texts: Graphics switching not seamless on MBP 16''

texts: I have a 16-inch 2019 MacBookPro with an AMD Radeon Pro 5500M. Recently the screen started to go black for 1-3 seconds when deciding to switch to its dedicated graphics. Switching back to the Intel graphics is still seamless though. What could be the cause for this to appear?


texts: OSX file navigation for pictures like windows

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In windows I can hold control and use my arrow keys. When I find a file I want to be included in the group selection I hit the space bar(I think this is how it works) and it will add to the selected list of items.

I'm not working by file name, I'm working by picture preview. So the ability to scroll through the list and see previews is important while group selecting. I'm trying to delete pictures. I have thousands in one folder. Should I use win32 to do this? or am I just missing how to do it with OSX?


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I'm really new to Macs, and finding file operations to be really frustrating after Linux. If I have a Finder window open with 5 files that I want to move to a different folder, I can select all 5 (shift-click for contiguous or command-click for non), but when I try to command-drag them to a new location, it deselects all but one.

Is there any way to move more than one file at a time? Ideally I'd just like to select all the files, do a command-X to cut them from the current location, and then command-V to paste them in the new location, but Cut seems to not be allowed in the Finder (at least, command-X doesn't work, and Cut is greyed out in the Edit menu.) I don't want to have to copy them from my current location, paste them into the new location, and then go back and delete them from the original location.

Can anyone help me? I'm sure this is very basic, but it's totally non-intuitive after coming from a different operating system and I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it.


texts: What is the risk of changing my user account's "full name" mac os x? Why the warning of "might damage this account"?

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I want to safely change the "full name" for my account. (I only want to change the "full name" – not the "account name" aka "short username").

But, after modifying the field (shown below) and before clicking "OK", this warning shows up:

  WARNING: Changing these settings might damage this account and prevent the user
  from logging in. You must...

How and why would/could this damage my account?


texts: iPhone automatically deletes every single email on Yahoo server?

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I have been using the same yahoo mail account for about 9 years and all the emails I received were stored there perfectly. My 2009 Macbook stored every email as well. After setting up my email account on a new iPhone on the Mail app in 2014, the app only displayed emails which I received in the past month or so. My Macbook was still storing every single email.
I recently (2016) bought a new Macbook, and I noticed that only the emails which I can see on my iPhone are shown in the Mail app on the new Macbook. Checking my mail account via browser, I saw that every mail has been deleted except for the mails on my Phone and new Macbook. All the mails are still in the inbox of my old Macbook.

In short: New iPhone deletes emails on the email server permanently so that my new Macbook cannot access them. Old Macbook still stores old emails (even those not on the server) in the inbox and just adds new emails to the old ones.

My thoughts so far: I think that it must be something wrong either in the mail preferences on the iPhone or in the yahoo server. I don't know why the old Macbook still syncs with the server and keeps the old mails.

What I have found so far: According to yahoo, they had similar cases in which apps accessing the mail account deleted old emails. And I have read that some Mac-users have experienced the same problem.

Is there some way to stop the iPhone from deleting emails? Can I maybe re-insert my old mails from my old computer into the server?

EDIT: The account uses IMAP.


texts: Is lowering my ODD fan speed dangerous after installing and SSD?

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I've just installed a new SSD in my mid 2010 27" iMac. I put it in place of the disk drive (ODD) so now there is no optical disc drive in my computer. After I did the installation I noticed that the fan speed shot up to ~3000 rpm and stayed there. So I downloaded SSD Fan Control and I'm currently using it to keep my ODD fan speed at ~1000 rpm. The system is running fine (from what I can see) and the noise it down to a minimum.

What I want to know is are there any dangers in doing this? The SSD isn't going to generate much heat at all but if there anything else around that part of the iMac that will generate enough heat to warrant letting the machine set the fan speed?

I'm assuming that this change in fan speed has happened because there isn't a signal being sent to the ODD temp input in the machine (since I've taken the ODD and thus the thermometer out, so it's defaulting to the highest rpm possible.

Thanks!


texts: How to mount and name a volume if it's not already mounted with a startup script

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I'm trying to do something I thought would be simple, but after researching it I feel like I'm half way towards shaving a yak, so I'm asking for advice. I want to create a script that lets me and my colleagues do normal spolight searches on a shared drive, which from research seems to not be easy and is best solved with a script that:

Runs on startup (it sounds like the simplest way to do this is to make shell scripts launch on startup using Automator)
Checks if a volume of a certain name is mounted (a directory on an smb shared drive on an active directory Windows-based shared company drive)
If it's not, mounts it to that specific name
Then, index it in spotlight, using its volume name. I think I've got this part covered: mdutil /Volumes/name -i on, apparently

The bolded parts are the parts I'm having trouble with.

Particular problems I'm having:

I've found an AppleScript way to mount a drive if it's not already mounted - check name of every disk then mount volume "path://to/volume" - but it doesn't allow me to specify the name, and I'm cautious about how consistent the Mac will auto-name a path on a non-Mac shared drive. I want to set the volume name so I can refer to it when telling Spotlight which volume to index, which seems to be impossible in AppleScript?
I've found a shell script way to mount a drive to a specific volume, but I read (can't find the source now, am looking for it) that the volume has to already exist, which confuses me (do I need to create an empty volume? I don't quite understand what an empty volume would be); and I can't see how to check that it hasn't already auto-mounted.

My level of knowledge of Mac volumes etc is quite low, so I'm aware I may have misunderstood any of the above.


texts: What are the current restrictions on iOS emoji usage?

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I am making an app which contains emojis as follows:

Categories such as "Business", "Technology" etc. exist and near them I plan to show a suggestive emoji retrieved from the server.
In the navigation bar, when chatting with somebody, there is one of three emojis shown next to his/her name depending on the text messages received.
I have a view which I display when there is no content to show in table views. It contains a suggestive emoji.

As far as I know, there were a lot of apps rejected in February because of emoji usage and I can't really find any strict guidelines about how to use them in my app. Do my use cases break the rules?

Thanks.


texts: High Sierra 10.13.4 Mission Control Hot Corners Broken

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I have a 27" iMac Retina (Late 2015, 3.2GHz i5, 24GB, Radeon R9) with HDMI secondary screen on a Thunderbolt/HDMI adapter.  I use Mission Control to put 4 workspaces on the main monitor, and switch back and forth using control-arrow keystrokes.  This still works, but screen hot corners to view Mission Control, Desktop, etc. do not work any more.  Also, I use auto-hide for the task bar, and moving the mouse to the bottom of the screen no longer pulls up the task bar -- as of today, I have to click at the bottom.

Everything had been working fine until a recent High Sierra update (maybe 1-2 updates ago?).  When problems first started, I deleted ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist and restarted Dock a few times, and eventually got things working again.

Today, none of that has helped: hot corners doesn't work, auto-hide taskbar only works with a mouse click, and I can't click and move windows after I use a keyboard shortcut to show the Mission Control overview.  (I can select a window in the overview and it gets popped to the top of the stack, but I can't click-and-drag windows any more.)

It looks like there's something wrong with the mouse (a Razer connected by USB), but an old generic USB mouse doesn't work any differently.  So perhaps the problem is in mouse / UI handling?

I also have a couple of MacBook Pros which have all the same updates (I think) but the magic trackpad shortcuts to show Mission Control haven't had any problems, and I think Bluetooth mice attached to them are working OK (have to check to be 100% sure).

I have had some other trouble with some user input on the iMac: I use VMWare virtual machines, and both Win10 and Linux guests sometimes miss key-up events, so I either get control/alt/shift stuck down, or I get keys repeating (or both).  Clicking the affected key a couple of times usually fixes this.  I also use VMWare and Parallels on the MBPs with no problems.

Are there any known problems with UI on iMac on recent High Sierra?  Any workarounds?


texts: Since installing macOS 10.12 I noticed a flood of messages from deleted in the logs. I haven't been able to find any information about this daemon. Could anyone enlighten me what this does?


texts: How to make an alias (Cmd-L) using command line?

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With Finder, Cmd-L is a short-cut to make an alias of a file/directory. How can I use the command line to do that?

I tried 'ln -s', but it generates the 'Symbolic Link', not 'Alias'.


texts: Does signing out of FaceTime disconnect your Apple ID from a specific device?

texts: I used my Apple ID to sign in only to FaceTime on my friend's iPad device. Later I went to Settings → FaceTime and clicked Sign out. Does that mean that this iPad an my apple ID are now completely disconnected? Or is there a chance that my friend can get my FaceTime calls or even my iMessages etc.?


texts: OS X cd command in /usr/bin instead of /bin

texts: On OS X 10.8 I was looking at my /bin folder and found that cd was not there, but rather in the /usr/bin folder. Why is that? From the FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. I know that /bin should contain essential binaries, i.e. those required when no other filesystems are mounted. Is cd not essential enough? (by the way, it appears the "su" command is also in /usr/bin). Now, I know that OS X doesn't follow strictly the FHS, but is there a reason for these different location of binaries?


texts: What is the best MongoDB client for iPad

texts: Tell me please if there are any good applications to connect to the MongoDB for iOS (iPad pro). I tried to use online solutions, but they do not seem to be safe for me. Thank you!


texts: What is the normal fan speed for the 15'' Retina Macbook Pro?

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What is the typical fan speed for a 15'' Retina Macbook Pro ?

I would like to compare it with mine using istatpro


texts: How do you disable opening Safari on macOS?

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I would like to disable opening Safari on my Mac. I don't want to delete or modify it in any way, I only want to prevent myself from opening the application itself (If I search for it, or try to open it, it shouldn't run).
I tried using Screen Time's Content Restrictions by going to the Content and Privacy Section > Apps > and unchecking Safari.
But Safari still opens when I am distracted and look for it.
Is there any way to stop Safari from opening?
I'm using macOS Catalina. Would updating to Big Sur / higher version help?


texts: Allowing subdomains through restrictions iPad 6th gen

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I am trying to restrict access to websites on an iPad, but the domain that I wish to allow has embedded youtube videos that will not work. Is there a way to allow only the embedded videos to work, and not having to open up the entirety of youtube?

