texts: How can I switch dialog buttons using the keyboard?

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Whenever I'm trying to close a file that has been changed, I get the save file dialog

I remember that the Don't Save button used to have focus, so I could press it using Spacebar, while pressing Enter would click on Save. But now on Lion, I'm unable to find a way to press the Don't Save using keyboard only, since Tab doesn't change focus to anything, and space doesn't work either.

This is the same for all file save dialogs in the system. Is there any way I can press the Don't Save button using keyboard only?


texts: How to copy all conversation from iMessages to Mac without using Apple ID? Any app to do that?

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So I have a long conversation on my iPhone in the iMessages app. It is a long text message conversation with a friend. Now I want a copy of the whole conversation so I can send to another friend.

Right now I do: take a screen shot of every block of the conversation and send to my friend ⇒ 20 screenshots. Not practical for me and my recipient.

I know you can have iMessages in your MAC by using your Apple ID but I don't want to use my Apple ID with iMessages. I want to continue to use my phone number. If I change to Apple ID people will see my Apple ID when I send a message to them using my phone. And I don't want to share this private information.

So is there some app that will allow me to just copy the whole conversation of my iMessage app to someplace else?

Thanks!


texts: Can I switch away from full-screen DVD Player on a second monitor without having it exit full screen mode?

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I am a part-time projectionist, and we use DVD Player to show the movies on the projector. Sometimes, though, I need to do something while the movie is playing. Unfortunately, if I try to switch applications, DVD Player exits full screen mode. Is there any way to retain full screen mode?

The computer in question is a Snow Leopard-running iMac connected via VGA to a generic projector.


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Sometimes, after i send a message to a specific person, there is an exclamation mark inside a little black bubble down on the lower right corner by the status info.

What does that mean?


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I want backup my MacBook on my external Hard Drive, but when I trying to use time machine, it shows I should format my hard drive.

Is there any way to give backup without formatting hard drive ?


texts: I am unable to sign out of App Store. I click Sign Out in the Store menu but it doesn't take; I am still signed in.  I'm running Mojave 10.14.6.


texts: Can I daisy chain multiple displays with Thunderbolt?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Does Thunderbolt support chaining multiple monitors to a MacBook Pro?

This question is a follow up to this question I found on this site.

If I have a monitor that supports DisplayPort, will it be possible (with a Mini Display Port to DisplayPort cable) to have my monitor (Dell U2711) at the end of a Thunderbolt daisy chain?


texts: How do I list unanswered messages on Mail (OS)?

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I am trying to do an elementary thing: I want to list my unanswered message (read or not read I don't care).
This basic request seems to be absent from Apple Mail!!!


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Suppose I want to find (for tax purposes) the amounts of all payments I made to the App store during 2014.  In the App Store application, I did not find this information in "Purchases" nor in "View My Account".

Is there something easier than finding the dates of my purchases (under "Purchases"), then looking for that date in my credit card statements?


texts: What are the pros and cons of IMAP/CalDAV vs. Exchange for GMail and Google Calendar for iOS 4?

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I am trying to decide if it is better to use the IMAP/CalDav option for accessing my GMail/Google Calendar on my iPhone vs. Using the exchange connection. Anybody got pros and cons of the different options?

What I know so far is this:

I have to use exchange for syncing contacts, so I will have exchange setup for that no matter what.
The IMAP/CalDav option doesn't have push
The Exchange option seems to be buggier than IMAP/CalDav

Any other thoughts?


texts: Where are the User and Group definitions stored in High Sierra?

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I would like to inspect UID and GID numerical values on my High Sierra (10.13.4) server, so that I can coordinate and de-conflict these for use with NFS. Since NFS authenticates at the server level, UIDs and GIDs need to match across the set of machines using the NFS served files, to properly preserve and enforce file and folder permissions.

Traditionally, Unix machines hold these values in /etc/passwd and /etc/group. These files do not contain the Users and Groups I have added to my system.

I can inspect individual user's and group's IDs in the System Preferences dialog, but this becomes tedious with many users. I really need to list all the UIDs and GIDs I have previously configured.

The man page for chmod(1) does not mention any files. The man page for passwd(1) mentions the non-traditional file /etc/master.passwd but this file similarly lacks my Users and Groups.

Is there a .plist file somewhere containing these added User and Group definitions?


texts: Triple-booting Ubuntu on MacPro w/ Win10 and High Sierra (two separate drives)

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I am running a 2009 MacPro (5,1) with two separate hard drives: on one, I've installed MacOS High Sierra. On the second, I used Bootcamp to install Windows 10 (legacy/BIOS, not EFI), then installed Ubuntu 18.04 using this guide. I can boot into all three systems using the Apple Startup Manager (holding ALT during bootup). The issue is that when I open High Sierra's "Startup Disk" menu (in System Preferences), I do not see Ubuntu. Only MacOS and Windows/Bootcamp appear in this menu. I'd like to boot into Ubuntu using the "Startup Disk" menu, and I think it is possible if I modify my EFI partitions as described in this second guide.

What would be the right way to do this?

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Mac Storage             1.2 TB     disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                485.9 GB   disk0s3
   4:           Linux Filesystem                         300.1 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Linux Swap                         15.0 GB    disk0s5

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            999.3 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3


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Apps have solicited my input, so after spending time to make a review, it seems my reviews are not posted.

Do reviews submitted for Apps have to be approved by either the developer or Apple?


texts: Keyboard predictions when typing in Safari address bar (iPhone)

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When typing something into the search / address bar in Safari or Firefox, the predictions and autocorrect are disabled. This means I don't get suggestions to complete the current word I'm typing either.
Is there a way to enable this functionality? It does seem to work in a lot of places e.g. iMessage, but also realised it doesn't work in the app store search bar.
I've just moved over from Android, so apologies if this has an obvious answer.
Phone is running iOS 14.4.2


texts: How can I lower the TouchBar brightness level?

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On the 2016 MacBook Pro, the touchbar has very high luminosity. At day it is very nice, but at night it blinds me.

It's especially vexing because I run f.lux's Darkroom mode to reduce the glare that might wake my wife up, and the main source of light is the Touchbar!

Is there any way to reduce the brightness, if not via a menu, maybe through a Plist somewhere or using the CLI?


texts: MacBook Pro is slow, will adding RAM help?

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I have an early 2009 13" MacBook Pro. I have used it a lot and at the moment and for a while now it is quite slow. I need to use various applications like Mathematica (for which it is quite slow if I use it now), Latex, web browsers, and a few other programs. Right now compiling Latex documents or running easy Mathematica code takes a long time and sometimes even will crash the computer for a couple of minutes.

I don't want to buy a new one since my University will buy me one when I begin my PhD next Fall but I still need to do work. Would adding RAM (I have 4GB DDR2 now) help any? What other steps could I take to improve its performance (except for standards like clean up).

UPDATE: Some other symptoms:

Mac struggles to open and quit apps
Mac struggles to scroll up/down on various "heavy" websties.
Mac shows up very often the little colored disc (instead of the pointer of the mouse) signifying it is loading stuff.
Mac struggles to open the Finder and when it is open it needs some time to load the applications folder.


texts: Is there a way to see connected static leases in Lion Server?

texts: In Lion Server Admin, under DHCP settings, it is possible to see a list of "Clients", but for me this list is nearly always empty, except in the rare occasions when I allow a machine on my network that is not statically mapped. Is it in fact the case that statically mapped IP addresses are not listed under "Clients" by default? Is there a way to see currently connected, statically mapped IP addresses?


texts: Swap data, profiles, app on two Mac with Migration Assistant

texts: I make it easy: I have two MacBooks, all the data in MacBook A have to migrate to MacBook B and vice versa (so all the data in MacBook B have to migrate in macbook A as well). I want to do it with Migration Assistant. I already read that MI copies the files without deleting them. Do I run any risk or I can go smooth?


texts: Which command-line packages do you need?

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I generally have one of Fink, MacPorts, Homebrew installed. Most often for a single, small, and trivial package. I've found that all my day-to-day software exists in OS X versions.

So, which non-OS X unix software do you find is required, interesting, or otherwise always on your computer.

I'm looking to broaden my horizons. I have enough unix/linux experience to not be afraid, I just haven't found a good use-case yet.

For added clarity, I'm not looking for anything already installed with OS X. So, please, no ssh, vi, etc, unless you explain the reason you need a different version.


texts: Recover Apple CoreStorage Volume, LVG, Logical Volume Group -container / partition / volume

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I wasn’t able to mount the disk on my MacBook (I had removed both hard drives from iMac, since it’s logic board went bad and I thought not to put more money on Apple products due to such bad hardware performances that I recently experienced for 2015 iMac and 2018 MacBook Pro).
So for data recovery from Harddrive and make it mountable after I connected both on my MacBook Pro from thunderbolt ports using their apdaters:

I create a coreStorage named FUSION using "diskutil coreStorage create FUSION /dev/disk2 /dev/disk3". i.e. disk2 - 128GB and disk3 - 2TB

It looked good, So I thought of shortcut by simply trying "First Aid" on diskutil for the drive to be able to make Drive mountable.

It ran without error but  it created an empty new volume of total 2TB and I wasn’t able to see any of my old files in it.

So upon try to undo this FUSION volume, I accidentally ran "diskutil cs deleteLVG [Logical volume Group guid id]".

Now I do not want to perform any thing unless I make sure I am right and restore the container and partitions that existed.

Anyone can please help me with good suggestion to restore my partition and make my disk mountable?


texts: Prevent OS X from seeing a disk previously used for Time Machine as a TM disk

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I have a slightly flaky old disk which was once used with Time Machine on an old Mac. Since Time Machine is no longer part of my workflow, I'd like to just access this disk like any other HDD. Currently, when I try to delete files I receive the message "The operation can’t be completed because backup items can’t be modified."

Edit: I tried using tmutil associatedisk, but I don't see any old versions when I "Enter Time Machine".


texts: Losing connection with wireless headset since restoring computer

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I have a Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930 connected to my Macbook Air which loses the connection to the headset every 5-15 minutes.

