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I am trying to resize my disk (make it bigger in size), but I do not know how. I search a lot of tutorials and read a lot of forums but nothing seems to work.

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *268.4 MB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     101.4 MB   disk0s1
   2:           Linux Filesystem                         163.9 MB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.1 GB     disk1
   1:                  Apple_HFS macOS Base System       2.0 GB     disk1s1

/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *137.4 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         68.5 GB    disk2s2

/dev/disk3 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +68.5 GB    disk3
                                 Physical Store disk2s2
   1:                APFS Volume Mojave                  57.1 GB    disk3s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 45.3 MB    disk3s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                522.9 MB   disk3s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      20.5 KB    disk3s4

When I try to resize it with

sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer /dev/disk2s2 0

I get this error

Started APFS operation
Error: -69743: The new size must be different than the existing size

Any solutions for resizing this disk? It is a virtual disk in a VM on unRAID.


texts: Confusion in understanding data fork, resource fork and the MachO file format when viewed all together

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Note: I am a newbie to the OS X world. So please take it easy if I ask something noobish.

According to what I have read/understood: MachO's file layout consists of a header, load commands and data segment that contains either executable instructions or data. But after reading about fork s(data & resource) I am confused.

Confusion: In HFS files are not monolithic and doesn't consist of single segment. Apple Mac files usually exist out of two files the data fork and resource fork.They have an identical name and are shown by Mac as a single file. The resource fork contains the code of the program in execuatables.

How did I ponder here? I copied a file named filename from a Mac to my pendrive and opened it on Windows result 2 files ._filename and filename.

Question: Where do these forks fit in the file layout? There is no mention in the file layout about the forks. Are these two forks integrated to make a final mach file? Can the ._filename (resource fork) have malicious code?


texts: Does Find My iPhone send a notification when being reset?

texts: If I use Find My iPhone to reset my phone, will it give a notification that it's being reset? Someone has my phone and they will eventually get my passcode and I NEED to reset it so they dont see everything thats on my phone but I don't want them to know that I reset it.


texts: Is there TRIM support in OS X 10.6.9 for PowerPC?

texts: A friend of mine has a PowerBook running 10.6.9. To give it another lease of life, he'd like to install an SSD. Question is: does OS X on PPC have TRIM support?


texts: Mail App Won't Start (OSX 10.10 Yosemite)

texts:
I recently purchased a new Macbook Pro Retina (15-inch, Mid 2014). I installed a few normal programs (DropBox, 1Password, etc.). I did not open the Mail app at all. I then upgraded to Yosemite. After a seemingly successful upgrade, when I tried to open Mail for the first time, it hung without displaying any screens (though the menu bar does display). Leaving it for several minutes has no effect. Clicking anywhere transfers focus to a new application, causing the Mail menu bar to disappear. Clicking on the Mail icon again has no effect. Activity Monitor shows "Mail (No Responding". It uses no CPU and little memory (13.1 MB). Nothing obviously mail related (to me) appears in the System Log Console.

As part of troubleshooting, as recommended on a MacIssues.com article, I removed the Mail app Container (Macintosh HD ▸ Users ▸ rileymajor ▸ Library ▸ Containers). It rebuilt it on the next launch, but it seemed to have no effect.

How can I make my Mail app work, preferably without reinstalling the OS or other similarly drastic measures?

I have not configured any mail settings and have no saved mail to worry about. I just need it to run.

I have 4 Internet Accounts configured:

iCloud

Photos
Contacts
Calendars
Reminders
Safari
Find My Mac

Google

Contacts
Calendars

Twitter
LinkedIn (Contacts not selected)

I have no mail configured.


texts: How to define a shortcut for OS X terminal using Shift-PageUp?

texts:
Using the system settings, I tried to re-map the keyboard shortcut for previous and next page from Cmd-Pageup/Dn to Shift-Pageup/Dn. However, the system settings dialog for shortcuts does not seem to recognize the PageUp key or the combination of Shift-PageUp/Dn. Can I fix this?
Running on El Capitan, if that matters.


texts: Stop FaceTime from answering a call with Play/Pause button F8

texts:
When a call comes in via FaceTime on macOS Catalina the Pause/Play button ( generally f8 ) will answer the call. The problem is that if you are listening to music with something like Tidal and are used to controlling it via that same pause/play key your instinct is to try and pause the music you can take the call. When you do this the music will keep playing, but FaceTime with answer the call.

I have check the FaceTime preferences and general keyboard shortcut setting, but I can't seem to find anywhere to disable this.

Is there a way to disable the Pause/Play ( F8 ) button from answering/ending calls in Catalina?


texts: Mac (OS X 10.9.2) no longer saving screen shots

texts:
When I try to take a screen shot (Command + Control + Shift + 4) I hear the camera shutter sound but no image appears on my desktop.

I Googled the problem and tried to change the saving location using the terminal command line as such:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/

but this did not change anything.

Would anyone know what I can do to fix?


texts: How can I use the Pages Full Screen in the old way?

texts:
I just updated to Mac Maverick and updated Pages.
The question is I just can't get used to it, I don't the exact words to describe it.
In the past, when in the Full Screen modem, I am typing in floating whiteboard in the whole darkness, which is awesome.

How can I do that in the newest version of Pages now?


texts: Can I wirelessly download videos from my iPhone camera roll to my Mac?

texts:
I have an iPhone4, upgraded to iOS5, and a Mac running the latest Lion updates as well.  The new Wireless Sync feature keeps everything up to date with iTunes, and the iCloud Photostream takes care of getting my photos into iPhoto.

However, there doesn't seem to be any way to wirelessly transfer videos taken on the phone from my camera roll to the Mac. Will I still need to plug the phone in via USB and import my videos into iPhoto?


texts: Switch from a not-installed Windows partition to Mountain Lion

texts:
I tried to install Windows in dual boots (version 4 I think) in my Macbook Pro 10.8. Everything was fine until Windows boot for the first time for it's installation. The operating system was not able to find Windows related drivers on the usb key I used with Bootcamp. So, my mistake was to shutdown and try again, but now Windows can't find my bootable device anymore.

The real problem is that I'm stuck on Windows' booting partition and can't go back to OS X. I tried several times Command+R or pressing T or Option during booting but everytime I face a lock icon with a password field. The password field doesn't recognize my administrator password and I never activated the root user. For testing I tried differents password that could be default one such as 'root' or 'admin' or 'sudo' but none of them actually works. If I can get passed this step, I can actually follow other tutorials.

In brief, is there a way I can switch back to OS X partition without using option key or is there a password for this locked screen?

I wish that I was enough clear to be answered by someone.


texts: Is there a way to have the iPhone suggest corrections but not automatically apply them?

texts: The iPhone's autocorrect function is wrong for me more often than not, but I'd still like to see its suggestions and have a way to apply them - they just shouldn't be applied automatically. Is there a way to do this?


texts: How to add a shortcut to open a new finder window to the Launchpad or dock

texts:
What I want: A one-click action in the dock or launchpad that opens the downloads folder in a new finder window.

Note: the Downloads "fan" thing that is in the left side area of the dock is not what I want. When I click that it opens a weird list / grid / fan thing of the stuff in my downloads folder, and then I have to click some more to actually open a finder window. Nope. I want a one click icon in the dock or launchpad.

Additionally: the icon needs to be the Downloads folder icon, if at all possible.


texts: Does the latest Xcode iPhone emulator using iOS 9 allow for genuine iCloud restore?

texts:
So I've been trying to find a Windows iOS 9 emulator and failed, but came across Xcode. I have a Windows laptop but I can use either visualbox or VMware to run macOS El Capitan.

I found out that Mac OS has Xcode which is basically an iOS emulator. I need that emulator for one reason only - to be able to use iCloud and restore. From Apple's site I saw a picture of that emulator and saw iCloud option in settings. However, is that emulator capable of something as complex as restoring from an actual active iCloud and copy all my files from my iPhone onto that emulator and show all the files I have on my iPhone on that emulator?

I really don't want to go through all the trouble of running Mac OS on Windows and then Xcode with a potential to mess something up to then realize the emulator cannot restore from iCloud. If any of you guys are aware or would test it and respond, I would be forever grateful. There's a reason I need it done that way so don't bother telling me it's kind of stupid.


texts: Users cannot change their password when connecting to OS X Server Mavericks

texts:
I set up a bunch of users on my OS X Server 3 (Mavericks) requesting they reset the temporary password I gave them.
However, no one is able to do that: when connecting via AFP for the first time, they enter their temporary password and are asked to change it, but the form does not accept any value. I don't know if it doesn't accept the current password or the new passwords but I suspect the first: any subsequent login doesn't accept the old password and refuses to even show the change password form.

GV jan 13th: We are having the same issue; Our admins do not seem to have this problem, the weird thing is only the other users have this issue.


texts: How can I retrieve the deleted backup file from iTunes for iPhone?

texts: I just upgraded my iPhone to iOS 5 after I did a backup of the device, and during the upgrade another backup was done too. When trying to restore me backup I was asked for a password which I didn't know about and accidentally I deleted the backup file that I created and therefore, I have no contacts, photos, nothing only my apps but as if they were brand new. Please help I need to retrieve my deleted backup file from iTunes and retrieve my contact and photos.


texts: Can I get (something like) an Apple wireless keyboard with numeric keypad?

texts:
That would be perfect; their current wireless keyboard is too laptop-like. I like having wide arrow keys, the delete/end/page up/page down/home keys.

