texts: Copying ssh private key with finder, but can't see it with console

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Background: I generated an additional ssh key-pair on my windows 7 workplace computer. I placed the corresponding public keys in my bitbucket.org and github.com account. I am using atlassian sourcetree as a git gui. I copied the private key into (my mac) the .ssh folder using the finder(drag and drop), and when I use the command ls -lah also ssh-add -l doesn't show the keys I copied.

I am using OSX v10.7.5

Also, I have heard of this thing called keychain access, but I am new to mac, and I don't know if this sort of thing is required to manage my ssh keys.

Question: What is the reason I cannot see my private keys in my ~/ssh directory? How do I fix it so that I can add the new private key.


texts: How to track email open/forward events with Mac Mail (or standalone App)?

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We are looking for a Mac tool to track open and forward events on email we send (basically, ToutApp or Yesware functionality). We're hoping to find something which is compatible with Mac Mail (v7.1) or runs as a standalone desktop client.

Most of the tools we have seen are designed to integrate with Gmail or Outlook.  Can anyone recommend a tool which works with Mac Mail or as a standalone client?

Our main features would be:

Compatible with Mac desktop client (e.g. Mac Mail but could be standalone app)
Track open and forward events; and
Not have our emails get stuck in spam filters.


texts: How can I make Safari stop webpages from overriding any shortcuts?

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I sometimes need to edit pages on WikiDot, but WikiDot overrides the ⌃+E shortcut (and many others), which is a system-wide shortcut I often use due to the lack of an end-key on my keyboard.

Is there a way to stop all webpages from overriding any shortcuts?


texts: Is there a way to bypass charge a 2019 MacBook Pro?

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Bypass charging powers the computer but it doesn't charge nor discharge the battery.
Can I bypass charge on a 2019 MacBook Pro?


texts: Force Spotlight to index specific Library folders

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How can I get Spotlight to index a directory in the system's Library folder?

I'm trying to get Spotlight running 10.10.3 to index some folders in the Macintosh HD/Library folder. I'm not getting any search results from these folders so it appears Spotlight is not searching/indexing them. The folder can be found at:

Macintosh HD/Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs/

I am getting search results for other Library folders, such as my web root folder at:

/Library/WebServer/Documents/

Is there a way to force Spotlight to also index the Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs folder as well?

(I want to index FileMaker Server's web root folder that I referenced above. I will not be indexing the FileMaker Server database folders as I have excluded those from Spotlight)


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MacPro 2013 (MacPro6,1). The computer wake up by it-self after one or two minutes.
Re-install new OS. Reset Pram, SMC. Disconnect everything except power cord. Wifi disabled.
Auto-sleep after 4 minutes. Computer wake for 3 seconds, sleep for 2 minutes
and this cycles repeat forever. Last thing to try: re-flash SMC firmware.
Downloaded 2.20f18 (SMC 2.0) firmware [https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201518].
The software tell the Mac has already version 2.0 and don't let me re-install.
How can force re-flash ?


texts: Filevault login screen slow to start after trying to install Windows using bootcamp

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Since trying to install Windows 7 on my iMac with Lion 10.7.4, using Boot Camp, I noticed that the login screen where it asks for the FileVault password is taking a lot of seconds to be displayed.

When I turn on the computer, after the sound only a blank screen is shown for a lot for seconds.

Even after removing the Windows partition using Boot Camp, this slow down persists.

Anyone with similar problem, or solution?


texts: Notarize issue: CommandLineTools not in PATH

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OSX version: 10.14.6
I've been trying to notarize an Electron app using the latest version of Electron Builder, however I keep getting the error:

error: unable to find utility "altool", not a developer tool or in
PATH

I've removed, reinstalled and selected the CommandLineTools using:
sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
xcode-select --install
sudo xcode-select -r

Check the path:
xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

This is in the 'Library' directory at the root level of the drive, not the "user" account "Library" directory. So that's all good (I guess) but I still get the above error. Also, if I look in the directory /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin I do not see this "altool". Is it somewhere else?
Am I doing something obviously wrong? If I output the PATH (below) I don't see any reference to the CommandLineTools directory. Is it odd that the installer pkg did not do that?
Sorry to be so long-winded but I've been stuck on this for days. I'm hesitant to "try anything" but I am getting to that point. Can someone steer me right?

echo "$PATH"
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/sbin


texts: How to find image compression type used in PDF?

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I don't know how to find the image compression type used in a PDF on my Mac.

I've tried Adobe Acrobat Pro, but the "Document Properties" box does not show any data regarding compression.


texts: Airport Extreme & Airport Utility 6.3, "Port Settings" (i.e. port mapping) Unavailable

texts: I'm trying to add port forwarding for a few services on my iMac and haven't used the airport utility in quite a while, so after poking around, I found the port mapping settings (i.e. Airport Utility, Manual Config, "Network" Tab, "Port Settings" but the setting is greyed out and I can't click on the "+" to add a new service. A quick web search didn't show this as a common problem, so I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this with the latest airport utility and know of a fix?


texts: How do I do a Windows-Left or Windows-Right on Apple?

texts: I want to have 2 windows next to each other using a shortcut. How do I do that?


texts: My iPod touch won't let me save the new iTunes security questions

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Whenever I try to buy new apps, my iPod asks me to type in my user name and password and answer some security questions.

I tap OK to continue, but nothing happens. I have tried using a different account and even resetting my iPod but nothing seems to be working.

What can I do to fix this?

Even if I went on the compiter and enter my security questions it wouldn't let me save them. What will I do?


texts: Question about charging and using an iPad mini

texts: I just purchased a cellular iPad mini but I cant seem to find out if charging an iPad mini while using the device affects battery life, and does charging overnight affect battery life?


texts: How can I upgrade my 10.7.5 mac to a newer version when it can't even read the disk image InstallMacOSX?

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I have a 2006 Mac Pro (MacPro 1,1) with 4GB RAM running OS X Lion (10.7.5)

I've been using this link: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210717,  to try and upgrade my computer. I've successfully downloaded the file (InstallMacOSX.dmg) from step 4, but whenever I try to open the file to install it onto my computer, my computer tells me that it can't read it due to it not being recognizable.

I've tried using disk utility to open it via Image>Verify, but it still didn't open it for the same reason. What can I do?


texts: How to prevent MacBook Pro from sleeping with turned off external display?

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I have two displays connected to my MacBook Pro Retina 2015, running 10.10. It is connected to power, so it will not sleep once I close the lid.

However, if I am doing long during calculations over night I want to power off the external displays. This is not possible, since as soon as I shut down the last display the system stops to calculations, compression tasks etc.

Is there a way to keep OS X awake on a power book with a closed lid and turned off displays while connected to power?


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I recently acquired the iPod in question, model MC297 (Classic, Late 2008/7th Gen). The SMART diagnostics came as follows=
Retracts=7
Reallocs=16376
Pending sectors=0
Power on hours=163
Temp=current 31c
Temp min=9c
Temp max=53c.

From the research I've done, the 16k+ allocs might mean death is near. But it has worked fine for the 4/5 days I've had it. (the previous owner sold it to me cheap saying that it froze and played songs erratically, and I restored it to Apple format - it was in Windows).
What I want to know, since I've found conflicting opinions about this, is if I can erase the drive with Disk Utility (which I assume would push the bad blocks to one corner, so to speak) and then restore with iTunes.
And if this is not recommended, what would be the best course of action.
Thanks,


texts: generate e-mail messages from MS-Word 2011 using Mail app.

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I get down to Step 6 in the MS-Word 2011 mail merge manager, Complete Merge, and the generate e-mail messages option is greyed out.

In MS-Word the File>Share> E-mail attachments is active and will connect to and email using Mail app.

I am using Excel as the data source for the Word template which is a donation tax receipt I need to issue for a charity with 100 donors.

Thanks for any help you can offer and this is urgent.

Erin


texts: Contacts sync iCloud/iPhone/Mac after clean OS X install

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I have an clean Yosemite installation without any data transfer from an old mac.

My iCloud account is synced with my iPhone, and the mac is using the same iCloud account.

After a sync some contacts are not synced.

When I logging into www.icloud.com via the browser, i see all my contacts in my iCloud's address book. Here are 3 groups.

mobile contacts
all contacts
wgroup

All 3 groups are synced with my iPhone but  didn't get synced the "mobile contacts" group nor the "wgroup" on the Mac. (The Mac didn't shows the groups).

Want achieve the following:

get synced all contacts and all groups on my all devices.

Sounds simple, but

where to setup what groups should be synced on Mac
or how to move all contacts into single group?

Ps: ofcourse, i can send by email the vCards to Mac but this isn't the right solution.

Any idea?


texts: Macbook pro 2017 intermittently cannot find start-up disk, especially when lid has been closed (Always starts when I reset NVRAM)

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Update: The laptop seems to always find the startup-disk when I book by. resetting the NVRAM
When I close the lid on my macbook, often when it wakes up it will not find my start-up disk. By this I mean that I get the flashing '?' folder icon. Sometimes it will also take a few tries from shut-down to find it. However, apart from this there is no problem with it.
I have reset the NVRAM and PRAM and there is no problem with my start-up disk according to first-aid.
Please see below specs

What is the problem?
Is it maybe a loose connection between to the HDD - I have had that problem before. What I don't understand is why it should consistently perform fine but only have trouble on start-ups: this maybe makes me think that it's a software issue.
Thanks in advance,
Output of diskutil:

Diagnostics found no hardware issues (code: APD0000)


texts: Forcing/Getting app to run on lower Mac OSX version

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I bought some software; on the back of the cover it says the minimum version that it supports is 10.4.11 which is the same as my Mac. However, after copying it to the Applications folder, it says it can't run on this version of OS X (I have checked in About this Mac, and the version matches what's on the CD cover).

I right clicked the app, Show Package Contents and opened its info.plist; there it said the minimum version supported is 10.5, so I changed this to 10.4.11, saved the file and tried opening the app, but it still wouldn't open. The message box looks like it's from the OS rather than the application, so the app hasn't even started before I get told I can't open it.

Is there a way to trick it into allowing it to open, and hopefully nothing will go wrong, seeing as according to the box it can run on my Mac.


