texts:
I have searched around and the closes thing I could find to my issue is this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23848061/cannot-get-delete-key-to-work-with-tmux-and-osx

I am running OSX and I am using iTerm2.

When I go into a tmux session my delete key does not work. I also try to use Ctrl+H and Ctrl+?, which those are not doing anything for me.

In iTerm preferences->keys, I have delete sent to ^H. In preferences->profiles->keys, I also have the box checked, Delete key send ^H.

Vim is able to delete in tmux but from the command line I can not.

.tmux.conf

# Set default term
set -g default-terminal "xterm"

# remap prefix to Control + a
set -g prefix C-a
unbind C-b
bind C-a send-prefix

# force a reload of the config file
unbind r
bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf

# Start number at 1
set -g base-index 1

# UTF-8
set-option -g status-utf8 on

# supposedly fixes pausing in vim
set -s escape-time 1

# set default terminal
set -g default-terminal "xterm-color256"

# Vi copypaste mode
set-window-option -g mode-keys vi
bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
bind-key -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection
bind p paste-buffer

unbind %
unbind '"'
unbind [
bind | split-window -h
bind - split-window -v
bind ^C-s copy-mode
set-option -g default-shell /bin/zsh
setw -g history-limit 10000

#quick pane cycling
unbind ^A
bind ^A select-pane -t :.+

# Clear pane
bind C-l send-keys -R \; clear-history

# add airline to tmux status bar
if shell "test -f ~/.tmuxlinesnapshot" "source ~/.tmuxlinesnapshot"

Any help would be much appreciated!


texts: I'd like to give my Spaces helpful names like "Graphics" and "Communications" instead of using confusing, generic names like Desktop 1 and Desktop 2. Is there a way to accomplish that through a setting, a Terminal/hidden command, or a third party application? I'm using Mavericks.


texts:
Is there any free and easy to use audiobook creator for Mac?

I need something that could create a .m4b audio book from several .mp3 files and eventually audio tracks. Also possibility to create chapters is important.

As far as I know (correct me), just setting the type to audio book for an audio file does not enable all the audiobook features in iTunes.

Do recommend only solutions that are working in Lion, for example the Audiobook Maker doesn't work because it contains some PPC apps inside.


texts: how to stop cron service in macOS catalina 10.15.3

texts: the mac book pro create many cron process.I deleted all cron tasks and it still not work and created many cron process.How to stop? if I ignore this problem,it would create thousands of processes and make my PC stuck.


texts:
I installed Acronis True Image 2018, but unable to install the drivers due to permission issues.

Also I have tried the below

Vivek’s MacBook Pro:~ vivek$ sudo xattr -cr /Applications/Acronis\ True\ Image.app
Vivek’s MacBook Pro:~ vivek$ sudo codesign -f -s - /Applications/Acronis\ True\ Image.app
Password:
/Applications/Acronis True Image.app: replacing existing signature
/Applications/Acronis True Image.app: code object is not signed at all
In subcomponent: /Applications/Acronis True Image.app/Contents/MacOS/acronis_drive.config
Vivek’s MacBook Pro:~ vivek$ sudo codesign -f -s /Applications/Acronis\ True\ Image.app
error: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.
Vivek’s MacBook Pro:~ vivek$ sudo codesign -f -s - /Applications/Acronis\ True\ Image.app
/Applications/Acronis True Image.app: replacing existing signature
/Applications/Acronis True Image.app: code object is not signed at all
In subcomponent: /Applications/Acronis True Image.app/Contents/MacOS/acronis_drive.config
Vivek’s MacBook Pro:~ vivek$ sudo codesign -f -s - /Applications/Acronis\ True\ Image.app
Password:
/Applications/Acronis True Image.app: replacing existing signature

This has not helped either, I have tried to contact the Acronis support team and they couldn't help either.I also tried to disable the system policy and trying to allow apps from anywhere


texts: Changing the type of an App to Universal App later in App Store?

texts: Can I change the type of an submitted App in the App Store later? Initially I want to submit an iPhone only App, but later there might be an Universal App as well to support the iPad. Can this be submitted as an update to the existing App? So can the type of an App changed later?


texts: How can I get the normal \mathcal font in Pages?

texts:
I need to typeset some LaTeX formulas in pages, to make illustrations on a scientific article. In all other LaTeX typesetters when I use \mathcal{F} I get this:

Instead on pages I get this

Can I enter some preamble command in the equation box to obtain the first version of \mathcal? Or maybe there is some chan ge in settings?
I have looked here and here, but I can't find an answer.


texts: AppleScript to find lost Outlook mail and archive them

texts:
I'm working with a friend who uses Outlook on his Mac (I don't know why). He has several folders that were stored on his computer through Outlook that are now missing. If I run a search on his computer, I can pull up specific emails that were in the folders, but I cannot find the actual folders.

The only thing I can do at this point is try to write an apple script that will look for emails based on a certain criteria and archive them.

How can I go about doing this?
Can I get the system to automatically run this when on boot-up?


texts: Restarting in safe mode without using the shift key under Mojave

texts:
I'm trying to restart my MBP (now running Mojave) in safe mode, and for whatever reason holding down shift isn't doing the trick (this complaint is scattered across the internet). Apple offers this alternative for cases in which you don't have a keyboard:

Access the command line by opening Terminal remotely, or logging into the computer using SSH.
Use the following Terminal command:
sudo nvram boot-args="-x"

Unfortunately, when I run this command I get nvram: Error setting variable - 'boot-args': (iokit/common) not permitted. Googling this error gets me a pointer to this bit of info:

  ...you must use the nvram command to properly set boot-args NVRAM
  variable. Starting with macOS Sierra, you must be booted to the
  recovery partition to run this command.

Booting from the recovery partition sounds even harder than getting into safe mode, so it appears I am back to square one. Are there any other ways to get to safe mode?


texts: Why is my Japanese Macbook keyboard not being recognized properly?

texts:
My keyboard looks like this

I have just upgraded to Mojave and now osx will not recognize the proper keyboard layout and some characters do not match like @ and others.
I have gone into keyboard preferences several times but osx doesnt have any options to change the layout.


texts: Where does Calendar pull emails for autocomplete?

texts:
I have several Gmail accounts set up on my Calendar app in OS X. Recently, though, most of the email autocomplete is not working when I'm creating a new event unless it's a contact from my personal Gmail account. I have several with different companies that all use Gmail. I have the Contacts checked for all of the associated accounts. I've attached a screenshot for reference.

Any ideas how to fix this? I've looked at both my Gmail contact lists and OS X's contact, and the calendar app does not seem to pull email address from any of it because I've cross-checked which ones autocomplete and which ones don't

I don't recall installing anything new on OS X recently.


texts: AppleScript in Automator broken in Big Sur

texts:
So, I had a pretty simple Automator task that I used from the 'Services' right-click pop-up menu in Finder that copied an image, renamed it, scaled it, then added a border around it. Worked fine for ages. The final step of it is to do the padding in an AppleScript, which starts with this incantation:
on run {input, parameters}
    set this_image to item 1 of input
...

And is meant to continue with this_image set to the file path from the previous step.
Since Big Sur, I get an error
The action “Run AppleScript” encountered an error: “Can’t get item 1 of {}.”

Which seems to indicate that input is now an empty list. So — perhaps the previous action (Rename Finder Items: Replace Text) does not pass a result — or something else.
Quick search via Google does not yield any clues, except some indication that breaking changes are part of the game and Apple doesn't really indicate what would break.
Any ideas? Every other step works fine — as I single-step, the file is manipulated as expected (duplicated, renamed, scaled, etc.). It's only when it gets to this line where I expect to have a filename in order to do the padding that there's an issue.
(Also, just in case someone wants to suggest using the 'Pad Images' automator action — the padding it performs isn't my kind of padding — it puts padding around the entire image. I just put padding at the top and bottom turning a 3x2 image into a square with the image proper sandwiched between white borders, top and bottom.)


texts: Keyboard and Touchpad stopped working - MacBook Pro 15" - Mid 2009

texts:
Today after opening the lid I found out that TouchPad and Keyboard doesn't work. I tried with an external USB mouse, but no success. However, keys work during the startup when I'm trying PRAM reset. Booted in safe mode but again they froze at login screen. Recovery mode didn't work either. I just can't login into my mac.
My machine is MacBookPro 15" Mid 2009, running macOS Sierra.

Update: Recovery mode doesn't work, it shows nothing, but I booted with Option key to select startup disk and both keyboard and touchpad work while choosing the startup disk. But once I got to the login screen, they both freeze.

Any hints what might be the problem and what other steps I should take before taking it to the repair shop?

Thank you very much!


texts: Blue screen when attempting to reinstall Mavericks using USB

texts: I recently formatted my MacBook and used another MacBook Pro to create a bootable USB. Now, when I try to reinstall Mavericks on my Mac using the bootable USB, I get a blue screen in the process.


texts: Can't get Siri to set a reminder for me to call my bank

texts:
I need to confirm a change of address with a bank on January 1.  So I do my usual and ask Siri to set a reminder for me to do so.

"Hey Siri, remind me on January first to call US Bank about the address change"

Siri responds every time with:

"I don't see U Bank in your contacts.  Perhaps you meant one of these?" and then displays a bunch of contacts that start with the letter U.

This is really annoying... I use Siri all the time and almost never, ever, have even the slightest problem getting her to do whatever I need.  But this particular phrase just seems to stump her.  The text readout of what she thinks I said is perfect, but her response is not.

Incidentally Voice Dial is off, in case anyone thinks that's related.

Why is she misinterpreting this and insisting that I'm trying to call a specific contact?


texts: 120GB SSD-Disk: More space "used" than the sum of all files

texts:
When I open the info-window about my start volume (120GB SSD), it says that 108GB are used, 12GB available. But the sum of the sizes of all folders and files (hidden objects included) in the root directory / is only around 90GB. What are these 18GB which are "used", but not locatable?
Moreover, when I open the menu Apple > About This Mac, and click Storage, it says that 60GB is used for "Other Users" (I have one further user account on my computer), but Finder says that the whole /Users directory only consumes 57GB. The same window says that "System" consumes 27GB, but the sum of all files and folder under the root directory besides /Users and /Applications (that is /Library, /System, /privater, /user, /bin etc.) is only 21GB.
So the main issue is that there are 18GB of storage space not available to me, but I cannot locate where this space is used up. I have already tried to restart the computer in safe mode, and to delete NVRAM and PRAM, but nothing changed.
Where can I find these ominous 18GB? And is 27GB for "System" realistic?
(My system: macOS 10.14.3 Mojave, MacBook Pro, SSD 120GB APFS)


texts: How to recover a deleted book in iBooks?

texts:
I deleted accidentally a book that I was reading and it already automagically synced to my iPhone as well.

