texts: I know my battery should be replaced, but is that all of the problem? (Update)

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Updated:
I am using a MacBookPro8,1 with a non-replaceable battery. Recently that battery charging status was saying,Replace soon. But it was working fine and kept enough charge for my daily works. So I didn't need to take the charger at work.
But when I shut down the laptop for few minutes, then I cannot turn it on without the charger plugged in.
The battery status is now Replace Now.
when I press Battery indicator button at side of the laptop case, all LEDs start blinking at same time (5 times).
The MagSafe LED is also green.
Also Mac OSX shows that 98% of the battery is charged.
But when the laptop is off, pressing the Battery indicator button doesn't turn on any LEDs (Normally it should turn on all LEDs as it is charged 98%)
Also, more importantly when I plug out the charger the computer turns off instantly. Not even with a second delay.
On the other side, when I turn on the laptop the time goes back to 2001.
I tried to rest SMC by holding Shift+crtl+option+power and then releasing them at same time while the computer was off. Then I pressed the turn off/on button.

I had another problem with my MacBook's charging issue few months ago. But I solved it with replacing the charger's capacitors. But I think in this case the problem is with the battery

  I know my battery should be replaced, but is that all of the problem? Or Does it have other issues?

  Did I correctly reset SMC with that approach?

  Is there anything I can do to use this battery a bit longer and
  postpone buying a new one?

Thanks for your reply.

Here are the status images:


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This solution from Apple replaces the generic, blue folder with the specified graphic element.

Is there a way to add a custom graphic 'over lay' to the generic, blue folder?  Dropbox is an example of this.

** edit **

I want to do this for one folder.  An alias to the folder should retain the icon as well.

I would prefer to do this without the help of a 3rd-party application.


texts: Applescript - Reminders - Unbearably Slow

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I wanted to write a script to "push" reminders back by an hour.  I came up with this:

tell application "Reminders"
    launch
    set c to current date
    set newtime to c + 3600
    set the remind me date of every reminder where completed is false and remind me date < c to newtime
end tell

The script isn't very fast when run from Script Editor (takes a few seconds) but when run from the script menu, it can literally take tens of minutes.

Any insight into why it's so slow?

Looking into this led me to the sqlite database that contains reminders information.

~/Library/Application\ Support/NotificationCenter/(meaningless name).db

It appears to accumulate every reminder ever added... even things like what song played at 4:31pm on January 22, 2015. If Applescript has to iterate though all the entries to find those that match the parameters, it might explain why it's so slow - but it doesn't explain why it's SO MUCH SLOWER when run from the script menu.

I'm wondering if the easiest way to push reminders might not be to manipulate the sqlite database.  Thoughts?


texts: Icons Do Not Update After Changing "Open with" Default

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I recently switched from using BaKoMa Tex to Texpad for working with .tex files. After switching the "Open with" default application for all .tex files (which is working fine), I've noticed that the "secondary" file icon is still stuck on the BaKoMa Tex "T" icon and isn't updating. I can manually copy and paste the Texpad icon for each file to solve this problem; however, that is clearly not optimal.
I tried to use the command from a previous stack exchange question:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

But unfortunately, this only cleared the larger Texpad icon that had updated. Attached is a screenshot of the problem. My questions are:

1) How do I get rid of the BaKoMa Tex T secondary icon?
2) How do I restore the Texpad icon to preview (it is currently blank) now that it has been removed?

I am running on OS X El Capitan 10.11, have uninstalled BaKoMa Tex, and have restarted the machine multiple times.

Thank you.


texts: I need an alarm clock to wake me up before sunrise with music? Any help?

texts: I am on a IPhone 6, running ios 12. I have tried to use a shortcuts but I am having difficulty setting it up as I am an amateur. Need a step by step or an app that is free to do this.


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I'm getting the following after about half an hour of Preparing Backup:

Setting security information: Operation not permitted
Error processing extended attributes: Input/output error Error moving - -- disk image from /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/com.apple.backupd.WpUkVn/iMac.tmp.sparsebundle to /Volumes/TimeMachine/iMac.sparsebun...
Failed to
create disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/iMac.sparsebundle, status: 512
Backup failed with error 20: 20
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeMachine
statfs call failed, error: 2 No such file or
directory

I had Time Machine working but now nothing. A few extra things:

I have completely formatted the partition.
I have tried deleting the Time Machine preference file.
I am using a router running Netatalk. I am aware that this is not a supported backup solution.

Thanks guys!

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11)


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I'm having the following problem.

When I try to boot my MacBook Pro 13" mid 2009 with "El Capitan" installed from my internal HD, a prohibition sign appears on the screen and eventually my mac turns off. I have an external HD with El Capitan installed and it boots nicely. When I try to repair the volume on Disk Utility I get the following message

I can use the terminal to force unmount the volume and then repair it. But after that, when trying to repair it again I get the same mistake, and also the HD still won't boot. I have discarded a defective SATA cable and a corrupted HD since I'm able to copy files from the HD to my bootable HD without problem, so I'm guessing this issue is software related.

Any help would be most welcome.

Update: When I use first aid on the main drive I get the following message:

Even after doing that, the partition won't boot or unmount for repair.


texts: Potential macbook convert - windows on mac?

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I'm in the market for a new laptop and so have a few queries. What I'm after is a high res screen (when I say high res I mean I want better than 1280x800) and good battery life. Obviously this tends to point me toward Apple.

Currently I have a dell xps and whilst it's powerful, it has a low res (1280x800) and REALLY bad battery life.

The main uses for me are general web browsing, visual studio development and really light gaming (football manager, maybe a small amount of terraria and minecraft).

Obviously I'd be looking to install Windows 7 via boot camp to facilitate these things (unless any of those games have mac versions) - but I'll definitely need it for Visual studio.

I've googled around a bit and I'm getting conflicting information regarding battery life when running windows 7. Does anyone have any sort of idea what you get for just web browsing on the latest macbook pro using windows 7? I listed Visual Studio above and I know development will eat battery but I tend to develop when plugged in as opposed to on the go.

How about general use? Are there any quirks or nuances?

I've never used OSX before so it'll be a learning curve but everyone has to start somewhere! I do already have apple products in the shape of an iPhone and so I know their products tend to be intuitive and simple to use.

Has anyone ever used visual studio etc on a macbook? What about development with the mac keyboard, good or a nuisance?

Is there anything I haven't thought of I'd need to consider?

Cheers!


texts: How can I securely erase an iPod Classic?

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I have an iPod Classic 120GB model A1238 (Everymac.com) that I'd like to ebay.

I discovered how to perform a restore both with and without a Mac. However, afterward my name still appears in the device's UI — "Nafine's iPod".

How can I ensure that all personal data is erased and overwritten, or as they say "wiped?"


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So a week ago I was told on this website that if I wanted to make my Mac (MacBook Pro early 2011, 13") really faster, I should replace my HDD with an SSD. And I'm about to buy this Samsung SSD. But one question went threw my mind.

After I physically install the SSD in the computer, how do I install the OS? I want to do a fresh install, but will there be a menu that asks me what I want to do with this new SSD, whether I want to import data from my old hard drive, or completely reinstall an OS?

I think I will need a USB stick with the El Capitan installer, but how will I proceed next?


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How do I unhide columns in Numbers using AppleScript? I created a custom shortcut so that ⌘+U unhides all columns, so I have tried this so far:

tell application "Numbers"
    open POSIX file "/path/to/file"
    tell document "file"
        set active sheet to sheet "sheet"
        tell table "table" of sheet "sheet"
            set selection range to range "A1"
            tell application "System Events" to keystroke "U" using command down
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

I get no error message, but the columns are still hidden.

I am using the latest version of MacOS, AppleScript, and Numbers.


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I have an external drive that had a single HFS+ partition (GPT). It was accidentally formatted. How can I recover the lost partition?
I "know" the old partition map which (coincidentally?) is the same as the new one; starting sectors etc.
Thanks in advance


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Apple used to maintain its own set of calendars, but that page no longer exists, and recently my subscription for Vietnamese holidays (pulled from Apple’s now-retired page) stopped updating in the Calendar app.

It’s easy enough to derive certain countries’ holiday subscriptions from the US one. For instance you can subscribe to French holidays at https://p20-calendars.icloud.com/holiday/FR_fr.ics. However there doesn’t seem to be one at https://p20-calendars.icloud.com/holiday/VN_vn.ics.

Does anyone have the address for Apple’s Vietnamese holiday calendar? I realize there may be other sites that offer such calendars, but I’d prefer to use Apple’s.


texts: How can I tell if my iPad is syncing to my PC or iCloud?

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My iPad "synced" to iTunes once so I could set some settings. My iPad (iPad 2 iOS 5.0.1) is set to sync to iCloud. However when I set off a backup, iTunes opens on my PC and it seems that iTunes is doing the sync.

Is my data being saved in iCloud, on my PC or both? Can I get it to sync just to iCloud but be able to manage it via iTunes? I don't want the backup to eat space on my PC.


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I'm looking at the apticket system and capturing TSS data. I want to know all the steps in restoring and verifying the IPSW, and exactly what data is sent to the signing server. From what I understand, the steps are as follows.

IPSW downloaded
Device ECID, iOS version and a 'nonce' sent to iTunes server
Above info signed, along with a hash of the IPSW (to create an apticket), and sent back to the client
Apticket verified by bootloader (hard wired into device)

Is this correct, what format does an apticket take, is any other information used, and how is the 'nonce' generated?


texts: How can I delay loading of a launchd Launch Daemon on boot?

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I am running OS X Server 10.7.5 on a Mac Mini and I cannot get MacPorts’ Apache2 to start on boot. I have ensured that the Apple-supplied version of Apache is not launching and I have also ensured that the MacPorts-supplied apache2 LaunchDaemon is loading, it just isn’t actually starting Apache.

I say that the LaunchDaemon is loading because after boot when Apache is not running I get this:

% sudo port load apache2
org.macports.apache2: Already loaded

Then if I do the following Apache2 will start

% sudo port unload apache2
% sudo port load apache2

Because the machine also runs OS X Server’s DNS server with an internal-only domain name I am starting to think that the MacPorts Apache2 LaunchDaemon is attempting to run before the DNS is fully up and responding correctly thus causing Apache to think there is a servername mismatch and thus failing to actually start Apache.

