texts: What are the Best Ways to Speed Up a Mac?

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I have a 2012 Macbook Pro and although it seems to be working fine, over time it has seemed to become more sluggish and less snappy / responsive. So is there any good ways ways that I can 'speed up' my Mac? - this includes stuff like: maximising youtube videos 'lag', the RAM being used up very quickly, Photoshop operations taking a long time to load and Preview struggling to open very large (10000s x 10000s px in size) photos.

My Specs - Macbook Pro 13" (Retina, Late 2012):

CPU: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
RAM: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
OS: OS X Yosemite 10.10.4
SSD HD: 245/249.77 GB Used
Typical RAM Available with Safari + Chrome Open (with lots of
tabs): 2.5 GB


texts: How do I make all equations in a document not italic?

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Word makes all my equations italic.

Is there a way to make them non-italic so any current equation and future ones will be created with regular Cambria text?

I am using Word 16.17 on Mojave.


texts: Is there a way to change the color or appearance of the mac menu bar from the standard gray?


texts: Disable screensaver when connected via Screen Sharing?

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I have my mac set to show a screensaver, but every now and then when I'm working away from home I'll connect to it using Screen Sharing from and leave it connected. If the screensaver starts running it can cause issues since it's suddenly forcing Screen Sharing to transmit a lot of motion over a possibly slow internet connection, making it difficult to interact with my system until the screensaver stops.

Is there any way to get the screensaver to be disabled when Screen Sharing is connected, but enabled the rest of the time?


texts: In Safari, is there any keyboard shortcut to *hide* the Web Inspector?

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In Safari, when the Develop menu is enabled, I can make the Web Inspector appear by hitting ⌘⌥I. However, when I hit that again, the Web Inspector stays where it is.

Is there any way I can hide it with another (or somehow the same) keyboard shortcut?


texts: Set the mode for next boot from the terminal

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I'd like to be able to boot into the recovery mode the next time the machine boots not by using the start up key presses. I'm already logged in in normal user mode - can I set this in the terminal?

Any help with this is much appreciated.


texts: Deleted file on MacOS still occupying space

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I download a large file, a 20GB DMG.
Soon after, I ran out of space, I used the system information app to delete large files, including the 20 GB DMG.
The System Information app crashed during this process, and I had to restart my laptop.
Ever since, the System Manager still shows the DMG as occupying 20GB of space, but I cannot "open in Finder" or delete. Both the buttons do nothing.
I tried searching for the said file, but found nothing.
I have verified that the trash is empty.

I want to reclaim the 20GB of space that has been locked out, without having to format my disk again.

Selecting Dota 2 and clicking on "Show in Finder" does nothing.
Looking for the file via ls -la does not show the file.

Applications folder does not show the file

Trash is empty

File type has changed to APPS_APPLS after updating to Big Sur, but no resolution to the problem.


texts: I updated my macbook pro to OSX Mavericks and signed in to Messages app but it isn't working. My account is enabled but when I try sending a message it says cannot send message. Your iMessage account isn't signed in. Not sure what's causing the problem, any help?


texts: MacBook late 2016 does not recognize internal SSD. I can boot up from an external SSD that has macOS installed

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I have a MacBook that will boot up from an external SSD that has macOS Sierra installed.
However once I boot into macOS and see my disks using diskutil list, no physical internal drive
is found.  Only the external SSD as disk0.

The internal SSD on a MacBook from 2016 is soldered onto the logic board, and after opening the MacBook, there was no corrosion found, and no liquid was ever spilled onto it.
So I don't think that the SSD died.

Is it possible that if the SSD is alive and well, that it then wouldn't be listed as a useable drive?
I had deleted all the partitions like "Macintosh HD" and "Recovery disk" by mistake, and maybe now the drive is not accessible by the MacBook?

Also, its worth knowing, the MacBook came with OSX - El Capitan, but still boots with macOS Sierra.

Thanks for your help in advance.


texts: How can I disable pop-unders when using Chrome?

texts: I know it's possible to disable pop-ups, and that's the default behavior, but It's not affecting the pop-unders.


texts: What tools and concepts are good for someone thinking about using HFS filesystem compression?

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I have a client with about 60TB of data on multiple HFS+ volumes, attached directly via fibre channel and shared using AFP. We are running around 85% capacity at present, and the budget to expand storage won't come into play for months. Our data growth suggests we'll hit 90% capacity in four months. I'm considering some sort of in-place filesystem compression that would transparently compress files at rest in storage, while not changing the workflows of the desktop users. (That is, they should just work as usual without having to decompress files.)

I understand HFS+ filesystem compression can be accomplished by using the ditto command; I've also successfully used the free afsctool to compress files. The latter has not been updated for quite some time and I'm unsure of the developer's commitment. I'm not a programmer, so the source code means little to me.

Are there any alternative commercial tools that will silently, automatically perform filesystem compression in the manner I seek? Preferably, there would be reliable enterprise support for the tool (say, telephone support). Or, would I be better off scripting compression periodically using ditto? Is HFS+ compression even the right path?


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I got a phone from a guy, his business bought him a new phone and no longer needed the phone, which i now have.

His old plan was with sprint, and i use verizon. I would think his account has been deleted or something. The phone is not on his plan anymore.

I tried just to put in the verizon SIM in but the phone was locked. I called Sprint asking for a unlock, but they needed an account to unlock.... but there isn't one any more. So using sprint to unlock is out of the deal.

Is there anything else i can try so i can use my iPhone on my network?


texts: Why can I use Emacs shortcuts in many OS X programs?

texts: By mistake, when using Notes, I started killing and yanking instead of cutting and pasting and it worked. Same seems to be true for Pages. What gives? I don't think I have ever tinkered with the standard settings (at least directly).


texts: UK keyboard layout \ and ` swapped even with ISO keyboard and British PC layout

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Normally to get and \ the right way round for a British keyboard you need to change the keyboard layout toBritish - PC`, and you need to convince MacOS that you have an ISO keyboard, rather than an ANSI one. This is described in this closely related but not duplicate question. The solutions there have worked for me in the past (see my answer to that question).

However, I just got a new Mac, and I am now running it through a Thunderbolt 3 dock and a KVM switch, and that seems to have confused it somewhat.

When I run the keyboard type identifier it says they keyboard type cannot be identified:

If I click "Skip" it defaults to JIS - I definitely don't have a Japanese keyboard!

If I select ISO then the problem remains - @ and " are the right way round, but \ and ` are not.

How can I fix this? Note that I do have Karabiner-Elements installed, but unlike in previous versions there are no options to change the virtual keyboard type in it.


texts: How do you permanently disable Bluetooth on OS X Mavericks?  It seems that simply shutting it off in preferences doesn't disable it.


texts: Trash directories on mac - How to find them and how to properly clear them

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So, I am writing a little piece of software in Go. It is a library that allows clearing the trashbin and moving files into the trashbin. However besides ~/.Trash there are other trash folders per drive. What would be the most correct way of clearing those?

Is it just iterating over /Volumes and deleting the .Trashes on every volume and recreating it afterwards?

Is there official documentation on it, if so I couldn't find it.


texts: Does memory need to be installed in same-size pairs in the Mac laptops of recent years such as MacBookPro8,1?

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In the old days memory needed to be installed in pairs of equal size such as 2 X 2 gigs for a total of 4 gigs. Installing say one 2 gig module and one 4 gig module for a total of 6 gigs would either not work or would cause slower operations than if a same size pair were installed.

Is that still the case?

For example an a MacBookPro8,1 (Late 2011) might we install one 2 gig module and one 8 gig module for a total of 10 gigs without problem nor penalty?


texts: MPlayerX on OS X suddenly doesn't interpolate video anymore? (fullscreen = ugly pixelated output)

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I always favor MPlayerX as my video player, it works perfectly. However since a few days, when playing fullscreen, it seems to no longer interpolate the video content, resulting in a 'pixelated' output.

If I compare it with QuickTime or VLC for example, using the same video file, with MPlayerX I can see pixel blocks in the output, the typical jagged edges from image stretching, whereas it looks smooth in other players.

I already removed + reinstalled it, no difference. I checked all the settings, couldn't find anything related, I changed 'image enhancement' between None, Normal, and Advanced, no difference.

In case it's relevant: I upgraded to El Capitan earlier this week. Can't tell for sure but this problem started somewhere around the same time. Can it be related, and if yes, is there any El Capitan-specific setting involved that could fix this?


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My kid has so far poured my large mug of coffee into our Air, then barfed on it (yes, it got inside) and now another cup of coffee. That last one finally killed it. Apple says the mobo is gone and it will cost more to fix than its worth.

So now I'm going to either get another Air or maybe just the Book. In either case, can someone offer any suggestions on how to make it even slightly more liquid resistant?


texts: Shared library between Macbook Air, iMac, Airport Time Capsule

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My Early 2008 iMac alu 24" HD drive has finally died and I'm in the process of replacing it. I've also recently got a 2013 Mac Air. The MacAir SSD drive is small so I want to share the iTunes/iPhoto libraries and user files between iMac and MacAir.

It seems a 2013 Airport Time Capsule would be a good solution - I could have the libraries stored on the TimeCap 2TB drive (Mac Air will connect over 802.11ac WiFi & ethernet for iMac). I would get a SSD drive for the iMac.

Alternatively I could keep the libraries on the iMac drive and use wake for network access when the MacAir wants them (then just use TimeCap for Time Machine backups). I would get a Hybrid SSHD for the iMac.

I am trying to work out the pro's & con's of these two approaches. I obviously want to get the best read/write speeds.

Config 1: library on the TimeCap

iMac > TimeCap over Gigabit Ethernet: 40|42 MB/s (read|write)?
MacAir > TimeCap over 802.11ac Wifi: 27|23 MB/s?

Source: "Speed test on new 2013 time capsule" thread. These speeds are slow, but the iMac gets an SSD for OS & application files.

Config 2: library on the iMac

iMac Hybrid SSHD over SATA 3Gb/s: 158-190MB/s (not sure if those figures are only for SATA 6Gb/s)
MacAir > iMac SSHD over AirPort 802.11ac Wifi (wake on demand): ?

Seems like a more traditional setup. The iMac no longer gets a SSD but will have fast speeds for accessing the library files over SATA compared to Ethernet.

