texts: Dreamweaver tells me that it can't edit some html file because it is locked, how to exclude folders/types from auto lock?

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Dreamweaver complains that it can't edit some specific files due to the fact that they are locked. With as only options to cancel or view read-only. However I do really want to edit the .html files. This started some weeks/months after upgrading from Mac OS X Lion 10.7 to Mavericks 10.9.
Automatic File Locking in Mac OS X
I know that this file auto locking might be in place due to an OS X Lion "Auto Save and Versions" feature. However in Mavericks I can no longer see the "Lock documents [2 weeks] after last edit" in "System Preferences > Time Machine > Options".
Manual file lock removal
The file locks can be removed from the command line using a command like:
$ sudo chflags -vR nouchg ~/Sites

I don't want to turn off the OS X "file auto lock" feature completely. For at least Pages and Numbers documents I would like to preserve "file auto lock". How can I turn off this automatic file locking for selected folders or file types/extensions?


texts: What is OS X's equivalent of Linux's NSS?

texts:
Anyone familiar with the internals of Linux knows about NSS; it's the subsystem that services, like gethostname() and such, delegate to. The code that actually makes DNS queries or reads /etc/passwd, etc., is in the form of NSS modules. Furthermore, additional NSS modules can be compiled and linked to, allowing developers to provide different ways to lookup hosts, users, etc.

I'm trying to find the equivalent subsystem in OS X, but it seems to be something that has changed frequently over the years. Apparently an old system called NetInfo was used since the NeXtStep days, but that hasn't been around since 10.4. This was apparently superseded by something called lookupd, but I don't think it's present in Lion anymore either, since there's no lookupd process running on my system, and man lookupd redirects to dscacheutil.

What is the current system Lion uses to delegate these kinds of lookups? Does Apple provide any documentation for writing new plugins for whatever this subsystem is, to allow for different backends to provide these services?

Another way to think of this question is: Which subsystem in OSX is responsible for reading /etc/hosts and resolving lookups based on its contents?


texts: The Dropbox app is shown in Launchpad. When I click on it's icon to launch it nothing happens and I return to my browser.  Is this normal?


texts: What are all possible ways a keyboard shortcut could be bound in Safari?

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What are all of the ways a keyboard shortcut could be bound in Safari?

I am aware of the following:

The app’s own standard shortcuts
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts >

App Shortcuts >

All Applications
Safari

Services

Safari Extensions
KeyBindings.dict
3rd party utility applications

Alfred
FastScripts
Keyboard Maestro

Are there other obvious paths I could be missing? Are there ways of figuring out how a specific keybinding is being handled?

For context, I created a utility shortcut for myself to send the current Safari tab to Chrome by pressing ^c. I did this a few years ago with an Alfred Workflow, with a Hotkey trigger scoped to com.apple.safari and a simple AppleScript to get and reopen the front tab's URL.

Great. However, changing the keybinding of this workflow today I discovered that it also seems to be captured by something else I set up at some point (and bound to basically the same action). With the Alfred workflow disabled, its keybinding changed, or Alfred itself quit and not running, I have verified that the Alfred version does not run, but something else is triggering the page to open in Chrome.

I do not have FastScripts or Keyboard Maestro on this Mac. I do not see any bindings for this key in the System Preferences. I do not have /Library/KeyBindings/ or ~/Library/KeyBindings/ folders on this Mac. I don’t see any bindings in any of the areas of the Keyboard > Shortcuts preference pane. There don’t seem to be any plausibly-related Safari Extensions installed.

Shortcut Detective can detect when Alfred catches a keybinding from Safari, but sees nothing when the still-caught ^c is handled by whatever else is grabbing it.

I can’t for the life of me figure out where else I managed to bind this shortcut, and therefore can’t figure out how to unbind it short of wiping my account.


texts: How to send and receive iMessages from my phone number on my MacBook Air with Mountain Lion

texts: I recently downloaded Mountain Lion because I wanted to be able to send and receive iMessages from my phone number on my MacBook Air. But, for some reason I'm not able to add my number to my Mac. When I send a text from my Mac, the receiver gets a message from my apple ID not my phone number. I've tried to go the Messages and the Message Preferences but my Message Bar doesn't even have a Preferences tab. I've also tried going to Settings and accessing my Messages Account but I can't find it. I just really want to be able to send a message to my friends from my phone number on my laptop.. Can anyone help?


texts: Can I keep the OS as-is, on swapping SSD on compatible Macbooks?

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I own two Macbooks, an Air mid-2013 (256gb) and a Pro Early-2015 (128gb). As far as I know their ssd drives are the same model.

The question I would like to ask is:
Can I take the SSD drive from the Air mid-2013 and install it inside the Pro early-2015 and use the OS, with all the data, as was installed on the original Mac? Or would I need to reinstall the OS on the newer Mac?


texts: Determine com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles status using command line?

texts:
Is there a way that I can grab the status of com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles in command line?

I switch between AppleShowAllFiles yes & no frequently, I want to write a .command file to check if it's yes then switch to no and vice versa. I now get stuck at query the status of AppleShowAllFiles.


texts: mid-2012 Macbook Pro Retina 15" won't recognize new adapter

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I recently bought a new power adapter off Amazon, and it worked with my mid-2014 MBP at work and my colleague's mid-2014 MBP, but not my mid-2012 MBP Retina 15" (which, frustratingly, it was bought as a replacement for). The green light comes on, but doesn't switch to orange to indicate charging, nor does the machine detect it.

It's literally the exact same model number of the adapter that came with my machine. I figured the replacement was possibly defective, so returned it and got a replacement. Alas, it still doesn't work on my mid-2012 MBP, but does work on my partner's mid-2014 MBP.

I've tried resetting SMC, to no avail. Even more confusing, my work power adapter charges my mid-2012 MBP fine, and is what I'm using at the moment.

Any ideas?

Edit: As requested, here are some photos of the sides of the new adapter.


texts: Download offline web page and view on iPad

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I need to be able to download an off-line webpage and view it on an iPad. I must be able to access it without being connected to the internet, any browser will work, preferably Chrome though. Is this possible?

I've created a page with a test example:

Click Here To Download test webpage

but clicking the link seems to only open the webpage and not download it. It works fine on a laptop or tower (something not using an application, or with an accessible file tree).

I've also tried viewing the site an offline reader, but they won't seem to load it. I think there is too much jQuery for it to work. The reason for all of this is so people can view the website in places without an internet connection (cabins, camping, basements, anywhere else without internet access).


texts: I'm looking for an option or way to log into my Mac using just 4 digits (just like Windows 8/10) instead of using my very long iCloud password.


texts:
I carried my Mac Mini while traveling a few times, once to a different country and couple of times to different cities.

I once noticed the hard disk inside makes noise like its about to fail. But the noise is not noticeable unless the room is very very quiet, or when I keep my ear on the Mac Mini hardware and I can clearly hear the creeking noise from HDD.

But running disk verify shows no error. Will the apple store replace it for me due to bad health of the HDD? I am still under warranty.


texts: How can I sort my Download folder without having to do it manually every time

texts:
I want my download folder to be ordered in the following way:
Top left corner I want the last downloaded file and bottom right corner the oldest.
Right now, I always have to right-click inside my download folder and do the following:
Clean up by -> date created.
This is annoying - how can I have my download folder sorted in such way by default?


texts: What is writing to Disk causing eventual Beach-ball-of-death

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What is running my machine down? This is iotop output...I still can't tell what is driving my system to a halt. Command+i on the SSD shows my "used space" slowly changing. It does this for about an hour...then freezes. I still have over 112 GB of free space on the drive...yet it yields me a... Beach-ball Of Death...any ideas?

If I listed what I've tried it would be two pages long.

iotop
iosnoop
kextstat
kextunload on all Virtual Box drivers

removed Virtual Box

Beach-ball-of-death

Discovered Virtual Box is not the problem

Created another user...logged in as other user...same problem...

Beach-ball-of-death

Reinstalled OSX 10.8.2 from apple website....

Beach-ball-of-death

here is a gist of the output....

https://gist.github.com/4524724


texts: How can I fix broken font-rendering in Safari?

texts:
On some sites (especially this one) I cannot read certain parts, there are only A's displayed.

How can I fix this?


texts: MacBook not letting me log out of Guest Account

texts: I'm using my brother's new MacBook and it's not letting me log out of the guest account. The only options I see are Restart and Shut Down. How can I log out of the guest account?


texts: Notification sounds aren't playing when iPhone 7 is locked

texts:
When my iPhone 7 (iOS 13.4.1) is locked (screen is off and phone is on), it doesn't play any notification sounds.

I also have an iPhone Max XS and it works as expected, it's only the iPhone 7 which plays notification sounds ONLY when the screen is on.

I've checked both Settings > Sounds & Haptics (checked the notification/alert volume, etc) and also Settings > Notifications > Messages and made sure that notifications are on. I've also made sure that Do Not Disturb and Airplane Mode are both off.

How can I make sure that my iPhone 7 ALWAYS plays notification sounds when it's on?


texts: How can I sum values over a range of dates in Numbers?

texts:
I have the following formula

SUMIFS(Daily Log::Income,Daily Log::A,"≥"&A3,Daily Log::A,"<"&A4)

that I want to sum income over the associated month.  As you can see, it's not doing what I am expecting it to—how can I effect what I need?


texts: What causes an iMessage to be delivered as a text message?

texts: Sometimes when I text other iPhone users, messages don't deliver as iMessages and say "Sent as text message". What causes this to happen?


texts: I have used Windows on my MacBooks for several years and rarely boot up into Mac. Maybe once every two or three years. So, I know nothing about Mac. I just booted into Mac and now can’t get back to Windows. The icon is greyed out. How can I get back. I didn’t change anything.


texts: How to disable Apple Wireless Trackpad from recovery mode?

texts: I booted into recovery mode / macOS Utilities and erased my hard drive anticipating to reinstall the OS. Unfortunately my computer is paired to an Apple Wireless Trackpad that I can't find. I believe this trackpad's button is permanently pressed, preventing me from left-clicking, so I can't get all the way through the installer. This trackpad is listed as paired and connected when I go into Terminal and run system_profiler. However recovery mode has no System Preferences so I don't know how to disable this trackpad. Is there any way I can disable the trackpad from recovery mode, such as from Terminal?


texts: I have my mac serving an application on port 80 that I can access within the network, how can I prevent it from sleeping?

texts:
I have my mac serving an application on port 80 and I can access it from another device just fine, but only when the screen is on, when I close the lid I can no longer access this. These are my power settings:

Is there anything else I need to change?


texts: Getting old photos from Camera Roll to Photo Stream

texts:
I have over 7,000 pictures on my iPod Camera Roll. I recently signed up with iCloud but only the pictures I take after signing up with iCloud go to my Photo Stream. How do I get the first 7,000 pictures onto my Photo Stream?