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The missing print to PDF feature on iPad (like that of Mac OS X) has been written about in a couple places on the web, but they all reference iPad apps that are no longer present in the App Store.

Is there a way to get PDF generation in the iPad print dialog?

Has Apple decided to pull such products from the App Store?


texts:
Is it possible to set an iOS device screen not to lock, but rather just after a preset time of in activity on the sleep and be taken out of sleep, by either :

touching the screen
receiving a notification

(both without having to press the on / off or home button)


texts: Adding to Mac OS X contextual menu Templates like on Linux Ubuntu

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Does there exist some method to add the Create document function to the context menu?
I would love a function like this with the Templates folder because I always need to create files with the same template inside and place it in different folders.

Does there exist some app to do this or some Context menu modification for Leopard or Lion?


texts: Could not uninstall Confer application on my mac

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Today, somehow the application "Confer" got installed in my mac. I am not able to delete that application as moving it to trash says "The item “Confer” can’t be moved to the Trash because it’s open." I tried following the instructions given here
, but still no luck. Could someone please help me get rid of this application? I tried to kill using activity monitor and kill -9 command as well, but nothing is getting rid of this application. I am not sure if this will have an impact to my device, would really like to get rid of this one.

PS:  Mac OS version - 10.13.6


texts: How are colorschemes represented in OS X Terminal.app Settings Files?

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I'm interested in moving color values I've created for OS X Terminal to applications on other platforms, such as Linux. I'm familiar with the usual methods of representing color values like RGB, HSB, L*A*B, HEX, etc. However, the <data> strings used in Terminal settings files are unlike other methods used to define colors. I'd like help understanding this XML <data> type in relation to other color values.

As an example, I used OS X's built-in Color Picker to manually change Terminal's default ANSI scheme with HSB values from Ethan Schoonover's excellent Solarized. I then saved those settings in an XML .plist called Solarized Dark xterm-256color.terminal (The contents of that file may be found here.)

I arbitrarily chose brblack from that file as a single color value for comparison:

    <key>ANSIBrightBlackColor</key>
    <data>
    YnBsaXN0MDDUAQIDBAUGFRZYJHZlcnNpb25YJG9iamVjdHNZJGFyY2hpdmVyVCR0b3AS
    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OVU5TUkdCXE5TQ29sb3JTcGFjZVYkY2xhc3NOMCAw
    LjE2NDUgMC4yMQAQAoAC0hAREhNaJGNsYXNzbmFtZVgkY2xhc3Nlc1dOU0NvbG9yohIU
    WE5TT2JqZWN0XxAPTlNLZXllZEFyY2hpdmVy0RcYVHJvb3SAAQgRGiMtMjc7QUhOW2Jx
    c3V6hY6WmaK0t7wAAAAAAAABAQAAAAAAAAAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAvg==
    </data>

This looks much different (and more complex) than the simple HSB value 193 100 21  taken from Schoonover's table:

    SOLARIZED HEX     16/8 TERMCOL  XTERM/HEX   L*A*B      RGB         HSB
    --------- ------- ---- -------  ----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
    base03    #002b36  8/4 brblack  234 #1c1c1c 15 -12 -12   0  43  54 193 100  21
    ...

Why does the simple value 193 100 21 get converted into a data string 5 lines long? What other information is contained in that string? Finally, and most importantly, how can I convert such a string into simple standard color values that I can use on other platforms?


texts: Auto-tag folders/files dropped into a folder

texts: I want to be able to automatically assign a red tag to any folder/file that is dropped into a folder sitting on my desktop. I've done some research about this and it seems like this can't really be done even with Automator or Smart Folders, even though it seems pretty simple.


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Making a screen recording with QuickTime on a retina mac embeds a com.apple.quicktime.pixeldensity metadata tag on the video that tells QuickTime to have 2x pixel density. How can I add this tag to a different video? Googling com.apple.quicktime.pixeldensity yield no results which is really really weird.

https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/23503/how-does-quicktime-player-know-when-do-play-a-video-in-hidpi-retina-2x-mode

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31586732/how-can-i-retain-2x-pixel-density-when-encoding-retina-screen-capture-with-ffmpe/31600506


texts: Folders in trash won't get deleted? Says they are "in use"

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Ok, I have tried even doing in terminal ~/Trash then rm -rf to clear it manually, and in my Finder preferences I have deselected the "give warning" when emptying trash icon.

My issue is I have these folders which I don't think actually contain anything, however when I was backing up another computer that I had connected I accidentally dragged all the important folders copied to the trash on this main computer - Applications, History, etc. Now they just sit in trash and when I put new things in trash, EVEN THOUGH I have the warnings off I get these dialogues from finder saying:

The operation can’t be completed because the item “folder's name” is in use.

or

Some items in the Trash cannot be deleted because of System Integrity Protection.

I just hit Continue and everything in Trash EXCEPT the folders gets deleted. How can I remove these folders? I need them off my computer - any other CLI commands to try?

EDIT: ls -l ~/.Trash returns nothing in terminal.


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I have a Mac Pro, and I've added an Intel 80GB SSD to improve performance in LightRoom and Photoshop. So far so good.

But after moving all of my current work, catalogs, etc. to the SSD, I still have a good 65GB free currently.

How can I creatively use this new SSD drive for performance? I don't want to boot from this drive, but I do want to make good use of the investment.

Ideas I've already looked into and abandoned:

Moving the swap file. Looks like a pain in the butt, and opinions vary on how much this would shorten the lifespan of this older-generation SSD.
Moving Spotlight indexes. Apparently OS X forces you to index to the same volume that stores the data.
Moving Google Chrome's cache. Can't seem to find good instructions for this.

Any ideas? I have a hammer, need more nails...


texts: Bluetooth headphones/speakers connect for a second and disconnect immediately

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I was having the issue where the bluetooth audio was stuttering. I was trying a variety of solutions but wasn't able to solve it. I tried following this answer Yosemite bluetooth audio is choppy/skips

and ran the two commands to kill coreaudiod and bluetoothaudiod and am having the above mentioned problem ever since since. The headphones connect for a second and disconnect immediately. I tried rebooting the device multiple times, resetting the bluetooth module and deleting the plist file but it is still not working.

I tried safe mode, that did not work either.

Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4 MacBook Pro 13 inch 2014 version.


texts: Company Website required for registering as Enterprise App Developer

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I am trying to register under the Enterprise Developer program but I get a response that the website needs to be working.

Does the website need to be a company name domain or can it be an app name domain?


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I would like to configure sshd.

My ssh.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN""http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Disabled</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.openssh.sshd</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/libexec/sshd-keygen-wrapper</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/usr/sbin/ssd</string>
    <string>-i</string>
    <string>-p 2222</string>
    <string>-f /etc/sshd_config</string>
</array>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
    <key>Listeners</key>
    <dict>
        <key>SockServiceName</key>
        <string>ssh</string>
        <key>Bonjour</key>
        <array>
            <string>ssh</string>
            <string>sftp-ssh</string>
        </array>
    </dict>
</dict>
<key>inetdCompatibility</key>
<dict>
    <key>Wait</key>
    <false/>
</dict>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>SHAuthorizationRight</key>
<string>system.preferences</string>

And the problem is with program arguments. When I reload configuration by running:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist

ssh is still listening on port 22.

What Am I doing wrong?


texts: How to stop gatekeeper always asking for app verification in standard account?

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I've recently done a clean install of High Sierra and am struggling with reducing the annoyance of the app verification from gatekeeper. For security I log in as a standard user and have a separate admin account - this is the first time I've tried that separation between admin and standard accounts, which is where the problem may lie.

If I right-click the app and 'open', then confirm open again in the gatekeeper dialog, then I will still be asked every time I open the app.

I have disabled gatekeeper (security pane now has third radio button - allowing 'Anywhere' for download source) but this hasn't helped.

I used brew cask to download and install a number of apps and suspect it's those that I can't permanently approve.


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Out of Apple's Maps (or just - Maps) and Google Maps, which is more economical on data?
Google Maps caches the path to destination. I know this because I have searched for locations on Google Maps and then turned my phone data off. It still takes me there, minus the traffic updates.
On Maps, I have no idea myself and also there is no information about data usage online.
The specific cases I'm looking answers for:

Going to an address in the same city, which is better in terms of data usage?
Going to another city, which is better in terms of data usage?
What features can I sacrifice in one or the other so that I can get the most information with least data usage?

Update: I noticed recently that Apple Maps has also started caching. If you start the directions to a location and then turn data off, Apple Maps too takes you there. However, I have seen this only when going to a place close by. Not sure of the behavior when going to a distance farther away - like going to another city altogether.


texts: Bluetooth Not Available - Mid 2010 Macbook Pro

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I have a 13" mid 2010 Macbook Pro running 10.8.3. For some reason, I started it up the other day and my Bluetooth is now for some reason unavailable.

I've had this problem in the past, and if my memory serves me correctly the only way to get it back was just to let it come back on it's own. However, it's very annoying that this happens apparently no reason and this is just not good enough.

I've tried the following:

Restart, shut down, suspend/resume cycles
Reset SMC
Reset PRAM
Deleted any Bluetooth.plist files in ~/Library/Preferences
Verified permissions

And nothing has worked. Any suggestions?


texts: Why does Image Magick fail to read fonts?

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I'm trying to create a simple contact sheet of all the photos in a directory using Montage:

$ montage -font Helvetica -pointsize 10 *.png contact_sheet.jpg

However, I keep getting a error reading the font file:

montage: unable to read font `Helvetica' @ error/annotate.c/RenderFreetype/1239.

I've tried several fonts, including Arial, and putting the font name in quotes, but get the same error.

Leaving the -font option blank returns:

unable to read font '(null)' @ error/annotate.c/RenderFreetype/1239


texts: Any way to put Mac mini to sleep remotely?

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I use a Mac mini as a music centre connected to my stereo system (among other things). I control it remotely using apps such as Remote by Apple, Rowmote, and Remoteless (for Spotify), both on my iPhone and iPad.

Now, when getting to sleep myself, I often want to stop music playback with the device closest to hand, usually iPhone. One more thing I'd like to do remotely is put the Mac mini to sleep. Any idea whether this is possible?

