texts: How to stop audio from "warbling" when using SoundFlower

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My system consists of a 2011 iMac running Mavericks, and using an external audio interface (iConnectAudio4+) along with a Bluetooth speaker and Airfoil to create a "surround" effect for music while I'm working.

The issue is specific to SoundFlower, which I must use or I can't adjust the computer volume at all (volume control gets greyed out).  My routing for this setup is as follows:

Mac Audio Output > SoundFlower > iConnectAudio4+

Airfoil's audio source is typically iTunes and its speakers are the computer, and the Bluetooth speaker.  When I have this set up, everything works fine, except that periodically audio will begin to drift and sounds a lot like a warped cassette tape.  It's very noticeable especially on any sort of sustained notes (pianos, voice, etc.).

If I remove SoundFlower from the equation and simply route System audio direct to the iConnectAudio4+, the problem goes away but I am no longer able to adjust the Mac audio levels via the OS.

In my experience getting this to work, I have to use Airfoil because any other solution such as simply creating a multi-output device of the audio interface and BT speaker, results in a significant and non-adjustable delay between the two.  Airfoil allows for dialing in the latency so that everything is in near perfect sync around me.

My question could be seen as 2 part:

Is there a way to use this setup as I have described but eliminate the audio warping?
Is there a different way to set my system up which would give me the same end result (including ability to adjust Mac volume via the OS) but without audio warping?


texts: What can cause all my accounts (facebook, SO, gmail, ...) to be disconnected all at once?

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I usually don't have to login to Facebook, Gmail, ... the browser "remembers" me, and I surf the web a few times a day.

And this evening (I used the computer a few hours ago) All my accounts were disconnected, which I find strange. Every 30(?) days gmail asks for my password again, Facebook more rarely, ... and those should be independent events. Is there another cause?

I don't remember doing anything else than checking emails / surfing a bit the news. Thanks


texts: Synchronize USB hard drive between Mac and PC

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I have a large (750GB) FAT32 formatted USB hard drive and two computers - a MacBook and a PC - and I want to keep synched and duplicate versions of my work folders (images, word documents, videos etc) on each device: the hard drive, Mac and PC.

To achieve this I imagine a folder synchronization software running on both Mac and PC (ideally the same software) which would sync selected folders between the computer and hard drive.

Does anyone know of such a piece of software?

Many thanks!


texts: Cannot Serial/Screen into things error "Cannot open line '/dev/ttyUSBtoSerial for r/w: resource busy" "Sorry, could not find a PTY"

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Brand new MBP running latest MacOS Catalina 10.15.1, using USB-C to serial device found here:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074WPTY6H/

Get following errors in quick succession when attempting to use the screen command:

Cannot open line '/dev/ttyUSBtoSerial for r/w: resource busy
Sorry, could not find a PTY

Things I have tried:

Adding my user to dialer, tty, and wheel group (Some googling suggested adding user to dialout group but could not find said group on my mac).

Manually installing D2XX drivers found from amazon page.

Verified no screen sessions were still opened with Activity Monitor.

Verified proper permissions were set on the tty device itself.

Coworker was able to use same cable on a MBP successfully.

Thoughts?


texts: macOS Mojave clean install installer doesn't start

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I wish to perform a clean install of macOS Mojave on my Mid 2013 MacBook Air. I am currently running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.

I've done all the steps, from downloading the installer from the Mac App Store, to creating a bootable USB using the follow command:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled -- /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app

Then I rebooted my Mac with the USB flash drive plugged in, holding down the Option key, and got to the select boot media screen.

When I select the USB flash drive to start the installer, I got a black screen with Apple logo and a progress bar. That went well and fill the 100% bar, but then nothing happens.

I've already waited for like 4 hours with nothing happening.

I just want to format my Mac to have a fresh start without any junk files.

Can anybody help me with what's going wrong?


texts: Host same application with different design

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My question is similar to one posted in here but not exactly the same : Creating the same, double applications for iOS permitted?

We are building iOS application for museums, the idea is to create application(s), brand  it per museum by changing color, logo etc, update museum content and host it on app store.

All hosted application will contain similar functionality, but with different content, different users and different branding.

According to Apple review guidelines

  2.11 Apps that duplicate Apps already in the App Store may be rejected, particularly if there are many of them, such as fart, burp,
  flashlight, and Kama Sutra Apps

Does our application comes under the scanner of Apple because of similar functionalities between all of our hosted apps?


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Some time ago, I used BootCamp to set up a partition for Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro (13" late 2014 if it matters) so I could dual-boot. I have since removed the partition using BootCamp, but still can't reclaim the disk space.

The new Disk Utility doesn't show the partition (I'm using the 10.11 Public Beta, but have also checked in the Recovery partition which is still using the old Yosemite Disk Utility).

However, the diskutil Terminal command shows this:

cwatson@ragnarok:~$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            398.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             101.5 GB   disk0s3

It seems the resize has screwed up somewhere, and made the Recover HD over 100GB.

cwatson@ragnarok:~$ sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
Password:
      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  778422104      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  778831744  198273280      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  977105024          3
  977105027         32         Sec GPT table
  977105059          1         Sec GPT header

Is there any way of (safely) resizing this back down to something sensible, so I can reclaim the space?


texts: What is the function of the power button on the Apple Wireless Keyboard?

texts: What does the power button on the Apple Wireless Keyboard do? When it is paired to a MacBook in clamshell mode, does pushing the power button put the MacBook to sleep, wake it up, or have some other effect? Is the power button strictly limited to turning on and off the keyboard itself?


texts: Can I decrease the 20% of drive space that Time Machine won’t use for local snapshots?

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The Apple support article “About Time Machine local snapshots” says that “if less than 20% of the total storage space on your startup drive is available, Time Machine removes local snapshots, starting with the oldest, until you have more than 20% free space.”

If I understand that correctly, that means the local snapshots feature stops working as soon as you fill up 80% of your drive. For a 500GB drive, Time Machine insists on keeping at least 100GB free.

That seems like a lot of space to keep free. I’m not sure why that would be necessary. As a side question: is there any reason why it is specified as a relative percentage of the drive’s size rather than as an absolute number?

Main question: is there any way to decrease this from 20% to, for example, just 10% (so 50GB for a 500GB drive)?


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Does a Corsair CMSO8GX3M1C1600C11 RAM works on a MBP mid 2012?

I know Corsair has mac compatible memory sticks but this one I mention is the only one I can get at my location.

From what I see the latency is a bit different: 11-11-11-28 instead of 11-11-11-30.

I really need to upgrade my RAM but can't get any of the "mac compatible" kits. :-/


texts: Is there a way to use an account for FileVault2 volume-decryption without logging it on?

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I recall a key-combination, in a pre-Mavericks OSX, that could be pressed after entering one account's info for initial startup FileVault volume decryption. The key-combo prevented a full login of that account, instead dropping again to the login prompt, for login via another account.

However, I can no longer find any reference to this capability, nor re-discover the combination through trial-and-error.

Does this option still exist? It was convenient.

(Of course, I can immediately log-off that FileVault account. But in addition to that extra step, when next logging-into my real work account, I never get the question that allows cancelling the annoying re-opening of all apps open at the last crash.)


texts: How to use two internet connections independently

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I have two internet connections, the one is high speed and I connect to through WiFi and the other is a slow PPPoE connection. I have a 5 gig cap for the WiFi connection and a 20 gig cap for the PPPoE connection so the idea is that I use WiFi for general internet browsing, emails etc and the PPPoE connection for torrents.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to use both at the same time. Is there any way that I can setup my torrent client to only use the PPPoE connection, and not the WiFi?


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Since I updated my system from 10.9.1 to 10.9.2, I now have a very annoying  WiFi issue : when I click on the airport icon on the top bar, the WiFi networks are no longueur scanned and I sometimes have to wait up to 5 minutes to see networks around me.

Those two have been taken with a small interval :

Any clue ?


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I typically use my "Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013" MBP at work with the lid closed, connected to an external monitor, a bluetooth trackpad, and a USB keyboard. For the last few months, the results of disconnecting these items and opening the lid have been very frustrating: a black screen that cannot be woken. I end up power-cycling.

I started to compensate by opening the lid before disconnection. For a while, that worked. Most recently, the result of this is that the monitor is alive, but the builtin keyboard and trackpad are ignored. The bluetooth trackpad (if in range) works just fine. This latest behavior seems to me to cast some doubt in the theory that this is a duplicate of MBP Mid 2009 thinks the lid is closed permanently, but only some doubt. Log starts like this, I will shortly post more of it elsewhere.

See a gist containing a whole lot of log, exerpt:

Aug 29 06:34:56 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: full wake (reason 1) 8841 ms
Aug 29 06:34:56 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: vm_compressor_fastwake_warmup (448 - 9340) - starting
Aug 29 06:34:56 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000320
Aug 29 06:34:56 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000340
Aug 29 06:34:56 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: SMC::smcHandleInterruptEvent WARNING status=0x0 (0x20 not set) notif=0x0
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000340
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall - messageType = 0xE0000300
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2.local WindowServer[103]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [16519052069849]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2.local WindowServer[103]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: [BNBTrackpadDevice::init][80.14] init is complete
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: [BNBTrackpadDevice::handleStart][80.14] returning 1
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2 kernel[0]: [AppleMultitouchHIDEventDriver::start] entered
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2.local WindowServer[103]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2.local WindowServer[103]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003e [1, 0]
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2.local WindowServer[103]: Received display connect changed for display 0x2b10130f
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2.local WindowServer[103]: Found 1 modes for display 0x2b10130f [1, 0]
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2.local WindowServer[103]: Display 0x2b10130f changed state to offline
Aug 29 06:34:57 tinfoilhat-2.local WindowServer[103]: No display devices are on-line. Switching to virtual display mode


texts: Mac OS X finder and disk utility not responding

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My mac had turned slow and buggy - I did a reinstall.

After a couple of attempts I succeeded with a "blank" install. I thought it was working fine but now the problems from before keeps popping up:

Finder not responding and not showing any files
Disk utility not responding
Dock freezes after I've tried to use one of the first two applications

Please provide assistance on how to get my Mac to run properly again. I've done a few permission repairs but even if verifying permissions shows up with faulty permissions and I do a repair afterwards, I still have problems with finder etc. Where do I go from here?

