texts: Sending same text to many people, nobody sees other recipients

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I'm trying to organize a club/business and would like to send the same text to my clientele.

I do not want individual recipients to see who else is a recipient, as most clients don't know each other. This implies I also don't want recipients to see other recipients's replies and that they would ideally go to me. Not being able to reply at all is not a deal breaker.

If such a feature exists directly in the iPhone/on my Mac, can somebody explain how to implement it/link me to a previous question? If the feature doesn't exist, can I get suggestions for 3rd party applications or websites to send texts so clients don't have their numbers shared? I've been searching for a couple hours, and nothing featuring recipient anonymity has popped up.

Thank you.

EDIT: PLEASE READ

Thank you for the suggestions thus far, but I am not looking for any messaging medium besides text. If the feature or application does not apply to what we consider texts received on a phone, it's not what I'm looking for.


texts: Mail account sync via iTunes not working

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I recently switched from Sparrow.app back to Mail.app and added a whole bunch of accounts. Now I am trying to sync them with my iPhone 5 via iTunes 11, since I am everything but keen on adding them manually in the iPhone settings.

But iTunes seems unable to find my accounts:

So how can I fix this?


texts: Customise Touch Bar for a specific application

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So I've been using the MacBook Pro with Touch bar for a week and the Touch Bar seems pretty convenient. However, I haven't found an option to customize the Touch Bar for a specific app.

For example, whenever I code via jetBrains phpStorm, I'm used to having the F[0-12] Buttons (which aren't displayed in the keyboard anymore in favor of the Touch Bar). I know that if I'm holding the fn button, I'll be able to see the F[0-12] Buttons. But I want them to be displayed by default without the need to hold the fn button.

Is there a way I can achieve this?


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I've got into  a right pickle trying to get my Bluetooth Magic Mouse working with my bootcamped iMac. It works fine on macOS, but in Windows it currently isn't scrolling, right clicking and periodically won't connect on start up and I'll have to go into macOS, disconnect and reconnect to get it working.

Tech Specs

System Software Overview (from macOS):

  System Version:   macOS 10.13.3 (17D47)
  Kernel Version:   Darwin 17.4.0

System Info (From Windows 10)

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134
Other OS Description    Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Apple Inc.
System Model    iMac16,2
System Type x64-based PC

Things tried (and how we got here)

It started off with just the not connecting at all when booting into Windows, in spite of everything I tried from the Windows side. Trying to connect to the mouse through Bluetooth repeatedly failed, and turning the mouse off, on, clicking, etc, all the normal things which might fix this normally, didn't.

What follows is the edited highlihts of my attempts to fix this, with much flailing, swearing, restarting, swearing some more and storming off omitted. This is not a comprehensive list.

Reading at this stage included:

Apple Magic Mouse is discoverable, but not pairing (doesn't seem to apply here, even though I tried this)

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7151690 (my version of Windows isn't even listed here and the download link is quite old). Before posting this, I decided to try this link, and am told using the newest version that "This version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer model.".

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8175827 (from this, I unchecked allow this computer to turn off the device. Helped, but didn't fix entirely)

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-start-winpc/windows-10-not-pairing-with-apple-wireless-mouse/b3444d1e-2c87-4760-b329-fe0ed3b016b5 (hardware troubleshooter useless, Windows Update had nothing, and this computer's had more restarts than I can even count)

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7439976 (temporarily solved the issue each time for a few restarts)

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8125747 (tried resetting the SMC and the NVRAM to see if it helped, I'm not sure it did).

After all this, I carried on searching, unhappy with still needing to boot into 2 OSs every time I wanted to use Windows with a mouse. I came across this blog post online: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/bootcamp-windows-7-magic-mouse-wont-work.1519990/. As a result, I booted into macOS, unpaired my Magic Mouse, booted back into Windows and paired it from there. And it worked! All was well in the world for a few weeks.

However, I then came to my computer one day and the mouse wasn't responding again, again in spite of all the usual tricks. Getting desperate, I looked around and read somewhere (sorry the link eludes me) that uninstalling the driver and restarting would cause it to reinstall and could fix some common ailments. So I tried it. Restarted, and the mouse was still not working. I then decided to unpair and try re-pairing with the computer. However, when I tried this, I kept receiving an error saying that the Bluetooth device cannot authenticate (cannot remember the exact phraseology). I tried for days but couldn't resolve this, so eventually I resorted to booting into macOS, disconnecting and reconnecting the mouse, then booting into Windows, and voila, I can at least move and left click the mouse again.

however, now I can't scroll or right click the mouse, which is a royal pain!

Anyone know how I can my mouse properly working between Windows 10 and macOS? Do I have to just buy a separate mouse? Nuke my Windows partition and start again? Or is there a way of having this pair work nicely?

Any help really, really appreciated. This has been a pain for months.


texts: How do I find which directories are taking up my inode count?

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I have a problem with my mac frequently having too many files open and programs starting to crash.

Running df -ih on my system reveals that I have used up all the inodes in / (this is after a fresh restart)

Is there an easy way of traversing my system and finding which directories are the culprit? I do have a lot of files, but I want to know which ones I should be focusing on.

A lot of commands I'm finding don't work well on OSX.

Any help will be appreciated.

df -ih
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity   iused    ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2   591Gi  526Gi   64Gi    90% 138068137 16799595   89%   /
devfs          202Ki  202Ki    0Bi   100%       698        0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0        0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0        0  100%   /home
map -fstab       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0        0  100%   /Network/Servers
/dev/disk0s4   303Gi  226Gi   77Gi    75%    321408 80319544    0%   /Volumes/BOOTCAMP


texts: How to fix black screen when trying to control a remote Lion machine with Apple Remote Desktop that is inactive at its Login Window?

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We are using Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) 3.5.2. on 10.6.8 to ARD control remote 10.7.5 Lion machines.

When the remote Lion machine is in its "inactive" stand and at the "Login Window", the result when controlling the remote computer is a completely black screen. This happens with both ARD versions 3.6.1 and 3.6.2

Only when the time updates, that tiny upper right rectangle of the screen is refreshed and correctly filled with time display.

A workaround that refreshes a part of the screen, is to hover the pointer over the center of the screen to screen to refresh the part where login items appear.

Is there a workaround that refreshes the whole screen with less hassle, or even better how to fix?


texts: AppleScript Quicktime Player to play audio file generates error

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My Quicktime Player (Version 10.3 727.4) can play mp3 files without any problems, but when I use AppleScript I get an error message:

  The document “audio.mp3” could not be opened. The file may be damaged or may not be a movie file that is compatible with QuickTime Player.

I've been trying different sound files, different compressions, aif, wav, with the same result.

A minimum script goes:

set audioFile to "/Path/to/the/audio.mp3"

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    activate
    open audioFile
    play the front document
end tell

Does anyone have any suggestions of what I'm doing wrong or any other solution to script a media player.


texts: How to pause Applescript when another process is not responding to system events?

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I would like a Applescript to pause while a specific process/script/app is not responding (temporarily or permanently) to system events, and to start-up again when the other process is back.  In theory this could be done with a repeat loop provided there is a way to monitor the status of the process.  Is there any code that can do this?  via Terminal commands? via Applescript? Another possibility: can Applescript determine when the cursor has switched to the beach ball? Other ideas?

Quite simply in applescript terms, this is what I'd like:

repeat while "beach ball is spinning"
end repeat


texts: No sound from speakers on MacBook Pro except the startup chime

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After plugging my headphones out, suddenly there is no sound from the internal speakers.
When I press volume buttons, I see a circle-backslash symbol below the speaker icon.

Restarting doesn't help. However I do hear the startup chime.
What should I do?


texts: How can I remove unwanted preinstalled apps from macOS?

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In macOS there are a lot of pre-installed bloatware applications. I know that I will never use them. Examples of such apps are: Chess, Stocks, Messages, TV and so on.
While some of them may not take up much disk space, they are cluttering the application list and Launchpad menu, so I wanted to get rid of them.
When I tried to delete such applications, I got an error saying that I have no permission to do it. So is it possible to remove apple bloatware from macOS?
There was the same question in 2011 and in 2012. They contains info that is no more actual. This question is an update for 2021. I am asking about macOS v10.15.7 (Catalina) or later.


texts: How does AppleCare Protection work overseas? (MacBook Pro 13 inch)

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If I buy an apple laptop overseas can I get the apple protection back in UK?

If I buy the laptop and Apple protection abroad, if something has gone wrong will it be protected when I am back in UK.


texts: Can't install Inkscape on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65) via DMG or Homebrew

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I've been trying to install Inkscape 0.92.2 via DMG (Xquartz) and via Homebrew (Cask), having previously installed Xquartz (2.7.11) without issue, on my Macbook Pro 13.

Once Inkscape has installed it will not open - from both the DMG and Homebrew install it gives the following error message:

I have tried completely uninstalling the DMG (using AppDelete) and also in Homebrew - and then reinstalling, and everything looks fine (see following text from terminal) but the same error occurs.

  Admins-MacBook-Pro:~ jeremyboucher$ brew cask install inkscape
  Warning: Cask 'inkscape' is already installed.

  To re-install inkscape, run:
    brew cask reinstall inkscape
  Admins-MacBook-Pro:~ jeremyboucher$ brew cask reinstall inkscape
  ==> Satisfying dependencies
  ==> Downloading https://inkscape.org/gallery/item/11269/Inkscape-0.92.2-1-x11-10
  Already downloaded:
  /Users/jeremyboucher/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/0054351c44f32d8e4cf32a238c89cf25375280b6b4736503ebe4829867bc7d1e--Inkscape-0.92.2-1-x11-10.7-x86_64.dmg
  ==> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask 'inkscape'.
  ==> Uninstalling Cask inkscape
  ==> Backing App 'Inkscape.app' up to '/usr/local/Caskroom/inkscape/0.92.2-1,1126
  ==> Removing App '/Applications/Inkscape.app'.
  ==> Unlinking Binary '/usr/local/bin/inkscape'.
  ==> Purging files for version 0.92.2-1,11269 of Cask inkscape
  ==> Installing Cask inkscape
  ==> Moving App 'Inkscape.app' to '/Applications/Inkscape.app'.
  ==> Linking Binary 'inkscape' to '/usr/local/bin/inkscape'.
    inkscape was successfully installed!

