texts: Finder view options "use as defaults" does nothing

texts:
I am using Mac OS X Sierra. I'm trying to disable thumbnail loading in Finder for all folders, since every time I open a folder of PDFs it takes about 2 seconds to load, which I find slow. This seems to happen every time even when I open the same folder, so it appears the Thumbnails are not getting cached.

I went into view options, disabled the thumbnail loading, and clicked "use as defaults". However, it didn't actually apply to all folders. When I go into a different folder, I have to make the setting changes I just made again. If I'm not mistaken, this seems to defeat the entire purpose of a "use as defaults" feature, because I'm assuming that's supposed to apply to all folders, so you don't have to painstakingly go to each individual folder and change the settings.

I have the same problem as in this thread by someone else from 2014. The solution in that thread was to make the settings in the top-level folders on the finder sidebar (Documents, Download, etc.) and then clicking "use as defaults", after which the subfolders are supposed to automatically be set. I did this, and the subfolders were not set.

Anyone have a solution?


texts: launchctl list doesn't show StartInterval

texts:
The following is part of my .plist file:

<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>org.myorg.foo</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <!-- ... -->
  </array>
  <key>StartInterval</key>
  <integer>300</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

Yet when I do a sudo launchctl list org.myorg.foo it prints:

{
    "LimitLoadToSessionType" = "System";
    "Label" = "org.myorg.foo";
    "OnDemand" = true;
    "LastExitStatus" = 0;
    "Program" = "...";
    "ProgramArguments" = (
        ...
    );
};

Where did the StartInterval go?


texts: Wanted: Apple Script for copying file name and pasting it in Spotlight Comment box Mac OS X 10.8.5

texts:
Global Peace Mission Project looking for automating pre sorting movie file routines. Due to the instant impact inflow of third party YouTube contributions triggered by a blog launched March 22 after the Brussels ISIS attacks, I need an Apple Script. Can one automate the pre sorting process of copying the original file name of the footage and pasting it in the Spotlight comment box of that file? How does that Apple Script for OS X looks like?

I would need to do THIS a thousand times otherwise (and meanwhile stacking up)and I'm not the only one getting repetitive strain injuries because of that.

If you don't know the answer, please help us find the one who does. Tx.

This is how insane we do it now...

Hitting enter to select the file
Cmd C (To copy the file name)
Cmd I to open that info window
Hitting tab button twice to enter the Spotlight Comment box
Cmd v (To paste the file name in the box)
Cmd w to close that info window
Hitting enter to select the file again
Putting the cursor in front of the file name
Adding DONE_ in front of the name so I would see that one is done

The aforementioned folder contains a thousand files and even more.
So I wish the script could batch import all of them at once, one after the other.


texts: Display arrangement gets reset after connecting to a different external display

texts:
My MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) is connected to two Lenovo ThinkVision P27q-10 displays via a Kensington SD5200T docking station. One display is connected to the docking station via DisplayPort; the other via HDMI. The Mac is connected to the docking station with a single USB-C cable. The display arrangement in macOS is set up accordingly and is working perfectly.

However, when I disconnect the Mac from the docking station and connect it to a different external monitor (e.g. a TV) via a HDMI dongle, then the display arrangement settings in macOS are reset the next time I reconnect the Mac to the docking station.

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening and how to fix it, so that I don't have to reconfigure the display arrangement each time I connect my Mac to a different display?


texts: How to move files between Ubuntu and iPhone

texts:
I recently got an iPhone 6s. At home I do not have Windows or Mac computers, only Ubuntu.

Is there a way to transfer files (music, photos, PDF, or really anything actually) between the PC and the phone? It should not involve syncing via an internet service, as I may have the need to transfer large or private files. Also, I do not want to jailbreak the device.


texts: Switch keyboard layouts by combination with caps lock

texts: I have two keyboard layouts. Is it possible to switch to the first layout by pressing Caps Lock and switch to the second one by pressing Shift + Caps Lock?


texts: Is it possible to create a keyboard shortcut for a contextual menu item and if so, how? I'm not sure if this functionality was available in Lion, but if it wasn't, maybe it is in Mountain Lion.


texts: Does Reset and "Erase All Content and Settings" removes iOS updates?

texts:
I want to reset and clear the iPad.

But I would like to keep the iOS updates.


texts: On my system when I check Keychain Access I often find new certificates. They get put there behind the scenes. Is that normal? When does this happen? Is there a way I can get alerted when a certificate gets added to the keychain?


texts: What can be done to troubleshoot OS X Wi-Fi self-assigning ip address of 169.xxxxxxxxx when other clients connect?

texts: This is incredibly frustrating; I have a new airport extreme and its been working fine for about a month but now it has stopped working. my two MacBooks and dell Inspiron tower cannot connect to the Internet. The weird thing is that my iPhone can. On the MacBooks, the network settings say 'wifi has the self assigned ip address 169.xxx.xxx.xxx and will not be able to connect to the Internet.' why can my iPhone connect but not the computers?


texts: How do I install new Mac OS onto a new unformatted HD

texts:
The HD crashed on my old MacBook (white Mid 2007) and appears to be unrecoverable.   Though I bought a new MacBook Pro, I would like to resurrect my old MacBook, by buying a new hard drive.  (It had an 80 GB drive, and those appear to be really inexpensive).

1)  Is there a way for me to get an OS onto my MacBook after I install the new HD?  (Can I do this myself?)  I think it had the Mac OS X Lion.

2)  I think that Apple keeps a record of my devices, and their OS's. If I went to the Apple Genius Bar, would they replace my OS for free and install it for me?


texts: Unable to sign into Messages on Mavericks

texts:
I'm unable to log into iMessage on my account in Mavericks.

Here's what Console.log shows:

5/23/14 9:50:15.996 AM identityservicesd[343]: [Warning]  *** Bad Request From Server ***
5/23/14 9:50:16.102 AM identityservicesd[343]: [Warning] Registration failed for Registration info (0x7fc19630fa80): [Registered: NO] [Type: AppleID] [Device Name: (null)] [Service Type: iMessage] [Env: (null)] [Main ID: n***@*******k.com] [Phone Number: n***@*******k.com] [AppleID: n***@*******k.com] [UserID: E:n***@*******k.com] [C2K: NO] [Push Token: <3fcb7834 a######2 0######6 4######5 c######0 9c0941f6 fe61af4a 3954a0fc>] [Region ID: R:US] [Base Number: +12*******17] [URIs: (null)] [Candidates: (null)] [Auth Cert: 0x0] [Reg Cert: 0x0] [Profile ID: D:120333617] [Auth Token: (null)]  [Auth User ID: (null)] [Heartbeat Date: (null)]   (Error: 9)
5/23/14 9:50:16.125 AM identityservicesd[343]: [Warning] Registration failed for Registration info (0x7fc19630fa80): [Registered: NO] [Type: AppleID] [Device Name: (null)] [Service Type: iMessage] [Env: (null)] [Main ID: n***@*******k.com] [Phone Number: n***@*******k.com] [AppleID: n***@*******k.com] [UserID: E:n***@*******k.com] [C2K: NO] [Push Token: <3fcb7834 a######2 0######6 4######5 c######0 9c0941f6 fe61af4a 3954a0fc>] [Region ID: R:US] [Base Number: +12*******17] [URIs: (null)] [Candidates: (null)] [Auth Cert: 0x0] [Reg Cert: 0x0] [Profile ID: D:120333617] [Auth Token: (null)]  [Auth User ID: (null)] [Heartbeat Date: (null)]   (Error: 9)
5/23/14 9:50:16.125 AM identityservicesd[343]: [Warning] Failed, server error => Disabling service
5/23/14 9:50:16.126 AM identityservicesd[343]: [Warning] Failed, server error => Disabling service
5/23/14 9:50:16.148 AM identityservicesd[343]: [Warning] Needs deletion: NO (Registration info (0x7fc19630fa80): [Registered: NO] [Type: AppleID] [Device Name: (null)] [Service Type: iMessage] [Env: (null)] [Main ID: n***@*******k.com] [Phone Number: n***@*******k.com] [AppleID: n***@*******k.com] [UserID: E:n***@*******k.com] [C2K: NO] [Push Token: <3fcb7834 a######2 0######6 4######5 c######0 9c0941f6 fe61af4a 3954a0fc>] [Region ID: R:US] [Base Number: +12*******17] [URIs: (null)] [Candidates: (null)] [Auth Cert: 0x0] [Reg Cert: 0x0] [Profile ID: D:120333617] [Auth Token: (null)]  [Auth User ID: (null)] [Heartbeat Date: (null)])
5/23/14 9:50:16.171 AM identityservicesd[343]: [Warning] Needs deletion: NO (Registration info (0x7fc19630fa80): [Registered: NO] [Type: AppleID] [Device Name: (null)] [Service Type: iMessage] [Env: (null)] [Main ID: n***@*******k.com] [Phone Number: n***@*******k.com] [AppleID: n***@*******k.com] [UserID: E:n***@*******k.com] [C2K: NO] [Push Token: <3fcb7834 a######2 0######6 4######5 c######0 9c0941f6 fe61af4a 3954a0fc>] [Region ID: R:US] [Base Number: +12*******17] [URIs: (null)] [Candidates: (null)] [Auth Cert: 0x0] [Reg Cert: 0x0] [Profile ID: D:120333617] [Auth Token: (null)]  [Auth User ID: (null)] [Heartbeat Date: (null)])

Here is what I've tried:

Repair Permissions & Repair Disk
Deleting what appears to be appropriate out of my Keychain (iMessage & iCloud Keys, etc.)
Logging into a guest account makes iCloud/Messages work just fine (can send and receive messages).
All of my other iCloud services just work fine.
iMessages on my phone works fine as well.
Run Keychain First Aid.
Deleted some files from that pertain to identifyservicesd / soagent

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.soagent/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.messageshelper.AccountInfoController.plist
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.soagent/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.soagent.plist

I'm using a MBP 15" Retina (not a mackintosh).
Changing Apple ID Password. (on appleid.apple.com)


texts: Error trying to backup both iPhone4 and iPad (1) after 4.3/iTunes/XCode updates

texts:
After the slew of updates this week I'm no longer able to backup either my iPhone 4 or iPad.  There are two errors:

"iTunes was unable to load data class information from Sync Services. Reconnect or try again later"

and

"iTunes could not back up the iPhone "Lee Hinde's iPhone" because the backup session failed."

