texts: I maintain my Unix website on, presently, a Mac. Can I maintain it from a (not jailbroken) iPad 3?

texts:
I have a website at JonathansCorner.com, which for the most part is a static collection of files, mostly HTML5, served up by a Linux Apache server. Maintaining it is mostly a matter of creating new HTML5 files and of updating existing files on my computer, used partly as a staging site, before being sftp'ed over to the server. Technologically the site is not particularly interesting; it's the content if anything that draws people.

Moving from maintaining my website on a Linux server to keeping it on a Mac was a piece of cake; Mac is my favorite Unix.

But I wanted to ask: Can I maintain, expand, and update my website on any iPad that has not been jailbroken? I recognize that the wrong way to go about the problem would be to go to search for the closest the App store has for my favorite editor, and for providing or emulating a heirarchy of files, and then sftp over. That may not be possible even on a jailbroken iPad, and it has the character of what woodenly word-for-word renderings are criticized for in translations that try to preserve the Greek word order or what have you as far as possible without pointedly breaking English grammar. What I have outlined may be appropriate on a Mac, but if the question is "How can I best use an iPad," it's barking up the wrong fire hydrant.

What I did want to ask is whether there is some dynamic equivalent that would be possible on the iPad. At very least the iPad should have multiple good options for composing something you're writing and emailing it to someone, perhaps to yourself. And composing in a nice editor and then converting plain text to HTML is a significant offering, or the pedestrian route of making a webmin interface to my site and try to optimize it for my iPad, and I imagine something like these might constitute the best way afforded by my iPad to pursue this interest, but maybe something better is available.

What are the best iPad offerings to facilitate "Compose it with your iPad and then post it as a handcoded webpage?" (What would you do if you wanted to use an iPad to expand and maintain a website consisting of an extensive collection of HTML documents and other static content, such as JonathansCorner.com?


texts:
It seems like there is no voice command in Siri to directly update your status on twitter.

Am I missing something? I thought that with iOS 5 Twitter is tightly integrated into iOS?!


texts: Phantom iCal calendar subscriptions won't go away after deleting and iCal missing from Mobile.me

texts:
I had subscribed to my meetup.com calendar via iCal and after a week decided to delete the calendar subscription by right clicking on the subscribed calendar name and clicking delete.  However, I still get popups to add events to my calendar for meetup even after I deleted it.

I thought I'd resysnc my data from Mobile.me and overwrite my calendar data on my mac with the data from Mobile.me and the calendar data doesn't even appear in the Mobile.me preferences, though everything else seems to still be there.

Has anyone else had this problem and know how to:
get the phantom calendars to go away forever
get iCal to re-appear in Mobile.me sync preferences

-- Brian


texts: Issue upgrading to iOS 10.0 or later on an iPad 2

texts: I have an iPad 2 running iOS 9.3.5.  I would like to install the kindle app. But that requires me to upgrade to iOS 10.0 or later.  If I go to General->Software Update, it says "Your software is up to date".  Unfortunately, I am not able to find any other way to upgrade the iOS version. Can you help me ?


texts:
I have an older MacBook Air (Mid 2011) now running High Sierra.  I am backing up documents, pics, and videos to an external HD that is formatted in exFAT.  I use my MBA and a Lenovo system interchangibly and need files accessible on both, hence exFAT.  I noticed size and size on disk in Lenovo to be tremendously different (400 GB takes up 800 GB space for example).

In trying to figure out what was happening, I came across an unusual file system block size on my MacBook, at least as far as I am reading it.

I followed the steps shown on this page What are the sector sizes on Mac OS X?.

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

Apparently the 4096 expected file size is 4194304 instead while the Device Block Size and Allocation Block Size are both 4096.

Could you tell me if I'm reading it correctly, that 4194304 is extremely large?  If so, how do I fix it?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Can I get push notifications for emails in my Gmail Priority Inbox only?

texts:
Is it possible to get push notifications only for the emails in the Gmail Priority Inbox and not for the unimportant mail?

I would like to set up my iPhone 3GS iOS 4.2.1 so that I get notified (with sound, vibration, etc) only when I receive a mail that Google thinks is important to me.


texts: How do I determine what Siri commands an app supports?

texts:
When an app supports Siri commands natively, how can I figure out what commands they support?

Note that this is asking specifically about app developer-defined commands built into the app. This is not asking about Siri Shortcuts in Settings, Siri Shortcuts you can define to an aspect of an app, nor a Siri command you can bind to a Shortcut in Shortcuts.app

Some apps have static built-in commands, for example, if you view Overcast’s App Store page and scroll down to the bottom, you’ll see it “Supports Siri and Family Sharing”. That Siri support badge is stating it supports Siri commands external to the app. “Hey Siri, play The Talk Show on Overcast”

How can I find out what Siri commands are natively supported by an app?


texts:
I have problems with some applications that use AppleScript shell script feature. For example, Growl's uninstall scripts shows an error:

error "/bin/sh: rm: command not found" number 127

The source of the script is

display dialog (localized string "title")
if button returned of result = "OK" then
    try
        quit application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp"
    end try
    try
        quit application id "com.Growl.MenuExtra"
    end try
    do shell script "rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane ~/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane" with administrator privileges
    display dialog (localized string "succeeded") buttons {localized string "OK"} default button 1
end if

I've added echo $PATH > /omg.txt && to the command to see what's the search path for rm. But it has a weird value:

$ cat /omg.txt
â

What can I do? I don't understand what's going on. When I just run sudo /bin/sh in Terminal, the environment is just fine!

Now, I know that to uninstall Growl I can just run the command it tries to run in the Terminal. But it won't solve this problem, just postpone it until another application fails with the same error (it happened before).


texts: Mac book pro charger came with twisted connector tip

texts:
I just got my new macbook pro out of the box, and for my surprise i also noticed the sharp bent on the tip of the charger. Can i 'undo' this bent?

I already
had an 'incident' where my charger was 'decapitated' due to stress on this region. I mean...why they fold it like this? it's just too stupid.

Thanks for any advice!


texts:
I am using MacBook Air 13" with macOS Sierra.

I am facing with this problem for the first time, never had any issues with my MacBook before for almost 3 years.

I turned on my MacBook, picked my user, entered password and progress bar started loading, it filled for about 3/4 and laptop shut down. This happens every time I try to login into my user. However, I am able to login as a Guest.

I turned it on with Cmd + S buttons and saw a message :
BuildError(): error building a user of type 0x20010008

Question:
I am hoping this is not a hardware issue. If it is a software issue I have no problems reinstalling my macOS, but how do I save all my data/files that I have? (I am not using TimeMachine)


texts: Is it possible to select which version of Swift to use in Xcode?

texts: There's an update for Xcode 6.3 and it includes a new version of Swift (1.2). If I update, do I have to migrate all my Swift code to 1.2 or can I select an older version of Swift?


texts: iPhone calendar app is stuck on Add Event page

texts: In Calendar app, I clicked the + button to add an event. When I'm done filling all the event details out, I click the blue Done button in upper right corner. It adds my event but it won't leave the Add Event page. I'm stuck on that page whenever I'm in the Calendar app.


texts: Does the Console app in macOS keep a log of when I deleted a certain file?

texts:
Today a weird thing happened while I was copying two large files from my Mac to my hard drive. The two files vanished from the original folder on my Mac during copying! And in the end, I got a warning saying "Error happens while copying" or something, and there's only one of those files in my hard drive. Is there any way in Mac that I can discover when and how I delete this file, like this file was deleted by an app or something? Does the Console app keep a log of it?

Thanks


texts:
I heard someone say:

  The mic in the apple earphones is located in the earbuds itself - it listens to the vibrations from your head.

I had always thought the earphones where in the volume adjuster box.

My question is: Where is the mic located in apple earphones?


texts: Key combination not working when using the touch bar?

texts:
In an IDE I use key combinations like Shiftshift ⎋ (Esc).

I'm now using a MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar. It seems this is not working anymore, as the IDE only reports Esc being pressed.

Has anyone else experienced this?

PS: I've heard about the workaround of mapping caps lock to Esc, but I'd like to use that as a last resort.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/31347902#31347902
https://discussions.apple.com/message/31206769#31206769


texts: How do I install FaceApp in macOS? Is there anyway to do it without using an iPhone or Android emulator?


texts: Is there a CLI command to "remove download" for a folder and its children?

texts:
I'm copying a bunch of files to my Mac to get them into iCloud and then I want to remove the local copy. Is there a way to remove the downloaded copy for a folder and its children so I can script this?
Thanks!


texts: my mac pro with OS x.11.6 goes to sleep even with the energy saver set to never

texts: my desktop mac pro with OS x.11.6 goes to sleep even with the energy saver set to computer sleep never. And keyboard is frozen when computer wakes up, I have to restart.


texts: Is It Possible to Interact With the Windows in Mission Control?

texts:
Is it possible to use the windows shown in Mission Control?

For example, let's say I have Safari window opened and I want to scroll the page up/down while in Mission Control - is that possible?

If it isn't possible - do you know an app that can do something similar?

EDIT: I should point out that when you focus on a window in Mission Control and you press Space, it enlarge the window. (not what I want, but it's useful feature of Mission Control).


texts: Mac's internal Bluetooth no longer works; is it possible to use a Bluetooth-via-USB adapter?

texts:
My MacBook's internal Bluetooth stopped working.* My MacBook's System Information says "no information found" under "Bluetooth". Is it possible to use some kind of USB to Bluetooth adapter to connect with the wireless Mac keyboard and Magic Mouse?

* (The problem was not solved by doing any of the highest rated tips: restarting, reinstalling, etc.)


texts: How do I mirror my iPhone screen to my iPad?

texts: How can I mirror my iPhone SE to my iPad Pro under iOS 10? There is a web site that says this is supported via AirPlay but I cannot get the iPad to show up as a destination for my iPhone, I can only get Apple TVs to show up there. The official Apple support documentation I have found only talks about Apple TVs as being the destination for screen mirroring and does not mention mirroring an iPhone to an iPad.


texts: Hotspot WiFi (built-in) to WiFi (usb wifi card), how to?

texts:
I'm trying to share my wifi connection with to-link TL-WN725N.
I've found the drivers and its works and I connect to WiFi with this or AirPort in the same way (for the first I use Wireless Network Utility).

I can share from USB Wifi Card -> Wifi Built-in with Connection Shared in Systems Preferences but it doesn't work in the other way (Wifi -> Usb Wifi Card).

