texts: I have a Mid 2012 11" MacBook Air that won't charge or boot. I've tested the charger with multiple other MacBook Airs, and the charger works fine. I have researched this and have done everything from attempting a PRAM reset, a SMC reset, to even sitting on the charger to heat it up. Nothing works, but I don't know if you can reset the PRAM or SMC when there is no power. One thing I have noticed is that if I plug the charger in to a working MacBook, let the light turn orange, and then unplug the MagSafe and plug it into the broken MacBook, the light will turn orange. It doesn't charge it, however, and will only do that if I plug it in within seconds of unplugging the MagSafe from the working MacBook. Does anyone have any suggestions?


texts: Automatically sync select folders between two Macs over LAN

texts:
I'm working on two Macs, an iMac and a MacBook, both under OS X 10.8.5. There are several GB of data that I need on both computers. I have used Dropbox and ownCloud, but I don't see why I need to transfer the files over the internet when I have a cable that connects both computers directly over my local network.

What I want is a solution that automatically syncs selected folders between these two computers, similar to a Cloud service, but directly, without the Cloud.

I have no idea how to run rsync and don't want to learn it, so the solutions shouldn't be more complicated than installing Dropbox. It would be nice if the solution was open source and free, but that is not a must.

Update [2014-05-19]:

I'm under OS 10.9 by now, and I use ChronoSync to sync my computers. I wrote an AppleScript that mounts one computer from the other, opens a ChronoSync file, and then unmounts the volume again when syncing is complete. I saved this AppleScript as an app and put it in my Dock. So now all I have to do is plug in the USB cable into my laptop, have both computers running, and click the app symbol in the Dock.

The only problem I have is with ChronoSync sometimes showing an error on .DS_Store files. I'm unable to exclude this file type or file name, although theoretically ChronoSync offers the option to do this. It's not a real problem, though, as I told ChronoSync not to stop syncing on errors, and as yet I haven't had any problems with those files.

I may look into iBackup, soon.

Update [2015-04-13]

It's been two years now and I still happily run my AppleScript. I accidentally stumbled upon this question yesterday, and realized that I never shared the code of my script. So here it is. Open the AppleScript-Editor, insert this code, and save as an application.

mount volume "afp://YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_PASSWORD@192.168.2.50:548/YOUR_USER_FOLDER"

tell application "ChronoSync"
    activate
    open alias "Macintosh HD:Users:YOUR_USER_FOLDER:PATH:TO:SYNC_FILE.csyn"
    tell document 1 to Synchronize

    -- wait until syncronization is finished
    repeat while syncStatus of document 1 is not 0
    end repeat

    tell document 1 to save
    tell document 1 to close

    quit
end tell

tell application "Finder"
    eject disk "YOUR_USER_FOLDER"
end tell

Notes:

Replace CAPITAL_LETTER_PHRASES with your information. Take care that you don't accidentally delete the colons (":") between them.
Use the correct IP address for your "remote" computer.
I pass my username and password in the afp-URL. If I remember correctly this will cause your password to be written to your log files. This is not an issue for me, because the computer that runs this script is not connected to the internet. If you worry about security, you might want to delete that part and fill in your password each time in the prompt that comes up. I don't remember, if that breaks the script.
Remember to allow "File Sharing" under the "Sharing" settings in the System Preferences of the computer you want to connect to (in my case my laptop; the above script runs on my desktop computer at home). I deleted all the predefined "Shared Folders" and "Users" there. I always deactivate File Sharing after syncing, because otherwise someone else on the same WLAN might access my computer.

I still have to look into iBackup, lol.


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I've been very late at updating my phones / OSes.
Now there's a new app called "health" that I have no idea how to use. I usually understand Apple products and apps very quickly, but I am at loss of ideas on how one adds data to the graphs in the Health app. Can the iPhone itself track your steps / physical activity? Or do I need other hardware such as watches and things like that?


texts: iPod Touch (4gen) camera: video same resolution as still camera?

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I want to take a photo of something (an arm injury!), and I  think it'll be hard to hold the camera in just the right place while I hit the touchscreen-shutter.  But I could put it in video mode, and then pick out a good frame later.

Does the video taken by the iPod Touch have the same resolution/quality as a still frame captured by its camera?


texts:
I am looking for a way to launch Preview on my Mac automatically, whenever I take a screenshot to my clipboard. I use "cmd + shift + 4" most of the times, then open preview, then hit "cmd+n" which accomplishes what I'm after, but is just time-consuming.
I have looked around but haven't found an option to do this with Automator. I'm not sure if it's even possible that Automator 'monitors' the clipboard and whenever it receives a screenshot, could trigger Preview.

Any help is much appreciated!


texts: I'd like to mount a raw dump of a disk, e. g. like those created by dd? Is there something like a loop device in OS X?


texts: Force terminal to use binary from a different path

texts:
I have installed pandoc using homebrew and the Anaconda python distribution using pyenv. I've just found that Anaconda comes with its own pandoc binary and since the pyenv shims come before homebrew in my PATH, I cannot use the homebrew (and newer) version of pandoc.

This is my current PATH

➜ ~ echo $PATH
/Users/marco/.pyenv/shims:/Users/marco/.rbenv/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin
➜ ~ which pandoc
/Users/marco/.pyenv/shims/pandoc

Is there a way to force the terminal to use the homebrew version of a binary without breaking the PATH?


texts: How to sort a playlist in iTunes 12.2.1.6

texts: Ever since the last iTunes update (12.2.1.6), there's a new way of displaying playlists, where the songs are twice the size vertically, and I can't find any column headers to sort the playlist by. I want to sort the playlist by Year. It might be really simple but I don't know how to do it.


texts: Change the icon of an applescript-called notification

texts: With OSX Mavericks we now can make notifications with applescript pretty easily. However, there doesn’t seem to be a way to change the icon that appears to a custom one. Is there a way to accomplish this?


texts:
When I click the green plus icon in any window, I would like it to expand to the full size of my monitor, instead of having to drag the corner of the screen.

I have seen paid ($10+) tools that do this.

Is there some sort of Terminal hack or free program that would do it?


texts: iPhone 5 won't charge in certain geographic location

texts:
My iPhone 5 charges fine in NYC - albeit with weakening battery life.

I went to Maine a couple weeks ago and it would not charge.   Used the same charging hardware as in NYC which also worked fine for other people at our house in Maine.

Went back to NYC - my phone which wouldn't charge for days in Maine now charged immediately.

Now I'm back in Maine and have the exact same problem - won't charge.

Anyone know why?

The only thing I can think of is the signal at our island in Maine is very weak - would that matter?

How can I charge this phone?

Note: my phone is dead but when I plug it in the icon on the phone goes from battery + charger to just battery - so it recognizes that it is plugged in but it never charges or starts.


texts:
I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 10, which does not support Safari Content Blockers (like Purify, Peace, or 1Blocker) because of its 32-bit chip. Is there a way to block ads in the native Safari browser without using Content Blockers?

One potential strategy I thought up is using iPhone's Web Restrictions features (accessible via General -> Restrictions -> Websites) to block content from certain sites (i.e. Taboola ads) from loading. I've tried doing this by adding taboola.com to the Never Allow list, but I have had no luck.

Is there a way to block ads in Safari on the iPhone 5?


texts: Any tips for blocking an address range for outgoing packets?

texts:
Anyone used ipfw or pfctl to block an IP address range for outgoing packets?

I would like to temporarily block Apple's IP address range 17.*.*.* to find everything that's phoning home phoning home.  Anyone know if Apple owns any other IP address ranges?


texts: Xcode 7.2 downloading but not installing

texts:
I went through the tedious download process via App Store. The row in the App Store Updates tab said Xcode was installed. But no sign of it in Applications folder.

When I go to the Purchased tab of App Store, the Xcode row has a button labeled "Install". So Xcode was not installed? OK, click this button. This just starts another 4 GB download. It seems that "install" means "download" and nothing actually installs.

What's up with the App Store? I poked around in the /private/var/.../com.apple.appstore folder but didn't see anything enlightening. I am now downloading the .dmg file directly from the Developer website. (Slow connection: 16 hr download!)


texts: How to extract password from Mac Mail, which isn't in the keychain

texts:
I have an old gmail account to which I forgot the password. I have it setup in Mac Mail, and I can receive emails, but I forgot its password to login to the web interface.

All the internet research led me to retrieve the password from the keychain, but the problem is that its not there! Is there another way to extract the password, or to sniff it?


texts: Mac runs as long as plugged in, but unpredictably shuts off otherwise - clock resets

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro, as shown in the image below.  Also, as I think it might use a lot of power, I run Ubuntu on a vagrant machine to test website apps.

Recently (last 2-3 months), the battery would go down to about 10%, and the Mac would just shut down. Go black.  Total restart.  AND, the clock was reset to 6:00AM.  I would reset the clock and go on with life.

Then, I started noticing this would happen at say 23% power, or 45%.  Now, it's unpredictable when it will happen.  It's never happened when I'm plugged in.

How do I solve this problem?


texts:
I don't own noise-cancelling headphones, but I do own a macbook (which has a microphone) and a pair of headphones.

Is there a way for me to use this set-up (some macOS app or such) to cancel noise in the same way active noise-cancelling headphones do?


texts:
I am using the new outlook (Blue Icon) for OSX with a microsoft-online subscription account. I noticed there is an option called "Edit Message" when viewing an email in the sent-items.

i was under the impression this option will allow me to change an email after it was sent, as long as the recipient was in the same domain (exchange server)

Is my assumption correct? I am not able to find any reference regarding this feature in help.


texts:
What is the best way to restore a new Mac (running Yosemite) to its "unused" state i.e. if you use a new mac to try it out, but have to return it to its owner, how can you make sure that any personal information (Apple ID, emails, web history, Pages Documents etc) on the Mac has been removed. I would like to do something similar to how you can delete all user data on an iPhone i.e. without having to format the disk and re-install the OS.
To be clear, I do not want to save anything from the Mac, but purely to restore it to "factory fresh" state.


texts: Podcast cover art missing since upgrading to iOS 5

texts:
Since upgrading my iPhone 3GS to iOS 5 some of my podcasts no longer display their custom cover art. They sync OK but use the default image. I'm still syncing over USB, no iCloud or Wi-Fi sync at the moment. The cover art displays correctly in iTunes itself.

