texts:
I made the mistake of updating Bootcamp as was recommended to me in Windows... and since then I couldn't boot in Windows anymore and have had to reinstall it again.
From what I've read online, this seems to be a pretty common problem.
Is there a way I can disable bootcamp from downloading any updates in future? From what I remember it was optional for me to install them, but I'd rather just turn it off altogether so that I don't have this problem again (I'm really not bothered about keeping my Windows up to date)


texts: I exited out of a couple apps while I was in my notification center on my iPod touch. My settings still say that they will show up in the center, but they haven't been. I've gotten the message on my lock screen saying that I have a notification, but nothing in the notification center. Any suggestions?


texts: Catalina login screen hangs after power related restart

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When the battery runs out on my MBP, after plugging in and pressing the power button, I am greeted with the login screen. I type my password, then it hangs and the only thing I can do is hard switch off, then reboot, and everything works perfectly again. I never saw this problem on 10.14.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), Catalina 10.15.3 (19D76).

Any suggestions where to look?


texts: Restore Recovery HD partition from Yosemite downgrade

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I recently got back to Mavericks from Yosemite, everything went fine. As I normally do, I checked my HDD with the Disk Utility and found some trouble, then I boot on recovery mode to fix my HDD. I realize that the recovery partition was the Yosemite one (It's easy to see since the UI is different)

I want to get back my Mavericks recovery partition, so I followed along this instructions.

But my diskutil list output is a little different:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS EraseRecoveryHD         650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *496.1 GB   disk1

I deleted my recovery partition successfully with the command:

diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ EraseRecoveryHD disk0s3

But when trying to merge using this command:

diskutil mergePartitions HFS+ "Untitled 1" disk0s2 disk0s3

I get the following:

The chosen disk does not support resizing.

I don't know why my disk0s2 does not have a name and why do I have a disk1

BTW, I tried to avoid this trouble just by using the recovery partition I have (from Yosemite), I ran the repair disk option on recovery mode, then I booted on Mavericks and the disk utility says my HDD has the same problem as when I first checked.


texts: How to apply Preview's Actual Size to every picture?

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On Mac, when I view a comic using Preview, I open like 200 pages, then I click the Actual Size. But Actual Size only applies to one picture only, and when I view the next picture, I have to click Actual Size again.

Is there a way to apply Actual Size to every picture?


texts: iOS - Recovering data from device after reset

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I would like to give away my 1st Generation iPad. If I reset it by selecting Reset All Content and Settings, would it be possible for someone to restore the data (passwords, photos, etc.) which are currently on it?

Would it be possible to install some kind of restore or data rescue application and restore the data?


texts: Disable smooth fading when changing brightness of MacBook Pro Screen

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I'm on a late 2013 15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display.

Is there any way of disabling/enabling whether the display smoothly fades when the brightness keys are hit (F1 to lower, F1 to raise)? On my old computer, a late 2008 MacBook, it just snapped to the new brightness if I changed it in system preferences or used the Function Keys shortcut.

I want to do this because I am in a small theatre, and when I run light cues off my computer that black out the stage, I want it to snap to near-zero brightness, as opposed to the higher brightness I need to have it set to when the lights are up to prevent the screen from being washed out. I am setting the brightness via applescript.


texts: Is it possible to buy a genuine iPhone battery online?

texts: I searched for an iPhone 3GS replacement battery on Amazon and while many items claim to be original/genuine, a lot of reviewers still complain that they are not/not as described/do not work well. Is going through Apple the only way to get a genuine battery or is it possible to order one online?


texts: Hard Drive doesn't show in Recovery Mode

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I was trying to go back to OS X El Capitan with Recovery Mode, but after agreeing to the T&C, it tells me to choose a HD where to install the update, but it doesn't show up. What can I do?
I'm currently running macOS 10.15.6 w/ my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

EDIT: This is what the disk utility GUI and what the diskutil list shows.


texts: How to print PDF documents without highlights in Preview.app

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I was trying to print a PDF document in which I highlighted some texts. In the printing preview, I saw those highlights, which I didn't really want for the printed document. I tried to disable the highlights but didn't find such an option, and ended up removing all the highlights before printing. So, does such an option (hiding highlights for printing) exist in Preview at all? Thanks.

By the way, I'm using Preview 7.0 (826) on OS X 10.9.1.


texts: How to prevent iPad from keeping pushing iOS 11 to me?

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My iPad Air 2 keeps downloading iOS 11 in the background and then tries to push me into upgrading. I don't want that. I have declined it numerous times, and recovered the storage space it takes up from the download, but every time it keeps doing it over and over.

Is there a way for my iPad (currently running iOS 10) to stop downloading or bothering me about iOS 11 at all?


texts: App that scans local network for shared folders?

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I'm looking for an application that can scan my local network and report any shared folders it finds.  I've tried iStumbler, but it only gives you information on machines that are sharing with Bonjour.  Anything out there that looks harder, ie. shows samba, nfs, etc?
on edit
The real issue here is that I have an external disk drive connected to my router, and I would like to make sure that the samba share I've created on it is working.  Basically I want a port scanner that is user-friendly and will give lots of information about what is really being exposed on the network.


texts: Screen Sharing over internet on OS X Lion - cannot control remote machine

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I'm trying to connect remotely to a family member's new MacBook Air from my own iMac. Both machines are running OS X Lion.

I can connect to the files on the remote machine and I can see the screen of the remote machine.

But I cannot interact (mouse or keyboard) with the remote machine.

I can run LogMeIn (free version) with no issues. But I'd like to log in to the machine remotely with no input from the family member - it shaves at least 30 minutes off the support call. ;-)

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?


texts: Any way to log off or close apps when time limits run out

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My kids use Steam to play games on the Mac. Each kid gets half an hour through parental controls time limit feature.  However, it just locks their account and leaves the apps running.  Steam can only have one instance running at a time on a single computer, so the second kid can't play on Steam after the first kid has got logged out, without me giving the first kids account some extra time, and then closing steam.

Is there a smarter way to do this?  If the account was logged out at the end of the alloted time, the apps would close and no longer impact on other user accounts.


texts: iMac software causing I phone messages to appear up on older iMac

texts: Just upgraded older iMac with neatest software.  Now my spouse's text messages show up on iMac.  Her iPhone software is old and she cannot turn it off from her iPhone. Is there a way to turn it off from the iMac?


texts: How do you put a variable in the middle of a pathway? (AppleScript)

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I am trying to write code that deletes files from a specified location and empties into the trash. If I use the direct string it works but when I try to add a variable it does not. Could someone help show me what I'm doing wrong?
When I tried to look up the error code number at the bottom, it didn't give me much insight.
Valid
tell application "Finder"
        delete (every item of folder "Macintosh HD:Users:sme0219:Pictures:Camera" whose name contains ".png")
end tell

Invalid
tell application "System Events"
    set userName to name of current user
    set compName to name of startup disk
end tell

tell application "Finder"
    delete (every item of folder compName & ":Users:" & userName & ":Pictures:Camera" whose name contains ".png")
end tell

Error Report

error "Can’t get {folder "Applications" of startup disk of application "Finder", folder "Library" of startup disk of application "Finder", folder "System" of startup disk of application "Finder", folder "Users" of startup disk of application "Finder", ":Users:", "sme0219", ":Pictures:Camera"} whose name contains ".png"." number -1728


texts: Switch between last accessed mission control workspace with key

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Back when I used Linux I had a window manager similar to the macOS window manager, which had the same concept of different workspaces/desktops. It had a very useful additional feature, that you could map a keyboard key to let you switch between your current and previous desktop (instead of specifying the number). For example if I was on desktop #6 and switched to desktop #4, I could press i.e. alt+tab to immediately switch back to #6, and press again to switch back to #4 etc.

I've already enabled the ^n Mission Control keyboard shortcuts. But I was hoping there'd be a way to switch between the current/last accessed desktop quicker, without remembering what desktop I was last on and keeping my hands in an awkward position.

I would be OK using an external program or shell script.


texts: Duplicate Google Calendar Entries in iPad Calendar App

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I'm using my Google account to sync my calendars. The iPad shows duplicate entries, but my phone and Mac do not, as you can see:

What exactly am I doing wrong? I've tried removing every account and restarting and adding but still the same.

NOTE: I've added this Google Account by "Gmail" not Microsoft Exchange.


texts: macOS Sierra / Copy Disc via Disc Utility not working

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I'm trying to copy a DVD as an image via the Disc Utility - yesterday it worked (same DVD), but now I get the error message on all discs:

Could not finished (com.apple.diskutility-Error 3)
Stopped with Error 13 (translated).

Does anyone have the same issue? I´m really suprised that it worked yesterday, but not today. I already did a couple of restarts without any luck.


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Sometimes, you need to know the exact model of your Macintosh. When you want to know to which version of OS X you can upgrade your system, e.g., or when you intend to buy parts for self-repairing your computer.

But Apple tend to name its computers with simple, non-specific names. There have been plenty of different MacBook Pro, and knowing yours has a screen with a 15ʺ display isn’t enough to narrow it down.

How to identify which exact model is a given Mac?


texts:
==>> What are the most useful Unix shell "one-liners" that you use? <<==

Here are a couple of mine to get the conversation started:

1. Repeat the previous command with a substring replacement:

Syntax:

^before^after^

Example:

You entered:

git clonr https://unbelievablylongurl.org/projectdirectory/evenmoreprojects/project.git

Use this:

^clonr^clone^

And your command will be re-run with the replaced substring:

git clone http://unbelievablylongurl.org/projectdirectory/evenmoreprojects/project.git

2. Repeat the previous command with an additional string/character

Shell Idiom:

!!

Example:

You ran a command that requires superuser privileges on your box.  Re-run the command without retyping it like this:

sudo !!


texts: Contacts and Phone on iPhone think I'm in a different country

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Yesterday I got a call from my wife and the iPhone said "Maybe Mrs. SSteve". The phone number was the international version of a U.S. phone number and her custom ringtone didn't play:

Voicemail is also showing international versions of U.S. phone numbers and also shows "Maybe" (normally it just shows the name and no phone number at all):

Contacts isn't formatting phone numbers at all:

Contacts on my iPad still formats numbers the way I expect:

I'm running iOS 12.3.1 on an iPhone 6. I remember seeing recently that there was a carrier update. I must have installed it because Settings -> General -> About doesn't show an available carrier update.

