texts: Chrome windows won't stay on one desktop

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I used to be able to have different chrome windows on different desktops (for example chrome window 1 on desktop 1 and chrome window 2 on desktop 2) However, after updating to macOS Big Sur 11.2.1, I can't drag different chrome windows on another desktop. When I switch to desktop 2, for example, ALL of my chrome windows are present. I need help!
(note: when I try dragging a single window onto another desktop, it has an icon of a circle with a slash through)


texts: Securely wipe all user data from iBook G4 / OSX 10.4?

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I have unearthed an old working iBook G4 which I'd like to clean and then give away. I don't have a copy of 10.4 on hand to install. And I'm not terribly interested in wiping the installed applications off of it, more so I just want to make sure there's no application user data left on it.

At this point all I can think of is to just create a new user, and delete all trace of the existing user from /Users/. I personally have very little experience of 10.4 however, and only got involved in Mac since 10.6, so I'm concerned about things I might be missing.


texts: Cut functionality shortcut for folders and files

texts: I'm accustomed to ctrl+x, ctrl+v combination to move files and folders using only the keyboard. Can I get the same functionality on OS X Lion?


texts: I usually export images through gimp. This time, I was on my new OS X Mavericks, as I tried to change the name of the image which was "LOST", was not working. I observed the toolbox going to another tool as I typed the letters. I knew that I was pressing a shortcut but when I tried to press another letter like "y", the letter showed at the name of the image. How am I suppose to name the image when I export it?


texts: Two persons simultaneously using one MacBook Pro (working in two apps simultaneous )

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Is it possible for such a setup as the following: Hooking one MacBook Pro up with two separate monitors, allowing two different persons to work independently on their monitors, sharing the computer's performance?

Perhaps this is a strange request, but it would actually be useful for me in certain situations. (I will be working in one monitor and in the another one my daughter will be playing.) I ask cause I do not know how focus will work in this situation.


texts: Why doesn't the disabling of the Caps Lock key have any effect?

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On Mac OSX High Sierra v10.13.5 (17F7) on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), using an external bluetooth connected Mac keyboard in the System Preferences, under Keyboard, there is Modifier Keys... and I've set Caps Lock to be Control, but it remains functioning as Caps Lock key.

How can I get this to take effect?  I never want the Caps Lock to lock capitals.


texts: I am sorry if this is a stupid question, but which window manager does macOS use?


texts: only a few Hex symbols recognized in Mac OSx Pages?

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I've read many posts here and other web sites but haven't found a solution.  I've enabled hex functionality on my Macbook Pro, (Mohave 10.14.3), and I'm using Pages (7.1).  I pull up the character viewer and use the search function for special characters using a five digit sequence, such as U+1d122, and it instantly displays the corresponding special music symbol as listed in the table Unicode Standard 13.0  This also works for a few others, such as U+1d121, another music symbol.  But the other values in that range block (1d100-1d1ff), even those within the same column, do not result in the musical symbol appearing. Instead it's just blank, like I've typed in some random characters.  The one I wanted was 1d10B, a musical symbol "segno".  Is it reasonable for me to expect that if Pages can return the appropriate symbol for some hex-values, that it should do the same for all of them?  Any ideas on why this is happening, and how to resolve this?   [attempt at humor --->  I want to avoid verbally threatening the computer, but I'm nearing the end of my patience.]
-Mark


texts: After installing High Sierra can't mount external USB drive (TimeMachine), why not?

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I installed High Sierra and now my iMac (27" 2011) can not see the external USB TimeMachine drive.

The drive shows up in DiskUtil but it's greyed out. I can not mount it. In fact it doesn't respond to any commands, mount, eject, first aid won't run.

I also have a MacBook Pro (High Sierra too), it can't read the drive, same problem.

I tried booting into Recovery mode, I still can't access the drive.

The drive is fine, I can plug it into a Linux machine and I can browse the disc.

How can I fix this?

Thanks
Rich


texts: 2016 Macbook Pro 15" In Flight Power Solutions?

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I travel a lot by air and have run into a problem with my 2016 Macbook Pro 15": it draws too much power for in-seat charging on United Airlines (75 watt max). Since my journeys have me in transit up to 30 hours at a time, this is a major productivity killer.

My 2015/2013 Macbook Pro's did not have this problem even though their power supplies were rated at 85w (18.5v/4.6a). The 2016 has an 87w (20.2v/4.3a) power requirement. I'm not really sure if that's enough of a difference to make a difference but it seems to.

Is there a way to power a 2016 MacBook Pro 15" on an airplane? I'm open to external battery options, but I can't seem to find USB-C external batteries that work with the 2016 MacBook Pro 15".


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Lately Mac app store has stopped showing any updates. It always says 'No updates available'.

Please see a screenshot here.

It doesn't even show about OS installed. Can somebody share a solution to fix this?

EDIT

I can state that something's wrong on the basis of difference between installed version of 'Numbers' in my system and the version available on App store.


texts:
I'd like to grep and replace specific text in textfiles within a directory and all subdirs.  I try the following:

ls -R | egrep '.*\.txt' | perl -i -p -e 's/one.a/two.a/g'

Although grep spits out a list and this executes, I can't seem to get perl to actually write to the files.  If possible, I'm interested in learning how to do this without the use of find.

Can anyone spot where I'm going wrong?

Thanks,
jml


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My Apple TV is connected with Wifi and all my devices can connect using airplay but as soon as i plug in my network cable i cant mirror my MacBook Pro or the iPhone. On the apple tv it shows that cable is connected and internet works fine using the cable but airplay doesn't work.

Can someone please advise on how to set this up?


texts: I tried to put two 4GB sticks (OWC) into a MacBook Pro early 2011 17 inch. Either of the 4GB sticks works with either of the stock 2GB sticks but both the 4GB sticks do not work. It causes kernel panics. Firmware is already at the latest version (MBP81.0047.B27). I am well aware of fitment process. Officially it can support 8 gb max.


texts: OSX Software to use for Photo Collage in a large poster size

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I need a very large poster of pictures of kids collage.

Here is a sample

I'm not a graphic designer and so I'm not necessarily very familiar with the Vector design tools that people often use to make these kinds of posters.

I came up with this from a free tool, but that only allows exporting of sizes below 172" and my requirement is to edit and export this for size 298" X 121"

Can anyone recommend me a good collaging poster export tool that exports to this size?


texts: My MacBook Air fan is producing excessive air when it isn't hot whenever I open it even after I have restarted it, shut it down, and force quit everything many times and it won't stop. I cannot play any sound out loud or through my headphones. I don't really know what to do and need my laptop for school. It's been like this for a week now.


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I am trying to develop a CLI utility to delete apps.
Somehow lsbom does not return absolute paths for many bundle identifiers.
$ lsbom -fls /private/var/db/receipts/com.agilebits.onepassword7.bom | less
./1Password 7.app
./1Password 7.app/Contents
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/AgileLibrary
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Resources
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/A
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/A/AgileLibrary
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Resources
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Resources/AgileWords.txt
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Info.plist
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Resources/common_passwords.txt
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AgileLibrary.framework/Versions/Current
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AppCenter.framework
./1Password 7.app/Contents/Frameworks/AppCenter.framework/AppCenter


texts: I’ve just updated to Catalina. Admin is read only, and I cannot change it to read and write

texts: On Macintosh HD info admin is read only. I am the admin, but when I try to change it to read and write I get a message


texts: AirDrop no-response from MacBook to iPhone

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MacBook Air M1 2020 + iPhone12 Pro Max
AirDrop from iPhone to MacBook works well.
Handoff in both directions works well. (Although I didn't know whether they were acting in similar ways)
The only problem is that when I want to airdrop a file from MacBook to iPhone, I can see my iPhone's figure, however with no-clicking-response neither in Mac nor in iPhone.
I tried to toggle the bluetooth and WiFi in both devices but the issue still exists.
I tried to restart both devices but the issue still exists.


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I'm about to travel to the US, where iPods / AirPods / iPhone are much cheaper than in my country.

I wonder if Apple's warranty is international, and/or what warranty coverage exists when I return to my country.

Where can I understand what Apple Warranty covers in the US when products leave the US?


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Family has a new iPod Touch for christmas... and their pictures are showing up as what sounds like infrared.

I can't find documentation of a feature like that. We are fairly sure their haven't been any apps downloaded. I have an iPhone 4S and don't see anything like that, but things could be different on the Touch.

Does anyone know of "stock" features on the iPod Touch that allows for different camera features? Infrared, reverse black/white, etc?

PS: I don't have the touch in front of me and family isn't super computer savy... so help is greatly appreciated.


texts: The terminal will switch to the first tab when the window is active. How to disable that?

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If I open several tabs in the terminal, minimize the window and make the window active again, the first tab will be switched on. I want to keep my last chosen tab on when I active the terminal, which I believe is the expected behavior before. Is there any setting I missed to fix that?

I recorded a video to show my issue: https://imgur.com/a/VIHTY

System: macOS 10.13.2.


texts: Is it possible to order a replacement key?

texts: The large   0   on my Apple keyboard (came with my 2008 Mac Mini) has fallen out, and upon my attempt to put it back in, a small but extremely vital plastic piece snapped off. Can I order a new key from Apple?


texts: Backup Mac OS partition to NTFS: are there any drawbacks?

texts: I need to backup Mac data into our NTFS storage partition. Are there any issues/drawbacks I should consider?


texts: How to get the three finger 'scroll to top' back in mountain lion?

texts: Remember in Snow Leopard there was a gesture using three fingers to scroll to the top of webpages? Has anyone worked out a way of getting that back?


texts: Why can I open a connection on port 80 for 0.0.0.0 but not other forms?

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My understanding of Linux/MacOS (I think they are the same in this regard) port permissions is that ports 1-1024 are only available to root, but above that, they are available to anyone.

However, I've run into some unexpected behavior when opening ports on MacOS 10.14.2. I'm using php -S (version 7.3.0) to experiment.

When I run the command with the following cases:

127.0.0.1:80
[::1]:80
mylocalipv4:80
mylocalipv6:80

it returns Failed to listen on ::1:80 (reason: Permission denied) as expected (where the IP/port given is shown).