To clarify, I'm looking for an app or other solution that works on iPhone / iPad (with latest iOS, not jailbroken).


texts: Error when choosing Print > PDF > Mail PDF - document mail PDF damaged or incomplete?

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I'm trying to send a document to email as a PDF. To do this you'd normally go to 'Print > PDF > Email PDF' but when I do this I get an error message:

  The document mail PDF could not be opened because it is damaged or incomplete.

Any idea how I can resolve this? The document itself is a Excel doc, but it happens whenever I try to do 'Print > PDF > Email PDF'. However, if I go to 'Print > PDF > Save PDF' it saves them perfectly.

Any ideas what might be causing my problems?


texts: How to send an email to myself with Applescript or Terminal automatically when my Mac reboots?

texts: I wonder if there is a way to send an email to myself with Command Line or AppleScript service automatically when my Mac reboots? Thanks for your suggestions.


texts: How can I fix the Dual Monitor Fullscreen issue without updating to Maverick

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Here's the problem:
When one app (for instance YoutTube or a game) goes fullscreen on monitor A, monitor B slides right, into a new gray "desktop" (like the ones one can add in the top right corner via the F3 button) that doesn't allow any apps to be in it. Because of this, one screen becomes useless when the other has a fullscreen app running.

I see many others having the same problem, but I can't seem to find a way to fix it.
I'm not interested in app specific fixes.

Thanks.


texts: Are email Attachments technically always inline, or does macOS Mail not allow conventional, non-inline attachments?

texts:
In macOS mail, you are forced to attach files inline in the message. I am aware you can enable "Always Insert Attachments at End of Message" in the menubar's Edit menu, but I understand this still leaves the attachment inline. Even when an image or PDF is shown as an icon at the end of the message in macOS Mail, the recipient ends up seeing the attachment as a huge inline image.

Is there an actual difference in "inline" vs. "non-inline" attachments in email protocol? Or do other apps technically attach things inline at the end, just visually showing it differently?


texts: Is there a way to operate the camera of a disassembled iPhone X?

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I recently disassembled my iPhone X; to straightforwardly ask, is there a way to operate the rear camera of this model? There are all the necessary parts: the display, central processor, the front camera with the TrueDepth sensor, and the rear camera.
I want to operate the camera using an external input device; store the images and recordings taken in an external storage.
Would using Arduino or Raspberry Pi be an option?


texts: iCloud running out of space, but it's not

texts:
I keep getting messages from iCloud saying my drive is out of room. It is not, it is about half full:

Any ideas here?


texts:
I have several external hard drives attached via USB to my iMac. Turning the Mac on this morning, three of the four drives mount no problem. (all in the same ext power / usb tower) but one drive does not mount.

I went into Disk Utility and the drive shows up there but it's child shows up greyed out. When I select the child it shows that I can mount it but when I actually hit the mount button nothing else happens. The button does not show unmount but stays as mount.

It shows the child as being all yellow (other) but it's far from full.

Can anyone help?

It didn't mount:

Last login: Thu Apr  7 08:40:46 on ttys000
Pauls-iMac:~ pual$ diskutil mountDisk /dev/disk3
One or more volume(s) failed to mount
Pauls-iMac:~ pual$

DiskUtil list output

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            999.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +999.0 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 3951002B-29E0-4AEE-A503-D9927B08A0A9
                                 Unencrypted
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:               Windows_NTFS PIYUSH08ROCKS           1.0 TB     disk2s1


texts: Restore open Terminal sessions from Time Machine backup?

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I just did a Time Machine restore of the full system on Catalina, and seems to have worked pretty well, with one exception - I had several Terminal windows open with bash history, but these haven't been restored this time.
Where are these past terminal sessions stored?  Could there be a way for me to restore these files specifically from some past Time Machine backup?
I did this once before with Chrome when it lost open windows and tabs; Chrome is a little temperamental when restoring open windows and tabs; in this case it restored some but not all; then, close the app and reopen it and all the original tabs appeared. Not so with Terminal, though (I closed and reopened the app and the lost windows don't appear).
Wondering if anyone knows which files I could look for on a Time Machine backup and try restoring those specific files manually to get the sessions back.
Update
I have the following in ~/.bash_sessions
mbp:~ m$ ls -lat ~/.bash_sessions/*.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 23 Jun 12:14 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/6719BAE0-CEC7-4629-B1D6-0A11D0E79409.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 23 Jun 10:12 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/33C3A9A3-0179-45BC-996F-9FC540BC3F91.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 23 Jun 09:52 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/BEB93945-EECB-495C-85CF-BA6DD8E26DF0.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 23 Jun 09:39 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/3D845B8E-6924-4E60-B941-8E00DF6136CA.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 23 Jun 09:38 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/03774130-209A-4420-9EE5-3D7E03A70824.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 23 Jun 09:31 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/78EF93CA-705B-41D0-A2E7-00AE41C37BF5.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 23 Jun 09:31 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/8E7F0142-4F7A-49B3-88BF-51B404696392.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52  3 Jun 09:54 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/9D750CAA-397F-4E84-9EB1-AB7991BF4A84.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 31 May 19:20 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/0BF6D4CF-53AA-4BC9-8CAE-44C6C29531CA.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 31 May 18:32 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/12A8BB4A-828B-4936-9D83-F3CD95D3A142.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 31 May 18:19 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/F91389BC-C1F3-477C-94D9-A9535C7AB2FA.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 31 May 18:09 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/5B877A51-A4C3-4420-AD63-BA55CF19513E.session

...clipped more than 100 lines ...

-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 20 Feb 10:57 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/E7F75EDA-9EA3-406C-99BA-281B1CFFFCC1.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 19 Feb 16:04 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/0B620390-0137-46FB-B3E9-C77F50A677E2.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 19 Feb 16:03 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/F645F431-BF46-4406-81B3-8925324CE76D.session
-rw-------  1 m  staff  52 18 Feb 09:37 /Users/m/.bash_sessions/1422B462-17ED-49D7-9481-AB54A812D47B.session
mbp:~ m$


texts: The exact steps for adding an audiobook to iPhone 2020 SE

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On contrary to what I wrote half a year ago and what someone wrote ten years ago this is again not working.
I think I have passed all the prerequisites:

I am using the same account on both my PC (iTunes) and my Apple iPhone 2020 SE.
Both devices are physically connected and authorised.
I am logged in to my account in iTunes for PC.
iTunes can see my device and library.

The thing is that my library again is empty and that I can't add anything to it.
Because:

I click File > Add a Folder to Library..., I select a folder full of .mp3 files, I click OK and... nothing happens. My library is empty.
I click File > Devices > Sync "iPhone (name)", iTunes is quickly "something" (I see quickly changing steps from 1 to 4), but again no file is being transferred.

Actually, I have done this about 60 times during past two hours. All for nothing. What am I missing or doing wrong?
Can someone explain me, step-by-step this (extremely terrifying, as it turns out) process of copying an audiobook / a folder full of .mp3 files from my PC to my iPhone?
Exactly and step-by-step, please. What should I do (when to connect devices, when to start iPhone)? Where should I be (at which screen -- Library or iPhone)? What should I click and in which order? Thank you!


texts: All my music has been deleted off my phone, and I don't know how to get it back!

texts:
I put all my music on a playlist seperate from the rest of the music on the iTunes library, so I could easily get to what music I wanted to listen to, instead of my brother or sister's music. My brother recently got an iPod nano, and didn't know how to use iTunes, after explaining it to him, he deleted my whole entire playlist. I didn't know, so when I hooked my phone up to the computer to sync some songs I was going to buy, all the music on my phone disappeared. I've tried re-doing the playlist and syncing all of it to my phone again, but it won't work. I've also tried turning off my phone for certain periods of time, still nothing.
I lost about 200 songs (thankfully not more), and I don't know how to get it back.


texts: iPod iOS 5.1.1 safe mode without any touchscreen controls

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I have a safe mode issue with my iPod touch fourth gen. IOS: 5.1.1. It was working just fine for about a year and then the other day I installed a tweak that allowed for vertical scrolling of the home screen from HYI repo (I tried to install the same tweak a few months ago along with another tweak and I got booted into safe mode but everything worked fine in safe mode, so I went into Cydia and uninstalled the two tweaks thinking that they were conflicting with each other. After that I re-sprang it and it worked like normal.) and I got booted like normal but this time it froze on lock screen and then booted into safe mode. (o_O) THIS time my touch screen wouldn't work. So I forced re-booted it by holding the home and lock button until the screen flashed white and then showed the apple boot logo. After that I uninstalled the tweak and it worked fine. Today I just installed two add ons and upgraded HTML Widgets related to SB Settings. The other two add ons were iOS 7 ringtones and notification alert sounds. Yet again I was greeted by my usual lock screen pic and then the safe mode black picture lock screen, again, my touch screen wouldn't work but the buttons would. So I just re-booted it by holding the buttons thinking it would solve the problems, but of course, it did nothing to solve it... Now this time I am actually stuck in safe mode and do not want to restore my jailbreak because I have a bunch of tweaks and settings I worked really hard on.

PLEASE could SOMEONE fix this problem with the safe mode and SB Settings tweaks?! I am clueless with what to do.
Thanks!


texts: Unable to configure to native resolution on LCD of retina macbook pro

texts:
I have late 2015 issue macbook Pro with 2880x1800 native resolution. How do I use that resolution? The max that I can configure using the built-in tools is 1920x1080.

I am on High Sierra.


texts:
I am doing podcasts and videos, and I am currently looking to upgrade my sound quality. I have my eyes on the Sennheiser MKE-2, linked here:

https://en-us.sennheiser.com/clip-on-lavalier-microphone-live-speech-instrument-mke-2

However, I know nothing about compatibility between the Sennheiser MKE-2 and MacBook Pro. I have a 2015 15" MacBook Pro, and I was wondering the following:

Is the MKE-2 MacBook Compatible
Is there a general adapter solution to external microphone compatibility issues on MacBooks?

Thank you.


texts: How do you remove Safari 7.0.4 on Mac OS X 10.7.5?


texts: Macbook Pro A1706, Glass Screen Repair (not the LCD)

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So recently I broke the display of my Macbook by closing the lid with an item inside. I have repaired the LCD myself, however, when I was making the repair I cracked the glass screen cover.