I tried iPhone Contact List Default Country Wrong but dialing *228 says the number isn't allowed.

I tried setting my Region in Settings -> General -> Language & Region away from United States and back but that didn't work. Where else does iOS get the region for phone numbers?


texts: Changing Font back after copying and pasting item

texts: My daughter was typing work on her MacBook using Microsoft word. She copied and pasted an item and then deleted item. It changed her font and won't let her finish typing like she was. How can she change her font?


texts: Is it possible to use a "Westmere" Mac Pro to run virual machines with FreeNAS?

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I'm looking at a 2009 upgraded Mac Pro with 2 x 3.46 MHz "Westmere" processors with the intent to fill the drive bays (all six) with SATA drives and run FreeBSD-based FreeNAS.

Version 11 of FreeNAS has the ability to run virtual machines on-top of the NAS server. However, according to this thread on their forum, I might have difficulty doing this based on the requirement for these CPU attributes:

EPT
VT-x with unrestricted guest
32nm processors

Based on my research, it appears I should be OK but I wanted to confirm my findings.

Has anyone been able to get FreeNAS 11 running VMs or any other VMs to run on a Mac Pro with this CPU configuration (I'm not sure if being able to run Parallels is any indication of the ability to run VMs on FreeNAS).

If not, can anyone confirm that 3.46 MHz "Westmere" processors that are usually found in these Macs have these attributes?


texts: What methods exist (either inbuilt or via third party) to password protect (encrypt) folders within OS X ?


texts: Creating an installer (.pkg file) from the command line

texts:
I've seen multiple tutorials in how to create an installer to distribute a MacOS application, but they're all very simple examples (just installing an application and placing it in /Applications).
To do that, they use :
sudo pkgbuild --install-location /Applications --component application-path ./Desktop/installer.pkg

My situation isn't that complex either, but I can't find out how to do it. I want to install an application to /Applications, but I also want my .pkg to place a .dylib in a specific folder.
I've tried doing this :
sudo pkgbuild --install-location /Applications --component myApp.app/ --install-location /destination/for/my/dylib --component myLib.dylib ./myInstaller.pkg

but it says that it doesn't accept my .dylib because it's not a "valid bundle component".
How can I do this?


texts: I have a jailbroken ipad (ios v. 7.1.1) and installed ssh, terminal and many admin tools. So far I am able to open/close an app from terminal and so much more... . Now I want to trigger UI events and control Apps(in effect touching a button, swiping, type a keyboard...) from terminal. Is there any (command line) tool that can help me accomplish that? I saw similar question here but it is more than a year old (some tools might have emerged lately).


texts: What's the cause of GPU panics on macbook pro mid 2010?

texts:
I've had quite a lot of GPU panics lately, and after asking about it here and in other places, people told me that it is a problem with many macbooks from mid 2010. I've also heard that this happens when the mac switches from the internal GPU to the external, so I unchecked the 'automatic graphics switching" box in my energy settings. Still, the problem remains.

What I find so annoying is that the crashes are so unpredictable. I'm often using my mac for hours at a time, doing quite a bit of GPU intensive stuff like watching HD video. Because of my visual impairment, I'm also using the zoom feature, which I imagine also uses the GPU. But I can't see any pattern in it. What exactly triggers these problems, and are there ways to avoid crashes?


texts: Why would a new MacBook Pro charger fail in one month?

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I've got a new MacBook Pro 15" that comes with the 87W USB-C adapter from US.

I live in Turkey and I've got all my MacBooks from US with US chargers, and had no issue with them (as they are meant to be used internationally anyway) for years.

It's been just one month since I've got my MacBook Pro. I don't know if it's relevant at all but yesterday we've tried connecting my MacBook Pro with my friend's MacBook over USB-C to transfer files (it didn't work, or we didn't know how to do it, but anyway) and my MacBook Pro started charging by draining my friend's MacBook's power. It was a 30 second thing, then we've disconnected them and I've charged/used by MacBook Pro for hours using the regular AC adapter for hours. Today it was charging perfectly at a coffee shop that I always visit (and charge my MacBook Pro). I came home and plugged it into the AC outlet that I also always use, but it didn't charge. It didn't even detect the charger (so it's not the "not charging" issue). I've tried my friend's charger and it works, I've tried my charger with my friend's MacBook but it doesn't charge either, so it's the adapter (we've also tested the USB-C cables by swapping, no effect, I've tried all the USB-C ports, no effect either). I've also tried SMC reset, no avail.

However, there is one interesting catch: MacBooks always have this subtle "shocking" effect when they are connected to the AC outlet if I rub my hand on the unibody (it's something that happens with every MacBook I've seen on every charger, on every venue/house regardless of the outlet). Even though the adapter appears totally dead, I'm still having this shocking effect, so some power is delivered to the MacBook even though it's not charging. I've charged my MacBook Pro to 100% using my friend's charger, then I plugged it out and plugged in the "dead" charger. I've left my MacBook Pro attached to the "dead" charger in sleep mode (by closing the lid as I always do), left for about 4 hours, then came back. It was at 50% charge, almost as if the charger drained by MacBook Pro's battery (it's impossible for it to go from 100% to 50% in sleep, obviously, and there aren't any background apps that prevent sleep). When attached to the charger, it was probably still "on" as it was somehow "detecting" the charger (though doesn't detect it as a power adapter/charger) and has been on for 4 hours doing nothing with a turned off LCD, thus draining half of the battery (again, this is just my assumption). I'll probably get a replacement charger, but I'm really interested in knowing what's going on here.

To summarize:

No MacBooks are charging with a specific charger.
It just happened out of blue (no power outages, no liquid spill, nothing extraordinary other than I've tried connecting my MacBook Pro to my friend's MacBook over USB-C, but I've used and charged my MacBook Pro for hours on the now-dead charger for hours afterwards).
Even though it doesn't charge and doesn't detect the AC adapter in power reports, touching the unibody when the "dead" charger is connected still gives the "electric feeling", so there is at least something delivered.
Leaving the "dead" charger connected to my Mac apparently prevents sleep.
My MacBook Pro charges and powers perfectly with my friend's charger and my iPad charger (though they charge much more slowly because of much less power output).

What might be happening?


texts: Disk utility unable to change partition type

texts:
I'm trying to copy a .img disk image to a microSD. However, when I try to move the contents of the image I downloaded to the microSD, I get this:

Same result when copying via Terminal.

MacBook-Pro:~ luke$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SSD-256                 255.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.9 GB     disk1
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 EV3_BOOT                50.3 MB    disk1s1
   2:                      Linux                         1.8 GB     disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *7.9 GB     disk2
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 NO NAME                 7.9 GB     disk2s1

When using this:

sudo dd if=~/Downloads/ev3-ev3dev-jessie-2015-07-08.img of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=4m

I get this:

dd: /dev/rdisk2: Permission denied

But when using this:

sudo dd if=~/Downloads/ev3-ev3dev-jessie-2015-07-08.img of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=4m

I get this:

dd: /dev/rdisk1: Resource busy

Both approaches asked for, and accepted, my administrator password.

How can I get around this?


texts: iPhone 4 water damage - how to recover data?

texts:
My sister dropped her iPhone into water and made the fatal mistake of turning it on just a few hours later, thinking it was already dry. I put it into a bag with rice for days. She had taken a lot pictures within the last few weeks but neither connected it to her PC nor is she using iCloud/Photostream, so we wanted to save the pictures somehow.

The problem is, the phone only turned on when connected to a power socket - and only in the inital setup mode ("connect to itunes"). And even then it would restart after about half a minute.

Assuming the battery got fried, I ordered a new one from iFixit (the phone's out of warranty since a long time) and replaced it; of course I also cleaned the logic board in the process. Though I couldn't see any corrosion despite the water indicators being pink. The only difference now is that when connected to a PC, the Apple logo appears, but the phone reboots infinitely after several seconds.

iTunes recognized it when entering DFU mode, but shows no additional data besides "iPhone" (capacity, iOS version, serial number).

Getting the phone to work again is secondary, we just want to save the pictures. Is there any way to get my data including all the pictures from iPhone?


texts: How do I debug Airport Extreme (5th gen) + iPhone 5 wifi performance problems?

texts:
Right around when I bought iPhone 5s for my wife and me I also moved in to a new, larger house. I was finding that wifi performance on our fancy new phones was terrible: I have a 35mbps internet connection but the performance was so bad that iCloud backups could rarely complete. The SpeedTest app would show that performance varied between 5mbps and 0mbps (no activity, just frozen). At first Apple replaced our iPhones, but that didn't help one bit.

Since then, I've learned a few things: 2.4GHz signals perform poorly on iPhones and moderate on other devices, wile 5GHz performs very well (30mpbs+) on all devices, though range is limited with the iPhone compared to my MBP.

In order to compensate for this, I set my house up with two Airport Extremes connected via ethernet wired in the house: a 4th generation connected to my cable modem on one side of the house, and a 5th generation (hosting printer + disks) connected via ethernet broadcasting wifi on the other side of the house. I had hoped by doing this I could just use the 5GHz signal and the range issue would be addressed with my phones.

Surprisingly, I found performance to be incredibly spotty -- to the point that network activity would stop entirely until I turned wifi off/on on the phone. On other devices, everything was fine. Debugging this further, what I discovered is that my 5th generation AE basically freezes up wifi traffic on my iPhones after a certain amount of traffic and it never recovers. I confirmed this by sending a separate wifi signal from that base station and connecting directly to it. Sure enough, SpeedTest clearly shows the weird behavior.

I've tried various things:

Holding Alt in the advanced settings to only broadcast N signals
Broadcasting combined as well as separate 2.4GHz and 5GHz signals
Switching between "automatic" and manual channels for both frequencies
With authentication on and off
With guest wifi on and off

So far, the results are consistent no matter what: my 5th generation AE seems to simply lock up when sending data through my iPhones. One strange thing I can't find answers on, and my gut says is part of the problem, is what exactly "data rate" means when looking at connected clients. For my laptops, it's always very high (150Mbps) but for my iDevices & AppleTV, it can range between 1Mbps (usually) and sometimes as high as 60Mbps. I can't find any documentation on what this really means, but I am assuming it's not a coincidence that higher numbers equal better performance

Does anyone have any tips on what to do here? I'm past my Apple Customer Care period for all my AEs and iPhones, but I'm glad to pay $20 for a one time ticket if it'll help. Is it possible my 5th gen AE is just broken? Has anyone else had 5th gen AE + iPhone 5 wifi issues?