Have you any idea how can I do this?

The problem to use WifiCard -> Wifi is that the Card is slower than AirPort and, while the shared connection can be slowly, the connection on mac can't be slow, so I need to connect Mac with AirPort and share with Usb Wifi Card.


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When programming with Xcode (8.3.3), the "View as" feature displays the   user interface on many simulated Apple devices. Yesterday, I could choose among the following devices.

AppleTV
iPad (5th generation)
iPad Air
iPad Air 2
iPad Pro (9.7 inch)
iPad Pro (10.5 inch)
iPad Pro (12.9 inch)
iPad Pro (12.9 inch) (2nd generation)
iPhone 5
iPhone 5s
iPhone 6
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 7
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone SE

Today, these devices are still listed in the Scheme Editor next to the "Play and "Stop" buttons (build and run, stop icons), as shown below.

However, today, I have only a subset of the devices to use with the "View as" feature, as listed and illustrated below.

iPad Pro (12.9 inch)
iPad Pro (10.5 inch)
iPad Pro (9.7 inch)
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 7
iPhone SE
iPhone 4s

I hope the question is not off topic, because it isn't really about programming but program usage. What have I done, and how can I fix it?


texts: I have the new (2011) 27" iMac and need to run visual studio and some other .NET software development related software. What version of Windows 7 (home premium OEM - because it is the cheapest?) should I buy? 64bit or 32bit?


texts:
I have recently used the terminal and entered the command sudo -s and then dscl . -list /users  so I could see all accounts/users who have access to my mac.

How do I know which names are supposed to be there and which aren't? Luckily I read on another post that nobody and daemon appeared in their list so that calms me down slightly, but does anyone have a link to a list of which accounts are suppose to be there?

Right now, there are over 25 names, a lot look like file locations but I am freaked out!


texts: broken partition table after formatting drive with apple file system (apfs)

texts:
I wanted to try out apfs, therefore I formatted my external HDD with it. Now the partition table seems broken. How can I reinitialize the drive?

My goal is two create two HFS+ partitions, each 1TB on the drive. I decided to wait with migration to APFS as it is not supported by all my devices.

See attached screenshots the 2TB HDD shows up as a 4TB drive?

The drive is a Seagate FireCuda Compute 2TB, SATA 6Gb/s (ST2000LX001)


texts: Disconnect external monitor without unplugging Mini DisplayPort Adapter

texts:
Would like to disconnect my external monitor without unplugging the Mini DisplayPort Adapter. Any ideas? Running Mountain Lion, mid 2012 MacBook Pro.

The scenario:

I have another Windows machine connected to this external display via VGA. So when I switch to my Windows machine, I would like to use the MacBook Pro without extending to the external monitor. It's too much an hassle to keep plugging out the Mini DisplayPort Adapter every time I switch.

The Windows machine has VGA connected all the time, but it has an option to select a laptop display only mode without extending to the external monitor.

Thanks.


texts:
I just got an apple tv (the black box). I was prompted to update and so I did. When completed, the only thing that would come on screen is the large blue iTunes icon and a white cable pointing to it from below. I am assuming it is asking to connect to itunes? Not sure what to do! do I need to but the cable?

oh to note that I watched videos on it before the update (so I did set up my account and all).


texts: Apple Configurator's Whitelist Option (only allow specific apps) preventing making calls

texts:
We use Apple Configurator to generate profiles and import them to MDM.

Suddenly after updating to iOS 10 (and using only allow the apps in the section  - whitelistedAppBundleIDs - we can't make outgoing calls. Tapping the green button is not working.

Any ideas what happened after updating to iOS 10?


texts: Assistive Access when script is launched by agent

texts:
Problem
Applescript run by osascript is not allowed Assistive Access when launched by agent (~/Library/LaunchAgents). Although it works when run from Applescript editor or commandline directly (using osascript).
Situation
The applescript performs several GUI tasks for batch printing and is run twice daily. Therefore it needs permission to access Assistive Devices and is launched by an agent.
The script runs as expected when launched from:

Applescript Editor
osascript commandline (non-sudo)

When launched by Agent it returns:
/location/of/my.scpt: execution error: System Events got an error: osascript does not have access to assistive devices. (-25211)

(Message translated from Dutch by me.)
This led me to believe the issue is with osascript, but like I stated above, it works fine when entered directly from command-line using:
osascript /location/of/my.scpt.
Also, based on these two posts I edited the /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db SQLite database and when I check the 'access' table it shows:
$ sudo sqlite3 /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db "SELECT * FROM access"
Password:
kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.logitech.gaming|0|1|0|??

kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.valvesoftware.steam|0|1|0|??

kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.blizzard.starcraft2|0|0|1|
kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.apple.AccessibilityInspector|0|1|0|??

kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.apple.ScriptEditor2|0|1|0|??

kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.apple.Terminal|0|1|0|??

kTCCServiceAccessibility|/usr/bin/osascript|1|1|1|
kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.my.label|0|1|1|
kTCCServiceAccessibility|/osascript|1|0|1|

As you can see osascript is allowed access and I also added my agent's .plist for good measure.
Possible Cause?
The only thing I can think of is that, for some reason, the script is run by a 'different user' when launched by an Agent and therefore has different assistive devices allowed? Seems unlikely, however, as the TCC.db does not seem to be user-specific and the agent is located in ~/Library/LaunchAgents.
Help, anyone?


texts:
I was wondering if there is a way to retrieve the data generated by the brightness sensor of the screen in a MacBook with this auto brigthness capabilities.

Do you know something how can we do something like this?


texts: Make Ctrl-k in Terminal copy to the system clipboard

texts:
I'd like whatever I last "cut" with Ctrl-k in Terminal to be available in my text editor when I hit Cmd-v. Is that possible? Or something close?

Update with additional explanation: Ctrl-k is by default in Terminal "delete to end of line". As well as deleting it puts the deleted text into the Terminal's clipboard (emacs "kill ring") and it can be retrieved with Ctrl-y. This is essentially a second clipboard separate from the system clipboard. I want to use the same clipboard for Terminal and for the rest of the system such as my text editor.


texts:
I'm trying to install this EFI Update. Which is for :

  Mac OS X 10.6.8 / OS X Lion 10.7 and later

And I'm running on 10.9.3 but the update installer throw an alert :

  The update is not supported by your system.

What's wrong?


texts: Unable to open any applications Terminal System Prefs

texts:
OSx has thrown a wobbly on me.

I cannot open any applications whatsoever.

When booting into safe mode:


texts: Windows virtual machine for Mac students to share

texts:
I am a teacher in a Windows-supported college university, where we use a lot of software that only runs on Windows computers. We would like to help our Mac students by providing them with an easy-to-use and easy-to-transfer way to run Windows as a virtual machine, preferably without to need to install or configure a lot of software for the student.

Does somebody have an idea of a way in which we can create and configure a virtual machine and provide it to the students for simple use?


texts: Is it possible to connect an iPhone to a WiFi network that you've previously connected your Mac to without having to enter the password on the phone?

texts:
I'm pretty sure that iCloud will sync Wi-Fi information from your iPhone to your Mac, but I've connected to a network with a "secure" password and typing it on my phone is a pain.  Can I use the fact that I've connected to the network on my Mac to have the iPhone connect without wasting time entering the password on the phone?

In case it helps, it's an iPhone 6 with iOS9 and a 2009 MacBook Pro with El Capitan.


texts: Why does Aperture keep forgetting my preference to enable Photo Stream?

texts:
I enabled Photo Stream as soon as the feature was available in Aperture 3.2.2, yet sometimes I have to remind the app that I want Photo Stream enabled. I confirm that I want to enable Photo Stream every single time Aperture asks.

The Mystery of the Disappearing Photo Stream is further confounding because I can't nail down a pattern. There are days when I open Aperture several times during a day, or maybe with a few days in between, and Photo Stream is working just fine. Other times, Photo Stream disables itself in the same day.

A couple of notes

I do not use iPhoto. The last time I opened iPhoto was to ensure that Photo Stream was disabled there.
I know about holding ⌘-opt during launch and have repaired permissions and the database of my Aperture library.
Sometimes it remembers my preference between boots, sometimes it forgets.
As of January 22, 2012, I am running the latest version of OS X (10.7.2).

I have been searching for an answer periodically for several weeks now and found little more than other people complaining about the same problem in the Apple discussion forums with no answers.

Have you seen this issue? Please help me solve this frustrating mystery!


texts: Putting AirPods in case automatically starts music/video on Mac

texts:
Reproduce:

Connect AirPods to MacBook
Start a video in YouTube (using Google Chrome)
Stop a video in YouTube
Put AirPods in case
Result: YouTube video automatically starts playing in a couple of seconds

Is it reproducible or is it just something wrong with my setup?

Devices: AirPods, MacBook Pro 2018 (MR932).


texts:
When I run diskutil list there is 40 gb (free space), my question is that how can I merge it into my Container disk2? From the Disk Utility, I am not able to do this as the picture, I can not even find the (free space).
I am very new to mac file system, please help me or point me in the right direction many thanks in advance.


texts: Why is Illustrator throttled to 2% speed when it's in the background?

texts:
I regularly run a .jsx script in Adobe Illustrator that saves a bunch of files in a particular format.

while Illustrator is the active app, running the script on 5 files takes 23 seconds.
When Illustrator is not the foremost app, running the script on 5 files takes more than 5 minutes.
According to Activity Monitor, Illustrator is using around 75% of the CPU when in the foreground but is throttled to less than 2% when in the background.
According to Activity Monitor, App Nap is not being used.

Why is this happening, and is there a way to change it?

I would like to be able to do other tasks while waiting for Illustrator. As it stands, I am obliged to keep Illustrator in the foreground.

Some things I have tried: I knew that

sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0

worked to accelerate Time Machine backups, so I though it might help in this case. It had no effect.

I also tried disabling App Nap:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAppSleepDisabled -bool YES

It had no effect.

I tried TinkerTool, but I believe that it's just a GUI to change the lowpri_throttle_enabled setting. It had no effect.


texts:
I am trying to change my right command key to be ShiftAlt. This is because it gets annoying to press AltShift8 to get a "{", and i never use the right command any way.