How can I get the missing cover art back on my iPhone?


texts: Is it safe to swap the "duckhead" connector from an old power supply to a new MagSafe 2?

texts:
Working from home today and I just pulled my macbook pro out to realize that I left the "duckhead" part of my magsafe 2 power supply (85W) sitting on my desk when I left the office last night. I happen to have an old power supply from (I think) a PowerBook G4 (65W adapter) that has a similar design with a detachable "duckhead" piece. But I can see that the two power supplies are definitely not identical.

Is it safe to swap the "duckhead" from the old power supply onto the new magsafe 2, or do I need to head in to the office? The "duckhead" from the old supply seems to fit on the magsafe 2 adapter just fine, I just don't know if it is safe.


texts: unable to boot Mac OS after installing bootcamp

texts: Installed bootcamp Win7 on my MBPro with Yosemite a couple weeks ago and both OS's worked fine for some time, until recently the Mac OS suddenly decided it couldn't boot anymore. If I select the Mac partition at startup, the computer will get stuck at the Apple logo with the progress bar making somewhere near half way through. I don't think I've done much in the Mac partition under Windows at all over this period, much less possibly modifying the system files. I can get prepared for reinstalling it at any time, but nonetheless would like to know what most likely is the cause and if it is in any way possible to repair Mac OS under Windows at all.


texts: Are there keyboard shortcuts for emoji on a bluetooth keyboard for iOS?

texts:
I've recently started using a bluetooth keyboard with my iPad. I was wondering if there are any keyboard shortcuts for emoji ? Switching to the on screen keyboard is possible but forces me to take my fingers off the hardware keyboard and tap the screen which is a huge waste of time. On Mac the autocorrect replaces stuff "<3" with their emoji equivalent but iOS doesn't seem to do that.

Regards.


texts:
Any way to do this either via a utility, command-line, or otherwise? I regularly have my headphones and moused paired which causes the Bluetooth service to crash nearly daily. Sometimes I can just repair the devices but other times the service breaks completely. When that happens I have to reboot; very annoying indeed.

Is there a "Factory Reset" option for Apple Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, trackpad?


texts: Enforce authentification (passcode, Touch ID, Face ID) for viewing saved passwords on iOS

texts:
I have surprisingly realized that I can view all my (Safari) saved passwords on my iPhone under iOS 14.4 without having to type my passcode (again). This is problematic as for a regular user, it would be easy for somebody to steal all their saved passwords by just borrowing their phone to "make a call".
On macOS, if I want to view the saved passwords in Safari preferences, I have to type again my Mac password. Same for Chrome.
Is there a way to enforce this on iOS?
Thank you in advance for your answers!


texts: Does modifying files dates trigger time Machine backups?

texts:
I'm having glitches with my photos library (300 GB) that could be solved by using the "touch" command, which modifies the modify-date of files.
My question :
Will this trigger a Time Machine backup, for every file which date has been modified ?
Conversely, if I modify a modify-date (for example using the touch command) and set it back to its former value afterwards, will the file still being back-upped ?
More generally, does modifying the creation date and the modification date of a file trigger a backup ? (I would like to change the creation date of the pics to the date when they were shot)
Thanks


texts: Are there compatibility problems with buying iPhone 4 overseas?

texts:
I have found unlocked iPhones 4 from USA and malaysia to be so much more cheaper than Australia, are there any compatibility problems associated with this?
I heard if you buy an iPhone in US or other countries and take it back to Australia, itunes will only accept credit cards from the country of manufacture when purchasing apps i.e.  if bought in US, must use US credit card. Is this true?


texts: How can I change the icons of Mac System Applications ? like music, books, disk utility

texts:
I am trying to change Mac system app icons. I can't just copy and paste the icon in the Info panel in Finder like I would do for an app from the App Store.
I have tried to change the user permissions down in the Info panel but this doesn't work. I also have tried by disabling the SIP and it didn't work either.
Does somebody know another way of changing icons of system protected apps?


texts: Problems accessing movies on MacBook Pro via Apple TV

texts:
I've got a MacBook Pro and Apple TV, and I can search and select the movies found within the MacBook Pro's iTunes from the Apple TV's > Computers menu.

The problem is that when I try to play the movie from the Apple TV, it often freezes with the "loading" spinner, without playing the movie. If I hit the Menu button on the Apple TV remote, the Apple TV responds instantly, so it's not that the Apple TV has frozen.

If I instead start the movie from iTunes on the MacBook Pro, then display it on the Apple TV via AirPlay from the MacBook Pro's Display settings, the movie starts instantly and is shown on the Apple TV.

Why can I "push" the movie from the MacBook Pro to the Apple TV via AirPlay, but not "pull" the movie from the Apple TV's interface?


texts: Disable trackpad handwriting keyboard shortcut without disabling Chinese keyboard input?

texts:
In the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane, this is the one shortcut that can't be disabled.  It's disabled if you turn off Chinese keyboard input, but I want to keep the keyboard input.

I got hopeful when I found this technique for editing the symbolic hotkeys plist:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15719135/how-to-disable-keyboard-shortcuts-in-mac-os-x

But I haven't been able to find a symbol corresponding to this shortcut.


texts: OSX Yosemite bootable usb drive circle slash ("no" symbol)

texts:
I have a Late-2011 Macbook Pro (4GB RAM) that has been running slow for several OSX cycles, and since Mavericks it's been unbearable (spinning beachballs whenever you do anything). I tried upgrading to Yosemite hoping this might improve performance; no dice. I've decided to try clean-booting Yosemite to see if this improves things.

I've been following instructions here to do a clean install and here to create a bootable flash drive. Drive creation seems to work fine: it has the correct GUID partition table, terminal command exits with the copy complete; done output, the disk shows up in the Finder as "Install OSX Yosemite", etc. When I restart the computer holding Option, the installer shows up as a bootable disk (unlike the question here).

My problem is that when I then click on the installer, I get a loading bar for some seconds and then the screen goes to a circle with a slash through it. It's the same behaviour detailed here but note that I have verified that my disk has the correct GUID partition table. I also tried resetting PRAM, to no effect.

Any suggestions welcome.


texts: macOS Catalina - Keyboard and Trackpad not working

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro (early) 2015 and roughly 2 years ago, the Keyboard and the Trackpad stopped working. So I stopped using it.
Two days ago, I had the idea to try it again. And it did still not work (how unfortunate!).
Then, I tried to install Pop!_OS via USB and I was able to use my Keyboard and my Trackpad already during the installation process.
I friend of mine has sent me a USB stick with OSX Catalina on it to try a fresh installation. However, the problems are back and while trying to install OSX, I am again, unable to use my Keyboard nor the trackpad.
What could be the problem here? The hardware itself works fine for obvious reasons.


texts: How to disable password prompt for FileVault-protected secondary macOS?

texts:
I have a dual-boot setup with two macOS Catalina systems, each protected with FileVault.

No system shall store the credentials to unlock the other one to protect them against each other and keep things separate.

However, macOS will always ask for a password to unlock the respective other system's disks after booting up.

Is there a way to disable this prompt without storing the passwords in the keychain?

I tried adding an entry to /etc/fstab with the volume UUID and options rw,noauto but that didn't help.


texts: What's the benefit of using shift (for slow animation) when minimizing windows?

texts:
I came across this today by accident:
If you try to minimise a window in OS X 10.8 (might be in others) while holding down the shift key the window will very slowly go into the Dock. The whole animation is slowed.

Any ideas what the purpose of this is?


texts: HD corruption - OS X partition now thinks it's FAT

texts:
Well, I've got myself in a bit of a pickle here. I have been trying to do creative (unsupported, of course :^) things with my rMBP. I had been using multiple partitions successfully with OS X 10.9.5 and Boot Camp. I was finally going to upgrade to 10.10, but the installer didn't like my extra partitions, which means it wouldn't install a recovery partition, which I did want installed. So I began the process of removing the extra partitions, and things were going fine - until I removed an extra NTFS partition, rebooted, and—nothing. Wouldn't boot to either OS X or W7. Recovery partition wasn't available either. So I made a bootable OS X 10.9 flash drive and I boot from that. Disk Utility is now telling me it thinks my HFS+ OS X partition is FAT32. Oops! Attempting "Repair Disk" from Disk Utility doesn't help.

So, I'm looking for suggestions as to Next Steps. I am technically savvy, so I am willing to use the command line (very familiar with gdisk at this point, FBOW) if that's what it takes. I do have a TM backup of the OS X partition—but if I restore from that will I wipe out my Windows 7 NTFS partition as well? I have an old version of Drive Genius and I'm considering upgrading to see if that would help at all - but that's $50 I'd rather not pay (but would if it will keep me from reinstalling everything). I tried booting GPartEd but it reports "Unable to find a medium containing a live file system". Thanks for any suggestions here!


texts: will running Google Latitude (or any similar app) in the background significantly affect battery life?

texts: I have installed Google Latitude and am wondering how much quicker my battery will run flat? I know the way Apple implemented its "mutitasking" framework minimises the impact?


texts: Shortcut to move windows between Mission Control spaces?

texts: I can switch to another desktop by pressing CTRL-RIGHT or CTRL-LEFT. Can I also somehow take the active window with me to the new active desktop (similar to Ubuntu/Unity)?


texts: Retina display problem - GUI Java applications display fix

texts:
On my MacBook with retina when I open Java GUI applications with Oracle Java Se 7 (JEdit, Eclipse) I encountered the same display issue (font antialiasing an overal GUI with very bad resolution).

$ /usr/libexec/java_home --verbose
Matching Java Virtual Machines (5):
    1.7.0_75, x86_64:   "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_75.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.6.0_65-b14-466.1, x86_64: "Java SE 6" /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.6.0_65-b14-466.1, i386:   "Java SE 6" /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

In order to fix this I'd applied an workaround according to the following

  Fixing Steps

Drag affected application from Applications to Desktop (Ex. YourApp.app)
Edit /Applications/YourApp.app/Contents/Info.plist with your favorite text editor;
At the end of the file add the next two lines, before the end tags </dict></plist> and save file;

<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
<true/>

Start YourApp.app from desktop and see if it fixed;
If fixed, drag YourApp.app back to /Applications and retest.

  Fix for: JEdit, Eclipse etc.

