texts: Screen Time - How do you allow specific websites for Safari?

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Most of the posts I've seen around this saying it's not possible are a couple of years old; have there been any new changes with how Screen Time works with Safari? I've been unsuccessful in finding a way to permit specific websites for my daughter's iPad, so I'm constantly getting requests for all of the different sites she needs for school that day.
I know one option is to use a different browser, but how does that affect content restrictions? Does using a browser other than Safari in any way also circumvent the protection from accessing sites that contain adult content?


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I am trying to compact a TimeMachine sparsebundle (to reclaim space) using

sudo hdiutil compact /Volumes/TimeMachine/MyMac.sparsebundle

and the error message that I receive is:

hdiutil: compact failed - internal error

When I look in the System Log, I see the following message:

diskimages-helper: cannot compact filesystem because it was not unmounted cleanly.

I am running on a MacBook Air (13-inch, early 2014) on Mavericks and the sparsebundle is located on an Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl NAS with 2TB running RAID 1.

When I look via Finder at my Iomega NAS share, I see that it is "mounted" (with that eject icon shown next to the share name). But if I eject the drive (to dismount it), then Terminal can no longer see the Time Machine volume when I use the hdiutil command.

UPDATE: I've tried the techniques on Garth Gillespie's blog and no issues were reported. I also used Disk Utility and it ran cleanly (no repairs).

Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks.


texts: What's the structure behind Apple version numbers / build numbers?

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macOS Sierra 10.12.3 is 16D32, but the SDK is 16C58 according to my Xcode.

iOS 10.3 beta is 14E5239e.

Xcode 8.2 is 8C38.

You know how they look, and they are shared among all Apple software.

But how are they made up? What's the logic behind? I can barely guess that "sometimes", the first number is the "major" version, eg. for Xcode, but that's not always true, eg. for iOS.

And what's the middle letter about?

The last number surely is a sequential build number, with minor revisions having a lowercase letter appended (take iOS 10.3 beta).

Do they all start at 1A1 internally, then move on build after build?

What is the greater scheme at play here?


texts: How to enable scrolling with the mouse wheel in Safari?

texts: I am currently running OSX 10.9.3 and Safari Version 7.0.4. When using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, I am able to scroll using the mouse wheel just fine. But with Safari, it does not work. How am I able to enable this feature?


texts: Getting started with jailbroken iOS development?

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What do I need to code on a jailbroken iOS device?

I think I've already got all of the programs that I need - Xcode 4.3 (and iOSOpenDev), the iOS 5 SDK, theos, ldid and dpkg.


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Apple's new iMessage sends messages between accounts associated designated e-mail addresses (as well as certain phone numbers). Apple's iChat also sends messages between accounts associated designated e-mail addresses. For the most part, for example if one uses the default iCloud settings, these e-mail addresses are the same. Yet, as near as I can tell, iMessages only work between iOS devices and iChats only work between OS X machines (or machines running specific chat clients).

If this is correct, is there a way to get around this limitation using an iMessage client for OS X, or is it possible to configure iChat as an iMessage client?


texts: Is my Apple Id under attack, and how do I fix it?

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So I got an e-mail from Apple which says:

  You recently requested a password reset for your Apple ID. To complete
  the process, click the link below. Reset now > If you didn’t make this
  change or if you believe an unauthorized person has accessed your
  account, go to iforgot.apple.com to reset your password immediately.
  Then sign into your Apple ID account page at https://appleid.apple.com
  to review and update your security settings. Apple Support

I didn't request any such password, and I already know my password, but when I try to log into my account to check my security settings it wants me to answer two security questions, neither of which I recognize.  So I go to try to change my security questions at the "iforgot" domain, and it says:

  Choose a method to reset your security questions.

  Use credit card information Enter the details for the card on file
  with Apple. Your card will not be charged.
  Answer your current security questions Answer the question(s) you chose when you created your Apple ID.

The problem is, I obviously can't use the second method because since I don't recognize the questions, I can't know the answers.  But I also don't know what credit card Apple is asking for here.  I may have used more than one card with Apple in stores, but I don't recall if I have ever used one online, and in fact I may have used a "throw-away" number.

So I'm not sure what to do here.  Is my account under attack?  How can I get control of my account back?


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I have a small issue with macOS's spotlight. When I hit command + spacebar, it shows me Spotlights window as usually then I start typing the name of eg. application. Spotlight shows an application but without a list of recent documents(its called quick preview, I think). The same problem occurs while searching for contacts, photos, etc. Not sure if it is a bug or wrong setting.
here is a short video.:
https://imgur.com/0gvwW1o


texts: Applescript Tell Application of Specific Instance

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If I have 2 instances of one application running, and I want to target one of them by their PID to run an Applescript snippet, how would I go about that? I have the PID of the instance I want to target, but if I run the following, it will execute on whichever instance was started last.

tell application "/Applications/Adobe After Effects CC 2018/Adobe After Effects CC 2018.app" to DoScript "alert()"

Is there a way to either set an instance as the "Frontmost" so it get's targeted, or get an application by PID and tell that one specifically?

Thanks!


texts: On iPadOS 14, what does this box on the today view do?

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2019 iPad, running the new release of iPadOS 14. When adding widgets to the today view, there is a box at the top that says:

Drag your favourite widgets here to pin them on the Home Screen.

Any widgets I place in this box behave no differently to the ones underneath, so what is this box supposed to enable? It doesn’t matter if I have the “Keep on Home Screen” option checked or not.


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I am using zsh on macOS. When I type vim, it opens, but it is completely frozen:

Anything I press on the keyboard does not display or change the window. In order to exit, I have to terminate the terminal session.
I did recently uninstall Homebrew, so it could be that this corrupted the program.
Does anyone know how this can be fixed? Is there a way to reinstall or update the system Vim (preferably, without Homebrew – it causes more problems than it solves).


texts: How to control order of startup items for users at login?

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I have seen a few applications with mixed reviews that will allow a user to change the order of startup items.  I would simply prefer the "bare metal" method and stick to using the shell or the Open Directory / netinfo editor to do this.  I realize that this isn't controlled via launchd so what is the mechanism and where is the preference location for app startup definition?

I have found OS X's restore app/window process to be less than lackluster and I need to guarantee certain apps start first before others (such as ScreenRecycler as I need applications to open on the other display when they fire up).


texts: Which Mac models will support continuity and Handoff on OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)?

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I'm guessing that only the more recent Mac models with Bluetooth 4.0 will be able to use these new features but I can't find any accurate information on this.

Right now I'm using Yosemite and iOS 8.0.2 on a MacBookPro8,1 (without Bluetooth 4.0) and iPhone 5s. I can't seem to use the Handoff features.

On the Mac I've even enabled the feature but still not working


texts: Running a command via SSH on the Mac causes exception; works fine when directly connected

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I am trying to sign some code for an application. I can log into my Mac (Mountain Lion) and do this easily:

codesign -s "Developer ID Application: My Name" -f /path/to/appfile/mounted/elsewhere.app

'/path/to/appfile/mounted/elsewhere.app' is the path to the .app file which is actually hosted via Samba on another server.

However, if I ssh into the Mac and run the same command I get:

/path/to/appfile/mounted/elsewhere.app: replacing existing signature
libc++abi.dylib: terminate called without an active exception
Abort trap: 6

... and it fails. Here's the top of the crash report:

Process:         codesign [1353]
Path:            /usr/bin/codesign
Identifier:      codesign
Version:         0.3
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  sshd [1352]
User ID:         501

Date/Time:       2012-08-01 11:06:50.092 +0100
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8 (12A269)
Report Version:  10

Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
terminate called without an active exception
abort() called

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib              0x00007fff9980f212 __pthread_kill + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                   0x00007fff96de1b34 pthread_kill + 90
2   libsystem_c.dylib                   0x00007fff96e25dfa abort + 143
3   libc++abi.dylib                     0x00007fff92619f87 abort_message + 257
4   libc++abi.dylib                     0x00007fff92617944 default_terminate() + 42
5   libstdc++.6.dylib                   0x00007fff9249e527 std::terminate() + 18
6   com.apple.security                  0x00007fff8d898dfb Security::CodeSigning::SecCodeSigner::Signer::signMachO(Security::Universal*, Security::CodeSigning::Requirement::Context const&) + 1047
7   com.apple.security                  0x00007fff8d897e67 Security::CodeSigning::SecCodeSigner::Signer::sign(unsigned int) + 129
8   com.apple.security                  0x00007fff8d8957b9 Security::CodeSigning::SecCodeSigner::sign(Security::CodeSigning::SecStaticCode*, unsigned int) + 393
9   com.apple.security                  0x00007fff8d894a23 SecCodeSignerAddSignatureWithErrors + 52
10  codesign                            0x00000001096d0cca 0x1096ce000 + 11466
...

... I can post the rest if required.

What's stopping this working over SSH?


texts: Why is my .ssh/config file not readable?

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I am trying to edit my ssh/config file, but when I type emacs ~/.ssh/config into Terminal, it says that the file is not readable and will not save my edits. When I try to overwrite, it says permission is denied. Why is this happening?

ls -la ~/.ssh/config returns

-rw------- 1 root staff 1141 Jul 17 14:30 /Users/firestarter/.ssh/config

It says permission denied when I try to cat it


texts: Why my Macbook Pro 13 2017 battery lasts just 4h?

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I was expecting this MacBook Pro 13 (without Touch Bar) up to 10h of battery and I'm getting just 4h.

Moreover, the screen is off since I'm using an external monitor.


texts: Show windows program icons (.exe) in Mac OS X Lion?

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I'm using wine to run windows programs on OS X, however it would like to be able to see the icons of the programs.

I remember that I had something that did this on Snow Leopard, but I can't remember what it was and I don't think it is compatible with Lion.

I don't want to do this manually!


texts: Is there a way to see the time that a photo was taken on the iPhone?

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Sometimes I took a photo using my iPhone, and then later on, I wonder how long I have been there at that location, I thought of checking when the last photo was taken, and can tell the time when I arrived, but I found it wasn't easily possible to see what time the photo was taken.

