texts: Altering behavior of Option + arrow keys in Numbers for Mac

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In Numbers, pressing ⌥ (option)+→ (or with any other arrow key) will add a row or column in that direction, relative to the currently selected cell. This is a useful shortcut which I employ frequently, and I don’t want to turn it off.

However, I’m used to using that shortcut in text editing to quickly move the entry cursor around, by words rather than characters.

What I would like is to have ⌥+←/→ add new columns except when I’m editing a cell’s contents.

I can simply reassign the keyboard shortcuts if necessary, but I’d like to know if what I ask is possible.


texts: How do i rescale a window in in all 4 directions?

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I'd like to minimize/maximize any generic window in all 4 directions. How do I accomplish this?
More specifically, I'd like to do this for iterm, but it would be nice if the solution is generic.


texts: My iPad Mini does not have GPS capabilities.  I would like Maps to show my location.  Can I attach a Bluetooth GPS receiver to enable this functionality?  If so, will any Bluetooth GPS receiver work or will it have to be an Apple compatible one?


texts: Simple tool to recover old version of overwritten file

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I accidentally overwrote a small text file. I have no selectable TimeMachine snapshots - the "up" buttons are greyed out (note; tried Ctrl + Shift + C to remount but it makes no difference). Which is not surprising, as I have no external drive setup (and cannot because of security reasons).

There are a plethora of bad & free recovery apps that don't seem to work.

I'm wondering if there is any free & simple option available?


texts: applescript - How to convert youtube link text to embed html text?

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i want to convert 'youtube link text (from clipboard)'
to
'youtube title and embed html text'
and
copy to clipboard

With Applescript

for example,

I copy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBGaO89cBMI

into clipboard

run a applescript
then the text (Title and EmbedHTML)

Radiohead - Lift

copied into clipboard


texts:
I'm thinking about upgrading the CPU in my MacBook Pro from its current 3210M dual core processor to a 3632QM quad core processor.

Is there any reason why this wouldn't be a good idea? The socket, operating temperature, instruction set, wattage, and memory specifications match perfectly.

It's a summer 2012 production model, 13" unibody, FCPGA988 socket, 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM (upgrading to 8GB shortly), with 10.8.3.


texts:
I have my Gmail account configured via Exchange on my iPhone 4S.  When I add a new contact, it only adds it to my phone.  I have to add separately to Gmail and then merge duplicates, which seems like too many steps.

I want this to work so that any contact I add through iOS is added to my Gmail contacts, not the local phone's contacts.  How can I accomplish this?


texts: Transferring pictures off of an iPad, when they are stored in an album

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I have an iPad Mini that contains several photo albums with unique pictures that I wish to preserve. These albums were created by syncing (using iTunes) from a computer that we've since recycled. (So we've lost the original pictures. The only copy is in the iPad albums created by the original sync process.)

Is there a good way to copy these pictures back from these iPad-resident albums to another PC (or Mac)?

I've connected it to another PC, but iTunes does not appear to offer a way to sync the albums back from the iPad to the PC.
The iPad itself is restricting me from moving the pictures into the Camera Roll, and Google Photos doesn't seem to pick up pictures from anywhere else.
There does appear to be a way to e-mail pictures individually... but there are over 1,000 images, so that process is too manual to be practical.

Any advice would be appreciated.


texts: Overcoming random slowness with my home Wi-Fi and 2015 13″ Retina MacBook Pro

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I've had issues where the Wi-Fi seems to slow to a crawl sporadically. This only happens on my home network; I've not seen it happen anywhere else. No other devices are affected while this is happening and I can fix it by restarting the machine.

I know there are issues with Wi-Fi after upgrading to Yosemite, but this was brand new with Yosemite already installed. The Wi-Fi settings were imported through iCloud if that makes any difference.


texts: Alternative to Cover Version visualizer in iTunes 12.6

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I need a way to display full screen lyrics in iTunes of the song that is currently playing. Up until now I have used Cover Version, but it doesn't work anymore since iTunes 12.6:

Are there any alternatives? I am using a mac :)

EDIT - 29 June 2017

Apparently it has been fixed and the plugin works now! Many thanks to the developer :)


texts: Why is ad still briefly playing after a restart?

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I’m playing this game on an iPhone and, every 3 rounds there’s an Ad playing that you can usualy skip after 5 seconds.

However, it takes shorter to just kill de app when the Ad appears and launch it again than to wait those 5 seconds. + I don’t have to see the ad this way.

However, after the app relaunches, the ad still plays for a second before the app launches normally. It’s like that part was cached or something.

How can iOS allow that? It’s clearly not something the app developer intended, or that the devs could even control.

I should mention though, the ad only plays if I quickly relaunch the app. If I wait a bit before relaunching the app, I no longer see the ad.


texts: Using Time Machine with 2 internal drives

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My sister's 2012 MacBook is running terribly slow, so I adviced her to install an ssd. Since there are budget constraints, the best option would be to install de HDD in the optical bay place for storage and a 240gb ssd as system drive.

The thing is, she likes to constantly back up his system in an external drive using Time Machine and there's where my doubt raises.

Will time machine save only one drive? Can it save both drives and all their configurations as a single image?

I really want to help her saving some money

Thanks for your time :)


texts:
I’ve used DaisyDisk to analyse my file usage on my MacBook Pro (mid–2012), but the numbers aren’t adding up. Of 500GB, it shows ~425GB used, but the breakdown only adds up to 280GB. The diagram itself shows a big gap, so what’s going on? What else can I use to track down this drive usage? I’ve attached a screen grab of my DaisyDisk analysis.

Using the Disk utility and the Storage tab from About this Mac doesn’t reveal anything useful either, see following screen grabs:


texts: Why is Minecraft so much smoother on my MacBook when I’m running Linux?

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I’ve got a mid-2015 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and no dedicated GPU. I play vanilla Minecraft a lot and the game itself runs alright, but not great, even with nothing else open but Firefox. If I flip to Firefox, I can’t even type a sentence without there being TREMENDOUS lag—like waiting-for-all-the-characters-to-appear kind of lag. It’s awful.

On a whim I tried running MC on the same MacBook while booted into Linux and it was smooth as silk! I could flip into other apps and they were also totally smooth.

Where do I begin figuring out what the heck is going on?


texts: Cannot "slide to unlock" when iPhone is in dock. Any idea why?

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I have a third-party iPhone dock connected directly to the mains. I found that I cannot unlock my iPhone 3GS when it is in the dock. The slider just slides back and doesn't follow the finger's movement completely.

Any idea why?


texts: Is 2017 MacBook Air SSD compatible with mid 2013 MacBook Air 11"?

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I need to change the SSD of my MacBook Air 11" mid 2013 and I was wondering if the one of a newer MacBook Air 2017 would be compatible.
I researched online and I think that the ports remain the same (12+16 pins) but I was wondering if there would be any drive issue, and if so if it can be easily solved.

How can I research what controllers or compatibility exists between OEM storage on various Mac?


texts: How do I put an HTML page to be displayed when opening a website from hosts file?

texts: Hosts file is blocking access to some websites. How do i put custom HTML instead of default message "This site can’t be reached"?


texts: Show hidden files files in Finder except .DS_Store

texts:
I configured my Mac to show hidden files by setting AppleShowAllFiles to true running this bash command:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool YES; killall -HUP Finder

That solved my previous problem. However, there's a file that does not matter to me and I want it to be hidden again, .DS_Store.

I still want to see the other hidden files, except .DS_Store. Is there a way?

I am using OS X 10.11.


texts: Convert bulleted list HTML code to Markdown in AppleScript?

texts:
I have this text to manipulate in AppleScript (e.g. the text of a variable):
Example note exported from Apple.

Indent

*Further* indent

Even **further **indent. With a [link](https://duck.com).

End note.

I'm converting it all to Markdown from HTML. I need to clean up this remaining bit of HTML which is the bullet list, so that the result is (with real tabs as indent space):
Example note exported from Apple.

- Indent
    - *Further* indent
        - Even **further **indent. With a [link](https://duck.com).

End note.

It has to be able to cater to nested indenting to any 'n' number of levels, and with possibly some rich text inside the items such as this example. I prefer Markdown output to use hyphens and a tab for the indenting.
It also has to be containable inside the applescript - no external .py files etc, and to not require homebrew or a third party tool to be installed.


texts: having a ton of issues with my new ISP. Does anyone know of an app that sits in the tray and tests connectivity to various websites every ~10 seconds and provides a report on connectivity and perf issues? Thanks!


texts: Ok, I have a late 2011 macbook pro that I'm looking to upgrade. It's sluggish with basic tasks such as right clicking to open the little options menu thingy (like the copy and past menu) and minimizing windows and stuff. I mostly just use my macbook for lots and lots of Internet browsing... And I mean lots (I currently have 20 tabs open on 3 different windows of Google chrome) and I also watch quite a bit of netflix and youtube (but when I'm not watching those I don't have it open in a tab so that shouldn't be that big of a problem). So should I upgrade my RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB or should I upgrade my 500 GB HDD to a 512 GB SSD? Thanks for looking!


texts:
I purchased a Macbook Air 10.11.2 El Capitan back in February 2016. I didn't install any upgrades because I'm satisfied with El Capitan.

When I started having problems earlier this year (2017), I decided to make a clean reinstall of El Capitan.  The only option left for me was to download it through Internet recovery so I waited until it finished downloading.

After downloading, it came up with the Recovery mode.  I erased the Mac partition and reinstalled OSX.  It appears to be different, instead of having El Capitan it gives me the Yosemite version.  That's unacceptable to me.  I purchased my mac that came with El Capitan but the downloaded version is Yosemite (which I think I was scammed by the store seller).

Is this something normal or something I have to complain about back to the store?  Also, Yosemite is giving me an error upon entering my Apple ID, it says that the item is temporarily unavailable.

What should I do now?  I need help,  and I would appreciate it much.  Thanks!


texts: How can I speed up my new (but slow) 2017 iMac?

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I have a mid-2017 iMac that we purchased in September to replace our ageing mid-2010 iMac. The thing is this iMac feels slower than our old iMac. My husband and kids complain all the time too, so it’s not just me.

