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After upgrading to MacOS Catalina (10.15.1) I have had troubles with the mac going to sleep mode when i close the lid while having external monitors connected. It used to be working like this:

What happens when the lid are closed?

When no external monitor are connected: Go to sleep.
When external monitor are connected: Display content on the external monitors.

Now it just goes into sleep mode no matter which setup is used.

Can you help getting the right configuration back?


texts: How to set a screen resolution other than what is displayed in the scaled list?

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I need to set my screen resolution 1280x720 (this is a requirement for a screencast I need to create).  When I go into the Display - Scaled menu this is no longer available as an option on Yosemite, even though it was available on previous versions of the OS on the same laptop.

Is there a way in Yosemite to access or force different screen resolutions for this?


texts: How can I adjust the music in imovie for part of a movie?

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I have a imovie project that I am creating and I have video clips and an audio track which plays a song.  I see that I can adjust the volume level of the song for the whole song but I want to lower the volume for part of the song (because I want to emphasize the audio coming from the video clip)

Is it possible to adjust the volume of a music track for part of the song in imovie?


texts: Unable to do Time Machine backups from MacBook Pro on Mavericks

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I purchased a MacBook Pro Retina on March 2014 to replace my old MacBook.

Both were running Mavericks, but I decided to clone the disk into a partition on the new MacBook Pro and keep the ready installed software as a separate bootable backup partition. I have a 2 TB Time Capsule that I access the internet through. This did back up my new machine until a couple of months ago, and now is not found on the network even though it is still providing me with an internet connection.

In Airport Utility, the internet connection is shown along with an unaccessible Time Capsule. If I try to access the Time Capsule it says it was previously part of the network, but cannot be found if I scan for it. If I reboot into the other partition (my emergency boot) the Time Capsule is there and able to do backups.

Ideally I would like the Time Capsule to show up when I am working out of my main partition rather than the spare bootable but am unable to find any advice on how to correct this. I did successfully restore the main partition a couple of days ago after three days of failing to get Yosemite to work, so I know that it works fine through the other partition.

I am unsure on how to best move forward with this other than factory reset and hope. Does anyone have any less drastic solution?


texts: Don't see “Bluetooth Radios” and bluetooth not working on Bootcamp Windows 7

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I attempted to ask this question at superuser.com but so far I have not received any help.
So for the past couple of days I've been trying to get my Logitech Dinovo Bluetooth Keyboard working on my Windows 7 partition. Unfortunately it is not finding any bluetooth devices. I have no issues whatsoever on the OSX partition so I know it's not a hardware issue. Additionally, it seems that I can find Bluetooth settings when I right-click on "Apple Internal Keyboard and Trackpad" but when I try to "Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer" I receive this error. I also don't see the Bluetooth icon in the system tray.

This issue has been really frustrating so any help would be great!


texts: Macbook charging but not really charging

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My macbook's charging indicator light shows that it's charging (the light is orange) but it's not really charging because it's been always orange for the past 8 hours. At the moment, my battery is completely drained, thus, can't turn on the computer. I am not sure if the problem is the charger itself or if it's the computer. What should I do?
edit
My computer's battery was old  and i was already getting warnings that i needed to replace the battery soon. However, i could still have 3 hours off my battery after a full recharge


texts: PDF reader that refreshes at updates and stays put

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I am looking for a pdf reader which refreshes when the pdf is updated, while staying (roughly) at the same page it was before the refresh.

Adobe and Foxit don't refresh. Preview does refresh, but gets you back to the first page after every refresh.

The reason for all this: I am using Texstudio to edit LaTex files. TexStudio has an internal pdf viewer which does exactly what I want (refreshing when I recompile the pdf, and staying roughly at the same position in the pdf). But Texstudio only allows you to open a single pdf viewer window. I would want to open several to be able to look at the pdf output in different places at the same time (it would significantly improve my productivity).

(OS X El Capitan)


texts: Can you use the Apple Magic Keyboard with a Windows Machine as well?

texts: I just wanted to ask if it is possible to use Apple`s Magic Keyboard with a Windows machine (given that it has bluetooth). Is this possible?


texts: Why does the time differ by 4 hours on certain apps?

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In Yosemite I have my timezone explicitly set to GMT-5:00, and in the tool bar the clock shows the correct time. Several apps, including Mail, also show the correct time.

However, I've noticed that some apps show the time as if it were 4 hours ahead. Slack for example, as well as Facebook's web-based chat.

I have no idea as to what could be causing this. Any help would be great!


texts: External USB3 hard disk not mounting (10.11.6)

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I have an external USB3 hard disk which used be my Time Machine backup drive.

It is not mounting in Finder, but is showing up if I diskutil list. It sounds like it wants to mount - in fact, it sounds like a drive where there is data being read and written.

If I open Disk Utility with this drive connected, I get the spinner icon and Disk Utility stays a grey window and won't list anything (ever). I have to force quit or reboot to quit it at that point.

I can't fsck_hfs it from terminal under the OS:

Tims-MBP 08:48:50: [~]: fsck_hfs -r /dev/disk3s1
** /dev/rdisk3s1 (NO WRITE)
Can't open /dev/rdisk3s1: Permission denied

but if I reboot into single user mode then it lets me.. the process ticks by and tells me about things like Previous ID in a hard link chain is incorrect, Orphaned file hard link. and Invalid volume free block count. which (after a few hours) it seemed to have a grip on. (probably bits of the time machine backup are corrupt: that's acceptable and expected).

I also thought to plug this into my Windows7 box and mount the drive using HFSExplorer (http://www.catacombae.org/hfsexplorer/ - the mac version doesn't detect or load the drive at all). I'm then able to extract files - so I have a copy of everything EXCEPT the time machine backups. I don't have another drive large enough to make a disk image of the drive (which HFXExplorer can do). So I don't feel like a utility like DiskWarrior is neccesary since I don't know if it can repair the partitions/whatever to make the drive mount again.

I have since bought a new external hard disk and set it up as a new Time Machine backup drive and done a full backup to it. It's part of the backup drive set in case I can get this drive going again.

Is there anything else I should try before I format it again and/or put it in the rubbish bin.


texts: kernel_task hundreds of % CPU yet cpu frequency is being lowered

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I'm trying to solve the mystery of a crazy high cpu usage on kernel_task.

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, Yosemite 10.10.2

I saw some advice to download the Intel Power Gadget. That showed me that the my CPU is slowing way down. How do I fix this? When this happens, I can sometimes cycle the power on the MBP. But this is driving me crazy.


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I have a Mac. I plugged in a USB stick and I realized that I couldn't find the USB in my Desktop folder through the command-line. Turns out USB is mounted to ~/Volumes.

If there's an USB icon on the Desktop, why can't I see it in the terminal? Also since they put a USB icon on Desktop, why not mount the USB to Desktop?


texts: How to disable Clamshell mode in Yosemite?

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I have my Late 2013 Retina MacBook Pro attached to an external display. I use both displays. At night, when I leave my computer, I want to close the lid to put the Mac to sleep.

Since Lion, there is the famous 'Clamshell mode', which is for a lot of people, but not for me. This causes OS X to switch to single-display mode, using only the external display, if I close it.

Until Mavericks I could prevent this by the famous: sudo nvram boot-args="iog=0x0" kernel parameter, but since Yosemite, this does not work. Is there any solution? I don't want to plug off my computer for the night or put it to sleep by selecting a menu command. Both solutions are really lame.


texts: Keychain login password not working for Allow access

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I'm working through iOS push notification setup and tried to export the private key as a Personal Information Exchange (.p12) cert and when I'm prompted for the "login" password it won't take it. I've tried changing the password and I'm able to do that successfully but not when I try to create the p12 file.

The OS X version is 10.11.2, and Keychain version 9.0 (55171.20.2)

Any thoughts?


texts: How do I find out how many bytes of memory my machine has in RAM?

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macOS Sierra's System Information.app tells me I have 12GB of RAM: two 4GB modules and two 2GB modules.

But I am aware of the following:

macOS might use either base 10 or base 2 to express RAM sizes. (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201402 only talks about storage, not RAM)
RAM is physically designed such that the actual number of bytes might not be a power of 2. It could, for example, be a multiple of some power of 2.

These are both uncertainties, not facts. In order for me to calculate how many bytes I have, I need to know whether OS X is using gigabytes or gibibytes, and whether I need to use multiples of them or powers of them.

Thanks!


texts: How to open my Wine Explorer on MacBook so I can use my already downloaded Games

texts: I had it open at one point but now I can't seem to find out how I opened it. So I'm trying to use my desktop ghost but that requires me to click on the ssp icon that is in my wine explorer, next to all my other downloaded apps. No matter what I do I can't seem to open it. I'm using a Mac, any suggestions?


texts: Why did my iPhone's GPS tracking get so bad?

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I started using the Nike+ GPS app on my iPhone 4 (not 4s) to track my running in summer 2011. The GPS measurement of runs was pretty consistent: runs on the same course would vary as much as a tenth of a mile from run to run, but I know GPS is not always as accurate as it is precise, so that doesn't bother me.

Sometime in September of this year (2012) the accuracy of my run tracking went way down. I had a few where the distance was under-measured by as much as 50%. I thought it might have been Nike+, but I installed Strava Run and had another run massively over-measured. Last weekend a 6-mile run (measured using gmap-pedometer.com) was measured as 0.17 miles on Nike+. (The Nike+ app, to its credit, has been regularly warning me that the GPS signal is "weak", so even it is dubious about the quality of its data.)

However, in non-running applications, location services seem to be just fine. Maps places me in the right place. Weather apps (Dark Sky is my best example) know exactly where I am. Are they using something else to get my location? Reading this question and this one make me think this could be a hardware problem, but the inconsistency between apps puzzles me.

ETA: I have not yet installed the iOS 6 update, so this is still iOS 5.


texts: Can I allow Mac using Internet Sharing via Thunderbolt to talk to other devices on network?

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Does my MacBook - which is connected via Thunderbolt bridge to an iMac with Internet Sharing - see devices on the network the iMac is connected to?

I can see a new subnet is created on the Thunderbolt bridge adapter: 192.168.2.x

My main network is 192.168.1.x - the iMac is connected to this on Ethernet adapter.

Can I let the MacBook connect to other devices on the 192.168.1.x subnet?
I want to connect to a network share on another device in this upstream network.