I want all of my photos to be available on any iOS device where I sign in with my iCloud account.


texts: Can I use an old laptop keyboard as a wireless keyboard stand alone?

texts: I have a few laptop keyboards that are in excellent working condition. Is there anyway I could use one of them to make a wireless keyboard?


texts: ShellShock: Do I need to be worried about this on OS X Mavericks?

texts:
The title kind of says it all… I was in the process of bringing up a rather extensive set of Mac OS X Server machines when ShellShocked hit the world. As soon as I saw the news, I hastily began configuring the PF firewall. Probably too hastily, as I managed to break several of the services I was configuring.

Now one of the Mac OS X machines that was directly exposed to the Internet is behaving very strangely. I can no longer log into the machine either through Remote Desktop or the normal login window. (I get the shaking dialog box, as if I had entered the wrong password.) Yet I can still login through SSH just fine.

I know my way around OS X pretty well, and I don't see any unusual looking processes running. So, unless there's some kind of root kit for Mac OS X Mavericks in the world, or my Mac Mini server just chose this moment to manifest some kind of hardware problem, it seems like bringing down the firewall should get me back into the machine.

Is it safe?


texts: MacBook Sierra display ethernet needs constant re-starting

texts:
I have a shiny new MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) running Sierra (10.12.4). When connected to my Apple Thunderbolt Display via an Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter, the ethernet is not initially seen. If I delete "Display Ethernet" in network settings and reconnect the display, then it rediscovers the connection and starts working OK.

But, when I plug into another identical display (I have one at home, one in the office) I have to repeat the process. This is a real PITA as I move between home and office every day.

Any ideas? My previous Macbook Air connected seamlessly with the ethernet of either display.


texts: How can I improve the positioning of new windows?

texts:
Is there a setting to improve the positioning of new application windows?

I'm not looking to specify the location of a window and have it open there every time. I'd much rather have an improved default placement.

For example, if I open a new terminal window from here:

there is a bunch of "free" space available for the new window, so ideally something like this would happen:

but instead a new window will be placed like this:

which is pretty terrible in my opinion, since I'm losing the context of the first
window and there is still a ton of empty space.

Any tips and improvements are much appreciated, if possible without installing
3rd party apps.


texts: What is the maximum amount of file arguments I can pass to a command?

texts:
If I do this in OS X, what is the maximum amount of files I can test?

Or is there a maximum length for this string?

do shell script "md5 -q 'path/to/file1.txt' 'path/to/file2.txt'"


texts:
I hate to be all cliché with yet another "best [something]" question, but I am genuinely interested in what you most often install with MacPorts. When you get a new Mac, which ports do you first install?

So far, I've installed wget and watch, since I find those to be very useful on Linux machines. I also installed wine and winetricks to run a Windows program or two. And earlier today I started playing with Scala, so I installed the scala28 port.

Tip: to see your installed ports, use the port installed command.


texts: Use an old iPhone 6 just for audiobooks - Cannot transfer file from iTunes to iPhone

texts:
I have an iPhone 6 that I want to use for one purpose: listen to audiobooks. When I connect the iPhone to iTunes on my PC, I can see the iPhone. But when I try to drag-and-drop an audiobook onto the phone, nothing happens (not even a "prohibited") warning.

The iTunes version is current (12.8).
iTunes is set for manual synching.
The iPhone has enough space for an audiobook or books.
The iPhone does not have a SIM card.

What can I do to transfer an audiobook file to the iPhone?


texts: I would like to replicate the conventional zoom behaviour of 'ctrl +'/'ctrl -' with the mouse scroll functionality. Probably a new feature, but I preferred the original behaviour. Consequently I would prefer the zoom mechanism to only effect the active window as opposed to the entire desktop? How do achieve this?


texts: How to delete synced photos and folder from iPhone?

texts:
How to delete synced photos and folder from iPhone, my OS is Windows 7 and I don't want to erase all content from setting.

I have iTunes installed on my PC.

I want to delete images and folder in my iPhone except "Camera Roll"


texts: Macbook storage is blocked even though files uploaded to iCloud?

texts:
I'm facing a unique problem - or I'm simply misreading Apple's messages. When I go to Apple > About this Mac > Storage, I can see that 26GB of my Macbook storage is being used for iCloud. Screenshot below:

However, I also have Store in iCloud set up on my Macbook, so the actual file size of my iCloud folder on the Macbook is quite low (only 3.83GB).  Screenshot below:

So my question: why is 26GB being blocked on my HDD when really only 3.83GB is physically on my HDD (and the rest online on iCloud)? Anything I can do to help fix this?


texts: iOS Mail app archive button sometimes goes back to inbox view?

texts:
Normally pressing "archive" brings me to the next email but occasionally it brings me back to the inbox. Is this just a bug?

I'm using my gmail account and I'm in the "all inboxes" view. My OS is up to date.


texts: Can't use ⌃⌘Space for Evernote Helper as shortcut is already in use

texts:
I love Evernote and I used to Evernote helper with the shortcut: ⌘ + ⌃ + space.

I have since reinstalled Mavericks and now can't use this shortcut any more.

Just changed Special Characters shortcut to ⌘ + ⌥ + T. (it was ⌘ + ⌃ + space), but I still can't use this shortcut for Evernote helper.

Evernote only says:

  The key combination ⌘ + ⌃ + space can't be used!
  The key combination "Command + Control + Space" can't be used because it's already used by a system-wide keyboard shortcut. (If you really want to use this key combination, most shortcuts can be changed in the Keyboard & Mouse Panel in System Preferences)

…but I've already changed the Special Characters shortcut.


texts:
I am trying to use Plex to share my family's photo library (Photos.app) so it's available on any device to view photos. The problem is that adding the entire Photos library to Plex's library results in multiple, differing copies of the same image.

QUESTION: Is there a location inside the Photos library package where there are organized sets of photos (edited, not originals), such that I could add a folder to a Plex library, or is there any good/better way to do this?


texts: Upgrade MacbookPro (15' mid 2010), beyond 8G RAM

texts:
Som there are a couple of past questions with answers on this topic here and the bigger interwebs. My reason for re-opening this issue is that most answers are from around 2013 - 2015 latest. So I am wondering if there has been an update since.

early apple forum that claims success of 16RAM on mid 2010, 15' when booting in safe mode:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2763468?start=105&tstart=0

comments claim that upgrade to 16G RAM was a success (end 2015):
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/148841/16+GB+possible+with+OS+X+Mountain+Lion+or+Mavericks

last answer claims that the only way to do this is by installing linux:
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/151681/I'm+experiencing+random+kernel+panics

Mid 2010 can go up to 12G RAM:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/214900/223701

I would really, REALLY like to use 16Gb RAM since my computing demands are quite high. Anybody have any definitive stories? Thanks!


texts: What's a good iPhone running app with a heart rate monitor?

texts:
I'm looking for a combination of an app like RunKeeper that tracks my running speed, with an app (+hardware?) to track my heart rate.

I'm currently running with RunKeeper (to track my speed) and also wearing an chestband+wristwatch (to track my heart rate). It would be nice to get rid of the wristwatch, if there's some app (and chestband receiver hardware?) to combine the data.

I've seen some apps that only do heart rate monitoring, but I don't want to switch between 2 apps while running.


texts:
I'd like a better way to control iTunes, Rdio and other audio applications on my computer with my media keys. Ideally, this app would allow me to say that the default media keys will always operate one app and specify modifier keys for other applications (Such as ⌘+▶ to play/pause Rdio).

Alfred allows me to control these apps with text strings, but I'm specifically looking for a way to use my media keys for quick pauses or skips.

Currently, the media keys will control whatever media player you last focused. This means that you may be attempting to pause a song in Rdio, but a recent iTunes App Store search means that you start playing two songs instead.


texts: Can I install Mavericks side by side with an existing installation?

texts:
My current installation of Mavericks has some issues that can only be fixed with a clean install (no Time Machine restore).

However I don't find time to do the complete reinstall in one session and I still have to work with the current installation.

Now my idea was to install the OS just parallel to the existing Mavericks once more. I have already shrunk my partition (see image). But I fear the second installation will kill my current one if I now just reboot and select to install Mavericks.

Any comments/solutions?


texts: 2017 Macbook Pro + TCL 4K Display = No 60Hz

texts:
I have the 15" 2017 MacBook Pro (with the four USB-C/TB3 connectors).

I recently bought this TV, which is my first and only 4K display: https://www.amazon.com/TCL-43S405-43-Inch-Ultra-Smart/dp/B01N29XPO3/

I purchased both of these cables:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075V5JK36/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073H9RG9T/

No matter what I do, OS X will not recognize it as 4K @ 60Hz.

The monitor says all three HDMI ports support 4K60Hz. Both cables say they support 4K60Hz. The laptop says it can support four 4K60Hz displays. And yet there's no 60Hz.

My 4K AppleTV correctly plays 4K 60Hz via HDMI to this TV.

Much googling has been done on this subject, with only two things which keep coming up:

There's a thread where somebody finally gives up on HDMI and connects his display via DisplayPort (which I wish this had, but it doesn't)
There's a thread where people say option-click "Scaled" in the Display preferences and can select the refresh rate. When I do so, there doesn't exist a pull-down for refresh rate.

Here's the display preferences:

Here's the system profiler information:

Radeon Pro 560:

Chipset Model:  Radeon Pro 560
Type:   GPU
Bus:    PCIe
PCIe Lane Width:    x8
VRAM (Total):   4 GB
Vendor: AMD (0x1002)
Device ID:  0x67ef
Revision ID:    0x00c0
ROM Revision:   113-C980AJ-927
VBIOS Version:  113-C9801AU-A02
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.927
Automatic Graphics Switching:   Supported
gMux Version:   4.0.29 [3.2.8]
Metal:  Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily1 v3
Displays:

Color LCD:
Display Type:   Built-In Retina LCD
Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Retina
Framebuffer Depth:  30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)
Main Display:   Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation:   Supported
Automatically Adjust Brightness:    No

43S405:
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 @ 30 Hz
Framebuffer Depth:  30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation:   Supported
Automatically Adjust Brightness:    No
Connection Type:    DVI or HDMI
Adapter Firmware Version:   7.55
Television: Yes

Cinema HD:
Display Type:   LCD
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Framebuffer Depth:  30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)
Display Serial Number:  CY8430JLXMP
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation:   Supported
Adapter Type:   Apple Mini DisplayPort To Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Automatically Adjust Brightness:    No
Adapter Firmware Version:   1.03

How do I get this to display 4K @ 60Hz?

