texts: How to obtain previous (not the current) passwords from keychain on iOS?

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I’m helping a person that does everything just in iOS. What happened is the person did a Password change in safari.  It was one of the usual dialogues - enter current password and input new password twice. He used the keychain to fill out the first field and the generate safe password feature to fill the other.  And after submission there was the popovers to update the password which he confirmed.
Now, apparently on the form there was a checkbox or so that was required for the change so the website hasn’t updated the password.  He can no longer log in as the old password  is already updated  on all his devices.
On a desktop machine i would have just restored the keychain. I thought there was a similar option for the iCloud backup - apparently not.
How can one recover from such a situation?


texts: macbook trackpad only registering long clicks (ignores quick clicks)

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I've been getting frustrated with my 2012 macbook air running el capitan.

My trackpad no longer registers clicking in the sense of a 'regular' quick click. Out of frustrated, I started applying more pressure and that would often work but after some more experimenting, I discovered that it's not a pressure issue, but a delay issue.

With a 'quick click' I can get maybe every 5th click to register. However, if I only my click down for almost a second, it registers nearly every time. (turns out that when I was using the 'lots of pressure' technique, I was also prolonging the length of the click, hence I erroneously thought it was an issue of pressure.)

I haven't been able to find this particular issue mentioned. Anyone have any theories and based on the description, would this be more hardware or software related?


texts: Prevent automatic removal of the Spotlight index due to low disk space

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I am guessing that when disk space runs low, it automatically deletes the Spotlight index to make room for virtual memory. Then when space becomes available it reindexes. But I'm not sure about that.

Since my MacBook Air SSD is only 128 GB, I often work with little free disk space and the re-indexing drives me crazy.

I tried to disable Spotlight, remove its index and reindex.
Also check filesystem and repair permissions. In diagnostic reports (~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/) nothing about reindexing is mentioned.

You can say that I should control the amount of free space but also should be another way. Disabling Spotlight isn't the option.

crosspost: https://discussions.apple.com/message/17321018#17321018


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How to (inexpensively) lower the screen height of an iMac 27? (late 2013 if it matters)

I can't damage the computer so torching the stand until it bends to lower the height of the screen is out of the question.

According to Apple: iMac (21.5-inch and 27-inch, Late 2012 and later) computers can be configured to order with a built-in VESA mount adapter when ordering via the Apple Online Store. (...) VESA mount adapter upgrade kits are not available for iMacs with a stand.


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I wasn't paying attention, and now I have a raid with a name similar to that of the boot partition.  I'd like to name rename the raid set to a name that reflects the partition name.  E.g. If the file system is mounted as /Users I want to name the raid set User_Raid

Now in normal circumstances the only time I have to worry about this is either using Disk Utility or diskutil.  But both commands are moderately complex, and the consequences of a mistake severe, so having a naming convention that makes it clear what disk is associated with what raid set and what file system helps a bunch.

Here's an example:  The raid set name is SSD_System,(Red annotations) which is the same as the boot disk (Green) and which is not the same as the raid's mount point which is User_Raid (Blue)

Is there a way to rename the raid set after creation?  (Yes I can change the boot disk name.  May do that yet.)

(Note to the purists.  Raid is now a word like laser, and radar.  It has passed from being an acronym to being a word in it's own right.  Please do) not edit my post and convert raid to RAID.)


texts: When a contact in my iPhone has multiple phone numbers how do I determine which number that person called me from? Short of asking them of course.


texts: Flashing folder with question mark appear when reboot macbook pro

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I substituted a MacbookPro 13" HDD with a Corsair SSD and upgraded the RAM to 8GB.
I did a fresh install of OS X Mavericks but when the machine reboots (restarts), it shows a flashing folder with a question mark and doesn't detect the SSD. If I shut down the machine and switch it on then everything is OK, but on restart it can not detect the SSD and shows the flashing folder!

just on restart

How can I fix the problem?


texts: I'm trying to build a package but would like to uninstall Python 3.7 from my machine first. The build appears to think /usr/local/opt/python/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Python exists on my machine, but it doesn't. I wonder if some process is still linked to 3.7 even when it doesn't exist. Anyone know how to property unlink/uninstall Python 3.7?


texts: Can I write a script to take an action right before the computer is going to go to sleep?

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I think my computer is randomly not syncing email correctly with Apple Mail, but it's only a problem when it wakes from sleep.

That issue is neither here nor there. What I'd like to do is write a script / something that will quit Apple Mail if it detects that the computer is going to sleep.

Ideally, there'd be a similar process to open Apple Mail upon waking from sleep, but that's less of an issue.

I tried looking for a system event library of some kind, but all I can find is fsevents (which I don't think has anything about sleep).

Thanks!


texts: Mac Pro (Desktop) missing NTFS SATA Drive in VMware Fusion Boot Camp

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Background:
I have a Mac Pro early-2008 DESKTOP :) with 3 HDD installed:

1 SATA OSX journaled HDD
1 SATA SSD partitioned with my OSX and Bootcamp for Windows 10
1 SATA NTFS formatted drive for use with Bootcamp, installing programs and storing data

I have one hard drive that's NTFS and Boot Camp installed on an SSD that I share with my OS X installation. I'd like to be able to boot in to my VMware virtualized Boot Camp partition and access any files or programs I have saved onto my D drive, but it doesn't show. I tried to create the VMDK, by hand, and added it to Boot Camp VM, but it doesn't seem to show up?

Right now, I can only see that drive if I boot directly in to Boot Camp natively. Is there any way to see my NTFS drive from within VMware Fusion?


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Under Linux, I can use top to see a live report of what processes are running. An important field I use is the Process Status field, which shows whether a process is running, a zombie, sleeping, etc.

I was reading the Mac OS X manpage for top, but I don't see Process Status.
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/top.1.html

Is there another way of doing this from the command line in OS X? I'm debugging a program that uses fork(), so I need something that shows me a live feed of the processes currently being executed.


texts: After port chrome extension to safari options does not work

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I am not a programmer, I just want to move from chrome to safari. So I need port some chrome extension which I work with them a lot.
I use the bottom commend for porting.
$ xcrun safari-web-extension-converter /path/to/extension-dir

every thins is fine and extensions add to safari via "allow unsigned extension"
the problem is the option or setting part of extensions not work currently. for example, I use a copy and paste URL extension.
it has a setting part that let you set the extension button just for a copy. I mean when you click to the button it will copy the active tab URL.
but when I set this option in the extension setting page, it saved but not works.
I think after port I have to do something that allows the extension to save its settings.
Please help me to do that.
ported extension


texts: The time on my Mac is 5 minutes ahead of the actual time

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The date-time has been configured to be automatic and yet, the time on my laptop is 5 minutes ahead of what it should be.

OS: El Capitan 10.11.3
Model: Macbook Pro Retina 13" (2015 Edition)

How do I fix this?


texts: Is the MacBook Pro's internal microphone really stereo?

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My MacBook Pro's (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) internal microphone identifies as a stereo microphone (in the System Report as well as in Audio MIDI Setup),
However if I record some audio with it to a stereo channel in Logic, I get two completely identical channels. I verified by putting Logic's Gain effect, inverting the phase of one of the channels and summing them to mono, which results in complete silence -

Is the microphone indeed just mono? Why does it work as a fake stereo microphone? Is that so that if I connect a stereo mic to the line-in it will work as the same device?


texts: The OS X GUI won't accept any passwords (but the command line will)

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The graphical side of OS X has stopped accepting passwords for any account. I am definitely typing them right, but the password box just wiggles "no." And here's the weird part: I can log in from >console mode. I can log in via SSH. sudo works just fine. The command line happily accepts my password; the graphical side absolutely refuses.

Things I've already tried:

Created a new user from the command line. Couldn't log in as that one, either.
Used my Apple ID to reset my password. That part worked, but when OS X autofilled the new password and tried to log in for me, all I got was the "no" wiggle.
Backed up ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain and replaced it with an empty file. Nope.
Created a fresh system keychain with sudo /usr/sbin/systemkeychain -C -f. Nope.
Booted into the recovery partition and verified/repaired the disk and its permissions. No apparent effect.
Update: Booted into safe mode. Still couldn't log in.
Confirmed that there are no wireless keyboards connected to the computer. Confirmed that the keyboard locale was what I expected it to be. Confirmed that Caps Lock was off. Typed my password into the username box so I could see it for myself. I promise you, I am typing it correctly.

This is not the problem where the login process appears to start before returning to the login screen. Whatever mechanism verifies passwords for the GUI appears to be returning false no matter what.

I'm on a late-2009 iMac (iMac11,1) running 10.9.2. I could back up my files and reinstall the OS, but I'd really, really rather not. Help!


texts: What to do about keyboard protector grime left on MacBook Pro screen?

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For the first couple of years that I had this MacBook Pro (Early 2015, 13 inch) I had a keyboard protector on it. After awhile, the protector left some pretty obvious marks on the screen from it rubbing up against the screen when laptop was closed. I eventually took it off and tried to clean the screen, but none of the regular methods have seemed to do the trick. Instead, they just spread whatever grime was on the screen over the screen more. Never really bothered me, but now I'm looking to sell this laptop and want to fix this issue so it doesn't affect the resell value.

Does anyone have any ideas for a solution? Has anyone else had this same problem?


texts: I installed the update for the official iOS Twitter icon a couple of days ago and noticed that even though the update advertised a new icon, the icon didn't change when the update installed.  Today I just looked at my phone and the new icon is there.  Is there usually a delay between update installation and icon update?  If so, how long is it supposed to be and why does it occur?


texts: Are passwords stored in iCloud backup when KeyChain is disabled?

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[Rephrased and slimmed down as recommended]:
Apple suggests a method to avoid saving passwords in iCloud backup by not creating an iCloud Security Code when KeyChain is enabled:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204085

I'm wondering if there is a method to keep the passwords from propagating to other devices (as the previous article suggests it does) by, for instance, disabling KeyChain altogether. Would this keep passwords only on the device where they are set?

[Correction]: Apple says KeyChain is not stored in iCloud backup, just in the iCloud "live" data, so I've taken that bit out but the question stands...
(https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203783)


texts: Is there a backquote on the iPhone keyboard?

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Is there a backquote (backtick `) on the iPhone keyboard, and if so, where is it?

When I'm writing a post on a site in the SE family (especially SO), I want to use the backquote for inline code blocks. Under the single quote key, I've found two curly/angled quotes, but those (’ and ‘) don't seem to do the trick...


