texts: Network Share set permissions don't work

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I'm trying to use set default permissions for directories and files but not having much joy. What I am trying to share a specific directory on a local external drive connected to the server internally. Everyone in the group has access to the drive and can view all the files.

However once a new file is created by mac08, the group permissions are not set and only that user has access to modify it.

Here is an example of two txt files. The one created by mac08 has 644 permissions and all other users like mac07 etc. can't write to the file.

I have a group called staff and have added everyone to it, but new files created don't follow.

drwxrwxrwx+ 159 root  wheel  5406 22 Aug 11:08 PROJECTS
 0: group:Staff allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity

New file created:

-rw-rw-rw-@ 1 root   wheel     351 22 Aug 23:17 test4.rtf
 0: group:Staff allow read,write,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
 1: user:aserver allow read,write,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
 2: user:ckadmin allow read,write,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity

-rw-r--r--@ 1 mac08  wheel     352 22 Aug 23:26 testet11.rtf
 0: group:Staff allow read,write,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr

I can manually update the permissions through the Get Info window but this requires me to reset permissions every time a person saves a new file to the drive. Any idea what it could be?


texts: Why is WhatsApp and Messenger no longer working on iPhone 5

texts:
My sister has an iPhone 5 (iOS 8.1.3). Since some days, it seems to be impossible to open both WhatsApp and (Facebook) Messenger. For both of them, the following applies.

On the home view with all the apps, you can see that there are new messages. But if you open the app, it shows for 1 second, then the screen goes white, and then the home view with all the apps shows again.
After double-clicking on the button (in order to reveal the miniature view of all apps opened), you can see that the app is indeed opened, but if you click on its miniature view, you will again see the scenario with the white screen.

What could cause this and how can she solve it?


texts: Boot Camp assistant "Needs more drive space" even though i have enough

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Trying to get dual boot for my mac and I ran into this issue.

And when I look at my drive status, this is what I see.

So maybe im doing something wrong but it doesn't seem right that I need "at least 39GB" when I have 46GB available
I do plan on upgrading the storage of this mac soon anyways if I cant get this figured out


texts: MacBook dual drive is killing hard disks

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Towards the end of last year I decided to remove the CD drive on my late-2007 MacBook and replace it with a 2nd hard drive (using an aftermarket 'caddy').

Several months in, my 1 TB WD Blue (2nd) hard drive refused to open some files so I did a surface scan. This revealed the horror within! Hundreds of bad blocks, so I recovered as much data as I could and put the drive to one side. I replaced it with a different 1 TB Samsung drive. Last week the exact same problem has happened so I have removed the caddy and fitted the CD drive back in.

Is there something I have missed or does it look like the caddy is killing hard drives? It's either that or I have had major bad luck with hard drives.

Is there something I have done wrong? Or is it my laptop that is on its last legs? (this would worry me more). How can I tell?

Sorry if this sounds vague, but I'm quite worried. Please let me know if you need more information.


texts: How do I enter DFU mode on an iPhone 3G OS 4.2.1?

texts:
I've tried several solutions to enter DFU mode but none worked:
- the Home + Sleep combo
- the DFU program here

Somebody has an idea?


texts:
I hate to spam and reopen old issues but this is urgent!!

I am experiencing an identical problem to the one in: Unable to format internal drive as APFS on 2018 MacBook Pro

My internal drive can format to everything except APFS, I have tried troubleshooting via linux, and simple disk utility. Fsck and first aid both report no problems and this is driving me insane!! help desperately needed!


texts: SSH (or SFTP) upload files from OSX terminal

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I'm trying to upload a file through terminal (didnt managed to do it trough transmit.app)

I'm connected to SSH to my server.
I want to sent a file from my Local desktop to my server.

That the command I'm trying :

scp /Users/username/Desktop/ad-blocker.sh user@IP:/var/packages/DNSServer/target/script/

I always have this error though " No such file or directory "

not a expert of SSH, but if I'm connected to my server to SSH, how would terminal access my local file anyway (/Users/username/Desktop/ad-blocker.sh)

Kind regards.


texts: Running OS X Yosemite, but About This Mac shows Version 10.90

texts: In About this Mac it shows that the OS is Yosemite but the version number is 10.90. Is this normal? I thought Yosemite is 10.10, and Mavericks was 10.9.


texts:
My OS keeps rebooting since I installed photoshop.

Save mode didn't help.

Trying now too boot on single user, I have a UI to unlock my user account (the mac is encrypted) then I have the command line.

I'm trying to remove everything from Adobe on the launch agent but I can't

sudo rm -rf com.adobe.AAM.Uploader-1.0.plist returns "read only file system" and don't even ask for my password!

Am I good for a reinstall or anything I can do to remove theses files / or fix my boot issue

I'm running 10.11

Update: I forget I need to mount the HD first.  I'm trying now


texts: How do FaceTime and Push Notifications work on wifi-only iOS devices?

texts:
Simple curiosity question.

How does FaceTime and Push Notifications work on Wifi only devices? I mean does the WiFi stays always on to achieve a continuous connection to Apple's servers?

I have older iPad and iPod touches and they don't have Wifi on when the come from sleep. Is that the same thing with newer models?


texts: How do I batch convert a bunch of pngs or other images into a single PDF on Mavericks?

texts: I took a bunch of screenshots and I want to make them pages in a single PDF. Selecting all four in Preview and exporting to PDF only exports two (?), separately. The "Export to PDF" File menu function adds a strange white border around the screenshots (and orients the page as portrait). So I converted each to PDFs individually and then combined them manually. I tried the solutions here, but Mavericks' Preview doesn't appear to work that way anymore. What's the best, free, hopefully built-in way to automate this?


texts: Does signing out of my Apple ID delete the apps on macOS?

texts:
I have some apps that I bought personally that I would like to use on my work laptop.
Can I sign in with my Apple ID and then install these app versions there and then sign out?
I guess I would not receive any updates for them that way?


texts: My Apple Watch is getting notifications but my phone is not alerting with any notifications

texts: This is really frustrating.  I get the alerts on my watch but not on my phone.  This is especially frustrating when I'm driving.  When I get an alert, its easier to view it on my mounted phone versus reading my arm.  Is there a way to get notifications at both places?


texts: Mac Terminal: emacs-style command editing messed up

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This has been a "quality of life" issue for me for a while now- command-line editing in the Mac terminal is messed up for me.

If I type a few chars, and then hit CTRL-A to move to the beginning of the line, it'll move the cursor too far over. It seems like what's on the screen is out of sync with what bash really has in its "buffer".

For example, I start typing "ls -l":

... and then hit CTRL-A to move the cursor, and I end up with the following on the screen:

I think the following snippets from my .bashrc are relevant to a potential diagnosis:

export PS1="\[\h:\w\]\$ "
export SUDO_PS1="\[\h:\w\]\\$ "
set -o emacs

FWIW, this also happens to me while using iTerm2 instead of the Mac default terminal.


texts: Apple alias in Mail and iCloud revealing my identity

texts:
I've set up a few email aliases in iCloud under pseudonyms.

If I receive an email to one of them (e.g. "Alias Name <pseudonym@icloud.com>), and I try to reply in Mail for Mac, it uses the right email address, but instead of putting "Alias Name" in the from field, it appends my real, full name:

Full Name <pseudonym@icloud.com>

No doubt that's very frustrating and unreliable.

In the drop-down, I can select Alias Name <pseudonym@icloud.com> but that's a hassle each time — I have already forgotten and compromised my pseudonym a few times.

What do you suggest? Is this a bug with my setup, or for everyone?


texts: Terminal.app reverse text color under cursor

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macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Terminal.app 2.10

In VIM:

and in for example VI-mode at the command line:

There is an o under the first cursor, and an s under the second cursor. In-person, I can just about   make out the tiniest difference, and distinguish the characters.

But it's not easy at all.

How can I make my Terminal.app invert the colors of light text when the cursor is over it?


texts: Does Google Chrome have a significant impact on MacBook battery life compared to other browsers?

texts:
I've been reading , a bit about users noticing a severe drop in battery life when using Google Chrome.

I'm curious if this is a real issue - and attributed to the rendering/flash engine it uses.


texts:
I've encountered a problem when upgrading my late 2013 MacBook from OS X 10.9 Mavericks to macOS 10.13 High Sierra (now running Mojave): brightness controls appear to not affect anything (only the pop-up shows, that's it), it is stuck at maximum. This problem is not present on Mavericks.

The interesting thing is that the brightness terminal utility, available from Homebrew, works just fine, and currently that is my ghetto solution.

My suggestion is that in the process of upgrading connection of keypress and brightness adjustment got lost or flawed, and I don't know how to restore it. Nor do I know how to bodge a script to intercept signals from keyboard and adjust brightness using the utility mentioned above.

Resetting SMC as well as NVRAM (suggestions from Apple forums) didn't solve the problem.


texts:
I want to auto lock my IPhone 6 when entered to pocket/closed with case

Also my IPhone is unjailbroken and I want it to stay like that


texts: Does the D-Link DIR-857 support streaming Time Machine backups from multiple machines?

texts:
I'm looking to replace my aging DIR-655 and the new DIR-857 looks appealing. This C-Net review has this to say about the USB port on the device:

  SharePort is a useful feature of D-Link USB-equipped routers that enables the router to support any USB device as though it were connected to a network computer directly. Over time this technology has evolved from allowing only one computer to access the connected USB device at a time, to multiple access, and now, the ability to share data via the internet.

But I'm having a hard time finding any concrete details on how that port works and what it really supports. D-Link's product page is lean and so is their brochure.

Can I connect a drive array to this port such that multiple Macs in my network can do their remote Time Machine backups to that attached storage space?
Will it handle a HFS+ formatted file system?

And as a bonus:

Will it handle a Drobo?

I know none of the above is possible with the DIR-655 I have now.

Some clarifying points:

I realize I could do this with a TimeCapsule but I have all the disk on hand already with the Drobo and I happen to really like the features of the D-Link firmware (see my comments in Kyle's answer below for details)
Daniel Beck has found out that the SharePort software does work on Mac, but is it Time Machine friendly? There are non-Apple, remote storage devices that do support Time Machine (see this ReadyNAS FAQ for example) so is this similarly blessed and compatible?


texts: Downloading songs from external hard dirve

texts: I'm using an external hard drive to download songs to itunes.  When I'm done syncing, I get a message saying my ipod cannot be ejected because some of the files are being used by another source.  Somehow I think some of the files from the external hard drive got downloaded onto the internal hard drive.  I'm not super computer literate but I really don't remember doing anything other than moving the file from the external hard drive to iTunes.  Why is this happening and what do I do to fix it?


texts: Target Display Mode not working on MacBook Pro 13" 2020

texts:
I am using a 2011 iMac as an external monitor (and speakers) for my MacBook Pro (2014) on a daily basis.