Are the quoted speeds accurate? Which of these approaches is best overall? The decision affects which drive I need to go and buy.


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The location in the weather widget of the notification center is permanently wrong since September 2014. I was in Ampus for vacation. But today I'm at home and the location is not changing!

If I click on the i in the upper right corner, I can't change it manually.

Does somebody know a solution?


texts: How record line in audio on iPhone with lightning jack?

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I've been tearing my hair out over this one: when recording audio or video with my iPhone, I can't figure out how to use the lightning port for an audio-in signal.

For example, I'm filming someone playing an instrument, and I want to use the audio-out of that instrument as the direct sound source for the video. (without holding a microphone near the speakers...)

I have tried a 3.5mm 4-pin minijack cable from the instrument to the iPhone (with the minijack to lightning converter) but this 4-pin audio cable is not recognised as a microphone/sound input. I have also read an article about soldering your own cable with the right resistor values, but that can't be the only way to record audio on an iPhone???

The only microphone that gets recognised is the one that is built in the official apple EarPods.

How can I record an audio source directly into my iPhone?


texts:
I would like to view some old notes that were deleted.  I read online that the notes are stored through:

~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes: NoteStore.sqlite files.

OR

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/ NotesV7.storedata files.

Do these contain old notes or just the current notes?  Thanks!


texts: What software is available changing the default maximize button behavior in this video?

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The still from this video (see image below) shows non-standard window maximization control options. Upon mouse hover on the + in the normal close, minimize, maximize controls (top-left of each window), a pop-up bubble is shown.

How can I enable these maximization options for my Mac?


texts: Can I move System/User folders to separate disks?

texts:
Here's the deal: I have a Macbook Pro 6,2 – I think late 2010 model. I have two mismatched drives with the same speeds. A 750GB Momentus XT, that SSD HDD hybrid, and the Seagate Momentus 500GB. Both are 7200 RPM. I replaced the optical drive a while back with a HDD.

I want to install the most opportune parts of the operating system to a separate applications folder, therefore prioritizing on the outer edges of the disk – specifically files that will be run more often therefore they can be accessed quicker.

However in addition, because they are mismatched in terms of GB per disk, I have a setup that I would like to use that further optimizes it.

Basically the first disk is separated into 3 partitions (values approximate):

System: 50 GB
User: 200 GB
RAID: 500 GB

Using Mac OS X' built-in software RAID, the RAID partition will be RAIDed with the second disk being the 500GB disk. Therefore it appears as three disks: a system disk, a user disk, and a RAID disk.

However, I would like to separate the applications as well by partition – specifically by priority. System ones of course get high priority, granted I would like to move specific applications out of the Applications folder (honestly a lot of them like Photo Booth and FaceTime aren't really that helpful), however for the intent of this question I would like to know if the system can recognize and move the system folder as a whole to a separate drive, leaving just the system on the system partition.

Ideally, I'd like:

User preferences and Library on the system partition.
The user applications on the user drive for general things like Photoshop, Aperture, or Lightroom.
System applications on the User Drive
A special applications folder on the System Partition for high priority ones like Final Cut Pro, or Autodesk Smoke, things that will be accessed alot or use alot of reading and writing.
The User files and folders – you know, Documents, Pictures, etc. – on the RAID drive, along with a specific applications folder there as well for less used not as high priority applications such as optimization applications or smaller things like disk space programs etc. Text editor, or Espresso things like that, that don't need the speedier read and write.

Therefore, in theory, the applications and system files used most often will be prioritized at the disk edges and therefore perform better, and if all goes well, it'd make Launchpad work nicely with all of this.

I know most people's answer would be to buy an SSD which I'd really love to do, however it's not in the budget and since it is a MacBook Pro, space is limited. I'm trying to maximize storage with performance as well.


texts: Resetting a user's password as admin results in 'Password Reset Failed'

texts: I am logged onto a 2013 Macbook Air trying to reset a user's password. This user is not logged in, and is not an admin themselves (they were before, which was revoked). When I reset the user's password it fails with Password Reset Failed. Trying to do so in the terminal with passwd username prompts for the old password.


texts: com.apple.quarantine extended attribute gets re-added each time I open the file

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I have a file called tasks.taskpaper that I associated with FoldingText. When I open the file, the dialog pops up with text

  “tasks.taskpaper” may be a script application. It was created by
  FoldingText and will be opened by FoldingText. Are you sure you want
  to open it?

And, indeed, the com.apple.quarantine extended attribute is associated with the file:

$ xattr -l tasks.taskpaper | grep com.apple.quarantine
com.apple.quarantine: 0002;53b0afc9;FoldingText;

I can remove the attribute:

$ xattr -d com.apple.quarantine tasks.taskpaper
$ xattr -l tasks.taskpaper | grep com.apple.quarantine
$

But when I open the file with FoldingText again, I get the popup dialog again, and the attribute has somehow been re-added to the file:

$ xattr -l tasks.taskpaper | grep com.apple.quarantine
com.apple.quarantine: 0002;53b0b0dc;FoldingText;

How can I get this to stop happening?

Note that I'm running on Mavericks and I installed FoldingText (2.0.2) using the App Store. Also, the file is in a Dropbox directory.


texts: iCal not syncing with Google Apps after upgrade to Sierra (10.12.1)

texts:
I recently upgrade by Macbook to 10.12.1 and I am now getting persistent 403 errors when trying to sync the calendars between Google and iCal.

I have tried removing my Google account re-adding and I get the same error (Attached)


texts: How to restore from a Time Machine backup when there is already a user account set up?

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I can't figure out how to access my Time Machine backups since Apple replaced a defective hard drive.

Some Background:

My setup: iMac 24" (Early 2009), 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo, OS X 10.7.3. I have been running Time Machine to back up all files.

Source of original problem: 1 TB hard drive developed problems while the machine was still under AppleCare.

The fix to the original problem: I took the machine to my nearest Apple store, where the diagnosis was to replace the hard drive. I got the repaired iMac back three days later.

The current problem:

When I got home and powered the iMac up for the first time, I noticed that the Apple techs had already set up a new user account. Everything has been working fine, except that this new user account is not the same as the old one on the machine (i.e. the one I was using prior to the hard drive problem).

As a result, I can't seem to access any of the Time Machine backups I made prior to having the iMac repaired.

Question:

How do I access the Time Machine backups made before the repair? Is there a way to query the Time Machine backups for the user account for which they were created?


texts: What happens to files restoring from case-sensitive to case-insensitive?

texts: If I have IMPORTANT-RESOURCE.jpg and important-resource.jpg on a case-sensitive file system, I do a Time Machine backup, then wipe boot volume, and create a case-insensitive volume, then restore from Time Machine, what will happen to the duplicate file?


texts:
I have a data only sim which has poor signal at home. Every time my phone loses signal and gets signal again it displays this message.

Möglicherweise fallen vom Netzbetreiber SMS-Gebühren beim Aktivieren
von FaceTime und iMessage an.

which translates to
Your operator may incur SMS charges when you enable FaceTime and iMessage.

If I leave my phone for a long time it connects to the network maybe 30 times then I have 30 alerts to dismiss before I can use my phone.
I really don’t want to change my number as I’m only using a data only sim while in another country.


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I purchased an iPod Touch in December 2011. It came with a Target 2 year warranty. From the time I started using it the battery never read correctly. I decided before the warranty was up in February 2013 to send it in for repair. They returned it and said they replaced the battery. It still does not read correctly.

I have done backup and restores as well as full wipes without restoring the backup. Upgraded OS. Currently it is jailbroken but it performs this way with the jailbreak installed or not.

I installed a cydia package that displays the actual battery health and it says the design capacity is 930 and currently it is at 859. So I dont think its a bad battery. I have uploaded a video to YouTube to show the issue.

Anyone have any ideas?


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I have a habit to download the latest apps gone free, however This results in many unused apps. (Lots of space gone!)

Deleting the apps the casual way, (tap'n'hold, delete) works, but takes too long for the confirmation to come up.

Is there any way I can just select multiple apps and click on delete? I don't generally care for the remove from game center as well.


texts: Watch YouTube without suggestions and ads on IPad

texts:
In desktop browsers I have extensions for that. But iOS browsers don't support extensions. So is it even possible?
EDIT: Also, is it possible to get rid of "recommendations", i.e. videos on home page and sidebar? I would like to watch only channels I am subscribed, but sometimes I am too weak and cann't struggle against temptation to watch "recommended" stuff which leads to lots of wasted time. On desktop I have empty home page and no sidebar thanks to browser extension so I see only videos I need on subscribed channels. Is it possible on iPad?


texts:
How do i add someone else's iPhone contact number to messaging on an iPad?
I want to send something from iPad messages to messages on their iPhone


texts: Anker Charger 45W for Macbook Pro 15 inch 2017

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I have one curious question. Currently, I'm using the Anker Powerport+ 5 ports usb-c to charge my Macbook pro 2017 15 inches. The power delivery in the system report is 45W . Is it safe for the long run if I continue using this, the apple charger is quite big for travel.

Thanks


texts: Upgrade from Mountain Lion to Mavericks and my iMac got slower

texts:
I imagine I am not the first one to notice this problem, but unfortunately the update of Mavericks so far have not even addressed this issue.

I have a late 2011 iMac, and while the transition from Lion to Mountain Lion was smooth,  introduction of Mavericks made it gradually, not just too slow, but stack.

Should I go back to Mountain Lion?


texts: Activate the frontmost Safari and run Javascript

texts:
I'm trying to run Javascript on the Safari, whose frontmost is true.

tell (application "Safari" whose frontmost is true) to do JavaScript theScript in current tab of first window

But I get an error like this:

execution error: Can’t get application "System Events" whose frontmost of it = true. Access not allowed. (-1723)

where I'm making mistake?


texts: How can you get an app running in Terminal to scroll properly (as on Ubuntu)?

texts:
Example: In Terminal, I fire up elinks and browser to a web page. I try to use the trackpad scroll gesture and the page up and page down to scroll up and down the web page that elinks is showing me. But instead of scrolling the web page, Terminal scrolls the entire scrollback buffer.

In Ubuntu, elinks will scroll properly when you press page up and page down and the scrollwheel.

This also applies to other console-based POSIX programs like Vim.

