texts: After upgrade to HighSierra Finder's Sidebar do not work anymore

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I have a 13" early 2014 MacBook Air which had been running El Capitan for some time now. Yesterday I successfully upgraded to High Sierra (10.13.3), but since then a problem keeps occuring:

All "Favorites" and some "Devices" have the generic file icon (looking like a sheet of paper with a dog-ear). When clicked, the system thinks for a few seconds (rotating beach ball) and then displays an error, e.g.:

  "Documents" can't be opened because the original item can't be found.

As you can see, this happens to custom as well as to system Favorites.

So, my question is: How can I restore Finder's full functionality?

What I've tried so far:

Turning it off and on again
Force-quitting Finder
Trying to delete the not-working Favorites (beach ball, error from above, Favorite still there)
Trying to change Finders side bar's preferences (Initially: No Favorites' boxes are checked, if checked by me, they become unchecked again after a few seconds. Now: Trying to access the side bar ridget of Finder's preferences invokes the beach ball until I close the menue.)
Trying to delete com.apple.finder.plist and com.apple.sidebar.plist from ~/Library/Preferences/ restarting imidiately afterwars (result: Looks to be working for a few seconds after restart, then back to old problem. However, my custom fevorites are gone, only the default ones remain.)

Some additional information:

It is possible, to access the directories manually. They do exist and have not moved (as far as their path is concerned).
The user name did not change.
"Go To" works fine.


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I have unlimited data on my mobile plan which includes a 30GB allowance per month for tethering. My allowance renews on the 27th of each month, but two days after my allowance renewed I received a message from my carrier informing me that I have already nearly used all of my allowance leaving me with only 6.14 GB of hotspot data left.

The previous month I had been using my hotspot on a daily basis to watch movies via my PS4 on Netflix as well as other people using it in the house and on the 26/12 I still had 19GB left of my hotspot so I can't understand how I could then use 24.86GB of my renewed allowance in just two days. It doesn’t make sense.

My service provider are saying that on the 27/12 I had 30GB of allowance but now I only have 6.14GB left.

How can that be?


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I have an issue where my login password isn't being required after my Mac goes to sleep.

In the System Preferences > Security & Privacy pane, I have checked the "Require password ... after sleep or screen saver begins" box. Every time I quit System Preferences, the box becomes unticked, and then when my laptop goes to sleep no password is required to login.

I have tried:

Reseting the PRAM multiple times
I have restored the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist from a time capsule backup from before the issue began
I have ran sudo defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -int 1
I have ran sudo defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword -bool true
I have put my laptop to sleep overnight with the password required option unchecked, and then re-checked it after

I have no clue why this is happening. I'm running a 13 inch MBP, MacOS Sierra 10.12.3. If anyone could suggest a fix


texts: Homebrew running service shows error, how to debug this?

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When I run brew services list one of my services state shows err.
brew services restart elasticsearch@6 for example stops and restarts with no error output and shows:
brew services restart elasticsearch@6
Stopping `elasticsearch@6`... (might take a while)
==> Successfully stopped `elasticsearch@6` (label: homebrew.mxcl.elasticsearch@6)
==> Successfully started `elasticsearch@6` (label: homebrew.mxcl.elasticsearch@6)

But list still shows err. There's something wrong but Homebrew doesn't tell us what it is.  How to fix this problem?


texts: Why does my iPad camera use JPG instead of HEIF?

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Environment

iPad 6
iPadOS 13.3

Setting

Settings app -> Camera -> Formats -> High Efficiency (instead of Most Compatible)

Result

Although the formats setting says

  To reduce file size, capture photos and videos in the high efficiency HEIF/HEVC format. Most Compatible will always use JPEG/H.264.

, all the photos are saved in JPG. This is confirmed by the steps below.

Connect my iPad to my desktop PC whose OS is Arch Linux (not Windows nor macOS).
Open the iPad/DCIM/100Apple directory.
Only *.JPG files are found.

Is this a bug? How can I use HEIF?


texts: PageUp and PageDown keys for Irssi (IRC) in Macbook?

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I cannot find the keys on my mackbook. I need them to go page-up and page-down in irssi (IRC). I have tested the tips here but they do not work. They model some different Up/Down, not the traditional Up/Down as on larger keyboards.

How can I press PageUp and PageDown buttons with Macbook? Irssi is running behind ssh and GNU Screen with UTF8 support.


texts: Is there a way to get the date of the first boot of an old mac?

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Is it possible to read the date when a mac first booted via terminal or system information GUI?
Maybe there's a file set at this moment.


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I recently attempted to switch OS X Mail from using POP to using IMAP to access my Microsoft Outlook (msn.com) e-mail account. In doing so all mail in my Outlook account older than a week disappeared.

Where did this mail go and how do I recover it?

FWIW, I've switched back to POP (IMAP appears not really to work), but the missing messages are still gone (and they're missing from outlook.com too).

And FWIW, here's what my "Activity" looks like after creating the Outlook.com IMAP account (while nothing beyond a handful of messages has appeared in my OSX client):

Meanwhile, the number of unread messages I see on iOS for the same account (synced using an "Outlook.com" account) is diminishing!

Weirdly, when (and only when) my network connection is interrupted (e.g. if my system sleeps) the number of messages in my MSN inbox jumps a bit.


texts: macOS: How to open a local HTML file with URL parameters

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I want to start a Kantu web macro from the command line on Mac. Essentially this is as simple as opening the Chrome or Firefox browser with a local HTML page (which contains the macro code). All works fine on Windows. But on macOS, when I use

mac:~ open 'file:////Users/fabrice/Kantu/demoautofill.html?direct=1&close=1&savelog=demotestlog.txt'

Chrome starts, and the file URL gets opened, but the '?direct=1&close=1&savelog=demotestlog.txt' GET parameter part is lost.

So the question is: How to launch a local html file with GET parameters?

I found this post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7710803/open-a-local-html-file-with-url-params-through-applescript which uses AppleScript as a workaround, but it is for Safari, I need Chrome. Plus I would like to avoid using AppleScript, if possible.


texts: 4G signal on phone, but showing LTE on my MacBook

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Usually, the signal strength on the iPhone is the same with the one shown on my MacBook:

However, in a specific area, between two hills, where the signal is pretty poor, my iPhone shows 1 circle of 4G signal (and the internet does work pretty well on the iPhone), but my MacBook shows 1 circle of LTE signal, and it's very slow.

Is there any setting that I can change to make the MacBook internet via Hotspot faster?

Why is this happening?


texts: Do you need a Macbook Pro w touchID to test the authentication in your Swift app?

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I'm thinking of buying a MBP base model for Swift programming, and I know that Xcode has a simulator for the touch-bar, but do I need the one with actual touchID hardware if I want my app to require a biometrical login? or is there a way to debug and test it without needing it; same as the touchID with iOS?

So do I need the one with touch-bar and touchID for this purpose? And also will I need it in future?

Appreciate any help.


texts: Why find and exec with multiple conditions doesn't work without parenthesis?

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I have two very similar find commands only one of which works. Since it's relevant, I must mention that there are no files with .c or .hpp extensions.

# That one works
find ~/src/ \( -type f -iname '*.cpp' -or -iname '*.h' -or -iname '*.c' -or -iname '*.hpp' \) -exec echo {} \;
# That one doesn't
find ~/src/ -type f -iname '*.cpp' -or -iname '*.h' -or -iname '*.c' -or -iname '*.hpp' -exec echo {} \;


texts: What is the preferred method of command line domain name lookup (DNS)?

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What command line command do I use to lookup a domain address?

When looking at the man pages for nslookup and dig I can see a section saying that these utilities do not use the Mac OS methods of finding names.

So, what command should I be running?


texts: Do Macs care which USB socket you plug devices into?

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Windows never likes when you stick things into different (USB) holes. It has to recognise the thing again, install drivers, again, etc.

Is that the case with Mac? Eg. I keep Time Machine on a USB drive. Does my MacBook Pro care which port I stick it into?


texts: Deleting photos off of my iPhone but leave photos in the cloud

texts: Is there a way to delete photos from my iPhone without deleting photos from iCloud photos?


texts: Can I save Thunderbolt Display Arrangement so it is different depending on which Thunderbolt I connect?

texts: I recently migrated from a 2013 MacBook Pro to a 2016 MacBook Pro, both running Mojave 10.14.3.  I connect my laptop to a Thunderbolt 2 display.  I have one Thunderbolt at my office, and a second one at home.  Because of the way each workspace is arranged, I put my laptop to the right at home, and to the left at work.  At some point several years ago, some knowledgeable person must have helped me configure the display setup so I did not have to open Preferences and adjust the Thunderbolt Display Arrangement every time I travel between work and home. Now that I have migrated to a newer laptop, whatever file that captured that configuration is gone.  I can find lots of advice online for daisy-chaining multiple displays at once, but that's not what I want to do. I'd appreciate any suggestions for setting a display arrangement so it adjusts based on the identity of the hardware. I do plan to re-arrange my desk if I can't sort this out, but that's plan B.  Thanks in advance!


texts: Why are Firefox and Safari having problems with certain PDF files on the web?

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I'm having fits with a certain web PDF document using both Firefox and Safari.  Basically the document in question doesn't consist of one big pdf file; rather it consists of a bunch (20 or so) smaller files, one for each chapter or section, and the main page has file links to each of them.  In Firefox on a PC, clicking on the link for section 22 simply opens that PDF in the existing in-browser window.  In Safari or Firefox on Mac... it doesn't do anything - I can't navigate to or view section 22.  Similarly, downloading the individual files and saving them doesn't seem to work very well either, though I am thinking of downloading them and trying to re-create locally the directory/file structure the links seem to expect - still kind of a PITA.

Link to PDF document

Does anyone know of any browser add-on or other tool that could be used to view something like this on a Mac?


texts: Why is my iPhone screen stuck on the 'connect to iTunes' screen?

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I need help with my iPhone. It's stuck on the 'connect to iTunes' screen.

iTunes does recognize the iPhone, but when I select 'restore', it goes through a few progress bars, then errors again. I've already tried to hard reset the phone, but that doesn't work either.


texts: How to control brightness on external late 2009 iMac monitor when connected to new 2012 iMac primary monitor?

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I have a late 2012 27" iMac as my primary monitor also connected to a late 2009 27" iMac as a secondary monitor via a mini-display port to mini-display port cable. I also have a Dell 24" monitor connected to the late 2012 27" iMac as a third monitor.