Last week, I upgraded to the 2020 MBP 13". The new MBPs with USB-C are supposed to work with Target Display Mode, using the Thunderbolt 2 to USB-C adapter. I have it connected with an official Apple Thunderbolt 2 cable and Thunderbolt 2 to USB-C adapter. But when I press Command-F2, nothing happens, like they aren't connected.

I can already rule out the cable/adapter/USB-C port being defective, because I've used for transferring files from the old MacBook to the new one successfully. It also still works fine when I connect the Thunderbolt cable (directly) to my old MBP.

Any ideas what I can do to debug the problem?

Edit: I tried it out with a colleague's MBP 2017, same cable and adapter, and it worked flawlessly. So the problem seems to be limited to the new 2020 MBP. I am in direct contact with a very helpful (and seemingly persistent) 2nd line Apple Support employee about this now, so fingers crossed.


texts: iPad app where possible draw, save for reuse and drop 'objects' on canvas for prototyping and to make mockup

texts:
For prototyping / mockup needs, I want an iPad app where it's possible to draw, save and drop 'templates' on a canvas.
Something similar to balsamiq mockups, where there is a collection of components that can be placed on canvas, but with the ability to create my own components by drawing and saving for later reuse.


texts: can't read SD card on 2016 MacBook running Sierra

texts:
I have had my MacBook just a few months so I'm very much a newbie with it and the OS.

My mac has only one port that's the charging port I bought the USB adapter but when I put a thumb drive in, it doesn't show up anywhere.

I've scanned the internet for answers but haven't any luck. I have all the finder options checked. So now I don't know what else to do.


texts:
I recently updated my iPhone to iOS 6.1.2 and after the the update the top "power" button will not consistently lock the screen. Sometimes it needs to pressed 5 to 6 times before it will actually lock the phone.

There does not appear to be anything physically wrong with the button. It still has a nice click feel and sound to it.

I know the last update involved a bug fix for bypassing the lock the screen, so I thought others may be having this same issue.

My guess is it would be a software bug, not a hardware issue.

Other than restore the phone any suggestions?


texts: How can I store edited pictures with iPhoto for iPhone?

texts:
Im a bit surprise about few things in IPhoto for iPhone.

1) I cant create albums or group pictures into events. Is it true?

2) Once Ive dited few photos there isnt an easy way to save them i to my photo library. in the share menu, there is "Camera Roll", however it allows you the export 1 picture per ime (differently from other sharing options) and it takes ages.

This is not the same behavior I have on iPhoto for mac: when I edit a pic on mac the edited pictures replace the original ones (and they are automatically stored in my photo library and shared among all devices).

Thanks
Patrick


texts:
People have described the display in the iPhone 6 Plus as having "3x retina."

My question is, What does 3x retina mean?


texts: Can I get iPhone charge status from my Mac?

texts:
I have my iPhone plugged into my Mac via USB. Is there anyway to check on the charge status? I know iTunes does give you a small battery indicator, but I am looking for something a bit more detailed, like % charge.

I thought it is something nice to have and I am a bit lazy to reach for my iPhone to check every time I charge my phone.


texts: Easily review large set of short sound files

texts:
I have a large set of mp3s that I need to listen to and evaluate. If I add them to iTunes, it wants to play them consecutively without stopping. I need to listen (once), think, possibly replay, etc., until I'm ready to go onto the next.

I've also tried VLC. It also (by default) wants to play as a playlist w/o stopping. It does let you loop each file, but then you have to listen to it looping rather than hear it as a one-shot (which is how it would be used).


texts:
The Numbers App is not functioning correctly on my iPad Air 2,
can someone help me ? It's doubling all my spreadsheets, and not allowing me to delete the addional spreadsheets


texts: com.apple.IconServicesAgent process goes haywire

texts:
Since Mavericks, the com.apple.IconServicesAgent goes haywire approximately once a day on my machine (an early 2013 15in Retina MBP), getting stuck in some sort of while (1) loop.

This causes the laptop to heat up and become sluggish. Icons in Finder don't refresh/load anymore, and the OS gradually becomes unusable. At the same time, this process writes megabytes worth of repeated log messages about failures trying to generate icon cache files, like the following:

5/20/14 10:32:28.002 AM com.apple.IconServicesAgent[232]: Failed to write file /var/folders/94/rfzxfhbn3hjb4p402lg_yjgw0000gn/T/com.apple.IconServices/0895B9DC9B6311D99F7C47ECE89C81D4.iscachebmp.tmp to cache.
    1   IconServices                        0x00007fff8efd1b85 ___ZN18IconImageGenerator4mainEv_block_invoke7 + 634
    2   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88f7e28d _dispatch_client_callout + 8
    3   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88f84a18 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_slow + 460
    4   IconServices                        0x00007fff8efd15ba _ZN18IconImageGenerator4mainEv + 734
    5   IconServices                        0x00007fff8efd2ea8 _ZN11WorkManager11processWorkEP4Work + 112
    6   IconServices                        0x00007fff8efd2e1f ___ZN11WorkManager11enqueueWorkEP4WorkU13block_pointerFvS1_E_block_invoke_5 + 26
    7   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88f811bb _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
    8   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88f7e28d _dispatch_client_callout + 8
    9   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88f827e3 _dispatch_async_redirect_invoke + 154
    10  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88f7e28d _dispatch_client_callout + 8
    11  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88f80082 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 326
    12  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88f81177 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40
    13  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff8480def8 _pthread_wqthread + 314
    14  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff84810fb9 start_wqthread + 13

Kieran Healy describes this issue on his blog [1] and proposes a solution, which reliably works for me (with slight adaptations). Running the the following commands allows the IconServicesAgent to recover:

mkdir -p ${TMPDIR}/com.apple.IconServices
chown -R `whoami` ${TMPDIR}/com.apple.IconServices

However, the problem remains a great annoyance because these commands only solve the symptoms in that precise moment; the issue persists and will reoccur some time later. I am looking for a solution that is smarter than having to wait for my laptop to get very hot and sluggish, and then issuing those commands.

I tried to write a cron job that runs these commands every minute but did not have much success because the ${TMPDIR} environment variable was not available to scripts run by cron. Ultimately, it would be great if there was a way to find out what is messing up this directory, causing the issue in the first place. Many people seem to be having this issue, and there is no compelling answer or solution yet.

[1] http://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2014/01/07/an-issue-in-mavericks-with-com-dot-apple-dot-iconservicesagent/


texts:
When using Finder, the files in my folders do not appear all at the same time. It says "see all" or "see less".

I would like to be able to see all files in my folders at once and make it a default. Anyone can advise me on how to make that change?


texts: Is it possible to fix the spacing when using "ls" with colored output?

texts:
This is the exact same issue found here:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/165154/changing-the-spacing-between-files-in-ls

When you run the command ls -G or CLICOLOR=1; ls the spacing in the output gets squished.

These images demonstrate what's going on (taken from the old thread):

Running ls when CLICOLOR is unset or set to 0:

Running ls -G:

This happens in any terminal emulator (terminal.app, iterm, kitty) and any shell (bash, zsh).

As the commenter points out in the previous thread, this is caused by ls -G setting f_notabs=1. From the source file https://opensource.apple.com/source/file_cmds/file_cmds-242/ls/ls.c.auto.html:

    if (f_color) {
        /*
         * We can't put tabs and color sequences together:
         * column number will be incremented incorrectly
         * for "stty oxtabs" mode.
         */
        f_notabs = 1;
        ...

Is there any way to fix this? I can't find any information on this since 2014.

Obviously this isn't the end of the world, but ls is one of the most frequently called shell commands and being able to have both color and nice spacing makes things easier to read. I am surprised there seems to be very little written about this as I would expect it to impact a large number of people.


texts: How to change username that shows in Terminal?

texts: In the Terminal, my username shows up as keegankuhn (firstnamelastname) when I want it to show kk (firstinitiallastinitial). (I want this to actually change and not just show something else!) How would I do this from my own account?


texts:
I am currently using a MacBook Pro 13" 2015 model with a Samsung U28D590 UHD display.

Currently I am using the HDMI port of the monitor with a mini-displayport to HDMI adapter and receive 4K 30hz output. The display is kind of laggy at the moment, with noticeable input lag with the mouse being the main issue.

When I switch to a lower resolution it returns to 60hz output and it is much smoother (less pixels) and the mouse input lag is gone.

My question is if I just use a displayport cable and receive 4K 60hz output, will this input lag disappear?


texts: Can Apple Watch Series 2 control Homekit devices with Siri?

texts:
Can the New Apple Watch 2 control Homekit enabled devices like the Philips Hue with Siri voice commands like the iPhone can?

I'm thinking of buying an Apple Watch and I need to know whether or not I can control my Hue bulbs with Siri right from the Watch.


texts: how to do a batch change (shift) of file creation date

texts:
OS X Yosemite:

I took thousands of pictures on a trip recently, some from my iPhone, and some from my DSLR camera.

Now, the iPhone automatically gets its time and date from the local cell towers, but the DSLR stayed set with the time and date of its original configuration.

So basically now when I mix all the photos together and sort them by time and date, they are all out of order.  I would like to view the photos chronologically and to do that I need to shift the date and time of all the DSLR photos by the same (time zone) offset.