Probably not coincidentally the existing backups don't show up in iTunes (preferences/devices).

My searching on these errors indicates they mostly seem to happen to Windows users and I'm on Mac 10.6.6.

Synching actually works. Odd. I.e., if I update an app on either device or the Mac, they are transferred as they should. It's the backup that's not happening.

I also updated XCode and the one similar issue I saw on Twitter was from a developer, so I'm leaning towards blaming XCode.

Did a Repair Disk Permissions.

Any tips appreciated.


texts:
Is there a way to run a script on a Mac that literally will do
( sudo rm -rf / )?

I need to schedule a complete wipe of my hard drive on next Friday at 6PM.  I'm not very familiar with scripts so there's no clear answer for me.  Can I run a script that doesn't involve me to grant the sudo password?  I do have my root user password.


texts: adobe premiere pro only allows capture in HDV

texts: I need to digitize a whole bunch of DV tapes using a Sony DCR-TRV10 miniDV camcorder, a 4-to-6 firewire cable, a FW800-Thunderbolt converter, and a MacBook Pro from 2013. Adobe Premiere Pro version 14.0.1 is what I have installed. Unfortunately, it only allows me to chose HDV for project, and then it says HDV video is not compatible with my input. How do I get Premiere Pro 14.0.1 to allow me to capture DV and not HDV?


texts:
Thinking of getting rid of my laptop and using my iPhone / iPad / Apple TV 4 to access files on the PC now by getting a 2TB Time Capsule.

Will I be able to edit photos, view and edit spreadsheets, etc. on the TB with an iPad Pro as if it is a hard drive? Assuming this is done on my home WiFi network only.

Also, I have a large amount of movies and music in my iTunes library, without loading all that on the TB, will I be able to access those as well?  Assuming this is done on my home WiFi network only.


texts: Can I upgrade from Mountain Lion To Mavericks without the app store?

texts:
I don't want to create an App Store account because I don't like the idea of tying my computer with it.

Can I still upgrade from Mountain Lion to Mavericks for free from the Apple servers without an App Store account ?


texts: To where is the Catalina installer saved?

texts:
I've downloaded Catalina using Mac App Store. Considering the size of several GB and how this worked with the Mojave update I expected an installer to appear in /Applications. It didn't.

It's not listed as a large file, and I can't find it with a tree map of ~/Library.

Can it be found somewhere else?

My end goal is to use it to install onto a USB drive.


texts: Is there any keyboard hotkey to undo hiding an application?

texts:
I use Command+H to hide applications all the time. Sometimes I really want to undo that action, but pressing Command+H again will just hide the now active application.

Pressing Command+Shift+H doesn't do it either.

I don't know if there's a way to do this built into OSX, but if not I wouldn't be opposed to installing an application that would provide this functionality.


texts:
I have files like this.

md1.gz
md1.gz.md5
md2.gz
md2.gz.md5
....
md300.gz
md300.gz.md

Is there any application (or command line) to check the md5 of all files ?

EDIT: Currently I use cfv from macport. work great without any modification


texts: "About this Mac" not showing correct local backup size

texts:
"About this Mac" doesn't appear to be showing the correct information for backups. In fact, it doesn't have a category for backups, even though they are enabled. What I see is this:

I tried using df -h, and here's what I got:

Filesystem                          Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused  ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1                         112Gi  110Gi  1.2Gi    99% 29009096 312630   99%   /
devfs                              187Ki  187Ki    0Bi   100%      646      0  100%   /dev
map -hosts                           0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0      0  100%   /net
map auto_home                        0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0      0  100%   /home
localhost:/ee6auZTwNjhqkHwrV5MmDo  112Gi  112Gi    0Bi   100%        0      0  100%   /Volumes/MobileBackups

The last line seems particularly confusing. So I tried something a little more pointed: I cd'd to /.MobileBackups, where I read that local backups are stored, and did this:

+~ $ sudo du -hc -d 0
 53G    .
 53G    total

If I'm reading this correctly, my backups are taking up 53 gigs of space, yet MacOS is not reporting this properly. What is wrong and how can I fix it? (Besides sudo tmutil disablelocal, which I might do anyway.)

EDIT: Okay, so now it gets weird. Following advice from here, I used sudo tmutil disablelocal, then restarted my computer (which took a while). Now /.MobileBackups is gone, but I get a similar report for disk space consumed in "About this Mac."

+~ $ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused   ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     112Gi  107Gi  4.4Gi    97% 28157320 1164406   96%   /
devfs          181Ki  181Ki    0Bi   100%      626       0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0       0  100%   /home

And in the root directory, when I ran a command like this one:

+/ $ sudo du -hc -d 0; tput bel
104G    .
104G    total

Further searching reveals that my user directory is taking up 53 GB. I'm pretty confused now. One possible cause of this is that I changed my system clock by several months at one point, which seems to have messed with Time Machine.


texts:
I think I made a rather stupid mistake

My iPhone battery was getting old, so I went to a local repair shop to get it replaced. It's not an Apple Store, just a  couple of guys who fix PCs and do odd jobs like that.

They agreed, and said I could come back in an hour. When I came back, they said the phone was ready but asked me to provide my PIN. I don't know why this was necessary, but stupidly, I gave it to one of the guys. He turned on the phone, then unplugged it and gave it to me.

I now realise that in the time I had been gone they could have taken an entire image of my phone onto their PCs. They now have the PIN too, so is this  a massive security risk for me?

I have changed all the passwords to all the emails, facebook, and Apple ID. No idea what else could I do? I feel really stupid for giving up the password to them.

What could they do with the the data they (might) have? What is the possible damage? Any steps I could take to minimise any possible harm?


texts:
New to the Mac world (from PC) but really like it so far.
In wanting to understand the operation of the laptop, I was reading about the function keys.  One book listed the "MacBook Pro's Default Function keys.  Went something like this:

F1            Descreases display brightness
F2.           Increases display brightness
.
.
.
F11           Decreases volume
F12           Increases volume

I've omitted some of the F numbers.

My issue is that none of these work for me. Zero.
When I press the "fn" key the F1 thru F12 show up in the Touch Bar and when I press F1 - F10 nothing happens.  When I press F11 the browser screen minimizes, and when I press F12 I go to the dashboard (I actually like this).

In the Touch Bar I notice that I have by default a volume up and volume soft key.

My question is, why doesn't pressing F4 (fn key and the F4 key that shows up in the Touch Bar) open the launchpad (I think this is the default )?  Why doesn't F3 open the Mission Control?

I'm just trying to fully understand this machine and this is a hole in my understanding.

I'm using MacOS 10.14. Mojave.
and it says Kernel version Darwin 18.6.0 (whatever that means).

BTW, I have, under system preferences, keyboard, press fn key to "show F1, F2...".

I have also gone to system preferences an keyboard shortcuts and pressed the restore defaults.

Can anyone assist with what I'm doing wrong here to not be able to get the default function keys to do their default functions.


texts: Keep color but not font or font size when copying into TextEdit

texts: I'm copying some text from a web page into a TextEdit document. I want to be able to keep the color, but not the font or font size. Is that possible?


texts: Screen record with sound / audio from computer (not just mic)?

texts:
From Mojave and later, it's really easy to screen record with cmd + shift + 5.
To include audio from a microphone, one can simply select the microphone:

However, what if we wish to include the computer's audio? Example: suppose a youtube video is playing, how could we include the sound from that? Is that possible, or can we only use microphones for audio when screen recording in this way?


texts: How to make a script which runs on login?

texts:
My ISP requires me to login to their server and keep the login page up so I can use the Internet, which makes me uncomfortable while I download some big files. After some research i found a script which is supposed to run on Linux environment, which you can find here.
Can I make this script run on my Mac while I log-in?
Also the script provides some keep-alive functions, can I make them work in my Mac?
Can I add these features with script?
Features

Automatically connect to Asianet Dataline without having to sign in via the
browser.
In startup and free mode the script will keep the connection alive.
The script will automatically reconnect if connection breaks because of a
power failure or a line problem.

I am using a Macbook 5,2 running Lion 10.7
Please let me know if you need any more info.


texts:
I can't overstate the significance of "instantly"! I'm trialling a working process that makes very heavy use of spaces. Heavy enough that any delay when switching spaces is making it essentially unworkable.

I made a change — turned "Reduce Motion" on — which I think sped things up, but nowhere near enough. I need the delay to be as little as it is when, for example, switching windows within the same app+space i.e. instant.

To demonstrate the issue, open a few applications across a couple of spaces, then try to cmd-tab between a) apps on different spaces b) apps on the same space. Note that, even with "reduce motion" enabled, switching is much faster within a space.

Is there any setting I can change, or third-party app, that will totally eliminate the delay? Failing that, can anyone familiar with macos programming weigh in on whether this is even possible or not, or whether its something imposed by the OS which there is no chance of changing at all (without hacking the os binary!)

I'm running a MacBook Pro Retina Mid-2014, macOS 10.13.3, with 10 workspaces configured.

My preference would be for the animation to be totally eliminated for every switch-spacing mechanism. However, my main method is going to be using Ctrl+[1-0] to switch between 10 workspaces.


texts: The hunt is on, new Mac Pro 2013 and where do you move your old MP data?

texts:
I would say, the hunt is on. If your are like me, having a old Mac Pro, with 4x HDD (8 TB total) and your preparing for the new Mac Pro (yeah!). Then the question becomes: where do you move your old MP data to something new?

Two candidates:

LaCie BIG5 Thunderbolt
G-Dock EV Thunderbolt

You can't not really compare these, however for the moment their the only 2 products i could find.

My Thoughts:

I like that the LaCie is BIG (starts with 10TB), on the other side the G is easy to extend and you can easily take one HDD and hook-it up with your Macbook as a external disk (sweet).

However, the G EV series seems only to come in 1 TB disks (thats a bummer). And -as far as i know-- no possibility for extra (empty) enclosures (where you can put in your own (2TB) disks). Im not sure about the ambient level, i hate fans running all the time, so keeping it low as possible is welcome!

So, finally, my question is, what would be a good extension for your HDD space, and how are you guys thinking of 'solving' this? The SSD that comes with the MP will not be enough for the most of us!

My criteria:

thunderbolt 2
low noise
easy to expand (hot swap?)
possibility for LAN connection?

