texts: Extract text between two unicode symbols using AppleScript or bash?

texts: My goal is to take text from a standard .txt document, and use (preferably) Terminal or Applescript to extract text between the symbols ▶ and •. While there is only one ▶ symbol there are multiple bullet points, so being able to extract data between only the first bullet is vital. I am partially educated in the ways of bash, so explanation would help me out a lot, otherwise I might screw up. TIA, Jake


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So recently, I have noticed that commands like ssh, git push, and git pull sometimes stop working. They only start working after I restart my computer. The interesting thing is that I can still browse the web, use other apps that require internet access perfectly fine.

I cannot SSH or make a VNC connection to a computer at my home, or pull/push on repos. Anybody have any idea what seems to be the issue? I am on macOS Siera 10.12.5 on an Apple MacBook Pro 2015.


texts: Different iCloud and iTunes accounts on one device

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I recently got divorced. My ex-husband has changed the Apple ID password for his account and won't share it with me. All three of my boys are on his account. I can no longer see them on Find My iPhone, or have any access to their texts, web browsing history, etc. As their mother I need that. I want to know if I can create a separate Apple ID for them, use it as their iCloud account, but use my ex-husband's account for their iTunes so they can still have access to all the music, movies, and apps they have accumulated over the years.

Any help anyone can give me would be much appreciated.


texts: MBA 2014 13" Trackpad broken after failed Mojave installation

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The trackpad has not worked after an installation of Mojave that I had to interrupt because it was taking way too long in one of the booting or preparing phases that has an apple logo and a progress bar. Not sure if it was the actual installation of the OS, or an installation of a security update right after that I "had to" interrupt by pressing the power button. The trackpad had worked flawlessly for years on High Sierra.
I have had some success in bringing the pad alive by resetting SMC or NVRAM but now even that doesn't seem to help. If I get it back alive, it will die again after putting the mac to sleep and waking up.
Hopefully wondering if I messed up a firmware/EFI update by interrupting it? And it could be fixed by waiting for a new 122.0+ update?
the trackpad comes alive if I let macbook go to sleep with the screen up, and wake it up by clicking the trackpad. Weird!


texts: Unicode HOT BEVERAGE (U+2615) in Google Chrome

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In the screenshot below, I am looking at an email with a unicode HOT BEVERAGE (U+2615) character.  The character is displayed correctly in the OSX dialog and in the developer tools, but not in the web page.  Why is Chrome ignorant of this character and how can I cause it to be displayed correctly?

Chrome Version: 25.0.1364.99
OSX: 10.8.2


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Is there any way for a user to customize how OSX chooses where to place new windows?  It would be great if I could create rules for how that's done, especially if I could do it per-application.

To be more explicit, when I open a new window of any application in OSX, the normal window manager places the window in a particular location on the screen.  I know that the application has at least some control over that placement, but I want to know if I, as a user, can specify the location geometry for a new window.

As comparison, in X11 applications, you can specify a -geom option.  What I'm looking for here is the equivalent, although I was hoping for a utility that could make (what I would see as) better decisions than what the standard OSX window manager is choosing.

(I'm using 10.7.4, but I would hope that this would be something that would be more universal.)


texts: Xcode tools getting working without the Xcode CD or external drive?

texts: I would like to get the Xcode-developer things to my Macs. I noticed that Apple has started to offer some terminal things online, more here. I am still lazy to get the CDs, to get all Xcode-developer things, is there some easy way to do it online without the Xcode CD? Is there any way to get all Xcode things pre-installed so not to waste time for their installation?


texts: Wi-Fi Through Captive Portal Does Not Connect

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I have a Macbook Pro running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2. My university uses a captive portal to connect via Wi-Fi.
I was able to connect and log in just fine, but after I updated from 10.10.1 to 10.10.2, I can connect and get a valid IP but I cannot access the log in page through the captive portal. When I try to display the log in page from the browser (I have tried Safari, Firefox and Chrome) the result is the same. I get the server not found error on the browsers and the website couldn't be loaded error on the captive portal.

I am able to connect and login to the network using my iPhone and I can connect to other networks from my Mac.
Manually deleting the network configuration files and resetting DNS did not work.

I hope there is a way to fix this.
Thanks in advance.

ps. I use a MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), 15-inch, Early 2013


texts: Prevent saved home screen icons opening a browser without address bar?

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I browse using Safari on my iPad.
I find an interesting web page.
I save a link to the page via “Add to Home screen”.
Nice icon, all seems well.

Later, I “click” the icon.
The page opens in the browser, but it does not have the address bar, the other tabs and the standard buttons.
This is very annoying ...

How do I stop this behaviour, either when saving the link or when opening the link?


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In Numbers, connected to wifi (good bandwidth), after modifying a spreadsheet I go back to "Spreadsheets".

Then I wait for the Arrow ￪ to appear, as it indicates that Numbers is syncing with iCloud.

However, sometimes

it is instantaneous (does the sync immediately)
it takes a couple of seconds
it takes 10~30 seconds, or (rarely) more (stuck?)

So, what does the time it takes to sync depends on? Is there a way to configure that?


texts: com.apple.xyz.plist - replace value - not set key - possbile?

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I've looked into using PlistBuddy and plutil but most examples such as:

How do I replace a value in an plist array using plutil?

seem to suggest setting the value of a key, which is not the case here.

I want to modify a value I do not know exists or not. See, I don't know what the key is. I want to automate it.

So if you can search for a value, get the value and key then I could possibly use the above to set a new value on the key.

But i have not figured out a way to do that.

Do you know? Preferably in Bash.


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I've been trying to use a custom .TTF font on OSX to watermark videos edited in iMovie. But there doesn't seem to be any option at all.

Does anyone know how to achieve this?


texts: Songs not in "Music" but seen in smart playlist created for that artist

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I added a CD to my iTunes Library yesterday.  I could not find them under Recently Added playlist or under Music.  So, I created a Smart Playlist for the Artist and they do show up.

When I choose Artists and Albums, the music is not there. The songs only show up in the Smart Playlist for the Artist.

I have looked in the iTunes folder and the Artist's folder is definitely there and has the album's folder and all of the songs.

I can also play the songs when I click on them in the Smart Playlist (so one of the correct file types to play in iTunes).

I have also closed and restarted iTunes several times and it still does not work.

I opened music on my iPhone last night and noticed that the artist/album/songs do appear in the cloud.

How can I get them to show up in iTunes in the Music/Albums, Artist, Songs lists on my Mac?

Linda


texts: Is the iPhone 5s physically similar enough to the iPhone 5 to use a close fitting case?

texts: I wonder if there is any reason why a close fitting iPhone 5 case wouldn't also fit the iPhone 5s? It would be helpful to know whether the cutout for the camera or the various buttons (mute switch, sleep, volume) and lightning connector are close enough for hard cases to fit between the models (or vice versa).


texts: Linux on Mac hardware: How to remove caps lock delay on Apple MacBook Pro aluminum keyboard when booted to Linux

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Apple's MacBook Pro has a slight delay on the caps lock key.
That is, the caps lock key has to be held down slightly longer
than normal to register the key press required to engage the caps lock.
This is super annoying. Does anyone know how to stop it from happening?

(Above copied over from stackoverflow as it was closed there as "off topic".)
To elaborate further:
Apple deems this a feature, and their knowledge base article does not disclose how to disable this delay.
However, I have reason to believe it is possible to do so.
Notably, I have found that, at least in my experience, if you remap the caps-lock key on Mac OS X (in System Preferences .. Keyboard .. Modifier Keys), and e.g. map it to Control, then the delay goes away while I am logged into Mac OS X.
My problem is that the delay remains when I boot into Ubuntu Linux, and in that context, even when I remap the Caps Lock key to Control, the delay is still present.
So, the question is: How is Apple disabling the delay, and more importantly, how can one replicate that act in the context of a Linux installation atop the laptop?
Update: There is a thread on superuser that may provide workarounds.  I have not yet tried the suggestions there (namely: (1) toggling CapsLock-NoAction off/on, and (2) a firmware upgrade).  I cannot tell from the context of that thread whether the workarounds have been tested on an Ubuntu installation.


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How do I listen to YouTube videos at double-speed?

On the desktop I'm able to change the playback speed to 1.5x or 2x. With podcasts, I'm able to listen to them on my iPhone at 1.5x or 2x speed. Shouldn't  I be able to watch YouTube videos at double speed on the iOS app?


texts: Can I carry Mac Mini between home & office daily without damaging the hardware?

texts: I would like to carry a Mac Mini from home to office daily as I work at both places. Would daily plugging /unplugging have any effect? What extra hardware from Apple would I need to purchase. My office has Windows 8 PCs.


texts: How to gracefully import CSV files into Numbers.app v3?

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I have a process, which has worked faithfully for years in Numbers '09, whereby I download my Bank account data in CSV format, then drag that data directly into my Numbers sheet (after creating an appropriate number of blank rows).

This no longer works, and I can't find an option to import csv! A help search within numbers for 'csv' returns a single result which describes exporting.

I've tried the old method, no dice.  Also, the menu option: Insert > Choose… doesn't permit .csv to be selected.

At the moment, my workaround is:

drag the CSV onto the Numbers dock or task-switcher icon to create a temp sheet
select and copy the content
paste-and-match-format into my desired location
close don't save the temp file

Doe anyone know a better way? A hack or hidden flag I can toggle to get the old functionality back?


texts: Can /etc/apache2 directory on Sierra work on High-Sierra?

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My question is related to the following:

"Apache not working with user Sites folder on macOS 10.13 High Sierra"

I installed High-Sierra over Sierra, and all my localhost/~username/pages were inaccessible.  I restored my backed-up Sierra system.  Now I'm wondering if that /etc/apache2 directory would have worked on High-Sierra.  It has a 'users' directory with username.conf setups for all the /Users who use this machine, each having their own web-pages in their own Sites, and their own sub-directories in /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables.

Several wab-pages have <form action> .... </form> structures that send <input name values> to scripts which process them and return web-pages, which may, in turn. be sent back for further processing.  In other words, it's a design that allows a continuing dialog.  Any thoughts?


texts: Remap function key on external logitech keyboard

texts: I am using a Logitech K250 keyboard on my MacBook Pro.  I have already switched the cmd and opt keys in system preferences, but I would also like to remap the function key to option to make it more consistent with the default Mac keyboard. How can I do this? Thank you for your help.


texts: Apple doing anonymous data exchange in Mac?