New iMac Specs:

Mid-2017 iMac
Retina 4K 21.5 inch
3.0GHz quad-core Intel i5 CPU
AMD Radeon Pro 555 with 2GB Memory
1TB Hard Drive
8GB RAM
macOS Sierra 10.12.6

Old iMac Specs:

Mid-2010 iMac
21.5 inch
3.06GHz dual-core Intel i3 CPU
ATI Radeon HD 4670 with 256MB Memory
500GB Hard Drive
8GB RAM
Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

Obviously the new iMac has equal or better specs all round, so why does it feel so slooow?! Seems to take ages to boot, run apps, etc.

I know I can’t upgrade the hard drive or RAM now, and I can’t run El Capitan, but is there anything else I can do? Reinstall Sierra? Maybe upgrade to High Sierra? Something else?


texts: How do I get TimeMachine to backup a FUSE filesystem?

texts:
I have -

/Users/me/Documents/
/Users/me/Documents/ADocument
...
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/AnotherDocument
...

TimeMachine will happily backup /Users/me/Documents and everything beneath it. /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/ can be opened and navigated from the Finder or Terminal. TimeMachine however ignores /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/ when creating a backup.

How do I get TimeMachine to backup /Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem ?


texts: macOS, launchctl and dnsmasq for localhost domain spoofing

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I am usually a Linux user, but I would like to test my mojolicious webapp on a macOS system.  thus, I would like *.test *.*.test and *.*.*.test all to resolve to 127.0.0.1, where my webapp is eagerly listening on port 80 .

I understand that this is best done by installing dnsmasq.  For macOS,

# brew install dnsmasq

and then

# echo "address=/test/127.0.0.1" >> /usr/local/dnsmasq.conf
# launchctl start dnsmasq
# launchctl list | grep dns
89254   0   homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq

so, if I understand this correctly, ping abc.test should now ping localhost.  alas, it does not.  (or, is there a better way to test?)

I also do not understand how to shut down and restart dnsmasq.  launchctl restart dnsmasq, launchctl kill dnsmasq.mxcl.dnsmasq, and launchctl disable 89254 (and many permutations thereof) all seem to elicit scorn but no results.


texts: Continuing a "stopped" iCloud restore on iOS

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I was restoring my iPhone 5 to the latest iOS and chose restore via iCloud. The restore process - especially for apps - was frustratingly slow and actually stopped frozen after a while.

After trying several other options, I finally "Cancelled" the iCloud Restore operation and then manually installed the apps via iTunes, as well as synced songs, etc.

Now for some of the apps, data is missing and my Photos also appear to be incomplete. Since I "cancelled" the iCloud Restore (and was warned about not being able to do this again), is there any way at all I can coax iCloud into streaming the app data back into the installed app folders, as well as getting my photos? Would there perhaps be two separate ways of doing that?

Or is the only other option to "Erase Content and Settings" and do the restore process all over again, allowing Photos to restore gradually via iCloud, while installing apps via iTunes parallely (without "Cancelling" the iCloud restore)?

If the answer to the last question is "Sadly, yes", then can it be assumed that if the app is installed via iTunes anyway, iOS will proceed to restore the app's data from iCloud? Or does the app HAVE to be installed OTA for the data to also be restored from iCloud?


texts: On Sierra, I recently noticed that the 'right-click' menu related to Dock applications or Dock Preferences disappears too fast; I am not able to move the mouse fast enough to access any of the menu items before the menu disappears. This seems not affected by toggling the auto-hide feature of the Dock. Anyone else noticed this? Any way to modify the time before menu disappearing?


texts: Can I upload photos from my camera roll, if an app only prompts me to use the camera directly?

texts:
Scenario: I want to use an app, which prompts me to take a photo of some documents so they will be uploaded.

However, instead I want to select an existing photo from my camera roll, which is not possible on default.

This is a security relevant question, because as an app dev, I want to make sure that this cannot be circumvented. I want to make sure, that the user can only take new pictures instead of selecting existing files.

Do you know of any possibilities for circumventing this (Jailbreak, third party apps etc.)?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How do i cancel a pending purchase in the App Store?

texts: I have a pending purchase and i just want to cancel it. Its seems that thou may not have an option for this issue.


texts: Removing the last 10 characters of a file name while preserving the extension

texts:
I have files that look like this

[RF] Happy Hour 1 [jdhf2345].mp4
[RF] Happy Hour 1 [jdhf2345].mp4
[RF] Happy Hour 1 [jdhf2345].mp4
[RF] Happy Hour 1 [jdhf2345].mp4

I want to make the files look like

Happy Hour 1.mp4

I want to remove the ID after the 1 (it may not always be a 1 but will always have an id within square brackets.


texts: Cannot create bootable USB with Boot Camp, "there is not enough space available on the disk"

texts:
I am trying to install Windows 10 on my MacBook (macOS Mojave 14.4.4). I have used Windows 10 till last week and I had to remove all the partitions with a complete refresh of macOS too.

Since then I have been trying to use the Boot Camp method to install Windows 10.  I'm getting this error all the time:

  Your bootable USB drive could not be created
  There is not enough space available on the disk.

When I check Disk Utility the current HD has 196GB free.

I'm using the latest macOS update from Apple site.

How to resolve this?

System log:

2019-04-05 08:54:41 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Initializing configuration
2019-04-05 08:54:41 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Registered App nameID: Microsoft AutoUpdate_MSau04 | Copies: 1 | Installations: Location: /AppSupport Version: 4.9.19030902
2019-04-05 08:54:41 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> HelperTool Status: helperToolExists YES, helperToolCodesigned: YES
2019-04-05 08:54:41 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Attempted to register: MSau04, Preferences Available: YES, Re-Registration: YES, Success:NO
2019-04-05 08:54:41 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Microsoft Update Assistant launched
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Skip webservice. Only 23 since last call.
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Invalid action type (null)
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> MWSOnBoot handled action name Null
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> launched via LaunchAgent
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Changing timeNextUpdate from 2019-04-04 20:46:02 +0000 to 2019-04-05 07:54:42 +0000
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Scheduling timer to fire 0.000000 seconds from now.
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Update check timer fired at 2019-04-05 07:54:42 +0000
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Checking for updates
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Server is Reachable
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Checking for updates.
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Downloading Chks - Will Attempt to download chks for 1 registered apps
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Fetching file Success. File: https://officecdn-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/pr/C1297A47-86C4-4C1F-97FA-950631F94777/MacAutoupdate/0409MSau04-chk.xml
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Downloading Chks - Result: 1. Missing Manifests: 0. Downloaded chks: 1.
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Downloading chk files got 1 files. Will check if any indicates an update is available.
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Downloading chk files - Found 0 apps and 0 suites that should be checked for updates
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> No updates found.
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Changing lastUpdate from 2019-04-04 08:46:02 +0000 to 2019-04-05 07:54:42 +0000
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Starting timer (not forcing one day)
2019-04-05 08:54:42 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Scheduling timer to fire 43199.998382 seconds from now.
2019-04-05 08:55:12 [Microsoft Update Assistant] <Info> Microsoft AU Daemon terminated normally


texts: Prevent macOS Sierra from prompting for the password for other encrypted volume

texts:
If dual boot is used to run a second macOS installation off a different volume on the same hard disk, and that volume is encrypted, booting the first macOS will prompt for the encryption password for the second volume on each boot.  However, there is no need or desire to mount the second macOS volume from the first macOS. How can this prompting for the encryption password be disabled?

The solution needs have been verified working on macOS 10.12 Sierra specifically.


texts: App for remembering different mouses' tracking speeds?

texts:
I'm just wondering if there is an app/prefpane to remember different tracking speeds for different mouses when you have a Macbook and are switching between mouses constantly?

Thanks for any suggestions.


texts:
The AirDrop feature on my iPad turns itself off (receiving off) after I turn it to receiving on.  I have restarted the iPad and then AirDrop works for a few minutes and then I have the same issue.  I have also reset the network settings.  Same issue.  Air drop is on, and then it goes off.

Any suggestions?


texts: Quick look .url saved webpages as rendered HTML

texts:
I thought this was already possible in earlier versions of OS X but Yosemite seems to be missing the 'Web.qlgenerator' quick look plugin (or at least I am)

How do you enable .url quick look to see rendered html in Yosemite?

I found this question of someone who wants to disable the rendered html and have it show to source code instead, so it should be possible


texts: Can I lower the minimum volume on my Mac?

texts:
Even when the volume on my MBP running 10.7.2 is set to only one bar - it is too loud for my use.

When using headphones, the minimum and maximum volume configuration is just fine. This is not the case when using the internal speakers.

How can I set a lower minimum volume on my Mac?


texts: Time Machine offers to erase disk data (format), will it delete all my partitions?

texts:
So, I'm trying to perform my Macbook backup on my 3TB drive. This drive is currently has a GPT table with 4 partitions:

BackupMain
BackupKubuntu
BackupWindows
BackupMac

Before BackupMain, there are 3 free MiB, before BackupMac there are free 256 MiB and after BackupMac there are other free 256 MiB (I read around 128 MB were required after partitions, so for safety I wasted 512 MiB! :P )

BackupMain is NTFS, BackupKubuntu is EXT4, BackupWindows is NTFS, BackupMac is ExFAT, I thought it was usable but looks like I need to format to hfs.

Now, Disk Utility from OSX gets stuck (probably due to the Ext4 partition which it's not detected correctly). I need to replace BackupMac with a proper partition that can be used for Time Machine.