Thanks!

PS: I'm attaching a screenshot from my iPhone showing the weird behavior on my 5th gen AE. This does not happen on the 4th gen and I would just use that if it weren't for the unexpected range and 2.4GHz performance issues I'm also seeing.

PPS: The wildcard in this whole thing may be interferrence. I have read that sattelite dishes can sometimes cause problems (we have DirecTV). Our house is not in a dense urban area, but we are on a hill and not too far away (half mile?) are quite a few major broadcast towers for the Portland TV (and radio?) markets.


texts: RAM ejector clips stuck after replacing RAM on late 2006 20" iMac Core 2 Duo

texts:
We have a 9-year-old iMac, and it's still running fine except that it started to slow down. So we decided to upgrade the RAM to 3 GB. Following the instructions on Apple's support site for replacing RAM, we opened the ejector clips, removed the old RAM, put in the new RAM, pushed it in with thumbs, not the clips, till it clicked in to place (though possible I pushed one slightly too hard/far? It looks about the same as the other one in terms of how deep it is though, and they are too hard to remove without the clips which are already open), and tried to close the ejector clips after them to lock it in place. However, the ejector clips don't want to go in. I know they had a little resistance when originally opening them, but I'm concerned that if I try too hard to close it again that they will break or damage something. Is this a possibility?

Further, we simply put the iMac back upright and plugged it in, and it actually is working and reading all 3 GB of RAM (and running more smoothly than before). Does that indicate that we did something wrong or right?

Should we leave well enough alone, try to force the clips shut, or what?


texts: Hide invitations on work calendar, only show imminent events

texts:
I have an Exchange work calendar syncing with my iPhone (iOS 11.3) and often I have many new work invitations appearing on my iPhone notifications and subsequently on my Apple Watch too.
For all of these invitations, I manage the replies (Accept/Decline) on my work computer. The only reason I have my iPhone syncing with my work calendar is to see which events are coming up in the next 15 minutes, and to see which room they're at.

Is there any way to hide all work event invitations from my iPhone? I only want to see the events as part of my iOS calendar.
I don't want any work events appearing in my notifications (except event reminders shortly before the event happens; those are fine). Lastly, I'd like to keep my personal event invitations, so turning off all calendar notifications doesn't seem to be a good solution.


texts: Retina Macbook Pro 15" 2015 vs iMAC 21" 3.1 GHZ i7 256 SSD

texts:
I need to purchase a new Mac computer to start developing iOS apps using Xcode and Swift. It's my first time Mac ever so I'm confused. I know its kinda of portability choice between the 2 models but It's not an issue with me as I'm not travelling a lot nor develop outside home. So my main concern would be the possibility of coding as well as option to make me comfortable with coding. (screen size factor, Retina display, ...etc).

Any advice would be much appreciated!


texts: Is it possible for only a part of the HD of my MacBook to not work properly?

texts:
My MacBook suddenly crashed yesterday. On startup, the computer would always shut down after a few seconds. I used ⌘ Command R to go into Disk Utility from Recovery HD to see what the problem was and the partition with OS X (Yosemite) could not be verified. I have 2 partitions one named BOOTCAMP (for Windows) and the other Macintosh HD (for OS X). The Windows partition was working properly.

On clicking repair for Macintosh HD I got a message saying the disk could not be repaired due to "error code 8". I formatted the disk and tried to reinstall the OS but I got an error saying that "file system verify or repair failed".

I was told that a possible solution is to go to single-user mode and type fsck -fy as that repairs the disk. I did that and there were no problems detected however I still could not install the OS and I was getting the same error. I then went back to Disk Utility and removed the Macintosh HD partition. I thought that since the BOOTCAMP partition was working I could try splitting the Macintosh HD partition into smaller partitions and see if there was an error in them.

I split the available free space into 4 smaller partitions and verified each of them; only one of them had a problem. The others were working perfectly. I then played around with the partitions and I now have a partition of around 250 GB that works properly with Yosemite installed and a chunk of free space (that was previously occupied by the partitions that was not working) and the partition for BOOTCAMP (Windows).

So I solved the problem I was initially facing but my question is will this affect my MacBook or my data negatively in any way? Also was the problem caused because of a hard disk failure?


texts: Does Microsoft Office 2011 work in High Sierra?

texts: Does anyone know if MS Office 2011 works in High Sierra?  I'd like to upgrade, but I'm on a deadline and I can't spend a lot of time upgrading right now.  Plus, I really detest "subscription" software which apparently is the way Microsoft is going.


texts: How do I get the location of a locked file in Preview?

texts:
I used to be able to Right-click or Command-click the name of the file in the title bar and see the path, whether the file was locked or not. Now when I open an attachment from Outlook (yes, I know it's in the Outlook temp folder - I just shouldn't have to manually navigate there), I can't actually open that folder from the Preview window.

When I try this method on an unlocked file, such as one on the Desktop, or in my Documents folder, it succeeds. So far, I can only see that the locked state is at issue.

I saw on another answer to a similar question they referred to ensuring View > Show Path Bar was selected - but that's not an option in my version of Preview.

Any ideas?

Additional info: I reviewed the updates I've recently installed, and I think the behavior changed after I installed the most recent Xcode update (v6.4) a few days ago (I doubt that iMovie, OneNote or HP Printer software updates were involved). On Yosemite 10.10.4.


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I used to have an old Apple ID, and I have a specific paid app I purchased with that ID. I now have a new Apple ID, and I wanted to update the paid app from the old Apple ID with the new Apple ID.

I am wondering if I deleted the app, would it show up as "purchased" on my new Apple ID?


texts: In Safari, how can I allow a site to locate me, after I have refused?

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In Safari on iOS 8 on my iPad, I went to a page on the site www.castorama.fr.
The page wanted to locate me. So Safari asked me, and I refused (too quickly).

Now, I want to accept.

1) How can I accept to be located?

I have a few more questions about location in Safari.

2) When I refuse, will Safari ask me again if I visit the page again after some time? If so, how much time?

3) When I refuse, does this apply to the page or to the whole site?

Thank you.


texts:
I was looking at a companies that to do repairs to iPhones to decide if I wanted to DIY or just pay someone to do it, and noticed one company that listed a service named "Remove Passcode". This was concerning to me since I assumed that the iOS passcode was secure; meaning for example that it was part of the boot/build, and without it correctly presented, the phone's data was not accessible. (Yes, I know, silly to think that would be the case.)

Anyway, at this point after quickly researching the topic, it appears it's possible to delete one file, turn the phone on, have complete access to it, replace the file, and no one would be the wiser.

Not asking for a how-to - just confirmation that the passcode is meaningless security-wise.


texts: Is there a way I can see the payout history in appstore connect?

texts: Is there a way to see the payout history in appstore connect? I have tried looking in financial reports, but I can only get reports per month.


texts: Mac virtual memory: how to make OS X create swap (page) files as freely with a normal boot as it does with a safe boot (swapfile1 etc)

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Background

When my MacBookPro5,2 with 8 GB memory boots in safe mode I see that the operating system causes dynamic_pager(8) to create swap files in a way that's relatively unrestrained. In the file system that I dedicate to swap, siblings of

/Volumes/swap/swapfile0

are created very quickly. Simple use of an app seems to result in more swap files than comparable use of that app with a normal boot.

Performance with safe boot – with a greater than normal mass of external swap files – is remarkably good. So I'd like to experiment with:

an equally unrestrained approach to swap files with a normal boot.

Question

How can I make the operating system behave in a way that causes a greater than normal mass of swapfiles to be created by dynamic_pager?

I'm prepared to accept the risks that may be associated with evil tuning.

Related

Why might more memory be wired in safe mode than in normal mode?

Answers there may help towards answers here.

Preliminary investigation

I ran sysctl -a in normal mode and safe mode. I see differences but (unless I'm missing something) nothing to explain the freedom that's associated with a safe boot.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/72732/8546 by @Quantumpanda is thought-provoking but the question there is, in a way, the opposite of what I want.

In Server Fault, FreeBSD performance tuning. Sysctls, loader.conf, kernel is popular but much of that seems network-oriented.

First experiments

The essence of this question was originally:

How can I get dynamic_pager to behave with a normal boot as it behaves with a safe boot?

– and so I experimented with values for -S and -H.

dynamic_pager option -S

In 2003, when -H and -L were hire_point and layoff_point, the default file_size was 20000000 Mac OS X in a nutshell, page 595). For more recent versions of the operating system, some users prefer a filesize that's around fifty times greater, 1.07 GB on disk:

1073741824

dynamic_pager option -H

With and without a value for -S, I experimented with various high-water-trigger values, including the one suggested by dynamicpagerwrapper:

209715200

None had the required effect.

References

Addressing The Outmoded Swapping And Paging Strategy in OSX? | dropsafe (2010-03-01, updated in 2012)

dynamic_pager_wrapper source from dynamicpagerwrapper –
performance wrapper for /sbin/dynamic_pager on OSX

In the Mac Developer Library:

Memory Usage Performance Guidelines: About the Virtual Memory System
Kernel Programming Guide: Memory and Virtual Memory


texts: Will El Capitan allow me to daisy chain two Dell 2713H monitors from my 2015 13" MBP? Both monitors support DisplayPort 1.2. Currently if I attempt this my monitors become a new desktop, but they are mirrored. Unable to get the 2nd monitor detected by OS X. Previous research on this topic shows that my MBP technically supports the technology by OS X does not. Anyone know if El Capitan will enable this?


texts: Is there a way for Pages to display an auto-updating date in ordinal format?

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I am currently putting together a template document in Pages and would like the date to update each time it is opened.

However, I would also like to display the date as an ordinal number (for example, today would be 11th September 2012) which isn't in the list of available formats.