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I've realized today that my iMac is sending/receiving(mostly send) some anonymous data over the internet(almost 500MB today), I checked with Little Snitch and found these addresses are consuming data on my Mac:

p24-caldav-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net,
 p24-caldav.icloud.com,
 p24-ckdatabase-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net,
 p24-ckdatabase.icloud.com,
 p24-contacts-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net,
 p24-contacts.icloud.com,
 p24-escrowproxy-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net,
 p24-escrowproxy.icloud.com,
 p24-keyvalueservice-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net,
 p24-keyvalueservice.icloud.com

As soon as i blocked them out, My mac stopped eating traffic!

What are these and why would apple exchange such amount of data ?


texts: Completely remove some strange iTunes-purchased songs

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I do not understand why my iPhone recently gets some strange songs and I would like to delete them, completely.

To remove them, I first locate these songs in my iTunes library. But when I try to delete them, I get this message before continuing:

These items will be hidden from your iTunes purchases.

What I am looking for is a way to completely remove those songs. So simply hiding them from itune does not suffice. Any idea how to do that?


texts: How to tell if a bookmark already exists in Safari (v6.0.5)

texts: I find I often wrestle with the implementation of bookmarks in Safari.  Since I care to have my bookmarks simply and cleanly synchronized by iCloud, I continue to use the (inadequate) bookmark features of Safari.  My specific question is: Is there a way to tell if a site is already bookmarked?  I have 1000s of bookmarks, organized by folders.  It seems pretty straightforward for Safari to know when I hit CMD-D to initiate a bookmark that it already exists in my collection.  Am I missing this feature that is already implemented?


texts: Stop access to the iCloud notes app on a lost iPad, but keep my notes on the iCloud website?

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My iPad is lost.

I was using the notes app.  I've changed my Apple ID password to stop someone logging in.

I want to keep my notes and access them by logging into the iCloud website on my laptop.

I want to stop anyone accessing my notes using the app on my lost iPad.  Is this possible please?


texts: Reminders malfunctioning after upgrading to iOS 13 & Catalina

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I recently updated to iOS 13 (iPhone XS and OS X Catalina on my MacBook Pro 2017).

For some reason, the Reminders app on both devices won’t upgrade (despite repeatedly pressing “Upgrade” it when it gives the option), and the reminders themselves are considerably malfunctioning (showing up repeated times after completing them, showing up at the wrong times).

How might I go about resolving this?


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to move between Google Chrome screens in OS X?

texts: command +  ` (left of the 1) works for other apps, but it doesn't work most of the time for Google Chrome.  Anyone knows of another keyboard shortcut?


texts: Backup Disk Not Available - Time Capsule

texts: After working fine for months, my wifi Time Capsule backups fail, returning a "back-up disk not available" message.  Time Capsule light is green, Airport Utility reveals no problems.  What do I do?  Thanks.


texts: On ios how do i save the full url to home screen?

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Safari iOS doesnt save the relative URL (start_url) due to / setting in the manifest json.
Is there a way to fix this so that i get the full url (not header url) that i currently have open in Safari iOS? Maybe with 3rd party tool or workaround (laptop). My added home page icon doesnt save the correct landing website otherwise!


texts: How to logout from console and turn into login screen

texts:
Based on the link, I can login in console mode. And then I can ssh into it from another computer.

If I want to log out the console back to the login screen how can I do that?


texts: Easiest way to delete NON-Album photos from iphone camera roll

texts: What is the easiest way to delete photos from Camera Roll that I haven't put in an album?


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I am trying to create a .txt file that is the output of a certain function in the terminal.

So my function is to create a list of all the files that i have inside the folder TEST
so what i typed was:

chmod +x /Users/XXXX/Downloads/Terminal.sh
find /Users/XXXX/Downloads/Test -not -path '*/.*' >/Users/XXXX/Downloads/TestFiles.txt`

so this will create a file named TestFiles.txt, which will contain a list of all my folders and files inside the folder DOWNLOADS. its works perfectly fine for me

so my question is…. is there a way to add the size of each file right next to its name on the list in the .txt file?

Thank you


texts: Crawl computer for node_modules, add .nosync file

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Per https://medium.com/@isaiah.taylor/how-to-maintain-node-projects-with-icloud-drive-4c6549f7c806, I can prevent node_modules folders from syncing via iCloud Drive.

Trouble is: there's often a lot of node_modules folders. A lot, a lot. And I often forget before I start copying.

Questions
(1) Is there a way to crawl through my hard drive, find node_modules folders and add a .nosync file?

(2) Is there a way to keep this crawling going in the background? So that this crawling would happen for any new folders? Wonder if this is a Hammerspoon kind of thing maybe?


texts: My iPhone 4S is stuck on the "Connect to iTunes" screen after trying to install the iOS 8 update.Why is my iPhone screen stuck on the 'connect to iTunes' screen


texts: On my mac, in activity process, there are two processes that keep on running even though I stop them. They are AddressBookSourceSync and com.apple.AddressBook.ContactsAccountsService. Is it possible that they are viruses or am I just being paranoid. How do I quit these? I tried everything but it keeps turning back on.


texts: Looking for a program that jumps a mouse cursor from the middle of one monitor to another

texts: I'm looking for a program that will let you make the mouse pointer jump from one monitor to the center of the other monitor with a keyboard shortcut or a gesture. Does this exist? Moving the pointer across the monitors sometimes feels like more trouble than it should be.


texts: Does using multiple monitors cause the iMac to run hotter?

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I have noticed my iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015) tends to run hot & noisy when watching some simple videos. I have tried whatever light duty diagnostics I can manage, such as activity monitor and the built in diagnostic tool, but nothing seems to be apparent.
The only thing I can think of is that my iMac is connected to two external monitors: one is a semi-retired older iMac in target display mode, and the other is a Phillips monitor.
Is it possible that supporting external monitors causes the iMac to run hotter?


texts: How to see page breaks in Numbers version 3.x

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In my old version of Numbers, I could see the page break (both at the bottom of the page, and on the side) so I would know when I needed to add a row or column. I can't seem to be able to see the page break anymore: I need to go to print preview in order to get a sense of where rows and columns are on the page.
Is there a way to see the page break in the new version?


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I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2012 with Mountain Lion. The goal is to have an ip address that never changes, even after reboot or changing to a different wireless network.

I followed the steps from this link - http://www.macinstruct.com/node/550 and it works for 'ethernet' connections. It tells you to go to network advanced settings and to use  "Using DHCP with Manual Address" under the TCP/IP tab.

It does not work for 'Wi-Fi' connections. Does anybody know how to make it work for 'Wi-Fi'?


texts: How to hide the top menu of chrome?  File/Edit/View/...


texts: How can I monitor usage of an iPad that is probably stolen?

texts: Someone may have stolen my iPad mini 2, or I've misplaced it. Checked on find my iPhone, and it shows up, but it stalls on "locating..." So, now I'm thinking how can I show use of the iPad via all the synced apps I have? It has cellular, and I can see data usage via my ISP, and it only shows my last known usage, nothing recent. I'm looking for a meta data solution to prove current use. If I can prove current use, then I know who has it. If it's just lost or misplaced with a dead battery or something, then nothing will show up.


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My OS X does not allow me to update to current XCode software.

With the new XCode and iOS SDK, the sourcecode is compiled with a newer compiler which has some new syntax options which are missing on my old platform.

That's why I need your help to get the new compiler to run with my XCode if possible.? Any idea or tip?

OS X 10.6.8
XCode: 3.2.6
I tried any XCode 4 setup, but it worries about the OS X version and does not allow me to upgrade :-(

The feature of the "new" compiler: ARC


texts: MBP 13 early 2015, but battery was manufactured at November 2016. Why?

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Is it suspicious that my battery was manufactured November 2016? I have checked it with "Battery Health 2". The MBP 13, 2015 is from early 2015. And battery is from late 2016.

Update

I have started with this question: Check whether a MacBook is new or not

I didn't want to ask other questions in comment, that's why I've created this one.

Update 2

This is the information I've got with serial number:

Model:  - MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

Codename:   - No codename assigned.

Build Country:  - This unit was built in China.

Build Year: - We could not verify the build year of this unit.

Build Week  - Week 24 (June) or week 51 (December).

Production Nr.: - This unit was number 333 to be built that week.


texts: After asking to be remembered to return a call, geofence won't go off

texts: When someone called me, I tapped on the "Remind me later" button, I called back without the phone telling me, but I noticed that the geofence icon won't shut off even after resets. Why is this happening and how can I prevent it from draining my battery? According to the Location Settings the service that is using geofence is the location based alerts.


texts: How I can force Safari App to download a file in local machine?

texts:
just wondering if in Safari 9.0.1 is possible force a file to download. With images is easy, right clock and "Save Image as..." but for files like svg, and other non visualizable files is hard to find a solution.

In the past a download window was always available, but now apparently not]1


texts: From a technical standpoint, why can't Night Shift be supported on 32 bit hardware?

texts: As referenced in this comment, Apple doesn't remove features without a significant reason, but other 3rd party apps like f.lux and GammaTool can do colour changes on 32-bit devices just fine. What are possible reasons Apple might not have been able to do this?


texts: is it worth it to install SSD internally, instead of using USB3?

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I prefer to keep my boot drive external, so that I can quickly boot using another Mac if my primary Mac fails. I use a USB3 drive dock to connect the drive to my Macs.

I bought a 120GB SSD w/SATA3 (6.0Gbps) interface, capable of pushing >500MB/sec read and 260MB/sec writes, sustained.

USB 3.0 is pretty fast -- spec'ed at 5.0Gbps. I'm thinking that performance over USB 3.0 should be at least in the same ballpark as SATA3 (6.0Gbps). It's about an hour of risky, careful work to install the SSD internally in my Mac Mini, is it worth it?


texts: How to make the tags appear the old way on Mavericks?

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Is there a way to make the folders tagged in any color (red, blue, purple, etc.) appear in a more visible way than the OSX 10.9 way?

For instance, on OSX 10.8, the whole title of the item was colored.

A long time ago (System 7), even the color of the folder was changed.


texts: How do websites offer a factory unlocking service

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There are numerous websites online which offer an actual genuine factory unlocking service if you provide the iPhone's IMEI code. They advertise a service which whitelists your iPhone's IMEI code from Apple's database. As far as I know, only certified carriers can carry out this service.

How do these independent websites and other individuals manage to offer this service too? According to user comments and testimonials they really do carry out what is advertised.


texts: iOS 8.1 Iphone 6 Mail Client can't open links using Chrome

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The default mail client can't seem to open email links using chrome at all. I have deactivated safari.  Is this  a glitch? Should I stop using the default client?