I would like to find a way to delay the loading of the MacPorts Apache2 LaunchDaemon in order to give a little more time for DNS to be ready to see if this is indeed the problem.

Is there a way to add some sort of delay to that LaunchDaemon or somehow tell the system to wait a little longer before loading it?


texts: change macbook recovery environment language

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I've a macbook with a French default language in recovery and diagnostic environment . I'd like to know if it is available the languagesetup command in the recovery terminal.
I see a bash3.2# prompt .
Mac OS language is just in my language.
thanks


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Does timemachine backup all keychain access keys for xcode security?  Or does that need to me configured to work correctly?

We want to back up a IOS App build machine.


texts: Macvim can not load custom Powerline fonts when started from tmux session

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I have a really strange issue with MacVim + Tmux + Powerline Fonts.

I can run MacVim from the dock or terminal and it correctly starts with Powerline fonts.
When I start a tmux session, and launch macvim from tmux, any custom Font will not load. If I open the graphical font browser, the font is listed and selected, it just does not modify the font in the UI. If I select another system font, the UI font will change!!

I've tried copying the shell environments between tmux and the standard terminal, but it does not have any affect.

Does anyone know how tmux could be breaking my fonts in macvim session?

I'm seeing this issue in Sierra and the exact same config works in El Capitan.


texts: Is there a way to share only ONE desktop in Mavericks?

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I've recently started to work with multi-desktops and multi-screens environment. What I'm trying to do is:

Working on my Mavericks (MBA) as the main computer with Desktop #1 in front.
Use an external computer (I'm using Linux-Ubuntu but I don't mind to use Windows if needed) as my external display to Desktop #2. This will be view-only.

This way I can extend my Mac view to a 2nd display that is connected to a 2nd computer and when I need it - I can use it as an external view to desktop #2.

Now, I know I can connect the external monitor directly to my Mac. I am trying to avoid it because this is a temporary work area that I'm using and this monitor must stay connected to that Ubuntu/Windows workstation; I just want to leverage the LAN to share Desktop #2 (Only) with that external station/monitor.

NVC on Mac will not let me see a specific desktop only; the VNC built-in solution basically mirrors whatever I see on my own Mac screen in front of me which is Desktop #1. The simplest way (If I only could find how) is to let a VNC server on my laptop to share desktop #2 only, but any other solution will be appreciated as well!


texts: What exactly does the Mountain Lion Migration Assistant transfer?

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I have a mid-2012 Macbook Pro, but I am likely getting a new one soon. I have lots of applications and documents. I understand that Migration Assistant can transfer my documents and applications. Will it be able to properly transfer my Steam games and my Parallels Win7 install (which also has Steam in it with a few games)? Will I have any issues with licensed software that I've purchased, such as Sublime Text 2, BusyCal, and any other software?

Also, I have an HDD Time Machine backup; is it easiest to transfer from that or from my current Macbook?


texts: Are there any downsides to cloning an HDD to an SSD?

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I'm setting up a MacBook (2009 unibody, for the record) for a friend. There's currently a regular HDD in the machine, and I'm going to be putting a fresh install of Mountain Lion and iLife on it, along with fully updating the machine and preinstalling some useful third-party apps. I've also advised said friend to put an SSD in the machine, so my plan was to do the long-winded part of this on the current HDD, then when the SSD gets delivered, clone the contents over using CCC so it's good to go.

My question, then, is this. Is cloning from an HDD to an SSD absolutely no different to doing all this installing and configuring on the SSD directly, or are there any kind of optimisations or etc that the install process carries out when it's aware it's being installed onto a different type of drive? My instincts say no, but I don't want the machine to incur a performance penalty because I took a shortcut. Thanks for any advice!


texts: TV app in Catalina does not search in local library

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Actually problem/issue pointed in the title of the question.
When I try to search something in the search field in the up right corner app just shows results from the store, not local library.

As a result I cannot find my own movies.
Anybody can confirm such behaviour?
Can give a hint for workaround/fix?


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Which .conf file do I need to edit in order to view man pages in a web browser? I'd like to use Google Chrome to do this.

Is this possible?


texts: Share iPhone internet to MacBook by lightning (without HotSpot)

texts: I am curious can I share my 3G connection from iPhone to MacBook by lightning cable, not using HotSpot (it not always working properly). Thanks!


texts: Does appleutd@xmr3.com belong to the Apple up to date program?

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I applied for the apple up to date program through their site and got now the e-mail with a password protected pdf attachment in it. Xmr3 doesn't really sound like apple. Has anybody some additional info on this?

NOTE: I didn't visit their site because the WOT add-on in safari rated the website with a poor reputation score.


texts: Space Occupied By Other Files And Folders On Hard Drive

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I have been using VirtualBox to create a virtual machine to run Windows 8 on and after deleting the virtual drives and virtualbox due to having issues with Windows 8, I am missing a lot of memory from my hard drive. I currently also have 72GB of backups on my Hard Drive that I did not create, any ideas on how to get rid of them?

When I view my Hard Drive contents via Disk Inventory X it comes up that I have nearly 99GB of space occupied by other files that not even Disk Inventory X can identify!

Area of other files:


texts: Is it possible to create something like a requirements file for homebrew?

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Python (and other languages) can use a requirements file to specify a list of packages to install.

Is it possible to use a requirements file for homebrew?


texts:
I have been a long time Hypercard fan. When Apple mysteriously dropped it, I kept my Hypercard stacks going using Supercard. Unfortunately, Supercard is not 64 bit compatible (and no sign that that is going to happen any time soon), and so will not run under MacOS Catalina.
Many of my Hypercard stacks are really just fancy Address books, and I could export them to Apple's Contacts app.

However, I have a more sophisticated complicated stack that is really like a  little customer database ...

My Question is:  Are there are any free or simple (but good) apps that you would recommend for that purpose:  one card per person, usual entries for email and contact information, and then which version of the software they are using and similar. Simple database or even simpler than that might suffice. All suggestions appreciated.


texts: Are there any good reasons to NOT symlink 'System Folders' like Photos or Music?

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I am currently adopting oDrive for all my cloud storage needs. The only restriction that oDrive has it that it creates a folder called 'ODRIVE' on your computer. Everything that you want to sync has to go in that folder. I have now symlinked my Creative Cloud folder (for adobe CC) but I would REALLY like to symlink my Movies, Music, Documents, etc. That way oDrive manages my backup process, I continue using my usual workflow of saving photos to Photos and music to Music.

But I'm uncertain of how the Apple OS treats those folders. As I believe they are "System Folders" and have requirements on them.

So is there any good reason to NOT symlink 'System Folders?'


texts: MacBook Pro lags when at 0% and charging

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I have a 2010 MacBook Pro with 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM.

However, it lags horribly when it's down to 0% - even when connected to the power source. Also, it takes over half an hour to get to 1% - then, it starts charging at an adequate speed.

Additionally, it won't get to the 1% at all when it's on. It has to be sleeping or off.

It's been doing this even before it became obsolete (in June 2017).

Why is my MacBook doing this? How can I fix that?


texts: Why Xcode is downloading from the beginning ,if downloading gets failed?

texts: I have an Question that just want to clarify that Xcode is downloading from the beginning if the downloading gets failed. I am trying to download Xcode 10.1. It gets downloaded 75% if their must be an network issue,downloading gets failed and it start downloading from the beginning ,Here my question is why its doesn't start where it leaves.


texts: Missing older iTunes purchased music on new MacBook

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I just bought a new MacBook Air and signed into my iTunes account to get my music, but only my most recently purchased songs showed up, and a couple of other random songs.

I tried looking at my previous purchased music not on this device, to see if I could re-download it, but they wouldn't show up. But when I looked up one of the missing albums, it said "purchased" but gave me no little cloud icon to download it.

Please help.


texts: Why is my Finder Blue now instead of the dark gray?

texts: My Mac finder color is now dark blue/purple instead of the new gray nightmode color. I'm on the latest update of Mojave.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to switch focus between multiple displays on OS X 10.9+

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The fact that each monitor acts on its own in OS X Mavericks is pretty cool. However, I find that I have to use my mouse and click on the unfocused monitor before I can actually slide back and forth its screens (or spaces).

What's the keyboard shortcut to switch focus to another monitor?

update: follow up question


texts: How to find photos not in any album in iOS photo app?

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On iOS devices removing photo from album does not remove it from camera roll, and it's inconvienent to switch to camera roll to find and delete the photo, soon there will be unwanted photos not in any album still taking up place, on iPhoto Mac these photos can be found by creating a smart album, but no obvious way to do this on iOS devices, any ideas?
Thanks!


texts: Copying formatted text from a web page to an Applescript input dialog

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I have an Applescript which - simplified - looks like this:

...
display dialog "foo" default answer ""
...

One of the users of this script runs Lion. Whenever he tries to copy/paste a string to the input dialog, that won't work if the origin of the copy has got some formatting (e.g. the string is copied from a web page).
Everything works fine under Snow Leopard.

Any hint on why this happens?


texts: iPhone Configuration Software/Application for Windows or Mac OS X

texts: Is there any application that would allow you to manage and configure your iPhone? (i.e. desktop screen, desktop folders, icon names, settings, etc.)


texts: Why is my rMBP drawing twice as much power as my friend's when idle?

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Mine is late 2012 and has 8GB RAM.  His is late 2014 and has 16GB RAM.  Both have an SSD (although of different size) and both are running Yosemite.  We set the brightness to 6 pips each and turn off Bluetooth and the keyboard light.

Using Activity Monitor we both ensure that our %CPU is very low (<1%) with no visible apps running (apart from Finder and Activity Monitor).  We then launch CoconutBattery and check out the Battery Usage therein.

After allowing a few minutes for the usage to settle down his MB idles at 3.8W.  Mine idles at 7.6W, leading to his battery life being around twice mine.

What could be causing this disparity?

EDIT: I'm also pretty sure I used to get much better battery life on mine that this when I first bought it.  Maybe I need to recalibrate my battery - it has spent a lot of time plugged into the charger so maybe it has got out of whack?