Otherwise, can someone recommend a similar option?


texts: Why does my MacBook only connect to bluetooth headset when it's just been turned on?

texts: I run 10.10.4 on an Macbook Pro 9,2. When my bluetooth headphones are on and I try to connect with them, nothing happens. I then need to turn off the headphones and turn them on again, at which point they automatically connect (provided the two devices have been paired). When i Disconnect the device and then try to reconnect, nothing happens. Why is this so? Why is there a Connect option for each paired device if it does not work? Can the problem be at the headphone's end?


texts: Mac mini running Catalina has no sound input

texts: I have my Blue Snowball plugged directly into a USB on the back of my Mac Mini. The light indicating power to my mic is showing. I didn't find any input devices in preferences, even the built-in mic. I did an NVRAM reset and nothing happened. I tried going into safe mode and creating another administrator account to find a sound input device, that didn't work.


texts: How to use the secondary mac's keyboard when using Target Display Mode

texts: I basically want to be able to connect my MacBook to my stationary Mac and  use the keyboard and mouse on the MacBook. Is this possible? Ideally using standard software.


texts: Rename iOS app in iTunes Connect - "name will be reviewed"

texts:
I'm creating a new release of an iOS app in iTunes Connect.

The release has been reviewed and approved by Apple.

However, on the App Information page the following is stated: "The name will be reviewed before it is made available on the App Store."

Does this mean that, for this release, there will be an extra delay after I click "Release this version"?


texts: Unable to ssh root@localhost on jailbroken iPad with iOS 8.1

texts:
I jailbreaked (not for pirates) my iPad 4 (iOS 8.1) several weeks ago and found it unable to ssh root@127.0.0.1 via Prompt 1 or 2 on iPad. Even I cannot connect via LAN IP (e.g. 192.186.X.X). However, there's no problem if I ssh root@LAN IP on my iPhone or Mac in the same LAN.

By the way, I was able to ssh root@localhost on jailbreaked iPad when it was running iOS 6.1. It is also okay if I have already ssh logged in to iPad on my Mac, and ssh root@127.0.0.1 again.

The output of netstat on iPad:

Surface-Pro:~ root# netstat -an|grep .22
tcp4       0     28  172.22.29.64.22        172.22.26.158.47927    ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  172.22.29.64.50293     17.110.228.29.5223     ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  *.22

Does anyone know the reason that iPad cannot connect to itself in apps? (Maybe sandbox/containers model has been changed since iOS 8?)


texts:
I was trying to extract the contents of a .pkg file, and right clicking on it should usually allow the context sensitive Show Package Contents option.  However, it does not seem to show on any .pkg file I can find on my system.

I have since expanded the contents on the command line using this command:

StuffeMac:Desktop stuffe$ pkgutil --expand AirPortUtility56.pkg ./dan2/

Which worked fine, and inside this package was another .pkg file.  Right clicking on this and Show Package Contents is back again, but only for the one I just expanded...

What's going on?


texts: List of all dates+times when I used my MacBook?

texts:
I need a list of the periods of times I used my MacBook throughout the last 30 days.

It would be sufficient to have a list of all lid-open and lid-close datetimes (because I close the lid whenever I don't use the MacBook).
A chronological list of all sleep / wakeup / poweroff / poweron (and maybe login) datetimes would help as well.

What didn't help:

Googling
The last command
Filtering /var/log/system.log (which btw only contains one day)
Filtering the console app (but maybe there's a way...)


texts: What does the badge on the Store icon in the Messages app indicate?

texts:
The Store icon of my iPhone's Messages app has been displaying this red badge for as far back as I can remember.

When I open the Messages App Store, I can't find any updates or new information that the badge might relate to.

The only tip I got from people so far was that it might be related to pending updates of apps that provide stickers; I have made sure to bring all apps on my iPhone up to date, but the badge persists.

What does the badge on the Store icon indicate?


texts: Checking multiple mail folders in MobileMail

texts: MobileMail checks my IMAP Inbox periodically and that works fine. But I also file emails automatically on the mail server side to some sub-folders of the Inbox. Is it possible to make MobileMail check those too so that I get notifications when new email arrives in those folders?


texts: How to import miniDV videos without iMovie over USB?

texts:
I have an old Panasonic camcorder (model PV-GS35) that uses miniDV. It has a USB port for connecting to a computer. However, I cannot for the life of me get it to connect to my MacBook Pro running Mojave. iMovie does not see the camcorder. I have tried LifeFlix DV Importer and iSkySoft Video Converter. Nothing sees the camcorder.

I've Googled this to death and cannot find anything that will work. I've also looked here, on StackExchange with no luck. Does anyone have any ideas how I can get video off of the miniDV and into a digital file? Besides a miniDV conversion service? :)

Thanks for any suggestions.


texts: is there any way to have Facebook or Twitter update in the background on my iPod touch?

texts:
I have an iPod touch.  I want to know if there is any way to have my Facebook or Twitter feeds update in the background?

I often grab my iPod from my home (with WiFi) and then go into the train (no WiFi) and want to see what was posted recently or when I was sleeping.

It seems like these apps only do a "fetch" once you start the app up.

Is there any work around for this so it's always updating if i am on a WiFi network?


texts: When will PHP 5.4 appear in default OS X installations?

texts:
I am wondering when PHP 5.4 will appear in default OS X installations, or as part of official Software Update.

Does anyone have historical information on how late after release of PHP 5.2 that PHP 5.2 was included in OS X, as an indication of how quick/conservative they are?


texts: How to fix lsregister failing associations after reboot?

texts:
I'm running 10.7.5 and I have noticed a problem with associations between files and applications. The main symptom is that Finder shows more than one copy of the same application to open a file.

At first everything worked, but now the com.apple.LaunchServices.plist file is not updated anymore. In particular, if I launch through terminal lsregister -dump the association appears, but if I open the plist file the association is not present. If I reboot, instead of updating the plist file, the system eliminates the association from the database (the option -dump doesn't show it anymore). I tried to launch lsregister -kill -seed several times, but the situation doesn't change.

How can I permanently fix the associations between files and applications?


texts:
How to easily forward/redirect all network traffics through local socks port 1080? I did google this before asking question. I found this link and this link and others too. But there is no simple solution.
(The system preferences network proxy setup just don't work for all apps. )
Is that so hard to do it? I think just some iptables rules should do it. (although I don't know what is the equivalent iptables command in macos, maybe pfctl?). Can anyone show me some simple shell scripts which can achieve this? Thank you very much.


texts:
I've noticed my Mac didn't retain the brightness I set with the keys.

How do you stop it from auto-dimming?


texts: How can I access a remote machine via SSH from behind a proxy?

texts:
I’m trying to connect to a Linux machine via SSH. The problem is that my Mac is in a different network, behind a proxy that routes HTTP and HTTPS through port 80.

How can I access the Linux machine via SSH from terminal?

Connecting with -vvv returns the following result:

OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to _example.com_ [_ip_address_] port 22.
debug1: connect to address _ip_address_ port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host _example.com_ port 22: Connection refused


texts: many issues with syncing iTunes from 10.15.3 Catalina to iPhone 7 iOS 13.3

texts: so I moved my iTunes from iMac to a MacBook Pro Catalina 10.15.3 using Migration assistant.  Ive always had 1 library, "William's stuff".  Now it seems that I have a library called My Library and William's stuff.  Sometimes I get and option to select one or the other and sometimes there is no option.  See screenshots.  What is My Library and why do I get an option sometimes to select it and sometime not?  Ive talked to senior apple advisors with no luck - "they've never seen this before".  I can't even tell where they are located.....  Any help?


texts: Why can you not set a Siri button for an external remote on Apple TV?

texts: On the latest generation Apple TVs, you can add external buttons and set which button does what. The Siri button never appears. Why does it not appear?


texts: I want to change the country on my app store account and I am having some problems?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Do I need to repurchase apps if I moved countries?

So I wanted to change the country on my app store account but I was told that all of the purchases made in that region will be blocked and won't work so I wanted to make a new app store account but I need to know if I won't get all of my other apps blocked when I log into this account or when I create it. So lets call my current country on the account A and what I want to change it to is B. If I made a new account and logged into the account for country B, will it be the appstore of that country? And if so then when I want to log back to my account on country A will I be able to do it just by signing out and then in again?


texts: Screentime does not allow to set user that limits apply for

texts:
Per this
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210387#limitusage
I should be able to select a user to change screen time limits for.
But I do not have other users on the mac listed in the top left corner.
There is no switch allowing to choose user limits apply for.
Ideas?


texts: Xcode won't recognize my jailbroken iPhone even though I have a provisioning profile

texts:
I have a paid developer account with Apple and my phone has a valid provisioning profile installed on it.

I jailbroke my iPhone because in iOS 7 there is no 3G toggle switch; without the toggle my batteries drain in ~6 hours.

I've tried to launch an app under development in Xcode on the phone but Xcode crashes while checking my iPhone.

How can I make this work?


texts: FID opens unnecessarily on latest OSx of 10.14/10.15 causing data corruption with Word files on network drives(Windows/Linux File servers)

texts:
The latest MAC 10.14.x and MAC 10.15.x OS have degraded their behavior with Word applications on Network drives mapped via SMB. These network drive are shared drives on Windows-2019 File server or it can be on any Linux File server.

Issues:

A) 10.14.x and above versions of MAC always open a FID for Word application(on n/w drive) even though user hasn't opened it and these FIDs are kept opened forever. Thorough testing has revealed that this issue is not seen on MAC10.12/10.13 .

The problem with this issue is whenever user deletes a word file on n/w drive,since a FID was unnecessarily opened by the client already,the delete happens post a rename of the file to be deleted. For eg: when we try to delete File1.docx , the client will rename it to .smbdelete and delete the File1.docx.

This is fine if the user intention is a real delete but if it was unintended delete and if Salvage/Recover of deleted files are enabled for n/w drive ,then there is no way that file can be recycled back to n/w drive since the file is in .smbdelete format which can't be read and converted to File1.docx and most of the times, the .smbdelete files are not persistent unless they are flushed by client.

This is one of the use-cases of this unnecessary FID open by MAC10.14/10.15 clients and when there are multiple users working on this n/w drive on same file, there will be many more file lock issues in the enterprise due to this FID opened.

Anyone heard/observed this issue?