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I am setting up a new Mac for mobile app development and so I need to install a lot of things through the Terminal. Its asking me for sudo to do a lot of things and I vaguely remember a chown command that makes my user the owner of the root directory so that I don't need to do sudo. What is that command?

(Most of my searches so far have taken me to people messing up that command and breaking things and so I didn't just want to try something.)


texts: How can I recover lost, erased, files from Hard disk bad shut-down. Free apps only please. MacBook.I had a bad shut down, then restarted system. I lost bunch of docs, pics, music


texts: Removing the builtin command-line utilities from PATH, zsh

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Okay, so I'm a Linux power user, that is I feel most at home when I have access to the command-line, and I'm very much used to using GNU coreutils, so now that I've installed GNU coreutils on Mac OS X using Homebrew, how would I go about removing the builtin coreutils that vanilla Mac OS X comes with?

Please keep in mind that I'm using zsh, so when I set the path to something I do it like this:

path=(/usr/local/bin ~/.gem/ruby/2.0.0/bin ~/.nvm/bin ~/bin /bin $path)

I want to be able to say,

Include everything present in the current path in the new path, excluding these files: /usr/bin/ls, /usr/bin/grep...


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I hope someone can help me troubleshoot this ssh login issue. In my home LAN, I develop websites and have set up my router to forward external SSH calls to my main laptop from this external port.

So if I'm logged into a customer's computer I would ssh, or scp

$ ssh -p 7219 sam@mycomcastip

which worked well until a few weeks ago when I upgraded it to Mojave. Now the connection times out. Here's my steps to isolate the issue:

$ ssh -p 7220 sam@mycomcastip

works because my router port forwards it as port 22 to an older machine running High Sierra. Maybe my router is goofed? I thought so, so I installed OpenWRT on it (which is very good, so far) and I cannot ssh into the laptop from outside as I could before.

Perhaps Comcast is blocking port 7219? It if was, it would be blocking port 7220 and it's not blocking it. Changing the port forward to another port fails with the same timeout.

Perhaps it's my SSH daemon that's goofed? Changing the port forward to route to the laptop's port 80 (which has Apache running), instead of 22 yields no difference in the result.

I can confirm that inside my LAN I can SSH into this laptop with no issues. That assures me that the laptop's ssh daemon is running. I have no trouble ssh out from this machine.

I can confirm the router is not doing the blocking because I can run tcpdump on the router looking for this port and it receives it and passes it on.

I've run tcpdump on this laptop and examining the PCAP in Wireshark I can see the packet coming in on port 22 and subsequent attempts by the remote operator retrying the connection, but I just haven't found the right tutorial on analyzing a packet for this issue to help me see what might be the cause.

  41    3.349934    remoteIP    192.168.1.105   TCP 74  45166 → 22 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=14600 Len=0 MSS=1460 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=1415111467 TSecr=0 WS=512

Perhaps someone can shed light on what this means?

I attempted to install Mojave on another machine to see if it is a Mojave issue but every other machine is too old to run it so I'm unable to isolate that it's the hardware or software on this machine. Speaking of which, this behavior occurs when I'm routing to the laptop through the wireless and Ethernet/Thunderbolt of the laptop which would suggest that if it's hardware, it's not the networking ports causing the issue.

Since the port forwarding rules are the same except for the source and destination ports, I'm leaning on thinking something changed in Mojave as that's the only change I've recall that I made to the laptop when this capability broke.

Looking online, I found the closest which suggests that Apple has closed off certain folders to remote users. Except as this poster determines, SSH gets around this block so that may not be it.

https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/mojaves-security-hardening-user-protections-bypassed/

I discovered a clone of this machine on High Sierra before I upgraded it to Mojave. Running off that clone, the expected behavior occurs. Running tcpdump on this laptop I can see the TCP passed through the router to this laptop from the remote server and I can see my laptop is ACK in return, which confirms what I saw when I SSH in from remote. That seems to eliminate that it's my firewall on the router that is blocking any of these odd ports to this laptop. Which points more likely that Mojave is blocking port 22 from outside its subnet.

I can show screen cap that shows this Mojave firewall is turned off if important.

That's why I ask here, instead of another networking forum as it seems to be only the Mojave OSX machine that is rejecting port 22. What other troubleshooting steps should I try?


texts: Automator - Get name of dropped file without file type

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I have a simple automator app that runs a python script on the file that is dropped on it. However, I need to also extract the name of the dropped file so that I can use it to create a directory name.

for f in "$@"
do
    set myFileName to name of (item f of $@)
    /usr/local/bin/python3 /Volumes/Scripts/script.py "$f"
    mkdir myFileName (without extension?)
done


texts: Latency spikes when Ping or SSH to Macbook Pro 15(2017) macOS Catalina 15.4

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I have noticed that when trying to connect to macOS Catalina through ssh over local wireless network, the connection will encounter a serious latency problem, which makes me hard to type into anything through ssh. (The latency tested using Ping ranges from 3500ms to 2ms)
I have checked all forums mentioned this issue, some of those proposed solutions like disabling DNS or GSAPI, but those doesn't work for me.
I have checked packets by Wireshark and surprisingly found that all packet of ssh are still transferring by IPV6 even I have disabled it in both the router and the sshd_config.
Wish there could be some suggestions that can help me solve the problem.


texts: Mail App keeps popping up in the background in Mac OS Mojave

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When I am doing some work on my macbook pro, Mail app's main window keeps popping up in the background, it even pops up when I watch movies by interrupting full screen. This is so frustrating, I can't find out solution to this, googled and went to many discussion forums, no luck, suggestions that I found are very old and outdated.
Has anyone faced similar issues or does anyone knows solution to this?


texts: Updating High Sierra installation is not progressing further

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I'm updating OS X EL Capitan to High Sierra.

Today morning I was go on App store and download High Sierra. After downloaded the installer opens automatically and I clicked on "Continue". From apple's official document.

But last 3-4 hours my installation process is stuck mean not progressing further.

So what can I Do? Why this is taking to much time? Should I cancel and restart the system and again try to install it? Or keep patience?

If I cancel and restart system and try again then I will be make any major problem? I don't know what I should do. Please guid me on right direction.


texts: Fresh Install of OS but what about the apps?

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I currently have OS X El Capitan installed on my iMac

I have backed up the whole HD to my 3TB NAS using "Timemachine".
I have formatted a USB flash with the El CApitan installer on it ready to install a fresh copy of the OS.

The questions I have are:

Can I pull the applications as .app files and just drop them back into the /applications folder

Will this the way also allow me to get Microsoft Office 2011 back on after Ive reinstalled the OS or will i need my licence (when i find it?)


texts: Applescript / Javascript : click button with getElementsByClass

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Here is the button I would like AppleScript to click :

<button class="btn btn-primary" autofocus="" ng-click="ok()" tabindex="0">OK</button>

Here is my code :

tell application "Google Chrome"
    delay 3
    execute front window's tab 1 javascript "document.getElementsByClass('btn btn-primary')[0].click();"
end tell

However the script is returning a missing value and the button remain unpressed.

Any idea how can that be done?
cheers.


texts: Is shutting down an iMac or Mac mini really necessary?

texts:
In today's age with low power standby modes & the advanced OS X that is Mountain Lion, it is simpler than ever to go for long periods (perhaps months) without shutting down your iMac (and possibly Mac mini too).

Is it really necessary to perform a complete shut down of your Mac (and what considerations if any need to be taken account of)?


texts: How to Picture in Picture on mac in any app?

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I want to use Picture in Picture feature that MacOS has with safari or iTunes but with any app. For example I want to know my cores work with htop in an iTerm instance always on display like this:

but this feature seems to be only in those apps. Is there any built-in app that can do this?


texts: what does installd do in privacy setting?

texts:
there is a installd icon in the setting->accessibility->privacy. it can be seen in the screenshot

Any ideas what it is for?


texts: The free U2 album was downloaded to my iPod Touch. It does not show up in my iTunes library on the computer. I do not want this album. How do I now delete the songs from my iPod Touch?


texts: Logged into 4 iPhones and 2 iPads - how can I remove my account or deactivate them all except one? I am not tech savvy at all and didn't realize they would have access to my info. I only want to keep my info on 1 iPhone & 1 iPad, which are the ones I use. Would this be able to be done without physically having access to the other devices? Or do I need to physically have them, if so, what do i do? I logged into my email account too.


texts: MacBook Pro doesn't stop when I close the lid

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It's a 13" late 2009 model and I never had this problem up until now. Also the stop action from the  menu doesn't seem to work.

(I have installed Caffeine but I don't think it's the problem because the macbook won't stop even if the application is closed.)


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The microphone on my system is getting auto muted.

Some times I check it and it is set to input level 0. The system menu settings for my microphone are also the same.

Any idea what could cause that or which log file do I need to check for this nasty issue?

UPDATE:
This was previously marked as game related issue (blink engine) and now I noticed this without even launching a game. Today I checked the volume and it was set to %4 percent. Not even 0.

What could cause this issue?
What should I check in the log files?


texts: Is the Verizon iPhone 4 susceptible to the 'grip of death'?

texts: Of course, it's possible to get any phone to lose a bit of signal if you cover the antenna with your hands, but I'm wondering if the Verizon iPhone 4 also suffers from the attenuation issues that the AT&T iPhone 4 famously suffered from last summer:


texts: Email migration from Mac Mail to Outlook 2011 for Mac

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I think this topic must have been posted earlier also.

I want to transfer my emails from mac mail to outlook 2011. When I go to import option in outlook 2011 and select the mac mail to import the mail boxes, all I get imported is blank folders every time.

The results were the same even after reinstalling office 2011.