Workaround source:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=382972#c4

Why this appear under Oracle Java SE 7 but on the older Apple Java SE 6 not ?


texts: Will Time Machine work effectively with a WD MyCloud NAS device?

texts: I recently purchased a Western Digital MyCloud NAS device. I'm wondering if there would be a problem with using it for backups with Time Machine on a Mac mini (late 2012) running OS X 10.9.5. Is there anything I should know?


texts: Why, when my hdd has only 160 gb of files  on it does my time machine say it is backing up over 250 gb?


texts: Why do I have to drag my new apps into the application folder?

texts:
I'm a new Mac user and I've been installing a few different apps for different things. A lot of these use .dmg files.

Why exactly do they all expect me to drag the icon into the application folder? What is the point of this?


texts: Why iTunes music can not play without Wi-Fi?

texts:
Previously, I was able to play music on iTunes without a Wi-Fi connection. Now, I get an error message and my music will not play. WHY?

How can I play my music through iTunes without a Wi-Fi connection?


texts: Is there a way to select only all odd/even pages in the Preview app?

texts:
Is there a way to select only all odd/even pages of a PDF document in the Preview app in order to print them via the "Selected Page in Sidebar" option?
I'm using the latest available version of the macOS Big Sur, 11.3.


texts: How can I fix the GPS problem that occured after jailbreaking iPhone 3GS 4.2.1?

texts:
I have an iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) and updated to 4.2.1 via iTunes a few days ago. Then I jailbreaked it via redsn0w 0.9.6b6. I only marked the option to install Cydia, nothing else (i.e. I didn't updated the baseband to 6.15.00; in settings on the iPhone, it says I have 5.15.04).

Now, it seems that GPS is not working anymore. Why? How can I fix it?

If there is not really a way to fix it, what are the options? In any case, I must have GPS working and I must have the jailbreak.

Downgrade to 4.2 somehow? Or reset it somehow?


texts:
~$ brew cask --version
Homebrew-Cask 1.6.6
Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision 1c78e; last commit 2018-06-01)
~$
~$ brew update
Already up-to-date.
~$
~$ brew cask outdated
~$
~$ brew cask info google-chrome
google-chrome: 67.0.3396.62
https://www.google.com/chrome/
/usr/local/Caskroom/google-chrome/66.0.3359.181 (2 files, 77.5KB)
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/google-chrome.rb
==> Name
Google Chrome
==> Artifacts
Google Chrome.app (App)

Above is the output when I was trying to upgrade google-chrome. It looks like I have Chrome version 66, but the server already has version 67. However, I was not able to upgrade it with brew cask upgrade. I'm wondering whether I have done anything wrong.


texts:
Hello I am trying to learn numbers.

I have this table

| ------- | ----------- |
| Person  | Status      |
| ------- | ----------- |
| John    | Not Started |
| ------- | ----------- |
| Gary    | Started     |
| ------- | ----------- |
| Susan   | Completed   |
| ------- | ----------- |
| Peter   | Not Started |
| ------- | ----------- |
| Henry   | Completed   |
| ------- | ----------- |
| Igor    | Started     |
| ------- | ----------- |
| Adam    | Not Started |
| ------- | ----------- |
| arthur  | Started     |
| ------- | ----------- |

I want to plot a pie chart which shows the percentage of people who have Not started, started and completed respectively. (started 37.5, not started 37.5 and completed 25)

I also want to plot a bar chart which shows the number of people against their respective status. (started 3, not started 3, completed 2)

Every time I select the table above and try to plot a chart it just draws a solid blue circle with names of all people on top. and an empty bar graph with names of people on x-axis.

Edit: I can make this work if I manually add a second table which contains the summary values

| ------------ | ----------- |
| Status       | Count       |
| ------------ | ----------- |
| Not Started  |      3      |
| ------------ | ----------- |
| Started      |      3      |
| ------------ | ----------- |
| Completed    |      2      |
| ------------ | ----------- |

Now I can plot the charts correctly. But Can I do this without manually summarizing the first table?


texts: iTunes intermittent freeze/crash: how can I diagnose the problem?

texts:
I have an ongoing but intermittent problem with iTunes. Sometimes after starting iTunes or after plugging in an iPhone, iTunes will cause my Mac to become unresponsive. I'm having trouble reproducing this problem, and it doesn't seem to leave any traces in the system log. How can I figure out what's causing this problem?

Here are the symptoms: When I start iTunes, it loads and appears to be functioning normally for a few seconds, but then my Mac becomes unresponsive. The trackpad still moves the on-screen pointer, but input, as far as I can tell, is completely ignored.

Doesn't work:

Attempting to quit or force-quit. Nothing happens: keyboard input ignored.
Clicking on anything: clicks are ignored.
Removing the iPhone, when the freeze happens after plugging in the iPhone - the system does not react to the removal of the device, and it still appears in the iTunes sidebar.

Interesting features:

Mouse/cursor still moves, but clicks just "vanish" - nothing happens on click.
If music or other media are still playing, they continue to play - sometimes to the end of the current track, sometimes for less (long tracks).
If an external monitor is in use when the freeze happens, and is unplugged after the freeze, the Mac doesn't do the fade-to-blue-and-redraw thing. It doesn't react to the monitor going away.

What I've tried:

Removing iTunes library and rebuilding from the XML file does not fix the issue.
Making sure that I'm the owner of all of the relevant iTunes files (single-user computer) - no change.
Restarting computer: the problem never appears on the first launch of iTunes after a restart.

What puzzles me:

Sometimes it happens with just iTunes, sometimes it happens with the iTunes + plugged-in iPhone combination.
Why is mouse movement still visible even though the rest of the system has gone utterly brain-dead?
Why is there nothing in the system logs that I've been able to see?

Setup details:

Early 2011 Macbook Pro, Snow Leopard 10.6.8.
iTunes 10.6.3
iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
Music folder on an external hard drive (a few hundred gigs of music in the library, and the onboard hard drive is an 128GB SSD, so this is non-negotiable)

Currently, when I run into this problem, I have to reboot by holding down the power button until the Mac powers down, then start it again. This is deeply sub-optimal. Is this a known problem in disguise with a known fix? If not, how can I narrow down the problem, how I can I get more information about what's actually happening during the crash? The nature of the problem means that no crash report is generated, so that's a difficulty. I've tried watching top, ps, and lsof whilst trying to reproduce the problem, but since I don't know what I'm looking for, I can't really get any help from the information they provide.


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I have a hard drive that is having problems on a Mac that doesn't use Time Machine or another complete backup system. I get this error when trying to repair the disk:

  Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

I have all the stuff I want backed up, but I'm curious if there is anyway to rebuild/repair it? I booted with a Ubuntu live CD and ran badblocks to check the disk with 0 errors, so hopefully that means the drive isn't going bad.

It seems I've repaired windows partitions before, so it seems weird that a Mac partition would be so fragile that there was no way to repair it.

If there is no way to just fix the partition,
can I just boot into the Maverick System Recovery and erase/reinstall, or do I have to boot from the original leopard DVD and then upgrade?


texts: Update to a newer version of OS X from OS X 10.6.8

texts: Every time I click Software Update it tells me there's no new software! I don't even know what software I'm running so I can't search for updated software. Why is it stuck on 10.6.8?


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I have a 4TB WD external hard disk that is partitioned as follows:

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk2
   1:         Microsoft Reserved                         134.2 MB   disk2s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data NTFS                    3.2 TB     disk2s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data exFAT                   506.0 GB   disk2s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS TIMEMACHINE             272.9 GB   disk2s4

Time Machine app recognizes the disk and all the partitions but when it attempts to erase the partition a popup message appears saying "MediaKit reports not enough space on device for requested operation"

How can I fix this problem?

macOS 10.13.3 High Sierra


texts: Repair disk from single user mode (fsck fails)

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Earlier today my 2009 iMac emitted I/O errors trying to copy files. So I ran disk utility, verify disk to see if anything was amiss. It was. But as it's my startup disk I couldn't repair it, so I tried safe mode. Safe mode worked the very first time, but when I rebooted it shows the progress bar filling up, before halting. Every time I turn it on now, the same progress bar then crash happens. Booting in verbose mode reveals fsck is failing with signal 8.

Using single-user mode, as that's as far as I'm aware the only way I can get any access to the system, I've been running fsck_hfs. However, it always fails. Below is the output from fsck_hfs -d /dev/disk0s2.

** /dev/rdisk0s2
        Using cacheBlockSize=32K cacheTotalBlock=65536 cacheSize=2097152K.
** Root file system
   Executing fsck_hfs (version diskdev_cmds-491.6~3).
** Verifying volume when it is mounted with write access.
** Checking Journaled HFT Plus volume.
** Checking extents overflow file.
** Checking catalog file.
   Missing thread record (id = 9931104)
   Missing thread record (id = 16434146)
   Missing thread record (id = 19370458)
disk0s2: I/O error
hfs_swap_BTNode: offsets 10 and 11 out of order (0x0000, 0x0000)
   Invalid node structure
(4, 115897)
** The volume Macintosh HD could not be verified completely.
        volume check failed with error 7
        volume type is pure HFS+
        primary MDB is at block 0 0x00
        alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00
        primary VHB is at block 2 0x02
        alternate VHB is at block 1952491198 0x74622d5e
        sector size = 512 0x200
        VolumeObject flags = 0x07
        total sectors for volume = 1952591200 0x74622d60
        total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00

I absolutely need to be able to boot to use it as an external monitor.


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I am considering upgrading my Macbook Pro with 2GB of memory from 10.6.8 to 10.8 (Mountain Lion).

Are there any other considerations for upgrading?
Is this generally a good idea?


texts: Can I play along to Garageband lessons with an instrument which isn't connected to the computer?

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When I try launching a piano lesson in GarageBand '11, it says the following:

GarageBand has detected that you don to have a musical keyboard attached.
Please connect your USB or MIDI-compatible keyboard to play along with this lesson.

Obviously there is some benefit to following the lesson with a musical instrument that connects to the computer. Is there any way to get the same result if my piano does not have a way to connect to the computer? For example, I have seen apps that listen to a piano and tell you which keys you are playing. I'm wondering if this kind of technology is built into GarageBand or not.
If there is no way to get the "play along" feature by not plugging in a piano, how much am I being set back in trying to learn the piano? Is there a major benefit to having the "play along" feature? Will I still be able to learn to play the piano in the same amount of time, or is this feature indispensable (e.g. since the immediate feedback is crucial to correct mistakes)?


texts: Does a mac support UAS (USB Attached SCSI)?

texts: Does a mac with USB 3.0 support UAS (USB Attached SCSI)? If it does, how can we enable it in OS X and bootcamp? I need better speeds for my external RAID.


texts: How to add smbutil as a lookup mechanism for hostnames

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There are a bunch of computers on my network that are not on the DNS server. They broadcast their name using Samba or are Windows Workgroup machines.