The headset is now several months old and I haven't had any problems until a few weeks back. Around the same time I restored my computer with first installing Yosemite and then a week later installing the El Capitan public beta (currently on Public Beta 3, 15A243d).

When the headset loses its connection I can still see the headset in the OS X speaker selector, since the USB dongle is connected. I can then reconnect the headset by unplugging and plugging back in the USB dongle.

Could El Capitan be the problem or could I have missed installing some software after restoring my computer?

Edit 2015-08-24

After updating to Public Beta 5 the connection have been significantly  better, only disconnecting 1 or 2 times per day


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I'm wondering if there is an Apple policy against screen sharing? My basic use case is similar to the mirroring feature from iPad to Apple TV, except I'm seeking to mirror the device onto a Mac (as opposed to a TV).

What I ultimately need to do is record the actions from a Mac (or PC if that works) that are taking place on an iOS device -- which includes opening the app store; so emulating is not an option. If anyone can think of a clever way to record what's happening on the iOS device, without pointing a camera at it, I'm all ears.

In case anyone comes across this, Quicktime's screen recording + Xcode's emulator should work under normal circumstances. My use case is just more demanding.


texts: Installing Windows and a Linux Distribution in addition to OS X with stock software

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So I want to install Windows and Linux (lets say Ubuntu) on a Macbook Pro.
Ideally that should work without installing some Software like rEFI..whatever.
The 1st Problem is that OS X already occupies 3 partitions out of the 4 a MBR table can Support.
Bootcamp then shrinks thoose and adds a 4th Windows uses.
My plan now is to boot into a Linux live CD delete this 4th Partition and creating an Extended Partition there which would then contain the partitions /dev/sda5 and /dev/sda6 for Windows and Linux respectively.

I am a little hesitant to just do it as I am not sure if that possibly irreversibly screws up the partitioning.
Has anyone tried this before?
And can the stock Boot Menu manage three Operating Systems like this?


texts: How Do I Know If A File Has Been Successfully Synced To iCloud Drive?

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I am trying out iCloud Drive as a potential replacement for Dropbox. One of the nice things about Dropbox is that it produces little green checkmarks on file and folder icons to let the user know that a file or folder has been synced with the Dropbox server:

When I copied several gigabytes of files to my new iCloud Drive folder, there was no indication that files were syncing nor was there any indication of what was and wasn't synced. I did manage to login to my account on iCloud.com where I saw files being added. This solution however is no where near as convenient as seeing the status in Finder. It also does not let me know if an updated existing file has been updated on the server.

My question therefore is, how can I tell if a file has been synced using Finder or any other tool on my computer?


texts: How can I determine if a certain .app file is signed

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Get Info on an .app does not produce the signature information. On Windows for example, right-click > properties will expose who signed the file.

How do I obtain that info for a given .app on OS X?


texts: Dock is stopping me from unmounting a hard drive

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I just upgraded to Catalina and am using an external drive as a system drive and need to unmount my internal drive, but I can't. I try sudo diskutil umount /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/ and it asks for my password, tries, then tells me:
Volume Macintosh HD on disk0s2 failed to unmount: dissented by PID 2793
(/System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.dock.
extra.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.dock.extra)
Dissenter parent PPID 1 (/sbin/launchd)

When I use ps aux to find out about PID 2793, here's the appropriate information:
hal               2793   0.0  0.1  5253644  34068   ??  Ss    1:06AM   0:00.14
/System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.dock.extra.xpc
/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.dock.extra

The only app (and I checked with lsof) that is using anything on that drive is the dock - and it's using the iTunes icon. I found that out with lsof, here's the related output line:
com.apple 2793  hal  txt       REG                1,2      23760             2640732
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/PlugIns/iTunesDockTile.docktileplugin
/Contents/MacOS/iTunesDockTile

That confirms that the only app using anything on that internal drive is the Dock and that the only file being used is the iTunesDockTile. When I first saw this, I removed Apple Music from the Dock, but it still wants that tile and, rather than getting it from the external drive, that is the system drive, it's using the one on the old internal drive.
I tried killall dock; sudo diskutil umount /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD and get the same message as above. (I hoped that it would unmount the drive while Dock was restarting and before it got a file lock.) I've considered just deleting that file, but I don't know what consequences that would create.
I need to unmount that drive so I can reformat it.
Extra (probably unnecessary) details:
This is part of an upgrade from Mojave to Catalina. I tried to start the update and it wouldn't, since my system drive was not in APFS. I had an extra drive, so I hooked it up via USB and formatted it in APFS, then used SuperDuper to copy my internal drive to the external. I upgraded the external to Catalina. My next step was going to be to reformat the internal in AFPS, then use SuperDuper again and copy everything on the external drive (Which is now a new Catalina update) to the internal drive. It appears EVERYTHING else is using the external for all system resources and the ONLY tile the Dock is not getting from the internal drive is this one iTunes tile.
So what is the best and safest way to deal with this to unmount the internal drive? I've considered using a forced unmount, but that doesn't always work and can cause problems. I don't want to just delete the tile file until I know what it'll do or if there are unexpected consequences.


texts: Black colors not as deep as they used be

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It appears that my display settings have changed all of a sudden. Black colors are not as dark as they used to be, blacks look kind of grey now, and whole display looks yellowish. I haven't changed any settings.

My settings:

Display profile: COLOR LCD
Night shift - color temperature: in the middle

I'm using macbook pro 13 ntb with high sierra.


texts: App to use iMac as digital photo frame for photos on a network drive?

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I'd like to use a spare iMac as a digital photo frame to display my personal photos.

Desired features:

Turn off screen when the room is dark (or, worst case, turn off based on a timer -- would the Energy Saver schedule be sufficient for this?)
Access photos from a shared network drive (so it automatically gets new photos) -- this Mac will not actually contain a local copy of any of the pictures
Randomize order of photos
If possible, allow multiple monitors (with different photos on each)
Doesn't need any fancy animation effects -- I'd prefer it being more like a static picture that doesn't change that often, just like a traditional photo on the wall

Are there any apps you'd recommend that can meet these needs (especially accessing photos from the shared network drive)?


texts: Chrome "copy image" acting weird since Mojave update

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Ever since I've upgraded my MBP 2015 to Mojave, Chrome's "Copy Image" option has been quite quirky.

Before the update, the option copied the image properly, and pasting it to websites/apps that support pasting images (e.g. Messenger, Word, and so on) inserted the actual image object.

After the update, sometimes the image URL is copied, sometime the image data is on the clipboard as Base64 encoded string (resulting in webpages and apps freezing when pasting). The only time I can get the original behaviour to work for sure is if I open the image on a new page, and copy it from there - copying from a webpage results in the "new behaviour" of randomly copying actual image, image URL or image as Base64.

This issue is not present in other apps (e.g. Telegram) - copying an image and pasting it anywhere results in the image properly recognized and pasted. This issue is also not present on Windows 10, using the same Chrome version and same applications/websites.

Is there a way to get the original behaviour from pre-Mojave?


texts: How to allow someone to turn off my device

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the purpose of my question , I need someone to remotely turn off my device

because I wont be in front of my Laptop

I succeeded in giving him a terminal command to shutdown my PC

  osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to shut down'

but the issue here (the below image)

= there's opening apps which open a dialog (Terminate processes , would like to review) ?

and waiting for input/interaction from me

I wont be in front of my Laptop , so I need this solution to by force immediately shutdown the device without these dialogs - without depending on action by me


texts: Downloading an application without the admin password

texts: I am a standard user of a Mac Mini. There are certain applications I would like to download from the web, but they require the Apple installer, which then requires the admin password. Is there any way I could circumvent this?


texts: Force Closing Finder, Deleting Files, Recovering Said Files?

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Okay. So long story short, I was working in Adobe Premiere yesterday and saved a video to my external hard drive and it ended up being over 1GB. I began to drag it to another folder and Finder crashes. I leave it for about 10 minutes and nothing. So I force closed Finder.

Only then, a folder of 15,000 photos (the one I tried dragging the video to) got deleted. At the time I noticed that the Google Photos Uploader app (which is connected to the folder) had it's contents deleted, so the app didn't work. And then I discovered the same thing happened to Adobe Lightroom. So. Everything's gone.

I tried out DiskDrill and nothing really turned up. Currently waiting on its deep search recovery -- so far nothing. I also tried out TestDisk. It seems more promising to produce results...but when I navigated to the right spot to "undelete" files it said there was nothing to undelete.

So. Is there anything I haven't tried or am I as hopeless* as mashed potatoes?

*Note: I actually have everything backed up to Google Photos, so it's not the worst thing in the world. But it took a week to upload and could take just as long to download...


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Recently I decided to triple boot my MacBook Pro (2015) and have run into a bit of trouble.  After a few days of a working machine (linux-MAC-Windows via refind), my machine suddenly stopped working.

After a bit of googling I ran a few commands I shouldn't have and now I am utterly lost.  I have destroyed my gpt and am basically starting from scratch.

I can't simply reformat because internet recovery mode does not see any disks upon which it can install the operating system.


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Ok so my Dad got an old Macbook 1,1 (pretty sure that's one of the first models mid-06) and this macbook is having some issues. At first, after some inactivity (about 30 second to a minute) the dashboard and the shut down prompt would pop up. I got the dashboard to stop popping up by changing the settings, where it was set to pop up with f12, I changed it to f19. Boom the dashboard stopped coming up, but the little box that asked "are you sure you would like to shut your computer down" keeps coming up.

Now then my dad has replaced the battery, the hard drive, and reinstalled the os (which is snow leopard btw.) I ran the ASD, which was crazy to pull off, and the only thing that came back was a temp sensor- palm rest L test 1 - unable to read sensor. I would think though if that was the problem, that it was force shut down the mac, which it doesn't. Like I said before the prompt only comes up after inactivity, if I kept the eject button pressed down, the prompt doesn't pop up. Also if I keep the prompt on the screen and don't do anything after about 5 minutes, the mac makes a slight sound like the sound a computer makes if you keep a button pressed for too long. It has never done a forced shutdown on its own though.