Ideally:

I would be able to assign the MacBook with an (additional?) IP
address in the 192.168.1.x range.
Bonjour would be able to find
devices on the upstream network that had file sharing enabled, and
show them in the Finder sidebar.


texts: No longer able to send message from iPhone to work email on Outlook 2016 but can send to others at the company

texts: I was able to send messages, or photos from my iPhone 7 to my work email address (Work email uses Outlook 2016 on Microsoft Exchange). I am no longer able to. But I can send to anyone else in the company. I am able to send from my work email to the same iPhone. I tried updating to iOS 11.1.1, but this did not resolve. Any ideas?


texts: Advice on upgrading OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite)

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[I reformulated the question after the 1st comment]
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, early 2015) with OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite). I would like to upgrade the OS. The only reason is that some new programs and devices (eg Wacom tablet) are not compatible with Yosemite. Otherwise it works perfectly for all my needs (a research mathematician). This is the 1st time I am doing this since I acquired this laptop and would like to do it myself (we don't have good Apple support here).
Question: Can you give some advice/tips how to best perform this task?
Here are some comments revealing my ignorance, to help you Mac experts guide me:

I heard it is not a good idea to upgrade to the last OS (possible unresolved bugs, incompatible with some of my older programs). But I am not sure.

I am afraid that after upgrade some apps won't work or will be missing. Say Keynote. Or non-Apple programs, like Mathematica 9, or MikTex.

I am not sure the cloud services I am using, like Dropbox, will not work after the update. I have several of these, about 80GB on my MacBook Pro.

I am not sure where is a good place to download the update, especially if not the last one. Seems like Apple will only let you download the recent one, but I am not sure.

A great answer can be just a link to some good article or a similar question on this forum.
MUCHAS GRACIAS!!


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At work I'm overseeing several users who use MacBooks to connect to our enterprise environment.

One of our vendors has an old server which users access via ssh. I've created an Automator workflow to launch terminal, set it up the way they like (legacy color scheme and font) and get them to the ssh prompt from the server. I get some unexpected behavior in that when the Automator workflow runs, it opens two Terminal windows, then window I want (ssh client) and then another regular Terminal login.

If the ssh window is closed, Terminal remains open, and the next time the workflow is run, the window isn't visible until the user manually switches to Terminal.

The other peculiarities I'm observing seem to be tied to the fact that the AppleScript spawns two Terminal windows, and then the users simply closing the window rather than quitting Terminal when exiting. Is there a better way to do this? Could I have Terminal quit by default when the "Close Window" button is hit?

Caveats:
This is a controlled environment. I'm pushing my luck with vendor support using Terminal already, they didn't want to support anything other than Linux ssh. 3rd party applications are not acceptable solutions.


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I am new in mac os. I was trying to install Postgresql. Before i did not know there is a Postgresql already available with default installation. So, I downloaded Postgresql 8.4 and installed it. I changed the configuration as the instruction.

[sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf]

kern.sysv.shmmax=33554432
kern.sysv.shmmin=1
kern.sysv.shmmni=256
kern.sysv.shmseg=64
kern.sysv.shmall=8192

I changed kern.sysv.shmall=33554432 and saved it. Then whenever I installed the postgresql 8.4 it shows an error. Now I do not know is it already installed or not? How can I check it?
After that, I found some command and execute those. But I do not know how to fix it?

Shahjalals-MacBook-Pro:~ shahjalal$ which psql
/usr/bin/psql

Shahjalals-MacBook-Pro:~ shahjalal$ psql
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/bin/psql
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
    /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
Trace/BPT trap: 5

Shahjalals-MacBook-Pro:~ shahjalal$
Is there any gui interface to access postgresql? If Yes then how can i access it? I have a plan to install Postgis and PgRouting package in my PostgreSQL for one of my project.


texts: HDMI to VGA with USB-C VGA adaptor on 2015 Retina Macbook

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I have one of the new Macbooks on the way and have also bought the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter with HDMI to go with it.

If I want to get VGA with this adaptor, rather than buying the same adaptor but with VGA, I want to use an HDMI to VGA adaptor such as this one.

This adaptor has a USB power in if the HDMI out does not have sufficient power output. Will the Macbook adaptor's HDMI port have sufficient power to make this unnecessary or will I also have to use the adaptor's USB port when using VGA?


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I am unable to upgrade my iMac to Snow Leopard even though it seems to meet all the requirements. The iMac has:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor
DVD drive
4GB RAM
185GB of storage available.

When I try to install, it simply says "Mac OS X Snow Leopard cannot be installed on this computer."


texts: Instapaper freezing on startup due to problematic article

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I added an article to Instpaper on my iPod Touch, and then I opened the article. It crashed Instapaper, so I deleted the article through my browser and then reopened Instapaper. Now Instapaper freezes on startup.

Is there any way to stop Instapaper from loading the last opened article, so I can get it out of this loop to fix it?

I already tried removing it from the multitask bar, and restarting my device.


texts: Has anyone found a download for a Mountain Lion resembling Dock theme?

texts: Mountain Lion has a SWEET new Dock look that I'd love to replicate into my Lion install. Has anyone found a download link for any kind of fan art resembling it accurately, yet?


texts: Display issues using docking station Dell Universal 6000

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I bought a Dell Universal 6000 docking station for my MacBook Pro 2018 to plug in 3 monitors via one Thunderbolt. The problem is that after installing DisplayLink drivers, only 2 displays are useable, both on DisplayPorts, but when I unplug one of them, the display on the HDMI port appears, so it seems like only two of them can be active at the same time. Some time ago when I was almost done fighting with it, I ran an update which popped up few days later and after that it started working. Yesterday I also ran some updates and have this issue again.

I have some suspicions that maybe this GateKeeper update is blocking it there.

Any help appreciated because after hours spent before computer I still cannot solve this issue.

Computer: MacBook Pro 2018

Docking station: Dell Universal 6000

macOS: Mojave 10.14.4

DisplayLink driver: 5.0 (also tried 5.1)


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If I wanted to play some .m4v files (non-DRM Apple TV as they're produced through Handbrake), what would be the best HD Media Player to play back the files?

Would this one work?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/249286

I've heard bad things about this player though, so wondering if there's one that would play .m4v as well as the usual .avi, .mpg etc. and codecs as shown in that link?

Just looking for something reliable that will play those sorts of files.

Thanks


texts: Setting up Airport Base Station with Uverse AND Sprint Airave

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I'm trying to configure my home network so that I can use a drive attached to my airport base station as the Time Machine drive. I think that to do this the Airport needs to control the DHCP and the NAT. I'm not sure I really understand DMZ settings, or if it's possible to push that to a third router...

Current setup includes:

ATT Uverse's 2Wire Modem/Router > Sprint Airave  > Apple Airport Extreme.

Everything I've read about this doesn't seem to use three routers. I can connect to the internet, but not able to use Time Machine with my networked drive.

Is Double NAT error that big a deal?

Any thoughts? Any place to read layman's DMZ info? Anyone using a third router as the main DHCP server? Why does everything come with a router? Is my setup just too complicated?

Pre-AiRave, the Airport Base Station was the only thing connected to the ATT 2Wire, and it worked fine. Unfortunately, I sprint says the Airave must be in front of the router. The main concern is to get Time Machine working. That being said, Finder no longer sees the Airport Base station as a 'server' to connect to and simply access the networked drive. Am I barking up the wrong tree?

Airrave WAN Settings Screenshot
Airrave LAN Settings Screenshot


texts: Online Open Directory services? Can we install profiles before setting up Macs?

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So we're setting up a subsidiary company in another country, and we will be needing a bunch of Mac Minis that some part-time (hourly) employees will use. The employees will be rotating between the Macs, but do need the ability to create their own bookmarks etc in the browser. Our main employee under this subsidiary is capable of setting up the Macs, but ideally this should only be a few steps when he receives a new Mini.

So we will need:

Something like an Open Directory Server for the users (is there anything online that we can use?)
Some easy way to have these Macs connect to this Open Directory Server (ideally) without any need to create local accounts

So what would the best approach here be? And are there any cheap and reliable Open Directory Servers online that we could use for this? I looked a bit into jamf, but that seems to be more MDM, and I'm not even sure they offer OD or AD.

Can I use Apple Configurator perhaps to create profiles? Can I load these into the Macs before the default setup screen?

EDIT: Looking more into jamf, it seems like a nice way of managing these Macs.


texts: How can I create a dictionary for Mac OS X?

texts: Dictionary seems to be several versions ahead of the Apple documentation (2007).  I found a good blog post about it, but everything seems different now.  I installed Xcode (including the command line tools) but nothing is where it's supposed to be (e.g. /Developer does not get created and there is no Dictionary\ Development\ Kit).  I would like to make a pretty complicated dictionary, so I'd like to make this work instead of convert file types several times.


texts: Xcode 6.1 won't let me create a new project

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I'm running Xcode 6.1 on OS X Yosemite and I'm unable to create a new project, as you can see below it just says 'loading'.

I've removed the product and org name for the purpose of this image. I have tried uninstalling but that didn't work. I am new to Xcode and coding in general so I would appreciate it if any solution could be given in lay terms.


texts: USB Headset - Works on Macbook, not on iMac

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I have a Rosewill USB headset (http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f39e/) that works well with my Macbook Pro but not in my new iMac.

Macbook is a Mid 2010 running 10.9.1

When I plug it into my Macbook it works as expected, the sound settings change and everything works well.

I'm transitioning to an iMac (late 2013, running 10.9.1) and when I plug the headset in, it has never worked and only intermittently given me anything.

1) Some of the time the lights on the headset control will come on

2) Rarely the buttons will control the sound level, however the sound preference page won't show any valid input/output

I talked with the customer support at Rosewill and they said that it has happened before and the usb needs an updated driver, universal driver something along those lines that sounded good on the phone and I didn't write down well enough.

I spent some time googling and couldn't come up with anything.

The USB ports work at least for charging phones and for a logitech mouse.

Can someone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks

Graham


texts: Why don't I see a significant boost in performance moving to SSD on MacBook7,1?

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I've got a 2010 MacBook (MacBook7,1) with 8GB RAM running Mavericks 10.9. I recently replaced the stock HDD with a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD and restored from a Time Machine backup. Though Disk Speed Test reports performance going from ~50MB/sec to ~250MB/sec (what you'd expect for the SATA II interface), I can hardly tell the difference in performance or even battery time.

