texts:
I am working on an enterprise application. So from that, I am applying a profile for Single app mode that is working fine.

So my question is suppose I am allowing a calculator for Single app mode via MDM console and if my device moves from one place to another. That time, will Apple iOS allow fetching Location in the background?

docs.simplemdm.com/article/35-location-tracking based on the last question answer they are saying not possible but I did not get any official doc regarding this from Apple

discussions.apple.com


texts: Can I reinstall a single iOS app without losing its data?

texts: I have a single app that needs to be reinstalled. I have tried all tricks known to man in attempts to get it to work, but all have failed. There is a lot of data in this app that I'd rather not lose. It isn't explicitly iCloud-enabled, and it's not a game, so there's no hope of Game Center restoring anything. How, if possible, can I reinstall it without losing my data?


texts: set position {0,0} of element accessibillityTitle via Applescript

texts:
I have a UI element called accessibillityTitle with value Layers and I want to position this element in the top right corner, but I don't know how to acces it via Applescript. I have found the element using Accessibility Inspector and here is what the rest looks like.

AXApplication
    AXWindow:AXDialog
Attributes
    isAccessibilityFocused  NO
    accessibilityTitle  Layers
    accessibilityGrowArea   <nil>
    accessibilityMinimizeButton <nil>
    accessibilityDocument   <nil>
    accessibilityCloseButton    <nil>
    isAccessibilityMain NO
    accessibilityFullScreenButton   <nil>
    accessibilityProxy  <nil>
    accessibilityDefaultButton  <nil>
    isAccessibilityMinimized    NO
    accessibilityChildren   10 items
    accessibilityRole   AXWindow
    accessibilityParent <AXApplication>
    accessibilityTitleUIElement <nil>
    accessibilityCancelButton   <nil>
    isAccessibilityModal    NO
    accessibilitySubrole    AXDialog
    accessibilityZoomButton <nil>
    accessibilityRoleDescription    dialog
    accessibilityToolbarButton  <nil>
    accessibilityFrame  x=1038.00 y=23.00 w=240.00 h=773.00
    accessibilityIdentifier com.pixelmatorteam.pixelmator.layers.palette
Actions
    accessibilityPerformRaise

How can I use set position to {1280, 0} to this element?


texts: Eject Windows 7 Installation DVD 1, during boot camp install on MacBook Pro (Intel Based)

texts:
I have 2 DVD's for installing Windows. The 1st DVD contains part of the Windows 7 installation and then the DVD 2 has to be inserted. Now, when I try to install Win7 on my MacBook Pro using Boot Camp Assistant, it starts Windows and initiates the steps to copy the files (1st step in the installation).

After some time, it pops up a window asking for the 2nd DVD to be inserted. But I have not been able to find a way to eject the 1st DVD and insert the second without rebooting the system, which fails my Windows 7 installation.

Can anyone help out with the same?


texts: Using external drive as a primary storage for iCloud

texts:
I'm going to buy an external high-performance 2TB SSD and want to use it as a primary local storage for iCloud, instead of a standard internal SSD 256GB of my MacBook Pro.
The question is – how to switch iCloud from using standard internal SSD to external?
Is there some terminal command, that allows to "redirect" iCloud sync process to another location?


texts: Find folder on network drive, based on username using bash shell in Automator.

texts:
I'm new to Automator, but I've had a Mac for quite some time, and I'm not a total noob. :)

Here is my problem:
Users need to make a backup (to desktop) of a folder located on a network drive. The folder name on the network drive is the same as the user's short username.

This is no problem if the user selects the folder themselves; I´ve made a workflow that does this. But I need this script to automatically find the folder on the network drive, based on the username and copy it to the desktop.

Any ideas how to find that folder and pass it on as my inputfolder variable? I assume I need to use a bash shell or applescript command in my workflow?


texts:
When will my Mac (15inch MacBook Pro Mid 2012 ) become a vintage product?

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201624


texts: Spotlight sometimes can't find a file. (that actually exists)

texts:
I don't really understand how Spotlight works, I sometimes search for a file that I know it exists, and Spotlight doesn't find it.
Then I browse to it and it's there.
The volume or folders where it is in are not excluded from Spotlight, I've made sure of that.
Should I (and how?) rebulid Spotlight's index? or otherwise do something so every file can be found?

Edit: I searched for textwrangler and Spotlight found it, also found it with barebones, so it looks like not every pattern that would match the filename works the same for Spotlight.


texts: Restoring past purchases from different country

texts:
I recently moved countries, and have purchases associated on my iTunes account.

Once I moved countries, I changed the country on my Apple ID to my new country.

However, after using a store card on my account, I can't change my account back to my previous country and access my past purchases, because I still have store credit on my account, which I can't spend.

I've contacted Apple about removing my store credit, but will I be able to access my past purchases once I actually change my country back?

I've just reinstalled my Mac, and need to re-download iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand.

Any help appreciated.


texts: Screenshot file much larger dimensionally than original

texts:
So I take a screenshot of an area with Command+Shift+4 but when I open the screenshot file in Paint X, the image's dimensions are far larger than the original area.