However, if I run it with 0.0.0.0:80, it successfully starts listening, but I can't connect to it with curl, either using 127.0.0.1 or the actual IP of my machine.

If I run the PHP server with [::0]:80 it successfully starts listening, and I can curl it with curl [::1] and with my local ipv6 address.

I would have expected the last two cases to fail to start with permission denied. Why don't they?


texts: Can I download a list of all apps I've PAID apple for?

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I've had an iPhone or iPod touch for years, and have bought tons of little apps, some free, some pay for.

I'd like to get a list of all the apps that I've paid for over the years, as there is one I'm trying to find, that I can't remember it's name!

When I browse my purchase history, it's got tons of free items listed as well, as I've installed tons of apps.

I'd like to download this list, and filter it to ignore things that were free. I only want to see things I've actually paid for.

Is this possible?

Note - I do not want to have to browse through my purchase history... I'd like to just install an app, or whatever I need to do to get a csv or spreadsheet of my purchases. It'd be nice if it included iTunes movie rentals as well ;-) Thanks!


texts: Encrypt external drive without format, no finder option

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I have a LaCie Rugged 4TB drive that I want to encrypt. It's partitioned in two, 3,8TB "Rugged" (Mac OS Extended Journaled) and 200GB "Transfer" (ExFAT). I want to encrypt the "Rugged" partition.
Quick backstory, I formatted the partition using Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted), copied everything from another drive (that this new one is replacing) and was happy as :) However, I accidentally started decrypting it when I set up TM, so I've spent the last 3 days waiting for it to decrypt :/
Now I want to re-encrypt the drive again, without formatting (as I don't have access to the previous drive anymore), but I don't have a Finder option to encrypt when right-clicking the partition.
I've read that this can be caused by using the wrong type of partition map, however in Disk Util the parent LaCie drive shows Partition Map: GUID.
Is there another way to encrypt the partition without formatting?


texts: How to clear these email suggestions from the top of the iOS keyboard?

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I have googled a few times but I am unable to get the answer I wanted. Most results are about the Mail app one way or another.
For me, my problem is actually as highlighted in the attached screenshot.
Above the keyboard there are two email suggestions for filling into the input boxes.
How can I remove them without the need to change any contact details?


texts: Can not login to MacBook Pro... strange boot screen

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Problem: My 2015 retina MacBook Pro is currently stuck booting up to this screen. It happened after I tried following some troubleshooting tips as my MacBook started to freeze up. I’m afraid I made it worst. This occurred after trying SMC reset and I can’t get back any other screen.

It seems to be asking me to turn it off with a switch? But I don’t have a switch on the side of my Mac. Is there a way to fix this before I take it to get checked out at the store? ;(


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Today I decided to erase OS X and install Ubuntu - unfortunately something went wrong and now I am asking this question on live mode on Ubuntu.

So basically all I did was create a bootable USB stick from OS X, restarted, then held down ⌥ alt/option, choosed the stick, installed Ubuntu and erased OS X.

All was good, and after installion it said "successful installation" and restarted the computer. I did that, and a blinking question mark appeared on the screen. My MBP could not find any bootable partition.

Any idea what can I do to get Ubuntu up and running?

By the way, I want to point out there is no OS X partition left on my drive - I didn't use any kind of program for dual boot, since I wanted to install OS X on another physical drive.


texts: Will AirDrop work between an OS X virtual machine and an iPhone?

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I'm looking for an easy way to transfer files to my iPhone and I don't have a Mac.

I was going to use VirtualBox or VMware Workstation Player.


texts: How to set the language of iCloud calendar reminder emails?

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Ever since iCloud Calendar became publicly available I have used it to arrange my schedule. I meet with people from other countries on a regular basis and I'd like the Calendar reminder emails I send to people when setting up a meeting to be in English. Unfortunately, that's not the case. iCloud always sends my meeting invites in my native language (the country my AppleID is assigned to).

It seems that iCloud is ignoring my OS and iCloud web interface language choice, as they're both set to English.

Is there a way to change the default language of Calendar reminders somewhere?


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I've downloaded OpenLDAP sources from Apple Source for OSX 1.9.

But I've the following error found in config.log when compiling using make:

configure:27816: checking for db.h
configure:27824: result: yes
configure:27838: checking for Berkeley DB major version in db.h
configure:27857: result: 1
configure:27865: checking for Berkeley DB minor version in db.h
configure:27884: result: 0
configure:27892: checking if Berkeley DB version supported by BDB/HDB backends
configure:27932: result: no
configure:27937: error: BerkeleyDB version incompatible with BDB/HDB backends

I've the lastest XCode installed.
Any clues?

Related:

Berkeley DB mismatch error while configuring LDAP


texts: Change an app from "all users" to "this user only"

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I've been on my mac for quite a while now, using only a single account (mine).

I've added a new account for my girlfriend recently (yes it's getting serious), but I have a little problem.

I'm a physicist and therefore use a lot of domain-specific apps (matlab, macvim, latex, ...) which my girlfriend doesn't need.

How can I change these apps so they only show up in my account's applications folder (I am the admin). Vice versa, I would also want that none of the apps she installs are visible on my account.

How would this be done? Do her privileges prevent her from installing global apps?


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iCloud and OS X Server: Limits for Contacts, Calendars, Reminders?

For iCloud, there are some limits detailed here: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202158

However there is no mention of such limits when running your own OS X Server.

Does anyone know the limits of OS X Server Calendar (CalDAV) and Contacts (CardDAV), if there are any?


texts: How to save on iCloud a WhatsApp call record?

texts:
I was wondering if it was possible to save on iCloud a WhatsApp call record.

I have an iPhone 6s.


texts:
When I search from the finder spotlight is working as expected.

When pressing cmd+space and entering the same query I only get results from Safari's history.

Edit

The index is OK and the results are correct when searching with the Finder and with mdfind on the command line. Is only the spotlight window (cmd+space) that is not working.

Edit 2

Rebuilding the index does not change the behaviour

Any hint on how could I solve the problem?


texts: Export an iMovie project to QuickTime to import into another iMovie project

texts: I have iMovie '11 and wish to export an iMovie project to a mov file that I can import into another iMovie project. How can I do this?


texts: How to direct an app to use a specific Java version?

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I got an Java application that does run under Java 1.8 without problems when I start its JAR directly.
However on my Mac the JAR is wrapped within an app that demands me to install Java 1.6 -- which I really do not want to do!

So I'm searching the point within the app package where I could configure that my App shall use the installed Java 1.8

Changing property InfoDictionary version within Contents/Info.plist to 8.0 will not help.

Is this possible at all or do I need to build a complete new App Package?
In case of the later, which tool would be best to do this for a bunch of applications?


texts: Sony wf-1000xm3 audio quality is different between Mac and Android for the same song

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Today I was listening to "Lil jon - Get low Bass Boosted HQ HD" on YouTube using my Sony wf-1000xm3 earbuds. First I was using my Mac (16-inch, 2019) to stream the song and then I used my mobile (OnePlus 6). In my mobile, I had the "Sony | Headphones Connect" app installed as well.

On my mobile, the audio quality was fantastic and I could feel the base properly. But, when I used my Mac it was totally out. Audio quality in Mac felt like that I was using some cheap headset. (BTW, Mac's inbuilt speakers had better sound quality)

Any ideas?


texts: Apple iMac Catalina won’t boot to Recovery mode

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Trying to install and boot from a external SSD as my main drive is a bit flakey and slow. I cannot install on the external drive Catalina.

Tried creating a bootable utility disk https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372 (couldn’t trigger the option key on restart.)
Tried entering Recovery mode using cmd r, pauses like about to go there but then loads incurrent OS on internal drive.
Tried triggering a new install to another external drive, when reboots just reloads the login, even if try the above.
Tried using startup disk and click to load a different drive but doesn’t, just loads current OS.

Observations
Thought it was my Bluetooth keyboard not allowing me in to a Recovery state but same happens with wired one.
Thought it might be wrong disk format but using MACOS extended format/also tried APFS.
When booting Apple logo loads and then see loading bar, this seems longer than on my MacBook but think this is difference between SSD and standard disk.
Tried Apple support and not helped to date. Completely stumped


texts: How to stop iOS "update from beta" notifications?

texts: How can I stop receiving notifications telling me to update from the iOS 11 beta? I don’t have enough storage to update and I really don’t want to completely reset my phone either.


texts: Running Windows 7 from SD card on a Macbook Air

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This question has already been asked here before, but I feel I'm missing something or don't understand something from the answers.

I have a MacBook Air - very little space left. I have a 128GB SD card. I want to dual boot Windows 7 and OSx. The Windows 7 would run from the SD card.

I've prepared a USB drive with the Windows installation through Bootcamp assistant successfully, but then the "Install or remove Windows 7" checkbox is greyed out. It also gives me "You must have at least 50 GB of space available" message, but I want to install it on the SD card.

Does bootcamp not support writing on SD cards? Is there a workaround?


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I am pondering whether it makes sense to install iOS 8 on my iPhone 5s.  I've seen articles like this, that advise you not to install the new OS on the 4s.

However, I've seen nothing about the 5s experiences.  Those with 5s phones upgraded... did the phone slow down at all?  Was it worth it?


texts: How do I delete songs on my iphone using Windows version of iTunes?

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I have an iPhone 8+ and use the Windows version of iTunes. There are all these songs my son purchased thru iTunes showing up on my iPhone. How do I get these listings off my iPhone?
Note: The songs are not physically on the iPhone, but listed as downloadable. I don't want them listed at all.


texts: Can I turn on the hotspot in objective-c in IOS 7?

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Can I turn on the hotspot in objective-c in iOS 7?

I've searched StackOverflow, and some information I've found has said "objective-c does not support turning on the personal hotspot". But this information was from a few years ago.