For comparison, when I did an SSD upgrade for my OS drive on my MacPro3,1 it was honestly night-and-day; I figured that I should see the same with the MacBook. Unfortunately, boot times are only slightly improved and general performance of doing things seems hardly any better. For example, launching (say) Calendar.app on the Mac Pro went from several bounces on the dock to 1. I'd honestly say that the MacBook is bouncing the same number of times as are other applications.

I do realize that the MacBook7,1 is a less powerful machine than the MacPro3,1 but honestly I am really surprised how little performance difference there is. Any thoughts on what I could check or has anyone else observed the same/different with their MacBook?

FWIW, I am still on Mavericks due to smart card handling changes in Yosemite that prevent me from using the laptop for remote working with the office (Citrix hasn't patched it yet). As well, I HAVE installed Trim Enabler and did make sure the patch was activated.


texts: Internet page not loading, ping not working but host www.example.com return an IP

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Sorry I'm being vague because I don't even know where the problem can be.

Yesterday I was using the internet just fine. Today on the same wifi router and on another 3G connection, I couldn't access any webpages. I tried using those exact same two connections with another laptop and it worked.

I cleared the cache, set up my DNS server to be OpenDNS ones, made sure there was no proxy activated, but no luck. Tested with Safari, Chrome, and Firefox.

Ping doesn't work. Host does.

I am no networking expert. I'd like help with solving this issue.

Thank you.

Mac OS X 10.6.8 / Firefox & Chrome : Latest


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I was using the dd command to burn a .img file to a micro SD card which was connected to my mac through a usb SD card adaptor. I need to unmount(not eject) the device first before I could use dd to burn the image file. I did that with the umount command. After the burning was done, I unplugged the SD card adaptor when it prompted me that the device was not ejected properly.

I was worried that I was doing it wrong. I tried to eject the device but couldn't find any icon in finder after the unmount. How should eject a unmounted device correctly?

Thanks.


texts: Get the Google Meet mute mic keyboard shortcut working in Safari 14?

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I've had to switch from Chrome to Safari to get my external web cam to transmit in 720p quality. In the process, I've lost an essential keyboard shortcut in Google Meet: Cmd-D -- it mutes the microphone in Meet when running in Chrome or Firefox.
Unfortunately, Cmd-D is mapped to Bookmarks > Add Bookmark... in Safari.
I don't see a way to un-map Cmd-D in Safari so the key pair press gets passed to the application running in the browser. Is this even possible in Safari? If so, how?


texts: OSX System Logs: What would a port scan look like?

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Im considering programming a script to scan a system log in search for an entry indicative of a port scan, in doing so, potentially giving me a heads-up if anyone is taking interest in me.

I already have a program like this which alerts me through the notification centre on the event of an SSH Authentication failure, however im unsure specifically which system log i would be looking at and what exactly the entry for a detected port scan would look like.

There are also some other considerations i must take into account first, such as: does OS X even record port scans? and are port scans so common on the internet that such a program would be pointless?

In summary: Which System log would record a port scan and what would the entry syntax look like?

Thank you in advance.


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Good day,

After several failed attempts, my iPad Mini is locked and the error iPad is disabled - Try again in 13,568 is appearing.

Now, I do not have anything important on the device and I am totally okay if I lose everything in there.

However, I am not able to get it to work in recovery mode using the following technique

turn the device off.
open itunes
hold home button for couple of seconds.
insert the USB cable

After doing this steps, the device boots normally and gets stuck on the disabled page again.

What can I do to bypass this?


texts: How to show passwords in Keychain Access?

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Is there any setting that is supposed to cause the macOS Keychain Access app to show, in the password area, not the passwords themselves but instead random-looking capital alphanumeric characters?

This is what I'm seeing but I'd rather see the passwords.

I'm not sure if this is a setting I don't know about or if something is broken.


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I get frustrated by the huge lag (delay) in Mail respond to the request for action.

It takes few seconds or more before it shows to be responding to the request.

Example the request for move mails from one account to another, or rebuild folders, and so on.

The problem is that I do not know if it did accept my request (since there is no instant notification of any sort) so I keep repeating the request till it finally shows up in the Mail Activity window to be doing something.

This is an example only, but it took me like hitting the Rebuild 5x times till it finally showed this indication, so I could go and do something else.

So the question is is there a way to have the Mail tell me instantly following my request that it has started doing something. Like a spinning weel or anything?

MBA 10.8.4 Mail 6.5


texts: Why is there no "Restore" or "put back" button in my trash?

texts: There is no restore option when I right click a folder in my trash. Did I do something wrong with my computer to cause it to do away with this option?


texts: Is it possible to use Gmail properly via Outlook 2015 for Mac?

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I'm a long-term GMail user. I tend to access my GMail via the GMail website or the Inbox app on my phone, but I find it convenient to be able to access GMail via Outlook 2015 for Mac, too. I have another email account that I access via Outlook, so it would be good to have everything in one place.

Every time I try to set GMail up on Outlook, it doesn't work correctly. I've followed many different tutorials, but something always fails to work: I end up with multiple drafts in my inbox when I login via gmail.com, for example, or deleting an email in Outlook doesn't cause the email to be archived on gmail.com.

Has anyone got Outlook 2015 (or any version of Outlook, for that matter) working properly with GMail? What settings should I use?


texts: Alcatel 3G Modem X600 - Kernel Panic on resuming

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Alcatel X600 is a 3G USB dongle. It worked well with the two previous OS X version. I have updated and am using OS X 10, El Capitan. The USB dongle works well without any problem but when it awakes from sleep, it goes into Kernel panic. So, I want to devise a solution to the above problem and want to take some suggestions before I try it. No firmware updates are available, I already had a look.

Proposal: The proposal is to restart the drivers i.e., to unload before sleeping and reload on resuming if the dongle is present.

Problems:
1.The dongle itself comes with some drivers but i am unable to find them where they are installed.
2. How to check in a bash script if a USB device is present?

Thanks for your time


texts: How can I reset iPhone camera roll to IMG_0001.jpg?

texts: I really want to reset the iPhone camera roll to photo IMG_0001.jpg. I have tried to do it with Image Capure, iExplorer and PhoneView, but any of them did not work at all. Is there a way to clear previous history saved on iPhone (when I take picture, my camera roll starts with IMG_0002.jpg) and to make camera roll to be reset without needing to erase all content and settings?


texts: How to copy and paste as plain text on iOS?

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Currently my work around is to paste the text in the notes and copy from there the plain text to paste it to for example the mail app.

How can I copy formatted text and paste it as plain text for example in the Mail app?


texts: Adding a desktop button to the Dock or Menu Bar

texts: I am an Apple newbie, I want to know how I can add a desktop button that takes me to the Desktop either in the Dock or in the menu bar at the top of the screen.


texts: Where is the option to disable iTerm2 confirm window on Log off?

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I have MacBook Pro with macOS Sierra. When I try to Log off system I get annyoing confirm dialog each time. Here is it:

It says that it was prompted because of some option enabled. This option here:
“Prefs > General > Confirm Quit iTerm2”.

What ‘Prefs’ is this about?

I have this in System Preferences > General, and iTerm 2 context menu > Edit Session….

Nether System Preferences nor iTerm2 prefs has this checkbox. So how I can disable this confirm dialog on log off?


texts: How to remove color stripes in list view in Finder (Mountain Lion)?

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The title says it all.
I would like to have clean white background in finder (in list view).
I don't want these pale blue stipes (alternating background color).

I'm pretty sure this is possible, since it was possible before (I managed to remove them back then in Snow Leopard). However, when I narrow the Google search to one year, nothing comes up.

The only tweak I managed to find is this:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071101062430328

I tried it, but it didn't change anything. It's for 10.5.

EDIT: I added a screenshot. Above is a Finder windows with stripes, below is a Path Finder window without stripes. I'm looking for a way to have the Finder without stripes too, just a clean white background.


texts: macOS text substitutions: How do I distinguish lowercase and uppercase characters

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When using the keyboard shortcuts functionality in macOS (i.e. substitution of a sequence of characters to another sequence of characters), I see that it's randomly detecting the uppercase vs. lowercase.

e.g. :

if I write "\Theta" I get the uppercase Theta Θ, perfect.
if I write "\theta" I get the lowercase theta θ, perfect.
if I write "\Omega" I end up the the uppercase Ω, perfect.
if I write "\omega" I end up the the uppercase Ω, not perfect, even though in System Preferences I mapped lowercase "\omega" to the lowercase omega symbol ω.

Is this normal? What can I do so that it distinguishes lowercase and uppercase characters all the time ?

(I'm currently running macOS High Sierra 10.13.5)

Edit  : Some shortcuts stop to work when I add another but others start to work again doing so. For example : "^2" was working but not "ⁿ" (i.e. "^n"). When I added τ (i.e. "\tau") the "^2" stopped working but the "ⁿ" now works back. Also, since I added "τ" the ω and Ω is now solved. How strange. There seems to be some conflicts between some shortcurts.


texts: How to restore messages when Messages in iCloud is enabled?

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How can I restore deleted messages when Messages in iCloud is enabled?

Historically one would just restore the iPhone to an earlier iCloud Backup however I have attempted to do that but since Messages in iCloud is enabled the deleted messages are not restored.

By paying for increased iCloud storage and having regular iCloud Backups one would hope that there is some way to restore these deleted messages even with Messages in iCloud enabled?


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What I've done

Disable T2 Security Boot
In Catalina
Add a APFS Volume mac2
Install Mojave on Volume mac2 from an external drive
(Install security update, copy files and etc.)
Remove Macintosh HD and its Data volume in Mojave

Then when I tried to boot into Recovery, it turns into Internet Recovery (and failed with code -1008F).

Is there a known way to make Recovery work (or reinstall only Recovery), before I try to install Mojave again in-place?

Some info:

~ $ diskutil mount Recovery
Volume Recovery on Recovery mounted

~ $ ls /Volumes/Recovery/
C755CEE7-<rest of the UUID>

where C755CEE7... is the volume UUID of Volume mac2.


texts: Is there a way to limit which devices can approve TFA requests?