I tried allowing www.youtube.com/embed/ but that made youtube unrestricted.


texts: Is there a way to separate "undo close tab" from editing Undo on forms?

texts: If I switch tabs, I sometimes lose the "undo" action and it is replaced by "undo close tab". The reverse, where "undo close tab" can't be accessed anymore because I've typed something on a form before realizing I wanted the other tab back, is also annoying. I'm basically asking if there's a way to separate these functions - they're fundamentally two (or more, counting each page's input forms, of even each separate input box) separate "objects" that should have separate undo queues.


texts: How to debug iPhone overheating when the cause is clearly not the environment when the phone is used?

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My iPhone 4s with iOS 5.1 started to present overheating very often: 2-4 times a day and this happened while the outside temperature is only around 18-20C and the phone was not under heavy use, in fact in half of the cases it wasn't even used.

How can I debug these?

Going with the phone to Apple store would be the next step, but I don't want to loose precious time. I could bet that this will not happen while a "genius" is playing with the phone. Also, I'm sure they will ask me to wipe the device, something I don't want to do (did it too many times and takes a lot of time to sync ~50gb of data).

Note: Rebooting does not solve the problem!


texts: Display Dock on the main screen on left when second screen is arranged to left

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I've this arrangment of screens, and I've set the dock to stay on the left side.

The problem is that the dock goes on the second screen, while i want to keep it on the main one (the one with the white bar basically).

Any idea?


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I realized that the hostname had changed while I was doing some work using terminal in OS X Yosemite. I thought there might be an IP address conflict so I reset it. However I still get another device's name (someone else's iPhone, to be exact) when I use the hostname command:

Last login: Fri May  1 15:52:42 on ttys000
SomeonesiPhone:~ irem$

SomeonesiPhone:~ irem$ hostname
SomeonesiPhone.wireless.duke.local

What's going on and how can I fix this?

It appears the IP address has not changed. But the address that I get by doing ipconfig getifaddr en0 is different from my public IP address.  I looked up my public IP address using Google, like this:


texts: How can I troubleshoot my slow 2015 Early MacBook Air 13" laptop?

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I have a 2015 Early MacBook Air 13", 1.6 Ghz, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD (with 90GB free space) running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.

When I'm using Safari with only 4-5 windows open, it slows down. I have to click on something a few times for it to work, and a lot of times, my pad pointer will turn into the color wheel, meaning it's slowing down.

I keep thinking I need more RAM or the CPU is maxed. I don't have anything running in the background and I closed all my apps but this still happens.

How can I go about troubleshooting this?

UPDATE

I just used Google Chrome and everything is normal, IE no slowness, no waiting 3 seconds for something to happen.


texts: Mail conversation view broken on OS X 10.9.4

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I upgraded my MacBook (Retina, 15", late 2013) to OS X 10.9.4 yesterday. Now Mail Version 7.3 (1878.6/1878.2) does not display conversations correctly:

As you can see in the screenshot (ignore German localization) in the very right panel, not in the preview, the entire conversation is displayed, but the height of the messages is too small. I can even select all the text in a mail, but I cannot see it or increase the height.
It takes more than one second (!) to display a conversation, no matter how many mails are in it. Used to be instant. Single mails are still displayed instantly.
Sometimes the conversation indicator (e.g. that [2>] in the screenshot is missing even if it actually is and loads a conversation.

Mail is working fine if I disable conversations in the view menu. But I like the converation view and would like to keep it.

Broken output:

Expected output (this is OS X 10.9.3 on my virtual machine):

I tried the following things

no logs in Console.app
I deleted all accounts and all mail settings I could find in my ~/Library/ - no change
I created a new user on my MacBook and entered one of my mail accounts - same problem
switched language to English - no change
compared md5 of /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail with other Mail.app's, it still d1911cc8cbdaabc61c409d65b262c5ee - binary not broken
Used my virtual machine with Mac OS X 10.9.3 (everything works fine), replaced /Applications/Mail.app with the version on my 10.9.4 system, still works fine - Mail.app is not causing the problems
compared sizes of /System/Library/Private Frameworks/Mail*.framework - exact same bytecount


texts: Adding a Time Machine destination fails with OSStatus error 17

texts: I'm trying to add a specific, external server as a Time Machine destination. It's not discoverable via Bonjour (always at least, I want to use time machine backup over the internet) so to get it to show up in the Time Machine preferences I have to connect to it. I can then add it from Preferences. The weird thing is if I try and add the other destination which is visible via bonjour it works just fine, despite being able to mount the share normally in Finder.


texts: Transferring Thunderbird Data from Ubuntu to MacOS?

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On ubuntu all the thunderbird files are stored under ~/.thunderbird/.  If I want to backup / copy the files to another Ubuntu laptop I can just copy that folder to the new laptop.
Is it the same for MacOS?
Can I just copy the ~/.thunderbird folder to ~?


texts: I was trying to organize and select all my old music from my previous computer and copied a folder with all my music files to my mac book desktop. Started deleting all the songs I didn't wanted and after all done, accidentally I selected all the music that was left on the folder and deleted it as well. Is there is a way I can access the trash and see only the latest music files I deleted? If I could see the time they where deleted I knew which music files I have to restore, so I don't have to be restoring all the files, including the ones I do not want!


texts: How can I configure iCloud mail in Mozilla Thunderbird?

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i just downloaded Thunderbird from Mozilla because it's the only program I can use to access my hosting email addresses in a easy way, but when I try to add my iCloud account, I get an error.

Here's how I'm trying to configure it (sorry for the Spanish).


texts: Update iOS 5 to 7.0.6 from copied .ipsw file to phone

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I've recently downloaded .ipsw file (firmware 7.0.6) and want to update my apple 4s 32 gig phone (ios 5).
but when I tried to to use iTunes (holding shift key in windows 7 + press update button in iTunes -> choose .ipsw file for update) I got the error below :

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4451

What does this error mean and how can I fix it?
I've downloded iTunes 11.2 (latest version)

Extra questions:

I am certainly sure there is no problem about my internet or hosts file.
I turned my anti virus & firewall off and after that still got that error.
Is it possible to transfer .ipsw file to my phone and run it from there?
If yes, where should I copy that file and how can I run it?
If no what is the solution and how can i fix that error?


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There are several questions that ask whether you can control an iPad from a Mac (like this one). But is it possible to view your iPad screen from a Mac when it's plugged in via USB or wirelessly without jailbreaking it?

I can remote login to my Mac at work and my iPad is connected so I can debug on it via XCode, but I can't see the results.


texts: App behavior with spaces and minimized window

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I would like to change the behavior when I click on an app that's not open on the current space. Right now, it goes to whichever space has that app. Instead, I'd like it to favor the current space, including minimized windows.

example: I have two open Chrome windows. One is minimized on space 1, and the second is open on space 2. The currently active space is 1.

What happens by default: I click the Chrome icon in the dock, and I am switched to space 2 to the open Chrome window there.

What I want to happen: The minimized window on space 1 is restored and made active.

What doesn't work: disabling switching spaces to an app to make it active. If I don't have a minimized window on the current space, then I do want it to switch spaces.
I tried this, it still doesn't restore the minimized windows. It just makes the app active on the current space. Then when I click the app again, it switches spaces, instead of restoring the minimized window. It only seems to restore the window when all the windows are minimized. How frustrating.

Basically I just want to swap the priorities of the two actions: unminimize and switch spaces.

Anyone know how to do this?


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This seems somehow similar to this question. While diagnosing some weird application behaviour on my MacBook Pro and the dreaded "too many open files" errors appearing in the shell out of nowhere, I came to find out that ath, an executable component of AirTrafficHost.framework, keeps a huge number of open sockets in CLOSE_WAIT state. The number tends to only increase in time until it hits the system limit for open file descriptors. I use my MBP docked most of the time and it is always on, so the limit is reached after a couple of days.

AirTrafficHost.framework is a private Apple framework and seems to be part of the wireless communcation with iOS devices. There are two iOS devices for which I've enabled network sync - an iPad Pro and an iPhone. It seems that ath tries to talk to them and at some point the connection is terminated, but the network sockets are never closed and just keep piling up. lsof shows:

ath  627 hristo   7u  IPv6 0x2e106590d5ff22b3  0t0  TCP [fe80:5::xxx]:49280->[fe80:5::yyy]:57461 (CLOSE_WAIT)
ath  627 hristo   8u  IPv6 0x2e106590d6aea413  0t0  TCP [fe80:5::xxx]:49300->[fe80:5::yyy]:57464 (CLOSE_WAIT)
ath  627 hristo  10u  IPv6 0x2e106590d7a65c93  0t0  TCP [fe80:5::xxx]:49529->[fe80:5::yyy]:57482 (CLOSE_WAIT)
ath  627 hristo  11u  IPv6 0x2e106590d4fe9a33  0t0  TCP [fe80:5::xxx]:49574->[fe80:5::yyy]:57486 (CLOSE_WAIT)
ath  627 hristo  13u  IPv6 0x2e106590d5feeb93  0t0  TCP [fe80:5::xxx]:49609->[fe80:5::yyy]:57490 (CLOSE_WAIT)
ath  627 hristo  14u  IPv6 0x2e106590d18e7b93  0t0  TCP [fe80:5::xxx]:49656->[fe80:5::yyy]:57494 (CLOSE_WAIT)
... many more ...

Right now, it's been 5 hrs since the last reboot and the number of socket descriptors is already 162 in two ath processes (one for each iOS device, I guess) and growing:

$ lsof -n | grep ^ath | grep TCP | wc -l
    162

It also seems that for each disconnect, there is an entry in /var/log/system.log:

Mar 17 01:15:23 MacBook-Pro AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[433]: Entered:_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:159
Mar 17 01:15:23 MacBook-Pro AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[433]: Entered:__thr_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:159
Mar 17 01:15:23 MacBook-Pro AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[433]: tid:7387 - Mux ID not found in mapping dictionary
Mar 17 01:15:23 MacBook-Pro AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[433]: tid:7387 - Can't handle disconnect with invalid ecid

The OS is a fully updated macOS Catalina 10.15.3.

