texts: How do I view 2 apps as a multitasking Split View on an iPad Air 2 running iOS 9?

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I've updated an iPad Air 2 to iOS 9 and can get the the Slide Over view to come out by swiping from right to left on the right hand side of the screen, but there does not seem to be a divider on the left side of the app that slides out that would allow me to stretch the app to take up 50% of the screen instead of 33% like I've seen in other iOS 9 multitasking videos.

I tried a mixture of the built in Apple apps (Notes, iBooks, Safari, Calendar, News) but none of them seem to have the ability to be stretched to take up 50% of the screen.

I double checked in the settings that the General > Multitasking > Allow Multiple Apps is set to on as well as Persistent Video Overlay (which does seem to be working as I can play video over the top of other apps).

Is there other settings I'm missing?


texts: Disable Intel SpeedStep on a mid-2015 MBP w/ High Sierra w/ kernel_task issue

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Please note I've read every other thread about this issue, and none of the suggested solutions work, primarily because they either refer to older OS versions or to removing machine profiles in ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin.kext, a possibility which does not exist for new models (post MacBookPro8,3).

I've got a maxed out BTO mid-2015 15" MBP (2.8 GHz i7, Radeon GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD APFS FileVault turned off) running 10.13. I use it both mobile and connected to a CalDigit Thunderbolt 2 hub w/ an external 2K monitor, external drives, etc.

Primary use is audio production (Ableton Live) and software development and number crunching in Python, Pandas, etc.

This was a blazing fast machine - I could easily have a large Ableton project playing while browsing the web in Chrome and doing other things. Recently (about the time 10.13.3 came out) it slowed to an unusable crawl with the following symptoms:

kernel_task consuming most CPU cycles
fans constantly running at max
CPU throttling down to 800 MHz (Intel Power Gadget + iStat Menus)
temperatures not spiking though - CPU around 60 C most of the time
sometimes it will remain in this state even just sitting idle, other times it will return to normal for a bit (any activity though, even just opening Terminal and it throttles again).

To try and address this I did the following (none helped):

run built in Apple Diagnostics/AHT (no issues found)
reset SMC and PRAM
removed all third party Login Items, Launch Daemons, Launch Agents, Extensions, etc.
as suggested elsewhere removed IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext entirely - this seemed to help very briefly on reboot, but then the behaviour returned back to the above (so maybe it didn't really do anything)
wiped drive, reinstalled 10.13.5 clean + latest versions of my software

This leads me to the following possible diagnoses:

possible hardware problem (machine is covered by AppleCare, but I live in a developing country so servicing has to wait for a trip to the US)
exceptionally dusty/dirty inside (ordered a kit to open and clean, but internal temps are not reflecting this).
10.13.3 / 10.13.4 broke something for this model (only based on timing of issue - have not had the opp to reinstall an older OS and see what happens)

In the meantime, I'd like to just be able to disable SpeedStep so I can actually use the machine - does anyone have any idea how to do it on this config?


texts: ExFat HDD changed to NTFS after power interrupt

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I installed on my iMac with Sierra the Paragon NTFS tool. I copied some files from NTFS to the ExFat partition and then suddenly the mac was hanging and rebooting. I was sure it wasn't good for the HDD, because it was in the middle of a writing task.

So my Partitions on the external HDD are:

HDD 1: Partition 1: Mac Recovery 250GB, Apple HFS
HDD 1: Partition 2: Files 750GB, ExFat

After a reboot I checked the HDD, and my Recovery Partition was still the same. But the ExFat didn't show up anymore. In sudo diskutil list I saw that the partition is now listed as NTFS - WHICH IS WRONG.

So far I learned that NTFS and EXFAT have the same Partition Code 07 (Restore partition type to NTFS)

Any tips for it? Did Not touch the HDD further. I just clicked hang out and took it by side.

Would buy the same External HDD, and make a 1:1 copy. Tips for this? Tips for solving the problem? Does a Windows computer helps maybe, or ruin more? Any idea what went wrong?

Delete and make a new partition is not a solution!


texts: How do I use Applescript to click the Replace button in the Photoshop Save As dialog?

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I have an Applescript that successfully clicks the Replace button in the InDesign Save As dialog, but the same script doesn't work in Photoshop. It fails on the click command in this section of the script:

tell application "System Events" to tell process activeProcess
    click button "Replace" of sheet 1 of front window
end tell

with this message:

Can't get sheet 1 of window 1 of process "Adobe Photoshop CC 2018": invalid index

Here's what the Accessibility Inspector shows for the Replace button:

I've tried various approaches to identifying the sheet, none of which have worked. Any suggestions?

Just to be thorough, here's what the Save As dialog looks like when the Replace button is available:

Thanks for your help!


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I‘m again trying to make a siri-shortcut which let you run applications on your Mac.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/f74c9bd89f1a4e71a3e8f72da5cf5ab7

It's making a list of all your applications in a text document, but there is the text document self also in the list. Can I delete the name of the document in this list with a command and without using keyboard?


texts: How do I close all tabs on Safari for iPad after the app crashes

texts: My wife went to a site that tries to load a PDF that crashes Safari for iPad.  After trying to load Safari again, it tries to open up all of the tabs again including the one that is crashing Safari.  While its loading the tab it locks everything up so I can't switch tabs.  How do I break this endless cycle?  How can I close this tab or have Safari not try to reopen this tab?  Is it possible to do this without losing the history?


texts: Can macOS Mojave run 64-bit version of Adobe CS6?

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I have ordered a new 27" iMac with macOS Mojave. I use 64-bit version of Adobe CS6.

Will macOS Mojave run it?


texts: Reinstall or Time Machine? How do I get back up and running?

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I just got an SSD for my White Unibody MacBook. What's the fastest way to get back up on running on 10.7.3 with a Time Machine backup (on an external disk via usb 2.0) and a Lion 10.7.0 DVD?

Can I restore directly from backup? Do I need to install 10.7.0 first? Do I need to run System Update after that, or will migration assistant install the patches for me?


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I have a work Macbook Pro and do not want to use iMessages.app at all to sync to my phone. When I open up the Messages application on my iPhone, Continuity tries to handoff the application to the OSX machine on the same wifi. However, I want to completely disable iMessages.app syncing to this computer.

I have disabled:

(On iPhone)->Settings->Phone-'Calls on other Devices' [Off]

(On MBP)->iMessages.app-> No Accounts setup

Is there a way to disable this iMessages Continuity integration?


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After my upgrade to Yosemite, I am seeing a couple of extra shared computers in my finder sidebar.

There are two additional computers that seem to be copies, based on their naming, having (#) appended to the computer name.

After checking all computers on my network, I can see that this issue is not only on one machine, they all show the same list. Additionally, I can verify the duplicates do not exist as I cannot connect to them.

I have tried the following:

Renaming my machines
Disabling / Re-enabling sharing
Restarting All Machines / Performing all necessary updates
Clearing recent servers from each computer
Restarting Airport Extreme
Relaunching Finder on each machine

Here is a screenshot displaying what I see in my Finder window:


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I just re-installed Mac OS X 10.6 on my MacBook Pro (2008 ed) using the original DVD. I then selected update software to bring it up to 10.6.8. The software downloaded and then I received the message to restart in order to install the software.

I restarted and have the installation screen showing. Not sure what that screen is called but it is the one that looks like the galaxy.

Nothing is happening—it seems stuck there. I have no window telling me to continue, or agree or install, as is the usual order of things. I have tried this twice; i.e. have used the power button to shut down because the computer does not respond to anything else when that screen is on. Then I re-did update software, receive the message that the software has already downloaded, told to restart in order to install, and the same thing happens. Any ideas?


texts: AppleScript set focus on terminal window

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I have a AppleScript, which changes the position and the size of the application Terminal:

Like here:

tell application "Terminal"
   set position of front window to {1, 1}
   set size of front window to {1, 1}
end tell

When i'm setting the size of the window to {1, 1}, it becomes really small that it's not more visible.

My question is how can i set the focus of the window for a specific time, that neither any user activity nor any application can catch the focus of the terminal window?

Best way would be with AppleScript, but any programmatically solution with python would be nice.


texts: Is it possible to use the phone speakers for Siri even when Bluetooth is connected?

texts: I have my phone connected to a Bluetooth auxiliary adapter in my vehicle. Sometimes I have the audio source set to something else like CD or FM radio. The problem with this then is I hear no audio output when I need to use Siri. Is there a way to force Siri to use iPhone speaker by default even when connected to Bluetooth? I have an iPhone X.


texts: I have 2 mac pro desktop systems: 5,1 running Sierra and a mac pro 1,1 running SUSE Linux. I remove the SUSE disk from the 1,1 and insert a working, bootable disk with Lion on it in its place. All I get is chime, black screen with cursor and an unseen keyboard.


texts: None of the answers to this question have even vaguely answered it but have gone off on tangents instead.  It has nothing to do with the airline, whether it is accepted or not depends upon the airport, not the airline.  But that is besides the point, the question is how do you physically add a boarding pass to Apple Wallet.  American Airlines sends an email to you which contains a link to your boarding pass.  American further advises you to add the pass, that appears after you have followed that link, to your Apple Wallet. The procedure should be to open Wallet, click on the + sign in the top right corner and then position the boarding pass within the box in Wallet until Wallet clicks and records the boarding pass. Unfortunately, nothing seems to happen. You never get to that "click" and the question is why?  I agree with the person who posted this question earlier: it should be easy, so why isn't it?


texts: How can I stop the dock covering part of my application?

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The doc covers the bottom of each application that is not maximized.

Particularly in an application like the terminal, I need to get work done in that part of my screen. As you see in the image,  my prompt, where I have typed "echo 4," is simply covered by the dock. I then have to manually resize the window just to get it out of the way of the dock.

I know I can automatically show/hide the dock, but I'd rather it was visible, yet not interfering.


texts: Is it safe to restore the ~/Library folder?

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I have just replaced my magnetic hard drive with a new and fast SSD drive.

I have placed the old drive in an external case, so all the files are available, and all the data was successfully restored.

My dilemma is about the ~/Library folder. It contains a lot of application settings which can save lots of time reconfiguring.

Is it safe to restore the contents of the ~/Library folder to the new SSD drive?