Just wondering if anyone knows where I could buy a new glass screen cover (13", touchbar model). I've had a look around but I can only seem to find listings for both the LCD and the glass...

Thanks!


texts:
I have a Macbook Air 13" (mid 2012) on which I installed Windows 10 via Bootcamp a while ago. It all runs smoothly and works fine except for the WiFi.

The internet connection breaks frequently (which means that I am not able to access the internet). I am though still connected to the WLAN network at any time (often it says "no internet, secured"). Disconnecting and reconnecting to the WLAN network is the only way to get it back to working. I noticed the same behaviour in different networks. Other devices do not show interrupts.

When using OS X the connection is fine all the time.

I already reinstalled the broadcom driver and deactivated the option that the system can disable the device for energy management reasons (I don't know the exact name of this option in english, sorry).

What else can I do? Did anyone have the same issue or a similiar one? Thank you in advance for responding.


texts: How to fix "Webmail is turned off. You can turn it on by using the Server app on the server." on Lion Server?

texts:
I am trying to enable webmail for my Mac OS X Lion Server (10.7). I have enable both the Web and Mail services in the Server application, and have checked the box for WebMail under the Mail service.

However when I try to browse to https://localhost/webmail, https://127.0.0.1/webmail, or https://myservername/webmail I get the message "Webmail is turned off. You can turn it on by using the Server app on the server."

How can I get webmail to work?


texts:
I just got an iPhone 6, upgrading from the 5.

My main computer is a Mac Pro Running Snow Leo, and iTunes 11.4. I backed up the iPhone 5 and when I went to sync to the 6, I got a warning that it wants a higher level of iTunes. I went to the other Pro running Yosemite and iTunes 12 is there, so I backed up the 5 to that computer. The apps don't show up to add back to 6, nor does the 5 backup show to copy it over.

How do I get the apps to transfer? (If I need to transfer all of iTunes from the Snow Leo Mac to the Yosemite Mac, and just update iTunes in place, that's ok too. I'd just like a hint at the best method to get this new phone up and running)


texts: How to speed up window minimising in MacOS?

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Minimising a window in MacOS takes too long for me. I sped up the dock autohiding by using these commands in Terminal: How can I make auto-hide/show for the dock faster?

Surely there's a way to make minimising windows faster too. Do any of you know what command I should use?


texts: The caret is moved in an expected place when I add/remove a space in text I before entered in a textarea field

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I notice this behavior all times I move a sentence on a separate line: I delete a space character between two words with the backspace key, and the text cursor is moved to the next space; when I press Enter, the first word is left on the old line.

Is this a bug, a feature of Safari, or neither of them? (Therefore, it is a bug in third-party software)?

I noticed that something similar is still happening with OS X 10.8.3 and Safari 6.0.4: When I edit something I have written before, adding a space moves the caret to the end of the sentence I am editing. It doesn't happen all times, and I am not able to understand when it happens.
I don't have any utility that intercepts the pressed keys or the mouse clicks; the settings for symbol and text substitution and automatically correcting the spelling are disabled.


texts: Where are OS X document versions stored? Are they secure?

texts:
Support for OS X versioning is spreading among apps (e.g., TextWrangler has just added this feature as of version 4.5), but it is unclear what the security implications of this are. For example, if I use an app to store important or sensitive information, I will make sure that the file is on a password protected, encrypted volume; but I worry that OS X versioning might circumvent this by storing versions in an un-secure form and location.

Where does OS X versioning store versions? Is this location secure and encrypted?


texts: What causes my iTunes password to expire?

texts:
A couple of months ago, after updating my iPad I think, my iTunes password expired all of a sudden. I've had this iTunes account for about 4 year now and back then it was first time it happened.

Fast forward to today when I got my 4S. I choose to set it up as a new phone (as in: no restore from previous backups) and when I tried logging in with my iTunes account, it didn't work (wrong password).

So I headed over to appleid.apple.com on my mac, where I was again prompted with the message that my password was expired.

Since there doesn't appear to be a set time between the 2 events, nor was there any inactivity, I'm wondering what causes the expiration.

Any ideas?


texts: Running some processes and not others over VPN

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I'm looking to secure some apps on macOS using an OpenVPN connection.
I want the apps not to work when the VPN isn't active.
I can't necessarily track which servers the apps are trying to access, so manually specifying routes either from the server or client end is prohibitive. I also don't want all traffic going over the VPN.
So here's what I have so far:

Something needs to work at the application layer to 'capture' all traffic from an application.
Something else needs to work at the network layer to take all of that traffic and push it over the VPN.

And then I need a way to specify which apps and which interface, and be sure that if that interface is down or disconnected, no traffic flows.
So far I think this might be doable with pf (I found Murus, a GUI front-end), except that it doesn't seem to deal with applications per-se, but rather networks and ports, which as stated above is problematic.
Then there's Little Snitch, which deals with applications but is a binary go/no-go decision maker, rather than directing some traffic here and some traffic there.
That said, I did find a not-well-documented feature where it seems like you can create a rule for a process in Little Snitch, and give it access to pf. So perhaps there's a way to write a pf rule that then directs that traffic over the VPN.
Open to suggestions.


texts:
In case of an emergency, I'd like to use my solar powerbank to charge my Macbook 2015 13". It outputs 2.1A 5V, and I learned that the MBP can be charged with that, but I don't know if that's actually true (is it?). It would take about 12 hours to fully charge it I think, which is okay

Now next problem is finding a USB to MagSafe 2 Adapter. Any ideas?

What if I use USB to USB-C, and USB-C to Magsafe 2 adapters? :) Those are readily available on the market.

Edit. I've found this which simplifies things.

Do you think this is safe? (charging mbp with 11W)


texts: Why do debuggers need an admin password?

texts: Why does running LLDB or instruments require elevated privilages?


texts: Whats wrong if 'Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 000000'

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I have a corrupted partition and upon trying to repair it with disk utility it gives the error

Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 000000

Several postings on the internet describe this problem related to a wrong partition type GUID. They mostly look at the problem from the perspective of having a NFS+ partition that eventually gets a wrong GUID.

My problem is different since this partition was/is a bootcamp partition.

$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk0
Password:
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1

Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
  MBR: hybrid
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/disk0: 234441648 sectors, 111.8 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 55F62258-49D5-4E25-9580-AE6FCEB8D4B5
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 234441614
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 56299597 sectors (26.8 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System Partition
   2          409640        98749479   46.9 GiB    AF00  BVMACPRO
   3        98749480       100019015   619.9 MiB   AB00  Recovery HD
   4       156317696       234440703   37.3 GiB    0700  BOOTCAMP


texts: Using iTunes match on a computer that has two libraries

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I was thinking of subscribing to iTunes Match. I share my computer with my sister who also has a iTunes library. She has no interest in iTunes match what so ever but I don't want her songs in my cloud. Can I:

Make a separate library under the same user account (on the actual computer) and only match one library leaving the other one unaffected?
Make another account on the computer, having the two libraries under different accounts, and only matching one library leaving the other one unaffected?

See what I want to do? I don't want my sister's library to be affected by the fact that mine is being matched. Anybody have any experience in this or have any thoughts?


texts: How do I manually trigger a printer driver download from software update?

texts:
When macOS "sees" a printer listed on this page, it automatically fetches and installs a printer driver package that will support that printer if it didn't have it already.

For example, if I have a new Mac, and I plug in an HP printer with USB, or see one on Bonjour and try to install it, macOS will install all a driver package for all of the HP printers.

However, I am dealing a lot with network printers that aren't reliable when configured as Bonjour printers, and when I attempt to install these printers by hostname or IP on a new Mac, they will only be recognized as "Generic PostScript Printer", and not trigger the printer driver download. If I already have the drivers installed on a particular Mac, I can do the install by IP as usual, simply select the driver manually, and everything works great. But on a new Mac, these options are missing from the driver list and there does not appear to be an option to reveal the driver options that would normally be provided via a software update package.

Is there any way to proactively tell macOS/softwareupdate "Hey, go out and get the HP/RICOH/whatever drivers because I'm going to need them later whether you think so or not"? I imagine this would also be useful for OS image builders.


texts:
I'd like to know if there is a way to show the current mobile link speed on my iPhone 5s. I mean the "physical" max. of the currently negotiated connection to the cell tower, not the actual throughput, I know there are tons of apps to measure those.

Is there a way?


texts: Prevent Xcode from jumping to debugging after crash

texts: Hey is there a way to prevent xcode from switching to the debug navigator every time an app crashes? I'd rather stay in the file I am working at a time, the "new" view is completely useless for me


texts: iCloud mail: Is there a way to block emails from an address for a week?

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A friend of mine is sending many emails every day and I would like to be notified about his emails only once per week.

Is there a way to avoid to receive emails in the inbox until the week later? and disable notifications for those emails only?

What I want:
- I want still receive his email but read all of them let's say on Mondays only
- I don't want to get notifications every time I receive an email from him
- I don't want his email in the inbox until Monday


texts:
I am currently using a macbook pro 16'' 2019 with intel i7.
I am doing some calculation about molecules geometry and wavefunctions with some chemical professional software.
They are very CPU intensive and can use up to 4 core during calculation with OPENMPI.
I've seen with Intel Power Gadget that the CPU temperature is in range 85-96 C degrees.
Is it normal?
Can theese temperatures damage my laptop or there is even the risk of a battery explosion?


texts: Set up an iPhone 6 with non-working Home button

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My brother recently gave me and iPhone 6 and he reset it before before handing it over. I turned it on and it says "Hello, Press home button to unlock and get started". But the Home button on the iPhone isn't working.

How can I get past this without replacing the Home button right now, and set it up with the Assistive Touch, until I get it fixed.


texts: Is Xcode 4.2 available for a MacBook Pro 2.2 with a Core Duo processor?

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I'm trying to figure out if this computer will be able to run the new Xcode 4.2.

These are the specs:

MacBook Pro 2.2 15'' Core Duo 2.16GHz (T2600)
2 GB RAM

The full specs can be found here.


texts: I just walked on my treadmill for 20 minutes. I don't see anything in the exercise ring. How is the exercise time counted?


texts:
Is there any way to create a hard link in the finder?