When I run either ping or try to access them over the browser, it does not work.

However I am able to do a smbutil lookup thathost and get their ip address.

What should I do to get Mountain Lion to add smbutil as a mechanism to resolve hostnames when other mechanisms, i.e. DNS, Bonjour, /etc/hosts fail?


texts: What app or program do I use to open a chat.db-wal file

texts: What program or app do I use to open a chat.db-wal file?


texts: Photoshop shortcuts only work sporadically

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Using CMD+J on a layer to duplicate it works... sometimes. But not always.

Using CMD+Ctrl+D (my own binding) to delete a layer works... sometimes. But not always.

I'm unable to grasp why it only works sometimes. I noticed switching tools sometimes makes it work but that doesn't always help.

Anyone experience anything similar?

I'm using Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Photoshop CS5 12.0.2 (English), a few custom shortcut binding but not many.


texts: How can I store my iPhoto Library and iTunes library in Lion Server (Mini) and access it via my MBP?

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My iPhoto and iTunes library is taking up most of the space in my 128GB SSD MBP.

I'm considering to buy a mac mini to store all of my media for iPhoto and iTunes libraries and sync a few of my favourite playlists/events to my MBP.

Is this possible? If not, is it better to just buy a 'Little Big Disk' and store everything there and back it up via my Time capsule(can this be done too?)?


texts: I brought My Macbook Pro last year in november (Latest Model available then) and suddenly today started to show a question mark?

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I brought My Mac-book Pro last year in November(Latest Model available then) and suddenly today started to show a question mark?

I tried to pull up the option menu by holding Option key while booting but now I came up with a online recovery. What happened to my data on the disk?


texts: Mac OS unfixable disk errors (Mismatch between extentref and fsroot & alloced_size of dstream does not match calculated size)

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I'm trying to install Windows along side my Mac OS (Catalina 10.15.15). I'm using bootcamp, but it always get stuck at partitioning, telling me it can't partition the disk and check it and fix it with First Aid.
Running First Aid it was giving me some orphaned files in the dstream. I fixed it by running network recovery, unmounting the disk and analyzing them with fsck. However, now I still have errors. If I run first aid that's the output I get: https://pastebin.com/iz5nCXPN
I know this question may look like a duplicate, but I tried everything I can find online:

First Aid in Recovery and Single User modes
Network Recovery, unmount volumes and use fsck_apfs -y
Partition the disk manually (Disk Utility) doesn't work either
Recovery mode and "Reinstall MacOS" didn't fix it either
Running Disk Utility multiple times, as you can see from the past points, it's an entire week I'm continuosly running Disk Utility in normal and recovery mode.
Running tmutil listlocalsnapshots / returns nothing as I don't have local snapshots. Time Machine is disabled since 4 days and every external drive is unplugged.

I'm out of options, and I can't either find what these errors means, nor how to fix them. So maybe asking again in 2020 could help.


texts: Forward or Bcc a copy of all outgoing mail

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I've got one machine set up with an email account, using Mail.app.

I'd like to send a copy of all outgoing mail from that account to another email address I have, which is not on the same machine.

I'm trying to set it up like this: if I send an email from mark@example.com, I want to Bcc or forward a copy to sam@example.com.

Is there a way using rules that I can forward or Bcc a copy of all outgoing mail to another account?


texts: How do I remove Legacy System Extensions manually?

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On startup I get the message about Legacy System Extensions. These are for software that is not installed/functional on my machine anymore (with Wacom and Logitech contacting the developer isn't much use) and I wouldn't mind deleting this.
Where do I find these so I can delete them manually?


texts: Is there any USB Network Adapter available for Mac that works with Big Sur?

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My MacBook 14's wifi sometimes doesn't connect with my router or my mobile hotspot. I bought a USB WiFi adapter but I couldn't find its drivers for macOS Big Sur 11.1.
I searched the internet but couldn't find any product that is compatible with macOS Big Sur 11.1. Does someone know if there area ny USB Wifi Adapters that are compatible with macOS 11.1?
Thanks


texts: Is it possible to turn off iCloud Photo Library on one device only?

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I would like to know if its possible to turn off iCloud Photo Library on one of my devices. The device in question is a MacBook Air which I use while at the office during the day. I would like to keep photos on for my iPhone, iMac, and MacBook Pro. Anyone know if this is possible on a device level?

I might add the reason that I would like to know if this is possible. I’m noticing the photo processes are using high CPU as well as kernel_task. I’m attempting to minimize CPU.


texts: I want to access data stored in a 3rd party iOS app called FriendLoan. This app crashes every time I try to open it. Also, it's not available on the App Store. I just need to recover the data somehow. I know that the data is stored in the app.


texts: Can I capture Spotlight input and use it in another process?

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I'd like to capture everything I type into Spotlight and use the text as input for a script, possibly a new instance of a Services workflow.

From that point of course anything is possible; the most trivial case for the workflow script is to simply log its input:

echo "$*" >> /home/myFolder/myLog

Notes:

If there is in fact a system log for Spotlight's queries, this would be interesting information and would not answer my question [completely].
I am aware that the Service may have to be spawned for each keystroke, since Spotlight shows new results as you type.


texts: What is the power input to the iPhone 7 and where is the spec page?

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I have an option of chargers with different amp ratings ...

The voltage is 5V but what is the current?

For example ... 2.4A, 1.0A ...

More importantly were is the Apple site for the iPhone 7 where they would have specifications?


texts: Run a Windows Virtual Machine on Mac OS X 10.8 with a real Hard Drive partition

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I have dual-boot setup on my MacBook using bootcamp.  I have 2 partitions: 1 is Windows 7 and the other is Mac OS X 10.8.  I have all of my stuff personal stuff setup for the Mac side.  I have programming things that are only compatible with Windows.  I want to make it so I can do things on my Mac computer and have a way to switch to the Windows side without quitting running applications (and being able to switch back)

I would prefer if the software is free, but if you can assure me that it will work flawlessly, I will be willing to pay for software to make this work.


texts: Where are all of the different Python Copies Installed?

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How can I find all of the different Python(s) installed on my Mac? I've accidentally damaged a copy of Python 3 that was under /usr/local/bin, and want to replace it/fix it, but I don't even know how Python 3 got there in the first place – macOS only ships with 2.7.

Can I use HomeBrew to fix a broken copy?

How can I clean up my Python copies, so that I just have what should be there?


texts: Markdown editor with folders as local libraries

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I need beautiful editor that can 'import' more then one local folders as libraries.

This would let me search files only from these folders/libraries. But the crucial thing is to have local folders as libraries. It's important to not have the tool impose a custom folder structure, just simple folder and its files.

The tools I've dismissed for the job are as follows:

http://writeapp.net/ - nice, but needs some issues to be fixed and more work to be put in.
Ulysses, but I don't think it can use my folders as a libraries. EDIT: it is possible to add 'external source' to it, so for now this looks fine.
nvAlt (not an editor, but has search), but it can work with just one folder

What software might work for my needs?

EDIT

I am not asking for common Editor. I do use Sublime on projects, but I want to use something else for my notes - simply because I want to access them in explained way.


texts: Find symbolic links (’s names) with Spotlight (Finder)

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underwhelmed by the fact that OS X’s Aliases got really big with Mountain Lion (Lion?) I basically switched to using symbolic links instead.

Now I’m just learning the hard way that Spotlight (or, Finder for that matter; since Finder’s find relies on Spotlight) doesn’t index symbolic links (or, their names). I.e., when you look for a specific string/word in the name of a symbolic link (by way of Finder’s search-field) nothing shows up. This is different from Aliases (’s names), which do show up.

This is very bad for me and I’m looking for a way to make Spotlight index symbolic links (some mdimporter magic?), or to be able to search for (the names of) symbolic links in some other way.

You see, I’m using the symbolic links mostly to link to larger files that reside on eternal hard drives in order to save space on my internal drive. But I really need to find these files (by searching their respective folders) by entering some search term that matches their name.

I’m searching for (the names of) the linked files, not for the symbolic link-files themselves; that’s why a solution like proposed here:

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1109635

doesn’t help me. If I understand correctly.

Over the last weeks (after switching to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard) I created lots of symbolic links that are now invisible to any search functionality.


texts: Creating whitelist of few websites from Terminal

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I want to block all websites except one or two websites (white list) while working for 'productivity' purposes (when I am working only). I know how to block individual websites as shown here http://www.wikihow.com/Block-and-Unblock-Internet-Sites-(On-a-Mac) but I want to block all except one or two (i.e., create a white list).

Can it be done from Terminal? (like blocking apps as in the link)

I would prefer to do it without installing any productivity apps.


texts: I have a me.com email account and I need to reset my password but cannot figure out how to do it.  I need assistance in finding out how to reset it. Thanks


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I have a large .mdb file attached to an email which I can only access on my phone, as it's being blocked by webmail on my home computer. I need to get it to my computer but when I try to forward the email the attachment is removed. I can't download it to my phone because it's too large. I've tried uploading it to Google Drive via my phone but it takes too long and times out.

Any ideas?


texts: How I can change my region when I have few Apple ID balance?

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How I can change my region when I have a low Apple ID balance?
I had $50 Apple ID balance now I have 0.22. I want to change my region to download sonic runners but I can't. What are my options?


texts: Script to delete all User files automatically

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I'm searching a tool that deletes all personal files of an user account automatically.
We have a small network of new Imacs for students and they save all kind of stuff on the harddrive.

So we want to delete all that crap on a reboot.

We could maybe even delete the student account and create a new one automatically.

Is there a tool or script to do that for OSX 10.9.4?


texts: Why can't I create a WiFi network while being connected to another WiFi network?

texts: Is this a hardware limitation, or just bad software from Apple? What do wireless routers have that a Macbook doesn't, that they can extend WiFi networks, using, e.g., WDS?


texts: How can I upload videos to Flickr using Uploadr?

texts:
Flickr Uploadr on OS X scans the folders I selected, but it doesn't count the videos in that folder. If the folder doesn't contain any photos, it simply says:

  No photos

How do I get Uploadr to upload videos to Flickr?


texts: Is there a simple way to temporarily grant network access to a single application?

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Is it possible to only allow one single application to access the network connection, excluding all other applications from generating network traffic.

