texts: How do I stop or at least partly reduce the number of times I need to type in my Apple password

texts:
I use iBooks, the app store, Apple Music and iTunes on my mac and iphone.

Apple asks me for my password at least twice a week on each device.

Does it anyone know how to prevent this?

Scenarios:
+ I simply open iBooks on my Mac
+ I am listening to Apple Music
+ I open my iPhone with touch ID

I am not even buying anything.


texts: Playlist folder not showing songs from all child playlists

texts:
I have created a playlist folder which contains 2 regular playlists (i.e. not smart playlists).  The hierarchy is like this:

Occasions
|
+--- Party mix 1
|
+--- Party mix 2

In iTunes, if I click on the Occasions folder, I can see all of the songs from Party mix 1, but none of the songs from Party mix 2.

I can't see any difference between the 2 playlists, and because it's not a smart playlist there aren't any settings available.

Should a playlist folder automatically include all songs from its child playlists?  Any ideas about why it wouldn't be showing songs from both playlists?


texts: Application to Monitor Battery Usage by Application

texts: I want to know what's draining my iPhone battery. Is there an application that can monitor / estimate battery usage by application?


texts: I'm getting a connection timed out error with SVN after installing OS X Yosemite

texts:
Yesterday I updated OS X to Yosemite from Mavericks.  Today, any time I try to execute commands in SVN (no matter which client I use, including command-line), I get the following error:

svn: E175012: Unable to connect to a repository at URL '<correct path>'
svn: E175012: Connection timed out

This happens with all of my repos.  There is no delay that would indicate a time out, the error returns immediately.

If I browse to the repo path in Chrome it loads successfully.

I've updated Xcode to 6.0.1 and the command line tools as well.

When I call which svn I get: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/svn


texts: How can I unlock an iPhone 3G that no longer has a service plan?

texts:
I have an old iPhone 3G which I purchased in Canada and it was locked for three years to Rogers, a service provider.

Last month, I stopped the service and moved to the US. I was not able to use the iPhone because it was still bundled with a Canadian service provider and could not even go into the operating system.

I called the service provider but they won't help me unlock because I've stopped the service.

What can I do now?


texts: 2010 2.66 GHz 12 core Mac Pro not utilizing all 24 threads?

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I just recently purchased a 2010 Mac Pro.

I am wondering why all 24 threads never go past 50% usage when doing CPU intensive tasks.
My coworker has a 2009 2.93 GHz 8 core Mac Pro and we both tried converting a dvd with Handbrake, and in activity monitor on the 2009 Mac Pro all 8 cores/16 threads were close to 100% usage but on the 2010 Mac Pro all 12 cores/24 threads never went passed 55% usage.
We are running Mountain Lion on both Mac Pro's


texts: Horizontal line appears in fullscreen mode

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I have an issue when entering fullscreen mode in any application on my MacBook Pro with OS X 10.7.3, a white horizontal line always appears at the top of the screen (as shown in the picture).

What is causing that? I've never had it before and I can't figure out what I've done to cause it. Anyone that got the same issue or know what's causing this?


texts: Finding (older?) applications for an iPod Touch 4G device (IOS 6.1.6)

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As a 4th generation iPod Touch user, I'm growing increasingly frustrated with the App Store; searching for applications turns up (thousands?) of results -- nearly all of which do not seem to support iOS 6.

Is there some trick to limiting search results to that which supports my hardware? Can I find older versions of applications that WOULD have worked on my iPod, back in 2012?


texts: My MacBook Air's fan is spinning rapidly even though there are hardly any programs running. A couple of weeks ago my mum accidentally spilled water on it and we had to take it to get fixed. After it had been fixed, everything was working fine but my laptop has been very noisy ever since. Even when there are no programs running. How do I stop my laptop from being so loud?


texts: Problem with Apple ID and associated email

texts:
I recently switched my apple ID to a different email.  The problem is that I can no longer use the previous one.  The previous one is still there and won't go away.  I can't edit anything as a result.  Every 3 seconds I am bombarded with the old email/ID which I cannot use anymore.  Does anyone have an answer to syncing my current email so I can make the edits. No internet, contact and so on can't be use at all.  My iPad is literally jammed.  Shutting down and erasing things is useless because I can't use a password that recognizes the old email.
Can any one help me?


texts:
I got a iPad (1) and no mbp or windows for itunes so I hooked it up to another persons mac to get the latest updates for it.

It was all good for a while till the battery died the other day. After I charged it I was not able to open any apps except the ones that came pre installed.

not being able to play plants vs zombies any more makes me :(

how to fix please


texts: Documents show have 4GB but there is no file in it

texts: As you can see below this image, the Documents shows that it have 4.11GB but on the right side, it have nothing. What should I do now? Is it the file gone or the file went to somewhere else?


texts: Automatically expose underlying files in iPhoto

texts:
My wife and I use a blog on Blogspot to post pictures and videos of our kids for our far-flung relations.

Recently, we have had issues with posting videos from iPhoto to the blog. The blog uses a standard browser interface to get to the content.

After a lot of investigation, I found that the issue is that the iPhoto library (package) is exposing the thumbnail of the video to the interface, not the actual video.  The website can't process the thumbnail as a video (obviously) and this is causing us all sorts of grief.

This apparently worked fine until a recent update within the past month or so (per my wife).

Is there any way around this or am I stuck with having to manually locate and migrate the files to a temporary folder so we can share them?


texts: Does anybody know of a repository or resource that has all of the correct filenames for Tetris on PowerPC for macintosh System 7?

texts:
Someone at my school brought in a functioning Macintosh Classic running System 7 today that he bought off of Ebay. We were looking around on the applications that were already loaded on it and didn't realize that the keyboard's space button was busted, and we accidently renamed a few of the files in the Tetris folder to a bunch of spaces.

The game still functions, but we would like to rename the files back to normal as the operating system would not let us undo the changes.

Many google searches have returned nothing, and I am wondering if anybody knows of a website or repository that would show the original file names for all of the game's files.


texts:
I got a friends MacBook Air that isn't working after an update. When I boot, I see the Prohibitory Symbol. I tried to boot in safe mode, did a NVRAM and SMC reset and Apple's First Aid on the SSD.
I also tried to just reinstall macOS onto the same Macintosh HD but it won't let me, because it is currently being encrypted. Then I tried to disable FileVault but Terminal says fdesetup command is not found.

Any other ideas?

Strange thing … when I boot in verbose mode, it says this version of macOS isn't support on this platform. The MacBook is from 2013 or 2014. Apple says High Sierra is compatible from 2010 upwards. And she definitely just clicked App Store's 'Update Now' button. I don't believe the App Store allows installing a not supported version of macOS.


texts: How can I update my jailbroken iPhone 3GS to iOS 6.1?

texts: How can I upgrade my iOS version to the latest version of iOS that I can have on my 3GS? I'm new to jailbreaking and to iPhones. I want to upgrade it to 6.1, but I really don't know how. My phone is already jailbroken.


texts: Where does Server.app log upgrade errors?

texts:
I recently ran updates from the Mac App Store for Server app and once the download finishes, I got the typical services are stopped message since a new server is present in /Applications.

After starting the app and proceeding to upgrade the services, I received a vague error message:

Everything seems to be functional, all services that should run are green and I see that the System is at OS X 10.8.5 (Build 12F45) and Server 2.2.2 (Build 12T214) as expected.

Where do the Service Data errors or status get logged so I can check what errors occurred?


texts: How make changing to the /etc/hosts file take effect?

texts: I added some lines to my /etc/hosts file to resolve a private hostname, but every time after rebooting, the lines I added get lost. Should there be any setting options to make these changes take effect?


texts: Select and copy part of the text from a link in Safari

texts:
How can I copy only a section of text from a hyper link?

As in, if there is a link like below, how can I copy only  a part of the text that is linked?

  Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation.

I want to copy only the "nothing particular" words from the above text.

How could I do that?

On Chrome I had an extension that let me select links like normal text by holding shift.

I hope there is a similar way for me to select the text of a link in Safari.


texts: Question about adding SSD to my 2012 MBP (non-Retina)

texts:
I'm planning to add a 120 GB Kingston Hyper X Fury to my Non-Retina 2012 MacBook Pro. Currently I have Bootcamp and the HDD is split in two partitions for maxOS and Windows 10.

I'm planning to put the SSD in the ODD bay. From what I googled around, mac cannot boot from ODD.

I have two questions:

Is this SSD compatible with my Mac?
Is it possible to add the SSD to the ODD and install bootcamp from macOS and install Windows to SSD and then be able to boot Windows from it?
(To clarify, macOS will remain on HDD intact and the installed Windows I already have on the other partition on the HDD)

Thanks.


texts: Creating folders from the Open File dialog

texts:
I need to know how to create client file folders and reference or matter subfolders to be saved within each client folder from within the Open File dialog.

For example, "Smith Manufacturing Corp." would be the master client folder. Within that folder, I would like to create subfolders for each matter the lawyer is addressing for that client, for example: "Agreement with Jones Demolition Co." or "Purchase of Main Street Property" and so on.  I was able to do that quite easily with Microsoft Word on my PC.

Folder structure diagram:

- Smith Manufacturing Corp
  + Agreement with Jones Demolition Co.
  + Purchase of Main Street Property


texts: Why does Safari cache old pages on iPhone even after you've downloaded the new page?

texts:
This may be a problem specific to Reddit.com, but I find that if I follow a link to another site on mobile safari and hit back, that only part of the time will I see the latest copy of the page.  A lot of times, I'll see a copy of the page from weeks ago that mobile Safari has cached for some reason.

For clarity this is what happens:

I visit reddit on March 1st in mobile Safari, click some links, everything works.
Later I visit reddit on March 3rd and I see the March 3rd homepage.
I click a link to visit another site off of reddit, and then click back to go back to reddit.com
I see the March 1st copy of reddit.com


texts: How can I prevent the iPad from getting my iPhone texts or calls?

texts: Updated my iPhone and iPad to IOS 8.0.2 and now when I get a text or phone call on the iPhone the message appears on my iPad. Can I undo or unlink this feature?


texts: involving the Return key in a System Preferences keyboard shortcut

texts:
I'm trying to get used to a macOS development environment after years of being an i3 junkie and I want to be able to use keyboard shortcuts to launch applications. I learned that you can do this by writing simple Automator services and then making keyboard shortcuts to those services (under System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Services). I followed the instructions here and I now have the Automator service I need in place and I can also tell it to use a shortcut like ⌥+⌘+T to open it.
However, I don't want to use ⌥+⌘+T to open a terminal. I would like to use ⌘+return instead. When I try to do that, System Preferences acts as though I haven't specified any shortcut at all; I think it doesn't like to set up shortcuts involving the return key. It lets you use most other keys though, as far as I can tell. (aside: I played around and it looks like the only keys you aren't allowed to use in this menu are return, delete, caps lock and fn.)
Does anyone know a way to work around that?