Can anyone offer possible solutions? I have a Macbook Pro 15 with Inkscape installed via DMG without issue - I can't understand what it causing the issue.


texts: I can't change langauge with my Logitech Bluetooth keyboard using custom keyboard app

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When I use a custom keyboard app (like gboard), my Bluetooth keyboard can't change its language (from English to other)

But when I use Apple's default keyboard (after deleting the custom keyboard option), my Bluetooth keyboard can change language very well.

Why does it work with Apple's default keyboard? Is there any way to change language with a Bluetooth keyboard too?

Specs: iPhone - iOS 9.3.4


texts:
I've got the Gimp for Mac OS X installed and working in my installation of Mac OS X 10.6.4. A very important tool I need is the David's Batch Processor plugin ( http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hodsond/dbp.html ) for batch auto-adjusting contrast/brightness/colour for my images.

There are no Mac specific instructions provided on the software's website saying how to install the python-based plugin. Can anyone please teach me how to install plugins for Gimp in Mac OS X?


texts: Login user - opposite to launchctl bootout user/id

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How can I login user in programmatically way?

I need something opposite to command

  launchctl bootout user/502

that logouts user with id=502.

Does this way exist?


texts: How to find Hard Drive capacity in Mavericks?

texts: I usually check the Hard Drive capacity in the Activity Monitor. But when I checked it, it literally looked different. I selected each tabs, trying to find the information about my disk but to no avail. How can I find the disk occupied in my hard drive?


texts: Removing a file from a protected folder in Mojave

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Background

I am trying to remove Sound Flower from my Mac. I found some relative files in 3 places. I removed 2 of them but the third one is in a folder that will not allow me to remove it.

Example

The file is in,

/Library/SystemMigration/History/Migration-1C2FCFF8-A394-409D-8DB3-E7885C0D5E81/QuarantineRoot/Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions

The file name is,

Soundflower.kext

When I try to remove it like this,

rm -rf Soundflower.kext

I get this error!

rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources: Operation
not permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/_CodeSignature: Operation
not permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/MacOS/Soundflower:
Operation not permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/MacOS: Operation
not permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents/Info.plist: Operation not
permitted rm: Soundflower.kext/Contents: Operation not permitted rm:
Soundflower.kext: Operation not permitted

I have tried, sudo, sudo su and adding the Terminal and iTerm to
   Full Disk Access

settings in Security & Privacy in system settings. Once I added them I closed and restarted my terminals.

I still get the error.

Question

How do I remove this file from the path mentioned above?


texts: What to do before you change your Apple ID?

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I have an apple ID in A country, and now I get a apple ID in B country. I am about to switch to the second apple ID. Switching ID may potentially cause problems, like data loss, information loss and etc.

I have noticed that the manual written by Apple discussed: What to do after you change your Apple ID.

I am asking: Apple ID: What to do BEFORE you change your Apple ID, in order to protect the data, and transfer safely and seamlessly.


texts: 2013 macbook retina has extremely short battery life

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I've recently bought the new macbook pro 13" retina (2013) this November and noticed that it has extremely short battery life compared to my old macbook pro 13" (2010).

On a full charge, my new macbook has about 4H whereas my old one after three years of use still hovered close to 6H, and over 10H when new. Has anyone else been having this problem?

*** update

Here is another snapshot 7 minutes later. I've only been using chrome to do light browsing. notice that the battery life has gone down by 34 minutes...


texts: OS X contacts: Related name - In which direction does the relationship field work correctly?

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How do I correctly use the "related name" feature?
In which direction does it work?
Does the relationship label indicate what the edited person (full contact sheet) is to the stated person (field data), or what the stated person is to the edited person?

Example: Jane is Jon's daughter.
I edit contact Jon. Which of the following setups is correct?

a) Daughter: Jane (= Jane is Jon's daughter)
b) Father: Jane (=Jon is a father to Jane)

I found nothing via Google, Apple Support pages, Contacts.app help menu nor here on StackExchange. Only some sites where people complain that Siri fails to interpret "call my <relationshipEntity>" (mostly "call my wife"), which my guts tell me is related to a false usage of the relationship field.

I think this topic would be worth to be addressed in official Apple documentation. It is a usability problem. Possible a harder task for users than Apple's UX designers and developers thought, particularly regarding internationalization/localization. Maybe in English the semantics and mental concepts on "related name" are very clear, but in other languages it may be more ambiguous. A small tooltip which clarifies the relationship in a full language sentence such as "Jane is Jon's daughter" could help to establish certainty and/or avoid false usage.

ANSWER: The correct scheme is:

a) Daughter: Jane (= Jane is Jon's daughter)

As answered by @Thibault and comprehensible deduced in @Phong's comment. Thanks!


texts: Google Chrome on Mac: how to force link to open in new window (not new tab)?

texts:
How can I get links (boh from web pages within Chrome AND from external apps) to open in a new window rather than in a new tab in the active window?

This has been answered for Windows, but I cannot find a solution for Mac.


texts: Where is system/library/extensions in OSX 10.10?

texts: so I am now using vmware player to mount the osx now, and since I accidentally installed the svga display driver with the vmware tool one from darwin now I cant change the resolution of it so I need to uninstall the svga. I try to find system/library/extensions so that I can uninstall the svga driver but I cant find it in the library. Where can I find it or it is just hidden in the library folder?


texts: I have storage for something called JishoPlus in my iCloud storage breakdown. I can't find anything definitive about it online. I know how to delete it (and I will), but what is it from?


texts: Why did my iPhone Notes stop syncing with Gmail?

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I just logged into Gmail and noticed that the last note to sync was from 6 days ago, even though I have newer notes on my iPhone.

When I try to test it now by deleting, updating, or adding a note, it does not sync with Gmail. I have 355 notes on the iPhone, and 350 in Gmail.

I seem to recall that after pressing the done button in the Notes application, the working indicator would appear showing that there is network activity (i.e. that it's syncing with Gmail). It no longer shows the spinner when I press "Done".

I tried restarting the phone to no avail. I tried deleting an email in Gmail in case there is a 350 limit, but that didn't help either. I also tried deleting notes on the iPhone so that it had less than 350 (in case the iPhone had a 350 limit), it didn't solve the problem.

I didn't change anything with the account setting on the iPhone nor on Gmail. I'm running an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2.1. My iPhone is connected to the internet via Wi-Fi.


texts: How to turn a keyboard key to power on/off button

texts: Is it possible to use a script to turn a mac keyboard key to a mac power on or off button?


texts:
I made a Service in Automator, but when I was saving mistyped the name. I used Automator to rename the Service, but the incorrect name shows up in my Services menu.

I checked the ~/Library/Services directory and the name is correct and the file metadata shows the correct name.

Why does the Services menu show the old name and how do I fix it?


texts: iMac doesn't recognize my MacBook Pro when connecting via mini DisplayPort

texts: I use my iMac as an external monitor for my MacBook Pro via mini DisplayPort. But, sometimes, it fails. The iMac went black for some seconds when I plugged the cable in but it went back into the normal mode instead of displaying the MacBook Pro's screen. Today I  couldn't get it to work any way. I restarted the iMac, removed and reinserted the cable, but nothing helps.


texts: I am asking about a software to draw figures and diagrams using the trackpad. I am already aware of Inklet, which works only in conjunction with other software like photoshop. I need another free stand-alone software that does not need other programs pre-installed.


texts: Yosemite, problems after Yosemite, Computer restarting everytime i log in

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I have a MacBook Pro and a iMac. Recently I upgrade to Yosemite on both.

On my iMac, everything seems fine. But every time I try to log on to my MacBook Pro, it restarts and only the guest account with Safari only mode is available. This is a pain especially because i have to wait for the restart every time I want to use it. I am not great with computer so I need a clear answer. I have tried to repair disk but it doesnt work. Thanks.


texts: Crucial M500 480gb SSD Replacement for stock HDD on Late 2011 MacBook Pro keeps freezing

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First, I apologize for the length of this.  I want to make sure I get all the facts out so that hopefully I can get some help.  There is s TL;DR version below if you don't want the blow-by-blow edition.

My wife has been complaining about the speed of her Late 2011 MacBook Pro for the last year.  I finally broke down and decided to give it a boost by upping the memory to 16gb (from the stock 4gb) and replacing the 500gb HDD with a 480gb Crucial M500 SSD.

My plan was to simply swap the drives, replace the memory, then boot to System Recovery Mode (Cmd - R at boot) and do a fresh install.  I started the Disk Utility and created a new partition on the SSD no problems.  I think picked the option for "Fresh Install".  The first thing I noted was that it wanted to install Lion instead of Mavericks, which was on it, but figured whatever...it would update as soon as I get things rebuilt.  I would then use a Roswell SATA-to-USB cable to mount the old drive and do a "recovery" of all her old date.  The system did the initial download as part of the System Recovery Mode, then said it was rebooting to complete the install.  At this point, I got the white Apple screen with the spinner...but it kept spinning, and spinning, and spinning.  No indication it was actually doing anything, just spinning.

I let it run for another hour or so, then finally killed it by holding the power for 10sec.  I tried the install again, but again I get the white screen with the spinner.  This happens at least one more time.

Finally I try a different approach.  Once again, I boot to System Recovery Mode.  I again erase the drive, but this time in Disk Utility I try to do a "Recovery" from the old drive to the new drive.  I hit the 'Go' button, it says "Setting up..." for about 10min (I believe it was trying to calculate the time), then pops up with an estimated time to restore the new SSD from the old as 7hrs.  I checked it a few times before bed to make sure the progress was moving, then went to bed at about 10% or so.

This morning, however, when I checked the status I find that it's still stuck at like 15%.  The system is not locked up: I can move the mouse, drag the window, etc.  I hit Cancel on the restoration, and it says it's cancelling, but nothing.

Another 20-30min later it still says "Cancelling...".  So, once again I force-cycle the power, and once again I hit Disk Utility.  This time, however, when I try to erase the disk, it gets to EXACTLY the same spot the restoration got stuck at, then pauses.  I left it there when I left for work, but I have a feeling something is fishy that is causing it to do this.

TD;DR

I am trying to replace my wife's HDD with an SSD.  I performed the following attempts using System Recovery to no avail:

Fresh install of Lion...seemed to get stuck after reboot
Restore using Disk Utility from the old HDD to the new SSD...stuck at 15%-ish, and now the drive will not erase (gets stuck at 15%-ish)

Question

Is the drive just bad or is there some other technique/process I need to use in order to change the drive out other than what I have tried?


texts:
I have a 2017 MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra. Today, System Preferences app suddenly stopped responding, followed by every other app whenever I had them active. Force quitting them was useless, since they would freeze once I re-opened them. Even the Mac toolbar froze when I had my cursor on it, preventing me from restarting my Mac from the menu.