What command line should I use? I currently found Create new partition in unallocated space with diskutil but it's a bit complicated because it's not my specific usecase (and doesn't say how to delete a partition first)
If I use Time Machine to "Erase Disk", will it actually erase it or only the specified partition? Because the dropdown menu asks me to choose a partition, but then says "delete disk"
Time Machine uses the same stuff as Disk Utility? Not interested in getting stuck, I prefer command line tools if that's the case


texts: How to transfer keychain data from an external SSD?

texts: I need some information about Keychain access.  I plan to replace the SSD currently in my MBP with a larger SSD.  The SSD currently in my MBP would be placed in an enclosure which will be essentially an external drive. I plan to put a clean copy of the OS on the new drive to avoid any transfer of malware and so on which would happen if I cloned the drive I remove.  My only concern is the Keychain Access folder.  I need to keep all the information in the Keychain Access folder on the “old” drive and transfer it to the new drive.  Can I be sure that if I copy and paste the folder I will be getting all the data?


texts: When we go to a program we go there to create a new file or resume work in one. When one clicks the Numbers Application icon Why does Numbers in Mavericks list files with different extensions and not just Numbers files? Only Numbers files are allowed a "quick look" and nothing else. This whole thing seems like a waste of time.


texts: macOS catalina install error - this disk doesn't use GUID partition scheme (Au Contraire!)

texts:
I am trying to upgrade an Late 2013 iMac from OS X 10.9.5 to macOS Catalina.
When I run the catalina installer, it hangs a bit and eventually let's me try to click the drive to install on. After clicking furiously around on it, it eventually pops up the error about I need to use the GUID partition map.

Checking diskutil, I'm greeted by this:
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            999.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

Ok, confused. Let me just check disk utility:

Also says GUID partition map. But what is that weird unlabeled partition above "Macintosh HD". Reboot into recovery mode and run disk utility. I see it's "OSX Base System" or something along those lines. Now when I go look at the partition map on THAT disk? Partition? It says "Apple Partiton map" or something like that. I can't change it in the recovery mode. So what's up? Why does disk utility when running the system not show the "real" partition map type? We can clearly see Macintosh HD here shows GUID partition map. Very confused.
I'd like to upgrade this without reformatting/erasing the drive. Hoping there is some doc or oddity I have not discovered to fix this.
Thank you,


texts: Share link for a photo from icloud or photos app

texts:
There used to be a way to get a direct link to a photo in iCloud and share it.

I was surprised to see this still isn't possible from the photos app so i went to the iCloud website and i still can't get a direct link to an image.

Is it possible to get a direct link to photo in iCloud that i can share with anyone?


texts: I am living in Germany and want to know if is currently possible to buy iPhone X in the USA? If I visit an Apple Store tomorrow will I be able to get iPhone X or not?


texts: >console login - changing the screen size

texts:
so when I log into the terminal from my login screen (by typing >console as username), I get logged in to the terminal. However, when I try to use vim or anything useful, it only takes up around 1/4 of the screen, as seen in this photo (sorry for reflection!!):

How do I adjust the size of the terminal so it takes up the whole screen, rather than leaving most of the screen black? Also text colouring in vim doesn't work when in this mode, if anyone knows how to fix that too!


texts: Preview changing lines I draw and adding text box

texts: Why does the line I draw disappear and add a text box in preview?  I must've hit some keys to create this....I only want to draw a colored line.


texts: What is the quality of SSDs included on a Mac?

texts: Are the SSDs used by Apple high in quality in terms of Speed and longevity (which is a particular issue with SSD). If not would you recommend buying a separate SSD and installing it after purchasing a mac?


texts:
I'm looking to build a NAS box and putting ML on it.

I currently have two drives that are configured as RAID one that I am pulling out of a NAS box.

I have one drive that I'd like to add to the two already RAID drives, but I'm not sure if that's possible.

And is it even possible to have one drive with data on it and then create a RAID with another diver without it removing/formatting the data that is currently on the main drive?


texts:
I have a secure login page on my localhost. In my network settings on the iPad I can only change HTTP proxy setting to access insecure pages in localhost.

I have configured it this way:
Server: 192.168.1.5
Port: 80

but when I want access https://localhost/api, Safari warns:

  There was a problem communicating with the secure web proxy server (HTTPS).

How can I configure for HTTPS proxy?


texts: How to reset the $PATH in terminal OS X El Capitan? tried previous posts but did not work

texts:
I accidentally messed up my $PATH. I Tried to follow the instructions from the previous similar questions but I keep having the same problem
When I type:
echo$ PATH,
I get the following response:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin . Do you know how i can reset the PATH?  The operating system is OS X El Capitan. Thank you so much


texts: What is IOConsoleusers: gIOScreenLockState error during boot?

texts:
So yesterday morning I was using my Mac normally encoding some videos in HandBrake and installing some github repo installing some python packages system wide like a  python package named b45. Then I shutdown my Mac normally then at night when I booted my Mac it won't boot. It would boot upto 80% then a loading symbol appeared. It never booted so I checked for hardware errors then disk errors reset the smc and pram, no luck! So I booted up in verbose boot and saw the following error: IOConsoleusers: gIOScreenLockState I had no idea what that was so I just restored my Mac from my Time machine Backup and it boots fine. But still I am curious what this error means?

PS. I googled my question and all the answers were related to hackintosh. I am running High Sierra 10.13.2

Any ideas?


texts: It's possible to use a Mac invited account with firmware password enabled?

texts: I have the firmware protection enabled on my Mac, but whit this property I can't use the guest account of the computer without ingress the firmware password. I'd like to avoid this password request for guests (and obviously, for the primary boot) and maintain the firmware password for boot on others partitions, such as the recuperation mode.


texts: Schedule open automator application every days works only one time

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I'm using macOS Sierra and I have a strange problem: I'm trying to schedule Automator & a Calendar event to open up a file every day when a recurring calendar event occurs. But the Automator workflow only runs the first day!

Here's how I made it:
I created the event in the Calendar app on the calendar "Automator" (local on my Mac). I made a recurring event in the calendar that shows up daily at 7 AM. Then, I created an automator workflow to open this file (which is an automator file that opens a URL in Safari) every time the event goes off, but it only runs & opens up the file the first time the recurring event occurs in the Calendar, not the rest of the times.

How can I get the Automator workflow to run each time this calendar event recurs instead of just the first time?


texts: Why is my Mac unable to connect to network

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I was debugging some iOS apps with Charles Proxy and Charles froze on my Mac. I assume this was symptom of general network problem, so I rebooted my Mac and confirmed that it wasn’t able to connect to any web sites via web browsers or any apps.
The macOS network utilities (in /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications) worked fine, but command line apps like traceroute fail with no useful diagnostics or error messages. Neither WiFi nor wired connection work, though other devices on the network were fine. I rebooted all my network hardware, checked for firmware updates, ran Mac hardware diagnostics (by rebooting while holding down the d key), etc., and the problem persists with no promising leads. The only glimmer of hope is that when I use tethered connection via my iPhone, that works (!).
What is going on?


texts: Are the internal drives on a MacPro3,1 hot swappable?

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I believe SATA drives were designed to be hot swappable, but I imagine there might still be some hardware restrictions.

So if you were to unmount a drive, can you swap out a drive in one of the internal drive sleds while the machine is on?


texts: System spiking CPU usage (causing 6000+ rpm on fans)

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Im running a mid-2012 macbook pro on 10.9.5.

I've been having massive lag spikes over the last few weeks which have gotten more consistent and prevalent the last day. I have been wearing this macbook out for a while but these lag spikes are like nothing I have seen before.

These are the spikes that have happened during the writing of this post. The system seems to take up to 80% of my cpu for differing lengths of time with no clear intervals.

Any tips on solving this or limiting the damage?
I have been thinking of updating this machine to 10.11.1 for a while to make it compatible with my Wacom pad, but now I'm questioning if my old friend could still handle this...

EDIT1:
The spikes have just started again and I have managed to capture the entire screen this time. Interesting to note is that as you can see I am running the steelseries engine for my mouse. During spikes my mouse completely ticks off as well and gets super sensitive until the end of the spike.

I hope this shines a bit more light onto the situation. Having trouble with my wifi TimeMachine backup at home so buying an external harddrive for backups soon after which i'll try to clean the insides to see if that helps any!

EDIT2:
Used the sudo syscallbypid.d command. These were the top results:
Try 1:

Try 2 (Noticed hamachi taking alot of space so deleted that anyways):

EDIT3:Tried it again, this time while not running chrome. Got another spike with these results:

EDIT4(Still going): I've closed spotify and decided to see what happens then, still kept spiking. Was working with only pages open on a paper, first time with syscallbypid.d showed only pages taking up some space, but second time and third with some spikes later other stuff started to show up. Any idea what this could be?

EDIT5: I've captured another screenshot of the entire screen from activity monitor to show what has been eating up most of the CPU, which is the Kernal_task. This spike happened with no other programs open, only stuff running in the background.


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Recently, my MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 15 inch, 10.8.2) has started going into what seems to be hibernate mode after several hours asleep, whether it's plugged in or on battery. When I unplug it, it wakes briefly without me opening the lid (I can tell because the CD drive cycles). If I open the lid, I see it loading the hibernate file before becoming active again.

I looked at the output of pmset -g, and see the following settings that might be relevant to this problem:

lidwake              1
autopoweroff         1
autopoweroffdelay    14400
standbydelay         4200
standby              0
hibernatemode        3
acwake               0

Interestingly, "acwake" is zero, as is "standby". But "autopoweroff" is 1, and the "autopoweroffdelay" is 14400 (4 hours). Looking at the system log from last night, I see these entries:

Nov 26 22:36:28 ITHAA1STHOMAMBP kernel[0]: sleep
Nov 27 02:36:30 ITHAA1STHOMAMBP kernel[0]: Wake reason: EC.SleepTimer (SleepTimer)
Nov 27 02:36:30 ITHAA1STHOMAMBP kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
Nov 27 02:36:30 ITHAA1STHOMAMBP kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
...
Nov 27 02:36:51 ITHAA1STHOMAMBP kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall(preflight 0) start 0xffffff80de079000, 0xffffff80de0b9000
Nov 27 08:38:21 ITHAA1STHOMAMBP kernel[0]: hibernate_page_list_setall time: 491 ms
...
Nov 27 08:38:31 ITHAA1STHOMAMBP kernel[0]: sleep

I put the computer to sleep by closing the cover at 22:36. It woke itself 4 hours later at 02:36 and hibernated. At 08:38 I unplugged the power to bring the laptop to work, and it woke briefly.