Thanks.


texts: How do I check the country of origin for apps in the iOS App Store?

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How do I check country of origin for apps in the iOS App Store? My experience is that looking for the listed developer isn't always accurate and the App Store doesn't appear to show country of origin.

My current practices for estimating country of origin for security purposes:

Check for "Engrish": extremely broken grammar associated with automatic translation tools. Most Chinese knockoff apps have "Engrish" descriptions. However, bear in mind that broken grammar doesn't always mean "software from China" - it's common to have this happen with apps from Asia in general.
Developer or vendor appears to have a Chinese or Russian name. In these cases I usually do an additional Google search to verify this. Taiwan uses the same language as China (although their character sets are written differently) - another thing to check so I don't incorrectly flag Taiwanese apps as coming from China.
Check the developer's other apps. What languages and countries do they appear to be geared towards? If I see anything geared towards China or Russia, I usually reject the developer.
Check the listed language availability. Generally, an app that offers only English and Simplified (not Traditional/Taiwanese) Chinese is a telltale sign that it comes from China.
Online search (background check) for the developer. This often fails in the case of apps designed by extremely small teams or independent developers.

Here's a list of things that often go wrong when pinpointing where an app comes from:

Publisher or developer uses a front company outside their country to mask country of origin. I remember a recent instance of this where a Russian publisher opened a front company in Ireland and listed that.
Search turns up no results. A lot of app developers are small independent software companies with no name recognition, and many don't have a dedicate website or show up on search results.
Listed developer (below the app name) doesn't match the listed seller. In some cases, the listed seller is obviously a joke or incorrect. I recall one app where the seller was listed as "Michael Jackson", even though that clearly was not the developer's name.

Is there a better way to do this?


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Over the course of my ownership of a MacBook Pro running Lion, I've had an extremely odd bug occur somewhat sporadically. It rarely occurs, but when it does, the following effects become apparent:

I can no longer switch spaces using trackpad gestures, but I can using keyboard shortcuts.
Dashboard becomes inaccessible without using Mission Control; only the main spaces can be moved through with the shortcut keys.
When moving between spaces, all easing is gone from the transition animations. The animation seems more like it was in Snow Leopard and prior.

I really have no idea what could possibly cause this, and even though it's only happened to me four or five times, it's quite annoying since I use Spaces a lot. The only way I've found to resolve the problem was restarting the entire OS. Has anyone else had this happen to them? If so, do you know of a fix?


texts: On a mac, how can I force-close a window of an app (NOT the app itself)?

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I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut to close a window of an app, skipping the "Would you like to save" pester dialog, while leaving the app, itself, and other windows, still open.

If there's no way to do that, is there a keyboard shortcut for hitting a certain button in a window/dialog?  In Windows, this would typically be ALT+[first letter of the button text].


texts: Can I specify WiFi network AP to connect to using MAC address?

texts:
I would like to connect to a specific AP in a mesh network of 12 APs.  My Mac automatically connects to the AP with the highest signal strength, but this unit is misconfigured and can't connect to the internet.

Since every AP node in the mesh uses the same BSSID, I can only tell them apart by their hardware MAC address.

Is there a way to tell MacOS to connect to WiFi by MAC instead of by BSSID?

I've looked at the "networksetup" command and don't see how to do it.

Thanks!


texts: Modifier keys... don't show the "Select keyboard" option

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I'm using keyboard KeyCool 84 with Bluetooth version 4.0. When I use a cable to connect with my Mac (running macOS Mojave 10.14.5), I can use the modifier key function with an option to Select keyboard

But when I use Bluetooth to connect, the option to Select keyboard doesn't show in the modifier dialog.

Currently I'm using karabiner-elements for custom key as a work around.

How can I get this to work with macOS natively?


texts:
Is anyone here using todotxt and iterm2?

I'm having a weird issue. When using default terminal app in OSX, my todotxt color is working just fine.

But when I switch to iterm2, the color is not displayed correctly.

I've changed color Report terminal type to xterm-256color and maxed out minimum contrast, but it still not working. BTW, I'm using oh-my-zsh as my shell. Anybody know how to fix it?? Thanks.


texts: How do I restore an iPhone from a backup located on an external drive?

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I back my iPhone up to my Mac. Since I don't have much space on my Mac, I moved my iTunes backup folder to an external drive (copy and paste), and then created a symlink from the normal backup folder to the location on the external drive where that particular backup folder is located. I backed my iPhone up, and it seems to change the backup on the external drive (I can tell by looking at the date modified of the files in the backup folder).

Now, there are two problems I've noticed with this. Firstly, when I connect my device and look in iTunes, it says "Latest Backup: Your iPhone has never been backed up to this computer" – even though it has been backed up (although to an external drive). The worse part is that the "Restore Backup..." button is grayed out, not allowing me to restore my iPhone from the backup.

Another thing I should mention is that when I go to iTunes > Preferences > Devices, I don't see my iPhone backup in the list. I was under the impression that symlinks worked on a low enough level such that applications like iTunes would be fooled into thinking they were on the main drive itself. That isn't the case though, apparently.

So, how do I restore my iPhone from my backup (other than perhaps buying a new Mac with a larger internal hard drive)? I hardly have enough space to move the device backup folder over to my main drive, so I'd like to leave that as a last option.


texts: While I initially liked the ability to set custom backgrounds on my iPhone 4, I've come to find that I'm starting to miss the simple black background I had on my iPhone 3G. How can I set my background back to black?


texts: Duplicate FileVault setup using using fdesetup

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I upgraded to OSX 10.10 Yosemite yesterday, and accepted Apple's offer to encrypt my hard drive as a part of the upgrade process. However, Apple did not offer me a recovery key and did not offer to store a recovery key for me on their own server. Is there a way for me to obtain those features without decrypting+encrypting?

I do know that I can set a personal recovery key from the terminal using:

sudo fdesetup changerecovery -personal

but what about saving a recovery key with Apple? My guess is that the OS upgrade did not do this for me:

sudo fdesetup hasinstitutionalrecoverykey
Password:
false

Trying changerecovery -institutional seems to require configuration before usage:

Error: Institutional recovery key could not be added or changed.


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Last month my iphone 5s 16 Gb (iOS 9.3.2) says that it has no free space. Even after I delete some music, on the next day I can get this message again.

When I go to  Settings > General > Usage > Storage and iCloud I can see the following numbers:

used 11.6 Gb
free 0 B

But if I go to "manage" and manually count all numbers for shown apps and used space, I'll get 6.8 Gb.

The question is simple: where is rest of the storage space and how can I get it back?


texts: How do I stop Numbers from being the default program when a financial file is downloaded or imported?


texts:
I'm trying to create a Mac app bundle,

So I did this,

mkdir -p android.app/Contents/MacOS/
cp /path/to/myscript.sh android.app/Contents/MacOS/android
chmod +x android.app/Contents/MacOS/android
SetFile -t APPL android.app/Contents/MacOS/android

But when I do open android.app, it prompts me The application cannot be opened because its executable is missing.

That's totally weird. Anyone know how to fix that?

Running Mac OS 10.11.4


texts: Universal clipboard between macOS sierra and iOS 10 doesn't seem to work okay!

texts: I've installed macOS sierra (beta) on my MBP & iOS 10 (beta) on my iPhone 5S. Both of them have the latest release. I've connected them in the same wifi network and Bluetooth connection is also active on both of them. So the two-way copy-paste should work seamlessly on these devices. The problem is, copying on MBP & pasting on iPhone works fine but the reverse doesn't. What to do to make this working??


texts: Can I add song to an Apple Music playlist, without adding them to 'My Music'?

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I like to keep my iTunes library ('My Music') clean and only add albums I really like. However, I also like to have playlists with songs I just like a bit. I do not want these songs to show up in 'My Music'.

When adding a song to a playlist in Apple Music, it's automatically added to 'My Music'. When removing it from 'My Music', it's also removed from the playlist.

Is there some way to add a song to a playlist, while not adding it to 'My Music'?


texts: Is there an online resource with lots of iOS system icons?

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By this, I mean the dock, the "X" button for app icons, the lock screen slider, etc.

Any file format is fine, but I'd like them to be at least the normal resolution.


texts:
My phone froze last night and the battery still has not died. My lock and home button don't work, so I can't just hold the power button down and reset it. I'm on a friend's computer, so my phone isn't linked or whatever to this computer. Is there any other way to get my phone to turn off faster, since I need it for tomorrow.

It has done this before, but I had music playing and wasn't fully charged, but this time I was on my browser with a fully charged phone.

This happened over 26 hours ago.


texts: How can I trace the macOS network stack?

texts:
In safari, and several other products, I get a network timeout where I have to reload the page, even though I have a full / working Wifi connection.

This is a sporadic issue.

The problem seems to occur after I installed Cisco's security product "OpenDNS Umbrella".  Removing OpenDNS Umbrella seems to fix the problem.

I would like to get a better understanding of the network layers in macOS so I can create an appropriate trace/diagnostic for review.

What are the "layers" of software that are available for extension and modification in macOS?  (I'm from a Windows Mindset and understand MSFT's well-documented network API, packet filters, and what extensions are available etc).
How can I create a trace of network activity at the aforementioned layers? For example, I want to see not just DNS traces, but any internal firewall that could be affecting me?  (macOS has a built-in firewall that might be giving me trouble.)

I did briefly install "Little Snitch" firewall program, but I then uninstalled it.  I'm not sure if this is relevant, but it does manage connections via an API I'm not aware of.


texts: Force airdrop images to be JPEG not HEIC

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If i airdrop a photo from my iPhone (iOS 12.4.1) to my MacBook (OSX 10.3.6)the photo arrives as a .HEIC which some other programmes dont reconise.

Is it possible to get airdrop to send .JPG / .JPEG files instead ?

Im aware i could convert the files, or better yet make an automator script to auto convert the files when they appear, but this seems like a work around rather than a solution.


texts: Can I share a .ipa file (iOS app) among multiple users?

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Is it possible to share a .ipa file between iOS device users who have purchased the app? The reason is we do not want to download the app (especially if it has a large file size, like 1GB).

For example, User 1 has purchased 'Scrabble' and User 2 has also purchased 'Scrabble'. User 1 has a good internet connection and finished downloading. User 2 has a bad internet connection. In this case, User 2 would benefit by copying the .ipa file to his computer (if Apple allows). Since both users have purchased the application, it is not piracy or illegal.

I just don't have two accounts to try and I don't know where to look for the answer. Answers or a link to read would be appreciated.


texts: How can a standard user backup everything using Time Machine?

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I have concern regarding this behavior.