Does anybody know of a way to set the date to auto-update in this format or do I have to manually set it each time?


texts: I noticed some apps missing from Spotlight, so I tried to force a reindex by adding /Applications to the exclusion list, then removing it. Now it's even worse, as none of my apps are indexed. How do I force this the right way?


texts: Downloading additional voices from command-line

texts: I am using a MacOS X server (to which I only have command-line access) to convert text to speech which is saved to sound files (using PyObjC). I would like to install some of the optional OS X voices (for example com.apple.speech.synthesis.voice.tom.premium) but I need to be able to do this through the command-line rather than via the System Preferences. Does anyone know a way to do this?


texts: Can't delete file with strange characters in name

texts:
I have an old file named ˇ¡␀␀ˇ¡␀␀␀"9 ␀"9 which is not deleted when I empty the trash. I have tried renaming it but it does not accept any changes. Using the Terminal didn't work either so far:

Mac-Pro:deletethisfolder me$ find . -inum 425884608 -delete
find: -delete: rmdir(./ˇ¡␀␀ˇ¡␀␀␀"9\006␀"9): Invalid argument

what can I do? Thanks!


texts:
Just now, I upgraded to IOS level 8.4. Not sure if I'm missing something, but I can't seem to figure out how you shuffle songs. I don't see an icon that says shuffle?

Any ideas? Thanks


texts: How do I AirDrop from a MacBook to its tethered iPhone?

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My MacBook (OSX Yosemite 10.10.5) is tethered to my iPhone (10.0.2) in order to provide Internet access.

How do I AirDrop from my Macbook to an app on my iPhone?

Currently I have to use Dropbox, ie. move the file into Dropbox, wait for the (possibly large file) to upload, then download it on my iPhone to the desired app (causing another sync).


texts: Late 2019 Macbook Air with Intel Core i5 8GB RAM 128 SSD

texts: I have a late 2019 MacBook air with an Intel Core i5. I REALLY want to upgrade this processor to make the laptop just a bit better. Because I just bought it, I really don't want to get a whole new computer. I was wondering if it is possible to replace the possessor. I have heard that the processor is attached to the logic board so I am open to getting a new logic board. If anyone wants to help me out that would be greatly appreciated!


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I have an ePub which I bought outside of the Book Store, and on which there is no DRM. It is sitting on my iMac, running MacOS Big Sur.
I can double click on the ePub and open it in the Books App. From there I can add it to one of my collections. The question is how do I add it to my iPad from there?
As of Catalina, you’re supposed to do this sort of thing in the Finder. Indeed I can see my iPad, and select the Books tab. However, the list of books only shows a few dozen books, when my iPad definitely has hundreds. The list of books doesn’t show my new books, certainly not my collections. Thus there is no check box for me to select and then sync.
What do I do now?


texts: How to recover from a forgotten password for MacBook Pro?

texts: I've forgotten the password for my MacBook Pro, which uses OS X 10.9.1. How can I reset my password?


texts:
Yesterday when I was using my Mac, a small area of altered appearance appeared to the lower part of the screen (the section in the image with horizontal lines) but was just blurry and the rest of the screen completely fine and the computer itself perfectly usable.

I've opened it up this morning to see this screen. I've tried rebooting holding cmd alt P R and the same thing happens. The vertical lines change slightly when rebooted but the horizontal remain the same.

I'm not aware of it having been damaged in any way and I don't have access to an external monitor to investigate further.

Any suggestions on the potential cause?


texts: How to resolve repeated emails asking for verification of my Apple ID?

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I have received my email to verify my Apple ID, but when I click on the verify now it will not open a verification window in Internet Explorer 8.  I receive the error "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage".

I do not know what else to do.  I can log into my Apple ID and resend the verification email over and over, but I continue to receive this message.


texts:
This is a different question from this.

Is anybody able to develop a Terminal command that will change the behaviour of swipe settings in Mail?

By default swipe right is 'Mark as Unread/Read' while swipe left is 'Trash'.

The Preferences setting is only able to change the swipe left gesture to 'Archive' instead of 'Trash'. However no such customisation is provided for the swipe right gesture.

I want to be able to swipe right to Archive; it feels more natural and moreover this is the setting on my iPhone as well.


texts: VMWare Fusion - Where does a shared folder appear if the Virtual OS is “Snow Leopard Server”?

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I have a Mac running VMWare Fusion with "Snow Leopard Server" running as the guest, virtual OS.

It says that I can specify a shared folder to shared between the main Mac OS and the virtual Snow Leopard Server OS.

I've specified a shared folder, however, this folder is not showing up anywhere on the virtual server. Maybe I just have no idea where it should show up, so perhaps I'm not looking in the right place.

Does anyone know where I would find the shared folder within Snow Leopard Server running virtually in VMWare Fusion?


texts: Error -36 while copying .pkg from ftp server

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I obtain an error

  Some data can't be read or written (error code -36)

while copying a .pkg file from an ftp server in Finder. I have read this related question. I have contacted the owner of the ftp server about this issue. Is there anything I can do myself?


texts: Will the App Store reviewers allow scripts downloaded as text, if it is parsed via WebKit?

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According to Apple allows hot code push in mobile apps, by Alice Yu in October 2014, the App Store reviewers allow code to be downloaded and run as long as it is:

Not executable code, only interpreted.
Downloaded and run by Apple's Webkit.
A small change i.e doesn't change the purpose of the app.

These conditions have been used as a loophole by frameworks such as Meteor, Cordova/Phonegap & even the likes of Cocos2djs. While Meteor & Cordova are based on the iOS webview, they are downloaded and run via webkit, but Cocos2djs is based on spidermonkey and has the ability to update game content and scripts via Cocos2djs' "Asset Manager" i.e not webkit (webview).

So, what if code/scripts in languages other than javascript such as ruby, python or lua were sent as a "string" in a JSON file to be parsed WITHIN webkit (webview) and then passed to the interpreter to be executed?
Would apple allow this as it is,

Only interpreted code/scripts.
Downloaded and INITIALLY run by Apple's Webkit before being sent to an interpreter for further execution.
Making changes that do not change the purpose or intent of the app.


texts: Using previous alternate email as apple id

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I have a serious problem here:

I would like to change my apple id to the email address that I mainly use which happens to be the alternate email. So what I did was to change the alternate to another email thinking I would be able to now use the old alternate as my apple id. Unfortunately and for some very strange reasons,apple is telling me I cannot use alternate email as my id when I had actually changed and verified my new alternate email. Can someone please help me out here?


texts: How to transfer purchases from iPhone into iTunes library

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While trying to sync my phone and update new information this came up.

  There are purchased items on the iPhone “iPhone” that have not been transferred to your iTunes library.  You should transfer these items to your iTunes library before updating this iPhone.  Are you sure you want to continue?

How do I do this?


texts: Why are DNS server addresses lost after reboot?

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I applied OpenDNS server addresses to Network Preference > Advanced > DNS.

These were applied first under user account, then believing I needed to apply as Admin. Yet upon reboot they're replaced with 127.0.0.54

Why don't OpenDNS server addresses continue to apply after reboot?


texts:
I have seen many discussions describing SSD as fail-prone. I have read Jeff Atwood's warnings. Portman Wills' experiment looks alarming:

Super Talent 32 GB SSD, failed after 137 days
OCZ Vertex 1 250 GB SSD, failed after 512 days
G.Skill 64 GB SSD, failed after 251 days
G.Skill 64 GB SSD, failed after 276 days
Crucial 64 GB SSD, failed after 350 days
OCZ Agility 60 GB SSD, failed after 72 days
Intel X25-M 80 GB SSD, failed after 15 days
Intel X25-M 80 GB SSD, failed after 206 days

Further research yields that a rule of thumb makes an SSD cell with more than 100,000 writes practically unusable.

While not being specific, Wikipedia warns against Flash SSDs. DROM SSDs, on the other hand, are safe, according to them.

What type of SSD are MacBook Airs built upon? Are they fail-safe? What is the typical lifespan one can expect?


texts:
Today I observed:

Do you have any thoughts on what. I can try to get it fixed? It is a mac book pro 2017 with a GPU.


texts: Switching from Windows shows all files in git as modified

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I don't know if I should write here or StackOverflow, but I recently switched from Windows to MacOS and plugged in the eHDD which had my website projects on there.
I forgot to push the updated code to git before moving so I wanted to do that now.
The problem is when I open the folder, it shows that every single line is modified and all files are modified.
Is this a permissions issue or something?
The eHDD is formatted as NTFS, but the projects were extracted from a .zip archive


texts: Hard disk performance drastically declined after OS X Lion upgrade

texts:
After upgrading to Lion (10.7.1) a while ago I'm currently faced with a very poor performance of my system. It's a 2.2 GHz Core2Duo with 4 GB RAM and a 500GB HD.
E.g. the JBoss6 AS needs about 5 minutes to start (compared to 1 minute before facing this problems), or after starting Safari and loading a page it's freezed about 5-10 seconds until the Flash animations are available.

I tried the XBench test and wondering about the Disk Tests [4K blocks, 256K blocks]:

Sequential Write: 49  MB/s, 12 MB/s
Sequential Read:  0.8 MB/s, 10 MB/s
Random Write:  0.8 MB/s, 9 MB/s
Random Read:   0.1 MB/s, 7 MB/s

The throughput during read times seem to be extremely low. Can this be a problem with the HDD? (SMART status is verified). iDefrag show fragmentations between 0.2% to 0.4% of volume content, but about 60% (catalog) to 70% (free space) of the volume directory.

Note: The Thread Test of XBench seems never to complete, the last entry is

Computation:  187.19 4.79 Mops/sec, 4 threads


texts: How do I disable retina mode/HiDPI on macOS Mojave on the built-in display of a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)?

texts: I want to test non-retina/non-HiDPI mode on macOS Mojave on the built-in display of a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017). I found articles that suggest enabling the option sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true, restarting the computer, opening System Preferences, selecting Displays, and holding down the option ⌥ key when selecting Scaled should show a list of all available resolutions, including non-HiDPI resolutions; however, I just see the following:


texts: How to delete storage in 'Other Volumes in Container'?

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As you can tell from the picture I have the majority of my disk storage being taken up by 'Other Volumes in Container' leaving me with less than 20GB to actually use. Running Mojave 10.14.2 on a 2015 Macbook Pro

Here are the fixes I have attempted:

Contacted Apple support, it has been 2 weeks and they have been unable to fix it
Wiped disk and reinstalled OS. Note: the 97GB of 'Other volumes in Container' still remains after the disk wipe and before the reinstall of OS
Turned network caching on and off
Used Omnidisksweeper
Searched in activity monitor for any suspicious activities as well as running an antivirus scan
reindexing spotlight
ran diskutil list in terminal and it shows Preboot, Recovery and VM only taking up approximately 2GB


texts: iPhone 4S in reboot loop after using Hacktivate tool

texts:
So, I have an iPhone 4S that I'm trying to run Linux on (no idea if it's possible), and after fiddling with it for a little while I ended up needing to set it up again - which I could not do because it was in iCloud Lock mode, i.e. Activation Lock.