Does objective-c support turning on the hotspot in iOS 7 now?


texts:
I'm trying to set up a function to make certain grep command easier.

gr() { grep -r --include=*.\{m,h,xib\} $1 \* ; }

The end result should be a recursive grep of all *.m, *.h, and *.xib files, for whatever is specified by the command's argument:

$ gr SearchText

Can anyone demonstrate the correct syntax for this?


texts: How dangerous and common is "leaking electricity" in Mac Book pro laptops

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I recently found out that my MacBookPro11,4 is "leaking electricity" somewhere. At first it seemed like a minor tingle. Then i tried to see if it gets worse if i touched a good conductor (a radiator) and the laptop at the same time. It got a lot worse. From tingle to a continuous surge that for some could be quite unbearable.

How "normal" is this ?
How dangerous is this to people?
How damaging is this to the laptop itself?
What exactly causes this?
Is fixing this covered by standard warranty?


texts: Is it possible and safe to uninstall pre-installed apps and to reinstall them when needed?

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Is it okay to uninstall apps that came with my Mac like iMovie and GarageBand? I don't think I'll be using GarageBand so I'm planning to uninstall it.

Additionally, if there would be a time I may need it, is it possible to reinstall the app?

Thanks.


texts: What if I download a different IPSW for a different Device?

texts: I've always been doing research on how to download a firmware for a different device. What i'm trying to say is: What will happen if I download a firmware that is not meant for my device? I downloaded the iPhone 4s iOS 6 IPSW to for my iPhone 6s. Will it not work? Will it brick the device? Will it still work anyway but will the display be stretched? No, i'm not trying to make a duplicate question, I just want to know is going to happen.


texts: A failed update that resulted in an unmounted disk0s2

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During a strange glitch update yesterday I ended up with a circle with a diagonal dash in it .

I had backed up though .

I have restarted with command/r
Now I have attempted to install the a new os version in the many ways available , but my disk is missing ( not visible )

When I go to reinstall osx mavericks , there is current osx disk available

When in time machine restore , there is also no disk available

Now I am in disk utility
I can see a disc0s2 . Which is listed as not mounted !

I'm not sure what to do

Help please ?


texts: Graphics driver for Macbook Pro Retina BootCamp and AMD M370x

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Has anyone had any luck finding a BootCamp driver to work for the new 2015 MacBook Pro Retina with AMD m370x?

I've installed Windows 8.1, but the AMD driver installation tool says that there is no suitable hardware available, even though it clearly shows up display properties.

Maybe there is a Beta driver somewhere?

Why would there be terrible performance out of the gate for this video card, when it should be an upgrade from previous gen?


texts: Debug iOS Application using distribution certificate

texts:
I have Xcode setup with distribution certificate, when i run the application, It gets installed in the device but halts the connection in Xcode and throws an error.

The issue is, the application crashes for some reason after running in device, to get to know reason behind the crash we need access to log, and since  Xcode stops the connection post installation, we cannot collect the log.

My question is, Is it normal that the Xcode disconnect upon install if we are using distribution profile? Or is it something else that is causing this issue.

PS: Our development and testing team works remotely, the development team develops the copy with development profile which is working very good, and the testing team test it using distribution profile.


texts: Create one large hard drive partition from multiple smaller ones

texts:
I've got a 4TB HD that I use for cloning, moving machines etc. I previously had it setup as 1tb, 1tb, 2tb. But I was only using c. 400gb, 400gb, 500gb respectively.

I've now resized the partitions to make better use of the space but want to now make one large c 2.7tb partition out of the remaining space. But I can't seem to combine the empty spaces, is this possible?

I've attached a screenshot for reference.


texts: iPhone 3GS keeps vibrating at random times

texts:
I've had this 3GS for nearly three years now, and just recently (last few months) it has started to vibrate briefly (under 1 second) with no alerts or other indication onscreen as to why it's vibrating.

It happens a few times a day now, even after a reboot of the phone.

Has anyone else seen this behavior, or are there suggestions for things I can try to resolve it without repairing the hardware? In other words, yes, I realize it's probably a hardware issue, but is there a possibility it is software or can be resolved without repairing the hardware?

I used to keep in on vibrate 100% of the time, and recently have switched to letting it ring as my belt case broke and I don't feel it vibrate in my pocket.


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My brother will soon be going to South Korea to teach English and he is wanting to make sure that his phone will work properly with a local carrier. The phone is SIM unlocked (we verified it with an Orange UK SIM card that I picked up last summer in England). So, does anyone know of a South Korean carrier that supports iPhones?

The iPhone 4S is from Sprint in the USA originally and they unlocked the GSM SIM slot for me because I was going to spend some time in the UK.

Will this GSM-unlocked CDMA phone work with any South Korean carriers?


texts: Will an iPad 2 3G from UK work on a Poland's (or another country's) 3G network?

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I have the possibility to buy an iPad 2 3G which is written iPad "UK", on the vendor's site. I expect it to have a different charger plug, but that's all.

Being in Poland, will I be able to make it work with 3G cards from Poland?

The broader question is to know if there is a country limitation, or a difference of norms in the 3G matter for the iPad 2.


texts: How can I run a shell script that prompts for user input from within Applescript

texts:
I have two pieces of code. One is Applescript and the other a Bash shell script. The shell script needs to run concurrently with the applescript, return some values and then exit. The problem is the shell script's read -p prompt does not pause for user input when called from within applescript using do shell script "/path/to/script.sh".

I thought maybe

display dialog "Query?" default answer ""
set T to text returned of result

could replace the read -p prompt but I can't figure out how to make either way work. How cam use either of these methods to properly ask and wait for user entry?

I realize I could cut the applescript in two sections placing one at the beginning of the shell script and one after the last shell command.

#!/bin/bash

osascript ~/Start_Script.scpt

echo 'enter some Text'
read -p "" T

## for things in stuff do more
## stuff while doing other things
## done

osascript ~/End_Script.scpt

This is what I've been doing and it does work. But it requires using the terminal which is fine for me. But if I wanted to show someone like my Mom.. well she's just not going to open the Terminal app. So it would be nice to find a way to emulate the read -p command within Applescript itself and be able to pass a variable along to the embedded shell script.


texts: Icon for CD drive disappears and reappears every few seconds

texts:
In one of our company MacBooks (MacBook7,1), the CD drive acts weirdly - any time a CD is inserted, the icon will appear for a few seconds in the desktop and finder, then disappear for another few seconds. This keeps happening, and the CD can't be accessed.

I'm totally new to the Mac environment and workflow, so excuse me if the answer is fairly simple.


texts: Troubleshooting: Apple booting to Prohibitory Sign

texts:
So my macbook pro (2012 Intel i5 6gb ram), has been starting up to the prohibitory sign. This sign will kinda sway back and forth between the apple symbol and the prohibitory sign. Every once in a while it will stick at the Apple Logo and turn on.

I have reinstalled the OS, reset the NVRAM, and pretty much everything else I could think to check, including hardware diagnostic checks.

I work as an IT and happened to have another Macbook pro of the same year and model laying around. When I switch the hard drives in the two computers both computers, both of them are able to boot up normally every time. (This confuses me).

Any idea on the problem or other things to try??

Thanks


texts: Is it allowed to incentivize users to leave reviews?

texts:
I was playing a game and encountered this:

Is this allowed by Apple? As soon as you click "Yes" and go to the app store review page, it unlocks all of the colors, whether or not you actually leave a review.


texts: specify Open With application for stacks

texts: My application preferences were reset, and at which point the 'Open In Finder' arrow on the stacks is now opening iPhoto. Does anybody know how to change this?


texts: How to get my networked drives to also work on Mountain Lion?

texts:
I have a networked drive on the XP side of my MacBook. I use a VPN and then can login to the drive. Nothing too special going on. I believe the server uses Active Directory.

There isn't a ton of info I have to enter. The \\server.local.blah blah
and some IP info.

I have never been able to get these to mount or show up and authenticate on the Mac side. I can use the network connect to login to the VPN, but directory access has always been a no-go.


texts: Excluding Chrome's session storage from Time Machine

texts: Is it advisable to exclude ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Session\ Storage/ from Time Machine backups? It certainly sounds like a prime candidate, but I am unable to find confirmation anywhere, which surprises me given that Chrome is fairly widely used.


texts:
Since I'm working on several projects that require different resources (shells, files, Chrome windows, etc.), I'd like to organize them better.

Is there a Mac utility or something that will allow me to group a bunch of app windows together to represent a specific task?

For instance I can group Chrome window, Finder window, shell into one group (this would be one project), and then a bunch of those into another group, etc.


texts:
Ever since updating to the latest version of iTunes on my dual core mac mini, iTunes can only perform one task at a time beach balling the entire time.  For example if it is downloading a podcast, and I try and watch something off my apple tv via home sharing on this library, it fails to load.  Same thing if it is syncing my iPhone.

Importing new media into my library also seems to take much longer than it did before, for instance importing a 700mb movie takes ~20 hours.

What can cause such a degrade in performance?


texts: How do I set my iPhone / iPad to UTC-12 time zone?

texts: It seems the latest time zone is UTC-12, as listed on the Wikipedia UTC time offsets article.  But on the iPhone / iPad, I cannot find and choose the time zone of either "Baker Island" or "Howland Island". How could it be done?


texts: What does "mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume " signify?

texts:
In Console.App I can see various log messages.  I've diagnosed a Time Machine problem and searched for "backup".  In the resulting messages from backupd I also noticed the message

27/07/11 16.01.59,562 mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume

showed up (which is most likely not Time Machine related but has the word backup in it).

Any suggestions on what this is and how I can fix it?


texts: Notification Center errors filling up /var/log/system.log

texts:
Once per second I'm getting the following errors in my system.log:

Aug 28 01:15:00 Air com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[122] (com.apple.notificationcenterui.agent[52635]): Exited with code: 1
Aug 28 01:15:00 Air com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[122] (com.apple.notificationcenterui.agent): Throttling respawn: Will start in 1 seconds
Aug 28 01:15:01 Air.local NotificationCenter[52636]: Unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting

Is this likely affecting system performance, and what can I do about it?

Note that the "Air" in the log is my very creative name for the MacBook Air computer I use. Also, Notification Center is delivering notifications as expected through all this; I don't know why it's attempting to respawn because as far as I can tell, the process isn't dead.

