texts: Preventing apps from opening in Lion on reboot

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Possible Duplicate:
  Uncheck “Reopen windows when logging back in” by default

On Mac Lion after reboot, the applications come up immediately. Is there a way to prevent it. From searching over the net, it looks like the user has to disable it explicitly. My problem is I am setting this for a lab at a university and they have many macs. I cannot ask the students to do this individually. I have to set something up. Is this possible ? First of all programmatically(either via applescript or a launchd) ?. Second, if so, is there a good approach ?.


texts: I know its a simple menu item somewhere, but I can't find it anywhere! I really want the sidebar to always show when I open a new Finder window. Can anyone tell me how to do this?


texts: What is Safari's AutoFillCorrections.db file?

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Safari has a file called /Users/King/Library/Safari/AutoFillCorrections.db. It is sizably large and keeps changing a few times every hour. I'm thinking of excluding this from my Time Machine backup, as it takes up a fair bit of space. However, I am unsure of whether this will have any adverse effects when I restore from my Time Machine backup.

For what it's worth, all my passwords and history are synced with iCloud, and the normal autofill information comes from my Contacts app, so I have no need to keep any autofill information. I'm not sure however of the exact reason this file exists.


texts: An Calendar event seems to be locked when participants has accepted the invite using Exchange?

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I'm using the Calendar app in OS X Maverick to access my Office 365 hosted Exchange calendar. When I create an event with participants (be it people or rooms), the event title, location and participant list seems to be locked.

This only happens when a participant has accepted the invitation. I can still change the date and time, but an updated event isn't send the the participants.

I have tried to search for any documentation, that states this is limitation in the current synchronization methods between Calendar and Exchange, but to no avail.

Is something wrong in my setup or is this indeed a limitation in the synchronization between my Mac and Exchange?


texts: Not all TV shows available to redownload on iTunes show up on Apple TV

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Some TV Shows that are available to re-download on iTunes is not showing up on my Apple TV. Now I understand that not every show I purchased is available for re-download (2, exactly) - but those that are available on iTunes should theoretically be available on the Apple TV as well, right? Here are some screenshots to show what I mean:

Apple TV:

iTunes:

I tried resetting my Apple TV a couple of times because I read online this might help, but it's not helping me. It still only shows 12 available items on my Apple TV whilst iTunes on my Mac shows 15.


texts: My MacBook Pro doesn't sleep when lid closed

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Normally,

When you close the lid of your MacBook, it goes to sleep. There's no system setting you can tweak, and no command you can run, to change this

But, just like reported here -- My MacBook Pro doesn't sleep when its lid is closed. I'm sure because I have an external monitor:

when my Mac is plugged in and I close its lid, the external monitor goes black immediately, then goes all the way to sleep (takes about five or six seconds), the orange light turns on, but that last only for about two seconds, after that power light become green again, and the monitor eventually lights up. It'll response to my mouse move/click, even the lid remains closed.
If is on battery, when I close the lid, MacBook goes to sleep.

I hope this is a well known issue and there is an easy fix, because this is a brand new MBP, and I'm really really new to Mac and don't know much about it.
System Version: macOS 10.15.7 (19H2)
Kernel Version: Darwin 19.6.0


texts: Is there a Mac equivalent for window snapping?

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In Windows, you can use the Win key + arrows to snap windows to half the screen.  Is there a OSX equivalent?

I found a program that does this called HyperDock.  It worked well, but it was just a trial version.  It has more features than I care about and costs to much (IMO).

Are there any other programs that are free or cheaper that do the same thing?


texts: Macbook Pro Water Damage - Now only boots while holding shift key. Crashes as soon as released

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I have a 2015 Macbook Pro that had a small amount of water spilled on it. Everything seemed fine for a few days. Then it stopped booting properly and crashed after the chime but before the Apple logo. The only way I can make it boot beyond that is holding down the shift key, so in Safe Mode. However, once at the login screen as soon as I release the shift key to enter the password it crashes. I can hold the shift key for minutes without crashing but a few seconds after releasing it crashes every time.
I have taken out all the components and can't see any moisture, corrosion, or signs of damage to the logic board. I have let it dry for 4 days with a fan and heater.
What could be wrong do you think? Would the shift key issue suggest a keyboard replacement might work?
Help greatly appreciated!


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I have an iPhone and an iPad that are constantly connected through USB to my MacBook Pro 8 hours a day.

The battery of both device is always at 100%. Will this hurt my devices battery life?

I've researched into alternatives to build and debug from XCode via WIFI or Bluetooth but I find out that those features were dropped by Apple due to stability issues.

Are there other alternatives?


texts: Creating an automated HFS+ compressed folder

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I would like to set up an automated way for archiving files in OS X Lion. By archiving I mean using HFS+ compression feature on a specific folder, and make every file that I move into this folder automatically compressed. I'm thinking of using this to archive large files that I don't use often, but without having to manually create compressed archives and having to extract them in case I need them.

I came across the tool afsctool (brew install afsctool), which can, via command-line, apply HFS+ compression to a folder and all files in it. But I believe it does not activates compression of future files moved to the folder.

Moving files manually and running a command line instruction repeatedly is inconvenient. Therefore I'm guessing I would need to used automator/AppleScript to execute this in two steps:

Create a script that allows moving any file to a specific folder. Ideally an option named Archive accessible via right-click on the file.
Run a command line instruction afsctool -c <folder>, to activate compression on all new files just moved to the folder.

I have no experience using automator or AppleScript, so I would like to know where to start, especially regarding how to add actions to Finder, and how to run a command line tool from a script.

Updates

@kopischke guide works well. The script itself, I made based on the answer by @mark, but using afsctool -c <folder>, instead of ditto. Here's the script:
It should be put in ~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in these_items
    try
        set this_item to item i of these_items
        tell application "Finder"
            set the file_name to the POSIX path of this_item
        end tell
        set cmd to "/usr/local/bin/afsctool -c " & file_name
        do shell script cmd
    on error the error_message number the error_number
        display dialog "Error: " & the error_number & ". " & the error_message buttons {"OK"} default button 1

    end try
end repeat
end adding folder items to

Since afsctool at MobileMe is no longer available, there's diimdeep/afsctool at GitHub, currently 1.6.4.

Also afsctool in MacPorts where they're aware of the MobileMe issue but maybe unaware of the source at GitHub.


texts: iPhone 11 - Leave lock screen after FaceId

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I just switched from iPhone 8 (touch id) to iPhone 11 (face id).

From the lock screen on iPhone 8, after touching the home button to do the finger print id, the phone would unlock and go to the home screen.

I've noticed with iPhone 11, the phone unlocks after face id, but remains on the lock screen, requiring me to swipe up from the bottom.

Is there a way to automatically go to the home screen after face id?


texts: Cannot sync digital copy movie to iPad via itunes

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I have two movies where I downloaded the digital copy (using the standard redemption method) to iTunes. They are mpeg-4 files, but unlike other mpeg-4 files, I cannot sync them to my iPad. It says, for example:

  "Paul (Unrated) [2011]" was not copied because the video format is not supported by the iPad "The Oracle".

If I try to double click and play it on my iMac, it says:

  This movie requires QuickTime, which is not supported by this version of iTunes.

I'm running iTunes 10.7. If I go to the actual file and double click it, I can view it with QuickTime.

Any idea what I may be doing wrong?


texts: Cannot ping localhost: "unknown host" on Mac OS X El Captain

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I am trying to resolve localhost which right now is "not found"

if I ping localhost - I am getting

ping: cannot resolve localhost: Unknown host

I have made sure that the /etc/hosts file has the below entries that are necessary to have the resolution for localhost -

127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost

However, when I ping 127.0.0.1 it is successful -

PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms
^C
--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.052/0.057/0.066/0.006 ms

In doubts of this getting blocked by my antivirus - I have also disabled my "web root secure anywhere" anti-virus... and it did not solve anything.

Also, I have noticed that when I restarted my machine - for the first few mins the ping localhost worked and stopped working after few mins. not sure how to track what stopped it from working.

Based on the answer at DNS not resolving on Mac OS X - tried "dig @8.8.8.8 localhost" only to find that there was no "answer" section at all.

localhost:~ $ dig @8.8.8.8 localhost

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> @8.8.8.8 localhost
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 3535
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;localhost.         IN  A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.           805 IN  SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2016081801 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 20 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Thu Aug 18 17:15:07 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 102

As requested, the output for "ls -le@ /etc/hosts" -

$ ls -le@ /etc/hosts
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  6126 Aug 18 17:09 /etc/hosts


texts: Can I disable Safari's pinch-to-zoom tab switcher?

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When looking at a PDF document I often want to zoom-out to scroll quickly to its contents and get an overview.

However, when I zoom-out past a certain threshold (it seems to differ per PDF) Safari thinks I want to see the tab overview:

I have never found a use for this function, so it only causes annoyance.

Can I turn this tab overview off somehow? A solution that uncouples the pinch-to-zoom gesture from the functionality would also work.

I'm on Mountain Lion 10.8.5 with Safari 6.1.3.


texts: Is there a way to disable minimising windows with the yellow button in OS X?

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Coming from the Windows world, I am used to minimising windows in OS X, then using Cmd-Tab to get back to the app to re-open them. However, this doesn't work on OS X, and the approach for re-opening them with Cmd-Tab once minimised is driving me slightly round the bend as I try to contort my fingers into place (plus, I typically forget to do this, then have to go round the Cmd-Tab loop again). Instead, I've taken to hiding windows with Cmd-H when I can, which does work when using Cmd-Tab to get them back again. Nevertheless, I don't always remember to use this, and sometimes minimise them instead.

Is there a way I can disable minimising windows entirely, ideally by removing or disabling the yellow minimise button from the window header (I don't use ⌘M)? Alternatively, can I convert the yellow button so it behaves like "hide" instead? Ideally I'd like to avoid paying money for an add-on, but if there's one that works, that may be an acceptable answer.


texts: suggestions on easy way to add location data to jpegs that will be recognized in iPhone

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I have lots of .jpegs taken either w/ iPhone (location data turned off) or DSLR w/ no location data.  Id like to find an easy way to add the locations to photos so that when synced to iPhone, photos will be searchable by location and show in map on iPhone.  I do not use apple iPhoto app or whatever it might now be called.  Now using last version Catalina
Suggestions?  Tks much.


texts: Issues with Unicode symbols in some applications running in Terminal.app and iTerm2

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Darwin DeoGloria 13.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun  3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

Fresh user account. Terminal.app and iTerm2 with UTF-8 set. Accented characters work fine in all applications ("å,ä,ö,é"). But some (wide?) unicode chars is not showing in some command line applications. I first discovered it in weechat, but in the bash shell it works fine.