Is anyone else seeing the same problem and are you aware of a solution that does not involve increasing the system limits or performing a clean OS install? I already have a launchd job to increase kern.maxfiles and kern.maxfilesperproc, but that's not really a solution - it just postpones the problem. And I'd prefer not to disable network synchronisation, because I'm out of USB ports.


texts: Can iOS apps upload camera roll pictures automatically

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So today I opened Facebook iOS application and I click photo tools option in your photos menu. I was shocked to find out that Facebook application had loaded my private camera roll picture there ready for posting and it was just missing post content with ready to share. So am wondering is that flaw in iOS or what I mean like that every app can secretly read your camera roll picture and will be uploading to their servers right. After that I went to settings of my iPhone there in privacy section I looked for Facebook and photos where permission was read and write , so just wondering tomorrow some another app will ask for profile picture upload and it will ask for permission you give it and forget to disable permission again that mean this app have got access to your camera roll by tricking you by asking to upload profile picture knowing that a lot of lazy pictures will not revoke this permission from settings manually.

I think Apple should limit this and should never ever give full time read write permission to apps. Apps should be allowed to read picture which use select in camera roll and app permission should be revoked automatically every time use finish up selecting picture from its camera roll , because this is privacy issue that these Facebook and instagram like applications ready pictures from your camera roll and displaying in front of you without your permission one mistaken click would share them to internet and also no body knows that they are not uploading it to their servers. I mean their are tons of apps on App Store apple can’t check their apps code that what it’s doing in background.


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I like all the multiple screen features in Mavericks except one.

I HATE the hit cursor to the bottom of the screen to move the dock. I've searched hi an low for a way to stick the dock to one spot. I'd even buy a product.

There must be a way to say "Dock stick to Screen 2" or 1 or whatever. I have already read that you can go back to the old behavior of multiple screens, but then I loose the other features.


texts: List extensions that are opened with a specific application

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Is there an easy way to find all the extensions that are opened with a given application?
I'm asking because I have two versions of a software installed (Sublime 2 and 3), and some extensions still open with Sublime 2 because by the time I specified that Sublime 3 was not available. I then have to quit Sublime, change the program that shall be opened by default for this extension and relaunch.

I would like to end this once and for all and change it for every remaining extension. Does anyone know of an easy way to do this? Thank you!


texts: Migrating with different operating systems ... Issue?

texts: Trying to migrate software on two OS X macs with different operating systems. Source is running mountain lion and target is running Yosemite. Is this an issue??  I'm using an ethernet cable, have turned off firewall and wifi.


texts: How to find recently connected external disks?

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Bit of an emergency so any help really appreciated.

I am trying to work out whether or not the there is a way for me to see the details (specifically names) of external drives that have been connected to my machine in the last 6 weeks. Basically a hard drive with confidential information has gone missing and I would like to see if it was ever connected to my machine, does anyone know how or where I can find this information?


texts: How can I download macOS Sierra installer

texts: The latest macOS version at the moment is High Sierra (10.13), and I can't find the installer for macOS Sierra (10.12) at the App Store. How/where can I download the installer for macOS Sierra?


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I  need to be able to remote control many headless (without monitor) macs.
All the macs are on different locations, on different networks and with different router settings.
These are the informations i have at any moment about every machine:

Computer name
Local IP Address
Public IP Address

BUT I cannot access the router confirguration those devices connect to (for, like port forwarding).

I tried several free services (my company does not want to spend money on commercial applications) like Chrome Remote Desktop and DWService but hey all have problems rendering the pages.

Since the macs are headless, the graphic card does not kick-in, resulting in a lot of white windows and many GUI being unavailable (like many elements of the menubar)

I could use HDMI dummy plugs that simulte a monitor, solving the issue of blank windows, but still that would require my company to spend ~6 $ for each machine and they asked me to find a solution, if there is, to do that without extra hw.

I spent the last three days finding for a solution, without success.
But maybe some of you guys can direct me to a solution, if there is one!

Thanks!


texts: When Screen Sharing, why does the remote screen continually go black?

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As an ongoing issue (for at least the past three major OS X versions), I find that when trying to remote to another machine using Screen Sharing, the remote screen gets painted completely black. Moving the mouse will result in the area immediately under the pointer being redrawn correctly, and dragging a window (in the remote session) off screen then back on will redraw that window. Sometimes other areas of the screen will redraw themselves (usually when there is an actual change), but most the screen simply remains black, sometimes even repainting back to full black again.

Network connectivity doesn't seem to be a factor; this happens both on a fast LAN and across the Internet with 400-500ms latency. Hardware doesn't seem a factor either; using a range of Mac Minis and Macbooks. Screen sharing sometimes initiated via Remote Desktop, sometimes just clicking on Share Screen in the Finder. While I can work around this glitch (I tend to just SSH in for maintenance), I thought I'd see if anyone out there has any suggestions!


texts: Are there any properties in an app configuration (plists and such) that could cause push notifications not to show in the notification center?

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I am posting this again with more clarity.

User reporting that Push Notification doesn't always show in the notification center

I have an app. My client is reporting that push notifications from the app DO NOT go into the notification center.

To me, that sounds like an OS settings issue, as mentioned by the commenter on the other issue.

However I want to get authoritative information on whether there's any way - any possible way, that this is due to some sort of misconfiguration of plist files or something else in the actual development of the app.

I've googled for this, I've searched for this, and I haven't found anything, which is why I am asking here.

So my question is - is there any type of misconfiguration, in the actual build of the app (which I have developed) that could lead to push notifications not appearing in the notification center? Note, they DO appear at the top of the user's screen, and I personally see them in my notification center, as do most users to my knowledge.

The user in question is on iOS 13, on an iPhone 11. Personally, I think it's an OS settings issue, but they're a non-technical user and I am trying to troubleshoot if it could possibly be something on my end.


texts: Can't remove unknown symbol from menu bar

texts: I have this symbol in my menu bar, I don't know where it came from. I can't remove it by using Cmd drag, whenever I move the mouse over it the mouse turns into the spinning rainbow wheel. Can anyone help please?


texts: remove scratch from iPhone 5 front glass

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Because I thought the gorilla glass of the iPhone 5 is pretty tuff I decided to omit a screen protection. Unfortunaltey now I have a very thin and subtle but very long (6 cm) scratch on the front glass. It is very hard to see and can only be seen at bright light and from a very specific angle and only when the display is turned off but it is still there, so ...

I always handled the device very carefully and I have no idea where this scratch came from. I suspect the rivets near the pockets of some of my jeans.

To make sure that this is really a scratch I polished the screen with a little bit of water and a glasses cleaning cloth. The proposed scratch doesn't go away.

Is there any way to get rid of this sratch?


texts: In karabiner, how do I set left option to \?

texts: I want to map left_option to \, left command to / and right command to | when used alone. When used in combination with other keys I want the left_option, left command and right command to retain their functions. How do I do that?


texts: Can I answer an incoming phone call on my Apple Watch using Siri command?

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Is it possible to add a Siri command like "Answer the phone" when I have an incoming phone call on my Apple Watch?

The use case is to be able to do that while doing any surfing-like activities with Apple Watch being in the water-locked state.


texts: Restore Messages using Time Machine (not iCloud synced)

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I've made a stupid misclick and deleted 4 years worth of Messages conversation with my significant other. They're not synced to iCloud, but I do have a recent Time Machine backup. I thought I could restore it from there, and I followed older how-to's (older because they are about iMessages, and I am using Messages on Big Sur).
What I've tried:

close Messages
restore the whole Library/Messages folder from Time Machine
reopen Messages

Not only did it not work, but it screwed up absolutely all conversations as well. Now, every time I click on a contact's conversation, it disappears. It's like they're in cache, but it can't find them in the database when it tries to load them in full.
So: how do I restore my Messages database from a Time Machine backup?


texts: How do I create a keyboard shortcut to go to a specific folder?

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I have a folder called ~/Documents/Work and I'd like to make the Finder shortcut cmd-shift-W go to that folder, similar to how cmd-shift-H goes to the Home folder (and the equivalent shortcuts for Applications, etc., all under the "Go" menu).

Is it possible to do this? And if so, how can I do it?


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I think Hazel is a great idea, but I'm having trouble finding practical uses for it. A short search revealed the below pages, but I still didn't find anything compelling.

Why I Started Using Hazel for Mac
Mac Automation Tips: Hazel
Seven Amazing Uses for Hazel


texts: How can I add funds to Apple Pay Cash without a debit card?

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For example, can I add funds to Apple Pay Cash from my Apple ID funds? Or my credit card?
According to the only answer to this related question, it is possible to add funds to Apple Pay Cash from a credit card, which incurs a 3% fee. How can I do this?


texts: Is there a synonym suggestion keyboard out there for iPhone

texts: I just want to know if there is a more comprehensive dictionary and ideally synonym suggesting keyboard for an iPhone.


texts: iPad: Login with two Apple ID like Windows users

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I just bought a new iPad Mini 5 64GB Wi-Fi. I am new to iPad and Apple ecosystem.

I logged in with my Apple ID created years ago for iTunes music on my Android device.

Can I log into iPad using two separate Apple IDs like a Windows user? Like you lock one user and log into other user, so both can not access others data, apps, folders, etc.

My intention is to hide certain installed apps. Is there another way to hide game apps?


texts: How to remove an icon from Launchpad without removing it from Applications?

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I have an older app with icon in Launchpad and now the updated app has a new icon also in the Launchpad.

I want to remove the old icon from Launchpad, so I don't click it by mistake. But I still want to be able to run the old version if needed to check on archived data files, so I want to keep the app in the Applications folder.

It was not downloaded from the Mac App Store so it does not show an the cross button when wiggling.

I am using a MacBook Pro running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5


texts: What's that site that frames screenshots in iPhone/iPad/Mac stock photos?

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Late last year in 2012, someone had launched a site that let you upload screenshots (or any image really) and it would embed them into nice stock photos of a Apple phone, tablet or laptop/desktop. It was basically designed for someone making a product web site and wanted to feature shots of the app or web site running on those devices. There was even a shot of a person holding an iPhone in their hands.

I can't for the life of me remember the name of the site though, and googling isn't helping me. A friend thinks it might have the words 'showoff' in it, but no luck either with that phrase.

Anyone remember?


texts: In Catalina, set default for saving files to show extension

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In macOS Catalina I know that under Finder -> Preferences -> Advanced I can check "Show all filename extensions" and it will do that, but I do not want that. For example, I want to keep hiding all the .app extensions.

However, it used to be that by default, when I saved a file from an application, the Finder would show that file's extensions. Maybe this was a setting I set that I forgot about, or maybe that was the default for the OS, I don't know for sure, but I do know that is the way it worked across all applications.

Now, under Catalina, the default is to hide the file's extension. To get the extension to show, I either need to add it to the filename when saving or save it and then go to the file's Info and uncheck "Hide extension".