It was a downloaded ePub. I added notes and bookmarks there.

Now that's gone. Is there any hope to get it back somehow?

I don't see anything like Recently deleted in iBooks.

Maybe we can get it from some kind of iPhone backups? In that case, I don't think my recent notes will be still there...


texts: Apple recovery partition possibly creating problems in Ubuntu

texts:
Before reading, it may help to know I have a 13" Macbook Pro (model 7,1. Mid-2010).

Recently, the HFS+ filesystem on my OSX became corrupt and after many trials and errors, it was clear I was going to need to backup, format, and reinstall OSX. After I got OSX reinstalled (10.6.8), I updated to 10.9.1 and everything seemed to be working properly. However, I booted into Ubuntu and found that the boot loader couldn't find my filesystem and I was getting a grub rescue screen. I followed the first half of this answer (up until normal), and my grub menu appeared, untouched.

Now, when I continue following the instructions, it says to reinstall grub. So beforehand, I did a little look into the partition setup to make sure that I was installing it in the right place (I want to install it on my boot loader, not in the root partition. That way I can use rEFInd or hold the alt/option key to select if I want to boot into Ubuntu or OSX, then upon choosing Ubuntu I'll see the grub menu. Obviously this case isn't ideal because I get to choose twice which operating system, but I don't want to mess up anything with the EFI startup... we all know how crabby it can get).

Upon looking into the partitions on Ubuntu, I found that GParted is seeing a Recovery HD partition and fdisk -l isn't. So, to GParted /dev/sda3 is the recovery partition, but to fdisk -l, I'm seeing /dev/sda3 as the boot partition... I figured that the offset between the two is creating weird behavior on startup. Even if that's not the case, I want to get this figured out before reinstalling grub so I know where I'm installing it.

Does anyone know why there are inconsistencies between the two records? Is OSX not hiding the recovery partition properly, or should it not be there at all? Generally, I want to know how I can get these records consistent, and if that requires removing the recovery partition (which I've never seen before!), that's fine with me.

For the record, the recovery partition isn't showing up in Disk Utility, but it does show up when I run diskutil list in OSX's terminal. Also, to set up my partitions, I followed my own answer here. As you can see by the screen shots, GParted was not detecting the recovery partition before formatting and reinstalling OSX.

  Edit: Ubuntu users -- I've linked to this question as part of an answer here if you're having an issue with grub rescue after reinstalling or making chances to OSX.


texts: Use iPhone (+ jabra bluetooth speakers) as a wireless headset for my Mac over Wifi

texts:
I have an iPhone XR and a MacBook Pro 2018 running macOS Big Sur 11.1. When I do meetings at work I would like to be able to go around and keep my headphones on me.
I use the Jabra elite 65T so both my MacBook and my iPhone are connected via bluetooth at the same time to the headphones but when I go too far the connection between headphone and Mac becomes crappy and then it just disconnects from the Mac.
I'd like to be able to switch on my Mac the audio input and output as the iPhone when I want to go far from my Mac so I can still hear through my iPhone the meeting and answer if necessary.
I tried Airfoil / Microphone live, but the first one can only transmit audio from Mac to iPhone which is good but not enough and Microphone live can only use iPhone as a mic when it's plugged and I can't have my iPhone plugged when I go around.
Is there something else I can do? I thought that I could use AirPlay from mac to redirect audio input / output to iPhone but it seems impossible :/


texts:
Some of my macbook trackpad gestures are not working, such as open the launchpad using 4 fingers; show the desktop; and enlarge images using 2 finger pinch. I'm sure all of those functions are enabled in the system preference.
Other gestures are working normally, such as to swipe between applications using 3 fingers; go back and forth in browsers using 2 fingers, etc.
I guess it's those gestures requiring using the "pinch" action are not working and everything else seem to be fine. Could you please tell me how to fix this problem? Many thanks!


texts: How to sync an invitation on Iphone to Google Calendar

texts:
I have sync setup between my Google Calendar and my Iphone5 calendar.  This works perfectly in both directions.

Yesterday my squash buddy created an event in his own (Iphone) calendar and invited me.  I accepted this and it now shops up in my own (Iphone) calendar.

However, it doesn't seem to sync to Google Calendar. This is probably caused by the fact that it is somehow still 'his' event and not mine?

Is there any way to get this event to also sync to my Google Calendar?


texts: Macbook Pro (Lion) is requring a password to undelete files. Is there a way around this?

texts:
So a funny thing happened to me last night.  I was trying to clean files off my Macbook Pro.

I just purchased a new Macbook Retina and it has a smaller hard drive than my old Macbook Pro (I know cry me a river).

Anyway I was in Finder and I found a whole bunch of files and I selected them all and hit the good old delete key.

And gosh darn if my Mac didn’t immediately got to working whacking my files.
What I didn’t realize that I had a view of my entire network of files including my Dropbox documents, family pictures and even some naughty images from my college years (don’t tell my wonderful wife).

The total number of deleted files was over 4,000. I almost cried.

No big deal I just go to the Trash and undelete right? Not so fast Tonto!

I want to have the files moved back to their original location.  While the Lion supports this feature, it will only allow you do restore one file at a time.

With 4,000+ files my eyeballs would fall out by the time I finished.

Fortunately someone at Apple invented Apple Script.

And someone else wrote a script that will undelete files one file at a time.

I ran the script went to bed and found that it worked!!!!

Of the 4,000 file only 1,700 remained in my trash (Woo Hoo!!!).

The problem is the remaining files require me to enter a password before the restore can take place. I believe these files were created under a different owner.

My question is how can I get around this?

Is there a way to enter a super duper user mode that eliminates me having to enter a password for every file I want to undelete?

Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: Apple TV HomeKit hub can see devices but cant communicate

texts:
I have an AppleTV 4th gen that im trying to set up as a HomeKit hub. I have it signed in using two factor authentication and it shows on my Apple ID devices page.

The settings app on appletv says it’s connected to my home and I also see the Apple TV as a hub on my iPhone home.app under the house settings.

Both the iPhone and Apple TV are on the same WiFi network.

I can control my devices with my iPhone but not with the Apple TV.

I know the Apple TV knows about the device database because I have a light named “Xmas Tree”. When I say “turn on the Christmas tree” it spells out “Xmas Tree” on the screen and then says that “The Xmas Tree is not responding”

How can I trouble shoot this?


texts: How to execute install.sh under Big Sur?

texts:
I am quite a n00b on MacOS and it feels like it got worse with Big Sur.
I need to execute a .sh script to complete the setup of a 3d party app. The instructions say to "execute install.sh"
The first obstacle I found was that the file did't have the -x attribute set, so "sudo chmod +x ./install.sh" did that. Yet, when I do "sudo ./install.sh" it barfs "sudo: unable to execute ./install.sh: No such file or directory"
The file exists:
ls -l install.sh
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 mbaas  staff  740 14 Feb 12:44 install.sh

What am I missing?
Additional details:

first line of script has the usual shebang:
#!/bin/sh

according to these instructions, the following shows the association of sh-files:

readlink /var/select/sh
/bin/bash

does that shell exist?

ls -l /bin/bash
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1296640  1 Jan  2020 /bin/bash

ls -l /bin/sh
rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  120912  1 Jan  2020 /bin/sh

That's interesting:
ls -lOe@ install.sh
ls: install.sh : No such file or directory

I thought I may have been in the wrong directory, so just to verify:
ls -l install.sh
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 mbaas  staff  757 14 Feb 18:08 install.sh

and finally: hexdump -Cv -n 32 install.sh

00000000  23 21 2f 62 69 6e 2f 73  68 0d 0a 73 65 74 20 2d  |#!/bin/sh..set -|
00000010  65 0d 0a 0d 0a 42 41 53  45 44 49 52 3d 24 28 64  |e....BASEDIR=$(d|
00000020


texts: I'm planning on travelling out of the country and will bring my iPhone along. There will be WiFi access at my destination and I only intend on planning on using my iPhone for that. Is there anyway to sever all communications (data and voice) with the cell tower and keep WiFi connectivity?


texts: Is it possible to boot from an encrypted external hard drive?

texts:
If I have an external hard drive with a bootable cloned backup (via SuperDuper) - if I encrypt it with the Finder will I still be able to boot from it if necessary?

Are there any solutions to enable my backup to be both encrypted and also bootable? I currently use FileVault 2 to encrypt my main SSD, and if I try booting from that (i.e. just booting up my computer) it asks for my password. If I try to boot from a bootable external disk (which happens to be encrypted) will it just ask for the disk password on boot [that is, after I select that as the boot disk], similarly to how I would be asked to enter a password to unlock the SSD encrypted with FileVault 2?


texts: How to free up storage space associated with "System" on macbook pro mojave OS?

texts:
The laptop apparently is taking up ~87 gigabytes of space for system. I don't know how to dig into the details of why and to look into possibly freeing up some of that space as that seems rather excessive. I asked a friend and they only had ~11gb associated with system.

I did have a hard time upgrading from high sierra to mojave, and had to do a reboot into safe mode then hit some buttons on the app store to install mojave which eventually seemed to work.


texts: Upgrading one partition to El Capitan while leaving the other on Mountain Lion

texts:
We have an iMac that is barely still compatible with El Capitan. Right now it runs Mountain Lion okay, and actually it has a smaller partition on the hard drive for another clean installation of Mountain Lion that we don't really use.

I have an El Capitan boot USB drive and an El Capitan install app, and I was thinking about using one of those to upgrade the clean install partition to El Capitan to see how it performs, but I'm hesitant and want to make sure things wouldn't be messed up.

So first of all, does this sound like a good idea? Second, would it be better to boot into the USB drive and choose to install to the clean install partition or should I put the install app on the clean install's Application's folder and run it from there?