What it looks like to me is that the computer is going into auto power down after 4 hours. But there are some things I don't understand:

Why did this start happening recently (within the last week, as far as I can recall, and not associated with any software update)?
Why does it wake on power change when "acwake" is 0?
Can I just set "autopoweroff" to 0?


texts: Create a Bootable Windows USB from a OS X to work on a PC

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What I need to achieve is

Create a Bootable USB drive from Windows 7 iso image using a Mac running.
Use the flash drive to boot and install windows on a PC (not Mac)

What I'm looking for is an app like WinToFlash but one that can run from OS X.
This app make a bootable flash drive from a Windows iso image. I found a mac alternative to WinToFlash a while ago, but I don't remember the name.

All I can find is questions about making a bootable usb from a mac to a mac. I want to repair a Windows PC that doesn't startup but I have a working Mac computer, the target computer is a PC (not Apple).

A PC can't boot from a USB created with bootcamp which have MBR based BIOS.

UNetbootin doesn't seems to work with Windows iso's just Linux iso's.

P.S. the target PC have BIOS, it doesn't have UEFI.


texts: How to get rid of extra top bar in safari

texts: My safari windows suddenly started to include an extra bar containing the bookmarks.  How do I remove this bar?


texts: Apple installer issue in terminal where -target keeps saying; error cannot find Volume

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I am trying to use the Apple Installer commands to install a package and the output is that it was successful, however, the end result is that nothing actually happens meaning the package never gets installed or launched. Could someone please look over the commands and tell me what is wrong or try it themselves to see what could be the issue?

#Machines must have cURL installed as a prerequisite to download software from internet or FTP server

#grab files from www.teamviewer.com or custom FTP server
curl -O http://download.teamviewer.com/download/TeamViewerHost.dmg

#Mount and Install TeamViewer
hdiutil mount /Users/TeamViewer/Downloads/TeamViewerHost.dmg
sudo cp -R "/Volumes/TeamViewerHost" /Applications

#Run installer
sudo installer -package /Applications/TeamViewerHost/Install\ TeamViewerHost.pkg -target "/Volumes/TeamViewerHost"

#Unmount package
cd ~
hdiutil unmount "/Volumes/TeamViewerHost/"

Or what else I have tried is this with the same result:

#Machines must have cURL installed as a prerequisite to download software from internet or FTP server

#grab files from www.teamviewer.com or custom FTP server
curl -O http://download.teamviewer.com/download/TeamViewerHost.dmg

#Mount and Install TeamViewer
hdiutil mount /Users/TeamViewer/Downloads/TeamViewerHost.dmg

#Run installer
sudo installer -package /Volumes/TeamViewerHost/Install\ TeamViewerHost.pkg -target "/Volumes/TeamViewerHost"

#Unmount package
cd ~
hdiutil unmount "/Volumes/TeamViewerHost/"

If I change the target to where I want it to be installed to such as:

sudo installer -package /Volumes/TeamViewerHost/Install\ TeamViewerHost.pkg -target /Users/User/Applications

I get an error that says Installer: error trying to locate volume.

The need is to install TeamViewer over SSH through terminal, but Installer is not playing nice. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance


texts: Windows 10 Pro Installation on Macbook air failing with error that it cant update the boot configuration

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Good Day, I have seen this question asked on several differnt forums but I just cant get it to work.

I have a brand new Macbook Air Retina 13" (2019) with all the updates, running Catalina (10.15.1).

I am trying to install windows 10 Professional using bootcamp but keep getting errors.

Process I am following:
-run bootcamp,

select partition size
provide iso (have tried Builds 1706, 1809 and 1903)
mac downloads,
PC restarts
I go through the installation wizard
windows installs all files
downloads updates

I then get the below error message:
"Windows could not update the computers boot configuration"

Installation obviously fails.
I have tried different iso's, ensureing MAC is up to date, even reinstalled MAC OS from a freshly cleaned partition.

I have tried repeating the process, PRAM reset, hard power resets, changing USB etc and all the same :-(

I have also tried to boot from a Windows USB boot disk but it obviously cant seee the MAC hard drive so cant install.

Any ideas how I can get this to work through boot camp

OR

the windows driver for the MAC hard drive that Windows will recognize during a fresh install?

I am not sure what else I can try.

Thank you for the help.


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I just reset my 2018 MacBook Air and upgraded it to macOS Big Sur.
One of the first things I did was install Xcode through the App Store.
It downloaded just fine, but got stuck on installing. I've tried restarting my computer, but it didn't work. What should I do?


texts: How to restore GPT partition after Disk Utility partitioning

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I have an external HD with a bootable version of my macOS 10.8.5 system. I recently updated to macOS 10.11.6 and with Disk Utility I wanted to add a partition to my external drive to have a separate backup disk for the updated OS.

I exactly followed the steps described in "Add a volume to a device without erasing existing data" from Disk Utility for Mac: Partition a physical disk using Disk Utility but something went wrong and now I have three volumes which are all empty.

Doing a recovery program that doesn't return file names and folder structure is useless. I suspect that I need to restore my old partition, how to best go about this? Do I need to write a new partition table with gpt? And how large should this single partition be? If I use gpt show I get:

~$ sudo gpt -r -vvv show disk2
gpt show: disk2: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
gpt show: disk2: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk2: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk2: GPT partition: type=C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B, start=40, size=409600
gpt show: disk2: GPT partition: type=48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=409640, size=1122168048
gpt show: disk2: GPT partition: type=48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=1122839832, size=823034432
gpt show: disk2: GPT partition: type=48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC, start=1946136408, size=7126576
gpt show: disk2: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640  1122168048      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1122577688      262144
  1122839832   823034432      3  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1945874264      262144
  1946136408     7126576      4  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1953262984      262151
  1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
  1953525167           1         Sec GPT header


texts:
I use the utility GRAB occasionally.  It does not show in the utility list under applications in Finder.  However, I know it is there because when I search I find it -

How can I make it appear on the list?


texts: How can I show multiple windows of a single app with a keyboard shortcut?

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I frequently have more than one window open for a specific app. For example, I have my Thunderbird mail window, and then a new message is a separate window. When I command-tab through my apps (or use Expose to display all apps) it only shows the app, not the individual windows. If, for example, my new message ends up in the background, the only way I can get it back is to control-click on the Thunderbird dock icon and choose the window from the list. This is a pain when I'm working quickly and don't want to take my hands off the keyboard.

Is there any way I can get all open windows to show with a keyboard shortcut, rather than just the actual apps?


texts: I see thousands of these in my Console log

texts:
8/5/11 5:21:37 PM   kernel  FireWire GUID ffffffffffffffff is invalid!

I have a Macbook Pro Core 2 Duo running Snow Leopard. Any suggestions?


texts: Question about compatibility of High Sierra (on MBP 2017) w Photoshop Elements 2018

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Specifically: Are there certain things I should do on my end (MacBook Pro 2017, High Sierra) so as to avoid crashing Photoshop Elements 2018? Not having a decent photo software on my MBP is driving me crazy and Gimp just doesn't do it for me (subscribing to Photoshop isn't worth it).

I've read tons of reviews. For every 5-star glowing review, there is a damning one. PE2018 should be the same upon delivery (download or disc), right? The variable here is the computer environment--which is why I am posting my question here and not on Amazon.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Apps still in Activity Monitor after being closed?

texts: Everytime I open up Firefox and Photoshop CS on my macbook and close them up via the X button at the top left corner of their windows, their windows close but my macbook still lags and shows my memory unchanged.  I open Activity Monitor and the applications are still open using up to 1GB of RAM each.  I have to click on each app and Quit (not Force Quit) them in order for the RAM to open up and be freed up.  Why aren't these apps closing out automatically each time instead of being closed via Activity Monitor?  These two apps take up a lot of RAM on my macbook.


texts: Time Machine and an Unmounted Internal Drive

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A couple of weeks back I put an SSD in my macbook, keeping the old spinning disk drive around using an expansion bay. Everything went fine, and I got it backing up. However, having the SSD around, I decided to save some power on my last flight and unmount my spinning disk.

I totally forgot until today, when I needed to mount the drive again (because it's where my iTunes library resides). No biggie... except that it seems that Time Machine deleted all the backups of the spinning disk hard drive while it was disconnected!

Now that Time Machine sees the drive again, it's backing up the whole thing again. Looking inside the BackupDB, it's cleaned all my backups older than today (because the space was needed for today's massive re-backup), and so all of a sudden I have no backup of that spinning disk [1].

Can I change this behaviour? Or must I have the spinning disk mounted every time TM backs up?

[1]  Well, I have an online backup, but to me, that's last-last-resort.


texts: Script iTunes to prepend Season and Episode number (padded) to episode title

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I'm not knowledgeable about scripting, so I'll be upfront about that. I've been doing management with Doug's Scripts for over a decade, but the one that would be most useful (Append to Selected Tag) doesn't offer the correct fields to adjust the information I want to change.

I would like to prepend the season number and the (padded 2 digit) episode number to the beginning of episode names in my library (not the file name!), so I get something like 101 Pilot, 102 Deep Throat, 103 Squeeze, etc., in my smart playlists for using on AppleTV (because the newer AppleTVs running tvOS do not show that additional information in the playlist view, and it's easy to lose your place in long running series).

I have used Subler and iFlicks, and both can handle prepending the information and adding to iTunes going forward, but if I drop my older library files to those apps, some of my comments, groupings, etc., get erased using their update metadata options (in iFlicks 2, the artwork also gets changed, and I have to handle each season separately to change it back), and neither handle extended episodes or DVD vs Aired orderings well when starting from a clean slate.

I'm looking for a script that I can use to select entire playlists or shows and only changes the one tag (the episode name) using info from other tags that I already have populated (the original episode name, season number, and episode number) and that can pad the episode number 0-9 to 2 digits. Can someone point me in the right direction?


texts: Any app that will automatically size and lock Finder windows?

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For several years I was Windows-only at work and used a great utility that resized and locked my Explorer windows.