Is there any way to take a screenshot that looks exactly like the taken part of the screen?


texts: Automator: Select only one file out of many files in a folder. Script needed?

texts:
I have a folder with different 100 rtf-text-files in a folder.

I would like to have Automator to take the content of one text-file and send out it out via mail once a day to the same mailing-addresses - without sending the same text twice.

Because I am a newbie and don’t find a way to filter out only one rtf file with Automator’s predefined actions, I think I have to create a script.

What I’ve got so far:

New Application:

Find Finder-Item: I chose the folder with the files. Condition: File extension is rtf —> now I’ve got all (3 test-)rtf’s as result.

(*)

Open Finder-Item: Open with default application
Get Contents of TextEdit Document
New Mail Message

What this workflow does: It opens all rtf-files in TextEdit. Then a new Mail-Window opens and displays the content of the last opened textfile. Of cause it does’t send it.

I think I have to include a step/script where the (*) is, so Automator has a specific rtf-file to pass to the next steps.
Can you please help me to find this step or show me how to create a script? Or maybe you know another solution?


texts: Google Featured Photos on mac stopped working

texts:
I've been using Google Featured photos screensaver, and it was fine, until recently ( I guess after upgrading to High Sierra)
Right now, it comes up, it shows the photo taker's name on left down corner, but photos are all blank (just dark screen)!
Do you have any idea what's happening?


texts: Error while trying to install modules via pip2 in a homebrew-based python 2.7 installation

texts:
I have installed python 2.7 using Homebrew on a Mac OSX 10.11.6 (El Capitan)

$ which python2
/usr/local/bin/python2

$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/python2
/usr/local/bin/python2 -> ../Cellar/python/2.7.14/bin/python2

When trying to install modules with pip2 (such as matplotlib) I get an error message such as:

$ pip2 install matplotlib

[...]

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/massimopinto/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/six.py'

inspecting the file to which access is apparently denied reveals that the file should be accessible with read+write permissions.
If that adds any element, running a sample python script that imports the matplotlib module returns that matplotlib is not installed, while I can see one such module under:

~/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/

I have probably messed up a previous python 2.7 installation with the installation that I have made using Homebrew. How do I tell python2 that a matplotlib module exist or, better perhaps, get pip2 to function?


texts: could you force install OSX Mavericks onto a Apple MacBook A1181 early 2008 model if running snow leopard or mountain lion osx

texts: iv just bought an Apple MacBook A1181 (white) early 2008 model and was wondering if i could install mavericks on it? in any way shape or form?


texts: spotlight math calculation precision 0 = 1E-29?

texts:
Any idea why if typed into spotlight search, the first formula results in 1E-29, while second formula result in 0?

Can a step-by-step explanation be had as to why this bug exists?

It's clear this calculation is performed with floating-point arithmetic, though I believe as there is no "floating-point" per-se in this calculation, the inequality is a bug, and not a result of floating-point arithmetic limitations.  My intuition tells me this could be done with only integer arithmetic as there is no negative value and no decimal point.

To be clear, I don't rely on my intuition, and I'm happy to be told that it is wrong, if that is indeed the case.  I'm just interested in the specific anomaly that leads to this inaccuracy.

(1024*64) - (2^16) = 1E-29

(1024*128) - (2^17) = 0


texts: Apple iPhone 6 retaining personal information after Erase All Content and Settings

texts:
I have an iPhone 6 that I am giving to a family member as I upgraded my phone.

I "Wiped" all my data with Erase All Content and Settings however it is still retaining information such as my full name in the Health app for example.

It doesn't have a sim card in it.

It was set up using the family members iPad when you bring it close and take a photo of the on screen stars (sorry I don't know the correct term for this process).

Any ideas how I can be confident all my personal data is deleted?


texts: How to prevent OSX Yosemite from launching old app for ":news" URL in browser

texts:
I want to open a newsgroup url (eg. "news:comp.lang.python") in a browser, but my OS/X Yosemite (10.10.5) system insists on opening an old mailing application that is located inside one of my (external) backup disk.  I would like to change what it opens; ie. replace it with some mail software that is able to handle newsgroups.

It seems to be related to OS/X and not the browser because the behaviour is the same across the 3 browsers I tried it on (Safari, Firefox, Chrome).

Where does OS/X control the association done at the browser level?


texts: Traces of Visual Studio for mac throughout macOS!

texts:
I recently installed Visual Studio For Mac.  I didn't liked the IDE and UI so I removed it, according to steps suggested by various stack exchange community posts.

Today when I used Omni Disk Sweeper to sweep my Main Disk, I came across the files shown in the screenshot.  Visual studio was the only application I have ever downloaded from Microsoft.  Can these files be related to Visual Studio?

If they are VS-related, how can I remove them (and other traces of Visual Studio)?


texts: Distribute iOS app without human interaction

texts:
Is there a way to deploy an iOS app to a device without requiring human interaction.