Also would doing this risk causing the Mountain Lion restore partition to be deleted? Are there risks of things being messed up, not being able to make Mountain Lion the default boot partition, or other weird things El Capitan would do to the main partition?


texts: Identify what version of DisplayPort supported on the Thunderbolt port

texts:
How do I tell what version of DisplayPort is support on a Mac’s Thunderbolt port, when running macOS El Capitan or Sierra?

I tried using the System Information app.

No item listed for “DisplayPort”.
The “Graphics/Displays” item lists video cards.
The “Thunderbolt” item has no information about DisplayPort.

My Samsung 4K monitor has an switch setting for either DisplayPort 1.1 or 1.2. So I'd like to match appropriately to my MacBook Pro.

Apple does not document this important information. For example, this Apple Support page, Mac mini (2018) - Technical Specifications says only:

  Thunderbolt 3 digital video output supports
  Native DisplayPort output over USB-C

  Four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports with support for:
  DisplayPort

…with no mention of which version of DisplayPort standard.

This Question seemed to be asking this question. But it is not exactly clear. And no Answer directly addressed the issue.


texts: OS 10.9.3 Seagate External Drive Won't Mount

texts:
Updated to Mavericks and now my external 1TB Seagate drive won't mount. Its icon ("Blorp") is greyed out in Disk Utility and all it says about the volume is that it is a "locked logical volume." This is not being used as a Time Machine backup drive, just an external drive. It won't even prompt for a password when I try to mount it. And it shouldn't be locked, since I turned off the encryption prior to upgrading the OS. This started when I opened up the computer and it said the drive was not ejected properly, even though it had been plugged in continuously. Can I get this drive back without reformatting it?

There is no fsck_hfs or similar process shown in Activity Monitor. I have run disk repair multiple times, and it always comes up ok:


texts:
I've accidentally dropped my iPhone 6, the display glass is cracked but it still works fine. Except when someone calls me it always drops the first call like if I'm already talking to someone. It never shows me the first incoming call, I only see a missing call post factum. Although when the same person calls me again right after I get the call. Is it possible to fix this? Perhaps I just need to replace some module (e.g. the one which reads the sim card).

I don't have an official Apple service at my location.


texts:
My MacBook Pro Retina 15" (Mid 2012) has what sounds like a failing sound. I've uploaded a recording to Dropbox however it's hard to hear.

The best I can describe the sound is that it sounds as if the fan is vibrating more then usual. There's a sort of buzz coming from it.

I know the best bet is to take the laptop to an Apple shop, but the closest one to me is an hour away, so wanted to make sure. Also, it still is under warranty, but without hearing the noise, what other tests can be done to check if it functions properly?

(Also, the battery needs replacing, which was confirmed by the Apple Store. When that is done, are the same fans put back in? I'm not sure what's glued to what inside).


texts:
I am trying to move any item ending with .package or .ts4script from Downloads into the folder called Mods. No matter what workflow I choose, I keep getting the error "The action 'Move Finder Items' was not supplied with the required data." What am I doing wrong? This is my current workflow:
Get Specified Finder Items
-chose the download folder
Get Folder Contents
-repeat for each subfolder found
Filter Finder Items
-any of the following are true:
-any content contains .package
-any content contains .ts4script
Move Finder Items
-to mods
-replace existing files
I am relatively new to automator so I would appreciate any help I can get! Thank you!


texts:
I have two questions regarding nfsd on OS X:

What is managing the start/stop phase of this daemon? Launchd? It has an enable and disable mode, but I don't know what does this do.
What is the default status of this service. Enabled or disabled? Should I leave it on disable if my /etc/exports file is empty?


texts: How do I recover free space from my logical volume group?

texts:
This question comes from this question: Cannot install bootcamp because of disk error, but disk utility says it's fine?

I was advised to ask about the 296.6 GB of free space, but tbh I don't understand what that means, it doesn't seem to appear in disk utility?

Is this normal and can I recover this space? Thanks.

iMac:~ aaa$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group AB41694E-348C-45DE-95E8-E64914D40975
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         2120423165952 B (2.1 TB)
    Free Space:   296568467456 B (296.6 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 9066D3CD-9CBE-456C-B34E-D70E61FC73E0
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120883990528 B (120.9 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume F9A29CF9-E84F-4FBA-93DF-83878D387D95
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     1999539175424 B (2.0 TB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family F9AB59F1-0C5B-4FE4-837F-96D40DCB94A6
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume C4D9F5AA-BA5F-4286-A630-FE8CAF4C913F
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk2
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          1817999966208 B (1.8 TB)
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
            LVG Type:              Fusion, Sparse


texts: How can I stitch a set of images together?

texts:
I have a set of images that are named foo-N.jpg, where N is a number from 0 to 100.

I'd like to stitch them together such that I have one long image, where foo-0.jpg is at the left and foo-100.jpg is at the right.

I can do this manually in Photoshop or Fireworks, but it'd take forever.

Is there a way to do this in bulk, like perhaps with Automator, Terminal, or an app?


texts: Is there a "permalink" for Sierra at the App Store?

texts:
Upgrading, but I'd rather stick with Sierra until MacPorts is ready for High Sierra.

In the App Store purchased tab, I see OS X Mavericks and the rest of the set, but I never installed Sierra. If I search for one version in particular, either it doesn't come up or I'm sent directly to High Sierra.

How do I search for the entry for Sierra (and exclude High Sierra) on the App Store? Do releases have any sort of "permalink"?

Relevant:

Modify "Release date" in the featured tab. There is no such thing.
Downloading a release older than the current is no longer allowed (?).
Another hint that this may not be possible. That would be very frustrating. High Sierra is useless for me until MacPorts for High Sierra comes out. (How long that will take is a separate question.)


texts: Airparrot 2.6.2 not running in macOS Sierra

texts:
I have a late 2009 iMac '27 and as a result, I am unable to enjoy airplay to stream video to my Apple TV. When previously I have used El Capitan, I managed to bypass this by using AirParrot2, a nice piece of software that provided all the benefits of the airplay for older iMacs for only $12.

However, since upgrading to Sierra, the older version of Airparrot2 (2.3) stopped seeing my Apple TV and the newer version (2.6.2) which should be suitable for Sierra just wouldn't run (no icon in menu bar).

If anyone have experienced the same issues with Sierra I would much appreciate solutions / feedback.

Thank you.


texts: How to access Keychain of my user from cron?

texts:
security list-keychains print:

"/Users/vitaly-zdanevich/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db"
"/Library/Keychains/System.keychain"

but the same command from cron return:

"/Library/Keychains/System.keychain"
"/Library/Keychains/System.keychain"

from cron I tried

security default-keychain -s "/Users/vitaly-zdanevich/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db && security list-keychains"

but result is the same.

In the help of cli-utility security I did not found any other way to explicitly set the path to the db.

Yes I know that Apple says that better way is to use launchd instead of cron, but I сurious to know - it is possible to manipulate my Keychain from cron?


texts: Prevent Music app from downloading artist images

texts:
The artist view in the iOS7 Music app on my iPad uses images that are not in the song files, nor occur anywhere in iTunes on the Mac. So it must have downloaded them from Apple, using the artist name. This is error-prone and a privacy issue. How can I disable it?

I do not have an iCloud account (Apple ID doesn't contain @) and never used iTunes Match.


texts: MySQL service is grey under Server Admin

texts:
We just made a fresh install of Mac OSX Server 10.6.7, but the MySQL service doesn't seem to work, which is strange as its a fresh install!

I open Server Admin, and under Services, the MySQL service has a grey circle.  AFP, FTP and Web are all green.  If I uncheck the MySQL box in Settings, it rechecks itself within a few seconds.  Clicking on the MySQL service on the LHS yeilds:

**The service has encountered an error.**
Try to refresh the view (workwork/MySQL). (NIL_RESPONSE_ERR (*** -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value (key: startTime))) MySQL

(that popup appears twice, then)

**The service "MySQL" is unreachable**
Try to reconnect to workwork (a back-end component may be missing).

I can open Terminal, run mysql, and that opens a mysql prompt.  I've also tried opening MySQL Workbench, "New Server Instance" under Server Administration, pick localhost, take the default values, and get a:

**Could not connect to MySQL server:**
Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 61
You may continue if the server is simply not running.

Again, this is a fresh install, so its very strange.


texts: How do I reset Screen Recording permission on macOS Catalina?

texts:
I'm using macOS Catalina and I want to use screen sharing in Slack. But when the permission prompt came up I accidentally clicked Deny because it was the default option.

Now I can't get the prompt to come up again. How can I reset permissions so that the prompt comes up again?


texts: What is the best practice for creating a daemon with launchd that runs at lower than default priority

texts:
I have a daemon I would like have to parallelize up to the number of cores on a user's machine, but I don't want it interfering with foreground tasks.  Traditionally, in unix, I would just run this daemon at nice=1, e.g.

nohup nice -n 1 MyDaemon &

The Apple launchd plist documentation features several items that speak to priority issues, but they're vaguely defined, specifically,

ProcessType=Background
LowPriorityIO=true
Nice=N

Is there someplace where the exact behavior of ProcessType=Background is defined?  It would seem that it may be "smarter" than just setting Nice and LowPriorityIO.


texts: Use iOS 14 dictionary without first having the word as text?

texts: I want to search in the iOS 14 dictionary. Is there any way I can use the built-in dictionary without first having the word as text, perhaps by activating an input search field and tapping in the letters?


texts: Connect 2 external monitors (1 VGA + 1 HDMI) to MacBook Pro

texts:
I have a 13" 2017 MacBookPro.

I wish to connect two monitors to it, a Samsung HDMI monitor and a LG VGA Monitor. I am using an Aukey Multiport USB-C Adapter.

I can't connect the two monitors at the same time. When I do it, only the HDMI works. If I plug it out from the multiport, the VGA monitor shows up.

What could be the reason for this behaviour? How do I resolve this issue?


texts: Where in the file system are iPhoto pictures located?

texts:
I have a friend who's hard drive died on their Mac Mini. I have removed the hard drive and placed it in external drive enclosure. I have a trick that may give me 5-10 good minutes with the drive before it spins it last spin, and I intend to use that time (if I can) to get a few files from the drive.