I'm surprised I haven't come across this for the Mac as I am always repositioning, sizing my windows. Does anyone know if such an app exists?


texts:
When I pull up finder, files are sorted according to date:

But when I'm in Safari, and need to choose a file to upload, there's a bunch of files at the bottom of the picker that says "no date". This seems like a bug. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?


texts: I just got a second display for my iMac and am wondering if there is a way to put the second one to sleep without putting both displays to sleep. I occasionally use Ctrl+Shift+Eject to put both of them to sleep but if I'm watching a movie on one, it would be nice if I could make the other go dark without having to unplug it. That causes all my windows to get all screwed up. If not, I guess turning down the brightness all the way sort of works.


texts:
Following a new security vulnerability in the Network Time Protocol software package, Apple has provided a software update for Mountain Lion and newer versions of OS X.

As usual, the older versions of OS X that one may be stuck with (because the hardware does not support newer versions, because one needs Rosetta, …) are not covered by the security update.

My questions are:

is disabling “set date and time automatically” in Software Preferences enough to ensure that ntpd is not running?
what might break if the ntdp binary was simply deleted for safety on OS X Snow Leopard or Lion?

In doubt I might use these instructions to limit the scope of ntpd without completely disabling/deleting it, but in this case there remains the risk of getting it wrong and leaving ntpd exposed.


texts: I have several hundred expired certificates starting with com.apple.idms.appleid.prd. What are they and are they safe to delete?

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I recently looked at Keychain Access and found that I have 394 certificates prefixed with com.apple.idms.appleid.prd, all of which are expired.

When I get more info on one of them, I see that it is from the Apple Certification Authority.

What are these certificates? Why do I have so many of them?

I tried to delete them and got this scary warning:

Unfortunately, I am not certain that I no longer need the selected key. So I'd like to ask: will I be needing the hundreds of expired keys, and is it safe to delete them?


texts: where is keychains of my lost user account

texts:
I lost my user in Mountain Lion and I forced to create a new user account.
I access to my previous user's folders now.
How can I find my previous keychains? I need to recover them and add into my new keychains.

Regards


texts: I have an iPhone, iPad and iPad mini - all using one single Apple ID and is synced with one iTunes account in my laptop. When I sync my devices all the apps and files go to individual devices. But if don't want to have a particular app, can I delete only in one device but be as is in others?


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Using the external accessory kit could one iPhone charge another iPhone with a double headed dock connector?

Or would the power supplied be so small that it wouldn't worth charging it that way?


texts: iMac with bootcamp windows 10 reboots 3 seconds after shutdown (no fastboot, no wol)

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Hello I recently purchased iMac so I tried to set up things so that I can remove my old windows desktop away and still be able to use both Mac OS and Windows

If I shutdown from Windows, it boots up by itself in 2~3 seconds. This doesn't happen in Mac

Here's brief intro on my setup

iMac 2017 5k with Mojave 14.01
bootcamp windows 10 education 1803
bluetooth keyboard and logitech bluetooth mouse with unifying receiver
LG 27uk850 (external monitor which works just fine on both Mac and Windows)
Both Mac OS and Windows are installed from clean state. and have nothing much installed yet and is fully up to date

the symptom is whenever I do shutdown in Windows 10, it will shutdown but it will turn back on after 2~3 seconds

I've found bunch of solutions on the web so tried all that I could find which are:

disable fast boot
turn off hibernate
turn off WOL on ethernet and wifi (also tried with my router off)
check some registry settings about hibernating

All of those didn't have any effect.

I did find out though that if i unplug the usb c cable which is connected to the monitor, problem is solved.
And interestingly if I plug the usb c hub which has hdmi, pd in, usb 3.0 port problem persists even though nothing is connected to the hub

I think this problem is narrowed down to something to do with USB PD. because the hub supports usb PD and even the monitor supports usb PD
another reason is that if i leave the usb c cable (to monitor) plugged to iMac and unplug it from monitor this doesn't happen

Now that I have all this in my hand, I don't know which action to take next. I just couldn't find anything specific to my problems so now I am kind of lost here.

My question is would there be a way for me to use iMac with external monitor plugged in at all times and still be able to use both Windows and Mac OS without any issue?

ps. if I boot into windows, default boot drive defaults to Mac OS. only way to change this is to boot on to Mac and set Mac OS drive the default booting drive. is this correct behavior?

edit. to users with egpu, do you have the same problem with enclosure attached?


texts: How to replay the moves in a Chess.app game?

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I have saved games in Chess.app for which I want to see a replay. A saved game is a plaintext XML file, e.g. for the Alekhine defence:

<key>Moves</key>
<string>e2e4
g8f6
...

This thread with a similar question has no answers. How can I replay the moves?


texts:
If I have a USB external HD how can I format it so it is R/W from both Mac and Windows?
Is that possible?


texts:
In Snow Leopard, I would routinely swipe up to show the desktop and then click on my "Documents" or "Downloads" stack from the dock in order to quickly move a file to the desktop.

In Lion, if I swipe up to show the desktop, as soon as I click a stack, the windows that had been cleared return to their original position. Now if I want to move a file from a stack to the desktop, I have to open the stack first and then swipe up to get a clear desktop. I realize this may be a minor point for some, but it's a feature I used all the time in Snow Leopard and I can't get used to the change in Lion.

Is there any way to change this setting in Lion so that clearing the desktop functions like in did in Snow Leopard?

Thanks in advance for any help.


texts: How do I get my iOS calendar to sync automatically?

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The iCloud calendars in my iOS Calendar app do not sync manually (for at lest a couple years now). In order to get them to sync, I need to trigger a manual sync by selecting the list of calendars in the iOS app, and dragging down and releasing. This reliably works to trigger a sync, but I see no setting in the app to sync automatically. Sometimes changing or adding an appointment in the iOS app will also trigger a sync, but not always.

Is there a way to get iCloud calendars to sync automatically with the iOS Calendar app?

I have tried rebooting all devices. Logging off iCloud and logging back in, and restoring and rebuilding the installation on my iOS device. Nothing helps.


texts: extracting multiple zips/rar into same folder

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maybe I am stupid, but I just cant figure out how to extract multiple zips into the same folder easy.

I always end up with folders of the zip name that then has the content in it... this is really annoying.

Is there a app that does this automatically?

thx


texts: Clone the disk image of an iMac to a Mac Pro (or MacBook Pro)

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I have about 20 computers at the office that I wanted to have identical installations.   Some are iMacs, some are MacBook Pros, some are Mac Pros.

I have one install that I love. Has every piece of software, every driver.  And its stable. It’s an iMac. I’d like to clone an image of that HDD to other computers.

Do MacOS installations configure to the specific machine it’s on, or does it install a nearly identical version of the OS on every machine and adjust drivers depending on what’s attached?

How modular is the OS after it has been installed?

Will that actually work?  Will that be stable?


texts: Where is the mic jack on a 13" MBP? I want to plug in a 3.5mm jack (like the iPod headphone size) into the MBP. How do I do that?


texts: Redirect Facebook notifications to messenger.com instead of facebook.com

texts: When I receive a new notification concerning a new message on Facebook, clicking the notification will take me to Facebook site. Is there a way to make these notification go to messenger.com instead? It loads faster, and I generally prefer it to using Facebook's site.


texts: How to eliminate Internet lapses on my MacBook Air 13?

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I have a MacBook Air 13 (mid 2012) running OS X El Capitan (10.11.3).  I connect to the Internet using a Virgin Mobile Netgear Mingle hotspot.  During Internet browsing sessions I will at times experience a browser session which appears to be frozen.  This is noticed when I try to go to a link exhibited on the page that I am viewing and the connection isn't successful.  The browser shows that it is trying to connect, but eventually the new connection fails.  During the time the browser is frozen like this, I can open a new tab and try to connect to www.google.com, and that connection will fail also.  If this happens while using Firefox, switching to Safari has the same experience (Safari also acts as if frozen).  Or vice versa.

I can successfully ping external servers (e.g. youtube.com) during the period when the browsers are not connecting (the ping is done via a Terminal window).  I can use my wife's MacBook Air 11 (mid 2012, OS X Yosemite) and on it, Safari can connect to www.google.com during the time that the browser on the MacBook Air 13 cannot make connections.  Her MacBook Air 11 is using the same Virgin Mobile Netgear Mingle hotspot.  Checking wifi channel on both MacBook Airs has shown the channel # to be the same, so that seems to rule out channel interference as the problem.  During a lapse on 2/15/16 I used the Mingle Hotspot Manager to change the channel from 6 to 11.  The lapse continued, unabated.

When the browsers are frozen, the "App Store" appears to be frozen as well.

I run Wireless Diagnostics during the freeze and look at its "Performance" graphs and detect nothing out of the ordinary.  The situation is self-correcting, it seems, if I wait long enough.  Or, I can restart the computer.  Toggling wifi off and on doesn't correct the freeze. Quitting the browser and restarting it doesn't correct the freeze.

I've researched this problem on the Internet, but I haven't found any suggested solution that corrects the freeze.

These freezes exhibited themselves with OS X Yosemite as well (10.10.5), prior to upgrading OS X to El Capitan.

I have noted a correlation of these freezes with the failure of an application to Quit properly (as noted by its appearance in the Force Quit list (Command + Option + Escape) after Quit has been used).

I attach an output from Wireless Diagnostics Info during one of these freezes.


texts:
I'm nearly out of space and ~/Library/Application Support/GarageBand is taking up 1.5 GB and GarageBand.app is taking up 381 MB of my hard disk space.

Can I simply remove the app itself and this folder to remove it from my system?


texts: I am trying to have an iMessage conversation with my family, but instead of showing their name it shows "ICE" because that same number is listed in my In Case of Emergency (ICE) contact. Is there anyway to change it so it shows their name not "ICE"


texts:
I have been trying on and off for a fair while to edit the default Mail.app system sounds from their defaults. Ideally I'd like access to all my system sounds eventually, but Mail.app seems like a good start.

A link from LifeWire shows that you can duplicate your mail app and then overwrite the names but it seems clunky to me - does anyone know where the plist is that activates the sounds for Mail.app?


texts: How should I restore a backup of my user account from a .dmg?

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I have on my external hard drive a .dmg which is a backup from when my internal hardrive was breaking.