Update: If I disconnect the 30" Cinema Display (via the dual-link-DVI adapter), I get 4K @ 60Hz. It doesn't matter if I connect it via DisplayPort to a dock or into a TB2 port on an external device, it still prevents 4K@60Hz. This doesn't make sense, especially since Apple's site says this can handle the built-in display plus four 3840x2160 @ 60Hz displays simultaneously.

Update 2: I just went back to the system preferences to select settings to verify the resolutions above, clicked back on "Default for display" and suddenly I got 4K@60Hz....


texts: Using the same iTunes library with two different versions of iTunes

texts:
I would like to use my iTunes library on two different computers, whose OS versions are different and would like to know to which extent it is possible to use the same iTunes library on two different versions of iTunes.

More precisely, here is my situation :

On my Mac #1, the OS is 10.6.8 with iTunes 10.6 (40)
On my Max #2, the OS is 10.5.8 with iTunes 10.6.3 (25)

Currently, I am able to use both iTunes with the same library.

I would like to know if I can install on Mac #1 the last version of iTunes (namely, iTunes 11) and still be able to open/play/edit my music on Mac #2.


texts:
I'm looking for a truly basic app that takes photos with the built-in camera and uploads them somewhere in the cloud.

I stress basic because I need my photos to be easily programmatically reused without a lot of translation (glue code) on my part.  For example: a Media RSS feed with nothing but the photos themselves, or a WebDAV folder.


texts: Apple ID for child younger than 13 and parent with no Apple device

texts:
I bought a brand new iPad for my child that's younger than 13.  During setup iPad wants to create an Apple ID.  I seem to have have two options:

Create one for myself and just hand over the iPad to my child to use
Purchase another Apple device, and create my Apple ID on there.
Then create a child's Apple ID linked to mine for use on iPad.   Continue setup on iPad and use child's Apple ID

I really, really don't want to do option 2) in the next year or two. Is there another way?  Brainstorming here: I have root access to apple hardware at work including apple IDs, but those devices don't belong to me... will that help somehow to bootstrap me?  Emulators?  Virtualization? Hackintosh?  I'm guessing not, but had to ask.

Now, back to option 1) there are several sub options here:

1a) Use my First name, Last name and my birthday and just live with the fact that when my child is interacting with others it's under my name.   Am I understanding this right?  Maybe this name and age will not always show up?  Maybe it can be overwritten by display names and other settings?  What are the limits and flexibilities here?  For example, I want that when my child is using iMessage, Facetime etc it shows up with child's name, not mine.

1b) Use child's First name, Last name and fake birthday of 13+.  What are the negative consequences of this approach?

1c) Use child's First name, Last name and fake birthday of 18+
What are the negative consequences of this approach?

Is there option 3) that I haven't considered?  ... For example, one thing that came to mind is that I could do option 1) and then create child's account from the iPad, signout of apple ID and then re-sign in with the child account.  Seems like it would work, but has anyone tried it? What could go wrong with that approach?

My biggest concern is that these days it seems like apple ID is used as a proof of ownership (more than having the actual device in my hands) and by messing with birth dates and such it will create some hassle later on in the device's life cycle: device lost, password resets, sale, etc etc

Also, apple ID seems to be connected to device's serial number.  If I have multiple accounts linked to single serial number like option 3) is that going to create a problem?

Note that I do not plan to enter my credit card in any scenario, so I'm not worried about child making unauthorized charges.   If I do, it will be very rarely ... maybe once per year (and then I would remove the credit card info again)

I have a feeling that there is no "best way" and I will have to choose between different trade-offs.   What are those trade-offs to be aware of?   What would you do if you were me?

Thank you


texts:
Options gives me

 (slack)

or

 (chrome)

but I don't get the options to rearrange the icons in the dock.  I can't 'drag' the item either.  How can I achieve this?

I am on yosemite 10.10.2


texts: Assigning Desktops to Multiple Monitors on MacBook Pro

texts:
Running El Capitan, I have two external monitors and the MBP monitor, three total. When the MBP is not hooked to any monitors, I have four Spaces set up, each with their own desktop background (A, B, C & D). When the external monitors are hooked up, I get two more spaces ("Displays have separate Spaces" is checked) with two more background pictures (E & F). I arrange them in a V:

Ext1 -- Ext2
  \\    //
     MBP

The top left monitor becomes my main display (Desktop #1) and has the four spaces. I don't know why it does this but it does, and that's what I want, too. So it has desktop backgrounds A-D. Top right gets picture E (Desktop #2), and the MBP gets picture F (Desktop #3).

This is exactly what I want, as A & E complement one another. Except sometimes (maybe 3% of the time) the MBP becomes Desktop #2 and gets background E and the upper right becomes Desktop #3 and gets background F, which is just visually jarring to me.

When it happens, everything is still arranged in the V that I want, so it's not like the OS is confusing what's what.

Q: Why does this happen or how can I fix it?


texts: Why is Python version set with PyEnv global not picked up a default one?

texts:
I have installed pyenv and used it to install Python 3.8.1 I had Python 3.7.6 installed manually before.

I have set 3.8.1 as global and, as this version is now markered with *, it was taken into account. However, which python3 and python3 -V are still outputting the values of 3.7.6! I have restarted the shell, but, unfortunately, the outputs are still the same.

Is this as expected behaviour? How to switch it to 3.8.1 properly?

NB echo $PATH outputs

/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin


texts: Quickly change host for bluetooth keyboard

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A while ago I stumbled upon an app that made it possible to change the device that a Bluetooth keyboard is connected to. This would allow me to quickly switch the keyboard between being connected to the iPad, or iMac or MacBook. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of this utility.

Does anyone know of a utility that would allow me to do this? In my case I'd want to switch between iPad and a MacBook.


texts: Does the Mountain Lion installer receive updates?

texts:
I downloaded the Mountain Lion installer on the day it was released on the App Store. If I now wait some time before doing a clean reinstall:

Does this installer receive updates?
Is it updated only with 10.8.x releases, or is it independent of those?


texts: Rename iTunes TV episodes to include season and episode number in file name

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I'm in the process of switching from iTunes to Emby server to stream videos to my Apple TV. Emby does fine with movies, but for identifying episodes of TV series it needs the season and episode number in the file name.

Unfortunately, iTunes names TV episode video files using just the episode name. It has the episode numbers in its tags and database, but it doesn't put them in the filename. So a typical file location is:

TV Shows > Jeeves and Wooster > Season 1 > Jeeves Takes Charge.mp4

But what I want is:

TV Shows > Jeeves and Wooster > Season 1 > Jeeves and Wooster S01E01.mp4

Even just adding the episode number at the beginning would be great:

01 Jeeves Takes Charge.mp4

My library is large enough to make doing this by hand a pretty big time sink. Can iTunes be coerced to do it automatically? If not, is there a third-party tool or other ready-built solution? I'm sure it can be done in Applescript with Exiftool, but I'd prefer not to reinvent the wheel if someone else has already done it.


texts: Can I use Karabiner to disable built in keyboard during start up

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The D key on my built-in keyboard (MacBook Pro) is stuck and it keeps looping into self diagnostic when I boot up. I would like to disable the keyboard during computer startup and go straight to the external keyboard but have not found a way to do this.

If I install Karabiner on my MacBook Pro and disable in Karabiner settings the built in keyboard, after I turn off the MacBook Pro and start it up again with the external keyboard plugged in, would the built in keyboard function during the start up or would it be disabled?

If not is there another way to disable the builtin keyboard during startup?


texts: I am trying to clone a 2TB drive that has mac os x 10.6.8 onto a smaller drive but dont know what I am doing

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I have a Mac Pro that I cant install an OS onto at the moment because I do not have snow leopard. I do have a bootable 2TB Western Digital drive that comes from an identical Mac Pro that has 10.6.8 loaded onto it. I have tested this drive onto the computer in question and it boots ok. I only have a 250 GB drive to use as a target disk. The 2TB drive has only about 65GB used space. When I try to shrink the partition via Gparted, a caution exclamation point w an orange box appears that says it can not read the contents of this drive while terminal indicates that gparted only supports 512 byte length sectors and the journaled drive is not 512 byte length. When I mount the drive, the exclamation point goes away but mounting it doesnt allow me to shrink the partition.

link to my previous related question: Mac Pro install disk keeps ejecting itself


texts: iPhone: is it possible to route calls to speaker only if answering via smartwatch?

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Usually I answer calls with the standard iPhone receiver. Sometimes, while the phone is charging and I'm in the other room, I have to answer the call with a bluetooth-connected smartwatch (otherwise I wouldn't make it in time,) then I have to run to the other room and press the speaker button to start the conversation.
Note: on the smartwatch I just press "answer call" but it has no speaker, so the call is completely handled by the phone itself.
I know it is possible to route audio to the speaker by default, but is there a way to do that only if I'm triggering the "answer call" from the smartwatch?


texts: Full Screen with Microsoft's Mac OS X RDP client?

texts:
I have a MacBook Air and I'm using Microsoft's RDP client (Remote Cesktop client) for OS X to remote in to Windows machines.  Is there any way to get the client to use the full screen?  There seem to be no options for this in the menu bar on on the dock icon.

If not, are there any alternative RDP clients for Mac OSX that will allow me to go full screen? (I'm not really a VNC fan, in any of its forms)  It seems a shame to waste my screen real estate, especially since I am on only a 13" screen.


texts: How do I change my user photo on OSX without iCloud? I can't seem to choose a file from Finder. I don't have enough disk space to use iCloud.


texts: How to prevent the screensaver occasionally showing "No photos"?

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I have my screensaver set to show photos from a shared album in my photo library. Normally this works fine, but occasionally it fails to load any of the photos and just shows a black screen with the message "No photos".

I haven't been able to figure out any pattern to when it works and when it doesn't, except that manually forcing the screensaver by pushing the mouse pointer into the designated "Hot Corner" always works.