I can change the brightness on the Dell monitor manually with the Dell hard buttons but I cannot change the brightness on the late 2009 iMac using the keyboard attached to the late 2012 iMac

Is there anyway to change the brightness on the iMac which is serving as a secondary display?

Other details:

I don't want to use the software Shades as it’s a memory hog and leaks memory
I'm using a wired Mac keyboard connected via usb to the late 2012 iMac
control + F1 or control + F2 does not work.


texts: Will I damage my HDD if I transport my MacBook in sleep mode?

texts: Is it safe to carry MacBook with HDD in a bag while it has been put sleep? I.e. I know there are some risks of hard disk drive damage if one tries to shake them or rotate them while they're working. But is the HDD working while the Macbook is asleep?


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In MacOS, in the Accessibility widget (in System Preferences) if you scroll all the way down to 'Mouse & Trackpad', and then click on the 'Trackpad Options' button, there is a by-default-unchecked box for 'Enable Dragging'.  This option is what allows you to "tap and drag" a window around using its titlebar.

I need to know the command line for checking that box.  Can anyone help?  Thanks!


texts: What is the best way to use Gtalk on iphone?


texts: 10.12- Screensaver question- Photos not a choice

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I recently updated to 10.12 - Sierra- and migrated iPhoto to Photos. In the system preferences I do not see a choice to select Photo library. In the source panel I just see National Geographic/Aerial/Cosmos/Nature patterns. I would like my photos to be my screensaver.
Any help?


texts: AppleScript "Copy Link" function for Safari

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I need to right click a link on a website...
and open the Services menu...
to run an Automator Action on the text/url of that link.

I need to "get" the url from the link into the script so I can run some shell script actions on it and then output the result to the clipboard.

I am having a hard time finding a way to copy that url into the Action using automator. I need a way to replicate the "Copy Link" function that already exists in Safari drop down menu when right clicking inside of the Quick Action.

I would prefer to not "allow javascript from Apple Events" as it's a security risk.


texts: I would like to preview my experimental data stored as text files with specific extension in Finder. I mean I would like to see the experimental curve in Finder. Is it possible to do this by scripting or should I create an application? I'd appreciate if someone could help my with the easiest solution or give my the reference to some explanations or tutorials how to do it.


texts: Where can I find the phone number of the SIM card that I have in an iPad?

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Is there a way, directly on the iPad, to find out which phone number is associated to the MicroSIM which it is using?

I can't find it in the menus, currently.

Is there an easy way to find it directly, like on an iPhone?


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I know there's a lot of other questions similar to this, but none of them seem to be right. My problem's nothing to do with the headphone jack - I haven't used it for ages and there's no red light - it's just the speakers not being an option in System Preferences or Audio MIDI Setup. Plugging in headphones changes nothing.

I've previously had Soundflower installed.

The problem started today when I was using Dropbox, which was installed on an external HD. My computer went to sleep and wouldn't wake up, so I force-restarted. All was fine but for the volume icon being grayed out.

The only option in System Preferences for sound output is Airplay, which I've never used. With this selected (I can't unselect it because there's no other options) the volume is no longer grayed out, but of course there's no sound.

I restarted on an external drive, and it had the same problem. Next step is to reinstall the OS, but I don't think it's going to help.

My computer is a white Macbook from early 2009 running Mavericks. I've recently replaced the internal HD with an SSD, and upgraded the RAM to 4GB.


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I'm trying to disable System Integrity protection on BigSur 11.1 OS which is a VM on Fusion 11.x. I'm trying to boot machine in recovery mode, however VM is unable to get cmd + R keys and  booting ends up with normal booting.
I have Catalina 10.15.7 installed and SIP is disabled in it, in case I upgrade to BigSur, will SIP still be disabled?
If not, any other way to disable the SIP on BigSur?


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I'm trying to determine if any data corruption has occurred on my old recording archives, which include copious quantities of Sound Designer II (SD2) files. In the SD2 file format, the resource fork is as vital as the data fork, so I need to use file comparison/diff tools which check both the data and resource forks and flag changes to either.

Not surprisingly, most modern file comparison tools don't even mention the (now deprecated) resource fork in their documentation. Are any tools available which definitely scan the resource fork on HFS+ volumes?


texts: Why does iTunes not recognise a plugged in iPhone on Windows 8.1?

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I have iTunes 11.0.4.4 and have just installed Windows 8.1 - iTunes seems to work ok, but when I plug the iPhone in (iOS 6.1.4) it doesn't appear and be recognised.

The OS sees the phone and I can copy files from it, but iTunes doesn't react to it.

Are there any known issues with Windows 8.1 - am I paying the price for being on the bleeding edge?


texts: Does clearing Safari's cookies actually help the iPhone's overall performance?

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There's an iPhone 4 that has been getting pretty slow lately, so I figured I'd browse a bit about how to fix it. One particular tip several sites seem to suggest is clearing Safari's cookies.

I am skeptical about this, because, well, cookies are just files that are used when you browse the web. I suppose that clearing the cookies may speed up the browsing experience, but I don't see how can that speed up the overall iPhone performance. In fact, if I have Safari closed, I can't imagine any way in which cookies could affect my iPhone. I mean, it's not like the iPhone is checking my cookies when I am playing Angry Birds or something.

Is there any truth to this tip? Does it actually help iPhone performance to clear the browsing cookies?


texts: How do I know which process is causing my computer to hang?

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My computer is a 15" Macbook Pro with Retina display, and I'm on OS X version 10.8.2. I have had this my computer for several months.

In the past few days, the computer has been completely "hanging", where nothing moves on the screen except the mouse pointer. If I was on a Skype call, the call goes on like normal, but I can't do anything else on my computer. Gestures don't work, so I can't switch desktops. I can't use my keyboard to quit the current application. I can't click on anything. The entire screen is completely unresponsive. The only way out is to force the computer to shut down. Then it boots up normally. It's only been happening recently, and I haven't been able to identify the cause.

Could it just be a bug that Apple needs to fix? Is there a process/app that could cause this to happen? How do I determine what caused the computer to hang?

Edit: In the Console, I do see this message many times before the reboot:

1/12/13 7:03:46.000 PM kernel[0]: vtd[0] fault: device 1:0:0 reason 0x5 W:0x1130e000

I have no idea what this means, but I thought it might be related because it does happen immediately before the bootup entry.

Edit 2: On other freezes, I see this message before a boot:

1/12/13 9:06:51.000 PM kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error

Edit 3: The problem was a faulty graphics card. I sent my computer in to Apple a while ago and they replaced the logic board, and when I got it back everything was hunky dory.


texts: Horizontal lines appear when using Apple Pencil on iPad while charging

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While charging my iPad Pro (running iOS 14.0) from my MacBook, using a Syncwire lightning cable, random horizontal lines appear when I draw using my Apple Pencil. Has anyone encountered this problem, or have any advice on how to fix it?
Many thanks in advance.


texts: How to install Windows 7 Bootcamp using iso file (without USB/DVD)?

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I have a MacBook Pro and I need to install Windows 7 besides Mac OS X so I can play games on it.

The problem is that I don't have a USB stick or DVD to copy the Win7 iso image like Bootcamp requires.

Can I install Win7 using an internal partition of my hard disk?


texts: How to save and exit "nano .bash_profile" in Terminal?

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I need to add some line to nano .bash_profile in Terminal. Then:

1) I enter with this command line: nano .bash_profile

2) Add the line I need

3) now I don't know how to Save and Exit

I thought it is :w + enter. If this is correct I need some direction to use it.


texts: How can I enable and/or disable OS X's power nap feature from within Terminal?

texts: I can deal with it using some command-line commands such as defaults write … etc, but don’t know what the exact command and argument names to use?


texts: How to get rid of "Java was recently installed" message every time I start Safari?

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Recently, every time I start Safari, I get a popup: "Java was recently installed. To improve security and save energy, Safari did not activate Java after it was installed."

I already got the message. I don't want to click "OK" on the dialog every time I start Safari. Is there a way to get rid of the dialog (without activating Java)? Or is the only way to activate Java?


texts: After the upgrade to El Capitan, Photos crashes

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After upgrading to El Capitan Photos app crashes after 75% of conversion process. Neither rebuilding the library launching Photos with Alt-Command had success. The rebuild process stops at 5% saying the Library was not recognized. Same creating a new library from scratch and copying inside it the Masters and Resources folders. At the moment i cannot view my 150 Gigs of photos.
See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7252715?start=0&tstart=0


texts: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018 - how to condense text? (kerning, less space between letters)

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I was looking in the docs: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/edit-text.html

I want text to appear more condensed.

Where is the button?

It was there in a non-elements Photoshop version...


texts: Shutdown script doesn't work as a cronjob

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So I have this script to shutdown Macs after 24 hours runtime.

#!/bin/bash

my_macs=( Mac1 Mac2 Mac3 )

MAX_UPDAYS=1

CURR_TIME=$(date +%s)
MAX_UPTIME=$(( MAX_UPDAYS * 86400 ))
ADMINUSER="pcpatch"

echo "Remote Shutdown Check vom $(date)"  | tee -a /Users/admin/Shutdown/Log/Shutdown 2>&1
for MAC in "${my_macs[@]}"
do
    echo -n "Überprüfe ${MAC}... "

    if /sbin/ping -q -c3 "${MAC}" >/dev/null; then
        echo "${MAC} ist angeschaltet. Laufzeit wird ermittelt... "

        BOOT_TIME=0
        BOOT_TIME=$(ssh "${ADMINUSER}@${MAC}" sysctl -n kern.boottime | sed -e 's/.* sec = \([0-9]*\).*/\1/')

        if [ "$BOOT_TIME" -gt 0 ] && [ $(( CURR_TIME - BOOT_TIME )) -ge $MAX_UPTIME ]; then
            echo "${MAC} ist über 24 Stunden online. Shutdown wird ausgeführt!"
            ssh "${ADMINUSER}@${MAC}" 'sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now'
        else
            echo "${MAC} ist noch keine 24 Stunden online. Shutdown wird abgebrochen!"
        fi

    else
        echo "${MAC} ist nicht erreichbar (Ping fehlgeschlagen)"
    fi

done | tee -a /Users/pcpatch/Shutdown/Log/Shutdown 2>&1
echo " "  | tee -a /Users/pcpatch/Shutdown/Log/Shutdown 2>&1

When I run it through the terminal it works fine, Macs that are online more than 24 hours shut down, everything else does nothing.