EDIT: Tried this, to no effect, so I'm back to square one.


texts: Vintage Apple Studio Display stopped being recognized by MacBook Air High Sierra

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I have a vintage Apple Studio Display that I love, and used to work great with my MacBook Air. Suddenly and without cause, the Mac does not detect the display.
Troubleshooting steps done...

I have a USB keyboard plugged into the USB hub on the back of the display, and the display's USB cable connected to my Mac. The USB keyboard works to control the Mac.
I shined a light on the display to verify it's not that the backlight is out. No picture.
I've tried various combinations of Safe Boot, NVRAM reset, SMC reset, etc.
I re-installed the Mac OS Combo Updater. No luck.
I tried another Mini Display to DVI adapter. No change.

I'm using the Apple ADC to DVI power/video adapter on the display, and then a Mini Display port to DVI adapter from my MacBook Air. I'm running OS 10.13.6 High Sierra.
Here's a crazy part...
I find the exact same display I have for sale on Craigslist. I go meet up with the guy. He has the exact same MacBook Air as me! I plug my Mac into his display, and the display is not detected, appears dead. He plugs his Mac into the same display = Boom, works.
I've read a lot about High Sierra blocking kernel extensions. Can anyone help me with some knowledge around what kernel extensions I need to detect and utilize the display and how to make those kexts load or do what they need to do? Bonus points if I can control the display brightness too ;)


texts: VMWare Fusion on Main drive or Firewire 800 drive?

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I have been running VMWare Fusion (4.0 now) for a long time, but off the main MacBook Pro hard drive.

Will I get faster overall performance of the VM/Mac if I put the VM on an external Firewire 800 drive?


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I accidentally deleted the contents of .bash_profile in my new Macbook Air and want the default settings that comes with macOS Sierra.

Can anyone just copy/paste their .bash_profile that hasn't been edited?


texts: OS X. Should I quit apps or close windows (red cross button behavior)?

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I've googled a lot about X button, that doesn't quit app, but simply close the window andnd haven't found a clear answer.  I want to be able to know if  open apps affect battery life or other resources.

Should I quit apps or close windows, letting apps work in background?


texts: Will upgrading to Mountain Lion allow USB Boot?

texts: One problem I have with my 2009 MBP running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard is that I can't boot from USB (well, I can, but only OS X in certain formats). I would really like to be able to boot linux from USB at will. I have heard this is possible on newer macs. Would this be possible for me if I were to update?


texts: Clock problems with dual boot mac system:- 10.6 and 10.8

texts: I have a dual boot mac pro 3,1 : one hard drive with Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and one with Mountain Lion (10.8.?). When I boot up with Mountain Lion it unfailingly resets the clock to about 4 am. This results in my editing software 'Lightworks' not responding to my attempts to access it. Could anyone help with this problem? It is driving me nuts!


texts: How "official" is libressl support in High Sierra?

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I am trying to port an OpenSSL-based C program from Linux to macOS, and I would like to use a library for TLS which is officially supported by the OS, because then the OS keeps that library up-to-date and secure without any extra work for me or the user of my application.

I though LibreSSL was officially supported in macOS and I have already ported my program have a LibreSSL backend, but I'm unsure of the state of LibreSSL within macOS. Is there any official documentation that addresses whether developers should treat the LibreSSL library as depricated or not?

PS: I've searched on Apple's developer site, but the official Apple documentation about encrypting network communication makes ABSOLUTELY NO mention of LibreSSL (which is not the same as OpenSSL).


texts: The problem being I got a phone call and they accessed my laptop and now I have turned the wi fi off because they obviously have access to it. I need in simple terms how I can erase or get rid of this problem


texts: What's a shorter alternative to Press The Key Combo [modifiers] [keyname] in DragonDictate 5?

texts: I use DragonDictate 5 on Mac OS X 10.10. Whenever I want to send a keyboard shortcut that comprises to keys, e.g.  Command +  C, I have to say press the key combo  command C. Is there any shorter alternative, using voice commands? E.g. on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.5 Professional I simply have to say Press control C.


texts: Could my iPhone 6's 4G possibly be "broken" while its 3G still works?

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The question sounds strange I know. For the last few days I have not seen 4G up at the top of the display of my iPhone 6; it's been demoted to 3G.

I'm in the same several locations where I have been, and the signal is always 3 or 4 bars out of 4.

I can't imagine that there are separate chips or antennas for 3G and 4G, so this may be related to my carrier in some way, but I thought I would just check here first in case I'm wrong.

Are there any tests I can do to check this myself? Stand under a tower and use the aluminum foil I normally wear under my hat as a reflector for example? ;-)

My iPhone 6's software is 12.4.3 and I have a notification that 12.4.4 is a recommended update.

Cropped iPhone screen shot (with carrier's name manually blocked out).


texts: Duplicating and renaming Finder selection to the same folder in one clean step?

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Is such a thing possible? I have this code which can do the above:

set now to do shell script "date +%Y-%m-%d' '%H.%M.%S"
tell application "Finder"
    set finderSelList to selection as alias list
    try
        set fileDir to parent of first item of finderSelList as alias
    on error
        return "No selection"
    end try

    set dupeList to (duplicate finderSelList to fileDir) as list

    repeat with i from 1 to (count of dupeList)
        set ((dupeList)'s (item i)'s name) to ((finderSelList)'s (item i)'s name) & " [" & now & "]." & ((finderSelList)'s (item i)'s name extension)
    end repeat
end tell

return dupeList

However, it's not so clean—that is, you can see that the files' duplicates are named <file name> 2.<file extension>, and then a second later gets named to <file name> [date].<file extension>, which is pretty jarring to see.

I have a bash solution that is clean (i.e. not jarring), but using Finder to copy files has some benefits (like progress bars, cancelling copy operations, different xattr handling, etc.):

finderSelection=$(osascript getfinderselection.scpt)

now=$(date +%Y-%m-%d' '%H.%M.%S)

if [ "$finderSelection" ]
    then
    echo "$finderSelection" |
    while IFS= read -r file
    do
        fileDir=$(dirname "$file")
        fileBaseN=$(basename "$file")
        fileName="${fileBaseN%.*}"
        fileExt="${fileBaseN##*.}"

        cp -r "$file" "$fileDir/[$now] $fileName.$fileExt"
    done

    afplay "/System/Library/Components/CoreAudio.component/Contents/SharedSupport/SystemSounds/system/Volume Mount.aif"

fi

...and getfinderselection.scpt contains:

tell application "Finder"
    set finderSelList to selection as alias list
end tell

if finderSelList ≠ {} then
    repeat with i in finderSelList
        set contents of i to POSIX path of (contents of i)
    end repeat

    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to linefeed
    finderSelList as text
end if

In this implementation, when bash duplicates the files, you don't see any intermediate step wherein files are being renamed. No—when the duplicates spawn, their file names are already finalized.

So...

Is there a way to implement the idea in AppleScript but have it not so jarring and much more smooth, like how bash does it?
In the first place, should I run with the AppleScript solution or the bash one?
How else can the preferred solution be improved on? For the AppleScript solution, I need to find a way to remove the file extension from ((finderSelList)'s (item i)'s name), and also remove the trailing . when dealing with folders. For the bash solution, the fileName and fileExt outputs, especially for folders, can be unexpected and messy.


texts: OS X El Capitan, ProFTPD, Login incorrect!

texts:
I can not login to ProFTPD server. The logfile says:

Jul 26 09:10:08 macbook proftpd: XX.XX.XXX.XXX:51408: PASS (hidden)[3941]: in openpam_load_module(): no pam_opendirectory.so found
Jul 26 09:10:08 macbook proftpd[3941]: 192.168.0.101 (XX.XX.XXX.XXX[XX.XX.XXX.XXX]) - USER ftp1 (Login failed): Incorrect password.

/private/etc/pam.d/ftpd:

# login: auth account password session
auth       required       pam_opendirectory.so
account    required       pam_permit.so
password   required       pam_deny.so
session    required       pam_permit.so

System: OS 10.11.6


texts:
One thing that I miss and would like to have back, is when I get info on one or more files, the size displayed first is not the MB rounded one, it is the size in bytes.

The image below shows on the left what we get with Mac OS X 10.8.2, I circled in red the sizes shown; on the right is what I would like to have back, and what we get with Mac OS X 10.6, circled in green.

Is there a way to swap the displayed sizes so that I can have the MB first and in parenthesis get the bytes size?

By the way, the sizes displayed when in list view are in rounded MB, not in bytes.


texts: Remove iPad Mini 4 from Find My iPhone without Wi-Fi

texts:
I want to turn off Find My iPhone on my iPad Mini 4 before sending it in for repair since Apple states:

  If you're unable to turn off Find My iPhone, Apple may not be able to
  service your device. This policy is in force to prevent unauthorized
  persons from servicing your device without your knowledge. If you
  don't remember your Apple ID and Password, please go to iForgot.

However, the Wi-Fi keeps turning on / off by itself before I can turn off Find my iPhone.

Can I do this remotely perhaps?


texts: Delete certain file from TimeMachine using tmutil

texts:
I want to delete a certain file from TimeMachine. Using "Delete all backups of..." from the gear/context menu doesn't do anything. No warning/error message appears.

What I've found is that messing with TimeMachine directly from BASH is risky; a better way is to use tmutil.

Question: is tmutil capable of deleting individual files, i.e. doing a "Delete all backups of...", but from the command line?

Context: this file I'm so keen to delete is an .exe which has been recently marked as containing a trojan by Bitdefender. I want to keep my TimeMachine backup malware free. The .exe file is unimportant because it was compiled from C#. Probably the virtual machine I used to compile it was infected.


texts: macOS Catalina 10.15.4 - MacBook Pro Retina, mid 2015 - dual screen bug

texts:
Since updating to Catalina two months ago I have had this problem: My MacBook Pro HDMI output is attached to a NEC monitor. Every time I log in on my standard account the monitors are mirrored and Catalina only recognizes the MBP screen. There is no way to turn off mirroring or select the second screen-it doesn't show in system preferences, which only detects the MBP retina screen.