When I use Time Machine as a standard user, it backs up everything (including data of users I do NOT even own). I realize that I still cannot access it, but how legit it is to allow me to backup everything on a system used by multiple users on an external hard drive and take it away with me?


texts: Why does a find field value in one application show up in a the find field of another application?

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On my MacBook Pro I have found that several applications seem to share the value for a find.  For example, I searched 'applestackexchange' in Safari's unified address bar, then I switch to Xcode and click into a Find field.  The first word of my search in Safari then appears there.  iTerm2 and Sublime Text 2 also seem to participate in this sharing.

Running latest Mountain Lion on  a 2012 MBP.


texts: How can I burn my iPhoto slideshow to DVD (to play in DVD player)?

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I can't figure out the way to burn my iPhoto slideshow to a DVD so I can play in a DVD player.

I am pretty sure this works out of the box but after googling, I only find paid software.  I am happy to pay but just want to make sure that I am not missing some out of the box solution.


texts: How to ssh from iPad with external keyboard and Emacs?

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I am thinking about retiring my portable for an iPad + keyboard. (With Amazon/Linode/etc as server.)

I tried the iSSH app and ran Emacs in a terminal (not X Windows), using the Apple external keyboard.

This is unusable. Some extra chars are generated with control-F and option for Meta (Escape) generates some extra characters. There are probably other problems.

Terminal programs can't just remove/add/modify stuff as they like! Especially not for Emacs!

This problem was discussed already at the iPad launch.

The specifics for iSSH was discussed at least last November. (A fix was promised for the next release, which was in March.)
http://groups.google.com/group/issh/browse_thread/thread/b58508bb42a3241e?pli=1

I saw in other discussions a few months ago that the "Prompt" app should work better, but that it had other problems? It was updated a few weeks ago.

Any advice on how to make this work? Prompt?

Edit, a conclusion:
I have checked Prompt now. It doesn't have programmable keys and no way to get the Alt X to send real ESC X. I'll see what chars are generated by the keyboard and if I can put that into Emacs.

So iSSH has programmable keys (and lots of other features) except for control keys, but no working Control. And Prompt has working Control keys but no possibility to set up keys. The union of them would be perfect. :-(

At least both applications are under active development, so this should show up.


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Yesterday my MacBook Pro started to be blocked.

When it boots it asks for the password for the Guest account. No password is right. According to various sources of information I found on the Web, this may mean that the computer has been locked from iCloud using "Find My iPhone".

From https://www.icloud.com/#find the Macbook seems to be blocked:

But there is no "unlock" button on iCloud:

When I click "Play Sound" a sound is effectively played by the Macbook:

"Find My iPhone" is not able to locate the computer's location, but it is here, on my desk!

When I power off the MacBook Pro something changes on https://www.icloud.com/#find and a button "Remove from Account" appears. After I clicked that button the MacBook Pro is removed from the device listing. But as soon as I reboot the Macbook will reappear in the listing.

I don't understand what is wrong: I own the computer, I own the iCloud/Apple ID account but I can neither use it, nor unlock it.

I tried to call Apple, today they won't respond (today it's Sunday, tomorrow is a holiday in my country.) I can't wait till tuesday.

Do you know how to solve my issue?


texts:
I used to have two drives on my machine, Fast and Big. I replaced Big with Bigger. Now there are a number of pointers in various apps that still point to Big.

Is there a way to rename my new drive to be Big? It's my user drive, so it won't let me do it in the obvious way using Get Info.


texts: Use iCloud storage space to free space from iPhone 5s

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I have purchased a 200 GB iCloud plan. I have a MacBook, an iPad Air and a iPhone 5s.

My phone keeps on popping up "Storage Full" every now and then. What should I do to utilise the purchased iCloud space and free my iPhone of space ?


texts:
I followed a tutorial to create dual boot with macOS Sierra 10.12 and Kali-Linux 2.0.

I created a bootable USB drive and booted on a Kali-Linux live session in order to use GParted and resize my macOS Partition.

I selected the macOS partition and resized it from 239 GB to 200 GB. I got 2 partitions, with the 39 GB partition formatted to "unallocated".

But now when I try to boot to macOS, I get the Apple logo then a white cross and can't boot to macOS.

I tried to boot in Recovery HD by holding cmdR, then I tried to use S.O.S. but it says I need an Assistant recovery disk. We can create a USB recovery disk by plugging in a USB drive to our MacBook then use the assistant to create a bootable USB drive which can repair disks, but like I said my MacBook can't boot on macOS, so I can't create it...
Is there a way to download the iso of the recovery USB drive directly to create my own recovery USB drive from it?

I read somewhere that I need to rewrite the corrects boot codes and my data isn't lost. Is that true?

What do you think I can do?

Edit:
Here is the output of diskutil/gpt:

(Sorry for the low compression rate I haven't 10 reputation to post more than 2 pics)

I didn't expect the result of Diskutil. So much partition is normal ?

Edit2:

Here is the other screen I had after write commands :

Edit 3


texts:
I have a Mountain Lion macbook and it's default locale is english, it's keyboard is english (US) as well. I need to change the language that the terminal replies to Swedish.

For example,
Instead of replying "Connection Refused" for a failed telnet, it should say "Forbindelse Vagras" (which is the Swedish translation)

EDIT:
I have tried setting LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 and same with LC_ALL, to no effect

Have also tried changing system-wide settings, which changes the language in the entire system but not the terminal

Also, I'm running ZSH.


texts:
I want to make an Automator action that copies a set of files from a folder to another folder that is one folder up and then two folders down from the original files. In other words: ../Folder1/Folder2. The Automator action would be in the same folder as the files, but the root folder will be duplicated and renamed across multiple computers, so the path MUST be relative.

My understanding is that I need to run an Applescript to grab the current path and then do...something. I have zero scripting experience. Can anyone help?


texts: Apple Extended Keyboard 2 - Caps lock key doesn't work in macOS High Sierra?

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I have an Apple Extended Keyboard 2, which is almost 28 years old by now but it still works great. To use this old keyboard, I use a Belkin ADB USB Adaptor.

I have a 2014 MacBook Pro and a PC. On the PC, the keyboard works great. My MacBook Pro has two partitions, one with OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 and other with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 installed. The keyboard works great in OS X Mavericks, but not on macOS High sierra.

Everything except the Caps lock key works. When clicking (or holding) the Caps lock key nothing happens. The Caps lock light does not glow and the Mac doesn't type uppercase letters. Please note that caps lock key works on both OS X Mavericks and PC. Since the keyboard and the adaptor work elsewhere, I deduce they are fully functioning.

Caps lock is working on other keyboards and no installation was needed for neither OS X Mavericks nor the PC to make the keyboard work. The PC is running Windows 10.

This is what I have tried which failed:

Reseting the Modifier keys in System preferences → Keyboard to defaults and same as on the other Mac.
Re-ran the Keyboard Setup Assistant multiple times.
Moving the plist located at /Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboardtype.plist to macOS High Sierra from OS X Mavericks. (Reverted after failed attempt).

How can I make the Caps lock key work on the old keyboard in macOS High Sierra?


texts: how do i uninstall an app in mountain lion?

texts:
I'm trying to uninstall MAMP and MAMP pro from my mountain lion macbook and don't know how i should do that. I tried dragging the icon from my launchpad to the Trash, but it doesn't work.
What should i do?


texts: iPhone encrypted backup password forgotten

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  I forgot my local backup password to unlock the iPhone backup file

I have forgotten the password used to encrypt my iPhone 4 iOS 6.0.1 backup. Is there any way to recover it?


texts: CMD+R wil not start Recovery HD - Fusion Drive

texts:
I have recently my Macbook Late 2009 with a SSD crucial 500Mo (Data doubler).
I made a Fusion Drive with no problems, then I re-installed el Capitan again with no issue (except I tried to re-install all my dat from my latest Time machine backup and it failed).
So the computer is working well, it boots up and shuts down at light speed as I expected :-)
Now my issue is that I am trying to recover my latest backup from Time Machine but I cannot get the HD Recovery at machine boot up.
I tried various keys combinations (CMD+R, R, Opt+R, CMD+OPT+R), nothing works.
Just to make sure I re-installed El Capitan just something went wrong. Same result.
then I started suspecting Fusion Drive.

Diskutil shows:

It seems that the system is installed on the SSD and the HD Recovery on the Hybrid disk. Could it be an explanation that HD recovery is not launched at boot-up?
Any idea how to fix this issue?

Regards.
@+  Gaël.


texts: consequences of `sudo rm` apps that shipped with the OS (like Photos, Messages, Mail)

texts:
I've got numerous OSes installed on my Macintosh laptop for certain reasons. So I'd like to be as lightweight in my OS X as possible. What are the consequences of sudo rm -rf'ing  the following application that are allegedly unmodifiable/deletable because it’s required by OS X?

I am not a photographer so I don't really need

Photos.app Maps.app "Image Capture.app" "Photo Booth.app"

For communication I use emails mainly and I much prefer mutt so I'd like to get rid of

Mail.app Messages.app Contacts.app

I use vim mainly (and atom & Xcode occasionally) so I'd also like to get rid of

TextEdit.app Notes.app "Utilities/Script Editor.app"

I also don't see myself ever using

Calculator.app Calendar.app Dashboard.app "DVD player.app" "Game Center.app"
iBooks.app Reminders.app Stickies.app "Time Machine.app"

These are what I use OS X mainly for

iOS development (sometimes)
Web development: mainly to test browser compatibility
Updating the firmware

So would I break anything important if I delete all the applications mentioned above?


texts: If I take a screenshot on my desktop or save an image from Preview I cannot upload these images to my Photos. If I drag them into the Photos app on Mac they will not sync to my devices. I also tried uploaded them using the iCloud website but the website won't accept these images. They stay grayed out when I choose to upload images. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?


texts: I have a weird problem with the Music app on Catalina. When I want to play a playlist, sometimes it only plays one song and then it stops. The "Up Next" list has other songs listed but the app doesn't play anything, and even when I press play still doesn't play anything. It somehow gets stuck. Sometimes when I play with the Repeat button it gets fixed temporarily but then it comes back again after a while. This is a new issue I have after upgrading to Catalina. Any ideas?


texts:
I am posting this for a friend who is having this problem but obviously can't post this himself as his computer will not boot up. He started having problems after a video game crashed during online multiplayer. The game is Minecraft, which is written in Java. He was able to send me this from his iPad.