So far so good, but I want to run this script through a cronjob everyday at 23:00 o'clock. So I made this cronjob:

00 23 * * * /Users/admin/Shutdown/Shutdown.sh

Now the script runs everyday, the cron line itself works. The Macs won't shutdown though and the log just says that the Macs did not run more than 24 hours. Though I frequently have Macs that run more than 3-4 days.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Edit: I added $BOOT_TIME and $CURR_TIME to the log, and it gives out somehing like this: 1492549200 as CURR_TIME and nothing as the BOOT_TIME, though the Mac was definitely running, as he is right now (6 days online). This Mac has OSX Sierra installed though and one other Mac (with OS X El Capitan) put BOOT_TIME as 1492505076 and CURR_TIME as 1492549200

I really don't know what these number could mean though...


texts: How to know if Drive is SSD or HDD through Terminal?

texts: I would like to know if there is a way through Terminal commands in Mac OS X to find out if an external drive is SSD or HDD.


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Since this morning my 2018 MacBook Pro has been stuck in a boot loop. When I start it up, I hear the chime (sometimes I see the apple logo) and this repeats.
SMC and NVRAM reset didnt help. I can't start my MacBook in Verbose mode and can't start the Apple hardware test. I can start my system in Recovery mode but as soon as it finished downloading it will get stuck in the loop again. I also tried to boot macOS from a stick but as soon as I select the stick as boot device, it gets stuck in the loop again.
I dont know what to do now. Does anyone haven any ideas how to proceed?


texts: Can Ipad 4 bought in USA work with other mobile operators in Europe?

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I need information and explanations how Ipad 4 with mobile card can work in Europe
(Alcatel,, Wodafone or others)? Can somebody help me and explain what and how I can change its settings in order to work with the local providers?


texts: Wrong factory display callibration for MacBook Pro 2016 15"

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I believe that there is an issue with the factory calibration of my 15" MacBook Pro 2016. This was the first MacBook with a DCI-P3 display and I got mine in December. I want to find out if this is a known problem and is this fixed in some of the later batches.

The color management profile for the display is retrieved from the hardware on every reboot and stored in /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays/Color LCD-<UUID>.icc where UUID is a hardware identifier. This profile is said to be individually calibrated in the factory during production.

Upon examination, it appears that the hardware provided profile is more close to sRGB colorspace than to the DCI-P3 one.

Color LCD colorspace over the generic Display P3 profile (gray).

The colorspace difference is quite visible on this screenshot. Inner triangle is Color LCD, outer is Display P3.

When using Color LCD all the colors are blown to the P3 colorspace, resulting in quite vivid colors. Also I'm unable to view the Webkit color gamut site correctly. If I'm using the Display P3 profile everything looks better. In both cases I don't have an individually calibrated display.

I would like to find out:

If this is a recognized problem by Apple. I believe this might be an issue with the first batch of 2016 MBPs. Issue such this shouldn't stay unnoticed.
Is there a way to regenerate the Color LCD icc profile, but with wider gamut, keeping the individual calibration data intact. Will changing rXYZ/gXYZ/bXYZ (colorant tristimulus) be the way to go?

EDIT:
I did dump EDID from the display, and the Chromaticity Coordinates (bits 23-34 differ from the ones in the Color LCD profile. Using them to recreate the ICC profile makes one very close to the Generic DCI-P3 one. Seems the EDID contains right information, but macOS is not generating a valid color profile. I did fire a rdar, let's see..


texts: How to fix Samsung printer JobAccounting2 module printing crashes?

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There are 2 brand new iMac running Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Both machines have a wired ethernet connection to a wired Samsung CLX-6260ND MFC (multifunction) printer.

Installation is a piece of cake, go to system preferences, printers and scanners, add a new printer, and the printer is already there in the Bonjour list. Now the OS downloads additional software and ready to print.

Then the issues start occurring, before even creating a print preview the applications crashes.

Word JobAccounting2 printing error

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2015-03-18 10:45:27 +0000
Application Name: Microsoft Word
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Word
Application Signature: MSWD
Application Version: 14.4.8.150116
Crashed Module Name: JobAccounting2
Crashed Module Version: 2.14
Crashed Module Offset: 0x00005b06
Blame Module Name: JobAccounting2
Blame Module Version: 2.14
Blame Module Offset: 0x00005b06
...

Safari JobAccounting2 printing error

PlugIn Path:       /Library/Printers/Samsung/PDEs/JobAccounting2.bundle/Contents/MacOS/JobAccounting2
PlugIn Identifier: com.samsung.driver.print.pde.JobAccounting2
PlugIn Version:    2.14 (2.14)

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000000000a8

The faulty JobAccounting2 module is:

$ ls -l /Library/Printers/Samsung/PDEs/JobAccounting2.bundle/Contents/MacOS/JobAccounting2
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  194320 Oct 31  2013 /Library/Printers/Samsung/PDEs/JobAccounting2.bundle/Contents/MacOS/JobAccounting2

The fault printer driver version number according to: System Preferences > Printers and scanners > Printing > Samsung CLX 6260 Series > Open print queue > Settings > General: 1.11.01

Regression:

Word, Excel, Outlook, Safari, Firefox, they all crash.
Have installed OS updates, still printing crashes.
We installed the most recent (09.03.2015 also known as 5.00.0a04) printer driver from Samsung website, and still crashes all over. This driver installation doesn't seem to update the Apple installed Samsung driver: driver version for the already installed printer doesn't change.
Install the Samsung network printer on a different Mac, running OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks), JobAccounting2 print crashes there too.

How to fix these JobAccounting2 module print crashes?


texts: Growl 1.3+: Location of (rollup) Log for use with GeekTool

texts: Where can I find Growl's log(s)? Would like to use with GeekTool to display it on the desktop.


texts: How to use CTRL+W instead of CMD+W in Chrome?

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I'm using my Caps-lock as "CTRL" on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4. On Linux and Windows I can easily close and open tabs via CTRL+W and CTRL+T.

However on Mac I have to use CMD+W and CMD+T. CTRL+W and CTRL+T doesn't work.

What can I to fix this behaviour?


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I have an old Mac Pro 2008 3,1 which after running pretty much 24/7 for 10 years was left switched off for a two-week holiday.

Now when powered up, the PSU & GPU fans spin up, but nothing else happens. No main fans, no chimes.

It's recently had the PRAM battery changed & went through some heavy diagnostics at that time with no apparent issues.

My suspicion is the PSU - but I have no 'electrical' evidence to support that.
When powered on, the diagnostic lights show only 2 of what I think ought to be 3 lights if everything was normal.

 That was not an easy picture to take ;-)

According to the Service Source manual I think I ought to also be seeing the 'Power good' [PWRG] light up too. I'm guessing the GPU light would come on later in the boot process.

The machine is pretty clean; it gets a good dusting at least annually. I've had the PSU out for another quick dust, but tbh that's where my expertise ends.
I have a multimeter, but wouldn't have the faintest clue where to start with it.

Is there any relatively easy next step to diagnose the failure?
I don't want to just buy a new PSU only to discover my diagnosis was incorrect.

Additional info:
Current OS is El Capitan.
Tested with HD 5770 & stock GT 120, just in case the GPU was pulling too much power.
Tested with individual RAM risers. [All RAM lights flash red as expected]
Tested without any drives or USB connected.


texts: Place call from iPhone 5 using SIM in iPhone 8

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I'm apparently offered in iOS 13 on my iPhone 8, under "Calls on Other Devices", to make and receive calls on other devices. My iPhone 5 is listed and enabled as one of those devices.

In iOS 10 on my iPhone 5 I get the same offer, where instead my iPhone 8 shows up in the list. The two OSes obviously know about the feature — good. My iPhone 8 has my only SIM card, so I wanted to try this out using the 5, but I cannot figure out how to place a call this way?

If I try to dial a number it fails immediately.
The FaceTime app has no numpad.

I'm out of ideas. How is it supposed to be done?

I can answer incoming cellular calls on the iPhone 5 with no problems, so all prerequisites seem to be there.


texts: Is it possible to install JDK 7 after installing MATLAB on Mountain Lion

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I need to install MATLAB using an internet connection, but according to the docs I can't install MATLAB with a connection if I have JDK 7 installed on Mountain Lion.  According to MATLAB, the solution is:

  1) Install/activate manually without using Internet. MATLAB will work
  fine even if you have JDK 7 installed because it will still be using
  Apple's Java 6 that does not get removed when JDK 7 is installed.

  2) Alternatively, you may uninstall JDK 7 which will let you install
  and activate MATLAB using Internet.

I need an internet connection, so number 1 won't work.  I need JDK 7 as well, so I was wondering if I would be able to uninstall JDK 7, then install MATLAB, then reinstall JDK 7 without breaking MATLAB.  Is this possible, or are there any other workarounds?


texts: Macbook Pro (mid-2012) battery not identified (shows X) after SSD install

texts:
I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro (mid-2012) HDD to SSD.
Once SSD install was complete, my macbook did not start, however when plugged into power, it started booting, and worked normally.

The battery was in decent condition, and was always lasting 3+ hours.

I tried SMC reset, and PRAM reset few times in last few days, however no change in status. On removing the power adapter, it goes to sleep mode.

Very annoying that now onwards, I always have to plug in the power for doing any work.

Any potential hints ...


texts: Is FileVault 2 + SSD + OverProvisioning possible?

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As the title says, could someone accomplish this?

I couldn't.
FileVault 2 wizard tells me that the disk isn't compatible with it.

I have only 3 partitions on main disk, and Recovery HD was cloned from original Macbook HD.

macbook-pro:~ $ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS MacOS                   200.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

...

macbook-pro:~$ sudo gpt -r show -l disk0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - "EFI System Partition"
     409640  390625000      2  GPT part - "Customer"
  391034640  107536528
  498571168    1269528      3  GPT part - "Recovery HD"
  499840696     277463
  500118159         32         Sec GPT table
  500118191          1         Sec GPT header

There are 2 places with unpartitionated space. One after my Macintosh "HD" and one that resulted from resizing a 700MB partition to on 650MB for the Recovery partition.

On Console.app the following shows up:

4/14/13 10:07:51.730 AM System Preferences[1868]: ***
  CoreStorage conversion failed with mainError: -69700; detailError: 0

... when the corresponding message shows up:
FileVault can't be turned on for the disk

PS: sorry I can't direct post the screenshot because I need more points in my reputation, you have to click the link to see it.


texts: Can I access TimeMachine data from a machine other than the one that was being backed up?