Googling around for a crack to get it out of that mode, I came across a so-called iPhone Hacktivate tool.  That worked fine, or so I thought - the phone is now in an endless reboot loop.

Now, I will not take "bricked" for an answer.  (I might just have to set this project aside for a long time, put it on the slow burner so to speak).

If you guys have any advice on getting it out of the reboot loop that it's in, that would be great.

Key to getting it out of the reboot loop, I think, is getting it into DFU mode so that it can be factory reset or sommat.  I can get it into recovery mode, however since the reboot loop began iTunes hasn't been able to recognize it, and so I'm not sure if I'm successfully getting it into DFU mode.  (Strangely, the process is to hold power+home for 10 seconds, then release power and keep holding home for 10 seconds, but at the same time, the process to hard-reset an iPhone you hold power+home for 6 seconds.  I'm not sure if the hard reset is always part of getting the phone into DFU mode, but it's definitely hard resetting, and iTunes is not reporting a phone in DFU mode.)

EDIT: In case u r wondering, I did not steal this phone.  Here is a picture of some facebook message history that I obviously doctored should prove it.

EDIT 2: Just saw this question, will try.


texts: How to create automatic launchd job that sets the Ruby version to use

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I’d like to run a ruby script automatically once or twice a day on my MacBook running OS X Yosemite.

Problem is that I currently have three versions of Ruby on my system including 1.8.7 and 2.2.1, neither of which the script will run with. So I say rvm use system which switches to a different version, though I don’t know how to find out which one (as rvm current just replies “system”). And then I can run the script happily.

However, when I create this little script:

#!/bin/bash
rvm use system
/Users/jonathan/Library/Scripts/slogger/slogger

It won’t run from the shell, saying:

  RVM is not a function, selecting rubies with 'rvm use ...' will not work.
  You need to change your terminal emulator preferences to allow login shell.
  Sometimes it is required to use /bin/bash --login as the command.

I know how to create and set basic launchd jobs; but I don’t know how to set the ruby version for the created process if I can’t include it in a script in this way. I’m sure it must be possible, though…


texts: My Macbook reached 100 degrees Celsius while compiling a software package, is this normal?

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I don't often hear my Macbook accelerate and start heating up, but today I was installing mariadb through Homebrew and it required compiling. I have a mid-2012 15" Macbook pro with a high-resolution screen (the version released alongside with the Retina Macbooks)
The charger was connected but the light was green, so the battery was done charging already. When the compiling phase began, I heard my fan rocket to a very high speed. The charger was still connected (could that have had an impact the temperature?).

When I installed smcfancontrol it registered temperatures of 100–105 °C (212-221 °F) and the fan was running at more than 6000 RPM.

Is this normal? Reading around I read mentions of the maximum temperature before heat damage occurs being 95 °C, and my Mac went well over a hundred for a few minutes.

Edit: When idle, the Macbook runs at 66 °C and 2000 RPM with the charger disconnected, and around the same temperature with it connected.


texts:
So for the past few months my computer has been crashing randomly. Recently it's been more frequent, so I thought it's time to get a real fix. My computer never crashed before I got an external monitor, so I suspect that the monitor might be related to the issue.

I have a 2010 Macbook Pro hooked up to a Samsung 23" LED Monitor using a HDMI - MiniDisplay Port. Sometimes when I am working on my computer, the computer will suddenly crash. When I say crash, I mean sometimes my external monitor will be completely purple and my Macbook screen will be black, other times they will both be black, and even both screen can be white. So when my computer crashes, the color always changes and is unpredictable. I can't do anything with my computer at this point. There is never a feeling of lag from the computer and the fan is usually quiet. There is no hardware sound when the screen flashes to a solid color. From there, I usually end up hold on to the power button to force shut down the computer. When I restart the computer, there is no error dialogue or anything indicating the computer crashed.

So I'm not sure what is causing the issue, but I suspect it has something to do with my external monitor. If anybody has an idea, I would greatly appreciate it. Please feel free to ask me to provide any additional information about my machine and/or details of the issue!

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB


texts: 1/10th of My Automator Actions Are Suddenly In Spanish

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Anyone hazard a guess as to why?

I have not changed my System language settings to Spanish, have not ventured with any Mac/iDevices to a country where the primary language is Spanish and nothing else on my machine(s) seems to have been translated...

The actions in question all appear in the System/Library/Automator folder with English filenames. They were all added on March 28th, presumably installed as part of the last Mac OS update, and were included as part of a group of 64 actions, the majority of which are in English. Within Automator, the action names and descriptions are in Spanish.

Why? And can I force the OS to translate them to English or install English versions of these actions?


texts: How can I regain the Instant Hotspot feature in Yosemite after noticeable errors?

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While normal hotspot interaction functions perfectly between an iPhone 6 (iOS 8.4) and my MBPr '14 with Yosemite 10.10.4, the Instant Hotspot feature does not. This feature used to work, but after some time this feature stopped working.
I found the source of the issue, but can't determine how to resolve it.

My Yosemite logs reveal some errors.

com.apple.preferences.icloud.remoteservice[749]: [-[CastlePlugin appleIDNeedsFixing]]
accountsd[270]: Deleting com.apple.gs.appleid.auth service token
AppleIDAuthAgent[286] SERVER AppleIDAuth: Forgetting account "<my-apple-id>@?????.???"

SDHotspotBrowser::appendHashToData:withType: No apple ID hash
SDHotspotBrowser::restartAdvertisingTetheringRequest Did not start advertising request

Steps I've tried that have not worked:

Signing out and back in to AppleID on both devices
Clean restore of iOS to iPhone
Ensuring wifi and bluetooth enabled on both devices, neither with an active wifi connection
All the above steps with full LTE coverage and 12 inch proximity between devices


texts: Is Apple Wifi called AirMac or AirPort in other countries?

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I am tasked with writing a setup guide for my university's network.

Directing my users to the Wifi pulldown menu on a Mac, do I ask them to click the "AirPort" button or the "AirMac" button?

Please note that in Japan, it is called AirMac, but in the States, it is called AirPort.

Which naming is more common in the world?


texts: Does disabling the prompt to enable two-factor authentication on an iOS device disable future prompts from appearing?

texts: I was recently working with an iPhone user who noticed that since updating to iOS 14, they were being prompted to set up two-factor authentication on their Apple ID. They temporarily dismissed the prompt by navigating to Settings, tapping the "Two-Factor Authentication" option and selecting "Not Now" - but out of interest, will this prompt re-appear - or does choosing this option disable all future prompts from appearing on that device (or Apple ID)?


texts:
In Mavericks it is possible to to show a custom message on the logon/lock screen.
This can be done via "Preferences" -> "Security" -> "Show a message when the screen is locked".

Now I'm wondering if it is possible to display a message that is randomly read from a provided text file and changes every time at logon. For example I'd like to have a file "quotes.txt" with each line being a quotation such that I get some kind of "Quote of the Day" feature.

I guess this could easily be achieved by a script running whenever the users logs off (log in would be possible as well, I suppose), that reads in a random line and sets the "lock screen message" string accordingly. So I'm basically asking, if there is a way to access this string for example via command line to programmatically change it.


texts: Transfer passwords from chrome to Icloud/IOS 13/Safari?

texts: I bought an Iphone se and want to sync my passwords between the key chain on my phone and my google chrome key chain. I understand, I can export the chrome passwords to a cvs file on ISO 13. Can I import this cvs file to the apple key chain on ISO 13?  Alternatively, can I use my windows 10 device to import the chrome password cvs file to Icloud or Itunes? Please let me know the best method to accomplish this. I do not want to use a third party app to manage my passwords.


texts: Issues with Boom Beach and Clash of Clans

texts: My dad and I share an Apple ID (even though I've asked him time and time again to get his own for this reason). I accidentally clicked on both games my dad's account that is on his iPad and now I can't get to my own account. I have tried logging out of the Game Center and logging back in but neither will prompt to switch to my game. I also tried deleting it off my iPhone 6 and clearing it from the Game Center then re-download them and they both just pop up under my dad's account. Any advise to get my account back? Or start a new one?


texts: Generating and collaborating on network map diagrams?

texts:
I have to turn out some network topology maps for very large networks. I'd like the format for the maps to be something other people can also edit and contribute to regardless of what software I'm using on my Mac to build them. I don't mind spending money on my end for software, but I can't require that my clients spend any money. I also can't promise my clients are also using OS X -- they could be running Linux or Windows.

Is there best software application on OS X for producing maps that I can share with other, non-OS X, users?

Is there a best format for sharing topology maps that I should use when exporting the maps to disk?


texts: Should I use raid 0 with my optibay drive?

texts: I installed a 120gb SSD today. My optibay currently holds my MBP stock drive (5400 RPM HD 320GB). Since they have different memory sizes, should I put them in raid 0? The only reason why I want raid 0 for convenience. I want to store all my music and photos in the optibay drive, but it seems like there would be a ton of configuration nuances with iTunes and iPhoto. If one drive were to fail, however, then I would lose all my data. Could someone please correct me on this? Any help and instructions are appreciated.


texts: Incorrect external monitor resolution detected, true resolution not available

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I have a BenQ EX3501R monitor connected by HDMI to my MacBook Pro, which is a Early 2015 model.

The issue being that OS X gets the resolutions completely wrong - the monitors native resolution is 3440x1440 but it switches it to 6720x3780!

Alt-clicking the 'Scaled' radio box does not list the correct resolution.

For further confusion, a Mid 2012 15' MacBook Pro connecting to the same monitor via the same HDMI cable works fine. The only notable difference is that one has a GeForce chip, where as mine is Intel Iris.

Both are running latest Mojave 10.14.1

any ideas of a way to proceed?


texts: can I get the "date" of a photo with iPhoto on iOS?

texts: I would like to know what date some of the photos on my iPhone were taken. Does iPhoto for iOS let me do that?


texts: How do i import photos from a Lumia phone to El Capitan's Photos app?

texts: I plug my phone into my mac as I would with an iPhone, and indeed Photos says that it can find the device, however it doesn't show any photo thumbnails or give you any options to import the photos. Any suggestions?


texts: There are settings for the clipboard? There is a way to copy control characters?

texts:
I want to copy some text that contain control characters (example: LF, NUL, BEL, etc...)