Any suggestions on how to get these programs to accept trackpad scroll gestures in OS X?


texts: Are there any downsides to installing Lion Server on my laptop rather than Lion?

texts:
I'm trying to decide whether to get Lion or Lion Server. I'm not too worried about the $20 premium or the extra disk space used, but I'd rather not make things more complex to work with and manage, nor do I want my laptop to run slower as a result of having the Server version.

I'm not sure if I will use any of the Server specific apps in the long run, but I'm certainly curious to try them out. I just want to make sure that I can disable those services/features I don't use and that in other respects Lion Server really is just Lion + extra features.


texts: Prevent iTunes 12 for Windows from stopping podcast update

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There are some podcasts that I listen to infrequently, but when I do, I want to listen to all of the previous episodes. After I stop listening for a while, however, iTunes stops updating automatically. How can I ensure that it always automatically keeps downloading new episodes of these podcasts?

This is the same issue described in the question "Stop iTunes from automatically stopping podcast downloads" for an older version of iTunes. There weren't any good solutions for Windows then. Is there a solution for iTunes 12?


texts: Inbox of iOS Gmail App Not Syncing on iPad

texts:
I have installed the Gmail app for iPad, and configured my gmail account. However, the inbox does not sync at all. It always shows 'No offline messages'. But I am able to see the messages under All Mail and Important labels. I have enabled the POP and IMAP settings for my gmail account (under settings).

Please help me resolve the issue so that my inbox syncs up automatically. Thanks a lot in advance.


texts: How to get rid of the grey bar in safari?

texts:
How do I get rid of this (see below) grey bar in safari? Its getting very annoying.

Bigger view:

I am using safari 7.5.


texts:
I am trying to find a method of Upgrading many computers, for example to 10.10.x to 10.12.x . Is there a way of doing so using Apple Remote Desktop? Planning to update about 40 computers.

I am able to update from 10.12.4 to 10.12.5 but so far I have not made much progress with an upgrade. Would AutoDMG be a step forward without deleting the files already on the computers?


texts: How can I move my USB-connected Time Machine volume to a server?

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I would like to go from using an external USB3 drive for my Time Machine backups to using another machine on my network (either a small Linux machine like a Raspberry Pi, or perhaps a Mac Mini).

Is it possible to move the USB drive from my local laptop to the server?  Is there anything special I have to do?

This question appears it may have some relevant clues but it doesn't answer this question directly, and deciphering the clues was not straightforward. It's basically the opposite scenario.

These also do not provide answers:

Move existing USB Time Machine backup to OS X Server Time Machine
How do I move a USB Time Machine backup to a Time Capsule?

Is it simply a matter of using tmutil to change the destination?


texts: How do I remove the 'Quit' action from an application on OSX

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I'm looking for a way to remove the 'quit' action from an application, so I personally cannot close it manually (except by force closing (Cmd+opt+esc).

Case
I've got Wunderlist as my personal To-Do list and use it on Full-screen on a second workspace on my Mac. I simply swipe (4fingers) to the left to quickly access my tasks. Too bad I've got a second habit: quitting/closing an application (Cmd+Q) when I'm done. This often results in closing Wunderlist and having to restart the application. Although this ain't a hassle, I think it can be solved

So I'd simply repeat: Is there a way to protect an application from being closed (perhaps except when force closing, but at least prevented from closing via CMD+Q)?

Perhaps this could be done by removing the keyboard-shortcut from a specific application via Application services via the menubar, but than i'd also be looking for the context of the function name I've to input.


texts: Possible to continue using iMac keyboard on iMac, when another computer connects in Target Display Mode?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro which I use to connect to my iMac, using Target Display Mode (TDM) via Thunderbolt.

Furthermore, I've got a secondary screen connected to my iMac via an DVI cable.

When I invoke TDM, my MacBook will take control of its own screen and the iMac screen.

But the 2nd screen is still displaying my iMac.

What I would like to do here, is continue to use my iMac, only on the 2nd screen, while the MacBook gets to control my iMac screen.

The mouse of the iMac still works on my 2nd screen. But the iMac keyboard does not work. For some reason, the only character I can type with it is a.

Question: Is there a way to get the iMac keyboard working in this setup?

This is kind of what my setup looks like (not my image, but pretend it’s a MacBook Pro, iMac and secondary screen):


texts: How do I turn on Up Next on TV in tvOS 13's dock?

texts: I don’t like the new preview feature in tvOS 13. I want my Up Next view back for the TV app in the dock. How do I turn it back on?


texts:
I have an iPod touch. The Facebook application was working fine until three days ago. When I start the Facebook app, it shuts down immediately. I tried restarting the phone but it's the same. I tried deleting the app and reinstalling, but it will not allow me to reinstall stating the app requires iOS 4.3.
How can I make this work? Why would it have all of a sudden stopped working?


texts: How do I identify a MacBook Pro from its serial number?

texts: This article on identifying a MacBook Pro lists the serial number as one method of identifying it. However, the article it links to, doesn't explain how to identify it either. How can I identify a Macbook Pro from its serial number.


texts:
Why is the output of $PATH different when in a script vs when running $PATH from the terminal? Even for a minimal script like this:

#!/bin/bash
echo $PATH

it will not match what I get when typing in $PATH in the terminal. Because of this, I keep getting "command not found". How can I fix this? I'm using OSX High Sierra.

Ok, "export PATH" seems to have solved part of my problem. One of the programs that I am using though is dynamically linked. For some reason, even with export path it says "dyld: Library not loaded". At least now the program is in the path when called from the script. What does "export PATH" do? And how can I include the library paths as well?


texts: How to trust browser again on my iOS Device?

texts:
Recently by accident I tapped "Don't trust" and every time when I login to my itunes account I need to verify this with code as it is on the image below:

What can I do to trust that browser again or to force safari to display that dialog again to me?


texts: Log into a mac mini working as a server that is connected to a VPN

texts:
I have a Mac Mini (late 2014) that I want to connect to a VPN (for work), but I also want it to act as a server, so I can work from my laptop (running Linux). I basically need the Mac for the VPN and compiling some stuff.
Is it possible to have it connected to the VPN, but at the same time make an exception so I can connect to it from my local network?


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There is no none selection for payment options and it keeps asking me to verify my card info when I want to update apps or get free apps.

How to remove my card info from my iPod?


texts: I have the first Apple iPhone 4.0, it does not have the "i" with the circle around it that I can tap and access a means to block a "contact" number in my phone. I've tried every option I know of....is there ANY way I can block a caller or do I have to buy a new phone just to block a call?


texts: AirPods not showing the sub BlueTooth menu

texts: I have an issue...my airpods behave weird...they won’t show me the sub bluetooth menu...help please.I’m on IOS 12.14.I have an Iphone 8 plus.i’ve tried resetting the airpods and removing the connection with my aipods...to no Avail


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I tried to install a new SSD with a higher capacity in the optical bay. But OS X cannot format the SSD. I also tried to swap with an HDD but the same problem occurs with an HDD. Failure format or something like this. The drives have SATA III, I checked Mac info. Intel 6 series chipset with 6GB for both HDD and optical bay interfaces which means SATA III (?). When I format the HDD through USB I can write to it via SATA, but Disk Utility suggest repairing. If I check this drive, Disk Utility cannot repair this drive.

How to resolve this problem?

Macbook Pro 13", late 2011

I tried to repartition in two parts. The partitions are created, but before it is complete, and names are assigned to the partitions, Disk Utility fails.

Intel 320 series works without problems in OptiBay, but it has SATA 2, so looks like a SATA problem.


texts: Terminal "history" command brings back different results

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In OSX's terminal, I run the history command to find my recent commands. Often I notice recent commands will not show up, seemingly randomly. For example, I will log on one-day and notice my commands from the previous day are not showing in history (though they did they day before) but rather last week's commands are there.
How do you troubleshoot this? Is it an error or I am understanding something incorrectly?


texts: Keyboard and Trackpad stop working on brand new Macbook Pro with Mavericks?

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I just got a brand new Macbook Pro (2.4 GHz Intel Core i5) with OS X 10.9 Mavericks preinstalled. It's working great and I love the retina screen, but I've had a recurring issue daily where the Keyboard and Trackpad suddenly become completely unresponsive.

It's hard to pinpoint exactly what I'm doing when it happens, but generally I'm in the midst of using Google Chrome and navigating around. It happens in the midst of use, not while I'm away from the computer. Some time after using the laptop for anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour they just become unresponsive. I can't move the cursor at all with the trackpad. And none of the keys on the keyboard are functional at all. I can't change volume. I can't adjust screen brightness. No letters work. I can't use Command+Tab to switch between applications. The only thing that surprisingly works is hitting the Power button on the keyboard. This will shut off the screen. Then when I try to hit the Power key again it will prompt me to log back in with my password, but I still can't type or move the cursor.

The only thing that gets me back up and running is to hold the power button down until it completely shuts down. Then I have to boot everything back up and it works fine again for awhile until it happens all over again at some indeterminate time.

I'm not running any virtualization software so that's not an issue.


texts: How to understand the Sleep Schedule in the Health app on iPhone, in relationship to the from-to times and which days they apply to?

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I am trying to set up a sleep schedule in the Health app on my iPhone, to be used on my new Apple Watch series 6, and I'm having a bit of trouble understanding exactly how this works.
Let me give an example. The app has a schedule already, perhaps I set it up before or it was there by default, and it goes like this:

Mon-Fri, 23:30 - 07:30

It shows these times using a watch dial like diagram with a From-To relationship between the two times.
For me, this might suggest that it would suggest I go to bed at 23:30 on Friday, and then wake up on Saturday at 07:30, and that the schedule does not say anything about when I should go to bed on Sunday.
The schedule I'd like is as follows:

Mon-Fri, go to bed at latest 23:30 the night before (including Sunday evening), and wake up at 07:30 on the weekdays, with time to prepare for job
Friday evening, go to bed no later than 00:30 after midnight to Saturday, and wake up at 08:30 Saturday morning
Sunday, same, go to bed 00:30 after midnight to Sunday, and wake up at 08:30

So would this mean I set up this schedule:

Mon-Fri, 23:30-07:30
Sat-Sun, 00:30-08:30

Or would this now add the 08:30 time for Monday wake up even, given the watch dial like diagram and the obvious from-to relationship between the two times?
Does anyone have a definitive answer as to exactly what this schedule means and how it works?


texts: How do you paste syntax highlighted code into Keynote '13?