In stock Mavericks bash:

DeoGloria:~ test$ echo -e "\xE2\x9A\x91"
⚑

Copying and pasting the flag char with mouse.

DeoGloria:~ test$ ⚑
-bash: ⚑: command not found

bash is working as expected. Starting default zsh, no config done

DeoGloria:~ test$ zsh
DeoGloria:~ test$ echo -e "\xE2\x9A\x91"
⚑

Showing alright. But not when I paste:

DeoGloria% <2691>
zsh: command not found: \u2691

Locale settings:

DeoGloria% locale
LANG="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="sv_SE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Starting emacs or vi from zsh and pasting "⚑" works fine. It doesn't work in nano. I get an non-visual character.

I suspected some issues with ncurses, but bash, zsh, nano, emacs are all linked with

/usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib (compatibility version 5.4.0, current version 5.4.0)

I'm out of ideas. Any pointers?


texts: How to communicate with another computer (on another network) terminal to terminal (OS X )

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I would like to be able to print to the terminal of a computer on a different network (this should work bilaterally). I understand that this should be possible by using the command ntalk, but I have not been able to figure out how.

As I understand it, a way to do that would be to set up a restricted shell for a ssh user which would allow that user to print in the terminal, while not being able execute any other commands, so solutions for that would also be appreciated (as well as any other for that matter).

I'm just looking for a low security risk way to establish a point to point chat similar to IRC and with a minimal requirement to instal or configure additional software if OS X ships with something that can work.

Can ntalk work between another computer and Mac OS X?


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I tried to check Unlimited scrollback option in the iTerm2 settings, however, it doesn't seems to be applied for longer outputs (say couple of thousands lines). The output gets truncated so I can scroll up just to the last 1000 lines or so.

I am running Mojave with ZSH 5.7.1 installed, the HISTSIZE is set to the 100 000 lines (however I don't think that matters to the terminal emulator). So is there something I am missing? Thanks for help


texts: How do I handle (e.g. correctly escape) parens in a 'defaults write ...' key value?

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TL;DR

In defaults write <domain> <key> <value>, how do I provide a <value> that contains parens; i.e. "round" brackets, "(" and ")" ?

Full Bhoona

I'm using defaults to redirect screen captures to a specific directory. That I can do fine, and have many times in the past, but I'm running into a problem when the target directory has parentheses in its pathname. So I'm doing something like:

$ defaults write com.apple.screencapture location <dirname-with-parens-in-it>

and I'm getting an error of the form:

<ba bla bla> Could not parse: <dirname-with-parens-in-it>.  Try single-quoting it.

But I get that despite trying all of the following (and a bunch more besides). In this, assume the name of the (pre-existing) directory in question is, literally, dirname(with)parens. My attempts and responses:

$ defaults write com.apple.screencapture location dirname\(with\)parens
<bla bla bla> Could not parse: dirname(with)parens.  Try single-quoting it.

$ defaults write com.apple.screencapture location 'dirname\(with\)parens'
<bla bla bla> Could not parse: dirname(with)parens.  Try single-quoting it.

And I repeated both, three times each, replacing the single \ with \\, \\\, and \\\\. Same error.

Notice however that the error does seem to suggest that the shell globbing itself is working fine, because 'defaults' is seeing the unescaped "(" and ")" correctly. And if directory name/path contains not parens but rather whitespace, then a simple \-escape works fine (as does quoting). Finally, I observe that for shell commands, like "mkdir", either of \-escaping parens, or quoting them, also work:

$ mkdir dirname\(with\)parens
$ ls -ld dirname*
drwxr-xr-x  2 jonyive demigods  68 Oct  3 10:56 dirname(with)parens

So a likely suspect is defaults itself. man defaults doesn't offer much, saying only that says only that, "value must be a property list, and must be enclosed in single quotes". And even that's a lie. In practice it only must be in single quotes if it contains anything funky, and even there, if the funkiness is whitespace, \-escaping will do. And of course, if the funkiness is parens, then not even single quoting appears to work.

So, any ideas? Thanks!

P.S. I'm aware of and have used workarounds. For example, I can create a non-troublesome symlink to the parens-infested actual directory, and just give defaults the symlink as the <value>. But I'd really like to get to the bottom of this.


texts: Apple Magic Keyboard on Windows 10 (fn key and layout)

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1. How do you get the Apple Magic keyboard to work on Windows 10 with the fn key and the correct layout?

I'm using a Magic Keyboard with British English layout but none of the fn functions work such as media keys, volume, Page Up, Page Down, Home, End, Del, etc.

What I have tried:

Using https://github.com/uxsoft/AppleWirelessKeyboard.  I can't get this to work on Windows 10 (even using the  5.1.5640 drivers). I'm even using the recommended version of the drivers as per this comments.
Various other versions of the Apple Windows 64-bit drivers (none of them make a difference)
Using Boot Camp on Windows (doesn't do anything)
using uawks (doesn't seem to have been updated since 2008). It doesn't work with fn functions and seems to cause the Shift key to be permanently depressed.

2. How do you get the Apple Magic keyboard to work on Windows 10 with the correct layout?

I've also not had any luck using the | \ key (it works as a ~ # instead) the ~ ` key (it works as a ¬ ` instead) and the ± § key (it works as a | \ instead)

I'm using  Windows 10 Version 10.0.18362 Build 18632.


texts: How to make aliases go away when main file is deleted?

texts: Is there a way to (automatically) delete all aliases when the file they are an alias to is deleted?


texts: Can I recover a drive after accidentally allocating it to a fusion drive?

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I made an incredibly boneheaded mistake. I typed diskutil cs create Fusion\ Drive disk1 disk2 instead of diskutil cs create Fusion\ Drive disk0 disk1 (while I was looking at the list to make sure I did it correctly—sigh).

That's all I've done. I haven't actually gone ahead with the next step and reformatted the drive with:

 diskutil cs createVolume logicalvolumegroup jhfs+ Macintosh\ HD 100%

To my understanding, the disks have not been reformatted.

Is it possible to reverse this and get all my data and previous disk formatting back without attempting data recovery (which would require splitting the disks anyway, I believe)?


texts: How to know which iOS apps are restricted to a country?

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I'm actually using an US iTunes account, but I'm interested in switching my country to another (as people suggest here) to my original country to be able to use my credit card (with address in my country).

The problem is that I may have apps only available in the US App Store, and probably I don't really care about those apps but I would like to know which are those apps to be sure if I could live without them.

Do you know how or where to check that?
If it's something automatic, would be great, but if I need to look each of my apps it's not a problem at all.


texts: Time Capsule Generating it's own IP Address?

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Installed a new cable modem. Connected my iMac directly to the new modem and, as expected, got a new IP address. However, after I connected my Time Capsule to the modem so I could do everything wirelessly, I notice that my IP address went back to what it had been originally (prior to installing the new modem). As an experiment, I connected iMac directly to the new cable modem and found I had yet another, entirely different IP address.
Is my Time Capsule somehow generating the IP address?


texts: Why files created by Kaleidoscope App are in quarantine?

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I like to use Kaleidoscope (v 2.1.0 - build 133.01 under Mac OS X 10.8.5) to compare 2 directories.

But, when I create files by copying them from a directory to another using Kaleidoscope, (e.g., when a file is missing in one of the two directories), the file is always created with an extended attribute com.apple.quarantine!

An exemple:

creation of 2 directories to compare, with a file in the first:

$ mkdir rep1
$ mkdir rep2
$ echo test > rep1/test.txt

checking attributes:

$ ls -lah rep1
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  3 user staff   102B 26 jui 20:52 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 user staff   238B 26 jui 20:51 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 user staff     5B 26 jui 20:52 test.txt
$ ls -lah rep2
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 user staff    68B 26 jui 20:52 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 user staff   238B 26 jui 20:51 ..

Selection of the file to copy it with Kaleidoscope:

Copy operation:

result of the operation on the attributes:

$ ls -lah rep1
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  3 user staff   102B 26 jui 20:52 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 user staff   238B 26 jui 20:51 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 user staff     5B 26 jui 20:52 test.txt
$ ls -lah rep2
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  3 user staff   102B 26 jui 20:55 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 user staff   238B 26 jui 20:51 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 user staff     5B 26 jui 20:52 test.txt

As you can see, an @ was added to the attributes of test.txt in rep2, and with more investigation, it's easy to see that it's a com.apple.quarantine created because of Kaleidoscope:

$ xattr rep2/test.txt
com.apple.quarantine
$ xattr -p com.apple.quarantine rep2/test.txt
0002;53ac6c96;Kaleidoscope;

I now it's easy to get rid of it with xattr -r com.apple.quarantine [file] on a file or xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine [directory] on a directory, but I find this very annoying!

Here are my questions:

Why, an extended attribute is added on my files each times they are created through Kaleidoscope (new Mac OS security for non-sandboxed apps, or anything else…)?
Is it possible to avoid this comportment, and to create files with Kaleidoscope without having a quarantine on each files?

Thanks a lot for your help and your time!

[EDIT]

Tanks to konqui, I've now a solution to completely disable the files quarantined, but I'm looking for a more specific solution, only for Kaleidoscope… Is this possible?

And is there any proof about our theories about thoses quarantine, or are they due by something else that the new security for non-sandbexed app?

Thanks a lot for your help, and thank you konqui for what you've already done.


texts: Accessing iCloud "Mobile Documents" on latest Lion

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I sync iCloud iWork documents with Lion?

It used to be (for example, as documented here: How do I sync iCloud iWork documents with Lion?) that you could access iCloud documents from the ~/Library/Mobile Documents folder. However, it appears that in the latest updates to Lion (I am using 10.7.3) that this functionality has been removed/disabled. FWIW, I'm trying to access the documents on my iPad stored in GoodReader from my Mac.

Does anyone know any workarounds or alternative approaches for this?


texts: Will Safari preserve my windows and tabs across an OS update?

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I have a(n embarrassingly) large number of windows and tabs open in Safari on Mavericks right now, which I'd like to save, and I'd also like to do an OS upgrade sometime this week.

I have "restore windows" turned on, and Safari re-opened them for me a couple of weeks ago when my Mac crashed and rebooted.