I held down the power button to restart it, but the problem repeats upon reboot. Not just apps, but notifications, the touch bar, and spotlight inevitably freeze. Console crashes whenever I open it, so I can't get info out of it. Activity Monitor briefly shows that the CPU load is very high, before it crashes itself.

I've already tried resetting the NVRAM and SMC. How do I resolve the issue?


texts: Cannot change archive folder gmail on iPhone

texts:
Since yesterday I inadvertently deleted an important email (it's waaaay to easy to swipe left too much and delete the mail), I changed the default setting to "archive" instead of delete. But since I want to be able to delete those email from my phone, I created a folder called "To Be deleted" on my gmail account, that I can then empty safely from my computer.

The only thing left to do is to change the default archive folder from "All mail" to the new folder I created, so that I can mark the emails I want to delete from my iPhone and then do so securely from my computer; but when I do this from my iphone the setting does not get saved. In  particular I go to Mail -> Gmail account -> Advanced setting and there i change the "archive folder", but as soon as I leave that screen the change is reverted back.

What is causing this / what should I do now?


texts: Installing OpenConnect, Cisco VPN alternative

texts:
Has anyone had any luck installing openconnect on OS X? I have downloaded the source code but I can't figure out how to build it.

The instructions on their website say to extract the code and run make, but doing so gives an error:

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

My reasons for wanting this are:

The current version of Cisco AnyConnect is incompatible with OS X Lion
I'm interested in the idea of wrapping the vpn connection in a deployment shell script


texts: How to disable automatic turning on of sound (El Capitan)

texts:
Ever since I upgraded to El Capitan, my MBP does this annoying "helpful" turning on of my sound when I watch a video (Facebook or YouTube, at the very least) or have an incoming call/IM.

Each time I manually tap the sound-off button on my keyboard, but it doesn't "take" and recognize that when I turn off my volume manually, I really, truly do want it to stay off.

Any way to make my machine recognize that mute means mute-until-I-explicitly-unmute?


texts: question about MacBook Pro and external monitor configuration

texts:
I have a 15" MacBook Pro with a Thunderbolt port.

Lately I've been working a lot at my desk, so I'm thinking about getting an external monitor, keyboard and mouse for it.

I'm thinking about this set up:

LG IPS277L 27" monitor with HDMI in.
monoprice Mini Display Port -to- HDMI cable
Apple wireless keyboard, wireless magic trackpad

My questons are ...

IMAGE QUALITY:

Will the video from the MacBook to the monitor be as "computer perfect" through the HDMI in as it would though VGA or DVI inputs?  Or will it be some kind of different reformatted "home theatre" image?

USAGE:

When it's all set up, will I just be able to sit at the desk, turn on the laptop, plug in mini Display Port cable to the Thunderbolt output, close the lid on the laptop and start typing away?  Or will I have to do some manual setup of each component (monitor, keyboard, trackpad) before it will work?  Or even worse, will I have to keep the laptop lid open?

AUDIO:

I'm not sure if the monitor has built-in speakers, but if it does, will the computer's audio come out of the monitor's speakers through the Thunderbolt-to-HDMI cable?

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated!


texts:
I'm sick of manually killing the pboard process in Activity Monitor to recover my copy & paste.

Is there a Terminal Command I can run instead?


texts: Can’t switch from Windows to MacOS on macbook?

texts: When I try to switch from Windows to Mac it doesn’t let me. I restart while pressing the option button until the option to choose what system to operate in appears and when I choose Macintosh the screen just starts up then immediately shuts down again on and off while never even booting in mac, meanwhile if I choose to operate in Windows it starts up with no problem. Basically my macbook is stuck operating windows and I don’t know how to switch back. I tried all keyboard methods to restart my computer and it still doesn’t work.


texts: Confounded by permissions problem on NFS share

texts:
I'm setting up an NFS server (Ubuntu) to serve files to several Macs (10.7).

The way it's set up, I can log in from any Linux client and read/write over NFS exactly as expected. (I've set up ACL permissions on the server to cover multiple anonymous users and it works perfectly.)

I'm having trouble getting write permission from the Mac side, however. I've mounted the Mac Client about a million different ways, but still no dice.

I'm using the noowners option to mount, even, but that doesn't help either. (It shows the expected ownership and file permissions, and this is where I start banging my head.)

Check this out:

JAF-Mac:Arlington facemyer$ pwd
/Volumes/vianney3/Arlington
JAF-Mac:Arlington facemyer$ users
facemyer
JAF-Mac:Arlington facemyer$ groups
staff com.apple.sharepoint.group.1 com.apple.sharepoint.group.2 everyone _appstore localaccounts _appserverusr admin _appserveradm _lpadmin _lpoperator _developer com.apple.access_screensharing vianneynas
JAF-Mac:Arlington facemyer$ touch x
touch: x: Permission denied
JAF-Mac:Arlington facemyer$ ls -la
total 25444
drwxrwsr-x   9 facemyer  staff      4096 Jun  6 10:40 .
drwxrwsr-x  47 facemyer  staff      4096 Jun  6 10:44 ..
drwxrwsr-x   7 facemyer  staff      4096 Jun  6 10:40 2011
drwxrwsr-x   4 facemyer  staff      4096 Jun  6 10:40 2012
drwxrwsr-x   4 facemyer  staff      4096 Jun  6 10:40 2013

The really bizarre thing is that if I su to another user I created for testing this, it works as expected for that user. (I can view and edit the files as expected.)

Please tell me I'm not going insane, and that there's a reasonable explanation here...


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Is there a working Chromecast receiver for OSX. ie I could send audio or video from a phone or another PC to stream on there laptop?

I know there were some experiments previously, but not sure anything is working now.


texts: If you add a USB WiFi adapter can you network share it over WiFi?

texts: I've connected to a wired network before and shared that over WiFi. I'm curious if I got a USB WiFi adapter if I could do the same thing with WiFi input. So the USB WiFi adapter would be the network / internet input, and the built in WiFi adapter would be the output.


texts: Is there a UNIX-style triple click to select path in Terminal.app?

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In Red Hat, if there is a path somewhere on my terminal window and I triple click it, the whole path is selected. I can then easily copy it using middle-click or a regular copy-paste.

This doesn't seem to work in Terminal.app, i.e. triple click selects the whole line which is most of the time useless.

Is there a way to change this behavior? Should I look into other terminal apps like iTerm?


texts: How can I open port 80 so a non-root process can bind to it?

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I want to run a web server on my Mac as a non-root process. Normally only root processes can bind to port 80 (or to any port below 1024).

Can I open port 80 specifically so that non-root processes can listen on it?


texts: How to type `control + [` on a German iPad Smart Keyboard

texts:
How do you type control + [ on the German Smart Keyboard for iPad.

I am missing the "Esc" on the iPad keyboard a lot in order to discard text fields. I read that control + [ might work as a replacement.

How do you type this on a German keyboard layout with [ not being a dedicated key.


texts: Spotlight misses first character after Cmd-Space

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When I call up spotlight by pressing command-space, and then start typing something Spotlight often seems to miss the first letter I type. It doesn't happen every time, only about 1 in 5 times I use it.

i.e. I press Cmd-Space and start to type "Finder" and instead I see "inder" in the text box.

It seems like I am not the only one with this problem https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7296308?tstart=0

Has anyone figured out a solution for this problem?


texts:
Is there a slideshow editor similar to Powerpoint, but for Mac, that supports code pens and maybe markdown?

Thanks


texts: Any restrictions on Apple devices that stop connections to local network devices?

texts:
I'm a developer (I should properly know this) but are there any settings/restriction features across Apple Products (iOS, macOS, iPadOS etc.) that disallows connections to local networked devices?
I cannot, for some reason, connect to my Philips Hue Bridge via it's local IP address, nor can the app connect to it. I also cannot connect to most other local networked devices on any of my Apple products for some reason? I head over to my Windows PC (using ethernet) and it works, I use my other family member's iPhone/devices and theirs works too!
So my only assumption is that its some sort of setting/feature across iCloud preferences that stops me from accessing said devices?
P.S, yes I have allowed local network access for the Hue app...
UPDATE:
HomeKit devices locally are not working either but are working on my family members devices


texts: How can I clean left-over files from upgrades from Tiger to Lion?

texts:
I've upgraded my system since 2007 (no clean installs).

Now that I have Lion installed I was wondering if there are any historic files, plists etc. that I can remove as part of a general post-upgrade spring clean?
Are there any other files I can safely remove?


texts: Can I clone a MacBook to another one and work with both without annoyances?

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I have an old MacBook MacBook4,1 (named Mac1) under Lion. My daughter is working with it.
I have just bought another old MacBook2,1 (named Mac2) which is under Snow Leopard and that I need to reinstall completely.

Can I make a clone of the first one and use this clone on the second one ?

Mac1 has already two profiles, one for me and one for her. So I presume the clone installed on Mac2 would have the same.

But if two computers have exactly the same settings, will it make issues with iCloud or whatever programs which may think each computer is not unique ?

If I cannot to do that, what is the best method to reinstall a Snow Leopard without the CD or DVD ?  Is it the Internet Recovery system ?

Thanks


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Can Homebrew be used to install AppleScript bundles?  If so, what sorts of conventions would the project need to follow?  Would it need to include a make.scpt file compile the .applescript files?  I'm assuming that it could reference Github projects.

** edit **

homebrew-cask is probably the right tool for this; I submitted an issue.


texts: Where is the "Send all traffic over VPN connection" setting in OSX 10.9 Mavericks?

texts:
I'm attempting to change the settings of a Cisco IPSec VPN connection which was set up through OSX's built in VPN client in system preferences. The VPN functions as expected, allowing me to access protected servers at my company. I would like to access other websites on the internet through this VPN (youtube, wikipedia, whatever). As far as I can tell, my regular web browsing is not being directed through the VPN.

This apple support page says there is a setting called "Send all traffic over VPN connection" which can be enabled through the Apple menu > System Preferences > Network > Advanced > Options dialogue. However, when I select the VPN from the network interface list and click the "Advanced..." button, there is no "Options" tab or button. I see a dialogue with two tabs, "DNS" and "Proxies". There is no options button or "Send all traffic over VPN connection" anywhere to be found.