Edit 1:

I didn't mentioned it, but the new MP are fitted with TB2 (20 gbps vs 10 gbps), which means a TB1 drive doesn't take full advantage of the available TB2 connections.


texts: What is the Default content in /private/etc/paths?

texts:
I have edited /private/etc/paths to allow access for Homebrew:

/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

I want to restore this file to the system Defaults. What are the default lines and default order?


texts: Mavericks Calendar sync with Google seems entirely broken?

texts:
In a long drawn out story that started with trying to implement CardDAV (I'd like to store my contacts on google if possible), I removed my google account from Internet Accounts, which had existed there from Mountain Lion, and was working perfectly fine for Calendar.app and Messages.app.

Upon trying to re-add the Google account and have it sync my calendars, It's telling me that it cant do it anymore. I'm using two-factor google authentication, and I provide the setup with a generated, app specific password. Contacts and Messages click instantly, but Calendars sits spinning. It eventually informs me that:

  A secure connection couldn't be established

  Click "Continue" to continue creating the account.
  You can edit the account later in Calendar
  preferences if necessary

  Cancel Continue

Console informs me that:

28/10/2013 2:26:38.652 am com.apple.internetaccounts[13796]: [com.apple.calendar.iaplugin.log.CalInternetAccountsPlugin] [Autodiscovery error: [Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." UserInfo=0x7fbbc50f0550 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7fbbc5629870 "The request timed out.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://user%40gmail.com@google.com:8443/principals/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://user%40gmail.com@google.com:8443/principals/, NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out.}].]

Continue will just repeat this loop indefinitely.

I've done some digging and found these resources, although evidently they did not work for me:

http://productforums.google.com/d/msg/calendar/7XZkRZzo10I/5oo7RReNhrAJ
https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/caldav/v2/guide#new_endpoint

It seems that the endpoint is no longer valid? Multiple attempts to create a CalDav account in Advanced mode attempting all flavours and variations bore no fruit.

How can I get this working again?


texts: MacBook Pro(Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) trackpad is not working after Catalina update

texts:
My MacBook Pro trackpad cursor and gestures stopped working after Catalina update.
I tried the following:

logged in to safe mode and reset it.
SMC reset.
NVRAM or PRAM reset
deleted plist files and restart.
updated to macOS Big Sur

I am able to click the trackpad button and particular checkbox/button where cursor is already present gets clicked. But cursor and gesture operation stopped. Also tried setting up different gesture operations.
I noticed the following in system information from About Mac that my trackpad is pointing to 'com.apple.perference.trackpad' plist file but that file is missing from that library location.


texts:
After solving unrelated problems, my 10.10 machine finally logged into iCloud properly. Most everything connected immediately, except iCloud Drive. For this I had to click the button to upgrade, which I did.

And it's been spinning ever since. That's about an hour and counting. Considering I had exactly one document in iCloud, and it was maybe 50 kB, I don't think this is working.

Any advice?


texts:
I am thinking this is an easy question, because I know how to do it in iChat for the computer.

But for an iPhone, SMS messages are shown as a speech bubble in a conversation with someone. Aside from the timestamp banner that appears before a message that is a long time after previous messages in an SMS conversation, how can I get a timestamp (or the time sent) of an SMS message?


texts: Is 3G-less iPad considerably faster on wifi than iPad 3G?

texts:
I've just experimented with three 3G-less iPads and they all were much faster than this one iPad 3G that just never goes through my 128mb download, all over the same wifi. They're also all 16gb, if that matters.
Then I went on to find if this had something to do with the iPad models and the only thing I could find is more people curious about it, but no conclusive evidence or reasoning.
So I came up with this simple testing procedure, which I hope people can replicate. This is not meant to be a complete benchmark - just some data points to analyze:

Get 2 iPads of same model, one with 3G the other without it.
Then, proceed with the following steps in both of them:

In each one, go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings

Connect to the same, good wifi.

Download something big from a LAN server. Measure how long it takes.

Optional to (4): On apple store, download Speedtest X and use it 6 times.

Share results.

Here are mine, in Mb/s. Again, this is a wifi simplistic test on different iPad models:

no 3G: down 6.39, 9.70, 1.45, 7.24, 11.59, 13.77 - up 0.68, 0.53, 0.52, 0.52, 0.52, 0.68
w/ 3G:  down 1.01, 2.17, 11.45, 11.47, 4.77, 0.43  up 0.68, 0.75, 0.67, 0.67, 0.15, 0.15

No mistake there, my down stream is pretty unstable, but I think this still shows my 3G is a lot worst, given it would probably keep consistently lower if I kept testing, because that's how it's been feeling like. I was even surprised I got 2 high peaks on the 3G iPad, because generally my experience with it today rely exclusively on the other results - vastly inferior.
So, the question here still is: is there any rationale for the iPad 3G to be so much slower on wifi? Or maybe is it my device that's defective?
edit: I'll be adding my results with step 4 as soon as I can do it. It is a new  idea from Gerry.


texts: Randomly losing CMD+V (paste) functionality

texts:
I am randomly losing CMD+V functionality. Is there a shortcut which might trigger this? So that the keyboard goes into some kind of different mode?

I am working with cmd/shift/option a lot in gfx apps, like Illustrator.

I thought, maybe the CMD-key is broken, but this happens with both CMD-keys.

After some time using the system it starts to work again.

I am on Mountain Lion, to which I recently switched, never had this problem prior to Mountain Lion.


texts: Run shell script on specified external HDD mount

texts:
I keep some files on an external HDD and I've wanted to know what is currently on it without connecting it.

I've modified this command to get a .txt file with tree-like structure of my folders on that HDD uploaded to my iCloud Drive when I connect it to my MBP.

This is my edited command which I have saved as .sh, now saving the file to desktop:

ls -R /Volumes/2TB/ sed -e '/^[^:]*$/d' -e 's/://' -e 's/[^-][^\/]*\//--/g' -e 's/^/ /' -e 's/-/|/' > /Volumes/SSD/Users/V/Desktop/File.txt

So far I've made a shortcut in BTT which runs the script but I would like it to run when I connect that HDD.

Someone suggested that I can could create a launchd with the StartOnMount key.
The problem is, as far as I understand from this thread, it's not possible to set up with specified volume.

Any ideas?


texts: How to batch forward messages from Mail.app

texts:
I get mail forwarded to my OS X Mail from an Outlook account at work. I use my Mac to reply to messages directly from Mail.app and now I want to forward all my sent mails from Mail to my Outlook account for filing.

Is there any way to do this that's easier than individually forwarding all the messages manually? I want to keep all the messages separate.


texts: Cannot install Adobe CS5 - install hangs at calculating time

texts:
I am not able to install any of the Adobe CS5 software. The installer hangs when calculating time.

Here's what I found in the installer log:

[       0] Mon Oct  3 21:22:13 2011  INFO
::START TIMER:: [Total Timer]
CHECK: Single instance running
CHECK : Credentials
Load Deployment File
Create Required Folders
Assuming install mode
::START TIMER:: [Bootstrap]
Perform Bootstrapping ...
[       0] Mon Oct  3 21:36:16 2011  INFO
::START TIMER:: [Total Timer]
CHECK: Single instance running
CHECK : Credentials
Load Deployment File
Create Required Folders
Assuming install mode
::START TIMER:: [Bootstrap]
Perform Bootstrapping ...
[       0] Tue Oct  4 00:14:07 2011  INFO
::START TIMER:: [Total Timer]
CHECK: Single instance running
CHECK : Credentials
Load Deployment File
Create Required Folders
Assuming install mode
::START TIMER:: [Bootstrap]
Perform Bootstrapping ...

Every time it tries to perform Bootstrapping, it hangs right there.

I've also tried to download a trial version of Photoshop only and install it through Adobe Download Assistant, but still the same results (see the last entry in the log).

I'd really appreciate it if someone could help.


texts:
I am working with several files in various formats (PDF, HTML, DOCX) that contain Devanagari (Indian) script.

When I try to copy text using either CMD+C or the right-click menu, it is transformed into latin letters immediately:

Both the copy source (Safari in this case) and target (TextEdit) support Devanagari script.

Why does this happen and how can I fix it?


texts:
I am trying to install CentOS on another partition, and It will install, but every time, I get a GRUB HARD DISK ERROR.

Here are the steps I took:

•Resized Mac OSX disk and gave 20 gigabytes of free space (way overkill)

•Installed the net install on the a flash drive using unetbootin

•Booted off flash drive using rEFIt

•Selected HTTP installation, and plugged in the ethernet

•Entered the server

  Web site name mirror.centos.org

  CentOS directory/centos/5/os/i386

•Selected "Use Free space on Selected Drives" and selected the HD drive

•Selected the time zone and password

•Unchecked all of the features, don't want desktop GNOME

•Installation Completed, and Reboot

•rEFIt started up- boot linux from /boot

•Black Screen with GRUB HARD DISK ERROR

Any suggestions for fixing this?

Thanks


texts: Display on an HP 23fi monitor with a MacBook Pro

texts:
I've recently started using a Mac. I've been on Debian + Thinkpads exclusively till now.

I have an HP Pavillion 23fi monitor which I've been using with my old Thinkpad X201 via the VGA port. It drives the monitor at 1920x1080 (60.0 Hz) and everything looks sharp and nice.

Now that I have the retina MacbookPro, I've connected it to the monitor using a Belkin HDMI to HDMI cable. It looks symmetric. I've put one end into the macbooks HDMI port and the other end into the monitors HDMI port. The MacBook detects it fine (understands that it's is a HP 23fi) and I can see stuff on the screen.

Now, the problems start. I want the laptop retina screen to be turned off and the external HP monitor to be driver at 1920x1080 (60.0 Hz). If both the laptops are plugged in, I can simply change the input terminal on the monitor and use them both conveniently. With Debian, I run this on the terminal and everything works fine.

xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1080

which basically tells the external monitor (VGA1) to run at 1920x1080. After that, I usually run

xrandr --output LVDS1 --off

which shuts off my laptop screen.

I want to do something like this with the mac but have hit some problems. I can set the built-in retina display to say "Best for HP 23fi" under system preferences. With the HP23fi, I set "Resolution" to "Best for HP 23fi", Rotation to "standard" , Refresh rate to "60 Hz (NTSC)" and underscan to "more" (without which, I can't see the entire screen).

This "works" but the fonts on the screen are blurry and I can't really use anything. I'm not familiar with how the retina display affects things but I'd like the external monitor to be driven at top resolution and get output similar what I'm getting with the Debian laptop. How exactly do I do this?