Can I be confident that the same will happen after installing El Capitan? If not automatically, is there a cache file or folder I can save before the install/dig up afterwards to restore the windows? Should I just bookmark all the tabs?


texts: How can I make the Eject Key to behave as the Insert key?

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Is there any way to force that the Eject Key behaves as the Insert Key?

In particular I would like to be able to send the key combinations Ctrl+Insert and also Ctrl+Alt+Insert to the following two applications using Ctrl+Eject and Ctrl+Option+Eject:

a) A VMWare Fusion image
b) A RDP connection with CoRD or Microsoft RDC


texts: How can I use Siri to select between multiple email addresses?

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When using Siri to send an email to a contact with multiple email addresses, I can't find a way to select one of the addresses in a hands-free way (without clicking with my finger).  Siri reads out the two addresses, and then gives me a voice prompt to pick one, but when I say one of them back it just loops back to the "Which email address for..." prompt.

Anyone know what to say here?  I've tried just saying the domain of the address, "one", "the first one", the entire email address, but none of them work.


texts: My brother's phone got stolen. I tried locating it with "Find My iPhone" but the app doesn't show up so I guess it's not installed on his device. I don't think we ever connected his device to iTunes. Is there a way to download the app to his device or use my iPhone to find his, or any other way to find it? The phone company says the thief is still using the internet on the device and today he accidentally called me when I was sleeping so I couldn't answer. When we call it, he doesn't pick up. So I just really need to find it! :/


texts: How do I get rid of browser redirect malware?

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I am using Mac OS X Leopard on a MacBook Pro.

I must have been very careless at some point, since I managed to let some malware install in it.

While browsing I get randomly redirected to different web sites than those I intended to visit, both from Safari and from Google Chrome.

I have tried to clean my computer with ClamXav without any success so far.


texts: I think I messed up the Fusion Drive on my 2TB iMac

texts: I want to ask you how can I get back together my Fusion Drive (merge HDD and SSD together). I was installing Windows 10 and during installation it crashed and I was not able to boot in Windows neither OS X. I also lost recovery partition, so I am going to install it with internet recovery or with my installed OS X on my external HDD. Thanks for any advice


texts: How to setup an iPad rig to use the iPad surface as a mouse or trackpad when connected to an external monitor?

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Imagine if you will, that you want to use your ipad as a desktop computer.
You have connected it to an external screen and have an external keyboard. That is working for you.
But now you now want to use the iPad itself as a giant trackpad. The ipad screen can be completely blank or black and a cursor is displayed on the connected monitor.
I know it sounds cRaZy but is this impossible?
I know there are similar posts where you can use an ipad with a Mac computer but this question is slightly different. There is no computer. Please double check before marking as duplicate. Thank you for reading my post.


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Hi I following my previous question, I realised the terminal is showing "Last login:...on ttys000" and sometimes it's showing "Last login:... on console"
May I ask if it is normal or is it a sign that something isn't right?
I tried creating a new user and open the Terminal and it's still showing the same "Last login:...on ttys000"
Can anyone advice?
Thank you so much!


texts: Is there a known bug in iOS8 causing the status bar to overlay apps or web pages?

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I found mention of this with this example (but no more info)

And we are having a problem (only on iOS8 on the ipad) causing this problem on our website:


texts: Finder folder icon showing items count when empty

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In OSX 10.9.1, I have a folder on the desktop which is empty in the Finder view, but the icon info says '8 items' – see screen grab:

I have checked for invisible files via search>show invisible and with an FTP app which lists files including those beginning with a dot (which are usually hidden), but cannot see 8 files.

Is this a known bug with desktop icons? Is there a solution? It's infuriating when deleting folders and wanting to make absolutely sure not to lose files.


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Here is the problem I'm having with retrieving files from my Time Machine:

$ pwd
/Volumes/LaCie/Backups.backupdb/H2/Latest/H2/Users
$ id -u dbae
501
$ id -u Rona
502
$ ls -ldn dbae
drwxr-xr-x@ 106 502  502  3604 15 Jan 08:57 dbae}

Here is how this happened. My MacBookPro broke down. Workshop told me 10 days to repair, 10 days of inaction that I cannot afford. `No problem' I thought. I will work on our MacAir, plug in the Time Machine Backup disk, and retrieve any particular files that I need. (There's not enough space available on the MacAir to think of doing more than retrieving one file at a time, as needed. And I have to be careful not to mess up the existing files on the MacAir.)

However, as you can see from the above code, the uids are different on the two Macs. The consequence is that the permissions on the TM backup disk will not allow me to read the files I need. I'm VERY reluctant to change permissions on the TM files, as I think I could easily loose the backup completely.

Can anyone think of something simple for me to do? I don't mind a bit of extra hassle every time I need a file, though it would be best if I could write a script to retrieve individual files or directories from the TM disk. I do know the passwords of all the users on the MacAir and I have admin privileges.

Thanks

David


texts: Why can't I use this monitor full resolution at 60hz on my 2013 Mac Pro with OS X Mojave?

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https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/uhd-and-wqhd/32-uj590-uhd-monitor-lu32j590uqnxza/#specs

Says 60hz on the site, tried HDMI1, HDMI2, FreeSync, tried various HDMI cables, even bought an HDMI to Thunderbolt cable to try instead of HDMI out of the mac.

What gives?

My old mac mini can drive my 60" TV properly, but my Mac pro can't drive an UHD display? Seems like I should be able to do this....

This is the only resolution I can get 60hz at:

EDIT Answer marked below. For anyone wondering:


texts: How can I create an Open Directory network user with a command?

texts:
I know I can create a local user with:

sudo dscl . create /Users/firstlast RealName "FIRST LAST"

How can I create a network user on Sierra or High Sierra?


texts: What are current cross-platform disk encryption options?

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I just got a new 1TB USB SSD, to use as a backup drive. I need cross-platform compatibility and durability. I've used LUKS+ext4, and it seems both reliable and well-established (i.e. long-term support is likely, which is a must for me).

Unfortunately, this seems less than convenient on OS X (there's no open-source ext4 driver, as most people know). My current setup is to have a Debian VM on VirtualBox, set up to intercept the external drive at the USB level (VirtualBox can expose USB devices to guest VMs).

I have this working, and can then SSH into the VM, but it's not the most convenient. If I'm just dumping stuff there via rsync -av -e ssh it's okay, but browsing through files on sshfs is not what I'd call ideal (sshfs is notorious for hanging & refusing to unmount on dropped connections, for example).

Has anyone else tried something like this?

Related: Cross Platform GUI-compatible Encryption (but I don't care about GUIs)


texts: How many CPUs can be assigned to a Parallels Desktop VM?

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I have an iMac with the quad core i7 CPU which shows up in Mac OS X as an eight core CPU (thanks to Hyper Threading, I think). Parallels Desktop allows me to assign 1-8 cores to the Windows VM that I'm running. How would changing that number affect the Host OS performance? Currently I have 2 cores assigned to the VM, but it is unclear how Parallels manages them. Are those the real cores or the virtual cores? I always see only 4 cores being used in Mac OS X, the remaining 4 (I guess those are the virtual ones) never show any activity.

For example - can I assign all 8 cores to the VM and still use Mac OS X? Say I'd like this for gaming (w/o going to Boot Camp), etc.

Or if I assign 3 cores, 5 cores - real processors always have either 1 or some even number of cores.


texts: iPhone 6s incoming calls won't start when Apple headphones are connected

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For a week or so, my iPhone 6s has been unable to start the call properly when I get an incoming call, and the headphones (Apple EarPods, wired) are connected.

I accept the call, and the view transfers to the "call screen", but the call is indefinitely stuck at the call length time 00:00 and nothing can be heard or spoken.

This problem occurred every time when the headphones were connected, regardless of having restarted the iPhone prior.

When accepting calls without the headphones connected, things work as intended. The headphones can then be connected in the midst of the conversation and work fine.

I'm guessing I need to reset my phone. But since I would immediately have to recreate my settings from an iTunes backup – would it actually solve any problems?


texts: How can I get my 13 inch MBP (A1425) to display 4k?

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I just got this monitor, http://www.amazon.com/Seiki-SE39UY04-39-Inch-Ultra-120Hz/dp/B00DOPGO2G

When I  plug it into my MBP's HDMI port, the highest resolution I can choose on it under the "scaled" option is 1080p. Why is this? I've upgraded OSX to 10.9.3 but it has not helped me at all. Any ideas? I've also tried using a thunderbolt to hdmi adapter but that didn't work either.


texts: What's the name of the iOS / OS X calculator app that has 'variables' functionality?

texts:
I'm looking for an app on the App Store but I forgot its name.

It is a calculator app that looks like it has been written on a noteblock.

You can store the solutions of calculations as quasi-variables and then reuse them later on.

I know it's available for the Mac and all iOS devices.

Does anyone know what app this is?


texts: Hiding specific window (Enhanced Command+H)

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Is there a way, native or third party tool, to hide a specific window instead of all Application Windows, which is the current behavior of all macOS versions.

For example, when opening multiple Safari windows or Terminal windows, I just want to Command+H one of the windows, not all the application.

This is really helpful for multi-monitor setups.


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I have been using Android for many years, now I have an iPhone.

I am used to Gmail, having my Contacts as Gmail contacts, Google maps, backup of SMS to Google, Chrome with sync of online bookmarks, backup of photos to Google Photos, Google Calendar (in browser)

Basically, in what cases should I look for "native" replacements, and in what cases is it natural to use Google stuff?

(I have used the migration app)


texts: I have to use the FN key for shortcuts to work

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So I have an issue where I use well-known shortcuts like CommandS (save) or CommandF (find) and they don't work. However if I introduce the fn key, they start working (i.e. fnCommandS).

Regular CommandC and CommandV work.

I also have the setting in System preferences → Keyboard "use F1, F2, etc. as standard functions" selected.

I can't figure out how the fn seems to be toggled the wrong way (up when it should be down and down when it is up) for shortcuts or where to look next.

This is happening on the laptop keyboard and my Magic keyboard attached via Bluetooth.

Machine specs

macOS Catalina 10.15.4
Mac Pro 2017 (13" with Touch Bar)


texts: Should I be concerned by this discrepancy in my drive space?

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I was planning to delete a user account, and I noticed that it said that I don't have at least 87.1 GB of free disk space, even though my Macintosh HD shows that I have 159.4 GB free.  You can see the image below. Should I be concerned? What should I do?