So, I should tell you now, this is the first mac I've got down and dirty into. That being said I like to think I'm slightly above average, when it comes to computers and electronics. My gut (the microsoft guy in me as well) is telling me to do a complete format and reinstall (like you would do on a new pc.) My dad tells me you can't do that, though I haven't really looked into it. So I started looking into standard settings, power saver, screen saver, anything I could get to from the gui. I couldn't find anything that stuck out. I tried doing the option, command, p, r, and power button thing, however I saw that there are supposed to be three beeps, I only got one. Also didn't work. I did a couple of things in the terminal. Mostly to do with pmset command. I noticed when I did the command "sudo pmset -c powerbutton 0" nothing happened so I set the powerbutton to 1, I was under the assumption that when I did that the power button on the mac would send the computer to sleep. It didn't, the regular shut down prompt pops up, both after the button and after inactivity.

Oh, I just remembered I had a problem with being unable to unmount my flash drive, when trying to restore it. I had to go into the terminal and force unmount it. After I did I didn't have anymore troubles. Also it was having some difficulties loading disks, like after putting the disk in, it would try to read it and would kick it out after 30 seconds or so. I dunno if these have anything to do with the problem at hand though.

So help a brother out here, this macbook is supposed to be a gift to my aunt. My dad is fine with giving it to her with the prompt still popping up, but it seriously bugs me. I am open to most anything, just tell me how. Thanks in advance for your help.

Some info just in case, Macbook 1,1 (mid-06), Board f4208cc8, ask me for any info you need. Ill get it tomorrow. Also if you suggest running the aht, as well just give me a link. It needs ver. 3a104


texts: iPhone failing to upload contacts to iCloud

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For some reason, contacts are just not syncing between my iPhone and Mac. When I add  new contacts on my phone, they don't appear on iCloud. If they do, I might start troubleshooting the Mac.

I made sure that contacts is turned on under 'iCloud' on my phone. Low power mode is off. I'm currently connected to Wi-Fi. This has been going on for months unfortunately, and my contacts have never synced.

I'm on iOS 13 and macOS Catalina.


texts: Trying to format USB (using Linux/fdisk) so it shows up on my Mac

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I have a USB drive that I can see/access/modify/etc in Linux/Ubuntu but it doesn't show up on my Mac OSX.

I did sudo fdisk /dev/sdb (where my USB is) and then g to create a new GPT partition table, n to make a new partition, used all default settings, then w to save and exit.

Then I did sudo mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdb1 to format the partition with a FAT32 filesystem.

I ejected the USB and put it in my Mac and it doesn't show up / get detected.

What did I miss?


texts: No Wi-Fi connectivity after waking up from sleep on MacBook

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I'm running a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with OS X El Capitan. I have an Arris DG1760 Cable Modem/Wi-Fi Router from Time Warner Cable. I connect to the router via Wi-Fi (5G). No issues until after my MBP goes to sleep and then I wake it up, I am still connected to Wi-Fi but have no connectivity whatsoever. I diff'd the result of ifconfig with a good connection versus after sleep/wake, and there is only one line different.

Working:

  inet 192.168.0.8 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255

Not Working:

  inet 169.254.150.25 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255

Apparently (from whois), the non-working IP is a link-local address. Not sure exactly what that means to my situation, but any ideas on how to resolve this? I'd prefer to not have to turn Wi-Fi on/off each time I come back to my MacBook.


texts: Automator: How to send an email to multiple recipients with Font colour and attachment image?

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I have done a program of 'Send-Email-To-Multiple-Recipients' in Automator as see an attachment image below.

But, it does not work to retain font colour of texts in a message body within this program.
Also, wondering how to attach an image between the lines.
It might be to use AppleScript rather than Automator.

Please give me a piece of advice or useful example if you are kind.

Cheers,

M


texts: Screen Sharing won't allow me to paste into remote system

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I am connected to a remote system via Screen Sharing.  I have text (plaintext) on my clipboard locally.  I am unable to paste into the remote system.  How can I make this work?  Here are some details:

When I open the Edit menu, only "Copy" is available, "Paste", "Send Clipboard" and "Get Clipboard" and so on are grayed out.
The buttons for "Send Clipboard" and "Get Clipboard" are grayed out.

Some other facts:

The clipboard functions work ok with JollyFastVNC and Chicken of the VNC (but I have other problems with these).
Both local and remote systems are on OSX 10.6.8
Keyboard and mouse functionality works fine to remote system
The remote system's local clipboard works fine -- if I CTL-V in a screen on the remote system, I paste what is on the remote system's clipboard (hope that makes sense)
It doesn't matter what app I'm in on the remote system


texts: Boot OS X install from one Mac on another Mac

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It seems I can't boot a system installed on one MacBook in another MacBook.

My laptop needs a few days of servicing, so I thought it would be easiest to clone an image of my OS X install on USB drive, then boot from this USB drive on another laptop. Unfortunately all I get is a grey "no-no" circle.

What I actually did was:

Using Disk Utility I cloned MacBook's (let's call it "A") boot partition onto USB partition.
I can successfully boot MacBook A using this cloned partition.
If I plug USB drive into another MacBook ("B") and turn it on: the operating system on USB partition appears as available in bootloader screen (with orange icon) - but I cannot actually boot from it. Screen remains grey and a grey disabled sign is displayed.
The same happens if I simply use original A's drive in USB case (so this is not a cloning problem).
The same happens if I try to boot MacMini using USB drive.

Is it normal behavior, that OS X install is bound to the computer it was installed on?

Is there something I can do to override this behavior and force my MacBook B to boot with operating system installed on A?

A is MacBook Retina 15" and B is MacBook Retina 13".

OS X version is 10.8.


texts: Force Mac Installer to Continue Download

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I had a working Mac and suddenly it could not boot. Digging deeper I found the "Corpses" famous cryptic error being the cause. Reading through I found a way to fix it, that is reinstalling in Recovery Mode. So I went and did just that and after about two hours it was saying 1minute remaining and ka-boom! My wi-fi connection was lost and it hanged there forever. Even after restoring a working Wi-Fi it is still saying the same: one minute remaining.

I have checked the log and it seems like it retried two times and it failed (I noticed connection issue after less than 30min I guess). I cannot waste more of bandwidth, having faced same issue multiple times and I cannot see Apple providing a retry button, only cancel.

Since my download was almost done, is there a way to force installer to pick up where it failed when downloading?

Update:

Am using Re-Install Option from Recovery boot (Power On then hold Command+R).


texts: macbook pro retina keyboard and trackpad key press

texts: I had 3 different macbooks, macbook 13, macbook 13 retina and now I have macbook 15 retina. When I bought macbook 13 retina I've noticed that keyboard and touchpad differs a little from what I had earlier: keys and touchpad pressings became quieter and shorter, but on retina 15 I have the same keyboard and touchpad as on the first one. Is this normal? I've bought it from resellers and wonder if there any trick from their side. Thank you!


texts: Mac/OS X AppStore 'buttons' inactive, not showing screenshots

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I've been putting off from using the App Store, and now it seems I'm kind of obliged to keep doing that. Screen shots are not being loaded, and when I click the button to download an app, nothing happens. I did get the update for an app I installed a while back, I can log in normally, search, check my account, etc.

Has anyone ever seen something similar?

Update: just noticed slews of this log entry. That might at least explain why I'm not seeing any screenshots!

20110802 22:56:17   [0x0-0x165165].com.apple.appstore[14137]    Tue Aug  2 22:56:17 XXX.local App Store[14137] : CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x1012658d0
20110802 22:56:17   [0x0-0x165165].com.apple.appstore[14137]    This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.


texts: Why don't images in iCloud appear as available in iMovie on IOS?

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I want to create a full video on IOS device but use a predetermined asset for an intro screen. I have added a JPEG to my iCloud account formatted to video screen size.
I then created a movie project on my phone (6 plus) and clicked "add media " icon, then browse to iCloud and I can see the file, but it isn't selectable. So what am I missing? Is it a file format issue?


texts: How to navigate iTunes with the Apple IR Remote

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With the death of Front Row, I need an alternative 10' interface to iTunes.  My IR Remote will let me pause/play the current media, and of course the volume.  But I can't seem to navigate the library with nothing but the IR remote.

I know I can use the Remote software on an Touch / iPad, but it 10x the price of an IR remote, you're kidding right?


texts: NTFS Read/Write Broken Under El Capitan?

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I'm trying to enable macOS El Capitan's built in read/write support for NTFS, but it doesn't seem to be working. First of all; I'm aware it's not the fastest, and no officially supported, but my needs for it aren't critical (nor the data super important, it's just games).

Anyway, I've followed the usual guides to enabling support, and my /etc/fstab looks like:

UUID=E2E3FA2C-5B6D-4510-B4F6-E370A09B0AF6       none    ntfs    rw,auto,nobrowse

However, when attempting to mount the drive with diskutil mount disk0s9 I get the following error:

Volume on disk0s9 failed to mount
If the volume is damaged, try the "readOnly" option

If I remove the fstab entry the volume mounts just fine in read-only mode, and under Windows I can confirm that it is undamaged. It's strange as this is the exact method I've used successfully in the past (not with the same partition though).

Here's the diskutil info output for the partition:

Device Identifier:        disk0s9
Device Node:              /dev/disk0s9
Whole:                    No
Part of Whole:            disk0
Device / Media Name:      Windows_NTFS_Untitled_2

Volume Name:              Games

Mounted:                  No

File System Personality:  NTFS
Type (Bundle):            ntfs
Name (User Visible):      Windows NT File System (NTFS)

Partition Type:           Microsoft Basic Data
OS Can Be Installed:      No
Media Type:               Generic
Protocol:                 SATA
SMART Status:             Verified
Volume UUID:              E2E3FA2C-5B6D-4510-B4F6-E370A09B0AF6
Disk / Partition UUID:    0C407B03-62D7-4C64-BC5C-3C57668C2F2E

Total Size:               249.2 GB (249152208896 Bytes) (exactly 486625408 512-Byte-Units)
Volume Free Space:        0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)
Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

Read-Only Media:          No
Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (not mounted)

Device Location:          Internal
Removable Media:          No

Solid State:              Yes

In case it may be relevant; the partition was formatted natively by Windows 10.