Streaming video or music locally over the router seems to be interrupted by i.e. Mail, Dropbox, or update services etc. -- Hence, I would like only applications such as iTunes or Spotify to be able to use the network connection exclusively when listening to music or watching a movie...


texts: I can't find anything about encryption on Apple's sites, but are password-protected notes using E2E encryption?


texts:
My iPhone 6s is disabled. If I reset it with iTunes will I lose service with my carrier?

I already know how to erase my information off the iPhone with iTunes, but I'm wondering if I do it, will I lose my service with Boost Mobile?


texts: How to disable F7 F8 F9 function for Quick Time Player

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I have OS X 10.11, Quick Time Player 10.4.

My question is simple, how do you disable F7, F8 and F9 function keys in QT Player?

I want to use these keys for iTunes, but I really need to keep some of the movies open. But whenever I press F8, it will activate iTunes and QuickTime Player at the same time. Then I have to dig into QT Player and stop it.

Is there a way to disable the F7, F8 and F9 functions for QT?


texts: Strange behavior within MS Word: using Command-Shift-L launches Safari sometimes

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It seems that Command-Shift-L were tied to safari. It is however also tied to "create bulleted list" in Word - which is an action I happen to (want to) do frequently.

How does one change or disable the built-in shortcuts for apps (in this case safari) ?

Update  I found the following under system preferences | keyboard |shortcuts|apps

But as you can see there is nothing specific to Safari here.

Another update I just closed down Word and opened it up. The behavior seems to have been fixed: bullets are now appearing.  It is very strange that the given key combo had been consistently and repeatably redirecting to safari before Word was restarted.

Yet another update  This behavior recurs - even after restarting Word. The shortcut works a few times, then a bit later - and I do not understand what triggers the change in behavior - the shortcut changes behavior to launching Safari   Just have no idea what is happening here.


texts: Replace or add graphic card on Macbook Pro

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Is that possible to replace the existing graphic card of a Macbook Pro (Mid 2010, Mini DisplayPort, GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M) for a graphic card that could support 2 screen output?

Or else is it possible to add another graphic card in (or outside) the Macbook so that I can use another display.

What I am trying to do is have dual external screen (Macbook Pro docked and closed).

I have tried DisplayLink USB to DVI adapter but it's really choppy and unusable for me (photo and video editing). I can't even watch a video on it, you can even see the difference when moving the mouse (and I have a i7 quadcore processor -_-). I thought it was an external graphic card, I had no idea that the processor would be doing the job instead (and very poorly).

Furthermore I don't want to spend $200 or $300 to try the Matrox DualHead2Go and finally consider that the fact that it's one big "screen" extended over 2 screens (and not 2 real screen separed) is annoying (i'm really afraid this is would be a pain).

So I'm looking for a real solution for Macbook Pro dual external screen.

Change my graphic card? (I don't even know where the second video output would go...). Or add another graphic card externally? (USB? does that even exist?)


texts: Run script on login *as root* on Catalina

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In this question, a response details that com.apple.loginwindow login hooks can be used to run script as root on user login.

I have followed the instructions by using

  sudo defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /Users/Shared/Test.sh

except nothing is executed on login. My script makes use of a small background process and nothing else and works by typing it into my terminal so I am lead to believe that it simply isn't possible anymore.

If this method (as it is already deprecated) no longer works, are there any method that currently work for running login scripts as root?


texts: How to disable "turn off display after" when using Apple TV?

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I have my Energy Saver->Battery->'Turn display off after:" set to 2 minutes. This setting is exactly how I want power settings to behave when I'm using the computer on my lap. However, when I hook up to Apple TV for a presentation it still shuts off after 2 minutes which disconnects apple TV and disrupts the presentation.

Is there a way to have a different Energy Saver setting when using Apple TV (or other external monitor)? I frequently switch between using Apple TV and not to the point that changing Energy Saver every time is a burden.

Using a 2015 Macbook Pro on El Capitan.


texts: Is there a way to remove the camera from the iPhone lock screen on iOS 9-10 without disabling the camera entirely?


texts: How did simply visiting a site made my iPad unresponsive?

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I went to this weird site for fun named
(DO NOT VISIT THIS SITE UNLESS YOU HAVE A VIRTUAL MACHINE)
virus4u dot com
This site is extremely malicious. On a school computer, the audio screamed "Alert Alert! Virus detected!" Until I forced shut it down. On androids (LUCKY) they simply show you a scam "Win an iPhone X for only 1$"!
After I went on the malicious site on my iPad, it said that my iPad was LOCKED and I had to contact "Apple Thec Support". I am aware this is scam, but my iPad was freezing, plus when I tried closing the site, It would not close, and I also could not slide to power down my iPad.
After I forced shutdown my iPad (holding power + home), everything is now normal.
However, I am very puzzled. How the heck can a website make so I cannot slide to power off, and freeze my iPad, even after clicking home button!? I couldn't swipe or click. I need more explanation on this!
iPad Mini (iOS 9.3.5)
This is not anything about a virus removal, also not sure if this should be here or on Information Security.


texts: Series 1 watch display pops off but still works! Can I just glue it?

texts: I have a series 1 watch and part of the screen just popped off and open and closes like a hinge. Display still works though. Can I just for glue it, if I only plan to use it for sleep tracking? Or is there some danger?


texts: Mac reboots after some minutes of inactivity

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I have this strange problem of my Mac rebooting. Everything was normal until I started syncing photos from iCloud (this could be coincidental, maybe not). First time I noticed a problem after 1-2 days as my system fan started going crazy, with CPU utilization at a max, several minutes later followed by system shut down. I traced the 100% CPU to Spotlight reindexing constantly; I temporarily disabled indexing:

sudo mdutil -a -i off

Problems with fans went away, but now photos service was going at very high CPU, accelerating fans again. I disabled Photos app (as much as I knew how) to avoid performing any analysis. This solved the fans and CPU going crazy problem. I could live without Photos on this Mac, no problems here.

Photos/Spotlight searching might just be coincidental, this part I'm not sure. Just so my system was more or less stable for at least several month before this addition.

But, here's the problem:

As soon as I leave my computer alone, after several minutes of inactivity, something happens that my computer goes into sudden reboot. I can't even leave it for 5 min for bathroom break. For information: putting computer to sleep was always disabled on my Mac, only screen saver and later on monitors were to trigger. Now I disabled it all, with no difference. I tried: 'caffeinate' with no difference as well.

Also, working on my Mac, performing various tasks has no effect whatsoever, but leaving it idle, goes to reboot soon.

Please help. What I was trying to find is if there's some kind of log that I could dump of a system on freeze, some entry to trace of what was the final activity before my Mac reboots. Any idea?


texts: Need help adjusting AppleScript automation for converting .pages to .docx?

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How do I adjust this script to allow me to choose files not in a 'pages only' folder, and instead multiple "free" files?
Keyword here is 'single'. I'm by no means a coding expert but I've learned about automator recently and it's been incredibly useful when converting PNG images to .ICNS
I was sending a classmate a folder with my notes for a course and I realized he's got a PC and I have a Mac, so I should convert the pages documents to .docx so he can open them. I have many other instances where this is necessary. I did some looking online and I created a quick action, and it works! I've tested it a few times and its almost exactly what I need.
The only problem is it only works if all the documents are in a separate folder of only pages documents and I want a way to get around that. If I could select multiple pages documents at a time without putting them in a separate folder first that would be great!

This is the script I'm using:

    --Select from where you will pick up the pages files
    set theSourceFolder to choose folder with prompt "Select folder with original pages files :"
    --Do it
    tell application "Finder"
        set theNames to name of files of theSourceFolder ¬
            whose name extension is "pages"
    end tell

    --Select where the files will go
    set theDestinationFolder to choose folder with prompt "Select folder where files will go :"

    -- How many files to export
    set item_count to (get count of items in theNames)

    --Get files and export them
    repeat with i from 1 to item_count

        set current_file to item i of theNames -- get a file
        set lean_file to text 1 thru -7 of current_file & ".docx" -- change the originalfile (.pages) to a .MS Word name
        set out_file to (theDestinationFolder as Unicode text) & (lean_file) -- get the fully qualified output name
        set in_file to (theSourceFolder as Unicode text) & (current_file) -- get the fully qualified input file name

        tell application "Pages"
            set mydoc to open file in_file -- open input file in Pages
            export mydoc to file out_file as Microsoft Word --do the exporting
            close mydoc saving no -- close the original file without saving
        end tell

    end repeat

    return input
end run

I think I have to change "theSourceFolder" to maybe "theSourceFile"? but I also am pretty sure there's more to the script than I understand and I have a feeling that if I try tinkering with it I'll ruin it.
edit:
also maybe if I could just select the file in finder without the pop-up window prompting me to select a file that would be even better!
Thanks for your help in advance!


texts: How to connect Surface Pro 6 to Apple Thunderbolt Display 27"

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I want to connect a Surface Pro 6 to an Apple Thunderbolt Display 27".

What do I need to do to transfer display signals to the Apple Display?


texts: Will never letting my display go to sleep shorten its life?

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In Mac OS X 10.9's System preferences > Energy saver, there is a warning that says:

  Never letting your display go to sleep may shorten its life

Why would not letting my display go to sleep shorten its life?

What monitors are effected by this warning?


texts: CalendarAgent keeps asking for access to "login" after reboot

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I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.5... and every time I restart my computer or log-out & back in, I get a message box saying that

  "CalendarAgent wants to use "login" keychain".

I've tried repairing the keychain... didn't work.

I've tried setting all names in the login keychain to "Allow all applications to access this keychain".... didn't work.

I've tried deleting the keychain and setting all passwords again... didn't work.

This is beyond frustrating at this point. The only I can seem to get it to quit asking me this is if I delete my exchange account from calendar and quit using it altogether.

Are there any other suggestions on how to fix this?


texts: Is it normal for my MacBook Pro (unibody) to creak in some spots?

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I bought a new MacBook Pro 15-inch model with highest specifications in this June. I also installed Lion and have updated it.

Moreover, I would like to ask somebody who already has the same model, or any MacBook Pro, if it is normal to hear ticking sound when you push some spots on the bottom of the computer (beneath where the trackpad is).


texts: mavericks appstore download starts installing unintentionally

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I have been running Mavericks 10.9.4 on my system. with the release of 10.9.5 I preferred to re-download whole mavericks instead of just the combo update. This will be helpful if I clean install mavericks in that I would not have to install 10.9.4 and then run combo. Also it will take less storage in one pack. more manageable for me.