Some background: I just reinstalled OS X El Capitan. I did this preemptively just in case something was wrong with the OS, because I had some issues with my computer hanging while trying to transfer a user account from an backup hard drive with the Migration Assistant app. Since it was hanging for many hours, I had no choice but to force-restart my computer during the migration process.

I'm running OS X El Capitan.


texts: Does the Lion App Store have a debug menu?

texts:
I like using the debug menu on the Snow Leopard App Store app by enabling it with

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true

Does the same toggle work on the Lion version of the app?


texts: Where are the files for System Information?

texts:
I'm just curious if anyone knows where I can find the files that feed the data into the System Information Application (ATA, Audio, etc).

I am interested in writing a program that sends an email every time the battery cycle count increases.

Thanks.


texts: How to permanently block all incoming connections in the macOS firewall?

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I have the default macOS firewall enabled with stealth mode and block all incoming connections option set. And I have it locked. But after a while, the firewall is in green state with selective blocking and not block all connections.

How to identify which application is changing the firewall state? I have another admin user in my system, but I have remote login option disabled. I think this user is responsible for system change. I have removed that account meanwhile, but still want to know how to identify firewall state changes.

Is it possible to get an alert or something when the state changes?

Edit: It is not related to the admin account. After removing it, still this senario happens.

Figured. It is the policy applied. JAMF.


texts: Error message when copying files over to Mac Server

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I keep receiving the following error message when copying files, from my iMac and my Macbook, over to my Mac Mini Server.

  The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in
  “filename.pdf” can’t be read or written. (Error code -36)

But regardless of the error message, single files will still copy over. Multiple files however, will copy the first file, then kick the error message and stop.

Really a pain when I have a folder with 100's of images and I have to copy each image over individually!

However, when I copy files from a PC Desktop or Laptop to the Mac Server, no error message occurs.

I've been dealing with this issue for months and have not found a solution. I get the same message no matter what type of file it is.....PDF, JPG, DOC, Ai, etc.

Can anybody help??


texts: applescript: Appropriately escape input in script invocation

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I have the following snippet in an applescript:

          tell current session of current tab of current window
              write text "watch -n1 'kubectl get pods | grep -i"  & input'
              split horizontally with default profile
              split vertically with default profile
          end tell

But this does not work given that I am getting the following error:

  script error: Expected end of line but found unknown token. (-2741)

I want the end result, given that I will be invoking the script as

myscript appname

To be

watch -n1 'kubectl get pods | grep -i appname'

Any suggestions?

edit: I have also tried this without success:

write text "watch -n1 "\kubectl get pods | grep -i & input\""


texts: How do I get a lone missing app to appear in Spotlight searches?

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When I enter a string that matches part of the name of an application on Mac, the OS X Spotlight search feature will suggest apps for me to launch. This works for every app except one: Mathematica:

While the string is recognized (presumably from my history) the application is not suggested, and the only way to launch it is directly from the Finder or some other awkward workaround.

Why would — indeed how could —  a single lone application behave differently in this regard? How can an application hide itself in this way from Spotlight?

And most importantly: what can I do to restore this standard piece of functionality?

Note that this problem is unique to Mathematica. For example for JetBrains apps, I get:

Moreover, it extends to the Finder itself. For example if I search there I get

even though Mathematica is clearly there

I can reproduce this (for Mathematica only) by simply updating (download, open the DMG, drag the new version to the Applications folder, replace). This is indeed unique to Mathematica (in my experience). I update at least one app a day in this or similar ways, and none of them vanish as a result from Spotlight; only Mathematica.


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My MacBook Air won’t turn on. The charger is also not working and I don’t have a backup on Time Machine, so is there a way to get the backup if it’s not turning on?

It’s gone for service now but if it comes back with no previous data is there a way to get it back?


texts:
I'm trying to create a short alias for creating System dialogs from the Terminal. I tried to create a Bash function (since an alias didn't seem to take arguments) and add it to my .bash_profile, but it's failing me.

My latest attempt is:

dialog() {
    DIALOGVAR='tell app "system events" to display dialog "'$@'"'
    CMD="osascript -e 'tell app \"system events\" to activate' -e '$DIALOGVAR'"
    $CMD
}

But when I execute it via the Terminal, I get

0:1: syntax error: A unknown token can’t go here. (-2740)

Even though echo'ing the CMD variable gives me a properly formatted command:

osascript -e 'tell app "system events" to activate' -e 'tell app "system events" to display dialog "foo bar"'

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, perhaps there's an easier way to achieve this. All I'm trying to do is to create an easy to execute command that displays dialogs.

EDIT: Alternative attempt didn't lead to anything either. This one works for arguments without spaces, but fails for multiple arguments.

sysdialog() {
    osascript -e "tell app \"system events\" to activate" -e "tell app \"system events\" to display dialog \"$@\""
}


texts: Change default installation location to install xCode

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I want to install Xcode in my MacBook Air OSX 10.8.3. The issue is my MacBook Harddisk is just 64GB and it's almost full. I have an external HDD (Formatted to MAC partition) and how can I install Xcode to this HDD? Because when I am trying to install Xcode I am getting an error there is no sufficient memory available.

Thanks.


texts: How do I publish a link to my iChat account

texts:
So I have an email signature and web site that links to my email, twitter and linkedin identities, how do I add a link to my iChat account (via google talk server) other than just linking to my google user name (which is of course my gmail address). Thanks.

RIP Steve Jobs.


texts: Apple bootcamp keyboard driver causes BSOD

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What I did: Installing Windows using Bootcamp

Mac: MBA 6.2

Bootcamp assistance: 6.1.0

What Windows version: Windows 10 and 8.1

What OS i tried: Catalina, Mojave, and High Siera

What happened: BSOD, all of them

Question: why?


texts: Custom ukelele layout - cmd-w and similar shortcuts not working

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I'm making a custom non-latin keyboard layout in Ukelele. When I install the layout and activate it typical OS hotkeys like Cmd-W or Cmd-Q are not working, but when I switch to say Russian layout - all hotkeys work as usual.

How to make the layout respect typical hotkeys? Is there a setting somewhere that I'm missing?

// I'm using latest versions of Ukelele and Mac OS.


texts: How to link multiple key events in AppleScript?

texts:
I have been trying to write an AppleScript that would open the mail app register a save as key event (Shift+Command+S) wait 1.5 seconds, do a return key event ("Enter") and then wait another 1 second and then register a down arrow key event.

activate application "Mail"
repeat 2310 times
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "s" using {shift down,command down}
    delay 1.5
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "return"
    delay 1
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "DownArrow"
end repeat


texts:
I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Beta (16E144f) off of an external SSD connected to my 13-inch retina MacBook Pro. I am trying to install Windows 10 on it.
When I open up Boot Camp Assistant and press "Continue," I get the following error:

Boot Camp Assistant cannot be used.
The disk is not journaled. You must enable journaling using Disk Utility before using the Boot Camp Assistant.

Can anyone help me solve this rather cryptic problem? I tried searching online to no avail.


texts: How Do You Launch The Finder Process in Terminal

texts: Is it possible to start the Finder process from Terminal? If so, what would be the command?


texts: Upgraded my HDD to SDD. Can boot successfully via USB but will not boot when in MBP

texts:
I have a late 2011 macbook pro. I decided to upgrade to SSD. Here are the steps I took:

Connected SSD via USB
Formatted using MAC OS Extended Journaled (using disk utility)
Cloned HDD to SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner (during this clone, I was prompted to create a recover partition which I did)

I then rebooted (holding CMD + R) to select my new SSD as the boot up drive. This worked fine. To test this fully I created some files on the desktop and restarted several times switching between SSD and HDD to verify that I was actually booting up into SSD.

I can boot up via SSD with the HDD in the MBP and SSD connected via USB. But when I remove the replace the HDD with my SSD and power it on, all I see is the apple logo and the spinning wheel forever. For some reason, I cannot boot up when it has been fitted inside.

Any ideas why this may be?

Edit:

Further on from this, I can't boot into the recovery partition and I have also cloned the them switched around (SSD internal, HDD on USB). This cloned fine but still presented me with the same problems. Attached is the CMD+V output from booting up with SSD inside.


texts: How to rename a USB stick using disk number (via terminal and using diskutil)?

texts:
I'm creating a bash script that will rename the USB stick using a diskutil command. From what I've read in the man and various examples, I need to supply the volume name.

In my situation, the volume name varies so I'm hoping to use disk number (via diskutil list) instead.

Any ideas on how this can be done?


texts: Can XNA & Visual Studio be run in VMware Fusion on Mac OS X?

texts: Is it possible to run XNA & Visual Studio from a machine under VMware Fusion running on Mac OS X?


texts: Do I need to upgrade my late 2011 Macbook Pro

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I currently own a MacBook Pro, Late 2011, With a 2.4ghz intel core i5, 4gb memory DD3. I use my mac mostly for web browsing and iTunes, and use (bootcamp) windows for programming. Recently, I have seen my mac slow down at times. When I click an application on my dock, takes aprox. 5-10 secs to open the application. I have seen lag when having multiple applications open at once. Running Windows 8, I do not see any lag unless I am running the debugger on visual studio but that could a VS issue. One of the reasons I want to upgrade is booting time. I am constantly changing going from OSX to Windows and can take up to 30-45 seconds to boot into either operating systems.

My question is asking for your opinion of what Should I do to improve performance. Do I upgrade my current MacBook as it is still In good condition and runs relatively fine. Or do I buy a new Mac with a better processor, more ram?


texts:
My OS X  El Capitan mail app crashes immediately when I click on it. Why is this happening?

I am using Windows 10 to send this email


texts: macbook pro with filevault loses startup disk

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My MBP (13inch, late 2011) sometimes loses it's startup disk when I have powered it off by holding the power button for 10 seconds. Not every time, but one time out of 5.

(See my other question on my MBP locking up when entering clamshell mode for why I have been having to do this.)

When this happens, I get the folder with a question mark. Rebooting with "Alt" despressed, I have to initiate a "network recovery" (only option). In recovery, I select the "startup disk" from the Apple menu on the menubar. All is fine then, but it sure is a pain.

I am using a Crucial M4 SSD, not the stock disk if that matters.

Any pointers would be helpful.

BTW: It might have started with MountainLion. My problem which causes me to need to hold the power button started with ML, so I never reset the mac this way before.