A hard link in terminal would be created with:

ln /path/to/file /path/to/newpath

whereas a symlink / alias can be done by holding command and option or

ln -s /path/to/file /path/to/newpath

(though apparently the behaviors of 'alias' and 'ln' are different)


texts: How can I revert the appearance of the close, minimize and zoom buttons with iTunes 10?

texts: The new vertical layout is causing me all sorts of grief - is there any way to revert this back to the normal horizontal orientation of the close, minimize and zoom buttons of every other Mac OS X window?


texts:
I downloaded all my photos from iPhone to Macbook Pro, and now that I have a new iPhone, I want to download from my iPhoto's photo album to my iPhone.

How do I do that?


texts: Make Mac to treat my iPhone like a regular wifi router. I want it to constantly stay connected to my iPhone (XS)

texts: There is a difference how the Mac sees Hotspots and regular Wifi routers, it disconnects from HotSPOT as soon as it goes to sleep and needs to be reconnected after waking up. I have the same iCloud on my Mac and iPhone and I can connect via "iCloud instant HotSpot" but, I also want it to stay connected all the time.


texts: Finder Sidebar broken after using Quicktime Player

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I've lost the sidebar in Finder. It started when I was using quicktime and browsing for a save location: a lot of the icons went missing and the dropdown box only contained a question mark. Since then it's been getting progressively worse.
Now, there is no sidebar at all in Finder. I regularly get the pinwheel if I right-click the Finder icon in dock, or click the Apple icon in the menu bar. I've killed Finder, killed Dock, and completely powered off then restarted the Mac.
I tried the following solution, it did not fix Finder.
Finder sidebar icons gone
It seems that launching Quicktime Player causes the issue. Is there a way to cause Quicktime to behave properly?
Update 1:
The sidebar came back after following the solution above, resetting the Mac, and selecting "Show Sidebar" in the menu. The issue then re-occurred as soon as I re-opened Quicktime Player: constant pinwheel that required force quit of QT & re-applying the solution above.
Rebooting to safe mode, rebooting to recovery mode & running first aid on the disc did not prevent the issue from re-occurring. The issue occurred when Quicktime was run in safe mode
Update 2: Caught in the act! When QuickTime Player is opened the sidebar items begin to vanish. When QuickTime Player is closed (and doesn't hang + remain open) the sidebar items reappear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axX63cIwbyU
Update 3: Launching Quicktime Player under a new user account does not result in Finder problems. Finder works fine when Quicktime Player is run under a newly created user account.

After fixing the issue, then re-opening Quicktime and opening a file the following screenshots reflect Finder's behaviour:

All sidebar items apart from network shares are missing

Sidebar items appear in the Quicktime save dialogue, but icons are missing. Dropdown box for folder of save location in Quicktime is populated by a question mark.

Finder's sidebar items are still missing, apart from network shares.

Within Quicktime, some time after clicking a sidebar item that has a missing icon as a location to save, Finder (Quicktime?) informs that the location cannot be found. In the following screenshot the missing location is /Macintosh HD/Applications

macOS 10.13.6
MBP 11,3


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here's a issue – since I moved my iTunes Library to external HDD, every time I launch iTunes it asks Apple ID password.

When I enter the login/password – all works almost perfectly after that, e.g. I can use iTunes Store, download my recent purchases.

“Almost” because except iCloud Music Library:

And the same issue repeats if I close and re-open iTunes, it asks Apple ID password again. Any ideas how to solve this problem?


texts: Remove the battery from MacBook Pro and charge it

texts:
My friend gave me his laptop which is Apple laptop A1286 (MacBook Pro 15") with the charger but the head of the charger was cut. I tried to charge with another charger but, it doesn't charge.

Now,  I want to remove the battery to charge it with external charger. What I mean is, to use the original charger and use the the (+)wire to the positive side in the battery and the (-)wire to the negative, but when I removed the battery I found many black wires and I didn't know which ones are positive/negative.

If anyone can help me with this issue or any way to charge the laptop without using the home of the charger on my laptop?

If I will charge the battery I will be able to reconnected again and check if it will work or the motherboard is damaged.


texts: I'm setting up a postgres server and want to create a separate postgres user to run the process, as recommended in the manual. How do I do this? I installed postgres via Homebrew and have experience with Linux but not much with Macs.


texts: Cannot update 'macvim' formula using Homebrew?

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I started my update from a clean output for brew doctor and then brew update macvim does not work:

brew upgrade macvim
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package, with result:
macvim 7.4-99
==> Upgrading macvim
==> Downloading https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/archive/snapshot-99.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/macvim-7.4-99.tar.gz
==> ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-multibyte --with-macarchs=x86_64 --enable-perlinterp --enable-rubyinterp --enable-tc
Last 15 lines from /Users/meng/Library/Logs/Homebrew/macvim/01.configure:
--enable-rubyinterp
--enable-tclinterp
--with-tlib=ncurses
--with-compiledby=Homebrew
--with-local-dir=/usr/local
--enable-cscope
--enable-pythoninterp

configure: creating cache auto/config.cache
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... clang
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/private/tmp/macvim20160315-26108-1x1n9dj/macvim-snapshot-99/src':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
macvim: disable ruby integration on 10.6 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/40255
macvim fails to build on Yosemite 10.10 with _SC_PHYS_PAGES error https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/47026
macvim failed to build on 10.6.8 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/38047

Any idea how to interpret the errors and how to fix it?

Information about clang:

bash-4.3$ which clang
/usr/bin/clang
bash-4.3$ clang
clang: error: no input files
bash-4.3$ clang --version
Apple LLVM version 7.0.2 (clang-700.1.81)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin15.3.0
Thread model: posix
bash-4.3$

Mac OS X version: 10.11.3
I could not find brew log file config.log:

~/Library/Logs/Homebrew$ pwd
/Users/qazwsx/Library/Logs/Homebrew
~/Library/Logs/Homebrew$ find . -type f -name config.log
./auctex/config.log
./diffutils/config.log
./emacs/config.log
./findutils/config.log
./gnu-indent/config.log
./gnu-sed/config.log
./gnu-tar/config.log
./gnu-which/config.log
./grep/config.log
./gzip/config.log
./less/config.log
./m4/config.log
./mkvtoolnix/config.log
./ncurses/config.log
./python/config.log
./quvi/config.log
./screen/config.log
./wdiff/config.log


texts: What integration does Apple TV offer with other Apple hardware?

texts:
I just got a MacBook pro and will likely be getting an iPhone when the next generation comes out.

That being said - I'm debating between getting an Apple TV and a Roku box.  The Roku box seems like it has better channel offerings and also integrates with Amazon Instant Video.  It is also around $30 - $50 cheaper (not a deal breaker but worth mentioning).

So the only way Apple would win out in my mind is if the integration among other Apple products was more seamless.

That being said - in terms of integrating with other Apple products, what does the Apple TV have to offer?


texts: Download entire iTunes purchase history as CSV file (MacOS High Sierra)

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Has anyone found a way to download iTunes Purchase history into some type of csv or text format?

The closest thing I could find was this StackExchange answer of a great applescript that could automate this task, but the script doesn't work with High Sierra and the newer versions of iTunes.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/229240/288140


texts: Can I display the menu bar in full screen mode in Lion?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to always show menubar with fullscreen apps?

Is there any way to always display menu bar in full screen mode in Lion?


texts: What is the best way to record an audio conversation made in Skype?

texts:
I will be interviewing someone in a few weeks for a story, and we won't have the opportunity to meet in person. Therefore, the interview will be done on Skype or something along these lines.

What's the best way to record both me and the person I'll be interviewing?


texts: Extracting text notes from an iOS 5 backup file?

texts:
So, I have backuped my ipod touch ios 5, and downgraded to iOS 4.1 (the only with SHSH available)

Now i can't restore my backup to iOS 4...

I am only interested to my notes, do I have anyway to extract them from my backup? (itunes, windows)


texts:
I had read that you can "quietly shut down to single user mode" by running, within terminal:

sudo shutdown now

This sounds far preferable to having to restart the computer and hold CMND+S. However - at least in Mavericks it doesn't seem to work.

I'm getting:

shutdown: -h, -r, -s, or -k is required
usage: shutdown [-] [-h [-u] [-n] | -r [-n] | -s | -k] time [warning-message ...]

I thought that anything within square brackets was optional.

When I run it with the -k flag (which kicks all users off): sudo shutdown -k now, the output is:

Shutdown NOW!

*** FINAL System shutdown message from user@computer_name ***
System going down IMMEDIATELY

System shutdown time has arrived
but you'll have to do it yourself

Then if I try to open a new terminal:

NO LOGINS: System going down at 12:53
#my password
Login incorrect
login:

Restarting again and terminal login is restored.

Can anyone offer some insight as to what's going on here?


texts: Bootcamp/Win 7: No device drivers were found

texts:
Man, installing bootcamp on my late 2013 15" Retina MBP is a challenge!

I was struggling for a very long time with the issue of not having any control og mouse/keyboard when entering the windows installer. On the apple forums there were all kinds of advices, from redownloading the drivers to using specific USB ports, but what I eventually found to be helping me was this tip which I think mounts the drive in "legacy mode" or something like that:

http://twocanoes.com/winclone/support#faq123

Now I can control mouse and keyboard, but soon after the installer tells me that "No device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media contains the correct drivers and then click OK".

I am using a USB hd which I have formattet to be an install disk with drivers and everything from the bootcamp installer. Additionally I tried downloading these drivers:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1721

...and putting them on a USB pen-driver, but nevertheless, the windows installer can't see them and I can't get past this step. When I try to browse for the drivers I see two drives:

BOOTCAMP (C:)
BOOT (X:)

Program Files
sources
Users
Windows

(C:) is my bootcamp partition and I am assuming that (X:) is my install drive, but the file structure looks nothing like what it looks like from Mac OS X?? And there seems to be no drivers in any of these folders. Additionally, my USB pen-drive does not even show up.

I'm trying to install Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, btw. Tried the 32-bit version with same results.