I started to re-download the mavericks from app store. It was a bit slower than last time. taking several hours. time to time I was checking progress in launch pad. After several hours when I checked back, system was in sleep mode. I logged and in AppStore, progress was 'Installing ... 9 minutes left' and stuck there for hours. several restarts I did but no avail.

It is amazing why the install process started automatically without user interaction after the download completes?

Secondly, I lost the purpose of downloading i-e the installer. My purpose was to save mavericks installer 10.9.5 for later use. But in app folder, the x icon is showing only a few KB. That is definitely unpleasing after approx 8 hrs of download.

Where is the installer now which was downloaded ?

Another attempt: I tried to download under a MAC-Mavericks(guest VMware on windows 7 Host). This machine's HDD is about 26GB. with plenty of space free. But after 3GB download, AppStore started giving error

Error: 'We could not complete your purchase... you need 4.97GB of free space to download os x...'

That is pinching. At this moment free space is 4.54GB. I am unable to delete anything from MAC components like iTunes etc to make little more space to complete the download. Also unable to expand this machines HDD from VMWARE. Perhaps there also space issue. The windows partition where this machine resides is 25GB with 10GB free. When I try to expand it says there is no free space on the file system for this  operation. Perhaps VMware expands in this way: first creates a duplicate of the main vmdk then do something to increase its space and delete the original vmdk. Or for other reasons it IS asking more space to increase the vmdk of mac vm.

**Please suggest something to get the purpose: obtain mavericks 10.9.5 fro App store for  later use. can something be done to preserve those above one complete and one half way (under vmware) download attempts **


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I wonder if someone can shed some light on this.  I live in the UK but am travelling to Austalia for Christmas.  If I buy a cellular iPad mini in Australia, will that work when I bring it back to the UK?

Obviously I will need to put a UK SIM card in there, but apart from that, will there be any issues?

Many thanks in advance
Charlie


texts: What is the chance for Apple to terminate my developer account?

texts:
I've published a B2B iOS app in Appstore. When I submitted an updated version of the app, Apple rejected it as my app uses a background mode which is not actually required. But I justified the reason of using it and resubmitted the app once again. However, Apple rejected again. I've also contacted "Apple Developer Technical Support" and they are helpless :(

Now, I hear from some of my co-developers that submitting app and getting rejected for few times may lead Apple to terminate my developer account. Is there any chance for this to happen? Please advice.Thanks!


texts: brew uses /usr/bin/autom4te in stead of /usr/local/bin/autom4te

texts:
I'm trying to brew weechat, which has p11-kit as a dependency.

$ brew install p11-kit
==> Downloading http://p11-glue.freedesktop.org/releases/p11-kit-0.18.1.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/p11-kit-0.18.1.tar.gz
==> Patching
patching file configure.ac
patching file configure
Hunk #1 succeeded at 17201 with fuzz 1.
patching file common/library.c
==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/p11-kit/0.18.1 --without-trust-paths
==> make
     You might want to install the Automake and Perl packages.
     Grab them from any GNU archive site.
Can't locate Autom4te/C4che.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/autoconf /Library/Perl/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.12 /Network/Library/Perl/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.12 /Library/Perl/Updates/5.12.4 /System/Library/Perl/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.12 /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.12 .) at /usr/bin/autom4te line 39.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/autom4te line 39.
make: *** [configure] Error 1

I tried force linking autoconf

$ which autom4te
/usr/bin/autom4te
$ brew link --force autoconf
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69... 18 symlinks created
$ which autom4te
/usr/local/bin/autom4te

No dice. I keep getting the error from /usr/bin/autom4te
Am I missing something?

Thank you for your help!

EDIT: I've opened an issue here https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/20586


texts:
I synced my iphone 5 with itunes and one mp3 should be then on my iphone.  I cannot find that one.  There is only lists of ones they are trying to get me to download.  Where can I find the one that I synced with itunes?
And how do I get all the other ones they want me to download off of my phone?


texts: iCloud log in requires old phone number i neither have nor remember

texts:
I recently got rid of my iPhone & tried to log in via icloud on my laptop so I could get some contacts.

I know my Apple ID  & my password well. However, on entering my credentials,  iCloud requires that I either enter my old number which I dont recall nor still posses.

Is there a work around for this? or am I doomed?


texts: Is there anyway to style Messages.app's message view?

texts:
Messages.app is a one of my favorite applications now-a-days because it allows me to reach my friends portable devices and computers with great ease and speed. But it didn't really hit the bar with looking as great as messages did on iOS. Images sent don't have proper padding in the bubbles, the typography is awful, and you know what - the whole bubble thing isn't that great anyways.

I peeked around in the .app to see if there was any immediate way I could amend the ugliness of the app and found nothing Kyle-edible. My question is this - is it possible to get custom message views much like Adium or Skype has in Messages for OSX? If it is, how can it be done?

If it's at all possible by anybody, I'd like to send this challenge off to some talented designers to make Messages the great application it should be.


texts: in my website data for my iphone & ipad are those websites that only i have looked at?

texts:
When I look at my website data I keep seeing websites showing up in there that I know for a fact I would of never pulled up or looked on.

For example: there was one for baby names, I can't have kids and have never pulled up sites for that.

Can it be that someone is hacking into my phone and ipad cause there's a lot of suspicious sites that aren't mine?


texts: MacBook Pro going to sleep by itself because of watchdog daemon

texts:
For a couple of weeks, my Mac has been going to sleep by itself. This seems to happen more often when I'm running more stuff on my Mac (Chrome + Spotify + etc…)

In my console, the message is the following:

1/4/15 7:24:04.793 PM coreaudiod[293]: 2015-01-04 07:24:04.792840 PM [AirPlay] Power: SystemWillSleep

Followed by:

1/4/15 7:24:04.794 PM coreaudiod[293]: 2015-01-04 07:24:04.794130 PM [AirPlay] BTLE client stopping to browse for AirPlay Solo Target Presence.
1/4/15 7:24:04.795 PM coreaudiod[293]: 2015-01-04 07:24:04.795289 PM [AirPlay] BTLE discovery removing all devices

This seems to have some sort of correlation with watchdog, a daemon process on my mac (In this case it's happening after, but it's usually before).

1/4/15 7:24:04.800 PM watchdogd[7673]: [watchdog_daemon] @(         pm_callback) - ref=0x0 msg_type=0xe0000280 msg=0x570033
1/4/15 7:24:04.800 PM watchdogd[7673]: [watchdog_daemon] @(    wd_daemon_thread) - events buffer: 6329r81941 6779s81941
1/4/15 7:24:04.838 PM watchdogd[7673]: [watchdog_daemon] @(         pm_callback) - ref=0x0 msg_type=0xe0000320 msg=0x0
1/4/15 7:24:04.838 PM watchdogd[7673]: [watchdog_daemon] @(         pm_callback) - ref=0x0 msg_type=0xe0000300 msg=0x0

Here are some more logs:

The SystemWillSleep messages:

Watchdog Processes:

Full Log for 7:12 PM:

Some system information: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13 inch, Late 2013) running Yosemite.


texts:
I am trying to do a few things with iMovie, and unable to figure it out.

I marked different places in the video with a "Marker". Is there a way for me to select anything between two specific markers?
I am trying to move to a specific point in the movie. This turns out to be difficult with the mouse! It keeps jumping within 20 seconds of where I want to put the marker, or go to. Is there a way to go to a precise place in the movie?
Is there a way to add a fade-in/fade-out between clips (not for the whole movie as in Settings on the right upper corner of the clips)?


texts: Setting custom bullet styles at different indent levels in Pages 5.0

texts:
I am trying to set my bullets so that they are different at each of three indent levels in Pages 5.0. An example is like this:

I can accomplish this by manually changing the "Bullet:" tab on the format bar every time I indent:

As you can imagine, this is not an efficient way to work. I would like to create a setting/style where the bullets would automatically change when I hit "tab". I have attempted to update the "Bullet" style in the "Bullets & Lists" dropdown, but it can only set all of the indents to one bullet type.

Is there any way to change this so that whenever I hit "tab" my bullets change from:

  • --> ◦ --> -

This feature was available in Pages '09, but I cannot seem to find it in 5.0.


texts: Is there an existing hack to play audio on someone’s iphone as a prank?

texts:
I have this old iPhone 5c which I believe isn’t supported anymore, doesn’t get updates, leaving it’s security vulnerable, I imagine.

This morning while browsing a distorted voice came from the 5c. It wasn’t Siri, a phone call, or a video autoplaying. It isn’t a physical malfunction on behalf of the speaker, it was working fine. It was a creepy distorted voice from the 5c’s speaker, which I think said something ominous like “want to play a game?” but it could just be my wild imagination.

Turned the thing off and nothing else happened so far. Some other details I should note:

I have a newer phone which I use for anything sensitive; the 5c doesn’t have a SIM card and I logged out of my apple ID a while ago. I just use this as a backup for browsing and travel photos. My new phone has also not done anything creepy atm.
I have never jailbroken this 5c.
Might’ve clicked an ad/went to a weird site on accident a few days ago.

So I just want to ask:

Is there an existing hack that allows someone to do this? When I tried researching, all I found was info on a smart speaker hack and just general malfunctions.
If a hack exists, can it only be done with physical access to the device, or over Wifi?
Should I be concerned about my personal information? While no information/logins of importance would be inputted into the phone directly, I am worried about the possibility of them finding my Wifi password from memory.

Thank you for reading.


texts:
I'm using PyCharm as Python IDE, on macOS High Sierra and my default Python version is 3.6.5,

I have a big issue within packages using PyCharm. As an example of my issue, I have installed Pillow using pip3 install Pillow

But, in PyCharm I'm not able to use it and PyCharm is thinking I did not install the Pillow package, and I had to install it through PyCharm package management.

But I don't like to continue developing like this, my question is, how should I force PyCharm to use packages that I installed through pip3 ?


texts: 2012 MacBook Pro Unibody (Non-Retina, CD Drive)


texts:
Windows user here. How am I supposed to recover file without using a command line?
I run Mac OS X 10.8.5


texts: How can I add external Interface to my OS X with a valid IP?

texts: I connect my Macbook pro to internet through Lan and if I type ifconfig in terminal my en0 interface get valid IP now I want add en1, en2 and en3 to my configuration and they all be able to get valid IPs, I don't want to add additional network card I just want to use my internal network card. I don't know if I must use bridging or nating or ... . please help find my solution.


texts: I know there is MemTest86+ for PCs, but what can I use to see if my RAM is actually good in an Apple product? Whether it's a MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac or Mac Pro? What symptoms would show that RAM is bad?


texts: Schedule multiple wake up times for Mac?

texts:
I have systems running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.8 that I would like to schedule some cron jobs for with the Cronnix GUI application.