Is there a way to make it the system-wide default to save new files with their extensions showing in macOS 10.15 Catalina?


texts: How do I disable Bonjour visibility after Yosemite install?

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Since upgrading to Yosemite (from Mavericks) my MacBook Pro (Retina mid-2014) advertises itself on Bonjour (with "whats-my-name"). It was not visible in this way prior to Yosemite, and I have no sharing features enabled on my Mac.

How do I hide it again or turn off the "whats-my-name" service?


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When syncing playlists over from iTunes on my Windows Media Center, I have checked the "Only Sync Checked Songs" and it all worked perfectly prior to iOS 8.4.  Also, prior to iOS 8.4, I was able to hide songs that were available in the cloud but not yet downloaded on the device.

After upgrading, however, I'm getting some random songs that I don't even have in my playlist showing up on the phone.  I suspect it has to do with these songs being available in the cloud, but for the life of me I cannot find the option to hide these songs.

I thought maybe I needed to reset the phone and restore everything.  That worked great for a few days, but now I'm seeing these songs show up again.

What is the new way to hide cloud songs with the new Music App?


texts: Do sideloaded iOS apps get permissions without asking?

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Apple allows anyone with the source code of an app to sideload it onto their iOS device using Xcode.

If I sideload an app onto my iOS device, will it have access to information that a normal app would ask for(ex:location, contacts, photos)? Will it still ask for permission to use my data?


texts: Annoying shift of chrome toolbar in fullscreen mode

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I recently was forced to notice a pretty annoying problem in Chrome (tested with 51.0.2704.103 and the newest 51.0.2704.106 (64-bit)) in full screen mode under El Capitan (10.11.5 (15F34)).

By default the tab, address and bookmarks bar are hidden in full screen mode, which is fine as it gives more screen estate. To make them visible one can use ⌘L but of course if you're using the mouse it's more convenient to just bump the mouse to the upper edge. The difference to ⌘L is though that this also shifts in the menu bar. This wouldn't be a problem (and is even desired if you want to use the menu) but when I move the mouse down again to a certain threshold (just below the tabs/title bar) the menu bar scrolls back after half a second or so and with it the button or whatever I try to press (e.g. when I try to press the "back" button I end up pressing the "Apps" button in the bookmarks bar below.)

Other applications just keep the menu bar until the mouse is moved back to the main view area, so you can take your time to use whatever button/toolbar you want without getting it shifted away in the middle of a click. (Or they display the menu bar as an overlay, so there is no shifting at all.)

I hope I could describe the problem in an understandable way. Otherwise you might just try it out in Chrome yourself. I'm pretty sure the problem wasn't there before until recently.


texts: How to create a bootable USB Drive that will boot on BOTH an Intel Mac and a PC

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I recently created a bootable USB Thumb Drive containing a Linux Live Distro. I created it on a PC running Windows and tested it successfully on the same PC.
Now I want to run the same Linux OS on my Mac with an Apple T2 Security Chip, using the same Thumb drive.
I booted into Recovery mode to allow booting from an external drive.
After restarting and holding the option key, I got a choice of "Macintosh HD" or "EFI Boot". I chose "EFI Boot".

After what looked like a Mac loading bar, I finally got the following message: "Unable to verify startup disk."

My question is: How can I create a bootable Linux USB drive (read-only, I don't need to persist anything to the drive) that will reliably let me boot it both on my Mac and a PC device ? Do I need a specific Disk Format ? Do I need to create it with a specific software?


texts: Using vmware fusion on one account while fast user switching

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I want to create a standard mac user called vmware to run multiple VMs. If I fast user switch, will those VMs become suspended or inaccessible?

I don't want to use the VMs from my user account, but I'd like to at least SSH into it using Terminal.

My goal is to run WebDAV in a VM and still be able to access files from my iPhone, iPad, or macs even though I'm logged in on another account on the mac.


texts:
I am trying to use autossh, like so:

autossh -f -i id_rsa -D 8080 user@myserver.com

However, on both an PPC Tiger eMac and a Mountain Lion MacBook Pro, I just get presented with the argument and environment variable list.

Both machines have autossh 1.4c installed. I am focused on getting it working on the Tiger machine; I only tried it on my Mountain Lion MBP to see if the issue was Tiger-specific.


texts: Use my old MacBook Pro as a Rack Console

texts: I'm just getting into using number of cheap server racks. I look into rack consoles and they look pricey for this particular work I'm doing. Do you know if I can turn my old MacBook Pro (early 2011) into one?


texts: Problems using Anaconda in macOS Catalina

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I recently upgrade to macOS Catalina and I made a clean installation Anaconda Navigator.
I install again Anaconda but it didn't work. I also reinstall the OS but didn't work too. The permissions of the files are ok, I can read and write files. I don't know why I can't open a file from Spyder. This is the image of my terminal in Spyder:


texts: How (and why) do 3rd-party iOS 6 apps communicate to their makers when they are not the active app?

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I've noticed from my DNS logs that domains associated with a small minority of my 3rd-party apps are accessed approximately every half hour or every hour, even when the relevant app is not active, and even when the phone is locked.

My understanding in the past was that 3rd-party apps do not execute unless they are the active app, and that notifications all come through a centralized Apple service. What mechanism is being used to allow this communication, and what reasons are there for these apps to need to phone home so frequently when there is no app activity?


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I have an Intel based Macbook pro and I want to get rid of MacOS. Now this video by At Tech says you can just boot from usb which has Ubuntu and then clean hard disk i.e. Erase disk and install Ubuntu this is all you need
Now my question is: On Startup will my macbook automatically boot me in Ubuntu or I need to install some custom recovery like refind or something else?
model: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) - https://support.apple.com/kb/SP704


texts: How can I "un-disable" software in Mojave?

texts: I bought a new Macbook Pro, installed Mojave OS, installed drivers for audio hardware / sound card, and the drivers showed up on the list of "disabled software". I've had several talks with Apple & even their engineers weren't really sure how to change this. My issue was sent to their top engineers and I've been told that I will get an answer in several days. I need to record for work now! Any secrets or ideas to solve this? Thanks!


texts: Creating charging switch on iPhone charger

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I am attempting to create a switch on my iPhone charging wire so that I can use my device to test iOS applications I'm creating on my Mac without actually charging the device. When I'm working on an app my devices are often charged to 100% and have to be kept charging while I'm working, often for days on end.

So, in an effort to preserve my devices battery, I've split open one of my old iPhone chargers, and after looking up the USB wiring diagram put a toggle switch on the red +5V wire. (not the D+ or D- wires or ground)

Now, the switch works just fine, but the problem is that when the switch is in the off state, not only does the iPhone stop charging (as it should) but the computer also detects that the device has been disconnected, which isn't very useful to me.

Anybody have any thoughts on what could be done to make this work? I'm more of a software guy so I'm not all that familiar with what hardware wise would need to be modified to make this work. Or better yet, if theres anything that can be changed programmatically to make my Mac detect a device that isn't charing that would be awesome! Thanks for any input on this!


texts: Call/Cancel Popup in Google App on iOS [Clarified]

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A few days ago I was using the Google iOS app (not Chrome, but the specific "Google" app that you can download in the App Store) to go to shady website in an attempt to stream a movie online. Stupid, I know. I didn't download anything, and I didn't think I clicked on anything, but I started getting a prompt to call a number.
As far as I could tell, it wasn't any of the obviously fake ones that tell you to call a number because your phone is compromised or anything. It looked like the legit prompt that pops up when you click on a number in iOS where it has "Call 808-xxx-xxxx" on the top row and "Cancel" on the bottom row at the bottom of your screen. This is the prompt that comes up if you click on a number in any app.
Anyways, it popped up a thousand times and stopped when I killed the app. How does that exploit work? Did the webpage just trick my phone into thinking I clicked on a number a few dozen times? Is there any chance I got a virus from the website? Things have seemed fine since. Is there any way to tell if you have a virus aside from just the normal weird symptoms?


texts: Why isn't my music syncing from itunes to my ipod?

texts: I recently got a replacement Ipod touch 5. I restored it and got all of my songs off of icloud. However. Songs I didn't purchase (such as being downloaded from CDs) are in my itunes library on my computer. I have synced my ipod to the computer multiple times with all the songs checked but it only transferred three songs. The rest have a circled '!' on the left and will not show up. How do I get my songs from my library onto my ipod. So I only have what was purchased through itunes on my new ipod.


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When in Settings under Safari>Advanced I see website data. What is this?

Also, what does a hard reset (holding sleep/wake and home button) do?


texts: What is the default function for a play/pause media key?

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I have a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.  It has a button labelled play/pause.  When I have no keyboard drivers installed, the way the button behaves is by toggling playing and pausing in whatever most recent application that supports the behaviour.  For example, if my browser is the currently focussed app, but the previously focussed app is iTunes, then the button will play and pause the sound in iTunes.  If the previous app was Spotify, the button will trigger in Spotify.  The same goes for VLC.

This behaviour of remembering which app to toggle is great and I want to continue using it.  I'm now using USB Overdrive to remap the rest of the Microsoft media keys.  I am purposely not using the Microsoft keyboard driver because it conflicts with Karabiner which I also use and is compatible with USB Overdrive.

The problem is that in USB Overdrive the default is to set the play/pause button to call iTunes' play command.  This breaks the behaviour I described above.

What is the name of the default Mac play function that remembers which app to toggle?  Is there a way to run this function from Applescript or Bash?  USB Overdrive allows programming a key to launch an application.  I believe that the best solution would be to call this function from a script wrapped in a Mac application and link that to USB Overdrive.


texts: Macbook freezes every few seconds when monitor input is switched

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I have a macbook pro running 10.11.5 El Capitan.  I have it connected to two external monitors -- one using HDMI, and the other using thunderbolt to HDMI.  These two monitors are also connected to another computer using DVI cables.  I'm also using the audio output jack for the macbook.  When I switch the monitor to use the DVI input for the other computer, several things happen on my macbook

The mouse and keyboard input freezes for about 3-5 seconds every 3-5 seconds.
Video freezes intermittently, roughly corresponding with the mouse and keyboard freezes.
Audio works fine without any freezes until I switch the monitor back to the HDMI input for the macbook, then it is completely muted and the volume control is greyed out until I unplug and replug in the external audio jack.