Update: I have not used time machine, just placed the old hard drive in a case and connected it via USB.


texts: C compiler with openmp support on Mavericks via Homebrew

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I need to have a C compiler with openmp support. I installed gcc49 via Homebrew but still the configure script of the library I like to install (nfft) complains: You don't seem to have a C compiler with OpenMP support installed which is required for threaded NFFT. I have the Command Line Tools installed (as this is requested by installing Homebrew). gcc -v delivers Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0
Thread model: posix. So it points to the version in Xcode and seems not to support openmp. On the other hand, gcc49 should support openmp. How do I now get this to work?


texts: Windows 7 on Macbook Air 1,1 *without* Boot Camp

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I'm trying to install Windows 7 on an early 2008 (1,1) Apple Macbook air, on which OS X is not present. The machine is not able to boot directly the win 7 iso, supposedly because it lacks some support drivers (if you press alt at boot, it sees the external CD, but then the screen goes black)

Since Boot Camp Assistant "erases the external drive and copies the Windows ISO image and support software to it", I'd like to do this process on my own, either under Linux or in Windows

Can anyone instruct me how to do it, if it's doable?

Note: I'm note interested in partitioning instructions, just how to make it boot win 7 with working screen, keyboard and mouse


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How should I regenerate ssh keys for OSX? The system is running El Capitan if that is relevant information.

(To clarify, I am not asking for ssh-keygen  remote-server as a USER but to change the keys inside the serverside-sshd). In Ubuntu-Linux you delete  /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* and dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server.


texts: What does "unauthorized attacks" mean in the iOS Security Guide?

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First of all, are there authorized attacks?

I'm a beginner iOS developer and I just started reading the Apple's security guide and almost chocked on my sandwich.

Does this not imply that my app's data (or my personal data for that matter) can be accessed with these "authorized attacks"?


texts: What does System Preferences > iCloud > Mail do?

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Suppose I turn on the setting for Mail in the iCloud preferences pane.  What does this actually do?  I've never turned this on; I have a vague memory that I once did, and that bad/weird things happened with my mail (messages getting synced in ways that I didn't want or something).  But it's so long ago that I no longer remember, and now I'm wondering if I should just get over it and turn it on.

If this syncs the details of my mail accounts across my OS X / iOS devices, that'd be nice.  Does it do anything else?


texts: MacBook Pro 2011 - I think we wiped my entire hard drive

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I think my partner wiped our entire hard dive including backup utilities etc.

Whenever I start up my MacBook I get a “no entry” or “prohibited sign” (circle with line through it).

I’ve tried booting up in safe mode with the same response, I’ve tried running disk utility and that also does not work.  I’ve tried resetting my ram with no difference.

So once I found out these results I tried re-installing via internet download but that produced a 6009f! Error (?).

I’ve tried bootable USB, however whenever I try to run it, it just restarts my computer leading me to the prohibited sign.

Any and all suggestions welcome. I don’t care about the data loss I just want my laptop back. How can I wipe and reinstall an OS?


texts: Can I remotely change home or lock screens on iPads?

texts: Is there a way of remotely changing multiple iPad's locks/homescreens to the same custom image all at once over the air (not via USB)? I currently compile profiles with Apple Configurator, but changing wallpaper is apparently not possible with MDM. Isn't there a app or something that can do this?


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When I highlight text and right click, I usually get this menu:
Notice at the bottom where I have custom services such as "Custom Text To Speech" and "Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track". This use to also be available in Preview when I would read a pdf but now only this appears:

I need this feature for custom services I use but it seems to not be available in macOS Sierra's version of Preview.


texts: How to auto run a simple python program when the terminal opens

texts: Say I have a python program called foo.py that prints a line of text. How can I auto run that program when I boot up the terminal? I know you can, but I can't find the documentation. Also no third party programs please, I'm not looking to make the program executable, just to have it run on the terminal start up.


texts: How do I use my iPhone's built-in speakers while mirroring/recording audio with Quicktime?

texts: I want to mirror the audio from my iPhone to my Macbook. Right now, I am using Quicktime player's "New Audio Recording". However, when Quicktime is capturing the audio from my iPhone, it stops using my iPhone's built-in speakers and the audio plays on my Mac.


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http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Information-Ddr3-So-dimm-jm1333ksn-2g/dp/B007I5CMGK

It said it is a 2gb Ddr3 1333 So-dimm, is iMac support all Ddr3 1333 So-dimm?


texts: iTunes 12.2 xml file is not present after upgrading my OS X to 10.10.4 and iTunes to 12.2

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After upgrading my Mac OSX to 10.10.4 and iTunes to 12.2, the iTunes music library XML file is not created under /users/music/iTunes folder.
I tried creating the xml file manually, but it gets deleted after 5-10 seconds automatically.
Any workaround to resolve this problem?


texts: Why is MT65xx Preloader a network interface on my Mac

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I've been trying to figure out why my network adapter kext is chewing up so much memory and just noticed this in my settings > network interfaces

MT65xx preloader

Anyone know what this is?  Looks like some sort of Android interface, but I don't use anything like that.

Could this be related to, or possibly an indication of a system compromise to a virus, etc?


texts: How to index one folder on a (huge) smb shared drive for Spotlight?

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I have a team of a few Mac users in an organisation of about a thousand PC users, all of whom share an Active Directory shared drive which the Mac users connect to with smb.

There's one folder with a few thousand files in many subfolders that the Mac users need to be able to search. I've tried to index it directly and to mount the folder as a volume then index it, but in both cases the standard way seems to not work with folders.

Indexing the whole drive is not an option - It's insanely huge and already has performance issues. Installing smaller physical drives or partitions isn't an option.

How can I index just one shared folder (and its sub folders)?

I've found some vague allusions to mdimport and mdimport -f instead of mdutil (example) but I can't find any clear info on it.


texts: AppleIDAuthAgent: ### Request GS token for '' start failed: -101

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What's the significance of this error?

It's showing up in the Console every 15 seconds:

error   11:24:07.727949 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    ### Request GS token for '<private>' start failed: -101
error   11:24:22.836206 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    ### Request GS token for '<private>' start failed: -101
error   11:24:37.943609 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    ### Request GS token for '<private>' start failed: -101
error   11:24:53.058727 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    ### Request GS token for '<private>' start failed: -101

Where the full log for AppleIDAuthAgent in the vicinity of one of these errors looks like this:

default 14:51:34.730204 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    Checking account <private>
default 14:51:34.732439 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    _AppleIDAuthAccountForAppleID found account <private>
default 14:51:34.751103 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    Reusing Account-cached GS token: AltDSID = <private>
default 14:51:34.773164 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    SERVER Doing account check for "XX...XX@????.???". (scheduledAccountCheckDispatcher()/AppleIDAuthd.cpp #545) accountCheckDispatch
default 14:51:34.773211 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    Checking account <private>
default 14:51:34.774835 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    _AppleIDAuthAccountForAppleID falling back to account aliases
error   14:51:34.776461 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    ### Request GS token for '<private>' start failed: -101
default 14:51:34.776534 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    ### Authenticate '<private>' failed: <private>
default 14:51:34.776624 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    SERVER Didn't succeed with .authenticate, and error is ERROR:"CSIdentityErrorDomain" #-101 kCSIdentityAppleIDInvalidAccountOrPasswordErr {  } so releasing session. (___Z31__AppleIDSessionDoCreateSessionPK10__CFStringS1_PK14__CFDictionaryPS1_PS4_PP9__CFError_block_invoke()/AppleIDXMLServerCommunications.cpp #902) queue.session.
default 14:51:34.776963 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    Next action time for <private>: <private> (because the periodic certificate validation needs to occur)
default 14:51:34.777061 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    Next time for '<private>': 2016-10-08 21:51:34 +0000 (497656294.777023 + 0.000000), -0.000001 seconds
default 14:51:34.777120 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    Next time for '<private>': 2016-10-08 21:51:34 +0000 (497656294.777100 + 0.000000), -0.000001 seconds
default 14:51:34.777224 -0700   AppleIDAuthAgent    Next action time for <private>: <private> (because the account does not have a certificate nor an uploaded csr)

I don't know what this '<private>' is referring to. I'd love to clean this up because it's causing this really chatty and repetitive stuff in the logs.

Thanks


texts: How can my company get our custom Java software to run on the iPad?

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I have small company and we have custom software that is written in Java.

I am planning to buy a tablet.  Originally I intended to get an Android tablet, but I am really impressed by the resolution of the new iPad screen.

The 1M dollar question is: Is there any way to make Java programs run on the iPad? Can I compile them or get an unofficial Java Virtual Machine that will run them on Apple's tablet?


texts: Cannot remove iOS simulator receipt files from Trash

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I was trying to use the iOS7 simulator in El Capitan in Xcode 6.4, deleted it, reinstalled it etc. Part of that was dragging iOS 7.1.simruntime from /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes to Trash. Now I want to empty the Trash and it does not work.

Open Trash, click "Empty": "The operation can’t be completed because the item “iOS 7.1.simruntime” is in use"
Terminal:

mba7:.Trash fsc$ rm -rf iOS\ 7.1.simruntime
rm: iOS 7.1.simruntime/System/Library/Receipts/com.apple.pkg.iPhoneSimulatorSDK7_1.bom: Operation not permitted
rm: iOS 7.1.simruntime/System/Library/Receipts/com.apple.pkg.iPhoneSimulatorSDK7_1.plist: Operation not permitted
rm: iOS 7.1.simruntime/System/Library/Receipts: Operation not permitted
rm: iOS 7.1.simruntime/System/Library: Directory not empty
rm: iOS 7.1.simruntime/System: Directory not empty
rm: iOS 7.1.simruntime: Directory not empty
mba7:.Trash fsc$

Terminal: "sudo"

mba7:.Trash fsc$ sudo rm -rf iOS\ 7.1.simruntime
... same error

"lsof" (output manually wrapped)

mba7:.Trash fsc$ sudo lsof | grep "simruntime"
com.apple 743            root  txt       REG                1,4
58608            21307311 /Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/
iOS 8.4.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot
/usr/lib/system/host/liblaunch_sim.dylib

I already restarted several times, tried to change permissions etc.

What other steps can I take to get rid of the files?


