texts:
Mail.app allows to send emails from multiple mailboxes by enumerating them in comma-delimited format in:

Preferences-Accounts-Account Information-Email Addresses = test@bar.com,test@foo.com

This feature allows you to seamlessly reply from test@foo.com whenever email was sent to this email by hitting 'Reply' button.

However when test@foo.com receives messages from some mail list list@lists.foo.com, and a message is sent to that list rather then mail address, 'Reply' will pick just a first available mail address, which would be test@bar.com.

Is there a way to specify that replies to list@lists.foo.com should be sent through test@foo.com?


texts: How do I find the Activity App on my iPhone?

texts:
I have just got an Apple Watch, and have adjusted my calorie and stand up goal and received some achievements from my Watch.

When the Activity app is open from my watch, I can open the Activity app via Handoff, but when I search the app from Spotlight, I can't find it. I went through all of my apps in my home screens, I can't find it anywhere.

How do I open the Activity app on my phone without Handoff?


texts: iCloud storage showing data for Pages but no documents are saved - what is it?

texts:
In my iCloud storage it says that just over 100kb are being used by Pages. I used to use Pages a while back but never saved anything to iCloud drive. On checking iCloud drive there were no documents in there. I'm confused about what data Pages is saving to my iCloud - I know it is a very small amount of memory taken up but just wanted to know if anyone knows what might be saved in there and if it safe to delete it.

There is also around 20kb taken up by iCloud drive - other documents, no idea what this is either.

As seen in the screenshots below there are no documents in either section - just 'data' - whatever that is.


texts: Can I prevent Safari from using the .download extension or not have Safari register .download as a package

texts:
When Safari downloads a large file, it temporarily creates a .download folder and stores data inside there. This .download folder is actually registered as a package. Confirmed by looking at /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info.plist and seeing download file types as registered packages.

$grep '>download<' Info.plist -B4 -A15
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
        <array>
            <string>download</string>
        </array>
        <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
        <string>download10.icns</string>
        <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
        <string>Safari download</string>
        <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
        <string>Editor</string>
        <key>LSHandlerRank</key>
        <string>Default</string>
        <key>LSTypeIsPackage</key>
        <true/>
        <key>NSDocumentClass</key>
        <string>BrowserDocument</string>
    </dict>
    <dict>

The .download registered file does not get treated correctly by an application in use, so the sensitive data is not stored in the sensitive data drive, but redirected to the local drive then needs to be manually moved to the sensitive data drive after it is completed the download and obtained the original file name.

So the question is: could this behavior be turned off so it download to the original filename, or some other type or maybe modify this registration so that the .download extension will not be registered as a package?

Thus allowing the file to land directly on the data drive.


texts: Q: Mid-2009 15" MBP Line-out / Headphone-out jack not working properly - how to resume behaviour without replacing Logic Bus?

texts:
I'm in the unenviable position of having a pretty maxed out Mid-2009 15" MacBookPro (1TB SSD+8Gb memory), and I've been getting almost 6 years of continuously decent behaviour out of it...

Except...

The line-out / headphone-plug jack has never been amazingly solid.

And in the last week or so, I've started experiencing behaviour where even if I plug in a cable, OS X or the hardware might not recognise that the cable is plugged in, so I will sometimes be stuck with laptop speaker output only.

Are there tricks that I could use / try out to make the plug "work better"?

Unfortunately, Apple just discontinued mid-2009 15" MBP Logic Bus manufacturing / sales - so I cannot dish out the 700Eur to get the Logic Bus replaced at repairs.


texts:
I am trying to run a simple script which simply opens a new tab, but am getting execution error: An error of type -10810 has occurred. (-10810)
I am running on Yosemite.

This is the script:

#!/usr/bin/osascript

tell application "Terminal"
    activate
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using command down
    delay 2
end tell


texts:
Among my list of scheduled tasks is something called "com.DesignScience.DSMTTool" located at

/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.DesignScience.DSMTTool

What is this? Do I need it?


texts: Spotlight search not including Applications in the result [MacOS Mojave]

texts:
Problem:  apps not being included in the result. None of the apps show up.
Expected behavior: FaceTime App included a top hit.

Tried re-indexing by adding and then removing from Privacy tab in spotlight settings. No change.
Rebooted multiple times. No change.

followed the suggestions in this two links as well. No change.

Spotlight search stopped suggesting my frequently-used app

Single application not showing up in Spotlight

Sys info :


texts: Is it possible revert iTunes backup from Time Machine?

texts:
My iPhone went wrong and last time I didn't backed it up in iTunes, but earlier I do. And earlier I used often Time Machine. Do you think it is possible get back and revert an iPhone application?

Is iTunes backup part of the Time Machine saving scope?

I found that iTunes backup is stored on this path:

/Volumes/backup/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Air/2016-12-05-113511/Névtelen/Users/kukodajanos/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

But subfolders are hashed. So how to revert? I have a newer Mac, not restored from this back. How can I choose the right version of iTunes backup?


texts: How can I backup MacBook before the battery runs out?

texts:
I would like to backup my MacBook (early 2016 model with 256 GB storage), but while backing up the storage, the battery would run out before completing the backup.

The MacBook has only one port (USB Type-C). I backup it to my USB 3.0 HDD via Type-C converter by Apple. But since it only has one port, I could not back it up while recharging the batter on the laptop.

I already deleted and/or moved some files to a cloud storage, but still it has about 200GB to back up, and the backup couldn't finish before the battery runs out.

Is there any workaround on this problem?


texts: Deleting .AppleSetupDone in /var/db/ will delete my iCloud account?

texts: I need to know that if I deleted the .AppleSetupDone file from my MacBook, is it going to delete my iCloud account too or is it only going to delete administration account?


texts: How to find out why it takes so long for the sign in form to appear after opening the lid on my Macbook Air

texts:
Whenever I open the lid on my Macbook Air running Lion and and try to sign in, it takes a really long time for the sign in form to appear. (This is the sign in form you see when the Mac is on but the lid is closed, not the one you see after turning it on after being powered off.)

I see a black screen with the normal arrow cursor for nearly a minute. Sometimes the form shows up, and sometimes the screen just goes black, at which point I have to close and reopen the lid for the sign in form to show up.

This is a corporate machine, and a coworker thought it was waiting for Wi-Fi to reconnect, but the problem still exists when I turn Wi-Fi off. What's really going on? I would imagine that not all Macs have this problem. How can I figure out why this is happening? Could installed software be preventing the computer from waking quickly? If so, is there a way to track down the culprit?


texts: How to create recursive download and rename bash script

texts:
I need to make a bash script that will download a image with curl and then rename the file, wait 5 mins and then re-download the file and rename it again so that the new file does not replace the old file. I understand the wait and curl download part but I cant make the script recursively rename the new files. It would need to rename the files like: latest.jpg --> latest1.jpg and then the next one latest.jpg --> latest2.jpg. Please help!

#!/bin/bash
while true
do
    curl -O link.com/latest.jpg
    let "i++"
    mv latest.jpg $ilatest.jpg
    sleep 5m
done


texts: First Sync my iPad. Warn to have my iPad data deleted. Is it real?

texts: I want to sync the apps of my iPad on my iMac. iTunes warns me about the loss of the data stored on my iPad. Is this real? Can I make a backup of my iPad, Sync the Apps and then get my data back on my iPad?


texts: How do I turn on my iPhone 4 if the home or power button doesn't work and connecting to a power source doesn't either?

texts: I've got an iPhone 4 and the lock (power) button and the home button doesn't work. My phone won't turn on and I've tried plugging it in to a power source but it still hasn't done anything. Can anyone help me?


texts: How can I fix constantly resetting HD 4000 GPU?

texts:
Problem:
My MacBook Pro started showing graphic issues. For a little bit more than two years the system was running without any major issues, but now it is almost unusable. Last month a few of those hiccups started to occur, but in the last few days they happen more frequently (today over 50 times).

The graphic issues manifest in stuttering user interface, which usually means that the monitor freezes and temporarily becomes unresponsive. Sometimes the a second occurring freeze after 10 sec results in an application crash, sometimes the applications run a little bit longer. Sometimes the stutters throw me back to the log-in screen or restart the computer.

This behavior occurs in applications such as Safari, Preview, QuickTime, VLC and Heroes of the Storm. It's also impossible to play videos.

What I already tried:
The extended Apple Diagnostics tool didn't show any errors. I've reset PRAM and SMC. I also reinstalled the Combo Update 10.10.4 and I even reinstalled the OS from the Recovery Utility. The error persists. I have attached the beginning of one of the console logs which is related to the freezes.

Any other ideas on what I can try?

System Details: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) OS X 10.10.4 Intel Core i5 2,6 Ghz 8 GB RAM Intel HD Graphics 4000

Console Log:

  Event:               GPU Reset
  Data/Time:           Sun Jul 5 18:23:08 2015

  Application:         com.apple.WebKit

  Path:

  OS Version:          Mac OS X Version 10.10.4 (Build 14E46)

  Graphics Hardware:   Intel HD Graphics 4000

  Signature:           8013

  Report Data:

  ===========================================================================
                           Intel GPU Hang Summary
  version 1.0.0

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

  -- Summary of Status for ALL Rings --

  MAIN Ring is hung in a batch buffer <-- ROOT CAUSE!

  MEDIA Ring is idle

  BLT Ring is waiting on a semaphore

  [.....]


texts: Will the Lightning to USB 3 adapter let me connect via Xcode for debugging via the power passthrough?

texts:
I see that the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter has two 'inputs', the usb port and an additional Lightning port. From anecdotal evidence (I have found no official manual) it is for power supply. Nice, but. Can I use this port to connect to computer, for Xcode debugging purposes, while using the Camera Adapter for connecting a MIDI device at the same time?