Are there any posts/fixes about this behavior that Apple introduced from MAC10.14 ? This is really degrading MAC usability and corrupting n/w users data is making lives of Shared drive administrators difficult!!!!


texts: How do I get music labeled under "various artists" to appear under the artist themselves?

texts: I'm uploading some of my albums and I have a few things (such as soundtracks) that have multiple artists on the album. I want the individual songs to show up under the artist instead of the "various artist" label. I've tried unclicking the "part of compilation" button, but it isn't quite working. Any suggestions?


texts:
My System:

El Capitan 10.11.5

Mid-2012 Retina MBP

Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

The Drive in Question:
https://www.cnet.com/products/wd-elements-desktop-wdbaau0020hbk-hard-drive-2-tb-usb-2-0-series/specs/

The issue:
There are two partitions on the drive that I use. When I plug in the drive I get the following error message:

  MacOSX Can't repair the disk "Mac"
  You can still open or copy files on the disk, but you can’t save changes >to files on the disk. Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as you can.

When I look at terminal diskutil list I get the following:

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk2s1
   2:             Apple_Driver43                         28.7 KB    disk2s2
   3:             Apple_Driver43                         28.7 KB    disk2s3
   4:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.7 KB    disk2s4
   5:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.7 KB    disk2s5
   6:             Apple_FWDriver                         262.1 KB   disk2s6
   7:         Apple_Driver_IOKit                         262.1 KB   disk2s7
   8:              Apple_Patches                         262.1 KB   disk2s8
   9:                  Apple_HFS Mac                     1.0 TB     disk2s10
  10:                  Apple_HFS Windows                 1.0 TB     disk2s12

When I try to repair the disk I get an error that says "Error (or exit? can't quite remember) code is 8."

The other partition, "Windows" allows me to access the files without issue. However, the "Mac" partition simply displays as blank. Additionally, Disk Utility shows me that I have 8.6gb of photos, 300gb of movies, etc. which lends me to believe that the drive knows what's on it but I can't seem to access it.

TLDR, one partition of drive works, other displays as blank. DiskUtility tells me that it knows how much and of what there is on the disk.


texts: Why is lsof on OS X so ridiculously slow?

texts:
I can't figure out why lsof on my Mac (10.8.2, MacBook Pro) is so slow.

On my Mac, lsof takes more than a minute:

$ touch /tmp/testfile
$ time lsof /tmp/testfile

real   1m16.483s
user   0m0.029s
sys    1m15.969s

On a typical Linux box, running Ubuntu 12.04, lsof takes 20 ms:

$ touch /tmp/testfile
$ time lsof /tmp/testfile

real   0m0.023s
user   0m0.008s
sys    0m0.012s

The problem persists if I run lsof -n (to avoid DNS lookups). Further, I tried checking which system calls are made by lsof using dtruss, and found that it's calling proc_info tens of thousands of times:

$ sudo dtruss lsof /tmp/testfile 2> /tmp/dump
$ cat /tmp/dump | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head
10000 proc_info(0x2, 0x1199, 0x8) = 1272 0
 6876 proc_info(0x2, 0x45, 0x8) = 1272 0
 2360 proc_info(0x2, 0x190D, 0x8) = 1272 0
 1294 proc_info(0x2, 0xFF, 0x8) = 1272 0
 1152 proc_info(0x2, 0x474, 0x8) = 1272 0
 1079 proc_info(0x2, 0x2F, 0x8) = 1272 0
  709 proc_info(0x2, 0xFE, 0x8) = 1272 0
  693 proc_info(0x2, 0x1F, 0x8) = 1272 0
  623 proc_info(0x2, 0x11A, 0x8) = 1272 0
  528 proc_info(0x2, 0xF7, 0x8) = 1272 0

Any ideas? I've run these tests and obtained the same results using both the version of lsof included with OS X (4.85) as well as the latest version from ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/lsof/ (4.87).

(For the curious, the reason I'm frustrated by this performance is that when I drag images to Evernote, it runs lsof in the process of copying the file, causing my system to hang for a full minute every time I try to insert an image in Evernote.)


texts: Is there a maximum number of AirPlay receivers that I can output to at the same time?

texts: If I buy 6 different Airport Express' to have one in each room will they all work together or is there a maximum number of receivers you can use at once? For example if I want to choose between the six rooms or play the music in all the rooms at once will that work?


texts: Can not successfully re-install MYSQL 10.8.2

texts:
Removed the old installation as explained here:

https://superuser.com/questions/129193/how-do-i-uninstall-mysql-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard

Installed the package contained in the mysql 5.1.67 DMG downloaded from MySql.com
Installed the preference pane item
Installed the startup item [THIS FAILED]

MySql will not load, it's preference pane show the error message displayed below:

 The MySql database server installation was not found.
 Please make sure the /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin file is present

I don't have much familiarity with unix commands so I'm not clear how to troubleshoot this further.


texts:
Quick question concerning malicious flash player.dmg files....

I was on news sites (on the likes of CNN, BBC, etc.,) the other night when suddenly my tab automatically opened a new tab with a long string of non-sensical url, and started automatically downloading a flashplayer.dmg file to my downloads folder. I double clicked on the file to see what it was: just an image of what seemed to be the Flash Player logo. I didn’t install it, and instead after reading online that this was malware I closed the file, deleted the file, ejected it from my desktop, and cleared out my trash can.

My question is whether there was any harm/possible consequences in double-clicking the file? Or would I have had to actually install the file for anything bad to come out of this?


texts: Mac heating up when conencting to an external display

texts: This is a question that has already been discussed (Macbook pro 13" - 2017 - heating issues when connected to external monitor) but the discussion is 3+ years old I wanted to get an updated response. I have a 2019 base model 16 inch MacBook Pro and tried to connect it to an external display. When I did so the computer started to heat up up to 70C degrees under no load, just sitting there connected to the external display. This is my first mac after coming from a 2016 2 core spectre x360 (no dgpu) which I used to almost always have it connected to the same monitor with no issues. I read this is a know issue in many forums and could not find a solution to it. I checked with istats that the cpu when connected to the external display while also using the laptop's display used up to 20W. Meanwhile when in clam shell mode it goes down to 5W. Is there any solution to this? I am a bit concerned about long term durability as 70C with no load is not normal. I connect it to an Hp Pavilion 27xw using a third party type c to hdmi cable. If any combination is better I would appreciate the names.


texts: Which charger to get fast charging of iPhone XR?

texts:
I'm about to buy an iPhone XR. Technical specification says it's possible to charge 50% of the battery in 30 minutes. However, seems that the provided 5W charger is not able to do that. I've been in the Apple Store and they said I need an iPad charger, but which one?

When a search for "charger" and filter for "XR model," I get this one. Is it the correct one?


texts: Importing photos from iPhone to iMac. Can I get just edited, or just unedited and not both?

texts:
I have an iPhone SE and a five year old iMac running El Cap. I use iPhoto on the iMac. Since the iOS 11 update, whenever I import photos I get both the edited and the unedited version of the photo on my computer. I used to just get one version. Here's an example of what I see now. I'm fine if it imports the unedited version since that is what I am used to. Is there a setting I need to change somewhere? Would prefer to do this without a 3rd party app since it's a fairly frequent workflow for me. Thank you!

Note: I do not use iCloud for photos (terrible upload speeds) so this is just coming in via connected cable.


texts: NPM installation issues with MacOS 10.15.2 beta 1

texts:
So, I've got an issue that may be related to this question: Can't connect to FTP with Catalina Beta

I've been trying to npm install Bootstrap and Font-Awesome on an Angular application.  Should be a routine job with no problems.  Now, I'm getting errors like this

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://fsevents-binaries.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/v1.2.9/fse-v1.2.9-node-v79-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for fsevents@1.2.9 and node@13.1.0 (node-v79 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables' found at '/'.

No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLILeo' found at '/'.

No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLI' found at '/'.

What's bugging me is the '/' part.  This is the same thing I am seeing when I try to access a pre-configured FTP site via multiple FTP clients.  I can access the FTP from other devices [non-Mac] but haven't had a chance to check older MacOS versions.

How can I determine if this is a beta issue, an NPM issue, an FTP issue, or perhaps I'm hitting a new firewall setup by my IT department?

* UPDATE *

It would appear that the root of this issue is centered around the fsevents package that npm is trying to install.  This is indicated in other reports on this issue in other places.

https://github.com/prixe/lindo/issues/48

https://github.com/fsevents/fsevents/issues/278


texts: Notification badges doesn't work well with multiple iOS devices

texts:
When I check, say, my new Instagram direct messages on my iPhone, the red notification badge doesn’t automatically disappear from the Instagram app on my iPad, until I open it. The same thing happens for other apps as well.

Is there a way where the badge count is synchronized across all the devices?


texts: Delete Stored Offline Attachments in Mail.app

texts:
I'm using Apple Mail and have noticed that the ~/Library/Mail/V2 folder is using up over a gigabyte of space. I'm guessing that a lot of that is stored attachments for my email messages. I've already set the Keep copies of messages for offline viewing setting to All messages, but omit attachments, but how do I delete all of those attachments that have already been downloaded? Note that I've already found out about the Remove Attachments option, but I want to simply delete my offline copy of the attachments, not delete them on the server as well.

I've seen the [my account]/INBOX.mbox/[alphanumeric string]/Data/[#]/[#]/Attachments folders; is it safe for me to simply delete all of these folders?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Any *real* useful usage for the "clear key" on apple wired keyboard?

texts:
I work on Macs for over two years and still haven't done anything useful with the "clear key" (this one).

Do you know of any useful stuff it can do? Other than with the built-in Calculator app, that one doesn't count :)

EDIT:
Anything you use on regular bases.


texts: Safari - ignore pinned tabs when switching via cmd-number

texts:
Is there a way to ignore pinned tabs when switching via the cmd-number shortcuts, e.g. if I have two pinned tabs and press cmd+1, instead of opening the first pinned tab - open the first regular tab.
Thanks!


texts: Can't see new SSD when connected via internal SATA port

texts:
I just bought a new Samsung SSD 830 and installed it my 13" MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) in the hard disk bay, replacing the drive that was there (I actually have a second drive in the optical drive's slot). Unfortunately, when I started up my computer (from the other drive I have), I can't see the SSD in System Information (formerly Profiler) or Disk Utility.