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I installed git with Homebrew and /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.31.1/bin is supposed to be the directory where the git executable is installed. BUT none of the commands are working:
rgdgr8$ /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.31.1/bin/git --version
rgdgr8$ /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.31.1/bin/git
rgdgr8$

I just don't know why.


texts: Looking for a text editor with specific syntax highlighting features

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I'm a pc guy, but I have a programming student who's got a mac. We have been using TextMate, but there are a few features missing that I either can't find, or that are not available in TextMate.

In my beloved Notepad++ I have the following features:

vertical gridlines, that help you see how far indented you are
when putting your cursor next to a pair of brackets or inside an html tag, the matching bracket or tag will be highlighted, in the case of curly braces the aforementioned gridlines will even be highlighted (so if you have consistently indented code, you'll just have to scan down the highlighted, dotted line, and you'll find the matching bracket)
when highlighting a word (which is quick by double clicking on it) all other instances of that same word will be highlighted (where else did i use that function/variable? did i name it consistently?)
Commenting multiple lines of text by highlighting and hitting [strg]+[k]
Un-Commenting multiple lines of text by highlighting and hitting [strg]+[shift]+[k]
Indenting multiple lines of text by highlighting and hitting [strg]+[tab]
Un-Indenting multiple lines of text by highlighting and hitting [strg]+[shift]+[tab]
the ability to chose how to interpret the file (what language) textmate's interpretation is quite buggy... somethimes you'll open a file and it'll be all white even though it's clearly a .css file or so.
function completion, such as parameter hints, closing html tags automatically, and completing brackets, would also be helpful. I love hot notepad++ shows you when you type a variable what variable names you have already used in the document.

Textmate's handling of brackets and quotations rocks: it adds the matching pair for you, but wont advance the cursor, so if it's in your muscle memory to do them at the same time, it won't waste your time. and you can highlight a word and hit quotes or brackets, and it'll wrap the word in brackets. So those would be a bonus, but it's nothing I miss when using Notepad++, however the combination of lacking the above is frustrating.

Does anybody know a free program for Mac with these features?

And while you are at it, could you please point out how to activate and use these features?
For example I know TextMate has a way to indent, but the key combination it gives you makes no sense to me...

Thanks for any suggestions!


texts: Can't see external HDD partition in Disk Utility

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I have a  TB external HDD divided in 2 partition:

First partition: 280 GB
Second partition: 1720 GB

Initially, both partitions were NTFS.

Then, I formatted the first partition to macOS Extended FS, and then to FAT32,
and the second partition vanished. I can't see it in Disk Utilities nor in Paragon NTFS 15.

I tried to revert first partition to NTFS, but the second one is still not showing... What should I do?

here is the result of diskutil list

~ diskutil list
  /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
     #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
     0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
     1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
     2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         249.8 GB   disk0s2

  /dev/disk1 (synthesized):
     #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
     0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +249.8 GB   disk1
                                   Physical Store disk0s2
     1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            119.9 GB   disk1s1
     2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 20.5 MB    disk1s2
     3:                APFS Volume Recovery                503.9 MB   disk1s3
     4:                APFS Volume VM                      5.4 GB     disk1s4

  /dev/disk2 (external, physical):
     #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
     0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
     1:               Windows_NTFS HDD1                    228.4 GB   disk2s1

Here is the result of sudo fdisk /dev/disk2

~ sudo fdisk /dev/disk2
    Disk: /dev/disk2    geometry: 243201/255/63 [3907029167 sectors]
    Signature: 0xAA55
             Starting       Ending
     #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    *1: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    206848 -  446126158] HPFS/QNX/AUX
     2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
     3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
     4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

EDIT:

$ sudo dd if=/dev/disk2 bs=512 skip=446333006 count=150000000 | grep -o -a -b "BOOTMGR"

71010552671:BOOTMGR
71010552692:BOOTMGR
150000000+0 records in
150000000+0 records out
76800000000 bytes transferred in 11355.441546 secs (6763277 bytes/sec)


texts: iOS6 on iPod Touch (4) no Wi-FI LAN, when there is no Internet?

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I got a question of one of my customers:

They are experiencing problems when connecting a iPod to a WIFI LAN without Internet connection.

Basically, the iPod connects, gets a IP from DHCP, but then it can't reach a local Intranet server (with Safari to http://172.16.2.n).

We can ping the iPod, but thats all. And, once we connect the LAN to the Internet, everything works again.

I tried the same with my iPhone 4(v6), that seems to work fine. Also with IOS 5 it works (both without Internet connection).

Anybody a clue?

Thanks.


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I'm using an image editing program, and I'm trying to do a large clone.  This requires me to keep the mouse button down (virtually, this is on a trackpad) for a long period of time, and any mistake means I have to start all over.  (Not to mention, if I get to the edge of the trackpad and still need to push the pointer further I am in trouble!) So I have been looking for a way to keep the software thinking the button is down without having to keep my finger touching the trackpad for an extended period of time.

I read this answer here, which seemed to offer a solution to the problem.  However, perhaps I am not understanding what it really means to "double tap", because after setting the option exactly as given in the answer, two literal taps on the trackpad in quick succession do nothing to enable dragging.  When I do it in my image editor, I see two modifications made to my image, as if I made two separate taps.  If I try it on the top of a window where I would normally click and drag to drag the window around, dragging does not start and the taps are completely ignored.  I already have single tap to click enabled, so I know a tap is being registered properly.  Setting the "Enable Dragging (with Drag Lock)" seems to have had absolutely no effect.

Is there something else I am missing?


texts: How to restore iPhone 5 from iOS 5 backup?

texts:
I had an iPhone 4 with iOS 5 which I regularly backed up using iTunes. Then I used a Android device for a little over a year. Now I'm back on iOS with an iPhone 5. So I'm trying to setup it with the Restore from iTunes backup option. But I get the following error:

Is there any way to fix this? I would really like to get my pictures and messages restored.

Update: Some more information. I used to have another computer, have not upgraded MacBook -> MacBook Pro, so I copied the ~/Library/Application Suppor/MobileSync/Backup folder to the new computer before the restore process. Restoring on the original MacBook yields the same result.


texts: Birthdays a day early in Calendar on Mountain Lion

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On my Macbook Pro running Mac OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) all the birthdays from the "Birthdays" calendar are showing a day early in Calendar. E.g. When I browse to contact Joe Bloggs in Contacts it shows his birthday as 12/03/1987. When I go into Calendar, there is a full day event for Joe Bloggs' birthday on 11/03/1987.

In Calendar I have selected the correct timezone (New Zealand Time) and have also enabled "Turn on time zone support" in the preferences. On my iPhone, I have the same settings and the birthdays display on the correct date.

Is there anything I can do to get the birthdays to display on the correct date in Calendar on my Macbook Pro?

Edit: Just clarifying, the date format used here is dd/mm/yyyy.


texts: iOS - how to merge "on my iPad" Notes to iCloud after iCloud already activated?

texts:
I keep encountering this problem at friends' and it's always the same thing. They wonder why Notes does not sync up to iCloud.

I grab their iPad or iPhone and realize that their notes are written to "On My iPad" or "On My iPhone".

I then google around for a decent app, never find one (is there really no such thing?)..

And wind up copy-pasting them from "On My iPad" to "iCloud" one at a time. Thankfully this time he only had 27 notes so it didn't take that long.

Sometimes I panic and start emailing the Notes one at a time to his email address and then paste them onto his iCloud via OS X action.

Is there really no better way? I've checked around for advice and it seems to always be "Just email them" "Just copypaste them".

Any ideas?


texts:
I'm running iTunes 10.6 on OS X Lion 10.7.3.

I've tried multiple times to download this one song, and it keeps failing.  All other songs I've previously purchased downloaded with no problem the first time.  Here is the error:

And here is the view of the status in my downloads list:

I've tried closing iTunes and re-opening but the same error happens when I try to download again.  Any suggestions?


texts: iTunes cannot find music files after upgrading to Yosemite

texts:
After upgrading from Mavericks to Yosemite, most of my music files appear to have gone missing.

Whenever I try to play music on my Mac, a pop up shows up saying: "the song you're trying to listen to could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"

And if I choose to locate it, the only thing that happens is the last Finder window I was in re-opens.

How do I get my music back?


texts: Does the time zone in a mail header help me to identify the country of origin?

texts: I sent this from Ct USA eastern time last night. When he replied it says GMT. Does this mean he is in England or another country).


texts:
I've been driving a bit lately up and down the east coast of the United States and I realized that Apple Maps constantly tells me to "stay left" when going through tolls.

Every toll that I have gone through has E-Z Pass only lanes on the far left.  Some of them split up early so if you get into the left lane you're stuck there.

Does Apple Maps detect the E-Z Pass in my car?

If I was more oblivious while driving and I didn't have one, I could end up with some hefty fines.


texts: Cannot change login wallpaper in 10.15 Catalina?

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Note: This question is about the background image for the login screen (what you see before you log in), not the desktop wallpaper, which can still be changed by going to: System Preferences » Desktop & Screen Saver » Desktop.
In previous versions of macOS, I believe it was possible to change the background image of the login screen by replacing the default in /Library/Desktop Pictures/.
However, it appears that the default background image for Catalina’s login screen is /System/Library/Desktop Pictures/Catalina.heic
Since /System/Library/Desktop Pictures/ is part of the read-only system partition, there appears to be no way to change the image which appears as the background before you log in.
If anyone knows of a way around that, please let us know.
Tested version “Catalina Public Beta 7”:
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15
BuildVersion:   19A546d

Update 2019-10-05:
Unfortunately there's no permalink for this (it's currently at https://www.koingosw.com/products/macpilot/ under "Version History" but that will change as soon as the next version is released) but the MacPilot folks also agree that there is no way to do this in Catalina:

The current version of Catalina is the "GM" before the official release.
Note:
Personally I don’t consider “Disable SIP” to be a viable solution for something as trivial as a background image.
However, it appears that there is no other way to do this than to, at least temporarily, disable SIP.


texts: Mac does not automatically restart when power is re-applied after `shutdown -hu now`

texts:
I want to have a Mac Mini automatically boot when power is applied, as I cannot conveniently reach its power button, because it resides inside an art installation, where the power will be shut down during the night. I thought it might be possible to use the "Start up automatically after a power failure" in the energy system settings for this, along with the -u parameter to the shutdown command, in order to safely bring the machine in a state where I don't have to fear data loss. According to the shutdown man page, the -u parameter seems to be what I need:

  -u: The system is halted up until the point of removing system power, but waits before removing power for 5 minutes so that an external UPS (uninterruptible power supply) can forcibly remove power. This simulates a dirty shutdown to permit a later automatic power on. OS X uses this mode automatically with supported UPSs in emergency shutdowns.