Exerpt from system.log:

Jan 11 06:34:59 new-host-3 [0x0-0x67067].com.apple.systempreferences[575]: launchctl remove error: No such process
Jan 11 06:34:59 new-host-3 [0x0-0x67067].com.apple.systempreferences[575]: launchctl remove error: No such process
Jan 11 06:34:59 new-host-3 [0x0-0x67067].com.apple.systempreferences[575]: tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
Jan 11 06:35:27 new-host-3 AddressBookSourceSync[617]: Error, could not create MachMessagePort for com.apple.AddressBook.abd
Jan 11 06:35:38 new-host-3 AddressBookSourceSync[617]: Error, could not create MachMessagePort for com.apple.AddressBook.abd
Jan 11 07:04:18 Jane-Noesgaard-Larsens-MacBook-Pro applepushserviced[623]: <APSCourier: 0x7fdf9ba0d640>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x7fdf99d221a0>: The operation couldn’t be completed. Socket is not connected
Jan 11 07:04:18 Jane-Noesgaard-Larsens-MacBook-Pro applepushserviced[623]: <APSCourier: 0x7fdf9ba0d640>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x7fdf9b815400>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
Jan 11 07:09:22 new-host-3 mds[34]: (/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/4F667D9F-8447-4427-B05A-E9E886D0043D)(Error) IndexPath in openReverseStore:Successfully recovered from shadow with state d00d0dd0
Jan 11 07:09:23 new-host-3 fseventsd[42]: failed to make the directory /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.fseventsd (5/Input/output error)
Jan 11 07:09:23 new-host-3 mds[34]: (Error) Volume: sysctl_queryfs failed: Invalid argument
Jan 11 07:09:24 new-host-3 mds[34]: (/)(Error) IndexSDB in page_cache_deserialize_entries:Unexpected EOF in page cache preload; got 0 bytes at offset 0
Jan 11 07:09:30 new-host-3 UserEventAgent[11]: [11] error in getAndLockContext: open returned -1 (errno=2)  file was /private/var/servermgrd//servermgr_certs.lock
Jan 11 07:09:36 new-host-3 applepushserviced[52]: Unable to bootstrap_lookup connection port for 'com.apple.safaridavclient.push': unknown error code
Jan 11 07:09:36 new-host-3 applepushserviced[52]: Unable to bootstrap_lookup connection port for 'com.apple.iCalPush': unknown error code
Jan 11 07:09:50 new-host-3 WindowServer[99]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

As I wrote I've just reinstalled the machine - of cause I made a backup first.

I just ran the hardware test utility on my application DVD. No trouble reported. I'll take a look at the system log (located above).

Update: Problems are less evident when running Snow Leopard, Finder doesn't show external hard drives (USB) though disk utility does.

The laptop will be picked up for service today and in about 10 working days I'll know if they found any hardware related errors - will post here when I know anything new


texts: MS Remote Desktop on MacBook running Yosemite

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I am running Yosemite 10.10.5 on my 13" MacBook (Early 2014) and I want to make remote connections to a Windows PC. When I go to the App Sotre and try to install the Microsoft Remote Desktop app I get this messgae:
"Microsoft Remote Desktop can't be installed because OS X version 10.13 or later is required".
Since I am stuck with Yosemite how can I obtain an older version of the Remote Desktop app. Presumably it worked previously when Yosemite was the latest version?


texts: How can I check if a new hard disk is detected by Mac EFI at boot?

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I have a Mac Mini (late 2012) and have added a new hard disk drive in it. But Mac OS 10.10.5 is unable to detect it. If this were a PC, I'd check the BIOS to see if it was detected and listed there, to rule out hdd cable or connection issues. But as I understand it, Mac Mini's have EFI.

What is the BIOS equivalent to a Mac EFI, to check if a drive is detected by the system?

(P.S: The drive is not shown in "Disk Utility". I have even swapped the drives and HDD cables to check cable issue, but the drive is still not detected.)


texts: iOS7 Moving Backgrounds - file type and creating your own

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iOS7 comes with parallax backgrounds.

My questions are:
Are these a standard file type? Does anybody know what it is?

Is there a process to create a custom one?

--

EDIT

Thanks everyone - I was asking for both.

Edit - Someone has suggested that the dynamic backgrounds that are animated according to their programming  are quartz composer files. Is it possible to write one of these yourself and upload it to the phone? What would the process for this be?


texts: On iPad Mini, AppleTV doesn't work with Google Hangout video chat

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every time we try to use Apple TV with Google Hangout on our Ipad Mini (with the Google hangout app)  the screen goes blank the second the video chat window shows up.

Up to that point, Apple TV mirrors everything perfectly (other apps, videos, internet, etc). Is this a bug or  some kind of device limitation that prevents Hangout on the Ipad Mini? we already downloaded all the updates both on the iPad mini and the Apple TV console. Our Apple Tv/ Hangout setup does work on the same rig when we use a Mac Mini computer.

Many thanks


texts: Mounted encrypted disk images are accessible by other users

texts: Is it normal that mounted encrypted disk images appear on the other user's desktop as well if you have two different users at the same computer? This phenomena has been around for some time now. I could not get rid of it by reinstalling the system.


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I have downloaded the Sierra Installer from the App Store and I would like to make a bootable thumbdrive out of it.

I tried using the createinstallmedia binary that the installer ships with but got the following error:

/Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: cannot execute binary file

What happened? How do I go about fixing it?


texts: FaceTime not working on iPhone 6 Plus purchased from Dubai

texts: I bought my iPhone 6 Plus in Dubai. I am using the phone in Sri Lanka and I cannot use the FaceTime. How can I use FaceTime while in Sri Lanka?


texts: Using Only an External Monitor with a MacBook Air or Pro?

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This question Use Only External Display With Macbook asks how to use an external display with a Macbook  in clamshell/closed mode with attached peripherals such as external keyboard and mouse.

I would like to know how to use a Macbook (Air or Pro), in its own right (without the use of attached external keyboard and mouse peripherals) that is attached to an external monitor.

On Windows, you can right-click the desktop and select an option to output only to an external display.

In OS X, I believe things to be slightly more complicated, therefore would like to know the precise steps needed to achieve this and indeed once finished with the external display, how to go back and use my Macbook as normal ?


texts: Mac OSX Virtual box running appliance copied from Windows

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I had to work out of the office today and brought a copy of the Windows 2000 appliance I have on my Windows 7 machine at the office.

Copied this to the Mac I am now on (Mavericks) and copied the files into the /Users/myUserName/VirtualBox VMs directory.

Added the host-only adapter to the VB preferences and then added this to the network for the specific machine.

When running the virtual machine I boots and then fails with

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Win2000ServerAdv.

Nonexistent host networking interface, name 'VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter' (VERR_INTERNAL_ERROR).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: Console
Interface: IConsole {8ab7c520-2442-4b66-8d74-4ff1e195d2b6}

Now I am no netowkring expert but my guess is that issue lies with the fact that 'VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter'is the name of the adapter on Windows and on a Mac this gets named to 'vboxnet0'.

Is there a simple work around for this poosibly, I thought there would have been a way to rename the vboxnet0 adapter name to 'VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter' but cannot see anything for this, not even in the command line tools.

Any help in this regard would be great, or a simply 'No it cant be done' would be helpful.

Ta
John


texts: How do I fix iTunes could not copy unknown error (-5000)?

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I got this error trying to sync from my Macbook Pro (OSX Yosemite, 10.10.5) to my iPhone SE:

  iTunes could not copy "The Song Remains the Same" to the iPhone "Dan's Phone" because an unknown error occurred (-5000).

Oddly, the problem didn't occur with my previous iPhone 5s.  How do I fix it?


texts: CoreStorage encryption fails - Is it possible to have multiple encrypted partitions on an external drive?

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I have a 2TB WD MyBook Studio drive connected via FireWire to my MBP. What I would like to have is two encrypted partitions. So what I do: Disk Utility > Partition and then right click on each partitions and say "Encrypt Volume".

However, the procedure always fails, once the second partition is encrypted. I get really strange behavior in OS X. Disks will stop encrypting, get awfully slow and the whole system becomes unresponsive. I tried multiple times with OS X 10.8.6 and also 10.10.1.

So I am wondering if the issue is related to the WD disk somehow or if it is a limitation of CoreStorage that only one volume per disk can be encrypted. Do you have any experience with this? Any hints where I could continue looking?


texts: Can I use iPad 1 or iPad 2 accessories (such as cases / covers) on the new iPad (3)?

texts: Does the new iPad have the same form factor / dimensions as the first two iPads?  Can I re-use accessories from the first two iPads?


texts: How to manage remote music library but at the same time have some music still on the MacBook (preferably in sync)?

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How can I keep my whole music library on my NAS and comfortably access it and manage it there and at the same time have a music selection locally stored on my MacBook that I can manage while away and that gets synchronized with my NAS library when I get back.

Is there way to do that?

My Setup: a Synology DS412+ with DSM 4.1 and a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion

Update:
The idea is to have a master library on the nas and a slave library for mobile use that merges all changes back to the master and gets updated information from the nas. Like a selective cloud sync.

Update (2):
The purpose of this usage is to be able to play music without having access to broadband internet (train, plane, car, public places, ...) without maintaining two libraries.


texts: How do I reset my ipod touch 1st gen's password?

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My daughter set a password on it and now does not remember it, how can I remove/reset the password?

The software version is 3.1.3.


texts: Get values from Numbers.app into AppleScript's variables

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I have a .numbers file in following format:

Product Quantity Price
Apple   5        3
Banana  7        2
Orange  3        4

I need to get three variables with new-line separated values, e.g. identical to what I entered in script for testing:

set Products to "Apple
Banana
Orange"

set Quantities to "5
7
3"

set Prices to "3
2
4"

At best loading the file with closed Numbers.app, but selecting a range is also OK.


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I set up some custom date formats, and while at first the date in the menu bar did honor them, now I've noticed it stopped and it's just using a standard one.