Can anyone share their views on this topic and I would be very greatful if anyone could provide me solution of this question on how to migrate the emails from Mac Mail to Outlook 2011.


texts: “All My Files” in Finder: How to list all files on mounted DASD instead of all local files?

texts: I understand “All My Files” option in Finder lists local files only. Is there any way to list all files on mounted Directly Attached Storage Device (DASD) instead, please?


texts: My phone was purchased the US, and don't have purchase proof. Can I get it swapped in India?

texts: I purchased my phone from US and brought it back to India. Now, its rear camera is not performing well, and there is also touch problem. I'd like to get it swapped. However, I lost my purchase proof. Can I still get it swapped without the invoice?


texts: Is Intel Iris 1536 MB ‘better’ than Intel HD Graphics 4000?

texts: I'm looking at a game which gives 'Intel HD Graphics 4000' as one of its requirements. My Macbook Pro Retina mid-2014 has 'Intel Iris 1536 MB'; will that be OK?


texts: Why are network speeds reported by Activity Monitor different than the ones reported by speedtest.net?

texts:
When I run a test on speedtest.net, I get 90Mbps for download and 35Mbps for upload.
Looking at Activity Monitor I see 50 MB/s and 17.5MB/s.
My understanding is that 1Mbps equals 0.125MB/s.
Why is there a discrepancy?


texts: When printing, I can't seem to find the scheduler in the print dialog box. How do I enable print scheduling in 10.9? I remember in at least 10.5 it being one of the options in the print dialog.


texts:
I'm currently at college (living away from home) and my iPod Touch is at home. Its jailbroken and has OpenSSH installed through Saurik's Cydia repo. Is there any way I can SSH to get a theme file that I installed on the phone and pull it to my computer? I can ask my parents to unlock the phone to make sure its connected to Wifi as well as to tell me the Local IP address of the phone as well. What other steps do I need to connect from my computer to my phone?

Short version with no explanations
I want to SSH into my phone from a different wifi network.


texts:
12" MacBookPro late 2012, OSX 10.9.5

Something is wrong with the Finder. When I try to open a new window one pops up, but the interior is the color of the background, nothing inside, and it reflects the image of anything that is dragged over it:

Those windows start out blue like the background, but are grey here because to take a screenshot I had to drag the grey rectangle over the finder window. They close just fine.

To open any working window I have to open Terminal and type killall Finder, but this solves the problem for a short time. (Sometimes the space of only one window opening.) Also, the desktop does not reflect saved files there until I restart the Finder, and I cannot manipulate anything on the desktop when the Finder has crashed.

A very small amount of water was spilled on it (over the battery and speaker) awhile ago, could that have caused this? What could be wrong? I've seen similar issues posted online involving software installation, but can't link any new installations to the problem. How can I resolve this?


texts: Is it possible to mount SharePoint as a volume in 10.6?

texts:
Background

My office uses:

Microsoft SharePoint to store and version our documents
Microsoft Office, with Microsoft Document Connection to connect to the SharePoint site.

Question 1

Can Finder connect to a SharePoint server?

Question 2

Can MacFUSE be extended to mount a SharePoint path as a volume in Mac OS X?


texts: Which key is Insert on Microsoft Remote Desktop?

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I use my Mac connected to a remote server (Windows 2008) using Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta, and in the Windows 2008, there is a virtual machine on it, I use the Xshell connected to the VM.

But when I want to paste some code, the shortcut key is Shift+Insert, however on the Mac there is no Insert key. How can I use the shortcut key to paste my code?


texts: Is it safe to upgrade to Yosemite when using VMWare Fusion 6?

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I'm currently running OS X 10.9.5. Within that I have Windows 8 running in VMWare Fusion 6.0.4 for some critical (but Windows only unfortunately) applications that I use daily.

Is it safe to upgrade to Yosemite and still run Fusion 6? Will my Windows 8 VM continue to function as normal?

My reason for asking is that I've seen a few threads elsewhere where people have had issues with beta versions of Yosemite and Fusion 6. I'm hoping that these issues have been ironed out by now?

There is now VMWare Fusion 7 which is supposedly "Ready for Yosemite" and I'm happy to upgrade but wondered if anyone has had any negative experiences that I should be wary of e.g. losing data, not being able to start the VM etc.

If not, should I upgrade the OS first and then Fusion or vice versa? Or should I just stop worrying because it'll probably all be fine?!

I can't afford to lose half a day restoring from backup because upgrading has messed my VM up so thought best to check.


texts: How to ungroup compilations on iPhone Music?

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I have several "compilation" albums, or albums with more than one artist, in my music library.

On the iTunes app in my computer, I can set "Group Compilations" option off to ungroup the compilations in my library; in other words, it makes those songs show up under the specific artist instead of under "Various Artists."

However, this isn't the case on my iPhone. In my Music app, those compilation songs don't show up under their respective artists; they show up under the "Compilations" tab instead.

Is there a way to turn a "Group Compilations" setting off on the iPhone, like you can do in iTunes?


texts:
How do I do fine adjustment on the progress of video playback in iTunes?
For example, on the iPad, if you slide you finger down while holding onto the dot on the playback progress bar, you will go into fine adjustment mode and you track the progress second by second.

Btw, I'm on OS x

Thanks


texts: Internal SSD: Create a partition in unallocated space

texts:
I have a MacBookPro 13" Retina late 2013 with an internal SSD, there is 1TB unallocated space, I tried Disk Utility but it doesn't let me create a new partition there (it just does nothing when I click 'Apply').  Verify shows no error, also repair.

gpt -r show disk0
start            size   index   contents
    0               1           PMBR
    1               1           Pri GPT header
    2              32           Pri GPT table
   34               6
   40          409600       1   GPT part - C12A7328-....
409640     1953083352
1953492992     716800       2   GPT part - DE94....
1954209792        295
1954210087         32           Sec GPT table
1954210119          1           Sec GPT header

fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0   geometry: 121643/255/63 [1954210120 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl   hd  sec   - cyl   hd sec  [    start -       size]
 1: EE 1023  254   63   - 1023 254  63  [        1 - 1954210119] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0    0    0   -    0   0   0  [        0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0    0    0   -    0   0   0  [        0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0    0    0   -    0   0   0  [        0 -          0] unused

diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:       TYPE NAME                  SIZE      IDENTIFIER
   0:   GUID_partition_scheme         *1.0 TB    disk0
   1:      EFI EFI                     209.7 MB  disk0s1
   2: DE94...                          367.0 MB  disk0s2
/dev/disk1
   #:       TYPE NAME                  SIZE      IDENTIFIER
   0:  Apple_partition_scheme         *1.3 GB    disk1
   1:  Apple_partition_map             30.7 KB   disk1s1
   2:      Apple_HFS OS X Base System   1.3 GB   disk1s2

I've booted with CMD-R, can I unmount the disk0? I guess not, but I'm not sure.

I've created an usb stick with OS X 10.9 but the notebook could not boot from this stick.

Is there a way to make a new perdition from the existing free space with diskutil?


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Is there a possibility to find out how much storage is free on a SSD of a Fusion Drive disk (SSD + HDD as a logical device)? The structure I use is this one here:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         255.7 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         999.3 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               650.0 MB   disk1s3
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Fusion                 *1.3 TB     disk2

I would like to see how much space there is free on my SSD (disk0s2) but I cannot find out how to do this. Perhaps it's important to say, that I've encrypted the whole fusion drive. The standard way does not work in this case:

$ df -h /dev/disk0s2
df: /dev/disk0s2: Raw devices not supported

$ df -h /dev/disk0
df: /dev/disk0: Raw devices not supported

Thanks in advance for your effort.


texts:
When opening multiple .jpg files (or other format) I can use the "Move to Trash" on all but the last one standing?

Here is a example of two images, and if I select one then the Move to Trash works.

However if I select all or have only one image showing the Move to Trash is disabled?

My challenge is that I open a group of screen shots and then review and delete.

Let say I have 50 screen shots and I open 10 of them to work with. The names are

Screen Shot 2015-01-19 at 9.14.42 PM
Screen Shot 2015-01-19 at 9.14.17 PM

and so on.

Obviously I can not remember the specific name once I close the Preview and now have to find and delete a specific one, since now it is a part of larger group with very "similar" names.

Is there a way to use the Move to Trash on all images including the last one standing.


texts: ulimit -n shows different values in mac terminal and intellij terminal

texts:
I have tried increasing the max open files limit in mac by running the following command
sudo launchctl limit maxfiles 524288 10485760
When I try running ulimit -n it shows 524288
But while running the same command in IntelliJ idea's terminal it shows 10240

I've tried reinstalling IntelliJ idea
I've tried restarting IntelliJ after invalidating cache and restarting
I've restarted the system multiple times.

Please let me know how to fix this issue.


texts: Move kde-mac/kde tap from GitHub to KDE Invent

texts:
I updated my homebrew installation after upgrading to macOS 11. Now I always get the message that kde-mac moved from GitHub to KDE Invent, as also stated on their GitHub and KDE Invent page. In order to continue using their packages I'm asked to run
brew untap kde-mac/kde
brew tap kde-mac/kde https://invent.kde.org/packaging/homebrew-kde.git --force-auto-update
`$(brew --repo kde-mac/kde)/tools/do-caveats.sh`

I ran this several times, but to no avail. There are several issues:

brew untap kde-mac/kde doesn't seem to do anything. Running the command and then listing all taps with brew tap shows kde-mac/kde still in the list.

brew tap kde-mac/kde https://invent.kde.org packaging/homebrew-kde.git --force-auto-update always returns the error that there is remote mismatch:
 Error: Tap kde-mac/kde remote mismatch.
 https://github.com/kde-mac/homebrew-kde != https://invent.kde.org/packaging/homebrew-kde.git

Running all three commands as suggested in the error leads to a loop returning the remote mismatch error.

The issue is that until that problem is solved it seems I can't use anything related to brew, because any script would run into this issue and then not finishing. (I tried to run qmk setup which would exit with a major error because it can't complete the script due to the kde errors.


texts: Cannot alter MBP Power Management Settings

texts:
I've got this problem where I can't alter some pmset values in Terminal.
I can change them, the changes are registered with pmset -g, but they are ignored.

Example:

pmset acwake 0

but Mac still wakes if unplugged.

pmset hibernatemode 0

but it still hibernates after a few hours of sleep.

I've reset PRAM and NVRAM. I've switched off SIP. I've moved on to pulling my hair out.

Any advice in terms of solutions or diagnostic options would be greatly appreciated.

Late 2012 13"MBP
2.9 GHz i7
OSX10.13.2
2 TB Crucial SSD
16 Gb RAM


texts: Internet Sharing: restricted set of WiFi channels

texts:
I am using Internet Sharing since many versions of macOS to extend my Ethernet connection on the WiFi (or Airport) side.

Until Yosemite, within Internet Sharing > WiFi Options… it was possible to select a WiFi channel to use among:

2,4 GHz    1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13
5   GHz    36,40,44,48

Now, on the same Mac (on which I test High Sierra to check I will be able to use it) I see the following set of channels:

Unfortunately, all these channels are overcrowded by my neighbors (3 to 5 on each of these channels) and can't be used.