Is there a way for me to share a monitor with another computer without having these freezing problems?  I would like to avoid having to disconnect and reconnect cables unnecessarily.


texts: How to downgrade iOS from 9.3.1 to 7.1 (default version)?

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I wanna check how my application works for iOS 7.1.
I have got an iPad mini 2. I know it has iOS factory 7.1 . But now it has 9.3.2 (the lates).
Is it possible to reset iPad until the default iOS? How to do it?


texts: How do I disable App Store notifications when auto-updating software?

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I have OSX Mavericks installed.

While I actually DO enjoy the notification center feature (and want to keep it turned on), I also am very particular about which notifications I want to see, and how. The notifications area of System Preferences does a great job of handling this the way I'd like it to. However, the App Store doesn't seem to show up there.

I like having my apps automatically updated, and don't want to turn that feature off, but I definitely don't need to be distracted by a banner popup every time an app gets updated. It happens a few times per day, and it's annoying and dilutes the value of notifications that actually ARE relevant (i.e. I start ignoring them because there are low-value notifications popping up all the time).

So, my question is this: How can I turn notifications off for the App Store, and leave the automatic update feature and notification center turned on?


texts: How can I advertise my app on the App Store?

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When I released my iOS app on the App Store, how can iPhone user know that this new app is released?

I mean, I do not advertise my app anywhere.

So if my app is already released to App Store, I think no one can know about my newly released app. Is that right?

If they don't know my newly released app, my iOS apps are just useless.
I don't want to advertise with money for my app because I am just a beginner iOS developer. So I don't that much have money.

Is there anyway let user to know about my newly released app without money advertisement?


texts: Can't connect to Internet in bash using Mac OS

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My browser works perfectly using the using Internet, however, when I tried to use this command in bash:

ping -q -w1 -c1 google.com &>/dev/null && echo online || echo offline

It gives me "offline" results. I have also tried another one in a different network:

ping -c 3 www.google.com

It returns:

PING www.google.com (74.125.193.147): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1

--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss

All of these seem to point out that the terminal couldn't reach to the internet. I have tried using wifi and lan cable, the outcomes are the same.

I need to run a program which requires connection to a server, I wonder if you have any solutions to switch it back to online.  I'm on macOS 10.13 and am looking to determine from the command line if a network connection is viable.

Is this possible?


texts: How To Enable Wireless Monitoring Macbook Pro

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I own a MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch, early 2013, and I would like to put the wireless card on board into monitor mode, but was unable to.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I can't see Google Calendar on macOS Calendar app

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I have had some sync issue with my Google calendars and my iPhone / iPad / macOS calendar app, so I have decided to try to fix it.

I removed / added my Google Account from my iPhone and now I can see the calendar without issue. The problem is with Calendar desktop application (on macOS).

I followed all the instructions but while I can see Google listed on iCal, I can't see my Google calendars (check the picture).

I've tried all the instructions on Google's support pages but without success.

What else can I do to fix this issue?


texts: launchd daemon can't connect to remote server

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I've developed a launchd daemon that updates my DNS on a remote server. That script used to work perfectly. On September 25th 2019 my logs began showing that there was a connection error with my remote server, but when I run the app in Terminal it works. Requests, a module for Python, returns the exception ConnectionError that could be a DNS resolution problem or network unavailability.

However, my network is available (it runs on Terminal) and I've also specified the KeepAlive tag NetworkState to true on my plist file, so that it only runs the script when the network is available.

<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
    <key>NetworkState</key>
    <true/>
</dict>

Was there an update that broke network connectivity for launchd? Are there new permissions for accessing remote servers? Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Note: This script is running on macOS 10.13.6 and Python 3.7.5.


texts: Disable scroll-induced antialiasing in Preview and other PDF applications

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Scrolling (with two fingers on the trackpad) in Preview.app (and TeXShop.app) annoyingly blurs PDF text and I would like to disable the over-compensating anti-aliasing. I like the anti-aliasing while not scrolling just fine.

The image below has two Cmd+Shift+3 screenshots from within Preview, the top half with two fingers still on the trackpad after scrolling, the bottom half after releasing them. The boxed snippets were manually enlarged in Photoshop.

I have disabled two-finger zoom and two-finger rotation in System Preferences > Trackpad, and unchecked "Use LCD font smoothing when available" in System Preferences > General.

I have also set various defaults values, to no avail (the values below are just one combination of many I've tried):

for domain in com.apple.CoreGraphics CoreGraphics -g
do
  echo $domain
  defaults read $domain | egrep -i 'scal|smooth|alias|scroll'
done
> com.apple.CoreGraphics
>     CGFontDisableAntialiasing = 1;
> CoreGraphics
>     CGFontDisableAntialiasing = 1;
> -g
>     AppleAntiAliasingThreshold = 128;
>     AppleFontSmoothing = 0;
>     AppleScrollAnimationEnabled = 0;
>     AppleScrollerPagingBehavior = 1;
>     AppleShowScrollBars = Always;
>     NSScrollAnimationEnabled = 0;
>     "com.apple.mouse.scaling" = "1.5";
>     "com.apple.trackpad.scaling" = "-1";

I would like for scrolling to always look like it does if I scroll slowly, and vertically. The ugly anti-aliasing (blurring) is most likely to happen if Preview registers any horizontal scroll (which is rarely intentional), and was more prevalent before I turned off the two-finder scroll.


texts: Is it possible to mirror 2.5K or 5K iMac display to 1080p TV through Apple TV without swithcing iMac's resolution?

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I have a 27" iMac with 2.5K built-in display resolution. Also i may replace it with a 5K/retina one. The problem is mirroring it's display without changing my mac's resolution other than it's native resolution.

When I use a Thunderbolt to HDMI converter and an HDMI cable, my mac forces me to use lowest resolution between itself and my tv (1920x1080/2K). So it prefers the tv's resolution and my mac switches it's built-in display resolution to 2K and this is not what I want.

So, I think about Apple TV and AirPlay mirroring. My question is:

Is it possible to mirror my mac's high resolution built-in display to a low resolution (2K) tv through Apple TV without changing the mac's resolution?

If it's possible, naturally higher resolution image will be scaled down/transcoded to a lower resolution image. Texts and details on original image will be corrupted/blurred but it's ok, I don't expect/need a super clear image on the tv.

So, will Apple TV do the job, can it transcode original high resolution image to fullscreen 2K image for my tv?


texts: Get selective folders of Time Machine backup on a new iMac

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I have a Time Machine backup of my former computer, but it's filled with stuff I don't want (someone said steamapps ghost folders?) and so I've installed on the new one a new version of Mavericks and I want to just pick the iTunes music folder (and some others) and copy it on the new system.

Question is how can I drag (or script-get or whatever-get) the whole folder which is divided between all the backups and drop it where I want it?

I don't want to use Migration Assistant, because you have to restore the whole account.


texts: I am unable to find modprobe in Mavericks.  Has it been removed?  Is it part of a package I haven't installed?


texts: Where is the insert key on a MacBook Air?

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I am trying to edit a line of code within a program that I use for work.

I need to use the insert key to be able to add additional spaces that I can then type letters, numbers or characters.

How to get this function to work on my MacBook Air?


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I want to read eBooks on my iPhone 4. Those eBooks are heavy on mathematical formulas and sometimes diagrams. I have some problems though:

When I convert PDFs and DJVU to ePub format and download the ePub file to iPhone, then I open it with Stanza, mathematical equations do not show correctly.
When I open PDFs and DJVUs using Stanza without converting to  ePub format, the text appears fuzzy and when I zoom in or out I lose the ability to flip through the pages – and I can't change or close the book.


texts:
I have recently upgraded to Mountain Lion. I like the Notes application but my notes do not sync with iCloud. The Notes checkbox is checked under System Preferences as is my Calendar and Contacts.

The Calendar and Contacts are syncing fine but my notes are not.  Does anybody know how to fix this?


texts: AppleShowAllFiles does not show hidden files

texts:
I use OS X 10.8, I type the following

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
killall Finder

but still I cannot see any hidden files like .bash_history, .Trash, .cups, .gem etc. in user directory.


texts: How can I stop the bookmark/reading list from showing up when I hover to the left of the screen in Safari?

texts: The bookmark/reading list sidebar shows up when one points their curosor to the left edge of the safari screen. Is there a setting that can prevent the sidebar from showing up?


texts: Dragging an app's icon across in Dock without ended up pinning

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I like to keep the running apps in the Dock organized in a logical fashion, so that similar apps are grouped together. I don't pin all of them permanently because that would reduce dock icon size.

When I drag a running app to a place I want it to be, the app is auto-pinned. I have to right-click and unpin the app from Dock.

I wonder if anyone knows how to stop letting Dock auto-pin apps.


texts: How to remove the last character of a string if I know what the character is in AppleScript?

texts: So basically I was messing around with AppleScript and created a variable based on the app's path and it always has a forward slash at the end that I don't want. See my other question for more info. Basically thePath is set to /Applications/MyEpicApp.app/ with that extra / I don't want.What's the "opposite" of "sometext" & someVariable in AppleScript?Many thanks in advance, I appreaciate every piece of information.


texts: How to ensure that spotlight indexes my entire drive?

texts:
Spotlight, is a fantastic tool. Took some years, but now I use the command line tools and it's awesome.  However today, I found that spotlight does not index /System (!)  I'd like spotlight to index everything and that way I can cobble together a nifty IDS solution.

How can I index every single thing on my drive?  Querying the last modified time would help a lot in security.

EDIT:  Simply for reference.

 mdutil -pEsa -i (on|off) volume ...
    Utility to manage Spotlight indexes.
    -p      Publish metadata.
    -i (on|off) Turn indexing on or off.
    -E      Erase and rebuild index.
    -s      Print indexing status.
    -a      Apply command to all volumes.
    -v      Display verbose information.
NOTE: Run as owner for network homes, otherwise run as root.

EDIT:  Upon further investigation, the tool I wanted was radmind


texts: Mac OS: how to map users when mounting disks from another Mac?