However, I see the drive fine when using a SATA-to-USB adapter and I also am able to see the old hard disk when it is connected via the internal SATA, so the internal wiring seems to be fine. Thus:

HDD via USB: works
SSD via USB: works
HDD via internal SATA: works
SSD via internal SATA: completely broken

Anyone have ideas for a fix?


texts: Is there a way to avoid the Featured tab in IOS App Store?

texts:
When there is an update notification on AppStore and I click on it to install whatever is pending, I typically get taken to the Featured tab.  That's offensive!  Is there any way to avoid this annoying behavior?

iPhone 5 "classic", IOS 7.1.2.


texts: Numbers has stopped showing up in Launchpad. How can I add it back?


texts: Reconnect to SMB share does not work after resume from sleep (Catalina, Synology NAS)

texts:
After "resume from sleep" my MacBook Pro can not reconnect to an SMB share on a Synology NAS Server.

  The operation can’t be completed because the original item for “XYZ”
  can’t be found.

This only affects the Finder. The file open dialog in applications (e.g. Numbers) works perfectly (browsing the directory tree, open files etc.).

Restarting Finder, deleting the preference file for Finder, disconnecting/ reconnecting with "goto Server" does not change the error message when clicking on the XYZ directory in Finder.

As the OS was an update to Catalina I performed a clean install. Same problem.


texts: OPEN RECENT FILE command vanished in Word for Mac Office 2008

texts: I am running OS Maverick 10.9.3 on my Mac Book Pro and have worked happily on Office 2008 through several versions of OSX. After a recent "update" by Apple, my "Open Recent Files" vanished from my File pull-down menu. An unfamiliar "Open from Document Connection" now appears there. I have no idea what "Open from Document Connection" means. My "Open Recent File" command was important for me because I work on many multiple projects, and I want that command back. Can anyone tell me how my Open Recent File command vanished and how I can get that back?


texts: What are those "._" files show in tar verbose output, but are not in the untarred directory?

texts:
Some hidden files appear in the verbose output of tar, but then do not exist in the directory where the tar output is deposited. I am surprised by this because I thought working in Terminal command line was pretty brass tacks. What you see is always what you get?

/tmp$ tar xfv drills_grp01.tar
x Drills_grp01/
x Drills_grp01/._.DS_Store  // <-- what?
x Drills_grp01/.DS_Store
x Drills_grp01/._symm_hrz.txt  // <-- what?
x Drills_grp01/symm_hrz.txt
x Drills_grp01/._symm_vrt.txt  // <-- what?
x Drills_grp01/symm_vrt.txt
x Drills_grp01/._table_similarKj.txt  // <-- what is this?
x Drills_grp01/table_similarKj.txt

/tmp$ cd Drills_grp01
/tmp/Drills_grp01$ ls -a
.DS_Store     symm_hrz.txt     symm_vrt.txt     table_similarKj.txt

In the ls -a output, where are all those ._* files I saw in the verbose output?

The life cycle of this tar file is:

files created in Windows XP, using TextEdit, saved to FAT32 file system.
compressed using the "ZIP" file format.
copied to MacOS (Extended / Jounaled).
decompressed using unzip
tar cfv stuff.tar Stuff
bzip2 stuff.tar

I'm curious.
Why does the verbose output of tar xfv stuff.tar not match the actual output?
Also, this means that the verbose output of any command in Terminal might not match the actual output? Trivial yes, but just something to be aware of.


texts: How can I disallow all network operations except for browser, mail?

texts:
I am on a rather low monthly limit with my mobile phone plan. When travelling, I usually write mails and browse the web on my Macbook Air via iPhone Personal Hotspot.

However, I do know several system services send and receive data "in the background" when a network connection is available — but I don’t want my Mac to download hundreds of MB of system updates or similar through my costly mobile data plan.

Is there a way to temporarily limit data throughput to a set of applications, let’s say Mail.app and Chrome.app? CLI solutions preferred, but any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: Mac Terminal or iTerm: Copy the current command but exclude prompt?

texts:
I am using Terminal or iTerm (iTerm2). Let's say I've typed in a command but haven't hit enter yet. Or maybe I used the up arrow to navigate through my command history. How do I copy the current command to the MacOS clipboard? But I also don't want it to include the prompt. Is there a keyboard short cut to do this?

For example, let's say the terminal is showing this:

myhostname:Documents kevuser$ mkdir cool_directory_name

What is the keyboard shortcut to copy mkdir cool_directory_name to the Mac OS clipboard? Can I add that functionality somehow? It feels like every time I try to copy the whole line it includes the prompt part of the terminal, myhostname:Documents kevuser$, which I don't want to be copied and pasted.


texts: Our app is in development and currently in test flight. The latest version release crashes when the calendar feature is engaged. Our dev agency says it’s a cache issue and instructed us to delete the app, restart the device and redownload the app from test flight. While this works to solve the crashing issue, it’s not an ideal solution. Does anyone know of a solution to this issue that will solve for the cache issue without having to delete app/restart device/reinstall app in test flight?


texts: i tried installing windows 8.1 on my mac osX and while the boot camp process was on the disk partitioning was in process and my mac suddenly restarted with a bootcamp error. now there is no windows8.1 installed on my mac but my storage shows partitioned please help


texts: Made DIY fusion drive.... now recovery partition won't boot

texts:
diskutil list shows what I am fairly certain is the correct layout. The recovery partition is "outside" the core storage logical volume group on the rotational disk:

% diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         119.7 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         749.3 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *865.3 GB   disk2

If I mount it, I see:

% ls /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/
System          com.apple.boot.P    com.apple.recovery.boot

% df -h /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/
Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s3  620Mi  500Mi  120Mi    81%  127917 30773   81%   /Volumes/Recovery HD

So clearly something's there. Yet, if I hold down option, all I see are the two copies of the fusion drive (does anyone know why home made fusion drives do that and Apple's don't?).

I attempted to

bless -folder /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/System/Library/CoreServices -bootefi /usr/standalone/i386/boot.efi

but that didn't do anything.

I can't help but think that the recovery partition is mostly there and just needs a small "kick" to make it work. I certainly don't think it's worth reinstalling Mountain Lion and restoring from time machine to fix this.

The output of diskutil cs list was requested:

% diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 748D74CE-EBC8-4A7F-985F-239E699255CF
    =========================================================
    Name:         FusionDrive
    Status:       Online
    Size:         868986765312 B (869.0 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 2CC32F7C-2358-484C-A885-5757E9AF6CFC
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     749296615424 B (749.3 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 4C8685E8-30DA-41FA-A37D-3BD6E83F9240
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     119690149888 B (119.7 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 6A089C96-ACEF-4B36-BF56-7E56C42B1294
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume CD4DEF37-AAA0-4F74-AD1B-A7DE08E3D4CE
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:               disk2
            Status:             Online
            Size (Total):       865261846528 B (865.3 GB)
            Size (Converted):   -none-
            Revertible:         No
            LV Name:            Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:        Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:       Apple_HFS

Note that the fusion drive itself seems to be working fine. The only difference I can tell in using it between it and a real Apple one is that in the option menu, I see two copies of "Macintosh HD" (both will boot it up). And, of course per this question, no Recovery HD.


texts: Can I use the same Time Machine drive with OS X 10.5 and 10.8?

texts:
I have an external 500 GB hard drive that I used to use for Time Machine backups with my PowerBook G4 running OS X 10.5 (Leopard). However, I now use it with a white MacBook running 10.8 (Mountain Lion). The PowerBook backups are still on the drive (each machine gets its own directory by default), but I have not backed up the PowerBook since I started using the drive with the MacBook.

My question is, is it safe to do a backup of the PowerBook again? Does Time Machine in Mountain Lion do anything differently to the drive that would make it not work correctly with Leopard, or vice versa?

I ask because the PowerBook is finally failing (occasionally boots directly to a kernel panic) so I'd like to do one last backup before it bites the dust.


texts: Change background image through terminal on macOS Sierra

texts:
I though of a random python program to take a URL and download the photo, then making it the Desktop background. People have had success with this before, but as of the macOS Sierra update I've been unable to do this. I've tried multiple ways, including those listed in this thread to no avail.

Does anyone know what Apple has changed their Desktop picture system to now? It's a tad frustrating when that's the only thing you set out to achieve and it's no longer the method people use.


texts: How do I access an SMB Share being hosted on a Mac running OS X?

texts:
I'm very new to the world of Apple so pardon my ignorance & general lack of knowledge.

I only have Terminal access to a Mac which is being used for test purposes. I'm trying to share a folder that I created so I can access it from a Windows machine.

I logged in as "root" and created a folder with the following command:

mkdir /macshare1

I tried sharing with the following command:

sharing -s /macshare1 -S macshare1

Since the IP Address of the Mac is 172.16.26.193, I tried to access this machine from Windows Explorer with the following username:

172.16.26.193\root

But doing so I'm unable to view the share. I'm not sure why it fails to access the folder but can you please help me out if I've missed some command?
I'd prefer to give read access to all users.


texts:
I have a Google group of contacts setup (that is, it's a group I created and stored using my Google account). I'd like to send an SMS message to the group from my iPhone 5s with iOS 8. How can I do this with free apps?

In other words, I don't want to have to add people individually to the SMS message. I want to just choose the group (from a list of groups obtained from my google account), and the app will automatically add the members of the group to the SMS recipients.


texts: Music.app on iOS: use a different language other than the system language?

texts:
As explained in the title, I want to use Music.app in a different language other than the system language.

However, unlike many other apps, it doesn't offer such an option in settings.

I'm wondering if it is possible to do so by tweaking appropriate plist files. If so, how?


texts: Will Apple TV from Canada work in Europe (Norway)?

texts:
I am moving to Europe (Norway) soon but I am considering to buy and Apple TV in Canada because it's cheaper.

I'm not worried about power outlet compatibility since I can just use an adapter, but does anyone know if the Apple TV from Canada will be fully functional in Norway, or will certain services, Apple accounts, etc. be restricted?