On the other hand, channel 8 is free of any neighbor, and work perfectly well on the same Mac (running Yosemite) and on all my other Macs and iPhones.

How may I select this channel?
Which program built this small list of channels?


texts: Linux on Macbook, dual-boot, without rEFind

texts:
Is it possible to install a Linux distribution on a Macbook Pro partition and do a dual boot, without installing rEFind.
Thanks!


texts: Command-W not working correctly on Safari

texts:
⌘W always worked in my Safari like this:

it closes all tabs
if there's no tab, it closes the window.

Now, #2 is not working anymore.

Any clues?


texts: The iPhone cannot be backed because there is not enough iCloud Storage for that

texts:
Where can I determine what apps make the incredible size of backup?

As you can see there is almost 30GB free space, but I cannot perform a backup because there is not enough space on iCloud. Why?

Using iOS 11, iPhone 6S Plus 128GB

Under Manage Storage > Backup there is following screen:

My question is different to the marked one as duplicated, because:

I have 50GB storage on iCloud including 30 gb free space
using iOS 11
my problem IS NOT about why backup still have 5GB, but why there is no space, even when backup is 20gb (what is rather impossible).


texts: Can I untick all checklist items in an iOS Notes note?

texts: I've prepared a checklist for air travel with our two kids. Currently everything is ticked but I want to reset it for our next trip. Is there a way to untick everything in one go, or do I have to first go untick every item manually?


texts: How to migrate to a brand new Mac from a more-recently-updated Mac?

texts:
I just bought a new 15" MacBook Pro, brought it home, followed the Migration Assistant instructions on my old 13" Retina MacBook Pro running Mavericks (which explicitly say to install all software updates on the source machine before migration; I did so, including an OS X update), powered on the new computer, and when prompted to do so connected the two via Ethernet (using two Thunderbolt adapters; I do not have a Thunderbolt-to-Thunderbolt cable).

The old Mac appeared on the new Mac's migration screen, but with a warning sign over its icon. When I clicked it, I got:

This source contains a newer release of OS X. Your Mac requires an upgrade before you can migrate from this source.

I've found sources saying this can happen when you upgrade to Yosemite, but I have not done so. I'm just running Mavericks, up to the newest software update. So I assume the issue is that the old Mac is running a newer Software Update.

How can I proceed with Mac-to-Mac migration? I would like to avoid having to purchase new equipment if possible; is there some way to update the new Mac even though I haven't set it up yet?


texts: Why doesn't cmd+^+spc bring up emoji picker on my new Mac?

texts:
I'm unable to get the emoji picker to show up via the shortcut I normally use: cmd+^+spc. I am guessing that some application has taken over this shortcut but is effectively ignoring it. How can I tell:

what app might have taken over this shortcut

or

why this shortcut doesn't work as usual?


texts: Find specific attached disk, not volume, by Applescript

texts:
I have a script I use to format any inserted SD card, copy data from specific folders to it, then eject.

Each format/copy is triggered manually, as part of a batch process involving maybe a hundred or so cards, so I'm not concerned about hitting the Start button at the wrong time, or on the wrong card.

What I am trying to find is how to make absolutely sure that I'm writing to the correct disk

This is my 'important' line
do shell script "diskutil eraseDisk \"MS-DOS FAT16\" " & diskName & " MBRFormat disk6"

The disk6 is not absolute, as I don't always have the same number of drives mounted.  I can check it manually before I start the batch, using diskutil list then change that parameter in the script.

What I'd like to be able to do is have the script itself check what drive it ought to be, then insert that as a variable, avoiding any 'wrong choices'.

Excluded drives would be non-removables & RAM Disks [presumably unmounted volumes such as EFI & Recovery wouldn't need to be filtered] - these have known volume names - but I cannot figure out how to set a found volume name [known or unknown, as the SD cards can be called pretty much anything before I start] to a specific disk number.

Specifics on the card reader, built into my monitor, Dell U2713H
Attached over USB2 from a Mac Pro 4,1 [with 5,1 hardware update]

USB Hi-Speed Bus:

  Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBEHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x3a3c
  PCI Revision ID:  0x0000
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x8086
  Bus Number:   0xfa

Hub:

  Product ID:   0x8043
  Vendor ID:    0x0451  (Texas Instruments)
  Version:  1.00
  Serial Number:    79000089BFB9
  Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Location ID:  0xfa200000 / 2

//snips other devices//

USB3.0 Card Reader:

  Product ID:   0x0307
  Vendor ID:    0x0bda  (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
  Version:  1.63
  Serial Number:    201006010301
  Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer: Realtek
  Location ID:  0xfa233000 / 5

Sample output of df

Filesystem    512-blocks       Used  Available Capacity   iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s2  1950314272  485618064 1464184208    25%  60766256 183023026   25%   /
devfs                412        412          0   100%       714         0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk0s2  3906357344 1195025808 2711331536    31% 149378224 338916442   31%   /Volumes/JuSpace
/dev/disk3s2  1951855464  635192376 1316663088    33%  79399045 164582886   33%   /Volumes/Downloads
/dev/disk2s2  5858067520 2309215360 3548852160    40% 144325958 221803260   39%   /Volumes/OhDaSpace
/dev/disk4s2  5753889792 4638480736 1115409056    81% 289905044  69713066   81%   /Volumes/TMach
map -hosts             0          0          0   100%         0         0  100%   /net
map auto_home          0          0          0   100%         0         0  100%   /home
/dev/disk3s4   408324240  210669592  197654648    52%    200589  98828207    0%   /Volumes/MacWin7
/dev/disk5       2097152     700536    1396616    34%     87565    174577   33%   /Volumes/RAM Disk
/dev/disk7s1     1936768     104192    1832576     6%       512         0  100%   /Volumes/F_CARD

Or...
Using ioreg -l with the following result

| |   |   |             +-o Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO Media  <class IOMedia,$
| |   |   |               | {
| |   |   |               |   "Removable" = Yes
| |   |   |               |   "Content" = "FDisk_partition_scheme"
| |   |   |               |   "Whole" = Yes
| |   |   |               |   "Leaf" = No
| |   |   |               |   "BSD Name" = "disk7"

how do I fix something like grep -A 100 SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO Media | grep disk | awk... to find the disk7


texts: Managing iCloud Keychain Accounts on iOS

texts:
How do you do this?

On macOS, once you enable iCloud Keychain, all of your accounts get listed in the Internet Accounts System Preferences Pane. Active ones and inactive ones. So on any given Mac, you can, for example, enable only the email accounts you want to check on that Mac, and leave the rest inactive.

But how do you do this on iOS? My iPhone is connected to my AppleID, it has iCloud Keychain enabled. But there is no list of my iCloud Keychain accounts.

There is a list of accounts in Passwords & Accounts, but this doesn't appear to be a list of what's on your iCloud Keychain. This appears to just be a list of what's currently set up on your phone. So I cannot, for example, turn on a bunch of email accounts I have previously set up on my computers. There's no way to enable them on the phone. I feel like I must be doing something wrong but I do not know what. This seems like one of those Apple features that is "so easy to use, you don't need anything but an on/off switch". But as usual, you DO in fact need more than an on/off switch.


texts: Macbook sometimes drops my wifi connection and can't reconnect for a few minutes

texts:
Every now and then my macbook will drop my home wifi connection and the network will not be visible in the list of available networks for a few minutes leaving me unable to reconnect. Eventually my network reappears and I reconnect and it works again. I don't believe it to be a router issue as my iPad and iPhone never have this problem and I still have a working connection on them even when my mac cannot see the network.

I live on a street where there are quite a few neighbour's wifi networks within range of my PC. I have experimented with a number of different wifi channels on the router but it hasn't solved the issue. Any ideas?

The router is a Virgin Media "Super Hub" (some sort of Netgear)


texts: How to get the Disk Image property using terminal?

texts:
Let's say I have the volume path.
Normally I can right-click and 'Get info' to get its Disk image.
I want to replicate the same on terminal (basically need to code it in objective C)
mdls doesn't seem to helping. Not xattr, putils etc.


texts: What's a way to run an automator/bash/applescript command right when a laptop starts charging and right when it stops being charged?

texts:
I'm trying to automate running a background application only when my laptop is charging to save battery.

So it will launch when I plug the laptop in, and quit when I take it out.


texts: Getting HTTP error 403 when trying to download macOS Mojave from App Store

texts:
When clicking on the link to download the installer for macOS Mojave from the App Store, Google Chrome is giving me an HTTP error 403 "Access Denied", and Safari is just showing a blank page.
Here's the link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?mt=12
I've tried clearing my cookies and cache, as well as signing out and back in to my Apple account.


texts:
I am unable to wipe my hard drive and install new OS X as the resource is busy. I would imagine this is because I have Recovery open on this disk and that's why it is busy.

I've tried:

diskutil unmount disk0
hdiutil detach disk0

My disk parts look like this:

/dev/disk0
0: GUID_partition_scheme                   *250.1GB    disk0
1: EFI          EFI                         209.7MB    disk0s1
2: Apple HFS    Macintosh Hard Drive        249.2GB    disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot   Recovery HD                 650.0MB    disk0s3

/dev/disk1
0: Apple_partition_scheme                   *1.3GB     disk1
1: Apple_partiton_map                        30.7KB    disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS    OS X Base System             1.3GB     disk1s2

I am also unable to install from appstore as this Macbook 2010 Unibody does not have an operating system on it.

I am stuck in Recovery HD and wonder what my options to get running again are.


texts: Incoming call on 2nd iPhone without SIM Card

texts:
Yesterday, i was going to setup my new iPhone 6.
So i did a backup of my iPhone 5, exchanged the SIM card and restored the iPhone 6. The restore did not went well, so i switched put the SIM card back to my iPhone 5.
I left both phones switched on.
Now, whenever i receive a call, both iPhones ring. And i can connect the call on either iphone. How is this possible?


texts: Very slow screen refresh on server screen share

texts:
I have a brand new Mac Mini, configured with Intel i7, 16GB, dual SSDs... basically the top of the line Mac Mini you can buy as of 2/1/2014. I also purchased the latest Airport Extreme, with 802.11ac and I'm connecting to my Mac Mini with the greatest and latest MacBook Pro, which also has an 802.11ac.

