts:
I know that iTunes Match is still in its infancy, but I'm having a weird occurrence. Most of my tracks are ripped from my CD collection.

Albums that were all ripped in one batch, some of the tracks show up as matched, while others had to be "uploaded." See the example below:

Any ideas?


texts: Deleted hard drive results in Windows recovery screen

texts:
I have a late 2014 Mac Mini. I did go into recovery mode (Option + r) and did delete the hard drive.
Then I screwed up and restartet the Mac Mini instead of going back to the list from Option+r menu at the startup.

Current Issue:

Now if I start my Mac Mini, I get a Windows recovery screen which tells me add a bootable device.
I can read "Your PC needs to be repaired", a error code 0xc0000225 and enter to try again or press F8 for startup settings. I had bootcamp installed.

I tried:

That reset NVRAM with option+alt+r+p (Now startup sound is louder then before this reset)
Holding option+r to get into Mac recovery but not working
Holding t for hard drive menu but not showing

No command for startup worked. I get the windows recovery screen always. I don't need any recovery of my files. I just want to have a clean MacOS installation.

Do I need to install Windows with a bootable windows image or is there any other way to install MacOS again?

Mac Mini late 2014 -
MacOS 10.14 (no idea which sub number) was installed


texts: how to have the same gradient fill background on all slides

texts: How do you change the background gradient fill for all slides. I created a nice gradient fill for the first slide and I need it to come across all of the slides for the presentation. thank you


texts: tar cvfz command not writing on iCloud Drive folder

texts:
I am trying to link up (create a copy) of a folder in the User's Libraryinto the iCloud Drive folder, so that it will be synchronised across computers should I need to change machine. For your knowledge, this folder contains app settings that are not easily accessible if I had to do a format or system reset.

Operating the tar cvfz command on the Users/< username >/Mobile\ Documentsfolder does perform some action in Terminalbut it doesn't actually create any copy of the desired folder.

To test if I was doing something wrong I changed the destination folder to the Downloadsfolder and, magic, it worked.
Have I to assume that one doesn't have permissions to write to the iCloud Drive directory from the Terminal?

All of this is being attempted on a 2016 15" MacBook Pro with macOS 10.12.6.


texts: how do I enable the root user from the Directory Utility?

texts:
How do I enable the root account?  I don't see any options related the system user.  Do I enter the server as "localhost"?

What do I select here?

System Software Overview:

  System Version:   OS X 10.10.2 (14C1510)
  Kernel Version:   Darwin 14.1.0
  Boot Volume:  Mac OSx
  Boot Mode:    Normal
  Computer Name:    A MacBook Pro
  User Name:    thufir (thufir)
  Secure Virtual Memory:    Enabled
  Time since boot:  1:03

Hardware Overview:

  Model Name:   MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,1
  Processor Name:   Intel Core i7
  Processor Speed:  2.3 GHz
  Number of Processors: 1
  Total Number of Cores:    4
  L2 Cache (per Core):  256 KB
  L3 Cache: 6 MB
  Memory:   4 GB
  Boot ROM Version: MBP91.00D3.B08
  SMC Version (system): 2.1f175
  Serial Number (system):   C02HH5JQDV33
  Hardware UUID:    FBB1FF0A-6EAC-5423-9E8F-405B181EF5F3
  Sudden Motion Sensor:
  State:    Enabled


texts: difference b/w various commands for getting root access in terminal

texts:
I have used linux:Kali for a while and to get root access i just needed to type: su in terminal. But in OSX i need to type in su - what does this - mean?

If i just type su in terminal than i get sh-3.2# in next line

whereas if i type su - then i get root# in next line.

What's the difference between all of these commands.

Also i see some other commands to get root access in terminal:
(1) su bash
(2) sudo su

Please help to understand difference b/w all these commands.


texts:
I quite often find myself needing to move the cursor to the beginning or the end of the line.

Is there a keyboard shortcut or other magic trick to move the cursor apart from the arrow keys.


texts: How to fix apps "waiting.." forever after sync?

texts:
I've got roughly 5 apps on my iPhone.

Then I went to iTunes and downloaded 15+ apps. After that, I synced them to the phone and it says "Sync Complete", but the apps on my phone are showing "Waiting..".

I've waited for over a day and the apps are still showing "Waiting..".

What may be the problem here, and how can it be fixed?


texts: How to record the sound also in a screen recording if the headphones are connected?

texts:
I would like to know If I will be able to record using quick time player or other application you may suggest, both audio and video on my Macbook Air with head phones connected !!

When headphones are not connected, there is no problem, i go to setting on the recording screen and i choose built-in microphone

But what i want is while i'm using my headphones, when i want to record a video, i want it to capt the audio from that video rolling on my mac, not the sound of outside


texts: How does Mail choose address for recipients in a group?

texts:
Many of my contacts have multiple email addresses stored in Contacts.app.  If I compose an email in Mail.app using a group as the recipient, then for every person in this group who has more than one address, it will pick one automatically.  What logic is used to choose the address?