Is there really a way to see the time that photo was taken, be it 1 hour and 20 minutes ago, without using any third party app and without importing the photo to a computer?  I thought this might be a simple photo info thing that might be invoked by some easy way?


texts: Permission Denied for a small set of photos when adding to macOS Mojave Photos

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I've got all of my digital photos (roughly 112K files) on an external hard-drive. With the changes made between Google Photos and Google Drive sync, I'm now moving my photos into iCloud Photos via the macOS Mojave Photos app.

I have a single folder, from 2007, that I've run into that has 855 photos in it. 41 of them cannot be processed. When I try to add the photos to the Photo app it tells me that I do not have permission to view the photos. I do have permission though, I can open them in Finder, make changes to the photos, copy/paste or rename them.

I've looked at the permissions and I have read/write set. What else might be preventing the Photos app from allowing the photos to be added? I can go to the Google Photos site and download the same photos back onto my local machine and they still won't get added to macOS Photos. There's something weird with this specific set of photos and I don't know how to resolve it.

All previous photos for 2007 were taken with the same camera - I verified that with the EXIF data on the photos for the year. I assume that rules any file format concerns out but I'm not confident enough to say that's not the issue though.

Any one have any suggestions?

EDIT

I've also opened the files in Preview and exported them from JPG to HEIC, PNG and JPEG thinking that writing a new file might fix any permission issues. It didn't help. I'm wondering if this is something more than a permission issue but I don't know how to troubleshoot this.


texts: Will reseting my 2011 Macbook Pro bring it back to the old version?

texts: Hi will resetting my 2011 Macbook Pro bring it back to the old version? I'm asking because i wish to run my pro tools but El Captian is considered "too advanced" for my software. Trying to save money and possibly reset my Mac. Does anyone know the answer to this? Thanks!


texts: An app that sends an alarm to family in case of an abnormal heart rate

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I bought an apple watch just for this reason (Yeah I should have done my research beforehand). But I wanted to monitor her heart rate after she recently had a stroke.
Is there an app that can send an alarm to my IPhone in case here heart rate exceeds a certain bpm or any other criteria? I know apple itself doesn't support a function like this because they don't want their device being used as a medical device, but that's exactly what I would like it to be.


texts: Sharing an Apple Calendar with a Google Calendar User

texts: I use the built-in Apple Calendar application.  My significant other uses Google’s calendar.  Is there a good way for us to share one specific calendar between the two of us on these separate apps so that I can continue to use the normal Mac Calendar app?  I really would like to not have to have two calendar apps if possible.  I poked around in the Mac calendar settings and didn’t see a way to share one calendar without having to add her account (which I don’t want to do).  Thank you in advance for any solutions.


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The drive works fine on Windows and Linux but gives me this error in OSX?

Is there a reason?  Maybe something to run in either Windows or OSX to fix this?

It is an external drive I could try plugging directly in to see what it does although I haven't decided if that is a good idea. It is regular HDD not SSD. It will not let me repair disk permissions.

Possible related questions:

How can I repair a disk that Disk Utility says it can't repair?
Disable the disk check when reconnecting an improperly disconnected disk to OS X
Why is exFAT so slow on Mac?


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When I am traveling I need to be able to connect me to the office and get the same IP address as I have in the office. Would it be possible to configure this with an Airport Extreme and if so how?
I understand that Airport Extreme can not act as a VPN server. If that's what I need - is there some recommendation on a simple VPN server that is reliable?
Regards
Oscar


texts: Problem getting notifications of direct messages in Twitter

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For the past few days, I have not been getting notifications when I receive a direct message on my Twitter account. I keep changing the notification settings to the way that I want them, but they keep resetting back to default. I have tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it.  I have tried installing the app from the App store and from the Settings menu on my iPhone 4.

Any help to the situation would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to delete directory content with launchd

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I am trying to empty a directory at the end of the day, so I have written the following script:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.my.script.removetemp</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>rm</string>
        <string>-fr</string>
        <string>/tmp/test/*</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>45</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>23</integer>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

I named it com.my.script.removetemp.plist and placed it in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/, but it doesn’t work.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Is it possible to disable the volume drop when a notification comes in (without jailbreak)?

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I'm looking for a way to prevent notifications from lowering the volume of music when they come in, as I feel this really distracts from the listening experience.

I would rather not have to turn on Do Not Disturb, but I couldn't find any other setting for this in the Settings app. Is there a way to disable this volume drop without jailbreaking my iPhone?


texts: Any way to get the last times the screen was unlocked in macOS?

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I'd be immensely grateful if someone helped me get the last screen unlocks (such as by going to the Apple menu > lock screen).  With unlock I mean when you lock the screen then you have to unlock it by entering the password.  I guess this is registered in some log file or there's some Terminal command to get this.

I guess this must be possible because, when you use parental controls and you set up a time limit for a user, if the user locks the screen, the time on lock screen doesn't seem to count against the allowed time, which seems to imply that lock screens are registered in some log file??

The following is in a screenshot of an excerpt from the terminal output after running the High Sierra code listed in @JBis's answer:


texts: How to save an image at its original resolution? On iPad 6th gen

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All photos saved to the Photos app seem to be a slightly lowered resolution from the original image, I believe it’s one of the main reasons reposts progressively lose more and more pixels. Is there any way whatsoever to avoid this? When I want an image, I want that image, not a slightly worse version of it.
I did see this question, but the suggested solution, using save image, doesn’t seem to fix the issue. On iPadOS 13.6
It’s also worth noting you can’t even use save image in Line Webtoon.
Also, I pretty much always save images from Google Chrome, does that have anything to do with it?


texts: Mail.app extremely slow on OS X 10.9 Mavericks

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Since I updated to Mavericks two days ago on my late 2008 13-inch MacBook (first unibody aluminium), I have huge difficulties using Mail. When Mail is running, everything slows down extremely (I constantly see beach balls and spend most of the time waiting for any of my inputs showing an effect, not just in Mail but with everything). The activity monitor shows that "Mail" and "com.apple.internetaccounts" both have 90%+ under "% CPU", and most of the time Mail is "Not Responding". The Mail application doesn't show any window during maybe the first hour after trying to open it, and once I see the main window, everything is so slow that even opening an e-mail can - if it works at all - take a loooot of time. Two or three times, I even got a complete freeze, the cursor not moving anymore, the fans (which were running constantly before) shut down; the only thing I could do was holding the power button for five seconds.

I have no firewall app running and have looked into my log file which is available here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=55665966095442984994

When I force quit Mail and com.apple.internetaccounts, things run smoothly, so the problem seems to be limited to the Mail application. What might I be able to do to avoid having to force quit Mail and have it respond more smoothly and not hang up?


texts: OS X and apps keep forgetting saved credentials and login status

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The past couple of weeks, several apps have forgotten stored credentials a number of times:

Google and iCloud account configured on the Macbook (have had to verify my Google account using 2-step verification for the 2nd time in 30 days)
Facebook, Stack Exchange et al. keep logging me out (= session cookies seem to get wiped between browser restarts)
Stored VPN passwords
Skype

for no apparent reason. I haven't been installing any new apps. The only thing that has changed is a second screen.

Keychain Manager appears to be showing all entries without any problems. The "last changed" date for each entry looks okay (six months to several years back).

What could be causing this? Do I need to be worried?

I'm running a Macbook pro 15 (Late 2011) with Yosemite.


texts: Sticky note widgets each have their cursor blinking as if active all together

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Using a new MBP Retina at work with Mountain Lion. I always used the sticky dashboard widgets to organize my oh-so-chaotic life on my Lion MBP.

Now that I use them in 10.8 (around 16-20 stickies) I noticed that all of them now have their cursor "on" which is really distracting!

Has anyone else experienced this?


texts: Clean install a Macbook without another Mac

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A friend of mine recently bought a new laptop and passed me his old Macbook Pro 6,2. I think he had Lion on it, but the installation CD has been long lost.

I put in a new disk (he kept the original one), but how do I install OS X now?

Command+R gets me into Internet Recovery, but asks for an Apple ID (well, I registered for one). Then it complained the Apple ID was not used on iTunes (well, I loaded iTunes on my Windows laptop and set up the account, added the credit card details, etcetera, I even registered the serial number to my Apple ID on the website).

Now it tells me that my Apple ID has not purchased Mountain Lion, but will not let me buy it from there, nor can I do it from iTunes. According to this Apple support question, you have to use

  one of your personal authorized Macs

Well, I don't have another Mac! How am I supposed to do this?


texts: Is there a way to move a window without the mouse?

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Since installing Mavericks whenever I open a new window in XQuartz (say gvim) it positions the newly created window at the top left of my monitor.  Because every monitor now has a menu bar, the menu bar covers the title bar of the new window.

This means I can't use my mouse to grab the title bar and drag the window to a new position.

Are there any ways to drag a window using the keyboard, or failing that a way to click on any part of a window to start a drag operation?


texts: How do i restore data from an iCloud backup to my PC after my hard drive crashed?

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My windows PC crashed and I need access to my photos from iCloud. I installed the iCloud control panel but it only shows my photo stream which is roughly 30 days of photos.

I need to restore ALL of my photos from an iCloud backup to my windows PC.

Is this possible?


texts: I cannot sign into the App store. Any time I attempt to I get the same error

texts: I have tried literally everything I can think of to include deleting my login information for the app store and and reentering it entirely. Unfortunately I cannot seem to find a solution despite the multiple forums I have encountered. Does anyone have any idea as to how to fix this issue?


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I want to change the Region via Terminal.
How can I do this ?

Ideally it would use a command (/usr/bin or sbin) or modify a plist (plistbuddy).

I'd love to avoid using osascript (AppleScript)


texts: Kernel_task running 100%+ which is throttling the MacBook Air

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Thanks in advance for any and all help.  My MacBook Air has come to a crawl because the kernel_task is running at 100%+.  I have researched this issue extensively and have decided on following the guide listed here (https://grafxflow.co.uk/blog/mac-os-x/delete-ioplatformpluginfamilykext-macos-big-sur) and accept the risks.  The only issue is I can't get past step 3.  In particular this step:
Next make it writable which will require you to enter your password - the /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ 1 could be different.
sudo mount -uw /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ 1

When I enter that command I get the following error. "unknown special file or file system"
FYI when Diskutil list shows this in case I picking the wrong disk in previous step
diskutil mount disk1s5

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         500.1 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.1 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume HD - Data               152.9 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 282.2 MB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                622.1 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume HD                      15.3 GB    disk1s5
   6:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 15.3 GB    disk1s5s1


texts: anything better than dd to copy disk images to SD card in OS X?