For some reason, when I use screen share to connect to my Mac Mini from my MacBook Pro (through the Airport Extreme), the screen redraws very slowly, the mouse pointer tracks very slowly, and the whole experience is just sluggish even at 1280x1024.

Just before I upgraded to the Mac Mini, I had the same setup with the previous generation Airport Extreme, and a 27" Intel i5 iMac. When I connected with my MacBook at native 27" display resolution, the response was very fast and snappy.

How could I possibly have a faster computer and network and have terrible screen share performance?

As a side note (not sure if this is related), I run Windows 2012 Server in Parallels on that same Mac Mini, when I connect to is via Remote Desktop Connection, I have the same problem. Again, the previous generation setup (Windows 2008 on the older Airport Extreme and i5 iMac) worked far faster.

The CPU and memory is idle 99% of the time on the Mac Mini.

Thank you.


texts: How to measure GSM signal strength on iPad mini?

texts:
IPad mini running iOS 6. Trying to find Field Test Mode but so far no dice. Can anyone help? If not available what is the alternative? Cant find any app to do so. Unwilling to jailbreak.

Thanks


texts: With Lion, Problems Accessing Shared NTFS Folders with SMB://

texts:
We are testing a local login script that we created for our Macintosh users on Lion. It has worked fine on all OS X versions prior to 10.7.  Listed below is the script that we are using. When we run the script, it now mounts a folder called "home" instead of "username" and throws an error stating that "The folder can't be opened because you don't have permissions to see its contents."  I have referenced the following Apple document and it was not helpful in resolving the issue.

The following is the share path that we are trying to mount to in the script:

/home/username

and the following NTFS permissions have been provided to the respectively listed directories.

/home -- All users can Read attributes, Read extended attributes, Read permissions
/home/username -- All users have full control of this folder

Here is the script that we place in /usr/local/sbin:

#!/bin/bash

clear

username="$(whoami)"
IP="$(dig $HOSTNAME +short)"

VOLUMES="/Volumes/Workarea /Volumes/$username"
for volume in $VOLUMES ; do
    [ -d $volume ] && umount -f $volume
done

if [ "$username" != "adminuser" ] && [ "$username" != "setupuser" ]; then
    osascript -e "try" -e "mount volume \"smb://domain.com/Workarea\"" -e "end try"
    osascript -e "try" -e "mount volume \"smb://domain.com/home/"$username\" -e "end try"
fi

killall -u $username Terminal

I am not sure what additional NTFS permissions need to be provided or if we have something that we need to edit in our script since Apple changed some of the SAMBA items in Lion.

I added a posting to the Apple Support Community here since I have not gotten any hits from here yet.


texts:
Using the Apple Lightning > HDMI display adapter and then an HDMI > USB-C adaptor, can I output my 9.7" iPad Pro to my LG Ultrafine 4K for word processing etc?

This question implies that it could be done, albeit at a 1600x900 resolution. Has anyone tried this? Does the Ultrafine scale up the resolution satisfactorily?


texts: Need help with iPod Classic hard drive diagnosis

texts:
I've started diagnosis mode on my iPod Classic and went to SMART DATA. This basically means th  iPod runs in disk mode as an external hard drive and is connected to a windows pc. I’m unable to research these data points and don’t know what they mean:

Retracts:   58
Reallocs: 16376
Pending Sectors: 0
PowerOn Hours: 643
Start/Stops: 8781
Temp Current: 34C
Temp: Min 14C
Temp: Max 56C

When I load more than 2GB of songs onto it, it loads up the software and then it sipmly says "no songs" on the screen, even when itunes shows that some memory is occupied

Can any of this explain what’s wrong with my iPod?


texts: How to restore disabled iPad not visible in Finder on Catalina?

texts:
This is similar to
"iPad is disabled, connect to iTunes"

I have a disabled ipad. Music in 10.15.1 does not see the device.
What recorse do I have to either get to touchpad or reset to factory settings?

It's not in finder either(I've just upgraded to 10.15.2).


texts: How do I log into another user's OS from my network OS using terminal?

texts:
To preface this: I'm sure this has been asked but I don't know exactly what I'm searching for or what terms to use, so I am going to ask here by explaining my situation.

I am logged onto a network OS on a host machine (10.9) and I need to view and edit files on the Macintosh HD that is on this actual host machine. The reason why I need to do this is the user's machine is kernel panicking because of a Trend Micro kext in his OS. Whenever I try to go into the user library on Macintosh HD to delete the plists as well, I get "Permission Denied" even when using sudo. I do have the username and password of the user that I'm trying to edit so my question is: How do I log in, through terminal, as that user to edit things inside that users Library folder?

Hopefully this makes sense -- if not let me know and I can try to clarify further.

Edit: To further explain myself and why I'm going about it this way is simply because I'm curious. If I boot into safe mode it works just fine as it doesn't load the kext. I'm just wondering how this would be done.


texts: Can Apple's Earpods Be Used With Any Smartphone?

texts: Can Apple's earpods be used with any smartphone, or are they specific for the iPhone only ?


texts: Shortcut to create checklist on Notes (Mac)?

texts: I usually type "* " (or "- ") to start a bulleted list but how do I start a checklist quickly on Mac?


texts: Prevent redraw of menu bar icons Yosemite

texts:
When switching between two screens, all the icons in the menu bar appear to be re-drawn, causing an annoying jittery effect. This started happening after upgrading to Yosemite.

Is there any documentation available on this problem? Are others experiencing the same issue? Is there a fix available?

I currently have in my menu bar:

Twitter
Dropbox
Grabbox
F.lux
Caffeine
Time Machine
Menu Meters
WiFi
Sound
Battery (incl. percentage)
Time (digital)
Account switcher
Spotlight
Notification Center

Though I doubt any one of them is the cause.


texts:
I purchased an app on app store using my VISA debit card, the app cost is 1.88 dollars. my fund in my debit card is only 1 dollar, the purchase was completed/succesfull, how could that be possible? and what would happen next? will apple collect the amount when I added fund to my debit card?

EDIT:

in my purchase history, there is a message says We were unable to authorize your payment card for this purchase. Please update billing info. there is also a message like:

  Amount you owe is 1.88 USD

Thanks!


texts: Watch folder that only processes one item at a time?

texts:
I need to set up a watch folder that runs a script on each item added.
But the script could take 10 mins or more to process a single item.

What I've done is put this code at the top of my script that keeps watching the folder and then acts when something is added:

set watchFolderAlias to (POSIX file watchFolder as alias)
set r to {}
repeat
    tell application "Finder" to set r to ¬
        (sort (get files of watchFolderAlias whose kind is "alias") ¬
            by creation date)
    if (count of r) ≠ 0 then
        do(first item of r as alias)
    end if
    delay 5
end repeat

on do(x)
   (* do 10 minutes of stuff with x *)
end do

... and then I just keep it running. But this is cumbersome and awkward.

But if I attach the do() stuff as a folder action then it will launch a new instance as soon as an item is added ... right?

Am I missing a more elegant solution?

(To clarify: If you attach a folder action script to a folder, that script is launched multiple times, once for each time you add items to the folder, regardless of whether another instance of said script is already running. This is what I'm trying to avoid. For example, if 10 items are dropped into the watch folder, and then, while the first 10 items are still being processed, another 5 items are dropped, this will launch a second instance of the script.)

The only other thing I can come up with is to maintain a "status" file which will be set to "busy" by the script, and "idle" when done processing, so that the other instances of the script will wait for the "idle" state ... but this is also awkward.


texts: If Thunderbolt is a successor to DisplayPort, why can't it support DisplayPort multi-streaming?

texts:
As a disclaimer: Yes, I know Thunderbolt (2) is multi-stream capable of up to 6 devices in a single chain. Yes, I know you can add a single DP monitor at the end of a Thunderbolt daisy-chain as an extended desktop. That said...

What prevents Thunderbolt from supporting DP 1.2a (mst)? I understand that the primary difference is Thunderbolt provides power along with its data connection. However, looking at articles like Wikipedia it makes it sound as though it shouldn't have any issue allowing a DisplayPort-only daisy-chain.

For example, currently you could create such chains via Thunderbolt:

Mac --TB(2)--> TB Display --TB(2)--> External RAID --mDP 1.2a--> DP monitor

Mac --TB(2) #1--> TB Display --mDP 1.2a--> DP Monitor
 \----TB(2) #2--> TB Display --mDP 1.2a--> DP Monitor

Mac --mDP 1.2a--> DP Monitor

But you can't do this:

Mac --mDP 1.2a mst--> DisplayPort Monitor --mDP 1.2a mst--> DisplayPort Monitor

through a Thunderbolt port and configure them both as extended desktops (the second monitor will mirror the first one).


texts: I can't change administrator password on G5 PPC OS X 10.5.8

texts:
I have a problem with my G5 PPC with OS X 10.5.8.
I bought this Mac from an English friend of mine. He forgot an administrator password. I don't have the system CD or Internet connection.
I tried to follow your instructions in other post (command+s) but this is what happens when I do that (on the Mac).
I wrote the command like post and i tried to write in different mode. If you look the last row the command was not found or nothing found to load.
Now i have a new problem. following your instruction this is the results
!
i hope you can help me please step by step ... because i'am desperate
Excuse me for my english
problem


texts:
I installed MySQL:

but MySQL certainly isn't on the path when I open a terminal, nor do I see it in applications, as I seem to recall Windows handles MySQL.


texts: My Zoom screen is no longer sharing on my Mac

texts:
As host, I used to be able to share my screen, documents and presentation, but now I cannot.
On my end, I see the share screen with "empty" files to share. On the attendees end, they see a black screen.
I have a Mac and have uninstalled and reinstalled Zoom twice, but I am still having this problem. I have a HUGE client presentation this Friday.
Can anyone assist me? Thanks!


texts: Applescript to toggle "Announce the time:" in Sys Preferences

texts:
I'm trying to toggle the "Announce the time:" checkbox on the "Dock & Menu Bar" pane of System Preferences (in Big Sur).
I've gotten this far:
tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    reveal anchor "Clock" of pane id "com.apple.preference.dock" -- pane "Dock & Manu Bar"
    -- nothing I've tried here works
end tell
tell application "System Events"
    -- nothing I've tried here works
end tell

That reveals the correct pane with this checkbox:

I've tried using global coordinates with click at {x,y}, but that's ignored or I get a timeout error.  (I'm able to click the buttons on the main Sys Prefs screen, so I know I have the coordinates correct.)  I've also tried clicking the element named Announce the time:, but that didn't work either.
How can I toggle the Announce the time: checkbox?


texts: Can I still use the older Airport Utility 5.5.3 if I install the 6.0 version of Airport Utility?

texts:
I have a simple network setup, and have read some initial reviews that say the new Airport Utility 6 for Mac OS X lacks some of the advanced settings that the older utility provides. I depend on those settings for my network to operate properly.