Seemly OSX defaults don't let me, if I choose for example a text that is like this:

'abcdNULefg' to copy and paste, it pastes only 'abcd'


texts: How to contact a user who wrote a review to my app?

texts:
I have published an app in the App Store. Now one of the customers/buyer wrote a review regarding a technical issue.

How can I contact that person? In the review I can only see the author's pseudonym.


texts: Prevent Capslock from turning off by itself on input source changes

texts:
I am using two input sources, U.S. and 2-Set Korean. (Capslock is not the one I use for switching)
I've found that Capslock turns off by itself when the current input source is changed to the other, except when the target is Japanese: Capslock is untouched (I don't understand there is exception...).
Only the post from discussions.apple.com describes the same issue; Unfortunately, There was no useful information other than "This is standard behavior".
Whether this is really the expected behavior or not, I wonder that there is any way to disable this seamlessly. This is for rather investigation than "I want to do this".


texts: iPhone 5S touchscreen become unresponsive, how to properly calibrate it?

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Recently my iPhone 5S has become frozen as there was no or very little memory to save even a picture, I thought it was a software issue and later when I tried to hard reset it by pressing the wake & home button the red screen appeared. Later I restored the iPhone with iTunes on a Windows PC. Everything went normal and restoration was successful with no issues, but later the touch screen became buggy. Especially the keypad freezes often and also every time the touchscreen freezes I supposed to lock and wake the phone again and again to make the touchscreen responsive.

There is less chance it would have a hardware damage. Because I am using a very rugged hard case cover as well the iPhone is wrapped up with Touch Screen Protector, hardening the glass. The phone is out of warranty as well. I never dropped even accidentally as well I always keep my phones in my pocket or either on my desk.

I even have tested the touch screen by removing the Hard Glass screen protector also, still the problem persists even after cleaning the phone properly. Moreover my phone has enough space now after the hard reset and restoration, more than 9 gigs to do IO read/write.


texts: How do I install mayAVI for my python3 on macOS Sierra?

texts: I have been using matplotlib to plot 3D graphs, however I have found that matplotlib does not have a drag and rotate function for the plotted 3D graphs. I would like to install mayAVI that will enable me to do so, however I can't find any foolproof methods to install it. Could anyone guide me in the installation process? I do not use virtual environments.


texts: How to map Caps Lock as a second Control Key on a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000?

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I've got a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, with the latest IntelliType drivers installed. There is an option to swap a Caps Lock and a Control key in the Microsoft Keyboard preferences pane, but no way to use Caps Lock as a second Control key.

Changing the Modifier Keys in System Preferences > Keyboard helps, but resets after the restart. Reset happens only when Microsoft Keyboard Helper is launched. These settings were always saved after the restart with another third-party keyboard I've been using before.

Using ControllerMate helps, but it's slow, buggy and, obviously, a huge overkill for my needs.

KeyRemap4MacBook and PCKeyboardHack are not working. I guess Microsoft Keyboard driver overrules them.

Repairing permissions does not help either.


texts:
How can I copy voice messages from Phone (not text or log information) from an iPhone 4 to a computer so you can listen back to them?

I am a songwriter and the only was I was able to save some songs on a moment's notice was to call myself up and leave them as messages which I have renewed, some for over a year. This was before I found out about Voice Memos, which I would also like to transfer. I can record with a mic from the phone but the volume is very low.


texts: Why would you choose Alfred over Spotlight?

texts:
Mac OS X is already loaded with Apple Spotlight, why use Alfred?
What does Alfred bring to the table that Spotlight doesn't?


texts: Mac App Store shows update count but section is collapsed/empty

texts: My updates badge shows 6 (also in the  menu), but the section in the updates tab seems to be collapsed (top separator line is thicker, like two lines) and not showing the available apps. I'm currently running macOS 10.12.1 (Mac App Store 2.2) and first noticed this problem today. The other tabs are behaving normally and this badge has changed from 5 to 6 updates today. I've tried restarting my computer, but the problem persists. Any ideas for fixing this?


texts:
I have a DVB-T dongle which has following information:

  Product ID:   0x9016
  Vendor ID:    0x15a4  (Afa Technologies, Inc.)

After googling these information I found out the chip model used in this device: Afatech AF9015. I could not find a driver (even a generic one) for it, would you know how to find it?


texts: Storing my iTunes library on an external flash drive in a MacBook Air

texts: I have approximately 90 GB of music and it is taking up too much of my Macbook Air's 256GB internal SSD space. I see I can buy a 128 GB flash card which can be left in the MacBook Air's flash card slot. Can I just move my library on to the flash card? Has anybody done this? Any advice? Would it be backed up with Time Machine correctly?


texts: How to clean keyboard with a liquid with sugar spilled on it

texts: Well, I just spilled some sweet liquid in my aluminium wired keyboard and few keys are hard to press now. What is the best way to clean the keyboard out of the sugar? I guess I could just clean it with water and let it dry few days but I am worried about the membrane.


texts: Can't find 68GB local backup folder (regular backups on an external hard drive)

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A few days ago my local hard drive shows 68 GB of backups.

 I regularly backup with time machine on an external disk and even after running a backup these file stayed.
I tired using SupaView and DaisyDisk to look at the files but both do not have access even while using then as an admin. Therefore I don't even know where this folder is or what i contains.
I have OSX El Captain (10.11.6)

Has anyone had the same issue or know what and where this folder is?


texts: iTunes Match constantly have to sign out/in

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Running the latest version of mavericks and iTunes and my library is about 6000+ songs.

But after a few days of listening iTunes will prompt me to sign out and back in for match to work. Sometimes closing the app and opening it up again will avoid the issue. But typically after a week or two iTunes match will not work until I sign out and back in again. This typically solves the issue,

Here is the console log when I open iTunes and its prompting me to sign into iTunes match again because there was "an error".

7/22/14 10:09:51.961 AM iTunes[86044]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_WRITE] delete: "No such file or directory" - 0x2
7/22/14 10:09:57.764 AM gkbisd[256]: Unable to collect cdhash for /Applications/iTunes.app (error code 100024)
7/22/14 10:09:59.988 AM com.apple.usbmuxd[67]: LOCKDOWN_V2_BONJOUR_SERVICE_NAME is _apple-mobdev2._tcp,936707f4
7/22/14 10:09:59.989 AM com.apple.usbmuxd[67]: _SendAttachNotification Device 30:10:e4:83:bb:a6@fe80::3210:e4ff:fe83:bba6._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 4. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.
7/22/14 10:09:59.989 AM com.apple.usbmuxd[67]: _SendAttachNotification Device 30:10:e4:83:bb:a6@fe80::3210:e4ff:fe83:bba6._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 4. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.
7/22/14 10:09:59.990 AM com.apple.usbmuxd[67]: _SendAttachNotification Device 30:10:e4:83:bb:a6@fe80::3210:e4ff:fe83:bba6._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 4. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.
**** BAG END ****
7/22/14 10:10:01.932 AM iTunes[32751]: ApplePushService: APSConnection being used without a delegate queue
7/22/14 10:10:02.198 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Session 100169 created
7/22/14 10:10:37.194 AM iTunes[32751]: Entered:_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:269
7/22/14 10:10:37.195 AM iTunes[32751]: Entered:__thr_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:269
7/22/14 10:10:37.195 AM iTunes[32751]: tid:1f10b - Mux ID not found in mapping dictionary
7/22/14 10:10:37.195 AM iTunes[32751]: tid:1f10b - Can't handle disconnect with invalid ecid


texts: Improptu restarting of Macbook Pro while in Sleep Mode

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A week ago I bought a Macbook Pro Retina (mid 2014) version - and in the first few days of running it I have noticed about 4-5 times that the Macbook occasionally restarts itself - so far always in sleep mode.

Even if the lid is closed, I can hear the opening chime when you restart a Mac.

I'm concerned that this is a hardware issue and one I'll have to go to Apple with, but I wanted to know if anyone else had this issue that they have already resolved, in case this is something that's due to software rather than hardware.

I don't believe there's a heat issue (I don't feel it running hot), and I don't believe there's a setting in 'System preferences' or similar that's causing this. Also, I haven't seen any note on the Macbook about a kernel panic.


texts: Technical reason that 2011 MacBook Air is maxed at 4gb ram

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I am very interested in the MacBook Air specs and form factor. Both for reasons specific to my software needs (developing using an IDE as well as needing to run a virtual OS on top of the boot OS.) as well as an example of state of the art system design.

A maximum of 4gb ram is a deal breaker for me. Furthermore from a system architecture stance, this limit feels to me like I am stuck in 2006 with 32bit machines, even if there are not better alternatives in similar form factors. It is like almost there but not quite.

What are the technical reasons that the 2011 macbook air was limited at 4gb ram?


texts: How do I get the path of app in its launch script?

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I made an app by following these steps

Make folder Foo.app
Make Subfolder Contents
Put Info.Plist in Contents with

...
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>Foo</string>
...

Make MacOS/Foo as an executable shell script

Foo looks like

#!/bin/sh
echo $0 > /Users/me/temp/foo1
pwd > /Users/me/temp/foo2
export > /Users/me/temp/foo3

Clicking on the app in the finder then checking the results. The results are, foo1 is empty, foo2 is just / and foo3 looks like

export Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render="/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.FgQwJ5EVCp/Render"
export HOME="/Users/me"
export LOGNAME="me"
export OLDPWD
export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
export PWD="/"
export SHELL="/bin/zsh"
export SHLVL="1"
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.4hbrl5p8fp/Listeners"
export TMPDIR="/var/folders/7h/wyw4jhd933z5jmqzsdx6r0sr0000gn/T/"
export USER="me"
export __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING="0x1F5:0x0:0x0"

No references to /Applications/Foo.app anywhere

Now do I get the path to my app in the launch script?


texts: Connecting AirPort Express Base Station to Time Capsule

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I have a Time Capsule that I am using to broadcast WiFi throughout my house.  This is working just fine.  The Time Capsule is upstairs and needs to remain there.  I recently bought a TV that has Internet capabilities if connected by a LAN cable to the Internet.  I do not want to run a LAN cable from the basement to the upstairs.