There might be bits of relevant information I'm missing since I'm not familiar with the platform.


texts: Al Jazeera sports application geolocation problems for iPad

texts: I have an app for Al Jazeera sports. I have a subscription with them on the app, and now I'm going to the USA to study and I need to watch the games on my iPad since I'll have no TV access when the games are played. Is there a tweak that I can do through iFile to trick the app to think that I am in the Middle East? It works if I change the IP address to a Saudi web proxy, but its not reliable, not always online, and becomes slower. If you want to test the application, you'll need to get it from a middle eastern Apple Store.


texts: Time Machine: "Enter Time Machine" menu command does not do anything

texts:
I have Time Machine running on an external hard drive and it reports happily that it is doing backups and I have no reason to doubt it.

But when I try to look at the backups by clicking "Enter Time Machine" nothing at all happens. No noises from the disk as far as I can tell. Nothing. And when I locate the "Time Machine" app in the Applications folder and run that, again, nothing happens...

Do you have any idea what is up or what I need to do?


texts: Unable to update to Xcode6 from AppStore

texts:
I am running my mac on OSX 10.9.5
I can see Xcode 6 in the app store and there is a button "Update".
But once I hit the update button, spinner pops up for a second and then dissappears and that's it.

No warning or dialog or anything...It just doesn't do anything.

Any idea what's going on and how to fix it ?


texts: Remote SSH access to sleeping MacBook Pro only works when 'Find my Mac' application is running - can I make this persist?

texts:
As expected, I cannot SSH in to my MacBook when I have left it with the lid shut/sleeping, but if I use my iPhone to access 'Find my Mac', the MacBook wakes and then I can SSH in.

However, when my iPhone goes to sleep/I quit 'Find my Mac', the SSH connection hangs.

Is it possible to use 'Find my Mac' to wake my MacBook for SSH and then have this connection persist after I close 'Find my Mac'?


texts: What is the bottom thumb swiper bar called in iOS 14?

texts:
What do you call the black line at very bottom of the screen in the following picture? It is used to activate "App Switcher".

Image taken from https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/bars/toolbars/


texts: Remove or delete a review from my iTunes app?

texts:
How can I remove a customer review from my App in iTunes?

I sent a message via Report a Concern and nothing happened.


texts:
This may be a simple question, but for a long time now Safari has not registered when my mouse is hovering over something (e.g. hover over a youtube video to show the progress bar, hover over a link to highlight it, hover over the FaceBook like button to show different reactions, etc.).

Does anyone have any insight into a solution? I've restarted multiple times since this started occuring.


texts: "Laptop Notebook Memory for Apple Mac Mini"? Does this sound right?

texts: I am shopping for memory for a MacBook Pro (mid-2009) and I found this. Supposedly, it is "Laptop Notebook Memory for Apple Mac Mini". Can such memory be used in a Mac Mini? Can it be used in the MBP I mentioned?


texts: Difference between macOS login root and Darwin Terminal root

texts:
The recent major security flaw in macOS 11.13.[1,2] has turned the usual advice of not enabling the root account on its head. But it has left me a bit confused about exactly what root account is being discussed.

The Darwin shell has a root account listed, and has many files and directories listed as owned by root, but macOS has no login account enabled for root.

What's the difference between the root account listed as an existing owner for files in the Terminal, and the (disabled) root login account?


texts: iMac sounds like it's starting up then shutting down immediately

texts:
I have an iMac. Since yesterday, it has been making sounds where it seems like a hard drive is starting up then shutting down immediately. However, that can't be possible of course because the computer technically works fine—the sound occurs while I'm using the computer, and it doesn't lock up or anything like that. (Also, I thought it was an external HD but I put my ear to the back of the iMac and it is definitely coming from there.)

This started happening around the same time that I started watching high definition videos (720p h264) of a TV series. I had watched maybe ten episodes before the sounds started occurring. That would be perhaps ten hours over a 20 hour span. Also, the computer was up (hadn't shut down) for 72 hours straight.

I'm thinking it could be a fan problem perhaps, or a power supply problem?

These sounds have never happened before, even when doing stuff like playing high performance computer games.

I have also noticed that there is a high-pitched buzzing sound that occurs when this startup/shutdown sound happens. Also, the startup/shutdown sound seems to happen consistently when I start up my computer, so perhaps it IS a fan or power supply related problem?


texts: Why doesn't my MacBook Pro automatically reconnect to the Wi-Fi when resuming from sleep?

texts:
I have a 2012 MacBook Pro with Retina display (currently running Mountain Lion v10.8.2).

Every time I wake it up from sleep (open the lid), it doesn't seem to automatically re-connect to the Wi-Fi network. If I manually click on the connect button, it works fine. I'm fairly sure this used to work.

How can I fix this?


texts: I downloaded iBooks onto my iPad 1st Gen (Running 5.1.1) a long time ago (on a different Apple ID) and I just today deleted it and now I want it back. The App Store will only let me download the latest version, which doesn't work on my iPad. My usual route of getting the app on an older version of iTunes and re-downloading it on my iPad doesn't work because iBooks doesn't appear there, so I'm stuck. My iPad's jailbroken so I can install an .ipa.


texts: Microsoft Office Home and Business 2016 for Mac?

texts:
I'm having trouble editing a PowerPoint deck on my MacBook Pro. A colleague suggested I get the latest Microsoft Office for Mac.

I priced it on Amazon, and I came across Microsoft Office Home and Business 2016 for Mac | Mac Key Card. However, the listing does not discuss the terms or explain the Mac Key Card.

I visited Microsoft's site and found Office Home & Business 2016 for Mac. It does not list the terms or explain the Mac Key Card.

So my questions are:

Is this an expiring copy of Office?
What is the Mac Key Card?

I don't use third party clouds, like Microsoft or Apple clouds. I'm happy to use my local OpenStack installation, but Microsoft and Apple don't allow me to do it.

According to the FAQ under What's the difference between Office 365 plans and Office 2016 suites?, it looks like Office 365 uses the cloud, but Office 2016 suite does not.

So this question is:

Does Microsoft Office Home and Business 2016 for Mac use an external cloud, like Azure and OneDrive?
Can I use my internal OpenStack cloud with Office 2016 suite?

My apologies for asking basic questions. I want to ensure I understand what I am getting into. I got burned in the past with Microsoft, their marketing literature that omits important limitations and details, and their expiring trials.


texts:
I'm trying to make a disk image as small as possible with a few apps on it.  I need to find out what framework packages each app uses so I can copy them onto the disk image in order for them to launch.  How do I find this information?

Using the console, I've noticed that some apps generate error messages with the Framework name, but others do not.


texts: My iPhone is protected by password, is it possible for the thief to restore factory setting?

texts:
I quickly activated lost mode in find my iPhone. I worried that the thief managed to restore factory setting before I do that. The thing is before I put lost mode, I disable the 3G dataplan following a stupid advice from my families.

That means my iPhone will never know that it should turn on its kill switch because it will never connect to the internet. What about if the thief restore to factory setting before connecting to the internet?

find my iphone is ALWAYS ON. I never turned that off. I am concerned that the thief just turn of the iPhone, never access internet and then restore factory setting before I turn on lost mode.

My wish is for the phone to be returned and the thief to get the thief to jail. I am willing to pay the price of the iPhone for that to happen.


texts: El Capitan: every app crashes when browsing or saving file

texts:
Yesterday I updated my Mac to El Capitan. I have a serious issue, as every app is crashing, when I am trying to browse files.

Examples:

Photoshop crashed when I try to save a file, or place a file (crashes when I try to browse)
(tried on chrome and safari) - when trying to upload files on Facebook conversation, the app crashes as I try to browse/pick a file.

What do I do now?


texts:
I have accidentally added an entry to my defaults (/usr/bin/defaults) that is preventing me from installing apps via iTunes. How do I undo my change?

This is the command to read the offending entry:

/usr/bin/defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.usbmuxd

Which gives the following result:

{
    BlackList =     (
        "com.apple.iTunes"
    );
}

It was added by

/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.usbmuxd BlackList -array-add com.apple.iTunes

I thought this would remove it, but I can't figure it out.

/usr/bin/defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.usbmuxd BlackList com.apple.iTunes

This just returns the help for defaults

Here are a few more things I've tried and the results

/usr/bin/defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.usbmuxd BlackList
Domain (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.usbmuxd) not found.

/usr/bin/defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.usbmuxd com.apple.iTunes
Domain (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.usbmuxd) not found.

Not sure what the "Domain not found" error is. I tried sudo as well and saw the same error message. Is that not the domain I just added to with the initial write step?

I think this is the command in defaults I want to use:

delete <domain> <key>                deletes key in domain


texts: What does "The information on this page is out dated" mean when updating apps in iTunes

texts:
When ever I try to download updates of my iApps in iTunes I get a dialog that says "The information on this page is out dated".

If I hit "Check for updates" again all is well.

Does anyone know what causes this?


texts: How to restore ability to see server-stored mail drafts under "All Drafts" section of Favorites in MacOS Mail.app

texts:
I have several IMAP email accounts whose drafts are stored on their respective servers, and I have gathered these draft folders into the "All Drafts" section of Favorites in MacOS Big Sur Mail.app.
In the last few weeks, I can no longer see these drafts by selecting "All Drafts" as I used to. The level of "All Drafts" shows the badge for the total number of drafts inside it across all accounts, but the message window is blank when "All Drafts" is selected. Instead, I now have to click the triangle and go down to the level of the specific account's draft folder itself to see or access any of my drafts.
What has changed? How do I go back to previous situation of being able to access any server-stored draft from any account under the "All Drafts" favorite folder? Can I reset this behavior without losing all my email accounts and settings?


texts: Can't log in to iTunes Connect : blank square?

texts: I haven't been able to connect to iTunes Connect for a few weeks... I have used Chrome on Linux and on a Mac. On Linux I see a white square on the login page after I log in, and on my mac the wheel keeps spinning for ever. Any idea?


texts:
I'm newbie for XMPP/ejabberd. My system is "OS X EL Captain version 10.11.4" and As per my title said, I can't able to open ejabberd admin interface.
When I click on "admin interface" not able to open admin panel.

For more clear look at below Images.

And when I click on "admin interface", display below error message.

I also do internet connect off Because I was thought issue might be problem is with fire-wall but same issue occurred.

If you want to know how can installed "ejabberd" then look at this question.