Thanks. Kent


texts: Do the intel Macbooks have an option for Hibernation?

texts:
I noticed that Big Sur 12.3 update notes mention that Hibernation support has been added for M1 Macs. I have an intel MacBook Pro and have never noticed an option to Hibernate.
In contrast to Windows machines, In Intel Macs the only available options are are Sleep, Shutdown, and Restart.


texts:
There are a few different states an iOS device might be in when one wants to capture a memory really fast:

Power off, with a PIN or password screen
Power off, no PIN or password, but need to "slide to unlock"
Power on - on springboard (no app running, looking at app icons)
Power on - in an app

In earlier versions of iOS one could double click the home button twice from nearly any situation and open the camera.  It appears that there is no quick hardware way built in to the latest versions of iOS, though there is a jailbreak way to enable faster hardware access to the camera.  I'm not interested in jailbreaking, though, so I'm hoping to catalog the various methods one can get into the camera app quickly.

Any tips for making this faster in non-jailbroken devices (such as specific apps that are faster, or placing the camera app of choice in the bottom app bar on springboard) would also be welcome.

How quickly can we get the camera to snap a picture?


texts: El Capitan 10.11.3 Preview app missing move glove tool

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How can we get it back the Hand Tool (use to be a glove icon) for moving enlarged images in Preview (OS X El Capitan 10.11.3)?

This was most helpful tool Apple had for working with graphics!


texts: Is it possible to prevent applications from changing power management status?

texts:
I have several apps that behave badly on an iMac when it comes to power management on macOS (Discord and Spotify). They are listed with Preventing Sleep set to Yes in Activity Monitor even though they are idle (not in a call, not playing music).

Spotify seems not to care about this issue since several years, as all support requests and bug reports go unanswered.

Since it is an iMac, I cannot close the lid so I just leave the computer and expect it to go to sleep after a while according to my power settings.

Is there a way to prevent those applications from modifying the power management settings?


texts: Why does Google Chrome Helper spike my CPU?

texts: This has been happening on and off since I switched to a mac at work. Google Chome Helper occasionally runs my cpu into the red and has the fan spinning madly.  Sometimes restarting Chrome fixes the problem, sometimes not. Eventually it always surfaces again.


texts: AppleCare Status On My Mac: Ways to Check?

texts:
I am aware that one can check the AppleCare Status of their Mac by going to Apple Support.

What other ways exist (that maybe inbuilt within OS X) to clarify this, and possibly even schedule a repair ?


texts: Applescript to fill in Keychain dialog box

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I'd like to fill in the Keychain Dialog box with the Name: and Password fields (printer is windows print queue), but after the Print command, the Keychain dialog box opens up, but never responds to anything till I click OK or cancel.

  tell application "TextEdit"
  activate
  make new document

  print document 1 with properties {target printer:"2nd-floor"}

  tell application "System Events"

         set value of text field 1 of group 1 of window 1 to "CUA\name"

         click button 2 of window 1 of application process "SecurityAgent"

  end tell
  end tell

Hope I missing something silly, thanks.


texts: Turn off auto-locking for specific applications

texts: I'm just wondering if it is possible to disable auto-locking on my iPhone for specific applications? For example, I didn't want to lock screen of iPhone if LUMOback application is running in foreground.


texts: I was experimenting how strong SIP is on Sierra. So I tried To delete Terminal.app using app cleaner but I can remove the contents then when I empty the trash it empties it. Then I open terminal App it works Fine.So is SIP that strong that you can't remove an OS X app using third Party apps?Is the only way to remove SIP protected apps using rm command?


texts: Unexpected app "Admin Alert" running on my machine

texts:
All of a sudden I noticed an application called "Admin Alert" in my dock.

This is a work computer, I'm wondering if this is some sort of "spyware" that our lovely IT department has installed on my machine.  I can't find any information about it online.

(OSX 10.8)


texts: Is there an app, or way to get a notification if someone starts to type a text message?

texts: I know you can look at a text message and see the "..." if someone is responding, but I was curious if there is an app or way to get a notification for this event?


texts: Accidentally removed iCloud from Finder siderbar

texts:
I accidentally removed iCloud drive from the Favorites sidebar (in Finder).

Dragging it back isn't restoring it.

How could I restore it?


texts: Way to select HTML tables by column and add them to the pasteboard?

texts: Whenever you try to copy an HTML table to the pasteboard, it will select by row. Sometimes, I'd like to select by columns. Is there a way to do this? If not out of the box, any extensions that enable this kind of functionality.


texts: Network share prompt popping up when not on VPN

texts:
We have a SMB network share that staff use for working with Adobe files. They are working from home which requires them to use VPN to access this share. An issue one user is having is whenever she is not connected to VPN she receives this prompt about 30 seconds after logging in:

She selects ok but it keeps popping up. Once connected to VPN it does not show. I have already checked login items under users & groups which had Adobe InDesign, Office, OneDrive, and Outlook which I removed Adobe and Office. Unchecked the options to open apps after restart and still comes back. Not sure why this keeps popping up but any advice to remove this or why this is happening would be appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How would I restore Spotlight search to my menu bar? (10.7)

texts:
For some inexplicable reason, I decided to delete (not hide) Spotlight from my Mac via a terminal command. I downloaded the 10.7.2 update, hoping it would fix this by redownloading Spotlight, but it did not.

This is what happens when you give an idiot access to the terminal.

For reference, I this is my menubar right now:

I tried this method to be sure I simply didn't hide the Spotlight icon.

Spotlight is still in the system preferences.

I am just interested in fixing this. I should note that I didn't reinstall the OS.

Thanks for the help.


texts:
I'm using pinentry-mac with openfortivpn, to prompt for passwords and tokens. I installed both using Homebrew.
However, there's a button in the pinentry dialog to save to the keychain, and it's checked by default. I'd like to disable this, or at least make it unchecked by default.
Based on this and this and the source, I've tried both of these:
defaults write org.gpgtools.common DisableKeychain -bool yes
defaults write org.gpgtools.common UseKeychain false

But neither had any effect. Anything else I can do?


texts:
Recently (finally!) upgraded my 2017 Pro to Catalina, and am seeing a couple of unwanted changes in Safari. Wanted to ask if these were design changes, or if the update borked some preference settings?

Safari no longer auto-paints tabs from last session. The tabs will appear, but remain unloaded until I switch to them. This is contrary to previous behavior under Mojave. I also have Chrome installed, which has a setting to control specifically this. I have been unable to find an equivalent in either the Develop or Debug menus.

There seems to be some sort of threshold/buffer for loading tabs. If I enter an URL and then immediately open a new tab, the previous tab will not load/resolve/paint until I switch back. This always happens unless the blue loading bar has made a certain amount of progress, upon which the page will continue loading in the background. Strangely, Google and Reddit will always resolve, pointing to this being some sort of cache/DNS issue. This has persisted through the usual troubleshooting steps of clear cache/safe mode/new admin. This does seem to be affected by the experimental feature "Defer async scripts until DOMContentLoaded or first-paint", but that setting is annoyingly non-persistent. I can't get it to remain unchecked for more than the time it takes to load a single tab.

There is sometimes a white flash when closing tabs. Highly annoying, especially in dark mode. But not a dark mode issue, as it also happens in light and auto modes. This one is Safari-specific, as it doesn't occur in Safari Tech Preview.

They might be partially a result of more aggressive memory management? The "using significant memory banner" seems to pop up far more frequently as well. Have tried Apple support, but they just advise a clean reinstall. As if I couldn't just use Chrome (though I'd prefer not to due to battery concerns). And don't even get me started on the forums.


texts: Should I uninstall Mail incompatible plug in which are disabled/inactive after Mountain Lion upgrade?

texts:
I previously installed Herald for Mail under Lion.

When I rebooted after the installation of Mountain Lion, Mail told me the plug in was incompatible and it is now disabled or inactive.

  Was the mail plug in properly uninstalled and is it just disabled?
  Should I try to uninstall the mail plug in properly?


texts: OS X 10.6.8 App Store "Get" Button Does Nothing

texts:
I am trying update to El Capitan using the App Store. I am logged in and my Mac meets the requirements, but when I click "Get" nothing happens. Just goes dark blue and nothing else after that.

What can I do? I've tried with other user accounts, tried re-installing OS X from the disk, but I still have the issue.


texts: Is there a recommended method of maintaining multiple Photos libraries on same hard drive

texts: My main Master Photos Library is over 400GB, and getting too big to tote around on trips.  I keep it on removable HD.  So I started creating new library for each trip.  Problem now is managing them all, and creating a master.  I use Power Photos (from Fat Cat) to move photos between libraries, but they don't support Live Photos.  A given trip might be as many as 4000 photos.  Some from SLR some from iPhone (Live Photo) and I combine them in the library.  Any suggestions on managing these and combining the libraries?


texts:
I'm really not sure whether this is really on-topic, but here goes...

How does the iPhone Upgrade Program work?

I understand the information on the Apple site - I pay them monthly, no interest, with a small upfront payment & after a year I can get a new phone. My contract, however, runs for 20 months.

Right.

So, I'm paying say 50 bucks/quid/shekels for 20 months, yet I get a new phone after 12 months.

Where does that leave me?

I continue to pay off my existing contract, another 8 months at 50 'currencies'?
...and I also have to start paying for my new phone, so I'm now stumping up 100 'currencies' per month to have the new one & an old one I no longer need?

Or...

they take back the old phone & let me off the last 8 months & I just pay a new deal of 50 'currencies' for the new one, with a 20-month contract unless I repeat the same after another year?

or is there a

?


texts: Stop "...wants to use keychain" password prompts

texts:
Because of Xcode bug I had to reset my default keychain, and since then I'm getting annoying messages like this:

Here is what does not work:

unlock keychains
reset default keychain
change keychains password
remove ~/Library/Keychains.

It keeps popping once in 15-30 min, sometimes multiple times in a row.

Note that there are no "fix keychain" or "keychain aid" anymore in macOS Sierra Keychain Access app.

Here are two old questions with outdated answers.

I would prefer not to create access exceptions for all items, and it's not allowed for iCloud keychain ("Access for this item cannot be edited").


texts: VirtualBox drive, new size not visible to Disk Utility

texts:
I use VirtualBox 5 with an OS X 10.11 guest. I resized a VBox HDD from 20 GB to 29 GB. Now I want add the 9 GB to the main OS X volume.