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Is there a way to limit which Apple devices are able to approve TFA requests? For example, let's say I have the following devices:

Macbook 1
Macbook 2
iPhone
iPad

When TFA approval requests come in, can I limit it so that only Macbook 1 and iPhone have permissions to approve the requests? In other words, I'd like for the other devices to be lower trust devices that are connected to my Apple ID but are not able to approve new devices or browsers trying to use my Apple ID.


texts: iPhone 3- Was set up with someone elses iTunes account, are they able to access my phone?

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My phone recently for no apparent reason came up with the iTunes symbol and a pic of a USB cord.  Apple seems thus far unable to access any of my data-like my contacts which is the most important.

My ex initially set up my phone on his iTunes account, he hates me now, and I never even gave the fact that he set up my phone with his password and id until this happened.

is it possible for someone else to remotely access my phone if they have the itunes id and pw that my phone has been operating off of?

i right away signed up for my own itunes account, but i am just wondering if it is possible he wiped my phone or installed malware.

thanks


texts: Wi-Fi can’t be turned on (MacBook Pro 2011, High Sierra 10.13.4)

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The Wi-Fi icon in the menu bar is displaying as empty. When I open Network Preferences and press “Turn Wi-Fi On”, nothing happens.

I have tried making the Wi-Fi service inactive, deleting it, then restarting the MacBook and adding the service back.

This fix actually worked, but the problem returned after about thirty minutes.

Since then, I have simply been repeating the process every time the Wi-Fi turns itself off, but it is very inconvenient and I hope it is not the only fix.

I’m afraid that the fact that the Wi-Fi turning itself back off again indicates that it’s a hardware issue.

After seeing a response to another user who had a similar problem, I have also tried using Terminal to “cycle the power to my wireless card”. It had no effect.

After restarting the MacBook again, it now says “Wi-Fi: No hardware installed” and will not let me create a new Wi-Fi service.

After another reboot I was able to turn WiFi on again, but it turned off after about ten minutes. I imagine that I will sometimes get “No Hardware Installed” again in the future.


texts: Are non-unibody MacBook Pros capable of Lion's 3 and 4 finger multi-touch gestures?

texts: Are non-unibody MacBook Pros (Late 2006 ~ Early 2008) capable of Lion's 3 and 4 finger multi-touch gestures?


texts: itunes connect app analytics - number of app updates

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We just released a new version of our app and I wanted to see how many users have updated to the new version.

In the past it was fairly straightforward to see the number of app updates for your users. You could set a filter to see updates and then download a csv etc. I have been digging around in the latest version of itunes connect and I just can't find a way to see the number of updates. I was reading through the documentation here and a few of the categories specifically say they don't include updates but nothing about what does include updates.Does anyone know how to get this report out of itunes connect app analytics?


texts: How to use remote Mac Mini without local monitor able to see?

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I want to use a Mac Mini remotely via the Finder, but my concern is that someone local to the machine could plug in a monitor and see what I was doing.

Is there a way either to:

(1) determine whether a local monitor is plugged in

(2) prevent a local monitor from seeing what a remote user is doing on the machine


texts: How can I see in iTunes how much time is left in audio books and podcasts?

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When listening to audio books and podcasts iTunes and iPods/iPhones remember the last position.

How can I see this piece of information in iTunes without playing the podcast? (It is displayed on my iPhone as "xx minutes left" in the list of podcasts.)


texts: Accidentally removed all commands in terminal

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I was following a tutorial and put in the following line:

export PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin/"

Now no commands work at all, not even things like ls.

What does the command do that I copy and pasted in and how do I fix it?


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I just upgraded to OS X Yosemite with the new Photos application. I have seen screenshots online where we can view photos on a map, however I can't get to that map.

How can I see all of my photos on a map, like in iPhoto/Aperture?


texts: Mac Mojave : Permission denied error on creating Image using Disk Utility

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I am getting permission denied error on creating image of Mac 10.14. The order of steps are:
Use Mac 10.14

Go to disk utility
File --> Image from Folder --> Select the Macintosh HD(ie Selcting the Volume)
Save the image to Desktop by Keeping Encryption: None and Image Format: compressed.

Now, the disk utility will give 'Permission denied error'


texts: command line error "no volume specified"

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Can't understand why I get this response when running this bless command, can someone please explain or suggest how to fix. Note: the volume syntax/path was copied exactly from the output after dragging location from the volume root folder into the Terminal window:

Last login: Thu Jan 10 10:27:52 on ttys000
xxxx:~ xxxx$ su - xxxxx
Password:
xxxx:~ xxxx$ sudo bless --file /Volumes/ML2/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi
Password:
No volume specified
xxxx:~ xxxxx$


texts: How to disable Cmd-Option-number shortcuts to navigate to websites?

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On Safari, if I open a page with a URL and navigate to another page, Cmd-Option-8 navigates back and Cmd-Option-9 navigates forward, which is also the behavior in Finder.

But with a brand new tab and when the page does not have a previous or next page, Cmd-Option-8 opens Twitter and Cmd-Option-9 opens Linkedin.

How can I disable the shortcuts to these pre-defined websites?


texts: Cross opening URLs between computer and mobile phone?

texts:
I am looking for a solution that would allow me to cross-open an URL between computer (OS X) and phone (iPhone).

Here is the use case: using the iphone to barcode scan an QR code that opens an URL but I do want to open this URL on the computer, not on the phone.

How can I achieve this?


texts: Getting music file from IOS without computer

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My laptop is dead, thanks to an unplanned swim.  I have a song that that I transferred from the laptop to the iPad with iTunes.  I no longer have the vinyl LP that I ripped it from and can not obtain it.  Is there a way to get  the file into Mail as an attachment?  Or to pull it into a Windows computer that does not have iTunes and does not allow installing software?

Update: found a Windows XP that already has iTunes, but it has no internet, and I don’t see a way to access the Music on the iPad.  It can play the song but won’t let me put it in a file on the PC.


texts:
Is it possible to have my MacBook become an iBeacon?

I would like it to broadcast itself to iOS devices which support iBeacons. If this is possible, what are the hardware requirements of the computer (e.g. is Bluetooth 4.0 enough?), and how would I do it?

Update: I am primarily looking for a way to do this without any additional hardware (since my MacBook already has Bluetooth built-in).


texts: How to convert macOS Extended Journaled to APFS?

texts:
My Macintosh HD is running Sierra from which partition for Mojave was made which doesn’t has APFS option.

Installed Mojave 10.14.2 on a MacBook Pro mid 2012 which has HDD and volume  formatted in macOS Extended Journaled.

Tried to install Xcode 10.2 on Mojave 10.14.2 and got error "this version of Xcode requires Mojave 10.14.3 or later"

Then downloaded macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Combo Update, tried to install it and I got an error:

How to convert the Mojave volume from macOS Extended Journaled to APFS even when convert to APFS option is dimmed in Disk Utility:


texts: Can't play cloud ineligble songs on my Mac with Music app

texts: Using the Apple Music app if I attempt to play a track that has a cloud status of "ineligible" it skips to the next track.   The song file is local on my Mac and I just want to play it locally.  I'm not trying to access it through iCloud as it's already on my Mac.


texts: Switched SIM cards but contacts are no longer on my iPhone?

texts: What do I need to do, once I have switched SIM cards on my iPhone, to get my contacts to appear?


texts: Arc Touch Mouse SE won't reconnect on 10.10, mods to blame?

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I have an Arc Touch Mouse SE (Bluetooth edition of the Arc Touch Mouse) and though I remember long ago it worked for the most part in 10.9, it doesn't seem to work in 10.10 and I'm trying to determine if it's one of the 'mods' I've installed that are to blame.

Here's how it works right now: I have to delete it from Bluetooth preferences if it exists already, and manually pair the mouse to get it to work. It will work until I turn either it or Bluetooth off, then it'll refuse to connect until I repeat this process.

I've done, for testing, a clean install of 10.10 on an SD card to see if it's something I've installed that interferes with Bluetooth. It seems to work perfectly on this clean install.

Also, and this may be related, the mouse does not show up in USB Overdrive. It's not present on the list, and the settings I had set do not do anything to the mouse's behavior.

I suppose I should start by listing everything that shows up in the bottom pane of System Preferences. I wonder if there's anything else I have that might interfere with Bluetooth that doesn't show up here. Here's the list:

Chrome Remote Desktop Host
Flash Player
HyperDock
Java
Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices
LinkLiar
NI USB Audio
NoSleep
SwitchResX
USB Overdrive
Xbox 360 Controllers


texts: External Hard Drive accidentally turned off and won't show any files

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I recently bought a hard drive and when I connected it to my laptop, the partition option was not available in Disk Utility. So I looked on the Apple Forums and found a solution, which included running the following in Terminal:

diskutil erasedisk hfs+ External GPT /dev/disk2

I also had my older hard drive plugged into my laptop (it has 5 partitions). I right-clicked and ejected all those 5 partitions from my hard drive and then ran the following in Terminal on my laptop:

diskutil erasedisk hfs+ External GPT /dev/disk2

I completely forgot to actually unplug my older hard drive from my laptop. As I was intending this to be for my newer hard drive. But then I heard my older hard drive making a sound, I panicked and tuned off the switch on that drive.

Did I loose everything on my older hard drive by doing this?

I have tried to search for a solution but nothing seems to be working.

I do see my older drive show up in Disk Utility as disk as "disk2s2" instead of the names I gave my 5 Partitions and it is greyed out.
When I run

diskutil list

in Terminal, I see "disk2s2" show up in the list.

The disk was unmounted and ejected successfully using

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

and

diskutil eject /dev/disk2

But it will not mount using

diskutil mountDisk /dev/disk2

It returns with

One or more volume(s) failed to mount

I also tried to run First Aid in Disk Utility but it gives me this message:

Repairing file system.
Volume is already unmounted.
Performing fsck_hfs -fy -x /dev/rdisk2s2
File system check exit code is 8.
Restoring the original state found as unmounted.
File system verify or repair failed.
Operation failed…

What else can I try to get my information?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.


texts: Duplicate or broken list of VPN options in menu bar

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Have anyone ever figured out how to fix broken VPN itens in menu bar? Some of them are missing and other ones are duplicated, and the effect varies after reboots of the system.
I've been dealing with this bug since Catalina if I record correctly, already reported to Apple on Feedback Assistant (ID FB7499137) but no one seems to care about this bug.
To illustrate the issue, this is what happens:

And yes on System Preferences I have more VPN options configured and there's no duplicates there.
In order to sum things up, have anyone able to deal with this issue and found a solution or workaround to this?
Thanks.


texts: In AppleScript when entering password, is a click required

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I'm writing an AppleScript to toggle on/off a VPN connection for a computer.
I have things more or less working, however, I have to click on the password prompt dialog in order for the script to enter my password.
Here is the code block to put the password in, I added the reopen and activate commands because I thought they would bring the window to focus.
-- Enter the password now!
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "SecurityAgent"
        reopen
        activate
        set value of text field 2 of window 1 to myPass
        click button 2 of window 1
    end tell
end tell

Is there something simple I'm missing?