I have been trying to do this using Karabiner, but i have not been able to map one key to multi key (can get the Command_R to be either Alt or Shift), and i can not find any documentation on how to do this.
Can any one help me with my settings file to get this to work?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
    <item>
        <name>Change Right Command Key to Shift Alt</name>
        <identifier>private.right_command_to_shift_alt</identifier>
        <autogen>
            __KeyToKey__
            KeyCode::KEY_8, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_R,
            KeyCode::KEY_8, KeyCode::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::OPTION_L
        </autogen>
        <autogen>
            __KeyToKey__
            KeyCode::KEY_9, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_R,
            KeyCode::KEY_9, KeyCode::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::OPTION_L
        </autogen>
    </item>
</root>


texts: How to check the frequency bands of 3G and LTE carriers to make sure they are supported by iPhone 4s, 5, 5s, 5c?

texts:
Suppose you am living outside US & you want to buy iphone like 4s,5, 5s,5c in US.

Then How can you check the frequency bands of 3G and 4G LTE carriers (in the place u r living) to make sure they are supported by iPhone 4s, 5, 5s, 5c?

So, Each carrier use just 1 band right? or

is there any carrier that require your iPhone to suppose 2 bands?

also, are there 2 or more carriers that use the same band?

Quite confused.


texts:
Is there any way to use Xcode on a computer that I don't have admin permissions for?

Is there a way to at least use command line tools like git and gcc?


texts: Can I upgrade my Macbook pro 13 inch mid 2009's logic board?

texts:
I want to upgrade my Macbook Pro 13 inch mid 2009's logic board with a new quad core i7 and 2gb or more radeon graphics. I have a few questions:

Will this affect my OSX installation?
Are Macbook Pro 15 inch and 17 inch boards compatible with 13 inch?
Will the power supply suffice?

Please send models of logic boards that are compatible.

Thanks


texts: I have an Apple Watch Sport. Today I tried using a car port to charge my Watch. However, it does not work. I used the same charger and port yesterday and it worked fine. Why is my Apple Watch not charging?


texts: Apple Music / iTunes: Cannot add track to playlist when iPhone connected via wifi

texts:
Following occurs when using Apple Music / itunes:
I'm in itunes, listening to some music from an Apple Music Playlist. I am also connected to a wifi network, the same network that my iPhone is on.

When I like a track I want to add it to one of my own playlists so I click on the three dots, select 'add to playlist', select the correct playlist and all is well.

However, when itunes shows the little phone icon in the icon bar (indicating my iPhone was detected in the same wifi and wifi sync is available, although I am not actually syncing anything) the option to add a song to a playlist disappears. It is no longer available when I click the three dots next to a song. As soon as I eject the iPhone, the option is available once more.

What is happening here (why does add to playlist disappear), and how can I keep adding music to a playlist even when the iPhone is connected via wifi sync?


texts: How do I rotate a movie on the iPad/iPhone?

texts:
I have a movie in my camera roll that is incorrectly rotated.  I would like to rotate it 90 degrees to fix the problem.

Using this tip I was able to rotate the movie using iMovie.

However, the problem is that the movie is now cropped incorrectly.  The movie is stuck in a landscape orientation instead of a portrait orientation, so that the bottom part of the movie is now cut off.

How can I rotate a movie in iOS while preserving its proper aspect ratio and dimensions?


texts: App Store asks for old Apple ID when installing updates

texts:
I got a MacBook that a colleague of mine had used previously. It runs OS X 10.10.2. I created a new administrator account for myself and turned off the "admin" flag on the old account.

I also entered my iCloud / Apple ID account, so that it syncs my calendars and contacts correctly, and even in the App Store, I am signed in with my correct account.

But when I try to install pending software updates (that is, OS X system updates!), the window that pops up has the the e-mail address of my colleague filled in and greyed out—and I can't change it.

Note that I'm signed in with a different (correct) account in the App Store. When I go to Featured and click Account on the right, it has my correct e-mail address filled in:

How do I make the App Store "forget" the old Apple ID?

I found a thread where it just says "it's not possible", and that apps are glued to the original account the Mac was set up with, but that doesn't make a lot of sense, especially in a company where laptops may be handed over from one person to another.


texts: OS X Mavericks wakes my Mac from sleep every hour or so

texts:
Ever since upgrading to Mavericks, it looks like my Mac Mini wakes from sleep about once an hour or so. In the Console, I get the following message:

Oct 30 02:12:06 gary-mac WindowServer[93]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [89885620192550]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake
Oct 30 02:12:06 gary-mac WindowServer[93]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.

Anyone know why it's doing this?

Usually when the computer wakes from sleep, whether manually or automatically, there is a "Wake Reason" line, but in this case there isn't one. My guess is that this is because since Mavericks, "Sleep" doesn't actually put the Mini to sleep. It seems to be more "on" than it used to be. Is there a way to revert the behavior to how it was before Mavericks?


texts: iphone messaging: how do I show the senders number

texts: When I get a message in from someone, and their contact card has multiple numbers associated with them, how do I then show the actual NUMBER that the message was sent from? (Currently it tells me the contact name, but not the number within that contact)


texts: Using osacript to access Finder from crontab (or from non-interactive session)

texts:
I have a script that generates a dmg file from my application bundle. This is generated every night from our subversion repository.

If would be interesting to set up things like the DMG's window size, background image, etc, directly from the script. Currently the only way I know to do so is using osascript and calling Finder's applescript functionality.

The problem is that this script is ran from crontab, so there is no graphical session open - obviously it will never find a Finder open.

I copied this snippet from here: http://asmaloney.com/2013/07/howto/packaging-a-mac-os-x-application-using-a-dmg/

# tell the Finder to resize the window, set the background,
#  change the icon size, place the icons in the right position, etc.
echo '
   tell application "Finder"
     tell disk "'${VOL_NAME}'"
           open
           set current view of container window to icon view
           set toolbar visible of container window to false
           set statusbar visible of container window to false
           set the bounds of container window to {400, 100, 920, 440}
           set viewOptions to the icon view options of container window
           set arrangement of viewOptions to not arranged
           set icon size of viewOptions to 72
           set background picture of viewOptions to file ".background:'${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG}'"
           set position of item "'${APP_NAME}'.app" of container window to {160, 205}
           set position of item "Applications" of container window to {360, 205}
           close
           open
           update without registering applications
           delay 2
     end tell
   end tell
' | osascript

So, is there a way to launch finder without an active graphical session open (that is, someone logged in the machine)? Or is there a way to perform the same, without using applescript and Finder?


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How can I remove an individual name from a Group on the Autofill feature of Mail?
I can remove the individual from the Group in Contacts, but when I use the same Group to create a new email, it keeps adding the removed address anyway!


texts: MacBook Pro Retina and 4k monitor (Samsung U28D590D) now showing "scaling options" in display

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I have a MacBook Pro Retina mid 2014 running OSX Yosemite (10.10.1). I have connected an external 4k monitor (Samsung U28D590D), but I'm struggling to set the correct resolution. When I open "display" I don't get the same scaling-options on the 4k monitor as I do on the Mac internal display.

Here is what I see on my Mac Retina display:

And this is what I see on my Samsung 4k monitor:

As you can see, it's not showing the scaling options on the 4k monitor (Larger Text, More Space, etc...)

When I use 1920x1080 the icons and text is very crisp (hidpi), but everything is to large. The 3840x2160 resolutions is pretty crisp, but everything is way to small. The 3200x1800 (low resolution) is not crisp at all.

What I want is to use the "More Space" option as I do on my Mac display.

Is there any way to achieve this? The display is connected through displayport.


texts: Mail.app: Moving Emails from local folder to imap folder -> HDD space decreases temorarily

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At the moment I am moving large quantities of Emails from a local folder in Apple's Mail.app to an imap folder. I am talking 10+ GB here and more than 10,000 Emails. I am using Mac OS X 10.6.8. It is a slow process, which is to be expected. It happens what is supposed to happen: Emails vanish in local folder and appear in imap folder.

What happens that I do not get is that HDD space decreases considerably during the process (approximately the same amount of GB I move) and stay down temporarily but for a considerable amount of time (several hours). Theoretically I am supposed to have around 9 GB of free space on my hard disk which went down all the way to zero and has in several hours recovered only to 2.5 GB again and goes up only very very slowly.

My guess is that this is what is suppose to happen in the process, but I would be interested in what exactly is happening here. Why does it take up such large amounts of space to move emails and why does it take so long afterwards until HDD space becomes available again?

Thanks.

Edit: Looks like I was mistaken. Space is not recovering. With "Get account info" I see that I moved 8.6 GB to the IMAP Mailbox. At the same time I deleted about 2 GB of files on my system to free up space. With the initial 9 GB I had free on my system I should be at 11 GB. So in fact I actually lose the same amount of space on my system like the emails I moved, since I am now down to about 2GB. But the mails in the local folder are deleted, so normally the space should have been freed up! This does not make any kind of sense to me!


texts:
When I turn it on, it shows the Apple logo and starts loading up to about 50%, then the screen turns black. Running the hardware test shows this:

Alert! Apple Hardware test has detected an error.

4MEM/61/40000000: 0x79d53990

Running the system file diagnostics shows this:

What error is that? How can it be fixed? I don’t have a back up and can't risk losing my data.


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro 13 2019 and a Macbook Pro 13 2020.
2019 one runs 10.14.6 Mojave. 2020 one runs latest 10.15 Catalina
When I turn off the Macbook Pro 2020 with "shut down" on 100% and I turn it back on 4-5 days later it's 97%. That's fine-ish.
When I turn off the Macbook Pro 2019 with "shut down" on 100% it loses every day around 8-10% of charge while turned off. 5 days later it was 49%, 2 days later it's 83%, etc.
In system settings wake for wifi and power nap is off.
Any ideas what could be draining the battery while the computer is shut down (not slept) and how to make it not happen?


texts: Cannot complete resetting MacBook with Sierra - HD locked. How can I unlock it?

texts:
MacBook with Sierra -
Disk utility erase completed OK -
Reinstall Sierra not possible HD is locked.
How can I unlock it?


texts: On a Mac that is domain-joined, if you login via ssh with an account and it succeeds, does it add a local account to the Mac?

texts: A user's Mac was on the Internet with SSH. Someone logged in with a domain account (successfully) and I'm trying to determine if that would've created a local account on the box.


texts: Powerpoint has a file open that I simply can't close. If I try to, I get a white screen - and the Powerpoint Title Line - but I cannot switch windows to a different pptx. I've tried saving it with a different name, closing and reopening Powerpoint, etc. - but when I do re-open the application, there is the wretched file.


texts: How can I share my Macbook's Network to iPhone, surpassing the 802.1X protection?

texts:
My school provides ethernet, which my Macbook can easily connect to. I want to share it with my iPhone, but it indicates that 802.1X protection has forbidden me to do so. Is there a way to surpass the protection?