How do I switch it back?

Screenshot:

If I click on it, it shows it using my custom format, but that's infinitely pointless.

I'm running 10.10.3, IIRC I updated yesterday (from a 10.10.?, likely the one just before this one), but I'm not sure it's this update who broke it.


texts: MacBook on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 not returning disk space after deletion

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So I believe I have a drive requiring FSCK or a version of this for Catalina. This started first of all when I was trying to get rid of purgeable space by creating lots of files using the dd if=blah blah of=/users/user/bigfiles/bigfile1 etc etc. When I deleted these files I didn't get my disk space back. Even now deleting large video files has no effect, in fact any deletion gets only minimal space recovery or none at all.
I have tried all the usual tricks "First Aid" (in recovery mode) and all the disk checks I know how to do, booted into single user mode etc, and run utilities like ONYX, but even though it didn't fix my disk it seemed to find something wrong. Can anyone please shed some light of the results?
Also some people have suggested this is a local Time machine backup issue so I deleted all my local backups and verified there are none there.
As you can see I have some errors when I scan disk Macintosh HD - Data, I get a bunch of
warning: xf: INO_EXT_TYPE_DSTREAM: found unexpected stream associated with non-regular file

and then a load of
warning; FOUND ORPHAN DSTREAM IDOBJECT (id 384942334 (or whatever) refcnt 1)

The volume /dev/rdisk2s1 appears to be ok
As you can then see from the next screen shot 478GB used and 600MB free
Rebooting into multi user mode I looked at the local snapshots.
I had already deleted all my local snapshots and can show there are none left with:
sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
....and get nothing listed...
Next I run Daisydisk and you can see 0.5GB free so I scan the disk and see that:
498GB total used but if you add the items shown you only get approx 260GB so apparently 240GB has been eaten by the system and hidden somewhere.
Any ideas?
Regards
P.S. so I couldn't work out how to insert multiple files (screen shots and a PDF) so here is a link to a Onedrive directory with them in it.
https://silverfoxpc-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/p/royswift/EoMj7wW0uwtJroUuQWXTfMMBYQVlkbmmRhUsJacEvc4nIw?e=bQ5DJF


texts: Free app to detect & delete duplicate files from my Mac

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I am just wondering is there any way to find duplicate files on my Mac?

For example: when I download something from bittorrent, some unnecessary files also download along with the main file with .dat extension. I want to delete all of these .dat files at one time. Currently I have a lot of these files on my computer & they are stored in many different directories. It would be a lot of work to delete them one by one.

Thus, are there any free apps to do that sort of job or some way I can find & delete them?


texts: I recently decided to start off with a fresh install of iOS due to my springboard crashing often and everything being messed up. I went to Settings > General > Reset to reset the device, and it started out OK. Currently, it's been sitting with the spinner icon (The one you get when you power down) for over half an hour with no progress. Is this normal? If not, what should I do? I have an iPhone 5s, 32 GB storage, but only about 6 GB is actually used. The spinner icon isn't frozen, it's still moving.


texts: Using Spotlight to play iTunes songs causes another song to play after resuming from pause

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Spotlight allows you to play songs from iTunes. Unfortunately, when I pause the song and resume, iTunes goes back to playing what it was playing before I used Spotlight.

Is there any way to fix this behaviour?
Are there any alternative methods of playing an iTunes song which I already know the name of?

iTunes Version: 10
OS X Version: Snow Leopard


texts: How can I set a preferred contact method in Messages

texts: I have a contact with iMessage, AIM and Google Talk accounts. When using Messages to open a new chat with her, I'd like it to always default to Google Talk if she's online -- instead, it seems to pick a contact method at random. How can I make it use Google Talk by preference (without deleting the other accounts, since I want them to be available as well)?


texts: Upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion but not Mavericks

texts: I have to downgrade from Mavericks to Mountain Lion due to some software required for work. I used the Internet Recovery method to downgrade, but it is not Lion. I would like to upgrade to Mountain Lion, but there is only Mavericks available in the Mac App Store.


texts: Does archiving already archived messages means deleting them?

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I am using Mail.app using an imap-account (not Gmail).
Just as it should, the app created an 'Archive' folder where it put all the messages in on which I used the archiving function.
I was browsing this Archive folder when, out of habit, I used the archiving function again on one of the conversations. This caused the conversation to disappear and I cannot find it anywhere: Not in any folder, the trash, anywhere on the imap server or the Mail.app or its cache.

How can this be intended behavior? Is this a known bug (I could not find any mention of this online). Where are my messages?

Update

I contacted Apple support. This turns out to be a known bug. Look out.


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I cracked my iPhone 5 screen and the right side of the screen is black and un-touchable but the left is fine.
I want to back my phone up to my computer and when i try iTunes says "iTunes could not back up the iPhone because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the iPhone before it can be backed up." but i can't put my password because i can't touch all the buttons to put it in. HELP!!!


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After working fine for days, my Mac has started freezing temporarily. This is triggered by switching between applications. This freeze may last a couple of seconds to a minute or even more. After that, everything works as if nothing happened. When I switch to another app, it will happen again. I can only stop this by rebooting the Mac. Then it works fine again, even when switching between apps.

Some additional info:

I was not able to pinpoint a single app to cause this issue. Once it occurs, it occurs on every switch, no matter between which applications.
It doesn't matter how I switch, either CMD-TAB or by selecting an other apps window by mouse, the problem is the same.
The problem occurs both with external monitors attached and when working "stand alone". (Before, I thought it had to do with external monitors, but recently the problem occurred when I was working "stand alone", so that theory is off the table.)
The problem occurs every couple of days now.
Normally, I never shutdown or reboot my Mac. I just close the lid and it goes to sleep until I open the lid again.

Details:

macOS version: 10.13.5 (17F77)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

Does someone have had a similar problem? If so, what was the cause en did you find a solution? If not, where do I start to look for possible causes?


texts: Debugging charging problem with MacBook Pro

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I have a MacBook Pro (unibody late 2008 15")

A few weeks ago the charger was causing hassle and eventually the connector came loose.

The MacBook eventually lost power.

Then, I asked my friend for a lend of his charger. I plugged it in, no light showed indicating the charger was plugged in. However, upon plugging the charger out, the battery light would blink indicating the laptop was totally drained of battery.

The odd time (when I press loads of keys and power button at the same time) the laptop would turn on and I could work on it, but no battery showed and once I plugged the charger out it would die.

I figured it was something wrong with my friends charger.

I ordered a magsafe connector online and connected it to my broken charger.

I tried it out today and exactly the same thing is happening as did with my friends charger.

No charger indicator light, and battery indicator blinks for a few seconds when I plug it out.

It can't be a fault with the charger, since the same thing happens with my friends charger.

I doubt it's a fault with my MacBook Pro, since I had no issues before until the charger broke.

I tried an SMC reset, though it's hard to know if it worked properly since the battery is totally drained (as the battery light indicates), and I'm not sure if I did the right SMC reset for my specific macbook.

Any suggestions?


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Are encrypted Wi-Fi passwords stored in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist? If yes, which string?

I know we can view wireless passwords using the Keychain GUI or using security in Terminal. But where are Wi-Fi passwords actually physically stored in macOS?


texts: show long filenames immediately in Mountain Lion when hovering mouse and key press

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In Leopard, at the finder, when a file/folder had a long filename (and it truncated it with an ellipsis "…"), I just had to press the option (alt) key and hover the cursor on that file/folder, and it would show a tooltip with the full filename.

In Mountain Lion (10.8.2) I can't do that, and I haven't found a way to get the full filename without selecting the actual file and going to "Get Info".

So, is there a way to get the full filename without selecting the file/folder in Mountain Lion just like it could be done in Leopard (immediately get the full filename tooltip via a keyboard key and hovering the cursor over the file/folder)?


texts: Left Shift/Control/Option keys don't work

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Yesterday the shift stopped working most of the time (it works 1/100) suddenly (did not spill anything), and the weird thing is that today the Control & Option keys joined the party — they stopped working (only left keys).

It's a MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.2 15" Mid-2015 (IG) (MJLQ2LL/A).

I have tried the keys in my Windows VMWare and they don't work. In keyboard viewer in Mac they are not highlighted when tapped.

How to know for sure if this is a hardware issue (with keyboard or elsewhere too) and how can I fix the problem?

Update: External bluetooth works fine


texts: Reinstall mac os x 10.10 yosemite; never had mac os license assigned to my icloud account

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Recently I found an old MacBook, probably from 2009 at my company's storage place. My boss allowed me to take it and I really want to try it out.

The thing is, when I try to reinstall mac os with Recovery boot (command + R) I have to login into my iCloud account. After I do it, it says that the service is currently unavailable. The thing to mention is that I never had any mac os assigned to my iCloud account. I've read some forums, but I want to be sure.

Should I buy a license for some Mac OS on apple's site and then try to login again and then it would work?

Thank you.


texts: How can I disable or enable keyboard input source?

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I am using macOS Catalina v10.15.7. I am using Control+Space to select text in emacs. In order to achieve I am deselecting Select the previous input source and Select the next source Input menu.
=> Settings => Keyboard => Shortcuts => Input Sources
[ ] Select the previous input source  # deselected
[ ] Select next source in input menu  # deseleced

So when I press Contol+Space not it does not open open Input Source window.
In some cases I believe if macOS crashed or if I force macOS to shutdown by pressing the power button, after opening macOS and when I press control+space it is bound to Input Source even if (Select the previous input source Select next source in input menu) are deselected under the setting.
Is it possible to change input sources's setting using a script in startup as

First select Select the previous input source and Select next source in input menu

Then deselect Select the previous input source and *Select next source in input menu

=> Settings => Keyboard => Shortcuts => Input Sources
[X] Select the previous input source  # selected
[X] Select next source in input menu  # selected

then

[ ] Select the previous input source  # deselected
[ ] Select next source in input menu  # deseleced

I am using Control+Space constantly mark/unmark text in emacs, which is the default keybinding.

C-SPC Set the mark at point, and activate it (set-mark-command).