Thanks.


texts: 28 pin SSD adapter or enclosure needed for Late 2014 MBP

texts: I've been trying to find an adapter for a Late 2014 MBP Retina SSD. Standard msata didn't fit, and from a few consumer reviews of other enclosures and adpaters, it seems to be uncertain if one exists. Its a "mini PCI-e" interface, but its been hard finding an enclosure using that term that doesn't end up being an msata one. The SSD installed has 28 pins (12+16). I've seen some mini PCI-e to usb adapters, but they are from sketchy sites with no product reviews. I was hoping someone here had experience with this and could recommend one that worked for them.


texts: How do I remap keys in Mac OS high sierra

texts: So I would want to swap the keys y and z with each other, is there anyway to remap the keys with something like a terminal command


texts: Can I prevent Facebook from running in the background?

texts:
I made the observation, that turning off Background App Refresh does NOT prevent Facebook and FB Messenger from receiving updates and giving me notifications and thus still run in the background. This awesome answer shed some light on the matter explaining that there are a quite a bunch of means for apps to run in the background unaffected by the Background App Refresh setting.

However, I want to ask this question point blank: Is it not possible for the user to completely kill an app, meaning no background activity whatsoever, other than removing it from my device?

This is not about battery life or something, but about Facebook (or some other service) being able to track my (approximate) location based on my IP address.


texts:
Everytime I restart my Mac, I get following message on my screen:

I must have deleted org.chromium.chromoting.me2me.sh by accident (as it was there before)

Please advise.


texts: After connecting 3rd external monitor typing lag starts, Macbook Pro 2016

texts:
Have macbook pro 2016 and connected 3rd external monitor. Then all monitors including macbook screen have typing lag. But let me clear about there is no mouse lag OR when I move the application window like chrome or jet brains IDE like pycharm no window movement lag.
But when I start typing in IDE or browser's search bar. I can see clearly that there is typing lag. And about the monitors and cables. I have a LG Ultrawide 5K and Apple Display 27inch (apple display connected VIA mini display port to thunderbolt by apple official tool)
I am not very sure why macbook pro 2016 having such a problem on? One of the cable is LG's original and the other one is apple's thunderbolt changer. By the way as grafic card Pro has Radeon Pro 460
Any idea what is causing this problem and how to solve this?


texts:
Strangely, all folders (only Downloads in my case) have vanished form my dock. A reboot did not help.
I can still drag apps onto it, but not directories.
How can I find out what the problem is and maybe fix it? Is there some configuration .plist to which I could manually add stuff?

The system is 10.12.3 on an MBP 9,2.


texts: Can't add Google account to iOS 13. Default browser not supporting cookies?

texts:
When I try to add my Google account (via “Settings” -> “Passwords and Accounts” -> “Add Account”), a browser window pops up and reads

"You've reached this page because we have detected that cookies are disabled in your browser. The page you attempted to load cannot display properly if cookies are disabled."

Unfortunately, I have no control over the browser that iOS opens to access the google login screen - much less its cookie behavior. My safari configuration allows cookies.

Here is a screen shot of the error: https://imgur.com/a/C8SPQe5

My expected behavior would be that when I click "Google," I'm brought to a valid log in page. What should I be looking at to resolve this?


texts:
I do like the mac mouse. touch sensitivity is nice. But the precision and number of buttons on my gaming mouse is much better. It seems to work on the mac just fine, but only left/right click and scroll works.

Is there a way to map swipe gestures to different buttons on the mouse? For exampe if have a main button on either side of the mouse, that when on my pc work as back/forward in a browser. I also have a button mapped to a script that brings up a code editor. Windows+Left/Right go to the previous/next workspace (I primarily use linux actually). So I would like to be able to do similar things on the mac, but a gogole search only brought up mapping gestures to keyboard commands, not the mouse.


texts: Mountain Lion Broke Firefox - Cannot Download Files

texts:
Ever since upgrading to Mountain Lion I have had endless problems with Apps and firefox. My current issue is that I am unable to download files using firefox ever since the update. I get a messagebox saying the error

  /Users/username/Downloads could not be saved, because an unknown error
  occurred.

  Try saving to a different location.


texts: MacBook not getting internet access on district network

texts: I'm the new guy at my school district's Tech Department and we have a closed network where only domained machines, and ones we add, can have wireless access. We've added my account and MAC address to the system and my MacBook still won't connect wirelessly and i'm beginning to think it's my MacBook somehow because it does connect on a single AP at the Tech Office. Any thoughts will be appreciated.


texts: How to add a confirmation prompt window to warn before closing a window for any application?

texts:
This is about adding a Warn-Before-Closing Confirmation Dialog Window to all application windows in macOS before closing a window.

How do I add a Confirmation Dialog Window when I click the Red X close circle button in the top left corner of a application window to warn me before closing a window? This is basically what Firefox has or at least it had it when I used it a couple years ago, but I would want this applied to every single application window that has an X button for closing that window. When you would click the X button for a window in Firefox with multiple tabs open and try to close that window it would state and ask the following: "You are about to close 83 tabs. Are you sure you want to continue?"

This is a picture of the FireFox warn-before-closing confirmation dialog window I was talking about.

I want to add a confirmation dialog window like that for any and all application/program windows because I sometimes accidentally press the red x close circle button to close a window. When I click or press that red x close circle button to close a window for any reason intentionally or unintentionally, especially by accident, I want a confirmation dialog window to appear confirming whether or not I really want to close it.

Again, I would want this Warn-Before-Closing Confirmation Dialog Window to appear when the Red X Circle Close button is clicked before Closing ANY macOS application window.

Again, how it works is after I would click on a Red X circle close button to close a window, a prompt would appear asking if I am sure I want to close that specific window for that specific app. I would have to click on the "Close" button in the prompt window, highlighted in blue, to confirm to successfully close that specified window.

Here are a few examples featuring a few apps of how I would want it to look and work upon clicking the Red X circle close button to warn me before closing a window for every macOS application window:

I would want this close confirmation prompt window to warn me before closing a window for EVERY macOS application, not just the ones I showed in the examples.

To clarify, I am pretty sure this would be applied system-wide, not to any one specific app or program, but rather to ALL applications/programs for every application/program window that is attempted to be closed.

Let me know if I would need to update to the latest version of macOS to do this. Or if I can use the older version of macOS High Sierra that I have installed on my computer.

Does anyone know if this is possible? Thank you.


texts: Why doesn't Windows 7 boot with BootCamp?

texts:
I installed Windows 7 (from MSDNAA) with BootCamp on my MBP (late 2008). After using the BootCamp utility on OSX I restarted the computer and the installation of Win7 began. This first time, there were no partitions to choose as destination. After a restart, I could install Win7 on the Bootcamp partition.

Now every time I try to start Win7, a black screen appears and nothing happens anymore. I tried it with hitting "alt" and choosing windows from the boot menu, I tried rEFIt and choosing windows, I tried selecting windows from the startup disk menu in OSX... I installed Windows at least 5 times, but always get the same problem. The strange thing is: the Windows partition appears in OSX and I can browse the Windows folder, the program files, ...

Any idea what I can try now?


texts: Secondary displays randomly swap content on reconnect

texts:
I use a 2015 15" MacBook Pro with two external displays in the following approximate physical configuration:

+-----------+
|           +------------------------+
|           ||                       |
|           ||                       +-----------------+
|           ||                       ||                |
|           ||      2 (Primary)      ||                |
|     1     ||                       ||   3 (Built-in) |
|           ||                       ||                |
|           ||                       ||                |
|           +------------------------------------------+
|           |
|           |
|           |
+-----------+

Displays 1 and 2 are external, third-party displays. Display 3 is the laptop's built-in display. Display 2 is the primary display — the one with the menu bar in Display preferences' Arrangement tab. Displays 1 and 2 are attached to the laptop with two Mini DisplayPort cables attached to its two Thunderbolt ports, and are not daisy-chained — they're attached separately.

When I disconnect and reconnect the displays, there's about a 50% chance that the content that was previously on display 1 swaps with the content that was previously on display 3. When this happens, I typically just disconnect and reconnect both displays repeatedly until the content that was on display 1 is shown on display 1, and the content that was on display 3 is on display 3. The content on display 2 never seems to be moved.

How can I configure macOS to keep the arrangement of displays 1 and 3 correct?

Extra info:

MBP model: MacBookPro11,4
Display 1: Dell U2713HM
Display 2: Dell U3011

Related question, though I don't believe it's a duplicate: Primary display randomly changes


texts:
So I have changed my iTunes email to my current email address but it still says that I have my old email is attached to my iCloud.

So now under in my settings, under I cloud, I have my name then underneath it says

  iCloud: ( old email).
  Store: (my new email).

I would like to change it to my new email address, but I can not access my old iCloud account or the old email as I have forgotten the passwords.
I don’t care if I don’t have any of my information on iCloud later I never use it anyway.

How can I change this or turn iCloud off all together without a password to anything other then my new account?


texts: Is there an OS X 'tail' tool that can monitor remote log files?

texts:
I am looking for a visual tail tool that can monitor several local or remote log files.

Optional features that interest me: color highlight based on log error level, coloring for special words, filtering of messages and/or notifications on new activity.


texts: dropbox link to their site does not work in contextual menu nor in menu bar

texts:
When right-clicking on a file in my dropbox folder in the finder, i get the regular window with (amongst others) the option to "view on Dropbox.com".  Clicking this link brings nothing.  Neither does clicking the world-icon in the menulet in the menu bar.
How can i 'repair' this little imperfection?

(fyi: clicking the other link "Share Dropbox Link" actually does work, i have installed the newest dropbox.app on OSX 10.8.5)


texts: Is this app store banking application cheating Apple?

texts:
A bank uploads an free application ( link ) on App Store. Application basically displays bank account summary with transaction history. On launch, the application displays below notice to directly debit money from customer account for the app usage. This will not give Apple 30% share of the charged amount since it is direct debit from bank account. Below is the direct debit notice. Why is this not considered a violation by Apple ?