Operating system: OS X 10.10 with iOS 8.4

Thank you!


texts: How to activate TLS 1.0 in Adobe Acrobat on Mac?

texts:
I've an issue with filling out an interactive PDF in Adobe Acrobat, so I was suggested to do the following steps in order to fix/activate the authenticate process:

  Click on Edit in the Toolbar
  Click on Preferences at the foot of the menu.
  In the Categories on the left hand side click on Internet and then Internet Settings.
  Internet Properties opens and in the tabs at the top click Advanced.
  Scroll to the bottom and you should see 'Use SSL 2.0 Use SSL 3.0 etc. Make sure TLS 1.0 is ticked.
  Once ticked click apply and OK at the bottom of the box and it is all done.

Unfortunately these steps are for Windows.
So my question is, what are the equivalent steps for OS X to enable TLS 1.0?

I'm using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.008.x, but at the point when clicking 'Internet/Network Settings...' it opens Network in System Preferences equivalent to Internet Settings in Windows, so this setting may be not specifically to Adobe it-self.


texts: Why am I not able to run my startup script upon login?

texts:
I’m using OS X Yosemite.  I’m trying to run an sh script upon login, but I’m having problems.  I created the following file in my /Library/LaunchAgents directory …

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  604 Oct 19 09:24 eXist.plist

The contents of the file are as follows:

<?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>eXist</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/Applications/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh</string>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>UserName</key>
        <string>root</string>
        <key>StandardErorPath</key>
        <String>/tmp/eXistDB.err</string>
        <key>StandardOutputPath</key>
        <string>/tmp/eXistDB.out</string>
    </dict>
</plist>

However, nothing is getting run (at least no output files are getting generated) and I can’t figure out why.  I have verified the path exists.  How can I get my script to run upon login?

Edit:

To prove the path exists, here is the output when tryihng the path in the script versus what was suggested ...

Daves-MacBook-Pro-2:~ davea$ ls /Applications/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh
/Applications/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh
Daves-MacBook-Pro-2:~ davea$ ls /Applications/eXist-db.app/Contents/Resources/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh
ls: /Applications/eXist-db.app/Contents/Resources/eXist-db/bin/startup.sh: No such file or directory


texts: Does Time Machine backup iCloud Drive files that are not stored locally?

texts: Does time machine make a backup of files which are stored in iCloud, but not stored on your local hard disk (i.e. files which have been removed from your local hard disk when the 'optimise mac storage' feature is enabled)?


texts: The safest, most reliable way to move files from drive A to drive B

texts:
I am trying to come up with the safest way to move data between two drives, designed to handle the worst possible circumstances. For example: if you were trying to move the only existing copies of pictures of your child being born while a crazed monkey was roaming the halls and might pull the power cord on your Mac and/or the external drives at any moment.

Note that there is a similar question for syncing, but I'm asking specifically about moving which is a different problem, because (amongst other reasons) you have to be able to tell which files have been moved and which have not. You also need to account for the possibility that some files might have been copied to the intended destination but not removed from the source.

This solution does not have to use the GUI. In fact I find the Terminal comforting. I don't mind installing new programs (especially if available via brew). Only requirement is that the solution be compatible with Mac OS X 10.8.

Here is the work-flow solution that I have in mind:

cp (copy) files (if needed)
checksum files (either after copy or if an existing copy of the file is found)
Move original file to trash (not rm!) after a file has been moved to new location

More specifically:

User specifies where files should be moved to (target/destination folder). Call it $DEST (This would be similar to the --target-directory flag to GNU mv
User specifies files/folders which should be moved to $DEST. Call that $INPUT
Script would then look for each file/folder from $INPUT on $DEST.
If file/folder is found on $DEST then checksum it against $INPUT copy.
If checksum matches, move $INPUT copy to trash.
If checksum does not match, replace $DEST copy with $INPUT

Note: while I do care about permissions (technically I care about "executability"), I do not care about "ownership" as I am the only user of this local system.

Before I go and re-invent the wheel, does something like this already exist?

Basically I want as much assurance as possible that a good copy has been made before I delete the original, without doing a full sync between the two drives.


texts: How to install old iWork on a MacBook with MacOS High Sierra?

texts:
I have a new MacBook Pro running High Sierra (10.13.2) and installed current versions of Pages and Numbers. But I need also the old versions (from iWork 9 I think) with mail merge support. I had those installed in parallel on the former Mac also using MacOS 10.13 but that one is broken (main board failure).

Is there any official way to download the installer for iWork still running on current machines? I only found update packages on apple support so far.


texts: AppleScript How to return first n elements of item in list

texts:
I have never written anything in AppleScript but I recently got a MBP and started playing around with it just to tweak the touchbar. In a downloaded preset I saw this line:

set theArray to every text item of theString

I assume that this line appends the entire string (every single character element) to the array.

How I can choose to append only a fixed n number of characters from that string/item, say maybe the first 10 characters of that string?


texts: Weather apps that report snow accumulation

texts:
Are there any weather apps for iOS that report the amount of snow accumulation, not just precipitation? Something like "3-5 inches of snow is expected".

I've tried the stock weather app and several others. All I seem to get is whether or not it will snow and the amount of precipitation which is merely a fraction of actual snow accumulation. Ideally I'd also like to know if ground/road conditions are expected to be icy.


texts:
My Mac 'dies' if it has less the battery level is below 3%. Is it possible to force it to hibernate when the charge is at 5%?

I have a Mid-2009 MacBook Pro with 683 load cycles and the latest SMC available (1.47f2)


texts:
Context: I want to schedule various servers I look after to install various updates (both through SU and not) and restart as and when necessary but remotely and out of office hours. Not on a regular basis (daily/weekly/monthly etc) but as and when we're sure the update isn't going to break stuff...

My question is a little more general than that: how should I schedule one off jobs like this? Presumably more than one way of going about it, interested to hear what people think, whether it's scripting it or 3rd party utilities, whatever.


texts: Restore Time Machine backup from Mac Mini to Mac Pro?

texts:
I need to restore a TM backup from my old Mac Mini to my new (new to me) Mac Pro 5.1 tower. Do I really have to remove the drive from the Mac Mini? It's a pain, so I'd prefer to keep the drive in the Mac Mini if I can. Can I use?

Target disk mode?
Copy over the network?

Edit: Migration Assistant is failing on the Mac Mini - it just immediately logs me out when I try to connect to the MP. Any ideas? The MM is on High Sierra, the MP is on Mojave. Both on a flat LAN beside each other, no firewall or anything.


texts: Is it autofill, or does it have another name?

texts:
Putting it out there to solve a problem which has blighted me for some years now.

Once upon a time, i entered my email address wrong in a form in Safari.

Now I get a little blue text pop-up having a close X to the right with my wrong email address (it happens to be missing the first letter of my first name). If I type the @ symbol, then it kindly fills in my wrong email address. I have to click the X to dismiss this pop-up, and then Autofill kindly does the domain.com bit for me.

Here's (hopefully) an image of the problem in action:

It should be simple to fix by googling the right term and following some clear instructions, if only I knew what it was called.

I've done the usual things like making sure Autofill (Safari/Preferences/Autofill) is using the correct Contacts card for me, and this helps to a degree in that Autofill will then prompt me to enter the correct email address.

I even tried using System Preferences>Keyboard>Text to create a system wide substitution preference, but this sadly doesn't work.

And the real killer, it has somehow followed me for several years from Mac to Mac, which makes me think it is linked to an iCloud setting or preference.

If you know what it's called and can point me at a fix, I'll be very grateful.


texts: Would monitors attached to my USB hub make my CPU run hotter?

texts:
Would having 2 monitors attached to my USB hub (along with 1 monitor attached to the MiniDisplay port) contribute to the CPU getting hotter?

My MacBook:

Core i5@2.5-GHz
16-GB of RAM
1 HooToo 7 port USB hub
2 Diamond USB Multi-Display Adapter
the USB Display Adapters attach to HP 2511x (25") and Samsung S24D300 (24")
the MiniDisplay port monitor is HNC iF281D (28")
MacOS 10.11 (El Capitan)
I installed iStat to monitor things.

I just read in some forum that the CPU might overheat with more than 1 external monitor???

I have been using this set-up for a few days. It is working fine.


texts:
I am running mac os Big Sur.
While sign-coding gdb, I killed taskgated via activity monitor expecting system to restart it. It's one day since then and taskgated is still not running.
I checked in activity monitor and terminal ps command as well, but taskgated is not running.
I even re started my MBP, but still same result.
How can I start taskgated now?


texts:
I bought a Mac Mini mid 2011 and sometimes i have an hard reboot. I thought it was a power problem and I replaced it but nothing seems to have changed.

If i execute log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "Previous shutdown cause"' --last 1h the result is kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: -128

I searched online but i cannot find anything.

Any suggestion?


texts: iOS Minecraft app re-installation/re-purchase

texts:
For many years, I've owned Minecraft app. I played it a lot during my childhood. It's been updated many times, even to v1.8 with no problems. But now, when I uninstall and then try to reinstall it, apparently I don't own the app.

Is there any way to get this app back? I am able to go through iCloud purchase records if I need to show them to Apple.


texts: What is the quickest and/or easiest way to infrequently type non-KeyLayout provided characters?

texts:
I've recently been writing a lot of documentation and would love to be able to type native superscript characters (⁰, ¹, ², ³, ⁴, ⁵) to call out caveats/annotations. The writing environment I'm in does not support markup such as <sup> or LaTeX-like ^1 ^2 ^3 ^4 ^5.

My current solution for inserting these characters is to;

Permanently enable the "input menu in menu bar" in Keyboard.prefPane -> Input Sources
Mouse over to the input menu icon, click it, then 'Show Character Viewer'.
Once the Character Viewer is shown, mouse to the character search box, and type either the number to superscript, or literally enter the word 'superscript' which will helpfully give me 0-9 that I can quickly use if necessary.