After talking with the friend, the most important data to them are photos that were stored in iPhotos in one of the profiles. Given that I will have at best only a few minutes with the drive, I want to know exactly where on the file system to look for this data.


texts: Getting odd indentation or word-wrap behavior in pages

texts:
I've recently started using Pages more for a large project I'm working on and it, of course, just started doing something odd. I'm wondering if anyone knows what might be going on.

Essentially, when my type reaches the new-line point, my next lines indent like this:

If I place my cursor before 'been' and hit enter, my entire line backs up to where it should be. I'm having to do this for every line.

Question

Do I have a setting wrong? If so how do I stop this behavior and return pages to its defaults?


texts: Do I need to target the root of the destination HDD when using carbon copy cloner?

texts:
I have a development machine that only uses about 50gb hdd disk.

I would like to create a backup of that disk and restore it in case my machine goes wrong.

I used to use carbon copy cloner to do it, but I don't have a spare disk now.

Is it possible to create a directory on a hdd disk and copy everything from my machine to that directory? Am I going to be able to recover the disk from the directory later?


texts: Can't archive mail on one of my Exchange accounts

texts:
I have a few Exchange accounts set up in Mail that are working fine.  Deleting sends the mail to the Trash folder, archiving sends the mail to the Archive folder.  However, one of the accounts won't let me archive.  The mailbox has a folder under the "Archive" section on the sidebar, and I can manually drag messages to it, but when I click Archive I get the following:

The message “[subject]” could not be moved to the mailbox “(null)”

The destination mailbox does not exist.

I would assume this means that Mail can't find the appropriate folder to put the message in, but since the account has a folder under the Archive heading, I'm confused.

Any ideas?


texts: What is the InterCheck process that occasionally uses 96% CPU on my Mac?

texts:
I heard my computer's fan spinning fast, so I checked Activity Monitor and saw that a process called InterCheck was using close to 96% CPU. What is this process and why's it using so much CPU?

In the Inspect window, it said that the parent process is launchd.


texts: Boot Camp partition removal failed in macOS Sierra

texts:
I installed Windows 10 on my Mac using Boot Camp Assistant, but later decided to remove the partition as I no longer needed Windows. I did (or tried to) using Boot Camp "restore", but it gave me an error saying it failed. Now when I go into Disk Utility, the Windows partition doesn't appear, so I can't delete it. But it's there somewhere because I'm only showing 180 GB on the Mac partition (not the full 250 GB).

Going back into Boot Camp Assistant doesn't help, it just allows an option to make another partition (no delete or restore option).

I'm at a loss for how to proceed.


texts: How can I write files to iPod's internal disk on Windows?

texts:
when trying it I get the "can't do that" icon

  How can I copy new photos to the iPod?


texts:
I accidentally moved my /var folder to trash and now unable to login to mac. The only solution I found until now it to recover OS X.

I have tried to move /var back to /private folder in single user mod, since it is Read-only and not allowing me to perform this action.

Is there any way I can move /var folder back without re-installing OS X. I am having Mavericks as OS.


texts: Add a value to CustomPapers' plist using Terminal

texts:
I'm trying to add a printer to CustomPapers' .plist using this terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.print.custompapers.plist 165x165 -dict-add <bottom>0</bottom><custom>1</custom><height>467.71653555</height><id>'165x165'</id><left>0</left><name>'165x165'</name><printer> </printer><right>0</right><top>0</top><width>467.71653555</width>

Please can someone suggest where I've gone wrong with this and if a dictionary item exists with the key "165x165" that it should not add the item.


texts:
When I open the Photos app on my iPhone 6s, it shows me an tab bar saying import:

When I tap on it, it shows a blank screen. Also it doesn't matter whether I tapped on it or not, about two seconds later it disappears. Also it appears both when It is plugged to my computer and when it is not plugged.

What is this tab bar item for? Thanks.


texts: Program hangs when running from a .plist but not from a command script, in OS X El Capitan

texts:
I'm having a problem running InDesignServer CS6 on a Mac from a .plist.  InDesignServer runs a plugin which the company that I work for wrote.  However, all attempts to trace the problem to the plugin have failed so I have to conclude that the problem is environmental, hence the fact that I am posting here.

If InDesignServer CS6 is run from the script "InDesignServer.command", which is found in the installation directory the plugin runs successfully.

If on the other hand it is run from a .plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons, it appears to hang at a particular step (which involves opening a file in a directory on the local machine) and become unresponsive.  There is a calling program which sends instructions to the plugin and it just does not get a response from it.

As far as I can tell, the application is running as the same user in each case, i.e. root (when I run it from the .command file I sudo it).  The OS is OS X El Capitan

The only clue I've got to go on is this message, written to the console log when it is running from the .plist but not when it is running from the script "InDesignServer.command".

  21/07/2016 15:31:25.457 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.system) Could not import service from caller: caller = InDesignServer.5018, service = com.adobe.estoolkit-3.8.102432, error = 134: Service cannot load in requested session

I've tried two plists, one running InDesignServer with arguments and one without (there is only one instance running in either case).

Plist 1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.adobe.ids.launchd.1</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/Applications/Adobe InDesign CS6 Server/InDesignServer</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Plist 2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.adobe.ids.launchd.1</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/Applications/Adobe InDesign CS6 Server/InDesignServer</string>
    <string>-configuration</string>
    <string>CONFIG1</string>
    <string>-LogToApplicationEventLog</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Content of the InDesignServer.command script (which works)

#!/bin/bash
script_dirname=`dirname "$0"`

installed_name="$script_dirname/InDesignServer.app/Contents/MacOS
/InDesignServer"
built_name="$script_dirname/../packages/release/InDesignServer.app
/Contents/MacOS/InDesignServer"

if [ -x "$installed_name" ]; then
    "$installed_name" "$@"
elif [ -x "$built_name" ]; then
    "$built_name" "$@"
else
    echo Error: InDesign not installed or built correctly ;
fi;

Any suggestions would be appreciated.


texts:
Does it look like a Fake iPhone 6 or original? Specially The accessories. I'm confused with power adapter (rounded Pin).  I have only this two images. Thanks

I just needed info on the USB charging brick. Is it possible that it can be original? Rounded Pin confused me, I never saw this kind of brick shape with rounded pins.


texts: Can I view iMessage history from an iPhone set up as a new device?

texts:
I set up a new iPhone as a new device (not from a backup) but using my same Apple ID for iCloud and so on. Can I view my old iMessages on this phone?

If I restore from backup, the messages appear. I set up the phone as a new device because I was getting some strange syncing behaviors.

I would really like to have my old conversations available. Any way to do this? Are they in iCloud somewhere? Thanks!


texts: How i recover my icloud username and password

texts: My device is iPhone 4. I forgot my icloud username and password. How can i recover my username and password ? Would you please help me ? Its important as i cant use my device.


texts: How do iPhone apps push notifications when the app isn't running?

texts:
I've read some docs about notifications and background work, but there is something I do not understand.

Yesterday, I upgraded to iOS 4.2, rebooted my phone many times, and did not launch any apps. Then this morning I received a push notification from PandoraBox to inform me that an app I've placed in favorite had its price changed.

I wonder how this app, that is not launched, not in background, that cannot know in advance when the price of an app in MY favorites will change, can alert me with a notification this way?

It HAS to run some methods, some code… But I understood that that is not possible. What did I miss?


texts: If an Apple Software RAID (RAID 1, mirrored) exists and one of its members is failed. It is possible to destroy the RAID and keep the data on the functional disk intact? If so, how is this accomplished.


texts: Why does Airdrop on OS X only work in close proximity?

texts:
We're all connected to the same WiFi but other computers only show up in the Finder when they are close by.

According to this Mac Basics article, you need to

have Wi-Fi turned on
select AirDrop in the Finder
be in close proximity (“AirDrop is designed to work within a range of approximately 30 feet.”)

(emphasis mine)

What's the technical explanation for this requirement?


texts: How can I retrieve photos from an iPhone 4 without using wifi(probably) or cell data?

texts:
So I am blinded by anger at this point. I cannot believe this isn't possible in some way.
In short:
Iphone 4 has a bad battery, photos filling storage, out of date Ios so no wifi, 3g data available is much less than the amount needed to move. This ideally would be solved without leaving the house because it shouldn't be this hard in the first place and also blizzard.

Here are the specifics, along with some rough ideas:

My mother has an iphone 4 that is completely full of photos. She will not delete any significant amount of them.

Wifi is greyed out because IOS is out of date and my mom does not apply any software update ever at all. Can I FORCE wifi on somehow? I am familiar with linux and windows and android, I know I could force that flag somehow on those devices...

I cannot update IOS because it requires 1.6 GB of free space, in the storage manager thing if I add up every single app besides photos it does not add up to 1.6gbs. It's all photos. Do I actually need 1.6 gigs in the first place?

I can pair it with her macbook over bluetooth, but apparently only tethering is supported because Apple, I can't pair it with my android devices because Apple.
 Is there any way to break that restriction to access the iphones storage? the devices can see each other well enough for apple to tell me to f*** myself...

I may have a bluetooth capable windows laptop, if I do I could use a linux live cd or stick and this adds a bluetooth linux laptop as well, but not bt windows/linux at the same time.

The phone has 3g data, but her data cap is half used and the total amount of photos is triple the entire plan anyhow, having her move 1.6 gigs of pictures one by one over email or text is out because of that and general sanity. Also Icloud can't be made to update over 3g because apple.

The battery is bad, so it will only boot from a wall charger, I can't plug it into another computer and have it run.
So can I make a USB port on another computer pump out more juice?
-I have an old desk that has a power supply embedded into the back, It has two usb ports, a regular plug jack and of course the power cord to the wall. Can I reconfigure that to function as a hub maybe?

What I really don't want to hear though I may have to is:take it to a store, replace battery or go to a store and get a battery to replace yourself.

Particularly I don't want to go to an apple store because some hapless kid will get a feature rich/function poor brick punched right through their face.

-sorry I am so angry about this. I thought it would take ten minutes when she asked me to get the photos, but if someone asked me a question like this about stuff I normally use(I don't deal much with apple) I would find it a fascinating challenge, so I figured I'd ask, and every google search I've ever made for deep tech stuff has led me to stackexchange eventually.


texts: Logic Pro X weird move marquee to transient problem

texts:
I have a project where I'm doing a fair amount of editing to get all the various tracks to line up. It's a bunch of recordings of the same songs in the same order, just the gaps are different.