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I have an iMac with a dead internal drive. And I have it's TimeMachine drive. I'd like to know that the TimeMachine-based data is safe and sound so I'd like to restore it to my MBPro. But not over top of my MBPro data.

Is it possible to connect the iMac's TM drive to the MBPro and rebuild my Documents folder in to a random location (not over top of the MBPro's Documents folder) on my MBPro?


texts:
I have a desktop running Ubuntu 11.04 and a MacBook Pro. I have 2 bookmarked chats under Linux version of Skype, but it's not showing under Mac version.

Any suggestion?


texts: How do I prevented the hackers (secret intel) manipulating my terminal again

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How do I prevented the hackers manipulating my terminal again so that my terminal works correct again?

Here in the Netherlands we perform cybertest at the company where we work and the attacks are performed by the Dutch goverment AIVD (the group who also caught the Fancy Bear hackers). A hacker has root access on my MacBook Air. How do I know that(it was announced that we would get hacked)? The hacker is capable of running the:

sudo hostname 192

The hacker explicitly ran the command above. The hacker also manipulates my bash. I executed the command-line

sudo dscl . list /Users | grep -v '^_'

and see four users:

daemon
nobody
jen
Root

I don’t know where to look at since my bash is manipulated. In my terminal only the commands that I performed two days ago are shown. The commands of yesterday and today are not shown. Even if I perform

Example:

Last login: Mon Aug 27 17:37:19 on ttys001
192:~ jen$ history -c
192:~ jen$ history -w

Last login: Mon Aug 27 17:38:49 on ttys002
192:~ jen$ history
    1  nano doc.txt
    2  cat doc.txt

How do I prevented the hackers manipulating my terminal again so that my terminal works correct again?

I am not victim of social engineering, I did not opened any links or files via mail or downloaded some application. I use the laptop only to work on highly confidential stuff.
I only uses software delivered by Mac on my system. (I did not download any files via mail and I don't use any browser) I use this laptop to write mails only(Nothing more).


texts: Bootcamp issue: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition

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I tried installing windows 10 on mac but some sort of error occured and since then boot camp had been removing the partitions for hours. So I ran "diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s3" on terminal as mentioned on another thread: Stuck on "please wait while Boot Camp Assistant is removing the partitions it created". Then I closed the Bootcamp window and reopened. Now that I click "Continue" on the Introduction, it prompts: "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows."

I no more want to install Windows. Please help me restore the storage used up for windows.

Thanks in advance.

(Running macOS Mojave(10.14.1) on Macbook Air(2017))


texts: Weird US keyboard input on Macbook Pro with French keyboard layout?

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I've been given a replacement Macbook Pro while waiting for my new one to arrive, and the machine has a French Keyboard layout (I work for a French institution, and the technical service did not have any replacement machine with a US keyboard).

I would like to switch to the US layout I am very used to, especially to get easy access to curly brackets and tilde signs I sue to program. I changed the keyboard settings and almost all keys do what they should, apart for the top left "tilde" key (the key below the ESC key), that is mapped to an unexpected sign in all US layouts I tried (US, US international, US-PC).

I attach a screenshot of the weird US keyboard layout I'm proposed. The machine is running OS X 10.10.5. How can I set a standard US layout?

Thanks, M.


texts: Is there any documentation on the macOS Sierra new logging system?

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I've been trying to diagnose a problem with a MacBook that won't NetBoot off my Mac Mini server running MacOS X Server 5.2 and macOS Sierra. However it proved to be rather difficult when I came to actually looking at the server log files as aside from the server log they were totally empty, and the server log seemed to be lacking anything useful at all.

After some digging around on the Apple site I came across this post which suggests that Apple have changed the logging system on macOS Sierra, and certainly following the instructions there I can find the logs, but they're still not viewable through the server app, and the official Apple server documentation still talks about logs going into the traditional log files.

Is there any more detail or documentation anywhere on the new logging system, or how to get it to play nicely with the server application?


texts: How can I read the log when I fail with VPN

texts: I have a Macbook Pro and I'm trying to get VPN from home to work. It refuse to work. I have turned on verbose logging, but how can I read the log ?


texts: Connecting my devices with Mac as the "server"

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I have three devices : A MacBook Pro (i7, Retina, 2014 one), Xiomi mi4i, and Apple iPad (4th generation).

So my issue is every time I have to transfer and access files, owing to fact that only two are of the same ecosystem, it is quite a problem.

I recently tried using BitTorrent Sync (for about two weeks now). The problem is that it works only 30% of the time , and is other wise very laggy. In addition to this I have tried Share IT, Pushbullet , Instashare.

USB is an option, but my requirement is to use my Mac as a repository for the files, and access as I need. Is there a way I could set up a network between my three devices (by say smb or ftp) and then access files (like the BitTorrent way) ? I did try the share folders option, but I didn't quite understand it correctly.


texts: How do you manually rearrange single pictures in Apple "Photos"? In iPhoto it was possible to select the picture, hold down the mouse button and move to another position in the album. Has that feature been deleted?


texts: Is there a way to know which Program sent some files to the trash bin?

texts:
I have seen some files appearing miraculously in the trash bin on my Mac, and I would like to know which program sent them there to be able to contact the Support and give some feedback.

Is there a way to do it?


texts: The screen on my iPhone 5s no longer turns off automatically while I am talking on a call

texts: How to turn the screen off of my iPhone while on a call? Screen remaining on is causing unintended things like putting people on hold and unintended button presses. This is really annoying.


texts: CD Library ripped in Windows - Import to iTunes with track/album info?

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I have a library of CDs, originally ripped in Windows Media Player, that contains album, artist and track info.

I want to import this library into iTunes in Windows (version 12.9.5.7, current).

The audio was ripped in ALAC format and imports just fine into iTunes.  However, iTunes does not bring over any album/artist/track info.  There does not seem to be an option in iTunes to fetch this information after the fact.

Question: How do I get iTunes to fetch album/artist/track info for audio originally imported in WMP?


texts: New Terminal behavior after upgrading to OS X 10.11

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I've noticed square brackets in the "gutters" of a Terminal window when editing files in emacs. The brackets are on either side of the screen and go away if I force a window update by either resizing it or a ctrl-l. I'd like to figure out how to turn the feature off.

Here I've just made some edits to the lines starting with 'a.x' and 'or'.

Here's a zoomed out view showing the brackets in both the right and left hand sides of the screen.

I have:

looked at the preferences for Terminal
looked at my emacs configuration
built a new version of emacs ( 25.4 )
found an emacs feature new in 22.x called fringes

set-fringe-mode off had no effect in 24.5 or 24.4

skipped local initialization (-q)
skipped all initialization (-Q)

I fired up vi (vim 7.3) and lo and behold, the square brackets show up in the gutters there too!  So not an emacs problem more than likely.

I'm running OS X 10.11 El Capitan on a mid 2014 MBP and the Terminal version number is 2.6 (361).  The change bars show up in text editors running within Terminal whenever a return occurs on a line with or without existing text and go away on a redraw.

I'm hoping someone will see this and know how to turn it off.


texts: What determines when my Apple Watch uses a haptic tap for a notification?

texts: Some notifications on my Apple Watch (e.g. Viber) use a haptic tap when they appear on my Apple Watch. Others (e.g. Facebook) do not. What determines whether a haptic tap is used or not? Is this something I can change?


texts: Can I sell a PDF through the iBooks store?

texts: I want to sell my children's books on Apple.  They are ready because I made them all on Corel. Is there a possibility of turning them into PDF and publishing them in that format or will I have to do it all again on iBooks Author?


texts: How to create an executable file for an AppleScript?

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I want to create an executable file that when run will send a popup. I have the code for the popup

osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to display dialog "message"'

but don't know how to create an executable file.


texts: Adobe Acrobat Pro on Macbook Pro scrolls very slow

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Whenever I open a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro (version of Adobe Creative Cloud) on my Macbook Pro (early 2013 Retina version with NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB) scrolling through the document is unacceptably slow.
In terms of 'frames per second' it would be about 2 fps when scrolling.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to improve the speed of this? I expect it to run about as smooth as scrolling/viewing a webpage.
Edit: added summary from comments below:

It happens with any PDF, no big difference between 'text only' PDF or one build up with images. Text PDF example: http://www.vivin.net/pub/pdfjs/TestDocument.pdf - still renders too slow.
Also tried with the laptop of a colleague, same Macbook model, same specs, same Acrobat -> same behavior :) I'm amazed why that is so slow. When I open the PDF in Chrome, it is fast (because Chrome has pdfjs integrated, a different viewer). However, I want to solve it with Acrobat.


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I have set up a mail account with Apple Mail. What I realized only when it was "too late", the mail server does not provide IMAP (only for a fee), and thus roundabout 100 E-Mails were downloaded and removed from the server.

Can I somehow upload those emails back up to the server?


texts: Making a portable version of an Aperture Library

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I'm going on holiday.

I want to copy my aperture library to an external disk, work on my keywording while I'm gone, and copy the library back, when I get back. In principle I don't have to copy the images back, just the database with the new keywords.

Ideally I'd like to copy a reduces version of the images so my poor ancient laptop isn't struggling with a 280 GB library.

Is this possible?


texts: Kextual Healing: How can I remove Kexts that appear on startup?

texts:
On my Mac I have a load of Kexts appearing that read like this (there are 14 or so):

  The system extension "/System/Library/Extensions/BJUSBLoad.kext" was installed improperly and cannot be used...

Now they didn't start appearing after I consciously did anything, and I've read various threads about it elsewhere. I wonder if there is a programming solution here (using Terminal, perhaps) - something that will suppress the kexts? They mostly seem to relate to hp printer drivers, that sort of thing. Stuff I never use.

None of them seem to relate to things in my Login Items in System Preferences.

After discussing this on StackOverflow, I received some advice to run kextutil -n on them:

kextutil -n /System/Library/Extensions/BJUSBLoad.kext

So I did that, and got this:

  /System/Library/Extensions/BJUSBLoad.kext - dependency 'com.apple.kernel.libkern' not found. Diagnostics for /System/Library/Extensions/BJUSBLoad.kext: Warnings: Personality CFBundleIdentifier differs from containing kext's (not necessarily a mistake, but rarely done): IJ170b...etc.