The output of ps -x |grep otific
is

 341 ??         0:22.61 /System/Library/CoreServices/Notification Center.app/Contents/MacOS/NotificationCenter -psn_0_430185

Notifications appear as expected.

The file /System/Library/CoreServices/Notification Center.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/MainMenu.nib has the following ls -l entry:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1787 Jul 25  2012 MainMenu.nib


texts:
In finder, I can cntrl + click on a file and click "compress"... Sometimes. It seems that randomly the option just won't show up and I have to open a new finder window, or duplicate the folder first, or something ridiculous like that.

Is this a bug, or is compress only supposed to show up under certain circumstances?


texts: How to I block a yahoo contact that is spamming me in Messages application?

texts:
How to I block a Yahoo messenger contact that is spamming me in Messages application?

I tried Buddied > Remove buddy but it has not effect.

Do I really have to install the  Yahoo! client in order to do that or there are alternatives to this?


texts:
My Macbook Air (2014 Sierra) has suddenly started entering a backtick in the middle of words today. Mostly with the word can (appears as ca`n), with have, make, changing, change all display the same behaviour.
My keyboard is British UK, I have not changed any language settings. The behaviour is the same in every app and in every user account and in safe mode. It happens when using the Mac keyboard and external keyboard. I have searched all settings to find out what could have happened. I have reset the PRAM and SMC and aside from throwing it through the window I'm out of ideas!
The only change to my laptop in the last two weeks is installing Microsoft Teams and Citrix Receiver which I'm using to work for a client on.
If you need any more info from me to help identify my problem then let me know. I'm getting around it with autocorrect in Word but that doesn't help every other app! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you brainy bunch ca`n help with a solution.
Many thanks.


texts: How can I remove a sim lock when I'm no longer an Orange France customer?

texts:
I bought an iPhone 4 in France. When moving to Belgium, I've put a belgian SIM card but I noticed that the phone is SIMLOCKED. I contacted the person who sold it to me and explained everything. He proposed me to contact Orange France to UNLOCK the iPhone.

I tried to contact them but couldn't reach them.

If someone experienced the same problem, please tell me how you fixed this?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Managing and removing startup processes on OSX Lion

texts:
My Startup Items for my username (i am admin) shows only dropbox - yet a look at my processes (in activity monitor) shows other helper processes from Adobe, Lexmark, etc, etc.

Where can I see and manage these processes that are being launched on startup?

update

I found a couple in LaunchAgents - Steam and VirtualBox. I've just looked at my activity again and "Seagate Drive Gauge" is showing - I have checked the programs, is there any way to find where this process is being launched from!? LaunchDaemons doesn't exist and startupitems is empty.

update 2

Great stuff, found the PID and looked it up on ps, and it is:

/Library/Application Support/Seagate/Seagate Storage Gauge.app/Contents/MacOS/Seagate Storage Gauge -doautolnch /

BUT - how do I find where that is being called from?


texts: How font sizes at iPhone 6/6+ compare to earlier iPhones?

texts:
How font size is different in iPhone 6 / 6 Plus as compared to earlier iPhones (e.g. 5S)--given both the different screen size and DPI?

Did the perceived* font sizes in system interfaces and built-in apps grow proportionally with screen size?

[*] Perceived--i.e. as measured in milimeters/inches, not in pixels.
What are Apple's guidelines for app developers in terms of font sizes for 6/6+ as compared to earlier iPhones? How strictly are they enforced via app moderation (or any other means)? Should all apps effectively demonstrate the same font size for similar UI elements, or they are allowed to decide on the size individually? Should DisplayZoom and Dynamic Type be strictly supported by every app developer?

The reason I'm asking is that with iPhone 4 I struggle with a small font in most of the apps I use--so curious whether it will change if I switch to iPhone 6/+.


texts: Can I detect my iPhone when thief logout from iCloud in Settings?

texts:
I don't have iPhone but I want to know just for knowledge purpose, Can I detect my iPhone when thief logout from iCloud in Settings ?

I know we can detect our iPhone when we login on iCloud website with same apple id as device login but what if device logout from that apple id. can we still detect our iPhone ?


texts: iPad turned itself off and won't turn back on

texts:
I was just reading a webpage on my iPad and the screen went black and then the Apple logo came up and then the spinning loading wheel and it just went black...

Nothing after that.

The screen is blank/black/off - can't tell which. Resetting does nothing. Plugging it into the charge does nothing. Plugging it into iTunes does nothing.


texts: mvim (MacVim 7.4) opening new windows rather than tabs (Mac OS X 10.8.5)

texts:
I am using the above and editing new files using mvim <filename>. The first time after I installed mvim in the /usr/local/bin directory it seemed to open files in new tabs by default, this behaviour has now stopped.

I would like to know the .vimrc setting to turn it back on or mvim switch that I should use to open files so that they are tabbed instead of opened as new windows.

The .vimrc I am using currently is:

set number
set ruler
"folding settings
set foldmethod=indent   "fold based on indent
set foldnestmax=20      "deepest fold is 10 levels
set nofoldenable        "dont fold by default
set foldlevel=31        "this is just what i use
set ignorecase

I don't think any of the above should change the behaviour of mvim and the way it opens new files.

I've already read:
MacVim -- switch to tab where file is opened if trying to open an already-opened file; and
Use MacVim as standard Terminal?; and I am also in the middle of reading :help mvim

I am sure I have read the answer somewhere, however I cannot remember where and now cannot find it.


texts:
Migrated everything from the old MacBook Pro 2012 (that was starting to do weird things) to a 2019 model.
Told Time Machine (TM), yes, DO inherit the old backup.  (Would have thought Migration assistant would take care of that.)
However, TM instead created a new backup set, meaning that (1) first backup takes ten to twenty hours; (2) identical files are being re-copied instead of hard-linked, doubling the space.
Subsequent backups are also taking longer than twelve hours—maybe due to free space being limited?
Finally, contrary to both documentation and experience from several years ago, neither backup set has the name of the computer it came from.
man page for tmutil and another post suggest the solution is either associatedisk or inheritbackup or both in unspecified order.  But man page is unclear and what seemed to be the right arguments got error messages for both.  Perhaps it needs to be different due to the fact that / and /System/Volumes/Data are now separate directories in the backup.
Anyone have successfully fixed such an issue on Catalina or Big Sur?  (My Big Sur update is already in progress.)


texts: MacOS 10.15 Catalina asks "AMPDevicesAgent wants to use your confidential information stored in iOS backup in your keychain"

texts:
I have just updated to MacOS 10.15 Catalina, and it asks "AMPDevicesAgent wants to use your confidential information stored in iOS backup in your keychain" when I try to backup my iPhone.

It is a bit unexpected to see a requester like this without any explanation why, and whether it is legitimate. Mac users who are less technical may be confused by this, and others may also be susipicious as to whether this is a legitimate request from MacOS itself and should be permitted or not.

How can I tell if this alert is legitimate?


texts: Transfer file between iPhones using Bluetooh

texts: Can I transfer data between two iPhones via Bluetooth?


texts: Lost Apple ID: How to recover iTunes media and iCloud data?

texts:
I have an iPad containing all my music and iCloud data (contacts) but I lost access to my Apple ID. I want to make a backup of the data on my iPad, create a new Apple ID and then re-import the data.

How do I do this?


texts: Mac Terminal - Rename Keeping Last 6 Characters

texts:
I'm using the built in Terminal, and I am totally new to this coding so I will need to know exactly what to type when I open the Terminal. Also, please don't direct me to any other software. So lets say...

I have a folder named "Power" on my Desktop (without the quotation marks around it of course).
In that folder there are multiple .tif files named like the following:

Washington,George-150987.tif
Lincoln,Abraham-755103.tif
Smith,Jack & Jill-102347.tif
Jones-Newman,Martha & John Newman-137881.tif

These names have one thing in common. They all have a 6 digit number before the extension, and always will.
I want a way to batch rename a large group of these files keeping just the last 6 digits. Hell, if there's a code that could rename keeping just numbers, that would be THE BEST, because in rare occasions, there might be a

Smith,Jane-108965(mrs).tif

But if there is no code for that, that's fine, I can use another software to get rid of that (mrs) in a second.


texts:
I have MacBook Pro 13' Retina 2015. When I connect the charger the magnet connector heats up, but when charging is complete and the green light comes on everything is normal with no heat.

Also, when I am using the Mac whether on battery or while on charge, the area above the fans heat up too - especially when using Google Chrome. Other times it wont heat up.


texts: How can I play YouTube in the background without using Safari?

texts:
Is there an easy way to keep playing YouTube videos in the background, even if I switch to a different app?

I'm not interested in using the Safari multitasking trick. I want something super easy to use.


texts:
I just upgraded to Yosemite, I find that I cannot minimise the Character Viewer into the dock as I used to... is this normal?
It saved me a lot of trouble to have it pop-up every time I started the computer.
Or maybe there's a way to have it a login item?

Maybe this is related but I find this complex...


texts:
Chrome crashes my 13" and 15" rMBP.

  I got to press the power button to reboot to solve it.

The shutdown monitor log and chrome://crashes is empty, so I check the system log.

5/17/14 16:12:45.946 Google Chrome[306]: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x1b559efe
5/17/14 16:12:46.066 Google Chrome[306]: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x1b559efe
5/17/14 16:13:57.443 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:13:57.443 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:13:58.361 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:13:58.361 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:14:27.394 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:14:27.394 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:14:30.231 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:14:30.231 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:15:04.180 loginwindow[78]: magsafeStateChanged state changed old 1 new 2
5/17/14 16:15:21.030 loginwindow[78]: magsafeStateChanged state changed old 2 new 1
5/17/14 16:15:34.039 SophosWebD[99]: <SMENode: 0x7f9af3e09c70> localNode csc:1ERROR! encountered an error while writing to outputstream| error:Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=32 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Broken pipe"
5/17/14 16:15:35.099 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:15:35.099 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:16:37.447 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server
5/17/14 16:16:37.447 Google Chrome Helper[4105]: CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFECC) from font server

Chrome Version:34.0.1847.137
extensions:
Google Docs 0.6
OneTab 1.6
Pocket (formerly Read It Later) 1.7.1
plugins:
QuickTime Player - Version: 7.7.3
Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 1.4.2.464
Adobe Flash Player (2 files) - Version: 13.0.0.214
PPAPI (out-of-process)
OS X:10.9.3

Is there anyone else got the same problem?


texts: Reinstall Mac OS. Will time machine really work?

texts:
I installed a lot of OSS packages when I got my new MacBook.  After many updates and 2 OS upgrades XCode command line tools has REALLY gored itself.  IT thinks it is installed.  But everything I try to do says CLT is NOT installed.  I have attempted with GREAT prejudice to delete XCode and reinstall.  Mostly all I have done is lose the source code for my website.  But CLT is still not usable.