Opening Disk Utility I can't resize the partition: it shows a total disk size of 29 GB (physical disk) and a main disk size of 20 GB but it doesn't allow to resize the partition (even 20 GB to 29 GB). The blue circle is full in "Resize partition" dialog, no resize in it, size-edit-input not enabled.


texts: Can I use my girlfriends phone number on my iPad

texts: My girlfriend and I both have iPhones and we both want to use my apple id but have separate numbers. I just bought her an iPad and it only has my phone number under iMessage. Can I add hers to my apple id or the iPad?


texts: Trouble with GUID HDD recovery in testdisk

texts:
I had a power failure while using two of my hard drives (two WD Red 4 TB, each one nearly full, HFS+ data only, no OS on the drives) in a dock.

Since then I was able to recover almost all my files with DiskDrill but some are corrupted, some have lost their name and directory.

Since I have nothing more to lose here, I put my hands in it.

I am trying to rebuild the GPT with testdisk, but I failed several times.
So I've already written few times on gpt with testdisk, I've also tried the method using testdisk to find sectors of partition and pdisk to write them, but it failed.

Now I am trying again with testdisk and wxhexeditor.

I am looking at every occurrence of "HFSJ", the first one match the sector testdisk had found 529400 (271430664 in hex).

But I can't find any EFI partition. Is there a way I can fix that? And rebuild GUID partition scheme?

Here is the result of sudo gpt -r show disk2:

start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34      529366
      529400  7812357952      1  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  7812887352     1149783
  7814037135          32         Sec GPT table
  7814037167           1         Sec GPT header

Follow-up: I tried what you recommend with the following result:

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
Unmount of all volumes on disk2 was successful
sudo gpt remove -i 1 disk2
disk2s1 removed
sudo gpt add -i 1 -b 40 -s 409600 -t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B disk2
disk2s1 added
sudo gpt add -i 2 -b 409640 -s 7813365344 -t 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk2
disk2s2 added
diskutil verifyVolume disk2s2
Started file system verification on disk2s2
Verifying file system
File system check exit code is 8
Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed
Underlying error: 8: POSIX reports: Exec format error

this is beyond my understanding!


texts: Why is my iPhone 4s Videos app displaying TV show episode and series titles as "Unknown" and Season as "(null)" and how do I fix it?

texts:
To restate the question, why is my iPhone 4s Videos app displaying TV show episode and series titles as "Unknown" and Season as "(null)" and how do I fix it?

I have already attempted to reboot, access the files directly in PhoneView, and through iTunes. I cannot make these dead files go away and syncing doesn't help.


texts: Force constant refreshing of WINE window

texts:
I'm trying to run Imperialism 2 on Crossover (WINE), in virtual desktop mode. The game nearly works except that the screen doesn't update.

What I mean by this is that the WINE window is initially black. If I then drag another window on top of it, and drag it away again, the window now displays a picture of the game at this point. If I then click on things within the game, nothing happens visually, until I again drag another window on top of the WINE one.

So what seems to be happening is that the WINE window doesn't realise it needs to keep on updating what it's showing. Only when its contents are obscured and then revealed again does it notice that it has to redraw. This is fairly frustrating: the game is running fine, the graphics are being drawn correctly, but they're just not being displayed.

Is there any way to keep on sending a "redraw message" to a window to force these redraws to happen? Imp 2 is a turn-based game, so if the redraws happened only a few times a second, that would be fine.


texts: Trying to install a .sh that will automate installation of .pkg

texts:
As title, I'm trying to install a .sh file but I cannot get it to work. When I run sh or bash autopkginstall.sh

I get the following error;

/usr/local/bin/autopkginstall.sh: line 18: zmodload: command not found
/usr/local/bin/autopkginstall.sh: line 20: strftime: command not found
/usr/local/bin/autopkginstall.sh: autopkginstall.sh: line 119: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Below is the .sh that I'm trying to install.

#!/bin/zsh
# Purpose: automatically install any pkg file put into a certain folder
#
# From: Tj Luo.ma
# Mail: luomat at gmail dot com
# Web:  http://RhymesWithDiploma.com
# Date: 2013-12-11

    # variable to refer to script name without path
NAME="$0:t:r"

    # directory to check for pkg or mpkg files
DIR="$HOME/Action/AutoInstallPKG"

    # where do you want files to be moved after they are installed
SUCCESS_MOVE_TO="$HOME/.Trash/"

zmodload zsh/datetime

TIME=$(strftime "%Y-%m-%d--%H.%M.%S" "$EPOCHSECONDS")

    # where do you want files to be moved if they FAIL to be installed
ERROR_MOVE_TO="$HOME/Desktop/"

    # log our output here
LOG="$HOME/Library/Logs/AutoInstallPKG.$TIME.log"

    # quick function to
log () {

    echo "$NAME: $@" | tee -a "$LOG"

    if (( $+commands[terminal-notifier] ))
    then

        # if terminal-notifier exists, use it

        terminal-notifier -group "$NAME" \
                -sender com.apple.installer \
                -subtitle "Click to show folder $DIR:t" \
                -title "$NAME via launchd" \
                -message "$@"
    fi
}

die () { log "FATAL ERROR: $@" ; exit 1 }

if [ ! -d "$DIR" ]
then
        die "DIR is not a directory: $DIR"
fi

[[ ! -d "$SUCCESS_MOVE_TO" ]] && mkdir -p "$SUCCESS_MOVE_TO"

[[ ! -d "$ERROR_MOVE_TO" ]] && mkdir -p "$ERROR_MOVE_TO"

cd "$DIR" || die "Failed to chdir to $DIR"

    # remove .DS_Store file if it exists, so it won't keep launching `launchd`
rm -f .DS_Store

command ls -1 | while read line
do

    EXT="$line:e"

    case "$EXT" in
        pkg|mpkg)
                    log "Installing $line"
                    sudo installer -verboseR -pkg "$line" -target / -lang en 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"

                    EXIT="$?"

                    if [ "$EXIT" = "0" ]
                    then
                            log "$line installed!"

                            command mv -n "$line" "$SUCCESS_MOVE_TO" ||\
                            command mv -n "$line" "$ERROR_MOVE_TO"

                    else
                            log "Failed to install $line"
                            command mv -n "$line" "$ERROR_MOVE_TO"
                    fi
        ;;

        *)
                    log "$line is not a pkg or mpkg file"
                    command mv -n "$line" "$ERROR_MOVE_TO"
        ;;
    esac
done

REBOOT=no

fgrep -q 'installer: The install recommends restarting now.' "$LOG" && REBOOT=should

fgrep -q 'installer: The install requires restarting now.'   "$LOG" && REBOOT=must

case "$REBOOT" in
    must)
            log "You MUST reboot to complete installation!"
    ;;

    should)
            log "You should reboot to complete installation!"
    ;;

    no)
            log "No reboot required"
    ;;

esac

exit
#
#EOF

I'm trying to follow TJLuoma's autopkginstall project.


texts:
I need to run a .command file with input at runtime, but I want to run via double click, not from terminal.

I have a file adbInstall.command file with this code

adb install /Directory/$1.apk

From terminal, I can do adbInstall.command fileName and it will properly run adb install /Directory/fileName.apk

How can I input fileName whilst double clicking on adbInstall.command instead of running it from terminal?


texts: Macbook pro 13 (2017) with Asus PB279Q only works in safe mode

texts:
I just bought a Macbook 13 (2017) without touch bar.

I'm having this issue in which in order to make it work with my Asus PB279Q, I have to start in safe mode. Once the display is working in safe mode if I re start the macbook again to normal boot, the display will continue working just fine.

Weirdly enough, if I disconnect the display and reconnect; the screen just goes dark. I can see the screen being detected in settings, but I can't see anything on screen. In order to make it work again I need to repeat the process, 1)boot in safe mode 2) boot in normal mode again.

I'm using a Kanex usb-c to hdmi cable I bought in the Apple Store, supposedly 4k capable and compatible with mac.

Wondering if anyone has had this weird issue ?


texts: How can I add reminders via the command line?

texts:
Once in a while it may be useful to add some reminders to Reminders.app from the command line — especially because they are synced to iCloud. Is there any way to do so?

A solution that does not rely on AppleScript is preferred: a) for performance reasons (probably silly) and b) AppleScript solutions often feel clumsy or overly verbose to me.


texts: Programatically modify tag visibility, order

texts:
I need to programatically alter both the visibility and default sort order for tags, explicitly in Catalina: I have different categories of tags that, depending on what project I'm working on, I'd like to show and hide in the Finder sidebar en bloc (i.e. 'food: xxx' or 'font: xxx').

I'm familiar with the command-line tag utility and Leap's apps; neither seem to offer the option to modify visibility or sort order.

the dictionary in com.apple.finder.plist appears to list them in display order, and the <> attribute seems to indicate visibility, but the file warns:

//
// The pretty-printed property list below has been created
// from a binary version on disk and should not be saved as
// the ASCII format is a subset of the binary representation!
//

The target data is represented in binary form in values[:FinderTagDict][:remotevalue] - but it's unclear if that is the ultimate repository for the properties, or if that's just part of the pretty-printed attributes.

Will updating values[:FinderTagDict][:remotevalue] in com.apple.finder.plist be sufficient to update finder preferences?   Or is there another layer of abstraction that needs to be addressed?

Alternately, is there some other class tucked away that manages kMDItemUserTags attributes?

For the time being, modifying visibility and order is the primary use case.  The non-resizable, no-filter preferences pane just is not cutting it.

(fifth time I've tried to find an answer to this, if there are any resources out there I'm just not finding them.)


texts:
I use a MacBook Pro at work which is most of the time connected to a docking station via a lightning cable at my desk.
There I usually turn off do not disturb (DND) mode and activate screensaver/screenlock after 2 minutes.
When I am at meetings it happens regularly that I want to present something but then it is annoying if notifications are displayed or the screensaver turns on after 2 minutes.
How can I automatically turn on DND mode and turn off screensaver automatically whenever my MacBook is not connected to power (docking station)?


texts: Can I deactivate the text marker function in iBooks?

texts: Is it possible to deactivate the text marker function in iBooks? I often use the dictionary lookup, but accidentally, I activate the marker function quite often.


texts: Turn off encryption on filevault2 second HDD

texts:
I have an Early 2011 MBP on which I installed an SSD (in the SuperDrive's bay).
After that I enabled FileVault2 encryption on both the SSD (which has the ML 1.8.2 install) and on the original HDD that's currently mounted at boot-time on /Users (so all the storage for the users go on it and it's still encrypted no matter what).