UPDATE
Ok Update - Actually it looks like it IS entering the password but its after maybe a 6 second delay or something like that.  I'm no sure if that changes the question


texts: A single shortcut that changes text color in Notes?

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When using Notes I often find myself changing the color of the text (usually to blue or red) as an additional way to indicate emphasis (alongside italics and bold).

The shortcut for displaying the available colors is Command-Shift-C but that still requires the user to use the mouse to click on a particular color.

Does anyone know how I can add a single shortcut that will switch to a given color and then, when pressed again, switch back to black? (So it, in effect, works the same way the italics and bold shortcuts work).

I don't need to make a shortcut for every color--one for blue would do just fine. Any ideas?


texts: How to prevent iTerm2 from creating overlaps and broken lines after pasting multiline chunks of text?

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If I paste multiline chunks of text into iTerm2, I always a get mess of output. It seems limited to only some programs running interactively (such as Bash, IRB - Python / VIM work flawlessly). Using Apple's native Terminal, I can paste whatever I want wherever I want - it works. For example, this sample text (full text on pastie.org):

echo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec a diam lectus.
echo Sed sit amet ipsum mauris. Maecenas congue ligula ac quam viverra nec consectetur ante hendrerit.
echo Donec et mollis dolor. Praesent et diam eget libero egestas mattis sit amet vitae augue.
echo Nam tincidunt congue enim, ut porta lorem lacinia consectetur. Donec ut libero sed arcu vehicula ultricies a non tortor.
echo Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean ut gravida lorem. Ut turpis felis, pulvinar a semper sed, adipiscing id dolor.
echo Pellentesque auctor nisi id magna consequat sagittis. Curabitur dapibus enim sit amet elit pharetra tincidunt feugiat nisl imperdiet.
echo Ut convallis libero in urna ultrices accumsan. Donec sed odio eros. Donec viverra mi quis quam pulvinar at malesuada arcu rhoncus.
[snip]

pasted into IRB produces this in iTerm2:

while it produces this in native Terminal:

I am running the latest versions of OSX and iTerm2. What's going wrong here?


texts:
On my MacBook Pro the date is shown like this:

I'd like to remove the word 'Chaitra' from the menu bar (Chaitra is a month of the Hindu calendar). How can I do that?


texts: Is there a way to disable the boot from CD/DVD? I don't want to disable it permanently, just when it automatically checks on boot for the presence of a CD/DVD.


texts: Will jailbreaking my iPhone 4s allow me to copy songs manually in iTunes (or other software)?

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I want to be able to manage my music manually on my iPhone, but it's currently synced with a no longer available computer and won't let me re-sync with another computer without completely erasing my iPhone, apparently.

Is jailbreaking an option or will I still be limited by iTunes and this ridiculous restriction?


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Running High Sierra 10.13.6, I tried to install Security Update 2019-003, but it would not install because the computer gets stuck (blank screen, responsive pointer) when trying to restart.  Now I see that the iMac will not shut down or restart under any circumstances.  I tried internet recovery  re-install of High Sierra, but it also got stuck during re-install and did not complete (probably due to re-start problem). Tried again in Safe Mode, no success.  Tried resetting SMC and NVRAM. Apple diagnostic - no issues found. Disk First Aid - no problems.

Apple support suggested trying to install Mojave.  I prefer not to at this time, but even if I did, I'm afraid that the restart problem will prevent Mojave install to complete.

Any suggestions on why restart and shutdown aren't working and how to fix?


texts: My output sound on my laptop is really quiet however, I cannot change the output volume. Anyway to make my MacBook Air louder?

texts: so recently my MacBook Air has been very quiet. I do not know how this happened because I did not change anything in my settings. I cannot hear anything until the volume is half way up and it is still very quiet on full blast. Is there anyway to fix this?? (This has been going on for about two weeks)


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I use Fork and I'm trying to set up a custom command that will open a file in Vim. I'm not using MacVim, so the command needs to open a terminal, preferably iTerm2.

Executing /usr/local/bin/vim doesn't work because there's no terminal, so my command needs to launch a terminal and run Vim inside it. I think the open command should work:

/usr/bin/open /usr/local/bin/vim --args <absolute_file_path>

This opens a new iTerm2 tab and Vim launches inside it, but the file isn't opened. :ls shows that I'm editing a new buffer. If I pass the -h flag instead of a filename, Vim opens normally, so it's definitely not receiving the argument (or else it would display the help text instead of opening).

I get the same result even if I run the open command at the terminal, so I don't think this is Fork's issue.

Is there a command I can execute that will launch a terminal and run Vim inside it, passing an argument to Vim?


texts: Can I retrieve my notes from my iCloud without the phone?

texts: Recently my phone broke and it doesn't turn on anymore, and I have been wanting to retrieve my notes on iCloud but only found that the ones that were backed up on the iCloud were some useless ones that I don't really need… so my question is: is there a way to retrieve all notes from my iCloud from my computer without the phone?


texts: Packet losses between my iMac and my router with Ethernet

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The short:
I'm having packet losses between my iMac and my router ca. 10-20%, but ONLY when using ethernet connection. (...thus with WIFI and the same iMac there are no packet losses at all)

The details:
I can't say since when, but I noticed the packet loss ca. 2-3 month ago when playing a game.
I tested it with Network Utility and only when using the ethernet cable I get a 10-20% packet loss when pining my own router. This packets is thus also there when connecting to the internet pinging any other website.
But there are no packet losses with WIFI.
I tried to use a Pc and MacBook on the same(!) ethernet cable and router and I got no packet loss at all. I also tested my smartphones and got no packet losses.

I tried to disable the iMac firewall, but that didn't help. To check the ethernet port on the iMac I tried to use a thunderbolt to ethernet adapter on my iMac and got the same 10-20% packet loss.

The technicals:
I use a iMac Late 2015 4k and macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra). My Internet is a HighSpeed 400 Mbit/s. I use no anti-virus or mac-"cleaning" software observing the network traffic.

Any ideas what is causing this packet loss and how to stop it ? Any malware and/or network settings that can can cause this ? Any idea what further tests I can do to identify the problem ?

Thanks
Sascha


texts: iMac: Running Hot with iSight camera turned on?

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I have an iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) with OS X El Cap. I noticed that it appeared to be running hotter than usual over the last few days. This sort of thing happens when I’m doing a lot of video work, but not on this occasion.

I don’t think it’s overheating, but I would be interested in learning why it’s hotter.

I did have the camera turned on to monitor things while I was away, using iCam Source. I am also using iGlasses to improve the image.

Since turning iCam Source off, and hence the camera, the machine seems to be cooling down.

The question is: is it normal for the camera to heat up the Mac? Or should I look elsewhere for a cause?

Thanks


texts: Sending commands from TextWrangler to the terminal

texts:
I want to send commands from TextWrangler to the terminal. Even if I found this, I don't understand how that works since I'm brand new to Unix and running Applescripts.

tell application "TextWrangler"
    set the_selection to (selection of front window as string)
    if (the_selection) is "" then
        set the_selection to line (get startLine of selection) of front window as string
    end if
end tell

tell application "Terminal"
    do script with command the_selection in window 1
end tell

I saved an Applescript that looks like this:

Now, what I think is to put the script in the TextWrangler Scripts Folder:

But then, how do I send commands to the Terminal.app?
How can I press cmd + enter to send a line from TextWrangler to the Terminal?


texts: How does Back To My Mac work without UPnP or NAT-PMP?

texts:
Back To My Mac (BTMM) used to require UPnP or NAT-PMP on your router to work, but at some point this changed and it can work (albeit slowly) without those.

BTMM (usually?) works by setting up an encrypted IPv6 tunnel over IPv4 between the two hosts, and with UPnP/NAT-PMP, the appropriate ports are forwarded on the router at each end, allowing a direct connection.

But how does it work when there's no UPnP/NAT-PMP?

I noticed that it's much slower if either end doesn't have UPnP/NAT-PMP (I get a ~40ms ping if both ends have the automatic config, and about 1000ms if they don't), so I'm wondering where the traffic goes — presumably it has to go via Apple servers if a direct connection can't be automatically negotiated?

But even with just plain old NAT, is it not possible for a 3rd party to arbitrate a connection between two NAT'ed hosts?

Is there a way to tell how that IPv6 tunnel is getting set up? I can't figure it out from the output of ifconfig, traceroute, traceroute6, netstat or lsof...

For bonus points, is it possible to set up static port forwards on a router that lacks UPnP/NAT-PMP in order to get BTMM working directly, rather than in this slower mode?


texts: I have a 2017 21" iMac, I'm thinking of getting a new 2019 27" model in a few weeks, are all the programs that I have bought on the app store saved to my Apple ID? so if I go to the app store on the new machine, I just need to re-download them again (for free), or would the best way to do it, by making a backup using time machine and installing that from the ext HDD to the new Mac? doing it that way, would it fully install all the programs I already have (inc ones not from the app store)....and would it install all my saved passwords etc? I'm fairy new to Macs, so what would be the best/easiest way to do this? The instructions for time machine seem quite straight forward.


texts: Scheduling Application to Modify Its Settings

texts: How does one go about scheduling "settings" to change on applications given certain criteria? For e.g., I am using Adium, and between the hours of 8am and 5pm, I would like that status to set to "Available", and outside of these hours go "Invisible" or "Away".


texts: Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available

texts: I am not sure what happened… My internet was working fine all day, so I do not know what would cause this message and notice my browser is currently not recognized.


texts: Canon MP780 support, and borderless printing, in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks?

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Has anyone got their Canon Pixma MP780 to print borderless in Mavericks?