My method is to click the marquee into a click track just ahead of the first click, then use the right arrow key to move it to the first click precisely. Then I can split / trim / move etc.

That works fine on  all the tracks except one of the click tracks where the arrow key just seems to move the marquee ahead exactly 500 bars ... and then another 500 bars. I can go back to the other tracks and it behaves as expected.

Why is it doing this on this one region? I just bounced in place and the new audio behaves fine. If I drag the original region to another track it still misbehaves, so I think it's region-dependent.

I have no transients marked, I'm not in transient editing mode. Flex mode is off. This happens in the main window and the audio editor.


texts: Is it possible to increase the font size in Console? I am looking at a 27" Thunderbolt display sitting about 4 feet away and the tiny font is unreadable. It appears to be Menlo 11 and I need at least size 18 to read it on this display.


texts: How to upload photos/files to iCloud like with Dropbox's application?

texts:
I've recently extended my iCloud storage to 20GB and now I am wondering how to upload files to it from my iPhone.

Is there any way to do it as it is in dropbox's application? Just to open the folder that you want and upload the files.

If not, are there any alternatives?


texts:
Before I begin, I’d like to point out that this device is around a decade old, so it’s basically operating on vestigial barbarian servers at this point. Anyway, this device, whenever I try to open a certain app (Plants vs. Zombies 2) decides to crash after loading to about the EA logo. For context, no other apps do this.
These are the solutions I’ve tried without any results

Power on and off (done about seven times)
Clear up storage
Check for updates

PS: Buying a new iPad is currently not an option, so I‘m looking for ways to make this work with the hardware I have.


texts: Occasional dialogue Boxes where all characters are question marks

texts:
Every so often, I get dialogue boxes that look like this:

Selected the text, pasted it into another editor, and lo and behold:

  “Slack” cannot be open during installation.

  Click Continue to quit “Slack” and begin the update. The application
  will open when the update is complete.

So this is just one of those regular Mac App Store dialogues. I tried clearing the font caches with sudo atsutil databases -remove, to no avail.

Another other ideas for how to address this font corruption issue?


texts: Difference between gatekeeper and spctl (SecAssessment system policy security)?

texts:
I was reading about how to disable GateKeeper, and people have said use spctl --master-enable, but I want to know what exactly that does so I don't disable other security features. The help output in terminal (spctl) and spctl --status are not particularly helpful. Couldn't find one for --master-enable.
$ spctl --status
assessments enabled

What is the relationship between spctl and gatekeeper? I had a look at BSD and Apple man page, but both have no information about GateKeeper. And bonus, how do I list all the rules in the system policy assessment rule database?


texts: iTunes: How to prevent a purchased gigantic app/book from ever downloading?

texts:
In iTunes, I have purchased some apps and books that are very large in size.

I only purchased them in order to own them, taking advantage of a temporary low price, but I don't plan to use them any time soon.

My internet connection is not very fast and those downloads would take hours.

After purchasing I stopped the download but iTunes will try to download them again when it finds a chance to do so.

I have even deleted the downloads from the downloading list.

But every once in a while iTunes begins to download these gigantic apps/books again.

How can I tell iTunes not to download these purchases EVER unless I explicitly tell otherwise ?


texts: How to avoid pop-up message on VPN connection?

texts:
Apple Mac OS can display a server side configured message when you establish a vpn connection (Cisco IPSec in my case).

I want to disable this annoying popup so how can I configure the VPN configuration to just ignore this message instead of prompting me to press the ok button.


texts:
I have a document with thousands of equations in Word 16.17.

From times to times these equations display like this

I scroll up and down and sometimes the equations get fixed.

Is there a way to force the equation redraw on a page?

Thanks


texts: Is there any software for Mac which watches out head and focus a window that is in a specified monitor based on our head angle? I'm using 3 monitors at the same time and hitting cmd + tab is always the pain.


texts:
it's been 2 days since I bought the Apple Developer Program, and my account is pending:

About 10 minutes after the enrollment, I got an email, telling me that my purchase was being processed.

1 hour after I got this email, I got another email about the taxes, and there was a PDF attached to it.

I checked my account on Apple's website, but apparently, my account wasn't activated.

They say it should take 48 hours, but there is still nothing.  In addition to this post, I contacted  Developer support, they should answer me soon.

How long does it take for an account to be validated? Does it take longer if you're not in the U.S.?


texts: What are the keyboard shortcuts for copying login and password in 1Password without using the browser extension?

texts:
I am using 1Password (version 3.8.5) to manage my login data and somehow I am reluctant to use the browser extensions. I want to speed up my login and password acquisition though and therefore I am searching for keyboard shortcuts to:

Copy a password
Copy a login

The keyboard shortcuts for getting to the login I have searched for or for tabbing to the correct item in the UI is something I am already familiar with.


texts:
I'm using a German Keyboard (Lioncast LK20) with OS X 10.11.5. I set the keymap to German and it is displayed correctly in the settings screen. Unfortunately the following two keys are swapped when I type on the keyboard:

< Key (right of SHIFT)
^ Key (left of 1)

Are there any advanced settings to fix this issue?


texts:
I've downloaded OS X El Capitan from the AppStore. If I go AppStore --> Store --> Purchased it says "Downloaded" but I can't seem to prompt the install. I've tried restarting the Download but nothing happens.

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks


texts: How to open a file with automator and then open another file when the first file is closed?

texts:
I have a series of spreadsheets that I work with daily.
Is there a way to use Automator to open the first spreadsheet and when I close it because I'm done with it open the next spreadsheet?

Thank you.

Here's the a screenshot of Alphaman's solution:


texts: Anything in Mac OS to interfere with using a disk through a USB hub?

texts: Have Modbook Pro with OS 10.10.2 and a powered seven-port USB hub.  A 750-GB bus-powered drive has no problems with the hub in-between.  But a powered drive with three partitions, one of them a Time Machine partition, always gets a failure in backup.  Works fine when the hub is not between.


texts: Using a Chinese iPhone XR On Verizon Wireless

texts:
I am currently in China until February and would like to purchase a new phone.  If I purchase an iPhone XR here, would I run into any trouble running it on Verizon Wireless once I am back in the states?  In addition to general compatibility, would there be any performance issues on Verizon's network?

From what I can tell, the only difference between the Chinese version and the American version is the physical twin SIM inputs on the Chinese phone and the lack of a specific radio band.  Are there any other discerning differences between the two?


texts:
Is there any way to rename the Terminal app?

When I try to rename it by right-clicking it, that option is greyed out.


texts:
I have an iMac that sounds as though the hard drive is about to fail. It has the following spec:

I then have a newer iMac with the following spec:

Is there a way I can transfer all the data from the old iMac to the new one without it affecting any settings or adding accounts etc?

Essentially I want to treat the new iMac like a portable hard drive as I don't have access to one.

I'm going to replace the hard drive on the old iMac then transfer the data back as if nothing had happened!

p.s In a way I want the new iMac to act like a time machine for the old one.


texts: Drawing diagrams in Pages don't stay in place with text

texts:
I feel like I'm missing something, but maybe this is just a flaw in the software.

Whenever I draw diagrams in Pages, or insert images, they seem to just float there, and if I change text above, it causes the text to go past the image I inserted. For example, if I have a paragraph of text that references "the diagram below", and I add another paragraph above it, the diagram would now be above the paragraph of text because it doesn't move with the text as its editing.


texts: /etc/hosts will not update/refresh at all

texts:
I add to my /etc/hosts file this :

127.0.0.1 youtube.com

Save the file. Flush everything with :

dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Reboot my computer 30 times.

Then I run:

dscacheutil -q host -a name youtube.com

And I get :

name: youtube.com
ip_address: 216.58.220.46

Clear my cache completely since the beginning of time in any browser, go to : youtube.com, and I get youtube.com, not my localhost.

I'm using OS X 10.10.5, Yosemite.


texts:
I use my MBP in clamshell mode because the keyboard has stuck keys and the display is cracked.
I wake my mac by clicking the mouse or hitting a key on the usb keyboard.
My monitor takes ages to initialise the HDMI and turn on, and then sometimes it is set to the wrong input. By this stage, the mac has often gone back to sleep because nobody has logged on.
How do I change the timeout for the lock screen so that it waits a bit longer - say 1 minute - for someone to log on before going back to sleep mode?


texts: External Disk, extended journaled with password, suddenly starts without password query

texts:
my External DiskLaCie hard drive D2 Quadra USB3, extended journaled with password,
appears on the screen the next morning without a password query.
On my MacBook Pro and on the hard drive no updates etc. where made.
Now even after restart and delete the PR VRAM etc it always starts without a password query ...
On "infos" in the disk utility, I see that the disk is still password protected and journaled...
I have an other External Disk (the same product), she still starts with password query, so what has happened on my mac or with the external disk over night?
Apple MacBook Pro 13 Zoll
MacOsHigh Sierra V 10.13.6

PS. LA Cie/Seagate Support says, that i shall ask the apple support, and vice versa...


texts: after waking from sleep native screen in clamshell mode wakes up and takes dock

texts:
I work on external screen mostly and have MacBook in clamshell mode. External screen is set as main screen with dock attached to it.

When I wake MacBook up from sleep, sometimes screen in clamshell mode wakes up and overtakes my dock. Screen itself is turned off, but soft thinks its on.

To fix this I've to open MacBook lid and close it again. This brings dock to my external screen.

Atm I've set external monitor to mirror MacBook screen avoiding this issue altogether. But surely its annoying. Seems like a bug as I didn't notice this in OS X.

I noticed this issue on macOS sierra. I've a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), 2.6/8/256


texts: Firewire cable disconnected during Migration; process interrupted

texts:
this is my first post here but it seems like a helpful place. I got a used 2010 MacBook pro last weekend, and have had a hell of a time trying to transfer data from my older MBP via Migration Assistant and Firewire. On the first attempt, I left the two computers running overnight, and my roommate unplugged the power adapter from the old one so that it died before the transfer finished.