Fixing the (internal) hard drive I then went on to erase it. And reinstall OSX in the process it asked me if I had any time machine backups. Which I do (on the same external) hard drive but it was very out of date.

What I want to know is; How can I get all the data back from the .dmg that I backed up (and have now fixed using DiskWarrior)?

Should I just drag and drop the User folder? What would you reccomend?


texts: iOS 14.1 default apps and widgets missing

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I have just updated my iPhone to iOS 14.1
A number of default apps and widgets have gone missing.
As example:
No Weather app or widget.
None of the 3rd part weather apps that I have paid for appear.
No Fitness App or widget
Not certain what else.
Thoughts?

Update...
This seems very strange, but I had to download the weather app (and all the others again from the app store).
Everything works now, but this just seems strange.


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I currently use "Stay," and have tried other tools (haven't really loved any of them), but I am looking for a window management tool that does the following:

Store my window locations
Have a separate profile for different monitor setups
Allow me to quickly modify the location with hotkeys
Automatically load my default settings when I attach/detach a display

Any help would be great!


texts: How do I temporarily disable applications from starting up at login?

texts:
Is there any way to temporarily disable applications from starting up at login? I'm referring to both Lion apps that are started due to the resume/reopen feature, and also to applications set to launch in the Login Items setting.

I know that I can disable the apps from launching in Lion by unchecking the relevant checkbox right before I shut down, but what if I forget to do this, or if I decide I don't want them to start up right before I login?

To clarify: I'm looking for a one-time, temporary solution rather than something that will disable them all the time.


texts: MacBook Pro 13" Touch bar permanently blank

texts:
I'm on a new 2019 MacBook pro 13”. The TouchID fingerprint sensor is working. But my touch bar has gone completely blank. I tried restarting my MacBook Pro but it did not help.

I've also done a factory reset, SMC, NVRAM/PRAM and an Apple diagnostics, hoping to fix the problem but it did not work.

After re-install macOs, I was able to see touch bar configuration on System Preferences -> Keyboard menu:

I am not able to see touch bar option and it is completely dark black.

I tried resetting the touchbar through the terminal by using the below syntax:

sudo pkill “TouchBarServer”
sudo pkill "Touch Bar Agent"
sudo pkill ControlStripAgent

I have tried to verify whether they are running by using below command and could not find any process running.

ps -A | grep -i "touch bar agent"
ps -A | grep -i "controlstrip”

I can see the control strip and touch bar server is running in activity monitor:

I could see this is a common issues across mac book pro and customer don’t have any proper fix for it.


texts: Can I get my Google Calendar shown in my iCloud Calendar on my PC?

texts: It works great on my iPad and iPhone, and I would like to be able to see both the iCloud Calendar and my Google Calendar at one page on my PC (Win 7).


texts:
I currently have my MacBook Pro set up to dual boot OS X Lion and Windows 7. I am in the middle of a development project where I need to write some custom software that depends on proprietary drivers that only work in Linux. I have been using a vm but it's getting tedious. It would be nice to be able to boot up into Ubuntu natively.

Currently I have one 500 GB drive that has a 130 GB Windows 7 partition (bootcamp), Lion recovery partition, and my OS X Lion partition with the remaining space. When I try to partition the space i get "Partition failed, couldn't modify partition map because file system verification failed".

I am doing this through Disk Utility running from a Lion recovery flash drive. First aid shows no errors on the drive, but I repaired it anyway and still I get the same error when I try to repartition.

As a last effort I thought it might have to do with fragmentation of the free space so I defragged the drive (against my better judgment) using iDefrag, repeated the above process from USB recovery disk and still I get the same error.

What is the most efficient way to get 4 partitions: OS X, Lion recovery, Windows 7, Ubuntu Linux (booting using refit) without having to wipe everything and reload (reloading OS X and Windows 7 would be unpleasant)?


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I want to update my git Bitbucket online storage with apple script. This is the code that works in Terminal, but not when i run apple script.

cd /Users/mainuser/Desktop/Projects git add -A
git commit -m fromAppleScript
git push

crafted into apple script:

        say "updating backup"
        do shell script "cd /Users/mainuser/Desktop/Projects git add -A"
        do shell script "cd /Users/mainuser/Desktop/Projects git commit -m fromAppleScript"
        do shell script "cd /Users/mainuser/Desktop/Projects git push"

I am a bit puzzled why this code doesn't work. Can you help me out with this problem?


texts: How to recover a deleted file on Mac OS X?

texts:
We have tried Boomerang but it does not find the deleted file.
The file was deleted 3 days ago. I would think it is recoverable, but Boomerang does not show it.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How can I remove/change the icloud.com alias on my apple id account

texts:
There are two email addresses listed in my apple id settings (section "REACHABLE AT"):

me@mydomian.com
my.oldname@icloud.com

The first is my login address. I want to change or remove the second one. How can I do this?


texts: iOS Developer Tools & Utilities (must haves and nice to haves)

texts:
I'm new to Mac's in general and iOS development. I've used an iPhone and iPad, and I'm looking to write apps for both. I'm a (newly) registered Apple developer and have Xcode downloaded and working my through it.

My question is this: Are there any third party tools that iOS developers with more experience than I (which is everyone) uses?

Example, in the Windows world I use

Notepad++ as a extra text editor.
Depends for dependency checks (yes, I realize there might not be a corollary to this)
Regex Buddy for building/debuggin regular expressions.
etc...

Being ignorant of the iOS landscape, any information anyone could supply on tools (and possibly why they are must haves or need to haves) would be great.

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There is some sensitive data (credit card numbers and such) that I store on my hard drive, encrypted. I use a script to decrypt the data and display it in the terminal window. When I am finished, I would like the script to clear the terminal, so that the sensitive data can no longer be viewed (even if someone gains access to my computer).

I have read here that ⌘+k clears the terminal output. To implement this in a script, I used AppleScript as suggested in the accepted answer to this question:

/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "k" using command down'

Finally, my script closes the terminal window with

killall Terminal

The problem: if I leave the terminal window with the sensitive output open for about 30 seconds or longer before closing if, then the next time I open terminal, it restores the sensitive data (the text [restored] is displayed below it). If the data was initially displayed for less time, it is not restored.

  How can I clear the terminal window from within a script, and prevent Terminal from restoring the cleared data?

I am running OS X 10.10.3.


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Setup is as follows:

Primary network is via en0 (192.168.1.0/24)
Secondary network is via en1 and contains a DLNA server (192.168.2.0/24). This is 'private' network containing only en1 and the DLNA device, with no router etc.

I'd like for devices on the primary network to be able to communicate with/stream from the device on en1. Both networks are connected to a machine running OS X 10.8.

I've tried various combinations of bridge ('ipconfig bridge create' etc), natd, and sysctl in an attempt to arrive at some kind of functional solution and have consistently failed.

Can this be done, and if so, what is my target configuration?

Thanks in advance.


texts: MacBook Pro's battery charging only to 27%

texts:
I have a 2017 15" MacBook Pro.

A while ago I posted question related to issues with battery here:

MacBook 15" (2017) - Battery Charging Problem

What's funny is that that problem solved itself eventually (The next day it charged as expected). Two weeks later I kinda got into the same problem, but now it charges only to 27%.

Interestingly, I don't have any performance problems if I am on battery and the battery usage is normal.

If someone has experienced similar problems, I am curious to know if they have done something to fix it. I have tried resetting the SMC multiple times but to no avail.


texts: What's a good iPhone app that will let me view files on my network?

texts:
I'm looking for an app which provides functionality similar to Apple Finder's "SHARED" feature, or Microsoft Windows Explorer's Network Neighborhood. Basically, I should be able to use my iPhone to access shared files on computers that are on my same network. Any suggestions?

Specifications:

Doesn't require software to be downloaded/running on any of your machines. The only piece of software the solution requires is the iPhone App.
You should only be able to access files that are shared on the network.
You should be able to access files on network drives that aren't connected to computers (e.g. NAS).
Doesn't require jailbreaking the phone.

Examples of things I'm not looking for:

A screen sharing solution (e.g. remote desktop, logmein, etc.), this violates #1 and #2 above.
Far Finder: violates #1 and #2, possibly #3 as well.


texts: Dual 4k monitor setup at 60hz with 2015(?) 15" MacBook Pro

texts:
I purchased the 15 inch MacBook Pro that costs $1999 on Apple's website a couple of weeks ago. I believe this is the 2015 model, and it does not have a touchbar.

I have been using the laptop itself for a while, and I'm ready to get a dual monitor setup for productivity purposes. I specifically wanted a monitor that would be very similar to the retina quality of the laptop's screen, so I went for the most pixel dense option I could find under $500, and this meant going for a 24 inch 4k. I picked the Dell P2415Q.

First and foremost, will I have any issues running this monitor at 60hz? Second, how could I go about using two of these at 60hz? If I like this one, I'm going to order a second one.

Thanks in advance for your help. I just switched to Mac after years of using Windows/Linux on a 5k gaming PC I built four years ago, so I'm not used to having to consider these sorts of questions.


texts:
I'm trying to get my Mac to index a folder on a networked Windows drive. Specifically there is a folder named "FILE SERVER" on that drive that I'm logged in to as owner. It shows up in a Finder window but it is not being indexed.

I tried mdutil /Volumes/FILE SERVER -i on but I get the following errors:

Error: invalid path '/Volumes/FILE'

Error: invalid path 'SERVER'

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Can you have symlinks across various backup disks/ volumes?

texts: Is it possible to have two backup disks, which, when connected to the same machine, can have directories symlinked to each other? I'm working on this triple redundant backup scheme in which not all data is replicated across all three disks, but when working in a given disk, I would still like to have access to files and scripts on another remote disk.


texts: Can I watch 3D movies on my Mac? If not, can I just watch them normally in 2D (not having 2 pictures side by side).


texts: Microsoft Outlook 2011 for MAC, could not send email?

texts:
I am getting "Mail Delivery Failed" messages for some of the
emails sent.

As I am replying an email, I am sure that there isn't any misspelling on the recipient's email address.

A typical message below.

On 22/06/2015 9:47 am, "Mail Delivery System"
 wrote:

  This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

  A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
  recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
  ...