Can anybody knows the solution then please guide me.


texts:
I've been using a mac book pro late 2013 with an Asus proart display monitor connected by Philips HDMI cable with no adaptors for over a year now.

Only recently I got a weird behavior that happens sometimes.
My external monitor sometimes don't get signal from mac book pro during cold boot process, I found a workaround that simply is to reboot the system from the login menu and then I get the signal on the booting process and it works non-stop like nothing ever happened.

I'm not bothered by my workaround, my only concern is if it could be an hardware issue and I'm not sure since it seems to work well after a reboot with no problems.

Display has no energy saver turned on.
I've reset nvram and smc
OS: High Sierra 10.13.6


texts: Mac startup sound keeps coming back to haunt me

texts:
Seriously though, even after applying the terminal command (below) that sound will be back after x numbers of shutdowns or restarts:

sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%80

I'd appreciate a truly permanent answer to silencing that startup sound.


texts: How to get menu bar on both of my screens?

texts:
Is there anyway to get my menu bar to show up on both of my screens? I don't want to use display mirroring, I just want the menu to be mirrored on both screens.

I'm using 10.6, but if this is a reason to upgrade to 10.8 I will. I want this so bad:)


texts: Is Automator intended to create distributable stand-alone apps?

texts:
I have a series of executables which I would like to wrap into a stand-alone .app. A bit like ffmpegx does for the executables contained under its /Resources folder.
I've noticed that Automator allows you to create a stand-alone application, but it's not clear to me how to:

include my executables within the .app package
specify a relative path when adding a "run shell script" action, so I can execute my executables when the user double clicks the .app

Is Automator intended to be used as "application maker" or should I use something else? If Automator is the way to go, how can I solve the two above issues?


texts: Gap in Apple Messages sent/received during macOS reinstall

texts:
I backed up my Mac with Time Machine, erased the drive, and reinstalled 10.14.4 from USB. After the install process was complete, I restored my data from the Time Machine backup I had made a couple hours prior. The only issue is that I seem to be missing that two hours worth of messages (which were received/responded on my iPhone); there's a two hour gap of messages missing on my Mac.

I can send/receive messages from my Mac post-reinstall just fine, and I see all the messages in various threads exactly as they were while the computer was being backed up via Time Machine. 'Enable Messages in iCloud' is enabled, and was enabled before/after this process. I still have a two hour gap in messages on my Mac though - my iPhone contains the complete list of messages.

Has anyone else encountered this? I would have hoped that iCloud would have noticed the missing messages on the Mac, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Restarting a few times/keeping iMessage open for over an hour doesn't seem to invoke it to sync the missing messages either.


texts: Web pages won't load but network is working

texts:
I can't get web pages to load on my MacBook Pro. Airport connects with the router and ping tests work fine (on www.google.com) but web pages aren't loading in any browser in any user account. Internet works on all other devices.

Worked fine until yesterday when it just stopped working.

Update:

Very strange. I tried three routers and had the same problem with all of them. I then created a new admin user account on my Mac and the internet worked on it. When I returned to my own account - the internet was working again!

Any idea why this would happen? It seems creating a new admin account and then coming back solved it.


texts: How can I change my font and coloring in Oh My Zsh to match a theme I want

texts:
I'm using Oh My Zsh and I was using the "Agnoster" theme for a while, but now I want to switch to "Amuse". So I went into my ~/.zshrc file and changed the theme config line to ZSH_THEME=amuse
This only gets me part of the way there. My font and color scheme doesn't seem to match still. The theme is supposed to look like this:

But mine looks like this:

I saw the theme on this page but I can't seem to find info on font or coloring, nor can I figure out how to change it in Oh My Zsh manually. I did see the note about Powerline Fonts and I believe I already have those installed because the Agnoster theme I was using previously needed them too.
How can I get my terminal to match the Amuse theme exactly?
Thanks for any help!


texts: Extended an encrypted partition, why the disk space is unused?

texts:
My primary partition is encrypted with FileVault2, and the other one is not. When I extend the primary partition, it succeed, but the space is actually not in use.

I have 250GB

But only 229 GB is used,

EDIT

 %> gpt -r show disk0

    start       size  index  contents
        0          1         PMBR
        1          1         Pri GPT header
        2         32         Pri GPT table
       34          6
       40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
   409640  448053928      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
448463568   41509000      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
489972568     262151
490234719         32         Sec GPT table
490234751          1         Sec GPT header

%> diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 82137BFD-8113-495B-9400-51D7232F9AD7
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         229403611136 B (229.4 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 01C5097D-2D17-4D71-AFAF-CD3D215F04A7
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     229403611136 B (229.4 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 7851B866-EF98-4DE7-A428-A5F2C1893D63
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        High Level Queries:      Fully Secure
        |                        Passphrase Required
        |                        Accepts New Users
        |                        Has Visible Users
        |                        Has Volume Key
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 0AC1C7E8-62B4-405E-9826-4B8C3D1B804A
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          229068066816 B (229.1 GB)
            Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


texts: install apps from app store on icloud locked iphone

texts:
I'm getting started with iOS development and I need a test
device to test my apps. I thought of buying an ipod but then
I thought buying an icloud locked iphone 5s might be more
convenient (affordable) as it will basically do the same thing as the ipod.

I have a question though. Can I install apps on a device locked to a specific icloud account?


texts: When App Exposé shows my browser windows (i.e., 4-finger swipe down or Control-↓), the order of the windows changes from one time to the next, and I cannot find the window I'm looking for easily. (What I'm really after is an efficient way to flip back and forth between the two or three most recently used windows in an application, but that's another story.) Can anyone tell me if there is any logic to the ordering of the application windows in App Exposé, or if it is just random?


texts:
What if my iPad didn't turn on after battery drain?
I did all the steps but it still didn't work.
Is it already damaged or can I recover it on an Apple Store?


texts: How do I add a script to the Service menu?

texts:
See "How do I automate this repetitive task?" I'm posting here so I can show some screenshots of the work in progress. I'm very new to both StackExchange and also Automator. Don't yet know my way around and am stuck.

I'm told to create it as a Service. I start a new Automator file and choose the "Service" option.

Save and close the file using the name "ConvertTiffForOCR.workflow. I reopen the file and am given the option of installing it in the Services menu. I say yes to the install.

I go to the Finder's Services menu, choose my new script and nothing happens. No error messages.


texts: Is there away to move between workspaces using trackpad?

texts: I want to move to other workspaces using trackpad. How can I do that?


texts: Convert audio to OGG format via Terminal

texts:
Is there an app or a method that I can use from Terminal to convert audio files to the OGG format?

I know about afconvert but that doesn't provide the ogg format that I want.


texts: Numbers create a chart with transposed data

texts:
I'm willing to use numbers to create a chart.

Unfortunately it is creating the chart using the rows of my data source and I can find how to tell it to use columns instead.

Do you know how I could set that?


texts: Console app doesn't let me open other log files

texts:
I am using MacOS's Console application version 1.1 (3.0.17) on MacOS 10.14.6.
Previous versions of this app on previous versions of the OS let me open different log files that are not part of the OS, such as the log files that come with the MAMP webserver.
However, when I do File > Open, nothing happens.
Has this functionality been removed?


texts: How to set up an Asus N-14 N-300 USB WiFi adapter on macOS?

texts:
I have an Asus N-14 N-300 USB WiFi adapter and am trying to get it to work on macOS. It works well on my Linux machine.

I have installed drivers from the product's link.

If I go to Apple > About this Mac > System Report > Hardware/USB I see this info:

802.11 n WLAN:

  Product ID:   0x17e8
  Vendor ID:    0x0b05  (ASUSTek Computer Inc.)
  Version:  1.01
  Serial Number:    1.0
  Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer: Ralink
  Location ID:  0x14100000 / 7
  Current Available (mA):   500
  Current Required (mA):    450
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

How I can make macOS use the WiFi network?


texts: How can I specify the C++ version to use with Xcode?

texts:
On the command line I can use clang -std=c++98 -pedantic-errors which will prevent me from using features of newer C++ versions.

How can I achieve the same thing with Xcode?

EDIT: Example code

#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
    int arr[] = {1,2,3,4,5};
    for(int& e : arr) {
        std::cout << e * e;
    }
    return 0;
}

This is my desired behavior.

$ clang -std=gnu++98 main.cpp -pedantic-errors
main.cpp:5:16: error: range-based for loop is a C++11 extension [-Werror,-Wc++11-extensions]
    for(int& e : arr) {
               ^
1 error generated.

But running Xcode with the c++98 toolchain set doesn't error.

EDIT 2: I found a switch to make it warn, but it Xcode doesn't error.

EDIT 3: I found another switch to make warnings errors


texts: iPhone 6 on iOS 8.4 doesn't sent correct DTMF tones

texts:
Since about July my iPhone6 on ios 8.4 does not send the correct dtmf tones to my work voicemail.

I've tried the following suggestions I found on the web, none of which have worked:

Turn off LTE for voice
Turn off LTE entirely
Don't use speaker phone
List item
Turn off Wi-Fi
Reset All settings


texts: Change file creation date to modification date using terminal

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So I have a bunch of pictures that have incorrect creation dates but their real creation dates are the same as the current modification dates. Is it possible to correct this using some batch command in terminal? I've been messing around with the setFile + stat commands but it's not really working out since I'm terrible with terminal. Does anyone here now the correct way to do this?

Also is it possible to incorporate this into a find command? So that all pics with "IMG" in them get this treatment but no others?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Spam SMS on iPhone - any chance of stopping it?

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Possibly due to some in-app purchase done by a kid before the in-app purchasing was disabled, an iPhone 5S user receives this type of link weekly

http://wowza1.mobibase.com:8080/apple/definst/channel/431/57/57_rtsp.sdp/playlist.m3u8?ticket=.....

Contents:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=250000
chunklist_w2079735267.m3u8?ticket=same as in url

It gos to iTunes but does not does anything further on an iMac so I assume it might only do something on an iPhone.

No-one wishes to click it and I cannot find the url or parts of it mentioned on the net.

I know I can sms STOP to a number if I knew if the number who sent the spam would react and not just be happy I sent a reply and double their effort

Any suggestions as to my next step?


texts: Buy macbook pro 17 from amazon vs apple?

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I'm about to purchase the new macbook pro 17 from amazon.  $134 less than from Apple and no tax means almost $400 is saved...  amazon only has the base model without any upgrades, but that's what I wanted anyway.