I prefer those computers be asleep until the scheduled jobs start. I know the Energy Saver System Preferences pane lets me schedule daily wake up times for the computer, but my cron jobs run at different times in the day.

Is there a way to set up more than one wake up time per day on these Macs? I prefer a GUI based approach but any ideas you have would be great, thanks!


texts: Installed additional python2.7 to Snow Leopard. What happens to modules I want to install?

texts:
I recently asked if I should upgrade python 2.6 to python 2.71 on my Mac (Snow Leopard). I was told to install 2.7 without removing 2.6. Done!

Now I was wondering how the installation of new modules is handled:

Does both 2.6 and 2.7 access the same place where all new python modules are installed by pip, easy_install and setup.py? Is there something I have to take care of?

Another question occured to me: How do I tell a script that I have written to be run by python 2.7.2?


texts: How to force MacOS to regenerate /etc/resolv.conf file?

texts:
Apple states clearly that the /etc/resolv.conf file is managed by Mac OS so it will be regenerated. The problem is that it seems that when I join the OpenVPN this does not happen and as a result tools like nslookup fail to see the vpn.

#
# Mac OS X Notice
#
# This file is not used by the host name and address resolution
# or the DNS query routing mechanisms used by most processes on
# this Mac OS X system.
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
domain local
nameserver 192.168.1.1

I need to know which command can I run in order to force MacOS (Sierra) to regenerate the file.

As you can see my file does not contain the correct list of DNS servers. For example the scutil --dns returns a long list of DNS servers, one that includes the OpenVPN dns servers.


texts: Why Does CalendarAgent Access Strange Domains?

texts:
Okay so I have OS X's Calendar app setup using a Google calendar, and I have Little Snitch installed so I am warned when an application tries to make unrecognised outgoing requests.

What I'm seeing is that the CalendarAgent process occasionally tries to access Google domains that don't appear relevant, such as translate.google.com, feedburner.google.com or play.google.com, none of which seem necessary when I've already allow calendar.google.com.

Does anyone know why these domains are being accessed, and whether I should let allow them or just block/ignore them? When I temporarily block them it doesn't seem to affect anything, but it just seems weird for requests to go to these domains.


texts: I got Lysol in my headphone jack. How should I get it out?

texts: I was cleaning and I accidentally got Lysol in my phone. I’m mostly concerned about my headphone jack because I can’t listen to music since it’s saying I have headphones on when I don’t


texts: Is it ok to view Time Machine backup directly and store files inside backup.backupd?

texts: Suppose if I were to just view my Time Machine backup via Finder and just see its contents, no moving/renaming/deleting. Would just viewing the files affect my Time Machine backup and storing files inside backup.backupd? Because I just created a empty folder inside backup.backupd and I immediately deleted it.


texts: Is there any way to change the output filename for qlmanage?

texts:
Is there any way to specify the output filename and directory that qlmanage uses?

We are using qlmanage to convert word documents to HTML, and it writes Preview.html to its temp directory.  You can specify the output directory with -o, so right now we create a new directory for each file we write, which works fine, but... not optimal.

No mention of such a facility in the command line options, but i thought i'd ask in case there is some undocumented trick.

thanks,

ian.


texts: ssh to non-existent .local name never times out

texts:
If I try to connect to a non-existent .local hostname using most utilities, including ping and telnet, it times out after 5 seconds:

% time telnet host.example.local
host.example.local: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
telnet host.example.local  0.01s user 0.01s system 0% cpu 5.018 total

This matches the timeout for the .local config in scutil --dns.

But when I try to ssh to such a hostname, it never times out. (I just Ctrl-C'd one that was still waiting after 16 minutes.) I can't figure out any existing option in any of the ssh_config files that would seem to affect hostname resolution. The only option I see that seems relevant is "CanonicalizeHostname", and it's not configured in any config file, but I manually set it to "no" with no change in behavior. Adding -v flags to ssh doesn't reveal any additional information about hostname resolution beyond the fact that it's "Connecting to host.example.local port 22", which is the last debug line produced.

I tried capturing the MDNS queries for telnet and ssh. It appears to make an initial query, then wait 1s and ask again, then again 3s later, etc., each retry waiting 3 times longer than the last. telnet gave up after three requests (0s, 1s, and 3s), but ssh got up to the seventh request (0s, 1s, 3s, 9s, 27s, 81s, 243s) before I stopped watching.

I can kind of work around the problem by setting ConnectTimeout 5 in ssh_config (even limiting it to *.local), but that breaks if the name resolution completes but the remote ssh server is slow to respond.

How can I get ssh to timeout name resolution in the same manner as other network tools?


texts: How can I get an Applescript to copy the contents of a variable to the clipboard?

texts:
This has to be fairly simple. I'm using Applescript with Pashua: Native macOS dialogs for scripting languages. What I'm trying to do is enter data into a text field in a dialog, and then copy that text field to the clipboard when the dialog box closes. Simply setting the clipboard to the variable tf doesn't work.

How can I get this script to copy the contents of tf to the clipboard? The Applescript results window shows {tf:"testme"} for an input of testme, but I don't want the output markup, only the text testme copied to the clipboard.

The relevant part of the script is at the bottom of the full script:

-- Get the path to the folder containing this script
tell application "Finder"
    set thisFolder to (container of (path to me)) as string
    if "Pashua.app:" exists then
        -- Looks like the Pashua disk image is mounted. Run from there.
        set customLocation to "Pashua:"
    else
        -- Search for Pashua in the standard locations
        set customLocation to ""
    end if
end tell

try
    set thePath to alias (thisFolder & "Pashua.scpt")
    set pashuaBinding to load script thePath

    tell pashuaBinding
        -- Display the dialog

        try
            set pashuaLocation to getPashuaPath(customLocation)
            set dialogConfiguration to my getDialogConfiguration(pashuaLocation)
            set theResult to showDialog(dialogConfiguration, customLocation)

        on error errorMessage
            display alert "An error occurred" message errorMessage as warning
        end try
    end tell

on error errStr number errorNumber
    display dialog errStr
end try

-- Returns the configuration string for an example dialog
on getDialogConfiguration(pashuaLocation)

    if pashuaLocation is not "" then

    end if

    return "

# Set window title
*.title = Page Settings

# Add a text field
tf.type = textfield
tf.label = Example textfield
tf.width = 310
"

    set the clipboard to tf   -- how do I set this variable to the clipboard?

end getDialogConfiguration


texts: Restoring iOS without updating iOS in iTunes

texts: I have this problem that when I'm trying to restore my iPhone 6 on iTunes it keeps me prompting me that restore and update when I'm just choose the restore option only, cause I don't want it to update its own iOS to the newer one. Is there a way to avoid updating when I choose the restore option only? I already search all the solution online yet no answer help my concern.


texts: How to use iSight webcam without activating the green light?

texts:
Recently a the Dutch government advised to put a tape on your webcam to prevent hackers from taking pictures and video using your device (news article in Dutch).

The build in iSight camera in Apple laptops have a green light next to the camera, this light turns green when you use the camera.

Is it possible to use the camera without the activation of the green light? Personally I think the green light turns on when the sensor requires power and this is hardwired in the hardware. Am I wrong?

I have found similar questions on stackexchange, but I found non that answer this specific question.


texts: Change the shortcut of cmd+Q for all applications

texts:
I use cmd+tab, cmd+W, cmd+A a lot and I don't remember how many times I hit cmd+Q accidentally.

Is it possible to change the shortcut for quitting applications from cmd+Q to something else (not to disallow using keyboard to quit applications), ideally for applications all at once (not to do it for individual application one by one)?


texts: Mac Mini will not restart, cannot install updates (OS X El Cap 10.11.6)

texts:
Something is preventing my Mac Mini (Mid 2011, core i5) from restarting. As as result, I cannot install updates. How can I find what is preventing the Mac from restarting?

If I have to restart to clear out the RAM or similar, what I have been doing is running the terminal command sudo reboot now but I cannot install updates this way. Thank you.


texts: Is ther a way to hide the blue location circle on the iPad maps? I know I could disable wifi, but I still want to be able to access the maps. What I am trying to do is to zoom all the way out in satellite mode and see if I can find things without any labels.


texts: Battery life decreased after upgraded to Lion

texts:
Has anyone noticed any battery life decrease after upgrading to Lion?

I'm on MacBook Pro (mid-2010). Before, on Snow Leopard, when unplugged I had minimum 5hrs of life. Now, it's not much above 4hrs at best. Is this a common problem?

I notice the estimate battery life now fluctuates a lot more than before, too.

UPDATE

Battery life is definitely lower than before upgrading. I'm getting up to about 5hrs of work now while I was able to pull out 6-7 before.

Re RAM usage. I'm not a heavy RAM user tbh. I always have at least 0.5GB RAM completely free and most of the time it's around 1GB free at least so this can't be it.


texts: No audio when playing mp4 video from MacBook Pro to Apple TV

texts:
When viewing some files with quicktime on my retina MacBook Pro (Sierra 10.12.6), I can view it on Apple TV and the sound works fine.

However some files produce the following behaviour:

Select Apple TV / Airplay in Quicktime. Video appears on TV, but no
sound (on TV or laptop).
I click on the Sound Pref Pane and select
Apple TV as the output. There is a slight pause, then the video switches back
to the laptop, and the sound now comes out of the Apple TV

This is a similar problem to those reported here and here, but it's not exactly the same because the solutions suggested don't work for me, and this is consistently happening but only for a subset of my video files.

NB this exact same behaviour also happens when watching youtube videos in Safari.


texts: How can I do the equivalent of a Unix find / -print [under user permissions] under Mountain Lion?

texts:
I am doing, or trying to do, a 'find /' which I would like to recursively list every file the user has permission to access under the volume "Macintosh HD" and nothing else.

I am presently filtering out the output of the find to exclude files under Backups.backupdb. This is a partial solution at best because the system is bogging under attempts to access flaky NSF mounts.

Is there a shell command that I can use that will stay on "Macintosh HD", recursively list file paths, and leave other volumes alone?


texts: Sluggish performance with Airport gear on 5 GHz

texts:
I've a network that is powered by an Airport Extreme and extended by an Airport Express. My Airport Extreme broadcasts 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz channels separately.