Its support was removed after the CanonPrinterDrivers2.8 (as of writing we are on 2.12). I keep the 2.8 drivers and they worked well with 10.7, 10.8, and now 10.9 (mostly work). However in 10.9 the borderless printing is no longer working. I tried printing from several apps and I just cannot get borderless to work.

Anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Some of my Google calendar contents just disappeared in Calendar.app

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macOS 10.14.6, Calendar.app 11.0 (2245.5.2)

Less than an hour ago, I brought Calendar.app to the foreground (I usually keep it running, hidden in the background), and most (8 out of 12) of my Google calendar contents were completely gone. All calendar names are still listed/checked in the Calendar List pane on the left side of the window.  I can't figure out why some are still there and some aren't. I rebooted, but still the same problem. If I view my calendars on the web at calendar.google.com, all contents are present & normal there. I use Mail.app to read my gmail account, and all email is present & acting normally. The Google Calendar IDs continue to match in Calendar.app and in the prefs at calendar.google.com. No errors are being shown to me in the UI, and I don't see any errors in Console.app. I have never had this happen before.

Very mysterious! Any suggestions?


texts: One of the purposes I use Find My Phone is to keep track (when needed) of my children. Now they are receiving email messages that I am using the feature - which defeats the purpose of why I use it. Is there a way to turn off the email notifications?


texts: How to remember only a username in Safari?

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Chrome and Firefox allow to remember only a username (gmail, for example) without no problem.

But it's not working the same way for Safari.

Safari, if remembers, it remembers both, username and password.

But if I don't save password it doesn't remember only a username.

How can I do this?

Couldn't find any related post.


texts: Do I need to renew the Institutional Recovery Key certificate with FileVault

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We plan to roll out FileVault via Apple's own MDM (Server.app). I already have some test-computers enrolled.

When I look at the certificate used for the Institutional Recovery Key, it expires in March 2019. It's a self signed certificate (created like this).

Do I need to renew this certificate? I can't find any info on this.


texts: MacOS Catalina - Deleting files isn't freeing up needed space

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So I've just installed .1 version of Catalina, and saw that I only had about 50 GB left. So, I've deleted some useless big files and moved some to my external HDD. But, the disk space wasn't freeing up. I've checked the whole internet last night but I just can't get my head around it. Even Mail isn't starting anymore (because of low disk space).

This is what I did and some results;

Turned off Time Machine (which runs to a Airport Time Machine)
Reindexed Spotlight
Checked Snapshots with tmutil. Deleted them with;

tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates|grep -e "^2"|xargs -n 1 -- sudo tmutil  deletelocalsnapshots

Whenever I check the snapshots again it says there aren't any.
I've run several tools to check what the biggest files are and where
the storage went.

As you can see, that's
about 400GB and I have 1TB
I did a disk EHBO via disk utility. The Macintosh HD - Data gave some
errors

I still think there is something with Snapshots, but it says there aren't any after I've deleted them..

Another note; my whole life i've been using "TimeMachineEditor" as a schedule program for Time Machine. Which I turned off. Could that have to do something with the problem? (Don't think so)


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Around six months ago, I bought an iPad Pro to replace a stolen iPad 2.

I set it up (if memory serves) from the backups of the stolen one and expected it to also inherit the name (since several times when I've obtained a new device, I've had difficulty deactivating the old one due to identical names.  But after a while, when importing photos, I noticed Photos.app labeling it "iPad (4)"  I wondered about the (4) but thought maybe it means this is the fourth iPad I've owned.

Until one day, Photos started saying "iPad (7)" and then a few days after that, I noticed Safari was offering me pages I had viewed on "iPad (7)"

So, I picked up the iPad, went to Settings → About, and sure enough, the iPad's name is "iPad (7)"

When I have assigned a name to a device, it has always been descriptive of the model.  When I didn't, Apple has in the past always used my name, apostrophe-S, and the model.

What do the (4) and (7) mean, and why did they change?


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I seek a  web clipper some apps (Notion, Bear, etc) have but I want it from Safari on the Mac without adding third party extensions or apps.
I know you can go to Safari>File>Export as PDF but

it is not fast
it is quite bad at formatting text.

Is there any way to export a formatted webpage to PDF with Safari?


texts: How to sort by size of output by du -sh ~/* | sort -r

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I use this command to find the disk usage:
du -sh ~/* | sort -r

But it messes up with with the K, M, and G suffixes added by du -h.
956M    /Users/shinokada/Docker
9.2G    /Users/shinokada/RustProjects
856M    /Users/shinokada/Bitbucket
8.2M    /Users/shinokada/Desktop
708M    /Users/shinokada/Medium-articles
596K    /Users/shinokada/Movies
480M    /Users/shinokada/Sites
415M    /Users/shinokada/MyProjects
4.1M    /Users/shinokada/jupyter-work
4.0M    /Users/shinokada/powerlevel9k
4.0K    /Users/shinokada/sys_info_page.html
4.0K    /Users/shinokada/requirements.txt
4.0K    /Users/shinokada/package-lock.json
4.0K    /Users/shinokada/mypath.txt
4.0K    /Users/shinokada/cecilieo
4.0K    /Users/shinokada/bin
258M    /Users/shinokada/Github
256M    /Users/shinokada/Calibre Library
228K    /Users/shinokada/LaTeX
2.7G    /Users/shinokada/nltk_data
2.2G    /Users/shinokada/Projects
2.1G    /Users/shinokada/DataScience
170M    /Users/shinokada/Applications
157M    /Users/shinokada/Pictures
1.8G    /Users/shinokada/virtualenvs
...

How can I put them in order?
I used -m and -k flag but it still sort by number not size.


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Most of my spotlight search results are files in ~/Library (application data) and /usr/include (header files)

I already tried to rebuild the index.

Any thoughts?


texts: I want to delete my existing iCloud email address and replace it with a new one. My Apple ID is a hotmail address which I do not want to change. I have been getting too much rubbish on my iCloud email, so I just want to delete it and replace with a new one.


texts: How does the lighting cable work plugged in any way round?

texts: Sorry titled this one badly, I'm assuming power is the two centre pins, then data is the rest, but surely it's messed up when the cable is plugged in backwards?


texts: How can I force my phone to send iMessage instead of SMS? (I'm in a mobile promo) [Iphone 5 iOS 9.0.2]

texts: I am new to apple and I want to use iMessage. When I am connected to the internet, I thought SMS would automatically send as iMessage. The one I'm texting also uses iPhone 5 and we're both connected to internet.  I still have to know what their e-mail to text them in iMessage.


texts: How can I increase the maximum allowed swap space?

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When I try to do a calculation that needs to allocate and use 128 GB of memory (it is a command line program written in C), the kernel kills my process with extreme prejudice.  This console log entry is an example of one instance:

  9/25/15 7:08:40.000 PM kernel[0]: low swap: killing pid 6202 (huffgrp)

The calculation works fine and in a reasonable amount of time when it allocates and uses 64 GB of memory.  My machine has 32 GB of RAM and beaucoup space on the hard drive.  I also tried this on another machine with 8 GB of RAM, on which the 64 GB calculation runs fine as well, taking longer of course, but the 128 GB calculation gets killed by the kernel in the same way.  On both I am running Yosemite 10.10.5.

By the way, malloc() never returns an error, no matter how much space I ask for.  The kernel will only kill the process once too much of that memory is actually being used by the process, resulting in lots of swapping to the hard drive.

So there appears to be a secret swap space limit somewhere between 64 GB and 128 GB.

My question is: how do I reconfigure the kernel to permit more swap space?  I found a promising looking file, /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist, but I don't see the secret number in there.  The man page for dynamic_pager says that all it does is set the name and location of the swap files. There is an older version of the same man page that documents a -S option to set the size of the swapfiles created. I tried that, requesting 160 GB swapfiles, but it had no effect. The swapfiles were still 1 GB each, and the process was still killed by the kernel.


texts: Changing Text Color in Finder on Mojave Dark Mode?

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I recently switched over to Dark Mode, and for visual symmetry, I made my Finder window backgrounds dark grey (so that I don't have a black window with a white filled-in background. However, this makes the text quite hard to read -- is there any way to change (or simply invert) the text color for icon labels in Finder?

Thanks for your help!


texts: TextEdit keeps changing file extensions when I save

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Is there a way to prevent TextEdit from changing the file extension on a file that I open it with, or at least prompt me?

Example:

Open somefilename.yyy
Save becomes somefilename.rtf

I have looked through TextEdit preferences without finding a setting.


texts: When connected to two networks, can I tell my iMac to use a specific network for a certain application?

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I run Spotify on wifi network "Production Internet". As the name implies, that network has internet access.
I'd also like to run Audiofusion SoundCaster over a separate hardwired network that doesn't have internet access. Well, actually the iMac would be hardwired to a different wifi router with no internet access. So the SoundCaster traffic eventually goes over a wifi network called "Monitors". "Monitors" doesn't have internet access, though. It only carries SoundCaster traffic between iPhones and the iMac.
I don't want SoundCaster traffic going over "Production Internet". How can I force all SoundCaster traffic to go to the hardwired connection so it is sent to the wifi router for "Monitors"?
Thanks for your help.


texts: How can I change the bit rate of MP3s in iTunes 11?

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TL;DR I have a number of MP3 albums in iTunes that I would like to convert from 196kbps to 128kbps.

I ripped a number of CDs into iTunes at 196kbps, but have decided that I want them to be at 128kbps to conserve space - as a compilation of them will be downloaded from the internet, by others, later.

I opened iTunes preferences and changed the import settings to 128kbps, then selected File -> Create New Version -> Create MP3 Version, after selecting the files from one of the albums. This worked great and it created a lower bit rate copy of the files. In Finder it appends a "1" to the end of each track name - so I see:

  Track 01
    Track 01 1
    Track 02
    Track 02 1
     etc.

However, in iTunes it is just:

  Track 01
    Track 01
    Track 02
    Track 02
     etc.

Thus it is difficult to tell - without opening "Get Info" on every file - which one is the 128kbps.

I consulted this KB article, but the information in it didn't seem to exactly match my setup (even though I am running iTunes 11 on OSX 10.8). For example, in step #3 it says to go to File -> "Create New Version" -> "Create Format Version". The closest thing I could find is what I mentioned above, and I wasn't able to find "Create New Version". Even then it looked like it would evoke the same situation as what I have.