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I have 3 macs and I physically mount my backup disk on one of then and use AFP file sharing to mount the individual folders on the other two machine.  All systems have two users defined (rful011 and russell) but on one system the UIDs are reversed and I believe that this is what is now causing permission problems with the mounted directories.
Prior to Catalina I did not have any problem but now it seems that Mac OS is using the UID to establish permissions rather than the username when accessing shares.  Which is the way NFS works (IIRC).
On the host machine I have shared the directories with both users (and even everyone) but I always get "You do not have  permission to access ..."
I have thought of changing the UID on the one machine that is different but I would rather not -- just too much to go wrong -- I know that Murphy is sitting on my shoulder just waiting to pounce.
Any ideas about how to get the disks mounted with the proper permissions?


texts: How do I get youtube videos to play on Apple guest account? (Yosemite)

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I'm running OS X 10.10.1 on a 15" 2012 MacBook Pro.  Recently I installed the Yosemite update and ever since, my WiFi has stopped working.  Specifically, when I press "Turn On" to activate my WiFi, nothing happens. I tried making the WiFi inactive, then turning it back on after rebooting my computer.  This restores the ability to turn on the WiFi and connect to a server for ~5-10minutes, but after that I'm at square one.

I got tired of having to do this, so I switched to my guest account to see if I would have better luck.  So far, I've been able to connect to my network just fine which is both great and confusing at the same time.  The only caveat is that I can't seem to get Youtube videos to stream.  When I go to a video, it just loads and loads but nothing happens.

So my question is: how can I get Youtube videos to stream on a guest account given my situation?  There is no way to go into settings or files, Safari is the only application that appears to be running.   I don't know why this is the case either.  If anyone can also advise on how to reduce these limitations as well, that'd be great.

Oddly enough, right before sending this message my WiFi on guest experienced some difficulties. Now I'm using an ethernet cord.


texts: "The Installer information on the recovery server is damaged" when installing macOS Sierra

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Im trying to reinstall macOs Sierra but get

In the log I only get

Any help appreciated!


texts: Switching to English keyboard with Alt + Shift

texts: Is it possible to configure Mac, so I will be able to switch to English keyboard with Alt+Shift?


texts: MBP won't restart or shutdown (macOS Sierra)

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I'm desperately trying to fix the issue which doesn't let my MacBook Pro restart/shutdown properly. When I click on restart or shutdown, it gets stuck when the display gets black (but still slightly on, also keyboard lights are on) forever (once let it try to restart/shutdown the whole night).

When I bought the mbp, it was El Capitan installed. I've upgraded to Sierra (now 10.12.3) and then problems started, but I'm really not if it happened right after the upgrade or sometime later.

After booting into safe mode, restart/shutdown works.

Things I've tried so far:

close/force quit all apps before restart/shut down
relaunch finder before restart/shut down
removed all apps from login items
tried another user profile
ran "First Aid" on Disk Utility
restart/shut down works after booting into safe mode
reseted SMC
reseted NVRAM
ran Apple Diagnostics (no issues)
ran cache clearing commands:

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/*;
rm -rf ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/*;
sudo rm -rf /Library/Caches/*;
sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Caches/*;
atsutil databases -removeUser;
sudo atsutil databases -remove;
sudo atsutil server -shutdown;
sudo atsutil server -ping;
sudo rm -rf /var/folders/*

deleted all printers
tried shutdown -r now
removed com.apple.finder.plist & com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
ran a system update so permissions are going to be repaired


texts: My MacBook Pro runs El Capitan. By mistake, I installed Nokia's flasher 3.12.1 (which they say is for Harmattan - to be honest, I do not really know what this means, but I content myself to know this is the wrong one). It is a command line utility. Now I would like to uninstall it, but I do not know how to locate all related files (they are spread in various locations - this is all I know). I tried to run again the installer and look at its log, but I cannot understand it. Any idea?


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After working in Windows for a couple of days, then booting back to OSX - I cannot mount my BOOTCAMP partition in Mac OS X any more. Disk utility shows BOOTCAMP as "greyed out". Trying to mount throws an error "The disk BOOTCAMP could not be mounted. Try running First Aid". I cannot run First Aid because it is also greyed out.

I still can boot into Windows just fine via alt/boot. Moreover even Parallels can boot the Bootcamp partition just fine! (I mean, from OSX, as a virtual machine).

PS. I'm using Yosemite, and Windows 10 Bootcamp.

PPS. If I do this:

# cd /Volumes
# mkdir /Volumes/Bootcamp
# sudo mount_ntfs /dev/disk0s4 /Volumes/Bootcamp

It works fine. But it mounts it readonly, also I want it to mount automatically on startup, like it was before...

UPDATE:
After digging through the system log I found this: "Windows is hibernated. Will not be able to remount read-write. Run chkdsk." - A-HA! This must be it.

But its not hibernated... Ok, guess I have to boot into windows again and shut-down/restart it a couple of times to clear the hibernation flag...


texts: Phantom AirPlay device named "Apple TV (2)"

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Since upgrading to Sierra and iOS 10, both my Mac and iPhone find an AirPlay device named "Apple TV (2)". The thing is, I don't own an Apple TV. Selecting the phantom device always results in "Could not connect to “Apple TV (2)”".

This is on my home Wi-Fi network, which is definitely locked down (and I can see from AirPort Utility that there's only these 2 Wi-Fi clients on it). I've also noticed this problem occur on some other Wi-Fi networks.

I have a MacBook Pro running Sierra 10.12.1 GM (latest), iPhone 6s running iOS 10.0.2 GM (latest), and a 5th gen (current) Time Capsule with firmware 7.7.7 (latest).

Yes, I have rebooted all three devices.

I've even done a clean install of Sierra (following http://www.macrumors.com/how-to/macos-sierra-clean-install/) and created a clean user account. The problem reproduces across user accounts.

I'm clearly hitting a bug somewhere, but I wonder why more people aren't hitting this problem? Any ideas on how I can further debug this? I don't see anything relevant in Console logs, but perhaps I'm not looking in the right place.


texts: Apple external Keyboard A1243 does not work properly

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My Apple external German wired keyboard A1243 does not work properly.

When I press the space or m, it becomes m (space + m).  When I press u it becomes u and sometimes ü.

Does anyone know how to solve this issue?


texts: Removing all characters except digits from clipboard

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I'm trying to refine a script I use within an Automator program and I would appreciate your help on this.

The program is designed to mark a telephone number into clipboard make a tel:link and send it to an telephone application, which works fine.
I only have a problem if the marked phonenumber looks something like this: +49(1)123/12345 because then I have to remove all the special characters and leave only the digits and the + in front of the number.

The problem is I'm not that good at scripting, so how to do it?


texts: Microphone to use with OS X's Speech features

texts: I'm currently using the built-in microphone on my early 2007 MacBook Pro to access the Speech features.  I'd like to use an actual microphone that I can clip to my shirt or something (since Speech seems to work better when I'm closer to the mic).  What do you use for a mic?  Can I just use the mic on the default iPhone headphones?


texts: Changes to Touch ID warning after restarting iPhone due to unresponsive app

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This morning I restarted my iPhone 7 due to an unresponsive app - Facebook, which does not use Touch ID. On restart I had to enter my passcode, which was to be expected after a reboot.

I then tried to view some banking apps, which require Touch ID, the first required my passcode, rather than Touch ID, I thought this was strange, but carried on. The second banking app showed a Touch ID error. Going back to the first app showed the error below.

I have not made any changes to Touch ID since setting up the phone months ago (at which point I filled all 5 slots for fingerprints), so am slightly concerned about this warning.

What could have caused this message? And what is the safest course of action?


texts: After replacing C7771 with original Tantalum Capacitor, it attempted to start. Got 3 beeps but no go; removed bottom memory card, MBP started OK. Logged in then it died. It will not come back alive, back to square 1. May be another failure of C7771?


texts: Headphone jack broke and got stuck in headphone socket MacBook Pro

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The tip of the headphone jack got stuck in the headphone socket of my MacBook Pro and I have the following question:

The "Sound" option in the System Preferences displays sound output through the "Headphones"

However as the headphone's jack is broken, the headphone doesn't work.

If I pull the headphone out, the "Speaker" icon in the menu bar greys out and sound seems disabled.

If I plug in the headphone in, the "Speaker" icon in the menu bar appears as working however as the headphone itself is broken, there is no sound.

Where I live, it is not possible to buy a micro screwdriver to open the MacBook Pro and push away the headphone jack from the headphone plug.

As a temporary solution I would like to use some AppleScript or other program code to force sound output through the MacBook Pro's speakers instead of the headphones, while the headphones are plugged in.


texts: Possible to rip a DVD as an iTunes film?

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Is there a way to rip DVDs so that iTunes plays the DVD exactly like as if you playing from a disc. I mean so that it has the menus, and extra features like audio, commentary, subtitles, and deleted scenes etc.

I would like to store my DVD collection on my iTunes server, but don't want to have the features as extra files or not at all.

I've downloaded movies from iTunes which have iTunes extras so it is possible, but is it possible to convert DVDs to these format?


texts: Removing data without formatting the iPhone

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Suppose I have a very simply notes app that does not use iCloud. All it does is simply save strings of plain text to files and retrieve them.

How securely is the data associated to the app (the text files) on the actual phone disk deleted when deleting the app? For example: by holding on the app icon and deleting it vs. formatting the whole iPhone.

Can it be recovered with special software/hardware?


texts: Can I debug iOS device with remote OS X desktop through VPN?

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The situation I'm having now is like:

A OS X desktop is in my home.
I'll bring a Windows laptop and an iPhone with me outside all the time.

I want  to develop iOS applications with my Windows laptop, connecting the desktop's Xcode through RDP, and I want to use my phone as a remote-debug device. I already know the fact that I cannot attach a device to Xcode if the OS X computer and iOS device are not on the same network. So I'm thinking of using VPN to place the desktop and phone on the same virtual network.
My question is:
Would Xcode let me to attach an iOS device on the same VPN?


texts:
I have to admit I don't really like the new design of OS X Yosemite, and I would like to get the good old Mavericks theme on the current Yosemite install.

Is this possible?


texts:
Is there a way to maximize windows by dragging the window to the top of the screen? I'd also like to be able to drag windows to the side of the screen and have them take up half the screen like in Windows.

I'm new to MacOS, and it seems that the green button in the upper right hand corner (that would normally maximize the screen in Windows) makes the window full screen, and I have to swipe back workspaces to get to the other windows. This is a great feature, but I would also like to be able to do a regular window maximization.


texts: How can I have AutoImport.app automatically import my iPhone photos (like it did in the past)?

