texts: How to calibrate external monitor with MacBook Pro?

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I’m trying to calibrate the colour of my external monitor, which attached to my MacBook Pro as a second monitor, with my Spyder 5 colorimeter and DisplayCAL software as the colours are vastly different between the two and assume the MacBook’s is the more accurate one of the two (might calibrate both though but starting with monitor).
My issue is that unlike Windows, where you can delete any current colour profiles and calibrate from the default colours with no profile active, on the Mac it seems like there is always one profile active, and so would make the calibration results inaccurate as a result as they’d be starting at the wrong baseline so to speak.
Is there a way to do this on the Mac to not have any active profile when calibrating?
Or is the default “no active profile” the one at the top which is simply the name of my monitor which the Mac has automatically picked up (in my case "Dell S2716DG)?


texts: How do I delete most of my reminders on the iPhone?

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Whenever I need to remember something (oil change, buy something for kids, do something, whatever), I fire up Siri and create a reminder for a specific date/time.  I do this for both my personal and work life.  This method has been very successful in organizing my life and not letting things fall through the cracks.

When the time comes, iPhone reminds of the task and I go and do it.  However, now I have several thousand reminders and it now takes a while for the Reminders app to start.  I'd like to delete most of the reminders since they have expired long ago.

However, I see no way to delete Reminders in bulk.  I don't see a way to do it on the phone, nor do I see a way to do it in icloud.com.

Am I missing something simple?  If not, is there another way to manage reminders?


texts: My friend can get iMovie for free on his iPhone, but I can't. I still have to pay $4.99 for the app. I've asked 3 other friends about the app and all of them get it free. Why can't I get this app?


texts: Is it possible to use TotalTerminal with Go2Shell?

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I am using TotalTerminal. Now, I want to use Go2Shell, so that I can access quickly a terminal in the good folder.

But, when I click on the Go2Shell icon, it opens a usual Terminal and not a TotalTerminal shell.

Is there a way to use TotalTerminal with Go2Shell or to open in TotalTerminal a shell set to the current directory?

EDIT

The first shell that I open with Go2Shell opens in the Visor of TotalTerminal. But, then, if I just "escape" to close the Visor (instead of "command-W"), the next shell opens in a separate window.

So, my question boils down to:

Is it possible to have multiple windows (or tabs) in the Visor of TotalTerminal?

See also my other question on this topic.


texts: Video (.mp4) playing in QuickTime but not in Finder Quick Look or iTunes

texts:
I just used ffmpeg to convert a video file's container from .mkv to mp4 (just changed the container; didn't re-encode). The resulting mp4 vid plays well on QuickTime and am very pleased with the result. However, it wouldn't play in either Quick Look or iTunes.

In Quick Look as well as in iTunes, I am able to just move the play pointer up and down the slider manually but it just shows stills from the video. This is very frustrating as I was hoping to be able to add the video to my iTunes library! Any reason why this would happen?

Oh and if it helps, the codecs are H.264/AC3. Should that matter? A similar question elsewhere was closed with the accepted answer suggesting that the video be re-encoded. I really, really don't want to do down that road if there's ANY way to skirt that. I just want to change the container which is way faster than a full-blown re-encoding!


texts: How do I save multiple images from my Dropbox app to my Camera Roll

texts: I need to save multiple photos from my Dropbox to my camera roll. From what I can see you can only do one at a time. Is there a way to this by folder? I have 60+ images and and doing one at a time will be tedious and time consuming.


texts: Create a zip file using an Automator Service

texts:
I am trying to create a service in Automator in Mac OS X Mountain Lion. The command that I want to use is as follows:

zip zip-file.zip "$@"

And here is a screen capture of what I did:

It works. But two problems:

zip-file.zip is placed in my home directory ~\. I want to place the zip file in where the original files are.
zip-file.zip contains the folder structure of the specified files beginning from the root. I want to only include files, or just from the closest parent directory.

What should I do?


texts: Mail not responding when syncing with Google Apps Gmail account in OS X Yosemite 10.10.1

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Mail.app goes unresponsive whenever a specific Gmail account is added.

If I quit the process and go to System Preferences > Internet Accounts and disable the account, I can start Mail normally.

I can then use my other accounts (Exchange and Gmail) normally. If I then go to Preferences and enable the offending Gmail account, new emails are downloaded and then mail goes unresponsive.

I have tried removing and recreating the internet account, the mailbox, etc. I can verify that Mail downloads 1.5GB of data (approximately the size of the Gmail account) whenever I recreate the account. It remains unresponsive whenever the account is active.

I have tried the solution laid out here. It worked the first time this happened and now did not resolve the issue.

Can anyone think of any other steps to take to reset mail and get this issue fixed? Does anyone know the source of the bug?


texts: Someone has sent me a scanned document as a PDF in an email attachment. I'd like to use the built-in Markup tools on my iPad to annotate the attachment and send it back.   Unfortunately, the original attachment is not oriented properly.  Is there a way to rotate a file in Markup?  Currently the best solution I've got it:  save the document to a cloud storage system (Google Drive, Dropbox, ...); open it on my Macbook using Preview; rotate in Preview; save back to cloud storage; open the rotated file on the iPad; mark up and send back.  I'd appreciate a more economical workflow, as I imagine this kind of situation is going to come up again.


texts: Use QuickTime synth as MIDI output device

texts: QuickTime apparently has a built-in MIDI synthesizer. I would like to send MIDI output to a virtual MIDI device that will use this synthesizer. Can this be done?


texts: How do I shade the region between two curves in Grapher?

texts:
How do I shade the region (or area) between two curves in Grapher?

I'm looking for a way to do this in a 2D graph. The only example which comes close to this is the "Evaluation and Integration" example, but I can't figure it out.

For example, I would like to shade the region bound by these two curves:

y = x^2 - 2
y = 0

I'm assuming it's possible based on this comment.


texts:
I am currently working on setting up an IKEv2 VPN server with strongswan. I am working on a Mac running v10.11.16 (El Capitan). I have been referencing the following tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-ikev2-vpn-server-with-strongswan-on-ubuntu-16-04

I have run into issues with Step 4 of the tutorial. It seems that when I install strongswan using homebrew, the configuration files are not ending up in my etc/ folder, as they are supposed to. In fact, I can't seem to locate them anywhere on my machine. When I look in my /usr/local/opt directory, there is no etc directory included. It seems that my config files for strongswan are AWOL. Any ideas on where brew could be putting them?


texts:
Sometimes my MBP plays this somewhat distressing sound through its speakers (external if connected, otherwise internal, if my system volume is not muted).

Has anyone experienced this? What is it?

[Listen to the sound here.]

Things that make me doubt it has to do with the electrical system:

The fact this seems to be emanating from my system (affects either internal or external speakers)
The precise, musical, repeating nature of the sound
That it has occurred on battery power at my girlfriend’s as well as in my house (plugged in).

Makes me wish there was an app like Little Snitch but for audio output instead of network traffic…


texts: Does service battery warning cause Macbook to slow itself down?

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I currently have a Apple MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 13" Mid-2010 model and for almost 6 months, I have been letting it sit with a battery service warning. I already replaced the battery once after getting the battery service warning and have been avoiding replacing it for as long as possible (with hopes of replacing the laptop itself). Currently, I just let it sit with the charger plugged in most of the time, because when off charger, battery life is < 1hour.

My main question is, does the macbook slow itself down or handicap itself when the battery service warning is present?

Additionally, this is the battery information under system information

Charge Information:

Charge Remaining (mAh): 1663

Fully Charged:  Yes

Charging:   No

Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 1663

Health Information:

Cycle Count:    817

Condition:  Service Battery

Battery Installed:  Yes

Amperage (mA):  0

Voltage (mV):   12405


texts: How do I stop daghesh from moving when typing in Hebrew

texts:
When typing in Hebrew on macOS 10.13, the daghesh sometimes 'jumps' from one character to another. Here is an example. Initially, the daghesh is in the correct place (שׁ):

But when I add a 'ה', it jumps into it:

Bizarrely, with some characters it doesn't jump:

Does anyone know what is going on here, and how to stop the Daghesh from jumping? It's very annoying!

Thanks,

Andy


texts: How to get rid of "The disk you inserted was not readable" and auto ignore it? (without installing apps)

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whenever I plug in an ext4 partition type external USB drive, this message will pop up. and then I need to press "Ignore" to ignore it. This is very annoying. How can I auto ignore it?

I did google this for hours and can not find a proper solution. I don't want to install any non open source apps for doing such a simple task. I think it should be doable by changing some config files.

PS: If you are curious why I want to plug in ext4 drive, because I will later use it with a linux VM (virtualbox+vagrant).

Thanks a lot for your help.

Edited: I don't want to disable automount for all types of drives. I just want to ignore ext4 popup or that specific drive. Cheers.


texts:
I received an e-mail with an .ics attachment and I opened it on my iPhone. I opened the attachment and added it to my calendar. Now I want to delete the event. How do I do that?

More Details:
When I open most entries in the Calendar app, they have an "Edit" button in the upper-right, and then a "Delete Event" button on the Edit screen. But not this Calendar entry.

I'm guessing that I can sync to my Mac and delete it from there, but that's not a good option since

I'm at work
I don't use my Mac very often
Deleting an entry from the calendar shouldn't require a 5 minute process

Update: Not only am I unable to edit anything about the event, but I can't even change the Alert time. There must be some way to edit events received via .ics.


texts:
Is there any way to share an iPhone's Wifi connection via Bluetooth or USB?
I know Windows PC's and MAC's can do this, but what about iPhones?

Note: Please use text descriptions instead of images.


texts: Possible to have all Airport Extreme traffic go through a VPN?

texts: I'm wondering if it's possible (and if so, how to do it) set up my Airport Extreme so that all devices connecting to it have their traffic piped through a VPN. If I have an OpenVPN running on a Linux server outside my home, is it possible to route all traffic through that?


texts:
Whenever spotlight begins indexing my files, my computer's fan starts spinning like crazy. Is there any way to essentially tell spotlight that it doesn't need to finish as quickly as possible, and that I would rather it take longer and use less of my CPU percentage at a given time? (I.e. reduce fan noise.)

One thing I noticed is that Spotlight was causing Sophos Anti-Virus's InterCheck process to run at near 100% CPU. By disabling Sophos' "on-access scanner", my CPU usage is less, but still hovers around 50% occasionally.


texts: Will my Macbook Air be able to handle dual 4k displays?

texts:
I have a mid 2013 Macbook Air and I want to purchase two 4k monitors and hook it up to the MBA. Will my Macbook Air be able to hand the two monitors at it's full resolution?