If this is valid, can every developer,avoid 30% cut, by protecting his free application with a key to be purchased from his website ?


texts: Question about network (Are these results of arp a normal?)

texts:
I have a question regarding my network; can anyone tell me if this is a problem or not?
When giving the command arp -a in the terminal, I see all my connected devices, but there are a bunch of IP addresses that have a different IP numbers and I don't recognize them.
See my log:
Mac-mini-2018-van-Richard:~ richard$ arp -a
? (192.168.1.1) at 90:72:40:9:37:e on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.2) at b8:ec:a3:21:d0:37 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.3) at 74:a:bc:10:4b:7c on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.4) at d8:49:2f:23:79:13 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.5) at 84:c0:ef:c0:2b:4e on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.6) at bc:99:11:94:b4:98 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.7) at 18:b4:30:d2:a4:f1 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.9) at e0:33:8e:d1:94:34 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.10) at 0:6:78:32:14:25 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.12) at 48:d7:5:ef:41:c2 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.23) at 5c:f4:ab:63:e3:30 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.27) at f8:46:1c:a0:58:19 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.29) at 40:cb:c0:ac:3d:fb on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.44) at f0:18:98:e8:6d:6 on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.52) at dc:a6:32:6f:ad:72 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.55) at 0:6:78:20:a:9f on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.56) at 50:de:6:9a:7f:19 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.59) at 3c:6a:9d:14:38:6d on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
? (192.168.1.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en0 ifscope [ethernet]
all-systems.mcast.net (224.0.0.1) at 1:0:5e:0:0:1 on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (224.0.0.251) at 1:0:5e:0:0:fb on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (225.11.89.110) at 1:0:5e:b:59:6e on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (225.255.255.255) at 1:0:5e:7f:ff:ff on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (227.72.38.171) at 1:0:5e:48:26:ab on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (230.128.242.42) at 1:0:5e:0:f2:2a on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (230.226.118.14) at 1:0:5e:62:76:e on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (232.140.250.183) at 1:0:5e:c:fa:b7 on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (234.51.79.222) at 1:0:5e:33:4f:de on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (236.85.84.112) at 1:0:5e:55:54:70 on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (236.202.5.112) at 1:0:5e:4a:5:70 on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (237.30.215.60) at 1:0:5e:1e:d7:3c on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (239.140.109.112) at 1:0:5e:c:6d:70 on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (239.255.255.250) at 1:0:5e:7f:ff:fa on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
? (239.255.255.250) at 1:0:5e:7f:ff:fa on en1 ifscope permanent [ethernet]
broadcasthost (255.255.255.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on en0 ifscope [ethernet]

Can anyone tell my if the IP numbers starting with 2 are okay or can they be harmful?


texts: How to Set Up a Auto-Click (or Spam-click, Double-Click, any) on iOS13?

texts:
I'm currently enjoying a web-browser JavaScript in iOS' native browser, in spite of its trying to ruin my fun.
The game is click-based and I encounter numerous issues when faced with a repetitive click task. If I'm zoomed in, it zooms me out. If I spam, the browser slowly starts assuming I mean something else and either zooms me out to tab-view or enable both side and up scrolling, making the page scroll in every direction. Just sigh.
Solutions to fix the above's impossible, seems like. But setting up an auto-click system seems to be feasible. iOS13's AssistiveTouch feature enables the creation of custom gestures but for the life of me what's wrong with that thing?
I set up a gesture that clicks four times, link it to double tap (since one tap can't have custom gesture for Apple reasons), then enable AssistiveTouch. A simulated button appears on screen, it has no purpose, clicking it does nothing. I go to the game, double click and four dots appears, they have no effect. I tested this by finding a random click counter. The counte raises per each click with AssistiveTouch off, but not at all with AssistiveTouch on. Nearly as if the clicks undo each other or trigger an invisible cooldown timer to prevent too many clicks but alas I find no such enabled feature.
So, anyone who happen to have figured out how to work with iOS's simply stupid (as oppose to stupidly simple) system, any chance to give me a tutorial or so?


texts: Why does Mountain Lion ask me for my password when trying to SSH even though I have setup public/private keys?

texts:
On Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) I have setup public/private keys for passwordless SSH to another Mountain Lion machine but when I try to SSH to the other machine it still asks for my password. I have verified permissions of the ~/.ssh directory and the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file are correct. Verbose output from ssh -vvv my.server.com does not show any type of failure and there is nothing indicating a failure in the /var/log/system.log.

My keys work fine when connecting to Linux and Mac OS X Lion (10.7) machines.


texts: Preventing applications from creating folders in your documents folder

texts:
I have two applications (Microsoft RDP Client and Parallels Desktop) that insist on creating their own folders in my Documents folder. They use those to store user-specific files, settings, profiles and such.

My Documents folder is neatly organized and I don't want applications creating their folders in it. Parallels Desktop has a setting allowing me to change the path for its folder, but the Microsoft RDP client doesn't seem to.

Is there a straightforward way to prevent an application from automatically creating folders in Documents?

In my specific case, I'd be happy with a solution that prevents RDP Client from creating the directory altogether, e.g. by creating a hidden locked entry with the same name as the folder it wants to create.


texts: I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro into which I had installed an OWC data doubler SSD (removing the optical drive).  I originally placed the SSD in the original HDD bay and moved the HDD to the data doubler bracket in the optical bay.  I would like to switch these around (HDD back to its original bay).  I'm assuming I should be able to switch the two drives around with no negative repercussions to normal operation - i.e. this should not require a reformat/reinstallation of the boot drive (which is the SSD).  Would that be correct?


texts:
Every time I boot my Mac, an "NTFS for Mac OS X" window appears.
In the settings I can't change this.
Here is the window

I have El capitan 10.11.4
I found this:

To resolve the issue you need to delete the service which is starting Preferences Panel with NTFS for Mac OS X.

Go to Applications - Utilities
Open Terminal
Type in

sudo rm /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist

Press Enter and provide Administrator password
Press Enter again

Preferences pane will not pop up again.

But the file com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist does not exist.
Any solution?
PS: sorry for my english, im from Argentina
PPS: It does not appear as part of the Login Items


texts: Ok so I was thinking, Can you run Android on a iOS device? I did some research and Android could run on ARM (Most apps would not work) but how come no one has tried to run it. Whats holding them back?


texts: How can I move my PDF files listed in the Acrobat app from the iPad storage to Adobe Document Cloud?

texts:
I use Acrobat on my iPad to read PDFs. They are currently stored on the iPad. How can I move all my PDF files from the iPad storage to Adobe Document Cloud?
Note that:

I can't transfer multiple files+folders at once from the Acrobat app on iPadOS 13 or 14 directly to my computer, which runs Windows 7.

The following screenshot shows some action that can only be applied to 1 PDF file at a time. However, I am looking for a solution to upload all my PDFs at once to Adobe Document Cloud, since I have a few hundreds of them.


texts: Searching by Tags in ~/Library/Mail/ folder

texts:
My goal.
I want to search by Tags in ~/Library/Mail/V… folder.
It's needed for Tagging Mails according this:
How tag emails in Apple Mail?
What I did.
Unfortunately there is possible to search by name and not by Tags.
Mail message is Tagged "archiwum"
and search result is empty


texts: iCloud sync keeps deleting my information!

texts:
Ever since I started syncing my Contacts and Calendars on my Mac with iCloud, I've noticed that stuff sporadically disappears.

I've had to re-add an event to my Calendar 3 times now, and many of my Contacts mysteriously vanish after a couple of days.

The only other device that syncs with iCloud is my iPhone, but I still lose events and contacts even if I don't make any changes on my iPhone.

What is going on, and how do I prevent this data loss?


texts: Why is my Mac seem to be divided into two desktops and how can they be combined?

texts:
Recently, I'm observing weird behavior when switching between applications and also when switching between some Finder windows.  I'm using an external 4K monitor with my MacBook Pro Retina.  It is as if I have two displays fighting to be shown on the 4K monitor, with my windows split between the two, some on one, some on the other.  When I use Alt-Tab to switch between applications, half are in one display and the rest in another display, such that when switching to one in a different half the screen as a whole shifts left or shifts right by a full screen width to reveal the display that are in the current set, as if the two displays were to the left and right of each other.  When in the Finder, using Ctrl-Tab to switch between windows only half are cycled through, with an extra blank position in the cycle with no window receiving focus.  If I manually choose Window menu to select window that was not in the current cycle, I end up in the other set, and can cycle through those now.

I'm not sure whether this is a feature or a bug.  I haven't tried rebooting yet, due to the loss of state a reboot causes in my setup that I would like to avoid and have no guarantee that a reboot would fix this.

Strangely, the desktop shows the same icons for files in the two displays, however, the desktop background differs.  In one half it is solid blue, in the other, it is the El Capitan default image provided by Apple.

Forcing the Finder to relaunch did not resolve the issue.

How can I get all my applications and windows back together on a single display so all are visible at the same time?  Is this a bug or a feature?


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I don't see it in Finder, I don't see it in Disk Utility. I don't see it in the system profiler.

diskutil -list
/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_HFS Macintosh HD 999.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD  650.0 MB   disk0s3

Tried on two different ports, both of which work with a thumb drive. All ports on this old beast are USB 2.

System: Mac Pro (Early 2008) running 10.11.6 (El Capitan)

Disk: Seagate Expansion 4TB, USB 3

Disk works fine on a Windows laptop (USB 3 port) and a NUC running CoreOS (both USB 2 and USB 3)

USB 3 cable that came with drive in all tests.

Fsck is not running.

Console when drive plugged in:

10/22/18 5:25:14.000 PM kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 0x00000000 0xbc2 0x231a 0x710, 2
10/22/18 5:25:21.000 PM kernel[0]: USB device 0BC2231AFD100000 - fConsecutiveResetCount = 1.


texts: Does turning lock screen passcode off disable iCloud password saving?

texts:
I'm not an iOS user myself, but my mother has an iPad and iPhone, and I'm the family tech support (I've been a software engineer for almost 40 years).

Her iPhone frequently asks for her iCloud password. Shouldn't this be saved automatically in the settings, so she doesn't have to keep entering it?

She has the lock screen password disabled, does this prevent saving the iCloud password?

It also hasn't backed up to iCloud in months (I just did a manual backup). On the backup screen it says that it should backup automatically when it's plugged into a power source and locked. Does the lack of a lock screen password mean that it won't backup automatically, since it's never actually locked?

I just turned off the lock screen passcode on her iPad, is it going to start doing the same thing?


texts: Running custom software on an Airport Extreme base station?

texts:
Is it possible to run custom software on an Airport Extreme base station?

I've read it has a MIPS processor inside. So, can one put some software compiled for MIPS (addtionally to the already present printing and file-sharing services) on a connected hard drive (or install it), and then run it in the base station?