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In the past I connected my iPhone to my Macbook, and I had AutoImport.app automatically import (and delete) all my photo's on my iPhone in a chosen folder.
Somehow this workflow has stopped, and I don't manage to get it working again. Instead, now I have to manually let Image Capture do it (don't like it, to much hassle).
Mac OSX 10.11.6, iPhone 7.


texts: Podcasts stay on iPhone even when asking to synch 0 episodes

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I have an iPhone 4 (A1349), updated to iOS 7.1.2. I synch on a McBook Pro.

My issue is that I have unchecked synch podcasts in iTunes, and yet podcasts are still listed on the phone's Podcasts app. I have tried both to uncheck Sync Podcasts in iTunes and to keep it checked but to uncheck the Automatically include ... box. In both cases the podcast app still lists the podcasts I subscribe to, and some episodes under those folders. The episodes listed include cloud as well as downloaded episodes. The episodes are playable. An example of such a podcast is Freakonomics Radio, but all my subscriptions are listed.


texts: Why won't my iPad apps sync when connected to my computer?

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I have always updated my application on iTunes and then let them sync to the iPad.

Since I installed iOS 10.3.3, the apps no longer sync. I have rebooted the device. I have attempted to sync many times.

The App Store on the iPad shows pending updates, but they never install.

What am I missing?


texts: Upgrade mid 2011 27" iMac: replace Superdrive with SSD and create Fusion drive?

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Are there any caveats when removing the Superdrive from a mid 2011 27" iMac and replacing it with an SSD?

Which SSD should I buy? Is there maybe an installation kit somebody has already installed successfully?

My intention is to combine the SSD and the existing HDD into a Fusion drive.


texts: HomeKit using a generic "Family" iCloud account with invites for family members?

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I'm looking to setup HomeKit using an Apple TV as the hub. As I've been reading about setting this up, I've noticed it requires the same iCloud login across devices. Right now, our Apple TV has two logins (me, wife). When trying to setup HomeKit devices, it wants to use the active user on the Apple TV, which most of the time, is my wife.
I'd rather not use our personal iCloud accounts as the master login for this setup. Are there any best practices or guides for setting up HomeKit for a family?
My initial thought is to create a generic family iCloud login and from there, use an old iPad (logged in with the family account) to invite family members so they can have control of the various devices. It seems like a simple idea that should work but I'm not familiar enough with HomeKit to know what problems this might cause as the system grows.
For those of you using HomeKit, what household HomeKit strategies did you deploy and how has it been working?
Edit
In order to create a new AppleID for the family account, I need a phone number, but I don't have a number that isn't already associated with an AppleID so that idea is out.
I noticed my wife was added as the Default User in the AppleTV settings. I removed my wife's account from the AppleTV and added my personal AppleID as the default user. The Home app now sees the TV on the phone and desktop. On the AppleTV, there are settings for Photo Sharing, iCloud Photos, etc. but enabling them requires my password, as do Store purchases and Game Center.
So basically, using a personal login to set this up is really the only way to do this. Since I'll be the one setting all this up, I can add my wife back via the Home app. The kids can't access our personal settings or buy things without having our passwords.
Is this the proper way?


texts: IOS 9.2: My "General> Profiles and Device management" is gone?

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I have looked and looked and I can't find a solution. I need to get to the profiles and device management section on my ipad 3 but it is not under general. I tried searching for it in settings and it shows up as an option. I tap on it and it just opens General, where there is no option for profiles and device management. Please help, I already tried restarting the device.

How can I find it?


texts: How to connect at least 3 Wi-Fi at the same time?

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I'm helping a friend with a MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) with macOS Mojave v 10.14.6, to activate and connect at least 3 Wi-Fi interfaces at the same time.
First, a bit of context... We are in Venezuela with a very crappy internet connections, less than 1 Mpbs in AVG, so we are trying to make channel bonding in order to allow us to use multiple Internet connections simultaneously to optimize performance, we are using Speedify for macOS and it works like a charm!
We have:

2 Huawei E5573Cs-609 Hotspots with a SIM card with a mobile data
plan.
2 Smartphones with hotspot functionality

Total: 4 Available Wi-Fi connections.

2 External USB Wi-Fi Adapters (TL-WL725N - Version 3).
1 MacBook's built-in Wireless card.

We have installed these specific drivers from here.
Running the ifconfig command,

en0 stands for the built-in Wireless receiver (WI-FI).

en4 for one TP-Link USB dongle.

en5 for the another TP-Link USB dongle.

Thanks to the StatusBarApp (TP-Link's wireless network adaptor APP), located inside of /Library/Application\ Support/WLAN/StatusBarApp.app/ we manage to active en4 and connect it to a network.
In theory we can active a "hardwareport" or "interface" running a this command:
sudo networksetup -setairportpower en5 on
But this is the output:

en5 is not a Wi-Fi interface.
Turning on the only airport interface found: en0

So this other command won't work:
networksetup -setairportnetwork en5 <network> [password]
We found wpa_supplicant inside a folder in the /Library/Application\ Support/WLAN/StatusBarApp.app/ directory, but without wpa_passphrase exec.
But there is no problem, on my Linux computer I've generated a wpa_supplicant.conf with 4 blocks like this:
network={
        ssid="My_SSID"
        #psk="My_Passphrase"
        psk=psk_generated_here
        id_str="Network One"
}

But I'm not sure how to set up en0, en4, en5 to each network...
EDIT:
As @nohillside requested, here is the output of networksetup -listallhardwareports, ifconfig en4 and ifconfig en5 commands:
mba:~ rob$ networksetup -listallhardwareports

Hardware Port: 802.11n NIC
Device: en5
Ethernet Address: 50:3e:aa:23:dc:d2

Hardware Port: 802.11n NIC
Device: en4
Ethernet Address: 50:3e:aa:23:ad:56

Hardware Port: Wi-Fi
Device: en0
Ethernet Address: 1c:36:bb:2f:c3:d2

Hardware Port: Bluetooth PAN
Device: en2
Ethernet Address: 1c:36:bb:2f:c3:d3

Hardware Port: Thunderbolt 1
Device: en1
Ethernet Address: 9a:00:13:d9:e0:60

Hardware Port: Thunderbolt Bridge
Device: bridge0
Ethernet Address: 9a:00:13:d9:e0:60

VLAN Configurations
===================
mba:~ rob$ ifconfig en4
en4: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 50:3e:aa:23:ad:56
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect (<unknown type>)
    status: inactive
mba:~ rob$ ifconfig en5
en5: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 50:3e:aa:23:dc:d2
    inet6 fe80::815:e1a5:3023:39aa%en5 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0xd
    inet 192.168.8.103 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.8.255
    inet 192.168.8.102 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.8.255
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
mba:~ rob$

We have more than 2 days Googling and trying a lot of stuff with no results (having >=3 active and running Wi-Fi connections) in order to merge it with Speedify (which perform its work very well).
How can we achieve this?
Thanks for reading.


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I'm trying to read an old DVD that was burned in 1998.
I've tried mounting it through apple's own Disk utility app but it has shown (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter errore 49153).
Diskutil list says that

/dev/disk3 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:        CD_partition_scheme                        *678.4 MB   disk3
   1:     Apple_partition_scheme                         590.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:        Apple_partition_map                         1.0 KB     disk3s1s1
   3:                  Apple_HFS Pasubio                 589.6 MB   disk3s1s2

I've tried mounting it through
diskutil mount but it tells
Volume on disk3 failed to mount
Perhaps the operation is not supported (kDAReturnUnsupported)
If it has a partitioning scheme, use "diskutil mountDisk"
If you think the volume is supported but damaged, try the "readOnly" option

None of the terminal suggestion worked.
I'm working from a MacBook pro Catalina mid 2012
Anybody can help?
UPDATE:
Thanks @jaume suggestion I've tried accessing to the disk installing hfsprogs  on Ubuntu VM and I succeeded into retrieving the raw files.
I leave the question open because I'd hope to access not only to the raw datas, (picture, sounds, ecc.) but also into the app version of the executable.
Thanks


texts: Mac Mini Server... Can I wipe it clean and use non-server edition?

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As the title says. I have a Mac Mini server--I bought it because I liked the lack of a optical drive. I don't really care to use the software, and now having to spend an additional $50 on Lion's "Server" add-on is meh.

Can I wipe the machine clean and install a fresh 10.7, non-server edition?


texts: iPhone sending a lot of packets addressed to weird destinations, draining battery quickly

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I have a jailbroken iPhone. Recently, I have realized that its battery usage is abysmal. Suspecting that it has something to do with the radio, I downloaded Data Counter from Cydia to check real-time data usage and found that even with push notifications off and exchange set to manual, there is a persistent 0.06kb/s of data transfer. So I hooked the iPhone to a WiFi network and captured packets originating from its IP address using Wireshark under promiscuous mode.

I get A LOT of these:

No.: 1907
Time: 252.345269
Source: 192.168.2.3
Destination: 10.236.199.xx
Protocol: TCP
Info: 49833 > ssh [SYN] Seq=0 Win=65535 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=2 TSV=994197017 TSER=0 SACK_PERM=1

Where 10.236.199.xx is the destination IP and xx goes from 0 to 249, then goes back to 0.

If it helps, my cellular data IP address is 10.236.199.213 and my cellular provider is SingTel (Singapore).

I believe when I am on 3G, these packets are keeping the radio transmitter from powering down and thus draining the battery severely.

Which app is causing all these packets and how can I stop it from going on?


texts: Does Apple allow developers or testers to install previous versions of an App?

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As an iOS App developer, does Apple allow me to download previously submitted versions of my App using a developer or test account?

I'm not trying to get users to download previous versions, but instead I need to reproduce issues on older versions of the app.

I assumed each submitted version uploaded to App Store Connect would show a link to download/install the App, but there doesn't seem to be anything.


texts: How can I change the command key to be the ctrl key for tmux. It's already mapped for other apps)

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tmux wants me to press Command+A (or Command+B by default, changed it by having set -g prefix C-a in my .tmux_conf file).

I have already switched Control and Command, so, in general, Control+C will now do Command+C, etc.

So how can I make tmux also use Control instead of Command ?


texts:
Forgive me for what is probably a very silly question, but I just got my first Mac.  I used to use PCs with Ubuntu because my friends got me using it because I didn't like Windows 8.

I'm not strong with computers, I didn't like Ubuntu and all the problems that i needed a expert to help with so I went to Apple.