So basically, I need a command line or a script that will do something like this:

if filename = DSC_*.*
then creation_date = creation_date + 5 hours

I'm asking this for OS X specifically, but I guess it would be interesting to know how to do this in Windows or Linux as well.


texts: Light weight, free way to record a video with a blurred background using Mac webcam?

texts:
When recording a video, sometimes it's preferable to blur the background, especially when working from home or outside the typical office environment.
I didn't figure out how to blur the background of a photo booth video recording, so I record without blurring the background. But blurring the background usually makes videos look much more professional. Example:

What is the quickest and easiest way to record a video from a mac webcam that blurs the background? (preferably using software that comes with macOS, but if not, something free and very light weight is preferred)


texts: iPhone Screen Recording simulation on Windows

texts:
I need to make a video of browsing websites on iPhone. I don't have a Mac so I can't make Airplay mirroring and record it there.
Is there any way to do it on Windows 10? I need to keep video resolution same as iPhone has.
It's one time thing, freely is the best.


texts: iPhone went through wash - charging flashligh comes on

texts: Someone, please help me I really don't want to buy a new iPhone! Also it isn't recognised by iTunes.


texts: How do I set an animated desktop background without OnyX?

texts:
In OnyX, there is a setting in Parameters > General > Animated desktop background: where animated wallpapers can be set. While this doesn't seem to work very seamlessly (moving between spaces displays old wallpaper briefly etc.) and doesn't persist over restarts, I wonder how OnyX does this.

Is there some hidden setting where one can do this without OnyX?

Note that my question is not about how to set gifs as wallpapers (although maybe this is what OnyX does?).

System: 10.11.5


texts: Which are the ways to access "Now Playing" in WatchOS 3?

texts:
I make use of the Now Playing view on Apple Watch to switch between songs playing on my iPhone's Soundcloud app.

However, I haven't yet found a satisfying (fast) way to access this view.

In WatchOS 3, the only way I know of is to click the "Dock" button on the side, and then swipe through the active apps to the location of Now Playing, and then click it. I think it's cumbersome.

I was hoping that there would be a complication to access this view, but for some reason Apple hasn't included one.

There is a Music complication, and once in that app, there is a "Now Playing" button. But strangely it doesn't seem to be linked to what's playing on my iPhone at the moment, even when I've set the Source to my iPhone. Perhaps this "Now Playing" function is reserved for Apple Music only.

So, my question is, what are the possible ways to access the Now Playing view? Is there something I'm missing?


texts: Can an iPad be charged faster with a third party power adapter?

texts:
I recently came into possession of a Samsung usb charger. This charger has double the power output of the standard apple one (5Vx2A instead of 1A). Of course, it would be nice to decrease the charging time of my iPad (3rd gen) with this adapter. Since I don't have the equipment to measure the power consumption of an iPad during charging I can't produce reliable data on this issue.

I was wondering if somebody ever studied the charging times of mobile apple devices (most notably the iPad) with third-party chargers and could share some  data (like power consumption, charging times, ...) on it.


texts: Ten years old nightmare to make facetime calls to South America

texts:
I live in Europe. Here I have a 200/100 MBPS fiber connection that works like heaven. Never drops, almost zero issues, an an uptime rate of almost 100% through the year. They have installed a super router here, capable of 433 MBPS. Everything works very well.
Then I have a family member in South America. She is using a DOCSYS connection. They say her connection speed is 400/200 MBPS but you know how crappy docsys technology is compared to fiber, but anyway, this is the problem.
She had an iPhone and iPad there, both configured with messages and facetime.
She is 70% computer literate.
Situations:

I facetime her. I listen it ringing here. She did not hear it ringing there.
I send her a message. The message stays clogged here and is not delivered.

Both problems happen if their devices are sitting there, without being used, for a while.
If I call her using a regular telefone, she goes to the devices, put them on airplane mode and them back to normal mode and now the calls and the messages work.
It is a nightmare.
The only thing I can think that she does is that she turns off messages and facetime over cellular when she arrives home (wifi).
She tells me that her phone and iPad always engage in cellular mode because they "lose the wifi" and because internet over cellular is expansive there, she turns cellular data off.
The telecom replaced her router 3 times and the current one is brand new, high speed router (2.4/5GHz).
What can be wrong? This problem is a nightmare.
Any ideas? Something in the router I can change?


texts:
I am trying to find mp3 and mp4 on my external hd.

I tried to follow these methods here.

How Can I Search A Specific Type of File in Mac?

This did not work

kind: mp3
kind: mp4

This was the only method that would seem to work.

find / -iname '*mp4' 2>/dev/null
find / -iname '*mp3' 2>/dev/null

I am using el capitan. After I click the other button the File Extension option does not seem to exist anymore.

Start a search with Command+F.
Click on the '+' icon on the far side of the taskbar
Select the type from the 'kind' pull-down menu. Select 'other' and then find 'File extension'

I don't see show all or file extension anywhere.

Open a Find Window (cmd-f) or do a spotlight search and select "show all"
Hit the little "+" icon (to the right of the 'save' button)
Select File Type as a search criteria and select the correct one.
Rerun the search.

This didn't seem to do anything.

.mp3
.mp4


texts: Safari alternative to gleebox for mouseless navigation?

texts:
When I switch to Safari from Chrome I really miss the mouseless navigation plugin that highlights every link and input with a letter ("A", "B"... "AA", "AB"...) and typing that combination + Enter follows the link.

I've found out gleebox, that seems to be a multibrowser alternative, but it is not as fast and most of all the project seems abandoned.

Can you suggest a good way to navigate the web without using a mouse with Safari? Thanks


texts: Macbook pro trackpad stops working after plugging in USB mouse in Windows 7 under bootcamp

texts:
We have a new Macbook Pro which we've installed Windows 7 under boot camp. We've also installed the drivers off the OSX CD.

When I plugged in a USB mouse the Trackpad stops working, which is fine because I've got the mouse. When I unplug the USB mouse the track pad still doesn't work.

Has anyone else experienced the behaviour? Is there a solution to it?


texts: Removing Windows 10 Partitions on Mac (El Capitan)?

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After attempting to install Windows 10 via Bootcamp, I've ended up with a failed install and multiple windows partitions.  See screenshot below.  The only ones that i need in my 512Gb SSD are disk0 and disk0s2.  Disk0s9 was my bootcamp partition.  Disk utility hasn't helped.

Any ideas from anybody on how to remove these extra windows partitions? Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.


texts: How many times can i charge iPad2 Battery?

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I want to know how many times can i charge iPad2 Battery.
I heard that iPad Battery can recharge 1000 times.
if recharge 1000 times over,that battery will be damage.
Is that right?
Please tell me about ipad battery.


texts: Setting for keeping the states of Finder tabs in macOS Catalina

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I upgraded to macOS Catalina recently. Before the update, I was able to reinstate the last state of the Finder Tabs.

However, after the update, I am unable to find any settings which do this! Can anyone let me know how to deal with the situation, please?

Thanks in Advance for considering my request.


texts: Why does Adobe Reader require an installer?

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Does anyone know why Adobe Reader requires a permissioned installer application, rather that simply existing as a self contained macOS application bundle?

What system level configurations is the installer making changes to, and why does Adobe feel they are needed for a simple PDF reader?


texts: Finder cannot see any files on NTFS mount

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I installed osxfuse and ntfs-3g and it worked well till today to read NTFS partitions.
Since today, after brew upgrade yesterday, Finder cannot see any file in NTFS root or folders, though they show up in terminal.
And asking Jdownloader2 to open a file downloaded on the NTFS partition  invokes openanyfile on that file instead of the default application for that file type, it works if supported.
I see macfuse is installed too, maybe from brew upgrade ? To solve the issue I uninstalled macfuse, ntfs-3g and osxfuse, and the files show up again in Finder (but not writable). Then I reinstalled osxfuse and ntfs-3g (I got Warning: ntfs-3g has been deprecated because it requires FUSE! from Brew), reboot, and I get the same issue again : files not showing up in Finder but with Terminal it works.
Version is Catalina 10.15.3
Any idea how I could solve this issue ?


texts: Mac Mini mid-2010 - fan spins up for a second, then stops

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I have a Mac Mini 4.1 mid-2010 with High Sierra installed currently. Everything works perfectly, however I noticed that the fan is regularly spinning up for just a second, then stops again for several seconds and the cycle repeats. Trying to set a fan speed manually with macsfancontrol doesn't change the behaviour at all.
However the app seems to be able to read out the fan speed correctly, it shows 0rpm when the fan isn't spinning and a few hundred rpm when it's briefly turning on.
The fan is able to spin freely, there is nothing physically blocking it. I cleaned the computer and added new thermal compound to the heatsink. All cables are connected and there doesn't seem to be any damage to the mainboard.
What could cause this strange behaviour?


texts: Entering Unicode Characters with `ssh ... tmux -CC a -t mySession` on iTerm2

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When I ssh into the server and then open tmux, I'm able to enter in Unicode characters. It seems that the problem is specifically with sshing directly with tmux -CC a -t mySession.

Edit:
I'm trying to enter unicode characters from my keyboard into text files on my EC2 Ubuntu server with iTerm2 on my macbook using tmux. When I ssh directly into the server and attach to a tmux session, I'm able to enter in unicode characters. If, however, I ssh into tmux directly with the command ssh -i my.pem ubuntu@ec2_domain.com -t 'tmux -CC a -t mySession', I'm unable to enter Unicode characters.


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My Mac became very slow and lagged (can't use it normally)
I opened the activity monitor to check where's the issue
but I could not reach to a good result
because the kernel_task was the process which consume most of the processing
and I can't stop it (because I aware , it's the system itself)
After many researches , looks this kernel_task contain many processes
Now , I even can't detect which process which make this huge processing
I'm confused because many people have this issue and deal with it as (destiny)
they say , no solution for it !!
the below image explain the issue (note , it even exceed this number and reach to more than 95% CPU usage)

and here's my device and system info


texts: My iPhone 5s screen is blacked out and I can't turn it off by using the screen and buttons.  How do I open the phone so I can remove the battery to turn it off?


texts: How do I remap function modifier combinations?

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I would like to remap the key binding Shift+Option+7 (⇧⌥ 7) for the backward-slash \ to something much simpler like Option+. (⌥ .) perhaps using a command line tool like hdiutil.

The answer to "How do I remap a key in macOS Sierra, e.g., Right Alt to Right Control?" is quite clear about the guidelines provided in Apple's Technical Note TN2450. However, what is not clear to me is what the hex value is for characters typed using combinations of function modifier keys. I am running macOS Mojave on a 2018 MBP13 with German keyboard layout.

Can somebody tell me how I should proceed?


texts: Latest Model 13" MacBook Pro i7 - Disk slow beyond belief

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It seems that all disk operations are 50x slower. Reboot time = 15 minutes. Dekstop freezes every time disk accessed.