I'm thinking about the possibility of running a torrent-client on the base station, or an FTP-server, or, perhaps, a Coda filesystem server, and the like.


texts: `type -a` works even though `-a` not an option

texts:
I could check installed apps with command type -a

$ type -a python
python is /Users/gaowei/Desktop/Django/learning_log/ll_env/bin/python
python is /Users/gaowei/anaconda3/bin/python
python is /usr/bin/python

However, there's no -a options in 'man type'

What's the reason?


texts: How can I rename the columns in Numbers?

texts:
I'm working with a language file, with columns for different languages. My first row is the language names.

Is it possible to have the "A", "B", "C", etc as language names instead. That way, when I scroll I can still identify each column.


texts: Can't save files in my own directory due to insane permission error

texts:
I was working on my mac and saved a file. Continued to work on the file. One hour later, when I tried to save that file, I saw the message "The document could not be saved. You don't have permission". What??? Now I see I cannot save any of my files. I can open them, but I cannot save. Any file. But this is selective. TextEdit can save the files, Mail.app can open emails and save attachments. Xcode can create and save new projects, but I cannot modify them, or I will see the error if I try to save.

This is what I have tried to do:

chown, chmod -R 755, etc. on the directory containing my projects doesn't help.
Disk Utility > Repair Permissions doesn't help.
Reinstalling the app, clearing their .plists, etc. doesn't help.
I can create a new project or document with these apps (Xcode and Photoshop for example, just to name a few) and it saves the file on my documents directory, but if I change the document and try to save, I see the error.
I have rebooted the computer and also turned it off and on.
I did a safe mode boot and scanned the disk using /sbin/fsck -fy and no issues were found.
I have deleted all caches and application support files.
I did a chmod -R -N ~ on my documents directory, suspecting that some ACLs could be the guilty. No change.
I did a recursive chown to take ownership of my own files. The ownership was correct before, but I just did it again to clean anything that could be wrong.
I reinstalled both apps and nothing.

What more I can? Cry?

Thoughts? Thanks


texts:
I have a Mac Book Pro and I am running two external monitors, I am having issues with programs that are running minimizing themselves into my dock at the bottom of the screen.

Example: I have Safari open and running on one monitor and Outlook running on the other monitor, if I am working in Safari my Outlook will minimize itself after about 45 seconds. In order to get Outlook back up, I need to click on the icon on the dock.

This issue is not specific to just these programs, it is anytime that I have two applications open.  It also happens when I am using the laptop as a standalone.  If I open Safari first and Outlook second, my Safari will minimize after 45 seconds. What may be the source for this behaviour?


texts:
At some time my MBA 10.8 Finder decided (or was it me) to hide certain files from me.

Here is the example (I have few other files like it)

  ..  The Water Horse.flv

Originally those files are downloaded from the web in Firefox using the add- on called Ant.com.

I can still see the files in VLC player, or in the OminDiskSweeper.

I can also see the files using the show hidden files in Terminal.

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE && killall Finder

It used to be not so, but something changed, or I changed without knowing.

My investigation showed it has to do with the beginning of the file name (..  ) that is no longer striped by the download program.

If I remove the beginning of the file name it goes back to normal, but unfortunately the files are named like that originally on the web site.

So I tried the revers process by adding the dot in front and it tells me I should not do that. How do I tell my OS to show those files in Finder with that name or how do I strip the beginning of the file name during or after download process, or am I stuck with the show all hidden files.

Is there a way to change the name of the file before or during or after download, so I do not have to use Terminal each time to unhide all files then hide again.


texts:
I am a starter in AppleScript and there is an issue with my script I cant fix.

The script is:

display dialog "How long do you want the timer to go for in seconds?" default answer ""

set time to "text returned"

display dialog "Click start to start." buttons {"Start", "Cancel"}

if the answer is equal to "Start" then
    delay "time"
end if
repeat 10 times
    beep
end repeat

The error message is "error "Can’t set time to \"text returned\"." number -10006 from time" (I am making a timer)


texts: Parallels Desktop 9 - Failed to open the Parallels networking module. After OS X El Capitan Install

texts:
So I recently updated my OS X to El Capitan and after it had been installed, I booted Parallels Desktop 9 to find that it would no longer connect to the internet.

On boot up, it says:

  Failed to open the Parallels networking module.

and then suggests:

  Your virtual machine will continue to work normally, but the networking will be disabled. You can fix the problem by restoring the default network settings. To this effect, go to Parallels Desktop > Preferences > Network and click Restore Defaults.

However, when I go to Restore Defaults, it says that it has failed and that it was not reverted to the default settings. I have searched up on the Parallels support forums and it suggests to Repair Disk Permissions but I have tried that and nothing has happened! Please help!


texts: How to perform "Exact Match" in macOS or Finder smart search?

texts:
Is there any way to perform exact match search in macOS? I want to search file that contains "Endorsement Number", but entering endorsement number as the search criteria shows me the list of file that contains endorsement and number in the result.

I want to find only the files that contain "Endorsement Number".

P.S. It doesn’t have to be case sensitive.


texts: Change keyboard shorcut for switching desktop workspaces

texts:
I am working on MacOS Sierra and wanted change desktop workspaces quickly.
For this, I used the keyboard shortcut under Mission Control and selected all the tick boxes for Switch to Desktop N.

The shortcut key for this was ^1.

Another shortcut is ctrl+ ->/<-. But,  I wanted to change it to alt+->/<- so that it can be done single-handedly. How should I do this?

EDIT:  I want to use only the right alt and not left alt for the above purpose.


texts: How can I make downloaded files appear in “Recent” in Finder?

texts: I'd like files downloaded via browser to also appear in "Recent" in Finder, as well as the normal content there. I really miss this functionality from Ubuntu and am aware of how much time and clicks it costs to not have it. How can that be achieved?


texts: How can I retrieve a deleted iMessage if using iMessage in iCloud?

texts:
I realize too late that I deleted a very important iMessage conversation and I need to retrieve it.

I have iMessage in iCloud.

To attempt a restore, of course I had to reset my phone and did a restore from a back up and the message did not appear. I have chatted with Apple gone to the Apple store and had numerous conversations with techs but I get a different answer each time I speak to a new rep.

What options might I have at this point?


texts:
I have a MacBook Air running Bootcamp with Windows 8.1 installed on it. I did this recently and afterwards when I run the Windows partition, the laptop randomly crashes after 5 mins (restarting). When working on the Mac OS partition, I have no problem.

I have tried the instructions found in the Apple Support document Download and install Windows support software on your Mac but each time I run the setup.exe about half ways through the laptop just switches off so can't get to the end.

Any idea what might be the problem here and what to look for?


texts: Using applescript to create spaces and launch apps

texts:
So the end goal of what I am looking to do is this:

When I am at work I use an external monitor with my MBP.  I have a consistent set of spaces and apps that I setup everyday.  What I would like to do is create an applescript or combination of applescript & automator application that once launched will create the needed number of spaces on each monitor and open then the appropriate apps into each space.

I don't know if this is best accomplished completely in applescript or as I said using a combination of applescript to create the spaces and automator to open the bulk of the applications and browser windows that I use.


texts: How to use USB Ethernet adapter on MacBook Pro

texts:
I bought an Insignia USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter with my early 2015 MacBook Pro. I don't have a CD drive, so I downloaded the driver from their website. Now, when I try to go to my network preferences, it takes about 5 minutes to load. Then it g off. I was trying to find how to uninstall the drivers but cannot find them. If it is helpful I can make a pastebin of my syslog.

I maybe want to know how to uninstall the driver for this so I can at least use my wifi.


texts: After Windows 10 Update, ICloud no longer installs. Hangs at removing backup files.  At this point, ICloud is installed and operating, but the windows installer hangs and requires a reboot if any install or uninstall is needed.  After a reboot, ICloud is automatically uninstalled.  I have tried all fixes recommended on the web, but nothing works.


texts: How to recover songs from iPod when backup restore has none?

texts:
I mistakenly restored my iPod to the content of another. I restored it again to the backup of that iPod and now the music library is empty with no playlists, and no songs except those purchased with that account from the iTunes store. I do not see the songs I had purchased by other means, such as Amazon, bandcamp, or directly from the songwriter's website. Even the songs present are listed with a cloud icon and I suppose that they come from the iTunes Store account, not from the iTunes backup.
I confirm that this is the right backup as I can see the apps I had installed and the voice memos I had recorded. But some apps also show a cloud icon.
Furthermore, I was not prompted for the device's password and was asked to choose a new one. I checked that Data Protection is enabled and that 10 failed attempts will erase all data, so I don't understand how I could access the backup without the original passcode.
The iPod Touch is a 6th generation from 2015, had iOS 12.4.8 back some time ago and now has 12.5.1.
Update: From the comments, the songs were missing from the backup, which is only 600 MB and the songs had larger size than that and missing from the computer. The backup has to store somewhere the list of the songs in order to download them again, as one commenter mentioned.
How can I recover the list of songs? Or how can I scan the flash drive of the iPod for files, similar to data recovery programs on a hard drive?


texts: After upgrading to MacOS Big Sur(Version 11.0.1), an arrow that appears right next to the search field in Finder appears to be broken. Clicking on it does not do anything. Could this be a potential bug?


texts: Setting default "Spaces" arrangement in El Capitan

texts:
I like certain apps to have their own dedicated spaces, and I'm wondering how I can make it so those apps are automatically arranged in a specific order in Mission Control upon being opened. For example, here's an arrangement I have on my laptop screen:

Spotify on the left far left, and Mailbox on the far right.

I've used a tiling window managers on Arch Linux called i3, and this automated arranging was very easy to do. I don't expect the same level of customization on OS X, but if there was some way to retain my arrangement without having to manually move these spaces around every time, that would be fantastic.


texts: macOS automatically opening unknown app that cannot be found

texts:
Since a few days ago I have been randomly getting this popup on my Mac. I cannot seem to locate the file via Terminal, Finder or Spotlight.

I'd rather not open it and see in case it could damage my Mac.

Is there any way to delete this file (Unix app?) or would I have to open it to find out what the cause is? Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there is a way to send a local message from a Mac to an iOS device *without* the Internet?

texts:
I know I can send Prowl notifications from OS X to iOS, but that requires going over the Internet.