So, what gives? Does this have to do with what kind of VPN I am connected to (Cisco IPSec)? Is it related to the VPN's settings? Regardless, how can I route normal browsing through the VPN?


texts: IMovie 10 Transitioning pictures over a video

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I am working on iMovie 10 on Mavericks.

I am creating a movie that has a video.  At times during the video I overlay sets of pictures.  I can transition nicely into the picture sets but I cannot seem to find a way use transitions between pictures in the sets.  I try to drag transitions down to the pictures which are on top of the video but it iMovie won't let me do this.  I would like to have nicer transitions between my pictures.


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I have 6 instances of httpd running, and they respawn after I kill them. I tried the solution provided on this answer ,

$ pgrep -fl foo
40679 bash /tmp/foo
$ launchctl list|grep 40679
40679   -   com.example.foo

in my case, sudo pgrep -fl httpd
to find out what process is creating them and got this as a result:

83071 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -f /Library/Server/Web/Config/Proxy/apache_serviceproxy.conf -E /private/var/log/apache2/service_proxy_error.log

and six more instances that according to my Activity Monitor depend on the first one. Then I entered sudo launchctl list|grep 83071

and got this 83071 0   com.apple.serviceproxy which I guess is the process / file / service that is launching this instances, but I cannot find it anywhere.

I also tried launching and then killing Apache as per this question, but that just created another instance of httpd.

Excuse my utter ignorance on the CLI, just trying to find out how to kill those httpd instances that are using the 8443 port to listen and conflict with another service I'm trying to install.


texts: I still get confused sometimes at the name MagSafe. Has it anything to do with the magnet in it? Why MagSafe? is it safer than other adapters?


texts: Finder not working and desktop completely blank in macOS High Sierra

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I was working 2 hours ago on a project in Xcode 9 and suddenly the simulators stopped working and the Main.storyboard looked awkward.

I decided to restart the Mac thinking it would resolve the issue but now I can't work at all. The finder doesn't open, the desktop icons are missing, when I go to Disk Utility (after reboot with Cmd+R) at first I can't do the "First aid" to my internal HD because it says that is unmounted.

I can mount it with any problem and then the Disk utility's "First aid" says that the HD is ok. When I restart the Mac again the problem is not solved and if I access to Disk Utility again the HD is unmounted again (yeah, a lot of agains, sorry for my english).

I'm trying to boot in safe mode now but I want to know if some of you have experienced this problem before while I wait.

Thanks in advance for any suggestion.


texts: How can I restrict apps from using WiFi?

texts:
As we know that we can "use mobile data for" a particular app so WhatsApp for instance can be allowed to use mobile data while other apps can't.

How can I accomplish the same for WiFi data use?


texts: Why iMessage generate a lot of Encryption and Signing keys?

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First of all I don`t use iMessage. I log out of iMessage on my iDevices.

Today I took a look of my login Keychain Access and there were 366 items. All of them were iMessage Encryption Key and iMessage Signing Key.

I delete it, reboot my Mac and open Keychain Access again. In the reboot 8 keys (see screenshot) were create. Is this behaviour normal?


texts: MacBook Pro 2008 Aluminum - keyboard problems

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I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro all aluminum.

The green caps lock light comes on intermittently: sometimes solid, sometimes flashing. When it comes on, the arrow pointer gets stuck and the screen freezes, or if I'm typing it will stick on a letter and keep repeating it.

Any ideas? …or is it a keyboard replacement?


texts: "device not configured" error when attempting to reach specific websites

texts:
A few months ago I posted the question getting "out of memory" error when trying to load specific websites (am not out of RAM) regarding bizarre could not allocate memory errors when I attempted to load certain specific websites (and was absolutely positively not out of memory), even though my internet connection was otherwise fine. That problem spontaneously vanished for a while, but now I'm experiencing the same behavior with a number of other sites and a different error message.

Attempting to load any of these sites in a browser gives me a generic could not connect message. When I try to ping them, I get this message:

ping: sendto: Device not configured
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0

Things that haven't helped:

Using a different network
Using a wired instead of wireless network
Logging in as a different user
Rebooting (it actually did help on one occasion, but the problem reappeared a few minutes later)
Requesting different pages on the site or using variants on the URL (e.g., with or without www)
Using the site's IP address instead of the name

I haven't been able to determine whether the same problem occurs when I use a VPN, because one of the sites that will no longer load is my VPN :P

The error occurs before the computer has even tried to load the site, but after it receives the IP address.

update: partial list of non-working sites (all of these are publicly available):

http://users.humboldt.edu
http://vpn.ucsf.edu
http://cpx.sagepub.com/
http://www.helioscalendar.com/
http://www.ajcn.org


texts: Send very large files through Ethernet between two Mac computers

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My coworker uses a MacBook Pro, I use an iMac, both running El Capitan. We need to send a file from her computer to my computer very quickly. The file is over 200Gb.
We don't have an external hard drive of that size, she can't zip it because her storage is low, and AirDrop is taking forever.

We do however have an Ethernet cable. But when I plugged it in, I was really at loss for what the next step should be.
AirDrop needs Wi-Fi and Bluetooth so I assume it wouldn't use the cable. When we try with AirDrop it's very slow and usually fails, and it's not faster if the Ethernet cable is plugged in between the two computers (is the cable even detected?).
I looked online and found articles that were very vague and didn't go into details, and when I went into the System Preferences to change settings in Sharing or Network panes I was afraid to mess up my preferences.

How can we quickly send this file over to the other computer (ideally using the cable rather than our slow internet, if that's faster)?


texts: AppleScript for moving completed downloads to other folders

texts: I'm looking to write a script that will move all file in the downloads folder (once fully downloaded) to different folders on the hard drive and external hard drive. Where can I learn more about how to do this?


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Today I received a message saying there is only 18 GB left.

In the last few days I don't think I used so much space in the disk.

Is there some way to check the disk usage history? In a way to see how much disk was consumed in the last day/week/month.


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How can I disable Bluetooth on my MacBook Air?
The option to disable it is greyed out in System Preferences and is non-existent from the Bluetooth menubar. I'm currently using the latest MacOS Catalina update and this has been a problem for quite some time now. Any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: Where are Address Book group definitions stored and how can I delete them all?

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I know Address Book metadata is stored in Library/Application Support/AddressBook.

I wonder, however, what's up with Address Book "Groups".

They are peculiar items. For example, I quit LaunchBar (it prevents deletion if it's running), then I removed all items from AddressBook, emptied trash, then started Address Book and watched Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Metadata get repopulated with the .abcdg files that define Groups.

Clearly, Address Book was getting them from somewhere! I was not logged into iCloud. I have the sense Apple doesn't like Address Book 'groups', I wonder if this is very old code.

I'm trying to find a way to clean them all out because of an iCloud Debacle related to EOL termination leading to a cascading and comical failure chain (which established, in my mind, that iCloud is a regression from MobileMe, which is saying a lot - details here -- http://tech.kateva.org/2012/06/icloud-transition-went-as-expected.html).

One aspect of the failure chain is recursive Group creation (hundreds of replicated groups).

Any advice appreciated!

Update: one guess. I think they may be coming in from somewhere in a local cache of iCloud data that's not being fully cleaned out even after logging out from iCloud.


texts: I have macOS Catalina 10.15.5. I have two apps folders. Why the two folders for apps and how to make desired changes in them?

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I have two application folders. I cannot make the desired changes to 'Applications 1' folder like delete an application or access apps. I face the following scenarios.

Once I am in 'Applications1' folder I do not get the option of move to trash and some apps like iTunes and VLC are not accessible.
The message I get is that the version of the apps is not compatible. Even the App Store has the same issue. I Have the latest macOS Catalina 10.15.5


texts: using rEFInd to get around lack of boot screen when using unsupported GPU in Mac Pro

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I am trying to upgrade a 2012 Mac Pro (model 5,1) to Mojave.  I have installed High Sierra and updated bootrom to MP51.0089.B00.  I've got a required "metal capable" graphics card (Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX580), which unfortunately does not support the Startup Manager.  I want access to the Startup Manager, to be able to access recovery partitions and bootable external media.

My plan: rEFInd seems like a good solution to my problem. Before installing the unsupported GPU, if I can get rEFInd to appear as an option in the Startup Manager, I can select it as the default using the control key when selecting the boot option (this does work on my machine).  Then once I install the unsupported GPU, the rEFInd main screen will appear on startup and I can select whatever I want, including recovery partitions and external media. (Obviously I must be careful never to change the default in SystemPrefs->StartupDisk, or I'll have to temporarily re-install the old GPU and change the default back to rEFInd !).   Does this sound like a workable plan ?

I've installed rEFInd, with default options, and it does not appear in Startup Manager.   To get it  to appear in Startup Manager, I believe I need to reinstall it with the --usedefault option.   How do I reinstall ?   Do I need to uninstall first (since I first installed it without the usedefault option) ?  Uninstalling looks somewhat problematic.   And what argument do I need to use with --usedefault ?   I've looked at a wiki and a manpage, but am still confused.  When I ran 'mountesp', I got:

sudo mountesp
The ESP has been identified as /dev/disk0s1; attempting to mount it....
The ESP is mounted at /Volumes/ESP

The only file in that volume is: /Volumes/ESP/EFI/APPLE/EXTENSIONS/Firmware.scap

That's it.  I am out of my depth, and would appreciate help.


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I had to restore a friend's iPod because they forget their passcode and they lost their camera roll. I can't restore FROM a backup, as the backup has the forgotten passcode on it.

Anyways, on my Mac I looked under ~/library/application support/MobileSync/Backup to find some hashed folder with a  boatload of hashed files and a couple .plist's saying it was indeed a backup.

My question is- I am sure these photos are in this folder hashed somewhere.. how can I get them out?

Thanks :)


texts: Multiuser - can process of background user kept running?

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On my Mac I use three user accounts. From what I understand when I'm logged in as one the processes of the other accounts are suspended. I switch between them with fast user switching.

My question is - can one assure that some processes keep running? Searching I found a few hints how to do on command line - but I'm considering to let a graphic application - like Steam - update itself for one user, and work as another user at the same time.


texts: iCloud documents in list view (in browser)

texts:
When viewing my iCloud documents in a browser window, they are displayed by default in icon view.  There doesn't seem to be an option to view them in list view -- which seems astonishing to me.  Am I just missing it?

(Just to clarify:  I am not asking about viewing iCloud documents in a Finder window, or through an iOS app.  I'm talking about viewing iCloud via a web browser, i.e. when logging in to icloud.com.)


texts: Can I submit an iOS App update to the App Store but hold the release of the update for a later date?

texts:
I have an app that I have to update to work with the new backend.