I would like to add a second (and maybe a third?) partition to the HDD so that I can experiment with Windows 8 (and maybe the latest Ubuntu?) but the error I receive is

Error: -69741: The target disk isn't eligible for reversion because it wasn't created by conversion or it is not part of a simple setup of exactly one logical and one physical volume

Is there anything to do ?


texts: Can I browse the Safari history of my Ipad on my mac?

texts: My mac and my iPod share a common iCloud account. Is it possible to browse on my mac the history of Safari on my iPad?


texts: Is there a way to remove the preview icon of a gif or jpeg file?

texts:
Is there a way to remove the preview icon of a gif or jpeg file ?

I made very little image file for the web, but they weight 45 Ko ! I guess this comes from the preview icons

Edit : I've added a screenshot to show you the informations i've got. Preview.app seems to be the most accurate...

As you can see, i used 3 ways to get the size information :

from the finder, in the folder himself (45 ko)
from the Get Info dialog box (45 ko)
from the preview.app, General Info Box (0,5 Ko)


texts: Macbook keeps disconnecting from hotspot Wifi, which works well

texts:
I've been having this problem for months, and I finally need help.
I found other topics on connection problems, but not quite the one I have.
When I'm at home I use a Wifi hotspot from my Android phone which has unlimited data, and my Macbook tends to disconnect quite often from this network, sometimes more often than others.
However my phone still has internet and other devices, like my playstation, can connect without problems.
Even more surprising, if do something that "continuously" uses internet, like Zoom calls, the Macbook almost never loses the connection.
Furthermore, when my Macbook disconnects, turning on the Playstation, also connected to the hotspot Wifi, seems to resolve the connection issue!
The Macbook has no problems to connect to any other Wifi network, like at work or at friend's places.
Do you have any clues on how to stabilise the connection of my Macbook when using the hotspot from my phone?


texts:
How do I back up my iPhone contacts to iTunes over USB?

I followed the standard procedure and my contacts were wiped out on my iPhone so I am scared about backing them up.


texts: Resized MacOS partiton after debian install, now volume has no type and MacOS wont boot

texts:
I was dual booting debian alongside MacOS. Debian hasn't been bootable for some time (unknown reason) so I decided to remove the leftover linux partions and resize my main MacOS parition to fill the empty space. One of the linux drives I could remove, the other I couldn't. After restarting the Mac it boots straight into grub rescue which i'm guessing is leftover from the linux install and now won't boot into MacOS, and no recent backup ofcourse.

I've checked for startup disks in Internet Recovery and nothing is listed.

I then looked at the partitions by using Internet Recovery and run diskutil list, fdisk /dev/disk1 and gpt -r show /dev/disk1. Here are the follwoing outputs:

I'm under the impression that i've got to change the GUID of the main MacOS partition which is currently showing no volume type or FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF and delete the linux swap partition. Which I think I can do with the commands listed here, here and here, but i'd rather proceed with caution and check-in with people in the know before trying.

I believe the filesystem is HPFS and i'm using filevault, if that's relevent. If you need a hexdump please let me know, I believe I can use vis -c to get a dump within Internet Recovery.


texts:
How do Live Photos work technically?

For example: what is the file extension for the captured photos? Is it a sidecar file? How many additional photos are captured before and after the main photo?

I would like some authoritative technical documentation as a reference.


texts: Mount Error when attempting to mount a network server

texts:
I've been attempting to mount a network server on my computer. I can do it through Finder, but this is inconvenient since I can only connect with one username at a time. I read that mounting via Terminal would allow me to connect with multiple usernames at the same time. I found this post: How can I mount an SMB share from the command line? where the command to mount is

mount_smbfs //user@SERVER/folder ./mntpoint

but whether I do that or mount -t smbfs instead of mount_smbfs I get the same error:

mount_smbfs: mount error: [mountpoint path]: Input/output error

Someone even mentioned getting the same error in that post I linked to above, but no one answered him.

Edit:
For the sake of being complete, here's my actual input and output (with the username and password replaced). I even created a new directory /Volumes/testShare to test it with.

Jamess-MacBook-Pro:Volumes magavendon$ mount -t smbfs //[user]:[password]@172.25.206.80 /Volumes/testShare
mount_smbfs: mount error: /Volumes/testShare: Input/output error

And the mount_smbfs command:

Jamess-MacBook-Pro:Volumes magavendon$ mount_smbfs //[user]:[password]@172.25.206.80 /Volumes/testShare
mount_smbfs: mount error: /Volumes/testShare: Input/output error


texts: Backup iPhone contacts etc to move to new iPhone (no iCloud)

texts:
I have three iPhones linked to my AppleID. (Don't ask me why, it began when Apple was not providing family access.) I already have iCloud Contacts, Calendars, etc. on my AppleID made from one of my iPhones.

Now I'm going to replace my another iPhone (which doesn't use iCloud Contacts and Calendars) with new one, and need to backup and move contacts and other stuff. Since I don't want to merge Contacts and Calendars, I can't use iCloud on the iPhone I want to backup.

Is it possible to change AppleID on the iPhone I want to backup keeping all the stuff untouched to link it to new iCloud account? Or is there another way?


texts: Is Magic Trackpad feature-equivalent with built-in MacBook touchpads/trackpads?

texts:
TLDR; for testing touchpad interface on a MacBook, would a desktop with Magic Trackpad be suitable?

We are developing a cross-platform application Win/Mac and though we develop mostly on Windows, MacBook users are a key demographic, specifically this raises issues with trackpad functionality.
None of us have MacBooks but I have a MacMini so I can test the Mac build - but only with a mouse. I wondered if getting a TrackPad would let me test gestures a)work as planned b)are user friendly in a realistic way. If so, which version would be adequate?


texts: How do I create a SSB for Outlook web mail using Fluid?

texts: Has anyone successfully created a fluid app for outlook web mail (aka live mail)?  I've tried but either the site opens in my web browser or (after white listing variations of the site url) I get an error message stating that I need to use internet explorer or an updated version of safari.  The site opens fine in my firefox web browser (my default browser) so I don't think it's a browser problem.


texts: Forwarding a mail as a fax using Applescript and Mail

texts:
I am using the Mac's fax function and that works just great. I would, however, like to make an Applescript that gets called from a Mail rule. For example, when the Subject is something like: "FAX:12345679", the rule should take the fax number from the subject and use it to fax the attachment via the fax-modem printer.

Is this possible?


texts: What can I do to increase the performance of my Mac Pro?

texts:
I have a stock early 2007 Mac Pro (8GB RAM, 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (256 MB). It has a RAID0 bootdrive and is running Lion. I've had it for >5years and I really love it.

However, recent attempts to do stuff, including running WebGL demos, has led to a realisation that its actually now quite an old machine. This isn't a problem for me day-to-day - its still a monster able to rip CDs, play DVDs, run a Windows VM simultaneously without breaking a sweat - but as a developer I'd like to stay abreast of current tech like WebGL and whatever other else.

I'm not prepared to spend thousands on a newer machine, mine is just fine for day-to-day purposes, but I would like to soup it up. Upgrading GPUs has been mentioned, but I was wondering if other parts of the system could be swapped out with newer ones.

Does anyone have any experience of upgrading older Mac Pros?


texts: How can I recover missing iCloud storage space?

texts:
I have an iCloud account with the free 5GB storage, which I want to use for backups.

I have a strange situation where my iCloud is showing as having only 2.2GB space available:

But isn't showing what is using up the space.

I have previously used it for backups of various devices, but these aren't showing.

How can I recover my lost space?


texts: invisible rectangles blocking upper left of screen

texts:
Since upgrading to Catalina (2016 Macbook Pro) a few weeks ago, every now and then I find there are "invisible rectangles" on on the screen where I can’t move my mouse.
They're always [edit months later: not 100% always, actually] anchored to the top left, and could be on the primary or secondary monitor. They're varying widths and heights that don’t seem to correspond to any specific application windows. They don’t go away if you quit or hide applications. The usual width is anywhere from about 100 to 400px, and the height is anywhere from 200px to the full height of the screen.
Theses things do disappear on their own sometimes, but disconnecting the external monitor doesn’t get rid of them — it just moves them the laptop screen, but usually with different proportions. They're always gone after a restart.
I can’t seem to connect these to any specific app; like I said, they persist even if I quit all apps including utils that just run in the menu bar.
Here’s a screen recording of me trying to move the mouse to the upper left corner, via regular moving and dragging a selection area: https://imgur.com/a/lyVPhrq
I've tried looking in Activity Monitor when this is happening, but even with all the regular apps quit, there are still tons of system processes going on so it's hard to spot anything unusual.
This look/sound like anything any of you have seen before?


texts: How often are new iPod touch versions released?

texts:
I am wondering whether Apple releases a new iPod touch version once or twice a year (like the iPhone S which comes after a few months from the original release).

Thanks.


texts:
I'm trying to move my music from my old iPhone 5 (purchased in the US) to my new iPhone 5s (purchased in Canada). My music is backed up to my iCloud account and basically when I got the new phone I added my Apple account so everything (apps, notes, texts, emails, photos, vids, etc.) and transferred everything except for my music. I've been carrying both phones so I can listen to music but that's really cumbersome.

For whatever reason whenever I tried synching my new phone to my iTunes the playlist names are there but there are no files. When I checked which devices were backed up on my iTunes, it just lists my new iPhone. The files are there in my iTunes library, but I just can't get them to transfer.

If it makes a difference, under settings, and music, there is no option under the library heading on either iPhone to turn on iCloud music library. Moreover, the the little iPhone icon in iTunes that usually pops up when you plug it into your laptop doesn't appear. This is the iTunes icon you click on that lets you access things on your iPhone.

What do I do?


texts: Is it possible to see only the pictures I've taken on my iPhone?

texts:
I'm using an iPhone 5S, running iOS version 10.3.1.

I'm part of a chat group where a lot of pictures are posted. From time to time I want to see only the pictures I've taken in my photo app, but I can't find a way to do it.

When I open the Photos app, this is what I see in the different categories:

Photos: All photos ever stored on my phone
Memories: Some random photos the app chose for me
Shared: Photos I've actively shared to others
Albums: some different albums (e.g. Camera Roll, My Photo Stream, Selfies and Favourites. However, they either

include all photos on the phone (Camera Roll)
include the latest 1000 photos on the phone (My Photo Stream)
include pictures marked by me (Favourites)
include pictures marked by the phone as a certain type (Selfies)

There is even a section under Albums for the particular chat app I'm using.

Is there any way I can filter out the pictures from the chat group, and only see the pictures taken by this phone?