"Console generates a huge log about detailing how the java application stub crashed. So I shut down the computer, note, regular, controlled shutdown, not force shutdown. Then when I go to reboot, the HDD boots up, and makes its little boot up noise. The screen is the usual eggshell white. Then, it makes the HDD shut down sound, and the screen goes to black. I tried this three times, same result. Right now, I'm just waiting, hoping that it's overheated or something. Any ideas?"


texts:
I just discovered that on my MAC /usr/local/include is a symbolic link to usr/include (since about 9 months), causing problems with homebrew.
I wonder whether this link is normal? harmless? Is there a way to disentangle that (make /usr/local/include an independent directory containing those files that belong there (which ones are that?) and keep the rest in /usr/include/)?


texts: iPad (12.3.1) not trusting certificate even after root cert has been added

texts:
I have an iPad using software version 12.3.1 that doesn't seem to be accepting the certs that I install.

In the Certificate Trust Settings I've enabled my root certificate.
Then when I open the ip in safari which has that cert I get a this cert is not trusted error and it says i can proceed or view the cert.

If i view the cert i can see that it is indeed the correct one and the same as installed on the ipad. how do i get rid of this error any help would be great.

EDIT
Stupid me had the wrong CN, if you are using an ip address make sure you do not add the port to the CN as this will cause an error.


texts: I am going to be away from my rMBP for 2 weeks, I powered it off and left it with around 56% of battery charge, anything I should do differently / didn't do? in order to keep the battery in a good condition without causing damage (losing capacity or getting it in too deep discharge state).


texts: Can someone point me to resources to reverse engineer ancient Mac software?

texts:
I have an ancient program called "Digital Radar" (surveillance software) by Connectix.  Connectix developed the original little ball webcam, and was later bought by Logitech.  I've tried all of their venues of support, but have been told "We're sorry, but this product is no longer being developed.  Thank you for contacting Logitech."

I have numerous videos recorded with this software that I wanted to convert, but can't determine the codec, or any other information about the files.  Even "Treasured" was of no help.

While new to programing, I thought if it were possible to crack open the code to at least just find what video formats they were using, that I could get my files into a modern format.

This app broke with the advent of MacOS 9, so I'm looking for an old-timer who knows how to handle something from an 8.6 code base.

I know, it's a long-shot, but any Classic app pros have any ideas of how to revive these vids?


texts:
I would like to connect a third display to my Mac Mini Late 2012. Since I'm already using the HDMI and Thunderbolt I'll have to use something else. I read in a couple of forums that you can connect another monitor using some kind of external graphics card and a USB slot.
Now, I thought about using the FireWire slot. I found an Apple adapter the other way around but is there an adapter with Thunderbolt input that I can plug into the FireWire?

OR:

I saw that the new Mac Mini has a second Thunderbolt slot, instead of the FireWire. Is there a way to modify my Mac Mini to make it have 2 Thunderbolts as well?

Thanks in advance


texts: How do I share Keynote presentations and perform collaborative editing on iCloud?

texts:
Apple states that iCloud is the perfect platform for building presentations with the web-based keynote and for sharing and collaborating on documents.

I cannot figure out how to share a Keynote presentation so that two people can edit the document without having to email it back and forth. Is there a way to do this? I would also like to edit the document at the same time with someone else, as I can with Google.


texts: Lost my Macbook pro with retina display. How do I find out if Find My iDevice is enabled on it?

texts:
Someone just broke into my apartment today and stole my new MacBook Pro. When I go to icloud.com and click on Find my iPhone, on the Devices section, my MacBook is listed. When I click on it, it attempts to find it and says its offline. I don't know how to proceed. There's a good chance that it was stolen by a kid who lives within a 5 mile radius (from details I can't share).

How can I be sure that Find my iDevice was enabled on my MacBook? (I can't remember for the life of me if I had enabled or disabled it)
Maybe I'm just being naively hopeful but is there a way to not wipe out the drive and still prevent access?  It's not likely to have been stolen by a security expert, to say the least. (wider neighborhood kid is what it looks like)
I've checked 'Notify when found' on the icloud.com/find page for my device. Does this mean I'll get an email? Do I have to be on icloud.find 24/7 to get a notification and the last location?


texts:
I need to install the rabbitmq management tool, but enabling results in the error (please see below).  I am on OS X Maverick.  I tried "rabbitmq-plugins disable Mochiweb"  but Mochiweb could not be found

rabbitmq-plugins enable rabbitmq_management

********************************************************************************
Warning: Mochiweb enabled and Erlang version 17 detected.
Enabling plugins that depend on Mochiweb is not supported on this Erlang
version. At least R13B01 is required.

RabbitMQ will not start successfully in this configuration. You *must*
disable the Mochiweb plugin, or upgrade Erlang.


texts: opendirectoryd taking up 1/4 of the cpu and driving fans crazy on MacBook Air

texts:
Since a couple of days my 2011 13" MBA (i5, 1,7Ghz) has a very strange issue which I don't know how to get rid of.

Every now and then (sometimes more times a day) a process called opendirectoryd takes up 99-101% of my CPUs. This causes the temperature to go up and after a short while the fans kick in. My MBA is logged in as part of an Active Directory Domain.

First I tried waiting a couple of minutes, but the process didn't stop. Rebooting the machine seems to always fix the problem, but that's not exactly my preferred solution for this problem.

For now I stick to force kill the process. I need to repeat this 1-2 times per iteration and then there's a undefined period of time in which I'm safe.

I'm not sure if it is related to the 10.7.2 update or to something else.

I found others having a similar problem. In that case it seems to be related to a Livescribe pen. While I have a Livescribe pen (updated to the latest version of the client software) I don't have any suspicious entries in Console.app.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Change iTunes Store country and keep Apple Music library?

texts:
Is there a way to change the iTunes Store country and still keep the Apple Music library? Preferably in an automated way.

The reason for asking is that the Apple support article on changing the iTunes Store country or region says that your Apple Music library will be lost if changing the country and does not offer any workarounds:

  You won’t see the items from your iCloud Music Library that you matched,
  uploaded, or added from the previous country’s store

I have spent considerable time on building up my music library (adding from Apple Music) and would not like to lose it just because I'm moving to another country.

In my case it is not an option to use multiple Apple IDs or keep using the old iTunes Store country. Device versions are iOS 10 and macOS Sierra.


texts: How can I prevent Always Allowed apps from counting towards App Limits

texts:
Simple use case:  my son has an iPad where he plays some games and uses FaceTime to talk to his grand parents every day.

I want him to use the iPad no more than 1 hour every day, with the exception of FaceTime.  I want FaceTime to be available all the time, without running into any time limits.

I thought, I could set Screen Time like so:

App Limits ==> All Apps & Categories = 1hr
Always Allowed ==> FaceTime

I see that after he has talked to his grandparents on FaceTime for about 20~25 minutes, and played his game for 30~35 minutes, iOS will tell him that he has reached his daily limit.

But this seems wrong to me.  First, in Screen Time page, when I add all the categories up, it is definitely less than 1 hour.

And even if they totaled an hour, his game usage is (as I have witnessed) no more than 30~35 minutes.

I would have expected that he could use 2 hours of FaceTime during the day (just to illustrate the point, not that he actually would do that!) without that triggering any limits, and ONLY AFTER playing on his game for (close to) 1 hour, would the iPad tell him that he has reached his limit.

How can this be made to work better?
Does Apple need to revamp Screen Time a bit more?


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut or app to *SWITCH* displays content?

texts:
Is there a free app or shortcut that I can switch my  Mac's windows content from one monitor to the other monitor (assuming only two monitors) via the keyboard or app?
I know there is a way to move window to the next screen, but it's not enough for me.
If I have Chrome open in monitor 1 and Zoom in monitor 2 - and I want to switch between them - is it possible?


texts: Run script when I connect something to the line in port?

texts:
I'm connecting my phone to my mac via the line in port to listen to podcasts. I'm using the app LineIn to do this and I was wondering whether there was anyway I could have:

My audio input be set to line-in
LineIn launch

when I connect my phone (any device really, I don't use line-in for anything else) via line-in.


texts: Downloaded Music Missing from iPhone Music Library

texts:
I'm having a bit of a problem with my music library on my iPhone. All the downloaded songs marked as explicit have randomly gone missing from my iPhone 11 Pro. I can see that the files are still in the phone if I go to Settings > Music > Downloaded Music, but they don't actually show up in the music library itself. I don't have any restrictions enabled either.

Anyone know why this could be happening and how I can fix this?


texts: iOS App Preview videos - are all 3 iPhone resolutions required

texts:
I've just completed an App Preview video for my forthcoming universal iOS app. I did it by capturing an iPhone 6 using QuickTime then editing in iMovie.

If I only submit my iPhone 6 App Preview video (750x1334), will iPhone 5/5s and 6 Plus users be able to see the video on the App Store?

Or do I have to create and upload separate iPhone 5/5s & iPhone 6 Plus videos?

Thanks.


texts: How to install and use GNU Grep in macOS

texts:
I have coreutils but I am not sure if GNU grep is there.
I just want to use the flag -P for Perl regex that is found in GNU grep, but not in BSD grep.

My PATH is /usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/masi/.cabal/bin so I have coreutils first in the PATH.

However, grep is BSD when I am using it: grep --version gives grep (BSD grep) 2.5.1-FreeBSD.

Command type -p grep returns /usr/bin/grep

How can you install GNU Grep in macOS?


texts: Can I safely remove these MOV files from the OSX SSD?

texts:
It is my 'Macintosh HD Info':

However from time to time I get this 'There is not enough disk space available to install the product.'.

So I really want to free up some space.

I also use the 'CleanMyMac 3' to identify the files to remove.

It suggests these large files:

My questions are

How can I make OSX to start the purging process?
I hesitate to remove those MOV files because I am not sure if it will also remove them from my iCloud Photos library. The warning from CleanMyMac is quite dire: "Are you sure you want to permanently remove "IMG_3627.MOV"? You can't undo this action."

I certainly do not want to remove it from my photo library. I just want to remove the local copy so I can free more space.

So is there a safe way to reclaim the local space without removing the MOV files from icloud?

EDIT:

I have already used the 'Optimise Mac Storage' option


texts: Can I move Time Machine files from an external disk, reformat it, then restore the TM files?

texts:
I have an external USB disk which is backing up my Mac using Time Machine. I need to reformat the external disk for an unrelated reason.