How can I get the windows installer to recognize my device drivers?


texts: Make text follow a line and remain upright-ish for line directon in Omnigraffle

texts: In https://discourse.omnigroup.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-line-label-to-follow-the-line/32925 there's a neat "follow path" feature. That's great for lines that go straight down, or rightwards and downward. But what of lines that go leftwards and downwards?  The "follow path" directive for the text makes the text upside down.  I wish there was a follow-path with an additional "never upside down" feature, so I could move my boxes around at full speed without line legends causing me regret.


texts: No photos in My Photo Stream Folder on my PC?

texts: I have tried everything and not matter what I do, none of my photos on my iPhone sync with my "MY PHOTO STREAM" folder on my PC. If I want to transfer my photos from my phone to my computer I have to connect my phone to my pc and transfer that way. It stopped syncing many months ago :0(


texts: Apple iTunes & Family sharing: hide names of other members?

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In my iCloud Apple ID I have family sharing enabled. I use it to share access to iTunes music with other AppleID holders (friends and family -- Apple offers 5 accounts to share with).

My problem is that every member can see other member's names: is there a way to disable/hide the names of those members from each other?


texts: I am running Mac 10.6.2 and I want to update to 10.6.8. I have downloaded the update dmg already but want to install in safe boot and not normal. I am aware that many kexts are not loaded except from the core ones but will this stop the installer from installing?


texts: Is it possible to purchase music on an iPhone without iTunes?

texts: Do any music stores beyond iTunes exist that allow you to legally purchase content on an iPhone? That is to say, is it possible to purchase music without connecting to a computer? Streaming or downloading are both ok.  Through an app or a website is also ok.


texts:
I am a web developer. I would like to view my web design on IE(6 - latest). Is there a quick way to view it?

Thanks in advance

EDIT:

I already have a Windows OS on my Mac using VirtualBox. However, I dont want to load such heavy program just to preview IE :(
I need an alternative or faster way to view IE


texts: Trigger script on specific webpage loading

texts:
My mother has a the 30-inch LED Cinema Display, which is a bit too large for her everyday use. She prefers to use it in 1680x1050 or 1600x1200 modes, and can then switch to 1920x1080 for watching movies (Netflix, etc).

This switching is easily accomplished by Retina DisplayMenu, which lives in the menubar. The problem is that there are lots of different resolutions listed there, and she has a hard time remembering  which ones are the right ones. I have previously created two AppleScripts, which I bundled into applications, that use GUI commands to switch resolutions; these can be run from Spotlight.

I'm thinking it would be neat to run at least the "movie mode" script when certain websites (e.g. Netflix) load. Is there any way (besides a constantly running script that polls each browser page for its URL) to trigger a script when a specific page is loaded?


texts: Is it possible to disable spellcheck for Coda but leave it enabled for other applications?

texts:
I use Coda as web editor, and I usually have to mix Italian and English nouns and phrases. I don't want spellcheck on (as I use programming-related words such as uid and pid), so I'd like to deactivate it.

At the same time, though, I'd like to have it enabled everywhere else on my computer.

It appears that Mac OS X doesn't have a way to enable spellcheck for some applications but disable it for others.

Is this possible?


texts: MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) [MacOs Catalina 10.15.6] Yellow tint when watching video in Netflix, Youtube or even Videos(Quick Time)

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I noticed recently that when i try watching youtube videos in full screen, when i didn't move my mouse and the play bar disappeared , my screen turn yellowish. This happen only during full screen and only if i connect my MacBook Air with an external monitor via thunderbolt (I connect monitor with HDMI through a converter [HDMItoThunderbolt].
If i unplug the monitor from my MacBook, it becomes normal.
Any solution for this? I reach help from apple support but they seems can't fixed this issue.


texts: iMac late 2009, Screen mess up - black windows

texts:
Yesterday I was working on my iMac 27" Late 2009 with OS X Mavericks 10.9, suddenly Google Chrome's tabs started to flicker. I thought restart would stop this - but after the computer boot up again it was even worse.
The boot screen and System restore are looking fine (So i don't think the monitor hardware is the problem).
I even re-installed OS X again, but still no change.
Here is some images I took of my screen.

also, the login screen is even more messed up:

Please advice!! I don't know what to do!!!
Is it a known problem? any known solution?


texts: Why do I have duplicate iPad USB network devices?

texts: As you can see in the screenshot below, I have two network devices listed under Internet Sharing. Oddly enough, I do not however have two under the Network preference pane. Anyway, I was wondering a) why this might be, b) whether it is symptomatic of an underlying issue, c) if it can be resolved (easily).


texts: I want the OSX to show all kind of hidden files including ._ files too. I do not know exactly what I did, but I am successful in seeing .DS_STORE files, but not ._ files. Any idea how to achieve that?


texts: How to permanently skip a package dependency installation in Brew

texts:
How can I make Brew skip attempting to install Python@3.9 during brew upgrade?  I have Python@3.8.7 already set globally.
BACKGROUND: I'm running High Sierra 10.13.6, and at this time, Brew is attempting to install Python@3.9 via make. It continues to stall for even some days with three processes taking six threads. My only option is to quit it every time, but then I cannot continue with brew upgrade.


texts: Can I install Windows 7 on a MacBook Air without a SuperDrive?

texts: Is it possible to install Windows 7 as a second OS on a Macbook Air with no access to a superdrive? And if it is, how?


texts: Check Remote Management Status via Terminal

texts:
I need to be able to SSH into a Mac (Mountain Lion) and check if ARD is running and if so, what are the settings. Basically, I need the equivalent of going to System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Management and visually inspecting the options set there. But I need it on the Terminal so I can do this via SSH.

Note, I am not asking how to set these options (e.g. through the ARD "kickstart" executable), I am asking how, once it is running, to determine what options it is running under.

ps -axlww | grep ARD shows only /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent without any flags shown.

Is there a plist file where this is stored? So far I've checked ...

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ARDAgent.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement.plist

... and similar files within the user's ~/Library/Preferences/ directory, and they do not seem to contain anything useful.


texts: Apple Script for copying path and name and pasting it in Spotlight Comment box Mac OS X 10.9.5 (and 10.11.4)

texts:
I have a bunch of files to rename from someone else that sit inside folders and subfolders, and would like to copy the path and file name to the Spotlight comment of each file before I do anything with them.

The script in answer to this question for adding the file name to the Spotlight comments works great, but I don't have the skills to modify it to include the path. I have tried replacing a few items with path or POSIX path in a meaningful way, but can't get it to work, nor do I find the commands elsewhere. Any help is appreciated.


texts: Why can't I format my blank SSD from OSX Recovery?

texts:
The SSD in my Macbook Pro died suddenly. I bought a blank one, installed it as the internal drive, and booted into recovery mode by holding Command + R.

After letting it connect to WiFi and download its tools, I tried installing OSX on the new hard drive. However, when it said "select the disk where you want to install OS X", the drive was not listed.

So I went into Disk Utility and tried to format the disk. Anytime I tried to partition or format it (and I tried many different options), it gave me an error like "File system formatter failed". It would successfully create partitions, but that's it. I could not make the drive mountable.

How can I get it to format this drive so I can install the operating system on it?


texts: Why won't my Airport Extreme mount my USB 3.0 External Hard Drive?

texts:
I just decided to upgrade to a USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure. I regularly use my Airport Extreme to share the hard drive using an older enclosure. I know that the Airport Extreme won't have USB 3.0, but I expected it to be backwards compatible. Am I wrong, or is something else amiss?

I'm using this Thermaltake Max 5G, and it mounts when I attach it to a MacBook Pro running Lion.


texts: Accidentally moved framework file to trash and now finder continuously fails

texts:
I have the exact same problem as this person: Accidentally deleted a system framework, macOS screwed!, except that I removed; Social.framework, Weathkit.framework and ContactsAgent.framework.

Finder reptitively fails saying it can't load the libraries. I can view the files in my .Trash directory via Terminal, however I've unsuccessfully attempted to move them back multiple times by executing mv .Trash/Social.framework.

Honestly, I really dont care about any of those apps but I want Finder to work.

If someone would please upload a zip file of those frameworks, so that I could do the same thing as Sayan and replace, that would be much appreciated.


texts: reverse magsafe adapter? (magsafe2 power to magsafe1 laptop)

texts:
I have some magsafe2 power cords. That's fine, but occasionally I need to loan power to an older laptop that has the magsafe1 port.

I carry a magsafe2 adapter so I can steal power from them. But is there a "reverse adapter" so the magsafe2 cord can power a magsafe1 laptop?


texts:
I have a Corsair keyboard K95 on OSX High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G5019).

I already mapped the windows key to make it work as the Command key in osx. Right now i'm trying to map the G-keys (macro keys at the left of the keyboard). Is it possible through an external app? The manufacturer doesn't support drivers for OSX.

Any suggestions? Thanks!


texts: Multiple iPhones and iPads with same Apple id

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My husband has his personal iPhone 5s and iPad Air 2 and he also has an iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 for his work. He wants to change the "work iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2" to a new Apple id not associated with his personal Apple id (icloud ??). I am trying to help, but I am not familiar with Apple iPhones etc. He uses his personal email for his Apple id for all of devices, but separate email addresses.

How do I change his work devices without losing contacts, pictures etc. I am not sure if all devices are uploading information into the iCloud - (how can I find out?).

I am so frustrated with reading so many things on the internet, I am scared to try to accomplish this for him. He doesn't have a clue on any tech things, so he is of no use to me to help.

Also, he wants to change his personal iPhone 5s to an iPhone 6 Plus (without losing his stuff).

I think I need some really good to help me to accomplish this without losing any contacts, photos, etc. Can someone help me?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Display dialog from command line (like xmessage does)

texts:
Background

I'd like to be able to display a notification window in OS X from within a script. The script will be running in background, so the notification should not go to the terminal but instead be displayed in a dialog window.

What I found so far

xmessage

On Linux I'd probably use xmessage or one of its variants for this. But on OS X, starting the bulky X server just for this task seems both overkill and too slow for my taste.

Finder dialog

I've found a similar question in this forum thread, where the “accepted” reply suggested this command:

osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to display dialog "Hey!"'

But on my OS X 10.7, the resulting dialog isn't displayed immediately. Instead, the Finder icon starts to bounce, and the dialog becomes visible only after I click on the icon. Too many mouse clicks, too disruptive.