2.4 GHz operates on channel 4 and 5 GHz operates on channel 44. The network is WPA2 protected. 'Router Mode' is off. 'Radio Mode' is 802.11 a/n - 802.11 b/g/n (Automatic). And my 'Country' is selected to United States.

Also everything, including my network gear and things that connect to it, is up-to-date. And I'm not on any other DNS.

Recently I made the Airport Express extend the 5 GHz channel instead of the 2.4 GHz one because of 5 GHz's better performance.

But now when I connect to my 5 GHz channel I get worse performance than my 2.4 GHz one.

Below are the screenshots of my tests on both of the channels. The faster one is the 2.4 GHz one. (by the way, I know it's a shame but unfortunately that's the situation in my country at the moment, hopefully there will be fiber soon)

What exactly is causing this woeful performance on 5 GHz? What am I missing here?


texts: some apps are not in settings app on iOS

texts:
I noticed that the apps I developed and tested on my device, doesn't appear in the Settings. Actually a lot of apps are missing there. Why is that?

This image depicts what I mean.


texts: Receiving push notifications for another user that was removed from my app

texts:
A friend logged onto their Facebook on my phone with the Facebook app and they also added their Messenger account. I'd open the app and it'd have both of our profile pictures to choose from.

I deleted their account from the Facebook app and Messenger, but I am still receiving push notifications when they start a new conversation in Messenger.

How do I stop receiving these push notifications?


texts: Any way to make swipe up and down work consecutively?

texts:
In Mountain Lion I could swipe up with three fingers to see all windows and then swipe down without lifting my fingers to go back to the normal screen.

From Mavericks, that does not work. I have to lift my fingers and then swipe down to go back to the normal screen. This takes more time and inconvenient.

Is there any way to make it work as was in the Mountain Lion?


texts: how to use automator make this workflow?

texts:
I have a folder full of video file to upload to a youtube like video service, they don't provide any api, and the upload form is made of flash, that means I can't manipulate anything, so what I think of is the mac automator

is anyway to do that?

some point that important:

how to choose the next video to upload?
how to copy and paste the file name into the title

because other video service is banned in China, so youku.com is my only choose to upload my videos in China

as you may notice, the upload page is made of flash, so there's no api for it, so the apple scripts may not work in my opinion, all I could think of is using automator


texts: Command+V Doesn't work on liquid Damaged keyboard

texts:
I'm wondering if its possible for the command key to be partially broken by liquid damaged keyboard (Macbook Air).

I have 3 confirmed keys that don't work: period, comma, and downarrow. Everything else seems to be okay on this system.

However, Command+V for paste doesn't work using the left command key. Other shortcuts  work fine, like cut/copy/spotlight, using the same left command key. The right command key works for everything.

It seems to me like left command is somehow damaged as well but why would only command+v fail?


texts: Checking the health of my iPhone's battery

texts:
It seems that my iPhone's (4s - purchased Nov. 2011) battery loses its charge fast.

I have read all the relevant OPs. Is there any app which provides information about the battery's health? Or should I simply change it?


texts: HEIC image thumbnails don't appear on older iPad

texts:
Wife has an iPad Mini running iOS 9 or so, and an iPhone 7 running iOS 11. Images shot in HEIC get synced to her iPad via Photos app, but no thumbnails appear. If clicked, the images appear normally. Seems iPhone is converting images for sharing via Photos but is not including the thumbnails... anyone else seen this?

(My iPad is running iOS 11 - so I have only seen this on my wife's device - can't tell if it is a flaky device or a bug in image sharing conversion)


texts:
On macOS 10.14, using whatis on a command that is not installed prints 'command': nothing appropriate as is expected.  But returns 0 instead of an error code, which I believe is expected behavior.  It is also not consistent with man, which returns 1 after no results.  Additionally, whatis prints to stdout, while man prints to stderr.

This is different than Linux, which returns an error code, and prints to stderr.

macOS:

$ whatis abc; echo $?
abc: nothing appropriate
0

$ man abc; echo $?
No manual entry for abc
1

$ whatis abc 2>/dev/null
abc: nothing appropriate

$ man abc 2>/dev/null

Linux (Ubuntu):

$ whatis abc; echo $?
abc: nothing appropriate.
16

$ man abc; echo $?
No manual entry for abc
16

$ whatis abc 2>/dev/null

$ man abc 2>/dev/null

I believe whatis should not return 0 when it fails to find a description of the command, and should have behavior consistent with man

Note: I noticed this because I'm writing a program that relies on this functionality

Edit: apropos has the same behavior as whatis


texts: How to change hotkeys bindings for chrome on macOSX?

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In chrome, I would like to change the hotkey to go to previous / current tab. I am on Mac OS X 10.8.

I tried the extension shortcut manager, but I couldn't make it work. I can use another extension, or a scripting tool (like autohotkey, but for mac...) if needed.


texts: M1 mac mini: Python reports `mach-o, but wrong architecture`

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We've rented a M1 Mac Mini at a Cloud provider and installed python3 via homebrew.
However, when installing packages, we see many errors reporting wrong architecture mismatches.
pip3 install <something>

/private/var/folders/s9/94x83w5x5gv1tkw6pgcvy55r0000gn/T/pip-install-6zb2vf39/rchitect_2226cf31d84b4fbeb14084a47e566d22/.eggs/cffi-1.14.5-py3.9-macosx-11.4-arm64.egg/_cffi_backend.cpython-39-darwin.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture

Other CLI libraries work just fine with their (native) brew installations. Rosetta is not even installed.
I am not heavily into Python and searching the web did not help, hence I suspect something non-standard might be going on here.
brew info python3
python@3.9: stable 3.9.5 (bottled)
Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
https://www.python.org/
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.5 (3,108 files, 55.5MB) *
  Poured from bottle on 2021-05-27 at 20:07:29
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/python@3.9.rb
License: Python-2.0

which python3
/opt/homebrew/bin/python3

Does anyone have a clue what might be going on?
Edit: Here are the architectures of the files
file /opt/homebrew/bin/python3
/opt/homebrew/bin/python3: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64

file /private/var/folders/s9/94x83w5x5gv1tkw6pgcvy55r0000gn/T/pip-install-nq_w_w15/rchitect_e1cd9cd747dc44e2a7f69885db619a02/.eggs/cffi-1.14.5-py3.9-macosx-11-arm64.egg/_cffi_backend.cpython-39-darwin.so: Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86_64

The downloaded egg of cffi is the wrong architecture. Why is this happening and who might be the bad player here?


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Those two apps are always asking for the accessibility permission, one is location and the other is contacts. As the picture shows that I have already enabled those settings for them. It keep asking me every time I quit the app or on system startup when it run because of login items. Is there anyway to make it not ask again? or make the settings permanent.

OS : MacOS Sierra (10.12)

  The location permission for the Forecast bar is already granted, but whenever the app started, I found out that the location setting has been unticked, by itself.


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I have the latest version of Mercurial installed on a fully patched Lion and  the Mercurial client cannot be accessed from the terminal ("command not found"). The command line client is installed in /usr/local/bin and I've checked that this directory is in my $PATH variable.

The funny thing is that if I log on as the root user via sudo, I can access the command line client! I've checked the permissions of hg and it's +x for all users.

What could be wrong?


texts: Create a LAN between Mac Mini and two MacBooks without internet

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I have a Mac Mini (with USB 3.0 ports, one Thunderbolt port, and one Ethernet port) and two MacBooks (both with Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 but no Ethernet ports).

I want to use the Mac Mini as a central repository (essentially a NAS or external hard drive) for video footage that the two MacBooks can transfer files from at the highest possible speed.

I've considered and researched the following things and haven't found a solution:

USB 3.0 male to male crossover cables (don't exist)
Ethernet crossover cable network (MacBooks don't have Ethernet jacks, would this work with Ethernet to Thunderbolt adapters?)
daisy-chaining Mac Mini → MacBook 1 → MacBook 2 using Thunderbolt (not sure if this is possible, can anybody verify?)

If none of these options are possible, I guess I'll have to connect the Mini to the network via Ethernet and hope transfer speeds are decent.


texts: Open Terminal in current Finder directory with shortcut without having folder selected

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How can I open a terminal that is located in the current finder directory with a keyboard shortcut?

I am aware of all the answers out there, particularly from this thread How can I open a Terminal window directly from my current Finder location? that all fulfill only one or two of the criterias mentioned above.

The Keyboard shortcut options in the system configuration also require you to select some folder to open it in the Terminal, but I need the one that is opened in the very moment.

High Sierra 10.13.4


texts: Importing modules in python gives syntax error

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Whenever I try to import modules from python source code files using the python shell(installed in brew folder), I get the following error :

>>> from not import *;
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    from not import *;
           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Can anyone please help!?


texts: How enable iCloud-based recovery when setting up FileVault via the command-line tool fdesetup?

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When enabling FileVault using the GUI (System Preferences < Security & Privacy < FileVault), it is possible to configure a linked iCloud account which can be leveraged for lost password recovery:

I would like to set up FileVault via the command-line, as a part of a Mac provisioning script.  FileVault can be enabled via the command-line tool fdesetup: sudo fdesetup enable
I cannot find the option to enable the iCloud link via this comand-line tool fdesetup. Can anybody help me with this?


texts: Does the iPad 3/4 charger use a standard C7/C8 interface?

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The new iPad chargers are sort of a brick containing the transformer, with a detachable corner piece containing the appropriate mains plug for wherever you bought it.

The corner piece looks like it connects to the brick with a standard unpolarized C7 socket / C8 plug:

I'm going from Europe to America and don't have an official bit to swap in on the charger, but I have a dozen C8 mains cables from other electronics. Can I just use one of them?


texts: What is the Applescript command to show or hide iTerm2 window

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Does anybody know the Applescript command to show or hide a iTerm2 terminal window? I use iTerm2 in a guake style command window and currently using one window and many tabs.

My use case: I managed to open a new iTerm2 tab from Forklift (see here) but I still need to activate iTerm2 manually with my show/hide shortcut.


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How to let Time Machine automatically delete older backup files to free up disk space?
It does not seem to automatically do it as it starts a backup and failed at the middle complaining not enough space available:


texts: Lion OS install for new SSD. Do I need to install Leopard first?

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I was going to replace my HDD with a SSD - but I need to install Lion for my SSD.

Do I need to install Leopard on the SSD first, then go to the Mac App Store to update?