This is a MacBook Pro running Mojave 10.14.5, but this issue has been happening for ages: it wasn't introduced by any of the Mojave point releases, for sure.


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I'm using the built-in equation tool in Keynote. Is there a way to change the font used by default in Keynote?

Also, I see that when I try to use text in the equation via \text{} the font is in bold mode. How can I change that?

Note that a relevant Keynote question has been asked here.

As an example for the font change see this picture

As an example for the bold text see the picture which was generated by \Gamma \text{ is fixed}

Note that this question is not a duplicate of this one. All of the options mentioned in the linked question are such that simply add a characteristic to the font (italics, bold, roman etc.) but they do not change the font.


texts:
I have a mystery process visible in Activity Monitor, simply called "-i" - don't remember ever seeing this before. Its parent process is launchd, and belongs to root.

Persists between reboots;
Sometimes high CPU use.

Can't find any reference to it online anywhere either!

Macos 10.13.6


texts: Cannot overwrite columns in Numbers for iPad

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When i start writing text on my iPad in Numbers, i have to stay in one column and can't overwrite the next column.

For example: I write something in Numbers on my Mac, the next column gets filled when i reach the end of the other.

How can i manage this on my iPad?


texts: Why doesn't my messages icon on my iPhone 5 display the number of messages?

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I don't know if I may have accidentally changed some settings, but now the icon on my Messages doesn't display the number of unread messages. However, my Mail app does, so I am not sure why this is. I tried going through settings to see what I could find, but to no avail.

How do I fix this?


texts:
Is the 6th/7th generation iPod Nano capable of sending video out through the 32 pin connector into a suitable digital dock?

If so, could the camera adapter kit be used as it can for the iPad to stream digital video out to a DAC?


texts: Remove downloads or remove from library for duplicate playlist?

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I have a playlist that I sync between iTunes and my iPhone on iOS 10.3.1. Sometimes I see that a playlist gets duplicated with the number 1 after the name. I want to delete the duplicated playlist from my iPhone, but I get a concerning dialog, asking if I want to remove downloads ore remove the playlist from the library.

I'm not quite sure what it's asking. Can someone explain this? Any downloaded songs from iTunes I want to stay on the phone as part of the original playlist and in general, but I want that second playlist itself to disappear.


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I'm a teacher, and I like to cast my laptop screen to the television in my classroom via Apple TV.  However, there are times I'd like my students to see one screen while I work on a different one they cannot see.

I don't have multiple monitors.  I know there is a way to do this but can't figure it out!


texts:
After upgrading to 10.9 and Safari 7.0, I can no longer load http://localhost:4000 in Safari. Yes, my site still loads perfect when I load it in Chrome and Firefox, so this is something new in Safari.

These are the error messages that I see in the developer window. The error message is

Failed to load resource: The network connection was lost.

It even looks like the server is doing its job correctly. Here's the output from the rake console. Everything is returning 200.

127.0.0.1 - - [24/Oct/2013 06:25:49] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 - 0.0039
127.0.0.1 - - [24/Oct/2013 06:25:49] "GET /stylesheets/screen.css HTTP/1.1" 200 - 0.0022
127.0.0.1 - - [24/Oct/2013 06:25:49] "GET /javascripts/modernizr-2.0.js HTTP/1.1" 200 - 0.0014
127.0.0.1 - - [24/Oct/2013 06:25:49] "GET /javascripts/octopress.js HTTP/1.1" 200 - 0.0018
127.0.0.1 - - [24/Oct/2013 06:25:49] "GET /javascripts/ender.js HTTP/1.1" 200 - 0.0048


texts: AppleScript to read all notifications in the Notification Center OSX 10.10 Yosemite

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It seems like the following AppleScript is no longer working in the latest version of the OS X 10.10 (Yosemite):
on run
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "Notification Center"
            set theseWindows to every window
            display notification (count of theseWindows)
        end tell
    end tell
end run

This were supposed to get all notifications listed in the Notification Center. However, the count attribute always returns 0.
Does anyone know how to retrieve all notifications in the Notification Center different than the script above?


texts:
I have 3 mac's

Mac Mini 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo , 2GB 1067 MHz DDR3,
Macbook pro (15", Early 2011), 2GHz Core i7, 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Macbook Air (13" Mid 2012), 2GHz Core i7, 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Is it possible to use 4GB memory modules from Macbook pro and put it in Mac mini, thus upgrading its memory size.

If that works, then i was thinking to taking 8 GB memory module out of Macbook Air and put it in Macbook Pro.

And finally get new 16 GB memory modules for Macbook Air.

Considering that all of them require DDR3 , does clock speed cause any issues with working on macs.


texts: Why is Xcode starting on macOS Sierra start up?

texts: After starting or restarting macOS, Xcode is launching and opening a file that I never touched. Any idea how I can stop that?


texts:
Ever since I upgraded to Yosemite, I have been experiencing cloudd quit unexpectedly bug reports popping up at front very very often.

The issue is :

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSGenericException', reason: 'Error opening db at /Users/peter/Library/Caches/CloudKit/CloudKitMetadata: <CKError 0x7f8bc1419590: "Internal Error" (1)> (14/0x000e/unable to open database file)'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called

Application Specific Backtrace 1:
0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff88a6464c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff89b036de objc_exception_throw + 43
2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff88a644fd +[NSException raise:format:] + 205
3   CloudKit                            0x00007fff83448a47 -[CKSQLite raise:] + 516
4   CloudKit                            0x00007fff834483b6 -[CKSQLite open] + 122
5   CloudKitDaemon                      0x000000010b523481 -[CKDMetadataCache init] + 199
6   CloudKitDaemon                      0x000000010b5233a0 __31+[CKDMetadataCache sharedCache]_block_invoke + 41
7   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88e1fc13 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
8   libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff88e1fb26 dispatch_once_f + 117
9   CloudKitDaemon                      0x000000010b523375 +[CKDMetadataCache sharedCache] + 46
10  cloudd                              0x000000010b37e541 cloudd + 5441
11  cloudd                              0x000000010b37e0e0 cloudd + 4320
12  cloudd                              0x000000010b37eace cloudd + 6862
13  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff85ebf5c9 start + 1

I do not know if this is relevant, but during 10.9 to 10.10 (yosemite) upgrade, I was asked to log in with my apple ID. I was connected to a WIFI provider (but not logged in) so I wasn't able to log in. The update did continue. On the first session I opened, iCloud kept crashing. I had a really hard time disabling iCloud drive.


texts: Is there a way to exclude certain sites from search results in Safari?

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I would like to make sure that junk websites (like SparkNotes when I search for Shakespeare info, or Pinterest when I search for images) don't appear in my search results in Google or any search engine. Some search engines support this, and Google used to but no longer does. But in any case what I'm looking for is something that does this for both macOS and iOS, and works in Safari (especially for Google).

Is there a way to do this?


texts: How do I edit keyboard shortcuts in Nano?

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Is there a way to edit the keyboard shortcuts in Nano?

I would like to change Move to next word from Right (Ctrl + Space) and Left (Alt + Space),
to Alt + ← or →.

According to this thread on AskUbuntu, one should be able to edit /etc/nanorc. However, on my OS X computer, that file is empty except for this line:

set nowrap

Assuming that this is the only file there is, how could I override the keyboard settings here?


texts: Pandora app won't play on Apple TV (4th Generation)

texts: I can't get Pandora to play music on my Apple TV (4th Gen). It just sits there at 0:00.


texts:
I am trying to install git using homebrew:
brew install git
Terminal reads:

==> Searching for similarly named formulae... Error: No similarly named formulae found. Error: No available formula or cask with the
name "git".
==> Searching for a previously deleted formula (in the last month)... Error: No previously deleted formula found.
==> Searching taps on GitHub... Error: No formulae found in taps.

If I input brew doctor, I get the following:

Warning: Suspicious https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core git
origin remote found. The current git origin is:
https://github.com/Homebrew/brew With a non-standard origin, Homebrew
won't update properly. You can solve this by setting the origin
remote:   git -C
"/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core" remote
set-url origin https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core

However, if i do git -C "/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core" remote set-url origin https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core, nothing changes and I get the same output with brew doctor
command line tools is installed:
xcode-select --install

xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use
"Software Update" to install updates

I have tried reinstalling brew, brew update and brew cleanup
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: OS X dialogs: Can I use 'Enter' to invoke the *currently selected* button instead of the default one?

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In an OS X dialog, there a way to make 'Enter/Return' invoke the currently selected button instead of the default one (and, if possible, make 'Space' invoke the default button instead). That is, can I swap the behaviors of 'Space' and 'Enter' in this situation?

[This would keep this behavior consistent with that of the web's, and other platforms like Windows and Linux]


texts: Can I submit a new app version to apple without cancelling a pending release?

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I have an app Pending Release and would like to update it with a newer version that includes some minor bugs fixes.

Can I do so without removing the App pending release? I don't want to risk that we receive green light to go live and the new app is stuck pending Apple review.

Thanks


texts: How to prevent automount of a partition in El Capitan

texts:
There are two boot partitions on my MacBook. A working, bootable, El Capitan is installed on both.

How can I prevent automounting partition2, when booting from partition1?

According to many pages I found via google this is done by editing fstab via vifs an adding the line

UUID=uuid_of_partition2_here       none    hfs     rw,noauto

But that doesn't work! The partition is mounted anyway!


texts: How can I make a keyboard shortcut for an item with unicode characters?

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I have used custom keyboard shortcuts for a long time, and as usual the new version of OSX Yosemite changes all the app translations to make them slightly different enough that none of them work. After going through all the shortcuts I discovered that the Spanish entries for next/previous item in Preview don't work. Here is a screenshot of the menu item:

And here is a screenshot of the option as set up in the keyboard preferences:

Despite both texts look the same (and therefore I should be able to override the default shortcut) the custom shortcut doesn't get assigned (it did in Mavericks!). My guess is that it stopped working because Yosemite uses a different unicode combination for the first letter. How can I figure out the correct unicode sequence so that the keyboard shortcut is assigned properly?


texts:
My mac crashed and I am trying to install Xcode 4.2 again, but it doesn't work.

The GUI shows an 'The Installation Failed' error.

In the console a few messages stick out to me. They are:

The domain/default pair of (com.apple.iPhoneSDKInstaller, showAdvancedInstaller) does not exist

The Package "OtherDevDocumentation,pkg" is untrusted. CSSMERR_TP_CERT_EXPIRED

Sometimes it says it can't find the developer tools as well.