If so, what cables would I need? If not, are there any macbook's that can handle dual 4k monitor at their native resolutions?


texts: What is this text message, and how worried should I be?

texts:
The following text message popped up on my iPhone, and it doesn't seem to be coming from the Message app or any other apps on the phone. Obviously this is a spam. But which app is showing this message, and how worried should I be?

(I am listening to a podcast in Downcast app when the message appeared.)


texts: Powerful external hard disk health checker on Mac?

texts: Is there any powerful program in Mac to check the health status - mainly bad sectors - of an external (USB) hard disk, and to recover them?


texts: Why is the iPhone 5 magnetic on the back near the camera lens?

texts: The iPhone 5 magnetic enough on the back near the camera lens to attach a staple to. Why there is a magnet there and what it is for?


texts: GUID Partition Attribute not working on MacOS

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I'm trying to prevent automount on a device. The device contains only one FAT32 GPT partition.

I have set the GUID Partition attribute to 63 using gdisk (i.e. do not automount). I have also tried using Diskpart and GPT ATTRIBUTES to 0x8000000000000000 (i.e. no default drive letter).

While both these works on Windows 10, MacOS still mount my partition. How to prevent this on any computer I plug my device ?

I don't want to hide the partition because MacOS will ask to format.
I don't want to add an entry to fstab because it works on a single computer only.


texts: Why can't I update my iPad to iOS 6 or 7?

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This is my first iPad, I can't figure this out - when I go to settings>general>software update I get "iOS 5.1.1 Your software is up to date"

I have iOS 5.1.1, also I have ubuntu on my PC (I see some advice about using iTunes, but I don't have OS X or Windows on my PC)


texts: How to speed up old MacBook Pro15 inch late 2007 with 4GB RAM (2.4 GHz)

texts:
I am running 10.9.5 (Mavericks) and have about 12GB available on my hard drive with 2.2/2.4 GHz.

I have noted that performance has been getting slow (esp. on startup) and was wondering if there are any obvious ways to improve performance?

I would greatly appreciate your advice! Perhaps this question has been asked before but I could not find it using the search function.

Best,

Hirek


texts: Cable that supports stereo line in for the 30 pin connector on old iPhones/iPods?

texts:
According to http://pinouts.ru/CellularPhones-A-N/iPhone_connector_pinout.shtml two of the pins in Apple's 30 pin connector are dedicated to line in. I have spent days looking for a cable with line in capabilities (because I want to record stereo line in, the headphone jack is mono and is not line level) but they are nowhere to be found. I can only find http://line6.com/sonicport-audio-interface/sonicport/ and similar that are way to bulky and unnecessary expensive for my purpose.

Do I suck at Google? Does it exist simple 30-pin cables with support for line in? If not, why? The reason I ask the last two questions is that if such a cable doesn't exist my plan is to find someone in a music shop or similar and ask them if they cold make/solder such a cable for me.


texts: Who first wrote the kernel for Mac OS X based operating systems?

texts:
Was it Steve Jobs? I mean not the idea, but who actually made it happen through the physical work itself?

Was it a single individual who wrote the bootstrapping software, kernel, graphics, all other assets, etc.?

I am curious on the coder, not the incentive or ideal, even though I do care on both.

I am also curious on the first ever kernel or boot loading software, not current coders, but the initial and original one(s) of that time who did this.


texts: How does App Store "complete my bundle" work when I've spent more than the bundle cost?

texts: I have bought the Hitman app for $4.99. When I checked for the app bundle, it says GET. Does this mean that the bundle is free, or do I still have to pay for it?


texts: iTunes backup process programmatically on iphone 5

texts: I am using iTunes 11 and iPhone 5 on Window XP. I want to create iTunes backup process programmatically in my selected location (not in default location). Can you provide any type of suggestion.


texts: My Fusion Drive unlinked in two pieces (SSD+HDD) and I want to restore it again in one piece

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i have an iMac 27′ late 2012 and I have a problem with my Fusion Drive … suddenly the SSD part and the HDD unlinked and now i have two separate disks .. I ran in Terminal: diskutil list and diskutil cs list witht he following results:

Can somebody help me how to continue from here to link the two disks again in one (Fusion Drive as previous).

Update: After deleting the Logical Volume Groups I get the following partition table:


texts:
[ I am in the process of migrating an old MacBook Pro to a new one. ]

I made a complete 8 GB USB "Install macOS High Sierra".
I checked it (Disk Utility) from my running old MacBook Pro.

I booted from this USB key on my new MacBook Pro not connected to anything (no Wi-Fi neighbour, no Internet) so as to make a secure and clean initial installation. I proceeded through the following steps:

Disk Utility: I formatted the internal SSD as APFS encrypted case sensitive, and gave the partition a solid password: "password_SSD".
Install MacOS: I selected the just created APFS encrypted case sensitive partition. I entered its password: "password_SSD".
The installer rebooted, I entered "password_SSD".
The installer asked me if I wanted to migrate information from another Mac, TM or external disk. I chose an external disk containing my previous MacBook Pro running High Sierra on HFS+ case sensitive (not encrypted).
I selected to migrate everything.
The installer asked me to choose an admin account. I selected my previous admin account Bob, entered a new solid password: "password_admin". Then I was asked to enter the partition password so that the selected admin could open the encrypted partition: "password_SSD".
The installation process proceeded quietly for 4 hours, and displayed me the following error window error n°1:

Sorry
An error occured while transferring your information.

! Bob could not be created.

But nonetheless proposed me a Continue button. I chose this continue option after so much wasted time (why not to check if I can exit alive from a few hours tunnel).
MacOS High Sierra finally booted and asked me the SSD password: "password_SSD".
The Login Window proposed me to choose from my known users accont plus a great number of daemon accounts: error n°2.
I selected Bob and password_admin. My session opened but any Finder selection gave an error popup window error n°3: "file" can't be opened because the original item can't be found.

It is clear that this installation didn't run correctly. And I searched through the /var/log/install.log which had been filled, but didn't find any intelligent explanation about the size of damage of error n°1.

I tried a slightly different procedure with an external disk and a partition of HFS+ case sensitive (after a full erase of course). The process terminated completely without any of the above 3 errors. 2 differences: APFS / HFS+, encrypted / not encrypted.

I tried another different procedure with the internal SSD and a partition
of HFS+ case sensitive. The process produced the same 3 errors as in the
initial case.

The problem seems to be around "encrypted" and "migrate".

This is the reason I ask here this question before wasting another chunk of 5 hours.

How to install and migrate to High Sierra on an encrypted FS?

Did I made a big error in my procedure?

Is this a known problem?

How may I further analyze this problem to eventually help to fix it?


texts: Can I share iBooks with another device that is authorized for the purchasing account?

texts:
Is there a way to share iBooks with a device without connecting it to the machine running iTunes with the purchasing account?

I know that it is possible to download iBooks to a device that uses a different Store account by connecting the device to the machine machine running iTunes with the purchasing account; but is it possible to do so with a device that syncs to iTunes on a different machine (using a different account)?


texts:
I just got a Blue Snowball iCE, plugged it in and my Mac recognized it fine. In System Preferences > Sound > Input, Blue Snowball shows up and is selected and I see the input level meter moving in response to sound. There are no other mics plugged in.

In Garage Band > Preferences > Audio/MIDI > Input Device set to Blue Snowball and then record and no sound is recorded and the level meter doesn't show any audio input. When I switch to Built In as the source I also get nothing.

I tried plugging the mic into each of the two USB ports with no change.

I also opened the Audio MIDI Setup App and tried turning the volume for the Blue Snowball all the way down and back up which I saw as a recommendation somewhere.

I downloaded Audacity (2.3.0) and it is able to record fine from either the Snowball or the internal mic.

GarageBand 10.3.1

macOS 10.14.1

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)

The Blue mic works fine on a MBP 13" Late 2013 running the same version of macOS and GarageBand.


texts:
I  have an external drive that I just cannot partition. It's blank, so i have used Disk Utility and diskutil to erase, verify,repair etc., but nothing works.
It gives me this sort of thing:
Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed
Underlying error: 8: POSIX reports: Exec format error

Trying fsck on the external drive does nothing useful but returns a bunch of hex with some recognizable text:
fsck_hfs -y /dev/disk2
returns a very amusing "got" and then 2 lines later "U"
fsck_hfs -y /dev/disk2s1
text is "Non system disk Press any key to reboot"
I'm not sure where i can go from here.
I attempted to use GParted and received the error
The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used.
I then removed the GPT using GDisk and changed the partition table to MBR.
Then I had no issues creating multiple partitions under MBR, but any attempt to go back to GPT led to the message above re backup table and failure to create multiple partitions under GPT.
I have created a single HFS+ using GParted and will see how that travels.
FINAL UPDATE - I have declared it dead.


texts: TouchID option not displayed / stops working

texts: Over the last couple months, I often run into issues were the TouchID dialog will not display when unlocking the touch Macbook Pro. It will also not display as an option when installing software other options. You are forced to enter your password. I was only able to get it working again by rebooting.


texts: Dictation always quits after about ten seconds no matter what I do

texts:
I like dictation but after I turn it on in, say, Text-Edit, it records for about ten seconds, then I get the three dots instead of the Microphone icon. Here, I'll see if I can dictate right here, and we'll see how long it will last:

I just used the double command key to initiate the dictation and I'm talking in a normal rate of speed and I have not done main line breaks or anything and I am just waiting for the microphone icon to turn

That's it. It started recording after "I just used . . ." and ended after " . . . icon to turn"

It does this without fail no matter what program I'm in. Since there's no option for an external microphone I just got as close to the computer as possible wondering if it had lost my voice somehow and thence stopped recurring, but this doesn't seem to be the case. Anyone know anything about this? I can't find the issue mentioned elsewhere.


texts:
I have an Mac server running 10.13.6 on the latest build: 17G7024
I have been trying to sort out a few of its problems. But I have come across this this weird bug that I can't seem to fix.
If I connect to a share like this:

smb://server-name/Share-name

It will take a moment to connect but connect me to the server with out prompt for a password.

Secondly My AD account Connect to the Share but should not be able to as the ACL is a local account with No AD Accounts as part of it.

What could be causing this and What can I do to Fix It.

Many Thanks in Advance


texts: Can apps purchased for iPad be downloaded on MacBook

texts:
I purchased the iA Writer app for my iPad. Can I download it free on my MacBook?