****About this Mac****
  Chipset Model:    Intel Iris Pro
  Type: GPU
  Bus:  Built-In
  VRAM (Dynamic, Max):  1536 MB
  Vendor:   Intel
  Device ID:    0x0d26
  Revision ID:  0x0008
  Metal:    Supported, feature set macOS GPUFamily1 v4
  Displays:
Color LCD:
  Display Type: Built-In Retina LCD
  Resolution:   2880 x 1800 Retina
  Framebuffer Depth:    24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Mirror:   Off
  Online:   Yes
  Automatically Adjust Brightness:  No
  Connection Type:  Internal
**P221W:NEC Monitor ---**
  Resolution:   1680 x 1050 (Widescreen Super eXtended Graphics Array Plus)
  UI Looks like:    1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
  Framebuffer Depth:    24-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Display Serial Number:    07104621NA
  Main Display: Yes
  Mirror:   Off
  Online:   Yes
  Rotation: Supported
  Automatically Adjust Brightness:  No

The problem didn't exist before the Catalina upgrade.


texts: How can I script moving files up one directory level with Terminal (or BBEdit worksheet)

texts:
When exporting from Photos.app with settings that preserve the album & folder structure, every album folder contains dated folders for every date represented in that album, with the actual images inside those. An example export for this question gives this structure...
Export/
    Colour/
        11 November 2005/
            img_0440.jpg
        13 November 2005/
            pb130006_1_1.jpg
    Life/
        Creatures/
            12 November 2005/
                img_0453.jpg
        People/
            9 November 2005/
                img_0174.jpg
            10 November 2005/
                img_0181.jpg
            14 November 2005/
                pb140009.jpg
        Plants/
            10 November 2005/
                img_0404.jpg
                img_0408.jpg
            13 November 2005/
                img_0477.jpg
            14 November 2005/
                img_0625.jpg

What can I run in Terminal to traverse the contents of Export & move all found files up one directory level?
The desired result on my example would be...
Export/
    Colour/
        img_0440.jpg
        pb130006_1_1.jpg
    Life/
        Creatures/
            img_0453.jpg
        People/
            img_0174.jpg
            img_0181.jpg
            pb140009.jpg
        Plants/
            img_0404.jpg
            img_0408.jpg
            img_0477.jpg
            img_0625.jpg

A solution that works in bash, because I do a lot of my CL stuff in BBEdit which is bash only, or fish because that's my preferred shell in Terminal, would be preferred, but I'll work with other shells.


texts: OS X Yosemite Hard Disk Errors even after Repairing them

texts:
Basically, I do a lot of C programming (for class) so I use gcc a lot on my mac. Recently since two days, whenever I ran it, the entire computer is getting frozen, and a force restart is necessary to get it working again.

So I suspected what might be the error, so I ran disk-utility and checked Yosemite partition for errors. Apparently there are a lot of errors, so I booted into single user mode, and ran the following commands.

$ fsck -fy
$ fsck -fy
$ reboot

Upon reboot, my disk is now repaired, but the computer still froze when I ran gcc So this time, I ran a permissions verification in the disk utility. It said the following.

Verifying permissions for “Yosemite”
Open error 22: “Invalid argument” on usr/bin/gatherheaderdoc
Open error 22: “Invalid argument” on usr/bin/gcc
Open error 22: “Invalid argument” on usr/bin/gcov
Open error 22: “Invalid argument” on usr/bin/git

I tried to repair the permissions, but these persist. I even tried repairing the permissions multiple times, even from RecoveryHD and also from single user mode, but these errors persist.

What do these mean? What should I do to fix it?

Edit:

Here's the output of ls -l usr/bin/gcc

Harshas-Mac-Pro:~ sriharshachilakapati$ ls -l /usr/bin/gcc
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  14160 Sep 27 07:36 /usr/bin/gcc
Harshas-Mac-Pro:~ sriharshachilakapati$

Edit:

My partition is again damaged. This is the output after I just repaired it from single-user mode.

Verifying volume “Yosemite”
Verifying file system.
Using live mode.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
(It should be 337485 instead of 337484)
Volume bitmap needs minor repair for under-allocation
Checking volume information.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
The volume Yosemite was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
File system check exit code is 8.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.

This occurred just after I had repaired my partition from single user mode. Why?


texts: Filtering duplicates from iCloud Photos Library while migrating from google photos

texts:
I recently painstakingly migrated my photo library of 15+ years (over 100gb) from google photos to iCloud. I suspect many more will be doing this in the future as google recently announced they will no longer be doing unlimited storage for photos. The problem here is that the library exports originals as well as an -edited version for those files you have changed in google photos. I've tried multiple automatic tools and had some luck with photosweeper but am sure that i still have a few gb of undetected duplicates hiding in there. In some cases Photosweeper just doesn't seem to be sophisticated enough to find them - For example photos from a scanning service that all have the same date, or edited versions where i have rotated and changed the aspect ratio.
Complicating this is the way Mac OS automatically manages photo storage on the machine, so i'm hesitant to attempt to run any scripts on underlying files that might corrupt the library. In a perfect world I would just do something like

find all files matching (.+)-edited.{jpg,png,heic}$

where there is a matching file without the -edited

select and delete/trash the non-edited version

in a way that is safe for my photos library

An alternative might be to start over completely and use the google drive app on my desktop to download and copy all pictures that way, but i'm worried i would lose files that way too.


texts: MacBook12 (early 2016) compatible with LG UltraFine 5K 27"?

texts:
Is the Macbook12 early 2016 compatible with a LG UltraFine 5K 27"?
If yes, at which resolution and hz will it run? Will the Macbook be charged while connected to the Monitor?

I found this post:
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/21/lg-ultrafine-5k-mac-compatibility/
however, it does not specify if the MacBook12 is compatible.

(Usually an iMac 2019 is connected to this monitor, which works great, the Macbook12 will be used with this monitor just from time to time...)


texts: How to download past purchases from old Apple ID without waiting 90 days to switch back to new Apple ID?

texts:
On my old laptop, I used a shared Apple ID to purchase music on iTunes. It was a little tedious because it was connected to my sister's bank account, so I had to send her money before each purchase I made, so that her account wouldn't overdraw.

That laptop died, and now I have a new one with a new Apple ID connected to my own bank account. However, some of my purchased songs were lost, so I temporarily logged into iTunes with my old Apple ID to re-download them. Right when I was about to download, iTunes warned me that I would need to associate my new laptop with the Apple ID, and that after you associate a device with your Apple ID, you can't associate that device with another Apple ID for 90 days.

I really don't want to be stuck on my old Apple ID for 90 days, is there a better way to do this?


texts: Why does the brightness still automatically adjust after turning it off (Mavericks)

texts:
I turned off automatic brightness adjusting in the display preference pane (as explained here).  The brightness still adjusts automatically.  If I have the preference pane open I can even watch the slider moving to the right.  Is this a bug?  I would like to set the display to a lower brightness to save battery.

This is a Retina MBP from late 2013 with Mavericks.


texts: Allow Calendar Event Title on OS X Mavericks to show multi-line

texts:
Is there a way I can see 2, 3 or 4 lines of text for one event in my OS X calendar?

It is currently just one line. A long time ago it used to be convenient to see the complete text at once. All of the text was shown in several lines in one event. Sometimes it was one line if I had a short event, but would expand to multiple lines when I had a longer title.

I'm not sure what happened to this cool feature!

Right now I have to write 4 separate short event titles, just to see a quick overview for today and only because a long titles disappear after one line is reached to the end.

It is convenient to see all information in a longer text with perhaps even up to 4 lines, so that I can quickly and easily see what is going on. One line is almost never enough for me. In fact, I see only the first 2 or 3 words if I am lucky.

I also don't want to click on every event just to see the last part of the 4 line text.

Is there a way to get it back to normal (or the way it used to be)?


texts: Reboot from the command line (stuck processes)

texts:
I started a remote reboot of my machine but a couple of stuck processes are hanging the reboot.

login with SSH is still possible
sudo reboot or sudo shutdown -r hang
two processes are trying to exit

USER             PID  PPID  PGID   SESS JOBC STAT   TT       TIME COMMAND
root              43     1    43      0    0 ?Es    ??    0:00.00 (mds)
corti            407   376   407      0    1 ?E     ??    0:00.00 (talagent)

I did not manage to kill them (i.e., sudo kill -9 43 or sudo kill -9 407 have not effect)
A remote desktop session is no more possible (last screen that I got was a gray screen with the wheel while shutting down)
Trying to reboot without flushing the caches does also hang (any combination of -n and -q)

Any other things I could try other than going home and physically reboot the machine?


texts: Help with changing user home folder file name

texts:
My computer was restored from my ex-wife's laptop 3 years ago. Her maiden name pops up as the user-folder name on all my files, and it's been wearing on me for a long time.

I used this Q&A to try to change it, but when i get to tubedogg's 5th step, I can't figure out a way to change the folder name, even after double-clicking/going to the file on the root-user account.

Please helllp!!

"
Change Users Home Directory
Q:
I have created a new user but the new user's home directory has the old users path. How can I update my new user's home directory so that the terminal opens to this directory and all software considers this new directory my home directory? I'm using OS x 10.8.4.

A:

Apple's support site provides steps to change the "account name" (that is, the name of the home folder for a particular user).

1-    Enable the root user (using these steps).
2-     Log in as root.
3-    Navigate to the /Users folder.
4-    Select the Home folder with the short name you want to change, and rename it just like you would rename any folder. Keep in mind that the shortname must be all lowercase, with no spaces, and only contain letters.
    Use the Users & Groups pane (Accounts pane in Mac OS X v10.6.8 or earlier) in System Preferences to create a new user with the Account name or Short Name that you used in the previous step.
    Click OK when "A folder in the Users folder already has the name 'account name'. Would you like to use that folder as the Home folder for this user account?" appears. Note: This will correct the ownership of all files in the Home folder, and avoid permissions issues with the contents.
    Choose Log Out from the Apple menu. Log in as the newly created user. You should be able to access all of your original files (on the desktop, in Documents, and in the other folders of this Home).
    After verifying that your data is as expected, you can delete the original user account via the Users & Groups pane (Accounts pane in Mac OS X v10.6.8 or earlier).
    Disable the root user (using these steps)."


texts: How can I “Delete All” from Inbox mail folder?

texts: Is there a way to mass delete compiled list of emails on iOS devices (like can be done in os x)? I only know two options: select individually & swipe "left" and from bottom select "edit", then selecting each message individually. I tried solution described in similar question without success (described as iOS 7).


texts:
How do I make the default Mail app on iOS group by subject? I've enabled "Organize By Thread" but that doesn't help.