I finally got around to trying again last night, and this hasn't gone well either. I created a new user account, went to Migration Assistant, and chose to overwrite the botched user account that had been mostly transferred from my old computer. I got to 47 minutes left, and accidentally unplugged the firewire cable! Needless to say, very frustrated with myself. I plugged it back in and waited for the drive to show back up on the desktop, but it's now been stuck on 47 minutes for a couple of hours. What should I do? Do I really have to start over completely yet again? Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How long are Windows Server 2003 Active Directory credentials cached on Snow Leopard?

texts: I have a few Macbooks that will be added to our Windows 2003 domain controller. Since these are mobile units, concerns arose of how long they (the machines) will maintain login rights after their last contact with the domain.


texts: How to get the path associated to a favorite in Finder?

texts:
I have some favorites in Finder (10.11.4) and I can't open some of them:

  "Folder name" can't be opened because the original item can't be found.

The folder can't be open because it is on an unmount volume. The problem is I don't know what is this volume and I would like to know the path associated to this favorite. I can't get this information with right click on the favorite, it is not listed in the Finder preferences and the information is not present in the plist file.

Where can I get this information?


texts: MacBook Air internal keyboard and trackpad freezing

texts:
I have a MacBook Air a1369 running IOS 10.11.4 with a 1.7 ghz i5 processor. I use the Mac fine, but after about 30 to 40 minutes of usage, and I put it to sleep, after it wakes, the trackpad and keyboard are unresponsive. Only the power buttons work. However, if I connect an external keyboard and mouse, then work perfectly (I'm actually writing this question with my external keyboard. I also get a Bluetooth setup assistant pop up window asking me if I want to connect a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

additional information>
Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad:

  Product ID: 0x024c
  Vendor ID: 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.)
  Version: 2.09
  Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
  Location ID: 0xfa120000 / 3
  Current Available (mA): 1000
  Current Required (mA): 40
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
  Built-In: Yes

Some other findings:

The keys can sometimes wake the computer, but as soon as it wakes up they don't work.
They don't work at boot (i.e., cmd+R, cmd+V etc do not work).
I've reinstalled Mac OS (using net recovery, cmd+opt+R). I've also reset the SMC and PRAM.
Disconnecting Bluetooth and USB devices do not help.
The problem is uncorrelated with how warm the computer is (i.e., it's not an expanding battery problem).

I've gotten my keyboard changed and also put in a new battery but its not helping. I can obviously use it with the external mouse&keyboard, but it takes away the magic from using a Mac. Plus is not convenient as a I need to have these additional components connected to it.

Any help or guide would be appreciated.

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)


texts:
I'm currently downloading the update for iMovie (2 GB) and Xcode (3.5 GB). Other similiar producs are maybe several 100 MBs, but for the full software, not just an update.

What makes those updates so extremely large?
Do they typically
replace existing files or do they actually consume additional 2 or 3 GB on my harddisk?


texts: Archive in Xcode11 not showing in organizer even though status is succeeded

texts:
no (scarcely found) solutions from other threads helped, reason being (I think) that they were about different versions of Xcode. The issue seems prevalent throughout the versions, but solutions are sadly not.
So I run Product->Archive in my Xcode (version 11.3.1, which I run on macOS 10.15.3, beloved Catalina). In the build bar status is Succeeded (yay!), but after I go to (very intuitive location) Window->Organizer, then only despair remains, as there are no archives there.
Options in product scheme regarding archiving are checked.
Apart from archiving, app builds and runs and it is signed using my Developer id.
When I create brand new (and empty) project, then archiving is successful, but this information does not help me in the least.


texts: Subscribe to RSS feed in Mail app (iOS 5.1.1)

texts: In Lion's Mail app, I can subscribe to RSS feeds and have them show up in the inbox.  Can I do the same with the Mail app in iOS 5.1.1?


texts: macOS Catalina: Install Slows and Errors on MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)

texts:
For around 6 months I had intermittent issues with my MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) where it was randomly ending up on the folder with a question mark icon, or the no-entry icon.
It used a 250GB Samsung 840 SSD - which I had installed in 2014 - and I figured it must have finally been at its end-of-life.
I've replaced it with a 1TB Crucial MX500 SSD; the swap went smoothly and as expected.
Now, I'm having problems installing macOS Catalina at all.
After installing the new drive I did the following steps:

Downloaded the latest macOS Catalina from the App Store on my iMac
Created a new Catalina Install drive using Terminal createinstallmedia
Booted from the USB on the MacBook Pro
Formatted the drive to APFS in DiskUtility
Used the macOS install button, accepting terms etc..

The installer gets to around 50% normally (in around 5 minutes), but then it slows down dramatically, with the estimated time floating around 5-7 minutes constantly. The loading bar continues to move incredibly slowly (using the ol' cursor on the boundary of the loaded section to track progress).
This goes on for well over an hour, and at around 70% it fails with the error:

An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again.

I've taken the following troubleshooting steps so far:

Reset SMC
Reset NVRAM, PRAM
Recreated the install USB pendrive
Re-recreated the install usb on another USB pendrive
Used different USB ports
Online-recovery (defaults to Mountain Lion, which got all the way through the progress bar then loads to a folder with a question mark at mid-install auto-reboot)
Cloning the old Samsung SSD to the new Crucial SSD in DiskUtility
Numerous power-cycles, and letting the machine sit for a bit etc.
Run health-checks on the old and new SSDs, both return no issues

The machine had otherwise been running great. Fast as always with no known issues with RAM, or battery life, etc.. I can't think of what else to try at this point.
The machine's also in near-new condition, it's been very well looked after. All the ports etc are clean and in good working order, as are the charge cables.
There are no Apple stores or authorised repair centres where I live (boat/flight required for the closest, which isn't an option due to Covid lockdown).
Any ideas on what to try next would be greatly appreciated, I'd very much like to see this MacBook working again.
Many Thanks
Craig


texts:
I want to access my web application on iPad for local testing (http://myMachine_Name). But here is the problem;

I am having a local copy on my Windows machine with a Weblogic server running and the app server requires a VPN connection
Is there any way by which I can access http://myMachine_Name on the iPad , and given that my local machine would be connected to VPN.
Is there any iPad app which can help in testing..My main purpose is to have the fastest way to test any changes I make on the iPad and that I think would be to directly access http://myMachine_Name on the iPad Safari. But I do not know how.

Note: By VPN, I mean it is connected to another network at a remote location. Also the iPad is connected to the internet via a Wifi connection on MAC which is on the same local network as my Windows machine..

I think having VPN connectivity on the iPad might be an option, but I'll want to avoid that as that would require paying huge licensing fee.

Please let me know if I need to provide any other clarifications..

Thank you.


texts: Macbook Pro WiFi Painfully Slow on Corporate Network, PC Works Fine

texts:
Whenever I bring my 2015 Macbook Pro to a certain corporate environment and try to use WiFi there, it is painfully slow. At times, Google takes 5-10 seconds to load. Now, a Windows machine works just fine on this same network. What is more, when another person tries to use his 2016 Macbook Pro, he encounters the same problem.

Does anyone know what settings or configurations we can check either on the Macs or the network to fix this?

Any advice is appreciated.


texts: How to know if “About This Mac” got modded and/or reset it

texts:
I've seen plenty of articles about how its kinda easy to mod the "About this mac" section, however, I was wondering if I where to buy a mac from a stranger, what is a quick way to check the real specs and date of release without having to reset to factory settings.

It must be something quick so I can check it before paying for it without taking too much time.


texts: Automatically create monthly Photo Stream albums in the new photos app

texts:
Back in iPhoto, when using Photo Stream with my iPhone, photos would automatically be put into albums in the main page, one for each month. Eg Dec 2014 Photo Stream followed by another album called Jan 2015 Photo Stream and so on as the months progressed.

Now in the new Photos app, the albums have been imported across, however as the months continued onwards, the corresponding albums aren't being created.

Is there any way to get this functionality back in the new Photos app?

Thanks!


texts: Application to record each individual action in contact list

texts:
I would like to record each good thing someone in my contactlist or maybe not in my contact list did to me or record a happy time we did togethers.
So i can read all the happy memories. See the list when i get angry at someone who might ever did a lot of good thIngs to me or send this list to them at the approprite time. I saw that there is a note section in my contact list. But i wonder Is there any apps that are more suit than this like organize by date and Save Photo.


texts:
Since installing Mavericks on my 2010 MBP, it seems to be giving me the spinning beach ball often. I think I may need a new HDD, as Disk Utility cannot repair it, but I also get this error:

Nov 21 20:33:38 COMPUTERNAME kernel[0] <Debug>: Previous Shutdown Cause: -60


texts: Notifications only show last notification

texts: Under Mac OSX 10.13.2 my notifications list is only showing the last notification, not a list of the most recent. How do I fix this?


texts: Every time when I'm trying to reboot my mac(macbook pro retina|el capitan), everything disappear except dock so the process stops and thats how my desktop looks:


texts: Is there a tabbed PDF reader for Mac OS X?

texts:
I am looking for a tabbed PDF reader, preferably with annotation support (highlighting mostly) for Mac OS X. I looked at the Skim FAQ which said that tabs would never come to Skim.

I am currently writing where I need to have multiple PDFs open for reference (at the moment 17). This is a lot of windows which clutters upp my Exposé.

Does anybody know if such a PDF reader exists for Mac OS X?

I have had a look at Adobe Acrobat Reader, Skim, Preview.app, PDF Pen.

I found Dioretsa which has tabs, but no sadly no annotation.

Update 2015-11-20: Funny how history repeats itself. PDF Expert recently released a Mac version (Readdle's PDF Expert for iOS has been around for some time). The pase years I have been using Preview, but PDF Expert is now my goto PDF reader with tabs and annotation. It's fast as well (which cannot be said about Adobe's PDF products).

Update 2012-05-16: Saving annotations in the PDF itself is also a must. E.g. Skim and Mendeley do not do this. Otherwise, Mendeley would have been a good choice.


texts: How to completely disable, not just hide, Siri Suggestions in iOS?

texts:
I'm trying to turn off Siri Suggestions in iOS, with the goal of not having my device build patterns of what I do (regardless of whether it sends them, which it probably doesn't).

I've turned off all three switches under Siri Suggestions in Siri and Search settings. Does that turn off this feature completely, or do I still have to go through every app and turn it off for each one individually?

Update: Even with those switches off, in Siri and Search settings it also lists things I've recently done under Suggested Shortcuts. This seems to be part of the same feature. Both of the apps listed had "Search, Suggestions, and Shortcuts" turned on below, but it looks like it still saves data even when this switch is off for the app. I tried sending a message to myself with it off and again with it on, and both showed up under All Shortcuts.