Any help would be very much appreciate.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to prevent "Do you want the application foo to block incoming connections?" popup from command line

texts:
As a developer, I run a testsuite of some self-compiled binaries which try to listen on some ports on startup. This causes a barrage of popups "Do you want the application foo to block incoming connections?" as the binary is started and restarted numerous times in parallel. I want to avoid this without turning off the firewall.

Based on socketfilterfw man page the following should work:

/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --blockapp /path/to/binary

yet it does not, even though

/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --listapps

shows its path with "( Block incoming connections )"

Is there a way to block those popups with socketfilterfw or any tool, without disabling the firewall? The set of binary paths to be blocked is changing all the time, although it could match some regexp or shell glob.

Thank you


texts: How to sync my contacts in my iPhone 6 to a Mercedes C300 bluetooth handsfree?

texts: I need to transfer my iPhone 6 contacts so I can use them on my Mercedes Benz C300 handsfree device without having to manually dial a phone number on my iPhone while driving. I used to have a BlackBerry and the syncing worked perfectly. Now I just can't find a way to transfer the contacts to the car.


texts: Does this icon of a person on my os x desktop left bottom corner mean it is running os x server?

texts:
Why is my desktop showing this on the bottom left and how do I turn it off?

This is not part of my wallpaper, it's something Mac OS X is showing, I think it's something to do with OS X Server which is no longer installed, or something to do with remote access but I don't know.


texts: What iPad app can I use to manage the locations where I took some photos?

texts: I use iPhoto on the Mac and it can show a map with all the locations where I took photos. Is there a similar app on the iPad? With a map I can zoom in and out…


texts: List all devices connected, lsblk for Mac OS X

texts:
In Linux if I want to see all the devices currently connected to my computer in the command-line, I run:

lsblk

or

blkid

What's the equivalent command under Mac OS X?

NOTE

The goal here is to be able to obtain information about a device based on its label or other uniquely identifying attributes, even if it hasn't been mounted, thus df is not a viable option.

Examples of the kind of info I'm looking for are:

/dev/<dev-name>
uuid
label (if any)
mount point

NOTE

I need to be able to see network-attached drives as well!


texts: Why use iPhoto instead of manually saving images?

texts:
I would like to know whether there are any advantages to using iPhoto on Mac for my pictures taken on my iPhone. For the past few years I have simply exported all images via Image Capture which stores the actual file to a location on my hard drive. Recently I have had to use iPhoto to get images off an iCloud shared stream, I have noticed when importing the images it saves into one file (almost like a database) instead of individual JPEG files.

Can someone tell me whether what pros and cons are there to using iPhoto instead of manually saving images?


texts: How to transfer audiobooks from linux pc to iOS?

texts:
I want to transfer audiobook (as set of .mp3 files in one directory on my PC) to iBooks on for example iPad. Idea is to listen that particular audiobook on iPad with help of iBooks.

How can I do that?


texts:
I was thinking what intresting in their website and when i looked for everything i found toys! Heres a picture i noticed

Why would apple sell toys if they just are tech company


texts: iPad stolen, last sync is about 6 month old: can I still restore my purchases?

texts:
My iPad was stolen from my flat together with other belongings during X-mas.

I used it primarily as a game console for my son and as a reading device for PDFs, so I haven't synced it with iTunes for about half a year or so.

Meanwhile I bought about 100 different applications from AppStore directly on iPad using my AppStore account and credit card. These purchases were never transfered to any iTunes sync.

The question is whether I can still restore these purchases if I buy a new device?

I have searched the web for a manual how I can do it, but it always begins with "transfer your purchases to iTunes...", there is no way just to get them directly from my AppStore account, or at least I didn't find it...


texts: How to disable Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) which is trying to bypass firewalls

texts:
I am using an iMac at work, and the IT security guys are raising issue with the Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) trying to bypass the proxy continually.

I would like to know how I can disable apsd from running.


texts: How do I enable "Announce the time" programmatically?

texts:
The "Date & Time" System Preferences pane has an option to "Announce the time". I'd like to be able to turn on this preference option by invoking a shell script. Is this possible?

(It's fine if this involves invoking a separate script written in Applescript).


texts: Trouble of having ipad conneted to adhoc with static ip

texts:
I am having problem about the iPad wifi connection to adhoc (by win7) with static IP. The procedure is:

Connect to the Internet with wired local network connection (autoconfiguration, ip:192.168.1.100);
Enable the sharing of local network connection;
Setting the wifi interface with static IP address: 192.168.2.1, netmask:255.255.255.0;
Create an adhoc wifi network with WEP security, I have also tried open security;
iPad connect to the adhoc wifi with the right password, with the static ip address:192.168.2.2, netmask:255.255.255.0, router:192.168.2.1, dns:8.8.8.8;
After 1 minute, the setting take effective, the left-top wifi icon is shown, but, iPad just couldn't access the Internet!!!

It's weird, I have no idea how to solve it. PS: I have tried to ping 192.168.2.2(iPad) from 192.168.2.1(win7), some is ok, and some is timeout...

Does anyone know why this happens?


texts: Terminal: command to show application folder

texts:
I recently discovered that I can open application from Terminal like this:

$ open -a TextEdit

Is there any command that would just show the application folder instead of opening it? Such that I could do this:

$ alias vmrun=\"`some-command 'VMware Fusion'`/Contents/Library/vmrun\"

I need that some-command to print the folder of VMware Fusion application.

UPDATE: I don't know where the application is installed, otherwise I could just hardcode it in the script


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I'd like to track my fitness more automatically than I do now, because now it's not automatic, so I don't do it.

In particular I'm interested in getting an ANT+ odometer for my bike. I understand that the iPhone can read these, but it is not clear whether that means it reads it into the Health app, or I still have to use some 3rd party solution. Does anyone know of a meter that goes directly into Health?

And then there's the Apple Watch. Can the Watch talk to any of these devices directly? That would certainly be wonderful because then I wouldn't have to carry my phone on bike rides.


texts: How to prompt Safari 14.1 bookmark changes?

texts:
Two Macs are both running updated Catalina.  Safari bookmarks that are added to one machine are automagically updated on the other, because of the same AppleID.
Bookmarks were organized into folders this morning on machine one: Is there a procedure to prompt machine two to update the bookmarks per machine one?
I am assuming that bookmark changes (organization of bookmarks into folders) are somehow synchronized and that it is reasonable to expect that the bookmarks on both machines will be organized identically.


texts: Drag and Drop file to desktop when windows are maximized

texts:
I typically maximize my windows to the full size of the screen and then rather than clicking windows to navigate through them I cmd+tab to switch between applications. The only problem that this  causes is that whenever I have to drag a file from my finder to the desktop all these maximized windows are in the way.

Is there any efficient way to move the file to the desktop. I've looked for right click "move to desktop" and I've look for some icon at the top of the screen I can drag it into and those don't exist.


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Wonder if anyone can help.

I changed over hard drives to use for my Time Machine backups of my mac and have completed a new backup on my new external hard drive.

On the old external drive that i want to use for a different purpose now, there is a folder called "Backups.backupdb".

Can i delete this folder now that i have a complete backup of my computer on a new drive?

Thanks in advance


texts: Can mac os support greater than 2x retina (for a small 4k screen)?

texts:
I'm interested in a 4k portable monitor which is 14" in size.
I believe it is mainly intended for use with iOS/Android, however it does say supports mac/win.
The concern I have is that even at the familiar maximum 2x scaling, which we call retina resolution, 14" at "looks like" 1920x1080 will result in very small ui.
To compound the problem in this case, this display is touch, too; which is likely to make finger accuracy an issue.
Does or can mac os support greater than 2x retina?
How are the supported resolutions for a display defined?
Is this something apple does, or does the manufacturer do it; can a user adjust it without going too low level?


texts: Is there a way to get a list of all currently running program's window titles with AppleScript?

texts:
I'm looking to write a script which outputs a list of all the window titles of all the currently running programs. Is there any way to do this with AppleScript? I tried running the following code:

tell application "System Events"
    repeat with theProcess in (every process)
        if background only of theProcess is false then
            say (name of theProcess) as string
        end if
    end repeat
end tell

I put it in a file called lawl.scpt and then ran the following in the Terminal:

$ osascirpt lawl.scpt

However, it just pauses for a few seconds, then exits without outputting anything.


texts: Apple Airpods - Android - When using for calls, does sound come through both Airpods, or just one?

texts: When using Airpods on an Android device (I am specifically using a Google Pixel 2), does sound come through both of the Airpods when making/receiving calls? Or, does only one of the Airpods play sound when on a call?


texts: It seems that my MacBook Pro is on Acid. What’s going on here?

texts: My MacBook Pro 2017 first wouldn’t wake up (black screen) and then boot to this. Is this a hardware or software issue? What is going on?


texts:
OS X comes with bash version 3.2.57 instead of bash version 4.3.39, which GNU lists as the current stable release of bash.

Is there any way to upgrade bash on Mac OS X?


texts: Is there a way to fix these scratches on my MacBook Pro's screen?

texts:
I have the Mid-2010 13" MacBook Pro. Sadly, the Keyboard Keys have caused some scratches in the screen, which is annoying as hell. (Yes, I know, I should use the white buffer sheet that came with it)

Is there a way to fix these scratches? Or so I need a really expensive replacement screen cover?


texts: Reset system file permissions modified by disabling system integrity protection

texts:
Is there a way to reset permissions on (and/or fully restore) files protected by System Integrity Protection?

I realize I have had SIP disabled for a while now and I want to make sure system files are not modified and permissions are identical to those of a fresh installation, without having to reinstall macOS. In macOS Catalina, the traditional 'Repair disk permissions' has been removed since SIP prevents modification of system files anyway.


texts: What contributes to my iPhone iCloud backup size?

texts: Settings lists my phone's iCloud "Backup Size" as 2.2 GB (excluding other phones and general "Documents & Data") though all of its apps turned "on" for backup below don't even approach 0.5 GB when summed. What else is contributing to this unexpectedly large number, and how can I reduce them?


texts: iPhone screen occasionally does not want to auto-lock?

texts:
I have an iPhone SE running iOS 9.3.3. Once in a while, it seems like the screen doesn't automatically turn off when it should. It should auto-lock (screen turns off) after 3 seconds on a lock screen, 15 seconds if media is playing on the lock screen, or one minute (based on the settings) when the phone is in normal use, with the exception of playing media or something that would prevent the screen from shutting. It normally does this just fine, but not always.