I am now to the point of ready to reinstall 10.14. I do have a time machine backup but have never tried to use it to recover an entire machine before.

Will this really work?  I am pretty stuck right now as Ruby but if I’m going to have to start from scratch in setting up I’ll just do without.

Opinions on bare metal reinstall?


texts: Can't connect to iPod: iTunes claims iPod Touch needs passcode entered

texts:
At some point my daughter entered the wrong passcode too many times on her iPod Touch 2nd gen.  I'm trying to reset the iPod as follows:

Unplug the cable from the ipod
turn the iPod off by holding down the sleep/wake button and dragging the red arrow across the screen
Hold down the home button and connect the USB cable to the iPod
Keep holding the home button until the "connect to itunes" screen comes up

The problem is directly afterwards itunes always complains, stating "itunes could not connect to the iphone because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the iPod before it can be used with iTunes"

The issue is that the iPod is stuck at the "connect to itunes" screen so I cannot enter the passcode.


texts: Recently, my iPhone 3GS has stopped playing music out the right earphone. I have tried other earphones, but the same thing happened. Is there anything I can do?


texts: How to promote an iPhone app (productivity / goal-setting)

texts:
I've made an iPhone application that is a goal-setting workshop (that is - it doesn't just track goals - it helps users to decide upon them). That is quite a novel approach I think.

There is a New Year approaching so there will be many articles on New Year's resolutions (and in some cases - goal setting applications). I would like to let journalists know about my app.

I have already prepared a press release package and sent it to the app review sites. What more can I do?


texts: Installing Barrel caused an issue which doesn't go away

texts:
I installed and ran Barrel 2 on my iPhone and set the new effect. I also needed to move a group of apps and made my icons toggle. Then all my apps stopped working. I uninstalled it but the issue still remains.

What should I do?


texts: Is there a way to hook up my IPhone to my Windows computer to make and recieve calls and texts?

texts: Basically what I am looking for is something similar to Phone Amego from these questions, but for Windows. Also my desktop doesn't have Bluetooth so a solution that works over WiFi or by plugging my phone into the sync/charging cable would be preferable.


texts: Macbook notifications cannot be silenced

texts:
I have a 2019 Macbook Pro 15" with a touch bar running macOS 10.14.6

The MacBook won't be quiet

Notifications off in the notification centre, Slack told to not notify, other apps with notifying off, the volume set to zero, the lid shut, do not disturb settings in the systems preferences "when the display is sleeping", do not disturb is set to 24h a day

It's still making ding noises like it's trying to notify about something

This generation of Macbook doesn't have an on-off switch for power either.  So the only solution to stop the sounds is to put it in a sound proof container.  If I am sharing a hotel room with it, I put it in the suitcase with my spare clothes

My question is, how can I prevent the Macbook from making sounds?  Whatever I do - if it is lid shut, in sleep mode, as near to "off" as a Macbook can be, it is still going ding all the time

My specific question is: Is there some setting or command I can use to completely silence it?

I know that if I drain the battery and force it to be completely off this will work.  But this approach it would be inconvenient and impractical for most cases


texts: Suddenly unable to send SMS from macOS (names marked RED)

texts:
I've used "Forward Text Messages" for years to send SMS from macOS. Since last week, names of "SMS people" are marked RED in Messages, and I can't send SMS from macOS anymore.

I've updated to the latest iOS and macOS, logged out and in of iCloud on both devices, and flicked "Forward Text Messages" in Settings off and on several times, to no avail.

My only lead is that when flicking the setting, I'm supposed to be asked to enter a code (on the Mac, I think), but this does not happen. Apple Store had no idea and I've found no help on the Web.

Clicking on the red name shows this context menu:

✔ (number)                        iMessage  (Ghosted)
  (number) is not registered with iMessage  (Ghosted)
Remove (name) from chat
Show contact card

Also, the message field at the bottom shows "iMessage", where it said "Text message" before.

SMS sent from iOS are added to messages on macOS. So it works that way, but not from macOS to iOS (because Messages does not seem to know about SMS, only iMessage.)

NEW: Turned "Forward Text Messages" off, turned off both Mac and iPhone, turned both on, and turned "Forward Text Messages" on. I get no question about entering a code, and still RED names.


texts: Inbox messages not visible after upgrading to Yosemite

texts:
Since I upgraded to Yosemite on January 3rd, my Apple mail app is misbehaving. When I get new messages from gmail, they show up in the Unread and Today mail folders but not in the overall Inbox folder. After they are read, they disappear from Unread (of course) and are lost in the ether. If I search mail for a specific message, it finds it and indicates its either in an Important folder or simply in the inbox. Otherwise the message doesn't show up in Mail at all.
Also the mail remains on the gmail server when I access it directly on the web.

I've tried to synchronize the mail accounts but nothing changes.

I also turned on iCloud and iDrive at the same time.


texts: /usr/local/bin/ not found by Automator and Java but exists in Terminal

texts:
Automator Shell Script

echo $PATH
eval /usr/libexec/path_helper -s
echo $PATH

Results:

after the first echo $PATH:

/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

after the second echo $PATH:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin

As ImageMagick is installed in /usr/local/bin it means that it fails unless I mess with the PATH first
anyone know where Automator (Java is the same) gets its path from and how to permanently add the missing paths


texts: Where are the settings for microphone input volume stored?

texts:
I'm trying to write a script that detects a change in this setting:

However, I'm having trouble locating the .plist file where this setting is stored. Does anyone where I can find this file?

Edit: I feel like it may be located at /Library/Preferences/Audio/com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist
however, I can't narrow down the numeric value that corresponds to input volume


texts: Automatically hide latex aux files in finder (files with a certain extension)

texts:
I'm a LaTeX user in OSX. I use TexShop primarily. LaTeX automatically creates lots of helper files with various different extensions (.log, .nav, .aux, .out, etc).

It's almost never necessary to view these, so they add a ton of clutter to the finder folders. Does anyone have a good way of automatically hiding these files in the finder? Specifically, I want to hide all of the files with those extensions automatically. They are created every time I compile, so I need a way either for the finder to ignore them (in the way the windows explorer can treat certain extensions as hidden by default) or for the hidden flag to be set automatically upon creation.

I could actually do this globally if necessary, as my workflow rarely ever gives me cause to invoke or manipulate .log files from the finder. The ideal situation would be to do it only for the folders and sub-folders I use for writing.


texts:
I have an iMac running High Sierra 10.13.6
Recently I could not access app store.
Now iTunes can't find the server.
I went to keychain, found the Verisign certificates, but got an error when I tried to delete.
Nothing works - please help


texts: Why iCloud tabs not working iOS 11 iPhone and iOS 10 iPad?

texts:
Unable to see iCloud tabs on iPad (safari).

Tried signing out and in of iCloud on iPad. I can see iCloud tabs on iPhone from iPad.

iPhone on iOS 11 but iPad is too old to update from iOS 10. Does the feature not work if the devices are on different OS’s?


texts: Can not reduce size of an inserted image in Numbers

texts:
I have done Insert |Image Gallery and cut and paste a single Image. I can only reduce its size a certain amount: it is still much too large.

It is strange to do Image Gallery for a single image: is there another/better way?
Why is it restricted from reducing the image size further?


texts: Trouble with updating mobile and local user account passwords

texts:
I've started a new position where I manage a number of macbooks running High Sierra and Mojave with Filevault enabled. We've got mobile/network accounts on them that are connected to Active Directory. We use Lanrev to manage them.

When people update their active directory passwords, the changes aren't propagating to the macs unless they're connected to ethernet at the time of the change - this is normal and typically users can log in with their old passwords. Most changes propagate in a couple of hours via wifi, but some don't. If I run mcxrefresh on the account the users are able to login with their new passwords - if they're prompted for both their username and password at login. However, if they instead select their account on the login screen from the list of accounts, they're unable to log in at all.

Interestingly, I've noticed the same thing occurs for local accounts - if I change a local account's password, I'm only able to log in when entering in its username and password, but not when selecting it from a list of users.

I suspect this has something to do with filevault, but I'm not sure. If I can provide any more information, please let me know. We have workarounds in place but this is more of a curiosity at this point.

Tl;dr: both mobile and local user accounts aren't able to log in after changing their passwords if the account is selected from a list of users. They are able to log in if they enter both their username and password. Why?


texts: I'm trying to create an iCloud email account. After following the steps and get to the end, I get a message that says "Problem Turning On Mail". It says to try again later, but I keep getting the same message. What do I do now?


texts: Is there an easy way to clear/empty the clipboard?

texts: I would like to find a combination of keys to clear the contents of the clipboard or better yet an application that can configure a timer to clear it automatically one minute after last paste operation.


texts: How can I stop my screen from dimming while it's plugged in?

texts: Every once in a while my screen dims, I don't want that to happen. Just now it did it while I was moving the mouse.


texts: Using a Campark ACT74 action cam as a webcam in macOS 10.12

texts:
I recently got a Campark ACT74 action cam, with the intention of using it as a camera with which to live-stream stuff to Twitch and the like. Upon plugging it in to my Macbook Pro (2015, 10.12) --- nothing happens. It doesn't appear in OBS, PhotoBooth or QuickTime, despite selecting the "PC Camera" option when prompted by the camera upon plugging it in. I tried getting it to work with the open-source "macam" software, but that didn't recognize it either.