How can I shorten the time necessary to input these characters?


texts: How can I set up Gmail on my iPhone 4S with Exchange?

texts: I have set up my Gmail account to send and receive messages from my business email address over Exchange on my iPhone 4S. I receive all messages fine, but it doesn't send messages from my business email address unless I am logged into Gmail in a web browser.


texts: Automatically Receive Calls App on iPhone using Internet

texts:
I have been trying to find an app that does this on iPhone, but using internet not the phone service itself.

Closest Ive found was Skype, it has this feature on android and on any desktop but it lacks this on iPhone.

Is there any app like this available for iPhone?


texts: How to rename (main) hard disk back to default? And is the disk default really LVG?

texts:
I recently reinstalled OS X, when it asked me to erase the disk I just left it Untitled, since there's no instruction to rename it to whatever on this Apple support page, after restoring with Time Machine the disk name became Untitled, same with the partitioned name, which I easily rename to Macintosh HD.

Here are screenshots of the Untitled HD

specs: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) - 256GB

AFAIR the original name has something to do with the capacity and SSD brand. Now I can't remember the original disk name and I don't know how to (safely) rename it,

To add up, I think my old disk is GUID, not LVG, did I do something wrong? How can I revert back everything to the default state, I'm quite anal about these things since it might results in problems in the future etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: How to know when phone was last rebooted?

texts:
Occasionally I get the message about TouchID needing my password after reboot. Problem is, I haven't been rebooting. So I'm concerned my phone is rebooting itself in my pocket without me knowing it. I want to know for sure if my phone is rebooting by itself, or if the TouchID message is just erroneous. How can I find out if my phone is rebooting?

iPhone 5s, iOS 8 (latest)


texts: Internal hard disk won't wipe, can't reinstall OS because not enough disk space

texts:
My MacBook Pro 2017 (running Big Sur) is not booting. Instead, it is showing me a flashing folder with a question mark.
When I boot from an external ssd, I can see my data from my internal ssd, but I can't delete something from it.
When I'm in recovery mode, I can't reinstall the os because I don't have enough space, and in disk utility, and when I'm trying to erase my disk, it says: "A writeable disk is required (-69772)".
What can I do to erase my disk and reinstall the os ?


texts: how can I recover a file overwritten in the .app directory inside /Applications on OSX

texts:
I am using Android Studio and the application is stored in /Application/Android Studio.app.

I'm not sure why, but at some point my keystore file was stored inside this directory, in the bin directory. It is no longer there. I assume that an update occurred, and the entire directory Android Studio.app was wiped. And, the key was deleted. Since this is outside my home folder, I don't believe I have a backup of the keystore file.

Are these files backed up, or put into the trash? Is there a way to recover this file?


texts: Unable to verify account name or password despite using correct details

texts:
I've had this problem for a while, but I hate not knowing or getting to the bottom of things, so here I am! :)

On an iMac I am running El Capitan 10.11.6 and in the Mail app I successfully send and receive emails from five separate accounts. So all seems good.

However, if I go to System Preferences > Internet Accounts and manually select each of these five accounts, for two of them I get the following Can't connect to the account error message:

Now, when I enter my password, I get the Unable to verify account name or password prompt in red text:

I manage my own domain and email accounts, so know for a fact I have the correct passwords. And, as I said, I am using these accounts fine within Mail. I also use them fine on various iPhones and iPads and other Macs.

Any suggestions as to what's going on?


texts: Is there a procedure to report a buggy iOS app in the app store?

texts:
I found an app on the iOS App Store available in both lite and paid version, but it has too many bugs. See the edit history for the name, but this is more about how I can get word back to Apple in general about bugs.

In this case, the app hangs and its GUI is not following Apple's HIG. I want to report to Apple about this app. Is there any standard procedure to do that?


texts: Is eBay app update bypassing Apple's app store screening?

texts:
On iPad, the ebay app keeps popping up a screen asking me to update.  No updates have shown available in the app store for a long time.   Is this a way to get around Apple's vetting process and give me undocumented "features" that Apple won't allow?  Apparently, not, but why/how does IOS not show that an update is available?

iPad IOS is generally updated within a day or two of new release.  Currently at IOS 9.0.1, with update screen showing up-to-date.

Have never done a jail-break.

App Store "purchased" screen says version 3.6.0 for eBay.  App store update screen does not offer an update for ebay.  App store description (from search) shows version 4.0 available for download.  But IOS notifications do not show update available.

eBay app on launch always says "The new app is here" with an "update now" button in a large pop-up titled "Message from eBay"


texts: On iOS and macOS birthdays are duplicated

texts: I've been experiencing duplicated birthdays on my laptop and iphone and couldn't find the answer. Every time someone's birthday it says tomorrow/today *name's* birthday and one more tomorrow/today *name's age* birthday.


texts:
When replacing my HDD in my MBP 3,1 with a SSD (SATA3), I noticed that the SATA1 cable can be fully removed.

Thus I thought, that it might be possible to replace the SATA 1 cable by a SATA 3 cable in order to boost my SSD use.

However, I do not know whether this is supported by the Logicboard... Any idea?


texts: How to delete a trusted s/mime certificate for a contact in iOS7

texts:
How do I remove a s/mime certificate for a contact in iOS7 mail.app?

I'm using s/mime for two-way encrypted emails with several colleagues. A new colleague tried to install s/mime in Outlook for Windows and he sent me a signed email which I opened in iOS and trusted the certificate.

Then he changed his mind and stopped using s/mime (trouble with Outlook). iOS still tries to encrypt the email messages I send to him so he sees blank messages. I can find no way to list the certificates I have trusted for my contacts so I can remove this certificate.

Where do I have to look?


texts: How can I add static route in order to access machine that had wrong static IP configured?

texts:
From time to time I end-up having to connect to a machine that was not configured to use DHCP.

Assuming that I know the static IP address of that machine and that this machine is already physically connected on my network, how do I add a custom route on MacOS in order to be able to ssh to that machine and reconfigure it?

I assume it is something like sudo route add ...


texts: Can I easily replace keys in the new 2016 MacBook Pro?

texts:
I am using the Dvorak keyboard map on my Mac, I used to just switch keys from the keyboard to have a nice Dvorak keyboard.

Does any one know if there is a simple way to replace keys on the new Mac Book Pro released this last fall?


texts: Can automation service to get the parent folder path?

texts:
I already have a service that will create a network file:/// link to a share point over AFP but I would like to have one that does the parent folder of a file.

If I right click a file I would like to have the option to either choose to copy the file path to the file or the files parent folder.

I would prefer that the script be in Shell / bash and not in AppleScript and my dream scenario would be a way to copy both the file path and file path parent folder to the clipboard. Then when I pasted it would look like this:

File Path:
file:///Volume/parentfolder/file.pdf
Parent Folder:
file:///Volume/parentfolder

Preferably I would like to obtain four lines of text in the clipboard in one action, but the second half (parent folder) is the one I lack currently.


texts: OS X server taking up tons of disk space

texts:
I'm running OS X Server, with the File Sharing, Time Machine and VPN services enabled. The /Library/Server/ServerDocs directory is taking up huge amounts of space.

What does this directory do? Can it be deleted safely?

On a side note, many other subfolders of /Library/Server/ are also pretty chunky, such as Calendar and Contacts, Wiki, ProfileManager, etc., even though those aren't service I've ever used on this Server.


texts: Assign disk space from one partition to a non-consecutive partition on the same disk

texts:
My external hard drive ExtDisk is set up as follows (output from diskutil list):
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Foo                     1.0 TB     disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Foo2                    50.0 GB    disk2s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS DELETE_ME               100.0 GB   disk2s8
   5:                  Apple_HFS Foo3                    600.0 GB   disk2s4
   6:                  Apple_HFS Foo4                    150.0 GB   disk2s5
   7:                  Apple_HFS MERGE_HERE              100.0 GB   disk2s6

I'm trying to take the disk space currently allocated to DELETE_ME and add it to MERGE_HERE, deleting DELETE_ME in the process. Disk Utility, representing this list in pie chart format, automatically adds freed space from a partition to the previous partition on the list — in this case, that would mean merging DELETE_ME into Foo2 instead of MERGE_HERE.
I could manually move the data from Foo2 to DELETE_ME, resize, and repeat, working my way through the list until I move the free space adjacent to and merged with MERGE_HERE, but that's incredibly time-consuming.
Is there a way to do this, if not with Disk Utility then with Terminal? MacOS is running Catalina 10.15.7, and Terminal is running zsh. My external disk is partitioned with GUID.


texts: Unable to start gdisk due to "dyld: lazy symbol binding failed" error

texts:
When I try to start gdisk on my retina MacBook Pro running Mavericks I get the following error:

dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: __ZN3icu13UnicodeStringC1Ev
  Referenced from: /usr/sbin/gdisk
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found: __ZN3icu13UnicodeStringC1Ev
  Referenced from: /usr/sbin/gdisk
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib

I have used gdisk on this machine a number of times before (last time was probably a few months ago) and am not sure what would have changed to cause this issue.  The modified time stamp of libicucore.A.dylib is July 4, 2014, so maybe something changed in an update.  Unfortunately, my time machine backups don't go back far enough to try to revert to the previous version.

The other day I upgraded an older Mac Mini to Mavericks and gdisk is working fine on there.  I even tried copying the library over to the laptop, but that didn't help.

Any thoughts on what could be going wrong and what needs to be done to fix it?


texts: My iPhone does not have that much space left, so I went into storage and it seems this Other is taking up a lot of space and I’m wondering how I can minimise this. I know there is another question exactly like this, but from what I can tell it doesn’t seem relevant to iOS 11 (which is what I’m on).


texts: Like camcorders or actioncams, is there any way to see what is being recorded on another cellphone?

texts:
I have a canon camcorder, and I can use my iPhone to start/stop recording and see what is being recorded. A very convenient approach.

My iPhone video quality is much better than my camcorder, and I like to replace my camcorder with my iPhone for recording youtube videos.

The problem is that I don't know how to control my iPhone with another device and it is tedious to go the tripod and take a look at the display that is being recorded every time. The front facing camera is not an option because of the lower quality and the view angle setup.

Like camcorders or action cams, is there any way to see what is being recorded on another cell phone?

[UPDATE]

I'm aware of this app, but it is missing the ability to be able to view live what is being recorded on the other iPhone.