An ideal workaround would let me set it up directly in the System Preferences Menu. (that feels impossible to me so far but I have no idea why)
Second place would be doing it using config files somewhere on the filesystem. (akin something like an ~/.xbindkeys file under X11).
Least desirable to me are solutions involving installing third-party
keyboard automation tools. (I think I can figure out how to do that on
my own, I'd just like to avoid it.)

I'm using macOS Catalina.


texts: Merge missing disk partition on a Macbook

texts:
I tried to install a Linux distro on a partition in my macbook, but it didn't go well so i want that partition to merge it to my main partition of the OS, but in the disk utility doesn't appear. If i run the diskutil list command this is what I got:
 #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         208.7 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data                         525.3 MB   disk0s3
   4:           Linux Filesystem                         31.5 GB    disk0s4
   5:                 Linux Swap                         4.0 GB     disk0s5
   6:           Linux Filesystem                         6.0 GB     disk0s6

If I run the command gpt -rf show disk0 I get this:
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: error: bogus map
gpt show: unable to open device ‘disk0’: no such file or directory

I want to merge the partition 4, 5 and 6 to the APFS disk1.
Is this possible?


texts: How do I change the default program to open a file on Mac? For example, I want docx-files to be opened with Word 2011 instead of Word 2019.


texts: Why My MacBook Pro’s battery is swollen and it don’t turn on nor charge? It’s 13 inch early 2015

texts:
My MacBook Pro’s battery is swollen and it don’t turn on nor charge?
It’s 13 inch early 2015.
I found my MacBook dead suddenly . Later I opened it up but found that the battery is swollen and after that I tried to unplug the battery and turn on the Mac using AC POWER but it didn’t turn on?


texts: Using Brushes (mainly dodge and burn) in Aperture 3 while in Full Screen Mode

texts:
One of the reasons I went to Aperture from iPhoto was that I could easily dodge and burn my photos, which iPhoto doesn't let you do.

I have also been enjoying the full screen mode in aperture, where I will keep the HUD up for my edits.

While doing some edits yesterday, I noticed that the brushes control wasn't available full screen, unless I am missing something. I also couldn't find the red eye removal tool while in full screen either.

Doing searches online was not that helpful, since brushes and full screen were new in Aperture 3, so usually doing a search like 'aperture 3 brushes full screen' usually returns results listing the new features in Aperture.


texts: Can I restart macOS Sierra in safe mode remotely?

texts:
I want to restart a MacMini with macOS Sierra in safe mode, but I have only remote access.

You can do this with this:

sudo nvram boot-args="-x"

(source: https://support.apple.com/en-sg/HT201262).

But for macOS Sierra this gives an error:

  nvram: Error setting variable - 'boot-args': (iokit/common) not permitted

You have to start in RecoveryMode to be able to do this.

Is there a way to restart in Safe Mode remotely?


texts:
After reading this CNet article I was pretty excited to have a tool that monitors my wireless network since I'm in the process of setting it up well.

Wi-fi Diagnostics is said to be in the CoreServices folder (see the CNET article) and so I fired up terminal and got this back:

$ /System/Library/CoreServices/Wi-Fi\ Diagnostics.app
-bash: /System/Library/CoreServices/Wi-Fi Diagnostics.app: No such file or directory

Any ideas where my Wi-Fi Diagnostics.app  has gone off to? I'm runnning OS X 10.8.4 on MacBook Air 5,2.


texts: How can I play a midi file from terminal?

texts:
I'm looking for a most simple command line app (or an on-board tool on Mavericks I am not aware of) to play a midi file from the terminal. As plain as possible, something like play myfile.mid.

Context: I'm playing around with midi in Python and I need something I can launch from a script. No GUI, no windows, just playback. It must be callable from the Python script to be accepted, but anything that works in terminal should be.


texts: Configure Apple Mail to always open calendar invites in Fantastical 2

texts:
How can I configure Apple Mail to always open calendar invites in Fantastical 2?

Typically in OS X dialogs, you'd:

Right click on file
Select Open With...
Choose the application
Select Always open files of this type option

However, this option isn't available in the Mail dialog.

How do I set this preference?


texts: By co-incidence everyone who lives in a particular house has an iphone and often does not know if other people are in the house (in terms of questions like 'is now a good time to play music/vacume/cook food?') So it would be great to be able to know what devices are currently logged on to the wifi network.  Is this a possible thing?


texts:
Are the downloads for OS X updates different depending on the language?

Specifically, I'd like to update two computers to Lion 10.7.3. The problem is that one computer is in English and the other in Japanese. Can I download the OS X Lion Update 10.7.3 once from this page and install it on both computers?


texts: Sharing internet connection from WiFi to Thunderbolt Ethernet doesn't work - no DHCP addresses are given out

texts:
I can't seem to get my MacBook Pro to share the WiFi connection over Ethernet. Here is my configuration as it appears in System Preferences:

As you can see, my local Ethernet IP address is a self-assigned IP and the connected device does not receive an IP address.

I see the following messages in my Console when I try to enable Internet Sharing:

2/18/16 4:40:11.421 PM InternetSharing[9126]: missing dhcp parameters: start address 10.168.2.0, end address  or mask
2/18/16 4:40:11.422 PM configd[60]: sharing service over en5 failed

Clearly I have a misconfiguration somewhere. How do I fix this?


texts: How to view per-app cellular data usage in iOS 10?

texts:
In iOS 9, under settings -> Cellular, I can see how much cellular data each and every app has used.

But in iOS 10, it's no longer there. Has it been moved to somewhere else? Or removed at all from iOS 10?

Here is a screenshot of iOS 10. I've scrolled to the very bottom.


texts:
I have seen several different answers to this question and so I am a bit confused.

If I enable Filevault 2 upon setup of my 2016 Macbook pro and THEN create a windows partition for boot camp, is the windows partition still covered by FileVault 2?

If someone was, for example to use MacQuisition. Would they need the Encryption password in order to access the windows partition as they would for the OS partition?

Here it says if you enable FileVault and then partition for windows, both partitions will be encrypted: Can I enable FileVault and then partition my hard drive later?

Here it says it is possible, but doesn't expand as to how:
How do I set up a Mac to use both FileVault and Boot Camp?

Here it says it will only encrypt the MacOS partition:
https://rc.partners.org/kb/article/2618

Thanks


texts: Three-finger swipe between pages unresponsive

texts:
After upgrading to Mountain Lion I'm sometimes having to two-finger scroll up or down at least once before I can three-finger swipe between pages. It's as if I have to "re-activate" the gesture every time I open or switch to another app. After I've done that, it'll work consistently in the app until I switch to another again. I also uninstalled and reinstalled Better Touch Tool and that also seems to make swiping work for a short period of time before it breaks again.

Pretty much exactly as this issue posted below, except in that case the problem resolved with an update or a reboot:

Trackpad Gestures - Three-finger swipe unresponsive until I use two-finger scroll (OS X Lion)

Would anyone have a solution to this besides Better Touch Tool to solve this on an Macbook Pro (Early 2008)?  I thought the new 10.8.3 update would've solved the issue, but I haven't noticed any changes.

I'm on a Macbook Pro (Early 2008) and wonder if there's a more permanent solution to BTT and this gesture being reliable available?


texts: Why iCloud for Windows 10 is not working?

texts:
I downloaded the latest iCloud software for Windows 10. It installed but is not working properly. It is not downloading the photos from the iCloud.

Is there any way to ensure that the photos are downloaded to the local PC desktop? (I tried Download Photos but it is still not downloading.)


texts: more “Frequently Used” in “Emoji & Symbols”?

texts:
I would like to have a longer list of “Frequently Used” history in the “Emoji & Symbols”/“Character Viewer” window (aka ⌃⌘Space / Control–Command–Space bar). My impression is that this category lists the “last n” (n = 30?) characters used. I would like to have more, say 50 or 100.
Is there a way to change that?
When I remember, I add a character to the Favorites tab, but I would prefer to just have the “last n” automatically saved, but for larger n.
(I asked this question yesterday on Apple's own community forums and it was suggested I check here too.)


texts: Sent email disappeared, heard 'sent' whoosh, but it's not in the Sent file

texts:
Wrote email, sent it off, heard whoosh sound, assumed it was done.

Not so.

Cannot find the email anywhere, least of all where it should be: in the Sent File.

Tried various setting options - advanced to tick off the 'sent' option on iPad (nothing) and cannot get it to go to the web server where it was in the first place, but then somehow switched.

I just want to see what I sent, that's all. Please help - I've tried everything I could think of.


texts: iPhone 6 -random issue- callers can't hear me

texts: Issues with volume .. Callers can't hear me. I can hear them when I cut on speaker. This is random.  Sometimes a reboot will help. May work several days and then go out again. Replaced sim are, factory reset, and still no luck.


texts:
I have an Epson Stylus NX625 that my family had been using from several Macs and Macbooks until recently.  Now when we attempt to print the Mac reports "Looking for printer" for several minutes followed by "Printer not connected."  The printer reports no error (it thinks it is properly connected to WiFi.)

This problem started around the time I replaced my old Airport Extreme with a new 6th gen Airport Extreme (the tall one, with 802.11ac).

My Macs can still print properly if I connect the printer directly via USB (it is normally configured for wireless printing.)

I have updated the printer drivers and reset the printing system on each Mac.

I am stumped.  Any ideas?


texts: How can I install Mac OS on my MacBook running Linux Mint?

texts:
I am new here and I hope that this is the right place to find an answer.

My questin is: How can I install a new copy of OS X on my Mac, using Linux?

I recently bought a Macbook Pro from a friend. I am not sure what's the exact model. This friend installed Windows XP on the mac (I don't know how exactly) and that's it. Nothing else is on the HDD. I tried to boot into recovery mode - doesn't work. I tried to boot into internet recovery - nothing happens. I tried Safe boot by pressing Shift Key - nothing happens.