If I:

temporarily move the Time Machine files off the external disk
reformat the external disk, then
put the TM files back onto the external disk

will Time Machine continue to work? Or will I lose my existing Time Machine archive?


texts: I have a 15" Macbook Pro Early 2011 and OS X 10.9.2. Spotlight is starting to re-index process when I logged in. I want to know: is this a normal behaviour?


texts: What are the verifiable privacy features macOS provides?

texts:
Being tired of reading new privacy issues affecting Windows, release after release, and OEMs introducing their own privacy-breaking software (or vulnerability - such as the recent Dell remote execution bug,) I'm looking into how macOS is different. Having heard so many people talking how much Apple cares about their users privacy, whether it's macOS, Macbooks or various devices.

Is there a reliable source / list of privacy feature / officially and legally-binding privacy policy (without having to go through all the fluff) I can refer to, to form my opinion?


texts: iPhone Next Backup Size Bigger Than Total Of All Apps Being Backed Up

texts:
A while back, my iPhone (running iOS 14.4.2) stopped backing up to iCloud as I was running out of space. When I went into the backups section of the app to see how much data my next backup will take up, I saw this...

... The "Next Backup Size" is showing as 8.52GB.
The sum of each individual app's backup size is much less than the next backup size that is being shown. The apps are listed in descending order of backup size, the total backup size that I counted is around 300MB.
I tried looking online only to find a lot of people having a similar issue to me, the most common solutions were disabling iCloud photos and remove files stored locally on the iPhone through the files app.
My photos are not being backed up to iCloud, and I've tried removing everything stored on my iPhone and even tried uninstalling the Files app completely. Nothing is fixing my problem. With none of the solutions working for me, I have come here.
What do you think is causing this issue and how do I go about fixing this?


texts: Why does my external monitor brightness increase on 144 Hz?

texts: I have an external display connected via DisplayPort.  With 144 Hz refresh rate selected the image brightness goes up by quite a bit.  Any other refresh rate (even 120) will show a darker, less washed out image.  The actual monitor OSD settings are not changed when this happens.  Anyone know why this would happen and if it can be prevented?


texts: Can I send files using bluetooth to a device that is not discoverable but previously paired?

texts:
I can send files using the built-in Bluetooth File Exchange on OSX Lion just fine, except it requires me to put my phone in a discoverable state. However, since this is an Android phone, it stops being discoverable after 120 seconds. In addition, I have a nice Bluetooth toggle on my home screen but I can't get one for BT and discoverable.

The Phone is paired with my MacBook, so I was wondering if somehow I could bypass the discoverable requirement for previously paired bluetooth devices.


texts:
I would like the full label color back.
I hate the small dots, I can't understand why apply more than one color tag in the same file.
Where can I find the file that control this tags?
I don't want install other program to control it, like xtrafinder or similar.
Thanks!


texts: Why does the contrast change when you zoom out of an image on Preview on mac?

texts:
If you click on an image file in finder on the mac and press the space bar, Preview will preview the photo for you. After doing this, you can zoom in on the image (by pinching two fingers apart from each other). When you do this it's like a gray layer with low opacity appears over the image (as if there is less contrast). When you zoom out all the way, and continue doing the zoom out motion with your fingers it's as if this gray layer disappears (and the resulting image often looks better.)

If I open the image in another photo editing app, the image with the apparent gray layer is what opens. Thus, it looks like what I perceive as a gray layer is in fact just the image itself. Thus, I'm guessing preview applies some sort of filter when you zoom out all the way of an image and continue zooming. Does anyone know what kind of changes this filter is making (because most of my images look a lot better and have much better contrast with this apparent filter)?


texts: Restoring deleted iTunes 12 user music libraries

texts: After having updated iTunes, my entire music library disappeared. What can I do to restore it?


texts: Mac Mail forgets my email password every few days. How to fix it?

texts:
I'm running Mac OS 10.8.1 and have a (personal) Gmail and a (work) Google mail account setup inside Mail client. Every few days (weekly?) Mail seems to forget my personal gmail password and I have to re-enter it again.

This bug seems minor except that with Google 2 Factor authentication, this involves a trip to Google accounts and setting up another password etc. So this bug is hugely annoying when it manifests itself. I don't see this issue on iOS Mail (iPad as well as iPhone) nor on Outlook 2010.

I tried a solution at http://805creative.com/blog/what-to-do-when-apple-mail-keeps-forgetting-your-passwords.html but the plist in question doesn't exist on OS 10.8.1 ..

[UPDATE:] This can happen on either the IMAP (incoming) or SMTP (outgoing) servers. I just saw it happen on the incoming and then 5 mins later on the outgoing. Thankfully I misspelt the label of the outgoing server ('GMial') to notice it was complaining about a different server!


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Remove mono bluetooth profile or set stereo as default.

Whenever I turn on my Nokia bluetooth headphones they automatically connect to my Macbook. The problem is they always connect to the Mono (and not the Stereo) profile.  So I have to disconnect and reconnect with the stereo profile.  Is there anyway to either delete the mono profile or set the stereo profile as the default?

Mac OS X 10.6
Nokia BH-905


texts: 'the 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into /target/' during Linux Mint installation on an iMac

texts:
I have a Mid 2007 iMac, I've installed rEfind on the mac and the Linux Mint (Cinnamon 17.3) installer on an USB thumb drive .

rEfind sees the USB thumb drive, sees grub installed on the key, I boot from it and start to install Linux Mint, at a certain point I get this error: 'the 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into /target/'.

I manually set the partition table:
sda4 / k gb
sda5 swap 4096 mb

The iMac has a Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz, 3 GB RAM, and a NVDIA card.

I'll try again using the last UNebootin version, ad some different Linux distro (Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Lubuntu), but I'd like to know what issue could I have.


texts: Reserve a static IP address on an older Airport Extreme base station

texts: I'm trying to give my server a static IP address (it's connected directly to the base station) but it's an old base station, (Airport Extreme 802.11g) so there's no obvious way to reserve an IP address (equivalent to the DHCP Reservations panel on the more recent base stations.) For example, the information here is very clear, but my Airport Utility shows no such reservation panel.) Am I out of luck, or is there another way to do this?


texts: This is not the first time I have seen this.  The sync icon is rotating next to the WiFi icon.  Nothing is downloading from the App Store, there are no app or IOS updates available, Mail doesn’t say it’s downloading anything, Maps.me isn’t running and hasn’t been asked to update any maps, etc.  It has been rotating for over an hour, during which it has not been plugged into either charger or Mac.


texts:
We're having problems with airplay machines.  We've got a pair of Apple TVs as well as multiple Macbooks.  Airplay is not used much, but when it is, it likes to randomly disconnect.  It doesn't seem to matter which devices happen to be connected, they'll just randomly drop, anywhere from within 5 minutes of starting playback up to a half hour.  I can't recall them ever lasting more than half an hour without failing.

Any troubleshooting suggestions?  I'm a little disappointed that it doesn't at least attempt a reconnect on its own, is there a way to tell it to auto retry connections that drop?


texts: Why is "Users" file so huge? I am Migrating my Time Capsule's copy of my Air hard drive back to my Air with brand new Hard drive installed.


texts: Extract a GPS track (as .gpx) from a series of jpg photos

texts:
I have a bunch of .jpg photos containing GPS information. What is the easiest way to extract the GPS information and save it into a .gpx file (or .kml, for that matter)?

I have seen this answer pointing to exiftool, which gives a readable output, but I would like to import the track into other applications (e.g. Oruxmaps or Google Maps).
Answers to this question on gis.stackexchange.com point to Windows programs, but I am looking for a usable alternative on Mac OSX.


texts: I can't get gcc to compile DevIL library

texts:
I'm writing an OpenGL application in C++ using Xcode 4 on Lion. To load textures, and keep the application platform independent, I plan on using DevIL.

To install DevIL on my mac I ran ./configure and noticed gcc was no longer on the $PATH. I created a symlink from /Developer/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 to /usr/bin. Then I re-ran ./configure, it now finds gcc but fails with this:

checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

I'm not sure what this means:

Shouldn't I have symlinked gcc?
Do I need another gcc?
Is the problem DevIL related?

Thanks in advance


texts:
I've updated to MacOS Sierra a few days ago, and it has been really unstable (a lot of freezes and hangs, specially in XCode).

I noticed that in Console, the following two lines appear repeatedly, for different apps and services:

switching to keychain-db: /Users/user/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/user/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (0 1 1 1)
not switching as we're not in ~/Library/Keychains/: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain (0)

Is there any issue with keychain? Could that be causing the freezes?


texts:
I have a word count 'services' called with LMB and scrolling down to the services menu. I'd like to have a keyboard shortcut for it since I use it very often. All of the answers I see require that the services be in finder, but that doesn't seem to work with word count needing to extract from the current application. Under 'services' in keyboard shortcuts, is there's no way to select the 'services' that are in LMB? I'm in Catalina.

I've looked at the answers here Keyboard shortcut (almost) never works for Automator service and am still unable to figure it out. Thanks!


texts: I can't update my iPhone 4 v7.1.2 (11d257)

texts: I tried updating apps and it directed to enter password for a different Apple ID which is not mine. Please what should I do.


texts: VirtualBox NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Mac

texts: So, I restarted my Mac in the morning and I receive this error while trying to start my normal VBox but it did not start instead it gave in an error. This is the error image


texts: Time Machine won't sync after moving backup to new destination

texts:
I migrated from a custom-built Ubuntu machine to a QNAP TS-431 and therefore archived the Time Machine .backupbundle directory of my MacBook to a tarball and moved it to a network share on the NAS which I set up as described in the QNAP guide. However, even after successfully mounting the share, my MacBook won't backup to the new destination, failing quietly without any error message. After the "Preparing backup..." phase, the Time Machine settings dialog just states "Oldest backup: None" and "Latest backup: None".
Is it possible to get my old backup working again or is it likely to be broken?


texts: iPad: Sending iMessage messages from e-mail

texts:
When I send message on iMessage, it’s sent from my e-mail, which I am logged in iCloud with i.e. my Apple ID, not my phone number. In Settings → Messages → Send and Receive(?), is not my number, just my Apple ID e-mail.

Screenshot from Send and Receive:

receive and send iMessages over

What I have tried:

Disabling iMessages & FaceTime on both devices(iPhone and iPad), then restart and then enabling it again.
Logging out from AppleID in Settings → Messages → Send and Receive(?).
Adding my phone number in Settings → AppleID → Name, Phone Numbers, e-mail.

Neither of these worked!


texts: How to prevent Matlab from GPU switching?

texts:
MATLAB 2014a always uses the discrete GPU only, which is not necessary. (2013a didn't do this, therefore I think there might be an easy solution.)

How could I prevent this? I tried setting the NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching flag in Info.plist, but this didn't help.