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I give a lot of code heavy presentations with Keynote. Syntax highlighting makes these readable.

In the past I've used web based syntax highlighting tools, and then pasted the easier-to-read code into my presentation.

When I upgraded to iWork '13, which includes Keynote 6.1, pasting content strips the font style and color.

For example, if I take this colorful code from GitHub and paste it into Keynote it removes all the formatting as shown here:

Is there a way to get syntax highlighted code into these presentations?


texts:
Ever since upgrading to Yosemite my Mac Mini is filling our network firewall syslog every minute with a UDP denial to a private address  (10.61.0.119) outside our network.

I made sure that updates were done, signed out of face time and messenger. Checked to see if it was browser related (Chrome) but even when Chrome is closed we still get the hit.

I installed Little Snitch and discovered that it is the coreaudiod trying to get to 10.61.0.119. I can't figure out how to stop it.

Also, this is in my syslog numerous times:

coreaudio:2014-10-23 8:23, 790579 A< (AsyncConnection) ### Connect 1 to 10.61.0.119 failed: 64/0X60 EHOSTDOWN

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10)


texts: How can I make my iPad see my Star mC3 printer

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I have an iPad that is connected to Wi-Fi (192.186.40.1) while my printer Star mC3 is connected to the router with Ethernet.
I found out that, when connecting the printer to the router, it is assigned this IP address: 192.168.30.1.
That is why I think my iPad is unable to find my Star mC3 printer. I am wondering if there is a way for my printer to access the same network as my iPad somehow, and how I can do it.
I really want my iPad to be connected to the printer.
iPad IP range: 192.168.40
Printer IP range: 192.168.30


texts: How do I automatically kill processes that leak memory?

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I have problems with processes that leak memory. They cause my hard drive to be filled with swap files in /private/var/vm.

I would like leaking processes to be killed at sight by the OS. I’m not interested in a dialog that appears after 20 minutes, suggests applications to kill, and doesn’t even show the one that is leaking.

I have tried setting the rss and data limits in /etc/launchd.conf but it didn’t seem to have an effect.

This is my /etc/launchd.conf:

limit data 8589934592 8589934592
limit rss 8589934592 8589934592

Here is the launchctl limit output:

% launchctl limit
    cpu         unlimited      unlimited
    filesize    unlimited      unlimited
    data        8589934592     8589934592
    stack       8388608        67104768
    core        0              unlimited
    rss         8589934592     8589934592
    memlock     unlimited      unlimited
    maxproc     709            1064
    maxfiles    256            unlimited

This is my .zshrc:

ulimit -t 600
ulimit -d 512000
ulimit -v 1024000

And the ulimit -a output (in ZSH):

% ulimit -a
    -t: cpu time (seconds)         600
    -f: file size (blocks)         unlimited
    -d: data seg size (kbytes)     512000
    -s: stack size (kbytes)        8192
    -c: core file size (blocks)    0
    -v: address space (kb)         1000
    -l: locked-in-memory size (kb) unlimited
    -u: processes                  709
    -n: file descriptors           256

Yet here is what top tells me about the process:

PID  COMMAND      %CPU  TIME     #TH  #WQ  #POR #MRE RPRVT  RSHRD  RSIZE  VPRVT  VSIZE  PGRP PPID
886  process      30.8  01:16.40 1/1  0    17   332  2259M+ 184K   2072M- 19G+   38G    882  885

It just seems that none of the documented memory limitation methods actually work. Is there an additional mechanism that I may have missed?


texts: AirPort Express orange yellow light problem and not discoverable at all

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My AirPort Express is showing a permanent orange light. Every ~5 minutes it blinks green once and after this I get continuos yellow.

The AirPort device is connected via LAN to my Linksys WRT-160NL router that is configured with DHCP enabled - is supposed to give and IP to the AirPort.

The AirPort is undiscoverable via LAN or WiFi.

If I try the hard reset procedure, all I get is flashing yellow led after few seconds but no other effects.


texts: Use Home as Desktop directory in Yosemite

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How can I use my Home as the Desktop directory in Yosemite? Deleting the Desktop directory doesn't work after a restart. I would like to do this because I don't like to switch to Desktop dir everytime I take to Terminal and would like to see all my dirs on the "Desktop" screen.

Also please address the permissions aspect of any solution. Since I notice that some of the OSX created directories in my Home have this permission: "drwx------+" I worry that fixing my issue will have ramifications for permissions.

Can I have what I want with the permissions Apple has set?


texts:
When I used Ubuntu, I remember that the output of make/gcc/g++ had nice colors, which were particularly helpful when needing to quickly identify errors (they were red).

Is there a way to enable colors for make et. al. on OS X as well?


texts: How can I install java openjdk 8 on High Sierra or newer macOS

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How do I install OpenJDK 8 on High Sierra or newer macOS?
It looks like support for the Java Oracle JDK version 8 will be deprecated after January 2019 Java SE Overview
Additionally, it looks like publishing and distributing Docker containers with the Oracle Java JDK may not be legal Running Java on Docker


texts: Can I set a different default browser for localhost sites?

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I'm a web developer and I want to use Brave as my browser for the normal stuff, and Firefox Developer for Web Development.

Currently Brave is my default, but when I do npm run serve or whatever my web dev sites open in it too, whereas I'd like those to open in Firefox Developer.

The difference is basically that webdev sites are always pointing toward localhost, so is it possible to get localhost to open in one browser and everything else in another? (MacBook Pro, Mojave)


texts:
Some webpages are encoded differently and not well-configured, so they may show up completely jumbled. One example is this page, originally in Japanese:
http://immanuel.sakura.ne.jp/hoby/osakaben/osakaben.htm
On desktop one can simply ask the browser to reload the page with a different encoding, but I don't see this option in many iOS browsers. Is there an iOS browser out there that allows the user to manually select the encoding?


texts: OSX VM running 10.10 on a machine running 10.12?

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Ive got some hardware that i need to configure. The hardware has proprietary software to configure it that can only be run on a machine running OSX 10.10.

Im a currently running OSX 10.11.

Is it possible to run an OSX programme in compatibility mode ?
Is it possible to install OSX 10.10 on a VM that i can run on my machine running OSX 10.11 ?


texts: Ipod classic 6th gen 120gb, Harddrive Diagnostic Interpretation

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An iPod Classic shows this but it works fine, so I don't know if it's going to fail at some point in the future?

Is a good option to buy it?


texts: Can I connect a Magic Trackpad to a USB bluetooth dongle instead of my MacBook?

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I know the Magic Trackpad is pretty hard to use with two different MacBook and there is that unpair/pair manipulation to do.
But I would like to know if I could not do a pretty workaround.
I have one of those USB-C screen where only one cable connects power, screen, and the screen's USB hub. My girlfriend and I are both using that screen. So my question is, can I let one USB dongle on that screen and connect the trackpad to that dongle, so that it is always working on the computer being used ?
I do not want to mess up with my bluetooth, like I want to keep my bluetooth working when unplugged. But I don't mind that my Macbook uses the dongle when connected (at least if I can still pair multiple devices).
Thank you for reading me !


texts: Airplay on Bluetooth speaker paired to Mac

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I've got a Bluetooth speaker (a JawBone Mini) and I paired it to my Mac.
I can set it as output device from System Preferences -> Sound -> Output but I would like to use it as an AirPlay speaker, as I do on my iPhone. Is there a way to do that?

(In iOS, this speaker works great with AirPlay)


texts: Single-User-Recovery-Mode on High Sierra 10.13.6

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Before the High Sierra update to 10.13.6 I was able to boot in single-user-recovery mode by holding Cmd-R-S at startup, but after the latest software update booting while holding Cmd-R-S just enters the regular Single-User Mode on the root volume (like if I pressed only Cmd-S).

Is there a new method or alternative key combination to boot the RecoveryOS in Single-User Mode?

EDIT: booting while holding Cmd-Option-R-S also starts in Single-user mode (not Single-user-recovery mode).


texts: AppleScript to display the VPN status bar area icon

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I am trying to write an AppleScript to connect to a VPN service. Once connected to the VPN, I want to display the VPN icon in the status area of the menu bar.

I've gotten as far as

connecting to VPN
displaying the Network section of System Preferences

but I am unable to select the Service. How do I do that?

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.network"
    tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" to tell window "Network"
        -- code to select the VPN Service "XYZ" and click the "Show VPN Status in menu"
    end tell
end tell


texts: iPhone6 running iOS 11 is eating my battery

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My iPhone 6 recently got updated with iOS11. I observed that its taking too much battery power. I need to charge 3 to 4 times a day for my requirements.

What is the main reason behind is there any settings or other things can i do, so that i can save my battery power.


texts: I formatted it as a boot drive, and it worked. But now, my Mac reads it as only being 2.4 MB rather than 124 GB, but it recognizes that the drive is 124 GB when trying to partition, although I can't partition, since the drive won't mount in the first place.


texts: Automator - automatically copy files/folders when tagged a specific custom label

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Being a Mac user, I really enjoy the simple feature of tagging files and folders. Its very useful to filter by tag to quickly access any files which I have tagged regardless of where they are located.

I use this feature for images and audio. Any images or recordings I like, I tag it to keep track of them.

However, I have been thinking about a simple feature that I would love to see and would like to see if this can be done with Automator at all or perhaps there exists a simple tool already.

I would like to be able to automatically copy any files or folders to a specific location if they are tagged something specific, such as a custom label "Backup". So if I tag any file with the label "Backup" to then copy those files to my Dropbox directory or Google Drive directory.

My intention with this is to rather backup/sync curated content rather than everything. I would like to be able to go through my creative work and simply tag the files I like which then automatically get copied to wherever I sync them to the cloud.

In addition, it would be ideal for this to work for external devices as well. So if I connect a USB drive and tag any files there, they get copied to the destination.