Many thanks in advance.


texts:
I use maid to run a few maintenance scripts regularly, via launchd. The time I chose for those tasks to run makes it very likely that I won’t suddenly decide to turn off my computer around then, but one can never be absolutely certain.

Sometimes, GUI apps prevent the computer from turning off due to unsaved changes. Can we replicate this via CLI? A bit like caffeinate but for power off instead of sleep.


texts:
I'm currently able to use an external monitor via HDMI connection thanks to Thunderbolt3Unblocker but very often after unplugging the dock my laptop restarts due to an error: this seems related to a problem in windows resizing, is there any solution to that?
Also, some other strange things are happening from time to time: twice or thrice in my 2 weeks of usage it happened that after unplugging and then reconnecting to the dock, the two USB-C ports of the side of the laptop where the dock was previously plugged in stopped sending any signal to the monitor, while the other two on the other side were still working fine (this seemed to happen after, when unplugged, I left the laptop go to sleep mode); display port connection is apparently not working at all, while mini display port works with a suboptimal resolution (but this is covered in this conversation: https://github.com/rgov/Thunderbolt3Unblocker/issues/28).
I'm using MacOs 10.15.7


texts: Free U2 album doesn't show up in artist folder under U2

texts: The album is instead in my iTunes artist list filed under 'G'?! So my artist list looks like this: Green Day, U2, David Guetta. I do have a song by Green Day and U2 which also appears here but don't know why Songs of Innocence isn't filed under U2 with the other albums of theirs. What is going on and how do I fix it, please?


texts: How to transfer apps from a previous iPhone to a new one?

texts:
I have recently got a new iPhone. I would like to transfer all my apps that I have previously downloaded (ie: iFruit, BBM, TU Go from O2, etc).

How do I do so without downloading them all again? …and also I need to transfer all my pictures and videos through iCloud but not apps.


texts: 10.14: Only display full path in a Finder window's title bar and not in its tabs?

texts:
I just finally updated to Mojave, and there's a new behavior in the Finder for those of us that set the hidden preference _FXShowPosixPathInTitle to true.

Previously when using that setting in 10.13, tabs in Finder windows would only display the name of their folder. Now they display the full path of their folder, just like the title bar.

I have a Finder window with eight tabs in it that I use as part of my daily workflow. Sufficed to say it's now impossible to tell which tab is for which folder because I can only see the first twelve characters of the path. (i.e. /Users/myusername/ -- not very helpful!)

Is there any way of getting the old behavior back? Or perhaps some other solution to this problem?


texts: Why is an un-deletable Springboard app on my screen after the iOS 6 upgrade?

texts:
I just updated to iOS 6 and I have this springboard app that I cannot delete. I've tried restarting, and opening the app just ends up in it closing itself. Any advice?

By the way, I am using an iPod Touch 4 that has never been jailbroken.


texts: Are there better in-ear headphones than Apple's?

texts:
In my experience, the Apple In Ear Headphones self-destruct after about 12 months (I've gone through about 3 pairs) and they now seem to be discontinued.

A microphone and perfect iPhone compatibility on the remote control is required of course. A bit better bass wouldn't hurt either since the iPhone equaliser doesn't affect apps like Spotify.

So my question is, which in-ear headphones deliver the same or better sound quality and are at least as rugged as the Apple's headphones?


texts: Does iOS slow download speed when downloading torrents?

texts:
Problem : I live in a country where carriers provide mobile data plans which they offer for 5 dollars; I get the 10GB "night time data package." So I tried to download some torrents from my PC using iOS personal Hotspot feature. But all the time I try to download a torrent it gives like 1KBps speed or less.

I've changed settings in uTorrent according to my internet speed but it gives slow speed. When I try to download large/small files directly from a website (web server) it gives full speed my carrier supports like 40Mbps. I have the problem only when downloading the torrent.

What I've found so far : I thought (still think) that would be a restriction with iOS and contacted apple support team and asked them about that. But they said iOS doesn't slow down speed when downloading a file through personal hotspot and said probably my carrier throttling my speed. But still I think iOS slows down my Internet speed because of a clear reason which I've explained below. So I want  know whether iOS slows down my Internet speed when I downloading a torrent or my carrier throttling when downloading a torrent.

Reasons to think Apple may do that : I've downloaded torrents before using hotspot feature like 1 year ago. But several things now have changed.

That time I used a Nokia phone which clearly have no hotspot restrictions.
That was about 1 year ago. So carriers might have taken actions to throttle speed when downloading torrent.

What I want to know :

Does iOS slow down internet speed when downloading torrents?
What could be the reason of slow torrent speed on this situation? ( torrents basically have several hundred seeders)
What actions can I take to get full speed?


texts: macOS Sierra Dock open app indicator missing

texts:
My Dock's open app indicator is suddenly missing. There is no more black dot at the bottom of my open app indicator.

What I did (but failed):

I am turning on my open app indicator in the system preference.
I have tried to remove ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist

When I move the dock position to Left or Right though, the indicator appears. Only when at the bottom it doesn't appear. Anybody knows why?

I am on macOS Sierra 10.12.6.

Adding picture.

This really doesn't show my point so well. When I took the screenshot, the open app indicator is there. But it doesn't show up in my real desktop.


texts: Quick Look: How to return to unindexed view using mouse

texts:
After selecting some images and pressing ≪Spacebar≫, I click on the index button:

This is what I see:

Without the keyboard (Ctrl-Enter), how do I get back to the unindexed view?


texts: macbook pro can not properly wake up from closed-display mode

texts:
I have a 2017 Macbook pro from corp. While connecting to a 4k external monitor via type-c cable, the external display works well when the built-in display is on. However the external display is no signal in closed display mode. Clicking the bluetooth mouse or keyboard can not wake up the macbook pro. Sometimes the macbook pro wake up few seconds, then it went to sleep again.
Everything works well few days ago, not sure what causes this broken.
I also have another personal 2017 Macbook Pro, it still works as expect when using same cabal and external monitor.
Any suggestion for fixing this issue?


texts: How to downscale for an external display?

texts:
I intend to connect my old full HD TV as external display to a mid-2012 MacBook air.

While being "only" 1920×1080, the TV has 42", so each element would look ridiculously large. So I thought about "emulating" it to be, say, 4k, then downscale the signal to the 1080 the TV can handle.

Is there such a possibility?

MacBookAir5,1
Mojave 10.14.6
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB


texts: Keyboard shortcut for replace and find next in textmate

texts:
The ⌘ + G finds the next occurrence. ⌘ + ⇧ + F does NOT do the right thing: it brings up the Find/Replace dialog - and if you just hit ↩ it does not properly default to Replace and Find. I am NOT going to mouse over to manually click on it since this is a highly frequent activity.

So then what is the way to do the find/replace just with the keyboard?


texts: MBP 2017 w/ Touch Bar: How to turn off internal display & use external display instead

texts:
Configuration:  I have a MacBook Pro 2017 with Touch Bar connected to a 27" external display and a very fast external HD connected via Thunderbolt-3.

Problem:  I am unable to drive 4K or HD video in this configuration without constantly dropping frames (in Davinci Resolve.)  When I disconnect the external display and use only my laptop's display, the video plays significantly better -- almost perfect.

Hypothesis:  I suspect the original configuration is a heavy lift for my laptop's graphics chip.  And the video may play fine if it is driving only one monitor instead of two.

Goal:  I want to use my external display and not my laptop's internal display -- all the while keeping my keyboard and mouse functional.  (No, I do not want to turn the brightness down to 0 nor do I want to do mirroring.)

How do I do this?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Full screen app on one monitor, Desktop on other

texts:
I want to use Terminal in full screen on one monitor while having the desktop accessable on the other. pressing the green button in terminal fills screen 1 with terminal (good), but the other is blank (bad). It would be nice if the other were the desktop or another app.

To sum it up, this is how is is for me now:

Screen 1 | Screen 2
-------------------
Terminal |  Blank

When Terminal is fullscreen, the other monitor becomes blank i.e. nothing on it.

Screen 1 | Screen 2
-------------------
 Blank   | Terminal

The same rule applies regardless of what monitor Terminal is on.

This happens to any and all apps, not just Terminal.

I want it to look like this:

Screen 1 | Screen 2
-------------------
Terminal | Desktop

or:

Screen 1 | Screen 2
-------------------
Desktop  | Terminal

or another example:

Screen 1 | Screen 2
-------------------
 Safari  |  Pages

Ideas?

High Sierra 10.13.6


texts: Mail/iCal: How to decline with text / answer mail?

texts: I am using Mail/iCal with a corporate Exchange server.  With Outlook (yuck!) or its "OWA" approximation, I can answer (accept/maybe/decline) with or without editing the reply mail.  In Mail or iCal, I know three working ways to accept/decline, but I don't see how to edit the reply.  (Plus, after declining, the mail/event is gone, so I also cannot reply to the mail anymore.)


texts: MacBook Pro 2015 13" vs MacBook Air 2019 for Final Cut Pro X

texts:
I've been thinking about a switch from my current 2015 MacBook Pro to the 2019 MacBook Air. I use Apple's Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X very consistently, so having a smooth workflow on these apps is a must.

Current specs:
- 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5
- 8 GB Ram

Potential upgrade specs:
- 1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
- 8 GM Ram

My current computer also has some issues with the screen and some of the screws on the bottom plate, which is why I've considered a switch. Do you think upgrading to the 2019 Air could suit my needs?


texts: Safari automatically appends .txt extension to .ino files

texts: When I download an .ino file in OS X, my files are automatically converted to .ino.txt and opened by TextEdit app, even though, I have installed Arduino IDE. How can I close this feature?


texts: How can I debug why fans are constantly spinning?

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OK, I admit a 5.5+ yr old MacBook Air is a bit dated, but I am not overloading it.

Nonetheless, the constantly spinning fans are more than a bit of an annoyance.

However, I do want to understand why it is behaving this way.

I regularly see (in top) 50-75% idle, and with a load average of 4-6. However, at times it has a much higher load average, more like 7-8, particularly when fans are spinning. Whenever I wake it from sleep (lift the lid), I can see an idle of 0% and a load average of 70-80, and sometimes over 100 (!!) for a few minutes.