The same thing happens if I drag one of these contacts into Mail.app as a recipient.  I know I can click on the recipient name and choose an address from the drop-down list, but I want to know how to set the default "priority" address.


texts: Will a modern Time Capsule work with 10.5?

texts: While at home for the holidays, I noticed that the old iMac is probably on its last legs. I'd like to get a Time Capsule so that the documents are backed up when the time comes. However, the thought crossed my mind that the old iMac with OS X 10.5 might not be compatible with the new Time Capsule.


texts: 2013 Macbook Pro 13" - Running 2 monitors (not thunderbolt)

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Can I run 2 non thunderbolt monitors off a 2013 13" Retina Macbook Pro? One connected via HDMI, and one connected via a Thunderbolt to HDMI adaptor?

And if so, can I also run the laptop screen at the same time?


texts:
In the Photos app on my iPod Touch, when I'm scrolling through photos, it always makes "up" = the orientation of the device, even if that doesn't match the orientation of the photo.  So half the time, the photo takes up only half the pixels on the screen, and the other half are just black, and I have to rotate the device, and it takes a couple seconds to realize this and rotate the display.

Is there any way to make iOS/Photos always show photos full-screen, even when that doesn't match the current orientation of the device?


texts: Delete all data from MacBook except a certain folder?

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I can not find a clear step by step guide on how to completely remove all data, apps, cache from my Mac (to give it to another friend), but keep a certain folder that I can not backup otherwise (it is 40 GB and we are far from home).

I have a MacBook Pro running macOS Mojave. I have 1 folder on the Desktop, and I want to remove all the data from the Mac including all cache and apps, and leave this folder there.

We can and should keep the macOS Mojave as I just downloaded it.

I want to really remove everything since it has a lot of garbage, cache, and private keys, etc.


texts: AirPort Extreme: slow upload via ethernet, but fast via wireless

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I have a new dual-band AirPort Extreme base station (v7.6.1). I've used it to create a wireless network, and I also connect my Mac Pro (Early 2009, running 10.8.2) via ethernet. When I run a speed test on my iPhone (to test the wireless speed), I get an upload speed of 1.45 Mbps (not super fast, but I only pay for 1 Mbps so I'll take it). When I run the same test on the Mac Pro (to test the wired speed) I get only 0.13 Mbps. The AirPort Utility (v6.1) doesn't provide a lot of options, so I've been unable to resolve this. How can I fix my ethernet upload speeds?

In summary:

AirPort Extreme

Wireless Upload: 1.45 Mbps

Wired Upload: 0.13 Mbps


texts: How to automatically resend iMessage when Internet is accessible?

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When using Messages, if I don't have an Internet access for some reason and the message does not send, I have to manually go back and resend any unsent message.

Is there any way to do this like WhatsApp, where it just waits until the Internet access is available and then sends without any user intervention?


texts: Error with Android usb. Working Macintosh HD not repairable. Alternatives to backup?

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I have to say first, I have almost zero experience is the use of Terminal, an usually I'm very careful with what command I use.

I have tryed to create a bootable Android x86 usb and it was a success, it booted perfectly on a windows pc. I hope it worked on Mac too, sadly it was not.

But I immidiatly(usually shut the Mac once a week) discovered, by that boot try, I did something wrong. A slow grey loading bar appeared at the start up!
Before realizing the bootable android usb (with UNetbooting) I tryed a terminal operation I saw on youtube and in another thread

sudo DiskUtil UnmountDisk disk1s1
sudo dd if=/Users/Me/Desktop/android.iso of=/rdisk1s1

(I get now it was correct of=/dev/rdisk, right?)and I use it three times, without any results, I thought.So, after the long slow bar, I tryed to verify disk with Disk Utility and found I need to repair.

Booted my install CD and before I opened Disk Utility notice in the choice of partition install Macintosh HD was not appearing, just my Vista partition.

Disk Utility sadly sad me it was beyond repair and needed a backup. I did it twice, one with SuperDuper! (who was even faster than Time Machine, who started even long before I downloaded SD!).
But I'm not ok with this. I find here this

df -hl

and

sudo fsck_hfs -l /dev/disk0s2

with, again, just the repair advaice.

Even noticed the three tries were placed at Macintosh HD folder with  lost+found and  DamagedFiles folders, all created at the same time.

So I hoped deleting them the problem could be solved. No, it isn't.

Still I transcripted the 2 damaged files in the folder who are

.DSIsRunning            Macintosh HD/Library/Prefences/DirectoryService

utmpx                   Macintosh HD/private/var/run

Now. My only chance to set everything back, even if my Mac still works without any defect sign (expect the long startup), is just to restore backup or else?