Any advice that might point me in the right direction would be much appreciated.


texts:
MacBook Air SMC Update v1.8
This update addresses a rare issue on some Apple notebooks where a battery that has accumulated more than 1000 charge cycles may unexpectedly shut down or stop functioning.
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1688

I have an MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011) running El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G22010).
I have ignored this update for a long time because my battery, though not in good health, has 332 charge cycles, nowhere near 1000 charge cycles.
Do I need to apply this update at all? Should I apply it anyway?
If I install High Sierra 10.13, do I need to apply it before upgrading? Or will the OS upgrade make the SMC update obsolete?


texts: How do I turn off Low Power Mode if my iPod Touch with iOS 9.3.5 does not have a Turn Low Power Mode On/Off button or slide bar?


texts: Brand new iMac, cannot login to anything

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I received my brand new iMac today. During installation/startup, I was surprised to find that I could not log in to iCloud. I skipped, figuring it was a minor glitch and I would do it after setting up the new computer account.

I have discovered that I cannot log on to anything on this brand new computer. I get a different error phrasing with each app, but they all basically state that "An unknown error occurred." I contacted Apple, got bumped to level 2 support, and now we are working with engineering to diagnose. I thought I would see if anyone has any other ideas or similar experiences.

Here is what I know:

This started from the moment I turned the computer on for the first time, where you initially are supposed to login to iCloud.
I cannot login to iCloud, iTunes, or the App Store from this iMac.
When I login, each app gives a slightly different error message but they are all consistent.
When I login, I get a spinning "wait" icon that lasts about 20-30 seconds, then a message comes up.

Apple app store and iTunes store says "an unknown error occurred".
iCloud says "Verification failed. An unknown error occurred."

I can login to both icloud.com and appleid.apple.com on the new iMac without a problem.
I can login to all of these apps on my Macbook Pro without a problem.
I can login to all of these apps on my iPad 2 and iPhone 6 without a problem.
My wife cannot login to her own app accounts on this new iMac computer.
I tried booting into safe mode, still could not login to anything.
Apple support had me make a secondary "test" account on the new iMac, still could not log in from there.
I have tried wired ethernet, home WiFi, and AT&T cellular WiFi via iPhone personal hotspot -- same problems.
I reset the computer, and also reset the router and modem, no dice.
We ran Disk Utility, no problems.
I tried changing the computer date to one day ahead, this did not help.
We reinstalled MacOS, that did not work.

Any help or insight would be tremendously appreciated. Fair warning, I have a duplicate post on the Apple forums just to broaden my net, sorry if that is inappropriate in any way.


texts: Software to A) merge two faces into one and B) morph one into another for Mac?

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I'm looking for a program (or programs) that will allow me to do two things:

Create a video of one photo of a face morphing into another photo of a face.  (This requires tagging the matched elements somehow, I presume.
Allow me to create a merged image from two faces, sort of like a "what if they had a baby" kind of thing.  Note that Morph Thing, which does this online, won't work for me, as it won't work with decent size images.

A paid Mac app would be fine, as would multiple apps, if there's not one that does both of the above.

The only ones I've found online all seemed to be on random download sites that lacked credibility.


texts: Missing songs don't add from iCloud Music

texts: How can I download some staff, that has add link, which don't work properly? I'm trying to redownload, testing on different albums - not help (but not every album has such problem, frequently all tracks are on there places). Not working in mac iTunes, iPhone & iPad.


texts: Mail.app: Warning while pressing "Reply" instead of "Reply all"

texts: This happened to me a number of times: sometimes, when I reply to an email with multiple recipients, instead of replying to all, I reply to the sender. Is there any way to prevent to do it? e.g., a Mail.app plugin that warns you about such an issue?


texts: Will deleting Clash of Clans on an old device affect progression on a new device?

texts: My sister transferred her Clash of Clans to her new iPhone. Now I have the old iPhone. I want to download and play Clash of Clans. Will her Clash of Clans be deleted from her new phone if I delete her Clash of Clans on the old phone?


texts: How can I fix a broken MacBook Pro camera cable?

texts:
While I was upgrading my early 2011 13" MacBook Pro's HDD to an SSD by the instructions on iFixit, I think I broke my camera cable. When I tried to talk to my friends on Google Hangouts later that day, my computer didn't detect the camera. There wasn't a "no signal" error or anything; the computer just had no idea that the camera exists (but for the record, the microphone still works fine). That was a few months ago, and the camera's never come back since then.

My questions:

Is there a way to definitively prove that the issue is that I broke the camera cable with an overzealous pull? If it does happen to be a software issue despite all my troubleshooting efforts till now, I'd very much like to know.
Assuming the issue is that the cable broke near the socket, what's the least dangerous way to fix it?


texts:
Somehow I have changed this, and I want to change it back.  In Finder, on command-F "Find", I default to my home folder, not the current folder.  (The "This Mac" choice is also there.)  I don't remember how I did this, but I want it back to the default behavior.  Other users on this machine do have the default behavior.  I tried trashing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist (or whatever it is called).
[MacOS 10.6.8]


texts: How can I scan from my Canon Pixma MP140 to Mojave?

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I tried using Image Capture, but there are no devices found.

I tried using Preview, but the "Import from Scanner" menu item is greyed out. I also tried this answer with no luck.

Then I tried using MP Navigator but it's not compatible with the Canon MP140.

Finally, I  tried using TWAIN-SANE but I get an error: "scanimage: no SANE devices found.”

Please don’t tell me that the only option is to spend $45 on VueScan software to get my scanner working!  How can I get this scanner working on Mojave?


texts: iPod nano Bluetooth problems with AirPods

texts: My iPod nano 7th generation gets connected to my AirPods 2nd generation. But when I play songs no sound comes out of it? I tried to reset and run diagnostics but it didn't work out for me.


texts: What is the meaning of this status bar icon?

texts:
What is this icon on the far right of the status bar? It only appears so far in this one app, called Carpenter by iHandy. I've emailed the manufacturer but so far nothing. It looks like a letter "Q" and pulses slowly between bright and faded.

My old picture links broke so I'll edit to put this here:


texts: Buy from the App Store via Desktop browser and have app auto-install to my iOS device?

texts:
How can I buy an iOS app from the App Store and have it downloaded to my iOS device, perhaps telling it?

Anytime I attempt to go to the App Store website, it keeps trying to push me towards iTunes, which I don't have installed on all my computers (e.g. my work computer). I'd like to fire up a browser on my work or other machines, log into the App Store from the desktop browser, purchase and push the app directly to one of my AppleID linked devices, it's gotta be possible in this day of cloud and mobile computing. (like Android or Windows Phone 8/10).

What am I missing here? Is there a different link? Different setting?


texts: How to dual boot Ubuntu and macOS without rEFInd?

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I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my MacBook Air 2019 with Catalina 10.15.6. However, my MacBook has the secure boot feature which doesn't allow rEFInd to work at all and I'm not feeling comfortable to disable secure boot.
Is there any way to dual boot without rEFInd?


texts:
I have a 2015 MacBook Air 13. Right after I let it sleep and reopen, I can't type the password as it only beeps when alphanumeric keys are pressed. It also beeps when escape, space, delete  or arrow keys are pressed.

It doesn't beep for keys like control or command, nor for the power button. But I can't even turn off the computer since holding down the power button for a long time doesn't do anything.

Previously the computer had an SMC problem and now I can't let it run out of battery to restart it. Any help appreciated!
(The SMC problem was that when it run out of battery I couldn't restart it again without doing a power cycle by unplugging the battery. So now I never let it die.)


texts:
I have a new-ish Macbook Air with limited HD space. I take a lot of photos as a wannabe photographer. Even if I had more HD space, eventually I'd run out of space. I have and use Photostream, but I'm curious how other people manage their disk usage without losing images all together. Here's my usual process with photos:

Take a crapton of photos w/ my DSLR.
Import those photos into iPhoto (now Photos, of course) on my computer.
Delete an embarrassingly high percentage of those photos.
Edit the rest as needed.
Organize them as desired.
Share all of them via iCloud Photo Sharing.
Share the ones I find particularly interesting or likable on Flickr.

This is all well and good, but about every 6 months or so I hit my (self-imposed) 64GB photo limit and now what? To date, my solution has been to archive that library to a MicroSD card and create a new library to start over again.

It's the last part that I just hate. I have to rebuild common folders/albums, smart albums and anything else that is not specific to any one 6 month period every time I start over.

Please tell me there's a better way.


texts:
AirDrop is somewhat flaky for me in general, but I am having a frustrating problem finding transferred files from my computer to my iPad. My iPad shows up as a possible destination when I start the transfer from my laptop, and the dialog says "Sent", but no notification pops up on my iPad to show where to open the file (a PDF).

When I turn my iPad off and on (just power up, not reboot), the file transfer is listed in Notification center, but I can't access the file or dismiss the notifications. Is there a place I can get to these files that seem to be stuck in limbo?

I am using an iPad Pro with iOS 9.3.4.


texts: Is there any built-in behavior for Command + Delete (delete line right of cursor) in macOS?

texts:
It is possible to press ⎇ Backspace on macOS in order to delete the previous word (left of the cursor), and ⌘ Backspace to delete the previous line (left of the cursor). If you have an external keyboard with a "delete" key (or the "forward delete key"), or are able to emulate the delete key via software, it is possible to press ⎇ Delete to delete the word to the right of the cursor. However, perhaps surprisingly, it is not possible to press ⌘ Delete in order to delete the line to the right of the cursor.

Now, I have only been able to make this possible by emulating a ⌘⇧→ and then a Backspace with BetterTouchTool. However, I want to avoid doing something like this because BTT does not work at a "low enough level" for me – that is to say, the action is not entirely reliable.

Is there any official macOS way to delete the line to the right of the cursor?


texts: Laravel from Scratch - Traversy YouTube - SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] error when run PHP artisan migrate

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I'm running PHP 7.4.9, Laravel 8 and MAMP 6.0.1 and am learning Laravel.
Those of you running MAMP and following this excellent tutorial will find in Video 5 that you will get this error when attempt to run the PHP artisan migrate command in video #5:
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema = lsapp and table_name = migrations and table_type = 'BASE TABLE')
It looks like a basic mySQL issue but it's not, it's due to some missing configuration in the defaul Laravel configuration for MAMP users. I spent ages attempting to resolve and found bits of helpful and conflicting info across different threads so thought it would be useful to combine the solution in one place...


texts: How do I turn flash "on" instead of "auto" on iPhone camera in iOS14?

texts:
Before iOS14, one could keep flash on permanently by clicking on the flash icon in the upper left of the screen and setting flash to "on". Now, clicking on the flash icon only gives the options of "auto" or "off".
How do I set flash to "on" when taking a photo or video?


texts:
I have been searching for a while, but i still can't get it work.