I'd like to accomplish the same thing, except that I want to be able to be able to do it without an Internet connection, to be able to send a message from a Mac to (an) iOS device(s) on the same LAN/Wi-Fi network.

(It doesn't have to be with Prowl, it could be with any iOS app, as long as it can receive a message from OS X.)


texts: Why are some backups grey and others purple in Time Machine in Lion?

texts: I started Time Machine for the first time in Lion (you know, to make sure everything was working properly), and I noticed something odd – on the timeline on the right side of the screen, some backups were purple and others were grey. There wasn't an apparent difference between the purples and greys to me, but I feel like I'm missing something obvious.


texts:
Whenever I go back or forward in the Safari navigation history, it reloads the pages even when I just visited the page two seconds ago.

When navigating using back/forward buttons or swiping back and forth, the app always reloads the page from the internet.

Can I change anything to make Safari cache the pages I just visited more aggressively?


texts: How can I switch to Space 1 with the mouse?

texts:
What can I do to be able to switch to space 1 easily with my mouse only ? I touch about an Exposé corner but there is a limited list of actions possible... I though about the 3rd mouse button but there is no space command in there...

Any idea ? Any trick ?

EDIT : I see that on the 3rd button mouse, there is a "Other..." item in the popup action list. Choosing this opens a dialog where I have to choose an applescrit (as far as I know). Is it possible to make a script that switch to Space 1.

PS : I really want to shift to space one in 1-move or 1-click. I know how to go to Space 1 using only the mouse, But not "at once".


texts: Windows compatible USB > LAN adapter compatible?

texts: Does anyone have any experience if these cheap USB 2 > Ethernet adapters like sold on ebay for 1 or $2 work with mac. They say only windows compatible, but I can't imagine why they wouldn't work on mac too.


texts:
I am trying to install Homebrew on OSX El Capitan.  All latest OSX and Xcode updates have been installed.

I am using this command in terminal:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

And I get this response:

curl: (1) Protocol "https" not supported or disabled in libcurl

Elsewhere I read that you can run this command to fix:

sudo port install curl +ssl

But this gave me:

sudo: port: command not found

Can anybody help?


texts: Replacing battery in mid 2012 15" MBP myself - using genuine Apple battery?

texts:
I've got a mid 2012 15" unibody MBP, non retina (one of the last easily user serviceable ones).

I have used it every day since I bought it in early 13 and the battery is pretty weak now, a full charge lasts about 1.5hrs. (the 2:29 remaining shown in the screenshot seems inaccurate when you actually use the laptop)

If I click on the battery tab I get this service icon. Ideally I don't want to have to book an appointment, go to the apple store, lose use of my laptop for a day etc.

Can I purchase an official Apple battery directly from Apple and do the change my self? (I know there are lots of 3rd party batteries on Amazon / eBay, but I want a genuine part.)


texts: How do I extend the lifespan of my MacBook's battery (2015 Retina Model)

texts:
I have just received my 2015 Retina MacBook. I would really like the battery to last long.

Is there anything I can do to extend the battery life because my retina MacBook Pro's battery got progressively worse over time.

I am not familiar with the battery technology in the 2015 Retina MacBook but on the website its says:

Built-in 39.7-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery


texts:
In Printer and Scanner settings, i click on plus sign, select IP and fill the following:

Address: 10.242.1.xx:80
Protocol: IPP
Queue: ipp/2299xxxxx9342/xxxxxxx
Name: PRINTER-1

I searched on Google but did not give any useful infomation about it
How can i add IP printer in command line?


texts: Why apps are installed to my iPad and not to my iPhone?

texts:
Whenever I press "Get" to download an app in iTunes (either on iOS or Windows OS), apps are installed in my iPad and never to my iPhone.

However, after "Get" becomes "Downloaded" and I go to App Store on my iPhone, I see a down-arrow in a middle of a cloud. When I press it, then the app is installed in the phone.

How to fix this ?


texts: iOS whatsapp offline pending messages not supported

texts:
I'd like to know if there is a way to press the whatsapp "send" button while I'm offline (for instance on the metro) so they are send latter when rich connection.
This can be done on the Android version and is a useful feature. There is a way to do it on the iOS version? If not do you know if there is any intention to implement this feature?

Thanks in advance!


texts:
I somehow got this annoying 'weknow.ac' file in my MacBook while updating some Flash player. I tried several ways to get rid of it like checking extensions and by installing Malwarebytes. Nothing worked so far.

Did anyone face this problem?


texts:
I am playing about with 'John the ripper' to see how easily my password can be cracked. The only issue i I cannot seem to fin the hashed password.

Things I've tried.

Reading hash from /etc/passwd - Result: No user found
sudo dscl . -read /Users/<user>/ | grep GeneratedUID | cut -c15- cat /var/db/shadow/hash/<Result From First Command> | cut -c169-216 - Result: directory 'shadow' does not exist
Some others (forgotten what they were. Had similar issues.

This also didn't work for me.

Would like to know where the password hash is for my user so I can test out JTR.
Thanks in advanced.

Edit:
When I do sudo defaults read /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/Test.plist ShadowHashData|tr -dc 0-9a-f|xxd -r -p|plutil -convert xml1 - -o - I get 2 hashes'zcvUSru/AH3YNusqitC14z8dm8iX9dZTRzKKkv+oMODQQ9CG79yGmsjo8s13UCSIZ6TmE/U2krMC7KzxgafDwVkOq0eJ1F6aYFUBex649rUnj/58jhCp7Lgt5vWYN95SrDQwMKEYkFXkHM/Ieg0GsnCJnZwem4ugfSnU2fKCquE= and weXOBzKgCTzoeamwRXZ8vLNQNrHyCyFk/ZD2Bc/Vb6c= However when I put 'Test:' in a text file and do ./john <file> It gives me 'No password hashes loaded'.

Is this an issue with how I'm using John The Ripper or am I getting the wrong hashes?

Note: This was a test user and this is not my real password hashed. The encrypted password is 'password'


texts: SATA II or III for external hard drive enclosure?

texts: I want to put the hard drive (500GB) that came with my MacBook Pro (13" mid 2012) in an external (USB 3.0) hard drive enclosure. Are there any benefits to choosing one with the SATA III (6Gb/s) interface for this hard drive, or would SATA II (3Gb/s) work just as well?


texts: How to configure a proxy in a new network location using Terminal.app

texts:
I'm writing a bash script, which will create new network location and configure it. The question is - how to add proxy settings to specific network location using terminal or bash script?

P.S. I'm creating new location using networksetup -createlocation <location name>


texts: Activity Monitor dock icon CPU history aggregate

texts:
On my old Mac I have a CPU history icon showing single aggregate graph.

On the new Mac running the same OS version and having the same number of cores I can't seem to find this option. History only shows individual CPUs.
In my size of icons it's not very useful.

I wonder if there's an internal unofficial setting to display CPU history icon as a single aggregate graph (like on the first image).


texts: Mail.app smart mailbox, how to negate a search filter clause (_not_ flagged)?

texts:
How can I negate the search criterion: "is flagged"?

I need all messages in a given mailbox, whose flag is not set (i.e. they are not flagged).


texts: What's is new in Mail app in Lion compared to Mail app in Leopard Snow?

texts:
I find Mail app (in Leopard Snow) very limited for my needs. I need something like Thunderbird but before switching I just like to know what's is new in Mail app in Lion compared to Mail app in Leopard Snow.
Is it really any better?


texts:
I was trying to factory reset my 12” MacBook A1534.
Went as instructed into recovery mode and clicked “erase” for the internal disk.
While I erased I went with the default set, “APFS format.”
The computer restarted and I was left with a black screen and the flashing logo of a folder and a question mark.
I booted back into internet recovery mode (command+R) into disk utility and I see that I am left with a drive named, “APPLE SSD AP0256J Media.”
I then learned that I might need to reinstall El Capitan but it wouldn’t let me because it’s saying that the drive needs to be journaled.
My main issue here is,
Every time I try to journal whether it’s by partitioning, erasing, or using the command prompt, disk utility freezes and the bar doesn’t load at all. It then brings me back to the black screen with the folder and question mark. It lets me choose any other format like ExFat except journal which is the one I need.
I also ran diskutil list and I see that I don’t have an synthesized drive anymore,
I do not have the Macintosh HD, Preboot, Recovery, VM.
I’m not very experienced with this stuff.
Can someone please help.
Id hate to toss this computer and “get a new hard drive” as others have told me, on this Mac the SSD is soldiered on the board.

EDIT: I am able to formate using exFat successfully but I get this message.
I’ve tried enabling journaling via Terminal and it just freezes up when I do anything involving journaling.

EDIT #2: I just tried using the (Command - Option - R) and Catalina came up, I reformatted into APFS, while loading it said it was journaling. Then the screen went black showing me a folder with a question mark. I went back into the Catalina recovery and it’s saying it is in Mac OS Extended now, but it’s not journaled and it won’t mount so I cant install catalina. I don’t believe SSD is bad because smart status says verified.


texts: Mac Pro not detecting Windows install DVD

texts:
I have Mac Pro 1,1 (2006 version) running Lion 10.7.5. Bootcamp on this model officially supports up to Windows 7 x86 though people have reported being able to run Windows 10 x64. I downloaded a Windows 7 Pro x86 ISO and checked its integrity by creating a virtual machine and getting it to load the installer. Then, I burned the ISO to DVD on a Windows 10 PC. The DVD is detected on my MacBook (7,1 running a Mojave patch) but not on the Mac Pro. The Mac Pro DVD drive works since it can play movies and load other software install DVDs. Could someone explain why this isn't working and how to get this model to load a Windows installer?

I tried a bootable USB but the default boot loader wouldn't detect it. I tried refit as an alternative boot loader but it still didn't work. I tried creating a bootable USB from within the Mac Pro OS by editing the flags of supported USB boot models to get the "create USB install disk" option to appear in the boot camp installer. It still doesn't work.