I created a bootable USB using another Windows PC - doesn't show up when I press C or option key.
The only thing that show's up when I press the option key is a HDD icon named Windows with an arrow under it. If I click it, it takes me to Windows XP, which I cannot use properly. The only thing I was able to do is to install Linux Mint 14 from an old DVD, which works ok except I don't have Wi-Fi.

I've tried different USB sticks, created with Transmac or power iso or with terminal in Linux but nothing showing up the USB so I can boot from.
Any ideas why? Thanks in advance.


texts: How to save/access current iPhone background image

texts: I lost my background image file from my gallery. I would ask you if do you know a way to save the actual background image? I don't want to lose it.


texts: Safari - Reload Page from Origin, does what exactly?

texts:
If you hold cmd and click View -> Reload Page From Origin what does that do exactly and how does it differ from a standard reload?

I'm guessing it reloads the current page without using cache? But i'm not sure. I hope some one can confirm this.


texts:
For the last three months I have been more or less enjoying my new late 2013 21" iMac. I already have an early 2011 MBP, which is pretty maxed out with a 512GB SSD and 8 GB of RAM, and still feels very, very fast.

The iMac has 8 GB RAM as well, but "only" the Intel Iris GPU and a 1TB SATA HDD. Both machines are running OS X 10.9.4.

Starting up a few apps, like Mail, Safari and maybe iPhoto, takes ages. Sometimes up to 20 or 30 seconds. Whereas the MBP takes only a handful seconds. It's clear to me that the SSD gives a great performance advantage. But is it really that much...?

I also noticed in the systems report that the Iris uses sometimes up to 1.5 GB of RAM. This seems like a lot. I imagine that this could also hurt performance.

I also get a lot messages like these in the system log:

24.08.14 19:57:32,827 WindowServer[539]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "iPhoto" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.

These happen if I switch from one iPhoto event to another, or switch to my iCloud albums. On the MBP this happens instantly, without delay.

Update: Here are some screenshots of the activity monitor and Console logging:


texts: Terminal - lose useful keyboard shortcuts during SSH connection

texts:
I'm encountering an annoying issue. When I'm connecting to a Linux VM through my terminal by ssh, I don't have tab completion, or I can't navigate through my past commands with the directional arrows.

Do you have any idea on how to fix the cumbersome problem? Is it linked with the configuration of my terminal? Here is the output of the env command:

TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
TMPDIR=/var/folders/7m/9zh3pls10rd37f0bf1zgqtwm0000gn/T/
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.jILyAJx9OV/Render
TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=421.1
TERM_SESSION_ID=BB429A67-27F3-4A50-A891-DD5F15C2E2D9
USER=***
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=***
PWD=***
JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_161.jdk/Contents/Home
XPC_FLAGS=0x0
XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0
SHLVL=1
HOME=***
LOGNAME=***
LC_CTYPE=UTF-8
GOPATH=***
DISPLAY=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.7rCzuMNc2V/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
_=/usr/bin/env

Thanks!


texts: Wake on LAN (WOL) on Mac Pro 3,1 WITHOUT MacOS

texts:
I've been re-purposing my Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) to be a server using docker and Ubuntu Server 18.04.2. I'm trying to get wake on lan to work, as this is a really power-hungry machine and I would rather not let it run all the time.

Everything I can find shows how to enable WOL with macOS, however I have completely removed macOS and now only have Ubuntu server.

Is there some way I can enable WOL using some sort of bios or single user mode or something like that. Thanks!


texts: Chrome glitching graphics on macbook pro

texts:
I am running Sierra 10.12.4 on a 13 inch Macbook Pro, Early 2015. I recently purchased it.. In december. Anyways, I noticed this glitching when I was looking up sprites for a game that we had to make as an assignment. What I noticed was, the check pattern on png images (if they're transparent) is really glitching.

Here you can see that its displaying some sort of weird folder icon, idk. It can change too. It goes away if i zoom in or select / highlight the picture.
If i open up another image, it displays something like this. You can see that its some sort of camera icon that it picked up.

Sometimes, when I open up my facebook, it replaces all these tiny images with my profile picture! REALLY really weird. I also noticed that the loading bar on gmail [the blue one before you open your email] glitches too as it progresses. Also the scrolling is now really really sluggish on chrome.
I tested this on Chrome Canary, Same issue.
Everything else on the machine works fine. There are no glitches. I ran firewatch, it works fine. No glitches. I tested this on Safari, No issues. I did the same thing on firefox, works perfectly. I ran Cinebench, no issues, works okay..
So, what could be the issue here? Any ideas? Chrome is really my favorite browser and I really don't wanna ditch it.
EDIT / UPDATE 15/5/2017
Okay, I know I should've updated this earlier.. but switching back to 10.12.3 fixed EVERYTHING!


texts: I have moved overseas and need to change my apple ID country.  How can I cancel passes I still have open?


texts: Is there a way to increase the speed of the "hover open folder" thing when drag and dropping?

texts: So when you drag and drop a file, while you are still holding it, you can move the file to say on a folder and hover there for like 2 seconds and that will open up the folder for you and you can continue to navigate using the same method until you are where you want to be and release your mouse to finally drop the file there. Now the hover takes like 2 seconds, that is way to long. Is there a way to decrease this time and make this procedure faster?


texts: Keyboard has a strange software related Issue

texts:
I have an Issue wIth my Apple keyboard where the "I" key does not work In lowercase mode.
When I checked usIng the keyboard vIewer, It shows that the lower case "I" Is trIggerIng a  double ⌘ (command key)
I have trIed a dIfferent keyboard (I use an apple bluetooth keyboard and have trIed replacIng It as well as usIng a separate USB keyboard)
I have an IMAC 10,1 runnIng OS X 10.6.8
Any and all advIce welcomed


texts: Bought first mac ever (mac mini), but stuck on install

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I just bought my first ever mac - mac mini - and now I'm trying to get it running. I have connected it to a dell monitor through hdmi and a windows usb keyboard so far.

When I power it on I get the screen with the apple and a progress bar. Once this progress bar is done, the screen turns sort of dark gray for like 10 seconds and then 2 images are displayed (one at a time). They both seem to indicate that I need to turn on/off some switch but there are no switches on my mac mini it seems?! I have network cable plugged in in case that is any help. Check out the images here:

And the second image:


texts: Can't change time before password is required after sleep or screen saver starts

texts: I recently upgraded to Mojave on my 2015 MBP.  I had the time before password is required after sleep or screen saver begins set at 1 hour which is what it still says in System Preferences but I noticed that, after the upgrade, it requires a password as soon as the screen saver starts.  Although the setting is not greyed out, it does not retain any change i.e. I pull the drop down and click '15 minutes' and the drop down still says '1 hour' (which is also not what's actually happening either).


texts: Macbook Pro Mid-2015 Backlight Burning Bright

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When I arrived at home today, my Macbook Pro was frozen. When I rebooted, the backlight looks like this:

After logging in, I can still see the backlight edges, as if it's turned too brightly, or "burned out".

The model is a MJLQ2. External monitor outputs work fine. I turned off Flux and Night Shift, but the problem persists. Calibrating white point did not fix it either.

Is this reparable and is it covered under warranty?


texts: How do I delete a voice memo from my itunes?

texts: I did not check off the option to sync my voice memos, yet I still see my voice memos on my itunes. It does not give me an option to delete it from itunes. however I have already deleted it from my phone. How can I get rid of it?


texts: How can I change subtitle color, background or font used by iTunes?

texts: In iTunes subtitles background is black and font Courier New (and rather big). How can I change this preferences?


texts: I have Dailymotion app in my iPhone 4s iOS 8.3! Plz tell me how to sync Dailymotion videos so that I can watch them offline?


texts: Mails do not properly sync between Apple Mail and the iCloud webmail

texts:
Any emails that I send/receive using Apple Mail on my Mac mini are not accessible via iCloud webmail. However, any mails I send/receive using the webmail do show up in Apple Mail.

For example, I need to look up information contained in an email I received in Apple Mail last year, but to do that I need to be using the OSX Mail app, as the required message simply doesn't exist as far as iCloud webmail is concerned.

I'm still running 10.6.8 on my mini - will that be the issue? Or have I just not switched on a needed setting in Mail?


texts: Audio Formats That Function With Multiple Streaming Devices/Software?

texts:
I'd like to know which audio encoding format(s), as part of a video container file, will stream with all of the following devices/apps:

Apple TV 3
Roku 3
LG 2012 Smart TV MediaLink (Plex front end)
Plex (for OS X, iOS & Roku)
iTunes (for OS X & iOS)

Thanks


texts:
Is there any way to automate cropping images on Mac? (Not the whole file, but part of the file.)

I've tried this with Automator but the cropping function just makes the whole image smaller instead of chopping the part that I don't want off of the image.


texts: TCP Congestion Control Algorithm of OSX10.7

texts: How can I find out which algorithm OSX10.7 uses (NewReno, SACK, Tahoe...) and if possible, how can I change it?


texts: Can I transfer content from an existing iPhone to a new iPhone which is using a new (different) Apple ID?

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I am trying to cut myself off from the family shared AppleID. I've just bought myself a new Macbook and have set up a new Apple ID. I have also just got a iPhone 5 to replace my dying 4.

My question is, can I back up the contents of my iPhone 4 and then bring that content onto the iPhone 5 with the new apple ID. I understand that I'll lose the apps that would need to be purchased again, I guess I'm more concerned about the contacts, notes, and photos.

Any advice would be much appreciated!


texts: Is this RAM going to be compatible with a mid 2011 iMac 21.5"?


texts:
I have a sheet with a few columns,

Columns A contain dates, Columns T contain some text

What function can I use to count :

The numbers of result in the columns A which match the current day

I tried COUNTIF(Table 1::A2:A72, DATE(TODAY()))

The number of recurrence of the same text on columns T (e.g how many time "Approved" is listed on T

I tried  =COUNTIF(T1:T99,"Approved") but this return an error

Update for question 2 COUNTIF(Sheet 1::Table 1::T1:99, "Approved") is actually working


texts: Automator to overwrite folder after uncompressing

texts:
I'm working on an automator folder action and am running into some issues!