The only suspicious thing to me is the device/media name of Windows_NTFS_Untitled_2, whereas for a Windows OS partition it is 'Basic data partition', but I'm sure that's important.

Any ideas why this isn't mounting in read/write mode? I had hoped to use built-in support to avoid having to install FUSE etc., which I assume still involves disabling system integrity protection?

Duplicate

This issue is not a duplicate as proposed; the other issue only asks how to enable read/write, however I already know how I'm supposed to be able to do it using the built-in driver, but am unable to do-so. In other words this question is asking why setting the rw option in /etc/fstab no longer appears to work (and how it can be fixed), rather than how can I get read/write support in the first place.

It is absolutely not an exact duplicate of the proposed original.


texts: Replicate functionality to double click headphone button

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You can use the headphones button to pause or play, or skip to the next song.

Has anyone figured out how to replicate this functionality on a Windows desktop or a MacBook Pro with players like Pandora or Spotify?


texts: How do I get Siri to "Remind me about this" for a page in Safari?

texts: When I ask Safari to "Remind me about this" while a page in Safari is focused it creates the Reminder but with a link to Chrome. This happens regardless of if the the reminder is created on iOS or macOS. Safari is my default browser on macOS. How do I get the link in the reminder to open in Safari?


texts: How can I use a TP-LINK TL-WN722N WiFi adapter in Yosemite?

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I'm aware that there is no OSX driver provided by TP-LINK for the TL-WN722N, but if I'm referring to this question, some people had success with other devices in the same situation.

Is there any way to use this adapter in Yosemite ?
Any workaround or hack ?

[EDIT : OSX updated to "El Capitan" : still no driver...]


texts: Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition (OS X) and Dropbox

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I was trying to share the saved games of Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition using Dropbox (on OS X). Configuration files are stored in

~/Library/Containers/com.beamdog.baldursgateenhancededition/Data/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition

The options file Baldur.ini should not be shared as it contains machine specific data but I tried to make the saves folder a symbolic link to a Dropbox folder but then data is not recognised.

My workaround is to manually copy the folder to and from Dropbox after and before playing but I would like to know if someone found a better alternative.

Edit

The goal is to share the saved games between two machines using Dropbox (or another cloud storage server). Sharing the whole container is not an option as the settings file is machine specific.

As it seems that the question is not clear: How do I share Baldur's Gate saved games using Dropbox?


texts: How do I stop my Mac OS X from going to sleep?

texts: In settings, I don't see a way to stop the PC from going to sleep.


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I have a PC with a big monitor and a 13" MacBook sitting on my desk. I have to do some development in PC environment and also some iOS development on MacBook.

Is there a way I could use my PC's monitor, mouse and keyboard with both PC and MacBook?

Basically, I want to be able to switch between PC's and MacBooks's desktops at will. Something like two virtual desktops: one showing what's going on on PC and the seconds one showing what's MacBook doing. All mouse movements and keystrokes should go to currently active desktop.

I do not want to purchase any additional hardware if possible.

Is it possible? If so, how?


texts: What Math/Calculator software is available for the iPod touch?

texts: I just saw Pi Cubed, and now I'm thinking, what Math/Calculator apps are available for iPod Touch?


texts: MAC OS X refuses to mount the main volume Macintosh HD, saying that there's an “Invalid content in journal”

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I have a problem with my MAC. Yesterday it got stuck while it was trying to connect to a Wi-Fi network, then, since it didn't respond I decided to turn it off using the power on/off button ('). When I restart it, MAC didn't mount my disk0s2 where OS X is installed (Macintosh HD) and where all my files and programs are stored, instead the OS X Utility appeared.

I tried to verify the disk using Disk Utility and the Terminal by running:

fsck_hfs -fy /dev/disk0s2
//(disk0s2 it's the device file for my Macintosh HD Volume, I have checked this with diskutil list)

but I got this message:

Invalid content in journal
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus Volume
Invalid record count
** The volume cannot be verified completely.

I thought I need to disable the journal on the volume, but even after this command:

/System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/hfs.util -N /dev/disk0s2
disable_journaling: /dev/disk0s2 is not journaled.

If I run again fsck_hfs I get the previous error "Invalid content in journal" again and again.

If, using Disk Utils, I click on the "Repair Disk" button, I get this:

The disk cannot be repaired. Backup how much as possible files, format the disk and restore your files.

But I do not have a backup disk (I know I know, I should or better I must had one), but I don't. How can I backup how much as possible files if I cannot mount the disk and navigate through the file system?

Why I keep obtaining the journal error even if I have disable it with hfs.util?

Is there a way to access my data again using embedded tools and not using commercial solutions like Tech Tools or Disk Warrior (I have read about these two around in forums)?

Another thing I have noticed is this:
If I start the MAC in single user mode (command line interface) and I type "exit", I get the following error while the MAC is trying to boot:

hfs_mount: hfs_mountfs returned error=5 for device /dev/disk0s2

How should I interpret this error?

Please, if you came across this or a similar problem, post what you did in order to resolve this annoying problem (I also used and still use Linux (Ubuntu) and I never had such a problem when the system got stuck and I pressed the power off button in order to turn-off the hanged system).

Thanks for the attention.


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I am trying to move a PDF that I opened in iBooks on my iPad, to Dropbox, however whenever I try the share option it will only allow me to print the PDF and not email it. How can I get it out from iBooks?

I'm using an iPad Pro 9.7" with iOS 10.


texts: What OS X app can I use for wireframing?

texts: I'm looking for something to replace Visio on a Mac.  I am getting tired of using VMware because it's too slow on my computer and was wondering if there's anything out there I can use to wireframe apps specific to Macs.


texts: How do I create a static permanent ifconfig alias?

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How do I get this ifconfig loopback alias change to persist after a restart?

$ sudo ifconfig lo0 alias 172.16.222.111
$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP>
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    inet 172.16.222.111 netmask 0xffff0000          ### <-- WANTED!!!
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>

The only similar instructions I've found are for nonexistent OSX files on other *nix systems for files like /etc/network/interfaces or /etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.


texts: Sharing Mac's wifi connection with iPhone, for iOS app development?

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How can I share my Mac's wi-fi connection with my iPhone?

I am currently travelling (roaming out of country) and I am needing to work on the development of my iOS app, though an internet connection appears to be needed for the phone, otherwise it won't approve the signature of the "in development" app, even though I had previously deployed it to the phone. I am now in a location where my computer managed to connect to wi-fi, but not my iPhone (sign-in process is spotty), so I am trying to see what possibilities there are to be able to deploy my app.

BTW certain functionality can be tested in the simulator, but there is other functionality that needs a real device.

What I have tried:

Connecting phone via USB and in "Sharing -> Internet Sharing" specify "iPhone USB", then enabling it
Connecting phone via Bluetooth and then in "Sharing -> Internet Sharing" specify "Bluetooth PAN", then enabling it

Is there another solution or a step I might have overlooked?

I am using iOS 9.3.1 and MacOS X 10.11.4.


texts: My iPad keeps asking me for my iTunes account password

texts: It keeps asking me for my password, even when I'm using other apps such as Mail.


texts:
Related question on Unix/Linux: How should I install software from source so that I can make my configuration manageable and reproducible?  However, I've tailored this question more towards the Mac OS X ecosystem.

I work with a lot of scientific software on Mac OS X (currently 10.7, but also 10.6). In order to maximize performance and get access to the latest features, it's often preferable to compile software from source.

However, doing so is messy, and can lead to configuration problems. Since I also develop in Linux, I looked at all of the suggestions in the Unix & Linux question "How to compile and install programs from source" and the Unix & Linux question Where should I put software I compile from source? for some guidance. These questions are a good place to start, but it's not clear to me how I can manage dependencies and the configuration easily. For example, if I build the development branch of NumPy from source, how should I detect, manage, and resolve dependencies so that I can manage my configuration? A package manager like MacPorts, Homebrew, or Fink is one option, but if I go that route to manage my configuration, how do I compile packages so that I can use those package managers to manage dependencies? Is there something like something like checkinstall for these package managers? My goal here is to make installing and uninstalling software relatively painless without cluttering my configuration.

I'd also like to make my configuration reproducible. By that, I mean I'd like to set up a workflow for installing software on my machine so that I could repeat it exactly on a fresh OS install. Is there a best practice for that? When it comes to standard packages in a Linux package manager, the simplest method for repeating a software install is to make a script containing the appropriate apt-get install <package> (or equivalents). However, when installing software from source, I could see this method getting very complicated. Is there a better way?

Furthermore, for Mac OS X, many applications are installed by copying a *.app file to /Applications, or by double-clicking on a *.pkg file. Can I install these from a command line and script the installation of these packages? Furthermore, is there a good way to uninstall these packages?


texts: Removing multiple desktops at once in mission control

texts: I tried switching desktops, but the animation was frozen and rendered the system unusable for about a minute or so... I realized I currently have 179 desktops open somehow in mission control which is probably slowing it down... Is there an easy way to close them all at once with having to individually click x on all of them?


texts: Use the OSX Lion Lock feature on a Macbook Air

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a similarly fast alternative to Crtl + Shift + Eject for new Macbook Air?

Is there a way to use the new Lock feature of OSX Lion on a Macbook Air which does not come with an Eject key?


texts: How can I search bookmarks and history stored on mobile safari within iOS?

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Within desktop Safari, one can view and edit bookmarks within a a hiearchical list.

For Mobile-Safari running on an iPad: How do you view all bookmarks? How do you search within Bookmarks?


texts: How can I play music from my iPhone through my computer?

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Now that I've had my iPhone for a few months, I'm trying an experiment to see if I can't replace the laptop I carry around with my iPhone + internet connected computer. To this end, I've been trying to find a program that will let me play the music on my iPhone through the hardware and software on the host computer.

If I recall correctly this was possible a few years ago with the iPod - Linux software like Rhythmbox and Banshee was able to read the music off an iPod and play it through the speakers. I even thought I recalled iTunes itself being capable of this at one time.