I also happen to have an unused AirPort Express Base Station lying around unused.  What I would like to do is plug in this Base Station next to the TV in the basement and run a LAN cable to this Base Station to the TV.

My question: Can I set things up so that the Base Station receives WiFi signals from the Time Capsule?

I've found hints on how to do this on the Internet.  What I really need are detailed steps on how to do it.  I don't want a bunch of options in setting this up, I just want one straightforward path on how it can be done.


texts: Is there any danger/risk in leaving my iMac G5 turned off and disconnected for long periods of time?

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As the title states, is there any danger in leaving my iMac G5 (Later 2005 model) turned off and disconnected from a power outlet for long periods of time?

I will be traveling for roughly 1 month and, during a normal week, I only intend to use it a couple of times a week. Otherwise, it will sit in my room under a full dust cover, disconnected from a power outlet.

Is there any risk to this? Specifically- could doing this alone damage the battery/system components/screen as it would damage a portable battery powered device such as an iPad or iPhone (where the battery must be charged and discharged at a fairly consistent rate)?


texts:
The display in my terminal is:
gaowei at GaoweideMacBook-Pro in ~/desktop

I intend to change to
Max at MDFK in ~/desktop
Where can I configure it?


texts: How can I delete my Mail App and re-install it?

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My mail app does not give me a viewer window and all File options are greyed out & not available.

iMac 3.06 intel core 2 Duo OS X 10.9.4

Mail opens in this state. I have created new user accounts and same problem exists. I have tried all suggestions, thanks, but still no joy.

When I re-installed OSX all data remained.

It worked normally in Safe mode.


texts: Mid-2017 13" Touch Bar Macbook Pro Won't Turn On or Charge

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I am trying to diagnose a 13" mid-2017 touch bar MacBook Pro (Model A1706 EMC 3163) that will not charge or turn on.

This issue showed up a few days ago when the Apple-provided charger appeared to fail. The charger was replaced, and the computer and new charger worked fine for a day. After a day, it appeared to stop working. The battery went from 100% to 0% in a few hours while the computer was unplugged and asleep. Since then, it has been unable to charge or turn on. When the power button (touch ID button) is pressed, it displays the "plug in to charge" symbol. I have tried: SMC reset, using all four ports to charge, nvram reset (doesn't happen) and holding down a variety of startup key combinations (network recovery, diagnostics, etc).

My theory is that this is a hardware problem, either with the SMC chip or the power supply.

Question: Are there any more software fixes I should try before taking this MBP in to an Apple store?


texts: How do I turn off the Front Row keyboard shortcut?

texts: I keep accidentally hitting Command+Esc and bringing up Front Row. How can I disable this shortcut?


texts: I have an old "classic" 60GB iPod that I have been using with a Bose SoundDock for years. All of the sudden, one day, there is no sound coming from the dock speakers.  I can listen to the Ipod with headphones and when I place the Ipod on the dock it charges, but no sound.  I have tried replacing the board on the dock, but that didn't help.  Any ideas what might be wrong?


texts: What do I have to do on my iPhone or in iTunes if my number changed?

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I switched to a new provider yesterday, and I'm gonna receive an iPhone 5s from them later today. But as the cancellation of my plan with the previous provider isn't completed yet, the SIM card coming with the phone will use a temporary number. As soon as my old provider is ready, my current number will be transferred to the new SIM. This requires no action on my part; the SIM will simply be "offline" for a few hours and will then use my current number.

I was wondering if the iPhone and also iTunes will display the changed number immediately or if there's anything I have to do. For example, restarting the phone, removing and re-inserting the SIM, or even restoring the phone?

Are there any other consequences of a changed number I should be aware of? Because if it's a hassle, I'd rather wait until the number is transferred before I actually unbox the phone.


texts: I keep hearing all this hoopla about BBM (Blackberry Messenger) and I want in on the fun. Is there anything similar to BBM out there for the iPhone? I heard WhatsApp was something like it, but just wondering if there were any others.


texts: Change the icon of all the folders on Mac OS Catalina

texts: I've updated to Mac OS Catalina and my folders no longer have my custom icons. I tried following the steps shown here. I successfully turned off SIP via csrutil disable in recovery mode, however I still can not modify the folder icons in the directory /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources. Is it not possible to do in Catalina or is there an additional step now?


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I am using a PC keybroad on a Mac, the funniest thing is on this KB, to use the Esc key, I need to press Fn + Esc

So, are there any tool I can remap the keys such that I can use the Esc without the Fn key?


texts: Early 2011 13" MBP, formerly 500GB HDD but changed to a 620GB DIY Fusion Drive a few weeks ago. I've been on Yosemite since the first days of the Public Beta, but starting earlier today my computer started crashing every time I tried to do anything. A verify/repair took more than 20 minutes, and a permissions verify took so long that I gave up on trying to wait it out. Even when I came home to my bootable OS X USB drive, everything hung: A disk verify, a permissions repair, and even an OS reinstall all found themselves hanging. Eventually I decided to do a total wipe/restore, but even then the OS X reinstall got stuck. I'm ready to admit that it may be a hardware problem, but without my disk drive I have no way of running Apple Hardware Test. Two questions: What other troubleshooting can I attempt, and where can I go to get my computer looked at and fixed despite its modified hardware?


texts: How to share files between two Macs at home?

texts: I've turned file sharing on both my Macs here at home. One is an iMac, the other a MacBook Pro. I'm sure there's more to it but I can't seem to figure that out. Both are internet connected through WiFi.


texts: installing NEURON package for python on mac

texts:
I have some problems with installing NEURON package.
first, the problem is that I can't import neuron in PyCharm and I get an error that "No module named 'neuron'".
also in terminal after installing XQuartz and command line tool and anaconda when I run "conda install mayavi" I get this error: "ImportError: No module named site"

can anyone help me please?


texts: Is that possible to change PPTP VPN password on mac?

texts:
Could I directly reset my password for VPN on mac?

For Windows, I found the instruction below
(source from ehow, not tested as I only has a mac):

Log on to your VPN.
Enter the "CTRL+ALT+DEL" keys simultaneously and select the
"Change a Password" menu option.
Enter a new password. Then depress the "CTRL+ALT+DEL" keys
simultaneously and select the "Lock the Computer" menu option.
Immediately unlock your computer. This action will update your
cached VPN login information and your VPN password will be updated.

Can I do this on mac too? Thanks.


texts: What does it mean if I have lots of "Inactive" memory at the end of a work day?

texts:
After a day's of work at my MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.5, Activity Monitor shows that the majority of my computer's 8 GB of memory is "Inactive", and only a tiny sliver of the pie chart is "Free". This is even when I have closed all applications, with only the Finder running.

What does that mean? Is the "Inactive" memory taken up by something? Or is it actually still available for applications to use? Thanks.


texts:
I posted the following question:

Time Machine fails to backup indicating case-sensitivity

What made my Mac case sensitive all of a sudden?
Should I go restore from my TimeMachine backup during the time period it was case insensitive?
Or is this a good thing? Make new backups from now on with the system being case sensitive?


texts: Mac: Regular expression to parse scutil command output

texts:
I've below output from scutil --nc show <service id>

Connected
Extended Status <dictionary> {
  ConnectionStatistics : <dictionary> {
    ConnectCount : 6
    ConnectedCount : 3
    DisconnectedCount : 5
    MaxConnectTime : 1874
  }
  IPv4 : <dictionary> {
    Addresses : <array> {
      0 : 10.20.15.181
    }
    ExcludedRoutes : <array> {
      0 : <dictionary> {
        DestinationAddress : 115.112.149.120
        InterfaceName : en0
        SubnetMask : 255.255.255.255
      }
      1 : <dictionary> {
        DestinationAddress : 115.112.149.120
        InterfaceName : en0
        SubnetMask : 255.255.255.255
      }
      2 : <dictionary> {
        DestinationAddress : 115.112.149.120
        InterfaceName : en0
        SubnetMask : 255.255.255.255
      }
      3 : <dictionary> {
        DestinationAddress : 115.112.149.120
        InterfaceName : en0
        SubnetMask : 255.255.255.255
      }
      4 : <dictionary> {
        DestinationAddress : 115.112.149.120
        InterfaceName : en0
        SubnetMask : 255.255.255.255

I wanted to take out ip addresses from Addresses : <array> from below

IPv4 : <dictionary> {
    Addresses : <array> {
      0 : 10.20.15.181
      1 : 10.20.15.182
    }

How to write regular expression for it?


texts:
I would like to give some restricted access to my OSX 10.8.2 to somebody who's using Windows on their computer. TeamViewer, VNC, LogMeIn, etc. all work fine, as long as I do not want to use my mac at the same time.

Is it possible to give remote users the option to login and see the GUI and run limited apps without disturbing the user logged-in on the console?


texts: Is it possible to restrict access to some features and other apps using configuration profile?

texts:
The goal is how to prevent user from using social media or texting while driving by simply plugging into Special cable?

Is it possible at all?

Configuration profile Reference

Some questions:

Is there a way to disable or enable access to other apps or features using Configuration Profile?
Is it possible to turn it on/off via simple plugging phone into the Special cable?
Will app have possibility to install such profile on iPhone?


texts: Utility to warn when process takes 100% CPU for x minutes?

texts:
I run on battery a lot and occasionally a process/app will crash in the background and start sucking up 100% of one or more cores.  That in turn burns my battery down way faster than normal.   I used to notice this because my iStat Menu graph would go solid, but now with 8 cores and often only one pegged it's not as obvious.

I'm wondering if there's a utility/watcher that would pop up a dialog warning if a process took up 100% of a core for more than 5-10 seconds?  That way I could decide if it was OK to let run (ie. compile/render) or I should manually kill it (ie. app crashed).

I vaguely recall something like this years ago but haven't been able to find it.


texts: Changing keyboard symbols used throughout macOS?

texts:
I'm new to macOS after a decade using of using Windows, and whenever I view shortcut keys anywhere in macOS I get confused.

Is there a way to somehow replace these symbols across macOS, for example, by changing themes or system fonts, so that I might end up with something like below?

Desired symbols shown on right


texts: Remove all references to Parallels 7 Windows 7 VM programs

texts:
My system has been polluted with references to programs residing in a Windows 7 VM in Parallels 7.

For example, Windows programs show up in Spotlight, and in Safari settings under General->Default browser I get an annoyingly long list of irrelevant Windows programs.