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I have used dd because it is what the tutorials suggest to do for instance when copying Linux images to SD cards (e.g. Raspbian, Kali, ...).
This is done at 1 Mb/sec on my macbook pro. I have tried to change the bs option of dd, e.g. bs=1m or bs=10m or bs=100m but copying a 32 Gb image takes hours and the rate is always around 1 Mb/s.
I read on linux some users suggest to use cat instead of dd . This seems to not work for me as even with sudo I get an error for insufficient permissions.
Just to be clear, the disk partitions are unmounted via
sudo diskutil unmount /dev/disk2
sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

Also, I should have specified that dd works where cat is blocked by the permission error.
So my question is, what is the quick and reliable way to copy OS images of tens of Gbytes to a SD card in OS X?


texts: How can I retrieve my product key without the disc or case?

texts: Is there a way to retrieve my product key on my MacBook Pro?  I purchased it from Amazon on August 19, 2011.


texts: Transfer data from nonfunctional Mac to another Mac with an external drive

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I have to save data from a MacBook Air (13" Early 2015) that won't start. I was suggested to buy a Thunderbolt cable, to be able to connect the broken MacBook to another MacBook and see all the data as an external drive.

At this point, instead of transferring all data to the functioning MacBook, can I connect an external drive to the functioning one to transfer all the data from the broken MacBook there?


texts: Using Macbook pro 2017 13 inch with High Sierra 10.13.3 with Motorola SURFBoard SBG6580's ethernet port causes bugs on touchbar

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I have a really peculiar problem. I noticed that while i was using my new macbook my touchbar would malfunction. for example if i attempt to use the slider to set the brightness, after about 0.5-1 seconds it will set the brightness to 0, volume to 0 and turn on zero even though i am just holding my finger down on where the slider is supposed to be. this also has a malfunction with tapping where it will occasionally tap the wrong button while I am tapping down.

I noticed that this problem disappears when i disconnect my ethernet from the usb c hub i have. I noticed that simply having my modem turned on doesn't cause this effect - my SBG6580 SURFBoard by Motorola must be actively sending internet.

I tried using both left and right sides of the port and with a different usb c hub and the problem is 100% replicated when using the ethernet with this port.

I bought a new modem from Arris and tried connecting to that and the touchbar bug disappears. I would like to keep using my old SURFBoard gateway but it seems like I am forced to use a new modem. Any ideas?


texts: Revert back to Mavericks from Yosemite Public Beta

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I have downloaded the Mavericks OS X Installation and found out it did not work. It gave me this message:

  This copy of the "Install OS X" application is too old to be opened on this version of OS X.

I wanted to downloaded the public beta thinking it would be nice since I heard there was no problems. I ran into lots of performance problems on the way. I would like to go back to Mavericks.


texts: I have installed Xcode 7.3.1 on OS X El Capitan and when I want to open it, it says components need to be installed. When clicking on install, the progress goes until over half the bar and then it stops. I don't know if I should wait or not?


texts:
After looking at How to completely remove Garage Band from macOS?, I was able to found /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/ and /Library/Audio/Apple Loops Index/ using ls and deleted them using rm -rf.

But I also found other folders:

$ ls /Library/Audio/
Impulse Responses   MIDI Configurations MIDI Devices
MIDI Drivers        MIDI Patch Names    Plug-Ins        Sounds

My question is: can /Library/Audio/ and all its content be safely deleted?


texts: Problems setting up startmail client on ipad

texts: I've tried twice from scratch to set up an IMAP account for Startmail on my ipad and the steps appear to be simple however when I try to use it I'm told that either my userid or password is incorrect on my imap connection.  I've verifed these and they are correct.  I'm familiar with setting up an IMAP client to Startmail because I've done it on other hardware.  Any suggestions would be welcome.


texts: Interaction Gmail and Mail.app - Moving messages locally

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I use the Mail.app to access my multiple email accounts on my MBP and store some of the messages locally so that it doesn't end up stored forever online.
The thing is, I feel like moving a message from my Inbox to a local folder (i.e. "On my Mac") works for all accounts except Gmail.
Whenever I move a message from my Inbox to a local folder (either by drag-and-drop or with a rule in Mail.app), I discovered that the email is still in Gmail. It just isn't in the Inbox anymore, I have to go to "All Mail" to see it.
Is there a way to erase the message from the server as soon as it is stored locally? (or even with some delay like with deleted messages) Otherwise, it kind of defeats the purpose of all this...
I discovered that more than 1,000 emails are still stored online while I stored them all on my mac...


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Is there a way to edit the widgets surfaced in control centre by editing a config or plist at all?
Reason for asking is that I was configuring my menu, and cmd+dragged the fast user switching option out of the bar.. however, when I attempted to  put it into control centre I noticed the option(s) were greyed out.
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I think this is policy as my Mac is JAMF controlled.. so now I have gotten rid of the icon by mistake and have no way to get it back!
Ideally I'd like this to be hidden away in Control Centre (see below), but I'd be happy with simply resetting the menu..
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Thanks!


texts: Why the DNS service is consuming so much mobile data?

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I have reset the mobile data statistic the day before. So these are data incurred within a 24 hour window.

I don't understand why the DNS service will consume a disproportionate amount of data. Understanding it may help me to understand some irregularity of my mobile data usage (namely 100 MB on a Sunday morning was used even though I was indoor using Wi-Fi throughout)


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I have a 2012 Mac mini Server running OSx El Capitan. Our server provider has been sending reports about my hard drive failing, telling us we need to replace it as soon as possible before we have data loss. I've run a smartctl scan on my system and have noticed a lot of errors:

ATA Error Count: 3139 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
    CR = Command Register [HEX]
    FR = Features Register [HEX]
    SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
    SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
    CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
    CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
    DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
    DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
    ER = Error register [HEX]
    ST = Status register [HEX]

However I've also noticed that my overall SMART health scan passes:

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

Would now be a good time to go ahead and replace my hard drive or am I good to wait for a little while?


texts: Repair shop suggests to solder new graphics chip onto a used graphics card

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Recently, my 27" iMac Mid-2011 had a graphics card failure (an AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5).

Even though the computer now is vintage-classed, I still want to repair it. Unfortunately, Apple-authorized service partners are not allowed to service vintage-classed computers, so I had to turn it in to an unauthorized service shop.

The service technician claims to have found a used ATI HD 6970M 1GB from some secondary market supplier online. Since the card is used, he recommends that the supplier solders a new non-used ATI chip of the same type onto the graphics card board.

I have never heard of this procedure before and I am unsure if this is a recommendable idea. My concerns are are mainly if this is:

(A) At all recommendable to cushion against chip failures of a used card.
(B) If there are any safety concerns (e.g. electricity risks) due to doing this.

(The cost of the soldering operation is not a major concern although it has bearing, he says the soldering of the new chip will be $35 USD, added to the price of the used card which sells for $520 USD).


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I have a one set of speakers, 2 macbooks (girlfriend and I), an iPod touch and a XBox.

Now, I struggle with the audio because anytime I want to listen music or use the xbox, I have to switch the RCA cables plugged into the speakers.

It seems that Airport Express could be a solution and airplay seems really nice, but I don't know how/if it will work with the XBox?

Do you see a solution to simplify that situation?


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I am trying to install ddd debugger on my MAC. It installed fine, however when I try to run it I get the following error:

bash-3.2$ ddd test
Error: No `Ddd' application defaults file
To resolve this problem, you can:

set the XAPPLRESDIR environment variable to the location of the file `Ddd', or
set the DDD_HOME environment variable to the location of `ddd/Ddd', or
install the `Ddd' file in the X application defaults directory, or
recompile DDD with builtin app-defaults file;
see the `--enable-builtin-app-defaults' option for details.

I have X11 installed in my utilities folder. It works coz i use xterm on it quite often.

any ideas how to fix this??
anything I need to add to ./configure or make commands while installing ddd ???


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I have chosen Dark mode, under System Preferences > General > Appearance. Yet, it seems whenever starting up the computer, it switches back to Light.
I am guessing there is some "switch theme based on time of day" setting but I can't find it.
How can I have Dark mode permanently? Is there a workaround at least?
(To be really clear, the options are just Light and Dark, there is no Auto)
Mojave 10.14.2, mid 2014 MacBook Pro


texts: Will my 14.5V USB-C charger destroy my 9.7 inch iPad Pro?

texts: The charger is the one for the MacBook (29W) and the iPad is the 9.7 inch Pro. Can they be used together without damaging the iPad battery?


texts: What is the Mac equivilent of ALT+PrintScreen?

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I've just started using Delphi to create OSX programs. I'd like to be able to take a screenshot of just the currently active window on the Mac and save it to the clipboard. On Windows you press [Alt] + [PrtScn].

What is the equivilent on a Mac?


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There is a computer I don't have immediate access to that I cannot screenshare with it. I have an account on the computer and have screenshared before with it.

I believe some setting has been changed to deactivate screensharing.

Is there a way to activate screensharing through ssh?

My computer is OS 10.6.8. I'm not sure what the other one is but probably the same.


texts: Sharing folders on iCloud with non-iCloud users Catalina

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I have a folder on my iCloud and in the beginning I shared it with edit rights to anyone who has the link, then it asked them to have an iCloud account, so then I thought may be because I set it as editable. So then I set it as view only and shared the link but still they needed an account which to me it feels inconvenient or I thought may be I did something wrong.

Is there a way which I don't know how to do it?

Like for example on DropBox or Google Drive it will ask them to have an account if they want to edit but to view or download they can do this without the need of signing up and creating an account on DropBox or Google Drive.


texts: Cannot copy and paste files over SMB but works on AFP

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Say I have mounted a sharepoint on /Volumes/Staff/.