Notifier

There is an answer on Super User which suggests a tool called terminal-notifier. Unfortunately that appears to only work for OS X 10.8, so it won't help in my case.

Question

So is there some tool, either included in OS X 10.7 or freely available, which allows displaying a small dialog to the user without too much overhead?


texts: How did my Apple Watch answer a phone call after my iPhone's battery died?

texts:
I have an original 1st generation Apple Watch Sport paired to an iPhone 6.

While at home, I had a scenario where my iPhone's battery died while I was typing out a text message. Without thinking, I held down the Digital Crown to send my message using Siri.

To my surprise, a few moments later I felt my Apple Watch ringing with a phone call from my friend.

Somehow, I was able to send texts and answer phone calls on my Apple Watch, despite my paired iPhone having a dead battery.

How is this possible?


texts: What is the purpose of Mark as a Company on Mac Contacts?

texts: The Contacts app on Mac allows users to specify if a card is a person or a company. Does this affect any practical usages, other than an implicit type which cannot be used as a filter or key in Smart Groups? Thanks!


texts: I've been running the iOS consumer beta for a few months largely without issue.  Today it offered to install the latest update.  The battery was highly charged and I had it sitting on a wireless charger and it failed in the middle of the update.  Now it just cycles with the white apple logo showing and off in a 5 second loop.  I got it to connect both to iTunes and imazing but neither could fix the problem, no doubt because they are trying to do ios11 and running into conflict with iOS12.  Help!!!


texts: Errors publishing from Calendar app to WebDAV Share on same machine

texts:
I am currently attempting to publish a calendar in OS X 10.8. The calendar is a local "On My Mac" calendar residing within iCal/Calendar on the Mac. The same Mac has Server app installed. I have configured the Server app with a single File Share (named "webcal"), which is provisioned to share over WebDAV only. I have also setup Open Directory and created a user account to access this WebDAV share.

As a test, I opened up Finder > Connect to Server. Using the credentials, I successfully was able to mount https://localhost/webcal and read/write to the share. However, when I attempt to publish into this share directly from iCal/Calendar, I receive the following error message:

The calendar “Untitled” couldn’t be published. http://kitchenipad@localhost/webcal/Untitled.ics is not a location that supports this request.

By checking in Console I was able to locate the following corresponding entry:

7/10/13 1:27:28.186 PM Calendar[6311]: Validation error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=1570 "publication is a required value." UserInfo={
    CalManagedObjectType = CalManagedPublicationError;
    NSLocalizedDescription = "publication is a required value.";
    NSValidationErrorKey = publication;
    NSValidationErrorObject = "<CalManagedPublicationError: 0x7fbcbd70cee0> (entity: PublicationError; id: 0x7fbcbd7dfab0 <x-coredata://60115C98-1B7D-4B6F-B812-690F22C8374C/PublicationError/p45> ; data: {\n    code = 405;\n    domain = CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain;\n    publication = nil;\n    userInfo = nil;\n})";
}

Due to the project I'm working on I will need to have WebDAV and iCal client working on the same physical system. I'd like to avoid having to virtualize the server as well. Does anyone have a clue as to why this might not be working?


texts:
I have recently bought a new iPad. I’ve had the old one stripped of all my info.

I keep getting emails from App Store stating ‘ payment receipt from Apple’ (in US dollars), different amounts every time. I haven’t bought anything, I’ve checked my bank account (there’s no change)have removed my bank details and changed my Apple password.

Could this be a scam or hack??


texts: How much time compression does the Camera app's time lapse mode apply?

texts: When I take a time lapse using the built in camera on my iPhone how much faster does the video play back relative to a normal video?


texts: I dropped my laptop on the ground.  For about 7 days the display would not work though the hard drive was fine.  I could use the computer with a different display.  The display has magically started working again but it has flickered off for a few seconds twice over a period of ten minutes.  Perhaps the only thing that is wrong is that some wires went ajar during the dropping and they just need to be replaced.   Can one purchase wires and easily replace them?  I have a Macbook Pro Retina Mid 2015.


texts: What is the benefit of using flash memory in the Macbook Air?

texts:
I don't understand why Apple does not use SSD drives in the Macbook Air like some other manufacturers to (e.g. Asus, Samsung). The technical specifications of the Macbook Air on Apple's website never mention the use of SSDs.

Apple only speaks of flash memory in the Macbook Air.

How does the use flash memory compare to SSDs? What are the benefits?

Edit:

Does dropping the SATA interface improve the theoretical throughput and latency of I/O operations to the hard-disk?


texts:
While watching iTunes-purchased video content (TV/movies), I periodically see a quick flash of the gray/white DRM checkerboard that iTunes shows when you're trying to watch video while screen-sharing.

The gist:

Mac mini Mid-2012 (10.8.3) with locally-stored iTunes library
Screen sharing is enabled, but not active when this occurs
Sometimes it's a flicker about one frame in duration
Sometimes mid-video the checkerboard appears and stays.

When this occurs, scrubbing the video back some fixes it.

It never seems to happen in the same location in a video twice.

I would, of course, appreciate any advice or suggestions on how to keep this from happening. It's really quite jarring.


texts: How can I take screenshots of web browser including a select input?

texts:
How can I take a screenshot of the entirety of a web browser (or just the HTML page) which includes the select input?

I can get the following images with Apple shift 4 and clicking space:

but I want something more like the following, where I had to manually choose the boundaries


texts:
I use a TimeCapsule that is on my home network for my Time Machine backup on MBP which I also use for work.  Ever since I've upgraded to Mavericks I get a "There was a problem connecting to the server "Time Capsule" every hour when it tries to back up.  This warning takes over my screen and grabs focus which is extremely irritating.

Is there any way to suppress these messages without having to turn off Time Machine every day when I'm in the office?


texts:
When I run python from the shell I for example do python2.7 script.

I later need to find this command again based on the ps aux output, however this output shows a full absolute path like this:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python

I am unsure how I can resolve python2.7 to the path above. I tried to install realpath (brew install coreutils), and ran realpath `which python2.7`, however that is not giving the exact same path, it gives:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7

I also tried python -c "import os; print os.path.realpath('/usr/bin/python2.7')" but that gives the same different path.

Why the difference and is there any way I can resolve to the other path ?


texts: Finder list view, change column with to optimal with using AppleScript

texts:
I'm trying to create an AppleScript script that resizes the columns of Finder's list view (e.g. Name, Size …) to their optimal width (i.e. the minimum width where all text in the column is visible) on Mac OS X 10.6. This can be accomplished by double clicking the divider between two column's headers. But I can't find a way to do the same using AppleScript. This is what I've tried:

Finder's column class has the attributes width, minimum width and maximum width but there doesn't seem to be a way to use the width attribute to resize the column to it's optimal width.

I also tried to use UI Scripting to simulate a double click in the small region around the column header divider using the following script:

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Finder"
        set nameButton to button "Name" of group 1 of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of first window

        set {px, py} to position of nameButton
        set {sx, sy} to size of nameButton
        set clickPos to {px + sx, py + 5}

        click at clickPos
        click at clickPos
    end tell
end tell

This should simulate a double click between the headers of the Name column and the column to it's right but it is instead processed by Finder as two distinct clicks on the header of the second column which just changes the sorting order of that column twice.

The Accessibility Inspector also doesn't "see" the small regions around the dividers of column headers and always shows the properties of either column header.

Is there any other way to accomplish this?


texts: Choppy Bluetooth audio: How to persist Bluetooth bitpool settings on Mavericks?

texts:
I am using a Bluetooth 3.0/aptX Audio Device. Pairing the device leads to choppy audio, due to bad default bitpool settings in OSX.

The issue has been widely documented, e.g. here on stackexchange.

There used to be a fix on Yosemite by setting new defaults:

defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Apple Bitpool Max (editable)" 80
defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Apple Bitpool Min (editable)" 48
defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Apple Initial Bitpool (editable)" 40
defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Negotiated Bitpool" 58
defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Negotiated Bitpool Max" 58
defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Negotiated Bitpool Min" 48

This does not work on Mavericks though:

# defaults read com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent
2015-01-29 17:28:12.522 defaults[80133:934404]
Domain /Users/jottr/Library/Preferences/com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent does not exist

Writing new settings to com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent does not affect the actual bitpool settings on Mavericks.

I am able to set Bluetooth bitpool settings in the Bluetooth Explorer App  (which is part of Xcode):

These settings are not persisted across reboots though.

How can I persist the desired Bluetooth Audio Bitpool settings across reboots on Mavericks?


texts: My iPhone can't text friend's Android, but my wife's iPhone can

texts:
A friend of mine just switched from iPhone to Android.  He can text me without any problem, but I can't text him at all. I have tried everything I can think of but no message will ever reach him.  They are of course transmitting as SMS since he is no longer on iMessage.

The strange part is, my wife's iPhone (4s running iOS 6) can text him perfectly fine, no problem at all, so whatever is happening seems to be on my end.

Any suggestions on how I can sort this?


texts: How can I add mp3 files as podcasts to my iPhone using iTunes?

texts:
I am using iTunes 12.5 on Windows 10 with an iPhone 5s.

Sometimes I download hour-long .mp3 files that I want to put onto my iPhone as podcasts, so that it automatically remembers where I am in my listening if I have to stop in the middle.  I know how to transfer .mp3 files to my iPhone, where they show up as Music.  I also know that I can right click on any song, choose 'Get Info' and under Options change the media kind to 'Podcast.'  But when I change the file to a podcast, it disappears from iTunes, though it does show up on my device when I open the Podcasts app.

How can I transfer an .mp3 file to my iPhone as a podcast, and still have that podcast show up in iTunes when I look there to see what podcasts are on my device?


texts: Web and outbound ssh stopped working but ping and other network services work

texts:
Our home iMac running 10.6 suddenly stopped loading web pages. Also when trying to do a secure shell login to another host in Terminal.app it gives the error

ssh: connect to host [hostname] port 22: Operation not permitted

It can ping [hostname] any site on the internet, printer sharing and file sharing still work, and I can log into it from a remote host by ssh.

It connects by ethernet and DHCP to a Zyxel wireless access point which connects with an ethernet cable to our housing cooperatives network, which has a firewall between our network and an optical fiber link to the outside world.