I have a source folder where a zip file is dropped regularly and overwritten.

my automator actions take that zip file, copy the zip to my destination, uncompress it.

but everytime I run it, it creates a new folder (folder, folder 1, folder 2)

how do I overwrite the folder so I only have 1 "destination" updated folder from the zip?

alternatively, I also was going to see if I can get the contents of the freshly unzipped folder and copy that..but couldn't get at that either!

many thanks for your insights and help!


texts: mid-2011 Macbook Air changes applications on wake from sleep

texts:
When my new Macbook Air (13" mid-2011, Lion) wakes from sleep (by opening the lid, clicking the mouse or pressing the space bar), it usually wakes to the last application I was using, then changes applications as if I had pressed alt-tab.

Has anyone else observed this phenomenon and
Does anyone know what could be causing it


texts: Permission denied for ls -l in a folder with symlinks

texts:
I have a folder hierarchy
parent_folder -> inner_folder -> innermost_folder
The steps I followed are (as a sudo user):

created a symlink pointing to parent_folder
set the permissions of the symlink to 0400 => chmod -h 0400
set the owner (of symlink) to root => chown -h root

Now I switch to normal user,
ran ls -l in the folder which has the symlink, it throws error :

  Permission denied

Is this the expected behaviour?


texts: Is there an extension for safari like RightToClick or RightToCopy or some workaround with the same effect?

texts: Looking for an extension that will block websites from disabling right click or text selection.


texts: Mac OS asking for password too early/often

texts:
I have a 2008 aluminum Macbook running Snow Leopard, and I have set it to ask for my account's password after 4 hours inactivity. However, it sometimes asks for it much earlier, after just a few minutes of inactivity. This also happens when waking the Mac up from (a short) sleep, but when that happens, the screen usually stays completely dark: I know it's actually asking for my password because if I enter it, the screen "unlocks" and starts working normally; if I press Esc instead, the computer stops again (and works normally if I wake it up again).

This appears to be a random behavior that I cannot reproduce at will. It happens quite often after a stop, but only rarely otherwise (i.e. without sleeping).

Does anybody have a clue about what could be going on?


texts: Serious usability issues with HDMI external displays connected to USB-C adapter on Macbook Pro 2016

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The Apple USB-C HDMI adapter has a very non-intuitive behaviour that makes it difficult to work with.
Tested with LG 24MP88 LED monitor and Macbook Pro 2016 with MacOS High Sierra

Case 1: Display is turned off and then connected to the Mac via the adaptor. Even when the display is turned on, it does not detect until the adaptor is plugged in again.

Case 2: Turn off the display when it is connected to the Mac. The Mac still thinks that the display is connected and windows that are moved to the extended desktop are not visible.

Case 3: While using multiple monitors with separate HDMI adaptors, I have to plug them in the right order again if I want to retain the same configuration as when they were unplugged. If I plug Monitor 2 in first, then it gets detected as Monitor 1 and I have to change my display arrangement all over again.

Has anyone found a workaround for this? It seems like something Apple can easily solve by making their firmware a little smarter.


texts: Where to download OS X Mavericks out from Mac App Store?

texts: Can I download OS X Mavericks not from App Store? Considering that my internet speed is very slow, so I prefer to download the OS from my other laptop, rather than leaving the download from Mac App Store in my MacBook.


texts: After binding Mac to AD, first login successfully creates mobile account and logs in, after that next login locks AD account

texts:
Configuration: Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8 Active Directory Server 2008 R2 Binding using AD Plugin or dsconfigad -add mydomain -username myuser -ou "OU=Computers,OU=Sites,OU=Mysite,DC=mycompany,DC=com"

Works fine. First login happens fine. Creates mobile account, no issues noticed.

However, after I logout, the next login attempt fails, and after only shaking one time, their AD account is locked out.

opendirectory.log makes a vague mention of account being expired but honestly I don't see much in the logs that pops out as useful.

Any help?


texts: VNC connection to OS X Yosemite 10.10 not working with Firewall enabled.

texts:
I've been connecting to my Mac with the iOS VNC app to monitor a process remotely, and noticed Firewall was turned off in Security & Privacy.

So of course I turned it back on, and tried to connect again with VNC. The connection fails with "The computer's network could not be contacted." With "Stealth Mode" disabled, VNC still will not connect.

The obvious solution here would be to approve VNC logins:

The same way SSH is enabled, but clicking the "+" brings up a drop-down menu to select an application.

Checked VNC's support site, but they have outdated information:
https://support.realvnc.com/knowledgebase/article/View/269/12/how-do-i-allow-connections-through-my-firewall

What am I missing here?


texts: Make OS X El Capitan announce time only when screen is unlocked or during night time

texts:
I use the incredibly useful feature on OS X to announce time on the hour for my time management by checking the option in Date & Time preferences.

However, the time announcements keep going on during the night unless I shutdown my iMac (which I don't want to). Is there a way to silence it during night time or to make it not announce time when the screen is locked?

I know there was a related question for OS X Lion but posting this to see if there is a better/different solution for El Capitan.


texts: How to disable account on OS X Mavericks

texts:
I have an account on my OS X Mavericks system that I want to disable so it cannot be used for login. I would not like to delete the account permanently but rather disable it temporarily.

I believe that this was possible in Lion – but maybe my memory plays tricks on me?


texts: Maxima and Jupyter - will Homebrew work?

texts:
I'd like to give Maxima a try in a Jupyter notebook on my Mac.  Is the Homebrew version of Maxima up to the task?

I did try following the instructions at https://github.com/robert-dodier/maxima-jupyter , but I immediately got a non-informative error:

% curl -L -O https://github.com/robert-dodier/maxima-jupyter/archive/master.zip
% unzip master.zip && cd maxima-jupyter-master
% rlwrap maxima
Maxima 5.43.2 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp SBCL 2.0.0
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) load("load-maxima-jupyter.lisp");
;
; compilation unit aborted
;   caught 1 fatal ERROR condition

loadfile: failed to load load-maxima-jupyter.lisp
 -- an error. To debug this try: debugmode(true);
(%i2)

I installed both maxima and jupyter via brew, here are their versions:

% maxima --version
Maxima 5.43.2

% jupyter --version
jupyter core     : 4.6.3
jupyter-notebook : 6.0.3
qtconsole        : 4.7.3
ipython          : 7.13.0
ipykernel        : 5.2.1
jupyter client   : 6.1.3
jupyter lab      : not installed
nbconvert        : 5.6.1
ipywidgets       : 7.5.1
nbformat         : 5.0.6
traitlets        : 4.3.3

Any advice?


texts: How to disable Mavericks' emoji shortcut

texts: The shortcut control-command-space in Mavericks opens a panel with Emojis. I'd like to use it for another application (Divvy), but it complains that it is already used by a system-wide keyboard shortcut. But as far as I can see there is no way to disable it in the system settings. Does anyone know of an alternative method to disable it?


texts: Spotlight constantly indexes MacBook Air (Lion). Takes up 50+% of cpu

texts:
So I noticed my Air was running very slow. Opened Activity monitor and noticed a process mdworker taking up most of the space. I googled it and it seems to be related to Spotlight.

I opened Spotlight and there appears to be a progress bar along with the message that it is indexing my MacBook Air. I've let this run for ages now but it seems to be stuck at 95%. I tried restarting but I get the same thing. Force quitting mdworker does nothing as it just seems to start again.

Would anyone have any ideas on how to solve this? Thanks!


texts:
We are using Macs in an educational environment and because of serving more students, than we have workstations available, we bought a couple of MBPs to compensate it. This implies a bunch of issues one of the minor ones is the following issue.

To allow users to use there managed accounts. I'd like to give a try to OS X's mobile users. A first test run brought up the issue, that automatic network mounts are verbosely unavailable. Technically, this is no problem, but the verbosity is an issue in usability. The users might be irritated by an error message because of the failed auto mount. But on the other side, they need their icon on the desktop to access the share.

Setup:

Server: OS X 10.8.5, Server.app (2.2.5)
Clients: MBP, with OS X 10.10.4, network access via wired and wireless (if plugged in, wire is preferred to wifi)

Questions:

Is it possible to mount a network share lazily (i.e. providing the icon on the desktop and attempt to mount it, if it is needed/accessed)?

…or…

Is it at least possible to fail silently?

Any hints are appreciated, but out of the box solutions are preferred to hacking via scripts.


texts: Files Renamed in Finder not Reflected in iTunes?

texts:
I just did a batch rename in Finder (using AppleScript), however the filenames in iTunes remain unchanged.

I tried restarting iTunes and that did not help.

I also tried iTunes >>> File >>> Library >>> Organize Library, but it happens to be grayed out, as I had already recently done this (prior to renaming the said files).

Any clue how to get these files renamed in Finder to show up in iTunes without manually doing so? It's too large a number to do manually.

Many thanks


texts: Mountain Lion on brand new MacBook Air gives warning that it's using Legacy FileVault?

texts:
I set up FileVault a month ago on this new machine. Everything seemed to be working fine. But now when I go to System Preferences>Security & Privacy>FileVault when logged into a Mobile Account I get a warning that:

  You’re using an old version of FileVault.

  You’re using an older version of FileVault that encrypts your home directory
  but not the entire disk. Do you want to keep using the older FileVault?

Though Legacy FileVault was pre-Lion?!? This machine can't even run Lion, let alone Snow Leopard...

This warning doesn't occur when logged into a Local account. It only pops up when logged into a Mobile account. The way our Macs are setup there is typically just one local admin user and all other users are mobile Open Directory accounts on our OS X (also Mountain Lion) Servers.

What gives?


texts: How to restore or rebuy deleted iTunes audiobook purchase?

texts:
I lost my copy of a downloaded audio book from iTunes. I also accidentally deleted my computer copy.

I am willing to rebuy the audiobook but iTunes will not let me rebuy the audiobook. It just tells me I have already bought it.

Is there any solution to this issue?


texts: Lion refuses to download from App store stating " unable to install on this machine"

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I am unable to get Lion to download and uprgrade my Mac Mini as it gives an error message - "We could not complete your purchase. This version of Mac OS X 10.7 cannot be installed on this computer." My Mac Mini originally had a Core Duo in it but was upgraded with a new Core 2 Duo 2Gz processor and it has 2 Gb of memory. About this Mac confirms this setup. I am using an external drive to boot from. There are two users on the Mini, and seperate drives to boot from. Neither the internal drive when booted from will allow to upgrade to Lion or my external one. I have contacted Apple Support and they had me capture and upload my complete system configuration to them using a little program they emailed to me. I sent this over a month ago now and have not had a response.