The new backend will be deployed some time in the next X days.

Is it possible to submit the update for review, but not have it released immediately after it gets approved, so that I can release the new version of the app after I swap the backend with the new one?


texts: How can I run Flash applications on iOS?

texts: How can I run Flash applications on iPad?


texts: Disable Sound Output Device, MacOS Catalina 10.15.4

texts:
I like to deactivate some of my audio devices but I can't even remove them easily:
As you can see in [3] - the remove button ('-') is inactive (this goes for all devices) - my guess is, that I could do that somehow as sudo?
Nevertheless.. basically i'd like to achieve to >hide< the devices in 1 (resp. seen in [2] (audio MIDI setup app) but the secondary CalDigit is an optical audio plug, therefore it won't show up and bother me until plugged in which means it can be left untouched).
Is there a way? (I'd prefer disable/hide over remove for I'm not sure I'll be able to reattach it in case of need)


texts: What are the secret options of the PDF convert tool from OS X?

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I recently discovered the /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert tool that is able to convert HTML, DOC, ... to PDF.

It works great but it has some optional arguments that are not documented: -a 'name=value ...'. I am really interested about them because these are supposed to control more of the 'printing' process.

/System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert
Usage: convert [ options ]

Options:

  -e                   Use every filter from the PPD file
  -f filename          Set file to be converted (otherwise stdin)
  -o filename          Set file to be generated (otherwise stdout)
  -i mime/type         Set input MIME type (otherwise auto-typed)
  -j mime/type         Set output MIME type (otherwise application/pdf)
  -P filename.ppd      Set PPD file
  -a 'name=value ...'  Set option(s)
  -U username          Set username for job
  -J title             Set title
  -c copies            Set number of copies
  -u                   Remove the PPD file when finished
  -D                   Remove the input file when finished


texts: Lion: Task switcher icons are badly discolored

texts: when I press command-Tab to get the task switcher icons, to let me change the foreground program, I am seeing that after a little while, the icons are badly miscolored. Anybody else seeing this bug? Thanks.


texts: Why can't iPhone 11 on iOS 13.0 upgrade to 13.2.2?

texts:
A friend got a brand new iPhone 11 just over three weeks ago. It's running iOS 13.0 (17A577), so presumably it hasn't ever had a software update.

When my friend tries to update iOS to the current version (13.2.2), the "Verifying update..." dialog appears for a while, then the

A dialog then appears, saying:

  Unable to Install Update

  An error occurred installing iOS 13.2.2

  Retry

  Remind me later

Retrying ends up with the same result.

iOS 13 has various fairly serious bugs, including super-slow tap responsiveness (several seconds passing before taps on the screen register).

Is there any way to get past this error and get my friend's iOS updated?


texts: How to change serial number on a Mac Pro 5,1 (2010)?

texts:
This is a very odd request, but I've had quite the fight with Apple now for over a year on my AppleID account.  It turns out that my legitimate Mac Pro's serial number has been somehow blacklisted with Apple's system, but the engineers and sys admins and the Apple Support + Apple Customer Relations rep all refuse to believe it (they say that they've had extensive dialogues with higher end engineers, but still cannot get resolution).  I've provided evidence that my account works fine on other machines with different serials, yet even on this Mac Pro with a completely fresh install, it absolutely will not work and the advanced debugging logs that only Apple engineers know (and I'm likely under NDA not to share) demonstrate the error message that indicates that it is a problem with their AppleID gateway server and my serial number.

So, to help my sanity and move beyond flat out arguing (I've even sent Tim Cook an email re: this), I am looking for a way to generate a new random serial number for my Mac Pro that will circumvent this insanity.  Does anyone know the process of doing this on a legitimate Mac Pro (I'm not seeing how the Hackintosh methodologies would tie in to an actual Mac Pro at present)?


texts: Why do the keyboard brightness keys sometimes stop working?

texts:
Occasionally after turning my keyboard brightness all the way down to 0 manually (Which I do sometimes at night if I need to leave the machine running while it processes something) it won't allow me to turn it back on.

It gives me this symbol when I try. It usually lasts until I reboot. But is not easy to reproduce as it does not always happen.

Something tells me this is unanswerable, but I was hoping someone else might have discovered this problem too.

2010 2.4GHz MacBook Pro.


texts: How Apple Music and iTunes Match work together?

texts:
I have subscriptions of both Apple Music and iTunes Match, but I was wondering if I can cancel iTunes Match...

What will happen if I cancel iTunes Match? Will I still have the benefits of iCloud Music?


texts: Does Fusion (VMware) support 2D graphics hardware acceleration for Yosemite guest OS?

texts:
I am disappointed to learn that the Parallels 10 (and earlier) does not support hardware accelerated 2D (nor 3D) graphics when Mac OS X is the guest OS.

This means Yosemite inside Parallels runs noticeably slowly in its screen rendering. Menus are delayed when dropping down. Highlighting menu items cannot keep up with the mouse movement. The Dock magnification appears chunky and delayed as you move the mouse across app icons. Windows in the Finder jump an inch or two at a time while dragging to move them. Generally it feels sluggishly delayed similar to screen-sharing over a very slow DSL internet connection.

In contrast, Mountain Lion performs so well in Parallels 9 and 10 that I forget I am using a virtual machine. Really! I set the Dock to the opposite side of the screen to remind myself that I'm using a VM. Apparently the difference is due to a "software emulation of 2D/3D acceleration officially supported by Apple" (per the tech note linked above). Apparently that emulation in provided in Mountain Lion as well, but not Yosemite.

Can anyone verify if Fusion by VMware (standard edition?, Pro edition?), or VirtualBox by Oracle, or any other solution can run Yosemite well as a guest OS on a host Mac including peppy graphics? Documenting their support for graphics acceleration would be ideal.

I'm not talking about gaming or running CAD/CAM systems. I asking about normal daily work usage such as email, word processors, text editors, programmers’ IDEs (IntelliJ, NetBeans), OmniGroup apps, LibreOffice, Apple Keynote/Pages/Numbers.


texts: MacBook turned off during Time Machine initial back up - What do I do?

texts:
My external hard disk was partitioned to 3 partitions and one of which (300 GB) was set up with Time Machine. The initial back up started and was 3 hours through (around 65% of 211 GB complete). I lost track of time and my MacBook turned off on zero battery power.

When I turned it back on, it says that the disk was not ejected properly. When the external hard disk was re-connected, I don't see the Time Machine icon on my TM partition any more. Time Machine status states that the backup was delayed. When I gave the "back up now" option, the Time Machine started normally with status 10 MB out of 85 GB. After a while, the back up was complete.

My question is simple: would my backup be corrupt due to this incident? Is there anything I should do to ensure it? Or is everything just fine and that there is nothing to worry about?


texts: What is the difference between a Mac mini and a Mac mini server?

texts:
Apple sells two Mac minis; one is a server edition, the other is a standard Mac mini. What are the differences between the Mac mini and the Mac mini server?
I know that the server doesn't have an optical drive and runs a server edition of OS X. Besides this, what are the other differences? What is the advantage of buying a Mac mini over buying a Mac mini server? (besides, of course, that the server runs OS X Server, and one is faster than the other) Will the server last longer, be able to handle running 24/7, whereas the standard one won't?


texts: How do I use Freenode IRC with SASL in Adium?

texts:
I received the following error when trying to join Freenode with Adium:

*** Notice -- You need to identify via SASL to use this server

I understand why they want me to use SASL in my case, and I can see this is a common problem. I can see that Adium supports SASL, and I can find the help ticket that prompted the Adium dev group to add SASL support.

What I can't find is... how to use SASL in Adium. I don't see any options for enabling SASL or configuring it or anything. Thanks for your help.


texts: Zooming in or Out in Sketch App for Mac using command + space bar (Keyboard Combination) triggers spotlight!

texts:
I use Sketch App for mac as my main designing software and I am already used to some familiar shortcuts for zooming in/out and moving the Art-board. The shortcuts are holding command and then scrolling up or down on using your magic mouse to zoom in or out and holding space then left click to scroll through the Art-board but sometimes I need to use both move and zoom shortcuts at once.

For Example:
I zoomed in to an Art-board using command + mouse scroll up/down and then immediately press space bar to centre align or go to the particular zoomed portion of the Art-board and this is when the problem occurs as soon as I press command and spacebar Spotlight get triggered and it becomes very annoying. I know that I can change the keyboard combination for Spotlight but that won't work cause I am used to command + spacebar keyboard combination to trigger Spotlight and on the other hand I also love this keyboard combination for Sketch so how can I stop spotlight from triggering when using command or space to zoom in/out or move the Art-board


texts: Why won't iCloud let me download Pages documents uploaded from a computer?

texts:
It often happens that I create a Pages document on my home laptop, upload it to iCloud, then want to download it from iCloud at school. For some reason, iCloud doesn't support this—I need to, at some point between those two steps, open Pages on an iOS device synched with my iCloud account. Then it'll work fine.

I assume this has something to do with a preview being included in the file, as in iCloud it shows up as a generic .pages document rather than the customary document preview image thing, but I can't see why. Pages does include a preview in its saves, and "Include preview in document by default" is checked.

What's happening, and is there any way I can get around it without use of an iPad or iPhone?


texts: Can't boot Mac, only shows a Folder with a Question Mark?

texts:
How do I start up a Mac when all it shows is a Folder with a Question Mark, even with a DVD in the drive?

Image courtesy of Loïc Wolff


texts: Mavericks Mail- Sent folder not updating

texts: Ever since my upgrade to Mavericks my sent mail folder has not logged any of the messages I have sent. Any idea how to get it to refresh and find the messages I have sent?


texts: Does app store show a limited impressions for every account?

texts:
Does apple have something like a quota "limited views monthly" for every developer account? Do I need to have another account to get more reach through impressions and installs??

1- I used to to get about 150-200k impressions in the first 1-2 days for every new app I publish in the old days = means more installs too but this is no longer happens.

2- I don't see any much difference on my profits I know this: from my Admob ads analytics/daily impressions almost the same range every day.

  I'm looking forward to understand the changes so I can improve my
  efforts and ROI. Is it legal to have more than account on app store?


texts: How to change the default location of the screen shot?

texts:
I use Command + Shift + 4 + Space to screen shot.

But you know the default place of the screen shot is Desktop.

So, how can I change the default location? I want to the location to be a custom document folder, not desktop.


texts:
I recently bought a new LG Ultrawide display.