I grew up (professionally) on Unix, so very comfortable with usual commands, as well as dtrace scripts. I could use some pointer in figuring out how to get a machine that is, all in all, running Chrome, Safari, Dropbox, iTerm2, TextMate2, Twitter, Slack and that is it to more normal behaviour.


texts: On iOS how can I add an alphanumeric sender ID to a contact?

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On my iPhone I like to have a contact associated with any number from whom I receive messages. However, I've been struggling to do this with texts from (e.g.) my bank who use an alphabetic sender ID. I've tried adding the text that appears in the Messages app to the contact as a mobile phone "number" -- the Contacts app accepts this, but it doesn't get associated with the contact in the Messages app.

Does anyone know how to do this? These textual sender IDs are quite common these days so it would seem like an obvious thing to support.

I have an iPhone 6S running iOS 10.

EDIT [2016-09-17]

It appears from the comments this may be a region-specific feature - to clarify, I'm in the UK, so it's quite possible we're not a large enough market for them to bother about supporting these more gracefully.

Here's a snippet from my Messages screen - note that these are not contacts, this is how the SMS arrives even if it's from a totally new sender:

If you try to add to existing contact, it doesn't add anything.


texts: Can I use Time Capsule as shared disk (without any extra hardware)? I want to store my media there (e.g. photo)


texts:
I am trying to find a texteditor which can give an overview of Search Tool's Result. I find the current situation of TextMate problematic

You cannot see the section of one search result without losing your position in the document. The current one-line overview is not enough.
Therefore, I have to look some other editor, since the search tool is an essential tool in studying.

I am also open for Linux editors because I can compile them for OS X if necessary.

Is there any TextEditor with Overview of Search Tool's Result?


texts: What formats of bootable USB does 2018 Mac mini support?

texts:
What formats of bootable USB does 2018 Mac mini (with T2 chip) support? Is it different from the older models of Mac minis?

I know the foloowing:
 - T2 MacMini can not boot from Fat32 USB with installed Groob (old one can from the same stick)
 - T2 MacMini can boot from USB stick created by Etcher from Ubuntu iso installer image (and I don't understand, what format Etcher creates)


texts: What use for the thin, folded, two-side protector that was boxed with my iPhone XR?

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The iPhone XR that I recently bought from Apple came with a thin folded plastic protector that covers both sides. (In what follows I call this the Apple protector.)

I have also bought (again from Apple) a separate and (presumably) tougher screen protector, namely the Anti-Glare Screen Protection badged by Belkin; and I have bought a protective case made by Speck, the Presidio Grip, which is described as compatible with screen protectors.

Before I fit the case, should I fit the Belkin protector on top of the Apple protector, or the other way round? Or should I take the Apple protector off and keep it in the event that the Belkin protector gets damaged or mislaid in the future? Or perhaps the Apple protector no longer has a purpose and I should dispose of it?


texts: How to batch rename files via Terminal using the file's date as filename?

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I have a bunch of photos and videos from different sources and want to normalize the file names using Terminal. I looked at a bunch of different tools from NameChanger to Automator and Finder itself. NameChanger does not allow more than one action at a time and Finder and Automator won't allow me to set the date format with a format string.

I've been playing around with a few bash functions and found that

stat -f "%Sm" -t "%Y-%m-%d %H.%M.%S" file.ext

produces the date time format I'm after.

Yet I found that

for file in *.*
do
    mv "$file" echo stat -f "%Sm" -t "%Y-%m-%d %H.%M.%S" "$file"
done

returns

-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done'

I'm not really proficient with bash scripting so excuse any incompetence in the examples above.

What I want to do is remove all of the base name of the file (everything before .jpg) and replace it with the date and time format I got from stat earlier.

For example:

20160708_151344000_iOS.jpg   --> 2016-07-08 15.13.44.jpg
WP_20140915_02_03_15_Raw.jpg --> 2014-09-15 02.03.15.jpg

How do I need to do this?


texts: Google two-factor doesn't work on iPad after iPhone is set up

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Love the idea of two-factor auth and was pushed to do it finally by the issues that plagued the Gizmodo author.

I enabled two-factor auth and it was all going really smoothly. I used Google Authenticator and two-factor setup to create some application-specific passwords, scan the Authenticator QR code with my iPhone to set it up, etc. etc.

However, now my iPad is reporting that it can't connect to GMail via Google Sync (Exchange) on the iPad.

I've taken the following steps:

Attempted to use an app-specific password. Tried a few different ones just to see if they worked.
Attempted to use a code generated from Google Authenticator on the iPhone.
Looked up Google Help. It told me to use Google Authenticator to add my iPhone, but doesn't seem to an address an iDevice that isn't the primary device (i.e. Phone). I can't add an additional QR code as far as I can see.
I can't navigate to the App Store on my iPad because the google sync login window incessantly pops up.

Any advice on how best to proceed from someone who activated his iPhone before an iPad?

The main thing I seem to be getting hung up on is that the process to connect the iPad is the same as the iPhone, except Google's process recommends adding an iPhone, and when I already have one and need to add an iPad, the only options I have are replace or remove.


texts: Creative Cloud login window won't be visible

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I'm using El Capitan 10.11.6 and whenever I have to log in into Adobe Creative Cloud the login window stays hidden behind everything else. It wont show even using command+tab, neither clicking the icon on the Dock. I have to quit or hide every other app to reach it.

Is this a known issue? Any insight on how to avoid this problem?


texts: Can I reset my privacy settings on OS X Mountain Lion like I can on iOS 6?

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iOS allows me to reset my location settings, causing apps to have to ask me again if they can use my location information. iOS 6 allows me to reset all location and privacy settings globally as well:

Can I do the same with OS X Mountain Lion's Privacy tab in Security & Privacy? I can't seem to find any option to reset these settings (not even in the Advanced menu).


texts: What info does a Mac broadcast and how to hide it?

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I want to run a Mac in the cloud as a webserver and for facilitative use. I've secured most of my used tools already, but I was wondering about the OS itself.

Imagine I'm running an up-to-date Yosemite. How could I check what information a third party could obtain from the device. If information could be found, how to hide it?

I noticed some SSH services on Linux servers bluntly giving their exact OS version until the release number. I would want to prevent stuff like that being broadcasted and just wanted to double-check if OS X would broadcast such and how to obfuscate it or hide it fully. I can understand I can't hide my server is running OS X, but I would at least not like the external party to know more details if they were broadcasted.


texts: External display: After standby, window positions are reset (MacBook Pro clamshell mode)

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I'm running macOS Big Sur on a MacBook Pro 15-inch 2017 in clamshell mode with an external display (LG 27UD58). I almost never open the laptop or disconnect it from the display.
After I wake my MacBook from sleep, the windows all gather in the lower-left corner, instead of remembering their previous positions.
Is there a way to fix this?
I thought that maybe there is an LG driver I could install but I couldn't find anything. I've seen similar reports by other users but haven't come across any solution so far.
Thanks for your help!


texts:
The following commands used to work to hide the desktop items. In Mojave, it just refreshes the dock and everything remains. Is there another way to do this?

defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false; killall Finder


texts:
I just bought an Airport Extreme thinking it was easy to share a USB disk.
I'm very disappointed that this is taking so much time and still not working.

The disk is 1TB NTFS formatted. It works well while connected directly to my MBP but via Airport Extreme I just can't get it work. Both on Mac and on Windows I can't connect, it's not discoverable. Even connecting via smb://10.0.0.1/mydisk won't work.

Is this due by the NTFS format or I'm just missing something?

Thank you


texts: Move a full screen app to second monitor

texts:
In Mac OS X El Capitan, is there a shortcut to move full screen apps between monitors?
My current method is first bringing the app out of full screen mode, then drag it to the second monitor and then maximize it again.
I wish there was a shortcut to just move it from monitor 1 to monitor 2.
edit: I'm not talking about moving between workspaces on a single monitor... I am talking about 2 monitors.


texts: Can I move Applications to another partition?

texts:
My Startup disk partition is just 20 GB and I'm running out of space.
What's the safe way to transfer Applications folder to the other partition?

Can I just move all apps into a folder on the other partition and create a symlink to it?


texts: Question about using an automator to apply pixelmator watermark

texts: I have a 13in Mac Book Pro High Sierra and just purchased 3.7 Pixelmator. I am making an automator to place a watermark in bulk of photos and no matter the size of the watermark text, it comes out small after applying the automator, how can I get it to keep the size I created the text in Pixelmator? I just created a simple watermark with a text layer on top of a transparent background saved as a png file.


texts: I came across this article: http://www.cestarcollege.com/blog/software-development/the-3-most-devastating-bugs-found-in-recent-software/ which is talking about 3 bugs found in Apple software. Are these resolved now?  Does anyone have any idea about these bugs?


texts: OS X stuck on reboot updating to 10.13.4

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I have a Mid-2014 Macbook Pro I have tried to update to 10.13.4 from 10.13.3 a few times now, but everytime the result is the same: The update gets stuck after rebooting on the black screen with the progress bar.

The bar gets stuck at about 75% after around 30 minutes
I have let it be for many hours (overnight), no progress
If I turn the computer off and on again, it gets stuck at the same place
I seem to be unable to enter "safe mode" (holding down shift at power-on). I am however able to get into recovery mode.
First I tried just using the App Store update; this has previously always worked for me.
After restoring from time machine, I tried again, this time using the combo update. Same result.

Questions

I am back up and running now, having restored (yet again) from time machine, but still at 10.13.3. I'd still like to upgrade, but I don't know how to proceed. What are my options? "Re-install OS X" from recovery mode?
If it gets stuck on an update again (or some other time), how do I diagnose what it's stuck on next time? I see I can get to a terminal from recovery mode, but I don't know what logs to look in and what to look for - what's the way to better understand a stuck update?


texts: 30" monitor has black border around desktop

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I have been using a 24" monitor with my macbook pro early 2011 connected via a mini display port to DVI adaptor.  I recently received an HP Z30i 30" monitor.  When I connect to it with an mini display port to display port adaptor, although it displays at the monitors native 2560x1600 resolution, the mac is scaling the desktop display down so as to leave a 1cm or so black border around the desktop.  The mac reports using a resolution of 2560x1600 and the display reports this also.   This makes the display blurry as single pixels become sub pixels.   The display looks like the same effect as having "under scan" turned on when using an HDMI cable at 1080p.