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Money is no object. I want a bit for bit perfect copy of a hard drive/partition which is bootable (is either possible) to be used in a backup regimen.

I have heard of some tools but your recommendations with clear outlines of the features that make it useful for you as a backup solution would be most appreciated.


texts: Enable ssh-key-only login to my Mac for 1 user

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I have a Macbook Air that I would like to allow remote SSH access to without a password. I have created a user called remotepair that I have logged into and verified I can used the Mac with. I have also added this user to the "Remove Login" service's allowed user list and turned on the service. This was all done in the "Sharing" control panel.

I have gotten the public key of another computer and added it to the file /Users/remotepair/.ssh/authorized_keys. When the other computer does ssh remotepair@<my ip> I still get a password prompt.

How do I disable this password prompt?


texts: iPhone App Store: can I install free apps using Face ID instead of my Apple ID password?

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The App Store prompts me for my password for every free app I am trying to install. I have already Face ID setup for the App Store, can I use it instead? Or even the phone's passcode?
On my Macbook I have disabled the password prompt for free apps, but I'm not sure whether that's device specific.
I have tried restarting the phone and disabling Face ID for the App Store.
iOS 14.1


texts: Reformat Mac SSD drive so fast - did it really work?

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I followed the directions here for erasing my 500 GB SSD drive on a MacBook Pro:

How to reinstall macOS

I chose the strongest erasing option under the security options. I hit the erase button, and the process took about 3 seconds to complete. I tried again a few times because this seemed way to fast, but got the same result. Is it supposed to be this fast?


texts: Home Sharing from Mac to Mac is stuck at song start

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I have a Mac Mini serving as my home media server.
I setup Home Sharing, and I can see my library on all my other devices at home. My entire collection is without any DRM, and it's all ALAC (some 24 bit, some 16 bit).
I am able to stream music to my iPhone, iPad and my Apple TVs.
However, I am unable to stream to other Macs in my house, I tried both a 5k iMac and a Macbook Air.
The Mac Mini is running Catalina. The iMac is running Big Sur. The Macbook Air was running Mojave (didn't work), I then upgraded to Big Sur (still didn't work).
I'm running out of ideas what I can check and would love some suggestions.


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I am a huge fan of the terminal-based music player cmus. It does everything I want from a music player and nothing I don't. I want to use it instead of iTunes on my Macbook. I installed it via homebrew and it's working great, except for one thing...

I'm trying to set up a system hotkey to play/pause cmus even if it's not focused. cmus provides a command-line program to help you do this.

cmus-remote --pause

Running that from anywhere will connect to the running cmus instance via a socket and issue the play/pause command.

So I'm trying to set up a system hotkey to run that command and play/pause cmus. As suggested in another answer, I've tried creating an Automator service workflow that runs the script. So hotkey starts the Automator service which runs the shell script which runs cmus-remote.

Now here's the real problem:

This Automator workflow works perfectly when I run it from the Automator edit interface, but it always fails when I try to run it as a service. The error message contains no useful information, just "The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error."

I've attempted to put some debugging output into my script:

echo "AUTOMATION STARTED" >> ~/automation.txt
/usr/local/bin/cmus-remote --pause 2>&1 >> ~/automation.txt

When I read that file, all I see is:

AUTOMATION STARTED

Clearly the workflow is starting and running, and it's the cmus-remote command itself that is failing.

So...

Why this would cmus-remote work inside the Automator GUI, but die mysteriously outside of it?
Is there anyway to get more failure info out of cmus?
Are there open-source alternatives to Automator for binding system hotkeys to simple shell commands?


texts: How do I permanently delete, not erase, disk0s4 from Terminal?

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I would like to use Terminal because whenever I use Disk Utility and I click partition, Disk Utility crashes.
What command should I use in Terminal to permanently delete disk0s4, not erase?


texts: How to open GUI applications on remote machine logged in via SSH on OS X

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I am logging into a remote Fedora 12 machine via SSH. I have enabled X11 forwarding by passing -X parameter to ssh. I also tried trusted forwarding with -Y. Both of them fail with (gedit:3711): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display, when I try opening a file with gedit on the remote machine.

What am I missing?


texts: I updated Sophos now I am getting these errors popping up repeatedly

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How can  I get rd of these pop up error messages, I have deleted the Sophos Antivirus but still I am getting these popups, where is it coming from ?

I am using sierra OS on mac book pro 2013 edition.


texts: How to pick a recovery partition to boot into when there are multiple?

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I have a Mac Mini with a Fusion Drive. There are two instances of macOS installed on it.

One (just upgarded to 10.13) is installed on an encrypted CoreStorage logical volume that spans the SSD and part of the HDD, and the other one (10.11) is installed on the rest of the HDD:

~> diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            121.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            396.9 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk1s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            601.8 GB   disk1s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS XYZ                    +512.0 GB   disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
                                 Unlocked Encrypted Fusion Drive

As you can there are also two recovery partitions. One holds a 10.11 recovery and the other one holds a 10.13 recovery:

~> diskutil mount disk1s3
Volume Recovery HD on disk1s3 mounted

~> grep ProductVersion -a2 /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/com.apple.recovery.boot/SystemVersion.plist
    <key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>
    <string>10.13</string>
    <key>ProductVersion</key>
    <string>10.13</string>
</dict>

~> hdiutil mount /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/com.apple.recovery.boot/BaseSystem.dmg
...
/dev/disk3              GUID_partition_scheme
/dev/disk3s1            Apple_HFS                       /Volumes/OS X Base System

~> grep ProductVersion -a2 /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
    <key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>
    <string>10.13</string>
    <key>ProductVersion</key>
    <string>10.13</string>
</dict>

~> diskutil mount disk1s5
Volume Recovery HD on disk1s5 mounted

~> grep ProductVersion -a2 /Volumes/Recovery\ HD\ 1/com.apple.recovery.boot/SystemVersion.plist
    <key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>
    <string>10.11</string>
    <key>ProductVersion</key>
    <string>10.11</string>
</dict>

~> hdiutil mount /Volumes/Recovery\ HD\ 1/com.apple.recovery.boot/BaseSystem.dmg
C...
/dev/disk4              GUID_partition_scheme
/dev/disk4s1            Apple_HFS                       /Volumes/OS X Base System 1

~> grep ProductVersion -a2 /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System\ 1/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
    <key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>
    <string>10.11</string>
    <key>ProductVersion</key>
    <string>10.11</string>
</dict>

Now the thing is that I want to boot into the 10.13 recovery, but when I hold the Option key during boot I get only 3 options: XYZ, Macintosh HD and Recovery 10.11.

Is it even possible?


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I understand that I can boot OS X from an external disk, but is that just as a means of recovery?

Can I actually setup and use OS X from an external disk to do work and save documents etc?


texts: Checking if a driver is loaded for a device

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I'm trying to get a Hauppauge Nova-T USB dongle working under OS X El Capitan. I found an unofficial driver installer and a program to watch television using this dongle, but the program is not detecting it.

In Windows, I know I can go to Device Manager to check if a driver has been loaded for a certain device. How can I verify if a driver was loaded? I've already verified that the dongle was detected using ioreg -p IOUSB:

+-o Nova-T Stick@14100000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x10001c71e, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (12 ms), retain 11>


texts: Make mercurial NOT use xcode's filemerge

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This is perhaps a question for hg as much as it is for macOS.

I just upgraded to macOS High Sierra(10.13.4) to install Xcode.

Before the upgrade, my mercurial was set up to use kdiff3 as the diff tool and I was happy with it.

After the upgrade, mercurial is now using the file merge tool that comes with xcode. I do not want hg to use the file merge tool and have not done any change for this to happen except install xcode.

The configuration in ~/.hgrc looks as follows

[extdiff]
cmd.kdiff3="/Applications/kdiff3.app/Contents/MacOS/kdiff3"

[merge-tools]
kdiff3.args = $base $local $other -o $output
pom_merge.priority = -100
pom_merge.premerge = True
pom_merge.args = -o $output $base $local $other
pom_merge.executable = /Users/username/codebases/apm/hg/secondbase/tools/hg-tools/pom_merge.py

[merge-patterns]
**pom.xml = pom_merge

[extensions]
shelve=
rebase=
purge=
hgext.extdiff=
extdiff=
strip=

[tortoisehg]
vdiff =kdiff3
editor="/Applications/kdiff3.app/Contents/MacOS/kdiff3"

When I run hg config, which is supposed to show the combined settings from all hgrc files, it does the following entries, but I do not know where they come from

merge-tools.filemerge.executable=/Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileMerge.app/Contents/MacOS/FileMerge
merge-tools.filemerge.args=-left $other -right $local -ancestor $base -merge $output
merge-tools.filemerge.gui=True
merge-tools.filemergexcode.executable=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/FileMerge.app/Contents/MacOS/FileMerge
merge-tools.filemergexcode.args=-left $other -right $local -ancestor $base -merge $output
merge-tools.filemergexcode.gui=True

Does any one have any idea how to fix this so I can continue to use kdiff3 as my difftool instead of the xcode file merge?


texts: OS X - How do I remove photos from my iPhone using the Photos app after import?

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OS: OS X 10.10.3 (Yosemite)
Machine: Macbook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
iPhone: 5s on 8.2 (12D508)

So I import all photos/videos off of my iPhone to Photos on a daily basis after upgrading from iPhoto and it works well overall, so far.

The problem is that, while Photos does give me the option to "Delete items after import", the option becomes greyed out after some imports and there are some items that get left behind on the iPhone (they are successfully imported but do not get deleted).

iPhoto would let me delete already-imported photos, but Photos does not. I also do not sync Photos using iTunes.

I have two inconvenient workarounds to this:

Select all photos in Photos app, check "Delete items after import" and click "Import Selected" again. This may or may not create duplicates -- I'm not sure.
Manually delete each photo on my iPhone like a cave person

So my question is this-

Is there a more automatic way to do this (without duplicates), since I'm doing it on a regular basis?


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We are an Apple school with Macs and iPads. I'd like us to start a magazine that's digitally distributed but Newsstand apps would be too complex (plus there's no revenue model) from what I have read on this site. On the other hand, the iPad app Creative Book Builder is too simple. Using web based applications like Glossi.com has limitations in Safari.