But shutdown -hu now does not work. On both Macs I tested it with (Mac Mini with 10.10 and a Mac Pro on 10.11), the machines still power off immediately, they do not wait for five minutes in the halt state, so that I don't have the time to power off the mains. Therefore, the autostart on power failure setting doesn't trigger, and I have to manually push the power button to make them boot again.


texts: When photos on iOS are added to an album, does that duplicate the amount of space being used? If I add the photos to another app, can I delete them from the camera roll?


texts: Advanced gmail settings missing on iPad?

texts:
I'm trying to make some changes to my gmail account on my iPad. All recommendations ask me to go into Settings, select mt gmail account, then select "Advanced"
which I don't have as an option...
What am I missing?


texts: Is there a workaround for the Outlook for Mac calendar permissions bug?

texts:
As discussed here and here, Outlook for Mac users cannot load any other Outlook user's calendar if the latter user's permissions are set to show "Free/Busy Only"; they can only load Outlook calendars whose permissions have been set to "Reviewer" (which I believe allows the viewer to see the event details).

This is really stupid, because (a) Outlook for Windows and Outlook Web Access users can load calendars with "Free/Busy Only" permissions without a problem, and (b) Outlook for Mac users can view other people's availability (at the free/busy level) by using the Meeting Scheduler tool. But this is a bad workaround because (a) it requires several non-intuitive steps in which you pretend to request a meeting and then cancel the invite, and (b) the Meeting Scheduler tool's graphical interface presents the invitee's calendar in a single one-dimensional line format that is almost unusable for looking over multiple days or weeks.

Is there a better workaround? The issue isn't that the viewer needs any additional availability information; they have all the information they need via the Meeting Scheduler, but it's presented in a virtually unreadable format. Is there some simple way to reshape that free/busy availability data into a readable 2D calendar format, as Outlook for Windows users can?


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I have, due to aborted imports, many duplicate emails. How can I find these duplicate emails and delete them, the best would be to archive them first, just to be safe.

I found http://www.nickshubin.com/articles/mac/remove_mail_duplicates.html - does Araxis still do the job? Also: Any experiences with the script at http://bohemianboomer.com/2015/02/free-how-to-remove-duplicate-email-messages-in-os-xs-mail-app/ ?

Any recommendations how I can solve this mess? I don't feel like exporting to a local imap server, using Thunderbird to delete duplicates and to re-import them.

Aditional info:

The duplicate emails are in my local mail folder, so no imap et al involved.

What I did so far:

Switched of Mail
moved the local filestorage out of the mail folder
restarted Mail and deleted it from there again, as it was still there
used Gemini duplicate remover to remove all duplicane messages (any other should have worked as well
I did not touch the attachments!
Will import the mail again and I hope that the duplicates are gone

Any comments to this procedure? If it works, I will post it as an answer.


texts: iPhone not recognized by iTunes after not ejecting properly

texts:
I unplugged my iPhone without clicking the eject button. Now the computer doesn't recognize it in iTunes.

I have followed everything in the help section but still no luck.


texts: When does iCloud suggest a file can be stored cloud-only? Can I force iCloud to not keep the downloaded copy of a file?

texts:
My intention is to store movies. First I tried adding them to iTunes but if I'm not mistaken, those movies will never be cloud-only unless they were bought through iTunes itself.

My next approach is to store them in iCloud. I know from other files on my computer that they are only a "proxy" for the actual file and that the actual file will be downloaded when needed.

However since the files I'm moving around are movies, they're quite storage-intensive, and I'd love if I could tell iCloud "please just upload them and don't mind the local copy", but I can only choose to force-download them, and not force-delete-the-local-copy, as far as I can tell.

Is there a way to make this happen more readily?

I'm using Mojave 10.14.2 (18C54).


texts: Question mark folder after reboot and cannot detect other boot option!

texts:
My mac froze during some heavy hard disk activity which forces me to power down the machine.

It's a 13 inch MacBook Pro with mountain lion which I bought roughly last year but updated the OS.

But after starting again, all I can see is a folder with a question mark flashing.

I try to reset the nvram but it's the same.

When I click on option button on restart and go into disk utility, I do not see any other disk besides the disk-0 which have 1.39GB space.

Does this means my partition is corrupted or something?

Please advise.

Thanks!


texts: How do I set the window minimize and maximize speed without using the shift-key

texts: I would like to setup my computer (Macbook running snow leopard) so that it will maximize and minimize the windows slowly. I know that this can be done by holding on the shift key while minimizing but can I set it as default so that I don't have to hold the shift key down?


texts: Search for folders that contain filetypes

texts: For example, how do you search for all folders that contain ".mp3" files (on OS X)?


texts:
I have a HTC Desire X and I would like to import the images to Aperture (some are on device, some on card). Unfortunately, the device is not connected as mass storage even when HTC Sync Manager is on.

How do you handle this workflow?


texts:
When I try to scroll the source window with the arrow keys, the previously outputted lines are not properly overwritten, resulting in a weird looking:

My ~/.gdbinit only contains set startup-with-shell off.

I installed gdb by brew install gdb. Here is the version info:

[sunqingyao@192.168.0.111 ~/Projects/play_ground]$ gdb --version
GNU gdb (GDB) 8.0
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "x86_64-apple-darwin16.6.0".
Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word".

I'm using iTerm2 under Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29), if it's relevant.


texts: How can I paste the selected text on macOS?

texts: I have selected some text and I want to use shift+insert like I do to paste the currently selected text on Linux. How can I do that on a MacBook?


texts: Disabling default keyboard on iPad with iOS 4.2

texts: I have enabled 3 languages and use their keyboards, but the default keyboard still insists on popping up. Bought in Bangkok, using in Europe.Can I disable this unnecessary keyboard or am I stuck with it??


texts: Apple Watch is not recognising any activity. What is the problem?

texts: I have the original Apple Watch(I bought it as soon as it was released in 2015). I have now realised that it is not tracking any of my activity data, and that it displays 0 for all of the 3 categories, even after a day of running and exercise. How can I resolve this issue?


texts: Is it possible to chat with a Facebook group using a desktop app on macOS?

texts:
I would like to chat with my groups on Facebook using a desktop app.

So far I've tried:

Adium, it is quite nice, but it doesn't support group conversations.
Native Messages app doesn't seem to support the Facebook group chat as well.

Is there any way to configure these or any other free applications so that I can chat on my group conversation?

I'm looking for any solution. I'd prefer to use Messages.app but if it is not possible, I'd like to know if there is any other app that can handle group conversations from Facebook.


texts:
I have one (just one) Exchange account configured:

But Calendar shows it twice:

In the Accounts tab of the Calendar preferences it also listed twice:

and if I try to remove one of them I am redirected to the Internet Accounts settings (where only one is listed).

Is there a fix or should I completely remove the Exchange account and add it again?


texts: How to import photos to iPhone without getting unable to delete them?

texts:
I use iTunes and AnyTrans, but the photos can’t be deleted.

Is there a program to import photos without getting unable to delete them?


texts: In the new update of Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS 11 and in Files you can now add tags. Is there a way to change the colour of tags once you’ve added them?


texts:
I am not planning to manufacture any Hardware. I wanted to create an app for an existing MFI certified devices.

Is it possible to get the API details and protocol details from an MFI certified Accessory Manufacturer?

EDIT:

I plan to develop an App for an existing MFi certified hardware and release an app in the store.


texts: Terminal "LoadModule" - command not found

texts:
I installed via homebrew the new php56 version.

To activate it and use it I typed this in the Terminal:

LoadModule php5_module    /usr/local/opt/php56/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

But it says: -bash: LoadModule: command not found

What can I do?


texts: How do I prevent access to a folder on a non-boot drive

texts:
My /Users folder is on the boot drive.

On another drive, I have a folder (F) that I want to protect by providing no access to other users.

How can that be done without encrypting F?


texts: macbook air mail: how to configure HELO sent to smtp server?

texts:
Hello I am trying to set up a mail account on a new macbook air (Lion 10.7.5 Build 11G63B). I have gone through all the steps but it will not connect to the smtp server. I am using straight SMTP (not SSL) with a username and password that I have verified are correct.

The connection doctor shows that the connection is being rejected due to the HELO that is sent to it:

HELO mymac.mydomain\.co\.uk
501 HELO requires valid address

I have reproduced the above error with a telnet to the SMTP server. With mymac.mydomain\.co\.uk I get the above error. With mymac.mydomain.co.uk it authenticates correctly.

How do I stop the macbook sending a garlbed HELO ?

Further detail on the SMTP setup. I have set the following:

Description
Server Name = the fqdn of the smtp server (definately correct)
Use custom Port 25 (only while trying to get it to work - I expect the 'use default ports' option would be ok)
Use SSL is unchecked (don't use SSL)
Username set to known correct username
Password set to known correct password

There are no other settings available. The smtp bit of this site: http://www.plus.net/support/email/setup/mail-107-smtp.shtml reflects what I was doing.


texts:
I upgraded to iOS 12 and would like to make yet another morning routine shortcut.  I'd like it to run these audio commands that I ask Siri to do by hand:

"What's the weather?"
"Play the news"
"Shuffle my Mix playlist"

Is there a way to have siri execute text that I give it in a shortcut?  Thanks.


texts: OSX freezes and logs me out when switching workspaces, it doesn't happen everytime and it's not consistant?

texts:
I'm running OSX High Sierra 10.13.2.

also,

where can I collect more info about why this is happening?


texts: Appointments longer than 24h will lose their exact start and end time when syncing with active sync?

texts:
We´re just about setting up a McAfee MDM solution to sync the iPhones and iPads of our company with our Exchange servers.