Is there anything I can do? The machine is virtually unusable. This has been going on for 3 days now.


texts: Dual-monitor – dialog boxes appear on "wrong" screen

texts: At home I work regularly between two monitors – I have a Dell monitor connected to my MacBook Pro. It's not something I've done a whole lot until recently so I was trying to find a solution to the problem that when I'm working in an application on the connected monitor, how can I always have the dialog boxes for that application open on that monitor, and vice versa? It's pretty annoying and definitely slows down work a bit, especially if an application open on the other monitor is in full screen.


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I am having some problems searching and sorting data on my internal RAID drive. I have a Mac Pro tower (10.12.4) with five internal drives. One is a SATA SSD connected via PCIe as my boot disk (name: Server OS). The other four drives are in a software RAID 10 (name: Server RAID, set up by disk utility). Some time recently (within the last month, I believe, but I am not positive), I lost the ability to search for files on the Server RAID disk.

Basically, whenever I search within folders in the disk, I get this searching icon:  But the window looks like this forever, and the search never turns up a single match. Something else I noticed is that anything that is on this disk and is tagged (using the color labels built in to macOS) does NOT turn up when I sort by the tagged colors in Finder. When I run this task in automator: I get this error:

Other tidbits: I am the only user and administrator of this computer. I have tried rebooting it and reinstalling macOS. I HAVE tried getting spotlight to reindex* (see note at bottom) but without success. Recently, I have (relatively recently) made the following changes to my system:

Updated macOS from 10.12.3
Added website hosting using macOS Server (it's currently only hosting a test website, so it's only accessible via IP, not domain, so it should not be receiving any traffic).

*Note regarding reindexing of Spotlight: To reindex Spotlight, I went to System Preferences -> Spotlight -> Privacy. I added the Server RAID disk to the list of things for spotlight to ignore, then quit System Preferences. I reopened System Preferences, and did the same thing in reverse. I monitored my CPU usage for about 3 minutes afterwards, and it didn't increase, making me think that spotlight actually DIDN'T reindex.

QUESTION:
Can someone please explain why this might be happening and how to fix it?


texts: Imported Aperture library into Photos, "Show Referenced File in Finder" does nothing

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I just finished importing my Aperture library into Photos using the official import process. My Aperture library used referenced masters on an external drive, and I had my external drive connected during the import process.

With my external drive still connected, nothing happens when I two-finger click on a thumbnail and choose "Show Referenced File in Finder." Any ideas?


texts: Spotlight re-indexing takes too long or doesn't work

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Issue
After forcing Spotlight to reindex, no files or directories can be found.
Setup
I've got a MacBook Pro 15" 2017 with a 512 GB SSD: 250 GB main volume (36 free) and a BOOTCAMP partition (not indexed), running macOS High Sierra (10.13.6). The file system is APFS.
How it happened
I wanted to force a Spotlight re-indexing (because a file, that was definitely in place, was missing in Search), so I added the whole volume to System Preferences -> Spotlight -> Privacy, and then removed it from there (Apple Support link), which should've caused a full Spotlight reindex. It did. a bunch of mdworker processes appeared and started consuming CPU time and reading stuff from disk (which is expected).
Then they stopped. They are still there but they don't seem to be doing anything judging by the CPU load / disk usage stats.
And yet, now I can't find ANY files. Spotlight doesn't output any files / directories at all. It only outputs other stuff like visited emails, Dictionary suggestions, etc. Search (in Finder) doesn't work either.
What I tried:

Waiting for ~12 hours. I can't believe indexing ~220 Gb of content on a 3Gb/s SSD takes so long. Especially considering the zero CPU load.

Rebooting the mac (didn't help) and repeating the whole sequence again, waiting a few seconds before removing the disk from "Privacy" and waiting for quite a long time again.

running sudo mdutil -E / with the same effect as before (high CPU load -> no CPU load -> nothing is indexed).

By the way, running mdutil -s / returns Indexing enabled.
There's no "Indexing" bar in my Spotlight window, if that's important.
Questions
Is there anything else I could try other than waiting for the problem to solve itself or updating to Mojave? Maybe there are more verbose Spotlight logs somewhere or something?
Possibly related question (no answer): Spotlight borked after macOS Sierra update (AskDifferent).


texts: I have developed an application for which I had registered a name on apple itunes portal. As my application is done now and I needed to upload the binary, I got invalid binary error many times. I thought I should start over the process to create the app again. I deleted the app and tried to create it again with the same name. Now it gives me error when I try to create the app with the same name.


texts: Copy and paste entire song in GarageBand for iPad

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In GarageBand for iPad, how do I get my song to repeat, so that the song is played twice its duration?

The song has ten tracks and 25 sections. I just want to select all and copy-paste the whole song at the end of the song so it’s twice as long and repeated once.


texts: E-Mail notifications only work for first e-mail account (GMail)?

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Currently I finally - way too late - noticed that still in iOS 6, the Apple Mail app is not sending me push notifications - or any notifications for that matter - for any of my e-mail accounts except the first one, which happens to be my GMail account.

The other ones (of 6 total) are: Another GMail account, a Nate(.com) & Daum(.net) account and two domain names I bought (one via GoogleApps, the other not).

My settings are: Push and "Fetch every 15 minutes", with Fetch activated for all email accounts named above.

So as I get no notifications (and thus today missed an important e-mail in the afternoon, even though I kept an eye on my phone), I wonder how to troubleshoot this?

Finally I wonder why "push" is still not a reality? I mean in all my settings there is no "push" option, for whatever of the above accounts I use. Is "push" only possible when you have a Blackberry or Sharepoint or sth. ?


texts: iPhone lock time not showing showing all options

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On my iPhone running iOS 7, I can only set auto-lock times of up to one hour. My son's can have an auto-lock time of up to three hours, and there's no obvious difference between our two phones.

Simple guides such as eHow don't make any mention of any advanced option. How do I enable longer auto-lock times?


texts: Can I stream from Safari silverlight to AppleTV?

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I'm using Sky Sports Now TV to watch live sport on my Mac. This is via the silverlight plugin in Safari. Can I use something to divert this video feed to my Apple TV so I can watch on my television without using a cable?

I should clarify, I need a solution right now since I want to watch the Heineken Cup rugby final starting now and I have a 2009 MacBook Pro so I can't use AirPlay.


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I imported a set of .mov files as a TV show, or at least I tried to.

I imported them into iTunes, set them to the same "Show" name, numbered them as season 1, episodes 1-6. I also named them "Episode One", "Episode Two", etc. I also marked them as "Media kind: TV Show".

Everything looks fine in iTunes. The problem is when I sync them to my iPhone, when I look in Videos, under TV Shows, it shows "Episode One" as the name of the show.

So for example, on my iPhone, under TV shows I might see: Breaking Bad (4 episodes), Mad Men (2 episodes), House (3 episodes), Episode One (6 episodes).

How can I make the iPhone display the show name? Both "Show" and "Sort Show" are set, but the iPhone seems to be ignoring them...


texts: Checklist and tools for confirming a Macbook is working correctly

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Thinking about buying a used Apple laptop computer, and wondering if there are any manual checklist or tools for confirming an Apple laptop is working correctly via some sort of automated diagnostics.

I'm not concerned about the state of any software on the computer, and the best solution would be me just running the diagnostics on boot from a thumb-drive, since I'd like to avoid having to install software on a computer I would not own at the point it's being tested.

Also, it'd be nice if the diagnostics output a report and any data it was able to discover on the spec of the hardware present.


texts: How can I specify shutdown time with "sudo shutdown"?

texts: In the following Terminal command sudo shutdown -r now, there is a time set ("...now"). Is there a way to set a specific time.  For example, could it be sudo shutdown -r -int 1200?


texts: is there any way to cache network content and management well by the cache system

texts: Many website was blocked from my area, so I want some way to cache network resource to my local machine when I am offline from Inernete or VPN not avaliable. So at that time I could still access to some important resource I needed, for example some kubernetes article and images,or some videos, it needed to management well by the cache system, is there any good way?


texts: How can I browse to /tmp to select a file in a file dialog window, such as the one Chrome uses to select an attachment? I am aware of how to browse to other folders as explained here. I could probably drag and drop, but I would prefer to simply select the file from a list in the appropriate folder.


texts: iPhone 6 - message saying accessory may not be supported

texts: I have an iPhone 6 which I recently updated to ios 11. Before the system update, I would occasionally get a notice saying "This accessory may not be supported" with a dismiss button. I have since updated to ios 11 but the notice still randomly appears. I know of nothing I do which triggers it or how it originated. Does anyone know how to stop this message from appearing?


texts: Recover photos lost by a restore operation?

texts:
I'm using iOS 11. I had around 5000 photos on my phone. I took the following steps:

Took a local computer (on Mac) backup via iTunes.
Did the factory reset & erased the entire phone.
Restarted the phone with a fresh setup and took around 20 photos.
After a few hours later I reconnected my phone to my Mac and restored the backup took in the 1st step

The fourth step might have overridden those 20 photos and I'm not able to recover those. I tried various softwares but nothing worked. Is there a way I can get back those photos or does iTunes took a backup before the restore?


texts: I have 3 apple devices (one phone and 2 Ipads). If I turn off icloud library on my phone can I delete photos on my phone without deleting them on the other two devices?


texts: My mac is going very slow after I update xcode to 8.2 I checked activity monitor which is showing a process name ibtoold many times with huge memory consumption. Can anyone help please?


texts: Does macOS Sierra support Server Side Copy via SMB and/or AFP?

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I'm using FreeNAS and it has the option to share data using SMB or AFP. Since I recently learned that AFP is being deprecated, I'm hesitant to use AFP but I'v read that AFP supports Server Side Copy and SMB on Mac does not.

I want to confirm both points with the Ask Different crowd:

Does macOS Sierra connecting to a FreeNAS server via AFP support Server Side Copy?
Does macOS Sierra connecting to a FreeNAS server via SMB support Server Side Copy?

Based on release notes, FreeNAS supports Samba 4.1.4 (SMB3), and thus supports Server-Side Copy when connect with compatible clients.


texts:
DC++ and Strong DC++ are powerful applications for the PC.

I would like to know if there is an appropriate software for Mac OS X (Lion preferably) which can connect to hubs in my network.


texts: I have a problem. I have a MacBook Pro and a Xkeys 80. Xkeys basically records shortcut keys like a macro. But it is not sensing the push of the FN key. I use a program called controller mate to program the Xkeys and they are of no real help on the issue. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas how to go about putting the FN key on a different key or the unicode so that I can get the Xkeys to grab it as a key press. I know this sounds weird and I understand in my head what I am saying just not how to describe it. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.


texts:
I was wondering if it is possible to delete my one and only user account because I am creating a script to add and remove users on my Mac.