Can I still keep the old utility around and use either tool or should I wait to upgrade until I'm sure all the bells and whistles I might need are added to the 6.0 version?

I am going to need to keep the older Airport Software around since some of my devices are too old for the new software, but I'm mostly interested in knowing that I won't be forced to abandon my current advanced settings if I try the new firmware or the new client software.


texts: Apply conditional highlighting to a cell range based on a single cell in Numbers

texts:
In Google Sheets, I was able to conditional highlight a cell range based on a single cell.

The rows in this image are colored based only on the value of cells in Column A. Is there any way to do this in Numbers? I was only able to achieve the following so far:

How do I highlight the whole row instead? Is this possible in any way?


texts: Very Slow Download Speeds from Apple Applications (Safari and Mac App Store)

texts:
After I restored my computer to a clean reinstall of El Capitan, I have experienced incredibly slow download speeds in Apple applications only (Safari and the App Store). I tested downloading a file in safari, and I got around 256 kilobytes per second, but when downloading the exact same file with the exact same internet connection, I got much greater download speeds of around 5 to 6 megabytes per second. The same thing is happening in the App Store, with download speeds averaging around 256 kilobytes per second.

I have tried changing the DNS to both Open DNS and Google Public DNS, and none of them seem to fix the problem.

Again, I am having extremely slow download speeds only in Apple applications. (Strangely enough, browsing speeds are still very fast. Only download speeds are slow.) This is a very strange problem and I have no idea what is causing them.

Please let me know how to fix this.


texts: Finder Icon to Go to Enclosing Directory

texts:
Finder icon to to navigate up one level to enclosing directory would make my life so much easier. Especially when I have to move up several directory levels.

I realize there's a keyboard shortcut, but sometimes I navigate via mouse only.

There's also a menu option, but that's more involved than just clicking an icon -- which has been available in Linux & windows forever.

I can't imagine why Apple would not include such a self-evident function, given that they're better in almost every other category of user experience.

There was once an app to create such an icon, but I don't think it goes with High Sierra (up to & including Sierra only).

info edited in from deleted 'answer'


texts: How to fix periodic ding sound on Mac Book

texts:
An irritating ding sound keeps playing which is a kind of notification or alert with out any visual guidance to figure whats going wrong.
(The situation is almost like a pilot of Boeing 747 Max who doesn't know how to turn off anti stall system. :o) )

I found some solutions mentioned here However none worked for me.

Anyone has a clue?


texts: the iCloud IMAP server "p01-imap.mail.me.com" rejected the password for user xxxxxx

texts:
I reset my Apple ID (@me.com - Only have ONE account) as Apple asked me to update my information with a more strong password. I can login just fine into iCloud mail from the web and check, see my emails but as soon as I launch the Mail app this window keeps popping up over and over telling me that my password was rejected for user by the iCloud IMAP server. I have removed iCloud from my Mac and add it all back without any complains or issues but as soon as I launch the Mail application under my @me.com account this window pops-up. I don't know what else to do and so far I haven't been able to solved the problem. Any ideas? My machine is a 2011 MBP with OS Lion.

My Mail Application configurations under Incoming Mail Server shows: p01-imap-mail.me.com and Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): iCloud (iCloud).


texts: Why does macOS show ".local" domain name for TimeMachine server when my network is configured for ".lan"

texts:
I have a TrueNAS server running on my network that provides TimeMachine services.  My network DHCP server is configured to provide .lan as the domain name.
However, when I go to Time Machine preferences, I see the server as zfs.local instead of zfs.lan.
Why does that happen?
I have another machine that sees the same servers as zfs.lan properly.


texts: How can I avoid different windows of the same app get folded in at the dock?

texts:
Some times I have apps opened with more than one windows, like Chrome. How can I see in the Dock one icon per each windows (even they are of the same app) that I have open?

Would be nice know how to switch using command+tab or something like that between all the windows opened.


texts: Modifing a preference via applescript changes file group

texts:
I recently request help about modifying firewall settings via command-line (see my previous question).
Everything is working, but I have noticed that whenever I use this command in an applescript, the file group changes from wheel to staff.

Before:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel

After running the script:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  staff

Repairing Disk Permissions fixed the issue but change it to admin instead of wheel.

After fixing permissions:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  admin

However, I want to know:

Why is this happening, and
if it can raise security issues?


texts: How to delete unwanted Sender (me) addresses in OS X Mail

texts:
I have a few email addresses in the dropdown list of Senders (i.e., my own email addresses that I send mail From) which are obsolete. One of them includes the string "4Q2delist@mac.com" which I never had as part of any email address.

Anyway, I want to delete these outdated email addresses from this list. NOTE: the list I am referring to is not the "recent recipients" list - it's the list of my own email addresses.

Does anyone know how to do this, or know what "4Q2delist" means, or where this file (presumably a property list) is located?

I'm on OS X Yosemite 10.10.4, Mail 8.2. Removing aliases in iCloud didn't do anything.


texts: How can .wav files be created on an iPhone or iPad? I want to customize the sounds that Outlook for Windows plays when certain events occur and it would be nice if I could make .wav files on a mobile device and transfer them back afterwards.


texts: iPhone 6s unresponsive display when unlocked

texts:
My iPhone 6s was updated to iOS 11.0.2 recently. After that I began experiencing various unresponsiveness problems. Today it got even worse; my phone's display is 100% unresponsive when unlocked. However, when locked the display works as normal. So I can use the camera, browse the lock-screen widgets, and use Siri. This means I can make calls to people in my phone book. But if somebody calls the phone, it rings but there's no option to answer the call.

I cannot reboot the phone as the power on/off button on the side won't show the slider to turn off the phone. However, that same button works to lock the phone.

This doesn't appear to be a hardware problem as everything works (save for the power off function) when the phone is locked.

I tried to reset the phone in iTunes, but it wouldn't let me because "Find my friends" must be disabled first, which I obviously cannot do.

What are my options here? I'd like to resolve this quickly as I'm traveling abroad today and need my phone. I can think of only two things:

Make the battery run out and hope that something changes when I power the device up again. I can drain the battery faster if I light up the flashlight
Enter a wrong passcode over and over until the phone resets itself


texts: Why do some of my contacts not sync with Google?

texts:
When I add a new contact on my iPhone then after a few seconds I see it in my Google contacts. When I remove it from Google contacts, then within few seconds it's removed from my phone. So far so good.

However, I have a few contacts that I must have added on my phone in some strange way (maybe through another app like WhatsApp) that do not get synced. They are on my phone, but I do not find them in my Google contacts.

Does anyone experience similar? How can I fix this issue? Is there a way to force "all contacts sync" from my phone to Google?

device: iPhone X

iOS version: 12.3.1

Default account : Gmail with mail, contacts and calendar sync ON, no other account with contacts enabled; sync method : automatic fetch


texts: Restoring iPhone as a new iPhone but backing up contacts

texts:
I have an iCloud account, but I am backing up via iTunes.

I want to restore my iPhone because of the "other" files taking up a really huge portion of my phone's memory (2 GB and I have only 16 GB of storage).

I just want to back up my contacts. I've checked my iCloud account online and my contacts are there. Can I recover the contacts back to my phone after restoring to a new iPhone too?


texts: I was looking around the web for a USB type C male to USB type C female extension cable, and could not find one. Does such a product exist? I have set up Apple's AV adapter for the new MacBook at my TV, but want to be able to hide it away and run one wire up to easily connect my mac to. The wire built in to the adapter is very short (a few inches). Does any such extension cable exist, that anyone here is aware of? Thanks in advance!


texts: FaceTime Video Calls on multiple devices

texts:
I want to receive Facetime video calls on my MacBook Air and my iPhone at the same.  They are on the same apple id and I have it set up on my phone to use multiple devices and I cannot get it to work.

Is this setup possible?


texts: How to install framework (from pkg file) in a non-standard location?

texts:
In brief, my question is this:

How can I install a framework from a *.pkg file somewhere other than under /Library/Frameworks (or /System/Library/Frameworks)?

Background

I want to install a version of Python 2.7.3 that lives under $HOME/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework and $HOME/python.

My goal here is to have a version of Python that is as independent as possible from the Python that comes with OS X Lion.  In particular, I want to have an installation of Python that is, as much as possible, not liable to be altered "behind-my-back" by system updates or other software updates.  That's why I want to keep this installation as clear as possible away from the "standard" places for them.

Among the problems I am trying to avoid by doing this is the buggy Tk framework that comes with the latest versions of OS X.

Therefore, a key sub-goal here is to install new Tcl and Tk frameworks, separate from the system-supplied ones.  The ones I want to install come from ActiveState ("Mac OS X (10.5+, x86_64/x86)"), in the form of a *.pkg file.

When I click on this file, I get presented with the usual "wizard"-like sequence of steps ("Introduction", "License", etc.).  At no point during this sequence I am offered the opportunity to choose a different installation location for these frameworks before I reach the choice of clicking on the INSTALL button.1

I suspect that if I click on this button, the installed files will go under /Library/Frameworks (or possibly under /System/Library/Frameworks), which is what I'm trying to avoid.  (Indeed, when I click on INSTALL, I'm immediately presented with an password-entry dialog, which is a pretty good indication that the installation will put files somewhere under /Library or /System.)

Therefore I'm looking for an alternative way to perform this installation that will allow me to explicitly set the destination folder for the installed files.

1Yes, the installer allows me choose a different volume for the installation, but it does not let me specify, e.g., $HOME/Library/Frameworks as the destination for the installed files.


texts: Login Window not blacking out my screen?

texts:
I use hot corners to lock my screen.

Sometimes, my login window appears but the screen behind it does not turn black. My desktop stays visible, but behind the Login window.

Why is this? Is there any way to fix it?


texts: How can I find out if photoanalysisd and photolibraryd are making any progress?

texts:
I'm using two macs, a desktop (brand new 6-core iMac 2019 running Mojave) and a laptop (2-core MBP 2013 running High Sierra). Both have (recently?) started to lose 50% of a couple of cores on photoanalysisd and photolibraryd.