Ideally, I'd like to:

Work on iPads (in an app) OR Macs
Work collaboratively

Any suggestions? I don't mind if the collaborative element is restricted to that different students send me the different parts, but the compiling and distribution should lead to the magazine being readable on our iPads.
Any suggestions for an app or workflow? Thanks.


texts: Copying and pasting between terminal windows adds extra characters

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I've recently moved from MacOS 10.4 to 10.15.  I use Japanese/English/Russian/Chinese, and I've noticed a different behavior when copying between terminal windows on 10.15. Extra characters, specifically 00~, 01~ are prepended and appended to my buffer.  As an example,

ideas/2020

becomes

00~ideas/202001~

when pasted.
I'm unsure if this issue is a function of the languages or a significant change in behavior in the terminals, but it's rather bothersome.

Any suggestions on what might inhibit the addition of extra characters in the buffer would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to stop display from turning off when I disconnect a Screen Sharing client

texts: I have a Mac which I connect to using Screen Sharing to log in and start a video playing. Since upgrading to El Capitan, when I quit the screen sharing client, the screen on the remote machine turns off. How do I stop this from happening, while still having the screen turn off normally after a few minutes of inactivity?


texts: Listing the terminal commands available for Mac OS

texts: I would like to make more use of the terminal. Is there a command I can use that could list for me all the available command of the Mac OS? I am using Snow Leopard.


texts: Can I pair an iPhone 4S to Apple TV (no longer activated with Verizon) or can I connect the iPhone directly to Apple TV to get an HDMI output?


texts: How to get rid of firewall asking when developing a program?

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When you develop a program you compile a web server as an executable server.
When you run it the firewall would ask "Do you want the application 'server' to accept incoming network connections?".
You click yes. Then you do some changes and recompile the program, and the firewall would ask again (I suppose because it's detect that the executable has been changed).
How to get rid of that question? I don't want to disable firewall, I only want to disable it for this specific program.


texts: How to use a software installed by "cargo install" (Rust)

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I installed with brew install rust, which also installed cargo command. On the Rust homepage they offer a different installation method, but I like to keep everything managed by Homebrew.
I then installed cargo install tickrs, but could not start the software tickrs. Even in new Terminal window, it seems some path issue.
tickrs -s BTC-EUR
zsh: command not found: tickrs

echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin


texts: Mac OSX Account Lock Out & Auto Disabled

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Situtation:

I have an old iMac running 10.10.x and I primarily use it as an external display for a Macbook Pro. I tried to login to the account and got a message saying my password was incorrect. Checked the caps lock and hint and I was using the correct password.  I tried another account on the computer and it was incorrect password too. After a couple of attempts all accounts were disabled and I was asked to contact an admin. This is a personal computer so I guess that's me. I'm not a novice so I attempted to get to the bottom of it and seem to have some way bigger issue.

The Problem:

Process to reset passwords as follows. Reset password for the primary Admin account (all accounts but 2 are admin) using iCloud but then the new password was marked as incorrect. I reset computer using command + R and it loaded Utilities and I changed password using Terminal resetpassword. I changed all accounts passwords to 1 so that I couldn't miss type.

I reset computer and successfully logged into 2 accounts. I migrated some files and then turned off the screen. After some time, it went to the lock screen. I tried logging in with my password of 1 and the account was automatically disabled after single attempt.

What could the problem be?

Reset Password using Utilities:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/reset-bypass-password-mac-macbook/


texts: Is it possible to "emulate" virtual monitors like Windows does for remote desktop users?

texts:
I want to remote desktop into macOS, but when I use a client like VNC Viewer on my Windows PC, it only allows me to go up to whatever resolution the macOS machine has (like 2560x1440 on an iMac).
My Windows setup has 3 monitors attached (4K, 2.5K, and 2K). If I use native Windows remote desktop into a tiny laptop with a 1920x1080 monitor, the program still opens up in fullscreen. It basically emulates having 3 monitors connected to the laptop.
I want the same but for macOS. What options do I have in that regard? Bonus points if it can run headless, so I can use it on a Mac Mini or a Mac Pro stashed away in a closet somewhere.


texts: Where can I find Apple Clips' EDLs? (Or hack one?)

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I'm enjoying the free, nifty Clips app for iOS for making simple videos. But today after purging old photos from my Camera Roll, some of my projects in Clips were "Missing Items."

Thankfully, Clips includes a way to recover missing items from the Deleted Items album in Photos. Thus, I'm out of the woods for today.

But going forward, I realize that it would be helpful to have access to the filenames of all the images or videos that I use in my Clips projects. Or at least a way to save a copy of the items I used.

Unfortunately, Clips doesn’t show any filenames within projects.

With professional editing software, such as Final Cut Pro, you can locate/generate an EDL, or Edit Decision List. This is often a text file or an XML file containing filenames and maybe timecodes, etc.

Do EDLs exist for Apple Clips, or can I locate/generate something similar? I presume that the app uses a resource such as this to maintain data for open projects.

If not, is there any way for me to generate some sort of archive of the original files?

I welcome other ideas or suggestions.


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How to show/hide invisible files and folders from Service menu?

By default files and folders whose name start with . is invisible. In order to show them, you can use the following command in Terminal.

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true; killall Finder

To restore the default state, in which those files are hidden, use the following.

defaults delete com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles; killall Finder

How can I toggle the status of AppleShowAllFiles key without launching Terminal?


texts: How to get a value from a list with a string in AppleScript?

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What I try to achieve is that the dialog should output the IP adres that is in the list.

set ipList to {DNS1:"8.8.8.8", DNS2:"8.8.4.4"}
set input to "DNS1"
set output to input of ipList
display dialog output

it gives an error:
error "input of {DNS1:\"8.8.8.8\", DNS2:\"8.8.4.4\"} kan niet worden opgevraagd. " number -1728 from input of {DNS1:"8.8.8.8", DNS2:"8.8.4.4"}

If I do:

set output to DNS1 of ipList

it works, so my guess I should do something with variable input.

I've been googling for some time now but I can't seem to find a hint. I'm pretty sure the answer is already somewhere on here but I can't seem to find it. Sorry for that.

UPDATE: I think I asked the question all wrong.

Let me retry, I have a list:

set ipList to {DNS1:"8.8.8.8", DNS2:"8.8.4.4"}

I would like to loop through the items. So have this coded with less code:

set IP_address to "8.8.8.8"
try
    set ping to do shell script ("ping -c 2 " & IP_address & "| head -2 | tail -1 |cut -d = -f 4")
    if ping contains "ms" then
        set Output1 to "DNS 1 UP"
    else if ping contains "timeout" then
        set Output1 to "DNS 1 DOWN"
    end if
end try
set IP_address to "8.8.4.4"
try
    set ping to do shell script ("ping -c 2 " & IP_address & "| head -2 | tail -1 |cut -d = -f 4")
    if ping contains "ms" then
        set Output2 to "DNS 1 UP"
    else if ping contains "timeout" then
        set Output2 to "DNS 1 DOWN"
    end if
end try

display dialog (Output1 & return & Output2) buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "Resultaat"

Again, I'm a newbie, I'm sorry


texts: What applications should I avoid charging my iPhone with?

texts: I always charge my iPhone with the charger that comes with it but I was wondering could I use different kind of USB devices to charge my phone? Will it damage my phone?


texts: Embedding AppleScript inside a Bash -- getting Error

texts:
I'm fiddling with bash for the first time and trying to get something simple to work.

#!/bin/bash
    while true ; do
    osascript <<EOF
        tell application "System Events"
            tell every desktop
                set picture to "/Users/bill/Desktop/bckg_changer/ARM_1885.jpg"
            end tell
        end tell
    EOF
done

When I execute this file from the command line, it throws:

Bills-iMac-4:test bill$ ./test.sh
./test.sh: line 11: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I found this question, and the formatting and structure is similar - so not sure what is missing.

The picture changing script itself works - it's when I add the while loop that the end of file error is thrown.

Caveat

I know this script doesn't make sense - the idea was to have a continuous loop, that would revert the desktop picture to the jpg if it was subsequently changed in the System Preferences.  Obviously a poor choice of methods and resource use...  :-)


texts: Photos: reduce iCloud storage usage, keep old photos offline

texts: OS X 10.10.3 is released with an all-new Photos app. On launching Photos, it asks me if I want to enable iCloud Photo. I already use it on my iPhone / iPad, so off course. The next question is which storage plan I would like, as the 85 GB of iPhoto library won't fit my 20 GB plan. However I'm fine with my current plan and I don't wish to upgrade. I'm fine with not having all my photos and videos available on all my devices. However I would like to have my recent photo's synched between my devices. How can I achieve this?


texts: iOS: App installed on device can't be found via the search feature

texts:
I've got an iPhone 8 running iOS 12.3.1 (latest as of writing).

Recently I've noticed that when I search for an app that is already installed on my iPhone by using the built-in search feature, the app is not found.

The only way I can locate the app is by either manually find it in a folder, or by going to the App Store, searching for it there, then tapping Open.

The app in question is 1Password.

Any idea why the app can't be found? Does it have to do with caching? And if so, how can I clear the cache?


texts: How to set up equal height columns with a title on top?

texts: This is what I'm trying to do on Pages '09: two equal height columns with a title on top. Any suggestions?


texts: Reinstalling Lion OS using recovery , will it erase my other partition(s) data?

texts:
I am about to re-install OS Lion on my MacBook Pro. But before that I want to make sure that my data in other partition created, will that be lost to?

Example I have 3 partitions

1)Macintosh HD (OS installed in this drive)

2)Work

3)Media

So if I re-install the OS Lion using recovery mode from HD, will it also wipe out my other two partitions or only will clear "Macintosh HD" partition and install a fresh Lion copy?


texts: Connected to internet, but web browsers unable to access the web

texts:
I am working on a MacBook Pro with OS 10.14.3

This morning, while working, my web browser (Safari) very suddenly stopped being able to access the web (going to google or wikipedia resulted in a gray "no connection" window).  I checked to make sure I was connected to the internet still by doing these things:

Checked network preferences
Switched off of ethernet connection to wifi
Switched wifi channels
Pinged local and web addresses through terminal
Sent and received email through Outlook
Sent and received messages through Slack
(Switched browsers, just in case it was a Safari-only problem)

Turns out everything I did told me that my computer was connected to the internet.  The only thing that wasn't working was that I wasn't able to access the world wide web through Safari or any other browser I tried.