On my Mac (OS X 10.9.4):

On my iPhone (iOS 7.1.2):


texts: How to get iOS 6 podcast app to resume the last played podcast

texts:
Ever since upgrading to iOS 6 if I stop in the middle of listening to a podcast and a few hours later start playing using the lock screen buttons, the double-home-and-scroll-left buttons or a physical play button that connects to the iPhone (that I use while driving) one of two things happen:

The podcast app starts playing a completely different podcast (always the same one, even if it's already played, I guess it's because it's the most recent podcast in the entire library)
The music app starts playing music

Is there any way to get the new smart dedicated podcast app to remember where it left off like the old music app that is obviously not suitable for podcasts because it always worked perfectly?

Alternatively, can anyone recommend a podcast app that just works?


texts: Apple Music - Receiving Error 9,039 Constantly When Adding Music to Library

texts: Since updating my iOS to Catalina (10.15.7), every time I add music to my library from Apple Music I receive Error 9,039 and the selection is not added to my library.  I have tried several recommended solutions, including signing in and out of Apple Music, unsyncing and resyncing my library, selecting "Update Cloud library," reauthorizing my computer, and manually clearing the Apple Music folders in my Cache.  Some of these solutions worked briefly, but the problem would return within an hour or two.  Is there anything else that I could try to resolve this?


texts:
I have to do a translation of the words of a DVD, and then add subtitles to that DVD (iso file or folder).

This is a professional work and it has to be clean (no change in quality, ie no "rip"...).

How can I add subtitles to a DVD (file) on a Mac (snow leopard)?

wysiwyg: being able to view the DVD / stop it to add the subtitle, set the duration easily
if possibly, set the font, size and position of subtitles
(if possibly, even add subtitles to the DVD Menu)

Is there already an App on the Mac that does that and just need a download?
Or a 3rd party software is required?


texts: Copying start volume contents with SuperDuper without copying filesystem

texts:
I have a MacBook Air with one SSD that unfortunately is formatted as journaled, case-sensitive.

I have an external HDD that I copied my whole start volume bootable to with the tool SuperDuper and it works fine.

When I format the SSD to the correct filesystem (journaled, not case-sensitive) it successfully formats it, but when I copy the data back with SuperDuper it transfers the old file system, too, rendering it useless.

How can I have the SSD with the system on it and the new filesystem?


texts:
I am using the Boot Camp Assistant to make a bootable USB. However I get either a black screen, or a message saying No bootable device found - Insert one and press any key

My USB used to work for Linux and Windows previously, so it shouldn't be a hardware related issue.

I have tried the following:

I repaired every disk I possibly could.
I tried pluging it into a different port (that resolved a linux installation problem I had earlier)
I tried using the dd command instead of using bootcamp like this: sudo dd if=/path/to/windows.iso of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m
Booting the disk from Option menu (That causes the black screen)
Using rEFInd to boot into Legacy OS. That causes the message.
Using rEFInd to boot into the USB disk. That causes the black screen.

Later I will post diskutil list and other outputs on request.

Cannot detect bootable USB was a previous problem I had that I fixed. In this problem, the USB got detected, but it showed a black screen. The steps I used to resolve the previous problem do not work here.


texts: Is it possible to build cask formula from source instead of installing the corresponding pre-built app-file?


texts: Forgot pass code and want to know if my recent videos will be safe if I restore from iTunes???? Help please!

texts: I forgot my pass code on my iphone 5. I know I can restore from iTunes but what about the videos on my phone?  We recently took a trip and I have uploaded all the photos but not the videos,:(. Do they back up when my phone backs up to the cloud? I also haven't backed them up to my computer yet. I really don't want to loose all these videos of my kids!!!! I have an iPad Air also but I know videos don't stream right?  Please help me if possible thanks!


texts: Cannot set Finder window background colour / image

texts:
I have created a folder inside HD>Users>Username (the folder where default things like Pictures, Movies, Sites, Documents etc. are) and I'd like to change the background image. The only thing is, the option is greyed-out in View Options.

Some info -

2009 MacBook Pro, Yosemite 10.10.4

[Seemingly] every other folder (including all default folders) (I haven't tested EVERY folder, obviously) can be changed.

I haven't changed anything in the folder's preferences etc. The only thing different is that a folder within this folder has a custom folder icon image.

The folders within this folder also cannot have their BGs changed.

I have tried restarting computer & relaunching Finder, to no avail.

Have I changed an option somewhere without realising? I have looked all over but no one seems to have had the same issue.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How can you diagnose when the Internet drops on macOS while Wi-Fi has full bar signal?

texts:
I have a 2018 Mac mini that I bought last August and I never had a problem with it. About a week or two ago I started having a problem where my WiFi stays on but I suddenly loose the internet conection, other computer and devices in the network work just fine and usually turning the Wi-Fi off and on again works, but after a while it happens again and I have tried everything to my knowledge to no avail. I have tried renewing DHCP lease, changing the MTU, deleting network .plist files to restart the preferences, creating a new location, forgeting the network and adding it again, restarting my router and creating a new network, changing the DNS, restarting PRAM and SMC and reinstalling macos.

I realize a silver bullet fix might not be easily recommended, so what kind of process or guide would help diagnose the problem?


texts: how do I enable multiple sshd ports in Mountain Lion

texts:
I have multiple machines on my network that I access regularly using ssh.  I want to enable remote access through port forwarding, which means I'll need separate sshd ports for each machine.  That said, I'd like to continue to use port 22 for local access.

I realize that I have to add the configs to /etc/services and that the key to my answer lies in sshd.plist. I've attempted to follow various suggestions online, all of which seem to indicate that the plist files exist in different locations than mine do.  One suggested ssh.plist and another sshd.plist.  My changes to ssh.plist accomplished nothing.  Another suggested changing sshd.plist, which didn't even exist on my machine, but /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.FileSyncAgent.sshd.plist does.  I was going to make and rename a copy of that file, but I couldn't tie it to a call in /etc/services.  I made a copy anyway, but then I couldn't figure out how to modify the  key as it's current value had no relationship to the file name (unlike the example for ssh.plist).

So, I currently have ssh and ssh-alt set in services, two ssh.plist files that vary based on the different file names (one ssh and the other ssh-alt) and two .sshd.plist files that are mirror images of each other.  When I rebooted the machine, port 22 no longer works, but my alternate port does.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.


texts:
I have inadvertently deleted my Applications folder from the dock. I tried accessing the Applications icon in a Finder window and then I tried to drag it down to the dock. I did so to the lower left hand of the screen, but the Applications icon went away with a cloud image. Now, I have no access to my Applications.

How do I recover access to Applications?


texts: I foolishly deleted iChat Application from my Mac with version of 10.6.8 for free disk space. Now am trying to download the .dmg file for the iChat app. Can anyone help me in this by sending any link to download the file?


texts: When to use gui or user domain in launchctl?

texts:
In recent versions of macOS, launchctl can be used to enable/disable services for a user or for the system.  For example to disable a user Launch Agent, I can run:
launchctl disable user/$(id -u)/local.launch.signiantapp.plist
launchctl disable gui/$(id -u)/local.launch.signiantapp.plist

I read the man page, but I don't understand the differences between these two commands.  What are the pros and cons of each?  I can check the disabled status like this:
launchctl print-disabled user/$(id -u)
launchctl print-disabled gui/$(id -u)

From this, it looks like changing one always changes the other so they are in fact doing the same thing.


texts: Jailbreak a iPhone 3gs running 4.2.1 preserving BaseBand?

texts:
Is there a untethered way to jailbreak an iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.2.1?

The phone has never been jailbroken before.

I need to be able to reverse it, so I am hoping that there is a way to do this without upping the baseband.


texts:
I have recently replaced my MacBook with a newer one, and now the key bindings I have in some applications that are bound to Command-Period no longer work (and instead invoke the "Cancel" action - as described here).

I can't find this command in the System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts settings, and attempting to bind Command+Period as an App Shortcut invokes the correct action, but then immediately performs "Cancel" again (so it adds an additional action, it doesn't replace the default).

The keyboard bindings that used to work, are managed directly in the application (JetBrains).


texts: Command Backspace keep going past the line

texts:
I'm running OS X Yosemite. ⌘-Delete deletes a whole line in every app. In some apps, it deletes a whole line and keeps deleting lines after that. In some, it deletes a whole line and stops, so I have to hit delete to move up to the previous line and then Command-Delete to delete a whole line again.

Is there a way to make it keep deleting lines in every app. The one I'm specifically talking about is Xcode.


texts: Show applications of current workspace in dock and not from other workspaces

texts:
One thing I miss about XFCE was the ability to show which applications were open in the current workspace. Is it possible to have the opened applications of the current workspace indicate in the dock? I have tried using Contexts, but after a few hours, it's buggy.

Video of me explaining my question if what I wrote did not make sense.


texts: How do I delete an iCal event without sending notifications?

texts:
If I try to delete an event on iCal, it offers me these options:

Cancel
Delete and Notify

What if I want to delete without notifying?

I'm running iCal 5.0.2 on OS X 10.7.3 using an Exchange account.

Edit: Using an Exchange account.


texts: How do I write to /System/Library/CoreServices on Big Sur?

texts:
I'm trying to give myself privileges to read & write on the GenericFolderIcon.icns file in resource, but it's giving me this error "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission."
The file I'm having an issue with is found here: /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
The folder icon is named GenericFolderIcon.icns
I followed the steps in the answers from this past thread: Change the icon of all the folders on mac ...and it isn't working
I planed on swapping the folder icon with my own .incs file by editing the names.
I'm also the administrator of my laptop it's running 11.0.1 Big Sur.
andd System Integrity Protection is disabled.


texts: Login screen displays in the wrong place?

texts:
Screenshot:

When I wake up my computer, the login screen is placed up and to the left of where it should be. Fortunately, the login screen otherwise functions normally, and everything is placed correctly after I login.