Has anyone else had this issue and found some way to resolve?


texts: I have a recent MacBook Pro that was running OS X 10.6 but was recently updated to 10.7. My work email switched from Gmail to Exchange and they said to use the built-in Mail app. Overall, I like it, but I can't figure out how to see my drafts folder. According to the help, it only shows up if I have something in it, but I tried composing a message and saving it, and I still don't see my drafts folder in my list of folders. What am I supposed to do about this?


texts: Is it possible to maintain Chrome's ⌘-shortcut for background tab, while using AppleScript to automate the creation of a new tab?

texts:
I have a custom system Service on my Mac, entitled Google Search, that places the selected text within a defined URL and then opens the URL in a new tab (adjacent to the current tab) in Google Chrome.

My Service receives selected text in any application. The Service is exclusively triggered via the right-click context menu for selected text, systemwide and in all applications. No third-party app or keyboard shortcut is involved.

By default, whenever one clicks on a link that opens a new tab in Chrome while holding ⌘ command, the current tab in Chrome does not change. The new tab is opened to the right of and immediately adjacent to the current tab, but the new tab is not made the active tab.

I would like the ⌘ command key to have the same effect when I run my Service. So that:

if <the command key is being pressed when the Service is triggered> then
    Open URL in a new, adjacent tab.
    (Do not change the active tab.)
else
    Open URL in a new, adjacent tab.
    Change the active tab to the new tab.

My Service consists of one "Run AppleScript" action. Here is the full code:

on run {input, parameters}

(*
    When triggering this Service in applications other than Google Chrome, such as TextEdit, the Chrome window opens in the background. This command brings the Chrome window to the foreground:
*)
activate application "Google Chrome"

(*
    Converting the selected text to plain text to remove any formatting:
        From: http://lifehacker.com/127683/clear-text-formatting-on-os-x
*)
set selectedText to input
set selectedText to (selectedText as text)

(*
    Removing any line breaks and indentations in the selected text:
        From: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12546965
*)

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {return & linefeed, return, linefeed, character id 8233, character id 8232}
set plainTextSelectedText to text items of (selectedText as text)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {" "}
set plainTextSelectedText to plainTextSelectedText as text

(* Assigning variables: *)
set baseURL to "https://www.google.com/search?q="
set finalLink to baseURL & plainTextSelectedText

(* Opening webpage in Chrome: *)
(*
    The following tell block creates a new tab, located immediately after the currently open tab, which is what I want to occur.
        From: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/271702/applescript-how-to-open-a-link-in-google-chrome-in-a-new-adjacent-tab/271709#271709
*)
tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    tell front window to make new tab at after (get active tab) with properties {URL:finalLink} -- open a new tab after the current tab
end tell

end run

My complaint with the above code is that it sets the current tab to the new tab, even if ⌘ command is held down when the Service initiates.

Is it possible to have the current tab not be changed to the new tab if and only if the user holds down ⌘ command when the Service is run?

I only expect the ⌘ command key functionality to work when the right-click context menu is clicked in Chrome.app. For example, if this Service is triggered from within Preview.app, while it would be nice to still have at my disposal the ability to use the ⌘ command key to not change the active tab of the Chrome window, I understand that this is probably asking for too much.

I understand that AppleScript has no mechanism to check if a key is being pressed mid-script. However, I wonder if there is an alternate method to create a new tab in AppleScript that makes Chrome do all of the listening so that Chrome can respond to ⌘ command as it does naturally.


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Is there any way to encrypt my drive with a private key, and no external tools (to be installed), and then unlock via command-line?

I'm referring to my second drive and not my boot drive. I’m not keen on turning on file-fault.


texts: Having windows virtual machine (Windows 7, run in Parallels) run from installed SSD

texts:
I am upgrading my 2011 iMac with an SSD.  I have sized this ssd to store everything but the data in my User folder, and will be following the setup (not installation) instructions found here.  My question is this:

Does moving everything but the content of my user folder ensure that my Parallels based installation of Windows 7 runs from the SSD?
Will all programs installed on the Windows side be run from the SSD?

If not, how do I go about achieving this?


texts: App Store notifications regarding price drops?

texts:
I've placed a few apps on my Wish List in the (iOS) App Store.

Will I get some kind of automatic notification in case of a price drop? Or: Can I make it so, without using a third party app?


texts: I am a longtime mac user, and the world of Microsoft Exchange is totally foreign to me.  At my school I have an account on an exchange server where I have a few years' worth of email threads...  As my last semester is coming to an end, I am trying to archive my email history over my academic career there. I need to somehow get copies of my inboxes and outboxes to my mac.  Is there a script I can run to forward them all to myself or something?  what is the best way to go about getting my mail history over to my mac?


texts: After upgrading iTunes all my media has disappeared

texts:
I have just upgraded to iTunes 12.2 on OSX Yosemite. Initially iTunes refused to open at all so I rebooted.  Now I see that I have no media in my library (other than items bought from iTunes directly).

I have tried holding down the option key when opening iTunes so that I can choose my library, but that seems to make no difference.  I suspect it has flattened by .ITL file during the upgrade.

I thought the days of iTunes losing all of your music were over?  Apparently not!

What is the best way to fix this?  Do I have to manually re-add all of my music and movie files again?


texts: How do I make my iMac Apache server always run?

texts:
I have a password protected Apache server running on my iMac (OS X Sierra 10.12.1) at home for personal purposes. It is accessible by the internet so that I can access my home files when I am outside my home.

I have configured settings on my iMac so that I can lock the screen without making it go into sleep mode. However the web server still doesn't always run. When I try to access it from outside home, it only works about half of the time. I know that my home network being down etc. is not the issue, because connecting to my VPN server running on my Mac mini on the same network always works.

I understand that making an iMac web server always accessible might be problematic, but if anyone know how to solve this or improve the uptime just a little bit I would be very grateful.


texts: App for playing multiple tracks from different sources simultaneously

texts:
I have a 6 generation iPod touch and am looking for a specific app.

I want to be able to play some track in the background, let's say song A, and then not only that it'll keep playing when I minimize the app - I also need it to keep playing while I play different tracks on the Music app, for example.

Song A (from the app I'm looking for) and Song B (from my iPod's music) should be playing simultaneously.

Is that even possible on iOS?


texts: Recently replaced HDD to SSD. After replacing it the camera stopped working - green light not showing up. When opening the FaceTime app I only see a black screen.


texts: Is there a way to forcibly boot on a USB bootable device on a Mac?

texts: I got an old iMac 21.5" (mid 2010) which I don't know yet if the graphic card is dead or if it's overall dead so I thought it would make sens to create a bootable USB drive running the latest OS release supported for that iMac, which should be El Capitan. I did that, but as I can't see anything on the display, I was hoping there's a way to force it to boot to that USB drive, logging automatically so I can reach the machine via SSH at least. Thanks !


texts: How to prevent cells from breaking across pages in Pages on Mac?

texts:
This is what I have now:

I would like to avoid breaking orange cell across pages. Is there a way to do this?


texts:
I need to highlight every instance of some keywords in Safari.

I have this script which work :

set myList to {"demo", "demo1"}

try
    tell application "Safari"
        do JavaScript "document.designMode = 'on';" in tab 1 of window 1

        repeat with thisText in myList
            do JavaScript "var sel = window.getSelection();
                    sel.collapse(document.body, 0);
                    while (window.find('" & thisText & "', true)) {document.execCommand('HiliteColor', false, '#5cdf64');}
                    sel.collapseToEnd()" in tab 1 of window 1
        end repeat
        do JavaScript "document.designMode = 'off';" in tab 1 of window 1

    end tell
on error
    --
end try

How can I do to run in every tabs instead only one tab?

I try this but this is not working because of the way safari is handing tabs

try
    tell application "Safari"
        repeat with atab in tabs
            do JavaScript "document.designMode = 'on';" in atab of window 1

            repeat with thisText in myList
                do JavaScript "var sel = window.getSelection();
                    sel.collapse(document.body, 0);
                    while (window.find('" & thisText & "', true)) {document.execCommand('HiliteColor', false, '#5cdf64');}
                    sel.collapseToEnd()" in atab of window 1
            end repeat
            do JavaScript "document.designMode = 'off';" in atab of window 1
        end repeat
    end tell
on error
    --
end try

tell application "Safari"
    count every tab
        --> error number -1728 from every tab
end tell

update, the only issue, it's make the page scroll up and down every time the repeat take place :

repeat 50 times
    set mylist to {{"ask", "#5cdf64"}, {"yesterday", "#FFFF00"}, {"more random e.g", "#FF0000"}}
    tell application "Safari"
        activate
        set theWindow to front window
        tell theWindow
            set tabCount to count of tabs
            repeat with tabIndex from 1 to tabCount
                set current tab to tab tabIndex
                tell current tab
                    repeat with colourPair in mylist
                        do JavaScript "document.designMode = 'on'"
                        do JavaScript "var sel = window.getSelection(); sel.collapse(document.body, 0); while (window.find('" & (item 1 of colourPair) & "', true)) {document.execCommand('HiliteColor', false, '" & (item 2 of colourPair) & "');}"
                        do JavaScript "document.designMode = 'off'"
                    end repeat
                end tell
            end repeat
        end tell
    end tell
end repeat


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How can I force quit download from App Store? I wanted to download OS X El Capitan for virtual machine usage (I don't have Install El Capitan.app in Applications for some reason), but my download is stuck:

Looks like this:

I can't reinitiate download, because I am already "downloading". How can I force quit download so that I can start fresh? Maybe the question should be, which activity should I cancel in Activity Monitor?


texts: Keyboard Shortcut in YouTube Fullscreen in Safari beep alert sound

texts:
When playing a YouTube video in fullscreen in Safari, and pressing any of the keyboard shortcuts, for example the arrow keys, macOS plays the alert sound.
This makes YouTube unusable for me in Safari. How can this be turned off?
This seems to be a known issue: discussions.apple.com, reddit
This might be related: Command-Control-Arrow beeps (plays alert sound) in Lion, Mac alert sound when moving forward/backward on YouTube


texts: Mac does Start up sound even though volume was muted before restart

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My Brothers iMac ignores that it was muted before shut down and makes the start up sound when it will be started again. This happened all of the sudden – normally you can avoid the start up sound by muting the Mac just before the shut down.