How can I make this camera work with macOS?


texts: How Can I Use AirPlay Globally for System Sound?

texts: Is it possible (and how) to have all the system sound played on AirPlay? Or at least for some specific (random) application (e.g. Songbird)?


texts: Implications of using a USB SSD drive to run VM images off

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I'm running VMware Fusion on my Apple Macbook Pro (15 inch, Mid 2012, OSX 10.10.2), and have several VM images that are stored on an external USB3 disk (WD Passport).

The external disk is fine for regular usage, but the performance difference between running a VM from the external drive compared to running it from the internal SSD is huge. As my SSD is limited in size, I'm unable to host all of my VMs on it, and constantly moving VMs between the external disk and the SSD is quite time-consuming.

Here's a screenshot of test using the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test software on the USB drive:

Therefore, I was looking at external SSD disks, specifically for running my virtual machines. AFAIK, I have the option between using a flash disk (such as the VisionTek 120GB USB 3.0 Pocket SSD Drive) or buying an internal SSD drive and sticking it in a USB enclosure (e.g. the Inateck USB3 HDD Enclosure with UASP). Other interfaces are not really an option: the MacBook does not have eSATA and anything with a Thunderbolt connector is prohibitively expensive.

From what I've read, the USB controller does not support TRIM, which is less than ideal. However, TRIM should be supported when using the USB Attached SCSI (UASP) protocol instead of the Bulk-Only-Transport (BOT) protocol.

Here's what I'd like to know:

Is it true that UASP offers TRIM support? If so, what do you need to do to enable it (if anything)? E.g. do you need to run something like Chameleon SSD Optimizer to enable TRIM on the external disk?
How can I determine if UASP is supported on my MacBook Pro? I've read the instructions here, but this means I would need a UASP enabled device first in order to check if it is recognised as such. I'd prefer knowing if it'll work before ordering the hardware.

In closing: two screenshots from the USB and Extensions section from the System Information app:


texts: How can I search my entire drive for a file without getting recursively stuck in /Volumes?

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I'm looking for a txt file that contains a word.  However when I search my hard drive (or my TimeCapsule backup) I always get stuck in a recursive search of /Volumes/Hard Drive (etc).

The hardlink (or softlink, not sure) is causing me to never complete the search.

How can I search the entire harddrive (or backup drive) for a file without getting stuck in recursion?


texts: LuaRocks default installation location in macOS

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By default, where is the LuaRocks package installed in macOS? I am looking in the following directories, but I couldn't find it:

usr/local
usr/lib
opt/local

What am I missing?


texts: How can I install template from 3rd party to Keynote?

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After downloading a template for my Keynote program, I can't seem to install it correctly so that I can utilize the 200+ slides that are included when I wish to add a new slide in the presentation.

I have the latest software of El Capitan and the latest version of Keynote installed.

This is what I have done so far:

Purchased "Eureka - Minimal Keynote Template" from this site (http://graphicriver.net/item/eureka-minimal-keynote-template/15099332) and downloaded files.
Folder downloaded is split up into different sub folders: 1 Documentation, 2 Presentation, 3 Vector Icons, 4 Double Exposure PSD.
From folder 2 there are two files named Eureka - 16x9 - MAIN.key and when opening them in Keynote, on the left sidebar 200+ slides are displayed (these are all the slide templates that I wish to utilize when creating new presentations).
So I choose "Save Theme" and add it to the "Theme Chooser", but when opening it from the "Theme Chooser" I only get the two master slides - one white and one black" to choose from when clicking "add slide".
So I go back and check the Eureka - 16x9 - MAIN.key that I first opened, and see that when clicking "add slide" in this one, I also only have the two options of the black and the white slide here.

So this is where I am puzzled - should not the template I have purchased when saved give me the opportunity of finding all the 200+ template slides in the slide navigator when I click "add slide"? This is what I want - so I can choose between the 200+ of them when creating a new presentation based on the template. So how can I do this?

Do I have to save all the 200+ slides as master slides, and if so how do I do this?

Or are there another solution?

I have been googling for hours now, and all I can seem to find are that I have to add the downloaded file to /library/application support/Keynote/templates , but there are no /keynote/templates to be found in my library.


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Not so long ago, my early 2013 MacBookPro used to boot in a sweet 13s.
Since I updated to High Sierra, this has turned into an ugly 58s.

I read here and there that the startup slownesses in high sierra are linked to the TRIM option being on. I tried to turn it off:

  sudo trimforce disable

The instruction seems to work and after a couple of confirmations and warnings the system rebooted, but it didn't show any improvement. When I checked, TRIM was still on.

Then I tried to run the same instruction in single user mode, also unsuccessfully:

  Disabling TRIM...

  touch: /System/Library/Extensions/: Read-only file system
  .
  Operation failed (error 1).

Can someone help run this instruction?
High Sierra slow startup time seem common to many people, is there another approach to fix them?
Any idea why Apple still hasn't fixed after several updates?

Many thanks


texts: Is using the Sprite Kit default spaceship image in my app a copyright infringement?

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I am developing a game using sprite kit.
When we create a new Spritekit project, by default a spaceship image is present in it.

I can delete the icon and make my own but I really like that icon for my spaceship-related game.

Can I use that sprite for my game or it will be a copyright infringement?

And what copyright usages are there on it, is it Public and does it have Attribution 3.0 license?


texts: How do I recover a file which cannot be opened due to using Japanese characters in the file path?

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I saved a word document to a path similar to: "something/にほん.docx" then closed down Word as it appeared to save successfully. I looked in Finder and the file wasn't there. I opened Word again, and I can see the file in the "Recent documents" folder but when I try to open it I get "this document is either deleted or not currently accessible". Is there a way to recover it? Obviously I can rename it to something using the roman alphabet.

Possibly relevant info:

I am on macOS 10.13.1 on a 15 Inch Mid-2015 Retina MacBook Pro.
My Mac system language is English (UK).
I have enabled hidden files in finder.

I have tried:

Using the mv terminal command to rename the file. It says the file cannot be found.
Setting my primary system language to Japanese. Still no sign of the file.

Does anybody have anything else I could try?


texts: How to fix a hanging Logic Pro 9.1.5 on Snow Leopard?

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I'm using Logic Pro 9.1.5 on my MacBook Pro (2.4 Ghz CPU, 7200 RPM HDD). I have Snow Leopard.

When I'm doing nothing special, working on my project, Logic sometimes freezes and I'm stuck with a 'spinning wheel of death' for hours.

I uploaded a hang log file to see if someone can help me diagnose this and find a fix.
Hang log


texts: Is it safe to uninstall SIMBL agent on Yosemite?

texts: I'm running the most resent version of Yosemite and have noticed something called SIMBL Agent in the login items setting. I've tried to remove it but when I do it my computer locks up and I can't get rid of it. I've done some research into and I'm just wondering if someone knows how to get rid of it. I've read that it's something to do with Apple developers.


texts:
I have a 2015 MPB I'm trying to reset to give to my stepdad.
Here's what I did:

Made a time machine backup
Started the MPB in recovery mode
Erased
the SSD and reformatted it as AFPS Journaled.
Rebooted the MPB

Now the SSD isn't showing up at all in either the OS reinstall utility or disk utility. It's not greyed out, it's just not there. I restarted a couple times into recovery mode (CMD + R on startup) but nothing changed. I plugged in a flash drive, which it did detect, and installed El Capitan, then booted the machine, which it did fine, but the SSD is still not showing up and the OS is laggy as hell to boot (ba dum tiss).
To complicate matters, I was going to try what worked for this asker and make the USB bootable drive a High Sierra bootable, but now the USB drive with El Capitan won't show on my primary machine (another 2015 MBP, on Catalina) for me to erase. Again, not showing up in diskutil, even just greyed out, just not showing up at all. ls /Volumes doesn't show it either.
My ultimate goal is just to get macOS of some kind installed on the SSD of the erased MBP. Getting this USB drive to actually be usable again would be great, but it's a secondary goal.


texts: I want my mac to be able to leave afterimages of windows as I move them

texts:
Per this image...

I want my mac to be able to do this very fun activity. Is there a thing I can download that will leave afterimages on windows that I drag? Maybe if I hold a button first?


texts: sierra changes both desktops when shifting using better touch tool

texts: I use better touch tool to manage my desktop spaces. When I double swipe to change my desktop from on screen to another I want to do that just on one monitor (I have 2 monitors setup) but instead it just shifts both monitors desktops to the next one. How can I only do this on one screen?


texts:
When downloading files in Safari you can see your current downloads in View -> Current Downloads or AltCommandL

If my memory serves me right, this window also showed the download speeds as well (this was in previous versions of Safari when it used to be a separate window). But I can not figure out how to bring up the downloads speeds.

My question: How can I see my current download speeds in Safari (version 6) without the use of any extensions of third party apps?


texts: Dragging cropped .pdf file to Mac Powerpoint 2011 - Result is completely different area of original!

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I am trying to copy/drag a .pdf file into a powerpoint presentation for Mac PPT 2011.

I do the following:

1. Select and copy the top right corner of the original .pdf page
2. Save this 'corner' as a brand-new .pdf
3. Open the new .pdf and see just the top right-hand corner - as expected
4. Copy/drag the new .pdf to my powerpoint
5. PPT shows the bottom left-hand corner of the original .pdf !?!?

I am at a complete loss as to how (5.) is even possible.

It seems to suggest that when I crop the original .pdf Preview actually saves the entire .pdf page to the clipboard, not just my selection.  Then something goes haywire when PPT tries to decide what part of the new .pdf copy to display...

Edit: Also, if I copy and paste directly from the clipboard, if I do a 'paste special' and select 'picture' it pastes a grainy .jpg copy that is of the correct area but very ugly.  If I select the paste .pdf option it does the same thing as the above description (i.e. crazy nonsensical paste).


texts: How do I enable/disable push notifications for an app on iOS 7?

texts: Apps will often ask to enable push notifications the first time they are run. However how do I change this setting after answering this? There doesn't seem to be a single thing in Settings about Push Notifications. The closest I can find is "Notification Center", but this just appears to customize how notifications appear, not whether push notifications are enabled or disabled for the app. This is a really confusing UI.


texts: Which SATA cable do I need for a SSD installation in an iMac mid-2011?