I connected it to my Mac mini with a Display Port to HDMI cable.

But nothing is showing up on it. But it is working with HDMI cable over HDMI port.

What is wrong?


texts: How to find shortcut keys (⌘⌥⇧⌃) in Unicode popover?

texts:
How do I find the keyboard shortcut Unicode characters in the popover launched by
⌃ ctrl ⌘ cmd   Space (not sure of the official name, but I’m referring to the “emoji picker”)?

Note that the ⌃ I’m looking for is different from the standard caret ^.


texts: AppleScript to create a new Outlook email using selected text as subject?

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I have a workflow that involves creating emails by copying and pasting text into the subject. I think an AppleScript could do much of the heavy lifting. I'd also use Automator to set up the input as selected text and also setup a "run applescript" part to the workflow.

So this script would essentially tell Outlook to take input (selected text) and set as subject of a new email.

I think it would start out like this, from referencing other scripts to automate email creation in outlook:

tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
set NewMail to make new outgoing message with properties

I imagine after that it would be something like {Subject: Input}

Anyone know what the proper way to do this?


texts: El Capitan's Spotlight internet features are not working. e.g. it's not showing weather for my location

texts:
I have already restarted Mac 5 times and it did not work. My Mac is connected to the internet as I am posting this over the internet. I updated my Mac today and now it's running El Capitan 10.11.5

The first thing I did is to look at the Spotlight feature of El Captian "Weather Search from spotlight" but it did not work (to much disappointment).

I have checked the Spotlight preferences and everything there is checked.


texts: Mouse scroll and trackpad behaving differently

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I am using a dell mouse with my mac. Although in most context scrolling the mouse wheel produces the same effect as swiping down with two fingers, it sometimes happen that the mouse does not work. One example is with vim (terminal).

I press the shift key and scroll: nothing happens. I press the shift key and swipe down and the page shifts.

EDIT

I tried with Better touch tool but it is of no help.


texts: Shutdown multiple Windows XP machines with a Mac

texts:
I have a room full of Windows XP machines and I want to shutdown all the machines remotely with my Mac (10.8.2).

Can this be done and if so, how?


texts: hdiutil convert -format UDRW not truly editable

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Trying to add a single file to an existing ISO I ran into a bit of hiccup I can't see through.  Here it is:
Having never done it before but encouraged by reading the advice from this question:
Add/Delete/Modify files within a Disk Image (.dmg)?
I ran:
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o EditableImage.dmg givenImage.ISO

and although it created a DMG that was was "mount-able" -  I was not able to edit it in any way.  Trying to run
hdiutil resize -size 400m EditableImage.dmg

gave me a failure with Resource temporarily unavailable.  (I rebooted just to be sure there was nothing using it)
running
hdiutil imageinfo EditableImage.dmg

indicated it was of Format: UDRW
but I couldn't actually write to it.. and this led me to asking here the question: what am I doing wrong?
[Runnning Catalina on a less than 1 yr old Mac with all updates]


texts: Why can't I insert a DVD into my Mac Mini?

texts:
I'm trying, without success, to insert a DVD inside my Mac mini DVD drive. Let me say that actually the computer is without the upper case and the HD drive has been taken from a Windows laptop (it is NTFS formatted and there's Windows XP installed on it).

I'm tryng to insert Install DVD to format and reinstall a proper version of Mac OS X upon new hard drive, but I can't.


texts: Are there non-English books in the iBookstore?

texts:
All I'm seeing in the iBookstore are titles in English.

Are there any non-English (specifically Russian) public-domain books in the iBookstore?


texts:
My iMac keeps changing the arrangement of my two add-on displays. The third one, the one in the middle, is the computer itself which always stays in the middle.

I'm running High Sierra 10.13.6. It's a mild annoyance, but still annoying nevertheless.

All three monitors have the dock and menu bar. Apparently no one else is having this problem because I cannot find a fix anywhere.

How can I ensure that the way I arrange my displays does not change?


texts: Can an individual add their own email tracking pixel to Apple Mail?

texts:
Can an individual add their own tracking pixels to, for example, their email signature and have this be effective in a mail client that doesn’t offer read receipts? Like Apple Mail or Spark, for example?

If so, how does one do that?


texts: I have several Macs bound to a Windows domain with AD. The users login to the Macs with their Windows credentials and so far it has worked fine. Last week we changed the password policy so that password lifetime is now reduced. Since then two users (out of 100-something) have problems logging in to the Macs. One user keeps getting keychain-messages about Keychain not being able to access this and that (have updated the keychain-login). The other user can't log in at all. She keeps getting refused as if she had typed a bad password or username. She uses the same credentials on the PCs as she is using on the Macs, but the Macs just won't let her in. Does anyone have any ideas to solve this problem?


texts: Can volume booster software (like Boom) damage MacBook Pro's internal speakers?

texts:
As you know, the sound volume of Mac laptops isn't too loud.

I bought Boom, a volume-booster software for Macs, and after some months of using it for listening to music or viewing videos at loud volume, the bass of my MacBook Pro's internal speakers died.

Now the laptop has very feeble sound, no bass at all. Sound through external speakers has not been affected.

Sometimes the bass seems to come and go as if something is loose inside.

I suspect the loud volume achieved with Boom caused vibrations that damaged the speakers.

Am I right ?
Is Boom the culprit ?
Has this happened to anyone ?


texts: iPhone SE says "connect to wi-fi or cellular to play music" when I AM connected to cellular

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I can't figure this one out, and I don't often listen to music while out & about so I only just noticed it recently.

iPhone SE, iOS 11.3.  I have both Apple Music and iCloud Music Library subscriptions.

If my phone is connected on the Cellular network, I am unable to play certain songs on a smart playlist that is on my phone.  Anything from the "For You" or "Browse" tabs in Apple Music will work just fine, and SOME songs in the very same playlist, will also work fine.  But most will not play at all and simply say:

"Connect to wi-fi or cellular to play music"

Obviously I AM connected to Cellular, so this is very confounding.  The songs in question are all in my iCloud Music Library, or Apple Music.  Some report an iCloud Status (in iTunes on my Mac) of "Uploaded", some "Apple Music".  There is no pattern that I can discern, all play fine on my Mac but it's completely hit or miss on my phone.

Again to be clear, some music will play just fine.  But some will not for no obvious reasons.  This means it is unrelated to needing to enable cellular data for Music, or anything like that (though I went through all those steps anyway just to be sure).

So far, I have:

Rebooted the phone
Toggled every place there is to toggle related to using cellular data for music
Quit & relaunched the Music app
Googled and found nothing related to this exact issue

I'm stumped.  I don't often listen to music in my car, but today was one of those days when I wanted to and... I couldn't listen to what I wanted to listen to.


texts:
I have the HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL Raid card running on my Mac and it shows as an external drive. I would like to make it appear as an internal drive.

Is this possible?

From:

To:

Here is the ouput from my System Profile:


texts: What are some of your best iTunes add-ins?

texts:
I realized recently that iTunes has add-ins.

What are the add-ins that add value to iTunes on Windows?

One add-in per answer please.


texts: Mouse clicks not working on MacBook Pro, with both track pad and USB mouse

texts:
This evening the left mouse button on the track pad on my MacBook Pro stopped working.

Rebooted.  No change.
Zotted PRAM.  No change.
Reset SMC.  No change.
Connected USB wired mouse.  No change.

I've found various discussions of the trackpad mouse buttons not working, but many of the suggestions suggest using a physical wired mouse.  But right now it's ignoring both.

Hardware:
Macbook Pro 1,2 (17" 2006)
External Mouse apple small roller ball middle button (Mighty mouse?)

Verified that the external mouse worked on another computer.

Verifed that the battery is not swelling.  Track mouse clicks.  Just doesn't do anything.

What do I need to check next?


texts: I started a transfer over AirDrop of a 4GB xcode dmg file. Something happened in the middle of the transfer (3.5GB) and I now have 3.5GB of space missing from my computer. I have restarted the computer and deleted the file in the downloads folder. I tried using grand perspective to find large files but I can't seem to find the location of the temporary airdrop file. Where are these temp files located so that I can delete them.


texts: Could the recently announced Mac Minis power a theoretical 5K Retina display?

texts: I'm curious, assuming that the Thunderbolt bus has sufficient bandwidth, would the Iris Pro graphics be capable of driving a 27" retina display?


texts: Is there a way to list the largest files and folders in Time Machine backups?

texts: I would like to clean up my backups since there are a lot of files which I don't need to access anymore (e.g. videos, podcasts and installation packages). The problem I am facing is however that I don't know which snapshots contain these large files and in which directories I used to store them. Is there perhaps a way to list the largest files in the Time Machine backup, similar to Grand Perspective or Disk Inventory X?


texts: How can i change my region/country but without putting a card to pay?


texts:
My iMac (Late 2015, Sierra 10.12.2) is under a router connected to a school network, nothing wireless.

Without me actually adding it, tens of the same network printer (HP LaserJet 9050) keeps being automatically added to the system.

I have to periodically delete them before it becomes hundreds.

Does anyone know how this happens and how I can prevent this?


texts: I have at Mac mini hooked up to a plain stereo amplifier + speakers and would like to stream some of the radio apps I have installed  on my iPhone to my Mac mini and play the music through the speakers without having to turn on my tv. Is that possible?


texts: I'm the owner of three Samsung SyncMaster 245BW monitors (resolution: 1920 x 1200). I'm interested in getting a Mac Mini and was wondering if I'll be able to connect the Mac Mini to all three monitors such that I can have a separate desktop on each. Does the Mac Mini come with the hardware / software to do this? Thanks!


texts: Mounting shares with Login Items at login, Finder windows popup

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I have some shares that are mounted during login. I used Users & Groups' "Login Items" panel to do this. When I login, all of the shares pop up in their own Finder windows.

How can I keep the Finder windows from popping up at login? I've already tried checking the Hide checkbox.


texts: If app is rejected from App Store, is it possible to have a refund for Developer Program?

texts:
I'm about to register to the 99$ Apple Developer Program.

If for a reason Y or Z, the app is rejected from AppStore, can I ask a cancellation and refund of the Developer Program?

The reason is that it wouldn't be useful to stay on Developer Program if the app is not accepted.

Note: If needed, I would do the cancellation before 7 days after the subscription to the Developer Program. (In Europe, or at least some countries, there is a right of withdrawal/cancellation up to seven days after an online purchase).


texts: Is there really no way to force Time Machine to do a second, independent backup?