When I press Get Info on the Xcode.mpkg inside the DMG file, It says it is only 520KB. Is that supposed to happen?

Can anyone help me fix this issue?

Thanks,
Ashley


texts: What is a good Apple podcast to listen to on a daily basis?

texts: If I have time to listen to just one podcast a day or every other day about Apple stuff, which one should I listen to?  I know there's a lot of different specialized Apple podcasts out there (i.e. Mac downloads, iOS apps, Apple news, etc.), but can anyone recommend a general podcast which has elements of all of these?  I'd also be interested in the best podcasts in certain specialized areas, but mostly I'm looking for one that I can listen to consistently and find out most of what is going on in the Apple world.


texts:
I've recently dug out an old iPhone to sell.

It has activation lock on it which is pretty normal. However, it's linked to an Apple account which has had its password changed since then. I've also removed it from the iCloud interface.

It now refuses to unlock with either my current password or the password I used then... :(

Is there anyway to reset this iphone without having to go through tech support?


texts: Why does setting the hard-limit for maxfiles to "unlimited" using `launchctl limit` result in a hard-limit slightly above the soft-limit?

texts:
Why does setting the hard-limit for maxfiles to "unlimited" using launchctl limit result in a hard-limit slightly above the soft-limit?

By setting the maxfiles limit using launchctl to launchctl limit maxfiles 10000 unlimited, I get the following result:

nlykkei-mbp:~ nlykkei$ launchctl limit maxfiles
    maxfiles    10000          10240

Initially, after the system has booted, hard-limit is set to "unlimited", so why can't I set the same hard-limit by setting it manually?


texts: What would stop iTunes from accessing a library stored on a Windows Server?

texts:
I moved my iTunes library over to a Windows Server SMB share and while I can see, access, change and create new files just fine within the iTunes folder and even rename the iTunes Library.itl file from my macOS system, when I try to open this in iTunes I receive the following error:

Any thoughts on what might cause iTunes to have such a problem?


texts: List all keys added to keychain using `security add-generic-password`

texts:
Is there a command in security that lists the names of all keys that have been added to the keychain through add-generic-password?

I've tried, but it find-generic-password only ever returns one result as far as I know.


texts:
It all started with a Folder with a Question Mark sign ? and the the link reference to apple support, with Mac startup key combinations.
See picture for reference, followed all command.
It recovery mode, I have attempted both Reinstall macOS Big Sur and Disk Utility repair option.
I cant proceed beyond these two pages. See disc images.
I need assitance its been almost 24hrs of trying all that has been suggested with no success in sight.


texts:
What's the keyboard combination to use to go to the very beginning of a text field?

Tried Fn+Up and it scrolls the document up but doesn't move the cursor.


texts:
I've bought a new macbook air 17 several months ago and often it stops to load websites. It can happen at any moment on any website: loading line freezes somewhere at the beginning. (Waiting doesn't help)

To disconnect and immediately connect to wi-fi helps, but after some clicks it happens again so I can connect and disconnect 10+ times in a row, loading one or two links in a time.

I'm using Safari but when I've tried to use Google chrome nothing has changed (they stop loading at the same time). I've never noticed this problem with discord or skype. It happens regardless of which wi-fi I use. How to fix it?

My OS is Mojave 10.14, safari version is updated


texts: iMac screen won't turn back on after a sleep session in Windows 8.1

texts:
I do a lot of hardware programming, and some of the chips I write applications for don't have IDEs and/or compilers that are compatible with anything other than windows, so I do use Windows quite often. I have recently decided to dedicate my personal laptop to my main operating system, Linux, and move Windows over to my other computer, iMac. The problem I have been encountering ever since I installed Windows 8.1, though, is that the screen won't turn back on after a sleep session. Has anyone else had a similar problem? How did you overcome it?
Note: I have already set my screensaver time to none and that didn't seem to fix anything.


texts: What's a good replacement for MenuMeters on the newest macOS?

texts:
https://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ says it does not support the newest version of macOS any more.

What's a good replacement?


texts: Unified Buddy List in iChat - how to handle same person on different networks

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I have a few people between Facebook/Gchat/AIM that I have IM info for them on more than one account. This could be the case, espc. with multiple Jabber accounts.

With the unified buddy list in 10.7, how to I send an IM to someone through Google chat versus Facebook?

There is a drop down at the top of the IM that says who it is from, but that shows up even if I know the person is on one network and not the other.

Update: It seems that sometimes the name will show up twice, but hard to tell which is which. Wondering if there was a better way to do this that I may be missing.


texts:
Is there a way to figure out from a script whether a Mac needs to reboot? A file, the presence or contents of which I could monitor perhaps?

I'm looking for an equivalent to the file /var/run/reboot-required found on my Ubuntu boxes. My use case would be to centrally monitor my servers (and perhaps laptops) using Puppet, collectd or… well, something.


texts: How to easily set artwork for movies on iphone

texts: I have imported a bunch of mp4's for my daughter on my iphone (my little pony episodes). They don't show any artwork on the iPhone. The mp4's do show artwork on Windows. Is there an easy way to use the artwork that I see in Windows on the iPhone? I've done the obvious but tedious step of taking a capture of the image in Windows Explorer, saving it, and using iTunes to set the image as artwork. It works, but way too slow. I've also tried to play an mp4 in itunes and use "Set as poster frame"; that did not work. Ideally iTunes would just use the same artwork I see in Windows, but failing that, is there a Windows tool that would batch export the artwork, then I could manually set the artwork for each file in iTunes (at least saving me the step of taking a screen capture).


texts: Step to step guide how to use 32bit version of Java in Eclipse

texts:
I have a Java project in Eclipse that requires Java 7 running in 32 bit mode. I tried to force running in 32 bit mode by adding the flag -d32 to the VM arguments.

However, I then get the following message:

Error: This Java instance does not support a 32-bit JVM.
Please install the desired version.

I tried the same with Java 6, and there the flag works. So I supposed that I don't have a 32 bit version of Java installed. I checked all installed versions of java with /usr/libexec/java_home -V and get the following list:

1.7.0_75, x86_64:   "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_75.jdk/Contents/Home
1.7.0_67, x86_64:   "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_67.jdk/Contents/Home
1.6.0_65-b14-466.1, x86_64: "Java SE 6" /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
1.6.0_65-b14-466.1, i386:   "Java SE 6" /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

I then run the same command with the -d32 flag to check for 32 bit VMs and get the following list:

1.6.0_65-b14-466.1, i386:   "Java SE 6" /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

So it really seems that there is no Java 7 with is compatible to run in 32bit mode available on my system. I checked the Internet, but couldn't find a way how to install 32 bit Java on a Mac. It always is assumed that the -d32 switch is working. My Mac is running Yosemite (10.10.2).

So what am I doing wrong? Is there a step for step tutorial that I can follow to run my application in Eclipse in 32bit mode with Java 7.


texts:
I just update to tmux 2.1(OS X10.11.3 Terminal.app),  and my .tmux.conf（accroding to http://joehanchoi.com/quick-fixes-for-tmux-2-1-on-osx/）

set-option -g mouse on
bind -n WheelUpPane if-shell -F -t = "#{mouse_any_flag}" "send-keys -M" "if -Ft= '#{pane_in_mode}' 'send-keys -M' 'select-pane -t=; copy-mode -e; send-keys -M'"
bind -n WheelDownPane select-pane -t= \; send-keys -M

but the problem is after I start tmux, the mouse pointer becomes a plus: +， and I cannot copy/paste anymore.
And right click on Terminal does not work, no popups

How to solve this?


texts: MacBook Pro 2020 to turn on only external display while lid opened

texts:
MacBook Pro 2020 and Big Sur,
Is it possible to keep the lid opened (to keep using the touchbar and trackpad), but turn off the internal screen, to allow only the external display?
Note my settings are to mirror the displays, but I tested both cases, and also with hot corners to turn off the screen
Tried without success the following ancient solutions:

Can I turn the display off without putting the computer to sleep?
Turn off the macbook main display while working with monitor


texts:
Try the next commands from the terminal:

touch á.txt
$ ls
á.txt

find .  -name á.txt -print

prints nothing.

My Terminal.app settings are utf8 - see here:

The question: How to achieve to work transprarently (Finder + command line) with UNICODE filenames?

I understand than behind the scene is the different unicode normalization, so:

$ echo á.txt | od -bc
0000000   303 241 056 164 170 164 012
           á  **   .   t   x   t  \n

and when

$touch á.txt
$ ls *.txt
á.txt

$ ls *.txt | od -bc
0000000   141 314 201 056 164 170 164 012
           a   ́     **   .   t   x   t  \n

but WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?


texts: Launch agents not lauching at system startup

texts:
I have several plist files in the folder ~/Library/LaunchAgents. They all have the same permissions but two of them (dotjs and pow) are not launching at login, even if they have the key RunAtLoad set to true. Does anyone know why they are not loading?

(I'm using Lion 10.7.3.)

EDIT:
I am able to launch the files manually with the command: launchctl load -w cx.pow.powd.plist for example.


texts: Mac Mail - Account already exists error when adding gmail

texts:
I added a new gmail account to Mac Mail via the File> Add Account, but the mailbox does not show up in mail.

If I try to add it again, it says the account already exists. It does exist in System Preferences > Internet Accounts, but does not exist in Mail.

I am updated to 10.10.3 and Mail.app is Version 8.2 (2098)

Anyone have a fix?


texts:
I can us a VPN app like tunnelbear to appear to be in other countries, but is there a way to do this in a bash script or applescript?

I want to be able to run automated tests on my iOS apps (in the simulator) and change the apparent country.


texts: Why is '/opt' hidden, and what can I do to unhide it?

texts: On my ML MBP, '/opt' is somehow 'hidden'. In the finder, it shows in gray. In various applications, it's invisible from a file selection dialog box. Get Info and ls -l show now flags that corresponds to this behavior. Is there any way to turn it off?


texts: What is the best way to listen to music in my shower/bathroom from iTunes?

texts: I have all of my music catalogged in iTunes, and have no intentions of changing the software I use to listen to it. Therefore, I came here to gain some advice on the easiest/cheapest way to listen to my music in my shower. It's a big plus if I can use a remote to change the song while showering. Previously, I used my iPod touch docked in batter-powered speakers placed on my bathroom counter. The speakers had an included remote. This method worked great, but my iPod has since been broken and I do not think it was a great idea to expose it to the high-levels of water vapor in the first place. Would the cheapest method be purchasing another iPod? Or would an Air-play supported speaker system be the best option?