How do I disable this feature so that it doesn't gather data on me? (Whether it's sending it anywhere isn't my concern, I know it probably doesn't. I just find it a little creepy that my phone is recording everything I do on it.)


texts: Time machine was interrupted - how to make it resume?

texts:
Time machine was running for the first time and it was NINE hours into the job, when it got stopped (I inadervently removed the usb connection).

Is there any way to get it to resume?

UPDATE  The issue was that the Time Machine icon was not in my Dock - so I did not have option to right click which is where the "Back up now" option lives.


texts: So, I saved my contacts from a .vcf file to my iPhone, then I created an iCloud account to back up my contacts. The iCloud only saved contacts that I had manually created in my iPhone but not the ones I save from the .vcf file. Help please!


texts: How can I get my pictures back from when i backed up my iphone?

texts: I reset my iPhone 4s a couple weeks ago to see if FaceTime would start working again (it didnt!). I did back it up before I reset it, but I did not import my photos to iPhoto as I always do. Is there anyway I could get those pictures back? I haven't backed up my iPhone 4s since then.


texts: How to put a javascript code while setting a string in Applescript

texts:
I am trying to execute the code below but I am getting error:
set sct to "document.querySelector('input[type=\"file\"]').focus()"
set theScript to "tell application \"" & application_name & "\" to tell active tab in front window to execute javascript \"" & sct & "\""

run script "tell application \"Google Chrome\" to tell active tab in front window to execute javascript \"document.querySelector('input[type=\"file\"]').focus()\""
--> error "A class name can’t go after this “\"”." number -2740


texts: SHA2 checksum for Sierra's InstallESD.dmg?

texts:
Before making a bootable drive for Sierra's installer i want to make sure that the download was successful.

Run in Terminal: shasum -a 256 "/Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg"

Wait some minutes for the result to show up.

Mine is: 78a2701bb63a0dcb30862314d1a4598522cfe6a2dd2b096a4e30f256909a4446


texts:
My MacBook Pro, for some reason, detects the wireless connection, but I cannot go to a web page using Safari. I can open the iTunes Store, but cannot access my email. I ran the Network Assistant and it reflects that my connection is good. I tried putting in a manual IP address but my computer is still unable to perform name resolution to go to any web page. My home WiFi uses a WEP password, and configure IPv4 using DHCP.

I went to a local McDonald's to see if I could access the Internet with their free WiFi - my MacBook connected immediately and went out to several websites with no issues.

Note:
I went through all of the steps as listed in this answer on June 30, 2012 with this very same situation but am still not able to open a Web Page.


texts: Time Machine says “Waiting” for any backup copy.

texts:
I run three backups on three different drives and I can't excess any of them after installation of El Capitan.
What to do?
Gert G.


texts: I have an external device which mounts as an external drive and which I must format in FAT, not FAT32, for use elsewhere. Is there a way to do that from Snow Leopard?


texts:
I found an old iPhone 4s of one of my family members, it has iOS 6.1.3 installed, but it has a passcode on it, and he does not remember the passcode, and its currently locked, and if I try again I will have to restore. I was wondering if there is a way that I can restore the phone to iOS 6, instead of going to iOS 7? or is there any other ways around this? I really hate iOS 7 on my iPad so I would like to keep the version, while restoring the phone.

The iphone is in lost mode.


texts: Apple Two Factor Authentication: why verification code popup don't display?

texts:
I turned on Two Factor Authentication mode, it worked very well. But yesterday, I reinstalled my Macbook, and iPhone, verification code popup don't automatically display when I login new device. I must get code through text message, or manually getting verification code from iCloud setting. I logged both iPhone, and Macbook, but all don't show popup (I also try to log from another pc but same result).

I’m using Mac OS 10.12.3, and iOS 10.2.1

I think two cases:

It's a problem occurred when I reinstalled my device.
Someone (may be a "hacker") controlled my apple ID and my devices. (I'm worry about this!)


texts: Error "The Apple ID has not yet been used in iTunes Store"

texts: I have an iPhone 4. I have created the Apple ID. Now when I try to download anything from the App Store and I log in with my ID and password, I see the message "this ID has not been yet used". What should I do? I have no more knowledge about these procedures.


texts: Can't get WiFi Payloads to iPad using Apple Configurator

texts:
I have 400 iPads I need to prep and am having a couple issues. I was hoping somebody could give me a bit of advice..

Question

How can I verify the WiFi payloads are copied to the iPad?

Background

Apple Configurator 1.5
I received a backup config from the customer
I also received their settings in case the restore didn’t work.
Of the settings I’m concentrating on two to verify the restore worked, or a manual config and prepare worked. Those are verifying an app was installed, and wifi payloads.
When I restore using the supplied *.iosdevicebackup file neither the app or the wifi settings are on the iPad
I configured iTunes for the customers account -> downloaded the app -> imported into the Apps tab of the Configurator program and now get that loaded, but I can’t confirm the wifi payloads.
have 3 wifi payloads configured in the setup tab -> wifi section. 2 are for the customers wifi and the 3rd is for our in-house wifi just for sanity’s sake. Each are configured with ssid and WPA / password, but when the IPad is restarted after the prepare I would assume I would see all 3 networks and the iPad would connect to our in-house network automatically as it's the only one available. But I only see a list of available networks, and I’m asked for a password when I try to connect to our in-house one. I thought that was what the payload was for.
I also tried making a profile and setting the wifi payloads up there, same result.
I’ve been speaking with the local apple store, and while polite and professional, not much help..
When I try to do a manual prepare my settings -> Restore value is Don't resort backup. If I have that set to the backup I received I get an error when trying to customize the device at the end of the update.
I also tried only 1 wifi payload, our in-house WiFi. Same results. I'm asked for a login / password when I try to connect.


texts: Cannot find/download/install the iOS 13 Beta profile

texts:
I have a paid membership for Apple Developer Program, but for some reason cannot find a way to install the new iOS 13 beta profile.

Am I doing something wrong? This is what the page looks like when I open it on Safari. (there's no download/install button)


texts:
I have some videos that were recorded at 720p which I'd like to edit in iMovie. They're saved as MP4s. When I import one and view it in the media browser, it looks fine. As soon as I add one to a movie project, the aspect ratio changes to... something else. The video gets trimmed at the top and bottom, and people's heads get cut off in some shots. How can I add these videos to a project and keep the entire frame? Ideally I'd have a movie project that matched the resolution of the clips. If not, can it be letterboxed to at least not lose any of the existing content?

I'm using iMovie 10.1.8. Thanks.

I'm not looking to crop, I'm basically looking to prevent unwanted cropping. In case there's any confusion, here are a couple of screen shots. The goal is to end up with a movie where nobody's head and feet get cropped out.

If I play the clip from the media browser, it might look like this:

If I add this clip to the movie, the same shot looks like this:


texts: osascript display dialog hangs when screen is off; detect unavailable GUI/display from bash or applescript?

texts:
NOTE: If you have this problem, the answer from @abc helps mitigate it--but there are still unknown conditions under which this solution won't keep the osascript from executing and hanging.

background

I've been working on a backup script that runs occasionally via launchd. When it runs, it prompts me with something like:

osascript -e "display dialog \"Is now a good time to back up?\""

This works great when the system is open/online, but it seems to hang if the lid is closed or screen is locked/off. A tolerable way to test this is to SSH into the system as the same user with the desktop active, run a command like the one above, and observe that the dialog pops up.

If I run the same command with the system locked, it just hangs. If I unlock/open the system, the command doesn't finish, and the dialog doesn't appear.

When running on battery power, I can simulate the same condition by running:

pmset displaysleepnow; osascript -e "display dialog \"never never land\""

question

Is anyone aware of a way to detect this condition (at launchd, bash, or applescript level) so that I can do any of:

keep the job from running at all until the system is active
sleep the script until I can display a dialog without it hanging
abort the script run before it hangs

I'm not keen on it, but the best I've been able to figure out so far involves putting a long timeout on the first dialog in the script and bailing out if it never gets answered, i.e.:

osascript -e "display dialog \"Is now a good time to back up?\" giving up after 600"


texts:
Today I tried to use the iTunes-cover screensaver (for the first time), but my screen (and the preview area in the system preferences) simply stays black, nothing else happens.

Has anybody experienced this too or has an idea what to do?


texts: Change mail back to embedding attachments

texts:
I wanted to attach a photo and not embed it so I did the following:

  If you would like Mail to do this automatically with all attachments, try the following Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes

  Relaunch Mail for this to take effect.

How to automatically attach E-mail, not embed them

I only wanted to do this temporarily, but now can't change it back.  Can someone help me to change it back to automatically embedding photo?


texts: I plugged the USB thumb drive in, booted my MacBook Pro (8,1) up and held the option key. My USB drive won't show up (I want to install Ubuntu). How to fix this?


texts: Is this prompt for iCloud credentials legit?

texts:
So recently I bought Ethernet Status and activated the full version for an added €2.29 ($1.99 I guess...) and activated the full features. I still have the confirmation e-mail.

Today I noticed the "Full version", apparently, was no longer active:

So I click the "Check Full Version Features", no big deal, and should be able to re-activate. Just click "Restore Purchase", right?

And then it hits me...

This is no native Apple UI, is it? How can I be sure it's not just the app trying to trick me into entering my AppStore password? Who's to say it won't send my entered credentials to the maker (or anyone, for that matter)?

I entered an incorrect(!) password while I let WireShark watch over my shoulder; hoping I could see something fishy. But I couldn't find anything proving either way; no direct link to Apple and no direct link elsewhere. A bunch of IP's, a lot of traffic (tried to close as much applications as I could) and most, if not all, of it encrypted with SSL. Nothing of interest to see actually and the amount of data is a bit too overwhelming for me to make sense of it.

Could anyone confirm or disprove my suspicions? Any advise (besides not entering my actual password in that UI)? I may have even entered my AppStore password when I initially installed and immediately upgraded; thank god I also use 2FA and I have changed my password moments ago just to err on the safe side. So now I'm left with an app that I suddenly don't trust (which may be unjust!) and not sure if I should go ahead...


texts: how to fill a 64 gb SDXC card with random files

texts:
I need to create 64GB worth of files with a size between 30 and 50 MB to evaluate copying a large number of files from an SDXC card to an external HDD. So I need a few files to try with.