I tried enabling access to an external Apple "superdrive" and performing the normal terminal patch to get it to work. The external superdrive spits out discs.


texts: Preview assigned on all desktop on BigSur

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After updating from Big Sur from Catalina I have encountered some problems with the Preview app.
I use multiple Desktops (on the same screen) and after a pdf is opened, then when I switch to the another Desktop, Preview remains opened in the previous one.
I think it's a bug only for Preview because other apps stay in the Desktop in which they have been opened.
The only way to bypass this is to open pdfs with Safari or Acrobat.
Any help?


texts: Trouble upgrading from macOS Sierra to High Sierra/Mojave (Flashing Question Mark Folder)

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I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.6 on a MacBook Pro (15 inch, 2017) with 16 GB of RAM, a 256 GB SSD and Radeon 555 dedicated graphics.

I've tried and failed to install both the macOS High Sierra and macOS Mojave beta multiple times. Each time, I have to reinstall macOS Sierra from Recovery Mode and restore my Time Machine backup. I have tried upgrading from within macOS Sierra and performing a clean install of the said operating systems from a flash-drive. The error I get - a flashing folder icon with a question mark at startup - is the same with both methods. This is because my internal SSD is not recognised as a Startup Drive (it's missing from the Startup Drive Utility in Recovery Mode) after macOS High Sierra is installed. I can confirm that High Sierra is installed by going into the Recovery Menu and checking the contents of the SSD.

As I've said previously, I have tried installing from within macOS Sierra where the installation converts the SSD with a macOS Journaled filesystem automatically into APFS during installation - this has failed. I have also tried doing a clean install i.e formatting the SSD, reformatting it as APFS and then trying to install the new OS. Predictably, this fails too with everything going swimmingly until the final restart which brings you into the macOS High Sierra environment; alas! the question mark folder again.

I've tried to explain, as best I could, my issue with updating from Sierra to High Sierra and Mojave. Any help would be tremendously appreciated. I can't schedule an appointment with an Apple Genius as I don't reside in a country where Apple operates a retail store.


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I would like to lock the computer when not at home but leave the computer unlocked at home.

If I choose to lock the Mac after the screen saver starts I can lock it with control+shift+power but then these settings will also force me to enter the password when I am home.

Is there a way to manually force a lock without locking the screen saver?


texts: Can anyone tell what does the number 33 mean in my lock screen of iOS 10?

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Recently, I tried iOS 10 public beta in my iPhone 6, but I am confused by the lock screen, see the picture, my question is what  the number 33 means in my lock screen?

Update: In the new version of iOS 10 public beta 2, this confusion is no longer existed.


texts: SEO'd iTunes Preview of App from Wrong Region

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I've recently released UBCme onto the app store. The problem is that I accidentally shared the US store link which doesn't have any ratings because all my users are from Canada. Thus, the top google hit for UBCme returns the US link which doesn't show the customer ratings. The first thing I did was replace all my advertisement links with the Canadian link, but I worry that it's too late.

Has anybody made this misstep before? How did you rectify it?

I feel reluctant to re-announce my app everywhere, but is it the only way I can fix this? Is there anything Apple can do to redirect pages?


texts: Time Machine wiped my external drive despite pressing "Don't Use"

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I have an external hard drive(formatted as FAT32) that has been in use on/off for years. I even had backups on it (not using time machine). I mounted this hard drive, it was taking a while to mount. A prompt came up to ask if I wanted to use this drive as a time machine backup. I said "Don't Use". It hanged. Meanwhile, I opened disk utility twice. both I had to force quit. I then relaunched finder.

Assuming it would cancel the time machine prompt. Only when did the finder eventually relaunch that the drive mounted to see that all my files where gone and looking in thermal under ls -a to see their we're spotlight and time machine files along with some oddly named thing. About 1GB Is in use on the drive(I had much more that a gig on it). It is a TB drive

Here is the output from the ls -a in the Volume

.                   ._.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
..                  .com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
.Spotlight-V100             .fseventsd
.Trashes                USBCˆö?␀.␀€␀
._.Trashes

Anyway would a tool like this (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk) help get back my files and format back to what I had previously? Or am I going in the wrong direction? Can help get my files back?

I should also mention that I ran verify disk from disk utility on the drive much later on to have this repeating until I manually stop the process

2013-02-16 12:06:23 +0000: / has entries after end of directory
2013-02-16 12:06:23 +0000: Truncate? no
2013-02-16 12:06:23 +0000: Extend? no

Thanks. If you have any questions please comment below


texts: Macbook Pro 2015 waking from sleep every few seconds

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My 2015 Macbook Pro loses charge rapidly while asleep (almost as fast as while it's awake and I'm using it). From looking around online, some people seem to have resolved this by resetting the PRAM - no luck. I checked the sleep settings and they seem to be normal. pmset output is:

> pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 lidwake              1
 autopoweroff         1
 standbydelayhigh     86400
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 standbydelaylow      10800
 standby              1
 proximitywake        0
 ttyskeepawake        1
 hibernatemode        3
 powernap             0
 gpuswitch            2
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 highstandbythreshold 50
 displaysleep         2
 sleep                2
 acwake               0
 halfdim              1
 tcpkeepalive         1
 disksleep            10

Disabling tcpkeepalive and turning off Find My Mac didn't help the issue. Turning off wifi before closing the lid to let it go into sleep mode still resulted in the same amount of lost charge. In the logs, there are entries like this every few seconds while the laptop is closed and theoretically should be asleep (from running log show --style syslog | fgrep "Wake reason"):

2020-05-21 15:20:41.355102-0400  localhost powerd[149]: [powerd:sleepWake] Wake reason: "<private>"  identity: "<private>"
2020-05-21 15:20:54.768976-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.DarkPME (Maintenance)
2020-05-21 15:20:54.768979-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.DarkPME (Maintenance)
2020-05-21 15:20:55.772516-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)
2020-05-21 15:20:55.777431-0400  localhost powerd[149]: [powerd:sleepWake] Wake reason: "<private>"  identity: "<private>"
2020-05-21 15:21:11.717276-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.DarkPME (Maintenance)
2020-05-21 15:21:11.717279-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.DarkPME (Maintenance)
2020-05-21 15:21:12.594368-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)
2020-05-21 15:21:12.605039-0400  localhost powerd[149]: [powerd:sleepWake] Wake reason: "<private>"  identity: "<private>"
2020-05-21 15:21:25.126875-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.DarkPME (Maintenance)
2020-05-21 15:21:25.126878-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.DarkPME (Maintenance)
2020-05-21 15:21:26.007442-0400  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)

I assume EC.DarkPME is the culprit here, but I can't figure out what it is or how to get rid of it (if that's the solution). I've seen this question over here, but I don't have bluetooth devices allowed to wake the computer. The computer's running Catalina 10.15.3. Any help would be very appreciated!

Edit: I forgot to add another very weird thing that's been happening: if I completely power off the computer and plug it into the charger, it turns back on. The lid is closed, but I can hear the startup chime and see the apple logo light up. When I open it afterwards, it's at the logon screen.


texts: System Administrator Profile shows up after auto-lock High Sierra

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I have a MacBook Pro running High Sierra.
Sometimes when I let my computer auto-lock itself, (like closing the lid for a while) when I come back the user is not the profile I was using, but says System Administrator and has the default grey silhouette icon. Using my TouchID logs me in as usual, so as far as I can tell it is just an aesthetics glitch. I also can't replicate it, because it seems to happen at random.

I've seen the news about the root user security issue and I'm updated to 10.13.1 so it shouldn't be related to that. Any ideas on what is happening? I will be updating as I experiment more with the issue.

Update 3: Still occurring. The root password will not provide access when the System Administrator icon shows up. As far as I can tell it is a purely aesthetic glitch.

Update 2: Following another thread I was able to enable the root user and give it a secure password. I will give any updates if the problem persists.

Update [added picture]: I haven't changed any passwords since this is a brand new laptop (2 weeks old). I've had the issue occur again and have determined it does require the proper password or touch ID; it won't let just anybody in. Also, it goes to the correct user every time. As far as I can tell, the name and icon are just swapped with the current user for some reason. I can only hope apple fixes this in the future because it is a bit disconcerting the first time it comes up.


texts: “cannot open” when trying to save screen recording in quicktime player

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After choosing a file location to save a screen recording, the movie will start to save, then it says "Cannot Open" and nothing is saved. I can retry but it still doesn't. I just saved a video before this. It's on macOS High Sierra. 10.13.1. This same issue is plastered all over the Apple.com help forums but there are no answers.

QuickTime is Version 10.4 (928.5.1) - the version that came with my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016).

After the saving progress bar gets to about 1/4, it flashes "cannot open this media may be damaged quicktime" then "Cannot Open"

I'll add a video below to show exactly what

To debug, I did confirm that a 5 second video with voiceover could save. However, a 25 minute video will not. I closed that video and recorded another screen recording for 10 minutes long and same issue. In the past I've been able to record 10-30 minute videos and save. Now it only allows small videos.

Video of what happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBME45Ks3_o


texts: iMac G5 works very loudly. How to fix it?

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I only run Safari with maximum 3-5 tabs opened and the machine makes noise like a vacuum cleaner making it very hard to work on.
Any ideas how to fix it?


texts: MacBook Air 2017 to Dell Docking Station D6000

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I am trying to connect my MacBook Air 2017 which has a Thunderbolt 2 port, to Dell Docking Station D6000 that has a Type-C plug.
I am able to connect Dell Latitude 7410 with Dell Docking Station D6000 since it has a Thunderbolt 3 port adapter. Is there any way that my MacBook Air 2017’s Thunderbolt 2 port could act as a Thunderbolt 3 adapter?


texts: Prevent icon from appearing in my Mac's Dock when I text on my iPhone

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I don't want iMessage on my MacBook anymore, at all.  I've signed out of all accounts on my MacBook but when I start a text on my phone, this creepy icon appears, so it still knows I'm texting.
I've read various related questions here, here, here and here but they're not quite getting at the same thing.
Does anyone know how to prevent this?  I'm running Big Sur and hadn't noticed this previously, but I tend to leave a while before updates (precisely because there's always something annoying like this).


texts: Pinging Mac "computername" hits strange IP address

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I'm using a MacBook Pro with Mojave 10.14.6.  I had entered a computername in System Preferences, Sharing of (not really) mymacbk. I am using Frontier's FiOS service, whose router normally attaches ".home" as the top level domain.  For various reasons discussed elsewhere on the net (for example, 189350), a hyphen, digit combination is getting added to that, so I see mymacbk-3 using the hostname command from bash.