Afaik, this is face recognition calculations on my Photo Library (31GB) which exists on both machines.

The laptop has now spent 100 core hours on it. For a while, I thought the iMac had finished, but it turns out it is also still doing it when I am logged in.

I see a lot of this in Console.app:

default 10:45:25.168363 +0200   photoanalysisd  Coordinator: asking worker: 0x7fd0810b02c0 to start job: <private>...
error   10:45:25.464623 +0200   photoanalysisd  <private>
default 10:45:25.468766 +0200   photoanalysisd  Coordinator: Job finished: <PHAFaceClusteringJob: 0x7fd0866c4cc0>

Is there a way to find out if this is making any progress at all?


texts: How to disable the most recently used items in App Exposé on Lion?

texts:
When using App Exposé on Lion ( Control-↓ by default), the lower part of the screen above the dock is reserved for minimized windows. A new feature of at least TextEdit in Lion is that it also shows the most recent documents as icons, which makes for an absolutely crowded area. I never use MRUs in my workflow so that's an absolute waste of space and of time.

Is it possible to disable this behavior and only show minimized windows?


texts: Mountain Lion Doesn't Download from Store

texts: I just bought Mountain Lion in the App Store and it shows the download link. But after I click it and correctly enter my password it does not continue to download. Nothing happens. It just remains on the "download" button. I have installed every update imaginable, including Java and the latest Lion compatibilities, iTunes, everything from the App Store. I checked if my Macbook (2010) is compatible and it is, including the space on the harddrive, 64 bit etcetera. What could it be? Why is isn't it downloading?


texts: Is it possible to use an iMac in Target Display mode with a 2016 MacBook Pro with USB-C?

texts: Before they went Retina, iMacs could be used as displays in Target Display Mode. Is this possible with the new Touch Bar / USB-C MacBook Pros (late 2016) via the USB-C ports? They don't have a Mini DisplayPort-style Thunderbolt 1-2 port, and the support article about connecting various things to the USB-C ports doesn't mention an iMac. Neither does the article that explains what can and can't be used with the USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 adapter.


texts: Can anyone interpret verbose shutdown messages?

texts:
I almost always boot up in Verbose mode so I can see what's happening during boot up/shut down. Usually critical errors make themselves obvious, some lesser errors aren't so obvious but can be cleared up, and yet other errors aren't really errors at all and should be expected. I've fixed a bunch of things on startup, and now I'm trying to figure out messages I see on shutdown.

I'm basically just wondering if anyone can be an interpreter and tell me if any of this is bad or should not be happening, or if it all just looks normal.

Sorry for posting these messages as a photo. I'm not sure where to find a text log, if there is one:

It looks like there are a lot of processes that are staying alive until the system finally gives up on them and kills them all. If this is to be expected, that would be helpful to know. If not, how can I make the shut down run more smoothly?

Oh, and can anyone explain the anonymous.sudo processes? Is that okay? Where might that come from?

Thanks for any illumination you can offer!


texts: Can I make my website respond to Apple voice dictation for navigation?

texts:
I'm learning about how to add accessibility into my website and want to include Apple voice dictation as a way to navigate the site.

Actually writing this question using voice dictation and hope that there is some way to navigate webpages without using my hands.


texts: Is it possible to merge two health sources without losing data?

texts:
I am using the Health app on iOS 10.3.2 (14F5089a) with 2 Apple Watches paired. However, there are more than 2 watches listed in the Sources tab. I know that only one listing contains the data for one Apple Watch, but the other Apple Watch has 4 listings with only one marked as 'still paired'.

Is there a way I can merge the 4 listings with the least amount of data loss possible?


texts: Connecting two macbook pros and a windows laptop device to external monitor

texts:
I have a brand new Windows 10 laptop that I use for wok. I also have a macbook pro from 2012 and a new macbook pro with thunderbolt 3 ports.
I want to connect at least the windows laptop with the new macbook (and maybe the old one). My goal is to use my dell monitor, logitech bluetooth keyboard (which has a bluetooth receiver) and the logitech mosue (which also has a bluetooth receive that is plugged in).
What type of device(s) do I need to connect them? I would prefer something that makes it easy to switch between laptops.


texts: How can I set notations for different instruments in Logic?

texts: I'm trying to set up a score in Logic for multiple parts, and the horns are each in their own key signature (trumpet, saxophone, trombone) which isn't necessarily the key that the piano is recorded in. How can I get the Logic file to play back the sampled instruments with the correct notes, but have the sheet music generated display the notes as they would need to be transcribed for the live musicians? I've played around with global key signature changes and that's not helping.


texts: Is there a way to view list of TV shows downloaded to iPhone (iOS 6)?

texts: I have downloaded several TV shows that I purchased via AppleTV onto my iPhone (iOS 6).  However, I cannot find them on the phone using the iTunes app.  All I can get to via the "Purchased" button is the entire cloud of purchased shows. It is impossible to tell from this cloud list which shows are actually on my phone without clicking on each individual show.  I am going to be traveling without connectivity and just want to access the shows on my phone now.  I know the hack for accomplishing this with music / iTunes Match (going to Settings -> Music and switching off "See All Music").  Is there something similar I can do for TV shows - a way where I can simply view a list of what TV shows are currently on my phone?


texts:
I'm very new to AppleScript and I'm held up in my command to click on a spot in an application.  I'm not sure the proper way to tell it to click on the file.

Open App, Click "Football" , Click the checkbox "Enabled"at the top, Then Click "Save" at the bottom

If someone could help with the correct UI. That's as far as I've gotten.

tell application "Lingon X"
activate
delay 5
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Lingon X"
        click "Football"
        delay 2
        click checkbox "Enabled"
        delay 2
        click button "Save"
    end tell
end tell

end tell


texts: Problem moving application from DMG file

texts:
I downloaded vlc-2.2.1.dmg to my computer and it opens ok.  When I try to copy the app to the Application folder I get this error message.

When I try to open VLC from the DMG file it runs fine.  I just can't move it to the application folder.  Any ideas why?  I am running OSX 10.6.  I thought i was because I didn't have trust applications from the internet turned on but that is not an option in 10.6


texts: How can I rename music videos on my iPhone?

texts:
I want to find some music videos and rename them, but I can't figure out how to do that?

I am using iPhone 4S - iOS 5.0.1 - a jailbroken phone and using iFile And iFunBox.


texts: Is it beneficial to use an Airport Express's wifi instead of my modems?

texts:
I have a modem/router that came with my ISP and I have two Airport Express.  I have the Airports so I can extend my signal further.

My current setup is:
Modem -> ethernet -> Airport Express 1      -> wireless ->    Airport Express 2.

On the Airport Express 1 - I can either create a new wireless network for AE2 to connect to, or I can join the modems connection.

What advantages / disadvantages do I have to creating a new wireless network on AE1 vs. joining the existing one from the modem?


texts: When I connect VGA adapter my second monitor becomes primary and MacAir monitor turns off

texts:
It's been over a year since I successfully connected my external Samsung SyncMaster monitor to my MacAir as a mirror or dual display. Everything worked fine.

Yesterday I took my MacAir and the VGA adapter to a meeting room and connected to a projector which mirrored my MacAir desktop.

When I got back from the meeting and connected my SyncMaster monitor, my MacAir display goes black and SyncMaster becomes primary.

The interesting thing is if I first connect the VGA adapter to the Mac, then connect monitor cable to the adapter, the SyncMaster doesn't go live. Simply displays "No signal".

But if I first connect monitor cable to VGA adapter, then connect adapter to the Mac, the Mac display goes black and monitor becomes primary.

How can I fix this?


texts: Opt out from getting public beta versions of OS X

texts:
Until now, I used to be a public beta tester on OS X, so I opted in for beta versions and the current OS X version is 10.11.1 Beta (15B38b) (as for now, it's the latest public beta version).

Since I do not want to receive any updates regarding public beta versions through App Store, I opted out through the settings of the Mac. So, I want to ask whether I have to perform a fresh install of the final release of El Capitan or I am going to get any new update (regarding the final release) through Mac App Store when it is released?


texts:
I have a .pages file I've worked on as recently as May. When I tried to open it the Console.app reported:

9/2/16 7:21:44.392 PM CoreServicesUIAgent[337]: Error -60005 creating authorization

The file didn't open. I created a new document and save it, and was able to reopen it; though Pages DID throw the same error (but the file window opened).

I deleted and re-downloaded Pages from the App store. Preview.app confirms the app has readable content.

I have done first aid on the disk, and am on El Cap 10.11.6.

Pages is up to date, 5.6.2.

Any suggestions?


texts: Does a Big Sur 11.x Update kill genuine Apple SSDs in MacBook Pro 13" Early 2015?

texts:
I've heard quite a few stories of Big Sur bricking older MacBooks, but I'm not quite sure in which way precisely they get bricked (motherboard or just SSD), so question is whether the following story fits into those reports:
I have the 13" MBPR (Early 2015, 2.9 GHz i5) of my 78 year old father here, which is kind of dead after he – if he recalls correctly – performed an update from Big Sur 11.x to Big Sur 11.y (he grabs every update he gets offered, so unfortunately he doesn't pay much attention to the details). Let’s call this MacBook A.
It has a 512 GB SSUBX Apple Samsung OEM SSD (Model MZ-JPV5120/0A4). Let’s call this SSD A.
After the update the MacBook doesn’t boot up properly anymore: Apple logo and progress bar appear, everything looks normal at first, but at 50% the progress bars stalls ... and that’s it. I waited as much as 10 hours, but it doesn't move a single pixel.
For cross reference/examination I have another 13" MBPR (Early 2015, 2.7 GHz i5) with 512 GB SSD running Catalina perfectly fine. Let’s call this MacBook B and SSD B.
Here’s what I've tried and observed so far:

NVRAM and SMC reset multiple times
Disconnect/reconnect battery
Reseat SSD
Attempted to boot into Safe Mode with Shift key pressed (= same behavior: stalled progress bar)
Swapping SSDs between the two MacBooks swaps the problem from MacBook A to B (in other words: the faulty MacBook A boots fine with the SSD B running Catalina from MacBook B, but MacBook B has the exact same boot problem with SSD A).
Apple Hardware Test on MacBook A with SSD B = Runs flawlessly resulting in no problems.
Apple Hardware Test on MacBook A with misbehaving SSD A = Screen stays forever black, and ends in Globe with exclamation sign and error -2003D (which is a OS recovery http connection issue, nothing which matters in the context).