Also, when I open Finder and delete the original files, iTunes recognizing them even though they are in Trash. Perhaps there would be a re-index that?

How can I convert the files I have, or have iTunes display the "1" addendum in the track listing? Should I just re-rip the files, or is there another software I should turn to?


texts: How do I view or verify signed .mobileconfig files using Terminal?

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I need to troubleshoot problems with signed .mobileconfig profiles. How can I show the signature of a these files using Terminal? Is it also possible to verify the certificates that were used to sign the profile?

Is there a way to output the XML content of these files without the signature?


texts: Is there a way to have a formula in numbers 09 return an empty value (ie isempty() returns true?)

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I've got a list of times and ages, and want to extract ages for a particular range of time values.  So I've used an 'if' formula to copy the age for an entry if its time is between two values.  The problem is the value for entries outside that time range.  I'd like value to be 'empty' or 'null'.  I've tried including no argument in the 'if' formula and also and empty string ("").  A check with 'isempty' returns true.  For example:

=WENN(UND($D>=F$1;$D<G$1);$C;)
=WENN(UND($D>=F$1;$D<G$1);$C;"")

both of these produce values that aren't 'empty'.


texts: Firefox Command+K no longer opens search

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In Firefox, pressing ⌘ cmd K used to open a search page. But as of recent updates, it only focuses the URL bar.

I have the search bar hidden... so this sort of makes sense. However when I want to search for something with periods in it, Firefox treats it as a URL. For example: document.getElementById().

Is there a way to restore the old ⌘ cmd K functionality of opening a true search field?


texts: iCloud keychain problems - asking passwords, can't change password, can't unsync

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Main symptom: When I reboot I get multiple prompts asking for the "local items" keychain password.
Details:

The password required is my old iCloud password, not my current user account password nor my current iCloud password
The keychain access program lists "local items" as a keychain until I log in to one with my old password -- after which it changes to "iCloud"
The option to reset the password for both local items (before entering the PW) and iCloud keychain (after) are both greyed out.
I cannot stop syncing my iCloud keychain. When I uncheck the box, the box rechecks itself in a second or two.
to confuse things, I used my iCloud account as my login for the computer briefly

I have looked at several topics to guide me, but none of them have led to a resolution as it seems the problem is always slightly different.

Any help is highly appreciated!


texts: Desktop Icons and Windows moved to odd spots after sleeping

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Symptom:

Upon waking up, sometimes the Mac jams all of my icons into one corner, and throws some windows almost completely off the screen or makes them really small.  This happens frequently often on 2 systems, yet I haven't found many people asking about it online.

Sometimes I haven't even unplugged the machine, it's just it sat for a few hours and decided to goto sleep.

As an example, when I move the mouse in the morning, many of the Safari windows are now only a couple hundred pixels high and I have to drag the bottoms to resize.  And if I don't do that to all of the and open another window, it too is very short.

I have a Retina Macbook and a MacBook Air.  Both machines are almost always closed and feeding external monitors (either Thunderbolt display or HDMI monitor)

The macs are up to date.

I did see posts about .DS_store but I don't think they don't seem to match the symptoms I'm seeing.

Theory:

I think OS X has some fancy way of moving Windows and Desktop icons around relatively when the screen resolution changes, which is nice most of the time.

HOWEVER, I think gets confused about how big the screen is when undocking or sleeping, so it thinks it has a tiny screen, which it can properly place icons on but records those new bogus positions, and then when it's back on a big screen, scales back up those mistakes.

It seems silly that this event gets it so confused about its screen size (if that's the issue)  Perhaps when it's going to sleep, it briefly thinks it's going from 1 monitor to 0 monitors, and that the resolution is now 0x0 ?  Or maybe this happens in a split second when it's waking up.

Workarounds?

I think the real fix is for OS X to not pay attention to screen resolutions that are obviously nonsense, or to not attempt to resize when there are "no" monitors.

So maybe there's some setting to tell OS X to ignore screen sizes that are below some tiny threshold?

Another idea would be for a utility that we record relative positions and let me reset the desktop icons to some previously sane state.

Update:

Still happens with open windows on Mavericks.  For example, last night my machine was left plugged in, so just had to wake it up this morning.

But the VirtualBox window was shoved to the far lower right corner, barely visible at the very far edge of the Dock.  Almost the only parts visible were the red, yellow and green dots of the window frame.  With very careful aim and several attempts, I was able to click on some of the gray pixels of the window border and drag it back up. And now the window was size of 2 postage stamps side by side.

Obviously there's a workaround to carefully drag the window back up and resize it back to normal.  But I didn't even undock the machine!  I double checked my power settings just now, when plugged in it's set to Never sleep, and it was just the Display that's set to sleep after 3 hours.  So it's JUST the screen switching off that does this - it's crazy, and I'm really surprised more people aren't seeing this.


texts: Disable Screen Recording prompt from bluetooth game controller (maybe Big Sur only?)

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I have an 8bitdo bluetooth controller that I use to play games on my Macbook with the latest Big Sur. I think since the upgrade to Big Sur, sometimes when I am using the controller Mac OS will break fullscreen to pop up a series of confirmations about whether I want to allow different apps that are currently running to record the screen. I have to click through each one to get back to my game. This happens whether I'm actually playing a game/have Steam open, or if I am just sitting on at the desktop. It happens when I have the controller connected to the Mac and press Select and Start at the same time, or sometimes Select and the Special/Meta button. It doesn't happen every time I press these combinations, I do have to press them multiple times to get the issue to repeat, but it happens very often.
Is there any way to disable screen recording or this "shortcut" or whatever it is? I almost never want to record my screen, so turning off the feature would be fine if possible.


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How can I trigger the creation of a .DS_Store file in a directory?

I have a Macbook Pro and at some point I found that within a directory, the modified dates on some of first level subdirectories directories had changed. I looked into it and found that there were .DS_Store files in these directories or some subdirectories of them. There are some things i'm doing to try to get rid of them and restore the modified dates and then ensure it doesn't reoccur (I understand one can set finder to not produce these .DS_Store files). But, aside from that, i'm also trying to reproduce the problem and that's what i'm asking about here.

I have tried creating a directory on my mac, and looking at it in finder, adding a file to it, and viewing it from a windows machine, and copying it from mac to windows, but it's not generating that .DS_Store file

It seems like it happens in sweeps.. a bunch with this date/time, a bunch with that  date/time. But I don't know exactly what I was doing at that date/time.  So I can't really determine what sets it off. And i'm trying to determine that well enough to reproduce it , to be able to trigger it myself.

I tried copying a directory to a USB with USB formatted as exFAT.

I'm guessing to do it is something to do with copying or viewing in finder or viewing the mac folder from a windows machine and copying things from there.

I just can't seem to reproduce it myself.  My test directory is not getting a .DS_Store file in it.

I'd be interested if anybody knows how to reliably reproduce the phenomena of .DS_Store file being generated in a directory or directories.

Any ideas how I can do that?


texts: Did a recent macOS update enable external display brightness controls?

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I have an Acer G247HL, connected to a 2015 Macbook Pro via HDMI to DVI. Today after updating to 10.15.4 my brightness keys now control the Acer display's brightness. The brightness in the OSD changes with the macOS brightness too. If I move the mouse back to the internal screen the keyboard controls brightness for the internal screen.

I really love this, whether it's an update or a bug. The patch notes for 10.15.4 don't mention this as a change though, does anyone know


texts: How to completely disable Calendar network access in macOS (High Sierra)

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I would like the Calendar app in High Sierra to not check my location for timing conflicts, make location (or any other) suggestions, confer with Siri, and otherwise look for ways for Apple to link my calendar to the cloud.

Can the Calendar app's functionality be limited to non-networked behavior only?

Is there some Calendar agent I can permanently disable to accomplish this?


texts: Podcast syncing via iCloud: Mark episodes as played/watched

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I use iCloud to sync my podcast subscriptions across multiple devices (Macs, iPhone, Apple TV), and generally, it works: All my feeds and stations appear on all the devices. Also, the play position syncs flawlessly. What doesn't seem to work is the synchronisation of the played/unplayed status*: No matter on which device I play an episode, it never gets marked as played on any other device. It doesn't matter whether I acually play an episode to the end, or just mark it as played by option-clicking the item and selecting Mark as Played.

I'm pretty sure this is a (massive) bug (I've filed a radar, too), but I'd like to know whether (1) everybody has the same problem, and (2), you have found workarounds. I for one use home sharing from my Apple TV and sync manually via USB to my iPhone, but I have to update the played/watched status manually on my Macs.

*Note: For video podcasts, this is the watched/unwatched status, which has the same issue.


texts: I have looked everywhere for the answer to this question.  On an iphone, when I get a "Maybe: Contact" text message, there is often an a profile picture already attached to the person.  Though I understand where the "maybe:" comes from (an older text, email, contact, my phone is smart enough to have found etc.), I can't understand where on earth the accompanying contact picture comes from.  I didn't set it and I've never seen some of them that have come in for my friends (meaning, I don't think it was from Facebook).  For example:  my insurance guy came in on a text as a maybe and he had a contact picture attached of him fishing. Where did it find that?  Is that a picture set up on HIS phone, or did it pull from somewhere else?  Anyone have any idea?  It's making me crazy.


texts: diagnose possible issue with MBpro 2012 running very slow

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tl;dr Can a MacBook Pro become unbearably slow because of hardware issues, e.g a hard-drive failure? How can I best diagnose this?

I own a MacBook Pro from 2012, which recently has become unbearably slow: typically any action, such as clicking on a tab or typing, is followed by a spinning beach ball for about 30 seconds, even though I am not running any intensive process (e.g. only the web browser is open, with a couple of tabs; the same thing happens while browsing files in the Finder, or even typing my name at the login screen after rebooting).

What worries me is that I cannot decide whether it's hardware or software related. I upgraded to El Capitan a few weeks ago, and after a couple of days of decent experience (it wasn't very fast, but at least remained usable), I figured after a few patches and/or spotlight doing its background work, things would improve, but no: the computer became so slow that I was forced to format the disk and make a fresh install. Things have not improved one bit, however.
One thing I noticed is that the battery is drained very quickly: I had it replaced less than 2 months ago, yet after only a couple of hours sitting idle the machine runs out of battery.