Now when I have an entry in my Outlook calender e.g. from Monday 9 pm to Wednesday 8 am it will show up in my iPhone calendar as a full day event on every of these 3 days.

Both Apple support and McAfee support say this comes from the Active Sync engine used from the MDM. Anyone also had this issue and knows a solution to fix it?


texts: Bluetooth Connectivity in MacBookPro Touchbar 2017 (latest Catalina)

texts:
Recently I bought a JBL Flip 5 speaker, first thing I did is connect it to my iPhone XR, the speaker was fine and then I connected it to my MacBook Pro 2017 then it starts stuttering, I let it be for a couple of minutes and the stutters just continue. While I'm observing the problem, my BlueTooth keyboard just keeps disconnecting and reconnecting, I tried disconnecting my BlueTooth keyboard and the speaker worked fine for a couple of minutes then it starts stuttering again.

When I try to connect my JBL Flip 5 again on my MacBook Pro, it will start just fine then it will stutter and it will disconnect itself, other times my Logitech MX Master 2S will disconnect too

I tried debug → restart my BlueTooth module on Mac but still the problem persists.

Any help on this bug?


texts: Turn on MacBook with eject key or via USB

texts:
I had a problem with my MacBook Pro keyboard (mid 2010), and the power button stops working. Now, to turn on my MacBook I have to short the power pads.

In the new MacBooks with no optical drive, the power button is in the place of the eject button. My eject key is working, so I would like to change this key to "power button" in order to can turn on my laptop without have to open it and short the pads.. Is this possible?

Is there another way to do it? Maybe via USB that when you plug it send a turn on command?

Another way that I have thought is that Macbook turn itself on when plugged in.
I tried sudo pmset -a acwake 1 but it doesn't work.

Any idea?


texts: Mac freezes on startup with vertical striped bands

texts: I have an early Intel Macbook 13.3" that freezes on startup with strange bands down the screen. I'm unable to do anything. Any ideas on what would cause this?


texts: How to stop WiFi "Looking for Networks..."

texts:
There's been a recent question asking about disabling WiFi at boot time. This is not that same question, but is related.

I don't want to disable WiFi, but I would like to stop it from "Looking for Networks..." on my Macbook Pro while I am connected to a network.

"Looking for Networks..." strikes me as wasted effort much of the time. The exception being when you take a laptop into a new place. I certainly don't want to switch from my chosen network when I'm home. Yet, according the GUI, the system is "Looking for Networks..." every 2-3 seconds in a mostly pointless expenditure of resources.

I've searched for data to corroborate my feelings that this is a waste of resources. I was unable to find anything for MacOs specifically. In fact, I found nothing that appeared to be definitive explaining exactly what "Looking for Networks..." actually means.

Are any data available that document what and how many resources are being used in "Looking for Networks..."? Is there any way to stop the system from "Looking for Networks..." when WiFi is on and connected to a functional AP?

I don't think "Looking for Networks..." is a "channel scan" as discussed here and here, but I'm not certain.


texts: Connection dropping after upgrade to Sierra

texts:
We have a Mac mini which we use for remote building some iOS applications written on Xamarin. All build scripts are executed via SSH. Recently we have upgraded its OS from El Capitan to Sierra, but after it we encountered with a problem that Mac ocassionaly becomes unpingable at all. Its network connection is unstable and sometimes it work works quite well, but other times when we try to ping Mac, it throws next:

Pinging <MacMini_ip> with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Reply from <MacMini_ip>: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=32

...

Reply from <my_ip>: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from <my_ip>: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from <my_ip>: Destination host unreachable.

We thought that there are problems with network cable or switch, but after replacing the problem still occurs. Can anyone answer why does this happen? Are there any problems with Mac settings? I have quite few experience in working with Mac.


texts:
Recently the power button on my iPhone 5 has become hard to press, and slow to come back up after being pressed.

Update :
As I was typing this I was repeatedly pressing the power button. It eventually returned to its normal position. I am adding this question anyway because I want to know if anyone else has experienced this issue and if so did they had to take their phone into Apple for repair (or talked to a Apple rep that recommended they take it in). (i.e is it a symptom of a bigger problem>)

Update  :
It appears to continue to stick at times. I'm going to bring it in next chance I get. Thanks. Note: It's fairly cold here some days (10'F) I'll have to check that next time it happens (probably not).


texts: When watching YouTube videos on my iMac, the screen intermittently switches to a lower resolution (the video gets blurry).  Then, after 5 or 10 seconds it switches back to normal resolution.  The symptom is the same even when I'm using Apple TV.  What's happening?


texts: Window out of visible workspace range / unreachable

texts:
I'm running OS X Lion on a MacBook Air 11", and when I unplug my secondary display, some windows (e.g., Finder) are overflowing at the edge of the screen.
This usually happens on the right-hand side of the [work]space, so I have access to their title bar to drag them back.

But this time, the MS Word 2011 window is overflowing out of visible workspace range in a way that makes it unreachable: it's like having a big negative offset on the vertical axis.

I can see the window in Exposé, tried moving it to another [work]space (and back), but the window position stays the same.
The three finger drag is enabled, but I cannot reach the window's title bar.

Researching through other questions, I saw that Afloat counts among it's features the ability to

  Move windows from anywhere, not just the title bar.

just like other window management apps.

But I'm primarily interested if there's any built-in solution within OS X Lion for this specific issue.

Is there a key combination to move a window from any active area?

Or how can this be solved w/o re-attaching the secondary display?


texts: Does turning off 'sync from iPhoto' remove my photos?

texts: If I've downloaded my photos onto iPhoto and turn off 'sync from iPhoto' on iTunes, will I loose any photos on iPhoto?


texts: Russian-english / english-russian dictionary

texts:
Could anyone propose any RU-EN/EN-RU dictionary application compatible with iPod 1g (iOS 3.1.3)?

Paid or free, doesn't matter, but need some good one (with big amount of words and handy/fast UI)


texts: Force iPhone to use cellular data while connected to wifi

texts:
I have an iPhone 5s with iOS 7 on T-mobile in the US. I have a wifi network that is not connected to the Internet. When I connect to the wifi network with my phone, my iPhone tries to access the Internet using wifi only instead of using cellular data. Of course my phone cannot access the Internet using the wifi network because the network is not connected to the Internet. However it should be able to use cellular data.

How can I force my phone to use cellular data to access the Internet while connected to a wifi network?


texts: Is there a way to recover a macOS Sierra Preview behaviour in macOS Mojave about LaTeX-typed PDFs?

texts:
I type most of my documents with LaTeX.

Since I upgraded my Mac from macOS Sierra to macOS Mojave, links in the PDFs are displayed with a red box around them:

However, when I open the same PDF in Google Chrome, red boxes are not displayed (as did Preview when I was on macOS Sierra).

I know there is the hidelinks option when calling the hyperref package, but this fixes the problem at the time of compilation, and I want to remove the boxes in all the PDFs I already compiled.

(It is more a question of personal comfort when viewing a PDF on my Mac than a big problem here.)

I don't know if this behaviour is specific to Preview in macOS Mojave, but maybe Apple brought some improvements to it, and it is maybe modifiable with a command in the terminal?


texts: MacBook keeps automatically joining certain wifi network

texts:
My (12-inch retina) MacBook periodically joins a wrong wifi network, ignoring the preferred networks list in network preferences. (I'm using the latest version of Yosemite)

The wifi network is a 'special' network, it's my ISP's hotspot. After connecting to the network I am shown a pop-up asking to log in using my ISP login credentials. This is quite annoying.

I keep manually deleting the network from the list. But when I'm on the go, I often have to join the hotspot. I would simply like my MacBook to ignore the network whenever I'm at home.

Things I have tried so far:

Moving the 'bad' network to the bottom of the preferred networks list
Moving the 'bad' network to the top of the list (you never know, right? Haha)
Deleting all keychain entries related to the hotspot (it ignores those, I always have to re-enter the credentials in the pop-up window anyway)

Is there a solution to this problem? Or should I write a simple Apple or bash script which periodically deletes the hotspot from the known networks list?

Edit:

As requested by user unknowndomain below, here is some additional info.

At home I never want my computer to connect to the hotspot, only when on the road. (they are spread around the country). My home network is always on. It happens in other people's houses as well, my MacBook seems at certain times to prefer the hotspot ignoring other known ('higher priority') networks. I have the same problem with my old MacBook and with my girlfriend's MacBook Air so it's definitely a software related problem.

Some details of my home network 'Den Draad' and the hotspot 'TELENETHOMESPOT'.


texts: Is it safe to install Sierra with Apple Store blocked?

texts:
I have tried to install El Capitan to the Mid 2011 İMac with 10.7.2 (Or maybe 10.7.5) and then it gave me do not cross icon at boot and it is useless now. I downloaded install os dmg file to my own drive and then added it to the applications

When I asked to my teacher why it didn't work. they claimed the government has blocked the App Store and it will never boot again.

What I want to do is. Trying to install High Sierra without internet connection so this won't happen again. Is it possible to do it? I can disconnect Ethernet but I am fearing the WI-FI reconnecting to the school WI-FI even if I delete the password and yet worse, The operating system refusing to work without authenication from App Store after offline install or maybe even breaking itself when I connect to the internet.

Is this safe? I already got Time Machine backup in the the Mid 2011 İMac I want to update and I want to use the newer applications again.


texts: macOS Yosemite->High Sierra update not sticking

texts:
I need to download exam software for my computer, but the software does not support Yosemite, my current OS.  Preposterously, this $100 software costs $50 to "redownload", so I need to be absolutely sure it will work on this computer before trying it out.

I went to the App Store, checked "Updates", confirmed that macOS High Sierra was in the roster, and clicked the button to commence the update.  My computer shut down, I saw the expected loading bar, my computer restarted, everything looks fine.

I check "About This Mac" and it still says OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.  www.whatsmyos.com says I still have OS X 10.10.5.
Typing "sw_vers" into the terminal prints out "ProductVersion:  10.10.5".

I check the App Store, and under "Updates Installed in the Last 30 Days" there is a row that clearly reads "macOS High Sierra" and "Installed May 6, 2019".  The top of the page reads "No Updates are Available" so I can't attempt to update the OS again.