The message goes on, and ends like this:

  Kext has no executable or compatible version, so it should not declare any OSBundleLibraries.
  Code Signing Failure: not code signed

Any idea why or what I need to do?


texts: How to play alarm through headphones on iPhone?

texts:
Can an alarm sound in the headphone on iPhone, I don't care if it also sounds outside the headphones, but I think that having it come through the headphones would help me wake up, specifically wireless headphones

How can I get alarms play through headphones?


texts:
Is there a way to see how many items are in the iBooks app? I have looked within the app and in Settings>General (where the song count is) to no avail.

I would like help on both MacOS X and iOS 9.


texts: What does this bogus route (0&0x68 c8.c8.c8.c8...) mean in my routing table?

texts:
This is fresh after a reboot, on a wireless network which is known to be a little flaky. The first line is unlike anything I've seen before:

$ netstat -rn
Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
0&0x68             c8.c8.c8.c8.c8.c8.c8.c8.c8.8.0.0.8.ff.ff.ff.0.0.0.68.80.0.5.14.4.0.f.1e.3.8.1.0.7.0.0.0.b.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.7f.ff.ff.ff.0.0.0.0.a8.5.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.10.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.10.2.0.0.ac.13.80.1.4.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.80.0.5.14.4.0.f.1e.5.0.6.5.3.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.8.1.0.0.0.0.0.4.0.0.0.7f.ff.ff.ff.0.0.0.0.a8.5.0.0.0.0.0.0.20.7.10.51 USc             9        0     en0
default            172.19.128.1       UGSc           11        0     en0
127                127.0.0.1          UCS             0        0     lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH              4      155     lo0
172.19.128/20      link#4             UCS             2        0     en0
172.19.128.1       0:b:86:61:f2:70    UHLWIir        12       14     en0   1177
172.19.129.189     127.0.0.1          UHS             0        0     lo0
172.19.143.255     ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  UHLWbI          0        6     en0

The first entry is very sticky; even taking down the network interface doesn't kill it. It isn't recognized by route delete. I need to restart the OS to get rid of it. It makes the system entirely unusable, since it causes network connections to fail:

$ telnet www.google.com 80
Trying 74.125.141.104...
telnet: connect to address 74.125.141.104: Cannot allocate memory
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

What's going on here, and how can I fix it when it happens without a reboot?


texts: Google Quick Scroll extension for Safari

texts: There is a great Chrome extension Google Quick Scroll that scrolls to funded text on a page after googling it. I want it for Safari but cannot find any alternatives or so. Is there?


texts:
I hope this is the right community:
I'm a first year PhD student in Mathematics, and I plan to buy an Ipad 10.2" with the Apple Pencil as I have seen that it can be quite useful to take notes when I'm at the campus, and it's easily portable.
My main concern is about memory: I really don't know if I should take the 32GB or the 128GB.
In order to provide additional information: as a Mathematics student, I'm sure I will use intensively Notability or similar apps, and I think I will need to download PDFs with papers and stuff like that. For instance, if I plan to take notes using the Ipad, will I run out of memory with 32GB?


texts: Disk Utility can't resize container although there is free space

texts:
I have MacBook Pro 16" with 1TB. It had macOS Catalina installed. When macOS Big Sur came out, I created a new partition and installed macOS Big Sur on it. Then I wanted my 778 GB back and tried to delete Macintosh HD partition (it had Catalina installed). I erased it, but I couldn't delete it. Finally, I deleted it using diskutil apfs deleteContainer. Now I have only macOS Big Sur partition but it only uses 222GB altough my MacBook has 778 GB left. diskutil apfs list shows that there is only one container.
 +-- Container disk1 DFC90CF5-A6CC-4E13-AF98-3B90ED5788B5
    ====================================================
    APFS Container Reference:     disk1
    Size (Capacity Ceiling):      222528602112 B (222.5 GB)
    Capacity In Use By Volumes:   185862705152 B (185.9 GB) (83.5% used)
    Capacity Not Allocated:       36665896960 B (36.7 GB) (16.5% free)
    |
    +-< Physical Store disk0s2 438FC4AC-5F27-4362-B253-71B36B93180F
    |   -----------------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk0s2
    |   Size:                       222528602112 B (222.5 GB)
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s1 2EF8C8CF-A45C-4B22-8758-CB9051BD055F
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s1 (Data)
    |   Name:                      Macintosh HD – dane (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /System/Volumes/Data
    |   Capacity Consumed:         169389010944 B (169.4 GB)
    |   Sealed:                    No
    |   FileVault:                 Yes (Unlocked)
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s2 EA4F7F96-351D-4A94-9E35-50F31C28EE15
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s2 (Preboot)
    |   Name:                      Preboot (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /System/Volumes/Preboot
    |   Capacity Consumed:         282976256 B (283.0 MB)
    |   Sealed:                    No
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s3 831782DC-51D8-4B04-B813-AB48C29A6705
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s3 (Recovery)
    |   Name:                      Recovery (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted
    |   Capacity Consumed:         661774336 B (661.8 MB)
    |   Sealed:                    No
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s4 C1E9108B-20DE-4573-831C-C810F2BF64CB
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s4 (VM)
    |   Name:                      VM (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /System/Volumes/VM
    |   Capacity Consumed:         24576 B (24.6 KB)
    |   Sealed:                    No
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s5 A4131650-8CF9-42C2-BE28-82301B62B104
        ---------------------------------------------------
        APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s5 (System)
        Name:                      Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)
        Mount Point:               Not Mounted
        Capacity Consumed:         15392522240 B (15.4 GB)
        Sealed:                    Broken
        FileVault:                 Yes (Unlocked)
        Encrypted:                 No
        |
        Snapshot:                  20283AAA-31E2-4041-BE5E-786DAB66AEBA
        Snapshot Disk:             disk1s5s1
        Snapshot Mount Point:      /
        Snapshot Sealed:           Yes

Below is the output of diskutil list disk0.
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
                    (free space)                         777.7 GB   -
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         222.5 GB   disk0s2

I know that erasing the disk will fix this, but I want to know if there is another way to fix it without doing this.


texts: Charging an iPhone from a closed MacBook

texts:
I always thought you couldn't charge an iPhone from a closed macbook without opening it first, and then closing it after plugging the iPhone in. However today my phone was completely dead and I was on a train unable to take my laptop out and open it even a little bit.

the phone charged while it was dead, and when it turned on it was on 2%, however it didn't stay charging, instead 5 minutes later it died again, and starting charging while dead again.

Is there a way to keep the phone charging after it turns on from dead? (without opening the macbook, it seems like it's the phones fault it stops charging as that's the only thing that doesn't change, and it's jailbroken so I can install tweaks)


texts: Close Google Chrome tab (command + w) closes window

texts: I upgraded to Chrome Version 23.0.1271.64 and Command + w is now closing the active window instead of closing the active tab only. Is there a "hidden" shortcut for closing the active tab only?


texts: How do I restrict a novice user from installing configuration profiles on their devices?

texts:
I noticed some novice users installed some spam configuration profiles which installed some email inboxes on their iOS devices such as 'Daily Bible Verse' or 'WEATHER ALERTS' with a email address ending in @my.minbox.email. This site has more information. How do I setup their device so that they can't install any profile? I think I can do this by creating a profile of my own and installing on their device. There is the following key that might help from Apple's support doc. How would I create a profile with this key and install it?

  allowUIConfigurationProfileInstallation - Optional. Supervised only. If
  set to false, the user is prohibited from installing configuration
  profiles and certificates interactively. This will default to true.


texts: MacBook Pro Mid 2009 does not boot without resetting system management control (SMC)

texts:
Today i started my macbook pro and after some seconds it stopped working (just turned). I was not able to start it again. After some apple support search I found a page that described how to reset the SMC. After that the notebook startet. Then I switched it of again and tried to start it again but it did not start.

Now every start requires to reset the SMC. Then the notebook boots up.

Any idea what can cause this behavior?


texts: black screen with white spinning wheel after High sierra login

texts:
Thank you in advance for any useful hints.
After login I get a totally black screen or one with a spinning wheel.
I have tried the following things.
Zap nvram
Smc reset
Deleted as single user login peers.
Start as another user that was installed for migration
Verbose mode... too fast to read and ends up in the same thing

Did try shift ore safe mode.. same result. Shift makes No difference to the boot process

Started into recovery mode which doesn't want to let me repair my disk. The stupid High Sierra installation made it encrypted. Can't remember that it asked me.. it was certainly not that I wanted it.

I had restarted because Lightroom kept crashing

I have been struggling for 8 hours now and I am at wits end

NO. there is no other working mac and internet installationis not possible because I am on a 3g phone line in rural Costa Rica

There is only 1 thing that works.. the useless guest login boot into Safari mode


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My iPad 2 is jailbroken and running iOS 5.0.1. When I open up Cydia, it shows me a message : The package com.teiron.pphelper needs to be reinstalled. But I can't find an archive for it.
How can I fix this problem?


texts: Accessory Thunderbolt ports on Thunderbolt monitor not working

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I have some Thunderbolt drives that I connect to the back of my monitor.  Now the drives only work when plugged directly into the Mac.

Is there any way I can reset the Thunderbolt monitor in a way that will permit me to see the drives?


texts: How do I stop my iMessages appearing on my MacBook Air?

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I updated my MacBook Air to El Capitain (OS X 10.11)
I would rather not have my messages appearing on my Mac when others are using it.
I have tried System Preferences but I cannot find the Accounts tab in my settings.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: What folders should I be backing up? Are there any I should avoid?

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I'm in the process of configuring a cloud backup for my OS X machine and am trying decide what folders to back up and whether there are any folders I should avoid.

I have complete control, by folder, over the frequency of backups, and can "seed" the backup locally (so the size of the initial backup is not an issue). My question is about (1) whether there are certain folders I want to be sure not to miss (e.g. they contain settings or history that it would be a bother to recreate) and (2) whether there are other folders that are best avoided (e.g. it is either more convenient or safer to "restore" their contents from other sources, such as a reinstall). And, as with all backups, a dimension of interest is the degree to which backing up a given file or or folder will cause frequent large backups of things that don't matter much.

Note that this is not intended as a "bootable image" backup, but rather as complete a backup as necessary for any restore other than a bootable image. Note also that I have access to all files on the machine, including hidden ones.


texts: OS X Yosemite v. 10.10.5... When migrating from iPhoto to Photos my trainer deleted Photos library rather than iPhotos library. What needs to be done to correct?


texts: How do I perfectly sync my contacts with gmail?