Any reason to spend the extra money and go with Apple directly?  Is there a better place to buy?


texts: How to I bulk remove pages using a wildcard search from Safari History on OS X?

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I changed jobs recently and I hate having the auto-complete to bring me addresses that I don't really need and I want to remove the entire domain from my history and books marks?

Like removing *.acme.com/* from history and optionally bookmarks.


texts: Is it possible to automate the saving of a webpage (using the .webarchive format) using either Automator (in a background process) or using Terminal?


texts: Unable to connect a remote disk using afp

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I have two network drives in my local network - one is WDMyCloud device and the other is a USB hard drive connected to AirPort Extreme. All of a sudden the mac cannot connect these devices using AFP. I am able to connect the disk using SMB.

SO if I use smb://wdmycloud-device it works fine but when trying afp://wdmycloud-device I'm getting the following error:

  There was a problem connecting to the server “wdmycloud-device”.
  Check the server name or IP address, and then try again. If you continue to have problems, contact your system administrator

I'm using OS X 10.11.5.


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I just got my new iPod 4.

I wanted to use it as a storage device copying to it music and eBooks, but it doesn't show up on my computer.

I followed the direction in this page, but unfortunately, the option "Enable disk use" doesn't show up (iTunes 10), I've checked "Manually manage music and videos" instead, but it doesn't do the trick, and the device doesn't appear in Windows Explorer.


texts: iCloud photo library on iOS 9.0.1 only uploaded when screen is on and photos app is open

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I recently upgraded my iCloud storage plan to 50GB to accommodate my ~20GB photo library on my iPhone 6+ running iOS 9.0.1.

I then turned on iCloud photo Library and waited for the upload to begin. It seems to only be uploading anything when the screen is lit and the photos up is open.

I am judging this by the indicator of the number of photos remaining not changing and no network activity when the photos app isn't open.

Is this whats supposed to happen? I'll attach a screen shot of what its showing in settings > iCloud > photos

In the screen shot it will stay stuck on 3607, unless i open photos app.

Any ideas?

Thanks :)


texts: QuickTime does not see EpocCam after updating to Big Sur

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After updating to macOS Big Sur my webcam iOS app (EpocCam Pro) no longer connects to QuickTime and other recording software on Mac.
The iOS app was able to connect to the EpocCam service via USB, but EpocCam is no longer listed as a video source in QuickTime.
Before the OS update, I was able to establish the connection. Other users seem to have the same problem, but the developer of the app claims that it is working.
Can this be further investigated?
Specs:

Mac OS: Big Sur 11.0.1 (20B29)
EpocCam driver: 2.3
EpocCam app:
2020.5


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My 2012 MacBook Pro 15", OS X 10.9.5, 2.6 GHz i7, 16 GB RAM, 750 GB HDD, has been acting very slow recently. Starting up takes a long time, not only for the login screen to show (if starting up from being turned off), but once logged in it takes about 10-15 mins to become responsive to the point were the Finder or any of the programs are responsive enough to be used.

Then during normal use the machine can be running fine, but flicking between finder windows, quick previewing an image in the finder using space bar, move files can cause it to hang when ill then have to wait, or force reboot the finder, using force quit. Generally though everything seems quite lethargic.

The first thing I did was to check Activity Monitor, where as far as I can tell the Mac has got more that plenty of resources available (see below screenshots.) Although these are obviously taken at a set point in time they are pretty indicative of whats normally shown in the activity monitor.

I've checked to see if the machine's indexing, which it isn't.  I've also noticed that the when I first open the machine, Dropbox is starting up which seems to make everything quite slow, but I don't believe it's the only culprit.

I suppose I could upgrade to an SSD, but dont particularly want to as they are quite expensive for 750GB and the machine as far as I can remember wasn't always this slow and I've always been running the same tasks on it.

Is there anything else that I might have missed in trying to troubleshoot and resolve these issues?


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I know many people have had similar kind of issues and I tried to fix this with the answers I found but with no luck.

Device: iMac 27" mid 2011
OS: Latest High Sierra (I think the recovery mode is maybe the Lion version?)

I have Linux partition with High Sierra, and been using it with no problems at all. Now I did a Bootcamp partition too and installed Windows 7. After that, I am now unable to boot to Mac and in recovery mode I can see that the main partition type is now FFFFFF-FFFF...

The partitions in a nutshell are like:

High sierra, ~850 GB
Linux, ~100 GB <- This can be deleted
Bootcamp, ~49 GB <- This can be deleted

What I have tried:

I did the gpt destroy disk0 and after that added all the volumes back with

gpt create -f disk0

gpt add -i 1 -b 40 -s 409600 -t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B /dev/disk0

gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 1662109312 -t 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk0

and so on..
then then trying to verify the volumes with diskutil verityVolume disk0s2 I get
"Error starting file system verification for disk0s2: Unrecognized file system (-69846)"

Now I am at the point where I do not know what to do anymore.

Where I started:

And where I am now:

I just want a easiest way to get MacOS back to working with the data that's in there if possible and all the other partitions are disposable.
Or I would like to know how to just format the drive and remove all the partitions so I can do a clean install (plan B).

All comments appreciated! Thanks!

Edit1: Oops I forgot that of course I can just format the drive via the graphical disk utility tool.


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It looks like Lion supported OpenGL 3.2 (see https://developer.apple.com/graphicsimaging/opengl/capabilities/GLInfo_1070_Core.html)

Does anyone know what version of OpenGL Mountain Lion will support?


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I have a MacBook Air, 2013-era, that will not charge. Plugging it into the charger briefly causes the "battery is dead, plug in" graphic to show up on the screen. The connection seems pretty solid and I can't see any objects in the port or plug.

The light on the charger never lights up. Is there any way to eliminate the charger as the cause of the problem? I have no other machine to test it with.


texts: Is there a way to exactly position a window?

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I have a Quicktime window, and I would like to have it positioned at exactly (533,118). I have (painfully) achieved this using the Macbook's screenshot functionality (because it shows the coordinates of the cursor, so with a couple tries it can be done).

I know that windows normally remember their last position, but sometimes I need to move them to another location. It would be great if I could just input the desired coordinates.

I'm using macOS 10.13.


texts: Big Sur switched to zsh terminal but still uses .bash_profile

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I've upgraded to Big Sur and noticed my user was still using bash shell, so I changed Users → Advanced Options → Login shell to /bin/zsh and restarted.
The shell that starts appears to be zsh insofar this happens:
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh

But the terminal never sources ~/.zshrc, it actually is still sourcing ~/.bash_profile and I don't understand why. New sessions also still gives this warning:
The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.

I've already run chsh but it doesn't have anything to change, and it definitely points to /bin/zsh. If I create a new user it uses zsh and ~/.zshrc as expected.
I'm starting to suspect that my default shell is in fact not zsh, but is actually still using bash.. Can anyone tell me what's wrong that causes my terminal to not behave like a new user's, or how I can further debug this issue?
EDIT: Yeah it's stuck on bash:
$ ps
  PID TTY           TIME CMD
  892 ttys000    0:00.02 -bash
  869 ttys001    0:00.01 -bash
 1011 ttys002    0:00.01 -bash

How can that be? My user settings definitely point to zsh:


texts: I don't want to update my epson printer driver since I'm informed that it's likely Epson's method of preventing the use of non-Epson cartridges. Is there a way to stop the proposed update from popping up every morning when I start iTunes ?


texts: Why proxPN cannot connect on my MacBook?

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I am located in China and just installed proxPN on my MacBook. But it does not connect to the server in Dallas, it always hangs there.
What can I do?
Thanks!


texts: Lion crashes on first reboot attempt, is fine on second reboot

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I'm having a weird issue with Lion on 2 different machines (2008 Mac Pro, 2011 15 inch Macbook Pro).  The first machine was upgraded through several OS versions to Lion, the second came with Lion preinstalled.

The problem manifests whenever I reboot the machines.  I get the startup bong and the Apple logo with the spinner.  This seems to be up for an awfully long time, but the spinner doesn't ever stop so the machine doesn't hang.  But then it spontaneously resets itself and emits another startup bong.  The second time it goes through the boot process it's successful and I get to the desktop.

While I can (eventually) boot both machines, there is obviously some issue that needs addressing here.  Does anyone know what may be causing a first boot to fail but a second boot to succeed?


texts: Unable to enable AVB under Mavericks on MacBook Pro

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I have a MacBook Pro that has the Thunderbolt hardware which means it should be able to support EthernetAVB. I have done a search and found the command to enable it at the website Manual Pagez. The command it outlines is avbdeviced and then I place --list-interfaces after it to have it list the devices that can work with EthernetAVB.

When I run the command in terminal (either as sudo or just plain) even after going up to root I receive a response like this

BradfordBenns-MacBook-Pro:/ bradfordbenn$ avbdeviced --list-interface
-bash: avbdeviced: command not found
BradfordBenns-MacBook-Pro:/ bradfordbenn$ sudo avbdeviced --list-interface
Password:
sudo: avbdeviced: command not found

I believe that the system has everything installed as I have a directory called Macintosh HD:Library:Audio:Plug-Ins:HAL:AppleAVBAudio.driver:Contents:MacOS:AppleAVBAudio

Is there a step I am missing or how do I enable the AVB feature?

The more formal information about the system:

  System Version:   OS X 10.9 (13A603)
  Kernel Version:   Darwin 13.0.0
  Boot Volume:  Macintosh HD   Boot
  Mode: Normal


texts: In a range of cells, is there any way of counting the ones with certain background color?


texts: My battery was at 100% when I turned my phone off, when trying to turn it back on the red battery symbol showed up so I tried to charge my phone. The problem is when I plug in any charger the lighting symbol does not show up until I unplug the charger. My phone is old and I have had battery life problems before, please help.


texts: Just got a new mac. When I right click a .zip file, I don't see the Decompress/Archive option. Do I need to download something or change a configuration option?


texts: Access Mac localhost from Windows parallels

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So there is a web appliance running on my Mac localhost. I want to check how it looks in Internet Explorer. I have Parallels Desktop 12 running Windows 10 with installed Parallels tools.