I add :map <C-6> <C-1> or :map <C-1> <C-6> to '.vimrc', but it doesn't work.


texts: Is it safe to wrap Mac cord with a cloth?

texts:
Okay so the cord from the brick has teared a bit and the charger only works on certain angles lol..

So what i did to hold the cord together was tying a cloth around it. I wanted to know is that safe? Or should I tie an IDE cable?


texts: Turn off Skype 8.11 chat notification sounds

texts:
I upgraded to Skype 8.11 from 7.x and found that I am now getting audio notifications when I receive a chat message. In the previous version of Skype you had fine-grained control over the notification sounds and I had almost all of them disabled. In this version of Skype that option appears to have been removed.

In my application settings I only have 'Chat notifications' enabled; 'In-app notifications', and 'In-app sounds' and turned off.

I have also turned off 'Play sounds for notifications' in Mac Notification settings:

I am running macOS High Sierra (10.13.1).

How can I disable these sounds?


texts:
Safari 11.0 on High Sierra does not play any youtube.com videos. It displays instead:

Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.

Youtube videos work just fine on Chrome, but just avoiding advertising bombardment has been enough to become a fan of Safari (even though it's particularly slow at reading my brief start-up HTML file).

How do I add youtube support to Safari 11.0?


texts:
Is there a "Voice Recording" application for IOS which can specify a moment while recording?

(By way of illustration, when I am recording voice and the time of recording is 2.12.23
I want to pin this time
in order to, refer to that time easily after finishing the recording .)
(it should be noted that I prefer pining/specifying the time would be just by pressing a button)


texts: What does "More…" mean in the Finder's "All my Files" view?

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In the Finder's view "All My Files", I can see a button "More…"... what does this button mean? Why is it there in the first place?

Edit: The button is not always there. If I click on it, the message "Searching All My Files" appears in the bottom, and the button disappears... ?!??

Sometimes when I click the button, it takes forever, and new categories appear, like "Events and Todos"...

I'm still clueless as to what this button is supposed to do.

Terrible user interface design, in my opinion...


texts: Kernel Panic on login and when mounting for write access (Catalina, Late 2014 iMac)

texts:
I'm absolutely stumped on this one.
Background

This is a late-2014 iMac 5K with 3TB fusion drive, using Apple mouse and Apple keyboard, no third-party hardware attached. The camera has been broken for years. FileVault encryption is enabled.

Current macOS version is 10.15.7 (Catalina, Darwin 19.6.8, build version 19H2).

Also Windows 10 is installed on a Bootcamp partition.

Access Modes

I have no issues booting into Windows.

I can boot up the iMac up to the login screen as normal.

When logging in, the progress bar reaches about 55% before the kernel panic screen appears.

I can login using Single User Mode (Command-S) just fine and view the user account files.

I can access the Local Recovery Mode.

I can also access the Internet Recovery Mode.

I cannot access Safe Mode; Holding down the Shift key upon booting does not seem to activate it. The login screen menu bar does not display the Safe Mode text.

Disks and Mounting Partitions

When booting into local Recovery Mode, I can view the 4 listed Devices:

Macintosh HD (Not Mounted) disk3s5 (2.12 TB, Zero KB available).
Macintosh HD - Data (Not Mounted) disk3s1 (2.12 TB, Zero KB available).
BOOTCAMP (Mounted) disk1s3 (1TB, 671 GB available).
macOS Base System (Mounted).

In Single User Mode, df reports:

                         Used      Available  Capacity  Mounted On
/dev/disk2s5       22 289 504    227 239 704        9%  /
devfs                     373              0      100%  /dev
/dev/disk2s1    3 869 883 088    227 239 704       95%  /System/Volumes/Data
/dev/disk2s4        1 063 288    227 239 704        1%  /private/var/vm

Any attempt to mount the unmounted macOS drives in Recovery Mode will trigger the Panic.

Any attempt to repair the macOS drives in local or internet Recovery Modes will trigger the Panic.

Any attempt to mount the macOS drive in Single User Mode (mount -uw /System/Volumes/Data) will trigger the Panic.

Therefore I have no write access and cannot run fsck.

Ruled-out

Resetting SMC and PRAM has already been done.

I had expanded the RAM from 8GB to 24GB recently. I have since removed the extra RAM but the problem persists.

Possible causes

Norton Internet Security is installed and it is possible the kernel extension is interfering with the login process. However this doesn't explain being unable to mount the drive for write access in Single User mode. I cannot uninstall it for the same reason.

The macOS disk is probably full. Problem is, if this is the case, I'm not sure how to delete files since I'm unable to mount the drive for write access in Single User mode.

The Panic Error

When logging in with Verbose Mode enabled, the output contains:

Kernel extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.filesystem.apfs
com.apple.kec.corecrypto
com.apple.driver.AppleEffaceableStorage
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfff...) /AppleInternal/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/apfs/apfs-1412.141.1/nx/fusion_mt.c:651 Assertion failed: length.
The are more lines printed with the final ones being:

@kec.pthread 1
@kec.corecrypto 1.0
@kec.libm 1

** In Memory Panic Snapshot Succeeded ** Bytes traced 39400 **
Recorded panic snapshot in corefile at offset 0x7000, compressed to 18557 bytes
[Attempting system restart...]

So, what are my options?


texts: Connect Bluetooth keyboard to Mac from log in

texts: Somehow, my wireless keyboard disconnected from my computer. Now, when I try to log in, I can’t because my keyboard isn’t connected. I replaced batteries, held down button and restarted my computer without any luck. Any idea how to reconnect my keyboard to my desktop Mac even though I am logged out? Thanks!!


texts: How to check max allowed open files (ulimit) of a running process (or running app)?

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In Linux, I can check the max allowed open files (ulimit) of a process by simply executing
$ cat /proc/<PID>/limits

Limit                     Soft Limit           Hard Limit           Units
Max cpu time              unlimited            unlimited            seconds
Max file size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max data size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max stack size            8388608              unlimited            bytes
Max core file size        0                    unlimited            bytes
Max resident set          unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max processes             14248                14248                processes
Max open files            1024                 1048576              files
Max locked memory         67108864             67108864             bytes
Max address space         unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max file locks            unlimited            unlimited            locks
Max pending signals       14248                14248                signals
Max msgqueue size         819200               819200               bytes
Max nice priority         0                    0
Max realtime priority     0                    0
Max realtime timeout      unlimited            unlimited            us

How can I do this in MacOS?
Thanks a lot.
PS1: I knew how to run ulimit commands to check the current ulimit setup. But I don't know how to check and verify those values for a running process.
PS2: I knew how to use lsof to check how many files a process is opening. But it doesn't tell the max number of files a process can open.


texts: Why can't I skip ahead on a song or podcast in iTunes?

texts:
All of a sudden, while playing a song on the itunes store or a podcast on the podcast store, I can't skip ahead to a specific time.

When I click ahead, the cursor reaches that location, then immediately pulls back and fast forwards the play location by about 5 seconds.

This is extremely frustrating and is seemingly happening out of no where.


texts: How to turn off click-to-rename feature in Finder

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There are two ways to rename a file in the Finder which is already selected - press return, or click on it again, then wait a second. I find that the second option leads to a lot of unintentionally renamed files. The problem is, I might click the file when it is already selected to get focus on that window, then hit spacebar to bring it up in quickview. Unbeknownst to me (since it is behind the quickview popup dialog), the Finder has switched to rename mode. When I hit the spacebar again (to close the quickview), nothing happens, because in the background the file is in the process of being renamed to " ". Any action I  take from here to get rid of the quickview dialog will commit the rename. I probably will not know for some time until I wonder either what happened to that file or why I have a file with named " .pdf".

So, is there a way to turn off this troublesome "feature" and stick with just the return key to rename?


texts:
Does anyone know of a way to create a Contact list with a defined amount of contacts? They can be dummy entries, but I just need to create an address book with > 2000 entries. An Automator script is what I have in mind, but I'm not sure how to go about this.

I apologize if this is in the wrong place. Was considering SU or SE, but figured I'd start here.


texts: Has Apple completely dropped support of the COM API for iTunes?

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Apple used to provide a COM-based SDK for iTunes on Windows. This could be found via https://developer.apple.com/downloads/ and a search for iTunes COM. It appears as if the download has been removed.
The API hasn't been updated in years, so pulling it from the download section makes sense.
Is there any official communication from Apple, that the iTunes COM API has been discontinued?
Update
Apple started distributing iTunes via the Microsoft App Store. It seems that  the version distributed there does not allow COM communication at all, because of sandboxing. An official confirmation would be appreciated.


texts:
Recently Safari stopped opening sites and generates CORS issues.  I can no longer sign in with my Google account to various sites and I get the following errors when visiting a specific site:

  [Error] Blocked a frame with origin "https://site.example.com" from accessing a frame with origin "https://digital.site.com". Protocols, domains, and ports must match.

  [Error] XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://login.site.com/resources/fedb9a53ddb6 due to access control checks.
      apicall_bm (f2a38f1554229420bddedb9a53ddb6:1:50052)
      pd (f2a38f1554229420bddedb9a53ddb6:1:50314)
      calc_fp (f2a38f1554229420bddedb9a53ddb6:1:55113)

Things I have tried:

Turned on developer more and emptied caches as well as deleted everything in the /Users/user/Library/Safari Folder
Cleared all history
Disable Cross Origin Restrictions (It now gets passed first error but still throws another)

Google Chrome and Firefox work just fine.

Specs: macOS Catalina and Safari 13.04


texts: Windows-Logo-Key + Left/Right Arrow -- Keyboard shortcut equivalent on Mac

texts:
I have both a mac and a PC. One simple extremely useful feature on PCs that I can't find on a mac is the shortcut Windows+RightArrow to maximize the active window, but only take up exactly the right half of the screen (and vice versa with Windows+LeftArrow).

It's extremely useful to be able to quickly do side-by-side comparisons without having to manually resize the windows, but I haven't found a similar shortcut on a mac. Does this exist for mac? Or is there a utility that allows this?


texts: How can I disable Universal Clipboard on macOS and iOS?

texts: I've looked into the iCloud settings on both my Mac and iOS, but I can't seem to find an option to disable this feature. Is there a plist entry somewhere that I can use, or is it forced on?


texts: External storage device formating error?

texts:
Trying to repair an external storage device in Disk Utility I first clicked "Verify Disk..." and then "Repair Disk..." but i got the below error:

  Verify and Repair volume “disk3s2”
  Repairing file system.
  ** /dev/rdisk3s2
  Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: cc4542
  File system check exit code is 8.
  Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
  Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

How do I solve the problem?