I thought that maybe there was a hardware or display problem, but when I boot off a previous system partition from a different hard-drive using the same OS (10.8.5) release, the monitor set up works perfectly.  This proves the OS release, display and the hardware, so I'm thinking that there must be a preferences problem with my current setup.  Perhaps the under scan setting is somehow being applied to this display when it's not using HDMI?

I've tried deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist, ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.HostNumber.plist and rebooting but no results.

The scaling is applied before the login screen and logging in as a different user has the same problem.

Any ideas?  It's driving me nuts, I've got this nice 30" screen and I can't use it!


texts: Where does Time Machine store its cache? Mine is sometimes corrupted

texts:
Whenever a backup is run, Time Machine says "Preparing Backup...". During this stage, it looks for what files have been changed since the last backup by comparing changes in the Event Log (I assume) with its cache of files on the system.

Because of the cache, the Preparing stage is usually quite fast (30 seconds), but for some reason, sometimes when I restart from Boot Camp (Windows 7) into OS X, Time Machine's cache is wiped clean or corrupted. I know this because the Preparing stage takes 10 minutes after booting back into OS X.

So, that's why I'm wondering where the cache is located so perhaps I could determine why it's sometimes corrupted.


texts:
When you run sudo fullstatus caching, it lists all the relevant data for how the caching works on the server. There is one particular line that shows what port the caching server is using.

Does this port need to be open and accessible in order for caching to work properly? For example, does this port need to be forwarded/opened since we are NAT'ed in order for caching to work (because caching doesn't seem to be working right now even though it says that it is running)?

Thanks!


texts:
The limited functionality of the App Store has me looking for an alternative view on "Apple-approved" applications. I appreciate the vetting that occurs as part of inclusion in this catalog, but I'd like to see a set of features that are common in nearly all digital purchasing interfaces: sorting and filtering by price, number of reviews, user rating, whether or not there are in-app purchases, et cetera.

Sites such as appcuity.com and AppsOnSale appear to have died. There was an iTunes-like client called Bodega, but it is now defunct. The iOS version of the store has AppApp.io.

What alternatives to the App Store exist?


texts: Why do symlinks in a duplicated folder turn into files after a few seconds?

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I have a folder full of files. There are 98 images, and 98 symlinks to those images with alternate filenames.

When I hit Duplicate in the Finder on that folder, the copy succeeds normally. But in less than 30 seconds, something iterates over the symlinks and turns them into duplicate copies of the files.

Only the copied folder is affected; the original folder is left untouched.
The new duplicates are not hard links to the original files; the inode numbers are all different.
The same behavior happens in both Finder and Path Finder.
I can see the conversion happen in real time; it will go down the list changing them in small groups.

Can anyone duplicate this bug in Sierra or High Sierra?

MacBookAir6,2
macOS Sierra 10.12.6


texts: Change preset settings in OS X print dialog (Canon iR-ADV 2030i)

texts: I'm using OS X 10.9. I need to change some of the advanced printer settings in the presets dialog (the printer is Canon ImageRunner Advance 2030i). In this case I'd like to change the 'print style' setting under 'finishing' but I have no clue what to do to make the actual change happen. I tried clicking in combination with various keys but the setting still seems to be displayed as read-only (see screenshot). What should I do?


texts:
How I am supposed to configure Kerberos on OS X 10.8 ? I heard that this should work by default, just by calling kinit once.

Still, I am on the corporate network (not joined any domain) and run kinit.

All, I got was kinit: krb5_get_init_creds: unable to reach any KDC in realm LOCAL

Note: I do want to make it work without having to join the Windows domain.

/var/log/opendirectory.log shows:

2012-09-05 14:05:16.600904 BST - 81.144675 - Client: mds, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0
2012-09-05 14:05:16.600904 BST - 81.144675, Module: SystemCache - Misconfiguration detected - Failed to insert key 'ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF00000037' for entry '0x7fbf0fa01140' into hash 'UUID' as 'non-authoritative'


texts: Behaviour of development certificate in apple developer portal and keychain

texts:
This is a question regarding Apple Development Certificates. There are two parts:
Part 1: create and download certificates on apple developer portal.
Background:
I can download my teammates developments certificates as well as mine on the apple developer portal certificate management page. When I download others', there is no private key linked to the certificate, When I download mine, there is. This makes total sense: I should have only access to my own private keys.
Questions:
The question is: is this determined by the developer portal? I log into developer portal, so when I download the certs, developer portal will give me the private key if the certs belong to me?
The next question is: where does the private key come from? Does developer portal generate the private keys based on the CSR I uploaded when I create the certificate?
Part 2: certificates in keychain
Background:
In keychain, there is a "My Certificates" category. After I imported the certificates for myself and my teammates, all my certificates appear under the "My Certificates" category, and my teammates' certificates are excluded from this category. This makes total sense.
Question:
How does Keychain know that these certificates belong to me? What information in the certificates are used by Keychain to achieve that? I thought it's the apple id in the certificate, but when I log out from my Macbook, Keychain still knows my certificates.


texts:
I was using the Health App under iOS 9.2 - and in the 9.3 upgrade the Health App switched display from a line graph to a bar graph.

I like the line graph better. I can't figure out how to get it back.

My question is: How do I change my health app from a bar graph to a line graph?


texts: What is the "128 font limit" in classic Mac OS?

texts:
I was reading about Bill Gates' famous "640KB" quote, when I came upon http://www.faktoider.nu/640kb_eng.html, a nice article about the quote and its historical context. However, the article also contained this curious paragraph:

  This wasn't, of course, the first or last time such limits were set; all systems that handles memory, or does some other kind of addressing, have built-in limits somewhere, and when they are designed the limits are set comfortably high. But that doesn't mean the designer is convinced that the limit will suffice forever. (A similar example in the Macintosh world is the inital limit of 128 fonts - not on a single machine, but on all Macs, worldwide. This fact is somewhat less well known than the 640 kB-quote.)

(emphasis mine). Now, that's a weird limit to have - worldwide, Macs could only have 128 distinct fonts? At what point was that ever true, and how could such a limit even work? Googling this suggested there was a limit of 128 font suitcases on classic Mac OS, but that applies to a single machine and not "worldwide". I couldn't find any other information about this font limit.

So what does this 128-font limit refer to?


texts:
Today I wanted to backup my old iPhone which I didn't use for a long time and never tried to unlock it for one year now. It was just laying around. Upon charging and starting it up, I saw this message:

"IPhone is deactivated. In 24.286.924 minutes you can try again"

Why this could possibly happen and what can I do about it?


texts: Mid-2012 MacBook Pro not charging (Programmed charge table not in use)

texts:
My mid-2012 MB Pro (2.6ghz i7, A1286, Catalina) recently stopped charging... It sat unplugged for about a week and when I plugged back the adaptor (since the battery was apparently empty) all I got was a green charging light, battery stuck on 2% charge and some heavy cpu throttling (I'm assuming kernel_task is trying to lower the power consumption since it's stuck with a really low battery).
Ran an ASD test and I'm getting a battery error:
Battery Test #51 - ATV Table Test
ERROR 26 - (Programmed charge table not in use)
Anybody familiar with the issue?
Thanks in advance for the input!


texts: How can encrypted Apple DMGs be so fast to open?

texts:
On remote drive I have an encrypted .dmg and the same files in a gpg encrypted tar file.
The DMG opens within seconds, but to access the tar file, I first need to decrypt it, in this 10 minutes, and then expand it, another 10 minutes.

How can the Apple DMG be so fast? or where I read more about how it works?


texts: Reservations on buying a mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter

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I'm planning on buying a mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter to make use of my unused Samsung 20" monitor. I'm planning to use it so that I can extend my desktop in my MacBook Pro.

I have some reservations if it would work fine. I've heard others complaining that it doesn't work when they attach their VGA cords to the device. Do you think the cause of it is just their monitors or MacBooks not capable of supporting a the highest resolution?  The maximum resolution of my 13" MBP is 1280x800. I'm quite sure that my 20" monitor can handle this.

Am I right with my hunch?
What's the issue why other monitors tend to not work at all when attached to the device?


texts:
I have a Mac Mini (2010) that I use as a home server with a DAS (2 drives) attached over USB. Everything is on 24/7.

From all my research online, it seems that spinning hard drives up and down constantly is actually only worse for the drive so I've unchecked "Put hard disks to sleep when possible". Now the internal drive as well as the two externals are spinning 24/7.

The other reason I keep the drives spinning is that if I do have the drives on auto-sleep, I keep getting I/O Errors from the kernel log for my two external drives on USB which was very worrying. Keeping the drives spinning makes those errors go away entirely.

The problem is that the internal drive on the Mini crashed recently and it was only about 7 months old :( Thankfully it was under warranty but the next time I probably won't be so lucky.

This has me doubting my always-spin approach. All the stuff I read previously was for 3.5" server drives, maybe the 2.5" drives are different in this regard and I should sleep them when possible? Or was I simply just unlucky with that crashed drive?

Additionally: Should I want to sleep the 2.5" internal drive, is there a way to sleep the internal but keep the externals spinning? Seems like the pref panel as well as pmset apply the setting to all drives.

Thanks!


texts: Persistent badge on Messages app icon in macOS High Sierra

texts:
The Messages app on my Mac is showing a persistent badge which isn't going away. The app icon is consistently showing a count of 3 which has remained intact despite doing the following:

Exchanging messages with multiple recipients.
Clearing all the messages (from Messages on Mac as well as on all the linked devices).
Disabling/Enabling the iMessage account (on my linked Mac, iPhone and iPad).
Disabling/Enabling Messages in iCloud (on my Mac).
Disabled/Enabled Text Messages forwarding from iPhone to Mac and iPad.