I have this command here:

sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete "/Users/ali"

I'm a little bit worried to test that because I don't want to delete my only user with all my files so is it possible?


texts: My Macbook was smashed and subsequently ruined. I was able to save the hard drive and am wondering if it is possible to retrieve the photos that were on it. I don't care about anything else that is on it.


texts:
My wife and I share a laptop at the house. Because iCloud works best when each individual has their own account (in particular reminders and photos), we each have our own iCloud accounts and therefor our own photo streams.

I love that Power Nap will automatically pull down photos from Photo Stream and then back them up to Time Machine. It basically means that only videos are the thing at risk if my phone happens to explode or get stolen. So far so good.

However, it is unclear (even when trying it!) if Power Nap will pull down photos for all users on the laptop, or if it'll only work for the logged in user. I've tried testing this myself and the results are inconclusive, so I'm guessing the answer is either "No" or "Yes, but it's very buggy". I'm hoping someone else has experience with this and can shed some light on what they've observed.

Will Power Nap work for multiple users?


texts: "iTunes media folder location" keeps reverting to local storage instead of persisting the NAS location, how to stop this?

texts:
I have my iTunes music held on a NAS box and apart from severe lag times, it works fine, however, occasionally iTunes just switches the 'media folder location' back to the local machine without even asking me.
The wifi connections between iMac/NAS/Router are fine and are always available.
How can I prevent it from automatically switching it back?


texts: What is the real meaning of the "WiFi strength" indictor?

texts:
In the WiFi list, I see full signal for my WiFi. Since I'm quite far away from the access point and the WiFi works poorly, I double checked the signal strength with WiFi Diagnostics. This tool tells me - no surprise - that I have a weak signal.

The symbol indicates full signal strength, even though I have a week signal. What is this symbol good for then?


texts: How to move shared albums data from Photos externally

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I recently moved my Photos library to an external SSD. Unfortunately shared album data still lives locally inside ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.cloudphotosd/Data/Library/Application Support/com.apple.cloudphotosd/services/com.apple.photo.icloud.sharedstreams/

I tried symlinking the folder to the external SSD, but Photos seems to overwrite the symlink.

Is there a known workaround to moved shared album data externally?


texts: Open MPI broken after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.14.6

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After upgrading to 10.14.6, openmpi no longer works on my MacBook Air (2019). Attempting to run any related commands mpicxx or mpiexec produce the error

    dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/libevent/lib/libevent-2.1.6.dylib

I reinstalled the latest versions of openmpi (4.0.1) and libevent (2.1.11) (this wasn't necessary in the previous openmpi installation, but  openmpi could not make without it). However, even though the installation of openmpi was successful, it still seems to be still corrupted and fails with the same error as above when running mpiexec.

Any ideas what is causing this, or how to get this working again?


texts: cant get my number to change from email to my phone number

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I am need ing to know how I can use my cell phone number to send and recieve messages instead of my email address.

When I go to my settings to change it my number is in grey and my email address is in black and I am needing to know how I can fix that?


texts: How to disable apps from auto launch if I have already disabled them?

texts:
When I turn my Mac on, Messages, Mail and Creative Cloud are opened automatically on the main screen. It looks like this:

It eally annoys!

I have checked my login items and there are not such apps.

How I can disable them? I would like to open my laptop and see clean screen.

EDIT

Screenshot from bach


texts: How can I dynamically choose smart or non-smart quotes?

texts:
In Keynote and Pages (and other apps), I can set a preference in the Auto-correction pane to use smart quotes.  However, I'm writing a bunch of slides that include code.  When typing the code, I don't want to use smart quotes, as they are syntactically incorrect for the language I'm using.  On the other hand, I often have descriptive text where I'd like to use the smart quotes.

I'm getting sick of bringing up the preferences pane several times in a row, just to switch my smart quotes preference back and forth.  There has to be an easier way. I know that cmd-, makes getting to the preference pane easy, but then I have to click one or more mouse clicks.

Is there?  Can I do something so that my smart quote choice is made as I type the quote?
Or is there a way to make the switching easier?
Or can I map a different key somewhere to "smart quote"?  That wouldn't be so bad -- hit the caps lock key for smart quote and the regular key for straight quotes.  Oh, wait, I need to do that for apostrophe also. . .


texts: Logic board replacement or repair (for booting issue)?

texts:
I have a 2012 MacBook Pro 13 inch non-retina model .

The issue was ,from past one year I used to get service battery message but I still kept using without worrying about it.

The OS  would boot sometimes or else it would not boot at all showing flashing folder with a question mark. Then I upgraded the hard drive that came with the device with an SSD thinking I would solve this problem by updating the OS to Mojave which runs on APFS system which they said was good with SSD. The booting issues were still there. I upgraded the battery thinking it would solve the booting issues.But only after which it did not boot at all.

The battery was either always full or didn’t charge at all it was very confusing because the MagSafe cable was green all time the os was very slow even if it booted.

Took it to an Apple authorised service centre where they say even after changing the hard drive flex cable the booting issues are still there.

They can any time call me to take back the MacBook(as it was)as it’s been 2 months they’re working on it but no solutions found as I am being updated by them on a weekly basis.


texts: How can I select all files within a directory with subfolders?

texts: I'm in the process of cleaning up my wickedly bad "Digital Photos" folder. I've got a workflow I like, but I need a better way of selecting the files. What I'd like to be able to do is select a top-level folder and somehow automagically select all the *.jpg files within both that folder AND any subfolders. I need to move all the *.jpg files to a single directory for easier processing, and having to do it one folder at a time after 10+ years of mis-matched filing systems is just taking way too long.


texts:
I recently acquired a second-hand (new, for me) MacBook Pro Retina Mid-2012 model. Also, in the near past, I upgraded it to El Capitan, and it is currently on OS X 10.11.1 (15B42).

Last week, it worked flawlessly, and ran for several hours on its battery— until its battery suddenly stalled out charging at 59%, and it started immediately losing power when the the cord is disconnected.

In summary:

The battery suddenly stopped charging, and was stuck at 59%, which has since decreased to 56%.
If I disconnect the charger, it shuts down immediately.
The battery status is "Replace now" even though it worked nominally last week and only reports having had 65 cycles. I believe it briefly read "Service battery" before that.

I have reset both the NVRAM and the SMC twice apiece. I am going to try to scare up another charger next. Does anyone have any further suggestions to try before paying the money for a battery replacement?

My previous experience with old MacBook batteries has been that they have slowly degraded to the point that they would only hold a charge for a few minutes, rather than suddenly dropping from nominal performance to complete inability to charge the computer, so I suspect the issue is not an old battery, and paying to replace it may not fix the problem.

I share the same problems with this question, however I don't have a warranty to fall back on:
New MacBook Pro slow performance, battery not working


texts: Long Press on Notifications on iPhone XR Not Working

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I have a new iPhone XR running iOS 12.1.

When I get a new notification (such as an iMessage, a Reminder, etc.) on the lock screen, I should be able to long-press on the notification (instead of force/3D touch) and see shortcut options (or quick reply, in the case of iMessage).

These options are all enabled in Settings and I have tried rebooting my device and it still doesn't work. FaceID has unlocked the device and I know additional options are available because I can still swipe notifications to the right and select "View" which shows what I would expect to see when long-pressing the notification.

I submitted a radar to Apple, so hopefully they address it. But I just wanted to see if anyone else has run into this and found a solution.


texts: iMac randomly logging out (High Sierra and Mojave)

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For the last month or so, my mac has been randomly logging out overnight. When I come back in the morning, it's at the login screen and all my applications need to restart. I know it's not a full reboot because my uptime steadily increases and when I run last reboot or last shutdown they are days ago.
I've tried examining the logs, and it looks like perhaps com.apple.WindowServer is crashing. I'm not sure if that's a consistent symptom though (or why it would crash, and only overnight - never while I'm actively working).
Running on an iMac, using macOS Mojave (although also happened on High Sierra).
Logs: https://pastebin.com/1nnZPNcC
Of note, the point where the logout happens starts with:

Oct 18 05:26:02 Christophers-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.WindowServer[99537]): Service exited due to SIGABRT
Oct 18 05:26:02 Christophers-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.ViewBridgeAuxiliary[98359]): Service exited with abnormal code: 2
Oct 18 05:26:04 Christophers-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.ViewBridgeAuxiliary): Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 9 seconds.
Oct 18 05:26:04 Christophers-iMac sessionlogoutd[98360]: DEAD_PROCESS: 99533 console


texts:
How to resize for Linux?

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            249.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

diskutil resizePartition dis0s1 100GB?


texts: Can you override app sandboxing, force app to use working directory?

texts:
I'm trying to configure asymptote on my mac, which is a mathematical graphing language for LaTeX. The program is a Unix command line utility. According to the configuring instructions at http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/doc/Configuring.html, you can set the PDF reader for automatic opening with this utility. When I set pdfviewer="/Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview"; (which is the path for the command line executable for Preview.app), then rending a graphic with asymptote results in this error:

2012-10-10 10:15:08.758 Preview[45884:707] PVPDFPageContainer initWithURL:out.pdf -- file://localhost/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/ failed, error = Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “out.pdf” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo=0x7f99f2c6d590 {NSFilePath=/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/out.pdf, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f99f2c6d500 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory"}

Clearly Preview is attempting to open the document by filename in its local sandbox directory ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/. Can I somehow override this behavior, and force Preview to look for the file in the process's working directory?


texts: I need iPhoto, but I don't know if I deleted it or I just never had it to begin with.  I'm currently running OSX Lion.


texts: MacBook Air problems after upgrading from Yosemite to High Sierra

texts:
Today I installed macOS High Sierra after doing some research. Obviously it was a big mistake. I used it successfully for about an hour, then when I was online I unplugged my laptop and everything went kablooey. Like a blue screen for Macs. Staticky horizontal lines with constant flashing  - that was all I saw.

Made a little progress when I restarted holding down commandR. But the screen was split horizontally across the middle, always moving, so I could see the top choice in utilities which was recover but I couldn’t choose it because I couldn’t get to the button on the bottom. It was in the bottom half of the screen that was just lines.

Eventually the Utilities screen would just slowly fade out so I couldn’t see it anymore. So I turned the machine off again. Also tried restarting my router because I read that errors were sometimes with Wi-Fi. No luck.