Specs: OS X Yosemite 10.10.5


texts: How can I map a Service's Keyboard Shortcut on the Command Line?

texts:
I'm trying to write a program that adds some new services to the Mac.

For this to work I need to add keyboard shortcuts to some installed services. Doing it though system preferences is not an option.

I need a command line operation that will let me map a keyboard shortcut to user created service.


texts: VPP app for business worldwide distribution

texts:
After a long submission process Apple suggested to deliver an app via VPP for business. The app is marked as "distributable worldwide", but apparently the redeem codes are enabled only for one country.

The app is designed for different users (not employee of a single company, so no 300$/year solution) which resides in different countries.

Is there a way to give the users redeem codes when they are not necessarily in the country of the VPP store?

I've asked Apple but they REALLY didn't seem to have a clear picture of their own voucher code system.


texts: Where is the folder icon of dark mode located?

texts:
Where is the dark mode folder icon located?

The Dark Mode is so cool, but the blue folder icon is too bright in the whole black background. The grey one would be better for me.

So how do I change the icon?

In the early version,（OS X 10.6-10.11，macOS 10.12-10.13）
the path of the folder icon is
/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources

But in this folder, there is no Dark Mode folder icon. And, the icons of Light Mode are still here.

Who knows where I can find the dark icon, please?

An amazing thing is that when I use a grey folder icon that made by an artist in Deviantart.com to replace the icon of system itself(/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/GenericFolderIcon.icns), all the folder icons in finder windows had been changed into grey,and thay are light,the icon didn't change into dark mode with the system appearance. It seems that the icons that I think are only work in Light Mode are still work in the Dark Mode. But, they are available only in the files are system themselves.


texts: How to find the application that controls system dialog window

texts:
I am trying to change the default browser between Chrome and Safari without needing user input except for initially running it.

I found this utility that takes care of the difficult bit:

https://github.com/kerma/defaultbrowser

It can be installed using Homebrew by running:

brew defaultbrowser

However when you run it a dialogue box shows up asking if I want to change browser. I want to press the "Yes "button using AppleScript. Below is a screenshot.

I want to find the application that contains this window. Is there a better way to find out where the window is rather than go through them all?

I've tried foremost window but it seems to return the foremost program. Here's some program I've tried:

tell application "System Events"
        tell process "SecurityAgent"
            click button 1 of window 1
        end tell
        delay 0.2
end tell


texts: Can I disable the iPad's "helpful" password/number shadowing?

texts:
I use my iPad for lectures.  During this, it is connected to a Big Screen that the students can see.  Every now and then, I forget to turn off the "auto lock" feature meaning that I have to wake it up and re-enter my passcode.  Or I might want to show the students some resource on the local intranet which requires me to enter my university password.

Since the iPad keyboard works by touch and this is a somewhat imprecise method of entering data, it seems that the iPad and its apps echo the last key struck when entering a password (on the keypad for unlocking then each number "glows" as entered).  This, then, reveals my password or whatever to any students who happen to be watching (usually, they're asleep by the time I have to wake up the iPad and I've learnt to wake up the iPad before waking up the students).

Before you ask, yes this did happen today.  I'm pretty sure that I got my passcode in before the screen or the students woke up, but to play safe I've now changed my iPad password, all my other passwords, my date of birth, my social security number, and my mother's maiden name.

I can turn off the screen, or disconnect the iPad, but that's also a hassle and it involves me remembering that in the middle of the lecture (thinking of two things at once is never a good plan for me).

Is there any way to disable this "helpful" security "feature"?


texts:
Currently Apple Mail displays like the following.

I would like apple mail on my Apple Mail on 11.5 to display like the following similar to the Gmail web client.  I would like a list view like the following image of an older version of Apple Mail.

How to I achieve this?


texts: My configuration of Mavericks-Ubuntu-Windows has gone nuts, so I deleted the windows partition and rebooted to Recovery HD to try and reformat the whole HD. Recovery HD at first appeared in disk utility, so I've done this trick -asr adjust --target /dev/disk0s3 -settype "Apple_Boot" but I still suspect its trying to delete itself because when I try to repartition the HD to 1 partition there's an error of "Couldn't unmount disk".How can I trace this error? Or how can I get Recovery HD to not try and delete itself?Thanks!


texts: MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display (Late 2013) - repeated display and vertical striping

texts:
The last time I used my laptop was this past Friday night. My machine was working fine then. I shut it down, as I almost always do (rather than putting it to sleep), and didn't open it again until this morning.

The first screen was grayscale, looking like my login screen was being unsuccessfully repeated time and time again, and the black screen with many Apples upon my attempt to restart. The symphonic "dunnnnn" that happens when you turn on a MacBook was there, I could SEE my background, and see that it was responding to keyboard input. That's as far as I got with it before calling Apple support.

I spoke with a man named John who didn't seem too sure of what the problem was but DID say that there were some models that had issues and were part of a repair program. Mine was one model out of being covered, and I still don't know exactly what the issue is. Graphics card? Broken screen? Cursed by my enemies?

For reference, I keep my laptop in a padded gear bag with my camera gear. I've always handled it, never dropped it, never otherwise mistreated it in any way—

And then this. It's been a perfect machine otherwise and still runs like it did when I bought it new in October of 2014. I'm really freaking bummed and hoping that this can be solved. I will be going to an Apple Store in the city I'm moving to tomorrow.

Do I need a hardware repair or can I try software fixes?


texts: Change compile configuration of package installation in brew

texts:
How can I change the compiler configuration when I use brew install? I want to compile vim with +farsi using brew. But it seems that +farsi is not available options in brew:

$ brew install +farsi vim
Error: No available formula for +farsi

I also tried this command:

$ brew install vim --+farsi
==> Downloading http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/v/vim/vim_7.4.052.orig.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/vim-7.4.052.tar.gz
==> Patching
patching file src/auto/configure
patching file src/osdef.sh
patching file src/os_mac.h
==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/Cellar/vim/7.4.052/share/man --enable-multibyte --with-tlib=ncur
==> make
==> make install prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/vim/7.4.052 STRIP=/usr/bin/true

But still +farsi is not compiled with vim:

[ben@thebeast ~/vim/vim74]$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 24 2013 18:58:47)
Compiled by root@apple.com
Normal version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
-farsi

In fact the only options available are these:

$ brew options vim
--disable-nls
    Build vim without National Language Support (translated messages, keymaps)
--override-system-vi
    Override system vi
--with-client-server
    Enable client/server mode
--with-lua
    Build vim with lua support
--with-mzscheme
    Build vim with mzscheme support
--with-perl
    Build vim with perl support
--with-python3
    Build vim with python3 support
--with-tcl
    Build vim with tcl support
--without-python
    Build vim without python support
--without-ruby
    Build vim without ruby support
--HEAD
    install HEAD version

Does this means that only subset of configurations are available in brew?


texts: Avoid Unwanted/Blank Text Annotations in Preview.app

texts:
When opening a PDF in Yosemite's Preview.app, I can select text using the Text Selection tool from the Markup Toolbar.  However, if I don't click directly on the text, a blank text box will appear.  For some reason Preview thinks I want to add an annotation everywhere I click even though I have not selected the Text tool.

This is a problem in that it signals an edit to the document, thus changing the modification date and creating an auto-saved version with no meaningful changes.

In previous versions of OS X, I could have solved this problem by using: defaults write com.apple.Preview ApplePersistence -bool no.  Yet this does not seem to have an effect in Yosemite.

Any workarounds?


texts: How can I text using my Mac without having an iPhone to Android devices?

texts:
My 85 yo Mom doesn't have a cell phone but does have a Mac. My son is going to college and she wants to keep in touch but he only texts and has an Android. I think I can set-up iMessage on her Mac as she has an Apple ID, but can she send texts to Android phones?

She also has an iPad but has trouble using it.


texts: Is there a way to undo the "Show all available episodes" option for a podcast in iTunes?

texts:
To easily download the latest episode, I selected the "Show all available episodes" option for a podcast to which I haven't subscribed. The podcast listing now looks like this:

Is there a way to undo this selection, so that all un-downloaded episodes of the podcast are once again suppressed?

Note: I'm seeking a way to switch off display of a podcast's un-downloaded episodes all at once, as an alternative to manually deleting them from the list.


texts: How can I automaticly move every file on desktop to specific folder based on extension?

texts:
I'm looking for something, probably some kind of action script, that will at any time move everything that's on my desktop directly to a specific folder on my desktop, based on the extension. Just to prevent cluttering.

Some examples I want:

Folders: Do not move
.PSD/.Ai/.INDD (all Adobe workfiles) -> Move to -> ~/Desktop/Workfiles
.PNG/.JPG (etc., All picture files) -> Move to -> ~/Desktop/Pictures
.doc(x)/.xls/.pdf (all document files) -> Move to -> ~/Desktop/Documents

Others I guess I can do myself based on the how-to for above.

I hope someone could help me with this! Any action script/Mac functionality/3rd party app (free/paid) that does this is acceptable, with the only minimum requirement the check and move of files must be directly/every 30 mins (at max)

Thanks!


texts: Can I create a fusion drive with an HDD that already has a boot camp partition?

texts:
I'm planning to replace the optical drive in my MacBook Pro 9,1 (mid-2012, non-retina) with an SSD and make the two internal drives into a fusion drive, and I know that creating a boot camp partition on a Mac without an optical drive can be a challenge. So I want to create my boot camp partition before I create my fusion drive.

I couldn't find an answer to this in my googling. I know that you can create a Boot Camp partition if you already have a fusion drive.

Can I create a fusion drive using an HDD that already has a boot camp partition on it?


texts: Opening finder instances extremely slow in browsers and quicksilver since 10.6.7 update

texts:
Since the update OSX to 10.6.7 opening finder windows (such as when you want to save an image in a browser) takes between 5-10 seconds and then an additional 1-3 seconds to show places in the finder window.

I have tried installing Onyx and rebuilding the links in LaunchServices, and this solved the problem but after a day or so the problem returned.