I figure I could create an arbitrary number of files (can be random bytes) with a file size between x MB and y MB who in total do not cap a size of z GB on OSX?

Is this easy to do in terminal for a non-programmer?


texts: Copy, Paste, Cut, Select-All Keyboard Shortcuts

texts:
I recently bought am older Mac (Mac G5 with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger). I have a PC keyboard and when I tried the keyboard shortcuts for text editing such as copy, paste, cut, select-all I realized they don't work.

I researched the web for some help and found that the Mac keys are not in the same place as Windows keys. Most probable alt acts as control because that's where the command key on a Mac keyboard is placed or sometimes Windows key. None of the combinations seem to work.

The control key works on the Mac because I can switch between FireFox tabs by pressing control + tab, control + shift + tab or I can use control + Z and control + Y.

Do you have any ideas why this is not working and how I can fix it?


texts: How to mount VeraCrypt full disk encrypted volume in read write mode under macOS?

texts:
I am able to mount VeraCrypt full disk encrypted volume under macOS Sierra, but I am not able to write to it. The VeraCrypt disk shows read-only as false, but I don't have permission to write. The volume is formatted as NTFS. I tried with Paragon NTFS driver, the free version, but it does not work.

How to mount an NTFS volume as read-write?


texts:
I have a PC which does not have a build in WLan-Chip. But over the weekend, I'll temporarily move to some place where there is no cable-connection available.

So now I'm trying to find out if I can use tethering to make my iPod's Internet-connection available to my PC (over USB since the PC has no Bluetooth either). I do not have a WLan-adapter or something I could use instead. And since this is only for a few days, I don't want to buy one.

The iPod runs iOS 4.2.1 and is jailbroken. I tried using MyWi 4 to archive this, but when I connect the iPod to the PC (using the USB-cable), nothing happens. The latest iTunes version (10.4) is installed on that PC.

iPhones do have a native tethering-option but this is not available on iPod Touch. Is there any way to activate it (by changing some .preferences-files)? I know it's (for example) possible to activate the native multi-tasking that way.

If this is not possible, is there any App out there which works? It seams that MyWi does not work since iTunes 10.1 so is there any other one that works? What do you use?


texts:
I can't seem to find any updated (or reliable) sources of iOS emulators for Mac, I am running Sierra.

At first I believed that in Xcode, when I went to run my app, was running an emulator, but I was mistaken. I guess it's a simulator. The difference is they have different compatibilities, so if you take an .ipa (iOS app) file and install it onto the Simulator, the app will crash.

My question is are there any iOS emulators out there where I can install real apps from the App Store, or from an .ipa file.

I couldn't find anything so any help or suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks!


texts: Yosemite Calendar 24 hour clock New Event

texts:
Since upgrading to Yosemite, I can't enter a New Event in Calendar using the 24 hour clock. If I try to enter the start or end time as 14:00, it enters the 1 and then beeps at me.

Calendar does display events in 24 hour format, I just can't create a new event using it. I've check the calendar and Mac settings and they all appear correct.


texts:
I need tips on a good application that you can stream "live" video and publish that on a website.

The source is raw video from a video mixer and i will have my os x machine in the middle and then out to one of my webservers.


texts: Is my Macbook Pro 15 Early 2011 Logic Board goosed?

texts: I have a Macbook Pro 15" 2011 2.2 i7. Was running like a dream until I tried to add a second drive with an optibay. To cut a long story short a puff of smoke came out of the airport card. After the initial shock I rebooted to find no airport and the machine was running super hot when plugged in running off the mains. My dilemma is the machine works perfectly but is a potential fire hazard. As I soon as I plug into the mains the temps hit 70 quite quickly, too hot to touch underneath. When switched off it comes on by itself when plugged in also. So it has become a big silver coaster. Apple say they will replace the logic board and airport for £465 (which is actually not a bad price) but could it be something simpler. Any help would be appreciated. My household insurance will not cover 'mechanical' parts. If I had spilled coffee, dropped it or was stolen I would be fine. Any help would be much appreciated. I have Applecare also which makes it worse.


texts: 10.13.4 = 1 fewer monitors on my MacBook Pro mid 2012 (non-Retina)?

texts:
I have a 2012 MBP non-retina.  I've been running 2 old CRT's along with the laptops monitor.  One CRT is connected through a Thunderbolt converter, and the other through a DVI/USB converter.  When my system automatically updated to 10.13.4 today, I soon learned that: 10.13.4 does not support the USB converter... which I guess Apple considers an 'enhancement'?

Just looking for some clever ideas as to how I might regain my expansive desktop, without 'having' to Time Machine back to 10.13.3.


texts: How to install rpm tool on Mac OS X 10.8?

texts:
How to install rpm tool on OS X?

Brew doesn't have it yet and the binaries I found so far are too old (not intel 64bit).


texts: Can I do this using Pages? It's basically a simple table made in MS Office Word (.doc) which I need to convert to xml / html, insert some html input blocks (there are cells which are left empty for data input). I remember doing this with MS Office Word (the exporting), but it was a long time ago, I lost the file and now I need it again, but I have the original .doc one on my mail, so I just need to export it once again. So is it possible do this with pages or do I need to do it on someone's PC (I don't have Office for OSX)?


texts: Can iTunes reveal which songs are currently on a device?

texts:
How can I get iTunes to show at a glance which items are already on my iPhone.

I'd like to add some new tunes to my iPhone, but find myself adding songs that are already on the device.  I start looking through my collection, but I can't see what's already on my iPhone. I'd like to be able to see what's not currently synced to my phone, so I can focus on adding them.

On my Zune, all synced items were marked with a little icon so you could see if it was already on the device. Like so:

The only place where summary information of what has synced is this following screen. (But obviously, it's a really ugly and unpleasant way to browse your music!)


texts: How do I fix Launchpad not saving icon order settings?

texts:
I'm on High Sierra 10.13.6, and Launchpad is not saving my icon order when I log out. Only happens on my account, it works fine for other users in the same machine.

Some webpages say I should delete a database file in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock, but the only file there is desktoppicture.db (which does not affect the icons in Launchpad). I also tried deleting the db files in $TMPDIR../0/com.apple.dock.launchpad with no success.

I can rearrange icons and it will appear to work for as long as I'm logged in. But when I log out, icons return to the same order as if I reset dock with the ResetLaunchPad -bool true setting. In fact, the directory $MPDIR../0/com.apple.dock.launchpad/db is rewritten whenever I killall Dock (new inodes).

I can't find any other thing to do. The only thing I've noticed is that when I killall Dock, I get a weird message in console:

MessageTracer: load_domain_whitelist_search_tree:73: Search tree file's format version number (0) is not supported

I don't know if that's unimportant or if it's got something to do, but it sounds like a corrupt file and I don't know where to look for it.

I ran out of ideas, I can run any commands or send whatever info is needed, please help, thanks.


texts: Can I backup my whatsapp data from an iOS 8 device and use it on an iOS 7 Device?

texts: I used to have an iPhone 4s which is broken now, and I got an iPhone 4 from a friend who doesn't need it anymore. I made a backup off my whatsapp chats via iCloud Drive (which doesn't exist on iOS 7), so I can't use them on the iPhone 4. By reading the Whatsapp FAQ I get the impression that this might be completely impossible. Is there any way I can have my chats on the iOS 7 device? It doesn't have to be via iCloud, and I don't mind investing some time to try a few things. Any help is appreciated.


texts:
My precious iPhone 3GS which I've treasured for four years has finally had its first "issue".

I decided yesterday to finally get rid of the update available indication (the "1" badge) that's been sitting next to the Settings.app icon and run the update on my iPhone 3GS (iOS 6.1.3).  It downloaded fine but unfortunately it came up with an error message when it tried to apply the update (direct to phone, not via PC/iTunes).

Inconvenient, but I can just recover it from the last restore, can't I? Unfortunately when I try to recover the phone it sits there for 15 minutes then gives an error message because it can't find 100 tracks (in fact it can't find any, but I presume that it stops keeping track after 100) then it pops up with another message saying it can't find the apps.

The music is definitely there - I played a few tracks via iTunes to check.  Am I doing something wrong?  Sure I can reinstall everything from scratch but will lose any progress/settings in apps and there is quite a lot to lose.

I'm running the latest iTunes on a PC and have all media on an external drive but it syncs fine with my iPad and plays media fine.


texts: how to disable birthday reminders in iOS and still view them in the calendar app?

texts:
Birthday reminders are nice but not if they keep popping up each day for every contact that has a birthday filled in.
I don't need a popup birthday reminder. Especially not for every contact that has a birthday. I don't want to edit all contacts that I do or don't want to be notified about. Seeing them in the calendar app will be enough for me.

For this reason I decided to just turn the birthday notifications off.

One way of doing this is to disable calendar notifications. But that sucks... now all calendar notifications are turned off...

An other option would be to disable calendar birthday events but somehow I still get the annoying reminders popping up each day. ( And with me some others according to some forms I've read ) And this also disables viewing them in the calendar app.

Then I read this:

  Go to Settings/Mail, Contacts, Calendars then Calendars section: Default Alert Times/Birthdays. Switch it to None.

I will know by tomorrow if the 'trick' above worked but since I didn't find any q/a how to disable all birthday reminders easily I posted this here in hope to find a good answer that will fix this problem once and for all. Maybe I found an answer but if you could confirm it that would be great!

Originaly asked the question for iOS 6, but this still is a valid question for later iOS versions ( v10 at the moment of editing )


texts: How to repair permissions after removing the "wheel" group from my hard drive?

texts:
Is there a command in Single User Mode to recover/reinstall the start-up wheel (with root its user access).

I removed wheel as a group from any file/folder it had permissions for or access to. I didn't just change the permission, I actually clicked the (-).

I thought it was a hipster nickname for an actual user from the previous owner. Stupid, I know.

The problem is that without the start-up wheel, literally every reboot, restart, recover attempt gets hung up at the screen with the Apple and the spinning wheel. The only mode or screens I can access are Single User or Verbose (which can't reboot) because they are the only two that don't run through the traditional start-up path (spinning wheel).

I've tried every key +power button combo listed anywhere. No safe mode, no recovery, no boot from another drive...nothing.

System specs:

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X 10.6.8