But, just for fun, I executed

ping mymacbk
ping mymacbk.home

In both cases, I got back an IP address that, according to https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx reverse lookup tool, belongs to Akamai Tech: a23-202-231-168.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  Looking up both of my actual names (mymacbk and mymacbk.home) on their DNS Lookup returned nothing.

What is going on?  More importantly, is this possibly a symptom of having been compromised or virus/malware infected?


texts: The @ sign has swapped places with the " sign on my Macbook Pro keyboard.  How to I swap them back?


texts: "Compress file" in Catalina sets wrong permissions on ZIP file

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When zipping one or more files via Finder (Right click on file → Compress) the created the ZIP file has permissions set to rw------- / 600.

When I use the zip command in Terminal, permissions are set as expected rw-r--r-- / 644.

All of this started to happen after I upgraded to Catalina last weekend.

Before, all ZIP files were created with permissions rw-r--r-- / 644, regardless if it was created via Finder or Terminal.

It looks like something is broken in the Finder command an/or Archive Utility.app

Do you know any fix for this?

This is really annoying, when uploading a zip file to an FTP server.   Today a client called that he can't download the file. It took me a while to figure out what happened.

Clarification: The question is not about how to fix the FTP upload. It is about how to make Finder / Archive utility behave in the in same way as before, using macOS Mojave.


texts: Changing User permissions - Seagate Hard Drive

texts: All of a sudden, my hard drive has stopped working. I can only view its contents but can't store anything new now. I also can't change its permissions. What is the issue?


texts: Is there a way to rename menu items in Mac?

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For example, in Finder, when you CMD+C to copy a file, the Menu for pasting it is called "Paste Item". Is there a way to rename that simply to "Paste" ?

I'd like to do this for quite a few programs, Finder being only one of them, so if there's a universal method to this, by editing content files or by using terminal for example, that'd be great.

Thanks!


texts: Disabling hardware acceleration for Night Shift

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I'm noticing some artifacts when I watch full-screen videos on macOS with Night Shift enabled, and I suspect they are caused by hardware, because they disappear whenever an overlay appears over a full-screen video.

So, I was wondering, is there any way to disable hardware acceleration for Night Shift? And, if not, then is there any other application I can use that would perform the same function, but without taking advantage of hardware acceleration? (maybe an old version of f.lux or something else?)


texts: Is it safe for the hard disk drive to operate while MacBook Pro is positioned vertically?

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There is a nice designed product: Twelve South BookArc. You can save some space and increase wow-factor of your workspace a bit.

But is it safe for HDD to operate a Macbook when it is not parallel to the Earth surface?


texts: How to make AppleScript read the items of a variable that are numbers

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set theList to {"123", "124", "abc", "125", "efgh", "126"}
set theNumbers to numbers of theList
return theNumbers

How can I get AppleScript to recognize which items of theList are numbers and assign a variable to those numbers?
The variable I have for theList is a place holder, the items it represents will be constantly changing.


texts: Keyboard backlight UI stuck on Touch Bar MacBook Pro

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Whenever I try to increase or decrease the brightness of the keyboard backlight — using the Touch Bar on my MacBook Pro (macOS Catalina) — the GUI just shows this:

What does this mean? Is some hardware broken, or just a software bug?


texts: Make folders opened by external apps open in a new finder tab rather than a window

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I have the setting "open folders in new tabs" (instead of new windows) in finder turned on but this does not seem to influence what my other apps do when they open a folder. Launchbar and a shell script I run from emacs still opens folders in small finder windows. How can I make folders opened from external apps all appear in one tabbed finder window?

Edit: Bmike in the comment is right that this could probably be done via an applescript. Something like this:

You have some script that gives you the path of the folder you want to open.
You pass this as a variable to an applescript.
This applescript saves the pathname as a variable
It activates finder or opens a particular folder with finder.
It sends the keystroke command + t to open a new tab (or does the same with a command to finder).
It sends the keystroke command + shift + g to finder opening the go to folder with path x menu/window.
It writes (systemevents) or pastes it (set clipboard to the variable that is the path of the folder) into this menu/window.
Click enter. The folder is opened.


texts: Using Turtle Beach XO Four Stealth Headset with Macbook Pro Retina 15", Mid-2012

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I've read a few older posts about headsets and the TRRS headphone/mic input here, here, here, here and the consensus seems to be that the Macbook is expecting "line-level" input (either that or you have the mysterious occasional answer of "mine works!").

My question is more clearly related to this answer: which is, if these Macbook Pros only accept a powered/line-level input, then how do they recognize the iPhone earbuds/microphone? I have not seen this addressed anywhere else.

My Turtle Beach XO Four Stealth is not powered, its only hookup is a TRRS jack. When I plug it in the Input doesn't switch from internal to external as it does for my Apple earbuds/mic.

Any explanations for the difference in behavior? I assume this may just be dependent on the hardware of the headset, but what would this difference be.


texts: General System Preferences won't save on Max OSX Mavericks

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Under System Preferences > General, there seems to be one setting, on my computer, that won't save. Regardless of what I set it to, it always reverts to "Always":

I have tried the following:

Going to my home folder, selecting "Get Info," and applying R+W to all enclosed folders. This solution was detailed on the Apple support forums. I have also tried it programatically with chmod 755.
Deleting the com.apple.systempreferences.plist file under /Library/Preferences, logging out, and logging back in.

I decided to make a new user account and see whether the problem would be replicated. However, under this new account, I was able to change this setting to "When scrolling" or "Automatically based on mouse or trackpad." It applied the new setting.

What could be going wrong and how can I go about fixing this? I really don't want my scrollbars to show all the time, especially if I'm not using a mouse.


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I have a text file called stocks.txt it looks like this:

AAPL    [1;37m  96.15[00m[32m      0.55     (0.58%)[00m
GOOG    [1;37m 566.07[00m[31m     -5.53    (-0.97%)[00m
FB      [1;37m  72.28[00m[31m     -0.37    (-0.51%)[00m
MSFT    [1;37m  42.86[00m[31m      -0.3    (-0.70%)[00m

The things that look like [00m are colors of the text. When I use cat to read the file in Terminal it lines up and looks organized. When I try to do the same thing as a GeekTool shell command it messes up the spacing. What can I do to make it look right.

In terminal:

In GeekTool:


texts: Gmail calendar not synchronising with Calendar on OS X

texts: I use a MacBook Pro and found that my Gmail calendar doesn't sync at all. I guess it is because of the fact that this Gmail account also happens to be my Apple ID. My question is, how to synchronise Google's calendar with iCal when the Gmail ID is same as the Apple ID?


texts: Video controls in Chrome shake when I'm watching YouTube videos in Flash

texts: So when I'm watching embedded videos from YouTube on websites in Mac OSX Lion in Google Chrome browser, the video controller bar shakes and looks weird if I mouse off the video to make the controls disappear. Is there a fix for this weirdness?


texts: Audio output gone, "internal speaker" device disappeared

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A few days ago, my MacBook Air (13", mid-2011) running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 (17E199) would no longer produced any sound, neither through its built-in speakers nor the headphone jack.

Pressing the volume keys on the keyboard brings up the volume overlay, but with a stop sign underneath, and none of the keys have any effect.

The volume (speaker) icon in the menu bar is greyed-out, and its volume slider is disabled. Option-clicking displays both input and output as grayed-out, with no devices shown.

To be clear: It's not about audio being distorted or noisy or flaky or weird; I don't have any audio output at all.

Apparently, my machine no longer has an audio output device.

Editors, please keep reading before you mark this as a dupe: I am aware that this issue has been asked here many times, but none of the suggested fixes work, so I'm kind of trying to pull all the bits and pieces into a single coherent post.

Trying to fix the issue, I tried all of the following (suggested here and elsewhere), sometimes repeatedly, with no luck:

Rebooted the machine (duh); checked if my OS is up-to-date (it is)
Plugged a headphone jack in and out repeatedly, also jiggling it around a little, as people have been suggesting that the jack's internal switch may sometimes get stuck and cause this issue
Checked the system prefs for sound/audio, which would normally let me select "Internal speakers" as the default output device. But there is no such option, nor any other device to choose from (the selector window is just completely empty)
Launching audio/MIDI setup (which showed up with an empty main window), I tried to set up a "main device", which worked, but it said that the main device was not available/present (or something to the effect that the hardware in question is apparently AWOL)
Tried fixing permissions on the main volume (but learned that this isn't even possible anymore on Sierra)
Did both a PRAM/NVRAM and SMC reset
Rebooted into hardware test mode and did both the normal and extended tests; both found "no trouble"

Other than this issue, my machine is completely fine, both hardware and software wise.

Now I’m all out of ideas.

Of course I may also have damaged the sound hardware, but that wouldn't make any sense. First of all, I did nothing to the machine that could have caused this. It was sitting comfortably on my desk all the time. Second, a hardware malfunction would surely result in some kind of problem being reported on the OS side, or would it?

The only thing left that comes to mind is that the audio device driver at kernel or IO device level may have become corrupted or disabled. Could this happen? (If so, how? I haven't changed any system settings, installed any software (especially no "flaky" ones) or did anything else unusual). How could I check for and fix this?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Update, thanks Allan]

The output of running system_profiler SPAudioDataType is

Audio:
Devices:
    Hauptgerät:
      Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
      Current SampleRate: 0
      Transport: Unknown


texts: "Connection insecure" error when trying to manage a Gmail or Yahoo account

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About a week ago, I was prompted to reset my Yahoo e-mail password. So I went to System Preferences -> Internet Accounts and double clicked on Ymail (the Yahoo e-mail account). I saw this screen:

Followed shortly by this error message:

Dismissing the error message does nothing to the first window, and eventually I have to cancel.

Strangely, I noticed this same behavior has happened when I double-click on my Gmail account, despite the fact that the password still seems to be valid.

I have seen this behavior both at my home and my local coffee shop. To my knowledge, I am not using a proxy. What can I do to solve this "Connection Insecure" problem when trying to manage a Gmail or Yahoo account?


texts: How to update iOS with limited hard drive space?

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A friend of mine is trying to update her iPhone's OS through iTunes but it always fails as she has only 1GB free space left on partition C, and it seems that iTunes is using it as temporary space.