There most be some kind of permanent solution to this so I don't have to format and reinstall.

Any ideas?


texts: Deleting emails on iPhone creates new folder "Deleted Messages" in Mac Mail

texts: When I delete an email in Mail on my iPhone, it creates a new folder in Mail on my Mac called "Deleted Messages". Why is it doing this and not putting them in the Trash? I am using iCloud mail on both devices.


texts: What is the avqmd.plist and the _avqmd record in Users/Groups

texts:
Today, I was trying to fix the file permissions and ownership on an external hard drive and while I was trying to add myself as a user/owner the through the get Info window, the system presented me with an unknown to me user with the name: _avqmd.

Of course there is no indication for such user in the system preferences -> users.

But I was also able to spot a avqmd.plist file inside: /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users

Does anyone know what is this and from where it comes from?


texts:
I need to invert the behaviour of 2 key in my keyboard ("<" is inverted with "\").

I can do this easily with "Karabiner", but for me is a solution without an explanation.

I'm linux user and usually a do this directly from "terminal".

So, if Karabiner can do the trick, I suppose that I can do it too!

How can I modify a layout "programmatically" from terminal? Where layout configuration are stored?


texts: How to create the "show in mail" link in Apple Calendar?

texts:
I'm wondering how can I make the "show in mail" link as seen in the photo below. Currently if i click a date in an email it will automatically create the link in the Calendar app. Can I do it manually for emails that don't contain dates?
How can I link associate a mail with an event in Calendar ?


texts: So since nobody on Apple.SE, Unix.SE or other sites was able to help me with my little WWAN problem, I've taken a look at the configd source and I was wondering... suppose I'd want to give patching the code a shot, what dev tools would I need and is there something about OS X keeping me from replacing the vanilla configd binary with a patched one (on a new installation on an external drive so as not to render my OS X productive system unusable)?


texts: iPhone 6 went into 'find my iPhone mode' while in use

texts: I was in the middle of texting my sister and my phone went into 'find my iPhone mode.' I did not activate it, was simply texting back and forth.


texts:
I updated my early 2015 retina Macbook Pro 13" to macOS Sierra.
In system information and in the menubar (see pic) the bluetooth version is 5.0.0 is it just a driver version or do i now have bluetooth 5?


texts:
I Have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009). Now the battery status is "Service Battery". I'm thinking of getting a new Laptop.

My question is can I use my laptop even battery is dead by plugged in?

Or

Should I change my Battery?


texts: How Do I Get Out of Boot Loop on iPhone 4?

texts:
I dropped my iPhone (jailbroken, running on IOS 7.0.6), and it went blank - it has this habit of being switched off own its on when it's dropped. I tried holding the sleep/power button, but it's not showing me the Apple logo (usually, it will show me the logo when I pressed the button). I can't do the DFU or Recovery Mode as my home button is kind of not working, unless I press it with the right amount of force.

I tried plugging in to my computer, and nothing is detected (the cable is working just fine). However, my phone will go into the endless boot loop when I plugged into the socket/charger. While it's booting, I tried holding the volume (+), but it never worked.

So, how do I get out of this boot loop with 'kind of not working' home button? I'm avoiding the idea of buying a new phone, but if it's my last resort, I guess I have no choice.


texts: Photos library can't be opened because "in use by another program"

texts:
I copied a Photos library from an external (USB) drive to an internal drive but Photos refuses to open it because it be "in use by another program".

How can this be "fixed"?

I can't even get to the repair dialog by pressing Option-Command while starting Photos - the other dialog is faster.


texts: Recover iPad Safari bookmarks overwritten by iCloud

texts: My wife had a lot of bookmarks on Safari for iPad. From my macbook I was using Safari, with other bookmarks and some day I tried iCloud, so my wife's iPad bookmarks were overwritten with my macbook's Safari bookmarks. I wonder whether there is some way to recover my wife's bookmarks before she kills me.


texts:
I usually close stuff with cmd+w but if I do that with Preview it keep the program open in the Dock even if the file was closed.

I know that using cmd+q will do the trick but I'd like to have the same behaviour with cmd+w.


texts:
Just tried to access my photos after upgrading to El Capitan - no luck there.
Looks like Photos won't load any photos - it starts with an empty window, when trying by clicking library I have the same effect...


texts: iOS App Store gives me "Cannot connect to the iTunes store” error message

texts: After updating to iOS 6 certain tabs in my app store give me an "Cannot connect to the iTunes store” error message and the genuis tab is missing.


texts: iPhone is being accessed remotely and sending messages

texts: My ex and I are going through a custody battle. I have had my email hacked and broken into many times and I receive forwarded emails of my ex talking to someone about these happenings. Recently I found out in one of the emails that she is accessing my iPhone and blocking and unblocking her phone number in my contacts, then sending messages remotely from my iPhone to herself while she is blocked so I will not see the responses. WHAT CAN I DO??? I have changed my passwords, iCloud accounts, everything I can think of to prevent this but it continues. Is this even possible? If so how is it done? I want her to get in trouble in court as she is trying to keep my 9month old son away from me. Please help.


texts: How to add the function to change the colour of a cell on numbers after a certain date has been passed

texts:
I am using Numbers on Mac and I am trying to get cells to change colour once a date has been passed, this is to keep track of warranty's of certain products, I want the cells to be green while the date in the cell is a future date and then change the red once the date in the cell has passed the current date.

How do I do this?


texts: Wipe iphone, switch carriers, get new carrier-locked iphone, restore?

texts:
Let's say I have an AT&T iphone 5. I regularly back it up with itunes.
I decide to switch carriers to Verizon. I wipe my iphone, sell it, and get a brand new Verizon iphone 5.

Can I simply plug that iphone into itunes, do a restore from backup, and have everything exactly as it was before? Or is there enough of a difference between the carrier-locked phones that this would not smoothly restore?


texts: homebrew gcc-5 fails to find any standard library

texts:
I am running os x version el capitan and have installed gcc5 via homebrew. However, compiling simple programs such as:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    printf("Hello world\n");
    return 0;
}

leads to following error:

hello.c:1:19: fatal error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

This is the case for any other standard c library, such as time.h.

I've been reading around concerning where gcc looks to link against library, and according to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17939930/finding-out-what-the-gcc-include-path-is I can get the list in the following manner:

echo | gcc-5 -Wp, -v

Which results in following paths:

Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc-5
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.2.0/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin14.4.0/5.2.0/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.4.0

Configured with: ../configure
--build=x86_64-apple-darwin14.4.0 --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.2.0
--libdir=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.2.0/lib/gcc/5
--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran --program-suffix=-5
--with-gmp=/usr/local/opt/gmp --with-mpfr=/usr/local/opt/mpfr
--with-mpc=/usr/local/opt/libmpc --with-isl=/usr/local/opt/isl
--with-system-zlib --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes
--enable-stage1-checking --enable-checking=release --enable-lto
--with-build-config=bootstrap-debug --disable-werror
--with-pkgversion='Homebrew gcc 5.2.0'
--with-bugurl=https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues
--enable-plugin --disable-nls --enable-multilib

Thread model: posix

gcc version 5.2.0 (Homebrew gcc 5.2.0)

Doing it for the os x gcc compiler, I get the following:

clang -cc1 version 7.0.0 based upon LLVM 3.7.0svn default target
x86_64-apple-darwin15.0.0
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/include"

ignoring nonexistent directory "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/usr/local/include"

ignoring nonexistent directory
 "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/Library/Frameworks"

include "..." search starts here:

include <...> search starts here:  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/../lib/clang/7.0.0/include

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/usr/include
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks
(framework directory)
End of search list.

I do not know what these outputs mean, nor where my standard libraries are located. Could anybody help me configure gcc5 correctly?


texts: Can't access apache-powered website at localhost

texts:
I was trying to enable php, mysql, apache on my macbook pro running yosemite. I followed this guide  but it doesn't run. What's wrong in setting up a local web server on OS X
Please help.....I get an error saying http://localhost/ is not available

Abhimanyus-MacBook-Pro:~ abhimanyuaryan$ cat /etc/hosts
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
#::1            localhost

Abhimanyus-MacBook-Pro:~ abhimanyuaryan$ ls -lad /Library/WebServer/Documents /Library/WebServer/Documents/index*
drwxr-xr-x  8 root  wheel  272 Feb 18 13:29 /Library/WebServer/Documents
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   49 Feb 18 13:29 /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   67 Jan  6 14:08 /Library/WebServer/Documents/index.html.en

Abhimanyus-MacBook-Pro:~ abhimanyuaryan$ ps aux| grep http
abhimanyuaryan  26010   0.0  0.0  2432772    664 s000  S+   10:21PM   0:00.00 grep http


texts: Calendar from Google Calendar not syncing to the iPad

texts:
My iPad is really starting to infuriate me. My Google/iPad calendar sync has been working perfectly for months, but not it won't. In Google Calendar I've removed a few now superfluous calendars and added a new one to keep track of my classes. This new calendar just won't friggin show up in iPad. I've visited the Google sync page for devices and everything is set up correctly. All my calendars are checked. But out of my 3 checked calendars, only 2 of them show up in iPad calendar.

I've tried removing my Gmail account from the iPad and re-adding it with no results.

Any ideas?

Debug progress: I've tried unchecking all my calendars (Except the mandatory main calendar) in the Google Sync mobile page but they still show up in iPad. I've checked if the current calendars in iPad are synced, and they are indeed. I've also tried creating a new calendar with a few events on it and adding it to the iPad sync list via the google sync page. It doesn't show up on the iPad. So to sum up, the aforementioned sync page no longer has any control over which calendars are synced to my iPad.

Help still needed!


texts: iPhone has been updated successfully but why is it still stuck on connect to iTunes?

texts:
I only wanted to restore my iPhone 7plus, so I downloaded iOS 10.3.2 and 10.3.1 from a trusted site.
I have made backup and all is okay, then when I attempt to restore my iPhone using the downloaded version, at the end of restoration process, my iPhone stuck on connect to iTunes!

I have connected the iPhone to my computer and it shows a message: There's a problem with iPhone which needed to be updated or restored!!
I tried to use update with the both iOS versions and it says iPhone has been updated successfully. However, it is still stuck on connect to iTunes?

What's wrong? How do I proceed from here?