Basically what I need is to be able to record video from an iPhone and view what's in frame from another iOS device, almost how a GoPro and iPhone work together.


texts: Has it been ever possible to implant a monitoring device or software in a Macbook that cannot be detected by antivirus?

texts: I have a several-year old pre-unibody Macbook and am wondering if my family member could have ever put some kinda tracking or monitoring device or software in it either directly or by remote access? I don't exactly know how they would do such a thing. I recently ran Norton antivirus with nothing found, but can it miss some things sometimes? For example i am concerned about it being GPS-tracked or my computer activity being monitored by unknown screen sharing or keyboard tracking ... etc etc


texts: External hard drive encryption using Disk Utility

texts:
I'm looking to encrypt an new external hard drive via disk utility (Mac OS Extended | Journaled Encrypted) as shown on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvfrIyS1K04&frags=pl%2Cwn.

Will this drive only be able to be read on Max OS? If i need to access files through a Windows system am I out of luck?


texts: Getting a < 75 Watt charger for a macbook pro due to flight constraints

texts:
My MacBook Pro with Retina display (Mid 2012) charger has a rating of 85 Watts.

I want to use it on a flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. (24 hours). (Airbus A380-800).

You can plug in an AC adapter - but they have the following rule:

  The PC power is configured to provide a maximum of output of 75 watts. If the limit is exceeded by a user, which is possible on new version PCs the power to the user will be interrupted and can only be reset on the ground.

This means if I plug in my charger - I'll lock out my power supply for the remainder of the 24 hour flight.

Can I get a lower wattage power adapter for my MacBook Pro?


texts: Password validation text incorrectly displayed in unexpected language on macOS 10.15.1

texts:
I have created a new password profile from Apple Configurator 2 and applied that in macOS 10.15, Catalina.

Then I did a pwpolicy to require new password:

pwpolicy -a adminuser -u usertoforcechange -setpolicy "newPasswordRequired=1"

On the login screen, the text are displayed in some weird characters, might be the language locale is broken. I verified with few other machines to confirm it is not laptop specific.

What is the workaround for this issue?

Note: This happens only on 10.15.1 and not on 10.15


texts: How to ensure Time-Machine can rollback to a specific-date backup? (not deleting it)

texts:
I just upgraded from El Captain to Mojave and I have a Time Machine backup of the instant before starting the upgrade.

I need to be able to eventually restore the previous operative system, but I am afraid that that backup could be removed in order to make space for newer backups.

How can I "mark it" and ensure that that specific backup will not be discarded?


texts: Sierra stuck at boot screen, upgrading to mojove will create new bootup files?

texts:
I am facing some issues in High Sierra . Since few days it's stuck at boot screen and load very slow, mac doesn't start even after completing the load progress bar. But when I charge it fully and after some time it start accidentally, and then after some time when i try to open it's not booting up.

Other problems are Command + R is not working on this OS and i am not able to recover when it's not booting up, even I tried netboot but globe was spinning and after completing the progress bar, it doesn't show any option instead apple logo appears again and then stuck at boot screen.

I am now going to upgrade High Sierra  to Mojave, I want to know if I am installing or upgrading to Mojave will it correct the bootup files and solve this issue and Command + R will work?

My os details :

MacOS High Sierra
Version : 10.13.4
MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017)
Processor 1.8 GHz intel Core i5
Memory 8 GB


texts: How do I delete empty DCIM folders from my iPhone?

texts:
I regularly transfer all photos from my iPhone to my Windows PC. However, I cannot delete subfolders of DCIM. So I'm getting a little collection of folders that I want to delete, but can't.

To be specific, I currently have zero photos on my camera roll, but this is what I'm seeing using File Explorer in Windows:

mtp://Kit's iPhone/Internal Storage/DCIM/807CIQGG
mtp://Kit's iPhone/Internal Storage/DCIM/850RTGCV
mtp://Kit's iPhone/Internal Storage/DCIM/879SQXPS
mtp://Kit's iPhone/Internal Storage/DCIM/924ZUYVS
mtp://Kit's iPhone/Internal Storage/DCIM/943YHDPL
mtp://Kit's iPhone/Internal Storage/DCIM/980HHNVQ

But I cannot delete any of them. File explorer says:

  807CIQGG could not be deleted. The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected.

It hasn't stopped responding, and it hasn't been disconnected. I just can't delete these folders. I tried an alternative file explorer, Directory Opus. It says:

  An error occurred deleting '924ZUYVS': Incorrect function. (1)

Is there any way to delete these rogue folders from the phone itself?

The same exact thing happens with my iPad. (Neither device is jailbroken.)


texts: Remove folder name from file name based on existing Apple Script

texts:
so I have this apple script here that I used to insert the folder name into the front of all the files in the folder. The script is able to run through every single folder and target all the files and proved to be very useful

    set the_folder to (choose folder)
renamefilesinside(the_folder)

on renamefilesinside(next_folder)
    tell application "Finder"
        set folder_name to name of next_folder & " "
        set folder_contents to every item of next_folder
        repeat with each_item in folder_contents
            if kind of each_item is "folder" then
                my renamefilesinside(each_item)
            else
                set name of each_item to folder_name & " " & name of each_item
            end if
        end repeat
    end tell
end renamefilesinside

Source: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/275167

However, now I have removed a part of the folder names and would like a subtractive effect to be applied to the files, so the script will take the files, look at the parent folder's name, and remove the shared characters.

Unfortunately I know very little about apple scripts so I'm hoping this is an easy adjustment that someone here can make.

Thanks for any help you can give!


texts: Heavy issues with Finder make iMac unusable

texts:
My iMac 2017 (i7 4.2 Ghz, 40 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD) ran very well for around two years. Unfortunately, not anymore: Lately, I have severe issues with the Finder and it – honestly! – drives me insane.

It all started with random Finder crashes/freezes and I always suspected that the network mounts were at fault. For example, sometimes Finder said that it was establishing a connection to a mounted drive and this alert never disappeared and froze the whole Finder.

I need mounted drives mostly with my Synology NAS (in LAN) and with WebDav (external). To try something, I switched from afp to smb on the Synology drive mounts, but it does not seem to make any difference.

Later, I suspected that the mess on the Desktop could be at fault. Yes, I have around 500 files on the Desktop which are mostly screenshots. I cannot imagine this to be a problem, but when Finder relaunched it felt laggy. Thus, I moved all files from Desktop to Downloads to make the Desktop empty again.

The Finder crash itself is truly fatal: When it happens, I can not restart the finder. I tried:

Basic relaunch by click on the icon, Relaunch
CMD+ALT+ESC, Relaunch
Activity Monitor, Kill Process Finder
Terminal, killall Finder

None of these solutions work. Finder stays closed. The only thing that relaunches Finder is this:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder & disown $! as hinted in Force relaunch of Finder from terminal into background

But when I do this, all windows reopen without being responsive. They are open and frozen in the same time. Then I try to do something in a window, the spinning mouse icon appears.

The issue is that bad, I cannot even reboot my Mac. Even if I reboot the Mac through the terminal, the iMac will not restart. I suspect it is trying to properly shutdown the Finder, but it cannot. So the shutdown or restart is frozen as well.

I can make the Finder work if I cut the power off from the Mac and start it again. Finder will work for a day or two and then making me mad again.

I am close to throwing away the Mac because reinstalling the whole system seems like a terrible overkill.

Any help is appreciated! I tried to describe my issues as accurate as possible. Sorry for the long issue.


texts: Safari and Firefox default to Chrome and webmail page

texts: So when I have, say, Safari open, or Firefox, but not Chrome, and go to (in Safari) FILE>SHARE>EMAIL THIS PAGE (or the equivalent in Firefox)...suddenly Chrome opens to the Network Solutions webmail login, which I was working in earlier, until the server locked up. I've dumped caches, cookies, histories, run diagnostics...no luck. Ideas?


texts: How to trap ssh breakin attempts on El Capitan

texts:
Previous to El Capitan one could use pfctl and  /etc/pf.conf to "trap" the ip addresses of sites attempting to break into a server using brute force attacks producing 100's of attempts per second. The rules one created would put the offending ip addresses into an "attackers" table and then reject any connection attempts from that ip address.

With El Capitan, all port connections appear to be handled first by launchd and now the pfctl method has no effect.

Does anyone know how to adapt the pfctl approach to this new  connection logic?  The automatic detection rules were really effective.


texts: SHA1 hash for OSX 10.11.2 El Capitan public release?

texts:
I have downloaded the OSX 10.11.2 El Capitan app from App Store, and I found it downloaded it from local China server even though my apple ID wasn't for China store, and I am living in China, the download IP of storedownloadd indicated :

hpcc-download.cnc.ccgslb.com.cn
183.131.116.32
222.246.232.146
115.231.22.17
115.231.22.75
61.153.56.138
183.134.20.67
183.134.20.74

I am concerned about the genuine of the copy, so is anyone know what the SHA1 of InstallESD.dmg? I really appreciate it. Just to make sure its genuine copy, and you know, the GhostXcode malware came out from China mainland.


texts: Installing a major Ruby implementation without XCode

texts:
A user is wanting to get started with Ruby (and Ruby on Rails), and they don't have XCode installed, and the current internet connection is rather weak.

Are there any major implementations of Ruby (MRI, JRuby, Rubinius) that can be installed without installing XCode?

I know OS X comes with a system Ruby, but I've heard that "Don't touch nothing" is the best advice with regards to it.


texts: Is it possible to use a gesture to go back in Finder?

texts:
I miss the ability to go back to previous directory via a gesture (swipe with two finger right like in Safari or Chrome) in Finder. Is it possible to enable it?

Edit: I'm on a MacBook Pro, and using the trackpad.


texts: No sound through USB-C to HDMI adaptor on MacBook Air 2019

texts:
MacBook Air, Retina, 13-inch, 2019
Running Catalina 10.15.2
Using USB-C to HDMI adaptors, MacBook Air sound preference center cannot recognize the device it is plugged to (HDMI cable connects the adaptor to the TV monitor; sound on TV monitors has been tested; older MacBook Pro with HDMI output can output sound just fine);
Video is fine
Tried with three different USB-C to HDMI adptors: two StarTech and one CLDAY. All are supposed to support audio output
Troubleshoot this on two different screens, and two different projectors (hooked to speakers)
Troubleshoot while being powered on (i.e. with AC plugged in)

No sound nor device detected (in the sound panel) in every case.