I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO FIX THIS!  I FOUND A KEYSTROKE COMBO ONLINE THAT ALLOWED ME TO HAVE THE BACKUP DRIVE (WHICH I'D USED JUST BEFORE THE FATAL UPGRADE) DO A RECOVERY.  I'M BACK TO YOSEMITE, AND VERY HAPPY!


texts: cannot access files in trash previously on external harddrive

texts:
I have no problem making a list of all files in the trash provided those files were previously on the main harddrive, but when those files were previously on an external harddrive I can't access them with Terminal or Python. At first, I ran into permission errors but I've since changed the permissions.  For example,
ls /users/me/.Trash

will print out what is actually in the trash.  But when I do the following:
ls /volumes/edrive/.Trashes

I just get 503 even though there is a file in there not named 503. For some reason the trash folder is called .Trashes when it's on an external hard-drive.  I'm also trying it with Python which is what I want to use anyway:
import os
os.listdir('/volumes/edrive/.Trashes')

Outputs
['503']


texts: How to stop folder save location suggestion in ipadOS - Save to Files?

texts:
Attempting to save a file to icloud drive via the Save to Files option.
On save to files option, I get presented with a small box in the middle of the screen.
It takes me to a folder, presumably apple has coded it to presume where I might want to file saved.

The problem is:
This is no where near where I want the file to be saved.
The suggested save location is not even in the place where I saved my last file! - (a few minutes before)

Is anyone else finding this frustrating issue with “Save to Files?” Can it be changed? I don’t even mind it starting at the base level, the file locations. I’m just annoyed at having to come out of a weird suggested save location, every time.
Alternatively, Is there any alternatives or better ways of file management on iPadOS?


texts: How to unstyle incorrect (bold and italic) font display in Safari and Firefox?

texts:
I recently noticed that some sites/blogs I visit using either Safari or Firefox are showing fonts incorrectly. My site is included which is why I realised this was a problem.  Instead of the correct styles the main font of the page is displaying bold and italic. Is this a problem on my system? How can I fix it?

Here is a picture of problem — fonts are showing in bold and italic when they should be unstyled.


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I am trying to take user input and send the data to a url on my site to do some checks against my database.  In my php script I cant display any of the POST variables.  it seems like the data is not being sent.  I am new to AppleScript so perhaps I am not doing this correctly?

APPLESCRIPT:

set email to the text returned of (display dialog "Enter in your Email:" default answer "")

set productKey to the text returned of (display dialog "Enter in your Product Key:" default answer "")

display dialog "Email: " & email & "
Product Key: " & productKey

set theURL to "http://mysite/testing.php?email=email&productKey=productKey"
do shell script "curl " & quoted form of theURL

PHP:

<?php
echo "made it before post";

    if (!empty($_POST))
    {
        $email  = $_POST["email"];
        $productKey = $_POST["productKey"];
        echo "Made it here";
        echo $email;
        echo $productKey;
    }
?>


texts:
I can't erase all content and settings on my iPhone 6s+.

When I enter my passcode, restrictions PIN, and iCloud password it displays an error telling me that verification failed, there was an error connecting to iCloud.

What's causing this and how can I fix it?


texts:
I have a Mid-2014 MBP retina 15" running OSX 10.11.5. It runs flawlessly except for occasional Safari freezes. It happens only while I'm using Safari, and mostly when I try to close a tab. I've contacted Apple support multiple times, and they advised me to try a few things, none of which worked. I've tried to following:

cleared history
deleted cashes in ~/Library/caches and /Library/caches/

When it freezes, everything freezes with absolutely no response, so I have to do a hard reset every time. What could be the problem? How can I diagnose the problem and fix it?


texts: I have an iPad 2 that recently stopped being able to connect to Wi-Fi Network. I tried with different routers (one of which is AirPort Extreme), different security settings (including no password), tried resetting to factory both router and iPad, tried resetting network settings and even tried upgrading to iOS 9 all with no luck. Did anyone ever run across this problem?


texts: I recently purchased a Macbook Pro and I'd like to run Windows 8.1. I purchased Windows 8.1 online and got a downloadable version. I now tried to run the bootcamp assistant and was asked to insert a CD which I obviously do not have. Is it possible to install it based on my exe-file I got from Microsoft?


texts: Spaces and Expose Overview using the 2nd Monitor

texts:
I have two monitors, and 9 (3x3) virtual desktops. When I invoke the Spaces overview mode of expose, everything gets pulled onto the primary display. It creates one overview with 3x3 desktops, although each desktop is a weird shape of two rectangles touching and offset, representing the two monitors.

I would much prefer to have both desktops used for this view, with a 3x3 display of the primary spaces on the primary display, and a 2nd 3x3 display of the secondary desktops on the second display.

Does anyone know of a defaults command or 3rd party app that supports this?


texts: Headless Mac mini: Share Screen + FileVault

texts:
At the office we have a Mac mini that will be used to run a Teamcity agent. It is a requirement from our security department that we enable FileVault on this machine.

I will also need to manage remotely (via Screen Sharing) this Mac mini from my laptop. I don't want to have to plug in a monitor + mouse + keyboard to manage the build agent.

On this Mac mini, we have 2 accounts: 1 admin account, and 1 teamcity account (standard user). Since the plist file that will run the agent is located in /Users/teamcity/Library/LauchAgents, I currently need to log in (via the login screen) as teamcity for the agent to start.

My problem is that after I restart the Mac mini, I can't "Share Screen" with the Mac mini.

The only solution around this that I found is to manually log in (from the login screen) to the teamcity account. Of course, I don't want to have to plug in a keyboard + monitor to start the agent.

My question is: how can I remotely "Share Screen" to a FileVault-enabled Mac, if the target user (teamcity) is not logged in?


texts: Can the Macbook 12 inch handle XCode/Eclipse for Android/iOS development?

texts:
I know that Macbook 12 inch was created for battery life and it's lightness instead of performance, but I am really curious about it's performance for development purposes.

Did anyone actually test it on the real device? If so, what do you think? If not, what's your opinion anyways?

While XCode is compiling, will I be able to open safari without seeing "the rainbow"? Slow compilation is not a problem, but I want to know if it hogs the whole OS or not.


texts: skin for iPod touch 4G that works with universal dock

texts:
I am looking for a thin/tight yet robust rubberish/silicon skin for my latest iPod touch 4G. It should have a single black or dark gray color and not not have any pimples or ripples.

Simply put: as unobstrusive and robust as possible.

Also the iPod touch still should fit into the apple universal dock.

Wich skin would you suggest?

If you can't come up with one that works with the dock, could you at least suggest a general good skin (thin, tight, robust). I have tried the "COOL BANANAS Value Pack for iPod Touch 4G" and it is really not worth its money.


texts: Can I put my iPhone 4 sim card into a new iPhone 4S?

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I have an iPhone 4, and want to upgrade to an iPhone 4S. Can I just buy one and switch my sim card?

My current iPhone is through my ex's account. I don't want him knowing I'm getting a new one. My name isn't on the account, so I was hoping to just purchase the phone, then put my sim in there.


texts:
I have iTunes on my Windows 7 PC. I love how flawlessly iPhones sync with iTunes, but I have an Android phone :( Is there an easy way to plug in my Android and sync it with iTunes?

If it matters I have an HTC First.


texts: How much is should pay and from where I can find tools to develop for IPhone and IPad

texts:
I am new to mac dev world. every where i try to download or do something i find "you should pay $99".

I want xcode to develop these apps, and test them before putting on the market place.

how much i should pay in total and from where I can download this xcode to start programming?

please provide me with links.


texts: Has the account that customers use to log into Apple services always been known as an Apple ID?

texts: Has the account that customers use to log into Apple's various services always been known as an "Apple ID" - or was this originally known as a different name? As an example - when the iTunes Store originally launched, no reference is made as to the name of the account that customers used at the time to make purchases - and if a different name was used at some point in previous years, I haven't been able to find any references as to when it was renamed to "Apple ID".


texts: Will an external USB 3.0 hard drive connected to an Elgato Thunderbolt 2 Dock run at USB 3.0 speeds even though the Macbook Pro is USB 2.0 only?

texts:
I have an older Macbook Pro (8,2 - Late 2011).  It doesn't have a usb 3.0 port, only USB 2.0 ports. I have an Elgato Thunderbolt 2 Dock with a WD External HD, USB 3.0.

I was expecting to see USB 3.0 type speeds, but only get transfer rates around 35MB/s, which looks like USB 2.0.

Can a MacBook Pro that only has USB 2.0 ports realize USB 3.0 transfer rates when connected to a Thunderbolt Dock that has USB 3.0 ports and an external usb 3.0 hard drive?


texts: OS X Mojave has to be downloaded from App store, but I have tried multiple times and failed. Every time it reaches 6.02 GB (complete download), App store reports an error has occurred. I have updated my Mac before and non of these problems occurred. Other applications are also able to download. I am working beside the wireless router, and the connection seems to be stable throughout. All internet services are usable. Why would this happen? Is there anything I can do to fix it, or is it a problem with App store or apple's servers?


texts: Automator Action/Bash Script for selecting files from a list

texts:
As a part of my workflow, I often face this scenario:

I have a folder with let's say, 100 files named 1.mov to 100.mov
I have a list of valid files let's say, files 1.mov, 2.mov .... 15.mov (These names can be random)

Now I want finder to separate the valid files from the heap of original files by either marking them or creating a new folder and copying them recursively.

How can I achieve this with automator?


texts:
I want to configure a launchd daemon to run a virus scan daily.  I have written a .plist and manually loaded it using launchctl load but it doesn't seem to run.  I wanted to modify it to try and debug why.  However, it doesn't seem to be modifiable.

Here's the output of sudo launchctl list org.macports.clamscan:

{
        "LimitLoadToSessionType" = "System";
        "Label" = "org.macports.clamscan";
        "TimeOut" = 30;
        "OnDemand" = true;
        "LastExitStatus" = 19968;
        "Program" = "clamscan";
        "ProgramArguments" = (
                "clamscan";
                "--suppress-ok-results";
                "-l";
                "/var/log/clamscan.log";
                "-r";
                "/Users";
        );
};

I tried to unload it to edit it and reload it but it didn't seem to work:

$ sudo launchctl unload org.macports.clamscan
Password:
$ sudo launchctl list org.macports.clamscan
{
        "LimitLoadToSessionType" = "System";
        "Label" = "org.macports.clamscan";
        "TimeOut" = 30;
        "OnDemand" = true;
        "LastExitStatus" = 19968;
        "Program" = "clamscan";
        "ProgramArguments" = (
                "clamscan";
                "--suppress-ok-results";
                "-l";
                "/var/log/clamscan.log";
                "-r";
                "/Users";
        );
};

I tried to modify it to replace clamscan with a script so I can verify which arguments it was being called with.  However, when I try and load it, it complains that it's already loaded.