I got someone from technical support to help (through analog means, since I wasn't able to submit a help ticket without my browser) who fiddled with my VPN and a few other network configurations and was unable to fix the problem.  I restarted the computer and the problem went away (or I wouldn't be able to write to StackExchange).

Anyone knows what to do to diagnose something like this, and whether there's a solution to the problem that doesn't require restarting? The fact that our tech support guy had no clue what was happening suggests to me that this was a genuine mystery.


texts: Safari is not working after moving to a different country

texts:
I've looked this problem up and it seems common but can be caused by a variety of reasons, I tried most of the solutions but the problem persisted.

The problem: the WiFi works fine as I can look up networks and connect to them and have a full signal. Also the Internet connection seems to be established because I can ping websites and use curl when I'm connected. But when I open safari or appstore or email I don't get a response and safari says "Safari can't open the page 'website' because safari can't establish a secure connection to the server 'websites server'. "

Solutions I tried:

cleared cookies
all proxies are off
time is set to the local time
removed the WiFi service and added it again
In the network configurations I tried to renew DHCP lease
and many small tweaks that I don't remember

Also I have an iPad which works just fine, so I really don't know what causing the problem.


texts:
I have my iTunes library on my external hdd and added a track to an playlist.

Everything goes and works fine in iTunes, I can play the whole song from begin to end (also in other applications on MAC/Windows), but it get's stuck and prompts me the error that the file is not readable when I want to sync the song with my iPhone.

I tried to copy & paste the file from the hdd to my laptop's hdd and this works fine. Why can't iTunes copy the file to my iPhone?


texts: iMac 2019: Can I mix the old modules with the new ones when upgrading RAM?

texts:
I've found a similar question but it's about the 2016 iMac, so I want to double check for the current (2019) model.

Can I mix new RAM (Crucial CT2K16G4SFD8266) with Apple's stock RAM? I am planning to buy an additional 32GB of memory, so it'd be a total of 40GB - is that even a number the 6 core iMac can handle?


texts: Can AppleScript display when a script was last run?

texts: Is there a way for an AppleScript command to display the last time it was run? I have a few scripts where it would be useful to have a timestamp of the last time it was run for logging purposes. I am very green to scripting, any ideas are welcome.


texts: Slow display switching and no audio output to external speakers via headphone port

texts:
I have Mac Mini 2010 which has a HDMI and Mini Display port with adapter to HDMI. It has macOS Sierra 10.12.6 clean installed on an internal SSD. Nothing else is attached except an external USB drive.

Dynex DX24E LCD is used as the monitor and Dynex BBY LCD 26” MDP LCD is used as a home theatre display mirrored, but only part time. External speakers are attached to the headphone port. I don’t want to use HDMI audio at all.

Originally this ran flawless for 7 years on Mac OS X 10.6.8, only a couple years with second display.

When switching the 26" display on, the 24" display would freeze and go dark for 2-3 minutes.
When it comes back on, the audio was being sent to the 24" HDMI. Checking the sound preferences panel, it was set to headphones.

Resetting the SMC and NVRAM initially makes the headphone audio work again. But switching on the second display - no audio even though its set to headphones. After unplugging the 26" display, which sound immediately comes out the headphone and waiting and replugging. I eventually got it to work, sound stayed on to.

Then after turning off the 26" display and a delay of 1-2 minutes, the 24" display would work fine. I leave the Mac Mini powered on but turn off the 24" display at night.

Same thing went on for 3-4 days, then It was back to normal with switching time of 10-20 seconds. Turning the 26" display on same thing pretty quick.
Its been running fine for a couple weeks until I had to restart to gain access to something on the old system. After rebooting I get no audio and unplugging didn’t work.

I performed a fresh install of macOS Sierra 10.12.6 with the same result.

I did not try to Reset the SMC and NVRAM but swapped the display ports.
Sound works but back to slow switching of 2–3 minutes.

I have the following issues:

How to make it work without doing everything every time.
What could cause ethernet port to connect/disconnect?

If I boot into Mac OS X 10.6.8 it works fine. When I shut down and startup macOS Sierra again, the ethernet port goes from connected to disconnected about every second or two. If I restart again the ethernet port is fine.

I have tried about everything a couple times. Read dozens of docs.


texts: Bootcamp and wireless usb keyboard: How to boot with Mac os

texts:
I have a Mac mini. I installed windows 7 with bootcamp and now windows 7 is the default OS.

My problem is that it doens't seem to recognize my keypress during the boot (I have a logitech usb wireless keyboard/mouse)

I was wondering if I can achieve to start in Mac OS with this keyboard.

I know its enough to press option on boot to get the selection window. But i tried with ctrl, windows, shift, alt, alt+gr and none of them will prompt the selector.

Any ideas? (maybe a bootable usb?)

-EDIT-

I've heard of http://refit.sourceforge.net/doc/

but it doesn't seem to be possible to set it up from windows..


texts: What is the AppArt process and why does it want to connect to application-stats.com?

texts:
I use Little Snitch (https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html) to monitor background network traffic. When an application tries to connect to the internet for the first time, Little Snitch pops up a dialog box that asks me whether I want to allow the connection. Most of the time it's pretty obvious what the process is, and I either Allow or Deny network access. But I'm stumped by this process:

What is AppArt? What is application-stats.com? And why does the former want to connect to the latter?


texts: Is Apple MacBook Pro compatible with the LG LED PG60g projector?

texts: Recently I bought an LG portable LED PG60g projector. What cables would i need to connect them and get started?


texts: mail app not sending appropriate Reply To addresses from different email accounts

texts:
My wife has a MacBook Pro (10.8.2) with a Telus home internet connection. She uses the Mac mail app (6.2) and her primary email account is a Gmail address, which she has been using with no problem (using Gmail's imap and smtp servers).

She recently asked me to set up another Gmail account, which I did, but whenever she sends a new email, the Reply To address is for her original account. In an effort to trouble shoot the problem, I activated her Telus email account, which she does not normally use.

Here's the setup:

Gmail account (primary account)      -  imap.gmail.com,    smtp.gmail.com (with password authentication)
Gmail account (new account)           - imap.gmail.com,    smtp.gmail.com (with password authentication)
Telus account                         - imap.telus.net,    smtp.telus.net (with no authentication, as suggested by Telus)

She can send and receive from all three accounts, but the Reply To address is always account no. 1.

She selects the correct account in the drop-down From menu when composing her email

Each account has its own smtp setup, with the correct name and password in the authentication, in the case of the Gmail accounts.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?


texts: Is it possible to activate iMessages without phone number on iPhone?

texts: I have iPhone with a SIM card and a phone number. I would like to activate iMessages, but only for my Apple ID's e-mail address, and not phone numbebr. Is it possible to do this?


texts: Is there a free analogue clock that displays in the dock?

texts:
I would like to have an analogue clock displaying right in my OS X dock.

The default clock in the menu bar is too small for me, and it is obviously impossible to drag it into the dock.

If possible, I prefer a free (as in beer) solution.


texts: How to port forward port 25565 on airport time capsule

texts: I am trying to port forward port 25565 for a game server. I have tried to go into the port mapping settings, and creating one for 25565 on TCP and UDP and also reserving the ip on DHCP Reservations. The port still is not open as shown by http://portchecker.co/check and other port checking websites. What am I doing wrong?


texts:
I'm running El Captain 10.11.6 (15G1421) with all updates. I've recently updated to Safari 10.1 (11603.1.30.0.34) and now I get "Blocked Plug-in" whenever I click on Gmail links that lead to a PDF or even to a web page that links to a PDF.

Copying the link and opening it on a new window or tab works just fine! So does control-click,but not option-click or command-click.

Is there a fix or a better workaround? Can we tell Safari to always open PDFs in Preview?

Opening a console shows

  Refused to load http://URL/foo.pdf because it does not appear in the object-src directive of the Content Security Policy.

Here is my full Installed Plugins list:

Google Talk Plugin
Google Talk Plugin Video Renderer
Java Applet Plug-in
and a online banking plugin.

I do have Adobe Reader 10.1.16 installed but I don't think I've installed a browser plugin for that. The "Blocked Plug-in" message does not mention Adobe.

The problem also occurs in a different machine also running El Captain that does not have Adobe Reader.


texts: Unable to install pgAdmin on MacOS Big Sur; possible verification problem

texts:
So, I potentially have a stupid yet hopefully quick issue; I am attempting to install the latest version of pgAdmin onto my Macbook Pro with the M1 chip running Big Sur. When I attempt to open the installation package nothing happens and it refuses to open. I believe it may be a verification issue, but not 100% certain.
Does anyone know how to (preferably simply) resolve this?


texts:
I am working with a client who is looking for a specific Japanese font for her Mac system.
This has been told to me because her co-worker has Catalina and the following fonts installed.

The specific font they are looking for is called MS 明朝（minchyo).
Where can I find this font on or for a mac?


texts: Snapping Preview windows with BetterTouchTool make search buggy

texts:
I use BetterTouchTool in order to be able to maximise windows to half the screen by dragging them agains the edge of the screen. When I do this with Preview windows and then attempt to search in the document, the user interface gets messed up, so I have no Done button to get rid of the search results. See below gif for illustration. There should be a Done button at the upper right.

Can anybody confirm this weirdness? Is this a BTT bug or can I do anything myself?


texts:
Often when I am using XCode (and sometimes other apps) the tccd process will take up lots of CPU or just get stuck. I find myself more and more having to kill that process (now it happens multiple times a day). It always seems to immediately re-start the process as soon as it is killed.

I am wondering if there is a way to fix it so that it does not break all the time.


texts: Does AppleScript's do shell script log in history?

texts:
I frequently use the do shell script command in AppleScript (AS) to return some information, including encrypted text.