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1) which  SATA cable speed do I need for a SSD installment in a iMac mid-2011? In OWC or iFixit kits, they uses SATA 3, but today I can get quicker SATA 6 cables, does that work or make it quicker?

2) do I need a data power splitter or just without splitter? I don't know where I need the power from.

Thanks


texts: How to switch keyboard layout on right cmd press

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I want to make a shortcut for keyboard layout switching. The problem is I want it to be one key and I want this key to be specific "right cmd". Previously I used PuntoSwitcher to switch layout by cmd press but it works for left and right cmd and this is not behaviour I expecting.

Also, I tried to use betterTouchTool, but i cannot make 1 key shortcut there.

Is there any way to achieve this behaviour?


texts:
I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7 and Tweetbot 2.x, which I purchased a couple years ago. I would like to upgrade to version 3, but their most recent update requires iOS 8, which I have no desire to load at the moment.

Is there any way for me get install a 3.x version that works with iOS 7, or am I stuck until I upgrade to IOS 8?


texts: Is it possible to run iOS on a non-iOS device?

texts: Theoretically, is it possible to run iOS on a device that doesn't ship with it? I know that Apple signed iOS so it only runs on Apple devices, but is there any hack that could potentially change that?


texts: How to set audiobooks to repeat on iPhone

texts: A while ago Apple moved audiobooks from the music app to iBooks. Now I can't listen to audiobooks on repeat. Is there any way of getting back this functionality?


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I'm trying to save a website as a PDF file using the File -> Print.... The PDF preview has a white border all around, as does the final final PDF product. I've followed the steps suggested on this website, but that doesn't work. Other websites suggest using File -> Page Setup, but that option no longer exists in later versions of macOS.
I'm using Safari 11.0.3 on macOS 10.13.3.
How can I force the PDF file not to have any white borders?


texts: External drive Mojave installs unaccessible from Mavericks

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I've installed Mojave fresh, direct using an Apple-downloaded installer 4x now on 2 brand new, freshly formatted Seagate 2TB drives as well as a partition on another reliable non-Seagate drive. Drives were formatted Mac OS Extended journaled and GUID and connected directly to usb on specced-out Mac Mini 2012 running Mavericks. In all cases install was smooth and ended with booting to fully operational Mojave installs on external drives. All good so far.

Restart as-is ie back to fresh-installed Mojave on external USB drive and all good, boots to external Mojave with Mac Mini on-board OS and files also visible as expected in Finder.

Reboot to the original on-board OS (Mavericks) either by selecting in prefs>startup disk or by shutdown and disconnect/reconnect external drive and the new Mojave partition doesn't show as an OS or on the desktop or anywhere. In Disk Utility it's now greyed out and renamed to disk1s2. A 2nd non-OS partition on the same external drive shows up as normal, just the Mojave partition has gone AWOL and doesn't appear in prefs>startup disc either.

I tried using Disk Utility to check/repair after this all happened. 'root' external disk shows no problem, non-OS partition shows no problem, Mojave partition is greyed out and has random generic name disk1s2.

User passwords and computer name are all different.

The output from Maverick's diskutil list disk1 command for an external drive is shown below.

/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2: 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC               1.0 TB     disk1s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS spare B                 999.5 GB   disk1s3


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On Linux, I can edit the efivars of my MacBookPro via /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/. E.g. here is a description to disable the AMD GPU via the efivars, which basically is this on Linux:

printf "\x07\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00" > /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/gpu-power-prefs-fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9

Is it possible to edit the efivars directly on MacOSX? I still can sometimes boot to OSX, so I wonder if I need to use Linux for this or if I can directly edit them with some OSX tools.

(Related questions: here, here)


texts: A calendar app that shows different projects side by side in columns?

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I want to find an app (preferably for OSX and iOS) that shows all my different project calendars side by side in columns.

For several years now, I've been using a spreadsheet: Every row is one day, every column is a different project - or sometimes the personal calendar of one person that just shows on which days he's available (a bit like in Doodle).

It serves me, but it's not the easiest thing to use - simply because it's just a spreadsheet.

Does anyone know if there is an app where I could add, say, ten different projects and a hundred personal "free/busy" -calendars - and view any number of them side by side?

I don't need times of day, just the whole day on each row. I don't need to see any "project phases" and their "durations". I don't need these fancy project planners that the internet is full of. They don't serve the purpose at all.


texts: Where should a command line tool store cache files in OS X?

texts: /var/cache is missing, ~/Library/Caches seems to be for full-fledged applications rather than command line tools, tools I've seen in the wild do horrible things (like use the user's home directory). Where is the correct - or at least predictable and reliable - location?


texts: A faster way to move photos from one event to another existing event in iPhoto?

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When I drink a beer I enjoy I like to snap a photo of it with my iPhone. I keep an event in iPhoto called Beer and in to this event go all those photos I snap.

Over time the Beer event has started to get lost among all my other iPhoto events. The ones of the kids and wife, the relatives, the sunsets I'll never remember to look at again. So when I have a new picture of some beer I enjoyed to add to the all-important Beer event, finding that event and dragging the handful of photos in to it has gotten to be tedious.

I do try to keep the Beer event at the end of my event list. So it's nearest newly added events when I import photos from my phone. But that doesn't always work out and, of course, I'd rather not have to remember to reorder Beer to the end of my event list every single time I import photos.

I've tried cutting and pasting after import. But that still seems to require that find the Beer event by scrolling up and down through the Event view in iPhoto. Not something I enjoy.

I can use the search box to search for "beer" and I do see the photos from that event, but I can't do anything meaningful with the search results like paste a lone phone in to the found event named Beer. The way the search results are listed is really as individual photos. I don't see a way to limit the search to events by names that I can then click down in to like I normally would in the Event view.

I feel like I'm missing some fundamentally easy way to shuffle photos between random events in iPhoto. A click and 'move to event' type deal that would whisk away my favourite beverage photos to their safe home in my electronic memory.


texts: macOS will not remember AirPrint password

texts:
[macOS 10.14.5]

I have an HP OfficeJet Pro 8710, all the latest firmware updates as of today, and have changed the default AirPrint username/password. I can successfully print. However, even though I check the Remember this password in my keychain option, I have to re-enter the Name/Password each time. How can I fix this?


texts: How to download files which are not dmg files to Mac applications?

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Downloading files on Mac via .dmg is super easy, but anything else e.g. tar.gz files or zip files is completely baffling to me. Where do I unzip the files to make sure the applications will work and be added to my $PATH and $CLASSPATH? What is the correct process and best practice to follow for all of these formats?

A great example is me downloading this:

http://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/

Where I don't know what to do next. Obviously I don't want to unzip into my Downloads folder? Do I unzip into my applications folder?


texts: Connecting using WiFi Protected Setup in OS X

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I have a MacBook Pro, and in OS X (running Lion), I can't figure out how to connect using the WiFi Protected Setup  feature of my router.

When I boot into Windows (Windows 7), using Boot Camp, I have to simply press the WPS button on the router while connecting.

Does OS X even support WPS?


texts: No signal detected after update to High Sierra

texts: I have a 13” MacBook Air (mid 2013) with OSX Yosemite and bought a BenQ SW271. It was all working nicely in 1440p through DisplayPort cable. After update to High Sierra it shows no signal detected but in MacOs i can see the monitor is connected and i can change the resolution etc.. I tried reinstall MacOs multiple times also from internet recovery(option+cmd+r), reset nvram, smc, changing resolution, plug unplug, turning it off for a day all kind of voodoo I found on YT but so far no luck. I called Apple but they didn’t have solution until now. Any idea what might be the problem?


texts: Does the iPad 2 Support the iPad 1 Dock?

texts: I'm thinking about selling my first generation iPad, but was wondering if I should sell the dock with it. I know that they are coming out with a new iPad dock specifically for the second generation. Will it not fit on the first generation dock?


texts: About this Mac shows wrong graphics on Macbook pro 15" late 2011

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When I check out the Graphics on 'About this Mac' it says that it is using the Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB even if I also have an AMD Radeon HD 6750M. Also when i click on 'Displays'-tab, i see the Intel HD Graphics 3000.

I am note sure which one is used, and how do I change so the right and better card is used?

I am using OS X Mountain Lion on a Macbook Pro 15" late 2011.


texts: I am trying to find out the most recent security patch that has been installed on a system (e.g. 2015-006). In this case, it is the latest Yosemite (10.10.5). Neither the version nor the build number are helpful here, as security patches do not seem to update them.


texts:
I have the following problem: I used the optical bay to use a HDD in my mid 2010 13" Macbook Pro in addition to my SSD. It was working just fine until a few days ago, when it started to get "slower". VLC Player (on SSD) wasn't able to play videos on the HDD anymore, and when I tried to copy files from the HDD to the SSD it took ages (the speed was about 20 mb/m). Also it took a really long time to see what's in a folder when I opened it (but after 5-10 seconds I could at least see what files were in which folder).

My first question is: Is my HDD slowly dying? What could the problem be?

A friend was trying to help me repair it (he tried several things in the terminal and in safe mode - I do not remember all of it, but anyhow.. nothing worked). During this we unmounted the HDD and since then I am not able to mount it anymore.
When I try

diskutil mount /dev/disk1s2

in the terminal it says

Volume on disk1s2 failed to mount If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option

How can I try to mount it in readOnly mode?

diskutil mount readOnly /dev/disk1s2

doesn't work..

I would really appreciate it if you could help me. I have a lot of new photos and music on the HDD I have not backed up yet.


texts:
This Adobe menubar item is not making my life any better, how do I remove it permanently?

I tried right-clicking it. That did nothing
Tried command-dragging it. That failed.

When I click it this shows up:

None of these buttons relate to making it go away.

Keywords: creative cloud


texts: Is it possible to downgrade iOS 9 to iOS 8 on 4S?

texts:
Accidentally updated to 9 version from 7. It lags a lot so I want to downgrade it at least to 8 version. Is it possible?