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I'm trying to restore an old Macbook for my kid. I've erased the hard drive and want to reinstall the OS, which is Lion. However, I have a problem - I have no idea what Apple ID I used originally (nearly 13 years ago) on this machine, so I can't do the usual 'Reinstall Mac OS X' option. If I try and log in with another Apple ID, it just says it's temporarily unavailable.

I have also tried to reboot into Internet Recovery Mode using Option + Cmd + R, but it just reboots to normal recovery mode.

It also appears to be impossible to safely and legally download a copy of an old OSX version to create a separate recovery disk.

Any ideas?


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to allow me to go back to my last used space?

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Suppose I have 10 spaces and I am currently using Space 1. Often times I'll CommandTab to an app in macOS and it will take me to where that app is (lets say it takes me to Space 10).
Is there a keyboard shortcut that I can use to take me back to Space 1? I find it annoying I have to ControlLeft Arrow so many times to get back to Space 1 from Space 10.
If not, is it possible to write a Hammerspoon script to mimic this behaviour?
Ideally the proposed solution should work on macOS 10.15 Catalina (the OS I'm currently using).


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My home directory was not where it was supposed to be. I was able to fix the directory location. Then needed to fix the permission of home directory with

$ cd /Users/
$ sudo chown -R hook1:staff /Users/hook1
chown: /Users/hook1: no file or directory
$ ls -F
Shared/    chris/      hook1???/

Home directory incorrectly appears as hook1???/ not hook1/
Is there a reason for this?


texts: Disable notifications during a call on iPhone 5 iOS 8.3

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While I am talking on the phone, I often receive messages on Telegram or WhatsApp, or other notifications. And when I receive them they arrive in bursts, which is really annoying.

Is there a way to disable this behaviour? How do I disable notifications only when I’m talking?

iPhone 5 with iOS 8.3


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I finally was forced to upgrade to iTunes 11 in order to upgrade my iPhone's operating system. I think I can get a reasonable replacement to iTunes DJ with smart playlists, but the one thing that is killing me is the new MiniPlayer.

The two issues I have with it are that it doesn't show the time remaining in my track, and that it doesn't scroll long track names (except once at the beginning of the track).

Now, if it is indeed possible to do this, I'd love to hear how, but I am not very hopeful.

Are there any good MiniPlayer replacements out there? The only ones I found were for Windows.  I'd just like some kind of small persistant window that shows me what is playing in iTunes.


texts: How do I delete a Backups.backupdb file on an external drive

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I have 65GB in an old Time Machine backup (Backups.backupdb) on a USB drive.  I'd like to delete it and reclaim the space, but none of the tricks I've seen in Apple forums are working.

I've tried to delete it from within Time Machine, this does nothing (silently fails.)
I've given Full Disk Access to iTerm so I can look around inside the directory, and I've run chown -R myusername there.
I've disabled System Integrity Protection and rebooted, confirmed it's off using csrutil status, and still get "Operation not permitted" when attempting to remove files.

Anyone know what works?
Thanks -- Jon


texts: Screen Saver settings completely missing in Big Sur?

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I am running macOS Big Sur Version 11.2.1 on a M1 Mac Mini.
When I try to access my screen saver settings in System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver, I now get a blank window like so:


texts: I am trying to "split text to column" on a .csv file in pages

texts: I have one column that is asking for my customer's name, some of my customers put just one and others put several names (first, last, title, etc.) I am trying to change this column to split at the space. I found an answer on here that gave me the following formulas LEFT(C2, FIND(" ",C2,)) and =RIGHT(B2, LEN(B2)−FIND(" ", B2)) This is working for me BUT if there is no space (they only put their first name) then it won't split out to the first column making half my users not have a first name.


texts: iphone XR: audio no longer working after changing eSIM settings

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Here is my story.
I bought a used iphone XR to use it with a SIM (Three UK) and an eSIM (A1 Bulgaria). I've never tested the phone before setting up the eSIM. Once I set up the eSIM I tried using it but the iphone by default was selecting my primary line (the Three SIM). So I switched off that mobile plan to force the iphone to make calls via the eSIM. Call it did. However, the audio was not working. When I was calling I was heard but I could not hear the other person. When someone else called me than it was the opposite - I could hear the caller but they could not hear me.
I played a lot with various settings (including switching off one of the mobile plans) but nothing seemed to help. Than I reset the iphone to factory settings. Again, nothing - even if I did not set up the eSIM again after wiping out the iphone the audio did not seem to work.
So I decided to return that mobile as I thought it may have some defect.
I ordered a different iphone XR (again used one). This time I checked the audio settings BEFORE setting up the eSIM. They were all fine. Then I tried to set up the eSIM.
Again, the same thing happened - the audio started to work only one-way. Switching off the eSIM mobile plan did not help either.
So it seems that this is not a problem of a particular device. It is a general iphone XR problem.
Is there anything I can do about it or I should simply give up trying to use iphone XR with an eSIM?


texts: Is there a way to change permission of Desktop Pictures folder?

texts:
In System/Library/Desktop Pictures there are a lot of desktop wallpapers.

I like to open them in photoshop, add some text and then save them there again.

Is there a way to change the permission of that folder as to allow be to add  my own pictures?

I tried the usual - get info -> open the lock, change to read and write.

I get the error "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission." but I thought I was the admin user!


texts: Airport Express with New Firmware 7.8 - Problems with connectivity and Airport Utility

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I have multiple Airport Express which seem to have some problems since i have updated to the new Firmware (7.8)

The Airport Express looses Connection very often (with the old Firmware this never happend)
If they are connected and working, The Airport Express wont show up in Airport Utility (with the old Firmware this was never a problem)

Has anybody experienced the same? Hints where I can start searching for a solution?


texts: Possible to reconstruct sparsebundle from bands folder only?

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I have an encrypted sparsebundle from mid-2013. I am aware of the encryption type (AES-256) and the passphrase used to create the sparsebundle.

Unfortunately, dropbox has somehow deleted all but the bands folder of this sparsebundle. Is it theoretically possible to recover the data from this sparsebundle without the Info.plist and token files? I have bands 0 and 1.


texts: iCloud photos don't show up in any editor

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I am new to MacOS (Sierra). I used iOS and iCloud photos for quite a long time now but I wonder why I cannot open any photo from iCloud photo stream in an editor like Pixlr to edit it directly. I know the workaround but I wanted to know if this is intended and maybe if there is a setting that I missed so far.
I'd like to open photos from my photo stream directly in any editor and program.


texts: Change Sierra Login Screen Background Blur Amount

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Ever since the Sierra update, when I boot up my Mac the background is a lot less blurred and more saturated then the normal lockscreen.

I'd like to be able to customise the the amount of blur (not remove it entirely) and saturation on the lockscreen and I am wondering how I would be able to achieve this.

Boot Background (What I want the lock screen to look like as well):

Lock Screen (A lot more blurred and less saturated):

Thanks :)


texts: App Store Updates: New versions in history, but installed app is old

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Quick questions (wall of text with details below):

My iTunes is at 11.1.5, the update history says it updated to 11.2.2 - but it actually didn't.

Can I clear the update history in the App Store application?
Can I "reset" App Store's update logic?
Where on the machine is that update config data stored for App
Store?

I found solutions to download iTunes separately from the Apple website and install it without using App Store. But I would like my software update service to work properly and if it doesn't, I'd like to fix it.

Wall of text with details:

I am using OS X Server on Mavericks with Software Update service. I set the update server url with the profile manager to my server's update service. On the client machine the available updates were shown correctly. I updated iTunes. That seemed to work, because the update progress ran much quicker than would be possible with our DSL speed. Because I thought it would be stuck at some point, I cancelled it and tried to update it again. Then it seemed to contact the Apple server instead of my server's update service (progress bar very slow). I cancelled that. Now iTunes is not listed as an "available update", however, it is listed four times in the update history. The actual iTunes is still the old version. I restarted the mac - iTunes is still old. Can I fix the update system?

EDIT:

Found some time to spend a few minutes on the issue and noticed a file at this location:

/Users/.../Library/Application Support/App Store/updatejournal.plist

When I move it away, the history with the duplicate entries is gone from the App Store software, however, App Store won't pick up the new iTunes 11.2.2. (I checked the version of the installed iTunes files - they are at 11.1.5.)


texts: Compare battery life between two (same model) iPhones

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My friend and I both own an iPhone 5s, which we have been using daily since bought (2013). Recently, he bought a $10 battery (0 cycles, manufactured 4 months ago) on eBay and replaced it, while my iPhone has the factory battery.

How do I test both iPhones to see if it's worth to change my battery too?

Note: cellular data is not available, only WiFi.


texts: Safari created a strong password but did not remember it

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On a website I tried to change my login password. After typing it in once, Safari replaced it in both input fields with a generated strong password. In the menu on the bottom I tried to select “other password” (instead of the generated one), but it did not work. Also it seems the new password was submitted to the website as next time I could not log in with the old password.

The problem is, Safari did not remember the new password, so now I’m locked out of the website.

I can start a password reset process, but want first to look for other solutions. Is there any chance the password is stored somewhere?

I googled but only found “this happened to me too and I know no solution” stories.

This was on an iPad with iOS 12.1.1


texts: How to change the default text editing app in Quick Look?

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I want to customize which app is used to open all unknown plain text files from Quick Look. For example, for extension-less VERSION file, Quick Look shows Open with TextEdit:

I'd like to make VSCode the default editor for unknown file types.

BTW, to even achieve a textual preview of the VERSION file, I had to install https://github.com/whomwah/qlstephen.

UPDATE & solution: This question is indeed closely related to Replace Text Edit as the default text editor, the problem was that neither of the answers mentioned public.data which was necessary for the VERSION file in this example. (Without 'public.data', VSCode was offered for .txt files but not for extension-less files.)

I've updated this answer to that question to include info about 'public.data', in which case this question is really a duplicate of Replace Text Edit as the default text editor.


texts: Using Two External Monitors for my MBP (E. 2015) but resolution is low on the other one

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I'm using my MacbookPro Early 2015 to connect two external displays. One is an Asus display connected via HDMI to HDMI, the other, is a samsung display (Both are 24 inches 1920x1080) and is connected through VGA via adaptor to my Mini Display port.