On my MacBook Pro everything works fine and I can start noiseless.
I have macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and he has macOS Sierra (10.12.4). I can't imagine that the reason is the older OS. If the OS would be the reason it would make more sense if it was the other way round because Apple already killed some options to mute the start up sound before.

Does somebody has an explanation for this?


texts: Internal SSD not found when installing macOS

texts:
I just upgraded my Mac Mini Late 2012 to an SSD. Now, I wanted to boot from my bootable USB and then install macOS to my SSD but it does not find the SSD when I want to select it. The SSD is from here.

This is the screen I'm stuck on:

Also, I rebooted the Mac and held the alt key pressed but there was only the OS X Base System (which appears to be the USB Stick, since when I removed it and rebooted it did not find anything) selectable option.

So I opened the DiskUtility program and I see the SSD. Is there a way to use it?

And yes, I am sure that I connected everything properly.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!


texts: Exporting jpg to pdf: file size grows significantly

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When I used Preview's "Export" feature to export a 1.4MB jpg file to a one page pdf file, the resulting pdf is as large as 14MB, which is really surprising and annoying. I tried to reduce the file size, for instance by "reduce file size" quartz filter, but the pdf became so reduced (56KB) that the result was not readable at all.

Is there anyway to remedy this? A built-in solution is greatly appreciated.


texts: Increasing available RAM on Bootcamp under Win7

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First the good news - I've successfully used WinClone/Sysprep to migrate a Windows 7 x32 bit VM from an old iMac (running 10.6.8) to a new late 2013 iMac w/ 32GB RAM / OSX 10.9.1.

Now the bad news - Windows only shows 2.2GB RAM available (on the old iMac there was 2.98GB RAM available). This Windows machine is running a custom piece of software, and I'm running into trouble with the limited available memory.

Is there a way to increase the RAM available for BootCamp and/or Windows 7?

I may try to start over with a x64 Windows 7 installation, but I'm hesitant to do so because the custom program doesn't have any documentation, and I'm not sure how the compiler would react to the 64 bit environment.


texts: How to get a full backup of a hard disk from a dead MacBook?

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My MacBook is not booting up due to some short circuit problem.

Apple Store has promised that they can repair but there would be data loss.

I want to take out the hard disk from the MacBook and take a backup of it. Then re-attach the hard disk and give my MacBook for repairing!

So far I am unable to find any way to do a full backup of a hard drive.

I would like to get some helpful pointers.


texts: Removing personal data from OSX without deleting user or reinstalling OS

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I will be returning my work machine to my employer soon and I would like to leave little or no personal trace on the machine.

I am not able to create a new user, delete my user, access the administration account, or reinstall the OS, but otherwise I do have full administration rights to my user name.

What options do I have for removing as much personal data as possible?


texts:
How do I stop Mountain Lion from asking me to put in my password everytime I want to move/change folders/files etc?

An example is "Finder want to make changes. Please enter your password to allow this"


texts: Set default image for a person in Photos

texts: There is one question that has an answer that seems to mention a process for this in a previous version of Photos, but I'm not seeing how to do this in Photos now (version 5.0 on macOS and whatever it is on iOS 13.2)


texts: Alternative way to add Apps to LaunchPad

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I noticed that its possible to add custom apps to the launchpad by dragging apps to the launchpad on the dock. However I removed it from dock, but still want to add an application without dragging it all the way to the dock. Is there a right click option or something similar that allows such feature ?

Platform : rMBP Mountain Lion V 10.8

Any suggestions please ? I Do not want to use 3rd party apps.

--

I have yet to find an alternative method, can someone please help


texts: Does the iAd App Network shutdown mean my app will no longer display ads?

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I'm very unclear about the iAd shutdown announcement. To clarify, I have an app that displays ads. Is the announcement that:

iAds is shutting down entirely and I need to find another third party ad provider?
something else about which I'm unclear?

I'm confused because of statements like this on engadget : http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/15/apple-iad-shutdown-june-30th/

  the iAd program as a whole is not shutting down. What is happening, is that the similarly-named iAd App Network, which allows developers to advertise their own apps through iAds, is going away


texts: Can I handout versions of multiple PowerPoint decks converted to PDF files?

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Using PowerPoint 16.15 on Mac OS X High Sierra 10.13.15...
I have a folder of PPT files.  I would like to save them as PDF files, the layout being Handouts (6 per page) and the output being black and white.
Is there some way (e.g., using Automator, scripting or automation) to do this for every file in the folder?


texts: APFS - how do I enable transparent compression

texts:
How do i enable transparent filesystem compression on any APFS volume?
Or check if it is already enabled?

I am expecting something similiar to NTFS compressed attribute.
According to Wiki it should be supported.

Is it per file or volume ?

I am using Mojave 10.14.0, volumes without encryption.


texts: Getting an error when formatting a thumb drive

texts:
Inside of Terminal.app, I'm trying to format a thumb drive and I'm getting the following "error":

  does not appear to be a whole disk

The line I typed in was the following:

sudo diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk1s2 GPT JHFS+ HighSierra R

What might I be typing in wrong? Why is it stating this?


texts: I am using iPad 3. I want to open multiple pdf documents from different locations one after another. I found this feature in one of friends iPad where all pdf files were displayed at the top of the screen and could be opened by clicking on it (one at a time).


texts: I'm wondering how you can view the size of each photo or video in the Photos app on an iPhone 4S. I have a lot of photos/videos and want to see how much space they are using. I go to Settings > General > Usage but don't see the Photos app listed under Storage. Thoughts?


texts: The server returned the error: The server “imap.gmail.com” cannot be contacted on port 993

texts:
My Mac Mail has just started going on the fritz.
I have a gmail account linked to mail and also a hotmail account. Both have warning signs and I cannot send or receive mail. They were both fine yesterday. I have not updated or changed anything.

I am running OS X 10.8.2 and Mail Version 6.1 (1498).

When I click on the warning sign for gmail to 'take it online' I get the following message:

  Unable to receive mail. There may be a problem with the mail server or
  network. Verify the settings for account “gmail” or try again.

  The server returned the error: The server “imap.gmail.com” cannot be
  contacted on port 995.

...And the following for Hotmail account:

  Unable to receive mail. There may be a problem with the mail server or
  network. Verify the settings for account “Hotmail” or try again.

  The server returned the error: The server “pop3.live.com” cannot be contacted on port > 995.

I've tried sending mail and it shows that both gmail and hotmail are both offline.

I have been on multiple forums with this problem and it seems the whole world is having the same problem with no fix.

I've already tried the following to no avail:

I've checked all my info is entered correctly.
Changing the 'incoming mail server' to IMAP.googlemail.com - this got rid of the warning sign but still, will not send or receive mail. The warning sign has now changed to a 'zig zag' sign next to gmail.
Changing the port number from 995 to 993.
Re-entering my password.
Deleting the accounts and re-adding them.

Nothing works. Please does anyone have a REAL fix for this?

* Cant add this comment for some reason? But here we go:

Hi there,thank you for your fast responses. I have tried restarting my router and mail.app to no avail. Apologies - an error in my copy/pasting, the port for IMAP is 993. I just tried your terminal command and got the following:   imap.gmail.com: nodename nor servname provided, or not known. I just tried adding my gmail acc. on my sisters iPhone 5 and got the following: Unable to connect to SSL, would you like to try and connect without SSL? (Yes) and got this: The IMAP server 'imap.gmail.com'is not responding. Check your network connection and that you entered the correct information in the 'incoming mail server' field. Im sorry, I dont know what a VPN is.

Also, All of a sudden BOTH accounts just came back online and updated with new mails etc. I've 'essentially' not changed anything. I reset the app and the router well over 20 minutes ago prior to this. You'd think changes would be instant if that was the fix?


texts: What files/folders should I restore after a clean install to get core Apple apps (Mail etc) back to their previous state?

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I'm about to embark on a clean install of Mavericks. This is the first clean install I've done in years, and OSX has undergone quite a few evolutions in that time, so I want to check a few things against the group wisdom before I start.

The object of the clean install is not to make my working mac a completely blank slate, but to clear out the cruft. Thus I'll be reinstalling most things and will want to get the day-to-day stuff (Mail, Safari, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, print setup, etc) back to the same working environment that I have before the install. With that in mind, and focusing on OSX-native apps (I'll reinstall the third-party apps fresh and pull in prefs etc from backup as necessary), can anyone please confirm that these are the user-specific/library files that I should be restoring from backup?:

Mail:

~/Library/Mail
~/Library/Mail/Mail Downloads
~/Library/Application Support/Mail

Calendar:

~/Library/Calendars

Safari:

~/Library/Safari

(will this snag all Safari's extensions and their settings too?)

Messages:

~/Library/Messages

Notes:

??? I have no idea where notes on the Mac are stored

Contacts:

~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook

(alternatively, if I simply let iCloud take care of that, will it successfully bring in all my groups and smart sets as well?)

Other supporting files:

~/Library/Preferences/ -any com.apple preferences-
~/Library/Saved Application State/ -any appropriate com.apple. files-
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync

(will this successfully hook up my existing device backups with iTunes?)

Have I missed anything else?

EDIT:

Also: would people advise de-authorising the machine in iTunes and iBooks before doing the clean install (assuming that I am most likely going to reformat the hard drive as part of the process)? I can't remember whether a reformat causes the iTunes and iBook stores to treat the Mac as a new machine.


texts:
How can I have a script automatically ran when I start or stop an app without using 3rd party tools?

I'm not developing the application myself, it's a general question that applies to any installed apps.

Clarifications: The application is started/quit be any means possible. The script and the application should be ran serially.


texts: Using an expired SIM card in Airplane Mode

texts:
I have iPhone 6S. My mobile phone and data plans are with Ting, a US-based mobile virtual network operator that uses the framework of the US-based Sprint Corporation telecommunications company. I'm currently not in the US. I've turned on Airplane Mode, and then switched on Wi-Fi. The caption "Sprint Wi-Fi" appears on the top left of the screen, and I am able to access the Internet over Wi-Fi.