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when syncing my contacts between my iPhone and itunes/gmail, although i'm warned about how many contacts are going to be added/modified/removed, there's no way for me to know what is actually going on. So this is useless.

I'm currently annoyed by the fact that syncing with itunes will contanstantly remove contact photos from my iphone.

What methods of sync will preserve contact photos and work with google's cloud services?


texts: Why does unplugging a drive lead to data loss when moving files?

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I did a cut and paste (Comd+C then Comd+Opt+V) on my Mac 10.14’s Finder to move some .mov files from my internal SSD to my WD My Passport External Harddrive.

Alas, after a while, I move my Macbook and the connected got unstable, and was eventually lost. To my horror, when I tried to do a transfer again, I see that some files are greyed out on my external WD harddrive (see screenshot), and these files are no more on the original folder on my internal SSD!

I tried to recover the files with several recovery applications but this only recovered some files originally from Trash.

Is moving data by Cut&Paste different from copying and deleting? Or what could be the explanation that these files seem to be lost between the drives?


texts: why cannot I see Library folder under my home directory in Finder?

texts: I could see ~/Library through Unix command in Mac, yet I cannot see it in a Finder window. I need to go as Finder -> Go to folder -> ~/Library, then I can find it. Does anyone know why is it like that? Thanks! It's macOS Big Sur.


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How can I disable the video of other people in Google Hangouts on iOS?

Use case: I don't want the video of other people to eat up my 4G data plan.


texts: Add QWERTY (language-agnostic) software keyboard on iOS

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I have a problem with adding a language-agnostic QWERTY (software) keyboard on an iPhone 4S. On my iPhone 5S and my iPad Air I have added this QWERTY keyboard which is like the regular English (US) keyboard, but which doesn't do spell checking, etc. I know I can turn off spell checking completely, but this isn't really a solution, since I use the phone to write in English, and I use the spell checker.

FYI, here is how my Keyboards screen looks on the iPhone 5S:

On the iPhone 4S, I cannot add the "QWERTY" keyboard.

EDIT: None of the devices mentioned are jailbroken.

EDIT 2: My locale is set to Slovenian (Slovenia), in case it makes any difference.


texts: Mac terminal stop hard drive from spinning

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Can I stop hard disk drives from spinning using Terminal?

The reason why I want to know is because I have my Mac to backup at midnight however I do not want my HDD to be spinning all the time. I would also like a way to spin it back up again.

This is an external drive.


texts: My iMac will not allow me to log onto my desktop

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I got a viruses alert when using my Mac and sadly I reacted ASAP.

I gave control to a remote technican via log-me-in and I went through the steps that where asked. After I got off the phone with the supposedly technicians I decided to change my desktop passwords using my old password and to create a new one and it bargain to say my old one was incorrect so I called back they said for me to shut it down so I did and I haven't been able to log back in to my desk top computer at all.

Is there anyway I could unlock and access my computer back like be for with out damaging orlosing any files?


texts: Dual boot MacBook Air 2012 with Windows 7 - now boots directly into Windows

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So I attempted to set up dual boot (Boot Camp) on my new MacBook Air (Mountain Lion) with Windows 7 and failed spectacularly in the process. The Mac just boots straight into Windows now. There's no boot menu and I can't seem to find a way to boot to Mac OS X.  Hoping someone here can help.

Here's how I got into this mess:

Created a bootable Windows 7 USB key with an x64 Windows 7 ISO using Windows USB/DVD download tool.
Ran Boot Camp on the Mac, unticking the option to create a bootable Windows disk.
Chose a partition size of 64 GB for the Windows partition.
At this point I think the Mac tried to reboot itself, but as I was typing in a browser window at the time I seem to have cancelled that by mistake. So (and this is where I think I went wrong), I manually rebooted with the Windows USB stick in the USB slot.
The Mac rebooted and the windows stick took over, and I chose to install to the 64GB partition I made in Boot Camp.
This all went fine, but the Mac now boots straight into Windows, but seems to be missing drivers for lots of stuff, most importantly the wireless network card.

I can't see any way to get back to Mac OS X.  I've subsequently read about a tool called rEFIt that I was perhaps supposed to run before Boot Camp, but I haven't done that to date.

Is there any way to trash the windows partition and get back to Mac OS?


texts: Is there a way to see who created an event in a shared iCal calendar?

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I'm using iCal to share numerous calendars with my wife.  We're using iCloud to sync them.

On occasion, I need to know which of us put an appointment on the calendar, but can't remember.

I know that somewhere, the system is capturing the creator, because notifications tells me that "[EVENT] has been added to the Calendar by [User]."

But I can't find a way to retrieve that user info from the appointment itself.  "Get info" would often be source of this kind of data in OSX, but in iCal, it's just the same info as you see in the full appointment view.

Is there somewhere else I can find this?


texts: How to enable a disabled User Account on a MacBook Pro running OS X El Captain?

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I disabled a User Account in the System Preferences > Users & Groups > Right-click on a User > Advanced Options... > Login shell: using: /bin/false

Now the disabled account is visible in the login window but is gone under System Preferences.  I used sudo chsh <username> /bin/bash and sudo chpass -s /bin/bash <username> in Terminal and it didn’t bring it back.


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On linux there is a great command line program ts. It adds a timestamp to the beginning of each line of input.

Here is an example (on some linux machine):

root@227ee318bbc1:~# echo -e '1\n2\n3'
1
2
3
root@227ee318bbc1:~# echo -e '1\n2\n3' | ts
Apr 19 18:59:52 1
Apr 19 18:59:52 2
Apr 19 18:59:52 3
root@227ee318bbc1:~#

But there is no such program on my mac:

bessarabov@air:~$ echo -e '1\n2\n3' | ts
-bash: ts: command not found

And there is no program with such name in brew.

How can I get ts program on my mac?


texts: I have an Iphone 6 and I dont have the Start New Conversations from option

texts: I do not have the start new conversation from option, I was close to fixing this issue following your direction, and then I hit this issue. Its just not there it ends with the "add another email..." option. This is so aggravating its confusing all of my messages to everybody, its caused me so much verbal pain and misconstruction. LOL...i think im laughing out loud i dont know


texts: How do you remedy iMac (2009) slow start-up, and sluggish performance?

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here are my system details:

OS X El Capitan - gold

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
12 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

I have reduced startup to 1 or 2 apps, have at least 75GB avail on 500GB hard drive. A few months back I upped RAM from 4gb to 12gb. I don't do anything super-intensive on the machine. With 12GB this baby should be humming along fine. Any suggestions? Thanks.


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I was on my macbook today, and suddenly a flashing file with a questions mark appeared, and now i cant start my mac. It says ( support.apple.com/mac/startup) . I've tried diferrent ways, first aid the drive, but i got an error (something that is failing ), i've tried to reinstall the macos but it says " disk locked" . What can i do, really need what i have on the mac..
Note: dont want to erase may data from the mac .


texts: How can I mirror my mouse and keyboard across multiple displays?

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I want to duplicate actions performed on my main screen on a second screen i.e. mouse clicks and keyboard input.

I have one iMac, with two similar displays. On both displays, I have opened two same programs with near pixel-perfect identical positions on the screens.

How can I achieve this? Does such a task require a programmer?

As an example:

Let's say, I open the Chrome browser, logged-in with my Google username ,on the main screen. On the screen display attached to my Mac, I open another Chrome browser window, this time logged-in as my friend's Google username.

What I want is for anything I do on the first browser (mouse clicks and keyboard) to be done on the second browser, on the second monitor.


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I'm running VLC 3.0.3 on High Sierra and I'm trying to record video+audio. The video part seems to work just fine, but I get an error for the audio every time I try to record. The error reads:

Your input can't be opened
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'qtsound://0c-e0-e4-f7-c4-bb:input'. Check the log for details.```

Unfortunately, after extensive search I wasn't able to find the log location for VLC, but I ran it from the command line using -v, -vv and -vvv  and unfortunately I can't get an error or debug message that explains the problem further.

I tried both with the built-in microphone and a headset.
QuickTime can record audio with no problem.


texts: Wi-Fi Connection sharing on Macbook Air via USB dongle

texts: In my room I can only connect one device to the wifi router. In order to connect all my devices, I thought of connecting my macbook air to the router, then have a USB dongle connected to the macbook air, which would share the internet connection with the rest of my devices. Is this possible, and should the USB dongle have any particular features I need to look out for?


texts: How can I remotely control my iMac user desktop from a Windows computer?

texts: I know the IP address of my iMac and I have been able to ssh into the computer successfully, but I want to be able to control the desktop remotely from my Windows machine as well.  How do I enable my iMac to do this?  Is there a special program I need to use on my Windows 7 machine to do control the desktop remotely?


texts: Prompting personal warning before putting my Macbook Pro to sleep

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I carry my Macbook Pro (15" Retina, Mid 2012 with Mt. Lion) between my work and home. It is connected to an external HDD as a Time Machine. I always forget to properly eject the HDD before putting my notebook to sleep (I rarely shut it down) at my office.

Is there a way to have it prompt with a custom reminder or warning when I try to put MBP to sleep, using Automator or something?


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In the "~/Library/Logs" folder, I discovered a folder called "Ubiquity", but I have no such app named "ubiquity" on my MacBook Pro.

I Googled and also searched here (Ask Different), but all references to "ubiquity" seem to relate wifi or iCloud syncing, and my MBP has had issues with both, so I am curious what Ubiquity is.

FWIW: I began looking into the Logs folder because a message popped up to warn me of junk files that I should remove-by upgrading some software. There is indeed a huge number of files, but Ubiquity is the only name I didn't recognize and can't associate with any software.


texts: PDF marked up in OSX Preview loses all formatting once i try to re-edit after saving

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I have an issue when i use OSX's preview tool to markup a PDF, at first the markup works fine, but if i save the PDF and re-open it to edit the text the text loses all its formatting.

In the example below the PDF was originally created with Google Drive, but i have seen this happen in many PDFs including ones published with other PDF saving software.

Any ideas why this is happening and what i can do to prevent it ?