Now, however, iTunes greys out/disables the music on my iPhone and I can't find any documented support for the iPhone in any other music program. Is this really no longer possible? Am I limited to using the headphone jack to get music to play?

(note: I am using an iPhone 3G with the 3.0 software. I am attempting to play music on computers other than the one I sync with)


texts: Switch the input language in Microsoft Remote Desktop with CMD+Space

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Switching the input with CMD+Space language works in Remote Desktop only if you disable the shortcut in MacOS. If it's enabled, it's received and handled by MacOS, even if you are in Remote Desktop fullscreen at the moment. So, instead of switching the remote input language, it switches the local one.

Are there any workarounds?

I'm thinking of something like "disable that system shortcut in that particular app", but I can't find the functionality neither in the MacOS, nor in Karabiner.

A relevant issue on Remote Desktop UserEcho


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I'm trying to create a pair of virtual serial ports on my mac. This is fairly easy to do with many shareware programs on a PC. I figured there would be some uber-powerful shell command to do this in one line, but I can't find it.

I want to send NMEA data into one port, and have Google earth read the data out of the other.

Any tips?

EDIT

MrDaniel's /dev/ptypx comment seemed to be interesting - I can pull it out of /dev/ttypx just fine in terminal.
But Google earth seems to be reading cu.deviceName instead of the /ttypx deveices..

specifically (Old Pro):

When trying to import the current location using a GPS (or NMEA stream piped through our virtual serial port), we go: Tools > GPS > Realtime to get to the import screen.
After selecting the NMEA option, and enabling realtime tracking, it looks for connected devices, and seems to look at:

usb:
/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
/dev/cu.iPhone-WirelessAP

Even with our ttypx serial port operating ok, it doesn't look for it.
I would like to get the data from that device into Google Earth.


texts: How can I kill processes when parental time limits expire?

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My children routinely leave CPU hogging processes (usually flash games) running on our shared computer when they run out of computer time for the day, or when they are very close to running out of computer time for the day.

Is there a way I can automatically have all their processes killed when their account is no longer using the console?


texts: How do I the change spinning pinwheel in 10.11 El Capitan to any GIF image?

texts: How do I change the spinning pinwheel in 10.11 El Capitan into any GIF image that I want?


texts: Need a way to monitor device data usage for 5 devices

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We are a small business and provide Iphones to some of our employees with the understanding that the business will pay for all the data consumed by specific apps.

Is there a centralized management tool to capture this type of info, or a decentralized application that will transmit this data as needed to another interface?

Our business is only concerned with these metrics and doesn't want to get consumed with a full mdm suite.


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I have a first-generation iPad mini (model MD529LL/A, A1432, 32GB) running iOS 8.4.1. I use it mostly for web browsing with Safari and Chrome, email with Gmail, reading PDFs with iBooks and Adobe Acrobat, maps with Google Maps. It's not the fastest experience but it works just fine.

However, some apps no longer support iOS 8 and I'm considering upgrading the iPad to iOS 9.3.5, the latest version supported for this model.

Will this upgrade make my iPad feel much slower?

What other downsides should I be aware of?


texts: Mails message contents not 'wrapping' (i.e. running off edge of box)

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I use OSX 'Mail' to look at my email.

I have received a message whose contents are not 'wrapping'.  Usually, when I resize a window the line breaks reformat so that all the message can be seen.  In this message the words run off the side of the window, even on full screen.

I am running 0S 10.14.5 on a MacBook


texts: reorganize mail folders (not in V4 on Sierra)

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A while ago, after filling my MacBookPro disk, I (stupidly!) moved my Mail (all IMAP or Gmail) folders to an external disk (using Terminal). After cleaning up my disk, I did

  Mailbox > Rebuild

on each of my Mail folders, but on my work IMAP account my files has mostly disappeared, so I had to recover them from a backup performed by the IT dept. at work. However, several problems arose:

the folders are no longer in ~/Library/Mail/V4 (Sierra)
the Message List is often incomplete (but using Spotlight helps locate the missing messages)
the Rules and Signatures have disappeared.

What should I do?

Copy the mailbox contents from another Mac (desktop, High Sierra)? What precise files (and Preference files) should I copy?
Upgrade my laptop MacOS to Mojave (hoping for the Mail folders to magically appear in ~/Library/Mail/V5)?


texts: Does Apple change OS X operating systems between the GM and the final release?

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For instance, I've found quite a few bugs while working with the Mountain Lion Golden Master. Is there any chance Apple might fix these in the public release?

Thanks!


texts: I am in a family with other people, but I am not the family organiser. I know that whenever I make a purchase from iTunes or the AppStore, the family organiser gets sent the invoice, but are they also notified about free downloads I make, such as apps?


texts: Seriously corroded Macintosh Color Classic

texts: I just got my hands on a 1993 color classic to try and repair. The machine turns on (I hear the fan) and emits three monotone beeps. Not the chimes of death, but something I can’t figure out. I busted out the logic board, and wow. There was some serious corrosion. I tried to clean it up with some isopropyl alcohol and cotton balls, but some resistors totally fell off and I can see connectors that are completely worn through. I’ve attached some photos. What should I do? I only see one really leaky cap. Should I try dishwashing it? I’ve heard of this method but I don’t know how to go about I to without a. ruining my dishwasher or b. ruining the board. Any suggestions would be very welcome!


texts: Command + Backtick broken on macOS Sierra 10.12.3 and 10.12.4

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In OS X 10.10, Cmd+` worked flawlessly. Now it's intermittent at best. I haven't changed my workflow or anything--but now the shortcut fails.  If I go into keyboard settings and change the shortcut mapping, it works again for a little bit, but then fails and I have to go change the shortcut again to make it work.

Anyone have any ideas how to diagnose (or fix!) this issue?


texts: raise window underneath the current active one

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I am wondering is there a shortcut to raise another app's window underneath the current app's active one, so i can quickly toggle the top two windows, as this is a common workflow in my daily work.

I have tried a few window management apps, but couldn't find any that allows me to do this task.

I want to bring the window upfront immediately, not something like Command + Tab that goes through a list of all open windows.


texts: I have installed Windows 8 on my Mac. Now, when starting up and selecting Mac, it begins to start, then shuts down

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I have had Windows 8 installed with bootcamp on my Mac. The disc was partitioned to allow both Mac and Windows to be used.

When I now go to use MacOS, it begins to start up for a minute then shuts down? The Windows side will start up ok.

When I boot the machine, I have 3 options:

Mac
Windows
Recovery

First, why it this happening? Second, unable to boot to Mac OS X and thus unable to start Boot-Camp Assistant how may I uninstall Windows?


texts: Can no longer log into CUPS web admin on macOS Mojave Beta?

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I have a printer and I'm trying to set the default paper size. Normally, I can do this via the cups webadmin localhost:631

If you make any changes to a printer, it asks for your login credentials via an http basic auth request. On previous versions of Mac OS/OS X, you would use your 'short name' login and password for that computer. My Macbook Air is running the latest Mojave release 10.14 beta and now that no longer works. It asks for the password, but rejects it. I am sure the short name/password i am using is correct, as that's the one you need for all the auth system changes.

Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know how to log in to the CUPS webadmin to make changes to a printer's default settings?


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I’m running MacBook with macOS Sierra version 10.12.5. I would like to know the commandline setting to change to UNCHECK the “Disable Automatic login” under “Security & Privacy”. I can do this by using the UI. However since I have to redo this repeatedly, I’m trying to do this using a script.

Edit: This is a corporate owned MacBook. If I want to do this, I have to do it everytime I reboot because this setting gets reset on reboot. This may also be the reason why my attempt mentioned below did not work. However, I can do this manually, so the settings are not so restrictive, so I'm guessing I might be able to do this on the commandline.

I tried the process mentioned in Editing System Preferences via Terminal   - but the only difference I get is in com.apple.loginwindow.plist where it differs in the LoginwindowText. I don’t think this is the setting.

Can someone tell me which is the commandline setting for unchecking this box?

Edit: In response to Mark's suggestion, I tried the following:

try
    set thePW to "mypassword"

    tell application "System Events"
        tell application "System Preferences"
            activate
        end tell
        tell process "System Preferences"
            activate
            delay 1
            click menu item "Security & Privacy" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
            delay 3
            if title of button 1 of window 1 is "Click the lock to make changes." then
                click button 1 of window 1
                delay 2
                keystroke thePW
                keystroke return
            end if
            get properties
            --set properties to {automatic login:true}
        end tell
    end tell
on error errMsg
    display dialog errMsg
end try

This code starts “Security & Privacy” and puts in my password to login. Unfortunately, the get properties does not show me anything about automatic login. I get the following result:

  {has scripting terminology:true, bundle
  identifier:"com.apple.systempreferences", file:alias "Macintosh
  HD:Applications:System Preferences.app:" of application "System
  Events", creator type:"sprf", subrole:missing value, entire
  contents:{}, selected:missing value, application file:alias "Macintosh
  HD:Applications:System Preferences.app:" of application "System
  Events", orientation:missing value, role:"AXApplication", accepts high
  level events:true, file type:"APPL", value:missing value,
  position:missing value, id:28015286, displayed name:"System
  Preferences", name:"System Preferences", class:application process,
  background only:false, frontmost:true, size:missing value,
  visible:true, Classic:false, partition space used:0, role
  description:"application", maximum value:missing value,
  architecture:"x86_64", short name:"System Preferences",
  focused:missing value, minimum value:missing value, help:missing
  value, title:"System Preferences", accepts remote events:false, total
  partition size:0, description:"application", accessibility
  description:missing value, enabled:missing value, unix id:57066}

In the above mentioned code I have commented out the set properties to {automatic login:true} line. If I enable it I get the error:

  error "System Events got an error: Can't make {automatic login: true} into type of properties of process." number -1700 from
  {automatic login: true}

I'd be grateful for any help.


texts: When I had some problem with the audio (apparently boom crashed in background) I checked the Sound Preferences in System Preferences, and found a extension called DeviceName, I don't remember myself installing this, and it doesn't have any kext installed along it, How Do I uninstall it?


texts: Provisioning Profiles are not being deleted

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When I remove the provisioning profiles from my iPhone using XCode 7.2, they always reappear whenever I reconnect my device.