I don't want to force it using gfxcardstatus as I often work with an external monitor.


texts: Mac Book 12" (early 2016) kernel panic IONVMeController.cpp:4949

texts:
My Problem:

Mac Book 12" (early 2016) in use for 1 year without any problem suddenly stopped while working and now cannot be started again / shows this panic report on startup:

panic(cpu0 caller 0ffffff7f90224e1): nvme: "Fatal error occurred. ID=0x95 ARG1=0x221 ARG2=0x4 ARG3=0x5 EDD0=0x0 EDD1=0x0 EDD2=0x0 EDD3=0x0 EDD4=0x0 EDD5=0x0 EDD6=0x0 EDD7=0x0. NAND Vendor=0x1. DRAM Vendor=0x2. SSD Capacity=512GB, FW Revision=9.135.01\n"@BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/IONVMeFamily/IONVMeFamily-234.60.2/IONVMeController.cpp:4949
Debugger called: <panic>
Backtrace (CPU 0). Frame : Return Adress
0xffffff81198c3cc0 : 0xffffff800ece850c
0xffffff81198c3d40 : 0xffffff7f902242e1
0xffffff81198c3e90 : 0xffffff800f2c15f0
0xffffff81198c3f00 : 0xffffff800ed2116a
0xffffff81198c3fb0 : 0xffffff800ec988f7

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.lokit.IONMEFamily(2.1)[12D4270E-AFFC-34DC-9714-44D1FE33333F]@0xffffff7f90214000->0xffffff7f90247fff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity(1.0.5)[9F6C41BF-4941-3A44-A292-4DF95ECBBE981@0xffffff8fa6a000
dependency: com.apple.lokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[A2EC4168-207E-3423-B948-EEB22E66F9C7]@0xffffff7f8f531000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AplleEFINVRAM(2.1)[10231892-A5CC-3F54-8780-67D38435875A]@0xffffff7f98209000
dependency: com.apple.lokit.IOStorageFamily(2.1)[F908D7F5-4F54-3889-8657-57F86350F4D8]@0xffffff7f8f44f000
dependency: com.apple.lokit.IOReportFamily(31)[B13DC3D3-7250-3DA3-BF50-C666EBEDAF4C100xffffff7f9018c000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
Not yet set

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0 Fri Apr 27 17:59:46 PDI 2018: root:xnu-3789.73-1/RELEASEX86_64
Kernel UUID: 27E91059-1364-37A5-B944-çC39CB9864DF
Kernel slide: 0x000000000ea00000
Kernel text base: 0ffffff800ec00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff800eb00000
System model name: MacBook 9.1 (Mac-9AEB2516C7C6B903)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 66088844367

Things I've already tried:

Ran Apple Hardware Test (Hold R on startup)

This showed a passing "No issues found" ADP000 reference code.

Reset NVRAM (Hold CMD+,OPT+P+R)
Reset System Management Controller (Shift+Control+Option+Powerbutton)
Ran safe mode (Hold Shift key on startup)
Ran verbose mode (Hold CMD+V on startup)

None of them worked, panic still appears

Ran Startup Manager (Hold Option on startup)

MACINTOSH HD appears for 2-3 sec, then it disappears and a black screen with the wifi selection remains. If I plug in a bootable USB Thumb Drive it appears.

Ran Recovery mode (Hold CMD+R on startup)

This got me to the typical 4 option boot up menu when installing OSX. When I go into Disk Utility to try and repair, my internal drive is not listed at all. The only drive that is listed is the drive for the Internet Recovery OS install.

Booted Ubuntu from a Thumb Drive (Create a bootable installer for
macOS - Apple Support) using the Apple USB C AV Multipart Adapter

Works, but does not show an internal drive.

What I think:

The SSD could be the problem. I wanted to remove it and test it on another computer, however, this is not easily achievable (https://blog.macsales.com/29795-owc-tear-down-of-new-12-macbook-reveals-ssd-not-user-upgradeable) and I do not want to endanger the warranty.

Any ideas whats going on and how to fix?


texts: Are all USB numeric keypads OSX comatible?

texts:
My office uses the small Apple bluetooth keyboards.  I have a user who is requesting a numeric keypad.  Apple sells a Belkin wireless keypad on their website, but it has terrible reviews and it isnt cheap.

There are countless USB numeric keypads that are a fraction of the price, all designed for Windows.

If I buy one of the USB ones, it should work on a Mac, right?  It is just a USB keyboard...


texts: Want to delete app but can't force quit app through activity monitor

texts: Downloaded the font manager FontYou, but since then the creators shut it down. I get an error message on startup from FontYou so have been trying to uninstall the app. I try to delete it in applications but get the message that I can't because the app is running. I tried to force quit through Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor but this isn't working either. What else can I do? Thanks!


texts: Reset Activity Calibration on Apple Watch

texts:
I went for a jog with my Apple Watch and iPhone in order to calibrate my Apple Watch activity monitoring. Annoyingly, I must've chosen the Outdoor Walk activity and not Outdoor Run. Where I used to get excercise minutes for brisk walks, I no longer do.

Is there anyway to reset the calibration so that I can do it again?

Cheers.


texts: Reverse tethering of Android device to OSX over WIFI

texts:
or HOW TO Find OSX wifi sharing on an android device

I have setup a mac mini (Mountain Lion) with internet sharing to devices using WIFI. My iPhone and iPod both see and can use the connection but none of the Android (Samsung, Nexus 4) can see it.

Any hints as to how I can share the mac mini's internet access with an Android device?

UPDATE getting the terminology right seemed to help my search.
Instead of searching on WIFI Android, searching on Ad-Hoc nerwork android gave me

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1718053

which I will try tomorrow - however I assume this only works if the network is visible

  Step 2 : Configuring the android device :

  Now, we will configure the android device to make it able to access this new adhoc network

Go to setting on the menu of your device
then wireless and networks then wi-fi settings then activate wi-fi .
Right click and choose advanced .
Check the "Use static IP"and fill in :
ip address: 192.168.137.5 (for example)
Gateway : 192.168.137.1
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
DNS 1: 192.168.137.1
DNS 2 : 172.168.137.1
then right click and save.

  Finally, click on the adhoc network (and input password if you use WEP security) then connect.
      And that's all ...enjoy internet with Google Play download supported...
      If you encounter problems connecting ,try to disable then to reactivate wifi, else reboot your android device.


texts: macOS Sierra keeps running out of application memory

texts:
Every time I turn my Mac on, after a while the app memory just runs out.

These are just from 10min apart, after working for a while. I need help figuring what those Installers are and why the kernel_task is taking so much memory. Those Google Chrome Helpers also look extremely unnecessary.

The only thing that 'solves' this is restarting the computer. How can I get rid of this cycle?


texts: What file comparison tool can I use under OS X?

texts:
My favorite file comparison tool was Beyond Compare but since I recently switched to OS X, i'm no longer able to use it and I'm looking for an alternative, preferably a free one.

Update: I made the mistake not to specify that I am also looking for a tool that does directory comparison, not only files. Because this could make the already answers invalid I made another question for this What directory comparison tools can I use on OS X?


texts: Couldn't find anything anywhere. Does the iPhone support Quicktime VR files?


texts: How to access my .ssh folder for Transmit or Cyberduck?

texts:
I"m trying to connect to my linux server which uses public key authentication. By default, the .ssh folder is hidden on my mac (which I can access via the terminal). However, when I try to setup a connection using either Cyberduck or Transmit, the Finder popup that opens does not show the .ssh folder.

How do I select the key ?

One alternative would be to copy the key to a directory outside the .ssh folder. But i'd definitely like to hear other solutions. How are you doing it ?


texts: Received an email saying someone has hacked my email account

texts:
I received an email saying that someone has hacked my email over 6 months ago and they say that through it they have infected my operating system with a virus. They say they have access to all my accounts, browsing history, photos, files on my computer, they also said that they have taken screenshots through the camera on my device.

Is this at all possible? I do have a computer that I use occasionally but mainly go through my iPad or iPhone.


texts: Should I get Windows 10, 32-bit or 64-bit?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro, macOS Catalina with 16 GB RAM and a 1.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 processor and I want to download Windows 10 so that I can get games on steam that are only for Windows.
It’s giving me the option of the 32-bit download or the 64-bit download and I don’t know which one to choose...


texts: Where does Mac OS X store contacts in my Address Book? Has this changed from Snow Leopard to Lion?


texts: How to resolve Issue with SSD with Folder with Question Mark Issue?

texts:
I am using the A1502 with 256GB SSD. I am getting the Folder with Question Mark Issue as soon i am booting my machine. After going through the recovery option (Opt + R) the mac is not detecting the hard-disk at all.
We are under the lockdown here so can't travel to nearby apple support, Can anyone please suggest how to check if its the SSD issue or the Unibody Cable Issue (if it exists in this machine) .
should i order SSD to USB converter from Amazon to check if my SSD is fine ?
Device: MacBook Pro 13″ Late 2013 256 GB SSD


texts: How do I remove Cisco Anyconnect from the Dock?

texts:
I am unable to remove Anyconnect from dock. It persists like Finder. On checking ~/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist I don't find Anyconnect listed in it. Is this setting stored somewhere else from where I can remove?

I am using Mavericks.


texts:
The ctrl key on my Macbook pro has stopped working at once! I have tested "Show keyboard viewer" from the languages, all keys are shown to be working correctly but not the ctrl key.

Could it be any software issue, or I should check the hardware?


texts: How can I get tracks from another iTunes library onto my iPhone without wiping it?

texts: I got  a bunch of audiobooks on a different Mac then my own (to which I don't have access at the present moment). I want to get them onto my iPhone without erasing stuff from my iPhone. How can I do that?


texts:
Running Mavericks (recently upgraded from Snow Leopard) I have three apps open on three of my 5 desktops -- Safari on desktop 1, TextEdit on 2, and Calendar on 3.  I right-click on each icon in the dock on their respective desktops, and check Assign To This Desktop.  I can right-click again any number of times to verify that that option is indeed checked.  I can Cmd+right and Cmd+left across them, or Cmd+<number> to jump to the numbered desktop, and everything works fine.  In particular, the apps stay where they're supposed to.

But now I try to use Cmd+Tab to switch apps and the desktop choice gets changed.  Using the example above, if I'm on desktop 3 looking at Calendar, and Cmd+Tab to Safari (which should be on desktop 1), Safari gets pulled over to desktop 2, while TextEdit gets pushed to desktop 1 (and I get taken to desktop 2).  The same sort of behavior happens with more apps and more desktops.  Basically, the desktops get shuffled so that the Cmd+Tab app is closest.

I have no extra monitor or anything else unusual that I can think might be screwing anything up.