In each case, the sound is being played through the MacBook Air internal speakers.


texts:
All of the sudden, I am not getting the nice and quick emoji keyboard (see 1) popup, but instead a big window of all type faces, which is not gaining focus for easy emoji insertion without moving my hands from the keyboard (2).

How do I get the old one back?


texts: How do I delete unlinked folders from iCloud.com

texts: How can I remove unlinked folders, such as  "Readdle Documents" in iCloud Drive, left behind after uninstalling the app?


texts: How can I resize a partition on OSX 10.10.5

texts:
I have a Mac with OS X 10.10.5 on a HD which had 4 partitions.

Using Disk Utility I deleted one of the 4, intending to slightly grow the 3rd (containing the OS), leaving space for a new partition to install El Capitan.

This has been my practice up to now when a new version comes out.

I booted to another HD and deleted the partition, but it then proceeded to resize the 3rd partition YoodenVranx to use all the free space.

There seems to be no way to change the Partition Layout, or resize the partition.

I rebooted and used diskutil to list the current state.

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Fenchurch               80.0 GB    disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS BxxxxxData              70.0 GB    disk0s3
   4:          Apple_CoreStorage                         349.0 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s5
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS YoodenVranx            *348.6 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s4


texts: Is it safe to convert Core Storage partition to HFS+?

texts:
I just got my new Macbook Pro, I tried to make two new partitions using Disk Utility but I could only create one. After googling I found out that I can't create more than one additional partition in the CoreStorage and I need to revert it back to HFS+ in order to do that.

So, is it safe to Convert from CoreStorage to HFS+? What is the advantages/disadvantages of CoreStorage over HFS+?

And in case I converted CoreStorage to HFS+, can I convert back to CoreStorage if I needed to?


texts:
I have installed a fresh version of mavericks on a MacBook Pro 13". After the computer wakes up from sleep, I have no sound - neither in earphones nor in speaker.

The problems has been reported by many users in the Apple support community.

Is there any solution besides rebooting?


texts: How do I use Split View in OS X 10.11 El Capitan?

texts:
I downloaded the Developer Preview of OS X El Capitan and I'm trying to use the new side-by-side split view feature.  However, I can't seem to figure out the right incantation to use it.

How do I put two apps side-by-side in a full screen split view on El Capitan?


texts: Downscale a iMac 5K screenshot to 50% using commandline

texts:
Open the Screenshot in Preview
Select “Adjust Size…” from the Tools menu
Change the Width and Height to 50 percent of the original
Change the Resolution to 72 pixels/inch

I wish to do this on CLI with a generic command (percent, not actual width and height).

GUI instructions with Preview


texts: Spotlight not working properly - only shows new items

texts:
I have a MBP (2011) running High Sierra on an internal 2TB SSD. Lots of files, and spotlight worked fine for almost 10 years. Out of sudden, spotlight only listed a few results, it seemed that the index was not working any more.
So - in spotlight privacy tab, I added my local harddrive, and removed it from the list after reboot. Somehow there was indexing happening (but from the beginning the indexing status bar in spotlight was blue 100%). After some while the indexing was done, but - spotlight only showed new items (from today) in my harddrive. No apps, no old files, nothing.
So I stopped indexing with mdutil, wiped out the .Spotlight-VT100 directory in root, activated again and machine started indexing again. Also here the indexing status bar showed 100% from the beginning - very strange. Result: Spotlight directory is growing (after 24h it has nearly 20GB, which seems OK), but only new items are showing up in the search results.
I'm really clueless whats going on. I need a working spotlight on my machine.
What I tried:

Adding and removing local harddrive from spotlight privacy tab
mdutil -E
turn indexing off, removing /.Spotlight-VT100 directory, turn indexing on again
List item
launchctl unload / load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

So - Spotlight is working, indexing, but only shows results for items newer than index creation time. Whats going on? How to track down this issue?
Thanks for your help.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Armin


texts: Best practices for second hard drive on macOS

texts:
I’ve a 1TB Mac Mini (Seagate hybrid HD + SSD) but I’m running out of space so I bought a second drive (Samsung 860 EVO 1TB).

Since it is as large as the first hard drive I don’t think using fusion drive would be a good idea and since the new drive is faster I think I should make it my boot drive, but how should I integrate the two to make the best of the new speed storage?

I’m thinking of migrating my user account to the new drive and keep iTunes Library, Photos Library and iMovie Library in the old drive. This 3 libraries are my main storage hogs. If that’s all, I think I don’t even need hard links.

Any additional tips and suggestions?


texts: Ctrl + Up/Down to scroll through Terminal.app window

texts: In the Ubuntu terminal, Shift + PgUp/PgDn scrolls the window up or down a page, and Ctrl + Shift + Up/Down scrolls the window up or down a line. On my Mac, Shift + PgUp/PgDn works the same as on Ubuntu, but Ctrl + Up/Down triggers Expose instead. Is there a key combination that I can use in the Mac Terminal.app to scroll up or down a single line at a time?


texts: Globally Disable Notifications on Lock Screen

texts:
I'm using macOS High Sierra (version 10.13.3) on a 27"-iMac and on a MacBook Pro.

Almost every time when I'm going to log in, I see various notification on the lock screen, even before I've entered my password. This means, that everybody, who passes by and moves the mouse or presses a key (or opens the lid on the MacBook), will see this notifications too, without being logged in. This is a security issue.

I know, that in the settings, I can deactivate Notifications on Lock Screen for every application. But there are 31 applications that are able to send notifications, and I don't want to click through all of them to deactivate this setting for every application separately.

I might oversee one of them, and when I install a new application, I might forget to deactivate this insecure behavior.

So I want a button where I can deactivate this insecure behavior globally, i.e. for all installed apps, and for all apps that might be installed later.

Is there such a button? If there is one: Where is it?


texts:
I want to disable page scroll animation in iBooks on my Mac when reading epub files. Because it slows down my reading speed and makes my eyes dizzy.  I cannot endure the animation.

PS. I'm happy to accept any other app recommendation for reading epub, but so far i found no epub reader that I liked. iBook notes feature is really nice, so I'd stay with iBook if I can.


texts:
I'm using Mac App Store on Lion, But there is a problem with download resume. After every system restart I can't resume my previous downloads and I have to download them from the beginning, I also checked and I have no AppStore directory at this path ~/Library/Application Support/
AppStore store the temp files at a directory in
/private/var/folders/s1/ ... /com.apple.appstore/
But after restarting the computer and opening the AppStore it deletes all the contents of this directory, and I have to start the downloads all over again.
I also tried restarting AppStore in debug mode but it didn't work.
I'm wondering if someone have a solution for this issue.

Regards


texts: Applescript: Waiting till AFTER QuickTime Movie Recording Window is Active

texts:
I'm trying to resize a Quicktime Movie Recording Window--only after it's active.
Is this possible?
The below script does work––if I hardcode the delay time.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

do shell script "open " & quoted form of "/Applications/QuickTime Player.app"

tell application "QuickTime Player"
        activate

        -- Start iPhone Screen cast of Game
        set newMovieRecording to new movie recording

        tell application "System Events"

            -- Wait for Movie Recording Window to Launch
            repeat until (exists window "Movie Recording" of application process "QuickTime Player")
                delay 2
            end repeat

            -- Resize Quicktime Window now that Window is active
            set position of first window of application process "QuickTime Player" to {1087, 497}
            set size of first window of application process "QuickTime Player" to {350, 621}
        end tell
    end tell


texts: Fix touchpad behavior on Apple TV remote after wiping with alcohol?

texts:
I wiped down my Apple TV remote for the Apple TV 4K (5th generation) ( a.k.a. Siri Remote) using 70 percent isopropyl alcohol as seemingly recommended by Apple on this Support page. Now the touch-sensitive surface on the remote is wonky, responding to my finger in all the wrong ways. The alcohol has dried, but the problem continues.

How can I fix this?


texts: What is the point of syncing with iTunes if I have Google Apps, iCloud and no media?

texts:
On my iPhone and iPad I use Google Apps for syncing mail, calendar and contacts.
With iOS 5 I now use iCloud for backup (and for syncing Reminders, Bookmarks and Find my iPhone, none of which I really use).
I have no media (music, video or photos) that needs to be synced with the iPhone.

Out of habit, I still sync with iTunes (over Wi-Fi now), but I am starting to question why.
In my setup, is there any reason to sync? Backup seems to happen anyway, and Google Apps sync independently and immediately anyway.
I sync apps in iTunes, but I fail to see the point of it, since I can now download any app I am missing right on the iPhone.

Is there any reason to keep syncing with iTunes? Are there any bad consequences of completely giving it up?

The one thing I can think of is iOS updates. Will I still need iTunes for those?


texts: My dock is organized with more commonly used apps at the left side. I would like, that when an app (not already in the dock) is opened, it should show up on the left and not on the right. Is this possible?


texts: VPN Passthrough problems with Airport Extreme

texts:
Today I started trying to work from a network that uses the Airport Extreme version 7.7.1.  Typically I use a VPN client (Viscosity) which gives me access to the various servers that my company runs on.  I can connect to the open VPN without any issue but am experiencing mixed results from there forward.

Once connected to the VPN I can access a couple of the servers through a web browser and SSH from the command line but timeout while trying to connect to the rest.  If I bypass the router and plug directly into the modem via ethernet everything works perfectly.

I've tried setting up port forwarding on the Airport Extreme with no success and disabling "Back to My Mac" settings.  There are a number a threads out there where people have had issues with VPN and the Airport Extreme but nothing quite like this.

I'm baffled why I can connect to the VPN and some of the servers while others are failing.   Again, I am sure that the VPN/servers are configured properly as this problem goes away when I remove the router from the picture.

Please let me know where I'm going wrong!


texts: Time Machine backup is slow. How can I speed it up?

texts:
My time machine is backup is very slow. Connection is FireWire 800. Transfer is around 5 Mb/s or 0.5 MB/s, which seems slow. I've seen plenty of mention online of very slow Time Machine backups. What are some techniques or suggestions to speed this up?