This is where I'm viewing and deleting it: (the image is merely representative)

How can I effectively delete all provisioning profiles from my device?


texts:
I haven't run into the permissions problem (yet) reported here. Using the curl  command here I don't think it's necessary to do the staff group thing but am running into other problems. At first I ran into problems because the ruby 1.8.2 in /usr/bin didn't support the RUBY_PATCHLEVEL variable. I downloaded the ruby one-click installer (1.8.6) and moved it to /usr/bin and now I am getting this error when running 'brew install git':

no such file to load -- no brew-install.rb

(I tried installing newer ruby versions first but RVM now requires gcc 4.2 which is not present in the newest Xcode (2.5) that will run on tiger.)


texts: Voice in iOS switches language during text-to-speech

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Very often, as I'm listening to an article being read by an American English voice with swipe-down "Speak Screen" or selected-text "Speak Selection." A date or number would be spelled in Dutch by the Dutch voice, or a name in French by the French voice, which would often prompt that voice to take over and continue reading to me the English text with the same enthusiasm, even if the words make absolutely no sense: It's just English with a terrible French or Dutch accent.

I haven't found a way to turn this autonomous language switch off. I looked in Accessibility -> Speech and Accessibility -> VoiceOver to no avail. There hasn't been a single time in which said feature was useful, I don't read multi-languages text, or see why a date or a number should be spelled in Dutch. I don't speak or use either language.


texts: How to export multiple images from Photos on my disk?

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I imported lots of images in the Photos app.

How can I export the selected ones on my disk? What's the easiest way to do that?


texts: MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2010 Update Firmware to read APFS hard drive?

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Good day everyone, I have a 15" MacBook Pro Mid 2010. It's working well with the current hard drive (El Capitan). However when we swapped in our SSD (High Sierra) and booted, it gave the blinking folder which means that it can't find an OS to boot from.

I reset the laptop and held down the alt/option key. I then saw two options, an "EFI Boot" and our SSD. I was able to boot from our SSD and everything is working well.

However, this presents an inconvenience, it would be quite the hassle to reset the laptop and remember to hold down the alt/option key to be able to make the laptop boot properly.

When I looked up updates for our MacBook Pro model, the updates I found were dated way back 2010/2012, and I don't think these are the updates I'm looking for.

One solution we're looking at is to get a blank SSD, install El Capitan or until Sierra (whichever is available), and then upgrade to High Sierra. This way, we are guaranteed that the firmware will be updated as well. However, this solution is time consuming.

So here then is my question: Is there a way to update my Firmware so that it can read APFS hard drives?


texts: Music is taking up all my iPhone 5 storage

texts: My storage is almost all used up and I cant update software or take pictures.  It looks like Music is taking up aLOT of space.  How can I make sure that if I delete off phone it doesn't delate on iTunes also?


texts: Can't fix sudoers permission on osx mojave

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A friend had borrowed my macbook air running osx mojave and somehow managed to change the ownership of the /etc/sudoers file to userid 501 (rather than 0 which it should be). Because of this, I can't become a superuser to get anything done on my machine (upgrades etc.)

Various fora on the net suggested that I boot into single user mode, mount the partitions and manually edit /etc/private/sudoers. However, I can't seem to do this. After getting into "recovery mode", I do a mount -uw / to get the filesystems mounted but can't find a sudoers file in either /etc/ or /private/etc. I did a global search using find / | grep -i sudo but couldn't find anything either.

How do I fix this? If I can mount the right partition while in this shell, I should be able to to fix it but can't seem to do that.


texts: Can I obtain the web browsing history from my in-app browsers on iOS and iPadOS?

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Every week or two, time permitting, I recap what I have browsed/watched/listened to etc. online. It provides insight into my thought processes, it helps give me some continuity of purpose and aids my memory. But pages browsed in in-app browsers on iPhone/iPad and, of course, any use of apps themselves leaves no history log that I'm aware of. Currently I try to remember to open any in-app browser pages in Safari, but in practice I often forget. My SOHO router doesn't allow HTTP logging and isn't compatible with OpenWRT, which I assume would allow it.
Is there a way, other than with router logs, to obtain this in-app browser history? And would router logging be a reliable method if available?


texts: Will Terminal show a progress bar when I copy with "cp"?

texts: Is is possible to display a progress bar when copying files in Terminal using cp?


texts: AppleScript and Growl: How to choose the display style?

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I'm using AppleScript and calling Growl notifications and I notice that it ignores my choice of using Bezel as my system default style. It only changes if I manually change it in Growl's preferences.
How can I choose a style through AppleScript?
I ask this because different styles would be better for different notifications type.


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I want to create a script in script editor that will press a key and then press enter every 60 seconds. However, I don't know how to make a script that presses a key. Does anybody know how to make a script that does this? I tried to keystroke "enter" but what is did was type out the word enter. Also, sometimes the code will crash and an error message will pop up saying that script editor cannot do keystrokes.

The aim for this script is to create an xp farming discord bot to farm xp on a server by sending messages.


texts: How do I increase an APFS partition size?

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Also, will converting the 400gb and 600gb partitions into "Free Space" partition work for this?  How do I create Free Space partitions?

I'm using High Sierra 10.13.6 for this. In the end I want to add around 400 GB's of data to my main partition (BIGtb).  I first tried converting all the partitions to APFS in hopes that I could do a simple merge, which failed.  I then converted the two partitions back to OSX Journaled.

I will post pics that I believe may be informative.


texts: How to make a bootable (encrypted) copy in an external drive from a FileVault 2 encrypted boot partition

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I configured my MacbookPro (Retina) as follows:

/dev/disk0 (GUID partition scheme)
    EFI    200 MiB
    Apple CoreStorage   128 GiB    <- FileVault 2 encrypted
    Apple Boot    650 MiB    <- Recovery partition
    ...
    Linux Swap    16 GiB
    Linux (Ext4)    the rest of the drive    <- Ubuntu 14.04 '/' (root)

I usually boot it into Ubuntu GNU/Linux, so I need to re-bless GRUB2 (/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi?) every time I perform any OS/X update.

My mac is rather short of disk space:

$ sudo du -chxd 1 /
208K    /.DocumentRevisions-V100
2.9M    /.fseventsd
...
 41G    /Users
605M    /usr
 14K    /Volumes
 63G    /
 63G    total

The command above should include Time Machine's local backup files (/.MobileBackups), Document Revisions, Spotlight indexes, swaps, temporary folders and so on. (I disabled Time Machine some months ago because I keep backups without it.)
I periodically run Disk Utility's "verify filesystem" command.

$ sudo df -h /
Filesystem   Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused   ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1  127Gi  103Gi   24Gi    82% 26987006 6291264   81%   /

(Interestingly, every file accessible as root (du -chxd 1 / -> 63 GiB) does not sum up to 103 GiB in df -h /. Around 40 GiB is missing. "Non-files" I can't manage are eating precious disk space?)

Anyway, I could not find enough space on the internal SSD drive.

So, it came to me the idea of moving OS/X boot partition (with Recovery HD) back and forth among internal and external drives (while keeping both boot capability and encryption) according to the need.

To move it safely, I first need to be able to make (bootable) copies of my OS/X boot partition (with Recovery HD) (and if it is successful, maybe delete the original).

The question is:

How to make a copy of my FileVault-2-encrypted OS/X boot partition (with Recovery HD)

The copy must be bootable.
The copy must not rely on any other drives to boot.
If I copy my OS/X boot partition to an external drive and delete the original, my Ubuntu installation must boot normally as the default boot option without strange error messages or going to "Network Recovery" (as OS/X is not found).
If I plug in an external drive with an encrypted OS/X boot partition and Recovery HD inside, I must be able to boot into it with an Option key.
If I boot the copy, it must present a normal "EFI" Login Window to select a user and enter my password to unlock it and login.


texts: How to disable the Character Viewer in Big Sur?

texts: How should I change shortcut or disable emoji menu by ctrl+cmd+space. Is it possible?


texts: Where does homebrew download software from?

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I love how homebrew makes my life easier! Though, I just realized that I don't really know who is "signing off" the stuff I get installed through it. So, I ask:

Is there a central repo (like Linux distro PPAs)?
Or is it all decentralized (ie. code gets downloaded simultaneously from Github, Source Forge, etc)?
What mechanisms are in place to prevent trojan horses from being
installed through brew?


texts:
This question is just to fulfil my curiosity about how my mac works.

I have a macbook air (2015) with 8GB of soldered RAM.
And for what I know 2 RAM modules of 4GB are faster than 1 module of 8GB because they work in parallel and each has it's own bus, but as it is soldered there are no modules, so, are they more like 2x4GB, 1x8GB, 4x2GB, ...?


texts: How can I disable search suggestions for Safari 6?

texts: I have a lot of bookmarks, and I'm used to navigating by typing in the first few letters of each bookmark and using the arrow keys to select the correct one. In Safari 6, however, only the first two results are bookmarks, then there are around 7 search suggestions, and then the rest of my bookmarks. Is there any way to disable these search suggestions?


texts: iOS5 split keyboard not playing well with some apps, including Apple ones

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I have noticed some issues with the new split keyboard feature of iOS 5.

First, the when in split-keyboard mode, the screen content is not moved up despite the keyboard covering the content.

As you can see below, in iMessage, it's difficult to read the most-recent messages without moving the keyboard up higher.

Secondly, it doesn't seem to play well with some apps, in this case, the new Facebook iPad app.

In split-keyboard mode, the "Send" button is removed and the return key adds a new line instead of sending a message, making it impossible to send a new message without changing the keyboard mode.

The "Send" button is present with the standard keyboard:

I realize that the latter issue is no doubt an bug on part of the Facebook, but the iMessage bug seems like a pretty big oversight.

Are there some configuration options I'm just not seeing?


texts:
When my iMac boots up the apple logo and progress bar flicker red very briefly. There doesn't seem to be anything else the matter with the computer apart from this. It's a very new retina iMac running macOs 10.12.1.