Thanks.


texts: Will Time Machine backup a RAID 1 Drive.  Will you get single copy of data or is each mirrored drive backed up?


texts: Toggling between chunk of input in iterm2 with "Alt + arrow left/right" writes "[D" instead jumping from chunk to chunk

texts: I just started to use iterm2 on MacOS and find that it has really nice features especially for splitting terminal screen. However, when trying to toggle between chunk of input in with "Alt + arrow left/right" (which works in standard Terminal) writes "[D" instead jumping from chunk to chunk. Do you know how I could do to successfully jump from chunk to chunk?


texts: How do I recover OneNote for Mac folders from a Time Machine backup?

texts:
I was using OneNote for Mac, and created 30+ folders and content.  I have an iMac with Time Machine backup.  I took my iMac to a computer shop and got an upgrade to my hard drive.  When the computer was returned, all of the programs worked, with the exception of OneNote, the One Note App icon bounced up and down and did not open.

I spoke to a technician who  said folders should be in the OneDrive cloud, but after checking the OneNote cloud, none of these folders where there.  The technician recommended I remove OneNote for Mac, and re-install.  I did, and OneNote worked, but none of my previously created folders appeared.

Next I tried to go into the Time Machine, back in time, and see the ~/Library/Containers/com.microsfot.onenote.mac files from different dates.  I copied a version and tried to replace the currently working com.microsoft.onenote.mac file with the version from TimeMachine, but when I did this and re-ran OneNote, the OneNote for Mac App icon returned to bouncing up and down, and had to be force quit, removed, then reinstalled.

Has anyone had this problem with OneNote for Mac and been able to successfully recover and recreate their folder structure and content? Does anyone know how I can recover the OneNote folders that I created before taking my computer to the shop? Is it possible for me to use a version of OneNote that will read these folders and import them back into OneNote? I put a lot of information into this folders and really want to be able to view them and their content in One Note, again.


texts: Macbook Pro 5,1 will only boot after multiple SMC resets

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro 5,1 (late 2008) running El Capitan (10.11), which is the latest officially supported OS for that machine. When I turn it off I cannot turn it back on without resetting the SMC multiple times (sometimes up to 20 times, sometimes just once is enough). The problem only occurs when the machine is turned off for at least a few hours, otherwise it turns on perfectly. This makes me think, that there could be some kind of small battery on the logic board which drains too fast due to the age of the Macbook? It doesn't matter how much the main battery is charged.

What I've tried so far:

quick Apple Hardware Test without any results
used different RAM
used different internal HDD
resetted NRAM/PRAM
installed a new copy of the OS and then imported everything (Data and Settings) with the migration assistent

Any other Ideas?
Thanks in advance!


texts: Chrome's URL field prohibits some URLs from being drag-drop'ed into Finder for auto .webloc file generation. Why is this?

texts:
Here is a six-second video to demonstrate the scenario I can't seem to figure out. Why won't the second URL become a .webloc like the first one?  ..and is there a useful workaround if not a solution to this problem?

Chrome and OSX (Catalina) are both current.  Thanks in advance!


texts: How to disable growl on iterm2 with mac os 10.8.x?

texts: How to disable growl on iterm2 with mac os 10.8.x ? I don't want notifications everytime a tmux session becomes idle...


texts: Changing password of admin account from inside the root (superadmin) account

texts:
I forgot the password of my admin account on my MacBook, although I still remember the password of the root account. Is there a way to change the password of an admin account from within the root account?

I know about the option to directly reset the password through Recovery Mode, but this implies losing the passwords on the Keychain, which I want to avoid.

Any help would be very appreciated.


texts: caffeinate can't keep display from sleeping

texts:
I have a fleet of 7 macbook pro's running mac osx 10.10, 10.11, and 10.12, and 3 mac pro's running mac os 10.13 ("high sierra").
On all systems, I have set it to never sleep the system or display.
Oddly, that doesn't suffice, so I also use caffeinate to prevent sleep.
On the 10.13 systems, though, the display still goes to sleep, no matter what I try.  This affects two things:

my opengl tests hang
"osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to restart'" hangs

Since only the display is asleep, I can still ssh in and look around.

I currently run my script under caffeinate -dsiu -t 31536000, and when it hangs, evidently I've still got all the proper assertions going:

$ pmset -g assertionslog
2017-11-20 19:34:27 -0800 : Showing all currently held IOKit power assertions
Assertion status system-wide:
BackgroundTask 0
ApplePushServiceTask 0
UserIsActive 1
PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 1
PreventSystemSleep 1
ExternalMedia 0
PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 1
NetworkClientActive 1

and yet the display is in DevicePowerState 1:

$ ioreg -n IODisplayWrangler | grep -i IOPowerManagement
| | "IOPowerManagement" = {"DevicePowerState"=1,"CapabilityFlags"=0,"CurrentPowerState"=1,"MaxPowerState"=4}

Executing another caffeinate -u wakes the display up and puts it into DevicePowerState 4 for 15 or so seconds, then it goes back to sleep and DevicePowerState 1, even if I give a longer timeout with -t. I've also tried repeating the -t argument after each assertion (in case the confusing manpage meant that).

To rescue "osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to restart'",
I have to issue "caffeinate -u".  "caffeinate -d" or "caffeinate -i" are not sufficient.

See my comments at https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake/issues/92 for more details.

I guess I should use lldb to get a backtrace from a hung opengl test, figure out what API it's hung on, and then create a minimal app that sets the appropriate power management assertion, sleeps a bit, then calls the hanging API.  I'll try to do that when I get a chance.

To work around it, I currently have this in a background script:

while true
do
   caffeinate -ud sleep 10
done

but that's not enough; CurrentPowerState dips down to 1 frequently on
all systems (though I think only the 10.13 systems actually sleep the
display and hang my tests).

Has anyone else run into this?  Any suggestions how I can diagnose this further?


texts: How to find the iTunes Store link of an installed App?

texts:
I have one of the numerous flashlight apps that I wanted to recommend to a friend.

What is the easiest way to retrieve the iTunes Store link from my already installed iOS App ?

The info window was helpful as I could find the App by searching for the name of the developer.

And apparently the ID can also be found in the iTunesMetadata.plist inside the .ipa file.

For this App its: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id384021568

Is there an easier, more straight-forward way to retrieve the iTunes Store link ?


texts: How can I display the current DNS servers from the command line under OS X?

texts: I want to display the DNS servers that are used by the current network setup on OS X, from the command line.


texts: Anyone know the cause of “previous shutdown cause:8”?

texts:
I have a MacBook Air from 2020 that keeps randomly shutting down. It’s been happening more frequently as of late. I can’t restart it immediately after the shutdown and usually have to wait a while.
I heard that updating the operating the system might fix the problem, which I attempted to do but my Mac shut down in the middle of the process (which is where I’m at right now).
I checked George Garside’s blog, but he didn’t have an answer for the meaning of previous shutdown cause 8 (which is what I got when checking for wrongful shutdown).
If anyone knows what that means I’d be so so grateful! Thank you.


texts: Forgot iCloud Keychain password while updating iOS on iPhone 6s Plus

texts:
I'm updating iOS on my iPhone 6s Plus, and forgot my iCloud Keychain passcode.

It gives me two options:

reset keychain
approve from other device

The first option will erase all my passwords stored on my devices, which isn't acceptable.

The second option is unavailable. I tried to reset my passcode, but it can only send it to my phone - which cannot receive any messages.

I tried to go to iCloud > Account details and reset from there, but it requests the passcode right after the password.


texts: Is it possible to have pixelated graphics on a MacBook Pro due to a defunct trackpad?

texts:
had availed of the logic board replacement scheme for 2011 MacBook Pro's with faulty (AMD) graphics cards. The laptop came back from servicing with a new (refurbished as I understand) logic board. But while running a benchmarking test (Unigine Valley) the on screen graphics are extremely pixelated.

The service center suggested it was due to a faulty RAM. So I purchased new identical RAM. Same issue. After months of struggling with AppleCare and Apple Exec relations, they first asked me to get a clean install of the latest OS. Once that was done, the feedback from their engineering team is now that it "could be" due to the defunct trackpad (condition since before the repair, and I use a USB or bluetooth replacement, instead of replacing it out of warranty).

Is it at all possible that the screen graphics are pixelated because of a defunct trackpad?

I fear I am being scammed by Apple to pay for a pointless hardware repair...

The trackpad is actually not connected - the cable connecting it to the logic board is gone, so it is just out of service / disconnected. I am running stock OS and it works fine. The benchmarking tool works fine on other MacBook Pros. The trackpad has been out of service since before the repair, and this problem with the benchmarking test is after the repair. So I believe it is unrelated.


texts: Is there a way to force Google Chrome to open in full screen?

texts:
When I'm working just on my MacBook Pro,I like to keep as many apps as I can in Lion's full-screen mode.  One of these apps is Google Chrome.  However, Chrome doesn't remember that I want it to appear full screen after I quit it.  It always opens up in "windowed" mode.  Is there a way to force it to start in full screen?

Thanks.


texts: Swiping Gmail messages to trash not working on iPhone

texts: I can't get Gmail to swipe left on my phone to trash even though I went to Advanced settings > Advanced for Gmail and the deleted mailbox is checked. Why is Gmail still showing only the archive as an option when swiping left? I have iPhone 6 with iOS 10.1.


texts: Why does my iPhone 4s resume playing a paused podcast after a missed call?

texts:
Here's the sequence of events:

I'm listing to a podcast via the relatively new podcast app.
I pause the podcast.
Time passes. The phone sleeps.
I get a call which I do not pick up; I don't even touch the phone.
The podcast resumes playing, surprising me and those around me.

This would be expected behavior except for item 2. I think it's a bug.

I'm running iOS 6.0, but this has been happening for a while; at least since 5.something. It's possible that it began happening when I started using the new podcast app instead of the music app for podcasts.


texts: Is there any way to adjust the automatic appearance of the menu in a full screen application on Mac 10.10.4

texts:
I'd like to adjust the automatic appearance of the menu bar on my MacOS 10.10.4 so that it doesn't repeatedly show itself when it isn't wanted and I'm just aiming for an in application tab and accidentally hitting the top of the screen.

It seems this is set to a fraction of second, meaning I have to be really precise to hit a tab or pull the pointer away to let the menu slide back in so I can access the option.