I've tried to disable "Share Windows applications with Mac" in Parallels settings, to no avail.

This blog post suggests to add the Applications (Parallels) folder to the Spotlight privacy list, but I can't do that because I don't have that folder. I deleted it some months ago in an unsuccessful attempt to remove the same references as now.

The VM is on a USB disk that's usually not connected so these references must be stored in OS X somewhere. How and where are this links stored and how can I get rid of them?


texts: Why does Finder search not find my .c files?

texts:
My goal is, that the finder search finds .c files that have the search keywords in it.  It seems to work for others but not for me:

but searching for main doesn't yield any results:

What do I need to change/fix to get it to work?


texts: iTerm is not using any config files when invoked for ssh

texts:
What I want to do: open an iTerm window/tab, and ssh to some remote system. On that remote system, I need the following exports to be "effective":

export LANG="C"
export LC_ALL="C"

When I open that iTerm tab/window manually, and type ssh whatever.host ... that works nicely (as I have these exports in my .bashrc on my Mac).

Now I configured Firefox to use iTerm for ssh-URIs, like ssh://whatever.host.

That works like I charm - I can click such URLs and a new iTerm tab/window shows up, and ssh was already called, and I am logged into that remote host. But: these exports are not visible.

I tried to use .bashrc, .bash_login, .bash_profile and also put the exports file into a ./ssh/rc file.

But nothing seems to work ( I checked stuff such as superuser or ssh documentation).

And just to be fully precise: actually, in my home directory, my .bash_profile file is a link to .bashrc. But even when I just put these exports into three .bash login/profil/rc files it doesn't help.
: the "manual" ssh sees the exports, but an iTerm triggered by Firefox does not.

In other words: how can I make sure that the ssh session that is "triggered" using an iTerm session sees these exports?

( and no, I can't simply change the .bashrc on the remote systems to contain the required exports )


texts:
I'm curious to see how others are managing iCloud between their work computers and iOS devices (especially in the WFH world).  There are some things like AirPod Pro Connection, Notes, Apple Watch Unlocking, HomeKit, Sidecar, possibly some iMessage - that makes me want to connect my work laptop to my personal iCloud account (I have two accounts currently and share some Notes folders, etc.).
I'm not under the impression that my employer is poking around my laptop but, I do think it seems best to keep personal information off of my work laptop.
How are other people doing this?


texts: I get errors when trying to install GTK+3 on my Mac OSX 10.9 system

texts:
I'm trying to install GTK+3 on my Mac OSX 10.9 system to run a pyGObject project I've been developing in Ubuntu. It runs perfectly on Ubuntu, so I wanted to test cross-platform compatibility. I'm following the directions on wiki.gnome.org.

I finished the part where I run the sh gtk-osx-build-setup.sh command. It loads everything perfectly (as far as I can tell). However, if I do a which jhbuild or try a command, I get an error:

EnvironmentError: MacOSX10.9.sdk not found
jhbuild: could not load config file

Any suggestions on how to fix this and finish installing jhbuild? It seems like the instructions from their webpage are a little incomplete or perhaps I'm not adding to path correctly?

Questions:

Which file do I put the path? Is it .bashrc or .bash_profile (neither have worked so far). Perhaps some other file is my bash profile script?
What is the path to the jhbuild? In the example, it says alias jhbuild="PATH=gtk-prefix/bin:$PATH jhbuild", but I'm not actually sure what I should substitute in for gtk-prefix (not sure where the actual path is, since which jhbuild doesn't work).


texts: Difference between 'Home sharing' and 'Network sharing'

texts:
When I like to share my iTunes library, I have to options to do so.

Home sharing via my Apple ID
Network sharing.

What is the difference between these to? Are there any advantages or disadvantages or missing features comparing these two methods?


texts:
I am trying to write an app that will trigger an pkg to open so the user can install this. I have the code and it is working well except for the following.

When I try to open the pkg file using open /tmp/mypackage.pkg in most cases it will open the Finder to the users home folder not the package.

I have checked and the package is present within the specified directory and the application is creating the correct command.

The command i am using to do this is in python:

subprocess.Popen(['open', '/tmp/mypackage.pkg'])
application.close()


texts: OS X assumes hostname of other network computer: how to prevent this?

texts:
I just came across a strange quirck:

I use my MacBook Pro in the office. Every computer is assigned their IP addresses by a DHCP server. It seems to be the case now, however, that my OS X changed my hostname by itself.

I am assuming this is done because of the fact that my current IP address was previously used by the user with this hostname, but obviously, I don't want OS X to change my hostname without asking me to do so.

How can I prevent this from happening?


texts: The recovery server could not be contacted while installing Mojave

texts:
Just needed a bit of help debugging.

This is a machine that came with Yosemite OS and I had updated to Mojave. So  I want to wipe and install a new Mojave on it because you can't install Yosemite on APFS.

I'm trying to install Mojave with internet recovery and there is currently no OS installed at all on the machine.

Things I've tried:
- changing the date in the utilities terminal. The way I did this was opened terminal and typed date 0605111117 and then cmd+q then selected Reinstall MacOS
- pinged google.com to verify a good internet connection
- tried to delete the Mojave installer in / but it requires root and I don't know how to do that as root in internet recovery mode


texts: Cycle Through MacOS Terminal Profiles From the Command Line

texts:
How can I change my Terminal's profile with commands?
Let's say I wanted to switch from my custom terminal profile to the "basic" terminal profile, how would I do that with commands instead of going into my preferences and doing it manually?
I'm trying to create an alias with fish that does this for me (eg. inserting something like "monokai" would close my current terminal window and open a new one with the monokai theme selected.)
Any ideas?


texts: Compatibility of NVMe and deep sleep in Macbook Pro

texts:
Like many others in the community, I am running a Samsung NVMe drive in my Late 2013 15 inch Macbook Pro. [Thanks to the firmware update provided in 10.13 Macs back until around 2013 can work off of a NVMe drive natively] (Credit to Gilles) 1.

I used a Chenyang NGFF to Apple 12+16 adapter and formatted the disk in Disk Utility in the installer to APFS, then installed the system (10.13, initial release).  Note that before wiping and reinstalling the OS, I had previously upgraded to High Sierra.

Speed wise I am getting about 1400MB/s read and write speeds. I am stating all of this to show that the drive itself works great, except for deep sleep mode feature. It cannot come out of deep sleep mode, it just shows a black screen. Anyone happen to know of a fix?  I have read that it could be due to the drive not powering on in time for the SMC to find it.  If no fix is likely, what workarounds are there?


texts: My Macbook pro got disabled. I tried to go into the recovery mode using cmd+R and internet recovery mode using cmd+opt+R. Both ask for my firmware password, and when I enter the password,although correct, it takes me back to disabled screen. Find my Iphone app says my Macbook is locked.In addition I tried to reinstall OS through bootable installer but that too takes me back to the disabled screen.


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I've been using iChat, and it tends to switch itself into "offline" mode from time to time. It will make no notification of this, so I often only discover it after I miss some messages, especially since its "connected" and "disconnected" menubar icons are nearly identical.

Sometimes this happens multiple times in a short time-span (sometimes even right after the other), other times it might just happen occasionally. But in general it's pretty frequent. It has happened during chats as well.

My internet connection throughout these disconnects is pretty stable: everything else seems to be working well, and the connection is wired.

I've looked at this related question - iChat periodically disconnects - but the situation described is a bit different, as I don't get any notice about "disconnecting", it just silently becomes offline. In addition, the proposed work-around in that question - using Chax - does not work for Lion.

Is there any way to solve this, or do I have to find an alternative IM client?


texts: Active sync issues with 8.3 - Calendar items missing

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I'm responsible for many iOS devices that sync to Exchange using Activesync.  I see a problem with iOS 8.3 where appointments randomly are missing from the local device.

Is anyone aware of this issue or know how I can resolve this?


texts: Airdrop not working in mac ( OSX 10.11.6 El Capitan ) with iPhone 6s (iOS 9.3.5)

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Problem:
Airdrop is not working in Macbook pro 2015 model ( OSX 10.11.6 El Capitan ) with iPhone 6s (iOS 9.3.5). Both OS are latest updated.
Note: Tried mac connecting with two iphones (6 ans 6s). Although both iphones are able to connect with each other using Airdrop

When I open Airdrop in finder window in Mac it is not showing me my iPhone.
Also when i try to share some image in iPhone then it doesn't show me mac in Airdrop.

Steps Tried :-
I have set airdrop settings to Everyone.
Also bluetooth and wifi are working perfect on both the devices.
In firewall also nothing is blocked. Even tried with firewall disabled.
Also tested in safe mode and test user but not working.
Also tested with icloud signed out but that also not worked.

Should i reinstall the Mac OS X again? Any suggestions.


texts: Incorrect name keeps appearing in Mail.app account info

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I changed my name in iCloud a while ago, and then reverted that change. iCloud.com, the iCloud System Preference pane, and the info that appears in the Internet Accounts entry for the iCloud account are all correct. In Mail.app, it keeps sending emails as the previous name.

In ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Accounts.plist it shows the old name in Root -> MailAccounts -> Item 3 -> FullUserName, as well as both the EmailAlias entries. I can change these to the correct name in the plist and start Mail.app again, and it will revert these values back again.

I can't find anywhere where my previous name is specified.


texts: What personal finance apps work between iPhone, iPad and Mac?

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One of my resolutions for 2014 is to keep better track of my finances. I'd like to use an iPhone app to do this. I've used a few personal finance apps in the past, but none of them do precisely what I'm looking for. I don't need anything particularly sophisticated, just the following features:

Ability to add a new transaction with as little effort as possible. I
want to capture every single payment I make, so if the UI isn't up to
scratch it will get really annoying.  I want to be able to enter how
much the transaction is for, what account it's coming out of, and
what category it should be filed under: i.e., "Car", "Electric", etc.
Those categories should be hierarchical, so the "Car" category should
include subcategories called "Gas" and "Servicing"
Ability to create recurring payments
Synchronisation with iPad and Mac. Mac synchronisation is less
important and I suppose I'd be satisfied with a detailed spreadsheet
download, but synchronisation with iPad is a must.

Can anyone recommend an app or two that would fit the bill?


texts: help recovering dual booted encrypted partition displaying FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF

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I have actually found this similar post that Klanomath had provided a guide to but I have become stuck at step 6.
this is what I was able to do

and this is where I am stuck