Via standart restore feature i get “This device isn’t eligible for the requested build”


texts: How to ctrl+click without right clicking?

texts: A website that I use has different commands for ctrl+click and right click. Because ctrl+click is mapped to right click on Mac, when I use I get the right click action. I want to be able to use the ctrl+click command without it being interpreted as a right click.


texts: Why the am/pm is not showing on OS X Mavericks?

texts: I have a strange issue after upgrading to Mavericks from Mountain Lion. The am/pm does not show on the menu bar always. Sometime it shows and sometime not. What could be the reason ? I am running 10.9.1 now.


texts: My iPad is over taken by someone, windows open by themselves, items get selected by themselves, I have no control of my iPad

texts: My iPad is over taken by someone.  I have windows open by themselves, items get selected by themselves, I have no control of my iPad most of the time I try to use it.  When I talk to it, telling it to stop or ask silly questions, words will highlight on the screen as if whomever is answering me.  I cannot delete apps because someone has remotely changed my "Restrictions Password" & I can't download any apps from iTunes to check for Spyware.  How can I find the app or other bug that is allowing someone to spy on me remotely?


texts: Can I hide input source from Input Sources (keyboard on OSX)

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I have a MacBook with Japanese keyboard (physical), I use Google Japanese Input as my main input system. It lists three keyboard layouts Alphanumeric, Hiragana, Katakana in the settings ¥¥Keyboard -> Input Sources.

I also created a custom layout using Ukelele Mac OS X Keyboard Layout Editor. This layout works perfectly and I never had to intentionally switch to another Input Source.

It seems though, that for Japanese characters to be entered (in my layout), the Google input sources must remain present. In some rare cases my input automatically gets switched to one of the Google layouts, requiring me to switch manually back to my custom layout.

The question: can I somehow leave Google IME "operationally" active, but prevent it from being selectable as an input source?


texts: How to disable frequently visited items and favorites under the address bar in Safari 8?

texts: I want to remove the following frequently visited items and favorites under the address bar in Safari 8. How can I do this?


texts: Does Profile Manager support nested device groups?

texts:
We have a Mac OS X Server running on 10.10.5 with Server 5.0.15. We are using Profile Manager to deploy some basic configuration settings.

There are five Macs besides the server: three MacBook Pros, two Mac Minis. I set up the following device groups:

Desktop Macs
Mobile Macs
Company Macs

The three MacBook Pros are in the Mobile Macs group, the two mac Minis are in the Desktop Macs group. Company Macs has the other two groups as its members.

However, it seems that the settings for Company Macs are not being propagated to the clients. Activity for the group shows "Push Settings: Succeeded"… but it shows that even for a client machine that has been powered off since before I made the settings change. My other machines do not show any Profiles for the Company Macs group, only the specific group they are assigned to.

Even more curious: when I remove the nested groups, and simply assign the laptops to Mobile Macs and Company Macs group explicitly, the Company Macs profile is still not pushed out.

Should this work with nested device groups? I don't want to wipe Profile Manager and start over if it's not intended to work this way (but then why is it even an option to add a group to another group?). My hunch is that something is corrupt with the Company Macs group, since it's not pushing the profile even for Macs manually assigned.


texts:
I had two physical drives in a Mac mini, now they are SSD as I upgraded the old HDD.

Could two SSD be merged into one virtual drive? Would it better to make a volume group as I’m in Catalina macOS?

My main drive is a 500GB SSD and has Catalina macOS with two volumes system and data.

I want to add a 120GB SSD into the data APFS volume so that it works transparently.

Perhaps I could mount the second drive with the Data Point mount_apfs /dev/disk1s2 ....


texts: A bunch of seemingly random files disappeared from my Mac

texts:
Summary: I just discovered that a lot of files were removed from my personal Mac two months ago. There is seemingly no pattern to which files are missing, except that no folders got deleted and only directories synched to iCloud Drive were affected. I suspect some software or misconfiguration to be at fault here, but I can't pin it down.

I first discovered this three weeks ago when some slides for a past lecture were gone. I was sceptical, since the empty folder was still there, but I let it go. A few days later I noticed more files missing and when I tell you my heart dropped. I sat down and went through all directories and sure enough, about 20% of my filesystem is gone.
Using my backups I was able to gather a lot of information about the affected files, and I can tell from the last modified date of affected folders that the files were removed on 10.01.2021 at around 2:00 am. Here is what I found out:

Affected Files:
There is no pattern regarding the file itself. Affected files are of every possible type (TXT, PDF, DOCX, PAGES, JPEG, MP4), file names are not related (no special characters etc.), creation and modification dates range from December to 4 years ago. Sizes range from >2 GB MP4's to 0 byte txt-files.
Affected Folders:
No folders were deleted. Files only went missing from random subfolders of Documents, which is synched to iCloud Drive.
Interesting Edge Cases:
In most cases all files in a specific folder are missing. But there are some edge cases which  highlight the randomness of the deletion. The following folder contains scans of my old school reports, where 6 of 11 files are gone. Notice how types, names, sizes and dates are almost identical (there is also 1 Schulnachricht missing):
Folder containing all files before deletion:

The same folder after 10.01.2021:

This is a similar case involving slides from a previous lecture, were 7 out of 9 PDFs were removed:
Folder containing all files before deletion:

The same folder after 10.01.2021:

My Setup:
I am using a 2018 13-inch MacBook Pro running Big Sur 11.2.1 (20D74). This machine is backed up to a Time Capsule using Time Machine. I also use a PC running Windows 10 (20H2) which is synched to iCloud Drive. I realise that the files also could have been deleted on my PC and my Mac synched the changes. I will go down that rabbit hole when I can rule out the Mac as the cause. I am the only user of those devices and nobody else has physical access to them.

Even though I can restore all the missing files I noticed through the backups, I definitely need to investigate the cause of this event. Please throw any ideas you have at me, I am happy to look into every one of them!

Update:
While restoring my file system from the backup today, a possible cause came to mind. I might have enabled and, after a few days, disabled optimise Mac storage. Maybe this operation screwed up massively and only left small files behind, which is how my Documents folder shrank from 39 to 2 GB.


texts: Open location of a photo in Finder from Photos.app

texts: In Yosemite, I am trying to upload a photo to website. So I open Photos, select a photo and then try to locate the location of the photo. However I could not find it. Before Photos it was possible in iPhoto. Is there a way to locate a photo in Finder? By the way if relevant, I am also using iCloud Storage for photos. However my hdd is big enough so it should be storing photos locally too.


texts: When an app on iPhone tries to log in through Google, must it be Safari? Can it be Google Chrome?

texts: On the iPhone, if you use an app and it tries to log in through Google, Safari will come up and show you a page to log in.  Can it be Google Chrome instead of Safari through which you log in?


texts: give read&write permission to only 1 file in folder

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I am trying to manually modify preferences file located at

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

To modify it, I need to give it read&write permission. I did that. The problem is that the file is in a folder, for which I cannot change permission (I am admin and I have no access), nor do I want to change permissions to the whole folder for security reasons. I only want to change it for preferences.plist file. How can I achieve this?

These are the pop-ups I get when trying to modify it.

Upon modifying permissions to parent folder I get this:


texts: Update local password to match domain password?

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Scenario: company-provided MacBook Pro, Big Sur 11.2.3, and I used it in office for a few months on the wired LAN and Wireless networks.  COVID therefore WFH, but now my login password while home does not get updated when I update my domain password.
I always change my password from one of the servers in the company datacenter, not from the MacBook. Next time log into Mac, only the old password still works.
When I come into the office and connect MacBook to the wired LAN, I can log in initially with the domain credential.  But as soon as I disconnect from the network and restart/relog, only my year-old domain credential works.  The current password no longer works.
How does one update the credential stored in MacOS with the current domain values?  Also is there a setting that will allow it to keep updated even though remote via VPN?


texts: How to force Mac (Yosemite) to use USB Bluetooth instead of internal?

texts: I'm on an older Mac Pro, and I bought the ASUS USB-BT400 so that I can use Yosemite's Handoff feature. The problem is, I don't know how to disable the internal Bluetooth and force my machine to use the USB Bluetooth instead. I searched around but didn't find anything that worked.


texts: How to mirror an application window in a second display?

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Is there any way to mirror an application window onto a second display?

Specific use case: I want to show a terminal window in a second screen (i.e. projector), while still working on that same window on my laptop display. Complete display mirror wouldn't work because I want to keep working with multiple apps opened but project only the terminal window.


texts: How can I configure my Ethernet connection when booting from Recovery HD?

texts: I'm trying to recover from a Time Machine drive sitting on the network at work. Our network doesn't use DHCP–it requires the Ethernet connection to be manually configured. I've looked at the Network Utility while booted to the Recovery HD and I have a 169.254.x.x IP address. Is there any way to manually configure the Ethernet connection?


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I have a MacBook Air to which I have to install Windows 8.1 completely. I wiped the machine clean and did a common Windows install, but Windows didn't run well and while I was able to install some of the drivers that came along with bootcamp I downloaded from Apple, I could not just execute the package as a whole, as it was "not meant for my computer". So I decided to recover OS X (El Capitan), have it installed to an external drive and then use Bootcamp to do a full install of Windows to the main drive. But now he doesn't allow me to use the full drive, he always wants to keep a share of about 10 GB for an "OS X" that does not exist.

Is there a way to tell Bootcamp to use the whole disk? Otherwise, when I download macOS Sierra and create an install medium from it, will I be able to fetch the Bootcamp installer from this medium?


texts: How to recover Whatsapp chat messages on an iphone after phone number has expired

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After my father in law had died, my mother in law kept his iphone which she still has access to. Even after his phone contract expired and his number had been deregistered, she was still able to look at his whatsapp messages on his phone.

But when we logged in recently recently, WhatsApp refused to start claiming the phone's time and date were wrong which they weren't. After updating the WhatsApp app and restarting the iphone, WhatsApp showed the registration dialog.

The icloud folder on his phone shows empty, so I have no access to any backup file either.

On her own phone, all chats with her deceased husband are no longer visible, while on my own (android) phone, I am able to find our chats by searching not for his name but for his old phone number.

I contacted WhatsApp support to help me recover his data, but the answers I got so far only quoted their faq and seemed unrelated to my inquiry.

What else can I try to recover the old chat data?