Adjusting the time delay would be best, though I'd also be happy with disabling this poorly implemented feature and showing the menu on a key-click


texts: Is it possible to map doubleclick on folders in Finder List View to Expand/Collapse triangle?

texts:
I really hate all these windows cluttering the desktop, and spring-loading isn't a big help. So to have a more Windows-Exploreresque view, I try to use the collapse/expand triangles in List view only, to be able to sort my files properly in the folder hierarchy.

I installed XtraFinder to use Return for opening files (please raise your hands if you like cmd-o to do that) and Navigating back via Backspace. But my motor skills are very hard set on doubleclicking folders or hitting enter to expand them.

Is there any way, to never "open" folders in new windows/same window, but to toggle collapse/expand always instead?


texts: On my iPhone, I can go to Settings > Mail > Any Account > Account > Advanced > Sent Mailbox and select which folder I'd prefer to have my Sent mail stored in. How can I do this in Mail on a Mac? I am trying to change which folder the sent messages are stored in when saving them to the server.


texts: How do I perform a standard erase on MacBook Pro Retina SSD?

texts:
An archived Apple article says: "Note: With an SSD drive, Secure Erase and Erasing Free Space are not available in Disk Utility. These options are not needed for an SSD drive because a standard erase makes it difficult to recover data from an SSD. For more security, consider turning on FileVault encryption when you start using your SSD drive."

Now the question is what is standard erase and how do I perform it?

If it is the Erase button shown at the top of Disk Utility, then that button is greyed out and not clickable. If the Erase button is greyed out because the FileVault is currently turned ON, how do I go about deactivating it and doing a standard erase on my SSD?

I just want to make sure that the data is non-recoverable before I give my Mac for repair.


texts:
I'm trying to compile an algorithm package received by someone else. Basically all I need to do is run a bash script and everything will be compiled automatically. Now upon executing the script, I get a lot of errors, such as:

clang: error: unsupported option '-fopenmp'

My understanding is that the Apple LLVM does not support OpenMPI, so what I did is install the newest gcc version by installing LLVM (version 4.0) through Homebrew. I tried to add this to my bash profile by adding the following (found on the web – my apologies, this isn't my home terrain):

# export PATH=/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin:$PATH
# export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$(llvm-config --includedir):$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(llvm-config --libdir):$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

But this unfortunately didn't do the trick. I get the same errors, and I found out my computer still uses clang:

$ g++ --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin16.5.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin

Does anybody know what to do? I can't use another installer by specifying the version, since it's a long bash script, and I wouldn't know what to change where.


texts: Increase Audio Volume of MOV-Video in OS X

texts:
I have a MOV-Video file and I want to increase the volume of the audio layer without reencoding the entire video.

Is there a way to solve this problem?


texts: How to trust an invalid certificate in Big Sur / Safari 14

texts:
Since installing Safari 14, I can't find a way of trusting an invalid SSL certificate (either expired or set up for the wrong hostname).
I used to be able to click on the address bar and then trust that specific certificate but can't find a way to do that in Safari anymore.


texts:
I currently run Boot Camp off an external SSD (using a guide like this one) and I want to migrate it to my new Mac (due to it having more storage space than my previous computer).
How can I install the contents of this external drive into a Boot Camp partition on my Mac, so I can boot into it like a regular Boot Camp installation?
As David Anderson mentioned, yes I want to clone my Windows installation from an external drive to a Boot Camp drive on my Mac. Please let me know how this can be done.
macOS Big Sur, MacBook Pro 16" (Intel processor), Samsung T5 SSD.


texts:
Is there a way to change the press and hold character picker in a way that it automatically choose a certain character.

I'm German using an US keyboard (on purpose, I don't want to switch back to a German one) and if I press and hold 'a' I get a lot of options. I don't care about any of them but the 'ä'. I know how to eliminate the other choices (thanks to How to add characters to the press and hold character picker in OS X Lion?) but I don't even want to chose. I want to hold and press the 'a' and would love for the 'ä' to just appear without me having to choose it.


texts: How to make command apm available after installing atom?

texts:
I have installed github's editor atom into /Application. I now expected to have the command apm at my disposal to be able to install further packages. Yet:

$ apm
-bash: apm: command not found

How do I get the apm command?


texts: Retrieve folder's name for Automator's shell script action

texts:
For the sake of concatenating video files, I've assembled bits of code found online into a ffmpeg bash script on Automator. It works. However, I'd like for the output file to be named after the folder the videos are in.

I've found solutions online, but none of them follow a shell script workflow. My workflow is just (with an added demanded "Get Specified Finder Items" when tested within Automator):

current_path=$(dirname "$1")
cd "$current_path"

for f in "$@"
do
    /usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.1_1/bin/ffmpeg -i concat:"$(pipeize() { local OLDIFS="$IFS";IFS='|';echo "$*";IFS="$OLDIFS";}; pipeize *.VOB)" -c copy -map "0:v?" -map "0:a?" -map "0:s?" "THIS_SHOULD_BE_THE_DIRECTORY_NAME.VOB"
done


texts: From the command line, how do I tell if a particular VPN connection is up?

texts:
Suppose that I have multiple VPN connections configured in System Preferences/Network.

How do I tell if a particular one (identified by the service name in System Preferences/Network) is up, on the command line in OS X Mavericks?


texts: Can any RTF editors have highlighting of tags and display line numbers

texts:
In MAC there is TextEdit used for viewing the RTF files.

Is it possible to have an editor(TextEdit or something else) for RTF files which highlights bracket when the cursor is placed either on the closed or open bracket. which highlights curly braces when the cursor is on either the open or closed curly brace, etc? (need highlighting for the textual content of the RTF file that a user will see and not the RTF source code)

Also, is it possible to enable line numbers in the rtf editor


texts:
I would like to switch from Dropbox to iCloud drive and wanted to know if there is any way to select specific folders which are going to be downloaded on my Mac? It is possible in Dropbox client.
There are some folders that I would like to have in the cloud but not taking space on my local Mac.


texts: How to make a Mac forget it ever saw an iOS device?

texts:
I need this just to be able to test how the machine responds to the first time a device is plugged in - without needing an unlimited supply of 'new' devices.

I connected a 'foreign' iPad [my partner's, not synced to this machine but to her own] to test Photos app's response.  It auto-launched.

Now I want to try again, let it 'see' the device for the first time - so I'm trying to discover what keeps the record of which devices were connected & if I can clean it of just one device without damaging my regular devices' behaviour.

Closest I can find is How do I make iTunes 'forget' a device in Mavericks? which has some discussion regarding Sync Services - but I'm not sure if that's heading in the right direction.

Also relevant - How can I prevent iPhoto from opening everytime I plug my iPad/iPhone? - which is my eventual aim.


texts: How might text be selected while typing the login password on my Mac?

texts:
When I wake up my Mac I am presented with the login screen. I begin typing my password in the empty password text box.

After typing the first few characters, the password text becomes highlighted (selected) somehow thereby causing the next character I type to delete those selected characters.

For example, say my password is "password123"

I press power and my Mac wakes up I type "passw"
The password text becomes selected somehow
I finish typing "ord123" and hit enter
The password is incorrect since I am left with "ord123" in the password input box

Why is this and/or how can I prevent this from happening?


texts: Downloading multiple files with curl with different proxies

texts:
I'm trying to download multiple urls from different domains using different proxies.

It should do all these in one row of code, running curl just once:

do shell script "curl --proxy 1.2.3.4:800 http://domain1.com/somefile.txt"
do shell script "curl --proxy 2.3.4.5:80 http://www.domain2.com/otherfile.png"
do shell script "curl --proxy 3.4.5.6:8080 http://domain3.com/file.jpg"
...

This fails:

do shell script "curl --proxy 1.2.3.4:800 2.3.4.5:80 3.4.5.6:8080 http://domain1.com/somefile.txt http://www.domain2.com/otherfile.png http://domain3.com/file.jpg"

Taking the code from an answer below I tried to run

set url_list to "1.2.3.4:800 http://domain1.com/somefile.txt
2.3.4.5:80 http://www.domain2.com/otherfile.png
3.4.5.6:8080 http://domain3.com/file.jpg"

do shell script "xargs curl --proxy < " & url_list

but this fails as well.


texts:
I created a bunch of smart boxes for diff kinds of emails...
but these email continue on showing up on the inbox...
I would like them not to appear on the inbox...

how can I do that?


texts: Partition Map Failed Because No Slices Were Found

texts:
I have an external hard drive that I've used with my Mac for years, with no issues. Today I tried to plug it into my work PC to get some files off it (Windows 8), and it wasn't recognized. I tried to look up how to reformat it, but realized it was going to delete my files. So, I decided to forget that idea and plugged it back into my Mac. Now, it won't run, and Disk Utility says that the Partition Type is Microsoft Reserved.

It won't let me repair or verify in the Disk Utility because it says "ERROR: Partition map check failed because no slices were found."

Now, I can't access my files on either computer, which has like my life's worth of photos on it. I am about to have a heart attack if I've lost all of my data! I've been searching online and have seen many things where it says to create new partitions, but from what I understand that will delete all the data on the existing drive, which I don't want to do because I obviously don't have it backed up anywhere else (because this external hard drive WAS my backup).

Please, someone out there help me!!

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)


texts: brand new iPhone XS seems to run out of juice quite quickly - when should I charge it?

texts: I've been using a company iPhone for quite some time now, and I found it to be much better than my Android personal phone, so I decided to buy a 256 Gb iPhone XS. I like it much better than my Samsung, except for the battery - even if it's brand new, it runs out of juice pretty quickly (it may also be that I'm so happy with my purchase, that I end up overusing it - the UX is much better :-) What's the recommended routine for an iPhone? Should I charge it as soon as battery gets down to 20%? Sooner? Later?


texts: Can time machine be set to store local backups for more than 24h?

texts: I realise that using an internal drive as time machine drive (especially your main drive) does not give you protection against loss of the machine or failure of the disk, but occasionally when travelling without an external time machine drive (which allbeit I now try to keep with me) I wondered if it is possible to set time machine to store local backups for more than 24h -- say, 7 days, given plenty of disk space being available on the local main drive, which I generally have.


texts: Is there an app that can change the color of the menubar? I saw one that I'm pretty sure wasn't Nocturne.


texts: Macbook Pro as a wireless bridge? (Private hotspot from external wifi connection)

texts:
While travelling, it would be convenient to set up a wifi hotspot from my Macbook, which would share the wifi internet with my phone and tablet (wifi <-> Macbook <-> wifi). This would make it easy to test apps I'm developing on the Macbook and also make it easier to connect devices to the internet, instead of making each of them jump through the considerable hoops of public wifi providers.