Now some of my friends are telling me I must upgrade to sierra while others are saying to wait.  I like El Capitan because it's working well.

Do I have to upgrade?  Is it required?


texts: On iOS, you can activate the Hey Siri feature in Settings and call out "Hey Siri" at any time to activate Siri without pressing a button. How can I do the same thing on macOS?


texts: Is there a way to toggle startup sounds on a 2017 MacBook Pro?

texts: I've been a Mac user for a while, and I was really upset about the removal of the startup sounds in the new MacBooks post-2016. I was wondering if there was a way to turn the startup sound back on, or even edit the startup procedure to play a sound file. I currently am using a 2017 MacBook Pro 15-inch running macOS 10.12.6.


texts: Path to user directory when username is unknown

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Some colleagues and I have our cloud storage (e.g. Dropbox) syncing to our macs.

The local path to a particular folder in our synchronised cloud storage looks like /Users/{$USERNAME}/CloudSync/Projects/Hello World/

When we share links with each other we currently share the links provided by our cloud service which opens the app or website to view them. It would be great if we could just share a path to our local copies with each other, but obviously I don't want to have to manually type their usernames into the path each time. Is there some sort of alias for username that can be used instead?


texts: How to preview a folder of white SVG files?

texts:
I have a folder full of white SVG icons, but preview shows them over a white background, and I can't find a way to easily preview them all. I saw Gapplin, but 1) I find it hard to believe an external application is necessary for such as simple task, and 2) it seems I'd need to open 100 windows and tab through them.

How can I preview all of my SVG files?


texts:
I have a 2010 MBP on Lion, and use Spotify pretty heavily - is there any way that I can have my remote control spotify, rather than it waking up iTunes every time (which would be fine but I don't have any playlists)?

Thanks!


texts: I just bought a brand new 15" Macbook Pro (mid 2014) and it came with already 2 battery cycle counts, is that normal?


texts: How can I wipe my stolen iPhone with no sim

texts: My iphone has been stolen, however I did not keep a sim in it since I no longer use it as a phone, just for a music player. It's password protected however in the notes app there's private and confidential information. Is there any way apple can wipe the whole device with just my apple ID?


texts: Disk Utility First Aid Fails on Time Machine Disk

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I've been backing up my Mac with Time Machine on an external hard drive for several years. I recently plugged the external drive into my Mac, it spent a long time running fsck_hfs and finally showed this dialog:

Running disk utility gives a lot of Invalid extent entry messages along with the conclusion First Aid process has failed.

My intuition would be to copy the whole disk to a new drive. I have a vague recollection from learning about Time Machine several years ago that this would have to be block-wise in order to preserve the Time Machine backup (using dd or carbon copy cloner, right?). But presumably a block-wise copy of the drive would copy the extent errors as well?  So do I just have to give up and lose my entire Time Machine history at this point?


texts: I need two Apple Developer accounts, one for one type of games and one for another. But I need both to be in my name, and I'd like to use same card for payment. Is it possible and allowed? I cannot find any info on this.


texts: Fusion drive upgrade: how to get my installation back afterwards?

texts:
I'm planning an upgrade of my iMac 27". An SSD will be added and combined with the existing HDD into a Fusion Drive. I have just reinstalled everything recently and like to keep this installation.
My plan is to clone the HDD to an external drive using SuperDuper or something along these lines, the install and create the Fusion Drive and afterwards clone back onto the Fusion Drive.

Will this work? Or will cloning back "destroy" the Fusion Drive setup?


texts: Separate/different sharing of sub-folders in Notes.app

texts:
I am trying to share a (sub)folder within a shared folder hierarchy with a different person, but this seems to not be possible in Notes.app on Catalina. ... ?

Let's assume I have a folder structure in my Notes.app as the following

tld
- folder1
  - folder1a
  - folder1b
- folder2

folder1, and thus everything beneath, is shared with user X read-write. Now I want, in addition, to share folder1b with user Y read-only (or, at least, read-write, too).

This does not seem to be possible or, at least, it does not work for me. Sometimes it turns out that Y get's the whole folder1 share, sometimes nothing, but I do not seem to get what I want.

Apple docs do not seem to say anything about this, finding info on the net was unsuccessful, partly because of the generic name (Notes.app). Does this work for anybody? All hints are appreciated!


texts: Getting the Java jar file could not be launched even though it runs normally from terminal, any help?

texts:
I exported my Java project but when i try to double-click on it and open it normally I get that it could not be launched and I should check my console for possible error, found nothing there.
Tried launching it from my terminal and it runs fine there.
what to do?


texts:
I have the Install OS X Mavericks.app in Recovery Mode and I want to execute it somehow to start the installation from the terminal, so I don't need the internet connection.

I executed the InstallAssistantTool within Contents/Resources, but that just leaves a blank line and the terminal doesn't do anything.

I also tried createinstallmedia to create a bootable SD card, but that tells me that the .app file isn't a valid OS Installer.

How can I finally install Mavericks from Recovery Mode, within the terminal?

** EDIT: **
I want to install Mavericks from the Install OS X Mavericks.app and when I go to /Contents/MacOS I want to execute InstallAssistent, but the problem is that the installer hangs on checking eligibility with Apple, while my Internet connection works.

The problem is, that my SSD is empty/erased and thus I have no access to the App Store and so on, as it is my only Apple device.


texts: Does free disk space actually help mac performance?

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Anyone will tell you that freeing disk space will make your mac faster - specially noticeable if your disk is almost full.

I don't know if that's true. Is it? And why, exactly?

I just don't see how can having more or less free disk space make my browsing/gaming/writing/etc faster. I mean, it's just... uh... space?


texts: (iOS 11) What does "ESN Locked," mean? (Sprint)

texts:
I'm trying to sell my phone on eBay but they returned it and said the issue was that the ESN was locked. What does that mean and how can I fix it? The phone is connected to Sprint.

Thank You!


texts:
After HDD failure I replaced my iMac HDD and restored Time Machine backup.
Now dropbox likes to resync all of my files, nearly 1 million of them!

Is it normal?


texts: How to automount an external drive to hold ~/LIbrary[/Developer[/CoreSimulator]]

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Xcode simulators as usual multiples and expands
turning ~/Library into a dumpster
now on 256gb drive there is no space to install xcode 14.2 and i;m thinking to resolve the issue extensively
buying an external 0.5tb drive
How could I auto mount it to ~/Library
upon login and migrate all the stuff that's currently in ~/Library to it?
could I just mount it in ~/.profile ?
I assume user interaction is needed if I sudo mount anything and .profile / .bashrc was meant to run without UI.
thanks
PS i've eased the pain somehow blowing off tvos and watchoff caches
rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Caches//dyld/19G73/com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.tvOS-1*
which in turn led to this question
How much space does xcode 14.2 really need?
UPD2 /CoreSimulator/Devices/udid/plistishere
you can go through the list of udids and check plists in there to
see if you actually use or plan to that particular simulator for
ipod torch 3rd generation :^)


texts: Characters do not echo in OS X terminal unless I hit the delete key

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As the title states, when I open up terminal to type a command, I cannot see what I am typing, it is as if the terminal is frozen. I can still execute commands when I hit return, I just cannot see what I am typing.

The weird part is that when I hit the delete key, I am suddenly able to see what I am typing, and the terminal functions normally until I run the command.

As well, when I hit delete the header at the top of the terminal window changes from:

name - bash - 80x24

to:

name - 37m - bash - 80x24

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

edit: Thanks for all the help, I've tried some of the suggestions. Creating a new Admin account and opening terminal seemed to do the trick; I can type in terminal in this new account without pressing delete. Any ideas for my main account?

Here is what I get when I run: /usr/bin/env

$/usr/bin/env
TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
TMPDIR=/var/folders/h5/rp872k9n0zq2lkl0kbbykjx00000gn/T/
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-KfwCn3/Render
TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=326
TERM_SESSION_ID=F81718AA-A3FC-4FB9-9FF4-00037406DBAF
USER=derekbogdanoff
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-qQfC1a/Listeners
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
__CHECKFIX1436934=1
PWD=/Users/derekbogdanoff
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
PS1=$[\033]0;37m]
SHLVL=1
HOME=/Users/derekbogdanoff
LOGNAME=derekbogdanoff
_=/usr/bin/env


texts: MacBook Pro unresponsive for a few minutes after opening the lid, AirPort trying to reconnect to wifi

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I have a problem every time my 2010 MacBook Pro wakes up after I opened the lid.

The symptoms are as follows:

The display is completely normal, I can see the latest program I used, the top bar menu, the dock, everything
Moving the mouse is ok, and so is typing
Clicks have no effect
AirPort is trying to connect to a network
Sometimes the network I usually use can't be found and I have to turn AirPort on & off to make it reconnect

This is really annoying!

I use a 2010 MBP which runs Snow Leopard 10.6.8. The problem has occurred ever since I bought it.

Does anybody have the same problem? Is there any remedy steps I can take?

Any help is appreciated,


texts: Does restoring from Time Machine revert also the OS?

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I want to try updating my MacBook Pro 13" (2013) from Mavericks to Sierra but I am afraid of performance issues. So I would like to be able to downgrade easily if I like.

Does a Time Machine backup allow to do this? I think that if this is the case I would have to restore the backup from the Recovery Mode, right?

Thank you


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I am using a Mac after five years of Linux. I had remapped "Caps Lock" to "Ctrl" and swapped the "`" with Escape.

I was able to figure out how to convert Caps Lock to a Control, but can't figure out how to do the second. Please suggest a good tool so I don't have to undo many years of muscle memory.

(I use OSX Lion)


texts: Change text/font case ANYWHERE including chrome input fields

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Trying to find a solution to be able to easily change text case inside of a chrome input field. I know word editors have features like right click > transformations > UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case.

I've been looking everywhere for a solution to be able to do this DIRECTLY INSIDE OF A FIELD.

Example situation. I have to copy data from a restaurant menu into a website database. I have a PDF provided to me. Everything is in caps or its mixed or the editing program makes it look all caps, but when copied and pasted it's actually lowercase.

When I pasted it into a text field on the website admin. I want to be able to right click, and choose to change the case right there. No other work arounds.

Anyone know of a chrome extension or mac mods that can do this?


texts: Can't find 'Apps & Data screen > Move Data from Android' option in IPhone XS

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I'm trying to move contacts from Android but can't find the option in the IOS device. I'm following this websites:

macworld
Apple