However, the Samsung monitor does not seem to use the 1080p display. I tried using the Alt/Option method and it is able to use 1920 x 1080 but the resolution is squezzed horizontally.

Any way to fix this?

PS: It also detects the display as a projector for some reason and my Asus as a TV


texts:
My girlfriend says she dragged the USB disk from the sidebar in finder into trash and  I have since emptied the trash.

Is this plausible? How do I show/display a USB drive using the command line or finder?


texts: Can't access boot options in MacOS Sierra

texts:
When booting my mid 2014 13 inch Retina MacBook Pro, holding the option key to choose a startup disk doesn't work. I have just installed Windows 10 on an external SSD and the only way I can choose which to use as my startup disk is to change it from within whichever OS I am using, and my computer will boot into that OS until I change it again.

I tried resetting the NVRAM by pressing command+option+R+P on startup. All this did was boot into recovery mode. I want to be able to choose the startup disk by pressing option on startup but I don't know how to fix the problem I am having.


texts: I need a more sophisticated traceroute tool than plain-old-terminal traceroute, and Network Utility apparently is no longer a thing? What's a decent GUI tool for running richer traceroutes?


texts: Unable to remove 'thumbnails.fraghandler' from bin

texts:
I'm running MacOS Mojave.

For months, I have the following file in my bin which I'm unable to remove:

~/.Trash/Recovered files #1/(A Document Being Saved By Quick Look Helper)/thumbnails.fraghandler

Stuff I've tried:

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/Recovered\ files\ \#1/(operation not permitted)

chflags uchg thumbnails.fraghandler(operation not permitted)

chmod the directory (operation not permitted)

I can move the file to another folder (e.g. Desktop), but unable to remove it from there as well.


texts: Mail.app throws connection problems without sending a single packet

texts:
I set up a server running Postfix + Dovecot w/ SASL auth and SSL everywhere (actually, STARTTLS). It's about as "bog-standard" as you can get (meaning I followed one of the innumerable cookbooks on the topic).

My outbound SMTP uses port 587 and IMAP is on 993. The auth mechanism is PLAIN. Like I said, STARTTLS everywhere.

Connections work fine - sending and receving - and as expected in: Postbox, Thunderbird, Mail Pilot, Mailmate, Airmail (all on Mavericks), iOS 7, whatever the recent Android candy flavor is, and Thunderbird on Windows 7.

Mail.app will not connect. It throws the warning triangle up immediately when you start Mail. Connection Doctor shows 'INITIATING CONNECTION' and the host IP with some hex strings but no other information.

Now here's the rub: before starting any mail client, I started a tcpdump filtering on the destination address. If I start any other mail client, or just do openssl s_client -connect to the server address, I see packets flowing from here to there.

Mail.app never does anything to cause a packet to flow. No TCP packets ever leave my ethernet port bound for the destination server.

In short: what the hell is going on here?


texts: How to selectively install new macOS features on my old and slow iMac?

texts:
I want to install macOS Mojave on my mac.

My mac is highly customized, I have disabled certain things, deleted many useless extensions and processes along with some default macOS apps and services.

Now, the problem is whenever I install a new macOS update all the above said things reappears or gets re-enabled now turning everything off/disabling each and every services/extensions becomes an hectic process.

My question, how can I selectively update to a new version of macOS like I want only the dark mode feature to be installed on my mac (without screwing anything), how can I achieve this process of selective installation


texts: Using a Creative Live Chat Cam with Skype

texts: I am trying to set up a Creative Live Chat Cam on a Mac mini to use with Skype. How do I get this combination to work?


texts: Replacing the speaker on iPad 3 - What adhesives I need and where I buy them?

texts:
I am about to replace the speaker on an old iPad 3 I have.
I know that the iPad is glued in a lot of places and that these apple devices use adhesives in form of double sided tapes that are cut in precise forms.
Before I replace the speaker, I need to have to purchase these adhesives.
I found the speaker at ebay
But what adhesives do I need and where to purchase them?


texts: Alfred searching through directories and filenames at the same time

texts:
Lets say I have the following structure:

~/DOCUMENTATION/UBUNTU/CHECKINSTALL reference.txt

Is there a way to configure Alfred so that when I type in the search bar "ubuntu checkinstall" it would find this file?


texts: Time Machine backup of renamed computer fails

texts:
After getting a new MacBook Pro recently, I decided to reuse my old MacBook Pro as a home server. I reformatted the disk and reinstalled OS X, giving the computer a different hostname (let's call it NewHostname) in the process.

Now I want to back up the computer to the same Time Capsule I was using before. However, there is already an encrypted backup of the computer on that Time Capsule from when it was still called OldHostname. When I try to set up Time Machine, it returns an error message saying "The disk "DiskName" already contains an encrypted backup for this computer." This appears to be referring to the old sparsebundle image.

The only options Time Machine offers are to continue using the old sparsebundle or to erase it and start a new encrypted backup. Is there any way I could keep the old sparsebundle and start a new backup? And how does it even know that this encrypted file happens to correspond to this computer when the hostnames don't even match?

Note: I've already tried renaming the file in Finder from OldHostname.sparsebundle to OldHostname-old.sparsebundle, but that didn't work.


texts: USB 3 data transfer very slow (around 8MB/sec.) - How to find the bottleneck?

texts:
I am transferring data from a backup to a 15" Macbook Pro mid-2012 (Non Retina). The backup is a clone of a drive of another MBP done on a 2.5" Hitachi Touro drive with a USB-3 interface. The drive in the 2012 MBB is a Fusion drive (250 GB SSD and 2 TB Firecuda drive from Seagate (5400 RPM)). The Fusion drive is encrypted with FileVault, and the 2012 MBP is running macOS Sierra. All this being said, the transfer rate I am getting is averaging at 8 MBytes/sec. Which appears to me to be very slow. According to reviews I read, USB-3 real life transfer rates and Firecuda drive write speed are both above 100 MB/sec. So where is the bottleneck? Is there a way to find out?

I must say that I am using a version of Carbon Copy Cloner that has not been validated on macOS Sierra. However, I also tried transferring my files with Migration Assistant and it was not any faster.


texts: Switch control and caps lock from command line

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My tribe like to switch their control and caps lock keys. I know how to do this† from the GUI. I'd like to go one step further, and put this step in my nascent dotfiles/osx file. Does anyone know how to do this from the command line, say using the defaults command?

† If you have more than one keyboard (e.g. you use an external keyboard with your notebook), you must remap each keyboard, while they are attached, using the dropdown on the preferences dialog.


texts:
I'm considering that it can be an issue with airport express IPv6 but not sure, might be another unrelated thing which then I would like to know more about.

To put it simple I'll say the following: When I'm connected direct to university network then I can  access youtube but if I put airport express in between then I can't access youtube. I mean I setup apple airport express to connect via dhcp to university network and connect through it to university network.

I noticed differences in macOS network panel, here its connected directly:

And here its connected via airport:

Probably I should mention that I'm experiencing this in China, where youtube is blocked but for some unknown reason it works in the situation exposed before.

Anybody can explain what's going on?


texts:
I have downloaded latest W10 from
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
I used MacOS app "Boot camp" in mac to create USB installer with
automatically downloaded latest drivers.
Windows installation worked OK, but without sound from HDMI (I use MacMini 2012 as HTPC).
When I installed Boot camp drivers (setup.exe) from USB installer, next time after restart I had constant BSOD.

ps. I tried resetting PRAM. Before installing drivers, I looked to device manager - no conflicts there (but no HDMI sound device). I tried to uninstall/reinstall audio drivers without any luck. Pls help.


texts: Unable to mount remote directory using SSHFS

texts:
I installed SSHFS 3.5 via Homebrew on OSX 10.9. I try the following:

~$ mkdir link
~$ sshfs user@hostname:/path/to/dir/ ./link

But I keep getting this error:

the OSXFUSE file system is not available (-1)
the OSXFUSE file system is not available (1)

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?


texts: How can I decline current & future events only - iCal?

texts:
I want to decline current and future (recurring) events, but leave past events alone.  Apple Calendar does not give me this option in any obvious way.  How can I do this?

(Note: I could have sworn I had already asked this, but no similar question is appearing in search results.  So if this is a repeat, chalk it up to a $#!*** search engine.)


texts: Difference in free space on 2 mirrored drives?

texts:
I have two 16 TB external drives, formatted as APFS, attached to my MacBook Pro running Catalina 10.15.7.
Drive A is mirrored to drive B (and I have verified they actually are mirrors using both ChronoSync and Beyond Compare). Using Disk Utility, I verified that they originally formatted out to the exact same number of bytes. But drive A has 626 GB of free space while drive B has 583 GB, or 43 GB less of free space.
How is this possible? I could maybe understand a small discrepancy, but not 43 GB. Beyond Compare finds a handful of .DS_Store files that have trivial differences, but nothing even close to adding up to 43 GB.
Is this explainable by saying that drive B is remapping 43 GB more worth of bad sectors than drive A? If so, how could I verify this? If not, could there be some kind of hidden files that ChronoSync and Beyond Compare don't see? If neither of these, what the heck is going on?


texts: Has 10.6.7 broken the built-in Cisco IPSec VPN client?

texts:
No longer able to connect to my Cisco VPN using 10.6.7. No configuration changes have happened and another machine still on 10.6.6 works correctly.

If you've experienced this and resolved the issue, please advise.


texts:
During a Pages update which was pushed out a few months ago, Pages obtained the ability to write equations using LaTeX or MathML commands. According to an Apple Support article, the size and color of the equation can be changed (source):

The equation appears at the insertion point in your document (or before the selected text). The equation is an inline object, the same size and color as the surrounding text. If you change the size or color of the surrounding text, the size and color of the equation’s font also change.

This does not mention anything about the font used for the equation itself, which seems to be something similar to a Times New Roman font.
Is there any way to change the font used, preferably to something like Latin Modern Math?
I was considering the possibility of replacing the font file Pages uses with a downloaded Latin Modern Math font file, but I'm not sure what to replace. Could I replace Times New Roman in /System/Library/Fonts/ or something like that?


texts: AppStoreConnect - Cant Submit App For Review ?

texts:
So I've been working on my own app , I finally finished everything and my app is ready to publish , I completed each step to publish my app to the AppStore . So I visited AppStoreConnect to publish my app , But I cant submit the App because the "Submit App Review" button isnt clickable .