This problem started happening some time after I upgraded to Yosemite.

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
13" mid-2013 MacBook Air, Intel Haswell Core i7

Any idea what might be causing this?


texts: How to force Wi-Fi to rescan available sources and reconnect to a fixed named source from crontab?

texts: I have a server computer running macOS and sometimes is using Wi-Fi only in evenings. The room's router supporting the Wi-Fi source is set to automatically reboot weekly. So when that happens, the Wi-Fi source disappears for a few minutes, and sometimes I find that the server by itself is not able to automatically reconnect to it when the router becomes normal again. I'm thinking adding a cron job to force the server to rescan available Wi-Fi signals and try to reconnect to it if it find the named source.


texts: CoreStorage changed to Apple_HFS after resizing and Recovery HD popped in the middle of my disk

texts:
I have a weird thing that happened today on my Mac's disk.

I had my main partition Macintosh HD and a 150 GB Linux partition. I tried to split up the Linux partition into two smaller ones using Disk Utility (on Sierra) but it failed.

Since then, my Recovery HD popped between the Linux partition and Macintosh HD, making me unable to delete the Linux partition: Disk Utility would then try to resize Recovery HD to 150 GB if I delete the Linux partition.

It seems Recovery HD is not hidden anymore as it should be... When I try to use cmdR at boot time it loads the Internet Necovery like if it wasn't seeing the Recovery HD partition...

I've tried repairing all my disks from the Internet Recovery, it repaired errors, but it didn't seem to have changed anything to my poor alone Recovery HD partition.

Here is the output below of diskutil list, as you can see Recovery HD is listed as Apple_HFS instead of Apple_Boot and Macintosh HD is listed as Apple_HFS instead of Apple_CoreStorage.

If anybody know what's going on, I would really appreciate the help. MacOs is booting fine and it seems I can access my data, I've checked random files. It's really really weird that Macintosh HD's type is Apple_HFS instead of CoreStorage, when I run diskutil cs list I got "No CoreStorage logical volume groups found".

It seems the Disk Utility has reverted my Macintosh HD CoreStorage containing the Recovery HD to two Apple_HFS regular partitions without my consent. How do you think I could fix that ?


texts: How to create a new partition on FileVault disk on MacOS

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I have a 500GB disk on MacOS encrypted with FileVault 2.

I have successfully resized the disk to 250GB.

Now I want to create another partition to install another MacOS on the 250GB free-space of the disk.

But DiskUtility failed on me, it just can't create the new partition I wanted and showed me no error at all.

How could I safely create the new partition I need?

This the result printed out from the command $ sudo gpt -r show disk0

          start       size  index  contents
              0          1         PMBR
              1          1         Pri GPT header
              2         32         Pri GPT table
             34          6
             40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
         409640  488940896      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      489350536    1269760      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      490620296  486484731
      977105027         32         Sec GPT table
      977105059          1         Sec GPT header


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In iOS 10, is there an easy way to connect to a new WiFi network if automatic connect is turned off? I turned that off because it's way too annoying.

So right now, connecting is a multi-step process going through the Settings app. Am I missing a hidden way to do that from the start screen.


texts: Problem sending emails from specific gmail account

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I have read several of the questions and answers posted about this problem, attempted the solutions, but still have no resolution to the problem.  I have two separate gmail accounts...one I use for work related emails and one I use for personal emails.  Using Apple Mail, I select the account I want an email response to be sent from (even if someone sends me a work email to my personal email address, for example) and the email continues to default by sending my response using the email address that the sender sent the email to.  So, I have set my preference settings to default new emails to be sent from my work email address only...no change.  Nothing I have attempted to change in the settings category has helped.  Even when I choose a different email address as I'm composing an email, it defaults to the email address that the sender sent it to.  Am I missing something?
Thanks for your help!
Kristy


texts: Which alternatives to Microsoft Excel are there for MacOS X and what are their (dis)advantages?

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I'm still working with Office:mac:2004 on my MacBook 13" (2,16 GHz, 3 GB RAM, MacOS X 10.6.8) and it is quite slow in Loading the applications, so I avoid working with it if I can.

What are alternatives to MS Excel which have at least the following features:

filtering of tables
creating complex formulae
(if possible also a programming language like VBA to create custom commands and formulae)
cell format change automatically dependent on cell value

(Free applications would be welcome)

Would the most recent version of MS Office perform better on my (quite old) MacBook?


texts: Automatically migrate to Family Sharing?

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Before Family Sharing, my wife and I always used her iTunes account for all purchases, including iOS apps. Now that Family Sharing exists and also now that two-factor authentication makes it annoying to keep my iPhone authorized to her iTunes account, I'd like to find all the apps on my iPhone that were downloaded under her account, and re-download them under my account (by way of Family Sharing).

After upgrading to iOS 13, I keep getting prompted to sign into her account, presumably because some app on my phone was downloaded under her account, so it's only authorized to run if my phone is signed into her iTunes account.

Is there any easy or automatic way to find all the apps on my phone that are only authorized for her account, and delete and re-download them from my account so I don't have to stay signed into iTunes as her?


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Hey Guys i think i am not alone who set up his APE for home sharing.

So what have i done… I have a Airport extreme (latest version - 5.gen) and 3x powered 2TB HDD's. All are connected over an usb hub (active) which is plugged into the only available USB port. The HDD's contains Backups, iTunes Movies and music. So every time i am at home i am connected and let itunes and my apple tv do the rest.

Here is my question: Sometimes it seems very slow. Is it possible to boost its performance. Maybe a highend usb hub or something else? Its pretty annoying when the whole APE crashed and i have to restart?

Any best practices?? How did you solved the problem?


texts: I've "inherited" an iPhone 3G from a friend who upgraded to iPhone 4. He had complined about the slowness of iOS 4. Although I personally have no problems with it, I was wondering if iOS 4.2 offers any noticeable performance improvement. Does iOS 4.2 improve performance on the iPhone 3G?


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I used to record iOS devices through QuickTime, however now it's only recording audio (not sure is this linked to OS X 10.11 or iOS 9).

How can I fix this (without third party sofrware)?


texts: Google Backup and Sync super slow and 100% CPU usage for days

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I recently copied a lot of files into a synced folder to be back them up. The total file size was about 30GB, I have 10MB up/100MB down internet connection. So in a perfect world 8 hours should have been enough to sync.

Google Backup and Sync kicked in and was at 100% CPU with the fan on hair dryer mode for nearly 2 weeks. Unfortunately there were 1000s of extremely small source code files which Google Backup can not handle efficiently. See https://support.google.com/drive/thread/5381381?hl=en

Setup:
2018 MacBook Air
Internet: 100MB download and 10MB upload
Catalina 10.15.3 (19D76)
Google Backup and Sync
Version 3.48.8668.1939

What can be done to speed things up and avoid this?


texts: Disable the text/html part in outgoing messages in OS X 10.8's Mail application

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I'm using the Mail application bundled with OS X 10.8. When switching from Mac OS X 10.6, I noticed that Mail now always includes a text/html part, alongside the text/plain part, in messages that include an image as attachment, even if the message's text has not been formatted in any way. Adding a different file type as attachment does not show that behavior.

The second problem is that the attached image is contained in the text/html part and not the text/plain part. Recipients whose mail clients (by configuration or by default) display the text/plain part do not see the attached image, which is very annoying.

Is there a way to make Mail never include a text/html part, by configuration or by using a specific method to insert the attachment?


texts: Mysterious photo uploads to Google Photos

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I realise this question is somewhat of an intersection of OS X and Google but I'll start here. My partner discovered that most of her pictures (up to 2013) that are on her Mac were mysteriously available on Google Photos; we're puzzled as to how all these pictures ended up on Google Photos when we did not explicitly upload them.

What mechanisms are available that would automatically sync up photos from OS X? My prime suspect is Google Drive for OS X. We don't appear to have that installed any more and that might explain why the pics only go to 2013.

What other items can we look at? They're not pictures from her phone (iPhone 4, iOS 7) nor have we installed anything on there that might sync pics from her phone.


texts: Stop malware from being executed by launchd

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I've got this program running on my computer, /var/root/Library/Application Support/.SectionChannel.dp/SectionChanneldd, which Norton has identified as the malware OSX.Malcol.  However, Norton has been thoroughly unhelpful in doing anything about it.  I've tried deleting the file as well as sending a SIGKILL to the running process.  However, it keeps restarting.
Digging further via Activity Monitor, I discovered that the parent process is launchd.  How can I figure out what is causing launchd to execute this program and stop it?  Resetting my computer does not fix the issue.
Running launchctl list | grep Section shows
5727  -9  com.help.SectionChanneld
-     0   com.SectionChannel.system

EDIT:
I ran launchctl dumpstate and searched for all of the .plist files associated with the malware.  I deleted those files, restarted my computer, and now everything appears to be fine.  However, is this sufficient?


texts: Login shows "network accounts unavailable" but I can access server once local user logs in

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I am currently setting up a Mac Server using 10.9.1 and have a client also on 10.9.1

When the client boots up I get a popup window next to the Username box that says "Network accounts unavailable" and I cannot login using any of the network accounts created on the server.

When I log into the client using a local user I can see and browse the servers file shares and when I go into System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options the Network Account Server is correct with a green light on it and if I go into the Allow network users to log in at login window it shows a list of network users on the client.

It seems the client can only see the server once logged in or network users don't have have permission to login. I have checked the server Users section and all users have Allow user to login ticked.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Is it possible to retrieve a single application from a Time Machine backup?

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I've got a Time Machine backup from an old machine.

I don't want to over-write all the content from the backup, I'd just like to retrieve a couple of applications that were on my old machine - TextMate and Microsoft Word.

Is it possible to retrieve those applications singly, without over-writing all the content on my new machine?

Thanks for your help.