So, I have two options: try the painful process of re-installing an older OS version, and hope this will make it usable again, or give the machine to a repair service to check for hardware problems. This is quite costly here, even if they don't find anything or are unable to fix it, so I'd like to check first wether those symptoms are compatible with e.g. a hard-drive failure (in which case it would be worth getting it changed).

Edit: Following the suggestions offered below, I tried the following:

check the activity monitor: I do not see any process with high CPU load; typically the Finder or Web browser (Safari or Chrome) with a maximum of a few % of CPU usage. During the beach-ball freeze every minute or so, I am unable to focus on the Activity Monitor window to get updates, so it may be that a process appears and disappears during that time.
reset the SMC. For a little while it seemed to be more responsive after reboot. Unfortunately, after 10 minutes or so just browsing the Web, I'm back to the beach ball every couple of clicks.

It seems that regardless of the task -- web browsing, file browsing, text editor, there is a periodically recurring lag that freezes the system for a few tens of seconds every minute or so.


texts: How can I insert a step into a Shortcut?

texts: I've just started creating shortcuts for various things on my iPhone.  It's been useful, but I find that as I create longer and more complex scripts, I find the interface rather poor.  As an experienced programmer, I'd prefer to be able to do things like inserting a step into an already existing script.  So far, the only way I've found to do that is to delete all of the steps after the point I want to insert and then re-add them all back.  Is there a better way to do this?


texts: Install a new SSD but keep all the files and everything

texts: I bought a new SSD for my Macbook Pro Retina 2014. I want to be able to insert the new SSD but keep all my files, setting and etc. I am not sure what to do how can I clone my existing SSD to the new SSD?


texts: Delete Users and Separate User and Groups

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I am using a Mac for both personal and work and want to keep them separate as I can. I think a good solution would be for me to have 2 users -- a personal and work user -- but the only problem is when I download software in my personal account it appears in my work user account. Luckily I caught this early enough I could just delete my work user, but can't seem to be able to do that.
How do I delete a user? How do I keep the user profiles separate so what I download in one doesn't show up in the other?


texts: iPhone crashes Dlink DI-624 router regularly

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I've got an iPhone4 running 4.01 that is connecting to a DLink DI-624. I'm getting intermittent connections. Sometimes these are resolved by rebooting the router, sometimes not. Sometimes rebooting the phone fixes it, sometimes not.

Do people have similar problems with Apple products? What solutions have you found?


texts: I have an iPhone 4s with an iOS 7.1. I wish to update my phone to iOS 8 or 8.1 because most apps only support 8 or higher. I do not however want to update to the latest version supported on the 4s (iOS 9.3.5). Is there a way I could update by phone to iOS 8 and not iOS 9?


texts: Is it possible to use an iPhone 5 with tracfone service byop?

texts: I am trying to use an iPhone 5 with Tracfone's byop. However I can't seem to find the right sim card. At first Tracfone said that I needed an at&t SIM card but it doesn't work with iPhone 5 for it is much to big.  Can anyone help me?


texts: Umlauts on Sierra on English keyboard with Alt combo not working anymore for all

texts:
Before Sierra:
Alt + O/A/U pressed then shortly afterwards O/A/U -> Ö/Ä/Ü

With Sierra:
Alt + O/A/U pressed then shortly afterwards O/A/U -> works only for ü
 with Alt + o -> ø, Alt + a -> å and pressing the key again leads only to normal letter


texts: I used to have Spotify but now it says it is damaged or incomplete, and now I can't open it again. How do I fix that?


texts: How to find out why iTerm2 suddenly wants to access my Calendar?

texts:
Out of the blue I am prompted for this permission grant:

How can I find out what is triggering this request and why?

The last command I ran was du -h -d 1 in /


texts:
Can i restore a back up of the user folder to a fresh install without issues?
I created the back up with the disk utility tool

I am fresh installing an iMac late 2015 because it's very slow.
I have backed up the /users/ folder and the /library/ folder.

I have a second question:
Is this a good way to handle this? Or is there any better way?
Would i be able to restore the users folder with time machine without bringing other applications etc?


texts: Macbook retina 2012: CPU temperature too high

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I'm using Macbook Pro Retina Mid 2012 with CPU core i7 2.7 Ghz. I see that my computer is too hot as I think for a mac. The keyboard is hot,too.

I'm using iStat software to get detail of my mac. Here is my detail:

As you see, four cores are in high temperature. But as I see in Activity Monitor, they're just work at about 5% and 95% is idle. I don't know why the heating is too high. are there any problems with my mac. If not, does this problem from software ? How can I fix this. I think 2000-2200rpm is slow for this temperature. Should I increase fan's speed. Thanks :)

Thanks :)


texts: How can I plug FileMerge into my Source Control App

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I'd like to use FileMerge (Version 2.8) as Git and Perforce's Diff viewer, however whenever one of these apps tries to do a diff I get this message:

This isn't just for Groovy files either,it's for any type of file I try to run a diff against.  This is happening on systems running 10.9 and 10.8.

This is how I have it configured in Perforce:


texts: Change account profile photo on network account

texts:
We have recently joined three iMacs to our Active Directory domain. I would like to set the account profile photo, however this seems to be disabled for network accounts (I can set it for local accounts).

Is there any way to set the profile photo for network accounts?


texts: How to tell if a Retina MacBook Pro has gone to sleep when the lid is closed?

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When I shut the lid on my Retina MacBook Pro (2014), how can I tell it's gone to sleep correctly?

On my previous MacBook Pro (~2008), the fans were audible, and there was a sleeping LED indicator in the lid latch that changed from "on" to "pulsing" when it was asleep. I used this as an "okay" sign to put it in the laptop bag.

Is there anyway to tell if a more recent MacBook Pro is asleep? I can't hear the fan most of the time, and I can't see any externally visible indicator lights that would indicate it's status.

I'm worried if it hasn't sleep correctly when I close the lid (occasionally this would happen with my old laptop) it will overheat when I put it in my bag.


texts: Can I use any storage device to store user profiles using Profile Manager?

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I'm using the OS X server. I'm trying to use the Profile Manager. I need to create about 40 users (each user has yours workspace, desktop, etc.). Due to that, I estimate that the server will need about 1 TB to each user.

Can I use the storage device (external HD, RAID, etc) to store all those users profiles? What is the default folder to store it? How can I change that directory? I need to store the every configuration for each user.


texts: How to restore inProgress files stuck in trash?

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I have been unable to backup my MBP since June. After some Googling, I found this link that suggested I should trash my .inProgress files. However, I find that I am subsequently unable to empty my trash folder. I found this thread, which provided the correct way to delete .inProgress files. However, I cannot use tmutil, because I get this error:

Invalid deletion target: (error 22)

This seems to be because the .inProgress files are now in .Trashes, and tmutil needs the files to be in a backup directory at least. Now I am trying to put the .inProgress files back into the Backup folder so I can use tmutil to delete them. However, when I try to put them back, I get this error:

This operation can't be completed because backup items can't be modified.

How do I go about deleting the .inProgress files without risking damaging my existing backups?
Suggestions?


texts: Airpod Pro - connecting to MacOS changes number of modes

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Apple support has this page which explains how to define which "modes" the Airpod Pro will switch between with the physical button. Note that this requires an iOS device. Using my iOS device, I can configure them to have all 3 modes available [transparency, off, noise-canc].

If I then take the Airpod Pro and connect them to any other bluetooth source, they will retain that setting. This is good.

If I then take the Airpod Pro and connect to a MacOS device (e.g. my MacBook), they immediately revert to having only 2 modes available [transparency, noise-canc]. I.e. the "off" setting is disabled. This is bad.

After this, AFAIK, the only way to get the 3rd mode back (tied to hardware button control) is to reconnect to an iOS device.

I'm hoping I'm mistaken. Please let me know if there is a way to keep them configured for all 3 modes, all the time, even after connecting to MacOS.


texts: Mini display port cable and Thunderbolt cable compatibility

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I need to run a Mini DisplayPort cable from a last generation Xserve to a circa late 2010 iMac so I can directly share the iMac's display while I set up the Xserve.

Apple no longer carries Mini DisplayPort cables at their stores here in NY.  No one at the store could tell me if I could use a Thunderbolt cable with the hardware I have.

So, a hopefully simple backwards compatibility question: Can I use a Thunderbolt cable to connect the Mini DisplayPort of the Xserve to the Mini DisplayPort of the iMac?


texts: Is there any keyboard short cut to input mac key symbols like shift, cmd, ctrl

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I type a command character (⌘) in Mac OS X?

Do I have to copy paste those ⌘ stuff from online sources?


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Apps on the phone can. Is it possible to use that health data on a website?

Reading the docs (and I don't understand them well yet), it seems like there could be an option if it was a clinic record? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/healthkit/samples/accessing_health_records


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I have upgraded my iPhone to iOS 10. I am not able to add my Google account to sync my Contacts, Mail etc.

How do I do that?


texts: Archive Upload Failed due to error -22421

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I was going to upload an app to iTunes Store, everything was going perfect, app validation test is also successfully completed, but when I tried to submit my app it gives an error.

Here a screenshot of the error:

Someone please can explain me the reason of this error and also to suggest me what to do.
Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to add a password prompt when opening email app on a mac? To stop others from opening the email program on a shared computer. Basically i dont want anyone to open the email program without a password.


texts: On iPhone X can you see the most recent running apps?

texts: On iPhone 7 it is possible to double tap the Home button to see them. On iPhone X is there an equivalent?


texts: Why is the Apps flash storage so high and how can it be reduced?

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This is the disk storage info:

This is the Applications folder info:

Why is the storage usage so high and how can it be reduced? This is on a MacBook Pro Retina 13" with OSX 10.9.5.

Edit: I had tried all the suggestions made by @user3439894 in his answer but didn't mention it before posting.


texts: Can I screen-share with a computer that has no monitor?

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Can I screen share with a computer that has no monitor?

My computer is OS 10.6.8.


texts: I run an online tech-support system. My Outlook 2016 for Mac is very slow in response & when I asked for advice on the issue, my friend asked me to clean up my mailboxes. However, I cannot do that because I have hundreds of emails that are important. So I tried to export the email database. But somehow the export is not working. It crashes after 3-4%. How can I fix this or is there other ways to backup Outlook 2016 for Mac.