I have:

Run the Disk Utility Repair tool. Everything is fine.
Disabled Spotlight on the remote disk

Searching for backupd in system.log gives the following:

13:29:33 Starting standard backup
13:29:33 Backing up to: /Volumes/BACKUP_DISK/Backups.backupdb
13:29:36 Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
13:29:36 Waiting for index to be ready (101)
13:29:55 Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
13:42:53 No pre-backup thinning needed: 39.84 GB requested (including padding), 71.68 GB available
13:42:53 Waiting for index to be ready (100)
14:23:37 Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
14:29:39 Copied 2.0 GB of 28.7 GB, 69560 of 113624 items
15:29:57 Copied 2.8 GB of 28.7 GB, 69560 of 113624 items
16:30:00 Copied 3.3 GB of 28.7 GB, 69560 of 113624 items
17:30:04 Copied 3.8 GB of 28.7 GB, 69560 of 113624 items
18:30:07 Copied 4.3 GB of 28.7 GB, 69560 of 113624 items
18:51:23 Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
19:30:07 Copied 4.8 GB of 28.7 GB, 69999 of 113624 items
20:30:19 Copied 5.4 GB of 28.7 GB, 69999 of 113624 items
21:30:28 Copied 6.2 GB of 28.7 GB, 69999 of 113624 items
21:38:36 Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!


texts: How to tell which app added a photo to my iCloud Photo Library

texts:
Today I noticed some photos in my iCloud Photo Library which I did not put there.  I'm not talking about any shared album, this is my personal library. This is alarming since I have never shared my iCloud account or password with anyone, and I use Two-factor authentication for security.

I captured a sysdiagnose log and searched it like this for one of the filenames, but this reveals nothing.

log show --archive system_logs.logarchive --debug --predicate 'eventMessage contains[cd] IMG_8313"'

So how can I tell which application created a particular photo?


texts: MacBook Pro 15" 2011 display problem at loading

texts: I have a problem with my display, at loading time I can't see Apple logo and when I press option bottom to change the booting device I can not see any thing except a dark screen and my Mac comes out all thing is fine and I have no problem.


texts: Can an iPhone be force started before the 15 minute recharge period?

texts:
There are times when the iPhone is at low battery level that it turns itself off.

Sometimes, it maybe when I am going to charge it but looking for where my cable is, it turned itself off.

So I wonder, if I missed it by 20 seconds, how come sometimes I had to wait 15 minutes or even 18 minutes of recharging before I can start up the iPhone again, say, just to look at my email to see what flight number it is.

So if I had plugged in 20 seconds earlier, I might be able to use it continuously, for as long as I want, vs now I have to wait 15 minutes.  It is no issue if I am at home, but it matters more if I am at the airport trying to look up some info or to find a hotel due to flight cancelation due to weather.

So is there a way to charge it for 3 or 5 minutes, and force start the iPhone instead?


texts: My screen isn't working, how can I connect to an external monitor?

texts:
My MacBook Air 2015's screen isn't working so I can't see anything I'm doing. Is there a way to connect it to an external monitor?

EDIT:
The issue has been solved. I tried plugging it into a different monitor and must've done something differently because this time, it just showed up. After a little bit of trial and error, I got the screen to mirror and now it works perfectly with my normal one.


texts: What is the focal length of the iPhone 7's camera when accounting for video cropping?

texts:
I have shot some video footage using two iPhones from two different vantage points for doing motion capture of a human figure. In order for this to work I need to do camera-matching in my 3D software. In order to do the camera-matching I'm searching for the following specs:

iPhone 7's focal length (after cropping for stabilization)
iPhone 7's sensor width and height (Update: 1/3" sensor = 4.80 x 3.60 mm)

Note that the iPhone 7 in question is not a Plus (so it has just one camera). Note also that this is for video footage, and that while shooting video the iPhone crops the frame slightly to compensate for stabilization. My understanding is that this results in a longer focal length. I've read that on iPhone 5 the result is a 4.1mm focal length instead of 4mm (or 4.027777~ to be precise... I think). Not sure if this is the same for iPhone 7.

So, I have the following specs for the iPhone 5, in case that helps determine those of the 7:

iPhone 5's focal length: 4.1mm (after cropping for stabilization)
iPhone 5's sensor: 4.54 x 3.42 mm

Thanks in advance for any help.

P.S. If you can explain how you found the answer that will be even more helpful than specs alone.


texts:
I've found this tool (http://dosdude1.com/gpudisable/) to disable dedicated GPU on my MBP late 2011 (I just bought it from eBay). The Mac has no problems right now but it's just preventive. I will only using it to browse the web and do some VM stuff, and I don't need extra GPU power.

Is it permanent (except when upgrading macOS) or semi permanent like some other solutions I've seen on the Internet (will the Mac reuse the dGPU after some reboot)?


texts: I want to make VLC my default player on Mac OS X 10.10.3

texts: I have seen people say to click get info then do something with the 'open with' but when I go to get info there is NO open with option, no options to change at all. I cannot drag the files into VLC like I could before the upgrade either. Please help me out! I am not real tech savvy, but I can do basics and follow instructions. Thanks.


texts: iOS iPhone Safari freezes and is unresponsive

texts:
Safari on my iPhone is completely unusable. It opens fine but when I try to visit an address it freezes. The loading bar sticks at maybe 10%.

This happens with any address I type or any search query I make. I have to quit the app to be able to try again.

Actions taken:
* Clear safari browsing data
* Reset iPhone settings
* Erase settings and content and restore from iCloud backup

I guess the next step would be to erase settings and content and not restore. I'm reluctant to do this as I don't want to lose everything.

Is there any other step I can try to get Safari working?

I'm using iOS 8.3. (I've read that this was a bug with 8.2, so I'm surprised I'm experiencing this issue and it's not been completely fixed)


texts: Is it possible for iPhone's MAC or other network specifications to change through update to IOS 14?

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NOTE!!!
I already know that MAC address is static and is about the hardware's address. But i don't know what's happening,
Here is what got me wondering.
On the router in our house I set MAC filtering so that only our devices can connect.
Recently after i updated my iPhone 7 to IOS 14, i had my phone joined to the same wifi, but once i felt like i have a slow connection, i changed network to mobile data.
After a couple of days i found out that i don't have any message or email notification popping up when I'm on WiFi and there was the time i knew i have no access although I'm connected to the WiFi network.
So i searched for solutions. People suggested restarting my phone, resetting network setting and these sort of things(non of em worked).
Just a few minutes before, i reset the router and as a result, all the MAC restrictions are gone and its working properly.
I also think there might be other things that could change through this reset, but i cant work it out.
Moreover i changed the router's configuration (network name and passphrase) a couple of times before; another waste.


texts: OS X keyboard numeric key pad clearing numbers and beeping

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I am using a regular Dell keyboard, it has the "clear" key, not sure if that is important.

Every time I enter in numbers using the numeric key pad into the calculator it clears the current number and enters in a new one as opposed to letting me enter a continuous number like 123. Also when I enter numbers into the browser address bar using the numeric key pad it does the same and it beeps on every number entered.

Not sure what to do, googled the problem but nothing has worked so far.

I am running MAC OS Mojave


texts: When I bought my iphone 6s the store put the sim card from my 5c into my new phone. I gave my old phone to my granddaughter just for the games that were already on it. When I get info on my new phone the same goes to the 5c as well. This includes photos, text messages, Amber alerts, etc. Can I do something so she can still use the games and take photos of her own (just for fun) and play games but not get my texts?


texts: My Fusion Drive Partitioning Seems Wrong/Strange/Wonky

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See below for diskutil list of my 3TB fusion drive (iMac 27" late 2014) running High Sierra: I assume disk0 is the HD and disk1 is the SSD, and disk2 is the virtual combo that is mounted as my "HD". But I've got a 2 questions:

Why does disk0 have two Apple_CoreStorage partitions? I'd like to do a clean install of Mojave for my upgrade, and if the partitioning is wrong, how do I fix? I assume erasing the disk as part of the upgrade won't change the partitioning. And partitions 2 and 4 are not adjacent, so not clear how I'd merge. And Disk Utility just shows a single 3.1TB drive. Or should I not care?

When I mount and look at the EFI partitions on Disk0 and Disk1, I just see an Apple sub-directory... no Windows/Microsoft anything. And the Startup Disk Utility also only shows "Macintosh HD / MacOS 10.3.6" as an option. But when I boot up holding down Option key, I see a Windows boot option. Where is this boot option hiding?

    **/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER**
       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk0
       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
       2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            2.2 TB     disk0s2
       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk0s3
       4:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            801.4 GB   disk0s4
       5:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s5

    **/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER**
       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk1
       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
       2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            121.0 GB   disk1s2
       3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk1s3

    **/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER**
       0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +3.1 TB     disk2
            Logical Volume on disk1s2, disk0s2, ...
            F8575B66-EA8C-4260-96E8-7FEFD183EFC3
            Unencrypted Fusion Drive

CoreStorage Logical Volume Groups
|
+-- Logical Vol Group 8AAC..
 =====
 Name: Macintosh HD
 Size: 3.1 TB
 |
 +- Phys Vol 1ADA..
 |   Index: 0
 |   Disk: disk1s2
 |   Size: 121.0 GB
 +- Phys Vol 37D1..
 |   Index: 1
 |   Disk: disk0s2
 |   Size: 2.2 TB
 +- Phys Vol CFB5...
 |   Index: 2
 |   Disk: disk0s4
 |   Size: 801.4 GB
 +- Logical Vol Family A061..
 ---
   |
   | +- Logical Vol F857..
   | Disk: disk2
   | Size (Tot): 3.1 TB
   | Revertible: No
   | LV Name: Macintosh HD
   | Volume Name: Macintosh HD
   | Content Hint: Apple_HFS LVG
   | Type: Fusion, Sparse


texts: What's the horizontal sync and vertical refresh values for the June 2012 MBP 13" display?

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Got the June 2012 13" base MBP, and wondering if anyone knew (or how to find out) the horizontal sync and vertical refresh values for this display?

I'm trying to set up the correct resolution for the Linux Mint partition, and I've found with other installations (on other hardware) that having the incorrect hsync and vert refresh values will prevent the OS from listing all the available resolution options.

I rang and asked Apple Support but they weren't able to assist in this matter, but suggested that there might be a command to query the hardware directly.

edit: I tried the command listed at this question but it seemed to produce no output, and returned immediately.


texts: Reminders app showing wrong day, or may be its confused between 1985 and 2085

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Please check attached image

Anyone faced similar problem? any reason for odd behavior?


texts: The list of my third party apps in settings app is hidden

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Where is the following part of settings app?;)

I have developed the app with settings.bundle but some of my users could not see the settings for any of their app.

Is there an option to turn it on? Shouldn't it be visible always?

Under the 'Vimeo' there is nothing more for some of users.