Conclusion up to this point: The MacBook A still is perfectly fine, it’s the SSD A which is f#ck3d up (thanks to the Big Sur update).
Next ...

Booting with alt key pressed: SSD A is listed as valid startup volume. However...
Booting into Internet Recovery or
Booting from Big Sur USB stick drive or
Booting from Catalina USB stick drive show the exact same behaviour:SSD A does not show up in Disk Utility (View All Devices) and does not show up when trying to installing a fresh Mac OS.diskutil list shows multiple volumes of the 32 GB USB boot stick, but not the SSD A (remember: SSD A gets listed when starting with alt key pressed and boots halfway ... so it is there somehow)
Booting from a Windows 10 Installer USB Stick does show the SSD (however despite being able to format it somehow, I wasn't able to install Windows, which would have been an attempt to at least gain access again to the SSD A)

I have 30+ years of Mac background, I've seen SSDs biting the dust, but this is nothing I've ever seen before.
Ideas?


texts: Is it possible to fix a MacBook Pro display glass for a cracked one of a MacBook unibody? Since they have the same dimensions.


texts: I want iPhone 5s to always ring..even when head is left active

texts: Is there any way to make the phone ring when the headset is left on? My husband will take the earpiece out of his ear but leave it active. When a call comes in it rings in the earpiece and not through the phone. He hates the lag time it takes for the earpiece to connect if turned off but it also hurts to leave it in his ear. If the phone would just always ring, it wouldn't matter where the earpiece was.


texts: iCloud just display the photos and do not download them as the iPhone does

texts:
I've always been an iPhone user, however, I just recently bought my first MacBook Pro and one of the things that made me upset was iCloud, it downloaded all my photos and videos to the device, I'd like it to do as it is on the iPhone only displays the photo, however, it only downloads it when we open it. It's possible?

PS: I researched a little bit about, however, I did not find anything: /


texts: python2.7 cannot be opened because of a problem

texts:
Running into an odd issue when my system starts up:

I have not been able to track the point of failure down yet. I assume that it is some application that is attempting to start at system startup, but I have not yet been able to isolate the application or daemon.  The actual problem report seems to be quite unhelpful in this case:

Process:               python2.7 [6982]
Path:                  /Users/USER/*/python2.7
Identifier:            python2.7
Version:               ???
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [6980]
Responsible:           python2.7 [6982]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2015-09-18 16:22:28.150 -0400
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11 (15A282b)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        032A40CC-C2C4-1235-F611-B0961DE616DB

Time Awake Since Boot: 5100 seconds

System Integrity Protection: disabled

Crashed Thread:        0

Exception Type:        EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: @executable_path/../.Python
  Referenced from: /Users/USER/*/python
  Reason: image not found

Binary Images:
    0x7fff67746000 -     0x7fff6777cf5f  dyld (360.14) <DF977301-4A63-32ED-9939-1EE3122D18D4> /usr/lib/dyld

I thought that perhaps it was an issue with Homebrew's python installation, but after removing and re-adding it, this does not appear to be the case.

Any thoughts?


texts: Old MacBook air's trackpad's right click is failing, is there a workaround gesture?

texts:
My old MacBook Air is old.

I have to push hard to get right click to work. It is probably something mechanical that could be addressed at a service center.

But in the mean time, is there anything I can do in MacOS to assign some gesture or combination of a gesture plus a key to do what right click does?

I use right click mostly to open little menus (e.g. to edit some object), open url in new tab, etc.


texts:
I upgraded to the iPhone 3G 2 years ago from the first iPhone and will (hopefully) get the iPhone 4 at some point.  I was thinking of just using my old one like an iPod Touch or just keep in my speakers for music.  I also considered jailbreaking (maybe it would help me get better with programming?) or reselling it as well.

What do you recommend I do with it?


texts: Cannot connect 2 different monitors through separate usb c cables

texts:
I've tried everything.
My setup is:
1 x MacBookPro 15" 2017
2 x Philips Brilliance 279P1/00
I'm trying to connect both of them through the USB C cables they came with.
I can only connect one at a time.
Before you suggest, yes I've tried everything that can be found through google searches and searches on this stackexchange:

clicking on Detect Displays
turning the power on/off on external monitor
keeping my macbook through a separate charger
going in sleep mode
upgrade to Big Sur
not sleeping enough


texts: Where does this "delayed send" capability in Mail come from?

texts: My only plugins as far as I know are Mail Act-On and MailTags. Does this functionality comes from them? I could not find anything on their website. Any other idea?


texts: Don't get password prompt when ssh-ing from fedora

texts:
I can ssh successfully with password from one mac running Yosemite to another, but when I try to use password authentication for ssh from fedora to either Yosemite system, I never get a password prompt - even if I disable key exchange and explicitly require password authentication. All are on the same local network.

Looking at the differences between ssh -vvv from Fedora and Yosemite, the difference seems to be that Fedora has disabled md5 authentication by default (see Redhat bugzilla 1373835, whereas Yosemite the successful login from Yosemite uses it. However nothing changes if I add

-o MACs=hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com

to the Fedora command line. Upgrading from Yosemite is infeasible (hardware limitations). Do you have any suggestions?

PS could someone with enough points please add Fedora/Redhat, or even linux, tags to this to make it more discoverable (unix, which is the narrowest I can add, is far too broad to be useful)?

When I enter

ssh -vvv -o PreferredAuthentications=keyboard-interactive -o PubkeyAuthentication=no user@host

this is the end of the output I get from Fedora (everything before corresponds fairly accurately between Fedora  and Yosemite logins, modulo slightly differing available encryptions and diagnostic formats):

debug1: kex: server->client cipher: aes256-gcm@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: aes256-gcm@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: kex: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 need=32 dh_need=32
debug1: kex: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 need=32 dh_need=32
debug3: send packet: type 34
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(2048<8192<8192) sent
Connection closed by 192.168.2.12 port 22

Whereas this is what I see in the corresponding Yosemite output:

debug2: mac_setup: found hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com none
debug2: mac_setup: found hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug2: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 132/256
debug2: bits set: 512/1024
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: RSA 28:0d:78:e3:61:3a:72:5e:e5:17:b9:27:0b:ad:33:5f
debug3: load_hostkeys: loading entries for host "192.168.2.12" from file "/Users/rim/.ssh/known_hosts"
debug3: load_hostkeys: found key type RSA in file /Users/rim/.ssh/known_hosts:7
debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 1 keys
debug1: Host '192.168.2.12' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/rim/.ssh/known_hosts:7
debug2: bits set: 519/1024
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug2: kex_derive_keys
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug2: key: /Users/rim/.ssh/id_rsa (0x0),
debug2: key: /Users/rim/.ssh/id_dsa (0x0),
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug3: preferred keyboard-interactive
debug3: authmethod_lookup keyboard-interactive
debug3: remaining preferred:
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug2: userauth_kbdint
debug2: we sent a keyboard-interactive packet, wait for reply
debug2: input_userauth_info_req
debug2: input_userauth_info_req: num_prompts 1
Password:


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texts:
I have had two Mac Mini workstations (10.10.x) in a small office give me weird behavior. The server is a 10.10.4-based Mac Mini. All networking is done over ethernet.

I thought I had solved it on the first computer with some network infrastructure fixes and a re-imaging of the workstation, but the problem appeared on a second workstation months later. A network user logs in, and gets an error message of: “The home folder for user ‘xxxx’ isn’t located in the usual place or can’t be accessed.” When the user logs into another workstation, everything works fine.

Checking from terminal (df), their home folder appears to be mapped but their Desktop contents are not displayed on the screen. If I list files in the Desktop in terminal, all the files are there. Looking at Finder’s Go list of file locations, “Home” is grayed out. These signs make me think the problem is with Finder.

With Google I’ve found a couple of references to similar problems, the closest match being five years ago. The person solved the problem by deleting the extended attribute com.apple.FinderInfo (sudo xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo /). However, when I try xattr -P, I get a response that the attribute does not exist. Not sure if Apple changed this or the solution simply isn’t relevant in my case. I also found mentions of Kerberos, but since this isn’t user specific I’m not sure that would be germane. Thoughts from any Kerberos experts?

I’ve un-enrolled the workstation and deleted all the profiles. Re-enrolled. Also rebound to the OD. I may be left in a situation of re-imaging this workstation too, but I’m hoping someone else has seen this or knows what I should try to fix?

Thank you.

Tim


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texts:
I have an NTFS volume that I am copying into a new HFS+ volume. I'm using the following command to copy everything including all hidden directories and attributes:

sudo rsync -aAXvF --del --chmod=F-x,go-w /Volumes/NTFS/ /Volumes/HFS

The F-x,go-w is there to fix the permissions from NTFS (which has simply rwxrwxrwx on everything). -a (archive), -A (ACLs), and -X (xattrs) force rsync to copy as much file metadata as possible.

However, one quirk of this copy is that Windows hidden files (e.g. $RECYCLE.BIN, System Volume Information, etc.) still show up as visible in HFS+. Is there a flag I could pass to rsync or a similar command that could preserve this metadata bit?


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texts:
EDIT: For others with the same problem: Phong was right, my friend had actually inadvertently blocked me.

I have an iPhone 6s and my friend has maybe the 6 or 5, but definitely an iPhone as well.

We used to receive each other's calls and texts no problem. Starting about a week ago though, he stopped receiving any of my texts but I still get all of his.

Also, any time I call him my calls go directly to his voicemail without ringing (and we tried enough times to make sure that his phone was on and should've rung) but he can call me just fine and my phone will ring.

I'm not having this problem with anyone else as far as I can tell (my gf and other friends get my texts and I can call other numbers).

One thing is that when I text this friend, I never see "Delivered" under the text.


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texts:
It just occurred to me that it would be incredibly useful if I could type a command in one Terminal tab, and then execute it in a new background or foreground tab. For example, this would be awesome when editing files with nano. I could cd to a location and then quickly nano sys_201406271933.log, nano 415ab40ae9b7cc4e66d6769cb2c08106e8293b48.key two new background tabs. The alternative is to manually open two tabs and flip between them, using the mouse to copy-paste the long, unmemorable filenames.

I've spent about 30 minutes researching whether this is possible and found no satisfying answer.