There's no ethernet involved, just a public/hotel wifi connection. I realise this isn't possible with just the built-in wifi; it needs some kind of external wifi device. My question is firstly to confirm this is possible, and secondly to ask exactly what setup (hardware and config) is required.


texts: Purchased MacBook Pro a day after Yosemite release but got Mavericks instead

texts:
I know they probably have stocks to finish, but I waited precisely one day after the presentation of Yosemite (October 16) to order my new Mac hoping it will come with Yosemite preinstalled.

Bummer, it came with Mavericks.

So what do I do next?


texts: rsync sending incremental file list, but no back ups?

texts:
I've used rsync to archive my hard drive to an external successfully and now I'd like to use an incremental session to only update files that changed or were added. Putting together what I've found on Google this is my command:

 sudo rsync -vaE -S --progress --hard-links --human-readable --force --delete --exclude-from=/Users/sam/.rsync_excludes.txt /Volumes/Solar /Volumes/Flint

The output from rsync 3.0.7 is:

sending incremental file list
sent 42 bytes  received 15 bytes  114.00 bytes/sec
total size is 1  speedup is 0.02

And that's it when there should be churning/thrashing of the disks? My source and target seem to be correct. Solar is the source. What have I misunderstood here?, sam

PS: I've made a 10mb .mov file on Solar and the file does not appear on Flint

adding --dry-run and --log-file= to the command yields this:

2013/07/17 13:36:33 [3636] building file list
2013/07/17 13:36:33 [3636] sent 42 bytes  received 15 bytes  114.00 bytes/sec
2013/07/17 13:36:33 [3636] total size is 1  speedup is 0.02 (DRY RUN)


texts: 2nd gen iPod Touch with a faulty screen, home button, or both?

texts:
I have an 2nd gen iPod Touch which has something wrong with it. The screen does not work unless I hold both the Sleep and Home button for a few seconds. The screen then lights up as normal and I could access all the apps whilst holding the Home button (Sleep button released).

However, when I release the home button, the screen blanks out again. But the iPod still functions normally, I still can listen to music, connect it onto the laptop and even skip to the next song by touching the part of the screen where the arrow button would be if the screen was illuminated. I could hook the iPod up to a sound system and it works just fine. It even charges normally when connected to a power source.

Does this sound more like a screen problem or a home button fault or something else?


texts: Emoji & Symbols input method enabled as input source after Log Out or Reboot

texts:
I have some weird behavior on my MacBook Pro running Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91). When I login to any user, after Log Out or Reboot I see "Emoji & Symbols" input method in the list of activated input methods (something similar to described here). After I remove it and then Reboot it comes back. I tried to create a new user and for it "Emoji & Symbols" presents with the same behavior.
Also, I tried to remove both files:
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox*
rm /Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox*

After I reboot and Login I see English and "Emoji & Symbols" layouts.
And in addition to described behavior sometimes it is very hard to delete this "Emoji & Symbols" layout. It stays inactive there:

Has anyone experienced this issue? Are there are any workarounds?


texts: How to repair OS X Snow Leopard from USB Stick

texts:
My operating system (Snow Leopard) was running quite good but I used some tools from internet to free some HDD space. Then some days later I figured out that Safary is not able to start anymore.

Now I'd like to repair the current installation or re-install the OS X.

But how can I do that?

I managed it to create a bootable USB drive from the installation image. When I boot from the USB drive, the installation asks me which drive is to be used. And when I select my laptop drive the installation program shows the message that this drive cannot be selected.

What should I do in order to force the installation to overwrite the current instance of OS X?


texts: Spacebar in Quicktime Player X used to pause video, no longer does in OSX Lion

texts: It used to be that pressing the space bar in Quicktime Player would pause a video.  However, beginning with Lion, it seems that it sometimes pauses the video, but other times it skips or jumps the video to a random location.


texts: Macbook Pro Retina 15.4" External Display wrong resolutions

texts:
Before this machine I had a late 2008 MacBook Pro, 15.4" (Lion) with max resolution of 1440x900.

Through the mini to HDMI adapter I attached a second display (TV/Monitor model 19LG3000) and I was able to set a resolution for both displays at 1440x900, it looked very nice and sharp on the external.

One thing I caught is that this TV has two HDMI ports, and depending on where I connect the cable (coming from the old MacBook) I get a list of different resolutions in Mac OS X settings and one of them (the port labeled 1) presents the 1440x900 resolution, which does fit in general on this kind of display.

Now the monitor port (HDMI 1,2) doesn't matter at all if I connect the Retina, it will always display the very same resolutions:

1080p
1080i
720p
1600x900
1344x756
1024x576

which I recall being the same list when I connect the old MacBook Pro to HDMI display port 2.

I tried every combination of resolution/frequency (defaults to 60 Hertz NTSC, but 50 Hertz is also sometime selectable, depending on the resolution value), but everything doesn't look well. Especially for coding it's very bad to the eyes, even at 1344x756.

Also I noticed that there is now Underscan, and I had to use it for about 3 bars to let the image fit in the monitor.

Is this is happening to anyone else?


texts: View recently closed files (e.g., in Preview) on OS X?

texts:
Mac OS X has built-in features for viewing recently opened applications, or recently opened files in applications.  I open lots of files in Preview and keep some of them open for a long time, usually the ones I am most likely to open again.  So I would prefer to be able to quickly view all of my recently closed (typically unmodified) files.  Is this possible either system wide, or specifically in Preview?

Note: There is related program, AppsBar, which allows one to view recently closed applications, but based on the description does not seem to apply to specific files.  If it makes a difference, I am running Mavericks.


texts: How to change the color of text highlighting in Preview using a shortcut?

texts:
I need to highlight/underline a lot of text and tend to use specific colors for different things. Accessing via the dropdown menu in Preview is very slow, does any one know a way to change the color of highlighting/underlining by pressing a shortcut?

I'm using Mavericks.


texts: What is the font the battery percentage uses?

texts:
A bit of a stupid question, but what is the font the battery percentage (pictured below) in OS X uses?

It is not the standard font you can get by calling [NSFont menuBarFontOfSize:0], I have noticed.


texts:
How can I connect to ftp server in terminal? What is the command?
For example for the ssh server:

ssh admin@ip.of.the.site


texts: Accidentally emptied a Note, which was then automatically deleted

texts:
I accidentally emptied the content of one of my Notes by selecting all and then pressing on the "return" key - removing everything.
I then quickly exited from my, now empty, Note, which my iPhone 8 automatically deleted.
And since this was an iCloud synced note it promptly synced it over to my Mac and deleted it from there.
So since technically I didn't delete it I can't find it in my "Recently Deleted Files". And checking my backup data on my iPhone there doesn't seem to be an option for Notes.


texts: After enabling TRIM should I delete free space?

texts:
I have installed a third party SSD in my Mac. I have used it quite a while before I enabled TRIM.

Does that mean that the SSD cannot reuse any files I have deleted until now? Is it necessary to somehow delete the free space of the disk to tell the disk via TRIM that this is really free space now?


texts: Imported tv show metadata is inaccurate, in iTunes

texts:
I encoded and imported a tv show myself, to iTunes. I selected all of the episodes, and gave them all a generic date of "2013". It worked, except for two episodes, 4 and 5.

Instead, these episodes show random dates and do not accept new changes ever after I have saved them. I tried restarting iTunes, restarting my mac, and using subler - all to no avail. Does anyone know how to get these dates to disappear?

I'm running OS X 10.9 on a 2010 macbook air, with iTunes version 11.1.3 (8)


texts: Fan speed semi-permanently at max despite PRM & SMC reset & setting fan speed manually

texts:
I have a 13-inch MacBook Pro from early 2011, with custom SSD & Memory upgrade.

For the last few months, the fan has been running at max speed or close to it.

To fix it, I've tried:

Resetting the PRAM
Resetting the SMC
Replacing the fan
Starting in Safe Boot mode
Setting the fan speed manually with an app called tg Pro

These are the temperature readings outputted by tg Pro on my machine.

The only way I can silent the fans is to override the Mac's native fan control system and turn it down, but then I'd probably be damaging the internal components.

Some things that could help diagnose the problem:
 - When I started in Safe Boot mode, there were some visual artifacts in the form of horizontal bars going across the screen. I did a screen capture with Quicktime but strangely enough the visual artifacts were not present. These artifacts do not appear when I boot in normal mode.

I suspect it is a hardware problem and I'm three quarters tempted to schedule a rendezvous with the Apple Store but if you have anything else I could try I'm all ears.


texts:
(2011 MacBook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.4)

The App Store offered me the update to iTunes 12.2 as normal when it was released. I clicked install, it downloaded the update, and it appeared in the list of recently installed updates, apparently all as it should be. However, when I run iTunes it's still version 12.1.

The update will appear again in the App Store update window eventually, but the outcome is always the same. I now have seven updates to iTunes 12.2 showing in the App Store, none of which has actually worked.

I tried downloading the installer from the Apple website, which gets right to the end of the install process before giving this error message:

I also tried removing my existing iTunes installation via the Terminal. Running the installer after doing this gives the same error message, while installing it via the MAS after removing it appears to install successfully but leaves no iTunes app in the Applications folder.

I've since successfully installed updates to non-Apple apps via the App Store with no problem; all are correctly updated to the latest versions.

Huge thanks in advance to anyone who can help.


texts:
Is it possible to have a Mac Mini running OSX act as a bluetooth headset for the iPhone? (sound comes out the mini's speakers, sound goes in the mini's mic)

I'm guessing that the mini would have to support the bluetooth headset profile?


texts:
I use High Sierra on a MacBook Pro with a Magic Mouse. I rotate among three pairs of rechargeable batteries.

Today I got the warning about low mouse battery charge when the charge was at 9%. But the previous battery warned at 12% or 14%, I don't remember for sure (but I remember being surprised that it was more than 10%).

What criteria does MacOS use to decide when to warn about the mouse battery charge, since it's obviously not a fixed percentage?


texts: Can OS X Lion Server automatically set up Mail using Open Directory information?

texts:
This is my first experience with OS X Server, I setted Open Directory up and added some accounts through Workgroup Manager.

When I login in on one of the remote Apple computers with one of the network accounts it mounts the file sharepoints nicely. But it doesn't automatically configure the Mail.app.