She's asking for help but I don't really know what I can do except using another computer with more free space to do the update.  Is there a way to download iOS manually so we can store it on another partition instead of using up all space on partition C?  Or is there any simpler way to do it?


texts: Internal microphone does not register input in System Preferences -> Sound but registers in dictation and speech

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My machine is MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS 10.10.1 (14B25).

I just tried to make a voice call in Google Hangouts, and Hangouts does not pick up any sound.

I checked System Preferences -> Sound -> Internal Microphone, and the Input Level meter shows no activity - not when I talk, clap, or hit the case.

How do I fix this and get my internal microphone to register an input correctly?

More info:

System Preferences -> Dictation and Speech -> Dictation has an icon that says "Internal Microphone" and appears to register sound. In fact, it seems to be very sensitive.

Some things I have checked:

Under Sound -> Internal Microphone, Input volume is turned all of the way up.
I have no devices plugged into the headphone jack.
In Audio MIDI Setup, I've checked that Built-in Microphone isn't muted.
I shut down the computer and started it up again, and again while holding command-option-p-r (although I don't actually know what that does). It didn't help.


texts: How to delete (tmutil delete) all old backups from TimeMachine - keep only current full backup

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How to delete (with CLI tmutil delete) all old backups from TimeMachine. I wish to keep only current backup.

I wish to put that into crontab.

Found How to Delete Old Backups from Time Machine on Mac

sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook\ Pro/2015-07-13-150021/

I don't like to specify Timestamps. I wish to have only one current full backup. This means remove deleted files and versions from backup disk.


texts:
Is there an application or tool that can monitor GPU performance on OS X? Specifically I would like to see the current speed/utilization and temperature of the integrated NVIDIA chip.

For Windows, there is CPU-Z and MSI Afterburner. I cannot find anything for OS X, not even an NVidia control panel app.


texts: What's the shortcut for Show/Hide Playlist in VLC?

texts: I checked VLC's preferences but it seems that Show/Hide Playlist is the only player's button that doesn't have any keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X version. Is there any way to control that?


texts: Anyone else having issues with the weather app?

texts: So I jail role with the new evasi0n tool and now I can't launch my weather app. Anyone else experiencing similar problems?


texts: More information on Instagram having access to my person photos on my phones camera roll.

texts: If I give Instagram access to my iPhone 6 camera roll, does that mean my followers and people on Instagram, have access to it too? Can everyone see my camera roll photos on my phone?


texts:
I’m having trouble opening Garage Band version 4.1.2 on macOS version 10.4.11.  It’s only happening on my main partition. If I open using another account it’s fine.
At one point I had installed a Windows partition with wine bottle and/or wine and I got rid of it because it was causing too many problems. Could that be a problem?
I’m also using a Digidesign M Box 2 Pro from 2007 with ProTools 7.4.
The thing is I have the Korg Legacy Analog Collection 2007 and sometimes want to create patches on Garageband which is infinitely easier than opening a session on ProTools. I can only keep using a demo version that locks after thirty days. On my main partition I have the license. How can I make so everyone can use the Korg software. That’s the only thing that bothers me. My Mac is an Intel IMac 17”.
Here's the crash screen:


texts: Can I add the 2nd monitor with Apple Cinema display

texts: I have a MBP 2017 13" connected to a cinema display. Right now I'm looking for a 4K 60hz display with USBC for charging my MBP. In that case, can both monitors work? I connect to the Cinema Display with an adapter.


texts: View reviews and ratings in App Store Connect

texts:
I am logging on App Store Connect after a long time and I see that they have changed the layout and stuff for the website.
Where can I view the reviews and ratings, that people have posted for my app on App Store Connect?


texts: Change how many 'recent' files are shown in Preview's "Open Recent..." menu

texts: I cannot find anything in the preferences to do this, but I would like to be able to lengthen the list that Preview offers in the "Open Recent" menu. Right now it displays the 9 most recent files. I would like it to show at least 20 or so. Is there some secret way to hack this from the command line, or is there a setting somewhere that  I just haven't been able to find?


texts: Use Siri to play all songs (shuffled) in iOS 9

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In iOS 8.4 and below, I could tell Siri, "play all songs, shuffled" or "shuffle all songs" no matter where in the OS I was. But now when I try that, Siri tells me that I must be in the Music app, playing a song for that command to work. And even when I am in the Music app, it only shuffles the songs in the current album or playlist.

Does anyone know how to tell Siri to "play all songs (shuffled)" in iOS 9?


texts: Complete Time Machine restore is only partially recovering my files

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I recently renamed my home folder on my new MacBook Pro (Retina, 13"). I restarted my computer not realising that it would result in a complete wipe of my drive. Previously having backed it up with Time Machine, I wasn't too worried though.

Looking through the Time Machine backup files, I also did see everything I had had previously saved, and since I have the backup on an external, I restarted the computer and pressed command+R to perform a complete restore.

About 78% through it seemed as if my external drive had failed (not responding, no progress). However, after a few moments my MacBook said the restore had been successful and restarted. Upon logging in, however, I saw that two very important folders were messed up - both of these I had added to the sidebar and the dock. Now, one of them was missing completely (a question mark in its place on the dock) and the other only had one file in it from a day ago.

Alarmed, I tried restoring the computer again, with the same results. Now even the backup files on my external don't have intact versions of the two folders. Furthermore, none of the data for my apps or any of my settings seem to have carried over.

If there's any way I can recover the two files, I'd love to know.


texts: Set the default search to current folder?

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The Finder's search bar is an integral part of my workflow. I am constantly using it to search the contents of files within various folders.

However, typing into this bar always searches the entire machine by default. In order to make it search just one folder, I have to click a second button.

Is there a way to change this so that it searches the current folder by default?


texts: Why does running the App Store push email to my iPad?

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I have noticed that - even with email push turned off, running the App Store on my iPad 2 would push any new mail on the Exchange server to me. This could have been the case previously but it is incredibly apparent now with the way iOS 5 handles notifications.

Is this happening for anyone else? Is this a bug or is this a feature which I can configure away somewhere?


texts: I am familiar with using the Display Calibration Assistant.  I have used it on other external monitors before.  Connected to my living room TV via AirPlay using Apple TV.  The colors are all off.  When I open the displays menu, I am able to open the calibration assistant for the built in display, but not my external Apple TV display.  I can see other profiles for other external monitors, but I cannot select them.


texts: iphone thinks it's up to date when it's not

texts: I have iOS 9.0.1 and today i want to update to 9.0.2 but my iPhone 6 thinks it's up to date. I was using all of the betas without any problem since iOS 9 beta 1 then i updated to GM version. I really don't wanna hard reset or iTunes update to my phone. Any idea?


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Preview allows to add text and shapes to PDFs. But is it possible to add existing images (PNG / JPEG) to a PDF file as well?

I do know that Preview already has some of image embedding by allowing the user to add signatures drawn on the screen of an i-Device. But I couldn't figure out if this would also work with arbitrary files.


texts: MIgration Assistant from HFS+ (case sensitive) to APFS (case sensitive)

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I have a new 2018 MacBook Pro, OS X Mojave 10.14.2, hard drive formatted as AFPS (Case-sensitive) and an old 2009 MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite, hard drive formatted as HFS+ (Case-sensitive, Journaled).  I believe OS X on the old laptop cannot be upgraded any further.

I am attempting to use Migration Assistant to move the files over from the one user on the old laptop to the new one.  When I get to the "Transfer Information to This Mac" step of OS X install on the new laptop, I fire up Migration Assistant on the old, and see it appear on the new as a transfer source, but with a yellow caution icon.  Selecting that icon displays a pop-up with the message:

**The selected source cannot be used for migration.**
This source is not using a Case Sensitive filesystem, while your Mac is.

I have confirmed in Disk Utility and About This Mac that both hard disks are formatted case-sensitive.  There is a big difference in that the old drive is formatted HFS+, and the new AFPS.

Initially, I was able to use migration assistant to transfer the files, up until I discovered that the new drive was not formatted case-sensitive, which of course caused problems with filenames that differ only by case.  So I used command-r to boot the new system into recovery mode, formatted that drive as AFPS case-sensitive, and reinstalled OS X Mojave, only to run into this issue.

So, how do I get the user and all their files from the old laptop to the new?


texts: Cannot install macOS Mojave on external spinning drive. Error: This Mac can only install macOS on APFS-formatted drives

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I am using the Install macOS Mojave.app installer on my Mac mini (2018) running Mojave 10.14.5 to install Mojave on a formatted external spinning disk laptop drive (a Toshiba model with case).

I successfully formatted the drive using Disk Utility app in the GUID format.

Now when running the Mojave installer, it refuses to install on the external drive saying:

  This Mac can only install macOS on APFS-formatted drives.

But I thought APFS was intended only for solid-state drives, not spinning drives. And there was no APFS option in Disk Utility that I could see.

➥ Is it now impossible to install and boot on an external spinning drive?


texts: Copy files searched with find command using xargs command

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I'd like to copy the files searched using find command into the current directory. I am executing the following command-line:

    # find linux books
$ find ~ -type f -iregex '.*linux.*\.pdf' -print0 | xargs -0 echo
    # Expected output on STDOUT
../Books/LinuxCollection/Linux_TLCL-17.10.pdf ../Richard Blum, Christine Bresnahan - Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible, 3rd Edition - 2015.pdf ..

I wish to copy the files to the current directory using the cp command. Here is the command that I entered:

$ find ~ -type f -iregex '.*linux.*\.pdf' -print0 | xargs -0 cp .

However, I get an error as shown below upon executing the above command:

usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvXc] source_file target_file
       cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvXc] source_file ... target_directory

I have also tried to resolve the issue by using command substitution. Here is the command that I tried:

$ cp $(find ~ -type f -iregex '.*linux.*\.pdf' -print0) .

However, I get another error as shown below upon executing the above command:

cp: Blum,: No such file or directory

How do I accomplish the desired result using the xargs command?


texts: Deleted Bootcamp partition space is not unavailable anymore

texts: I uninstalled windows 10 I had installed using the bootcamp assistant, after which my MacOS disk size hasn't restored to normal. How do I reclaim the lost space?