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Edit: I originally asked this in terms of forcing TM to do a "full" backup. After getting answers about how every backup is a "full" backup, I realized I asked the wrong question. The problem is that I have a backup that I don't trust, on a disk that has other stuff on it, including TM backups from other machines. I'd like to do another backup of one of my machines, independent from the first one. Below is the rest of my original question.

I've looked all over, and there just doesn't seem to be a way to do this. Lots of people taking guesses that seem to work in some cases, but not in mine. I've tried just deleting the folder that contains the backup, but of course the finder won't let you delete it, or even rename it. Bash won't allow it either -- it always says "operation not permitted". Is there really no way just to make TM do a second, independent backup to the same disk without reformatting it?


texts:
I use the built-in Mail.app client to fetch my Google Mail emails using IMAP.

If I delete an email in any mailbox except trash using the delete button, Mail.app puts the email in the corresponding trash mailbox like it is supposed to be. I also like having the deleted mails saved on the server.

But if I delete emails in trash, the emails are still visible in the web interface of Gmail but disappears on my Mail.app.

I also tried right-clicking in the sidebar and choosing “Erase Deleted Items ...” but it does not help.

My IMAP settings on mail.google.com are the following:

When I mark a message in IMAP as deleted:
 (x) Auto-Expunge on - Immediately update the server. (default)
 ( ) Auto-Expunge off - Wait for the client to update the server.

When a message is marked as deleted and expunged from the last visible IMAP folder:
 (x) Archive the message (default)
 ( ) Move the message to the Trash
 ( ) Immediately delete the message forever

I tried playing with them using “Auto-Expunge off” and “Move the message to the Trash” or “Immediately delete the message forever” but it did not work either. Maybe I have not waited enough?

So my question is how can the old behavior be achieved? Put it in trash, review them, then delete it permanently.

My other IMAP accounts do not behave like this and handle the trash correctly.

Edit:

Despite my Trash is not showing any email, the "Account Info" (right click on any mail box in the sidebar and choose "Get Account Info") shows that emails exist. I also tried "Show Deleted Messages" from "View" in the menu bar, but it did not help. See the image below:

The message count equals the messages in the web interface trash. But I cannot see them in my Mail.app and I also cannot delete them in Mail.app.


texts:
How would I be able to reinstall Yosemite keeping the software I've installed through things like brew or macports but not the "system" files? For example, the system files being /System, /usr, /bin, /Library and such.

I think that I might have to backup my personal files then do a full system wipe and then move everything back over. Is there an easier way?


texts: My iPad is completely drained for almost 3 months

texts: I left my iPad 2 unused for almost 3 months because I don't have a charger and no one wanted to use it so it's stucked and unused. When I bought a new charger for my iPad and charged it, the battery sign shown up but no other movement happens. Is my iPad broken?


texts: Python 3 Not Updating in Shell on Mac Mini M1

texts:
My Mac Mini M1 shipped with Python 3.8.5.
I first installed Anaconda, then downloaded Python 3.9.1 (macOS 64-bit universal2 installer),  installed that and ran Update Shell Profile.command.
IDLE runs the correct version (3.9.1) however typing python3 --version at command line yields: Python 3.8.5
where python3 results in the following:
/Users/fa/opt/anaconda3/bin/python3
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3
/usr/local/bin/python3
/usr/bin/python3
How do I get the shell to point to the most recent version (3.9.1)?


texts: MacBook Air syncing with my iTunes on my iPhone

texts: I plugged my iPhone into my MacBook thinking that all my iTunes music on my iPhone would magically sync onto my new MacBook Air... unfortunately not, there is only one song in my iTunes library on my MacBook & my iPhone has some purchased songs unable to be played now. I'm unable to click on devices because it's greyed out. How do I get the music on my iPhone onto my new computer & my purchased material back?


texts:
I am using MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard, and my system is connected to internet via wired broadband connection.

I want to share internet connection from my MacBook Pro via Wi-Fi, so I can connect other devices to internet.

How can I achieve this?


texts: What's the meanings of the Routing tables' data in the Mac OS?

texts:
I use netstat to check the routing tables:

$ netstat -rn
Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
default            10.10.10.1         UGSc           20       16     en0
10.10.10/24        link#4             UCS             1        0     en0
10.10.10.1/32      link#4             UCS             1        0     en0
10.10.10.1         bc:67:1c:40:3:f6   UHLWIir        21       14     en0   1193
10.10.10.104/32    link#4             UCS             0        0     en0
10.10.10.107       a8:6b:ad:6b:c4:a5  UHLWI           0        0     en0    820
127                127.0.0.1          UCS             0        0     lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH             54  2734893     lo0
169.254            link#4             UCS             0        0     en0
172.16.111/24      link#11            UC              1        0  vmnet1
192.168.220        link#12            UC              1        0  vmnet8
224.0.0/4          link#4             UmCS            2        0     en0
224.0.0.251        1:0:5e:0:0:fb      UHmLWI          0        0     en0
239.255.255.250    1:0:5e:7f:ff:fa    UHmLWI          0      784     en0
255.255.255.255/32 link#4             UCS             0        0     en0

But I have several questions about this:

I do not understand the Flags, Refs, Use and Expire's meaning.
You see the 10.10.10.1         bc:67:1c:40:3:f6, so does this mean the IPv4 can divert to IPv6 address directly?
Whats the link#4 and link#12 meaning in the Gateway field?
What's the Expire field meaning?


texts: Is there a way to fix, or disable, secure input?

texts:
After a MacOS update last week, Secure Input has started blocking advanced keyboard shortcuts in Alfred, BetterTouchTool, and even my Logitech mouse options.

I have repeatedly tried to quit the programs reportedly blocking it, and this never works. About 60% of the time it's just login_window that is keeping Secure Input on.

Until last week, I'd never had this problem, however it now happens multiple times per day. The only fix I've found so far is to logout/login or restart the machine.

Is there ANY fix for this?


texts: How to use a shortcut with a special character which requires ALT or SHIFT key to be pressed?

texts:
I have an application which has some shortcuts defined in combination with some special characters:

On my keyboard's layout, to get a forward slash character (/) I have to press SHIFT+7. I tried to press all three required keys (COMMAND+SHIFT+7) but the shortcut wasn't triggered. If I change my keyboard layout to US for example, shortcut works fine.

Is there a way to use such shortcuts with my existing layout or should I switch my layout to US if I want to be able to use them?


texts: Can I use DDR3 1600MHz RAM in a Mac instead of 1067MHz?

texts:
I'm trying to get a 16 GB (2x of 8 GB) RAM to boost my computer, even though Apple says that it's only 8 GB on macs, but we know Apple is wrong on that. However, when I searched the online shopping place, they only have 1600 variants.

Can I use DDR3 1600 RAM sticks in a 1067 Mac? …and what are the consequences? and when you buy a RAM, does the PC3-8500 things matter or not?

Hardware Specifications:
MacBook Pro 13″ mid-2010 running OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks
Running on 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Currently have 4 GB installed (2x of 2 GB) that is DDR3 1067MHz PC3-8500


texts: Copying all files of specific type to a specific folder using Mac's Terminal

texts:
How can I copy all files of specific type to a specific folder using Mac's Terminal.

find . -name '*.STY' -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -I '{}' /usr/bin/rsync -avR "{}" "./styleFiles_chekad/"

Above shell script does the job and keeps the folders intact. What if I don't want the subfolders and want to have all the files right in the "styleFiles_chekad"? However, it is very complicated. Is there an easier way to do this? The following command does not work!

cp . -name '*.STY' styleFiles_chekad/

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS. Anyone can recommend a good resource for bash scripting?


texts: How to boot OSX into desktop from single mode?

texts:
Is there any possibility to boot graphical mode once I'm in single mode (CMD+S on boot time) logged as root?

Related:

http://www.mactalk.com.au/11/90219-boot-into-desktop-single-user-mode.html
http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/commandline/single-user.html
https://www.securemac.com/macosxsingleuser.php


texts: How to get Mail.app to show email addresses?

texts:
In 10.7's Mail.app, it shows all recipients as a blue bubble with a name in it.  In order to see the email address, I have to click on the right side of the bubble, to get a pop-up menu.

This is a big pain, especially when I have more than one recipient.  I can only see one address at a time.

Is there a way to get Mail.app to show me actual email addresses, either in addition to or instead of the "name" it's using?


texts: How to batch rename images, in reverse numerical order?

texts:
My camera names its images IMG_0001.jpg, IMG_0002.jpg, IMG_0003.jpg, etc.

I have about a thousand images and would like to rename them without having to do it manually if possible.

Is there a good way to automate the process of renaming them in the reverse order - e.g. IMG_0003.jpg, IMG_0002.jpg, IMG_0001.jpg?


texts: How is it Apple Watch works when the heart rate is 0?

texts:
I am using Apple Watch series 2 to get heart rate information. It works very well but I have a question.

Is it possible to get a heart rate 0? I tried to get Apple Watch to measure things that have no heart rate, such as an umbrella and a racket. It showed 60 of 100 BPM even though these things definitely have no heart rate.

Does anyone know how it is that Apple Watch works when there is no heart rate? My Apple Watch has Watch OS 3.1.


texts: Is there any way to lock the Lock/Unlock settings?

texts:
I've got an iPad mini 4, running iOS 10.3.3.

When you head to the Settings > Display & Brightness, you can set if you want the iPad to lock when you close the cover/press the power button, as well as set a time for when it automatically locks. This does not, however, require a password.

Is there any way to lock these settings so that a certain person can't keep changing them? There doesn't seem to be a way to do this is the Restrictions or anything, and I can't find anything on how to do this.


texts: How to allow Terminal to Find Commands without Export PATH?

texts:
The terminal on my Macbook Pro cannot find any commands until I enter this before every session I use :

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"

How can I make it so that I do not have to enter this every time I use the terminal to use commands?


texts: Can't mount primary HD, Disk Utility shows Invalid Node Tree Size

texts:
There are similar lines of questioning in the forum, but few valid responses. Apologies for reposting. I've searched for hours on end...

I'm a tech consultant (software, not hw) helping my relative out with a problem on MBP 2011 running Mavericks.

One day - it failed to startup & he was brought to diagnostics / language page. Disk Utility verify sees problems with Invalid Node Tree size. Repair says it can't be repaired.

fsck tried from single-user mode, nothing. I don't even know if fsck will work on a  volume that is not mounted?