How does my phone know to show the word "Sprint" in the caption? Does it read it off the SIM card, or does it get this information over Wi-Fi, or some combination of both?
If I discontinue my Ting/Sprint membership, and stop paying my monthly subscription fee, but keep the SIM card inside my phone, without ever turning off Airplane Mode, will the caption still read "Sprint Wi-Fi"? Will my phone continue to behave as before?
Are the answers to the questions above specific to Ting/Sprint, or will they remain true regardless of the mobile company I'm a member of (with the difference that, instead of "Sprint Wi-Fi", the caption "XXX Wi-Fi" will appear, where XXX is the actual mobile company)?


texts: Can two 500 GB external hard drives be used like a single 1 TB hard drive to use for Time Machine?


texts: I can't find the iTunes Radio section in the music app. How can I get iTunes Radio to work?


texts:
A relative who has difficulty with mouse control keeps inadvertently removing items from his Dock.  I enabled Parental Controls to prevent him from doing so, but Parental Controls has a bug that prevents access to secure websites, including any banking site.

How do I lock the Dock so that it cannot be modified, without making use of Parental Controls?


texts: USB drive accessible from Ubuntu laptop but can't find on OSX using Disk Utility or `df``

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I have a 3T SATA hard drive in a USB enclosure. I can see it when I connect to my Ubuntu laptop, but I can't get it to be seen on my OSX desktop. My goal is to format from my Mac.

I've tried giving it different style partition tables (dos, gpt, mac) and it doesn't seem to make any difference.

df -h does not show the drive when it's plugged in.
tail -f /var/log/system.log does not show any change when I (up)plug the USB drive
Disk Utility does not show the drive

Any ideas of what I could try?


texts: Does PressAndHold automatically combine region with general language?

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The .plists in PressAndHold.app for en and en_US have different sets of <key< definitions with no overlap.  Some have a different naming style.  Do they get combined if a US locale is selected?

OR where is there any Apple documentation to explain the gory details of how this thing works?  (searching developer.apple.com found nothing useful)

There are a lot of things here in Apple.SE and elsewhere that talk about specific edits, but I haven't found anything that explains some of the odd differences between the two files.

The biggest reason I'm interested is that all the pop-ups I can find a key for are specified as &lt;key&lt;Roman-Accent-[key]&lt;/key&lt; but I'd like to find a way to get the pop-ups specified with UI.

   <key>UI-Currency-$</key>
   <dict>
      <key>Direction</key>
      <string>right</string>
      <key>Keycaps</key>
      <string>$ ¢</string>
      <key>Strings</key>
      <string>$ ¢</string>
   </dict>
   <key>UI-TopLevelDomain</key>
   <dict>
      <key>Direction</key>
      <string>left</string>
      <key>Keycaps</key>
      <string>.com .net .edu .org .us</string>
      <key>Strings</key>
      <string>.com .net .edu .org .us</string>
   </dict>


texts:
What are the iOS map-viewing apps that are compatible with the largest number of file formats for topographic maps and trail maps? (such as those found on the USGS website)

I'm really looking for a no-bells-and-whistles mapping "swiss army knife" app that's LOW on branding and not trying to sell me maps.


texts: Mac Pro Startup Keys: Second Keyboard ignored?

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I am using a Mac Pro with Bootcamp for Mac + Windows development. My keyboard is attached to a monitor which also acts as a KVM switch for the Mac Pro and my laptop.
When I power up the computer, I usually want to get into the boot menu by holding down ⌥ to choose the OS du jour.
The problem is that the keyboard isn’t recognised in time, probably due to the monitor not switching early enough. When attaching the keyboard to the mac directly, all works fine.
To solve this, I purchased a small programmable three-key keyboard that’s attached to the mac pro directly. Unfortunately, the key presses are not picked up at boot time. They work fine once the system is booted, though.
What could be the reason? Is it USB-A vs USB-C precedence? Does the mac have the notion of a primary keyboard? Or could it be a hardware problem with the mini keyboard?
Are there any alternatives? I’d be fine with going through a boot menu every time. It just seems all alternative boot menus have been abandoned.
Thanks?


texts: Mute Outlook app on iPhone during holidays

texts:
I have an iPhone which I use for work and private. Now I'm on holidays for a week and I don't want to see any notifications or e-mails.

Is it possible to mute (or completely turn off) the iPhone Outlook app?


texts: How to work with 2 Applications folders?

texts:
I have an internal 250 GB SSD. this drive was filling up and I bought an external 4 TB external hard drive. My Applications folder on my SSD was taking up a lot of space so I decided to create an Applications folder on my external drive. I copied many of the apps from the internal drive Applications folder to the external drive Applications folder.

Now however I realize the ramifications of having 2 Applications folders. The Applications folder on my internal drive is special in the sense that it can't be renamed or removed, and when downloads ask to be moved to the Applications folder it refers to the Application folder on my internal drive.

So my question is - what would be the best way to move my applications to a folder on my external drive but have that folder behave like the Applications folder on my internal drive? Many of the applications didn't copy because they were in use. Do I have to quit all my startup items to accomplish this?


texts: Pages: Can I create text variables like in inDesign?

texts:
I've found Pages simply great and very useful on making documents for idendity scopes, very lighter and faster than InDesign for medium-small documents.

The only thing I missing inside it are the text variables.
Well, this is the name used in InDesign, I'm talking about the creation of text pieces, inserted inside the text areas, this is very useful, if you need redundant informations, like client name and project name.

Does it exist in Pages?


texts: Why are iMessages appearing on my iPad but not coming through on my phone?

texts:
I think I have everything set up correctly but randomly this week I have had a few messages appear on my iPad and they have never come through on my iPhone. So I didn't even knew I had a message until I looked at the iPad.

Also, I have noticed that not all my iMessages are showing on my iPad. Can anyone help? Does this has to do with my iCloud backup? I am not great with all of this!


texts: Any suggestions for a password manager app?

texts:
I currently have MiniKeePass on my iPhone and although it does the basic job of storing passwords, I don't have the ability to create random passwords from the app itself and sync the changes to Dropbox.

I'm looking for a subscription-free iOS app that had a clean, modern and beautifully designed UI.

Any suggestions?


texts: Import PDF files from laptop to iPad without network

texts:
We can use iTunes to import PDF files to Books application of iPad. However Books application has no PDF annotation capability. I have installed other PDF viewers on iPad (like Documents by Readdle, Foxit PDF viewer, etc) but have no idea how to import my PDF files from laptop to these applications, without network services (iCloud, Dropbox, email, etc).

Do you have any idea?


texts: Unable to install Windows 8.1 using Bootcamp, system volume doesn't contain required free space?

texts:
I'm unable to install Windows 8.1 using Bootcamp on my 2015 MacBook Air. The installer says setup was unable to use the existing partition because the system volumes doesn't contain the required free space.

I had allocated 100 GB to the Windows partition. Is this not sufficient?


texts: Error: "The operation can’t be completed because one or more required items can’t be found. (Error code -43)"

texts:
I accidentally pulled an NTFS hard drive out of my Mac OS X Mavericks machine several times and realized that I accidentally created multiple entries of many different names in my /Volumes/ folder. Now I have storage_1, storage_2, storage_3, passport, etc. in my /Volumes/ folder.

I tried a few solutions to unmount the drives (they didn't show up as unmountable however since they technically don't exist as real drive volumes). I tried a few quick rm filename -r and rmdir filename commands to no avail.

The error I get when I try to delete ANYTHING in Finder, however, is

  The operation can’t be completed because one or more required items can’t be found.

  (Error code -43).

Obviously I Google'd the answer to this problem and was able to fix it initially by fixing my hard drive permissions. However, this fix didn't work for the /Volumes/ folder, just every other folder. Now, nothing works.

Any suggestions?


texts: How can I keep track of twitter usernames in Address Book?

texts:
I want to add twitter names to my contacts in Address Book. But I cannot find an obvious place to do so.

The best fit would be as instant messaging username, but twitter is not listed among the services. I there a way to add a service here? Does anyone know where they are stored?

I could add a new "twitter" label, but I can't stand the "AIM" or "Yahoo" behind it.

Any ideas are welcome.


texts: Why is Siri different on OSX Sierra vs iPhone

texts: I have recently upgraded to Sierra and was looking forwards to Siri on the desktop, but to my surprise she is quite different than the phone version - she seems much less smart, often falling back to web searches for simple questions she could answer on the phone, and her voice is much less natural sounding. I would have expected her to be the same code calling the same backend servers - so what are the technical reasons for the differences, and why did Apple choose not to make them identical?


texts: Copy paste string to terminal leave a dangling empty area appearance

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If you see the bell on the title, it means when I deleting string it was reaching $ sign and give a bell warns. But the strange thing is my cursor is not completely clear the string, it is still leaving my URL left over there. I already checked PS1 on my bash profile and it looks like this

export PS1='\e[1;32m\W \t \e[1;31m\u \e[1;32m$ \e[0m'

But when I resize the window of the terminal, suddenly it turns back normal.


texts: Restoring an old backup to the latest ios version returns an error

texts: I am trying to restore an old backup of mine to my ipod, my backup is a year old. I wouldn't need to do this if apple didn't screw up my ipod during my 8.1 update where it just kept restarting and eventually didn't turn on anymore. What i did then is i restored my ipod clean. Now what i want to do is to recover as much of the files I can so i decided to use that year old backup, everything started fine i can find it in my PC it started restoring but in the middle it returned an error. Any ideas on why this is happening? my ipod is running the latest ios version.


texts: Which websites provide alternative listing of Mac App Store content?

texts:
For iOS there is quite a few websites providing a alternative ways to browse through the many apps and also provides neat info about it's popularity.

What websites are there for the Mac App Store?

I already know of AppShopper.

The reason I'm asking is because I wish there was an "add app to wishlist" feature and a way to see comments across the world and an easier way to look through the lists beyond the limit of 50 apps (I know of the See All, but..). And for a lot of other reasons.


texts: iterm2 tab and window titles remove current process information

texts:
I've found tons of places that describe how to get the window title and tab titles to reflect the current directory (relative to my home directory).

Here is what is in my .zshrc:

precmd() {
  # sets the tab title to current dir
  CURRENT=$(print -P %3~)
  echo -ne "\e]1;~/${CURRENT##*/}\a"
}

Works like a charm when I cd around. However, when I run a command-- rails console, for example--that process name replaces the current directory information in both my window and tabs titles. This is unhelpful as I've got lots of tabs open, several in different directories (which represent different rails applications)and don't really care what process is running as much as where I am.

Is there a way to configure either iterm2 or zsh to NOT change the titles to the current process name?

thanks!


texts: OS X computer name not matching what shows on terminal

texts:
My computer name in System Preferences > Sharing is set to "archos", but is showing as "iphone" on Terminal. It just started doing this after I loaded Xcode for doing iPhone development:
Last login: Mon Nov  7 14:46:55 on ttys001
iphone:~ travis$

Any ideas what could be causing this?


texts: Photos.app is missing the All Photos view / Photos sidebar button

texts:
This question I think is best served with a screenshot.