I find that I cannot copy files from /Volumes/Staff/Folder1 to /Volumes/Staff/Folder2 and vice versa. I get the following error:

  Can't connect to the server because the name or password is incorrect.

The server is a Mac Mini running Yosemite with file server configured with Server.app.

Desktops are iMacs running El Capitan. They all connect via SMB by default when clicking on the Mac Mini icon on the sidebar.

I can replicate this problem on my MacBook Pro running El Capitan. I am connecting via afp://myserveraddress and smb://myserveraddress in Finder.app via "Connect to Server" menu.

I find that on my MacBook, copying and pasting files works while I am connected via AFP but not while I am connected via SMB.

But I cannot simply turn off SMB on the server, we also have Windows and Linux desktops that needs to connect to the server too.

What do I have to do so that Macs can connect to the server via SMB as a majority of the users would only be able to connect by clicking on the Mac Mini icon in finder rather than going through "Connect to Server" like me.


texts: Can I use a normal USB-keyboard on an iPad3 with iOS6.0?

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Is there any way to use a normal USB-keyboard on an iPad3 with iOS6?

I saw a demo on YouTube where a normal USB-keyboard was connected to an iPad using the USB-connector. This iPad had iOS 5 on board.  I later read that this wouldn't function anymore under iOS 6.

I consider buying a connection set, but am reluctant since I want to use it to connect my normal USB keyboard. No use buying it if it won't work.


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OSX Mavericks, MacAir11

My built-in keyboard suddenly does not work anymore. Even when I did not turn on caps lock it stills capitalize all letters for me. I relogged but does not work. After testing I found out that the Right Shift is glitched. This makes me unable to enter the password of my Mac correctly and leads to the second problem. I don't know if it's because the keys are malfunctioning or I get infected by a virus.

As I cannot log in into my Mac, I have to log in using the Guest User account. But this happens:

And it made an infinite loop.

Error message (god, it took me a long time!)

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80007bfe45): "Process 1 exec of /sbin/launchd failed, errno 2"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.1.97/bsd/kern/kern_exec.c:4068
Debugger called: <panic>
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff809930bdf0 : 0xffffff800033a811
0xffffff809930be70 : 0xffffff80007bfe45
0xffffff809930bf40 : 0xffffff8000799368
0xffffff809930bf10 : 0xffffff80007dc2b1
0xffffff809930bf50 : 0xffffff8000336e46
0xffffff809930bf80 : 0xffffff800041eeae
0xffffff809930bfa0 : 0xffffff800043a40f

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: init
VM Swap Subsystem is ON
Boot args: -x

Mac OS version:
Not yet set

Kernel version
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97-2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A38-955C-7C4922577E61
CoreStorageFsck: LVG on disk0s2 is damaged and mounted read-only
CoreStorage: fsck_cs has finished for group "43F1F1FD-3E8A-47D7-9253-288845A95E7C" with status 0x04
ARPT: 2.004733: srom rev:8
the 0xffffff800af214a8 LVG MLV is readonly because metadata is not writable
ARPT: 2.100222: BTCOEXIST off
ARPT: 2.100652: BRCM tunables:
ARPT: 2.100659:   pullmode[1] txringsize[  256] txsendqsize[1024] reapmin[   32] reapcount[  128]
ARPT: 2.101263: wl0: Broadcom BCM4353, vendorID[0x14e4] BAR0[0xa0400004]
7.15.124.12 (r497602)
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8000100000
System model name: MacBookAir5,1 (Mac-66F35F19FE2A0D05)
CoreStorageFamily::unlockVEKs(C98CABEB-A027-4381-94EA-4705C08B70E5) VEK[?]unwrap failed. this is normal, except for the root volume.

System uptime in nanoseconds: 2133007077

See the error in action here.

I did not make any modifications to the OS itself.
Found out that the keyboard problem and the kernel problem is two different things.

Any suggestions why this is happening, and how can I fix this problem?


texts: Unable to add outlook account after updating to ios10

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After updating my iPhone to IOS 10 yesterday, I am unable to add an outlook account.

So here's what I'm doing:

I go to settings->mail->accounts, then tap "add account", and select "outlook".
A pop-up appears which loads Microsoft’s login page. I enter my username and password there, and click "login".
The page then asks me for a code from the two-step verification app. I enter that code and press "confirm" (or whatever the button is called).
After that another page appears which says that I am about to grand the following permissions (access to mail, contacts, etc.) to IOS, and asks me to confirm that.
I press "Yes", and then this window simply dissapears, leaving me back at the screen with mail provider selection (the one with "outlook", "exchange", "google", etc on it).

The outlook account is never added to my phone. However if I login to my outlook account from my PC and go to security settings->permissions, I can see that the permission for "IOS" has been created properly, it's just that the account is never added to my phone for some reason. Is there a way to fix this somehow?


texts: Copy selection to clipboard automatically

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I am looking for a program that can copy any selected text to the clipboard automatically. E.g. if I select some text in Safari or Eclipse, it should automatically copy it to the keyboard.

The Google Chrome extension Auto Copy 3.0.3 can do it in Google Chrome.

The application PopClip displays a popover menu which appears when some text is selected in any application but there doesn't seem to be any way to automatically copy it to the keyboard.


texts: How can I access a specific part of my volumes directory?

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My antivirus software has told me that a potentially unwanted program called 'Bundlore'has been detected, but to remove it I need to do so manually. It says it's located in /Volumes/Install/Install.app/Contents/MacOS/monetizer
I've gone into my volumes, but where exactly would I be able to find the software?


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I ran in the terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

and I wonder how to hide some files like: .localized and DS_Store as they are messing around on desktop and other directories. Is there any way to do so? or at least do not show hidden files on specific directory


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I have recently learned about Docker and love their declarative approach which enables me to put everything under version control and make the whole application basically immutable.

I understand that this is a much harder task to accomplish for a full blown OS like Mac OSX.

Still, I would love to have more control over how everything runs.

I am a developer so I frequently install stuff on my machine to try out, use command line tools that download packages, etc. pp.

A recent example was that I installed a OSX Developer Beta because a sound controller was not longer working and it was already fixed in the beta version. It did fix the sound problem but introduced other problems so having the ability to "easily" roll back to a previous state would have been really handy.

So what's the best approach to bring my OSX from a clean blank install to a desired state and from there on "put it under version control" so that I can easily try out new stuff but roll it back at any point in time?

Maybe even incorporating the idea of "sandboxing" stuff, for example when a family member or friend asks lend my MacBook without me having control on which websites they surf and what they may download and install.

A third thing that would be nice to have if I could share those states between two machines (for example when I both have a macbook and iMac)

I know that Time Machine is able to do some of this this stuff, but maybe there is something like "Docker" which brings this to a whole other level.

To be honest I have never really used time machine because I was frequently traveling and it was more convenient to backup files into the cloud instead of needing an external hard drive for time machine backups. This situation has changed as I am now planning to get a NAS where time machine backups could be done.

Maybe somebody knows other best practices or has a good article that answers those questions.

Thanks


texts: How to make an expanding compressed encrypted disk image?

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I'd like the following setup:

A DMG file sits on my HD, taking up only the space of the contents, or perhaps only the space of the contents compressed.
If I double-click on it, I need to give a password for it to open
Once opened, I can drag files in and out, as long as I don't fill it up. The theoretical maximum should be the 4.6 or 8.3 GB DVD option from Disk Utility
Once I've added (or removed) files from it, I can eject / unmount it
When unmounted, it returns to the size of the contents and is again password protected.

Is this possible with disk images (DMGs)? What is the best way to set this up?


texts: VMware fast for first user, sluggish for second

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After launching VMware and opening the virtual machine prepared by another user, Windows 7 runs very slowly. File read/write is 10-30x slower than it should be and Windows has started to animate window move/resize, which brings the OS (or VMware?) to its knees.

How do I go about debugging the problem?

Clarification
The two users are two accounts on the very same MacBook. The two users share the same OSX, and so it seems reasonable for them to also share the same Windows VM.

Update
After yet another fresh installation of VMware + Windows 7, this time installed and used exclusively by one user, the same sluggishness is starting. There are a few suspicions.

Mds is going berzerk, for instance. Could it be that it is indexing (and interfering somehow) with the separate partition on which the windows VM is installed?

The sluggishness starts after a little use: the unzipping of my code and a few debugging cycles under windows. Could my going along with VMware's default of making the disk usage grow as needed be contributing to some fragmentation so early on? VMware, as I now see, suggest using the non-default (allocate disk storage from the first moment of install) for production use. (What other use is there? And how could the non-production use be the default?)


texts: iPhone4 can't access iCloud after upgrade to iOS 7.0.2

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Software upgrade seems to have worked fine but settings->icloud is disabled.  It used to work fine.

Also FaceTime icon produces  message "Account restriction - this iphone is restricted from creating FaceTime accounts".

Any ideas please? Thanks in advance.


texts: PHP mail not sending (possible macOS Server or Firewall issue?)

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This is a relatively complex problem and LONG description, so bear with me. Please ask questions in the comments if you think I can clarify something. I am hosting multiple websites on a single computer running macOS Server (version 5.3.1 running on macOS 10.12.6). On one of these websites, I have a PHP form that is supposed to send me an email when submitted (but doesn't). I have three test platforms: a server at college (heavily regulated enterprise network), a server at home that hosts the website (relatively secured and managed personal network), and a laptop with me while I'm staying with friends abroad (relatively unmanaged, likely less secured, personal network). All three devices are Apple computers with macOS Server set up.

What I know works:
- I have my spam filter set to accept emails from this PHP script.
- PHP is enabled in the Websites section of MacOS Server.
- When I first began building the site (August), the PHP code sent me emails.
- The PHP script (in its current form) works.
- I am currently staying with friends abroad, and if I run this script from my laptop via terminal (php ~/path/to/script.php) from here, it works.

What I know doesn't work:
- If I fill out the form online the php script does not work.
- Running the script via terminal on the server at my home fails.
- Running the script via terminal on the server at my college also fails.

Note that the PHP mail function returns success every time, even if I never receive an email.

It's these last few points that make me think that the problem is with a firewall. Since I launched the sites (about a month ago), I have had to close a number of service ports I was using when building the sites (screen sharing, ssh, and some others) on the server at home after bots tried to hack it, and was wondering if this could have led to the problem or if it is something entirely different.