I searched on the internet but Lion differs a lot from (Snow) Leopard at this point. Is there anyone who can help me find the right setting to configure this?


texts: Can't update from El Capitan public beta

texts:
I took part in the public beta of El Capitan but now that the official version has been released I can't get it to update. If I go to Updates in the App Store I get "No Updates Available" and if I try installing from the OS's page, I get the option to download the installer instead.

I'm guessing that A) there are differences between the last public beta and the release so there should be an update, and B) since I can't find any other mention of this issue, something is messed up on my machine preventing it from seeing the update.

Should I bite the bullet and download and run the installer or is there something I can change to get my machine to update?


texts: Installing windows on a MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core 2 Duo" without Mac OS X

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I have this MacBook Pro:
2007 MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core 2 Duo" 2.16 GHz  (T7400)
Intro. October 24, 2006
Disc. June 5, 2007
Order MA609LL
Model A1211 (EMC 2120)
Family Core 2 Duo/Late 2006
ID MacBookPro2,2
RAM 1 GB (upgraded to 3GB)
VRAM 128 MB
On this machine, there is no Mac OS X anymore.
(I have the original install DVD + DVD Leopard + Snow Leopard.)
Instead there is Debian 10.6 that I can use through command line only (TTY)
I would like to install Windows 10:

via a USB bootable (my preference)
or via bootable DVD

GRUB is installed and works - I can not use rEFInd for technical reasons. I can not use BootCamp as there is no Mac OS X on it.
To install Windows 10 on this MacBook Pro, I was thinking booting with bootable device and install from Grub.
I also have an old PC with Windows 10 installed and an new external DVD writer.
What are my options?


texts: How do I extract and combine messages from Time Machine backups of ~/Library/Messages?

texts:
I have many backups that contain versions of ~/Library/Messages. Each one contains 3 files and a directory similar to this:

    XYZ:Messages user$ tree -a -L 1
    .
    ├── Attachments
    ├── chat.db
    ├── chat.db-shm
    └── chat.db-wal

    1 directory, 3 files

Some of these backups may overlap with each other. The result is 10-20 folders of messages with no obvious way to access them. I would like to unify all of them and remove duplicates if they exist.

Are there any applications that do this or any sort of tutorial I could follow? The files are sqlite so even a specification of the database structure would be helpful.


texts: When buying used macbook pro 2010 do I need the cd?

texts: It seems to me that I shouldn't need the boot cds when buying a used macbook pro if it is upgraded to Yosemite, is this correct?


texts: When using disk utility to verify/repair permissions (or verify/repair the disk itself), I've never been clear whether I should perform operations on the disk ("WDC WD1200BEVE-00WZT0" in my case) or on the volume nested beneath it ("MacintoshHD"), or both. I usually do both, but is this necessary?


texts: Time Machine progress from the command line

texts:
The Time Machine control panel gives information on in-progress backups. For example

Is there a way to get the information from the command line?


texts: My monitor doesn't sleep if my mac is connected via HDMI: who's at fault?

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I have a MacBook5,1 running 10.8, and an Asus VW246 monitor.

I connected it to the monitor using a "MiniDisplayPort->DVI(f) adapter" + a "DVI(m)-DVI(m) cable". Now I've bought a single "MiniDisplayPort-HDMI cable", and while it works, now when the Mac goes to sleep, the monitor stays awake in a "HDMI no signal" state.

Can I understand who's at fault: the Mac, the cable or the monitor?

If it's the Mac, can this be worked-around somehow?
If it's the cable, how can I make sure this won't happen with other cables?
If it's the monitor I don't think there is anything to fix that, barring using DVI again.

Side-notes:

the only reason I switched to HDMI is that I wanted a single cable, no converters, and I found a cheap HDMI one
the cable namely supports audio too, but apparently this isn't working with this monitor – I haven't tested it with other monitors, thought (I'm not sure if this can help, I'm writing it "just in case")
the "HDMI no signal" state is the same as when there's no cable attached


texts: Is there a way I can import ReadItLater's exported html file into my Instapaper?

texts: Is there a way I can import my ReadItLater's exported html file into my Instapaper?


texts: Why do some iPhones have a low battery sound?

texts:
You guys have never heard of this before. Most of you at least. I own 2 iPhones bought in a legitimate Chinese Apple store. Whenever I use it, they would make a tri-tone dying robot low battery sound at 20% and 10%. This will sound even if you're on silent. So to turn it off (you can't) you'd have to change your ringer volume. There are no apps causing this since I wiped my phone and it still happens. I would like to make a conclusion that only Chinese iPhones have this stupid tone.

Why did they put that on these phones and not American ones?


texts: Which is the earliest Apple TV that can mirror an iPad?

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So, I need to mirror an iPad Air 2 (not just spare apps, the whole screen and audio) wirelessly to a projector, and I was thinking of buying an Apple TV. However, since the current version is so expensive, I thought of buying an older one (say, TV 3rd Gen version A1427, A1469 or 2nd Gen). Somehow, I couldn't find this in the Apple help (I guess... because they update it to the latest version, sometimes "hiding" previous ones).

Which is the earliest version that can (decently) screen mirror an iPad?


texts: How can I show only an .htaccess file in the Finder?

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I'm a web developer. I really need to use .htaccess file.
How can make Finder show only the .htaccess file and not all the file prefixed with .?

I am running OS X Lion.


texts:
Ever since I upgraded to macOS High Sierra, I’ve had a black rectangle on my screen:

My cursor started out inside it, and when I try to move my cursor outside of it, it follows my cursor:

I’ve tried restarting and quitting all of my other apps, it still shows up.

If I switch the “Zoom style” in System preferences → Accessibility → Zoom to “Picture-in-picture,” the box still shows up, but it stops following my cursor.

How can I get rid of this annoying box?


texts: How to update iMovie on Mid 2009 MacBook Pro

texts:
About a year ago I bought a used Mid 2009 MacBook Pro and it came with iMovie. The user before me clearly didn't update iMovie regularly, as the version is 9.0.9.

I know i can update it to 10.1.1, but since the person didn't update it regularly, new versions of iMovie have come out, that are not compatible with my Mac. How can I update iMovie to 10.1.1 because 10.1.6 is not compatible with my Mac.


texts: Problems syncing MobileMe mail with an iPad 2

texts: I'm having a problem syncing MobileMe mail with an iPad 2. When I set up the syncing either through general preferences or through the mail app the only syncing option is Notes. I've tried deleting and recreating the account and readying the iPad but with no luck so far. MobileMe syncs with my iPhone so I dont think the problem is there. What could I look at next?


texts: What are some useful ways to use Automator?

texts:
I've been using OS X for 3 generations of the OS already (Tiger --> Leopard --> SL) but haven't really ventured in using Automator much.

What are the best ways to use Automator? (Best uses, time savers, etc.)


texts: How to hide photo bar at bottom of Photo Booth so I can see the extent of the live preview

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When I open PhotoBooth, immediately below the live "preview" image there is a strip or bar containing pictures I have already taken.  By accident I noticed that this apparently obscured the bottom part of the live image, because when I line up the picture so that the bottom of the image matches the bottom of what I want in the picture, I see stuff below that in an actual capture.
How can I hide this bar and see the full extent of the image that will be captured?  I don't see any preferences or options to control this.  I tried "Tile Window to Left of Screen" and somehow got into full screen which made the window larger so I could see more of the image but didn't make the photo bar go away, and didn't completely expose the entire live preview.


texts: connect speaker and guitar to macbook with only one 3.5 mm jack

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I want to connect eletro acoustic guitar and a speaker too to my Macbook.

My Macbook has only one 3.5 mm jack and for connecting 2 devices simultaneously I need to have two 3.5 mm jacks. Is there any way to connect both devices?


texts: Easier to achieve exercise goal in Apple Watch watchOS 2

texts: My Apple Watch has recently updated to watchOS 2.1. Since this update, I've found it is far easier to achieve the 30mins exercise goal in the Activity app. Anyone else noticed? Is this an intentional change by Apple?


texts: After downloading IOS 7 on my iPad, there is a 15-20 second delay between touching a keyboard character and the letter appearing on the screen.


texts: If we run out of battery and then charge iPhone, will it turn back on?

texts:
I just called by my lawyers 133 times for some very important message. My iPhone is just 3 meters in front of me being charged.

Finally my lawyer come to my apartment and we both saw that the iPhone is fully charged but not turned on.

I thought charging iPhone would automatically turn it on.

I did more research. I found out that most people have the opposite problem.

Why does my iPhone turn on when I plug it in to charge?

People are complaining about the iPhone keeps turning on and  I have the opposite problem.

Actually how does iPhone officially behave? If I charge it, should it be turned on by itself?


texts: This answer, or something extremely similar, has already been asked before, at MacBook Pro locked with Find My Mac and won't let me boot. That said, this question is not a duplicate, as I need an answer not listed there. One of the solutions was holdign down command-option-P-R as the computer turned on. This does not work for me, even though it should. Apple support has said I would need to come in to a store, but as it's a long drive, I would prefer to find an answer that does not require me to drive there. If nobody can answer this, please tell me what they would do at the Apple store, if you know.


texts: Unable to import ics file to iCloud calendar on Mac

texts:
In the Mac Calendar app, I have a single "default" calendar on iCloud.
When I open a .ics file, either in Finder or File->Import, it only gives me the option to create a new calendar, rather than saving the event to my existing calendar.
I can do that, then move the event over, then delete the calendar, but I can't directly import into my actual calendar.
This has happened multiple times.
Is there a setting or something I'm missing? Or could there be a problem with the file format?


texts: External hard drive not indexed by Spolight on Mac OS X Mountain Lion

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I recently bought a new hard drive and it is not indexed by Finder. I tried to get it re-indexed by following this tutorial: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10330114-263.html and I even tried something with commands in the terminal, no luck to get it indexed.

My previous external hard drives (Western Digital SE Elements) that crashed were indexed, but I was using Leopard and Snow Leopard back then.

I am using a Macbook pro 13" mid-2009 edition and my external drive is a 500Gb Toshiba Stor.E Canvio.

Does it have to do that I uninstalled software I used back then on Leopard to be able to read NTFS drives?


texts:
I want to use my old iPhone 5s as an iPod.

It showed Wi-Fi service before the cellular service broke and but tech support was unable to repair it so we wiped it clean and tried to restore functions by connecting to iTunes but it will not connect to set up.

How can I get it to work so I can use with wifi as an iPod?