So for example, this morning I noticed my phone screen was still on, on the lock screen, after a notification on the screen was already 2 minutes old. I tried doing all kinds of things to see if the screen would start auto-locking properly, I put it in airplane mode, closed all background apps, tweaked auto-lock settings, closed all Notification Center widgets, removed all Notification Center notifications, tried playing some music, tried using the camera, tried covering the light sensor on the phone, tried cleaning the screen. Nothing helped. Then I rebooted the phone and it is working properly again. (If I recall, the problem doesn't persist if I just manually lock the screen and ignore it, it gets back to working normally later on, but rebooting fixed it right away.)

But this shouldn't happen in the first place. It is especially bad like if I have my phone in my pocket and I get a notification and the screen has just been running for a half hour before I check the phone. And this could happen. One time I looked at my phone and it was just on, sitting on the bed, with a 30 minute old notification on the screen. Not good for battery usage among other things.

There's nothing unusual about what I do with the phone, I have it on rotation lock, I have a phone case, I from time to time use it on VoiceOver (but VoiceOver was not on when I had this problem), screen is usually near the dimmer side. I don't know what else might be useful in diagnosing this. So what could possibly be causing this?

Edit: In the few months since upgrading from iOS 9.3 to 10.3 I stopped noticing this.


texts: Stuck at 11 minutes remaning while installing macOS

texts: had some issues with my mac which forced me to factory reset it but now i am stuck at installation and its not moving forward. It says "11 Minutes Remaining" and its just stuck there, I am leving it as it is and will be sleeping now, hoping when i wake up it would have co.pleted the process, if not please give me some solution to what i can do next?


texts:
I have a script to kill a process tree that works fine in linux but I am experiencing some odd behaviour on osx. It actually works fine with my unit tests and also when trying to run it manually on osx, but for some reason when it runs as a jenkins job it acts differently.

So this is the current bash function with a bit of debug echo and sleeps:

killtree() {
  local _pid=$1
  local _sig=${2:--TERM}
  echo "Stopping ${_pid}"
  sleep 1
  kill -stop ${_pid} # stop parent to avoid creation of new children
  children=`pgrep -P ${_pid}`
  echo "Children=$children"
  sleep 1
  for _child in $children; do
      killtree ${_child} ${_sig}
  done
  echo "Killing child ${_pid}"
  sleep 1
  kill -${_sig} ${_pid}
}

The call to pgrep that from a failing run can be pgrep -P 9651 prints out all processes on the machine, and the scripts hangs when it try to kill pid 0.

But why would it get all processes ? When the run is done process 9651 is still running and if I issue the command on the command line pgrep -P 9651 there is no output at all (which is expected since this process should have no children).

I added a debug call to print the process tree right before listing children:

+ pstree='-+= 00001 root /sbin/launchd
 \-+= 09774 root /usr/sbin/sshd -i
   \-+- 09777 jenkins /usr/sbin/sshd -i
     \-+= 09783 jenkins bash -c cd '\''/var/jenkins'\'' && java  -jar slave.jar
       \-+- 09784 jenkins /usr/bin/java -jar slave.jar
         \-+- 09807 jenkins /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_21.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java -classpath/
          \-+- 09817 jenkins /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_21.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java -
            \--- 09828 jenkins sleep 10'

Looks normal to me, the sleep 10 have no children.

Any ideas - I am a bit stuck after having tried to debug this for some hours ?

The process that is trying to be killed is in this case a simple sleep 10 that is used for testing.


texts:
I worked for a long time on a Pages document: file.1.pages.

I didn't activate Edit > Track Changes.

I saved the modified Pages with a new name: file.2.pages.

Now I would like to check I didn't forget a key point or made any error
and review all the modifications I made.

How may I compare file.1.pages and file.2.pages?

This isn't a comparison I can deal with manually (too much text, too many small spelling fixes).

I can't use any Microsoft software. I can use any Unix command line.


texts: How may an Apple's USB port be used to control simple electronic devices e.g. LED(s)?

texts:
How may an Apple's USB port be used to control simple electronic devices e.g. LED(s) ?

I'm happy for any workable answer, but hopefully someone may know of a link to a supplier of a cheap USB interface that can control a LED (light emitting diode) when plugged into an Apple, and some simple script/application is run to change the LED on/off.


texts: Phantom Email Window Keeps Appearing in Apple Mail

texts:
Apple mail has found itself in a strange state: an email I tried to send this morning (which apparently failed) keeps appearing for perhaps half a second, then disappearing again. This happens even when I restart Mail or even restart the computer. I have tried interacting with it during it's brief appearance (close button, send button, ...) but it doesn't appear to be reacting to my clicks.

Any suggestions on what may be happening or what I can do about it?

EDIT: I have just upgraded from Yosemite to Capitan. Perhaps that's a contributing factor to the behaviour.

EDIT: I have realised that the phantom window DOES receive keystrokes: if I'm typing into another email when the phantom appears, 3 or 4 keystrokes end up in the phantom, then the subsequent keystrokes appear in the new email after the phantom disappears. It seems the phantom grabs the focus if mail is active - also evidenced by document view popups getting cleared each time the phantom appears.


texts: How does one create a repeating location-based reminder on their iPhone?

texts:
Typically, when a user creates a reminder on their iPhone they have the option of setting a 'repeat' schedule (e.g. Every Day, Every Week, etc). However, this option is only available when the reminder is set to notify them at a particular date/time.

On the other hand, if a user wants to create a reminder that notifies them when they’re arriving at or leaving a particular location, there is no 'repeat' option. This means if a user wants to create a reminder that reminds them, for example, to do something whenever they arrive home, they can’t. There’s just no way to make it repeat every time they arrive home.

Unfortunately, asking Siri to do this also doesn’t work.

Is there a way to create a repeating reminder based on location, not time?


texts: How to boot OS X on MacBook 2009 with broken internal keyboard?

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I recently pulled my old MacBooks 2009 out of the closet. Not sure what the exact model is, but anyways, a few years ago I spilled water on the keyboard, so most of the keys don't work anymore. (Sadly the special keys don't work either, like option, command, and control.) Before I stopped using it, I wiped the internal drive, for security purposes.

But now I need OS X for certain work I am doing (Objective C programming for a large scale project,etc). I have the DMG file, which I had on a backup, for OS X El Capitan. I used my Ubuntu machine to convert the DMG to an ISO, and then put then burnt OS X on to a USB. I plugged it in to the macbook, started it up, held down the option key (on an external keyboard) and it didn't work. Any idea on how to fix this would be highly appreciated!


texts: Installing hybrid drive in mid-2010 17-inch MacBook Pro

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I'm looking to expand my internal 500 GB 7200 RPM HDD that came with my 17" MacBook Pro (mid-2010) running OS X Lion.

I'm interested to hear from other MacBook Pro owners who've upgraded their HDD with hybrid (SSD + hard disk) drives, especially if they're using the Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 32 MB Cache 2.5" Solid State Hybrid Drive ST750LX003.


texts: stty device baud-rate resets once no longer being used

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-late 2013 MBP, with Yosemite 10.10.2
While using a USB --> Serial cable(FTDI chipset), I am unable to get a set baud-rate and get it to stick while the device is not being open/wrote/read.
For example:

If I execute, "stty -f /dev/cu.xxxxxxxx 19200" while not doing anything software related with it, it will reset the baud back to 9600 instantly after.

However, if I run "cat -u < /dev/cu.xxxxxxxx" and THEN set the baud to 19200 while the cat is running, the baud rate will stick. This is also the case when I write some test code and execute the C system command open("/dev/cu.xxxxxxxx") and freeze the program.

Under the old BSD roots, this seems to be standard behavior. When I attempt this on a Debian box, the baud-rate sticks. This hints to me that it's system dependent, but is there a way to get the baud-rate to be the default/stick forever?


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How can I permanently mute the start-up sound on Lion?

StartupSound.prefPane isn't compatible with Lion. I found Psst, and I guess it's the best option, but it still looks like a hack. Any better ideas?


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Let's say we have a Mac configured with three user accounts:

alice
bob
chuck

When Alice logs into her account, she connects a USB drive that contains files she needs to work with. Bob logs in at the same time and realizes he can access her USB drive through Finder. He has full permission to view and edit her files.

How can Alice mount her USB drive in a way that only she has access to it?

Environment

Mac OS X 10.10.5
USB drive (FAT32)

Thanks


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Issue:
I try to launch MAMP Pro, enter my system password then it sits there trying to connect to MySQL. This has been running fine previously.

Background:
I'm running OSX v10.8.2 and Path Finder crashed, followed by Skype. I did a restart, both those apps were then fine, but MAMP Pro fails to launch.

I've updated MAMP Pro to latest version (v2.1.2), and Googled for solutions, nothing seems to resolve it.

Console shows this:

  18/02/2013 18:35:22.335 coreservicesd[64]: Application App:"System
  Preferences" [ 0x0/0x23023]  @ 0x0x7fde9ad13050 tried to be brought
  forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontASNs ( ( ASN:0x0-0x22022:) ), so
  denying.

  18/02/2013 18:35:22.335 WindowServer[102]: [cps/setfront]
  Failed setting the front application to System Preferences, psn
  0x0-0x23023, securitySessionID=0x186a5, err=-13066

  18/02/2013 18:35:22.418 MAMP PRO[272]: * -[__NSCFString substringFromIndex:]:
  Range or index out of bounds

MySQL log is empty.

I run: ps aux | grep mysqld in terminal (as suggested on numerous sites as a solution to MAMP Pro not starting MySQL), it lists one entry, but the PID continually increases and I can't kill the process via the name mysqld.

I've used Cocktail to purge memory cache and rebuild launch Services database.

I've also tried booting into Safe mode, then restarting (another suggested solution).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!