Should I be concerned? Does anyone know why it does this?

UPDATE: My iMac has started being glitchy rendering certain pdfs. As advised I'm going to take it back to the store.


texts: No file or directory names are shown in Finder at home directory

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Finder does not show file and directory names in my home directory in list and cover flow view modes. Other columns are okay but name column does not not have a title and it is empty.

I am using Mac OS X 10.9.5.

How can I make it show file/directory names properly in all view modes?


texts: My iphone 4s's sound settings changed by themselves

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I didn't touch my phones settings, and all of a sudden (3 days ago roughly) my phone is making a sound when I get a text message, or login to my phone (entering the password), and receiving text messages etc.

Previously, my phone always vibrated for phone calls, and receiving text messages.  Sending text messages made no sound at all, nor did entering my password to unlock the phone.

How could this have happend?  My battery didn't die or anything.

And I can't seem to get those settings back anymore.

I have (Silent) vibrate set to ON
I have vibrate set to ON
lock sounds and keyboard sounds are both set to OFF


texts: How often does Power Nap check for updates or back up?


texts: error message from apple diagnostics after fan replacement

texts: This is a late 2012 mac mini. I recently replaced the fan, which was making a lot of noise. The replacement is not from apple. Everything works fine, and the system is quiet. But I ran an Apple diagnostics which gives me the following error: 4MOT/1/40000002-Exhaust-0. Is this because the fan has not been installed properly or it is Daignostics not liking a non-Apple product? Many thanks for your advice


texts: I have iOS 7 and I know how to work all of it but when there was iOS 6 all music you've bought on iTunes, could be deleted from the device. Now I you remove songs that you've bought on the device stay there with the stupid iCloud download symbol. I want it to go away completely because I have duplicates of almost everyone of my songs. How will I erase all music from my phone without doing factory reset.


texts: Mac laptop cannot connect to disk on Mac desktop

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I have two Macs, both running Mac OS Sierra. I can ssh from the laptop to the desktop and use Apple's screen sharing to view the desktop's screen from the laptop. I cannot mount the desktop's disks on the laptop. I have Sharing turned on, both AFP and SMB, but I cannot connect via either. I've tried connecting to the desktop via smb://, smb://.local, and directly by its local IP address (and the same for afp://). ssh <hostname>.local works, so it's not a DNS resolution issue.

The specific error I get is:

  The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.

Edit: I should mention that when I try to connect by selecting the machine through the Finder sidebar, it doesn't connect, and clicking "Connect As" fails before getting to the password screen.


texts: Duplicate rows in Numbers with Applescript

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I have a template with 20 rows of data. I am trying to figure out how to select these rows and then duplicate them a varying amount of times depending on user input.
When I do this manually, I have to select all 20 rows, copy them, then add more rows below and then paste. If I need to repeat this 5-10 times it gets pretty painful.
Any help would be great!
Thanks


texts:
Friend called me using Facebook Messenger. She could see me, but I was not able to see her (Everything else was perfect). There was a large, grey square area with a camera icon with a line through it.

I thought it was a tap-icon, so I could go find a setting I'd missed. But it would not respond.

I explored settings and found nothing to help. What am I missing please? Thank you.
Don


texts: Sometimes when I try to save photos received in iMessage, the following error or something similar appears. The error changes even between attempts on the same pictures.


texts: Macbook Pro 13' Late 2011 didn't see Samsung 850 Evo SSD on boot

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I'm trying to update hard drive in my Macbook to the new SSD one.

Notebook model: Macbook Pro 13' Late 2011.
SSD model: Samsung 850 Evo 250Gb.

Then I connect SSD thought USB adapter notebook can see it, format it and install OS on it.

Then I try to boot from this disk with Opt key pressed (disk connected through USB) it didn't show in the list of boot devices. But if you disconnect all other devices, it boots from this disk.

Then I try to replace my current HDD with this new one, Macbook didn't detect it on load. (It detected old drive without problems, I put it back after I try SSD to test).

Any ideas why can this be?


texts: Is it possible to see the source code of a Safari Extension?

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If you install a Safari Extension, are you able to see its source code?
It is great to verify that the extension does not contain malware.
One can do it with Chrome as described in this blog


texts: Charts from numbers not dynamically updating in Pages/Keynote

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I have the 2015 versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on Yosemite.

I created a chart in numbers and then copied it to Pages or Keynote.
I then want to be able to change the data in Numbers and see the chart updated in Pages or Keyonte. However, I don't see an option to "refresh".

Is there a way to dynamically link Numbers to Pages or Keynote?


texts: How can I stop applications from preventing restarts?

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I have some applications that routinely prevent restarts from happening correctly (most often iTerm2 and Slack, though others participate as well). When I request a Restart, these applications will present an "Are you sure?" dialog and halt the restart process.

This annoying most of the time, but especially so when I've requested system updates to install overnight and I instead waste the first several minutes of my day after clicking "Yes I'm sure" and then allowing the reboot to proceed.

Is it possible to tell OSX to always reboot when requested and never stop for user input?


texts: Is there any way I could disable the system services that use data when I am not connected to wifi?


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I have a folder containing a bunch of jpeg files and currently all of the filename extensions (.jpg) are hidden.  How can I unhide all the extensions in this folder?

When I do a "Get Info" on any individual file, I can see that the "Hide extension" checkbox is checked but it's grayed out (i.e. disabled) so I can't change it.  I've gone to Finder's Advanced Preferences and checked "Show all filename extensions" but that hasn't made a difference.  Also, I do have read and write privileges on the files. How do I do this?


texts:
I'm trying to switch over from Excel to Numbers. Is it possible to save a file as a CSV in Numbers?

The whole idea behind this is I prefer to have my documents on the cloud as well as on Numbers for my iPad and iPhone. I do not do typical data sheets, I manage database files so I do not need any features, I just need to be able to work with CSV files.


texts: How to Repeatedly capture fixed screen region to sequence of images

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I need to repeatedly capture a fixed region from each of a sequence of web pages to a series of images that I can then compile to a PDF. Ideally I could just navigate from page to page and press a hot key to capture the area and save the image to an automatically incremented filename each time.

What I want to stop doing is manually defining the region each time (it's irritating and when I drag to create the region it's even more irritating to try to get the exact pixel dimensions correct), which seems to be the only option with Skitch and others I have tried.

What software will allow me to do this most efficiently?


texts: How do I install sv.net/classic with wine on macOS?

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How do I install sv.net/classic on macOS? That's a program you can use to submit information about your employee for german general social welfare insurance purposes and records.

I don't want to buy licenses for VirtualBox and Windows.

The ITSG support page about linux and macOS gives me a hint that I could use wine for this purpose, but it doesn't give a detailed step-by-step guide for wine newbies like me.


texts: Missing Time Travel feature on Apple Watch in OS3?

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This was a feature I used frequently as I had my calendar on my watch, I would scroll a few hours ahead with the crown to see my next event easily without taking my phone out.

I looked quickly in the settings on the Watch app on the iPhone but could not see if it was buried in there.

Any one know if they removed this functionality completely?


texts: How to manually create a working .webloc file?

texts:
So I created a .webloc file using a .vncloc file as a template (standard xml/plist format), but instead of opening in a Safari window, it is downloading the html of the website into a file.

My goal is to eventually write a cronjob that keeps the URL of a server with a dynamic IP address up to date in the file (in dropbox) so that I can just double-click it anytime and get the correct server page.

The contents of the file look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>URL</key>
    <string>http://**ipaddress...**:**port...**/</string>
</dict>
</plist>

How do I get the .webloc file to actually open and display in Safari, as if I were to have entered the URL myself?


texts:
I'm trying to insert an image from my Camera Roll into a Note.
I've been able to do this in the past, but for some reason the option isn't showing anymore:

How do I add photos to a Note?

iOS 12, iPhone 6 Plus.


texts: How do I transfer mp3 files from my Lumia 730 to MacBook Pro?

texts: I have read about Windows Phone App for Mac but sadly it is not available from the store in India? Is there any alternative software? Will using a VPN help?


texts: Removed Cloak leaves strange patterns on screen

texts: Hey there..i downloaded a software called "cloak" it lets you change the colors of your mac system .. when i changed the color it got wrong .. i tried to choose the original color but it didnt work, then i deleted the software and restart my mac but it still there.. i also tried to restore the system but i didnt set up the time machine is there any other way?


texts: How do I troubleshoot screen capture utilities only capturing one side of audio?

texts:
I use screen capture utilities like Movavi and Snagit on my MacBook Pro 2019 (Big Sur) to record software demos. When using a headset or any other microphone connected to a USB port, the recorded audio is in stereo.
When I use any external audio interface (PreSonus Studio 24C or Behringer U-Phoria UM2) as the captured audio source, I only get one side (the left side) of the audio. Using either interface with an application that doesn't capture the screen in any way works perfectly, clear audio from both sides.
I'm certain that the audio interfaces are working properly. For instance, I can record my voice just fine using Vector 3 (or any other audio recorder) and the audio interface, and it's clear stereo.
I need to use an audio interface because the mic I need to make a good recording needs an interface in order to work with my MacBook Pro. I haven't had a lot of luck troubleshooting this, even through contacting support from Movavi and Snagit. I'm trying my best to go through all possible system settings and configuration tweaks that I can - is this a common problem with screen capture scenarios? I was about to chalk it up to a third-party bug, but this seems to persist no matter what utility I use, yet the audio interfaces work perfectly fine with any other software that isn't doing a screen recording and I'm a little baffled as to why.


texts: OSXFUSE, BindFS and HFS+ extended file attributes

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I use BindFS with OSXFUSE to mount some folders on an external drive on mount points within my user home folder. This is a sample line from my fstab:

/Volumes/Content/Pictures       /Users/Me/Pictures     bindfs  nobrowse,mirror=Me,volname=Pictures,xattr-none,local,multithreaded     0       0

Things work pretty well like this, except that if I turn the extended file attributes on (xattr-rw or even xattr-ro) I lose the writing capability on the mounts with a suspicious error:

  The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50).