I tried creating a mount point (mkdir /Volumes/newmount) and mounting the drive there, no luck. Mounting from Disk Util also fails.

I tried creating an image of the drive (actually...all 3 of the drives...Mavericks I guess has an EFI and 'Restore' partition). The image failed to mount on an external HD.

I have purchased DiskWarrior - that's my next step. The last backup was "in August" which actually meant "June of 2012" upon investigation into his TimeMachine backups. He's got family / baby photos and videos and is desperate to recover.

Is there a way to remedy the 'Invalid Node Tree' issue? For instance, if I run migration assistant & migrate the volumes from old to new, will a new 'Node Tree' be created for me on the new HD? Is there a different approach I can take to making the disk image copy - just isolating the 'Macintosh HD' to improve my results?


texts: Managing stolen iPad via Profile Manager

texts: We have deployed 50 iPads in field managed via Profile Manager. Recently one of the iPads got stolen. Unfortunately Find my iPad was turned off on it. We tried to wipe the iPad using Profile Manager but no success which made me think that probably stolen iPad needs to be connected to internet then it will be wiped. Is there anything we can do to save our data. Moving forward in future what could be the best and cost effective way to deal with lost or stolen iPads and protecting our data without spending alot or moving away from Profile Manager to other Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution. I have already instructed all iPad users to keep Find my iPad app on which again poses the limitation that lost or stolen iPad has to be connected to internet in order for it to be wiped.


texts: Strange loading screen when MBP battery dies and reboots

texts:
I have a 2007 Macbook Pro and for nearly two years, the battery has been toast. In April, Apple replaced the logic board. Since the repair, whenever the power cable comes loose, the MBP shuts off as expected.

Before the repair, when the power cable was unplugged, the MBP simply shut off. Now, when I plug it back in and turn it on, it boots back up in the previous state, but has a white screen with loading bars at the bottom.

I haven't found anything related to this on the web. Is this related to the new logic board, or is there something else I should be concerned about? The MBP is running Leopard and is up to date.


texts: Trying to understand display specs of macbook pro

texts:
I want to buy a monitor to connect to my macbook pro. From apple's website this is what I have gathered:

Retina display
15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 native resolution at 220 pixels per inch with support for
millions of colors
Supported scaled resolutions:
1920 by 1200
1680 by 1050
1280 by 800
1024 by 640
500 nits brightness
Wide color (P3)
True Tone technology

Video Support:

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display
at millions of colors and:
Up to two displays with 5120-by-2880
resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
Up to four displays with
4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
Thunderbolt 3
digital video output
Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C VGA, HDMI,
DVI, and
Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold
separately)

Questions:
Most monitors I can find online in my preferred price range support 1920x1080 resolution. Will they work with macbook pro as I cannot find 1920x1080 in the supported resolutions above?
Referring to "Up to two displays with 5120-by-2880" - does it mean each monitor has 5120x2880 resolution? That seems awfully large and I cannot find any monitor with so much resolution.
What would be a middle-of-the-road recommended resolution to buy? Thanks


texts: "df -h" is showing about 1/2 "Available" disk that the "Disk Utility" shows for same internal SSD. Which is correct?

texts:
In mid-2012, I purchased a MacBook Pro, and replaced the internal HDD with a 256-GB Samsung SSD. I am starting a new project. Making sure I have enough disk space, I get conflicting results for the Available space in /dev/disk1:

I am using MacOS 10.11.6. (El Capitan) I have emptied the Trash and rebooted. There is a Trim Enabler utility for SSD that I installed, but never got working correctly.

I am ok with 120GB available, but not ok with just 53GB. Which one is correct?


texts: Safari asks for Flash to be enabled for every website?

texts:
I have gotten along quite well without Flash for a long time.  But recently I had reason to install it for one particular website.  Since it is installed, I figured I'd have it prompt me if another site wants Flash.  But I've been asked to enable it for every website, almost all of which have worked fine without it and work fine after I say "never for this website."

I've tried FireFox on a few of those sites, with no apparent difference from before.

Should I report it as a bug?  Can I put a stop to it, and if not, how do I remove Flash without breaking other things?


texts: How to activate an Automator application with AppleScript?

texts:
Why does this fail to open the application?

try
    open application "Macintosh HD:Users:TheUser:Desktop:Automator test 2"
on error
    display dialog "could not open the automator"
end try

I've also tried the following:

tell application "Macintosh HD:Users:TheUser:Desktop:Automator test 2" to activate

tell application "finder" to activate "Macintosh HD:Users:TheUser:Desktop:Automator test 2"

The file path is correct and the application works when activated manually.


texts: How to delay locking of my Mac when I am not using it

texts:
Right now, it gets locked in 3-4 minutes. How do I delay the locking?
I am using snow leopard


texts: iMessages no longer working after Yosemite upgrade

texts:
I just updated my MacBook Pro (Early 2011) to OS X Yosemite, now iMessages is no longer working. I turned it off/on on both my computer and my iPhone, reset my Keychain, and a bunch of other stuff. Nothing worked.

How can I fix this ?


texts: Firefox & Safari - always show horizontal scrollbars if needed

texts:
Today I opened this fancy photo website of a friend. It has horizontal scrolling of pictures. In Firefox I cannot scroll horizontally without first using the cursor keys. The same happens in Safari. The horizontal scrollbar shows for a second, and if I hover over it, a bigger scrollbar appears and that one stays even longer, like 10 seconds. Then it disappears and I have to use the cursor again.

In my opinion this is a GUI failure by either Apple or Mozilla, but besides complaining I want to have this fixed. I want to see a horizontal scrollbar whenever I hover over the bottom border of the page in Firefox, if (and only if) the page is wider than the browser window. Can this be done?


texts: Can my iPhone automatically send me an email when I turn it on?

texts: I had my iphone repaired by someone advertising on eBay.  I opened the package containing my iPhone 4s and when I turned it on, an email appeared in my gmail account that I sent to myself, which I didn't, that contained information I had in my iPhone notes.  Is it possible that the person who repaired my phone did this?  Now, I cannot find the note that was sent in my "notes."


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I am trying to redirect the outbound traffic to destination port 80 to the local proxy port 127.0.0.1:8080 without success

/etc/pf.anchors/com.forwarding

rdr pass inet proto tcp from any to any port 80 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8080

/etc/pf.conf

scrub-anchor "com.apple/*"
nat-anchor "com.apple/*"
rdr-anchor "com.apple/*"
rdr-anchor "myproxy"
dummynet-anchor "com.apple/*"
anchor "com.apple/*"
load anchor "com.apple" from "/etc/pf.anchors/com.apple"
load anchor "myproxy" from "/etc/pf.anchors/com.forwarding"

Then:

sudo sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
sudo pfctl -ef /etc/pf.conf

The local traffic 127.0.0.1:80 is redirected to 127.0.0.1:8080, but not the external, the one towards internet.


texts: Can my macbook HDD be used in a windows desktop?

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It seems there is a formatting issue / dead hdd in my macbook, as I have the infamous ? despite ensuring a good connection with the sata cable. Is it ok to plug the 2.5" macbook hdd into the standard sata & sata power cables on my windows desktop and check it out from there?

If it is working, will it show on windows?

I have no other mac to use or a sata-usb enclosure...

Thanks,

nuggetbram


texts: Replace a string in directory name using a variable

texts:
i have a script set up to make a new directoy in folder based off a variable named for another directory that goes like this:

str="/home/folder/test"
base="$(basename $str)"

mkdir -p "/home/folder2/${base}"

What im trying to do now is find and replace a string in this varible when it makes the new folder.

Example, i have:

/Home/Album-Artist[FLAC]

assigned to the variable.  When i use mkdir to make the new directory, I want to find and replace "FLAC" with "V0" so in the new folder it will be

/Home/Album-Artist[V0]


texts: How to change Mac OS X iCal's calendar color for Microsoft Exchange server account?

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I'm using iCal for managing my schedules in my company. And my company is using Microsoft Exchange server for schedules. When I added the company account to iCal, it set the calendar color as orange. I have been using blue for my working schedule. So it's confusing me so much!

Usually, other accounts support changing the color by clicking Get Info menu. But this Exchange account doesn't show any configurable options. How can I change the color?


texts: Editing a system preferences .plist file (not user preferences .plist file)

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I'm using an app that has .plist files in the user path ~/Library/Preferences/com.xyz.app.plist and the system path /Library/Preferences/com.xyz.app.plist
From the command line I can edit the user .plist with defaults write com.xyz.app.plist key value
But how do I edit the system .plist file from the Command line?
Using "sudo" with the defaults command didn't work. In fact, it didn't seem to have any effect at all.
Editing it in Xcode isn't preferable, but I can't do it there either. Using Xcode, I can bring up the system .plist file. But it's not letting me edit saying it's locked and not letting me unlock in Xcode.
I've also chmod 666 the system .plist file from 644, with no effect on editing from the command line or Xcode. I've started Xcode under root, and it still had the same issue with the file being locked.
How do I edit this system .plist file (preferably from the command line)?


texts: What is wireless beaming and how do I use it?

texts: In the new version of iPhoto for iOS it has a setting for "Wireless Beaming". I'm not quite sure what this even is. If I can share photos among devices, do they all have to have iPhoto installed? What is used to do the "beaming"? Do I have to have wi-fi or bluetooth on?


texts: 2011 Macbook Pro - reinstall OS X in single-user mode?

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I'm working on a friend's 2011 MBP.  It's got the oh-so-common issue of the discrete graphics chip being busted, so GUI is hit and miss (most of the time it misses).

The current installation has been corrupted, and I can't get the GUI installer to run (or maybe I'm not waiting long enough - USB lights tell me that the drive is sleeping, so it's done reading from the USB).

I've got the Mavericks (OS X 10.11.2) install USB, and I need to know how to install OS X in text-only mode, similar to what you could do with Linux installers back in the day (some still support it).

Can I install OS X in text-only mode?


texts: Putting display to sleep using windows keyboard

texts: Is there some key combination to put the display on a mac to sleep using a windows keyboard, or somewhere where I can change the default key combinations?


texts: How do i use my MacBook Pro on iPhone hotspot?

texts:
I have crappy Wi-Fi and want to use my iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot for my MacBook, but the iPhone seems to be connecting to the crappy Wi-Fi rather than cellular.

How do I force it to use cellular?


texts: "You don't have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored"

texts:
Every time I take a screenshot, I get this error:

  You don't have permission to save files in the location where screen shots are stored.

How do I fix it?