One such example is:

set encrypted to (do shell script "echo 'my secret text' | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -a -pass pass:Pass123")

If run in Terminal, this command logs in the history and can be viewed by typing: history, then pressing the Return key.

Problem:
The above example includes the plain text password as a parameter, and it shows in the history (when run in Terminal), from where it can easily be copied and used to reverse the encrypted string, no knowledge required.

AppleScript's log do shell script "history" command returns no data. Likewise, running the history command in the terminal - after the example encryption was run through AS, it also does not display the AS terminal command in this history. All in all, it leads me to believe that the AS command was obviously executed through a different shell. Knowing that the shell differs for every user (ie. my account cannot see the terminal history of another account), the question follows.

Question:
Does that mean there is no record of the AS command in any of the histories and logs kept by macOS at any time? Or is it burried somewhere accessible where it can be read, interpreted and hence the encryption reversed?

Though perhaps thought-provoking and open to opinion, I think it is within the answerable realm of questions. I am interested in the answer from a security point-of-view and hope to get a clearer picture of if / how / where terminal logs AS commands - like Terminal does with the history.
Thanks everyone.


texts: Difficulty to inherit Time Machine backups on new MacBook Pro

texts:
I'm having difficulties to inherit Time Machine backups on a new MacBook Pro. I've read many Q&A on the same topic, but none was a solution for my case (that's why I don't think this is a duplicate).

I have no access to my old MacBook Pro, so this is crucial for me. I have two Time Machine backups, one on an external Hard Drive and one on a Time Capsule. I cannot access either of them.

This is what I've tried thus far:

External Hard Drive

If I mount the drive, I can see the Backups.backupdb folder on it, but I can't access it. From the Terminal:

$ ls -l
total 240
drwxrwxr-x@ 6 giovanni.lovato  staff  204 Aug 30 10:49 Backups.backupdb

$ ls Backups.backupdb/
ls: : Operation not permitted

$ sudo ls Backups.backupdb/
ls: : Operation not permitted

Seems like I have no access to it, not even as root. I've found the use of the command vsdbutil might help, so I did try:

$ sudo vsdbutil -d /Volumes/TM

but still:

$ sudo ls Backups.backupdb/
ls: : Operation not permitted

I checked the extended attributes:

$ sudo xattr Backups.backupdb
com.apple.backupd.ThinEncryptedRecoverySets

and tried to remove them, but:

$ sudo xattr -d com.apple.backupd.ThinEncryptedRecoverySets Backups.backupdb
xattr: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: 'Backups.backupdb'

To inherit the backups, I know I have to run tmutil associatedisk, but I cannot do this until I regain access to the backup folder.

Time Capsule

No luck with Time Capsule backup either. I've mounted the drive and run the command:

$ sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/Backup/L-C02LPHF5FD56.sparsebundle
Attaching disk image...
Enter password to access "L-C02LPHF5FD56.sparsebundle":
** /dev/rdisk4s2 (NO WRITE)
Can't open /dev/rdisk4s2: Operation not permitted
/Volumes/Backup/L-C02LPHF5FD56.sparsebundle: Attach failed: The operation couldn’t be completed. Exec format error (error 8)

I've checked /dev/rdisk4s2 permission and tried to set the write flag, unsuccessfully:

$ ls -l /dev/rdisk*
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   0 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   1 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk0s1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   2 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk0s2
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   3 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   4 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk1s1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   5 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk1s2
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   6 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk1s3
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   7 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk1s4
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   8 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk2
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,   9 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk2s1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,  11 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk2s2
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,  10 Aug 30 10:43 /dev/rdisk2s3
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    1,  12 Aug 30 10:44 /dev/rdisk3
cr--------  1 root  operator    1,  13 Aug 30 11:22 /dev/rdisk4
cr--------  1 root  operator    1,  14 Aug 30 11:22 /dev/rdisk4s1
cr--------  1 root  operator    1,  15 Aug 30 11:22 /dev/rdisk4s2

$ sudo chmod u+w /dev/rdisk4s2
chmod: Unable to change file mode on /dev/rdisk4s2: Operation not permitted

I'm totally stuck, can't find any solution elsewhere so I'm asking here for some advice!


texts: Macbook pro 2009 2.66 samsung SSD 830 won't boot internally

texts:
I'm trying to install a Samsung 830 GB in a MacBook Pro 2.66 (2009). It boots and works perfectly external using USB (im using it now) but not internally, so I was wondering what I have to do to make things working.
I'm running mountain lion 10.8.2

I've searched this issue on Google but no one has come up with a definitive answer


texts: Change left Cmd key to Ctrl Key wihout changing the right Cmd key in Macbook Pro High Sierra?

texts:
I have two command keys on my MacBook Pro(High Sierra). I often use control with my pinky finger. Is it possible to map only right Cmd key with control key while the left Cmd key should function as it is? It would really help in removing the strain from pinky finger.

P.S.
I looked at the solution of similar question and found that the specification is not only outdated but doesn't contain the hex code for right and left command keys.

I also tried the following command by using key code from /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/Headers/Events.h file but it still doesn't works

hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":
[{
    "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000036,
    "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000003b}]
}'


texts: How to bring up a precise Emoji in the iOS QuickType menu

texts:
In iOS 10, the QuickType menu is a lifesaver whenever the user needs to type a long word and doesn't feel like typing it (and it's also fun to make up silly sentences).

It also randomly suggests Emojis. But finding what to type to make the intended Emoji appear can be quite discouraging. For example if I want to type the "Smiling Face With Horns"  there doesn't seem to be a way to QuickType it without having to go in the Emoji Keyboard. See examples below showing attempts at entering "Demon", "Evil" and "Devil":

My questions:

Can all the Emojis be called through QuickType without having to go into the Emoji Keyboard?
How do I know how what to type to call the right ones?


texts:
I know officially Logic 8 isn't compatible with Lion.

However, I know you can edit the plist (inside the package), or open it with terminal, to make it open under Lion. And it launches. (See this thread on the apple discussion forums).

The question is, is it buggy, and do plug-ins work etc? - It would be great if someone who has tried this could post here!


texts: How does the iPhone X eliminate borders?

texts: The Samsung S8 has top and bottom borders. The Mi MIX 2 and Essential Phone have bottom borders. Only iPhone X is able to eliminate all borders. How can that be done?


texts: App crashing when launched from the App Store

texts:
I've downloaded an app from the App Store. If I open it from the home screen, everything works fine. If I open it from within the App Store by tapping on "Open" it (the app) crashes at launch.

How can I fix this?


texts: I've recently started to notice that my home button has been a little unresponsive. Sometimes a single click won't work at all and it takes a few tries to get it to quit an app. Sometimes two clicks does what one click is supposed to do, sometimes it just doesn't work the way it's supposed to. A firm double tap that is slightly spaced out seems to solve it, but here's the strangest thing that I discovered. I did a hard reset and it helped and everything was normal. Then I did a restore to a backup and it helped a little (I don't want to have to start over again with a fresh fresh install, I'll save it for iOS 5). I was experimenting quitting various apps to see what would happen, since it seems like it could help. Quitting out of intensive applications such as the app store or other apps that take up a lot of memory did nothing. What does fix it immediately is force quitting mail. I've tried it with the other Apple supplied applications and it did nothing. There are only two gmail accounts there so i'm not sure what could be the problem. Anyone else out there have this/heard of this/ have any advice?


texts: how to set 3840 pixels wide for external 4k monitor

texts:
On a Macbook Pro early 2013, I am trying to run a 4k Samsung TV.  It's almost working (though the text is awful, I think it's just that the TV is not really suitable).  The issue I want to ask about is that the Mac is sending a 4096 pixel wide signal to the TV, instead of 3840.  The TV accepts the signal fine, and then trims off a strip from the left and a strip from the right.  In other words, it's doing what used to be called overscanning.

This leads to critical parts of the picture missing, because of the controls that live in the top-left and top-right corners of the screen.

The TV has a function where it tells you the input characteristics, and it indeed reports 4096x2160.

How can I tell the Mac to run the external display at 3840x2160 instead of 4096x2160?


texts: iCloud Photo Sharing upload from apps has nothing to do with Photo Library on iCloud

texts:
I had iCloud set up and working and it does work with photos taken from the camera (only). However, many iPad apps have an option to upload via "iCloud Photo Sharing" that seems to have nothing to do with the Photo Library in iCloud despite sharing with same logo.

For example, I created a so-called shared album with "iCloud Photo Sharing" on iPad and my iCloud does not show any change; similarly when I created a different album in Photo Library on iCloud, the "iCloud Photo Sharing" on my iPad cannot see it.

I was using the Vectornator app and could not save work (svg) to iCloud. This should be very simple but unfortunately is very confusing for a first time iPad user. How do I work with photos/images basic cloud-uploading not from camera but from app?


texts: Making a Mac Mini mid-2007 able to display 2560x1440 in 2D work

texts:
I have a Mac Mini mid-2007 (MB139xx/A) that can only output 1920x1080 (as far as I've understood).
I have a Dell U2713HM screen, and I'd like to make that Mac beeing able to work on that screen at full res. Not for gaming or such 3D contents, just for simple 2D display (Finder, text writing, Web surfing, etc...).

Do you know some trick that can help me to achieve this goal ? I've read many things about connecting an external graphic card via USB, PCIe, Thunderbolt, etc... but I'm not a Mac hardware expert and I don't see anything that could work with no doubt on my Mac.

Can you help ?


texts: MacBook Pro 3.1 internal (replacement) LCD not detected by graphics card; external monitor OK

texts:
My MacBook Pro (2.4 Ghz, Santa Rosa with infamous nVidia card) acts strange. I replaced a cracked screen with a new and since then I have been loosing my mind over this problem:It shows the normal gray screen with Apple logo and animation flawlessly during start up but the internal display goes black without any rendering at all when all is loaded. (shining a light on display show nothing) If an external monitor is connected through the DVI port it will remain black during start up and then show the desktop as the internal display goes black. This happens both while booting to Mountain Lion and Windows XP. I have checked "About my Mac" and only the external display is listed. The same is the case if I use the nVidia Control panel in Windows XP. The mirroring works in Windows XP although with distortion.