$ sudo launchctl load ~/Code/org.macports.clamscan.plist
/Users/Stephen/Code/org.macports.clamscan.plist: service already loaded

Aside from rebooting is there a way to edit an installed launchd job?
 This is for Sierra.


texts: How to change the language used on Mac App Store?

texts:
I used my old Mac which showed me English when I browsed through Mac App Store. However, after I purchased my new Mac and ported all the data using Time Machine, the Mac App Store suddenly shows me Japanese for some reasons.

I use English in OS Settings and everything works fine except the Mac App Store. I live in Japan, which is likely the possible reason it shows me Japanese.

Why do Apple use the different language only on the Mac App Store? And how can I resolve the issue?


texts: How to change physical layout of the keyboard

texts:
I bought my Mac in Spain. I cannot find change keyboard type in Keyboard preferences. I have set to English language but many keys are physically different.

How do I change the physical layout of the keyboard to standard British keyboard?


texts:
The apple watch has "On screen wake show last app" with a time limit that means if the watch is unused for a period of time, go back to watch mode.

I've found this so useful in avoiding distractions that I'd like to find out if iOS has something similar.

I want it to go to the first page of the home screen if it's been inactive (asleep) for more than a few minutes.

Is there a way to do that?

I recognize that a quick swipe from the bottom will do this, but my problem is getting distracted with what I was working on awhile ago when my desire is to check my calendar, email, or something else.  I'd prefer the phone to handle it for me.


texts: How to turn subpixel antialiasing on in macOS 10.14?

texts: In macOS 10.14 Mojave Apple turned the «LCD font smoothing» setting (which turned a subpixel antialiasing on) to «just font smoothing» setting. So now all the text is rendered just antialiased that looks worse on not-retina displays. How to enable the subpixel antialiasing back?


texts: How to add OneDrive as an attachment location in iPad Gmail app?

texts:
I have an iPad Air that has Office 365 applications installed on it. I use MS Word very frequently and my files are all saved to OneDrive.

I use the iPad Gmail application to send emails and I would like to attach my Word files (saved on OneDrive) to emails, but the iPad Gmail app does not let me select OneDrive files, just Google Drive.

I figured out that I can 'export to Gmail' Word files from my iPad Word or OneDrive app which is great, but there is no 'Save draft' option if I do not want to send the email right away.

To summarize:

Is there a way to add OneDrive as an attachment selection option in the iPad Gmail app?
When 'exporting files to Gmail' how can the email be saved as a draft without sending?


texts:
My mail.app uses IMAP to fetch email from GMail. I use the standard settings given by the configuration wizard in OSX Mountain Lion.

The problem I am facing is that mail.app removes all incoming emails from the inbox. I can only find the emails in the folder All Mail. This happens in mail.app and in GMail (accessed through webmail), as well. The problem must be caused by mail.app, because it resolves when I removed my the GMail account from mail.app.

Is there a way to debug this problem? Any way I can see what instructions mail.app is sending to GMail through IMAP?


texts: I changed the password of my school account, so I can't connect to the school wifi anymore. Normally, there would be an option to forget wifi, but that doesn't seem to exist in iOS 12.1.2. Selecting the school wifi does not prompt me to re-enter my password but simply says "unable to connect". I am aware that I can reset all my network settings, but I don't want to deal with remembering the passwords of other wifi I typically connect to. How can I solve this issue?


texts: iPhone 3GS activation error on iOS 5 upgrade - "No SIM card in phone"

texts:
I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS 5 a few days ago. The upgrade went smoothly; however, I'm having trouble activating my phone.

My wireless provider is O2 in the UK and my O2 SIM is in the phone, but when I connect to iTunes I get this error: "There is no SIM card in the iPhone you are attempting to activate. Please disconnect and insert a SIM card in the phone."

I've also tried activating over WiFi, but am getting an error message like "Activation servers are temporarily unavailable".

iTunes on my Windows x64 laptop is latest (10.5.0.142) and I've tried rebooting both my laptop and my iPhone several times.

Any advice would be highly appreciated.


texts: mac mojave firevault encryption disable error message -69573

texts:
Hi I have tried to disable a stuck firevault encryption using terminal however, in the terminal it comes up with the error message, "

  Firevault was not disabled (-69573)

I typed in, 'sudo fdesetup disable' then my username and password after being prompted and that was the message (-69...).

Can someone please assist me to forcequit the firevault please.

My computer is running so slow, I haven't been able to work in days, this might be the reason, I have troubleshooted most things I can think of so I would like to disable the firevault and see how that changes the slowness.

Thanks so much
Michelle


texts: Export single SMS from iPhone and import on another iPhone

texts:
Is there a possibility to sync the messages between two iPhones? Currently, I'm switching from one phone to another, but one device has got a new SMS.

How can I export the single SMS and import it on the other phone? Is the only option through making a complete new backup with iTunes (time consuming and I don't need all data)?

I also tried to enable iCloud backup, but it fails every time ...


texts: Apple Music charges card or available balance?

texts:
I am subscribed to Apple Music, and I also have a store credit from gift cards.

Will my monthly subscription subtract from my store credit or charge my credit card?


texts: Why Mac Terminal remembers two consecutive commands when they are same?

texts:
I started using Mac recently and before I used to work on Ubuntu.

Suppose I run these commands one by one on my terminal:

python3 main.py
python3 main2.py
python3 main2.py
python3 main2.py
python3 main2.py
python3 main2.py
python3 main2.py

Now suppose I want to run python main.py again, so I will click the up key. I will need to click up key only twice on Ubuntu but 7 times on Mac.

If two consecutive commands are same, then terminal should remember only one command instead of remembering two different commands.

How can I make this happen on macOS?


texts: Uninstalling freetds from OS X Mavericks

texts:
Does anyone know how to uninstall freetds from OS X?
I have installed it from source by following instructions:

tar zxvf freetds-stable.tgz
cd freetds-'0.91'
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

gem install tiny_tds -- --with-freetds-include=/usr/local/include --with-freetds-lib=/usr/local/lib --with-iconv-include=/usr/local/Cellar/libiconv/1.14/include --with-iconv-lib=/usr/local/Cellar/libiconv/1.14/lib

My question is, what are the steps to uninstall this software?


texts: How to use iostat with AppleRAID volume?

texts:
When I try iostat disk5, I get the error:

iostat: could not record 'disk5' for monitoring

Iostat works with my other drives, and with the individual disks which make up the RAID volume.  How can I get the speed of disk5, which is an AppleRAID volume?


texts: Default login for multiuser site in Safari

texts:
In Safari, is it possible to set a default user for a site for which you have multiple user accounts? Or sites that have different accounts for different subdomains?

As it is, when I login, I have to select which user account to use each time...


texts: My python script imports from quartz.coregraphics. Is core graphics included on 2013 Mac Minis? I ask because import works on macbook pros running snow leopard and mavericks, but fails on a mini from early 2007 running OS 10.5. I don't want to buy a new mini without being sure that the script will work.


texts:
I'm aware there are a number of hash functions available in terminal such as echo "text" | openssl <hashname> or perl -MDigest::SHA -nle 'print Digest::SHA::sha224_hex($_), ":", $_'. However, I have been unable to find any way of hashing into NTLM.

Is anyone aware of a method (preferably an efficient method) for hashing into NTLM through terminal?


texts: Is it possible to connect two iPhones to the same external GPS device?

texts:
I can connect an iPhone to an external GPS device, but when I use another iPhone to also try to connect to it, it won't connect.
But there are posts that stated we can connect two iPhones to a single Bluetooth device. Does it depend on the Bluetooth device?
It makes sense if the GPS signal can be provided to two iPhones if there are two people hiking together, but maybe it takes extra design steps to make such a Bluetooth device.


texts: How to connect an iMac 2011 to an HDMI laptop?

texts: I have a 2011 iMac with one Thunderbolt 1 port and one FireWire port. Is there a way to use one of those ports to connect the iMac to an HDMI laptop so that it can be used as an external display? Unfortunately this model of iMac does not have Mini DisplayPort.


texts: Is it safe to install a deprecated Java version?

texts:
I have an old version of Photoshop that requires an outdated Java runtime.

"More info" takes me to this Apple support page where you can download the older JRE.

Seems reasonable enough, but I am slightly concerned.

My question:

Could installing this deprecated, unsupported JRE make my system more vulnerable to malware?

Additional details:

I'm running macOS 10.13.6 (17G65) High Sierra.
As far as I'm aware, I'm only using Java to (prospectively) run Photoshop.
I never install Java extensions for browsers, so this question only has to do with desktop applications.
Under "Security & Privacy" I've selected "Only allow apps from the App Store and identified developers".


texts: Mac Developer Program & free copies of OS X

texts: The Mac Developer program is advertised as including access to Pre-Release Software (which right now means betas of Mavericks). Once Mavericks is released, will everyone with a Mac Developer account get a free copy/upgrade to the released version (including all future Mavericks updates)? Or will it be necessary for developers to also purchase Mavericks itself to be able to use the normal version?


texts: Can't boot Windows after installing Windows 10 with Boot Camp

texts:
I installed Windows 10 with Boot Camp Assistant in El Captain. I successfully completed all Boot Camp installation steps. After finishing the installation and rebooting the Windows boot option doesn't appear.

I tried this installation twice but without success. Partition is successfully created though.