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I have a mid 2011 21.5” iMac with High Sierra, the disk drive I think has an issue, it writes to DVDs but can’t read. I successfully burned Windows ISO to a DVD+ disk but the drive reads it as blank DVD, I confirmed this by using another pc.
I went to the USB drive way, I modified the BootCamp plist file to enable USB drive, I successfully created windows installation drive with BC, sat the partition, but when the Mac boots, it goes to a black screen, with a message “no bootable device”. I couldn’t find any way to read from the USB drive, I used both USB 2.0 and 3.0.
Any help would be highly appreciated.


texts: Contacts are saved but since the update, when I get a text no name appears only the telephone number? But I open the text, the name appears at the top, just when initial text notification comes through


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I have a foldername with a space between the name: /Volumes/Img/Horos Data/DATABASE/

I need to put it in a variable to use in a script.

In terminal I can use \ to use the folder: cd /Volumes/Dados/Horos\ Data/DATABASE/, but it doesn't work when I put in a variable like:

DESTINY=/Volumes/Dados/Horos\ Data/DATABASE.noindex/
ls $DESTINY

How can I put it in a variable?


texts: Deleting all photos from iCloud immediately 2018

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I would like to delete all of my photos from icloud immediately. The only way I have found to do this is select each individual picture and delete it. There does not seem to be a select all option anymore.

I already know about this. I just don't want to have to wait 30 days.

On your iDevice/s (iPhone, iPad, etc), go to Settings > Photos & Camera > and turn off the "iCloud Photo Library" option.


texts: unlocking iphone 5s on a different carrier

texts: I own an iPhone 5s with iOS 8 (or above) locked to T-mobile carrier (USA), although I do not have the original sim. I am stuck on the setup page since I had reset the iPhone to factory setting and it keeps asking me for the original sim which i do not have. (IMEI checks does show that the iPhone is already activated as it was used on the original sim before) However, i put in a new sim from optus carrier (i am now in australia) and the network shows signal with 4G data, I have attached an image of it. Now my question is, is the iPhone sim locked? Can i just unlock the sim or would i have to unlock the iPhone?


texts: Is /etc/resolv.conf changed every time my DHCP lease changes?

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I'd like to fire an event via launchd whenever my DHCP lease changes the IP on my WiFi interface. My question is similar to what's being asked in this question, which makes me thing I can watch /etc/resolv.conf for changes via a launchd agent.

I differ in my need in that I'd like to fire the event every time the IP changes on an interface, not just when the interface comes up. For the curious, yes, I'm looking to do a simple dynamic DNS updater.


texts: How can I browse photos on iPhone in Mac OSX?

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Previously, on Windows, iPhone was recognized as a camera and I could browse image folder with Explorer without a need to import/download/tranfer photo files to the computer.

Is there a way to do the same on Mac OSX? I mean, all approaches I have ever read are somehow connected to import procedure (iPhoto, Preview, iTunes, etc.) or to hacking the iPhone and installing some apps that will allow to mount the phone as storage drive work.

What is the easiest and most straightforward way to view that files without transferring them to a computer?


texts: Numbers help me work out my gas consumption

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Trying hard to work out my yearly gas and electricity consumption.

I have forumla for SUMIF:
=SUMIF (B,"="&F6,Gas Reading)

But I think I want to do (IF the year is 2015 [F6 entry], then find the MAX and MIN values - which I can then work out consumption with subtraction.

Can anyone help... my experimentation with MIN and MAX isn't working!

Many thanks


texts: VirtualBox 5.1.22 on OSX 10.10.5 fail to start after install

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I get the following error when starting from Terminal:

VirtualBox: Error -610 in supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime!
VirtualBox: dlopen("/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxRT.dylib",) failed: <NULL>

VirtualBox: Tip! It may help to reinstall VirtualBox.

And when I run vagrant I get:

There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["startvm", "a8a8fac4-2c8d-4ad4-9ab6-1d200a742c90", "--type", "headless"]

Stderr: VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'bapresta16_default_1499355015641_13826' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine

I couldn't found any info about these errors anywhere.

Please help.


texts: How to know under which account/Apple ID an app was purchased?

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I uninstalled/removed apps I used to purchase using a family member's Apple ID; then I re-purchased apps using my own Apple ID.

Is there a way for me to check whether the apps are now under my Apple ID? I would like to ensure.


texts: Picasa Mac: timeline or chronological view?

texts: In Windows Live Photo Gallery, there's a timeline view (see below) that shows all the Months/Days that any photos in my collection were taken.  I found this very convenient. Is there something similar for the latest Picasa for Mac?


texts: Where did the /proc directory go in Mountain Lion?

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I used to find the location of cached flash videos by lsof | grep Flash, the result is something like this

Google 38571 lamnk 74u REG 1,2 156826302 37061768 /Users/lamnk/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Pepper Data/Shockwave Flash/.com.google.Chrome.KNc63e

Pepper flash player deleted the files so you can not see or copy them, but the process 38571 still hold the files open. Normally I can save the cached flash video by copying /proc/38571/fd/74 to another location. However on Mountain Lion I find out that /proc is not there anymore!

Is it possible to get another process to use these file handles and read the files that exist but lack a proper filesystem handle / inode structure? Do I need to configure /proc in 10.8 if the native tools won't work?


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I'm having a hard time configuring my daughter's iPhone with Screen time.
I would like to completely block some apps during the weekdays and allow some time for them during the weekends.
Screen time only allows me to set a limit strictly greater than 0, so I have to set all the apps I want to block to 1 minute. Knowing that she can auto-extend for 1 additional minute, an app that I want blocked has instead 2 minutes of usage per day (not a big deal but still...). There is a "Always Allowed apps" list but not a "Never Allowed apps" list. Uninstalling the apps is also not a solution as I want them available during the weekend.
Is there a way, with Screen time or another app, to have a better control and put in place what is described above?


texts: iOS Files App - How to know cloud status?

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If I open, edit, and save a cloud based (i.e. OneDrive) file on iOS or iPadOS how do I know when my changes have been synced to the cloud?
In my current experience I edited a simple small text file on my iPad, waited a day and the changes were still not showing when opening on my iPhone.


texts: Why won't Migration Assistant recognize my old Time Machine backup?

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When I attempt to run Migration Assistant, it searches and searches but can't find the backups. When I open Finder, I can clearly see the backups and navigate around in the backups for the different dates.

It's on an external drive (attached via USB, both during backups and now for Migration Assistant). The drive is formatted as case-sensitive, journaled HFS+. The backups were made from a case-sensitive MacBook. I recently replaced the HD (the old one failed) and I'm attempting to restore my files to the new drive, which is formatted as case-insensitive.

The laptop is a late-2008 MacBook (unibody). I just upgraded the stock HD to a 7200 RPM Wester Digital w/ 750 GB. The external drive is a 1TB LaCie w/ 2 partitions (a FAT32 for wife's Windows box, and the case-sensitive, journaled HFS+ partition I'm using for Time Machine). I'm running the latest Mountain Lion (both before and after the HD crash).


texts: Is there any time limit in the List view of the iPhone Calendar app?

texts: Is there any time limit in the List view of the iPhone Calendar app, beyond which we cannot make any entries? Can this limit be changed to something else than the 2 years set by by Apple?


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I just ripped a few episodes of a TV show, added them to iTunes, updated the metadata, then synchronized them to my iPhone 6 running iOS 10. However, the episode doesn't show in the TV app. Other episodes that I ripped and synchronized do show up.

When I look in Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage > Manage Storage > TV, it shows the missing episodes, so they are on the device.

Why doesn't the TV app show some of my TV show episodes?


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I'ld like to use ZEVO (ZFS) on my Storage-Device. There shall the Aperture-Library be stored.

Are there any issues using an Aperture - Library on ZFS formatted device.

Thanks allot


texts: Simple image-editing program to add shapes/text to an image that are still editable after saving?

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If I add text boxes and shapes to an image using Preview.app, save that image, and then close the image window, the next time that I open the image in Preview, all additions are uneditable. Preview saves the edits directly to the image.

I am looking for a basic program that can do the same thing as Preview.app (i.e., overlay shapes and text onto an image), except that I need the ability to edit or remove the new image elements later.

Adobe Photoshop can accomplish this obviously, but I am looking for something more user-friendly and simple (à la Preview).


texts: Cleaning the outside of an iMac with an electrostatic cloth

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Is it safe to clean the outside of an iMac (and in general, any computer, be it the tower or the display) with a Swiffer cloth? Also, is it necessary to unplug it for doing so?

I've read that you're not supposed to clean the inside of a computer with them because they are electrostatic.


texts: Re-installing Mavericks from recovery temporarily unavailable. Also can't download a new image

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im having various issues with my current install of Mavericks on my mid 2009 iMac (non unibody). Including the fact that I cannot open the AppStore. I have tried multiple solutions to fix this with no success. I decided to reinstall from recovery by booting to it on startup. When I try to re-install I get a message saying that 'this item is temporarily unavailable'. I have read that this is either due to account issues or a few other issues.

My only remaining option is to do a re-install from a USB drive or dvd. I also cannot do this as I have no way to obtain the boot image due to the fact that I cannot use the AppStore.

Are there any more options available to me other than finding a bootleg copy of the image or installing from a very old version of OSX from the original purchase of the iMac?


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I am trying to record a video with Quicktime Player but whenever I record it shows a green screen.
When I try to watch the video when I record the screen:

P.S I am using an iMac...


texts: How can I make a LaunchDaemon run an app at login?

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I have an internally-maintained macOS app for my macOS Catalina-based enterprise environment which:

Must run as root (it accesses a privileged device API)
Runs in the background without a UI (via LSUIElement key set to true in its Info.plist)
Must run for every user who logs into a workstation without manual configuration (e.g. no manual Login Item configuration)

Creating a LaunchDaemon to launch the app seemed to be the right way to accomplish this. However, the app process is found to be hanging after first user login, presumably because it tries to start too early before app/window-supporting libraries are available (I thought setting LSUIElement to true would avoid this, but I guess not. If there's another Info.plist setting for the app I should use to accomplish this, I'm all ears). There are no errors related to the process or launchd service observed in system.log.
I've observed after login that if I kill the hanging process and the LaunchDaemon restarts it, it then works fine. So, all I think I need is a way to setup my LaunchDaemon plist so that the LaunchDaemon only launches the app on user login like a LaunchAgent, (which I can't use because LaunchAgents can't run as root). Does anyone have a tried and true plist configuration which accomplishes this? Maybe via setting a certain WatchPath for the LaunchDaemon?
My current plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>my.app</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Library/mydaemons/myapp.app/Contents/MacOS/myapp</string>
    </array>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: How to increase delay time for Floating Thumbnail of screenshot?