Im running OSX 10.13.6

Here is the PDF, pre re-edit

Here is the PDF once i try and re-edit.


texts: Recovery partition fills up half of the disk, cannot resize

texts: So I noticed something was wrong with my partitions in Disk Utility as the Mac HD only occupied half of the storage, I booted into UBuntu on a USB and from there I found out that the recovery partition was occupying half of the disk, I don't know why, I could not resize it in Disk Utility, or via the Ubuntu live, a search suggests that it is related to Boot Camp, but I never had that set up.


texts: External Thunderbolt drive and Monitor from same port?

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I have a MacMini 2011 booting from a GoFlex drive connected to its Thunderbolt cable.

Recently I am considering adding a second monitor. The HDMI port is already taken by my current monitor. It seems that the Thunderbolt port can also work as a DisplayPort for a second monitor.

What can I do? Is it possible to drive two monitors from the same HDMI port? Is there any Thunderbolt/DisplayPort available? Any solution cheaper than buying an external Thunderbolt hub?

Also, the hubs I have seen (LaCie and Belking) only provide two Thunderbolt ports. One will be taken for the connection with my MacMini, the other for the drive, and once time more again, I will be short for a second display.


texts: Unable to update third-party apps on macOS Sierra -- temp dir not writeable

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Since upgrading to macOS Sierra I can't update any thirdy-party app and have to uninstall/install updated app to keep it on the latest. I didn't have this issue with El Capitain.

The reason why I can't is that temp dir is unwriteable. One of the apps showed me this: Error: Could not create temporary directory: Permission denied.

Running echo $TMPDIR shows me /var/folders/h_/5_gcf0l53kx7qm0_f39tl9nw0000gn/T/. I changed almost everything regarding permissions there, including (but not limited to) chmod, nouappnd, and nouchg. I know Apple takes additional security measures regarding folder permissions rather than chmod but being initially a Linux user, I'm not sure which are nor which steps should I take to solve this problem.

I Tried following steps presented here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5275515?tstart=0 regarding home folder and tweaking for my issue, but it still persisted


texts: After a reboot caused by an empty battery, my Finder’s sidebar icons are just gone. I tried a few reboots, re-launching Finder, but I can’t fix it.


texts: Per-process CPU doesn't add up to total in Activity Monitor?

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Observing Activity Monitor, the per-process CPU is often very different to the total CPU.
Example
Here the sum of individual processes is > 50%, yet the total said to be (100 - 91.43) 8.57%.

Why is this? And which is correct?


texts: How to read the Screen Time status of an app programmatically on macOS?

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On a kids account with Screen Time activated, is there a way to detect once an app’s screen time is up by using command line tools?
The app’s icon turns pale and an hourglass appears next to its name once time’s up. I know it’s possible to detect that using UI scripting in AppleScript. (E. g. by using triggers like the attribute “AXScreenTimeStatus” of an app’s icon appearing in the Dock, or the little hourglass behind the apps name after first opening its parent folder in Finder.)
I don’t only want to do this without having to show a folder or the Dock first, but I have to: While one app is running full-screen, I need to have a script run invisibly that takes certain actions once it detects another app’s screen time is up (even if that app is not running).
I’m on macOS Catalina.


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I am running a 2012 MacMini, and recently installed an SSD to replace the spinning HD it came with.
After partitioning to 2, I CarbonCopyCloned the Mojave OS to one partition, and an installation of Yosemite on the other.

Now I notice that the Mojave drive is MacOS Extended, not APFS.
The question - can I leave it like this, or will i run into issues? If this situation is bad, I can boot Mojave from an external drive and reformat that partition. Just asking if this is necessary.


texts: Why won't Siri recognise my home address?

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How on earth do you get Siri to remind you to do something when you arrive at a location in iOS 6?  It worked fine in iOS 5 but I've never got it to work on iOS 6 - it just always seems confused about what I'm trying to do. What is the correct syntax?

Siri has been pointed at my own contact record in settings and that record contains my correct address under "home".

EDIT:
I've noticed that siri also can't answer the question "How do I get home". It just says "I couldn't find an address for Nick - home".

Oddly, if I totally delete my "home" address and ask "how do I get home?", Siri says "I don't know what your home address is, Nick. Tap your name if you'd like to add it." and shows me my contact record. This is different to what it does if my home address has been set on my contact record.

The fact that it behaves differently if the address is keyed or not makes me think it's definitely finding my home address on my contact record, but for some reason doesn't want to use it. If I tap my address on my contact, it shows my correct location on the map so it's geocoding it correctly to coordinates, so I really don't see why this doesn't work.

This is what's happening:


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For some reason, from time to time, I'll have this issue where the first time I click something, nothing will happen. But, the second time I click the exact same spot, it will work as normal. This usually lasts about a day, then it goes away. It can return in a day, or in this case, after a 3-month hiatus. It is extremely annoying having to double-click everything (or tripple-click where a double-click is required). What might be causing this? It seems like the same issue described here, but I don't have jiTouch or BetterTouchTool. It is not resolved with a reboot, or even an SMC reset.

Macbook5,2 (2009)


texts: Installing new PCIe m2 SSD on MacBook Pro 2014

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I have a MacBook Pro Retina 2014 with a bad hard drive and recently found out that I can use a PCIe m2 SSD with it on macOS High Sierra.

I purchased a Samsung EVO 970 and an adapter to use in the internal Mac SSD slot. I also have a PCIe m2 to USB enclosure that I used to first allocate a FAT32 partition on the drive. I also made a bootable USB macOS High Sierra install disk using a virtual Mac. Now I have the EVO 970 installed in my Mac and the boot drive. The boot drive boots to a Utilities screen with options to install macOS etc.

I formatted the EVO 970 installed in the Mac as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) disk with the GUID Partition Map scheme. I then proceeded to use the Install macOS option, but I am unable to click on the 970 EVO drive because it says I am missing firmware for this drive.

I have not updated this Mac past Mac OS X El Capitan before and I am trying to install macOS High Sierra so my Mac will boot from the new SSD.

What am I doing wrong?


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My MacBook Pro internal speaker has crashed, as it does every few months. I'm sure a reboot will fix it, but wondering if there's any way I could restore the speaker without rebooting? (Setting things back up again is time-consuming.)

UPDATE: It didn't actually work after reboot. I noticed the headphone slot is red, like in this picture, so it seems it's trying to serve optical out, since MBP uses the same slot as explained in that thread.

UPDATE 2: Best solution I've seen is here. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4220803?start=0&tstart=
Note that it's fiddly and you might need to reboot before re-trying the headphones.


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I've developed a kernel-extension and I'd like to load it in all possible modes which are Recovery-Mode, Safe boot and of course Normal mode.

When I stored my kext bundle In /Library/Extensions From normal mode, and then restart my machine and move to Recovery Mode, I couldn't find my kext in /Library/Extensions and therefore I tend to believe that Recovery Mode uses different partition.

My question is how can I access this partition from Normal mode, so when I install my driver, I can also place it where prelinked kernel can load it in Recovery Mode as well ?


texts: How does USB-C on the MacBook connect to multiple devices?

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It seems that the new USB-C connector is good for charging, good for HDMI output, good for connecting to new devices that use USB-C connectors, and good for older USB devices like an old scanner, printer, external hard drive, and video capturing box.

I suppose the older devices can be connected by using a USB-C to multi-port USB hub.  However, I wonder how this USB-C connector can be connected to multiple USB-C devices, HDMI output, and older USB devices?  For example, let's say an HDMI output adaptor is plugged into the Macbook, then how do you charge the Macbook, and how can another USB-C device as well as an older USB device be both plugged in?


texts: iCloud: Restore file which has been deleted a few days prior. How long possible?

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Let's say I have deleted a file accidently a few days ago and I have discovered my mistake right now.

Is it possible to restore this file, when it was inside of the iCloud-folders?

In case a restore is possible:

How long is a file-restoration possible, starting from the day of deletion on backwards?


texts: Turn off auto sleep while streaming to apple tv on iPad

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I am streaming YouTube to my appleTv and after a few minutes my iPad goes to sleep. I have tried using Mobile Safari to stream and the YouTube app from the iOS app store.

Can the auto sleep be turned off while streaming?

If so, is it also possible to preserve 2 minute sleep otherwise?


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My old phone packed up and although the iPhone that I have now has all my apps which I saved from iCloud, unfortunately the settings have not been saved. I never backed up my 16 digit security key.

I cannot now sign in to various websites because although I have username and passwords I no longer have access to my two factor authentication. Is there an easier way to solve this other than contacting each said website to reset my two factor authentication?


texts: How can I delete pictures on my iPad mini without them being deleted on my other devices as well?

texts: If I delete a picture on my iPad mini, it also deletes that picture on my iPhone too. I want to remove a lot of photos on my iPad mini and only my iPad mini.


texts:
Running an Early '09 iMac with Mavericks. Earlier this month I began to see a pop up referencing a 'malware cleaner'. Below is a copy of items dated May 4th in the Launch Agents and Launch Daemons folders. Any thoughts on resolving this issue?

Here are the May 4th items:

Launch Agents folder

com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist

Launch Daemons Folder

com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist
com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist


texts:
I am buying a new Mac Mini that has one of these new Thunderbolt ports to connect to monitors. I know that this Thunderbolt port is equivalent to mini Display Port. My monitor is a Samsung 2232BW+ that has one of this DVI-D Single Link connectors. See next picture:

but all adapters I find are like this:

all informations I find, say that my monitor is DVI-D Single Link but the adapter is said to be DVI DUAL link.

Looking at both connectors, I see that in theory a DVI-D cable can connect to the DVI dual link, but I want to be sure.

Will it work if I buy one of these connectors in the second picture to use with my DVI-D monitor? Or what other cable do you recommend to connect a new mac mini with a thunderbolt port to a DVI-D monitor?

thanks.


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I read with interest the article regarding sending an email based upon parsing through a csv file to pick up the name and email address. This looks like most of what I need to accomplish my objective with the exception that I would like for the script to run once daily and send the email one day before a date stored in the csv file. This is to remind someone that they need to perform a a certain task the next day. Emails will be sent using Apple Mail as the MTA through my gmail account.

The csv will contain the following:

firstname, lastname, action date

The script would need to pick up the first name and date from the csv file. I have coded the email text into the script as shown in the previous example.

Pseudocode:

Script runs just after midnight every day parsing the csv to determine who should receive the email on what date.
For the selected names, create and send an email the day prior to the required action.
As a bonus, the script could resend the reminder on the due date as well as any new reminders for the following day.

I suppose I could manually subtract one day in my csv to make the coding easier.