Any idea why this is occurring ?


texts: Which size is the smallest HD that I can use to install Snow leopard?

texts:
I had problems with my iMac (20" 2009 Intel and 4GB RAM) as I was updating the OS from OSX 10.5 to 10.6. It told me that I can't update in my main hard drive, so to don't format it, and my main hard drive had problems and I want to save information from it as I didn't do any backup. I had the originals Snow Leopard install CDs and I was thinking to install OSX 10.6 in a 32GB thumb-drive if that is enough storage space.

What is the smallest size external HD or FlashDrive that would allow me to install OSX 10.6? I'm hoping to avoid having to purchase a full 500GB external HD.


texts: Can my iPhone tell me where I have recently been walking?

texts:
I sometimes get very fuzzy short-term memory after a neurological event. When it happens, I'm told I often leave and take a walk. I want to use my iPhone to figure-out where I end-up walking when this happens.

I know this happened today. The recent calls log reveals when I placed  calls and who I called while this was happening. But, I sure want to know the route I walked outside. At least, could I see where the calls were placed?

I was running once with a run tracking app when I had this memory issue, and that gps tracker of course showed where I walked. But, since this app chews-up battery life tremendously, I can't leave it always on in the background. Maybe can anyone recommend a very low battery consuming app that I can always have running that records my gps coordinates?


texts: Macpro 5,1 mid 2010 cannot boot to Mojave from Mountain Lion?

texts:
I have two work-flows, one uses Mountain Lion, the other uses Mojave.  So ideally I would like to be able to easily switch between the two boot drives I have whenever I need to.
When I have booted from Mojave, I can choose System Preferences -> Startup disk, and then my Mountain Lion drive is there, and I can select it and boot from it.
However, when I boot from Mountain Lion, it says "the disk you inserted was unreadable" and there is no option to choose it from the System Preferences -> Startup disk.
Many resources online say "hold down option when booting and select your boot drive", but this does not seem to work for me.  When I hold option down, it does not present any options for drives and just continues to boot Mountain Lion...  How can I do this without the annoyance of having to physically remove the drive I don't want to boot?


texts: How do I change the clip length with the iMovie 2011 trailer presets?

texts:
I'm trying to prepare a trailer with nice presets incoming in iMovie 2011...
Can I change the storyboard or alter clip length? If so, how?


texts: Grub2 Reboot ISO - Similar process for Mac OS Bootloader

texts:
I'd like to add a menu entry to the MAC OS Bootloader for a Linux ISO that resides on the harddrive. I am not looking to install a 3rd party bootloader, but do this with the bootloader MAC uses by default.

For example, on my Linux VM's I have the ISO reside on the HD and add a grub-entry for the LiveISO.

I can then use the command grub2-reboot "LiveISO" to reboot directly into the LiveOS without needing a USB.


texts: Is there an easy way in Mavericks to share a PDF file directly from Safari into iBooks?

texts:
Safari loads and displays .PDF files nicely. iBooks is Apple's PDF reader app for sync'd and offline access. To move files currently, I have to:

right-click in Safari to open the PDF in Preview;
use Preview File menu to Move PDF file to Desktop (or anywhere more accessible than Preview's private store);
Open iBooks and drag the PDF file into iBooks.

Not hard, but a bit cumbersome for something I want to do fairly often. I could probably set up something with Automator / AppleScript, but is there an easier way given a factory install? Am I missing something obvious?


texts: Does anybody know how long installing El Capitan onto a USB 2 pendrive from another USB 2 pendrive takes on a MacBook Air?

texts:
I'm trying to resucitate a discarded 2013 11″ MacBook Air with no internal drive and hence no OS.

The Apple Store Genius bar tested it and found the only problems to be the missing drive and broken display backlight.

Since I don't know if it's worth spending money on I'm doing an OS install to test it. We got Safari working with Wi-Fi from the installer so we know it does run.

But I only had USB 2.0 pen drives. We have the OS installer on an 8 gig one and we are installing to a 16 gig one.

The progress bar moved very slowly and the estimated "time remaining" was hilariously wrong. The progress bar eventually reached 100% and the time estimation went away but the USB activity light is still flickering with activity.

I know USB 2.0 is very slow, especially for writing and especially for a large amount of data. The install has been going for about 43½ hours so far with no error messages but also no other clues as to whether it's still going OK apart from the USB activity light.

I know this is an unusual situation and there are faster ways to do it but require spending money before knowing how well the machine will work.

Does anybody know or can find information from somebody who's done this before about how long it ought to take?


texts: Unable to restore Time Machine backup from a network volume

texts:
I have a Time Machine backup on a networked volume and not a Time Capsule.  The hard drive in my computer failed, so I replaced the drive and reinstalled the operating system.  Afterward Time Machine would not restore any of my files because it says the backup is encrypted.  I am pretty sure I never used any kind of encryption on the backup volume and this is just some kind of bug in Time Machine.  Has anyone else encountered this and found a workaround?
I am using a network volume and not a Time Capsule, so pressing the button on the back to create a 5 minute window with no encryption requirement will not work for me.


texts: What do I use to jailbreak an iPhone 3G?

texts:
I just bought a used iPhone 3G and I want to jailbreak it.

What tool do I use?


texts: MacBook pro's trackpad and keyboard works in diagnosis mode only but nowhere else

texts: I have MacBook Pro early 2015 model and using macOS Big Sur. My trackpad and keyboard suddenly stopped working after rebooting. Strangely, when I enter into diagnosis mode by holding down the 'D' key, the trackpad and keyboard are totally workable. I can move around the mouse pointer using trackpad there as well as toggle caps lock light using a button.


texts: Why is the memory usage on my iPhone being reported incorrectly by iTunes?

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I'm puzzled by what iTunes is reporting about my iPhone's memory usage:

Clearly this doesn't quite add up, and it's hard to manage my memory use without having an accurate summary of what's really going on.

What could be causing this and how might I fix it?


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I installed Wine to open an .exe file on my Mac. I think I did something wrong and when I opened the file it installed to the Applications folder. Now, It doesn't let me force quit. I tried clicking "Force Quit" from the Apple menu and it didn't work. Now I can't turn my Mac off.

How can I force quit the Windows application running under Wine on my Mac?


texts: Is it possible to create an icon on home screen to a specific note?

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I'd like to to add an icon to my homescreen that takes me directly to a specific note. What I was thinking was doing it by having a bookmark in safari that triggers that note, and adding a shortcut to that bookmark to my homescreen. This would open safari, then open notes, to that note, similar to how an iTunes link in Safari opens the app store or iTunes app. Is this possible or is there an alternate solution?

is there a syntax like apps//notes.app/noteid or something to accomplish this?

iPhone 4
iOS 4.2

Why I want it: I use a specific note frequently and I'd like quick access to that one, without opening notes, scrolling to, and selecting it.


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I'm almost embarrassed to post this: I can't re-order the songs in any playlists on my Mac. It's iTunes 12.1.0.50 on OSX Yosemite 10.10.2.

The playlists are all sorted in manual order. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with them. They all play; each playlist, each song. It is a mixture of playlists I've created on this computer and ones I've synced from another. They are not shuffled. iTunes Match is enabled and not currently syncing. I've quit and restarted iTunes.

Just in case I've missed something, here's a screenshot:

Help me Ask Different, you're my only hope.


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TL;DR I'm attempting to locate the system files/variables responsible for drawing the menu bar in Sierra, so that I can tweak the color and opacity, and would love any information you might have on the subject.
My goal is to ultimately change the background color to an opaque black in the style of the discontinued obsidian menu bar hack, which works on Mavericks and lower:
In the past, the resource files that held the bar's configuration existed in SArtfile.bin files. These have been replaced by Resource.car files; the relevant ones are located in /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources.
I've messed with these via ThemeEngine to remove the stoplights in title bars and change various other system icons and colors. It seems that the only thing that these files do for the menu bar is provide its logo, which I've been able to change successfully:

Unfortunately, the logo is the only menu bar resource provided by these .car files, unlike their older counterpart the SArtfiles. This means Apple changed the way they draw the menu bar in a way that makes it harder to modify. Along with searching the .car files, I've checked various plists and the defaults command and have found nothing at all relating to the menu bar.
I am aware of programs like Flavours 2 which tweak the menu bar by overlaying graphics, but that's a terrible hack that breaks pretty often. I want to change the color of the menu bar itself rather than pretending that a different program is the menu bar. As far as I know, this hasn't been done before in anything including and past Yosemite.
Does Apple or any book document the code that performs this function?


texts: My iPad mini 4 randomly turns off when i shake it!

texts: Also when it reboots on its own WiFi is greyed out but when I reboot again (home button+power) wifi comes back. The iPad is 16GB WiFi & Cellular out of warranty. I feel like there is a problem with the internals! I have iOS 10.3.3 on it. Sometimes it also happens when i press too hard on the screen


texts: Run Automator script when new files are added

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I'm trying to make an automator script to import photos in Photos.app that are in my DropBox folder.

Nothing spectacular you'd say - true. But I can't get it to work. On a change in the folder, the script checks all files in the specific dropbox folder, and wants to import all of them. So photos is asking for 'duplicates'. Yes, I can turn this warning message off, but I don't want to have all my photos in duplicate.

How should I design my automator script to import the photos in photos, whenever a new picture is added into the dropbox folder?

Beside that, two other questions:

Will the script always work when set as folder action?
How to make sure that automator only works with the files that are new? (Uploaded in the last hour i.e. won't work, sometimes Dropbox uploads 20 new pictures in less than a minute)

OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)


texts: Is "Trash" an actual location on the physical hard drive?

texts: When I don't want something anymore and it says: "Moving to trash," is it actually moving the data, or just updating its path or giving a special "Trashed" label or something?


texts: my magic mouse is sluggish and hangs sometime when I try to move it

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I have 2 Magic Mice, Mouses.whatever.. One runs on 2 AA batteries and the other one is rechargeable. I use the 2-AA one when I'm recharging the other.
Recently the rechargeable mouse has started functioning strangely. The movement is jumpy and it seems to stick at times. It's hard to do fine movements. I cleaned the visible sensor used for tracking but it had no effect. If I switch to my old 2 battery mouse it works fine. What can cause one Bluetooth mouse to work and another one not? They both worked fine about a week ago when I had to charge one.

Do the System Preferences settings apply for any mouse being used or are they mouse-specific.