What's going on here?


texts: I was navigating through a website but I forgot which one was it now going back to Safari History and searching for the website is a painful thing to do so I was asking is there anyway to open all your safari history with one click?


texts: "Breaking News" feature for OS X Yosemite

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Recently I have gotten more and more "Breaking News" features from the NY Times which appear on my desktop.

(1) How did I initiate this feature?

(2) How do I turn this off?


texts: How to uninstall VirtualBox / removing Kernel Extension

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Reading this thread

I made with brew:
brew cask uninstall virtualbox

Error: Cask 'virtualbox' is not installed.

The dmg file of virtual box is not on disk..

Thanks for any good ideas.


texts: MBP mid 2015 initial Time Machine backup to Samsung T5 blindingly slow

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The title pretty much sums it up. Just bought a new 500GB Samsung T5 external SSD, and the first time machine backup is seems like an inside joke. The majority of the time it's backing up at a crawl < 1 MB/sec, but occasionally jumping to to 10-20 MB/sec. Estimated time remaining is 20 hours.

According to USB 3.0 speeds, 625 MB/sec is upper limit. I understand this speed will, most of the time, not be achieved because of files in non-consecutive memory locations and controller performance etc, but shit I'd expect to see at least something like 100 MB/sec or larger. Is this a reasonable expectation? Is it possible I just have zillions of tiny files in impossibly distant memory locations? Or that I unluckily got a bad T5?

I'm running on Sierra 10.12.6 and I disabled throttling with "sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0" and have no other apps running.

Any suggestions for getting typical USB 3.0 write speeds?


texts: Is it possible to automatically switch between scrolling?

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So I have this logitech mouse that I use with my Macbook Pro.
I've been using it for a week now and I just CAN'T get used to the inverse scrolling direction on the mouse wheel.
So I decided to change it in my System Preferences, since I can't automatically change it in the Logitech mouse software.
But sometimes when I can't use my mouse I have to use my trackpad, and getting used to the "natural" scrolling is annoying.

So, is there a way to make my macbook automatically change the scrolling direction depending if I'm using my trackpad and my mouse?
Or does anyone know if theres a script that I can use, I'm ok with just using it on my Dock. I already have a script for clearing my clipboard


texts: iMac 2007 with accelerated graphics problems and kernel panics

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I have a mid-2007 iMac. It's been getting kernel panics and locking up. I noticed it does this immediately when needing to use accelerated graphics motions, such as running Launchpad, using a translucent dock, etc.

When I run in Safe Mode, the system seems to run alright, as accelerated graphics is off (as I understand it anyway).

I have a picture of a kernel panic (couldn't copy-paste, had frozen by then) if this helps.

I'm planning to open the machine (I have replaced the HD twice) and apply some new thermal glue to the GPU as I think it is overheating. Does anyone have advice on either the process of applying thermal glue here, or on what's going on?

I have tried:

Resetting power management
Resetting NVRAM / PRAM
Running Safe Mode and rebooting to normal


texts: A window manager that re-sizes and re-arranges ALL the windows for a given application with one keyboard shortcut?

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I have done research on Ask Different to see if this has been posted and to the best of my knowledge nothing this specific. I reviewed this but that question is more general.

So imagine that I have 10 (or more) Evernote windows and I want, with one shortcut,  for all of them to be resized to half the monitor to the left. And then I have 6 terminal windows and want them all resized to a quarter screen to the upper right (different shortcut).

PS: What I currently use is SizeUp and it works great BUT in the case of the 10 Evernote windows, I'd have to use the keyboard shortcut 10 times.


texts: Require login to be able to see anything on wiki server?

texts: In addition to having wikis, the wiki server built into OS X Server also allows users to host blogs and personal file storage.  By default, it appears that these functions are enabled, even if you are not currently logged in.  Is there a way to lock down the wiki server so that when someone goes to companyserver.com/wiki it doesn't give them access to anything but a login prompt?


texts: Can I access an account that was created as a "Network Account"?

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I have a user account that I created on our network at work via Network Accounts. There are some files I want to retrieve from one of the users desktop. The user was created on the "Server" which is a Mac Mini.

The files are on this machine which is an iMac. I took this iMac home and it is no longer on the network. Is it possible for me to access the files on the desktop of this user?

I guess I could take this iMac back to work and hook back up to the network. I would like to avoid that if possible. I am running OSX 10.8.5.


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I normally use private key authentication to SSH into my mac via an iOS client. I recently upgraded to Mavericks, and started noticing the client prompting for a password rather than trying the private key first. My old /etc/sshd_config had disabled password authentication ("PasswordAuthentication no, ChallengeResponseAuthentication no"), but it looks like the upgrade process to Mavericks reset these two values to yes.

Is anybody else seeing this change? Is there any documentation on this? It seems like a significant security issue to reenable SSH password authentication by default.


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I wonder what secd process does under OSX Yosemite. I am pretty sure I have seen this process running in earlier MacOS versions, but I don't remember it gobbling up all the available memory so boldly...

I have three computers running Yosemite, each with a different config. All three have been up for a duration of three days to one week. Here is a run down of what secd has achieved:

On MacBookAir 2011 with 4GB of memory, 700MB allocated to secd
On iMac 2008 with 6GB of memory, 2GB allocated to secd
On iMac 2011 with 12GB of memory, 4GB allocated to secd

On all three computers secd is the largest process in memory (larger than kernel task) and I suspect it plays a role in the slowdown I have recently experienced with the arrival of Yosemite. I know for sure that the process expands in memory to inordinate sizes and frees up memory when I need it somewhere else. The only issue is that it is not as quick in freeing up memory and most of the time performance suffers before the process realizes it has to retreat.

My search around the web didn't come to a solid conclusion as for what the process is, and why it should be so huge. I guess I am not the only one experiencing this. Any tip is appreciated.

As suggested below secd has to do with Apple Keychain. Here are the files and ports that the process keeps open when active (on MacBookAir):

/
/usr/libexec/secd
/Users/.../Library/Keychains/7285EFCF-9AF6-53DD-BE44-DA1F59F96620/keychain-2.db-shm
/usr/share/icu/icudt53l.dat
/usr/lib/dyld
/private/var/run/diagnosticd/dyld_shared_cache_x86_64
/dev/null
/dev/null
/dev/null
count=2, state=0x2
/Users/.../Library/Keychains/7285EFCF-9AF6-53DD-BE44-DA1F59F96620/keychain-2.db
/Users/.../Library/Keychains/7285EFCF-9AF6-53DD-BE44-DA1F59F96620/keychain-2.db-wal
/Users/.../Library/Keychains/7285EFCF-9AF6-53DD-BE44-DA1F59F96620/keychain-2.db-shm
/Users/.../Library/Keychains/7285EFCF-9AF6-53DD-BE44-DA1F59F96620/keychain-2.db
/Users/.../Library/Keychains/7285EFCF-9AF6-53DD-BE44-DA1F59F96620/keychain-2.db-wal
/dev/random
/dev/random
/private/var/folders/z_/806bzc396cxgp4s0q17tpfwc0000gn/T/etilqs_y5BDgkbGkBV9ybF
/private/var/folders/z_/806bzc396cxgp4s0q17tpfwc0000gn/T/etilqs_Aw6Q7JhPlil3QNX
/Users/.../Library/Keychains/7285EFCF-9AF6-53DD-BE44-DA1F59F96620/keychain-2.db
/Users/.../Library/Keychains/7285EFCF-9AF6-53DD-BE44-DA1F59F96620/keychain-2.db-wal

What is not clear is what the process does to all the memory it occupies, and why it inflates so much.


texts: Why are Ctrl+a and Ctrl+f broken in Snow Leopard?

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In most text areas, ctrl-a and ctrl-f used to move my cursor to the beginning/end of the line, but now I get "^A" printed to terminal, and nothing happens in other input areas.

Any ideas what happened?


texts:
How long can someone stare at the led flashlight of an iphone while being filmed before the eyes can get permanent damages of any kind?

All of the other answers out there take for granted its about a photo flash (0.15 seconds), but what about a video? Im talking about the persons who take video of themselves, so quite close range.


texts: How can I add shortcuts to Adobe Illustrator?

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If I try to add shortcuts to Adobe Illustrator, when I select the app (inside the folder /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator CC 2017) I get the following message:

You cannot add keyboard shortcuts for the application
Adobe Illustrator CC 2017.app.

See image:

What can I do to add shortcuts?
I'm aware that you can do it from Illustrator, but can I do that from the Mac System Preferences?


texts:
A free 8GB USB key given to me shows up in Snow Leopard as read-only.

$ mount
/dev/disk1 on /Volumes/USB DISK (ntfs, local, nodev, nosuid, read-only, noowners)

How can I mount it read-write? According to the provider of the USB key:

"The USB needs to be unlocked. Right click USB-properties-security-select everyone-edit-permissions for everyone-Allow full control"

But I think these must be instructions for a different OS.

I'd be fine with reformatting it - there's nothing valuable on it.

Attempting to force the issue with mount doesn't seem to work:

$ sudo mount -w -t ntfs /dev/disk1 "/tmp/USB"
$ touch /tmp/USB/foo
-bash: foo: Read-only file system


texts: Is it possible to apply Mavericks side-only dock style to the bottom dock?

texts: I'm a fan of the Mavericks dock style that's applied when the dock is positioned on the side of the screen. I'm also a fan of having my dock on the bottom of the screen. Can I have both?


texts: What is the filename of "New Messages Sound"?

texts: I'm looking for the file which Mail plays when a message comes in.


texts: Putting Stickers on Top MacBook Pro Lid - Recommendations

texts: I've got a new MacBook from the company I work for. I have some nice stickers I want to put on the lid. However I am worried about removing them. Is there  skin/layer apply before so I can remove them all easily if I have to return it?


texts: Prevent others finding me in Game Center

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I don't want people to see me in Game Center. How can I prevent others from finding me?

People seem to locate me and I don't want them to. I would like to stay incognito but I can't find a privacy button to keep my name invisible.


texts: Mac Won't Enter Firmware Restoration Mode

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I'm trying to solve a real head-scratcher of an issue on an older iMac (model 6,1, a 2006 24" white model) and want to eliminate the firmware as a possible culprit.

To that end, I've created a firmware restoration CD (v1.4, which lists this model number as compatible) and I'm following the instructions to use it.