I am just getting started with Applescript, and do not know how to modify the existing script to accomplish this objective.


texts: Can I use automator to select text then search spotlight for it?

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Basically, I have a spreadsheet of file names.  I want to select a file name and search 4 folders simultaneously for it.
I'd prefer for all the results to be listed in 1 Finder or 1 Spotlight window, but that's not necessary.
I feel like it should be something I can do with an Automator service that receives selected text but I haven't been able to figure it out.


texts: MacBook Pro randomly freezes, can't do anything

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My MacBook has been acting wierd for a while now. Every week or so it completly freezes, meaning I can't interact with the system anymore at all: No mouse movement and no apparent response to key strokes. It doesn't just go away either: last time I left it sitting for about 5 minutes, no luck. In the end I have to hold the power button to reboot it.

How can I track down what it is that causes this? Note that I cannot reproduce the freeze.

Some info: I have a Early 2013 15 inch MBP running 10.10.4.


texts: A turning gear appears when I run Automator app. Can i replace it?

texts:
I am running the shell script using automator.

However, I get the following in the statusbar:

The question is... Can i customize this icon? Replace with my own?


texts: Software is corrupt that worked only months ago?

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I have been trying to use the Java Decompiler, JD-GUI, on my 2007 iMac running OS X 10.9.5 for the past week, but I have been running into a road block.

Only a few weeks ago, I did not have this problem. What I've normally done is have the disk image in my Downloads directory, and I open the disk image and used the application from the image directly. However, one day, I received that error for the first time, so I went and redownloaded it from the provider of the software, but kept running into the same issue.

I have tried this from multiple Internet connections to no avail.

Also worth noting I think is that when I drag the application from the disk image, its file size is only 2KB, which is a problem. Upon opening the application then, it says the application is corrupt and it moves it to the trash.

Is there any fix or workaround for using this software? I'm trying to understand why it was working only a few short months ago.

JD-GUI can be found here: http://jd.benow.ca/

Edit: Worth noting is that the checksum values match for both the downloaded copy and the one listed on the download page! Perhaps an issue with 32-bit vs 64-bit libraries?


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I am trying to repair a friend's USB drive that got a virus. All directories became .lnk and the original ones were hidden. I don't know how to permanently show the folders.
I've used sudo chflags nohidden /path but it doesn't work permanently.


texts: Snap/Maximize function has stopped working. What could be wrong and how can I fix it?

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Forgive the poor title.  I don't know what this feature is called.  I'm using OS X Lion, and there is a feature that I use all the time with my Thunderbolt display.

Specifically, if I grab the title bar and drag it to the top-center of my display, it expands the window size to the full size of my display.  If I drag the title bar to either the left or right of the screen, it fills 50% of the display, on that side.

All of a sudden, this functionality has disappeared.  I haven't been playing around with my computer preferences, either.

Is there a chance that I've hit some type of keyboard shortcut and accidentally cut it off?  Or, is there some preference setting (which I've tried my hardest to find) that I can check to see if this functionality has been cut off?

UPDATE

This is my first Mac.  It was purchased by my company for an iOS project that I've been given to complete.  My boss had setup some aspects of the machine before he passed it off to me-- I doubt he would have installed a third-party app because that's not how he works.

I did, however, install a third-party app that I used to make a few minor sensitivity tweaks to my magic mouse.  I know that app was a bit of over-kill for me, but I may have set some feature in it.

The odd thing is, I don't recall keeping that application, nor can I find it in my app folder.  Oh well.  Thanks for the helpful tips.  I'll restart and see if that helps.

It's unbelievable how much you can miss such a simple feature until it's gone.


texts: In APFS two boot containers (10.15.x on one and 10.14.x on the other) that share a common data container?

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On an APFS volume, can I have two boot containers (beta 10.15.x on one and 10.14.x on the other) that share a common data container so that I can switch between startup disks while keeping the same home folder & data?

Or is there a better way to accomplish the same goal?

Sorry. I used "container" incorrectly. I should have said:

...can I have two boot volumes (beta 10.15.x on one and 10.14.x on the other) that share a common data volume so that I can switch between startup disks while keeping the same home folder & data volume?


texts: Visual confirmation of keyboard layout change in OS X Yosemite

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I might be mistaken, but I seem to remember there once was a visual confirmation when changing the keyboard layout in older versions of OS X. It was some kind of small grey window in the middle of the screen showing all currently available layouts (and highlighting the active one) for a few seconds after each change.

Is there a way to re-enable this in Yosemite? I am not talking about the flag symbol for the menu bar which can be switched on and off in system preferences. I prefer a very clean menu bar with as little as possible icons. I have set a keyboard shortcut for switching the layout (which is working), but I get no confirmation or information about the current layout.


texts: Games on windows 8 in bootcamp lag even on lowest graphics

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I've been playing Crysis 2 and Skyrim on my Retina MacBookPro (10,1) for months now. The two games used to run super smoothly even on nearly maxed out settings. This laptop has an Nvidia GeForce GT 650M graphics card inside, it runs great.

But I recently replaced my Windows 8 consumer preview with the retail copy, and since then, 3D games lag in this odd way, no matter what the graphics settings. Every second Skyrim and Crysis alternates between running smoothly and lagging. It's a cyclical lag that comes and goes like clockwork. I can turn the graphics down to 800x600 with no antialiasing and low texture quality, and it runs much smoother on the "up" motion of the cycle, but every second it moves back into this lag spike.

I've tried installing beta graphics drivers, re installing the operating system, re installing the bootcamp support software, and freeing up space (I have about 20 GB free). I can't figure out what suddenly caused this other than some obscure difference between the consumer preview and the retail version.

What can I try? Is my video card failing? Are there some other drivers I can install? This isn't normal lag from maxing out the card, it


texts: How does one convert a dmg inside a DVD to individual videos or watch the dmg DVD file in an iphone?

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Since DVDs are essentially becoming obsolete or at least the macbook laptops do not have accessibility to them anymore, I thought it would be good to back a backup for them before I get rid of the DVD reader laptop and thus still be able to watch my videos.

The issue is that I don't know how to watch the DVD inside of my iphone even if I have access to the dmg file. One solution could be to have some app that access the DMG through dropbox/icloud and then open it with the app. Does that exist?

What I thought was more sensible was since some of these are lessons divided into separate videos, to convert the DMG to individual mp4 or .mov files which are easily watchable in the iphone. Is that possible?


texts: What are some good methods of recovering key function after a spillage?

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So a friend just gave me his Macbook Air 1,1 on which he spilt some water. He wiped it away immediately, turned it off and upside down but alas the "l" key is no longer functional. However all the others are.

PRAM reset, no luck. Lifted keycap off, nothing unusual visible but still doesn't work. I'm going to leave it off and evaporating for a little while to see if that changes anything, but any suggestions would be great.

Incidentally, he also is still covered under Applecare. Can we get away with a repair on this? There's no water damage marker is there?


texts: What is the purpose of the small arrow pointing to applications in the Dock

texts: Just curious: Why do some icons have a small arrow pointing at them in the Dock?


texts: macOS Catalina still uses bash as the default shell

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I'm on the latest public beta of macOS Catalina and it's supposed to use zsh as the default shell and it even shows that it is pointing to zsh in the users settings but whenever I open a new terminal window it says:

and even when I run that specified command, it says: no changes made

What do I do?


texts: Automatic Downloads in Music app keeps turned off

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I'm using macOS Catalina, and I've got some troubles with the new Music app. I just clean installed macOS then I tried to download whole my iCloud Music Library to my mac. But 'Automatic Downloads' checkbox keeps turned off when I close the preferences window with OK button. I experienced this issue before I clean install the macOS but it happens even after I clean install the macOS.

I'm using iCloud Music Library. Music list is showing in the app but download looks not enabled. Nothing is being downloaded now. How do I solve it?


texts: What prevents an iPad or iPod charger from overcharging?

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my iPad mini came with this charger and cable. If i leave it charging overnight, what prevents it from overcharging my iPad(is it the charger or the iPad itself)?

I ask because I also own a Dynex cable (only the USB-iPod cable, not including the charger shown in the picture below). And the Dynex cable has a note attached that says "charging will automatically stop after 8 hrs to protect your devices, unplug and replug the charger to recharge if needed". Why is this 8 hr charge limit needed?

I'm guessing that it is the Dynex charger that sets the 8 hr charge limit. If I plug my Dynex cable into the iPod charger is that going to be ok?


texts: I have a broken iPad that is being replaced tomorrow, is there any chance I could still keep the broken one?

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I got an iPad mini on Wednesday through the post but I opened it to find it damaged. It is only a tiny chip but I rang apple and they are sending me a new one and I am giving this one back. Does anyone think thar it might be possible for me to buy the broken iPad from apple for cheap? It's chipped in the front and engraved on the back so surely it would make more sense for me to buy it as my sister has expressed an interest in it.

Has anyone been in this kind of situation?
Thanks.


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When I'm using chrome Version 86.0.4240.111 on my mac Catalina 10.15.7, I can place a "writing prompt marker" in almost any place on 'all' webpages. (A blinking line, exactly like the one that is aiding me in writing this text)
I can move it with the arrow keys if I want to. For example, I can't click on my karma on the SO network and place it there since the click takes me to my profile, but I can navigate it there after placing it somewhere else. With the result that I have a blinking marker in my karma as though I could insert text there.
This interferes with some sites and is confusing.
It persists after reinstalling chrome (though my bookmarks and google account seemed to remain logged into chrome after starting it anew after reinstall, so maybe I could've wiped more thoroughly? I followed this guide to reinstall), and restarting my computer.
Looked around in both chrome and mac settings. Inkognito mode makes no difference.
It does not happen in safari.
Do you know what could be causing this issue and what could fix it?


texts: Can I use wifi on my iPhone 3G without a sim card?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can you use an iPhone without a SIM card as an iPod Touch?

I bought an iPhone 3G that is currently off and doesn't have a sim card. Is there any way I can enable the wifi without having a sim card?


texts: macOS Mojave (Developer Beta) - Safari User Agent change not persistent

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I’m attempting to set a permanent new User Agent for Safari running on macOS Mojave (Developer Beta 10.14.0). However, it doesn’t work and changes to default each time. I ran the command below but it doesn’t seem to do anything. Is the behaviour possibly changed?

defaults write com.apple.Safari CustomUserAgent "\"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/419 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3\""