I've searched online for e.g. "iphone see only pictures taken by this phone", but the search only returns results such as "how to find out where you took photos".


texts: How can I stop the whole state of Texas from calling my number?

texts:
I get about 5-6 calls daily (6:30am to 4pm-ish) from the whole state of Texas. My phone number is just one digit away from matching another number with the area code for Texas (which is 936, mine is 939 for PR).

The number leads to this automated system that I can't understand, and it’s asking me immediately for a pin every time I call. I Googled it, and the only thing that comes up is Montgomery County Adult Probation. It’s not spam calling me nor telemarketers, it’s real people, because sometimes I answer and either no one talks or they say: “sorry wrong number.”

What can I do? I’ve had my number for over 10 years, and I don’t want to change it. I know nobody in Texas, so I don’t want anyone calling me from there. Any app around or something? I don’t care if I have to pay a monthly fee.


texts: How to export address book to mailchimp or CSV file?

texts:
I want to export specific address book groups to mailchimp from a clients Mac computer.

The client have version OS X Lion (10.7) and the Mac she has is faulty and will be scrapped soon. Therefore it is not feasible to upgrade it.

It would be perfect if I could use Chimport but it appears that I need OS X Mountain Lion to use Apple Mac Store to get it.

Alternative do you know any programs that can export to CSV?


texts: How to open a specific port in Firewall OS X 10.9.4

texts:
How do I open a specific port in the firewall?
I can not use the "allow connections from application" as I want to open the port for Jenkins, that is not on the list...


texts:
Starting this morning, every time I try to add an item to my iTunes library, a blank window appears. I can close it, and in the main iTunes window there's an exclamation mark in the top right corner. If I click on it, a dropdown appears with the information: Adding item to library cancelled.

For clarity: I am not trying to add new files, I'm just browsing the iTunes catalog and trying to add items from there.

I have an active Apple Music Account so I see no reason why I should not be allowed to add an item from the iTunes Store.

Any suggestions on what the problem might be and how to solve it? Thanks.

MacOS Mojave 10.14.4 / iTunes 12.9.4.94


texts: How do I kill a daemon and not have it open up again if I can't find it in the LaunchAgents or LaunchDaemons?

texts:
So I think I downloaded a program from Avatron called Airconnect. I'm not sure, but their website was purple when I looked it up. Anyway, now everytime I check my activity monitor, com.avatron.airconnect.daemon is taking at least 25% of my CPU. What have I done.

I tried looking up a solution online, and I realized it opens with launchd (I checked through activity monitor), so my research directed me towards System/Library/LaunchAgents, System/Library/LaunchDaemons, or Library/LaunchAgents. I tried looking through all of the folders, and I can't find the airconnect daemon. Please help me. I thought I was smarter than to get viruses. I am so disappointed in myself now.


texts: How can I bulk edit exif data in Aperture Library?

texts:
I run a tree farm.  I take pictures with my iPhone.
Exif data for the iphone includes Camera Make Apple  Camera Model iPhone X where X is the phone number.
Another program.  iPhoto I think created an Exif Image Description of AppleMark
Needless to say these give me grief when I search for Apple as in fruit tree.
The obvious workaround is to rename all my uses of Apple to AppleTree or some such.
Note, that I don't care to change it in the image, just the database.
Is there a search and replace editor that will work on an apple Aperture database?
I'd rather globally modify the camera maker to something else.


texts: Mount FAT32 partition (external drive) on Mac

texts:
I have an external disk drive of 2TB with two partitions, one NTFS and another with FAT32 format.

The NTFS partition is automatically mounted when i plug the device using Paragon NTFS but I  don't know how to mount the FAT32 partition.

Can someone help me with this?

More info:
Here is what windows shows on Disk Management when i plug the external disk


texts:
I have Mac and a disk on a USB key, I'm trying to copy a folder and to paste it in the disk on the USB key, but its not pasting.

How can I paste files & folders onto my USB disk?


texts: Stopping a script pasted into and running through BTT (bettertouchtool)?

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I have a python script that runs continously once turned on that I can turn on with a shortcut in BTT (bettertouchtool), but once it's on, I have no way to turn it off, it's pasted into the program, is there any way to turn it off once it's on? I know you can kill from terminal .py files but it's not a .py afaik, because it's not a file.
I asked that forum btw it's tumbleweeds so I'm trying elsewhere.
thanks


texts: Is it possible to get notifications when files/folders are accessed from my iCloud Drive?

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I think my housemate may be accessing my iCloud Drive from my MacBook when I'm not at home.

Is there any way to enable notifications on my phone when someone accesses a folder on my iCloud drive?


texts: How to get ScreenCapture with mouse pointer?

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The screen capture app on my Macbook Pro (the one that comes up when I press Cmd + Shift+5) has an option to capture the mouse pointer as well. However that option doesn’t seem to work - the capture works fine, but there is no mouse pointer in the captured image.

There is some discussion here, but no resolution. I’m relatively new to the Mac - is there something I’m missing, or do I need to install a third-party screen capture app?


texts: macOS Big Sur - unnotarized 3rd party quick look plugin?

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After updating to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, a 3rd party epub quicklook plugin stopped working:

I've already forgotten how I installed the plugin (from Homebrew cask or downloaded from the web, but judging from the error message, it was the latter one). If it's an unnotarized GUI app, I'd remove the com.apple.quarantine attribute from the app so that it would work, but I don't know how to do that with a quick look plugin.
Is there a way to make the plugin work?


texts: How to combine multiple mailboxes in Mail.app?

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My OS is Mavericks.  The mailboxes shown are grouped under headings MAILBOXES, SMART MAILBOXES, ON MY MAC, and MY EMAIL ADDRESS.  I have Sent and Trash under each.  Their contents are not entirely duplicative.  When I go to mailbox/use this mailbox as, the options are grayed out.  In Preferences/Accounts/Mailbox Behaviors all options are checked to 'store messages on server'.  How do I combine these mailboxes?
Thanks,
Rick


texts: How to change keyboard layout of macbook pro during first run registration?

texts: I'm running the registration after turning on my new macbook pro for the first time. I've chosen my national keyboard layout and now I can't write @ or + signs. I don't know how to change keyboard layout, some shortcuts like cmd space or cmd alt space don't work. Please notice that I also need to write national characters, so going back and choosing english keyboard layout won't work.


texts: How can I get Launchbar to open the Wireless Diagnostic app?

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I use Launchbar Version 5.5 (1008) to start programs from the keyboard and can't figure out how to start one specific app that comes with Mountain Lion 10.8.4 Build 12E55.

Has anyone figured out how to launch the /System/Library/CoreServices/Wireless Diagnostic.app by assigning a custom shortcut or custom indexing rule?

I suspect the fact that the app needs an administrator password to run is messing up the indexing or the launching of the app, but can't be sure. To get Launchbar to index the CoreServices, I added the path /System/Library/Coreservices to the Specific Places and it finds other tools in CoreServices but not the one app I want.

I also tried letting the index rule Search Everywhere and selected Include applications inside the Library folders.


texts: iPhone: How to continuously play unplayed podcasts?

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I am on an iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 10.3.3 and the Podcasts app (the default podcast app by Apple) does not continuously play unplayed podcasts that I've already downlaoded. It plays one at a time and every time I must manually click on the next one. Very annoying.
It's been like this for 6+ months now. I've restarted the phone, I've checked the moon button at the bottom of the screen to make sure it is marked as "Off". I also tried setting it to 1 hour and then back to Off...all to no avail. Curiously enough even after setting the moon button to one hour, and then scrolling to the end and letting it finish, it still does not even auto play the next unplayed podcast.

Any ideas?


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Here's my scenario: I have around 60Gig of photos on my desktop Mac. That mac is backed up regularly and I consider it safe for my photos. However I would like to be able to use my iPad to decide which photos to keep, to favorite, or delete.

I could use Apple's iCloud Photos but I have two problems:

I don't want to pay for space that I already have at home
I want to know for sure that all my masters are in my possession

I can sync my iPad with the desktop, asking for all photos, collections, etc to be synced. Now my iPad has all of them. But if I delete one on my iPad it won't delete it on my deskop. I'm not even sure that if I favorite it on my iPad that it will be favorited on my desktop.

Is there a way to get this done without giving Apple control over all my photos?


texts: In Numbers, how can I show a formula instead of the result?

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I want selected cells to show the formula instead of the result of the formula, for example cells C4 and D4 here.

If the cell is formatted as text before I enter the formula, then the formula remains text.  However, selecting text format after the formula has been computed has no effect.


texts: Where can I find a pricing guide for used Apple devices?

texts: I am looking for a pricing guide for used Apple laptops, desktops, and iOS devices. Does anyone have a recommendation on where to go to find a guide like this? Preferably a free guide.


texts: How do I transfer a file from a guest account on a MacBook Air?

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I'm logged into the guest account of a borrowed MacBook Air which is running OS X Version 10.9.2 and I've been trying to transfer a 2.19GB video file to an admin account, a USB or external hard drive, or online.

1. Transferring the file to the admin account:
Apparently if I log out of this guest account, the file will be deleted. So, I tried transferring it to a shared folder, but I can't find/access a shared folder... perhaps because I'm on a guest account? I tried using Terminal and codes I copy-pasted from Google, but they all require the password of the admin account, which the owner can't remember. We've been working together the whole afternoon to try to remember the password, but the owner says he'd be able to guess it if he had the "password hint". Unfortunately, we only know how to view the "password hint" by logging out of the guest account, which we obviously can't do, or else the file will be deleted.
Transferring to the admin account: FAILED :(

2. Transferring the file to a USB or external hard drive:
I've tried both ports with 3 different USB's, and none of them were recognized by the Mac. I've also tried plugging in a WD external hard drive in both ports, but neither recognized the hard drive. All in all, nothing between 3 USB's and 1 external hard drive showed up on the Mac. Could this have anything to do with being logged into a guest account?
Transferring the file to a USB or external hard drive: FAILED :(

3. Uploading online:
I've had two tabs open for the past 15 minutes: YouTube and Google Drive. Neither are showing any progress towards the upload. As I'm typing, both currently remain at 0%. I've also tried uploading the file through email, but Yahoo crashes before the upload even begins. In addition to this, I've tried uploading with Filemail.com multiple times. Each time it says it has "problems uploading"...
Uploading online: FAILED :(

Is there anything I can do? Is there another method I can try? Perhaps theres a way to view the password hint without logging out of the guest account? Is there another way to access the "shared files" folder without needing the admin password? Is there anything that can be done about the USB's and the hard drive that won't show up? Is there a reason why the file won't upload online? I would really, really appreciate your help. Thank you in advance!