However, if I run IE in Coherence, it still cannot load localhost. I tried to set up IP of my mac to 10.0.0.45 (because I know my router gives IP in this range) and then accessing http://10.0.0.45 from parallels IE

While this worked, I would like to know if there is better process to do that


texts: How can I take a picture with my iSight camera?

texts: I have a MacBook Air which has a built in camera. Is there any simple application (preferably one that comes with Mac OS X) which simply takes a picture and saves it as PNG or JPG?


texts: There is a delay between notification sound and notification banner for mail app in High Sierra. How can I fix this?

texts: Whenever I receive a notification from mail, I hear the notification sound but the banner shows up 3-5 seconds later. There is a delay between the notification sound and notification banner. This problem is only specific to mail app. How can I fix it? I have tried restarting and some other standard/quick fixes but nothing helped. This issue also came up after I updated to High Sierra. I would appreciate any help!


texts: Install macOS on a MacBook with a blank HD without having another working Mac or old Mac HD?

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I'm getting 3 year old MacBook Pro with no HD (surplus from the company I work for). I don't have a Mac of any sort to do the install/restore/etc like most other answers to this question assume. I have a Windows PC, and will get a new blank internal SATA drive to put into the MacBook Pro. I also have a 1TB external USB drive, if that helps.

How do I purchase and install the latest compatible OS on this new-old MacBook?


texts: After connecting to a server using ftps://somesite.com the files cannot be dragged and dropped there?

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I just learned of a new way to connect to a server and do secure ftp, which is to use Finder, and use Go -> Connect to Server and use

ftps://xyz.somesite.com

and it will open the directories just like inside of Finder (although on Mavericks, it is an X-window type of window. On Sierra, it looks like a native window). However, I found that I can drag and drop files from the remote server to the local hard drive, but not the other way around.  Is there a way to fix it?


texts: Hide name of the user and computer name from terminal window title

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Before Catalina it was possible to hide username and computer name from terminal window title:

Yet now despite any combination of configuration I'm unable to hide those items from window title:


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I keep getting this message:

￼

I understood that when T M filled the target disc, it would delete the oldest backups to make space for later backups. This is fine with me, and I would be quite happy if it just did that. But it keeps warning me with this screen. I can not find a way to stop this so I have to click OK very time, sometime 20  times a day.

I have a 1T HDD with 300Gb free and a 1T backup disc.

Is there a way to stop this warning appearing?


texts: Mavericks Random Spinning Beach Ball appears for less than a second and then goes away

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Ever since upgrading to Mavericks v 10.9.0, the swirly beach ball of death shows up randomly for a split second, even if nothing is currently loading.

Is anyone else experiencing this problem or is it a known bug?


texts: "Battery Health" in macOS Catalina 10.15.5?

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I have just installed the macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update on my 11" Mid 2013 MacBook Air. The update is working fine.

The MacBook Air specifications on the Wikipedia page says that this model has a lithium-ion battery, 'tho I haven't unscrewed the case to look. But the new Battery Health controls in System Preferences → Energy Saver don't appear.

Not a lithium-ion battery? Or perhaps other differences in this model prevent Battery Health from showing up? Something else?


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I will need to spend few weeks with no internet, but I will still have my mobile hot spot. So I wonder if I can prohibit all apps including OS (which I know will try silently to update something) from using internet except terminal, as I still want to be able to connect to my remote server and code.

A free (and/or native) solution would be preferred but I would settle with something I have to pay for if necessary.


texts: Setting alarm on iCal with Applescript does not work with iCloud calendars

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This script, which adds an event to the Calendar, works with the calendars that are local to the Mac that it runs on. When used with iCloud calendars, it seems that the alert is set for a few seconds after the entry is created, and then it is unset.

set alarmTime to -20

set label to "Alert"
set startDate to (current date)
set endDate to startDate + 10 * minutes

tell application "Calendar" to tell calendar "Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren"
    activate
    set thisEvent to make new event at end of events with properties {start date:startDate, end date:endDate, summary:label}
    make new display alarm at end of display alarms of thisEvent with properties {trigger interval:alarmTime}
end tell

Any and all hints and suggestions appreciated.

Thank you.


texts: If I plug my ipod to another computer's itunes, my musics will be deleted?

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I'm thinking about use Ubuntu's Rythmbox to synchronize music, but I need the iTunes from my windows to get some apps.

If I plug my ipod to a windows with no musics on it (to get my apps), my musics will be deleted from ipod?


texts: How to stop Xcode downloading iOS support package of my iPhone?

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I want Xcode to stop downloading the files in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport/12.4 where 12.4 is the iOS version of my iPhone. I have deleted them a couple of times now.

I also want to be able to connect my iPhone via USB to the Mac, without the fear of 2.5 GB bandwidth and storage cost.

This setting in Xcode Preferences → Components doesn't list 12.4.

Xcode 10.3, iOS 12.4, macOS 10.14.

These posts talk about removal only:

Can I delete unnecessary device simulators of Xcode?
Reduce size of the Xcode application


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Can anyone tell me what this floating icon is? it appears in front of all windows. It can be moved about, but nothing happens if I right click on it. I'm running Mojave.
How to get rid of it? What is it?
A small person made this happen and they can't remember what buttons they clicked...


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Apple maps shows "1 of 3 Suggested Routes".

How do I get to see the alternatives?


texts: Cannot Connect to Site with Wi-Fi But Can on 3G

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At some point earlier today, I lost the ability to connect to a site via my wireless network, powered by an Airport Express.

When I try to load the page in Chrome 23 and Safari 6.0.2 on a MacBook Air and an iMac, I get their generic "Chrome Cannot Connect" and "Safari Can't Open the Page" messages.

I get the same errors on an iPad and iPhone when connected to the wireless network. However, if I disable Wi-Fi on my iPhone and try to access the site using the AT&T 3G network.

If I disable Wi-Fi on my iPhone and try to access those sites using the AT&T 3G network.

To try to resolve this, I have shut down and restarted all devices (OS X and iOS) and then unplugged my cable modem and my Airport Express for 20+ plus minutes.

Any other thoughts?


texts: iMac locking immediately after remote connection via Anydesk or Chrome Remote

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I upgraded my iMac Late 2013 to Catalina.  When I login through Anydesk or Chrome Remote Desktop I see my desktop for a split second and then im presented with the lock screen again.
While Anydesk is open, I can press 'switch user' in CRD which then shows me my screensaver.  Then if I start moving around the screen saver eventually quits and I can use my desktop in CRD, while anydesk still sees the switch user screen (the available users and the sleep/restart/shut down options)
After a fresh reboot I was on with CRD & Anydesk.  I closed CRD, and I was back to the starting issue where the screen just locks and using CRD at same time I was able to login.  Sometime later I ended up with total lockout - neither Anydesk or CRD will connect even though I know the Mac is online running scripts.
Two remote connections, same iMac:

I've also now put in Teamviewer and I have the same issue - as soon as I type my password it locks on me.  It sems like something is locking the cursor because with every letter I type the password field loses focus and I have to click again and quickly type the next letter.
These are the relevant options I can think of:

Energy Saver: Turn display off after 10 min, prevent auto sleep when display off, put disks to sleep when possible, wake for network, auto start on power failure, enable power nap.
Screen Saver: Start after Never
Amphetamine: Launch at login, start session when launch or waking sleep, indefinite duration, allow display sleep, (no screen saver, no forced sleep).  Lock screen after 15 min inactivity, allow display sleep when screen locked.


texts: Getting homebrew upgrades to complete without link error interruptions?

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Is there a way to invoke homebrew upgrades without having to handle errors manually? For example, when I run an update with:

brew upgrade

I get error messages like:

Error: You must `brew link libusb' before wine can be installed

Is there a way to tell homebrew to try to recover from these errors using the suggested solution without having to do something myself? I'm not customizing my homebrew installations in any way, so the suggested solutions always solve the problem and allow my re-run upgrade command to continue.


texts: How do I access my old files from an old Macbook HDD with Lubuntu?

texts: I wasn't sure if I should put this on the Apple or Linux stack exchange but here's my problem. So my old Macbook died a while back and I realized that it might have had some important information. My main PC now is a Lubuntu Desktop. So what I did was I bought a SATA with an HDD power connecter to USB cord and I plugged the SATA side into the HDD and the USB into my PC. I was able to get into the HDD's files, but when I was getting into the documents file it said that I could not access it due to permissions. So I changed the permissions and when I clicked apply it said "Error setting permissions: Read-only file system". Can someone tell me how to save the information on the HDD while being able to access it?


texts: Is it possible to simulate a continuos press in AppleScript?

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The closest solution to a continuous key press that I know is just repeating a key press a certain number of times:

repeat 1000 times
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using command down
end repeat

But that's now what I'm trying to do. I need to simulate a continuos press, which means that it's like if the user keeps holding down the 'c' button for a certain amount of time. Is it possible to do that in AppleScript?

Edit I'm trying this way:

tell application "System Events"
    key down "c"
    delay 10
    key up "c"
end tell

Result: it keeps pressed "a" instead of "c". Why? I also have tried with the key code 8 (key down 8), with the same result.


texts: 4 GB of disk space goes "missing" for a week after browsing away from standard sites, why does this happen?

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Using Stack Exchange, reading the news, watching a few YouTubes, browsing journals does not cause this. But when I go off into clickbait and less reputable sites my laptop's fan starts running, memory runs out and about 4 GB of disk space becomes unavailable.
In a week or so (after several restarts), the space becomes available again.
I'm not asking which program to download to recover the space, I'm just curious if this stealth disk squatting is a known phenomenon, what might cause it, and how I might discover myself where that space is and clear it out.

macOS 10.11 (yes I know, will address this soon)
Chrome browser
MacBook Air (Mid 2012) (yes I know, will address this soon too!)

update: I did a quick check with CleanMyMac and while it does find some things, it does not find 4 GB. When I remove 0.5 GB this way or delete files, available disk space actually reduces further rather than increases. Strange!


texts: Which is the best alternative for Dreamweaver in Mac?

texts: I'm looking for a few freeware alternatives to Dreamweaver that I can use in my Mac that runs on OS X Lion. Shoot the best free, website development applications you know?


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I have a Cisco VPN client in OSX 10.6.8, which runs only in 32 bit mode.

Are there any serious disadvantages of switching to 32 bit mode permanently?


texts: Anyone know how to turn off "new unread mail" number in Apple Mail?

texts: See image below. I want to turn off the little number that shows how many new unread e-mails you've received, so that's not distracting me while I'm working in Apple Mail...any quick fixes?


texts: Can I use a retina display at actual pixel size?