I have set up my iPhone to automatically forward Text Messages to my Mac and iPad.

My iOS devices are running iOS 11.4 and Mac is running macOS High Sierra 10.13.5.

Note that the count on the icon is not just incorrect, it is persistently stuck at number 3. Count on iOS devices are appearing correct.

When there are unread messages, the count is shown correctly to reflect the number of unread messages. As soon as all the messages are read/deleted, the count goes back to 3.

I have a single Mac linked to my Apple ID. How do I proceed with getting rid of this incorrect count badge?

Right clicking the Messages icon in the Dock shows three numbers as shown below. However, no message is shown in the Messages windows.


texts:
iOS9 enabled add-blocking APIs - and there has been a slew of app-blocking applications released. This all appear to target Safari.

My understanding was that Chrome (on iOS) used the same engine as Safari when rendering pages.

My question is: If Chrome uses the same engine as Safari on iOS - will the adblockers work there too?

Assumptions

on iOS, Chrome is using iOS WebKit not the Chrome WebKit.


texts:
I'm currently trying to install a Dell 1130n Printer Driver on macOS Sierra.

Upon installation, the installer displays this message:

  Error opening file: libscmssc.dylib
  1008:6, -35 Drive not found

This file is located in a folder in the same directory as the installation file.

I have disabled some security settings in macOS Sierra by running a line of code in Terminal, which I thought might have caused that issue:

sudo spctl --master-disable

But it does not appear to have any effect on the installer.

Any ideas?


texts: Can I change the color of the current date in Mavericks Calendar?

texts:
Unlike previous versions of Calendar, Mavericks Calendar uses a color to indicate the current day. This color clashes with many of the colors I've been using for years for various calendars (and is even the same as one I use for one of my calendars), which makes the appointments for the current day almost unreadable.

Is there a way to restore the neutral, light gray used to indicate the current day used in earlier versions of Calendar?


texts: print error ln: /usr/include: Read-only file system even disabled Rootless in my Macbook pro

texts:
I have disabled my System Integrity Protection:
$ csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: disabled.

when I add soft connection:
ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.12.sdk/usr/include /usr/include

there still print error:
ln: /usr/include: Read-only file system

My MacOS version is: macOS Catalina 10.15.2.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I use the new Lion OS X license on two machines, or do I have to buy one for each?

I have a few users that work with me that needed to reload Mountain Lion on their laptops. They had no connectivity so I let them borrow my bootable thumb drive.

Other than trusting their word.. What happens if they didn't actually buy a copy of ML? Does that mean that I violated my agreement?

I read more about the agreement here:

http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/26/install-upgrade-os-x-mountain-lion-multiple-macs/

More specifically this:

  “(i) to download, install, use, and run for personal, non-commercial use, one (1) copy of the Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded computer running OS X Lion or OS X Snow Leopard (“Mac computer”) that you own or control.”


texts: Airport Extreme suffering wildly inconsistent speeds between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz

texts:
I have an Airport Extreme (will find actual version number later, as it's not able to tell from Airport Utility any more) that runs a 2.4 and 5 ghz network.  The 5Ghz one is almost always fast, but the 2.4Ghz one can produce some woeful speeds.  The following screenshots showing me using my ISPs speedtest tool from the same iMac on each network:

I'm simply at a loss as to how to start troubleshooting this.  It usually works fine, but sometimes is so bad I cannot even connect to it.  The faster connection is pretty close to my maximum, so I'm happy with that - if I plug in direct via a cable it's usually similar to this.

It doesn't matter how far from the router I am, if it's decided to be slow, there is nothing I can see to either fix or troubleshoot it.  The latest 7.6.1 firmware is on the AE, and it does not show any errors or warnings.


texts: How do I search ??_doc.xml file in a specified folder in Finder?

texts:
I have a lot of ??_doc.xml files in a folder, it's like:

13_doc.xml
16_doc.xml
87_doc.xml

The filenames are all like two digits with _doc.xml combined together.

I want to search them and have them showed in folder, and when I type ??_doc.xml in the search box, I get nothing.

Is there anything wrong with my query? What should I type there?

Thanks


texts:
I upgraded a Mac to OS X Yosemite and would like to find the age (when it's been released). In previous OS it was given here:

but I can't find it in Yosemite there

...anyone?


texts: How do I use specific Node version in current terminal window only with homebrew?

texts:
I've installed Node@10 brew previously and prefer to continue using only brew without nvm etc.
All of my projects are on Node@10. Now I need to use Node@12 for just one.
How do I set node version to 12 only in the current terminal window with brew?


texts: Can I assign my named faces in Photos app to Contacts?

texts:
I want use the faces which I determined in Photos app and named them. I have contacts with the same names. I want to link these and I would it done automatically.
Is there any way to do this?

EDIT : I saw the links which @Tetsujin introduced me, but I can't solve my problem. In addition, I use Persian names which can make some differences.


texts: How do I troubleshoot "An error has occurred" when trying to update the Kindle app in the Mac App Store?

texts:
I'm able to update other apps, but for several days now I get "An error has occurred" when I press the Update button for the Kindle app:

I wonder if the App Store is confused since it's displaying "No Updates Available" above the update for the Kindle app.

I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.1.

How do I get more information on this error?  I don't see anything in the Console app related to the App Store.

Update: I turned on the Debug menu, but it wasn't clear how I could use it.  (So I turned it back off.)  I then deleted the Kindle app, which removed it from the Updates tab.  But now I get an error when I try install it again:


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I currently have a process that is running some shell scripts that then a call to an API. When it makes the calls, there might be like 10-15 seconds when the script is waiting for the external API to send a response. This is when I notice that the process is run again. So it will get to that point and then run another process for that. Is there any way for me to prevent this from happening? I need to run this process every 30 minutes.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.leads.issues</string>
<key>LingonWhat</key>
<string>/Users/Marketing/Desktop/TrueLeadsUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/applet</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/Users/Marketing/Desktop/TrueLeadsUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/applet</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>1800</integer>


texts: New printer only visible in some applications

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I installed a couple of new printers via System preferences -> Printers & Scanners -> + -> IP.

They work just fine from some applications. For example from adobe reader or inkscape I can print without problems.

Problem:

They don't show up in the printer list for native mac applications like preview.app.

How can I add them to the list of printers available in preview.app?


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I wanna install python on wine, but encountered the following issue,
$ wine msiexec /i python-2.7.14.msi

/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-96.200.3/Common/ChunkCompression.cpp:49: Error: unsupported compressor 8
/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-96.200.3/Libraries/CompressData/CompressData.c:353: Error: Unknown compression scheme encountered for file '/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/Exceptions.plist'
/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-96.200.3/Common/ChunkCompression.cpp:49: Error: unsupported compressor 8
/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppleFSCompression/AppleFSCompression-96.200.3/Libraries/CompressData/CompressData.c:353: Error: Unknown compression scheme encountered for file '/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Library/AppExceptions.bundle/Exceptions.plist'
0009:fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
0009:fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
0009:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
0009:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
0009:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
0009:err:mscoree:LoadLibraryShim error reading registry key for installroot
0009:err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"WhichUsersDlg" returned 1602

How do I solve it?
My machine's version is macOS Mojave 10.14.6.


texts: Is there a way to copy the link URL in Safari (Mac OS X) without using right click?

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In Safari, if you want to copy the link URL, you should do 3 operations:

Hover the link
Right-click the link
Use the "Copy link" item from the main/contextual menu

Alternatively, you can hover/navigate to the link and then select the link (usually if textual) by using the mouse/trackpad. Then you hit CMD+C and have the link copied, but these are still 3 operations (navigate/hover, select, copy).

So, the question: Is there a way in Safari to reduce the above to just 2 operations:  1) Hover and 2) Copy ?

It seems there are similar tools/plugins for Firefox and Chrome:

Chrome: Copy link address
Firefox: Copy URL on Mouse Over

There is even a plugin for Safari which does something similar, but not exactly: Type to navigate. The issue is that this plugin is not designed to solve the above problem, so even though the plugin allows you to copy the link you have selected, it is not solving the real problem - how to reduce the steps to just 2 (hover and copy).

Ideas are welcome!


texts: Finder forgets /Applications folder's view options on each log in

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I recently did a fresh install of macOS 10.13.5 on my MBP, and came across a problem with my /Applications folder that I haven't been able to solve.

Finder will forget that folder's view options and the position and size of the window in each log in. It only happens with the /Applications folder, as far as I can tell.

What I have tried and didn't work:

Repair permissions on entire boot disk.
Manually set permissions of /Applications to read and write for everyone.
Delete /Applications/.DS_Store to let Finder create a new one.

Any ideas?


texts: El Capitan's Disk Utility won't format new 3 TB drives higher than 800 GB

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My iMac Mid.2010 running OS X EL Capitan v10.11.6 will not format any of my brand new 2 x 3 TB SATA drives and although I tried any other format like exFat, etc, it keeps making them no higher than 800 gigs.  I do connect each drive to the iMac with a "kdLinks HDD docking station" and a SATA-to-USB2 interface cable. The purpose is to use these 2 drives for Time Machine backups. What am I doing wrong?

Update:

Also:

2017-01-14 12:59:38.663 defaults[9465:6786462]
The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist, MaxSize) does not exist

Also from mount:

/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/OLDisk (hfs, local, journaled)
/dev/disk2s2 on /Volumes/SATADisk2 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled)


texts: How do I exclude a hard drive from Time Machine backup history?

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I've just found that a hard drive I don't need to backup has been include in Time Machine backups for a while.

Is there a way I can exclude that drive from the backup history, or all I can do is avoid it being backup in the next runs?


texts: Preview: Change the Fill option for the Annotate tool

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I enabled the annotate option on the Tools for Mac Preview Application and now I cannot draw a rectangle without the Fill option. How can I get rid of the Fill option so that I can draw a rectangle without filling the contents in it.

Here is the example of a filled rectangle in it.