With the disc not inserted, I'm holding the power button and waiting for the power LED to flash three times rapidly, three times slowly, and three times rapidly as described, however this is not happening.

Instead what's happening is the light flashes very rapidly for a second or so, then a long tone plays and the computer immediately starts up normally; I'm not being given any reasonable opportunity to insert the disc. I've tried with the disc already inserted and this appears to make no difference.

What does this indicate? As far as I can find the long tone indicates that the iMac is in EFI recovery mode, but it shouldn't be as the disc isn't being accepted (or isn't inserted in the first place), and nothing different happens, it just immediately starts up.

Granted, firmware restoration is probably a long-shot at fixing an odd issue with an old machine, but it seems strange that I can't get it to work at all!


texts: How to enter Unicode (or other) symbols in LaTeX within Keynote (iWork)

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In Keynote and other iWork apps, it is possible to enter formulas (and text) in LaTeX. This is an immensely valuable feature. But...

How can I enter an astronomical (or other) symbol, via Unicode or by other means, directly in a LaTeX formula (ie. without copying and pasting from the Character Viewer — which doesn’t work anyway directly in the LaTeX formula editor within Keynote)?

For example, I wish to get the Mars symbol ♂ or the Venus symbol ♀ by entering \mars or \venus.

This Apple page claims that one can also enter (ASCII) Unicode characters, but no indication is given there, in the blahtex documentation, or anywhere else about how to enter a Unicode character.
I’d also be happy with any non-Unicode route that allows me to enter such characters directly within the LaTeX coding within Keynote. Any approach by which I could use any of the astronomical symbols in the LaTeX Comprehensive Symbol List would be a dream.


texts: Is there a task manager for OS X El Capitan?

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Something's causing my Mac to bottleneck on startup and on wake. I'm curious if I can isolate this by leaving a monitor program running so I can see what's eating up the CPU.

How can I check CPU usage like Task Manager on Windows allows?


texts: I am not familiar with the iPad but my MacBook died and I can't afford a new one. How can I install software that is not from the Apple Store on my iPad? I have the software .ipa file, but how do I install it?


texts: Where does apple keeps a copy of files when I turned off iCloud drive?

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I turned off iCloud drive and gave me a popup stating that all documents stored in iCloud would be removed from Mac and presented three options:
Keep a copy, cancel and remove from Mac.

I selected "Keep a copy option" and can't find files in both my mac and icloud.

Where would mac be keeping a copy of my data?

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How do I transfer my entire itunes library (retaining the original music playlists) from my iPad iOS 5.1

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How do I transfer my entire itunes library (including the specific music playlists) from my original iPad iOS 5.1  via wifi to my new Macbook air with Yosemite?

The bulk of my music library is CD's that I have imported manually.

I have authorized both computers in the iTunes account tab.

I tried hooking my iPad, via it's USB cord, to the Macbook Air's USB port.  The iPad does pop up in iTunes, but I am not sure what to do next to permanently import all of the iPad's music, ibooks, movies etc. into the iTunes on my Macbook air.


texts: What gesture is triggered by wiggling your finger on the home button?

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I've noticed that if I wiggle my finger in an upwards and downwards direction on the home button on my iPhone 6S running iOS 9 half of the screen slides down; as shown here:

I can't find any documentation of what this is or any use for it (tapping the space just closes it, dragging it down pulls down the control centre). It's accessible from any app.

Would love to know what it is!


texts: Does supervised device mode prevent restore on another computer in recovery mode?

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I know this is a long post but please bear with me:

I have an iPad Mini (A1429) / 7.0.6 which has been wiped, and set up as supervised and locked to my individual laptop with Apple Configurator 1.4.3

I have a custom app (enterprise licence) that the iPad is locked into using the supervise pane in Configurator.

Now, according to the documentation I've read, supervised devices automatically disable the ability for activation-lock to be used by the end-user of the iPad (I'm assuming to prevent disgruntled employees locking iOS devices with personal apple IDs).

My assumption is that because of the activation-lock prevention, supervised mode should prevent the iPad from synchronising with any other computer - especially if the device is stolen, so I tested this theory...

I plugged the iPad into another computer running iTunes. 'This device is supervised by another computer'. Working as expected.

So I placed the device into recovery mode, then plugged it into iTunes, which detected an iPad in recovery mode. I proceeded to restore the iPad, and it got half-way through the process before realising it was supervised, and bounced me back into the locked app. This worked as expected too.

Then I placed the device into recovery mode a second time, plugged it into iTunes which detected an iPad in recovery mode, and then tried to restore the iPad a second time.

Then something happened I didn't expect. The restore worked. And it presented me with the welcome screen. And it didn't present me with any activation-lock particulars. I was left with a pristine restored iPad free of all restrictions, pass-codes and activation locks.

My question to you all: IS THIS A BUG? or is this standard behaviour that is allowed by apple? Because I would assume that there are supervised devices out there that admins don't want wiped by another computer.


texts: How can I stop ios Simulator from crashing on Mountain Lion with XCode 4.5.1?

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I have a mid-2010 MBP with Mountain Lion. I performed a format and re-install (2 times). The first and only thing I installed was XCode (most recent version is 4.5.1). I have tried to run some of my projects, also just a plain blank project fresh after the create menu (all target iOS 6). Compilation is fine, but when I try to run on iPad/iPhone simulator, as soon as the iOS simulator is launching the screen goes black and the system restarts. Any ideas on how I could fix this? From Googling I've not seen anyone with quite the same issue, but have tried things such as deleting plist files, changing the debugger used, using no debugger, but it still crashes.

EDIT
It turned out to be a fault with the graphics card. I am getting it replaced.


texts: Is the thicker USB C cable included with the MacBook Pro charger necessary for its higher current capacity?

texts:
My new MacBook Pro came with a USB C charger and an associated cable.

I'm noticing this cable is a little bit thicker than other USB C charging cables I've seen.

What safety and charge carrying standards exist with USB C so I can know if a specific thinner / thicker cable is both safe and can support specific charge rates?


texts: MacBook Pro 2016 won't charge even on power adapter

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I'm using the CalDigit USB-C Dock and the Mac said it is using the power adapter, but my battery is slowly draining:

I did an SMC reset and reset PRAM (NVRAM) but still won't charge.

Why isn't my Mac charging?


texts: Password incorrect and Internet Recovery Mode -3001f Error

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Have an iMac here roughly 2 years old and within the last week the admin account password has stopped working. It is the correct password, used on all of our devices and only IT staff use it. The password has not been changed. (our users use network accounts which have also stopped logging in, however that seems to be a network related issue as other computers are also experiencing this).

I have since attempted to enter internet recovery mode to either a) reset the admin password, or b) reinstall OS X (I believe it is running Yosemite). Both of these I have seen as options to get around the faulty password check.

However, upon booting into recovery mode, I am presented with an exclamation mark over a world icon and the following: apple/support -3001f.

I cannot find a description of this error anywhere. A few for -1006f or -1007f but absolutely zilch for -3001f.

What options to regain control of this Mac exist?


texts: Mac Mini (Late 2009) - Recommended OSX Version for it?

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I have a Mac mini (Late 2009) (hw.model: Macmini3,1, 2 GB RAM) that I've got hooked on my TV primary as a "media consumption" device... but a while ago I updated it to:

Mac-mini:~ javier$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.8.5
BuildVersion:   12F2518

and it crawls along, which is quite painful. I'm debating whether upgrading it to Mavericks or Yosemite might bring some relief for performance... I don't need a blazing computer, but taking 2 minutes to load VLC is a bit too much IMO...

I have thought about upgrading the RAM and maybe getting a better (larger) HD as 160 GB isn't too much these days, but I don't know if that might be throwing money down the sink...

Thanks in advance for any tips!


texts: Where is the Agenda view for Calendar in iOS 7?

texts: I can't find the agenda for the new iOS 7 calendar.  Has it been removed?  If not, how can I view it?


texts: Tabs don't open in the background any longer in Safari

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Whenever I right click on a link in Safari and click "Open Link In New Tab" it leads me directly to it/ immediatley takes me to the new tab. Before, ever since I got my macbook, whenever I opened a link in a new tab it left it running in the background. It was more convinient for me and it was faster.

PS: And before you ask, yes I have tried fixing the "Tab" setting in Safari Preferences


texts: Automator Quick Action / Workflow has no permission to open files

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I'm creating a Quick Action in Automator to replace the default screenshot functionality on Mac as following:

Take screenshot
Pass screenshot path to Python shell script
Have that script upload it to my web server

Now, when I am in Safari (or any other application, but Safari for explanation purposes) and hit the keyboard shortcut that I've assigned to this Quick Action, I receive the following error:
The action “Run Shell Script” encountered an error: “Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
IOError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/Users/name/Downloads/Screenshots.png'”

The third line in my script is a simple call to the above path using Python's open() function.
In the case of this example, the error would go away if I grant Full Disk Access to Safari. That's great, but I obviously mean to take screenshots of other apps as well, and manually granting each application access to this folder is an obvious no-go. Is there a way around this?


texts: Can't Delete/Move folder/files on external HDD

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I use NTFS partitions?

Hi, I just bought a new external HDD, It went well on my PC but I can't delete/move files on it from my macbook.

PS. Im running OS X 10.5.8 on my macbook


texts: Apple Mail not Opening Chrome links in Background

texts:
Just upgraded to the latest Chrome for Mac (Version 69.0.3497.92 (Official Build) (64-bit), running the latest macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), and that combo seems to have lost the ability to open links in the background from Apple's Mail.app. My Desktop running plain old "Sierra" seems to have the same issue. I realize now how many time a day I do that while reading email and now that I've lost that functionality, I really miss it.

My fear is a coding issue with Chrome could fix this, but I think there is a clear Apple/Google feud.

Is there a workaround or fix?


texts: Can't change my store back after adding prepaid credit card

texts: I went to Japan, changed my store to Japan and added a prepaid credit card to purchase apps. Now I am back in Dubai and I can't change the store to Dubai now. My WhatsApp is about to expire in 1 day.


texts: XtraFinder makes Finder windows not all restore

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I love XtraFinder, but it seems to prevent all windows from restoring when Finder restarts (e.g., after typing killall Finder in the terminal).