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Unfortunately I just learned that Apple is has already discontinued the 17" MBP and Apple marketing has this quote:

  But if you’re looking for a reason why Apple offed the 17-inch now, you need go no further than the 15-inch Retina display MacBook Pro. Not only does it offer the most cutting edge technology of any Apple laptop to date, but its 2880-by-1800 pixel display outstrips the 17-inch’s 1920-by-1200 resolution with room to spare

The numbers quotes are a larger pixel count than the 17 inch model allowed even with the hi-res display but I haven't played with or seen a MB retina display in person yet. Can I set the pixels to "actual size" so that when I do web design I can have a browser set to normal scale but see a LOT of the web page - or for that matter, any app?

I like the idea of a Retina display but if I can't set the display to show the pixels at "actual size" it seems like I am in fact still losing screen real estate even though there are "more pixels" if that makes sense.


texts: How to reduce the number of bits in the programmer calculator on MacOSX?

texts: How do I reduce the number of bits from 64 to 8 bits on the Mac OS Programmer calculator?


texts: Can I sync Notes to and from a secondary iCloud account?

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I have my work iCloud account that needs to be primary for Keynote collaboration etc.

But all most Notes are in my personal iCloud account. I can use my personal iCloud account for iMessages and iTunes, is there a way to also use my personal iCloud account for notes?

Did a bit of searching and found this answer - Notes from iCloud account don't sync with devices when added as secondary account - that is a bit confusing with the various upgrades downgrades of OS. I am on all the latest OS versions.


texts: How do I sync my iPhone 3G to OS X 10.9?

texts: Anyone have any idea how I can sync my iPhone 3G and my Mac OS 10.9?  Seems Mavericks only uses iCloud now, so can't seem to hard sync the two.


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I am a terminal junkie and use it all the time...literally. Is there any way to be able to switch between tabs with Command+Number (eg. Command+1 for tab 1).

Yes, I know about iTerm, I'm just wondering if its possible to do this with stock terminal, since I am quite fond of it.

Thanks


texts: How can I erase hard disk if SuperDrive is broken (OS 10.6.8)?

texts: I have an old MacBook running OS 10.6.8 which I want to recycle, but its internal SuperDrive doesn't work, so I can't use the install disk to do it.  I tried plugging in Apple's external USB SuperDrive which I bought when I upgraded to a MacBook Pro which has no internal SuperDrive, but the external SuperDrive doesn't accept the disc; it's as if the old MacBook doesn't recognize the external drive.  I'm thus at a loss as to how to proceed to wipe the hard disk.


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In my office, I have an LG ultrawide display connected to my MBP (which is inside a Henge dock). The size of the display allows me to use multiple apps in Split View really well. I often use two Parallels VMs next to each other in this way, and that works really great.

This got me thinking, however: is there any way to use a desktop in Split View next to a VM?
I'm guessing there is no 'official' way to do so, but is there any way to get this done, or get something similar going?

To further clarify:
What I'd like to achieve is this, but with my Mac desktop in stead of one of my VMs:


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I pretty much never sync with iPhone with my Mac, but today I tried.

I got an error "The iPhone "XXX" could not be synced because this computer is no longer authorized for purchased items that are on this iPhone."

So I did what it says to do, "Account > Authorizations > Authorize".
iTunes confirmed that I now have used 1 out of 5 authorizations.

Yet the same error appears when I try to sync again. I've tried 5 times.

Some notes:
- Yes, both iTunes and iPhone are connected to the same Apple ID.
- No, I have not changed Apple ID recently. If one specific app was problematic, would it tell me which?
- I am running iOS 10 Public beta.
- I have a couple of TestFlight apps installed.
- I have "deauthorized all" recently. Which is why iTunes tells me "1 out of 5". Only 1 computer involved.

None of the "Similar Questions" on this site seem to have any resolution. But here's to hoping...

Another interesting factoid:

The error message uses the Z spelling of authorize. The confirmation message when re-authorizing the computer uses a S spelling "This computer is already authorised."


texts: Mac - How to copy Documents directory to a USB stick?

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I'm trying to copy the entire Documents folder from a Mac to an external USB drive using the terminal. I'm using the Terminal because the machine will not load any users (it just shows Other) and the Documents directory is the only thing I need before reinstalling.

I've called the USB drive "USB" and formatted it properly as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

When I try:

cp -R Documents /usb

It returns the entire list of everything that needs copying with: "No such file or directory" on the end.

For example

usb/Pics: No such file or directory

The first two lines when I run the CP command are

/usb: Read only file system
Unable to copy extended attributes to /usb: Read-only file system

So that's probably the problem, but it lets me create directories on the USB through the terminal, which would suggest it's not read only?

Anyhow, I'm lost, and would appreciate any help.


texts: What is the maximum wattage/amperage the Magic Mouse 2 can consume?

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Oddly I have to charge these things a lot and I'm trying to determine which power of AC-USB charger to buy without being wasteful.

For example, if I use a 12W (2.4 amp) iPad charger, will the magic mouse consume all 12W, or will it use a stepped-down trickle like 2.5 watts from the 12 watt charger?

Apple doesn't seem to list this info anywhere.


texts: Routing traffic back and forth through a Mac mini server with 2 network interfaces

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I have my office network that looks like this:

My office network looks like this:

the office network (wifi and wired) has the subnetwork 192.168.88.0.
I have some server machines on the subnetwork 192.168.2.0 (NODE_1,.... NODE_10).
I have a machine (it is a Mac mini) with 2 subnetwork interfaces that acts as:

the gateway for all machines in subnetwork  192.168.2.0.
exposes a VPN service (the Mac server app default one)
and provides extra services, such as a DNS)

The Mac mini configuration is my big problem. This is how it looks:

Ethernet interface en0

address: 192.168.88.10
netmask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.88.1

Ethernet interface en2

address: 192.168.2.1
netmask: 255.255.255.0
gateway: 192.168.88.10

I need routing from machines in 192.168.88.0 to those in 192.168.2.0.

To do so I have activated the "Internet sharing" feature of Mac OS: actually I do not know what happens under the hood, but the machines NODE_1 ...NODE_10 go to internet.

Then, when I'm connected to the office network, so that I get an IP such as: 192.168.88.33 I add a routing rule such as:

 sudo route -n add 192.168.2.0/24 -gateway 192.168.88.10

So far so good: everything works fine!!!!!

The big problem is when I connect through the VPN.

VPN Connection

I connect successfully to the VPN exposed at: 192.168.88.10, then I add the routing rule.

 sudo route -n add 192.168.2.0/24 -gateway 192.168.88.10

I'm not able to reach the machines in subnet 192.168.2.0.

Sniffing the packets I see that the packets follow the hops:

-> 192.168.88.10
-> 192.168.2.1
-> 192.168.2.110
<- 192.168.2.1
<- 192.168.88.1

The packet goes to the gateway 192.168.88.1 instead of the 192.168.88.10. Looking into the Mac mini routing tables I see:

192.168.88.202     192.168.88.10      UH              2       93    ppp1
192.168.88.202     40:6c:8f:3:d5:e7   UHLS2           0        0     en0

40:6c:8f:3:d5:e7 is the mac address of 192.168.88.1.

I would like to change the routing without using the internet sharing in order to allow internet access for 192.168.2.0, and cover both the VPN and local scenario, but I don't know the steps I need to do, and how to hand write the rules.

Thanks a lot.


texts: Preview: offset when moving in page history

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When I view a PDF file in preview and use the Page History buttons in the toolbar, preview doesn't jump back to exact same position I was previously, but adds a negative offset of about half a page.

I'm using preview on macOS High Sierra. Preview of macOS Sierra shows the same behaviour but Yosemite jumps to the correct positions.

Any suggestions how I could fix this behaviour?

This question may be in connection with Preview: display position of link targets.


texts: MacOS Catalina Finder sidebar is hidden in restored tabs on system restart

texts: When the Finder is restored with multiple tabs open - say after a system restart with reopen windows option, the sidebar is hidden. With ⌥⌘S or View > Show Sidebar, only the first tab shows the sidebar. On all the other restored tabs, it is hidden. The option to Show Sidebar is disabled on the other restored tabs. This is very frustrating and requires all tabs to be closed and new tabs to be oped afresh! Any work around for this bug?


texts: Something keeps waking up my Mac, how do I find out what it is?

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I have a Mac Pro that draws about 250 watts (so I read somewhere) when it's running full-bore. It apparently draws less than 90 when it's sleeping. For whatever reasons I like to leave it on overnight, but I'd like it to sleep for cost and eco reasons. However, something I have installed keeps waking it up. I've done a fresh reboot, and then told it to sleep once it's fully up and running and before launching any other apps. It won't stay asleep for as long as a half hour (approximately, I haven't timed it) and it certainly won't stay asleep overnight.

By sleep I mean the monitors go dark and the hard drives spin down and the fan stops and power draw is minimised. By wake up I mean a jet takes off in my Mac Pro tower as all the fans and drives spin up together loudly enough to be heard in another room. The monitors may or may not come on, they seem to sleep all right.

FWIW I'm running Snow Leopard on a first-generation Intel Xeon quad-core Mac Pro with 10 GB of RAM, 4 internal hard drives and two monitors, but I think this is a software thing, not hardware, so that shouldn't matter.

How do I find out what process/app/plugin/background operation/preference pane/whatever is waking up my Mac?

Thanks.


texts: How to make an alias link to a Windows server folder

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On our server (windows 2012) we have a folder for Scan files called server/scans/(username). I know how to setup link from windows PC so that user can access the scans. How do I setup the same thing on a Mac Pro notebook?

I understand Apple calls shortcuts as alias. Before I'd just start a shortcut and type in IP address to setup path. How do I do this on the Mac?


texts: How to access local webpage from another host in the same network?

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I'm trying to access RSS feeds hosted on my Mac from another computer in the same network.

The IP-address of the Mac is 192.168.228.84, the port the server uses is 8080.

I can access the page locally, but the Windows PC can't access it, instead it's saying ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.

How would I fix this?


texts: How do I view PDF attachments to my Google Calendar event synched with my iPhone?

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I synched my Google Calendar with the iOS Calendar app (iOS 10.3.2) by adding my Google account. I can see the attachments and file size in the event, but when I click on it to view the PDF file, it brings up a gray screen. Multiple attachments to multiple events do not work. I can share or click Done. The attachments work in the desktop web site.

I can see the attachments in the Calendar event on my phone, but when I click on them, it only brings up a blank page without any content. The file size shows in the list of attachments too.