How can I continue to get the Windows boot option?

gpt/fdisk results:

sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0

    start       size  index  contents
        0          1         PMBR
        1          1         Pri GPT header
        2         32         Pri GPT table
       34          6
       40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
   409640  315141264      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
315550904    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
316820440   15625256
332445696  157788160      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
490233856        863
490234719         32         Sec GPT table
490234751          1         Sec GPT header

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
        Starting       Ending
#: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  490234751] <Unknown ID>
2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

Specs: Macbook Pro 13 Early 2015.


texts: Emulate Windows RDP Display behavior on macOS

texts:
When I use RDP to connect from a Mac (MBP 13") -> Windows, I'm presented with a display at my native MBP resolution (2560x1600) and all windows are put onto that virtual desktop, even with two monitors connected to the PC. It basically pretends like my MBP is a remote screen and disconnects/locks the physical ones.
How can I emulate this behavior from macOS -> macOS?
It seems like it should be easier given I'm on the same OS but I haven't found any good way to do it. The best way I've found is using SwitchResX to set the display to 1280x800, then scaled to 2560x1600, and use a VNC client that supports zoom/scaling (Jump Desktop).
This isn't a great solution though because A) it's still not running at native res, B) requires me to manually switch the res with SwitchResX every time, and C) doesn't solve the multi-monitor problem. I'm able to set the display to 2560x1600 with SwitchResX, but not with HiDPI enabled making everything far too tiny.
Does anyone know of a better way to do this? I can't imagine it's too niche of a situation given  most Apple displays have non-standard resolutions, though I guess most people only use macOS on one screen.


texts:
For awhile now, my MB has been slowing down at times and I've been trying to diagnose the problem. Here were my hunches:

old age?(only 2 yrs old)
needs more RAM(at 2GB - this is the late 2009 MB btw, the last one before the unibody)
fan problems
filevault?

The immediate thing I could do was to check the fans. So, I installed smcFanControl at first but then nothing was happening. I created a "High RPM" setting and even if I set it to that, fan stays at 2000rpm. When I open a flash app(say an fb game or even Steam) it lurches to 6krpm(not surprising i guess?)

Anyway, I tried another fan control(Fan Control) for Mac and now I got this:

the right fan is at -1! Is this the reason? I am guessing it is somehow broken and that the left fan was compensating for the longest time, which may or may not have been the culprit to the slow down. Is it? Stupid question, but should a hot MB slow down in the first place?


texts: What has been deprecated or removed in OS X 10.9, Mavericks?

texts:
For the last couple of releases of OS X, there have been some parts of the OS and the utilities that have been simplified or removed compared to the previous release. Especially as seem from a power users point-of-view.

Two examples from past releases are the scaled down AirPort Utility (version 6.0) and the limitations in "Sharing" System Preference panel that used to be able to manage FTP servers - both changes have been rather annoying in my book!

So, before I "upgrade" to Mavericks, I would like to know if there are anything specific that will be "downgraded" in the same process.


texts:
I bought a new SSD for my old macbook pro mid 2012.
Can I clone my current OS on other Macbook to SSD and bring it to my old Macbook 2012?
Thank you!


texts: What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X?

texts:
I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.

It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?


texts: Does the `mdls` terminal command access metadata in resource forks?

texts:
I always knew that Mac operating systems had a concept of "resource forks" but have just learned that this feature has in fact been deprecated since the arrival of OS X.

I also just discovered the mdls terminal command that lists metadata.

Does some or any of this metadata come from resource forks? If not, where is the metadata stored? Or is the metadata generated each time it's needed?


texts:
I installed a new SSD (Transcend JetDrive 850) on my MacBook Air 7,1. I was starting the internet recovery using Option-R, and Disk Utility was not detecting my new SSD. When I’m doing an internet recovery with Option-Command-R, Disk Utility is finding my new SSD but I’m not able to either recover the data from Time Machine, neither install Mojave.

When I’m running Internet recovery using Option-R, the proposed OS is El Capitan but I’m not able to install the OS because my SSD is not found,but I was able to install it on USB flash drive.

I’m wondering if the only solution to this problem is to install this new ssd in an USB enclosure, run internet recovery with Option-R, install El Capitan on it, the same way I did on my USB drive and then reinstall the ssd in the Mac...

Thanks for your help


texts: In Mission Control, is there a way to set-off desktops, to distinctly differentiate them?

texts:
I regularly have 5 to 8 desktops open. Until recently, I've been using them for apps that are visually distinct, so in Mission Control I could tell which desktop had which apps and documents simply by glancing. Now, however, each desktop hosts the same app and all of the desktops look alike, making it difficult to tell which has which project on it. (I shift them around based on priority as the week goes on.)
I'm wondering if there's a way to highlight or otherwise set-off desktops——say, by having different colored borders around different ones, much like tags work.
(I'm running 10.15.6.)
Thanks!


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to pin a tab?

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In the Safari 9 for OS X El Capitan there is a new feature whereby you can pin a tab. As a result you will see a colored icon with the first letter of the website.

Now I wonder if there is a keyboard shortcut to do that automatically without me first right-click on that tab to pin it. When I go to Window > Pin Tab I see no shortcut. I know that this does not always mean that there is no keyboard shortcut for it.

Thanks in advance.


texts: iPad app for organizing, rating, and noting photos

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I've imported a bunch of my photos from Lightroom (not directly of course) to use my iPad as a scrap book. So that I can look at them, and decide whether they belong in a series or should be included in my portofio.

Currently I'm doing this by e-mailing myself each photo with some notes and thoughts.

Is there an app where I can view my photos, and put notes against them. And ideally also organize them into groups where I feel they work together?

thanks

Update

I should have noted this before. It needs to be an offline solution. Although I e-mail myself, I compose the e-mails offline as it's not so important when the notes get to me, but rather that I am writing them whenever i want, while looking through the photos.

cheers


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I am trying to install Rstudio Server in Mac mini running on macOS Mojave. I followed this link to build Rstudio server from the source. I also looked at this link. I could successfully install it with no problems.
But I get this error:

$ cd /usr/local/lib/rstudio-server/bin
$ rserver --server-daemonize=0  --auth-minimum-user-id=500
rserver: command not found

I have the .plist and everything in the right place (needed to run rstudio server in the backend) but I don't get why does it say rserver command not found? I can provide any other detail if needed.


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I noticed that a few tracks from an album appear gray.

The tracks are downloaded, I can play them if I double click them explicitly, but they don't play as part of the album. If I click the album's "play" button, they're skipped (1 gets played, then 3, then 4, etc.)

Why is this happening and how can I prevent it?

I saw a similar question, Grayed-out tracks in iTunes library, but that's not what I'm experiencing — for me, the songs do get downloaded and everything appears to be OK, they just get skipped when playing the album.


texts: Does the iPad mini warranty cover the charger?

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I purchased my iPad mini last January. Now the charger doesn't work so well and sometimes it doesn't work at all.

Does the warranty cover the charger?


texts: Okay, I've got a problem. So I'm going to get a new phone, the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016), because I'm just tired of my iPhone 4 not being up to date anymore. But my iPad (mini 2) is synced with my iPhone, like the same apple ID, same apps, maybe the same bill. If I've got my Samsung, my iPad won't sync with that, so I can't use my iPad anymore, what do I do?! Do I have to get a new simcard for one of them, a new number (I probably don't want to transfer my data from my iPhone to Samsung because it's just way to much with 8.000 photos), do I have to get a new number? Help


texts: ImageMagick complains when image is missing while stitching together tiles of an image

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I have to stitch together pictures (first vertically, then horizontally) with a varying amount of tiles via the command line on macOS 10.14.5. I usually use this command:

convert -append 0_0.jpeg 0_1.jpeg 0_2.jpeg 0_3.jpeg 0_4.jpeg 0_5.jpeg 0a.jpg &&
convert -append 1_0.jpeg 1_1.jpeg 1_2.jpeg 1_3.jpeg 1_4.jpeg 1_5.jpeg 1a.jpg &&
convert -append 2_0.jpeg 2_1.jpeg 2_2.jpeg 2_3.jpeg 2_4.jpeg 2_5.jpeg 2a.jpg &&
convert -append 3_0.jpeg 3_1.jpeg 3_2.jpeg 3_3.jpeg 3_4.jpeg 3_5.jpeg 3a.jpg &&
convert -append 4_0.jpeg 4_1.jpeg 4_2.jpeg 4_3.jpeg 4_4.jpeg 4_5.jpeg 4a.jpg &&
convert -append 5_0.jpeg 5_1.jpeg 5_2.jpeg 5_3.jpeg 5_4.jpeg 5_5.jpeg 5a.jpg &&
convert -append 6_0.jpeg 6_1.jpeg 6_2.jpeg 6_3.jpeg 6_4.jpeg 6_5.jpeg 6a.jpg &&
convert +append 0a.jpg 1a.jpg 2a.jpg 3a.jpg 4a.jpg 5a.jpg 6a.jpg 0_final.jpg

where I first add all corresponding tiles vertically (here 6 tiles) and then add all columns (here 7) horizontally to the final picture.

The issue is that sometimes, I have less pictures in a column (0 to 4 instead of 0 to 5 as given here) or more columns (0 to 10 instead of 0 to 6 as shown here).

Is it possible to adjust the above command so that imagemagick does not complain that, for example, picture 0_5.jpg or 7_0.jpg does not exist? Currently imagemagick complains and stops the process of stitching together the existing tiles.


texts: Find My Mac doesnt work if you use an ethernet cable for?

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i just read this in an article http://www.pcworld.com/article/2034650/find-my-mac-both-useful-and-frustrating-for-law-enforcement.html

and sure enough, on the apple website it says "offline" can occur if your Mac is not connected to wifi? Is this true?

That wouldn't make any sense at all. So Find My Mac is basically useless if someone has an ethernet cable..


texts: Mount command can not contain Chinese characters

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I encounter a problem,

I want to mount a shared remote directory, but the url has Chinese characters.

mount_smbfs //user:password@192.168.1.168/图片 /Volumes/picture

图片 are Chinese characters, which mean picture in English.

When I execute this command, I get below error:

  mount_smbfs: URL parsing failed, please correct the URL and try again: Invalid argument
  16384

I can confirm it is caused by the Chinese character, because I can execute below command:

mount_smbfs //user:password@192.168.1.168/hehe /Volumes/picture

Both hehe and 图片 are remote shared directories.


texts: Blurry icons on Facebook and Google homepage

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I am using macOS Sierra and recently I observed that the icons and images on Facebook page are all blurry on Chrome. I checked the same on Firefox and Safari and they also load all blurry icons and images.

To rule out that it's not a network issue, I connected my Ubuntu machine to the same network and the images and icons loaded just fine. No blur.

Earlier they were not blurry on Mac but I don't know what changed. I tried clearing cache and also removed Chrome and reinstalled but got the same issue. What could be the reason for this behavior?

Attaching a screenshot below -