Question: Is there a way I can get my PHP mail script to function as expected?

Maybe more useful information: port scans!

Here is an nmap port scan of the public IP of the website:

PORT    STATE    SERVICE
53/tcp  open     domain
80/tcp  open     http
111/tcp filtered rpcbind
311/tcp open     asip-webadmin
443/tcp open     https
625/tcp open     apple-xsrvr-admin

Here is an nmap port scan of my laptop (localhost) (I will try to get a port scan of the public IP of the network soon and add that to the question, but this is not possible at the moment):

PORT      STATE SERVICE
22/tcp    open  ssh
80/tcp    open  http
88/tcp    open  kerberos-sec
111/tcp   open  rpcbind
443/tcp   open  https
445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds
464/tcp   open  kpasswd5
548/tcp   open  afp
749/tcp   open  kerberos-adm
999/tcp   open  garcon
1021/tcp  open  exp1
1023/tcp  open  netvenuechat
1947/tcp  open  sentinelsrm
2049/tcp  open  nfs
3031/tcp  open  eppc
3322/tcp  open  active-net
3323/tcp  open  active-net
3324/tcp  open  active-net
3325/tcp  open  active-net
4444/tcp  open  krb524
5900/tcp  open  vnc
7000/tcp  open  afs3-fileserver
7001/tcp  open  afs3-callback
49152/tcp open  unknown
49153/tcp open  unknown
49154/tcp open  unknown
49155/tcp open  unknown
49156/tcp open  unknown
49158/tcp open  unknown
49159/tcp open  unknown
49160/tcp open  unknown
49161/tcp open  unknown
49163/tcp open  unknown
49167/tcp open  unknown


texts:
I'm using VS Code v1.45.1 and it will not update.
It automatically checks for updates as set in preferences - default for Windows and macOS -  and I'm presented with the notification dialog box indicating an update is available.

However, when I click Update Now, the application closes and doesn't reopen.  I've left it for hours (allowing it to download and update itself), but nothing happens.  I then manually relaunch the app only to find that nothing was updated and in a few minutes the same update notification appears.
The only way I've been able to update VS Code is by manually downloading the new version and installing it on top of the existing one.  This was happening with v1.42.1 as well and I thought an update would fix it.  Unfortunately, it hasn't.  This was a clean install of VS Code on a clean install of Catalina in March 2020.  Catalina is up-to-date at 10.15.5
Does anyone know how I can fix this issue of it not updating as it's supposed to?


texts: How do I view my cookies in Safari 7 Web Inspector?

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I've got the developer menu enabled, and am looking at the Web Inspector, but the instructions I've been able to find for viewing cookies in Safari 6 don't seem to apply in Safari 7.

How do I view my cookies in the Safari 7 Web Inspector?


texts:
How do I upgrade my Mac OS X from 10.8.5 to 10.10.5?

I obviously can't use a 10.9 or a 10.10 Combo Updater.


texts: Booted external drive running 10.8.5 on new mac mini got "no entry sign", tried on late 2012 Mac Mini booted fine - why?

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I've got a 500 GB HDD in a late 2012 Mac Mini. I'm in the process of upgrading it to a 1 TB hybrid (fusion) drive.

The original 500gb drive was running OSX 10.8.5 and I copied the drive in its entirety using Carbon Copy Cloner to the 1 TB drive.

I had the 1 TB drive in an enclosure and wanted to test if it would boot so I plugged it into a nearby machine (as the late 2012 Mac Mini wasn't reassembled yet). The nearby machine was a current version Mac Mini purchased about 3 months ago running OSX 10.11.

When I booted into the external drive by holding down the option key I got a grey error screen with a no entry logo (see image below).

Slightly panicked, I reassembled the late 2012 Mac Mini and tried to boot the external 1 TB drive. This time it worked.

Was the issue with the 1 TB drive and / or that the OS didn't copy properly via Carbon Copy Cloner, and I just got lucky when I booted it on the late 2012 Mac Mini?

Or is it an issue to do with the new Mac Mini not booting a 10.8.5 OS?

(Just want to be sure because if it's an issue with the drive or copy of the data I've put on there I want to rectify it now, before I start using this drive in production.)


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My system is OS X Yosemite. When I connect MBP to a monitor, the monitor shows no signal error and the MacBook screen also becomes black. Disconnecting will not make the MacBook screen normal again. I have to force it to shut down and restart.
I also don't have the "detect display" option in system preference -> display. Does anyone have the same problem?

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MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2012. Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5. Memory 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3. Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB. The cable is VGA-mini displayport (not Apple brand, but worked fine with projectors before). The monitor is AOC E2752VH (model #: 270LM00004)


texts: No one- and two-finger tap in Better Touch Tool?

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I'm trying to get my three-finger tap to middle-click functionality in Mountain Lion since MiddleClick seems to have been broken in the upgrade. However, in order to let BTT react to tap gestures, "Tap to click" has to be unchecked in the Trackpad preferences panel.

But by doing this, you remove the ability to either one- or two-finger tap on content to interact with it.

I'm 99.9% certain I checked everywhere in BTT's settings, but I cannot for the life of me figure out where to find the options for those (though single-finger gestures do allow for taps in quadrants, I don't like having to tap in specific places on the trackpad—it's more convenient as it's implemented in OS X).

Edit: I'm open to alternative solutions, so long as it's not MagicPrefs. At least on my machine, that app seems to make the trackpad pretty wonky with the sensitivity.


texts: Regular crashes on iPhone 4S/iOS 6.1.1: due to old battery, or because of updated-for-iOS-7 apps?

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For the past 6 weeks, 2-3 times a week my two-year-old iPhone 4S (with no replacement parts) has crashed in the middle of use. I get a black screen with a spinner, and then it powers down. After switching back on manually it seems to be fine until the next crash.

I've deliberately not upgraded to iOS 7 (running 6.1.1 since Feb 2013) as I want to try to get another 6 months or so out of this device, and don't want to worry about possible slowness / battery problems with an older device (although I'm not after advice about whether those problems are likely), as I'm already getting pretty poor battery life.

A full restore via iTunes, home/lock button resets and all the usual voodoo haven't stopped the crashes.

As I've not changed anything major (the OS or my usage habits) I'm wondering:

is battery age or the general age of the hardware (although I don't s'pose many other parts degrade over time) likely to be causing this?
could it be all the apps that've been upgraded for iOS 7 have introduced some instability on older versions of the OS?
or am I barking up the wrong tree altogether?

In case it helps, these are some examples of recent times when I've had crashes:

36% battery, device locked and playing audio via Instacast
22% battery, copy/pasting in Safari
40% battery, switching apps after copying from Instapaper (log below)

Update

Thanks Andrew Larsson for the helpful comment suggesting I post a crash log (duh!). The only one that's clearly from a time I know there to have been a crash is as follows (I don't know exactly what it means, but I think the filename is a pretty big clue!):

LowBatteryLog2013-12-10-213852.plist
Incident Identifier: D5FFF38F-7B82-4545-AA06-5A25F2411801
CrashReporter Key:   3c892d901eba49956f927e0ee3cbf520ebfad207
Date:                2013-12-10 21:38:52 +0000
OS Version:          iPhone OS 6.1.1 (10B145)

apsd: com.apple.apsd-connectionestablish-push.apple.com NoIdleSleepAssertion == 255, held for 00:00:09
backboardd: Instapaper[2989]-UIKitBackgroundCompletionTask [0x1ed4da60]/UIKitBackgroundCompletionTask [0x1ed52ae0]/UIKitBackgroundCompletionTask [0x1ed5a3c0]   NoIdleSleepAssertion == 255, held for 00:00:41
SpringBoard: com.apple.springboard.idle NoIdleSleepAssertion == 255, held for 00:13:59

Hardware Model: N94AP
Awake Time: 05:17:06 (19026)
Standby Time: 10:26:06 (37566)
Partial Charge: 1
Capacity: 0
Voltage: 3550 mV

Any other suggested crash logs to look for?


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I have a .PSD file which needs to edited. It contains just two layers, one an image and the other a text layer. I want to edit the text layer. I read online Photoshop touch doesn't let you edit .psd files.

Is there any way to do this on the iPhone?


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After upgrading to macOS Mojave, I suddenly cannot select text to copy anymore in Preview.app.

I can highlight as normal and when the highlighting tool is active, I can select text but it immediately gets colored yellow once I "release the mouse" (before the update, there were two ways of coloring text yellow: 1. Highlight text (making it blueish) and click the highlight tool, or 2. Click the highlight tool and drag and select it).

Edit: It is as if what has happened is that I can no longer see which text I am selecting. I can apparently select text and copy it and I can paste it into other programs, I just cannot see what text I am selecting while doing it.


texts: How can I export an MS Outlook .pst file to Apple Mail?

texts: I want to export an MS Outlook .pst file to Apple Mail. How can I do this?


texts: how install postgres 9.6 and a corresponding PostGIS

texts: How do I install postgres 9.6 and a corresponding PostGIS on macOS Sierra using perhaps homebrew?


texts:
I jailbroke this iPad sometime ago and just updated it to 7.1.2, it's now stuck in recovery mode and won't come out even though I tried the button pressing method.

There's a lot of photos on it that wasn't backed up, is there a way to get the iPad out of recovery mode or retrieve the data inside it?


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Odd problem. If I use my iPhone or my wife's iPhone, my LG TV, and the Apple TV in my kids bedroom, the wifi router works as expected. The moment that I start to use a Macbook Air 2013 (Mojave 10.14.4 (18E226)) on the same network, the wifi drops, and stops working on all devices.

I pinged www.google.com and this is what I get:

64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=89 ttl=56 time=40.477 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=90 ttl=56 time=61.264 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=91 ttl=56 time=33.568 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=92 ttl=56 time=34.179 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.29.4: icmp_seq=93 ttl=56 time=35.228 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 94
Request timeout for icmp_seq 95
Request timeout for icmp_seq 96
Request timeout for icmp_seq 97

Every thing working and suddenly bam, timeout, timeout, the only options that I have:

Turn off wifi and turn on again, use a few moments and the same thing happens.
Turn off the router and turn on again, I gain a few moments of happiness.