When connecting the same ethernet cable to a Macbook, everything on the Macbook works fine. Using a different ethernet cable to the Zyxel works with the Macbook but not with the iMac.  Bypassing the Zyxel and connecting to the wall jack to the cooperatives network does not fix it.

I added a rule to pass port 22 in /etc/pf.conf, started pf, and that restored ssh.  Then I added a rule to pass http ports and that didn't help.  Then port 22 stopped working.

Since I have been wanting to upgrade to 10.10, I did a clean install of 10.10 from a bootable USB installer, but in addition to restoring user files and applications from the Time Machine disk I also restored computer and network settings and the problem was still there.  I did another clean install without restoring computer and network settings and everthing started working.

Thinking the problem had been solved, I used App Store to update OS X, and after the next reboot the problem came back.

I ran extended Apple Hardware Test from a USB and no problems were found.

I installed Icefloor from a USB and configured it to allow outbound ssh in pf and that didn't help so I disabled it and rebooted.

To summarize, outgoing ssh and http packets don't work but many other network services do.

Has anyone solved a similar problem and have any suggestions before I take the iMac to the distant Apple Store or the local Apple certified repair place?

Thanks,

Alan


texts:
When I use silent mode, I expect no sound and hence I expect alarms to be silent as well but they are not; ring/silent switch has no effect on alarms!
On iOS 5 this used to work and in silent mode alarms did just vibrate.
How can i put alarms in silent mode without reconfiguring each of them one by one when I need silent mode?
Thanks


texts: Aperture .aplibrary file is 3X (!) larger than the photos it points to

texts:
I'm experimenting with aperture, and it seems the preview and thumbs file is 3x (Three Times!!) larger than the actual photos in the album.

Basically, I have a folder with ~ 2.61 GB (~12,000 images) images in it, predominantly jpg files. It is on a network drive. The .aplibrary file is 7.52 GB.

I am importing it in-place, so as to enable other computers on my network to access the files as well, and in an apparently misguided attempt to prevent the local library from taking up too much space.

To clarify, the .aplibrary does not even contain the original images, as the images are imported without moving.

Looking inside the .aplibrary file, ~60% of the size is coming from the AP.thumbnails (4.9 GB) file, which seems strange as there are also thumbnails stored separately (In the /Previews/ folder).

I have changed the preview quality settings to 2 (out of 10) with little effect on the size of the aplibrary file.

This seems so ludicrous that I've actually completely deleted the local library, and re-run the import process several times, with no change. I can only think I'm doing something wrong, but I don't see any settings aside from the above mentioned preview quality which would affect this.

I'm on a mac-mini with a 320 GB HD, and am eventually hoping to import my full library, which is ~280 GB, so this is a serious deal breaker.

Further Info -
I decided to see what would happen if I manually removed the AP.thumbnails file. I opened the .aplibrary package, and simply removed it.
On restarting Aperture, everything seems to still work fine, though the thumbnails do load slightly slower.
This reduces the .aplibrary to 1.49 GB, which is at least smaller then the actual library files, but is still absurdly large.

What the heck is going on?


texts: How to backup all files in my iphone? including the operating system files

texts:
I want to edit some files in my iphone using ifile/ssh like in this information http://www.ifans.com/forums/threads/how-to-edit-itunes-apps-ipa-files-to-be-installed-on-unsupported-devices.370037/

is there a way to backup all files in my iphone first? including the operating system files
if its possible, i will use it to restore all files if the iphone crashed later


texts: Can Safari be configured to not hide the full URL path in the omnibar?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Fading of the URL in Safari 6's Unified Search and URL Field
  How to fix Safari 6 on Mountain Lion that doesn't show the full URL in the address bar unless I click it?

The latest Safari version (6.0 (8536.25)) now hides the URL path from the address bar. Instead, it only showing the hostname (e.g. right now I only see "apple.stackexchange.com"). Clicking on the bar to edit will revert it to the full URL (e.g. apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask).

Note that this is different to previous behavior where the URL path was still shown, albeit in a lighter shade of gray. Now it's completely gone, and only clicking will bring it back.

This is very annoying, and downright crippling when developing web applications. Is there a way to disable this behavior? I combed through the preferences dialog but couldn't find anything remotely related.


texts: How do I add Wikipedia as a search provider for the Safari search bar?

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In Safari, when I click on the magnifying glass in the search bar I get a menu, the bottom of which lists Google, Yahoo!, and Bing. I'd like to see Wikipedia here too, and get results returned from the Wikipedia website.

FYI, I'm using Safari 5.1 on Snow Leopard.


texts: Are there any downsides to leaving personal hotspot perpetually on?

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I am primarily concerned if this will drain my battery if I leave personal hotspot on. Is it worth the mental time to turn off the hotspot in order to conserve battery?

I run iOS 6 on an iPhone 4s.


texts: How to force iCloud profile photo to update

texts: So my iCloud profile picture is synced across most of my devices, except one of my computers and strictly in the app store on one of my other computers. My iPhone and iMac are perfectly up to date. Is there a way to force an update? I've cleared the cached files on the computers and no luck. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


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I've got a 27" iMac 2.93Ghuz Intel Core i7 running 10.7.2.

Anytime I reboot (like for some software updates), it gets stuck at the gray startup screen (no Apple logo). If I press and hold the power, turn it off, then turn it on, it boots as normal.

Any idea why a cold startup works but a warm reboot always hangs? Any idea how to diagnose it?


texts: Missing Wifi interface after upgrade to Catalina

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So I took the plung and upgraded my Late 2013 Macbook pro from Mojave to Catalina. Everything else "seemed" okay apart from the fact that I had no wifi. The icon was greyed out. I tried all the usual advice, SMC and NVPRAM/PRAM resets. I even deleted the Network plist file but still the wifi icon was greyed out and from the System Information App all I had under Network -> Wi-Fi was:

  Software Versions:
  CoreWLAN: 13.0 (null)
  CoreWLANKit:  13.0 (null)
  Menu Extra:   13.0 (null)
  System Information:   12.0 (null
  IO80211 Family:   12.0 (null)
  Diagnostics:  1.0 (null)
  AirPort Utility:

In the Network app, the Wifi interface isn't listed when I tried to manually create the wifi entry. In the end I was ready to take my Macbook pro for repairs as I believed that my wifi interface was fried. Then I decided to downgrade back to Mojave and it worked perfectly.

I tried the upgrade again up to Catalina and the wifi problem showed up again. So now I'm back on Mojave. The supprise for me is according to Apple model of Macbook pro is supported by Catalina so I'm not sure whats going on.


texts: How can I save opened application settings in Mac OS X?

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In Linux there is an option to save the currently opened windows such that when you shutdown and boot later, these applications are there the way you left them. It is similar to Hibernate in Windows.

Is there something similar in Mac OS X?


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For the last 10 years I have been using a Macbook Air. Now I want to switch over to Chromebook.
What types of challenges I may come across with regard to getting my saved folders and files in MBA and how do I access them in my Chromebook via my saved external disk?


texts: 2019 MacBook Pro 15 inch: Screen flicker randomly

texts: I purchased a MacBook Pro 15 inch 2019 just a month ago. The screen initially started flickering almost ones every week. It want noticeable at all. Now its increasing and happens almost every 2 hours. Many people ask to switch off automatic graphic switching. I don't think of that as an answer since battery drains really fast.


texts: Garageband Drum Question - half measures

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I have a song that is primarily in 4/4 but has two places where I had an extra half measure.

So for part of the song where I go from the verse to the chorus it is on the 3rd beat (half was in the middle of the measure).

For some reason, even though I use the exact same length (12 measures) for the "verse" part of the drummer, the entrance is automatically modified to some kind of fill instead of a  normal verse entry and is messing me up.

How can I get it to just lock into staying the same as the start of the track?  (Hope this makes sense).


texts: Can I contact my friends to post reviews for my app in the App Store?

texts: I am releasing a new app to the App Store, and I think that I would be great if I can contact my friends to post reviews on the app. But Apple says that developers that attempt to fake reviews will be expelled from the Developer Program, as indicated in App Store Review Guidelines rule 3.10. However, I also saw an article on the Web that recommends the approach of contacting your friends and acquaintances to post a review on the App Store for your app (thinkapps.com/blog/launch/create-successful-app-4-ways-grow-users, in section Where to Start/Launch/Step 1). So will I be expelled from the Developer Program if I contact my friends to post reviews for my app? Thanks very much.


texts: How to tell open file dialogs to hide invalid file types?

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One of the most annoying things about working on my Mac is when I am using an open file dialog from any application. For some reason beyond me it shows all the files that are invalid to open greyed out. Then any files that are of the correct kind, or folders, are in black, and mixed in. Of course I can sort by kind, but it still doesn't make any sense to have to wade through all the files I cannot open. I could kind of understand it if I could force it to open one of these other files, but I cannot even select them.

Is there a way to tell the open dialog to only show me folders and valid files to open?


texts: Can I choose when Siri speaks on my Apple Watch?

texts: If I’m in a loud or quiet place can I choose whether Siri on my watch speaks aloud?


texts: LG UltraFine 5K Display connected to a MacBook Pro mid 2015 - Webcam/Mic/Speaker not working

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I have an LG UltraFine 5K Display connected to a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015).
I am using a Thunderbolt 2 -> 3 adaptor to connect to the monitor (and the display works just fine).
The issue is that my Mac doesn't seem to recognise the webcam/mic/speakers that are built into the monitor.
Does the Monitor support webcam/mic/speakers from a thunderbolt 2 <-> 3 adaptor? If so any suggestions as to what might be the problem here?


texts: How to resolve OneDrive connection issues?

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I have been having trouble with OneDrive on MBA M1 with macOS Big Sur v11.2.1 (even with the version of macOS MBA was shipped to me).
I have to login in again and again to make it work. It will randomly lose connection. Also, even when it isn't having login issues it is very very very slow. Every time I start it, it gets that rainbow pointer for several seconds (order of ~30 seconds).
Can anyone help me make it run without these issues?


texts: Is the format of Time Machine's backups documented, or standard?  Can I extract the files with a non-Mac system?


texts: How can I download and install software update on my iPhone without connecting to Wi-Fi?

texts: Please help me with installing the software update over mobile data