Thanks!


texts: How can I get the Finder to show metadata?

texts:
I am running MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 on an iMac. Sometime last July, the Finder started hiding the metadata of downloaded photos. Its behavior varied for a while, but now it seems to have settled down to the following.
I open a pic -- e.g., https://fs3.fotoload.ru/f/0220/1580572066/e367aaa0e2.jpg -- in a browser window and drag it to the Desktop. The Finder's Get Info shows this:

I open a Column-view Finder window for the Desktop, with all the Image Preview Options enabled, and select the pic. I get this:

I drag the pic to a folder, which is also in Column view. The metadata appears briefly (< 1 sec), then changes to this:

Get Info shows only this:

That's also what I get if I drag the pic directly from the browser to the destination folder.
If I open the pic in Preview, it shows the metadata. What can I do to get the Finder to act like it used to and always show the metadata? I have installed no Finder extensions or photo management software.


texts: iPhone only lets one side of any earbuds work

texts: I just bought new Samsung earbuds and plugged them into my iPhone 4. Only the right side works though. If they're new, why is only one side working? How do I fix my phone itself because I know that it's my phone that isn't working because these are like the 6th new earbuds I've bought that only works on the right side?


texts: Issue while installing Windows 10 on an early 2011 MacBook Pro

texts:
I try to install a bootcamp with :

OSX 10.11 El Capitan
Windows 10 Pro (from Dreamspark system, its a license for students)

I have succeeded in installing the Windows 10 .iso file on my USB stick.  I had to edit the plist file of the Boot Camp Assistant (the last version 6.0). I have succeeded in partitioning my SSD in two parts.
Now I boot on the USB stick by pushing ALT when booting. The install process asks me to enter the license key. I precise that the installation process looks like the old one, the Windows 7's one. After the license has been entered, I have an error :

tabtip.exe - Application error
The exception unknown software exception (some hexadecimal) occurred in the program at location (some hexadecimal)
Click on OK to terminate the program

After clicking OK, I can just cancel the installation.
I have tried to copy again Windows 10 on the USB stick. It doesn't change anything.
I have also tried to avoid entering my license key by using the "next" button of the window, but the error occurs just after.
I have tried to install Windows 8.1, it doesn't change anything.


texts: Could I use a Terminal command to get last shutdown when I don't have the password?

texts:
I am looking for a Terminal Command to get the following information about a disk

Last shutdown
Last reboot

I need to be able to specify the disk because I will be booting from a different, external, disk, or possibly from macOS Recovery.

Note: I do not have the user password to log in.


texts: How to know if I can rely on an app to keep my password?

texts: How can I know if an app of an unknown author (like gTasks) is reliable for me to give my mail password to use it?


texts:
I've added a 128GB SSD to my mid 2011 27" iMac and replaced the defective original HDD with a new one (1TB). Used Time Machine as back-up.
How do I transfer ALL my data (about 620GB) to the two new drives (from TM)
 using the SSD for the OS (Sierra) and the HDD for everything else.
What´s the simplest way to do this?


texts: Windows 7 on 2011 MBP's internal HDD, OS X on FW800 one

texts: I'm about to get my new 2011 MBP next week and it's coming with a 256gb internal SSD, but I was wondering if it's possible to use the disk entirely for Windows 7 (bootcamp'ed) & install Mac OS X on an external FW800 drive 'only'? Is this doable or are there any restrictions or limitations that require Mac OS X to be installed on the internal hdd? Basically my main work environment is Windows 7 but I need Mac OS X for other, fewer contracts aswell.


texts: Is it possible to stream music TO an iPod touch via bluetooth?

texts:
Say you have the iPod connected to a dock to your home stereo.  Is it possible to pair another bluetooth enabled device with it and stream music to the iPod?

In effect making the iPod like those Bluetooth adapters out there that add Bluetooth capability to the iPod dock.


texts: Disallow some websites from opening new tabs/windows

texts:
In Safari how can I stop certain websites from being allowed to open new tabs and windows?

On some ad-heavy sites I click anywhere on the page and it spawns two or more new tabs trying to sell me some scam.

Can I stop this from happening?


texts: magic mouse doesn't scroll when I move my finger up and down or side to side

texts: 10.9.5. I have to click on scroll bar and manually drag or click to get pages to scroll --in safari, in Pages--in anything. Did I turn something off inadvertently? I seem to remember not being happy with the horiz scrolling but...


texts: Reset terminal environment to start up state, not losing print of history

texts:
This might seem like a duplicate at first sight, but bear with me for a minute.

TLDR; A quick command line way to restore the whole shell environment to the same as upon terminal startup, while not losing the print (scroll up) of the previously executed commands and their outputs.

I would really like a quick way to reset the shell environment to it's starting state, like quitting the the terminal program and starting it again (or opening a new tab). The reason that I don't want to actually quit the program and start it again is that I don't want to lose the history, ie the print of the previous commands and outputs. (Compare to clear in MATLAB, that gets rid of all variables, function definitions et.c. that you've set in that session without removing the print of previous commands and outputs.)

The usual advice people get when asking this is

source ~/.bash_profile

However, for example, this doesn't restore $PATH to the value it has when the terminal program is first opened. I have a few lines like

export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/some/useful/stuff/

in my $PATH and for every time I source, more stuff is added to my $PATH variable. Hence it is not reset to terminal startup value on source.
Same thing goes for any other variable set in that session that is not overwritten by some line in the ~/.bash_profile

I've seen people recommend the reset command too. However, that doesn't restore my $PATH to it's original value either. It stays the same as before the reset.

I am just using $PATH as an example here, the question is about resetting the whole shell environment.

A quick and reliable way to reset the shell environment in the sense I describe above would be very handy when experimenting with installations and similar things. Also seeing what the $PATH variable looks like makes me wonder what other things are not reset using source ~/.bash_profile, and it feels unreliable to use as a reset method.

Thank you for reading this far!

Any solutions folks?


texts:
I would like to do the following with Shortcuts / Automation in iOS... is it possible?

Join a Zoom call
Enable Guided access so it's not possible to switch to other apps.

In reality those two steps are quite involved and I can't figure out how to set it up in iOS


texts: How compatible are Apple Airpods with Android phones?

texts:
I want to buy the AirPods but I only have an Android phone.

The functions that would be ideal:

Stereo and mono sound works like iOS when you take one AirPod out and charge it and then put both AirPods back in your ears.
Tap function - is there no / some / complete parity with iOS tap features
Voice assistant - is there no / some / complete parity with Hey Siri and tap / manual Siri voice commands

Basically, how feature compatible is the Android OS and hardware with AirPod features beyond simple Bluetooth microphone and headphone function?


texts: How to set up "localhost" document root as Mac's "Sites" folder with MAMP PRO 4?

texts:
The default MAMP's localhost document root is /Applications/MAMP/htdocs and I want to point it on my /Users/Me/Sites/ folder.

I can do easily with MAMP PRO GUI but it's not working after I restarted servers and it's showing me a red arrow (as an invalid destination):

I tried some solutions like:

Change default Apache port to 8888
Change default web user to me
Do an alias from MAMP htdocs folder to Sites folder
Do a symbolic link from MAMP htdocs folder to Sites folder
Try to set Sites folder owner (only) to me and group to Sites (but doesn't seem not work)
Set Sites permissions to 777, 755 and 750
Add an index.php file inside
Creating a new host

But MAMP still doesn't accept my Sites folder as document root!
I tried with websites sub-folders inside Sites or with other Mac's personal folders like Music, Pictures, Downloads or my own home and they are working! Only Documents or Desktop folders don't work either.

It's seems a permission issue, but I don't know how to resolve it. Does it because Sites folder is used by other macOS apps or services?

Edit (27/07/2017): I opened an issue on official MAMP bugtracker: http://bugs.mamp.info/view.php?id=5945

Edit 2 (10/01/2018): From an official MAMP bugtracker administrator: "~/Sites will be allowed starting v4.3." (adb - 04.12.2017)

Edit 3 (07/02/2018): New MAMP v4.3 (released 24/01/2018) allows "~/Sites" as localhost root folder, watch my answer below.


texts:
I am selling my iMac and I formatted every disk which also included startup disk and there is none. Now when I go to reinstall macOS, it shows the disk is locked. When I go to disk utility, it shows me no option of format e.g. Journal etc. It only has AFPS option.

What can I do to reinstall the OS?


texts: Why are my Mavericks Finder folders arranged by the wrong year?

texts:
I upgraded to Mavericks ages ago, but only just noticed this problem. Having arranged and sorted a folder by date modified, using icons, all items in the folder are listed as the wrong year. I have items grouped as being "Today", that's correct! But I then have "2013" items (which were all modified in 2014, I checked with Get Info) and "2012" items (which were all modified in 2013, again I checked them.

Why is this happening? How do I fix this?


texts: Is it possible to hide or remove system preference panes?

texts:
I have a number of System Preference panes I'd like to get rid of. My preference is to make them inactive so nothing loads, but not to delete them in case I ever want them back.

What are my options? How do I do this?


texts: No sound MacBook Pro 2016 13" touchbar macOS Sierra 10.12.2

texts:
My new macbook laptop keeps losing the sound, anyone knows anything I can do besides restarting or logging out?

Last time It fixed itself automagically, it's a macbook pro 2016, 13" with touchbar

I can even hear a tick when I switch from hdmi to the headphones but it wont output any sound from youtube or VLC or anything else.

I can only hear Siri.

I can't afford to be restarting my computer manually every time this happens.

On linux I can restart the service and fix it but I don't know how to do it in mac.

OS Version: macOs Sierra 10.12.2


texts:
I have tried to figure out how to install the Jack audio system, and JackPilot on macOS Sierra, but have come up with nothing, through any of Google's results, and Jack's own website.

How would I go about installing Jack and JackPilot on macOS Sierra?

I get this error when trying an installer


texts: Screen tearing and redraw artifacts on any type of animation

texts:
I purchased a Macbook AIR July 2011 model about 2 months ago and I noticed in the last few weeks that animations have a lot of screen tearing. I thought at first it was Flash animations but I notice it in HTML animations as well. It might be a browser thing since dragging around the windows quickly doesn't show any tearing. What's causing this and how can I fix it?

You can test this yourself.

Go to http://www.360flex.com/. Click on the left and right arrows on the banner. Notice the screen tearing and redraw artifacts specifically on the images.

Firefox 11
Macbook 1.7 GHz i5
Mac OS X 10.7.3


texts:
Why is the iMessage screen sharing option not available?
What causes it to be greyed out?