Solutions that I've tried:

Remove the files com.apple.airport.preferences.plist, com.apple.network.eapolclient.configuration.plist, NetworkInterfaces.plist, preferences.plist, restarted the device. DID NOT WORK
Change the Location on the Network properties on General/Network. DID NOT WORK
Add the google DNS on the WIFI network. DID NOT WORK.
Remove the option from the router WMM. DID NOT WORK.
If I turn off the router I have like 20min until the connection drops, then every device on the house hangs, the TV, the phones.
6.Tried sudo ifconfig awdl0 down, DID NOT WORK.
Changed the router channel to 11. WAITING

The last responses from ping:

64 bytes from 172.217.30.100: icmp_seq=499 ttl=56 time=34.396 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.30.100: icmp_seq=500 ttl=56 time=34.338 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 501
Request timeout for icmp_seq 502
Request timeout for icmp_seq 503
Request timeout for icmp_seq 504
Request timeout for icmp_seq 505
Request timeout for icmp_seq 506
Request timeout for icmp_seq 507
Request timeout for icmp_seq 508
Request timeout for icmp_seq 509
Request timeout for icmp_seq 510
Request timeout for icmp_seq 511
Request timeout for icmp_seq 512
Request timeout for icmp_seq 513
Request timeout for icmp_seq 514
Request timeout for icmp_seq 515
Request timeout for icmp_seq 516

I hope to find a solution because since it's an Air model I don't want to buy an adapter and get back to ethernet.

Thank you.


texts: Are the temperatures that I'm seeing normal?

texts:
I bought a new mid-2014 15" Macbook Pro, and noticed some interesting temperatures in iStats. The idle temperature seems to be around 50 degrees celcius with an ambient temperature of approximately 30 degrees. However, whenever I play games, particularly DOTA 2 in Bootcamp, the temperature shoots up and sustains at around 90 degrees celcius throughout the whole gaming session. Is this normal? Or do I have a defective Macbook?

I guess a question I should also be asking is how much will the life of my MacBook be lowered after constant gaming (i.e. ~10 hours/week of cpu temps at 90 degrees celsius)?

Thanks!


texts: How can I disable shift + control + scroll zoom in chrome?

texts:
I use ⌃ ctrl + ⇧ shift + ⇥ tab to move between tabs in Chrome, but if I scroll with the touchpad it'll zoom the page. This happens quite a lot and it's frustrating. Is there some way I can disable the ⌃ ctrl + ⇧ shift + scroll shortcut?

This is what happens:


texts: Permissions issue when copying files over SMB to server on OS X 10.9 Mavericks

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First of all I'd like to say that I've spent most of the day trying to figure this problem out. I've already read quite some articles on this issue but can't seem to find the specific issue I'm experiencing.

I'm running OS X 10.9 Mavericks on a Mac Mini.
Our server is running Linux Gentoo. At this point I'm not exact sure which version.

The problem

When I connect to a server on our company network with the SMB or CIFS protocol I can mount the volumes from that server. I can also access and read the files on all the volumes (so far as I know). I connect through the admin username and password for this server.

However, when I try to copy files to one particularly volume I get prompted by Finder to enter my username and password. After I've entered my OSX user credentials I get an error stating the following:

  The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access some of the items.

I therefor cannot copy files to this specific volume on our server. I can however copy files to other volumes on our server.

Attempted Solutions

Solutions I've already attempted are:

Connecting through CIFS rather then SMB
Changing the permissions on said files to read/write by everyone
Attempting to install Samba to be used instead of OS X's SMB implementation

None of these attempts have managed to solve the problem I'm experiencing.

Some more alternative attempts

What I also tried to do was to give my files to a colleague which runs OS X Mountain Lion so he could attempt to copy the files to said volume. He got the same problem and was also prompted by Finder to provide his credentials on which afterwards failed to copy because of the above permissions error.
He can however copy his own files to said volume without any problem.

When I provided my files to a colleague which is using Windows 8 he succeeded in copying my files to said volume.

TL;DR

Can't copy files over SMB to specific server volume from OSX Mavericks. Can read however.

Any help is very much appreciated.

Update #1

Some people have suggested that I needed to enter the server credentials in the Finder prompt but it doesn't allow that. I can only enter my OSX account credentials.

I also want to indicate that I connect to the server with the same user account and login as most of my colleagues. So I connect with the same account as colleagues which can copy files to the server. I, however, keep getting the no permissions error when I try to copy files to the server.


texts: Migration Assistant moved files to inaccesible new account, how to get to my old files?

texts:
I just got a Mac after many years on a PC. Migration Assistant did not work when I was setting up the computer, so I ran it a few minutes later instead.

However, it seems it transferred all my files to a different account which I cannot access. I don't know the password to that account and resetting it didn't help.

What is the simplest way to get my old files?
Is there a way to merge accounts?
Alternatively, If I could log in to it, I can just switch to that account.

Update: I restarted my computer and was able to login to the other account. Now I'll delete the default account.


texts: Different programs in the same Xcode C++ project

texts:
I am trying to use XCode as my training environment for simple C++ programs. If I create a new project, I can successfully complete everything (compile, run) but If I add one more file, it can't compile as a separate one. That means that I need to have a main2() and a main3() etc. because having 2 files with two main() in the same folder lead to an error.

In simple words, I want to write code for 30 C++ examples, each one in its own .cpp file and compile every one of them separately and not as a whole project (all files together that If there are two functions of the same name, it will crash).


texts: Display turns black after a few seconds at the login screen before logging in

texts:
When I boot into Windows via Boot Camp, everything works fine.

When I boot into safe mode by holding down shift on boot up, everything works fine.

When I boot with an external monitor hooked up, everything works fine (both the laptop screen and the external monitor work). If I unplug the external monitor, it stops working, and re-plugging in the external monitor doesn't help.

Originally I was running OSX El Capitan. I just upgraded to Sierra. Still doesn't work.

I've already attempted resetting the SMC and PRAM/NVRAM.

I've very quickly clicked on a user account before the login screen goes black, no dice there either.

I had been using a program called f.lux to make my screen dark at night. I went ahead and took it off of the startup programs for my user account, and deleted the color display profile corresponding to it. Perhaps it could still be messing with things even though it's not on my user's start up programs anymore.

This happened to me about a week ago. I reset the SMC back then too, and at that time, it seemed to fix it. But now it's back.

Also, one time only, my login screen was duplicated a bunch of times and had some distortion lines. It looked like this:

I spilled water on my computer forever ago and took it somewhere to get fixed. I guess this could partially be a hardware problem, but if so, it is weird that it works in many circumstances.


texts: Disabling notifications for certain apps for weekend

texts:
I would like to disable Telegram, Slack, Gmail, and Trello notifications from 8PM Friday to 6AM Monday. Is there any way to do it?
I have already tried:
Siri shortcuts - no access to parental controls
Do not disturb - no option to add exceptions
Flipd, Focus Lock, Freedom - don't work at all
I don't care if it's only notifications that are disabled or the app altogether, I just don't want to see the notifications.


texts: My Macbook’s hard drive is encrypted using FileVault 2. Will adding a new user with a different password break the encryption?

texts: I want to add a separate account or accounts to use as chroot accounts for an FTP server, and I want to use different passwords for these accounts.  I know the AES-128 key used by FileVault is calculated from the password, so will using a new password cause FileVault to try to encrypt using a different key, making the ciphertext inconsistent?  Or does FileVault calculate the key based on the password you used when you first encrypt the hard drive?  I'm not sure about this, and I don't want to break my computer.


texts: Stop iOS app from accessing the internet

texts:
There are some apps on iOS that I trust with Health information. These apps are fully capable of working offline.
Is there any way to prevent specific third-party apps from accessing the internet on iOS? One possible use case would be to prevent the app from logging private data that it has access to.
For example, there may be an app which acts as a fitness dashboard and allows you to visualize your fitness data in a "dashboard" fashion. Or there may be an scanner app, or a calculator app, both of which can run offline. It would be nice to be able to safeguard data that these apps have access to, such as health data in the case of fitness dashboards, or clipboard data, in the case of other apps, by ensuring that this data can't be sent anywhere.


texts:
I wonder if its possible to browser websites on Apple TV without having an iPod, iPhone or iPad to mirror from.

If Apple TV has a browser that I can use with my Bluetooth keyboard, that would be awesome. Is it possible yet?

Edited to Add: I haven't jailbroken my ATV yet, but I'm open to any solution that requires it.


texts: Problem in defaults command when adding app with blanks in name to dock

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I would like to add an app to my dock via a command.  I'm able to add an icon to the dock when there are no blanks in the path.  I get an error message when I have a blank in the path.

The command syntax came from jonn8's post here:

https://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=13548

works:

mac $ defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString</key><string>/Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo/YahooWeather.app/</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict></dict>'
mac $

note: You need to restart the dock to see the change.

fails.  I tried various forms of the command:

mac $ defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add 'tile-datafile-data_CFURLString' '/Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo News, Send & Weather2/YahooWeather.app/''_CFURLStringType0'

2019-02-20 14:30:36.132 defaults[10804:2010845] Could not parse: tile-datafile-data_CFURLString.  Try single-quoting it.

mac $ defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add 'tile-datafile-data_CFURLString/Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo\ News,\ Send\ \&\ Weather2/YahooWeather.app/_CFURLStringType0'

2019-02-20 14:31:45.327 defaults[10807:2011376] Could not parse: tile-datafile-data_CFURLString/Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo\ News,\ Send\ \&\ Weather2/YahooWeather.app/_CFURLStringType0.  Try single-quoting it.

mac $ defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add 'tile-datafile-data_CFURLString/Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo\ News\,\ Send\ \&\ Weather2/YahooWeather.app/_CFURLStringType0'

2019-02-20 14:33:01.617 defaults[10810:2011938] Could not parse: tile-datafile-data_CFURLString/Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo\ News\,\ Send\ \&\ Weather2/YahooWeather.app/_CFURLStringType0.  Try single-quoting it.

mac $ defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add 'tile-datafile-data_CFURLString/Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo%20News,%20Send%20&%20Weather2/YahooWeather.app/_CFURLStringType0'

2019-02-20 14:34:31.043 defaults[10815:2012590] Could not parse: tile-datafile-data_CFURLString/Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo%20News,%20Send%20&%20Weather2/YahooWeather.app/_CFURLStringType0.  Try single-quoting it.