I'm on Yosemite (10.10.5), and Finder restores all windows and tabs when I reboot or relaunch it without XtraFinder. However, when it boots with XtraFinder, no windows open at all (although Finder has started), and when I click on the Finder icon, it opens one window from the previous session (always the same), but not the other ones.

This happens whether or not the save open tabs when quitting Finder option in XtraFinder is enabled.

How to have the original session restore behavior with XtraFinder enabled?


texts: Where does the pmset CPU_Speed_Limit variable come from, and how to modify it

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The man page of pmset states:

pmset must be run as root in order to modify any settings.

Yet I cannot find out how to alter the CPU_Speed_Limit variable. I'm not a registered Apple developer, but I have searched some of their archives with no success.
$ pmset -g therm
Note: No thermal warning level has been recorded
Note: No performance warning level has been recorded
2020-11-24 13:10:40 +0100 CPU Power notify
    CPU_Scheduler_Limit     = 100
    CPU_Available_CPUs  = 8
    CPU_Speed_Limit     = 35

BACKGROUND: The reason I wish to know the answer to my question is because my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) High Sierra 10.13.6 is throttling my CPU unnecessarily as it's running very cool (roughly 50˚C via smcFanControl). I am running my MBP on AC power and without a battery as I'm waiting for a replacement battery from a third-party. I'm not sure if my AC adapter is an original Apple power adapter, and I'm not sure if that is affecting the SMC. I've cleared NVRAM and done an SMC reset (without battery), but I still have the above issue.
The battery I removed was an original Apple battery, albeit with a third party adapter at the time. The battery was grossly swollen to the point where the touchpad wasn't working.


texts: APFS on external drive missing from Disk Utility

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When I use Disk Utility app in macOS Mojave to format an external drive, I do not see the new Apple File System (APFS) offered as a choice of format.

Does it matter that my external drive is a Toshiba Canvio® Advance Portable External Hard Drive plugged into a MacBook Pro Retina (late 2013) via USB-3 cable? I know APFS is optimized for solid-state storage, so does Disk Utility not offer it for a spinning-metal disk drive?

➥ Why is APFS not offered by Disk Utility?


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The box says I can add up to 3 GB (for a total of 4GB), but is this restriction hardware based, or because of the operating system?

If I upgrade to OS X 10.6 or higher, can I increase the RAM to 8 GB like the newer models?


texts: Launching Character Viewer (aka CharacterPalette) from command line

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So, recently I have being using the Character and Keyboard Viewer a fair bit and set up simple Alfred keywords that toggle the launch/quitting of these apps so as not to have to leave the keyboard.

This works splendidly for Keyboard Viewer running the applescript:

    if application "KeyboardViewer" is running then
    tell application "KeyboardViewer" to quit
else
    tell application "KeyboardViewer" to activate
end if

But the same for "CharacterPalatte" (Character Viewer) which launches OK according to Activity Monitor does not show show the window!

The Character Viewer window is nowhere to be seen. It launches just fine using the menu dropdowns from the menu bar.

Any ideas?

)


texts: To view images in iTunes Album Artwork Cache?

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How can we view images stored in iTunes Album Artwork Cache?

What format are they? Is there anyway to see which Music Albums Artwork has been cached?

I have removed a bunch of music from my DB so I'd like to see which is still cached and which images are not. And maybe figure out which images can be useful.


texts: Dock throwing NSInvalidArgumentException trying to start

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Yesterday I noticed that I could no longer ⌘ + TAB, minimize/maximize windows and that the Dock was missing. I've tried numerous things to resolve it:

rebooting
reseting PRAM
killing Dock with killall -KILL Dock

That last one should restart the process, but it didn't appear to initially:

$ killall -KILL Dock
No matching processes belonging to you were found
$ ps -ef|grep -i Dock
  501  2145   826   0  7:50AM ttys000    0:00.00 grep -i Dock

I opened up the Activity Monitor and noticed that it was repeatedly trying to restart the process:

When I tried to restart it manually I noticed that a NSInvalidArgumentException was being thrown:

$ /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/MacOS/Dock
2015-01-27 07:30:34.441 Dock[1126:38505] -[__NSCFNumber stringByExpandingTildeInPath]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x537
2015-01-27 07:30:34.442 Dock[1126:38505] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFNumber stringByExpandingTildeInPath]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x537'
*** First throw call stack:
(
  0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8d6ec64c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
  1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff819096de objc_exception_throw + 43
  2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8d6ef6bd -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205
  3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8d636a84 ___forwarding___ + 1028
  4   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8d6365f8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
  5   Dock                                0x000000010907feca Dock + 61130
  6   Dock                                0x000000010907fd75 Dock + 60789
  7   Dock                                0x000000010907f780 Dock + 59264
  8   Dock                                0x000000010907cc70 Dock + 48240
  9   Dock                                0x000000010907be54 Dock + 44628
  10  Dock                                0x000000010907696c Dock + 22892
  11  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff837e95c9 start + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
Abort trap: 6

Can anyone offer any suggestions? I miss my dock and my keyboard shortcuts...


texts: Word 2011 creates a 66 MB PDF from a 1 MB Word file

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I have a 1 MB Word file (text with 3 or 4 PDF graphics inside, and 1 bitmap JPEG image), which Word 2011 exports as PDF into a 66 MB file. Using the "Print > Save as PDF" feature leads to a file of the (approximate) same size, i.e. also much too big.

This happens for this file, most others are okay when exported to PDF. Are there settings that could help reduce the file of the PDF file generated?


texts: Is there any way stop my Apple trackpad from rotating?

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My Apple trackpad seems to rotate counter clockwise (I am right handed) through my use of it over the day. This happens several times normally during the day. It never used to do so when it was new but it is doing it now and I am using the same desk.

I have cleaned all the contacts but it doesn't seem to help, maybe I am not cleaning it right. I would be interested to know the best cleaning methods if you think this is where I am going wrong.

My use of it may have changed too so if you think this might be a problem of the way my trackpad usage has developed please note that too. The weather has changed too over the time since I have got it and although we normally run air conditioning within my office the temperatures at night might become too extreme for it.

Is there an easy way to anchor it to the desk?


texts: What makes a MacBook much thicker or thinner?

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Apple's official website says the height of a MacBook could be from "0.35 to 1.31 cm". This is a wide range, more than double thickness.

I'm buying a new customized MacBook. When is it 0.35 cm thick and when is it 1.31 cm, for example when increasing storage or changing CPU?


texts: How do I configure Google Chrome to auto-reload refreshed kerberos tickets?

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Current behaviour of Chrome om MacOS is that you have to restart the entire browser if your kerberos ticket expired and was renewed.

It seems that Chrome is using the kerberos ticket that was existing at the moment Chrome started but if in meanwhile this one expired and was renewed you have to restart the browser.


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El Capitan has brought back a problem that I had with Yosemite at first - it disappeared after a later OS update.

I have a headless MacMini on my home network, with a daisy chain of firewire disks attached to it. I use them for backing up photographs and movies (~3TB worth), and the MacMini runs CCC to keep all disks synced. The two disks I use most often have aliases in my dock so I can access them easily.

After the 10.11 upgrade they keep mounting spontaneously on my desktop.

They are not among my login items. I have cleared the Recent Items from the Apple menu, and have cleared Recent Servers from the Finder/Go/Connect to Server... menu. Directory Utility shows no mounts. I have disabled the Guest account as I had read it can cause unwanted connections.

The one clue I have is that I can dismount the two disks, but they will remount on opening some apps like Preview or TextEdit - perhaps something to do with their open dialog looking for files to open? I have no files on either disk that they have ever opened or saved to those disks.

Using Main Menu Pro I have cleaned the system cache, all user caches, font cache, DNS cache and all logs. I'd do it all again with Onyx, but it hasn't been updated for 10.11 yet. The disks still keep mounting!

BTW, today I updated another mac at home and it has started automounting just one of those two disks - the only one of the two that it has ever mounted. I'm missing something - any ideas what it might be?


texts: launchd simple recursive program to retrieve email with getmail

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I adapted the following plist as

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
      <key>Label</key>
      <string>com.bot.getmail</string>
      <key>Program</key>
      <string>/usr/local/bin/getmail</string>
      <key>ProgramArguments</key>
      <array>
         <string>/usr/local/bin/getmail</string>
         <string>--rcfile</string>
         <string>getmailrc</string>
      </array>
      <key>StartInterval</key>
      <integer>120</integer>
   </dict>
</plist>

and loaded it with

sudo launchctl load -w Library/LaunchAgents/mail.plist

But I get the following error in /var/log/system.log

mac-home com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.bot.getmail[6182]): Service exited with abnormal code: 3

How can I get it to work?


texts: Is there a quick way of toggling the predictive keyboard on iOS 13?

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On previous versions of iOS, I’ve generally kept the predictive keyboard turned completely off, since I found it very distracting when trying to type.

However, with iOS 13’s new swipe-to-type functionality, I find the predictive keyboard is very necessary in order to correct mispredicted words while swiping. I’d like to be able to quickly turn the predictive keyboard on and off so that I can use it when I feel like swiping but keep it hidden most of the time.

In previous versions of iOS, there were at least two ways to quickly toggle the predictive keyboard:

Swiping down on the predictive keyboard would collapse it into a smaller form and hide its predictions, and swiping up would restore it.
When pressing and holding the globe button on the keyboard, there was a toggle switch there that would turn the predictive keyboard off entirely.

Now, however, the toggle switch is not present, replaced with a “keyboard settings” option that sends me out to the settings app where I have to hunt for the option, and swiping down on the predictive keyboard appears to do nothing.

Are these options just gone forever, or is “Keyboard Settings…”—>”Predictive” really the fastest way of toggling the visibility of the predictive keyboard?


texts: How to restart a process without user interaction

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I killed a process (a simple .jar running in the background as a global agent) by pkill -9 java. Since the global agent in launchd is configured as keepAlive the process gets restarted immediately.

Unfortunately this nasty popup ("The action Run Shell Script encountered an error") comes up and prevents the restart of the process without user interaction.

Is it possible that launchd simply restarts the process without waiting that the user presses OK in this popup? After pressing OK the process gets restarted properly.

EDIT:
The script is as follows