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After several hours search to finding the solution I just find this question, but my goal is exactly the opposite of removing floating thumbnail. Its delay time is 5 seconds but I wanna increase it to 1 minute.

How I can increase the floating thumbnail delay time after each screenshot?


texts: Does Secure Keyboard Entry Prevent All Forms of Keyloggers?

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I had an understanding that Secure Keyboard Entry (or EnableSecureEventInput) was a feature that essentially disabled keyloggers.

Is that the case? Are there ways around it?


texts: What is the best way to transfer a large number of files between an iMac and a Macbook Pro?

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I am currently using a desktop iMac, and I recently purchased the 15" Macbook Pro with retina display. What is the best way to transfer all my files to the new laptop?

I was going to use airdrop, but will that be efficient with so many files? Also, when using airdrop will a copy of the file being transferred remain on the first computer?


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My workplace has VPN and it works great for me in Parallels Windows XP and Bootcamp Windows Vista. However, with the same config, I can't get it to work in Snow Leopard. I don't know what type of server they are using, but PPTP works for Windows. Any ideas why it may work for Windows and not OS X?

Update: I should also mention that at one point it did work. I couldn't tell you if anything changed at the server between when it did work and when it stopped.

More information: I can connect just fine, but I can't access any resources. I try to ping a known internal IP address and the destination can't be reached.


texts: How do I prevent .localized files from being created, the same way I can do with .DS_Store files?

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Mac creates a bundh of .localized files inside my folders. When I use the terminal they show everywhere. Is there a way to disable the creation of such files, the same way I can do it for the .DS_Store files?

Thanks!


texts:
See the screen shot.

There is the '[' file at /bin.

What is the '[' file? What does it do?


texts:
I'm seeing some seriously slow wakeup times for my Mid-2011 MacBook Air. Wakeup times on the order of 30 seconds or more. Note that the computer is incredibly sluggish or beach balling during this time (not like dark) and takes 30 seconds or so to get going. Obviously this is an SSD with a cleanly installed 10.7 OS from the factory. I have tried restarting, clearing the sleep image, and updating to the latest software but am not sure how to proceed at this point. I am completely up-to-date with all software in Software Update. I am only running a web browser (Chrome) with a reasonable number of tabs open along Mail.app and a few other small programs like TextEdit.

Ideas? Any suggestions would be appreciated!


texts: iCloud folders not appearing in the Mac Finder

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Really frustrating problem where files and folders in a folder synced to my iCloud were not appearing in Finder. They were still on my iCloud and when I looked into my iPad which synced these files and folders, they were all there. When I went to the terminal and entered one of the iCloud synced folders (e.g. Desktop) and did ls -a, the files and folders were not there.
Have restarted Mac several times, restarted finder, still no luck. How to make those files and folders synced to iCloud reappear?


texts: Macbook Pro 15 progression bar halts then circle spins

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We have a Macbook Pro 15 Last 2011. The computer starts to boot, it shows the progression bar, then it disappears and the circle just spins.

I have tried safe mode and it just spins.

I just ran the hardware test and it returned no problems - I am trying to boot into safemode now

This screen has been running for 15 minutes now - Eventually the grey bar disappears and it just spins

EDIT:: I booted in startup mode and chose the disk utility - It said the HD was fine :(

EDIT:: I am able to boot from a external thunderbolt drive

Ran in verbose mode. Last couple of lines after rebuilding b-tree:

The volume Macintosh HD could not be repaired

launch_msg(): Socket is not connected


texts: What do I do if appleid can't send me email?

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If I go to the Apple ID support site and try to change my security questions, or password, it tells me that it is sending email to the registered email address. This is a working address that gets dozens of messages every day. But nothing from Apple comes through. Yes, I've checked spam.

That is, I log into appleid.apple.com with my Apple ID and password, and click on 'change security questions or password'.

The support link lands me at support for hardware, so that's no help.

Is there anywhere else to turn?


texts: Is there a speed difference between copying files at the same time or after one another

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We got a new Mac Pro server and I am faced with cloning 4TB of data from one, to the other via. Firewire 800 cable and Target Disk Mode. Oh for Thunderbolt.

Is there an impact on the total speed of copying if you clone two hard disks simultaneously vs. cloning one hard disk, waiting for it to finish and then copying the next.

i.e. is

Total Time for: (old)Disk 1 -> (new)Disk 1 at the same time as (old)Disk 2 -> (new) Disk 2

Faster, slower or the same as:

Total Time for: (old)Disk 1 -> (new)Disk 1
THEN (old) Disk 2 -> (new) Disk 2.

Although this question would be appropriate for SuperUser, I'm asking specifically for our Mac environment. I think this is the type of thing that varies by operating system, and I'm not interested in the implications which are OS dependent (plus, I feel like this is my community, not SU).


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On older versions of iTunes Radio, I could type in free-form text for a genre for iTunes Radio (eg "Mongol").

Now, clicking on "Radio" just gives me a list of genres that Apple has chosen ("Alternative", "Classical Alternative", etc.). How can I search for a Radio Station of a genre I specify?


texts: Using iWork from the Up-to-Date Program on another Mac

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I bought a new Mac and received three Mac App Store codes for the iWork apps from the Up-to-Date Program (http://www.apple.com/creativity-apps/mac/up-to-date/). I also have an older MacBook with Mavericks installed and I would like to use the iWork Suite on both computers.

My question: Are the App Store codes bound to the new Mac or can I download the Apps on both Macs after activating the code?


texts:
At the moment I have 1 250GB partition on my mac (Macintosh HD).

What I want to do is split my hard drive into 3 partitions. This is because I want to dual boot with Windows 8.1 and make a reserve drive for when El Capitan comes out so I can test it without my computer becoming buggy. The only issue is I can only split my Mac into 2 partitions. How would I do this? I also tried doing this in recovery mode and it did not work. Would I have to use a 3rd party tool like GParted? If so would it be safe and would I loose my recovery partitions if I do?


texts: AppleScript for locking the screen in Catalina

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Is there a way to build an AppleScript for locking the screen? I want to add a Quick Action (and the relative button on the Touch Bar as described here)

This solution i.e.,

tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
    tell (menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 where description is "Keychain menu extra")
        click
        click menu item "Lock Screen" of menu 1
    end tell
end tell

does not work in Catalina. After allowing accessibility for Apple Script Editor from Security and privacy, I still get this error in automator:

  Can’t get menu 1 of menu bar item 2 of menu bar 1 of application
  process "SystemUIServer". Invalid index.


texts: How to tell Mac Mail that a sender isn't spam?

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I have a business colleauge that my mail prgramme thinks is sending junk mail.
I have added them to my contacts.
I also set up a rule that any email from that address go into my inbox, but neither of those steps have worked and all messages still go into junk.

Can anyone recommend what else I could do?
Many thanks


texts: Where did my file /etc/ppp/ip-up go after upgrading to Lion?

texts: I upgraded to OS X 10.7 this morning and upon attempting to connect to my corporate VPN, I discovered that my script at /etc/ppp/ip-up has disappeared. Has anyone else encountered this problem, or do you know where it might have ended up?


texts: Maintain an email group on iPad - no Mac involved

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I can't find an answer to this one here or elsewhere, so here goes. I have a friend who would like to maintain some school-based email lists using an iPad. She doesn't use any computers for this purpose and would like to keep it that way. As one of the people who organises social activities and volunteers among the school community it is often necessary to send an email to a group of people. The groups are typically between three and 20 people - think "3rd grade mothers jogging group" or "classroom volunteers".

Ideally the groups would

be created on the iPad through Contacts, from existing Contacts
send email without exposing the complete distribution list in the To: line
easily add or remove recipients as required

Group features provided by software like majordomo (self-subscribe, list digests etc.) are a little beyond what we want here. I just can't see how to make Contacts create a list of people and easily send an email to them without including a huge To: line in each email. Nobody is that paranoid about their emails being exposed but it seems like best practise not to, there's always that person who thinks everyone wants to be on their "funny" picture mailing list, some addresses will be corporate and that kind of thing can cause problems for the recipient.

It's fine if there's a free or paid app you can suggest, ease of use is the number one requirement.


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What is the correct way of editing /etc/hosts? I want to add some IP addresses and host names to it. It works for a while (a few hours) and then it gets reverted back to the original version. Is there any process checking the status of /etc/hosts and reverting it back?

I'm on my MBA with Mountain Lion.


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I have been having problems with my Mac for over a year now. I thought I had fixed this issue... for all that my limited computer knowledge would let me anyway, but it is back and seemingly different and worse this time.

I first found logs with all of my personal details late last year after I had noticed that iTunes seemed to be reopening at start up when it wasn't supposed to. I had lost permissions to look at some files, and then one night while I was sitting at my computer I heard the click of it taking a photo and knew I hadn't done it.

I have had to have my bank card re-issued 3 times this year as someone (apparently the bank can't trace this) was continually trying to take small amounts of money from my bank account. We presumed they gained my account numbers from my computer, but I have factory reset my computer 4 times. Apple have talked me through this but have never given me a reason why or even what is going on, instead usually challenging me by asking me what I am reading in my logs that makes me think there is a problem, and denying any possibility of there being malware or a virus on my computer.

One instance it took 2 full days for my computer to go through the reset process. And now I seem to have more problems, I have lost many permissions again, many of my logs are empty, it jumps between screens (Safari - Finder etc) by itself. I installed Dr Safety and Dr Cleaner from the App Store which both picked up a malware program on the first run but haven't again since. I also installed Anti-Virus Plus Security which is provided by Telstra, my service provider,  which did the same thing.

I can no longer take screenshots nor use the Spotlight search. I will attach here the console log I saved from this morning. I had turned the WiFi off at approx 3am, and at 5.23am I covered the camera with a sticker.

As I stated I really don't know what I am reading in these logs and hopefully I am being paranoid or something!?!

Please can someone help me work this out or let me know how I can fix it. Thank you in advance :)