Yet when I drag an app with blanks in the name I get via:

defaults read com.apple.dock

 autohide = 0;
    largesize = 66;
    "last-messagetrace-stamp" = "571873654.853677";
    magnification = 1;
    "minimize-to-application" = 0;
    "mod-count" = 732;
    orientation = bottom;
    "persistent-apps" =     (
                {
            GUID = 1620538228;
            "tile-data" =             {
                "bundle-identifier" = "com.apple.ScriptEditor.id.YahooWeather";
                "dock-extra" = 0;
                "file-data" =                 {
                    "_CFURLAliasData" = <00000000 00e80003 00010000 d876e512 0000482b 00000000 00208447 00208474 0000d872 b3e50000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 00100020 84470014 5ea40013 f6360000 0078000e 00220010 00590061 0068006f 006f0057 00650061 00740068 00650072 002e0061 00700070 000f001c 000d004d 00610063 0069006e 0074006f 00730068 00200053 00530044 0012003f 55736572 732f6d61 632f446f 776e6c6f 6164732f 5961686f 6f204e65 77732c20 53656e64 20262057 65617468 65722f59 61686f6f 57656174 6865722e 61707000 00130001 2f000015 0002000a ffff0000>;
                    "_CFURLString" = "file:///Users/mac/Downloads/Yahoo%20News,%20Send%20&%20Weather/YahooWeather.app/";
                    "_CFURLStringType" = 15;
                };
                "file-label" = YahooWeather;
                "file-mod-date" = 3633311607;
                "file-type" = 41;
                "parent-mod-date" = 3633311607;
            };
            "tile-type" = "file-tile";
        },


texts: "New App Preview" not available in iMovie

texts: I want to create an App Preview video for an app.  I have started iMovie but no matter what I try the "New App Preview" is greyed out.  I created a movie in Quicktime and imported it in...still nothing.


texts: How can I remove Photos.app from Mac OSX El Capitan?

texts:
Appzapper doesn't work
Appcleaner doesn't work
The typical Terminal Command i use doesn't work

Is the only way to doe this by disable SIP (System Integrity Protection)?


texts: How can I add a website to Notification Center after denying its initial request?

texts:
For example, when visiting eBay.com or cnn.com, a dialogue box pops up asking if the site can send notifications to Notification Center.

If you initially choose deny, but change your mind later, how can you go about adding a site back to notifications (manually or otherwise)?


texts: iOS device in single app mode: Is it possible to skip the lock screen?

texts: I use an iPad in single app mode for an art installation. In the evening my app detects when the usb power is switched off and sets the ipad into sleep mode. But in the morning when the power is switched on the lock screen appears and someone has to unlock the iPad manually. Is there a way to skip the lock screen and autostart the app immediately?


texts: Moved my time machine backup drive to another computer, can see it but won't recognise old backups

texts:
I've been using an external hard drive on my MacBook for time machine for a year or so. Now I have a Mac Mini too and have connected the external hard drive to that for the same purpose.

I want to leave it connected to my Mac Mini and still backup to it wirelessly from my laptop.

I have done all the steps to allow time machine to recognise network drives and I can see the drive from my laptop etc., but it won't recognise the old backups.

Do I need to change the file permissions or similar to get it working?


texts:
This is more a general enquiry into whether I should be concerned, but I have a 2011 Macbook Pro 13" and over the last week and a half I have noticed the left side of the case (power point, QWE keys down to wrist rest) is getting uncomfortably hot during normal operations. I listen to Spotify and work on Google Docs / Transmit / Textmate with 1password in the background, but that's about it.

I installed iStat Pro to see if I could see anything wrong, and I'm seeing the following numbers:
CPU: 64 deg,
Enclosure 1: 35deg
Enclosure 2: 35deg
Enclosure 3: 37deg

and the fan is running at 2000rpm. Is this cause for concern / something I should take into Apple for investigation? I can imagine it being difficult to reproduce because it requires about an hour and a half of use before it starts to heat up noticeably.

Thanks for your help!


texts: Host Wi-Fi Access Point without tethering

texts:
How can I make my MacBook host a WPA2-encrypted wireless access point without tethering?

I don't want to share my Internet connection and I don't want an ad-hoc network, instead I want to host a real /24 closed Wi-Fi network using just my MacBook.


texts: OS 10.10 not connecting through proxy specified by its Internet name

texts:
My office proxy has always been specified with its IP address and everything worked fine. However, recently, the proxy was changed to use its Internet name, in the form xxxx-y.zzzz.com

Since then, I have been unable to connect. I keep getting infinite authentication dialog boxes, but still doesn't connect. I've opened /etc/hosts to add its Internet name and map it to its IP address. It is still failing.

However, if I change back to the legacy numeric iIP address, it connects fine. Problem is that the legacy IP address will soon be discontinued as it has issues.


texts: Are there any VR headsets for iPhone that feature positional tracking?

texts:
There are VR headsets available for iPhone, like Google Cardboard, but Cardboard headsets only feature rotational tracking, not positional tracking like the Oculus Rift and the HTC.

My question is, are there any VR headsets available for the iPhone which feature positional tracking?  And if so, do they feature outside-in tracking like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, or do they feature inside-out tracking like the products I list here?


texts: Add printer via lpadmin with custom queue

texts:
Is there a way to add a printer via the command line that has a custom queue that has two words separated by a space?

My command so far is below but does not set the custom queue. Without the queue, jobs won't print.

lpadmin -p Printer_Name -D "Printer Name" -L "Office" -E -v lpd://X.X.X.X/ -P /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/RICOH\ Aficio\ MP\ C3501

The CUPS webinterface page lists the example: lpd://hostname/queue

I have tried user a \, %20 and putting the entire lpd address in quotes but no luck.

Hopefully someone can help me out.


texts: Non-Breaking Hyphen Sequence Interpreted as Cmd-hyphen (Zoom out)

texts: I'm trying to insert a non-breaking hyphen into a web app in Google Chrome. The key sequence is ⌘⇧-. Whenever I type this key sequence into a program (tested Notes, Textedit, and Chrome itself), it is interpreted as ⌘-, which is mapped to either reduce text size or zoom out. How can I enter non-breaking hyphens without using the character viewer and why does this peculiar behaviour occur?


texts: How to resize partition after failed installation of Windows 10 via boot camp?

texts:
I have resized my main drive from 250gb to 200gb so I could have 50gb for Windows 10. Installation via boot camp failed and I was left with two partitions.
Somehow I deleted the smaller one (for Windows) and now I can not reclaim that space and resize my main partition to its original size of 250gb.

➜ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         192.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data OSXRESERVED             8.0 GB     disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +192.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            140.0 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 45.8 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                1.0 GB     disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

DiskUtility:

I have tried resizing apfs container:

➜ diskutil apfs resizeContainer /dev/disk0s2 240g
Started APFS operation
Aligning grow delta to 48,000,000,000 bytes and targeting a new physical store size of 240,000,000,000 bytes
Determined the maximum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS Container to be 192,000,536,576 bytes
Error: -69771: The target disk is too small for this operation

Does anybody know how to reclaim that "invisible" free space and how to expand my main partition?

Any help is much appreciated.


texts: What is happening when my Mac is being optimized after an OS X update?

texts:
I have just updated to 10.9.2 and after the installation reboot this little message shows up:

What exactly is happening in the background here?


texts: Can I do anything to have my iPod Touch (2nd gen) louder?

texts:
To me, It's quite difficult to understand podcast when there is some noise around, for instance in noisy subway. I think I've read something about the weak output sound level of the iPod touch 2nd gen...

Is there any means to increase the sound of poscast on that device ?


texts: Apple's typical device refresh optimal for new college students?

texts:
Long-story-short: When does apple typically update their hardware?

As a prospective college student, I'd want to get new devices before college begins, but I'd also prefer to have the most up-to-date once I actually begin college.

Colleges that I've looked into typically start in Fall, so I was wondering whether Apple typically updates devices in late-Summer. Or, do they inconveniently update it after most colleges start?


texts: New MacBook Pro screen goes black when opened past a certain angle

texts:
My MacBook PRM went black suddenly as it was being used. no reasons. PRAM reset didnt help. When connected to external monitors there is no issue.

The display is good as the lid is opened up to around 80degrees or so. Then it becomes black.  It definitely is a hardware issues
Searching yielded the below & the issue appears to be the same.  Any idea with 15" ? Apple wants to charge 700$ for the same - this laptop was purchase Jan 2017.  Any suggestions?  No extended warranty

New MacBook Pro 13” screen goes black when opened past vertical


texts: Macbook pro freezing after clean install

texts:
My Macbook Pro (2015, Catalina) begun to freeze when I logged on to my main user account a couple of days ago. After the loading screen I approximately 2-5 seconds passed before everything froze, including the cursor. The spinning wheel didn't even appear, only a complete freeze. The laptop also didn't go to sleep if closed in this state.

I tried the following without luck:

SMC- and Pram reset
Disc Utility, shows no errors.
List of log-in items on user account wiped clean.
csstore files removed, as suggested here
clean install of Catalina via USB boot drive incl. erasing disk.

But alas, the issue persists. Since the clean install I've tried:

fsck from Single User Mode. Results in /dev/rdisk1 is mounted with write access.
disabling System Integrity Protection
running verification via Terminal diskutil with no issues (same goes for repair).
Apple Hardware Test - no warnings except for the usual 'replace battery soon' message

In safe mode, this is posted to the console every 5 seconds.
Any idea what it means?

  AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[465]: Failed to register for device
  notification events and start runloop
  AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[465]:
  Failed to initialize MobileRestore, can't perform registration right
  now.
  AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent[465]: Failed to create mux listener


texts:
I have been trying to reboot my MacBook air 2017 from the disk I've used for a while.
Couple of days ago my mac shutted down with a circular error sign. I've been able to boot it back with an external HDD and backed up all my data but when I wanted to erase my crashed disks I've got error that unable to erase disk now please proceed. When I try to redownload Mac OS Big Sur with recovery mode it says permission denied.
Then I started the device in recovery mode and tried to erase it there, it got me writable disk is required error.  I've tried to unmount disks, via terminal nothing changed. Tried to erase it from the terminal it says permission denied.
Finally I now opened single user mode, I can't even /sbin/mount -uw / or sbin/fsck -fy
It says permission denied error with 66
Guys I just wanted to erase my disks, what do I do now. I am no computer expert but soon I'll be. I am really frustrated.


texts: How to open .dmg file or install XCode on Windows?

texts:
I am mostly windows developer and had to step into iDevelopmentWorld.
Went to apple to get XCode, downloaded it, however file extension is .dmg. Windows does not recognize it as executable and throws following dialog.

I am guessing that ether
1. I need some additional software to open it (like mounting an image).
or
2. .dmg is not for windows but iOS and I am out of luck.


texts: Maintaining Aspect Ratio while Image Cropping using Preview

texts:
I like the convenience of being able to crop jpg/png images with Preview, but I would also like to be able occasionally to restrict the aspect ratio of the cropped image. This is useful, for instance, if I want to prepare images for printing in 4x6 or 5x7, while avoiding any surprise cropping made by the photo lab.

I am hoping there is a quick and easy way to do this (i.e., without needing to invoke the behemoth of image editing for this elementary task). Are you aware of one?


texts:
I see a lot of third party apps that offer the ability to turn your Mac into a VPN server. It seems the VPN server functionality is built into OS X from what I've read but you need OS X server to get the GUI or a third party tool.

So if it's built in, can I configure VPN (DNS, IP, users, etc) from a command line instead of using some GUI? If so, how would I go about configuring everything?

I want to enable VPN on my Mac Mini (Mavericks) so I can use my iPhone to VPN into my home network. I have an Airport Express and have the proper ports forwarded to my Mac already.


texts: Cannot Create a User Account on Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard

texts: I am having trouble with iMac running OS X 10.5.8. I used to be all the time in the administrator account (mine) but I forgot my password so I did the reboot thing. Now it sends me to the Create Account (Apple video intro, select a language, and everything) and when I'm done creating the account it sends me again to the start. What can I do?


texts:
In my Pages document, I have a passage in my abbreviations list that looks as shown below:

I'm not satisfied with the display of the first item, because on the second line the word inscriptions should be indented, i.e. preceded by a tab.

So I put my cursor at the very end of the first line, just after the character c of Semitic, and hit Tab key. Unfortunately, Pages does not interpret the keystroke the way I want, it chooses to push the first line's content backwards rather than pushing the second line's content forward (while the second line stays unindented), so I get something like this:

How do I achieve the desired result?

UPDATE (in answer to Yoan's comment below) : I also tried hitting "Tab" several times, just before the "i" of inscriptions. The four first keystrokes change nothing to the output, and on the fifth the second line is indented correctly but I have an incorrect very long space at the end of the first line :


texts: iPhone 8: WiFi only connects to certain domains, resetting network settings did nothing

texts:
My WiFi is working perfectly fine throughout the house (no other device is having issues) and for some reason my phone just stopped connecting in certain apps and sites. For example it will connect to Instagram but will refuse to connect to Spotify.
I can connect to any domain on cellular still. Resetting network settings did nothing, I tried twice, I tried hard resetting and whatever else I could think of and nothing else was doing it. I tried connecting to the multiple different networks in my house. I’m not sure what else to do on my end or if I will have to contact Apple, or if the phones adapter just suddenly stopped working?


texts: how to force a factory reset of an iPhone?

texts:
I once used a sequence of button presses to force an iPhone to downgrade to its original iOS version, and its factory settings.
IIRC is involved holding down the power button for 10 seconds and something else.
 Is that still possible?  what is the correct sequence of button presses?


texts: Factory Reset MacBook Air makes it better?

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I have MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011) I did never factory reset it.
It's getting sometimes slow and have too much heat, I've changed the fan but still got some heat and slow function till I force quit all apps.

Do you think factory reset can make it better? I'm aware to do that cause I have a lot of files to be removed and some are critical to being moved of its location.


texts: Can't install OS X on MacBook Pro after installing Windows 8

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So my hard drive stopped working, water damage I think.
I bought myself a new ssd and straightaway put Windows on it as I use it for work.

This was a few months ago I'm now stuck as I can't figure out how to install OS X whilst Windows is its main OS.

If anyone has a solution that doesn't involve me wiping my ssd I'd be very happy.


texts: Two thunderbolt ports on my mid-2015 MacBook Pro how do I configure one monitor to be in mirroring mode and the other in extended desktop mode?

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So its my understanding that I can have two flatscreen monitors as long as I use the right cables and each thunderbolt on my Mac will connect to each monitor for a total of 2 monitors and as long they meet the specifications listed in this post:
MacBook pro retina 15" mid 2015 - two monitors 4k@60Hz

However, how do I connect them to ensure it extends my workspace with different apps and windows on each display where I can move a document or application from one screen to the other? In other words, how do I configure one monitor to be in mirroring mode and the other in extended desktop mode?


texts: Calendar displaying too many subscription connections

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I have an older iMac running High Sierra 10.13.6. Recently the Apple Calendar app is displaying unusable subscription connections. The Calendar sidebar is shown in the image below.

In the image above, these subscription connections all contain a warning. This warning message is shown below.

I have over a hundred of these. My question: is there any way to unsubscribe from all these instead of doing it one at a time, and does anyone have a clue as to what caused all these?


texts: Creating A Bootable USB Of Windows 8.1 On OS X?

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Reasons for wanting create such a usb include:

PC is unbootable and you want to prepare a bootable USB using the ISO file that you have on your external hard drive.
to install Windows 8.1 on Mac without Boot Camp.

What are the necessary steps to create such a Windows 8.1 bootable usb on a Mac ?


texts: How to set up wireless bridge on same subnet?

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I have set up Internet Sharing over Wifi on an ethernet-wired desktop Mac running Yosemite 10.10. I have various OS X and iOS clients that are able to connect to the shared Wifi connection and access the internet normally.

The internet Sharing utility that is supplied in System Preferences is easy to use, but provides very few configuration options. I'd like my OS X client devices to see my Bonjour shares, and for that I believe they need to be on the same subnet. Internet Sharing creates its own subnet, however, and I'm forced to use clunky workarounds to access my Bonjour-shared material.

The primary subnet is 192.168.1.X. The subnet created by Internet Sharing is 192.168.2.X. I want any device that connects to the shared wireless to be on 192.168.1.X.

I believe that I could use the ethernet and wireless interfaces on my desktop Mac in bridge mode, where the desktop simply passes any packets it receives from either end straight through.

I have read up on ifconfig at FreeBSD, and got as far as creating a bridge and associating the two interfaces with it:

sudo ifconfig bridge create
(response: bridge1)
sudo ifconfig bridge1 addm en0 addm en1 up
sudo ifconfig en0 up
sudo ifconfig en1 up

Here, en0 is my ethernet interface, and en1 is my wireless interface. The documentation says that the bridge device needs an IP, so I gave it a static one instead of using DHCP:

sudo ifconfig bridge1 inet 192.168.1.3/24

The CIDR notation set up the netmask and broadcast addresses for me. I kinda hoped my wifi clients would be able to see 192.168.1.3 from that point, but no dice.

I have a DHCP server at 192.168.1.1, an Airport at 192.168.1.2 (which is inaccessible for these devices due to range), a router at 192.168.1.254 and DHCP addresses allowed in the range 192.168.1.4-192.168.1.253. The Airport is itself in bridge mode and provides no services other than the Wifi access point.

The issue I have is how to then set up the wireless access point on the desktop Mac. I know that I need to set the SSID, PSK, encryption, password, but the guides I am able to find online refer to various flavours of Linux and differ to what I have. Some guides are downright tantalising with the apparent simplicity of the task, such as this one: Creating a FreeBSD Wireless Access Point. There, one simply supplies parameters to ifconfig, but those parameters are missing from the OS X implementation. I know that OS X has the tools to do this already installed, since it can do it via Internet Sharing. I don't know how it does it and haven't been able to find out with the usual Googling.


texts: upscaling videos on iMac 5k with VLC (or other player) - just enlarge the window?

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I have lots of old videos with low resolution. For example:

ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                           : Simple@L4a
Format settings, BVOP                    : No
Format settings, QPel                    : No
Format settings, GMC                     : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix                  : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                                 : 20
Duration                                 : 1 min 46 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 2 743 kb/s
Nominal bit rate                         : 4 000 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 3 000 kb/s
Width                                    : 640 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 28.508 FPS
Minimum frame rate                       : 2.097 FPS
Maximum frame rate                       : 40.816 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.313

I play them with VLC. To upscale the video I just make the window bigger. Is there any better way?
Is there any macOS Sierra software providing better upscaling experience of legacy videos?


texts: Iphone 4S jailbroken stucked in respring logo

texts: I wanted to free some space on my Iphone 4S and I deleted the fonts folder from system. When I want to restore .ipsw with the iTunes gave me the error 3194 with internet, and 3004 without internet connection. I edited the host filed and nothing worked. I try to use TinyUmbrella but this doesn't work and said something about Java error like "please define exe4j_java_home 32-bit jdk or jre download". What can I do now?


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I moved my Home folder to a separate partition called 'Data HD' and would like to move it back to /Macintosh HD.

One of the main reasons is that with the home folder in 'Data HD' some apps would treat it as '/Volumes/Data HD/Users/UserName'. The space character between Data and HD can sometimes cause issues. I've also encountered issues where 'Data HD' becomes 'Data HD 1' after a forced reboot.

I would like to ask about the best method to

Backup existing items in '/Volumes/Data HD'
Repartition the hard drive so there's only one single partition left
Copy '/Volumes/Data HD/Users' back into 'Macintosh HD'

If I need to do this via single-user mode, what are the proper commands?

I'm running OS X Mavericks. Currently, there's a symlink on 'Macintosh HD' pointing to /Users on 'Data HD'.