My questions: Is this a hardware problem or is it related to software maybe even firmware? What controls the display during start up, graphics card or something else?


texts: How to run /sbin/fsck -fy on the recovery partition if filesystem is unknown

texts:
Disk utility says that there is an unknown filesystem on my harddisk. The main (and only OS) partition seems okay, though.

I also checked this via /sbin/fsck -fy in terminal.

Unfortunately, this command just checks /dev/disk0s2, which is the main partition. I would like to check disk0s3 since I suspect my recovery partition to be broken.

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS iMac HD                 4.0 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot                         577.3 MB   disk0s3


texts: When trying to enter Waze from iphone 10 the app immediately closes itself. I tried uninstalling it and rebooting but that didn't work. What should I do?


texts: How to access/print the DNS/mDNS cache in OSX El Capitan?

texts:
I am trying to get a visual of the DNS cache (IMHO this should be extremely easy but somehow I cannot get it in El Capitan). I have tried things like:
dscacheutil -cachedump
which some reason returns (why?):
Unable to get details from the cache node
Also trying
sudo killall -INFO mDNSResponder
indeed printed a lot arguably useful information in /var/log/system.log but it does not seem to work as expected. More specifically, I searched in the log and made sure there is no entry for www.my-website.com. Then I accessed www.my-website.com through my web browser, re-executed sudo killall -INFO mDNSResponder, searched again for www.my-website.com in the log and once again nothing popped up (the actual search was simply "my-website" to make sure nothing was ignored). An entry didn't appear even when I used the dig command.

Any help why I do not see the change in the mDNSResponder output or where I can access the "real" DNS cache?


texts: Connection Problem with HP Pavilion Monitor and 2015 MacBook Pro Retina

texts:
I bought the HP Pavilion 22cwa 21.5-inch IPS LED Backlit Monitor off of Amazon to use as a second monitor with my MacBook. However, when using an HDMI cable, there is a connection problem and both the Mac and the monitor flash black repeatedly trying and failing to connect. Eventually the monitor will connect but this could take 5 minutes one day and 20 minutes the next. A Dell laptop connects instantly though, so I suspect it's a problem with my MacBook.

I talked with HP and they said it might be a resolution issue. Has anyone had this problem and were able to fix it by changing some resolution settings? Or anyone have an idea of what I can try to fix the connection issue? Thanks in advance!


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro (2015). When I switch on, I can hear the fan noice but screen remains black, no backlight (No light on the Apple logo in back). I checked brightness, restarted mac several times, reset the System Management Controller, followed these steps but no luck. Any ideas?
EDIT: Battery is dead


texts: How can I use Apple Pay to purchase something online from the Apple Store? I have the normal purchase options with credit card etc. I assume that Apple must support their own payment system?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to open Terminal at the current folder location in Finder

texts:
Say I am in a Finder window (eg: ~/Documents/code ) and I want to be able to  use a keyboard shortcut to open a terminal window with the prompt
user@computer: ~/Documents/code$

Most of the questions are answered using mouse.


texts: Lost contact with Cellular data network on iPhone

texts:
We have a cellular data network connectivity problem. In our app, we are using both a Wi-Fi ad-hoc network and a cellular data network connection. The ad-hoc network is used to connect to a small Wi-Fi device (internal IP-address 192.168.0.12). This works great.

Also, we occasionally connect to our back-end server on the internet through the cellular data network connection. This sometimes work, sometimes don't work. We are aware of the fact that iPhone prioritise to send internet data on Wi-Fi (if available), but this is a Wi-Fi ad-hoc device, and does not operate in Infrastructure (routing) mode. So the Wi-Fi connection is purely internal. In normal circumstances, this also works just fine, both connections (Wi-Fi-device, server on internet) are working.

But sometimes, the cellular data connection just drops. You can see this visually in the top area by noting that "3G" has disappeared, and the "Wi-Fi symbol" is shown instead. If that happens, no cellular data connection is allowed. Our app cannot connect to the server  on the internet, you cannot use the web browser etc.

We can fix this problem, although only temporary, by resetting the "cellular data" (or "mobile data" - not sure of the english translation) within the Mobile network settings. After the reset, both network connections works simultaneously again for a while.

Has anyone else noticed this problem? Could it be a bug in iOS (we are using iOS 6.0.1)? Are there any work-arounds?

--Carl-Fredrik


texts: Nano Memory card does not show up in Finder nor Disk Utility

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I have a Nano Memory card working fine. I know it's fine because it contains a bootable ubuntu OS that is being used in a Raspberry Pi.

When I plug it to my Macbook Pro (Mojave 10.14.5) it does not show up in Finder nor even in Disk Utility.


texts: Preserve the desktop where an application's window was placed, after a system restart

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As the image below shows, I've a few applications which I keep open on my main desktop and I've another space/Desktop for applications like Twitter for Mac, Stickies, etc.

Now, the problem is that when I restart the system (I use the setting - "Reopen Windows when logging back in"), all the application windows which are opened on the Desktop 2 come up on the Desktop 1, instead of Desktop 2 where they were present originally. Is there a way to preserve their location after the restart?


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I am running macOS El Capitan 10.11.5, and in Photos I am unable to add a face. When I go open the ‘Info’ window, I do not get the option to add a face.

I can only add a description or a keyword, and assign a location, but not add a face.

Some faces have been automatically detected, including objects like car wheels, but several faces have been ignored. Any help would be appreciated.


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After using Photos app for the first time on El Capitan, and importing photos from an iPhone, an app showed up on my Dock titled "iCloudUserNotificationsd" (yes with a 'd' on the end). The icon in the doc is the usual Apple logo for iCloud, a blue cloud on a white background.

This app stops me from shutting down the MacBook, with message:

  Your Mac hasn’t shut down because "iCloudUserNotificationsd" failed to quit. To continue shutting down, quit "iCloudUserNotificationsd".

I know the d usually refers to a daemon process, so I am surprised to see an app icon on the Dock.

➠ What is this process, why is it happening, and what should I do?

I am using iCloud for email & notes, but not documents nor photos.


texts: I am trying to find how many GPUs has my macbook pro and if I have some of them, what are their characteristics. I though I can find it from About this mac -> System Report -> Hardware, but was not able to find anything.


texts: Can I force apple mail to display "Re:" again instead of the German (and bad) translation of "Aw:"

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Since I upgraded to Mavericks, Apple Mail will display localized versions of subject prefixes, even if the original received mail used the English prefixes. I find that quite annoying, as this does not conform to standards and conflicts with other mail clients.

So in my German Mail.app, I get

"Aw:" instead of "Re:"
"Wtr: instead of "Fwd:"

Is there a possibility to get back the old behavior which uses the English prefixes?


texts: How can I disable the bell icon/emoji from the title bar in iTerm2?

texts: I find it annoying and get no use from it. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about:


texts: Is there a comparison of networks and costs for iOS 4.3's Personal Hotspot?

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Is there a comparison of networks and their cost for the new Personal Hotspot feature?

Also, how does the hotspot feature differ from internet tethering in previous iOS versions?


texts: How can I execute AppleScript from Textedit?

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I have the following AppleScript code in a Textedit file:

set the clipboard to (do shell script "date +%d/%m/%y")
tell application "System Events"
    keystroke tab using command down
    keystroke "v" using command down
end tell

How can I execute this code?


texts: Is Apple's multi monitor still not working on Mavericks or do I misunderstand it?

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Mavericks still hasn't solved the multi monitor issue to my great distress.
Running a MacBook Air 13″ and a Cinema Display 27″ at times I use all the default provided Mavericks tools to monitor my applications on both screen.

My assumption was that:

If I use text editor on the 13″ Mac mini screen, in fullscreen, it would appear fullscreen also on the 27″ Cinema Display
That if I would resize a window to fullscreen on the 27″ Cinema Display that it would appear full-size on the 13″ screen also (but no, its waaay bigger so I have to downsize it again)
I want it to behave so that my windows always have the right size on the display they are shown on. So if I maximise a window on the 27″, it should be maximised on the 13″ also. If I make it halfscreen size it should be half screensize on both screens.

Do I misunderstand the features of multi window? This is just frustrating and I'm not plugging my MacBook Air to my 27″ anymore because of this issue. I don't like resizing the windows every time again!

Are there tools to fix this?


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I'm using High Sierra, I have my main Macintosh HD encrypted using Filevault. However in Disk Utility there is an option to create new volumes that share space with container. So finally I have volumes Macintosh HD but also Documents, Music and so on. In Disk Utility I can see now:

Macintosh HD - APFS (encrypted)
Documents - APFS
Music - APFS

As you see there is no information for additional volumes that there are also encrypted.

So the question is - are those volumes encrypted or not (and how can I verify that) and if they are not encrypted how can I encrypt them too using FileVault?

This is screen how it looks like in Disk Utility. As you see this Dokumenty partition is not showed as encrypted but when I choose Macintosh HD there is APFS (encrypted)

This is result of diskutil list:

(internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         250.8 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.8 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            93.6 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 22.9 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                509.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      4.3 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Dokumenty               12.2 GB    disk1s5
   6:                APFS Volume Oprogramowanie          1.9 GB     disk1s6
   7:                APFS Volume D                       18.2 GB    disk1s7
   8:                APFS Volume Muzyka                  35.3 GB    disk1s8
   9:                APFS Volume Inne                    2.9 MB     disk1s9
  10:                APFS Volume S                       2.0 GB     disk1s10
  11:                APFS Volume L                       7.1 MB     disk1s11


texts: iOS 6 Maps: Able to cache route or location offline?

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I'm currently traveling for an extended period of time with an iPod Touch running iOS 5. I don't always have wi-fi access and I usually use the Maps application to look up my destination before leaving and then once I arrive the map is still cached in the app, even without connecting again to wi-fi. It helps me get around a new city and find my hostel or hotel.

The only thing keeping me from upgrading to iOS 6 is whether or not I will still be able to do this with the new Apple Maps. Is this possible in the new app?