I am trying to put some order into my files using tags, and I need to turn the extended attributes on in order to read and write tags. I wonder if there is a way to turn HFS+'s extended file attributes on for the mounts created using OSXFUSE and BindFS. If not, is this a general, unresolved bug/incompatibility?

Some technical info:
I am running Yosemite with the latest updates. I install OSXFUSE using Homebrew Cask and BindFS using Homebrew.


texts: What is the difference between .command, .tool, and .sh file extensions?

texts: I saw a couple of questions about executing command line scripts? I saw that the .command and .tool extensions were mentioned. I have always used .sh. What is the difference between these different scripts? Do some extensions allow for different commands?


texts:
New MacOS sierra 10.12.4 introduced us new feature called Night Shift .

Is it better to stick with flux software https://justgetflux.com/ or just use Night Shift?

Pros and cons of using these softwares for adapting display colours on late nights?

Edit:
There is interesting article about this on iMore site:
http://www.imore.com/night-shift-vs-flux-whats-difference


texts: 10.6.8. Can't connect to server via cmd+k or Finder menu or command line. How to connected?

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My biggest problem is: cmd ⌘K (Connect to Server…) just doesn't work (neither does it exist in the "Go" menu in Finder). When I hit cmd ⌘K in Finder it just gives me an error beep (sounds more like a "boup"). I want to connect to a Windows network and it works fine on my 10.8 iMac at work (with cmd ⌘K and then typing the correct adress) but doesn't on my home MacBook white with 10.6.8 running. Why does cmd ⌘K not work here? Though on both machines the VPN connection works fine. How do I get the option to connect to a server via cmd ⌘K back?

Next thing I tried was connecting via command line with
mount -t smbfs //username:password@server\folder and
mount -t smbfs //username:password@server/folder.

Both didn't seem to work, just gave me the message:

usage: mount [-dfruvw] [-o options] [-t ufs | external_type] special node
       mount [-adfruvw] [-t ufs | external_type]
       mount [-dfruvw] special | node

Can you help me to get connected to the server?


texts: How to disable horizontal scrolling on OS X Yosemite's Preview?

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As stated in the question, how do I disable horizontal scrolling on Preview when the page obviously fits and there is over horizontal overflow?

I am scrolling with my touchpad, and with two-finger scroll I inevitably move a little sideways while scrolling. This little jerk to the left/right is rather annoying to me and I would like to know if there are any ways to prevent the horizontal scrolling.


texts: Having an issue where multiple drives (External HD's via USB and an SD card inserted directly) will no longer mount when plugged in. If I open Disk Utility I can see the drive listed but the volume it contains is greyed out since it is not mounted. I can then click on the volume and mount it with Disk Utility. It then shows up in Finder, etc. and is completely usable. I have no idea why I suddenly have to do this, disks and the SD card slot always mounted just fine before.


texts: iPhone disabled. Connect to iTunes. No backup

texts:
Kids were playing with my iPhone X and disabled it (entering wrong password multiple times, "iPhone disabled. Connect to iTunes" on screen).
I know the password, but there's no way to enter it. I don't have a backup, and I want to keep my data on the phone. (I know there's a reset option, which I'll use as the last resort)
This answer on iFixit from 2019 claims that if I update the phone from iTunes, it will allow me to enter the password in an hour.
Can anyone confirm if this works? I don't want to try it and make things worse.
UPDATE: Got off the phone with Apple support, they told me there's no way to get the data back without the backup. So I guess iTunes update referenced in the linked post no longer works that way.

UPDATE 2: Updated via iTunes, was not prompted to backup or to enter password in 1 hour. Phone still says "Connect to iTunes" after update. So I guess Apple support tech was right.


texts: How to audio out to iPad Pro when connected to HDMI?

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I have 3rd generation iPad pro. I use USB-C to HDMI adapter to connect my iPad to an external monitor with speaker.

The speaker on the monitor is so bad..I would love to use iPad speaker instead.

I've looked up everywhere, but it looks like there is no way to disable audio out to HDMI.

Is there a way to turn off HDMI audio out?


texts: Problem when copying files to NFS mounted disk (MacOS Catalina)

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I've mounted a Ubuntu NFS disk over my MacOS, but when I try to copy files from my disk to it, I start to recieve this errors. I've tried to use ls on the same file system on a Ubuntu 18.04, but the error doesn't appear there.

Does someone know what to do?

Using ls on a MacOS Catalina with sudo:

Using ls on Mac, no answer:

If I try to move files from my disk to the NFS, I got stuck (this process never ends)

But, if I try to use ls from a Ubuntu, I got no problems.

EDIT:
When I try to move files using terminal, I got this error:

~/Downloads: sudo mv tst ../Public
nfs server 10.112.1.10:/storage/public: lockd not responding


texts: 3rd party power adapter causing screen glitches?

texts:
After some rearranging my bedroom, I had to replace my US plug power adapter to a 3rd party UK plug power adapter, whenever I plug my iPad Air 2 into the 3rd party charger, the screen starts to glitch and it acts almost like there is another (invisible) finger constantly on the screen, this causes issues when selecting different keyboards, playing games, typing and scrolling through internet. But when I remove the iPad from charging, this issue doesn't happen... it's almost like the touch screen having a weird spasm whenever it's got water droplets on it.

When I had my old original Apple US plug adapter, this problem never happened, also I replaced the original short and fragile Apple charging cord to another one that is 3 metres (although I don't think that the cable is the issue because I've been using it for a very long time).

This issue is quite new to me and i am quite unsure whether it's the iPad itself or the power adapter...

What should I do?

Thanks,

Sid.


texts:
I install the first dependencies of Shotwell  successfully

brew install libGphoto2 vala libgee

Some discussion about this issue in this thread but the accepted answer is misleading, since it is about how to install pyexiv2, not gexiv2.

I run ./configure and get

Detected libGPhoto 2.5.x - using 2.5-aware code path.
Configured.  Type 'make' to build, 'make install' to install.

I run make and get

Package gexiv2 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gexiv2.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gexiv2' found
...

My .bash_profile

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    source ~/.bashrc
fi

# http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/53058/15504
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH

Echoing $PATH

/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin

How can you install Shotwell in OSX Yosemite?

How can you install the dependency gexiv2 in OSX Yosemite?


texts: App or method to automatically sync photos to webdav server (FileRun)

texts:
I'm looking for a way to automatically sync my photos to a self hosted webdav instance (in particular a FileRun instance, which is dav compatible).
I'd ideally not have to do anything, other than take photos, and then find the photos synced on the server.
I already use FE File Explorer to do this manually (navigate to photos, select new ones, copy them manually to webdav server), but would like something that does this automatically.

Is there something like this out there? I mean other than syncing to iCloud... I would like this feature out of privacy considerations. I simply don't trust cloud services, other than self-hosted ones. For this reason, apps that require an account and store my data on their servers or even pass my data through their servers are not what I'm looking for.

Edit: I've searched before posting, this question here asks about outright replacing iCloud. I only need photos synced. I know it can be done manually I'm looking for something that does it automatically.

Edit 2: I'd love to find a free solution to do it if possible.


texts: Air 11" i7 2011 fans come on, never turn off

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I bought a new MBA 11" i7, it's about two weeks old.

I've noticed that as soon as the fans come on, they Never turn off. If I watch a video, or do any slightly heavy lifting, the CPU hits 70C, the fans come on at +6000rpm and never turn off.

Even if the CPU load is less than 1% for an hour or more, the fans stay on full-blast and the CPU temp stays at ~67C and the case at ~35C.
The room is normal temperature, it's sitting on a desk.

The only way I've found of making the fans turn off is to make the Mac sleep for a while.

Is this a known issue? Are other people having similar problems? What can I do to resolve this?


texts: Make iTunes playlist track changes in iPhone library?

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I'm looking to use iTunes to load entire albums onto an iPhone, then pick out the best tracks from the albums by deleting other tracks, and preserve the collection of best tracks.

Here's my ideal music sync / workflow:

Create a playlist in iTunes, add albums to it, sync to iPhone.
Delete tracks on the iPhone
Sync iPhone to iTunes, and have iTunes remove the deleted tracks from the playlist.
Add new albums to iTunes playlist, sync to iPhone.

Is this possible?

Currently if I delete tracks and sync, iTunes does not track the deletions. So the tracks get copied back on to the iPhone.


texts: Is there any way to get iPhone app notification to Mac computer?

texts: When an iPhone app gets a notification, I don't want to go heads down and check the phone.  Is there any way to get that notification on my Mac instead?


texts: Does an Apple TV stream 4K movies if the Internet connection is somewhat less than the recommended 25Mbps?

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This is to decide whether to buy an AppleTV 4K or not:

For example, some areas may have an 18 to 22Mbps Internet connection, and is just about 10% to 20% lower than the official recommended 25Mbps.

And since the 4K movie cannot be downloaded but can only be streamed, and will be "downgraded" to the next lower resolution (from 4K to 1080p), will a connection of 18 to 22Mbps be able to stream a 4K movie?

Some factors:

If it is not an action movie, it may not require 25Mbps.
If it is 22Mbps, it is about 10% less than the recommended 25Mbps, so if Apple TV can buffer up 10% of the movie: 9 minutes of it out of a 90 minute movie, then mathematically, the whole movie will play till the end smoothly if the user is willing to wait for 9 minutes of start time, or even a 4.5 minute initial wait plus a middle intermission restroom break of another 4.5 minutes, instead of not being able to see it in 4K at all.


texts: Why does installing a package create a directory on my desktop?

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When I install a package, it creates a directory with the name of the package on my desktop. In Finder it looks like a new external drive:

Why is that? Should I always remove those drives after installation? Or did I do something wrong and this should not show up?


texts: Is there a way to boot on iMac from usb using a different OS and access osx files to back them up

texts:
I am having issues starting up my iMac.  I would like to know if i create a bootable usb with Ubuntu or any other OS, would i be able to boot with it and access the OSX drive? I able to do this in windows with mini windows xp but never done it on mac.

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The issue on my mac is related to the graphics card which prevents me from starting the mac.  Here is the question explaining the problem
iMac doesn't start, all i see is colored lines and then checkered lines on a white background