In Photos, the sidebar for a new library, basically looks like this:

Well, for one of my macbooks, it just literally doesn't have the "Photos" option, which is surprisingly annoying given that I don't really need it and can still search by date and place anyway.  But it's driving me nuts.  It's not a hidden menu option or account preference.

Other mac just starts at Memories:

I've tried many things, and I've narrowed it down to the machine itself:

I can open a .photoslibrary on one mac, and see Photos.
Copy the exact same .photoslibrary to this other mac, and not see it.
This happens on two completely fresh blank formatted Macs
The .photoslibrary is not tied to any account.
Same version of Photos.app and Mac OSX.

Please someone know this.  This issue does not exist on the web.


texts: Is the MacBook Pro Retina (Old Version) meant to come with an extension cable?

texts:
Is this Apple MacBook Pro ME665LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (Old version) meant to come with an extension cable to plug into this charger?

This is the cable I think is missing from my package, and the cable I got:


texts: Printing to an Epson Stylus SX420W from macOS Sierra

texts:
I was out of ink, and borrowed my neighbours Epson Stylus SX420W (the box says SX425W, but it identifies as SX420W on my iMac), but I can't print to it, and don't find a suitable driver. The printer is a couple of years old and connects via USB.

According to this Apple support page the drivers for this printer model should be included with macOS Sierra.

When I open the Printers & Scanners preferences, hit the + to add a new printer and select the Epson Stylus SX420W in the list, the dialog tells me the drivers for this printer model is not available from Apple. Which clearly contradicts the page above...

When I go to the Epson Europe support page for the printer, I find only drivers for the scanner part of the device. No printer driver.

Does anyone know ho to set up this printer correctly on an iMac running macOS Sierra?

Update: I later returned the printer to my neighbour, and he helped me print my documents from his MacBook Pro. He couldn't recall having installed any extra printer drivers, but as we were both in a hurry, we didn't investigate further. I believe he was running Yosemite or El Capitan.

(Sorry for the inaccurate language, my OS X macOS installation is in Norwegian)


texts: Concise, compact list of all 'defaults' currently configured and their values?

texts:
I am wondering what (if any) way there is to get a concise list of all defaults currently configured on a system?

This post suggests that they are configured by application, which I get, and it has some good suggestions about how to get a list, for instance:

defaults read

will produce a decent list of configurations, but it's a bit cumbersome. As well, I'm not sure that's what I'm looking for, or if it's just a bunch of reference information. I couldn't find some corresponding defaults in there that I know I set.

Anyhow, say hypothetically you only care about out of the box defaults that would be on most systems, is there a way to produce a list of them and their corresponding values?


texts: How can I mass organize more than 40 apps on my iPhone?

texts:
So I had to format my phone recently and redownloaded all my apps. Unfortunately now I have to reorder more than 40 apps on my phone! iTunes used to have a feature that can allow us to edit and organize apps on the iPhone, which have been removed with the recent update.

Is there any other way I can easily reorder and organize my app list?


texts:
I have a Mac Mini (late 2014) with its stock internal drive and an external SSD via USB. The external drive has Sierra and this is what I always boot from. The internal is a clone of the external just for backup, cloned via SuperDuper.

According to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210190 I can update directly to Mojave on this Mac Mini. I downloaded the installer from the App Store and ran it to install on the external drive. It took about 25 minutes and gave a "success" message, prompting me to restart to finish. When I restarted, it booted from the internal drive instead. I went to the Startup Disk pref pane and made sure the external was selected and tried again. It booted again from the internal drive. Good thing I had it as a backup :)

In the Startup Disk pref pane, the external drive is selectable but it still shows as a Sierra boot. I can tell the install did write to the external drive but I suppose it didn't finish. I ran the installer again -- it only took a few minutes and again showed "success" and a restart prompt. Same result.

I cloned the working internal boot drive back to the previously-working external SSD. So in theory I would be back where I started, with the SSD running Sierra and being my boot drive. But it still won't boot into it and it still shows as a valid choice in the Startup Disk pref pane. I tried resetting the NVRAM but no luck. And holding option at boot does nothing -- yes, it's a wired keyboard ;)

Thoughts?


texts:
I've purchased macbook pro 13 retina, wanted to migrate data from my mba.

So I formated drive, installed spanking brand new osx from recovery disk. And launched migration assistant.

Migration assistant got stuck, at 70 hours...

I hit esc on keyboard, and mac restarted. Error message came on screen saying something has crashed.

Tried to restart but loading got stuck in the middle. I did another restart via power button.

Now macbook loads blinking folder icon with a question mark.

Tried to get back to recovery mode, but it forced me into internet recovery.

Under disk utility I don't see Macintosh HD anymore, just osx base system volume.

Is ssd dead?


texts: Can I remove the Dymo Label Webservice and still use the Dymo Application?

texts:
I don't like an unnecessary permanent open port from the Dymo Label Webservice when I use the Dymo Application every few weeks.

Is it possible to remove the web service and still use the Application to print a label every now and then?

All I found on the web were instructions to remove the Dymo software completely, which is not my intention.

I have installed the newest version 8.6.1 of the Dymo Label software.


texts: Why does `hostname` return "dserodio" and not "dserodio.local"?

texts:
When I run hostname it returns dserodio instead of dserodio.local, which causes problems with Python servers.

I can run sudo hostname dserodio.local but I have to set it again after rebooting.

How can I make it the hostname dserodio.local definitively?


texts: How do I reply to a mail with in-line comments on iOS?

texts:
When I answer emails from outlook on my PC I can add in-line answers to questions I’m asked and it automatically add my initials inside brackets when I click “enter” like so:

What is the weather today?
[RW] Sunny and bright
How do you feel today?
[RW] Very good, thank you!

It also makes my answers bold and italic usually.
Is there an iOS app that does the same?


texts: Configuring a Mac to use Oxford spelling

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I cannot figure out now to make my Mac (OS X 10.8) use Oxford spelling in its spell checker (note I am being absolutely precise in the use of that term)! For example, I want to be able to write "organize colours" without my Mac from underlining one of those words as a spelling error (whilst also recognising that the way I just spelled recognize was an error, as old habits die hard).

Neither the British nor American spelling options in the system preferences can do this, and it is just ever so slightly infuriating that a Mac that uses the Oxford Dictionary as its spelling dictionary will not use said dictionary's preferred spelling!


texts: Is it possible to change ringing sound of Skype for iOS

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Does anybody know how to change the default ringing sound of Skype for iOS?
Their standard sound is too soft and hard to hear. I've complained to their support several times and asked on their forum - not a single answer!
Am I the only one who wants a different ringing sound?


texts: What Window Management Options exist for OS X?

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I'd like to do something with my windows on OS X, where something includes options like re-arranging, moving, re-sizing, remembering positions, cloning across Spaces, etc. What options exist?

Rules

One app per answer.
Use this format for the first two lines of your answer:
## [app name](link to website)
[App Store](link to appstore) (price)
Check for duplicates before adding new answers.
If you find a duplicate, vote it down and encourage its poster to upvote the original entry instead (and remove the dupe).
Include short description about what this Window Managing app does.

What makes this Window Manager app different than the others?
Is it focused on re-sizing using only the keyboard?
Is it focused on moving using only mouse gestures?
Etc.


texts: How to run sshd on port 500 in High Sierra?

texts: They changed things in later versions of macOS so that you can't just edit etc/ssh/sshd_config like you would in Linux.  What do I type into the shell to run sshd on port 500 instead of 22?


texts: Graphics Glitching Solved With New User Account

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Mid-2015 MacBook Pro 15", Catalina 10.15.3, twin 4K displays

Problem
Graphics glitching: unable to maintain smooth video playback on any video source, frames dropped. A few times a minute I'll get a yellow or red flash covering half of one screen.

Solution
Having created and logged in as a new administrator user, playback is smooth: no dropped frames and no colour flashes.

Steps Taken
Before creating a new user, I tried removing apps, specifically browsers using WideVine to display Netflix. Also reset PRAM and SMC. No change.

What I Need
I'd like to "fix" my usual user profile so I don't have to use a second profile on my machine. Since I have a working profile and a broken one, I need to isolate the difference between the two (as it relates to graphics performance) and make my regular (broken) profile work like my new (working) one.


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Is there a way to see what Mail.app is doing when it scans messages for rule firing?  I have a rules that download bank statements when I get an email from my bank.  Since I have multiple accounts, I rely on the account number in the email message.  I have a number of rules, each having a filter that says

  Message content contains The statement for your account ending in XXXXX is available online for viewing

where XXXXX is the particular account number.  The problem is that the first rule always fires no matter what account number is in the message.


texts: Copy & Paste is not working in my Kali Linux Virtual Machine

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I am running VMWare Fusion 11.5 Pro on Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina

Copy & Paste is not working in my Kali Linux and my host (Mac OS X)

I checked the settings I see this

I search around, people suggest to install VMWare Tools.

I went to the menu the option is not lid up .

I am hitting the dead end.

What else should I check ?


texts: How to disable file associations to an app before/after installing?

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I found this app that I needed to disable from association to music and video files that it's capable of opening, and the app doesn't have an option to disassociate filetypes.

It's a media player, and after installation, it tends to become the default app for both music and video filetypes.

Is there any terminal command to dissociate the apps from any filetype it's defaulted to?

If not, any way to disable it from associating files as a default player for those filetypes?

Thanks!


texts: Blocked websites on macOS host but not on Win7 virtual machine

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In China there in the Great Firewall which blocks i.e. youtube. Fortunately in my university in China someway they provide access to youtube, so students can use youtube by means of campus wifi. I noticed on macOS I have to keep IPv6 configured to Automativally so it works (I can access youtube) most of the times.

Sometimes (very frequently) even with that configuration I cannot open youtube. I also noticed my Windows friends has much less of this problem, in Windows youtube works almost always.

Then I tried to run Windows 7 on a parallels virtual machine on macOS and bingo. Chrome in the vm loads youtube nicely.

On macOS host I tried Safari/Chrome/Firefox and none of them loads youtube.

How can this be explained?

I'll mention that I need to login to the wifi via captive portal, not sure if that matters.