(see screenshot, green arrow)


texts: Does using apps while the iPhone X is plugged in run down the battery health?

texts:
My question is pretty similar to this from a few years ago:
When plugged in, does the iPhone use the battery or the external source during heavy use?

Basically, I was looking to use my iPhone X with some apps, such as video calling or games, for extended periods of time.
As far I understand, using these while the phone is unplugged will run down the charge on the battery, and charging it up again will use some of the charge cycles that the battery has. My plan to mitigate this was to just use the phone while leaving it plugged in to a wall charger, because I assumed the phone would use power from mains rather than the battery, and thus not run down the battery and use much less or even none of the charge cycles.
Some sources seem to state the battery will still be used and thus the battery life can still be greatly affected, but others are stating the opposite. Is there any consensus? If I use my phone heavily but plugged in, will I come to find the battery life has been reduced because I overused it?

Please note, I'm NOT considering the situation that say an app is extremely resource intensive on the phone and is actually DISCHARGING while plugged in, mostly because I don't think this situation will happen.

Thanks for any insights/answers.


texts: playing a podcast in i tunes with OS 10.8.5

texts: I have put a podcast in my podcasts folder in i-tunes media.   How do I get i-tunes to see it so that I can play the podcast


texts: Safari 12 compatible versions of ad blockers fail to block many ads

texts:
Since installing Safari 12 and switching to the compatible version of my adblocker(s), many ads that were once successfully blocked by each of those adblockers are now visible, with the result that many frequently visited sites are (to this ad-allergic user) unusable.

Is this likely to be a temporary situation as the features for the compatible adblockers are (quickly!) improved and stabilized, and capabilities of my old adblockers are restored? Or is this the result of limitations imposed by the new Safari 12 architecture, and thus likely to persist (or improve glacially)?


texts:
I've looked through quite a few other posts about this issue and they always seem to get resolved by some iTunes or document storage that the Mac is accidentally tracking as part of the "other" storage. But my Mac has no files on it except for System files and Steam.
I used it a long time ago but wiped everything clean, now there's 87GB of other files somewhere? I don't see them in any directory, DiskDaisy shows them as in hidden hidden space, but I don't have the money to pay for DiskDaisy to do Admin Scan. I just want to be able to use my Mac again lol.
No TimeMachine, no caches that I can find, I've tried quite a few things so far

I'll continue looking while I wait to see if this gets any responses, getting frustrated here :/


texts: iPhone 4S chip overheating after replacing screen

texts:
I just bought a used iPhone 4S with cracked screen, and installed a new lcd with gold frame. Just after putting the phone together it starts overheating. I have not installed any apps since recovery (fresh start). It seems as if the chip and the flash memory gets extremely hot. I almost burned myself touching it! The battery drains quickly from 20% to shutdown in a few minutes.

Does anyone know a solution to this?


texts: How to associate file extension with executable using bash?

texts: In my bash script setup.sh, how to make macOS associate .foo extension with /usr/local/bin/bar, so that I can click on X.foo in Finder (say) and have macOS perform /usr/local/bin/bar X.foo?


texts: Restricting Command+tab options to only apps that are in the current space

texts:
Edit: The original accepted answer is no longer valid for Mavericks.  I am keeping it accepted for historical reasons, but all readers using Mavericks should use and up-vote this answer.

By default, pressing ⌘+tab will display a list of all open applications.  I would like that list to only include applications in the current space, or at least give priority to applications with windows in the current space.  In other words, I'd like OS X to mimic the behavior of most X window managers with respect to their workspaces/virtual desktops.

Here's my rather long-winded explanation of why I want this:

I have disabled spaces' auto-switching, and I've mapped each space to a ⌘+space # shortcut.  In general, I usually have one application open per space, maximized.  Since I really only ever have a half-dozen or so applications open at any time, I can easily switch between them in constant time with my left hand.  The problem is that I sometimes do have two or three windows from different applications open in the same space (e.g., I often have a PDF reader open in the same space as my web browser).   Let's say I have a terminal open in Space 1 and both a web browser and Preview open in Space 2.  If I am in the terminal and then decide I want to open a web page, I switch to Space 2, where the web browser has focus.  I then want to consult a PDF that is open in Preview, which is in the same Space but whose window is behind the web browser.  If I hit ⌘+tab, however, the first option will be to take me back to Terminal in Space 1 (since Terminal most recently had focus).  In the worst case, I will have to cycle through all n open applications by repeatedly pressing ⌘+tab in order to get to Preview.  I want the first hit to ⌘+tab to bring me to the next application with windows in the current space, i.e., Preview.

I know that using Exposé is the more "Apple" way of handling these situations, but I want to avoid having to reach for the mouse.  I know I can also use the arrow keys to select a window in Exposé, but once again that breaks my mental model of the window layering, will institute a cognitive feedback loop in the selection, and will require worst case log(n) keystrokes.   As far as I know, there is no constant-time way of switching to a specific application in the current workspace using only the keyboard.


texts: How can I create an APFS fusion drive in Mojave using my SSD and HD?

texts:
Now that Mojave supports APFS in fusion drives, how can I create a fusion drive from scratch with my SSD and HD?

I have a Mac Mini with an 128 GB SSD and a 1TB HD, already updated to Mojave and using APFS since High Sierra. How do I integrate both in a fusion drive?


texts: Problem with Messages which has stopped syncing between Macbook pro and iPhone

texts: How do I re-sync my iPhone Messages with my MacBook pro Messages?


texts: RCA cable to a TV that has several inputs, but not RCA?

texts:
I have:

an iPod with an Apple Composite (RCA Red/White/Yellow) cable

I want to connect this with a TV that has:

Component in (Red/Blue/Green/Chartreuse - there's a bunch of them)
DVI in
HDMI in
VGA in

Given this setup, what is the least expensive/least painless way for me to hook my iPod up to this TV (if I can get this done with a simple trip to Radio Shack this evening, that is ideal [and no, nowhere around me has the iPod Component AV Cable :(])


texts: mdls does not work on mounted sparse bundles

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mdls does not return anything when I run it on a mounted (originally encrypted) sparse bundle:
❯ ll ./test
.rw-r--r--@ 0 evar 14 Sep 18:34 ./test

❯ mdls ./test
./test: could not find ./test.

Trying mdutil to turn on the indexing:
❯ sudo mdutil -d /Volumes/sth
/System/Volumes/Data/Volumes/sth:
Error: unable to perform operation.  (-400)
    Error: unknown indexing state.

PS: I use mdls to extract the tags a file has. I'm open to using any other solution for doing so.


texts: Enable Guest User in 10.14.x Via the Command Line (without a MDM)?

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Is there a way to enable the Guest user via the terminal in 10.14.x?

I have tried...

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist GuestEnabled -bool YES

On machines where the Guest account has been previously enabled and then disabled through the System Preferences -> Users & Groups GUI, this works.

However, on a machine where the Guest account has never been previously enabled, this does not seem to work. On the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences, the Guest account says "Logins Only" instead of enabled, and a Guest user is unable to login.

(I am managing a fleet of Macs without the use of a MDM, hence my desire to be able to do this without physically touching 100's of machines.)


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I'm trying to connect a 27" iMac Thunderbolt Display to a late 2009 21.5" iMac. It's my understanding that the thunderbolt display cord (with little lightning icon on it) will not work in the mini displayport (with little screens icon on it). While the iMac is old, it works great, I'd love to find a solution.

Is there some convertor for this or another way to run the new display from the old hardware?


texts: saving contacts on iPhone 6 without bringing documents and data

texts: This has always been frustrating. I've restored my iPhone 6 a number of times, but when I bring the contacts from iCloud, the documents and data comes along for the ride. Is there any way to save contacts without anything else? I want to free up to my original amount of space.


texts: Applications (Google Drive, Dropbox, Eclipse, etc) only start when I launch them from within their package

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I am running Mountain Lion and I have an issue when trying to start certain applications: Dropbox, Google Drive and Eclipse.

If I click their icon inside the Applications Folder or I try to launch them from Spotlight, they will not start.  As simple as that, they just will not start, no sign of anything, nothing.

However, I found out that I can still launch them if I do the following:

Suppose I would like to launch Google Drive, then I will go to the Applications folder in Finder.
Right click the icon of Google Drive and select the option 'Show Package Contents'
Go inside the Contents folder (only folder that appears when I perform step 2).
Go inside the MacOS folder.
Double - click the unix executable file that has the name of the application I want to run, i.e. Google Drive

After this, a Terminal window is launch and the application starts and keeps running as long as this windows is open.

My questions are: how could I start my application in the easy usual way (click on its icon)? Has anybody experience the same issue? Did you find a solution?

Thank you very much!


texts: Why does my mac take 60-90 seconds to wake up?

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Recently (in the past month or 2) my Mac (2012 Macbook Pro 13 inch) will take at least a minute to 90 seconds to wake up from being asleep. It usually happens when it is asleep overnight and. When it's asleep for about 20 minutes to an hour, it only takes a few seconds to wake up (like I expect it to).

When I first bought my Mac about 7 months ago, it would wake up really quickly, which makes me think that I changed a setting somewhere.

What setting should I change to relieve this problem?


texts: What is the type of VPN created in Sharing?

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I need to select either one of the following VPNs in Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9:

PPTP VPN
L2TP VPN
L2TP/IPSec PSK VPN
L2TP/IPSec CRT VPN

So which one should I select to access my iMac where I shared my screen for my tablet?


texts: How to fix iTunes corrupting music during transfer?

texts: I have an iPhone 5s on 9.3.5 and every time I add music to the device, the files play with artifacts(glitches) on the device itself. Meanwhile the files on the computer play perfectly fine. Any solution ?


texts: iOS Health compatible body scale – without obliged manufacturer account creation?

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I'm looking for a smart body scale that connects via Bluetooth to my iOS device, but does not require to create accounts. Just a simple app that shows you the nitty gritty (BMI, fat, water, etc.) when you step on the scale, but stores data on your (i)Phone.

Seems hard to find.

I simply don't get why all these scale manufactures need you to create a account. I have no interest in sharing that data with them. I also see no need for them to store this.


texts: How do I add a custom icon to the macOS menu bar?

texts: I’ve been looking and the only thing I can find is how to add ones that already exist. Say I want to add a picture of the pog face, And when I click it it says ok. Is there any software to help me do that, or do I need to code my own AppleScript by myself? (Also I’m on high Sierra.)