Is there any way to permanently assign an app to a particular desktop and/or turn off this terrible shuffling behavior?


texts: Wrong amount of messages counted in Mail

texts:
I have an issue in Mail. The count of married mails is wrong:

I have 6 marked but the count say 7. How to fix that?


texts: Is there any reason that iTunes Home Sharing might exclude some voice memos from remote view?

texts:
I have one Mac running as a server for the house. It is running High Sierra, thus media sharing is being done by iTunes rather than the newer Music.app. While home sharing is working fine for all my music and videos, I just noticed that voice memos from my iPhone 6S do not appear in the share despite them appearing on the actual server's list. Strangely enough, voice memos which are still around from my 4S appear to be shared.
The files live alongside the rest of the music on the shared file system and I can't see why there is a difference between the 6S voice memos and the rest of the media (including the 4S memos). Looking through iTunes I also cannot see any option that would limit voice memos specifically. The media type for both the 4S and 6S memos are 'Voice Memo', so I can't see why one shares and the others don't. FWIW, despite being on a 'shared filesystem', I am relying on the server's iTunes home sharing function, not AFS/NFS/CIFS/etc.
Any ideas?


texts: rpcbind tries to contact scan-06d.shadowserver.org - is my laptop compromised?

texts:
Little Snitch on my laptop just caught an unusual connection attempt - /usr/sbin/rpcbind tries to connect to 216.218.206.83 (scan-06d.shadowserver.org). This looks suspicious to me as it has never happened before. How can I check why this happened? Are there any logs or command line utilities that can point me to the origin of this request?

macOS Sierra 10.12.1 (16B2555)


texts: Can iTunes on Yosemite use ExFAT? On Mavericks I think you can

texts:
Short version of the question: can iTunes 12.1.0.50 on Yosemite using ExFAT drive as the Library or how to make it work?

I have some USB Flash drive and external SSD drive.  It seems that I can format them as ExFAT and then use it with iTunes 11.4 on Mavericks (using the drive as the iTunes Library), but when I use it with iTunes 12.1.0.50 on Yosemite, it gave me an error that iTunes cannot start.  So I have to reformat it in HFS+ (the Mac's file system), and then iTunes would run with it.

Maybe it is due to iTunes or due to Yosemite... but I prefer ExFAT slightly over HFS+ because ExFAT can be used on a PC if occasionally I need to connect the drive to a PC.  Is there a way to make it work with ExFAT?


texts: What free or open source software can I use with Mac hardware to verify integrity of every block of a disk where Core Storage is used?

texts:
Verification should be nondestructive.

For Mac hardware

There's a possible answer in Super User, but it predates Lion so:

I don't know whether badblocks run from a live CD is applicable where Apple_CoreStorage is amongst the types on the device to be checked.

If not applicable from a live CD, then one answer to this question might involve:

libfvde with an installation of any compatible OS that can run bad blocks.

Less exotically, I'll offer two answers that do not involve libfvde.

Background

Whilst I mention troublesome disks below, I don't seek help with those disks.

This question seeks answers that may be generalised to anyone who would like to check a disk.

Without Mac hardware

I typically use Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) 5.1.1 to run HDAT2 4.5.3.

With Mac hardware

UBCD

Good for some purposes, but not for what I want from HDAT2.

If you know of a way to make HDAT2 run with, say, a MacBookPro5,2: that'll make a great answer.

ZEVO

Giving disks to ZFS instead of HFS Plus simplifies discovery of errors in space that is used, without attention to unused space. On at least two of my disks, a scrub following a Time Machine backup to ZFS has revealed what OS X alone can not: errors affecting bands within the sparse bundle disk image used by Time Machine.

S.M.A.R.T.

OS X SAT SMART Driver is useful, but not applicable to all types of external drive.

For an external drive where S.M.A.R.T. status is verified, according to Disk Utility, scrub finds errors … and so on.

For this question

Prefer a nondestructive check of all space (all blocks of a disk)
without a change of file system.

Related

In the ZEVO support forum:

badblocks(8) with ZFS, with and without CoreStorage


texts: How does TimeMachine store Calibre's metadata and backup files?

texts:
This thread is related to the thread To recover Calibre library from backup? which is discussed also with Calibre's active community as How to recover Calibre from Backup? where theducs says:

Restore the Entire Library folder (and ONLY from a single backup). The DB records and title folder (paths) are 1<>1 Pairs. which is why you never mix.

If you need books from a second backup:
1)open as a separate Library and use the Copy to Library context Menu tool
2)Use Add Books.

The first does a great job of maintaining your metadata, which might not have been inserted into the book

BetterRed says that I need to [may need] to recover your configuration data.
I run commands in the backup folder getting no outputs:

find ./ -iname "Calibre"
find ./ -iregex "Calibre"

How can you find Calibre's OSX configuration data of TimeMachine?


texts: How can I *unlock* a CoreStorage logical-volume without mounting it?

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I had a damaged disk that's encrypted with CoreStorage / FileVault. DiskWarrior was unable to operate on it while encrypted, obviously (“This is an offline, unavailable Core Storage disk.”); but the diskutil corestorage unlockVolume [UUID] operation both unlocks and mounts the volume.

With a damaged disk like this, I'd really like to avoid mounting the filesystem before working on it — I'd just like to unlock it so I can proceed with recovery tools.

Is there any way to enter the disk's password without causing it to subsequently be mounted by OS X?


texts: Sound broken on Windows 10 with Akitio Node Pro plugged in (works when unplugged)

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Summary:

My MacBook Pro 2017's audio works in Windows 10 with Boot Camp. When I have my Akitio Node Pro plugged in through Thunderbolt 3 to the MacBook, using an Asus GTX 1080 card, the audio doensn't work.

Hardware / Software in use:

MacBook Pro 2017 13" with Touch Bar
Akitio Node Pro PCI Express external GPU box
40 Gbps Thunderbolt 3 Cable
Asus GTX 1080 8GB
Windows 10 Pro latest, updated
Nvidia official game-ready driver, latest
Cirrus Logic audio driver

What's working and not working:

When the Akitio Node Pro is plugged in to the MacBook Pro's top-left Thunderbolt 3 port (the one it's supposed to use), the audio doesn't work in Windows 10
When the Akitio Node Pro isn't plugged in to the Mac, the audio works fine in Windows 10
The Akitio Node Pro must be plugged in immediately after the Windows logo shows up on boot. If it's plugged in before boot, or after boot, it hangs the system with graphics flickering and distortion.
When the Akitio Node Pro is plugged in, I see the volume levels fluctuate in Sound preferences when music is supposedly playing, and I can see the volume levels fluctuate for the microphone when I make some noise.
When an HDMI monitor is plugged in to the HDMI port on the Asus video card, the sound actually works, and comes out of the monitor automatically.
The video card works and can render games with good performance.

Driver Information:

Audio driver details in Device Manager:

Driver Name:     Cirrus Logic CS8409 (AB 54)
Driver Date:     2017-02-09
Driver Version:  6.6001.3.38
(no issues reported by Windows)

Display driver details in Device Manager:

Driver Name:     NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Driver Date:     2018-04-22
Driver Version:  24.21.13.9731
(no issues reported by Windows)

Does anyone know how to get the audio working out of the MacBook Pro's speakers, with the Akitio Node Pro plugged in?


texts: My car no longer recognizes media on my iPhone 7

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I recently switched to Spotify after using the Apple Music app. My car was able to recognize the song name and time, etc.

After I switched to Spotify and deleted Music, my car doesn't recognize anything anymore -- it just plays the music without any information. I am using a Lightning cable to connect my iPhone 7 (running iOS 12.0) to Mazda 6 2017.

Before deleting Music app:

After deleting Music app:

but my friend's iPhone is working with my car so the issue with My iPhone!


texts: What would be an average file size if recording 1 minute of video on the iPhone 6? Normal speed, no slow motion.


texts: Help! Fireworks CS5 hangs after Lion upgrade

texts: Upgrading my iMac to Lion resulted in Adobe Fireworks CS5 hanging on launch. My home iMac experienced exactly the same issue after the upgrade to Lion (both iMacs are less than 12 months old). Home iMac issue fixed by repairing the disk with Disk Utility. I tried the same fix with my work iMac, but it didn't work. Any ideas anyone? This is very frustrating as Fireworks is badly missed a laggy Windows version in Parallels is a poor substitute. Help badly needed!


texts: Why is the App Store not automatically showing the update for macOS Sierra?

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App Store is not automatically showing the update for macOS Sierra?

OS X version: 10.10.5


texts: Show ringtones and books in iTunes library

texts: In my iTunes (12.3.2) I want to have ringtones and books show up under library.  But only Music & Purchased shows up under library. I went to iTunes preferences/general and did not get the option to have those two ringtones and books show up.


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I have been trying to restore using migration assistant from an Airport Time Capsule with no success despite following multiple support avenues.

I’m now trying to manually restore all my files but the issue I have encountered is that even using the root account there are certain files that I cannot remove and replace with the files from the backup.

In particular I’m trying to ‘swap out’ the /Macintosh HD/System/ folder. Any ideas appreciated.


texts: Recovering emails from defunct IMAP account

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I have an IMAP account within Mail.app which was recently “killed” (moved to a different provider to be precise). Unfortunately, I was not able to do a backup beforehand, because I received the admin’s notification about the upcoming infrastructure change too late.

Actually, I didn't suspect any big issue moving the messages from the mailboxes from the old to the new server (after all, Mail.app seems to be caching all messages for offline reading anyways). But this assumption was probably too simple. I made the following attempts:

My old email mailboxes were still in Mail.app, but showing the 'warning' badge to indicate that the server was no longer working. So I simply set up the new email account in Mail.app and kept the old one in parallel. I tried dragging my emails from the old to the new mailboxes -- and just nothing happened.
I located the directory which contained my account’s mailboxes in the file system (~/Library/Mail/V4/SOME-UUID) and copied this as a backup. I then deleted the no-longer working email account. I used Mail.app’s import feature and was able to import all messages into a local mailbox. Yay. I then wanted to re-upload these messages to my new IMAP account and the following happened:
When dragging a mailbox’ messages (e.g. content of “Archive”) to my new IMAP account, seemingly all messages are moved to the server. But double-checking results shows: Only messages WITHOUT attachments are copied, and all my emails which had one or more files attached are simply lost (they no longer show up in the local mailbox either)

Is there any chance to clean up this mess and get my messages back on the server?

Observations about the backup so far:

emails without attachments seem to be saved as .emlx file
in contrast, email with attachments are saved as .partial.emlx