By 'no human interaction', for instance, consider an automated scenario (in a CI environment) where the server can deploy an app to a device and there is no need to have a person to go to the device in order to open an URL and click 'install'.

Following image shows what I want to avoid.


texts: Emptying the trash after deleting Time Machine Backups

texts: I went to my Time Machine External HD and deleted one of the backups by dragging it to the trash. Now when I try to empty the trash I keep getting messages that certain folders can't be deleted because they are in use. How do I empty the trash completely? I tried opening the trash and right-clicking on the folder and choosing "Delete Immediately" but it still gives me the message that folder can't be deleted.  I'm running High Sierra 10.13.5 on an iMac.


texts: Is there a way to prevent applications to run, like I can with selfControl to disable opening websites?

texts:
I want to force myself to focus.

I use https://selfcontrolapp.com to block websites. How can I block apps?

Is there a utility app, or a terminal command you know?


texts: Can't boot into High Sierra (holding option)

texts:
I've been perusing the forums and kind of find some answers for my problem, but kind of not:

Current Hardware:
-Mid 2012 MacBook Pro running High Sierra (fairly certain I went to high sierra)
-240GB Intel SSD
-16GB RAM
-i7 2.3 (quad)
-Bootcamp w/ Windows 10 Home installed

About four weeks ago was the last time I booted into OSX. Restarted, and ever since, it defaulted to Windows - wasn't a big problem as I've had to use that more often as of late.

-Right click Bootcamp control panel, Restart in OSX, and it says OSX can't be found.
-Restart, hold Option, only Windows partition is found
-Attempt PRAM & SMC reset (because why not), nothing
-Attempt single user mode & safe mode, only boots to Windows
-Launch Internet recovery (cmd + r)
-Launched disk utility
-See disk0s2 (fairly certain it was 2) (grayed out, can't do any first aid to it, can't mount it)
-Launch terminal
-Issue "diskutil list"
-Issue "diskutil cs list"
-Issue "diskutil apfs list"

Output in pictures.

I see it's still reporting as HFS and not APFS (though I thought High Sierra converted SSD's to APFS).

Any ideas from the members? You guys are all really smart and I generally find most of my answers here, but this one has my stymied big time.

Thanks for your time!

Update: more photo's from new recovery console (High Sierra - accessed by doing cmd+opt+r):


texts: Files encrypted in a folder - how to reverse it?

texts: I've been playing with a computer game (Kerbal Space Program, OS X 10.9.3) and recently found that I can no longer load saved games (missions). I contacted the tech support and all they could say is that the folder containing the saved game files is encrypted. What is more,  I can create a new game but once I quit, I can no longer load it. It seems that something keeps encrypting the files in that particular folder. Why is this happening and what can I do about it? How can I reverse the encryption?


texts: Black screen after High Sierra update, MacBook Pro w/user-installed SSD

texts:
Ran the High Sierra updater, walked away as it ran. Came back after 40 minutes or so to find a black screen. That’s it.

Keyboard was backlit, and pressing keys (spacebar, arrows, esc/fn/command/option) don’t wake things up. If I leave it alone for a while, the keyboard goes dark, but a key press lights it back up...but still no screen.

It’s a late-2011 15” Core i7, 2.2 ghz, with 4gb RAM and a hard drive upgraded from 500gb rotating media to 1tb SSD (Samsung 850 EVO).

(As a side note, my late-2014 Mac Mini updated just fine.)

Any thoughts on how to proceed?

UPDATE: a pal suggested shutting the lid, waiting 30 seconds, then re-opening the lid. That powered it down...somehow. Then I held down the power button till it restarted, and all is (now, thankfully) well. Hope this helps someone out.


texts: How to trigger specific font when changing language?

texts: I use Pages as my main word-processing application and regularly have to type in both English and Greek. I use either Times New Roman or Hoefler Text in English and GFS Porson for Greek. Is there a way to automatically trigger a specific font (in this case, GFS Porson) anytime I switch over to the Greek keyboard?


texts: Link pre-installed apps to Homebrew Cask

texts:
I installed Slack by downloading the DMG from its website and copying the app bundle into /Applications directory. Alternatively, I could have used brew cask install slack.

Is there a way to make Homebrew aware of this drag-and-drop version of Slack ? Or do I need to remove it and install via brew cask in order for it to be detected by Homebrew?


texts: Is there any iPad keyboard shortcut to toggle through the parts of an app window to select one?

texts: For example, if I open the Google Translate app, but the text input is not active, so I can’t just type the text in. I need to click on the input text region first, then type. Could I somehow activate that text region with a keyboard shortcut instead, similar to how one can often scroll through the parts of a webpage on Safari?


texts: Creating a bootable usb for MacOS from Windows 10

texts:
I've a MacBook Pro and recently my hard drive kicked the bucket. I bought a new ssd drive and installed it in my MacBook.

Now I have to create a bootable usb to install latest MacOS. I've spare a windows pc. Researching, I found that I could use Transmac software to create one.

However, the official ".dmg" file of latest macos (i.e., high sierra) can't be downloaded from PC.

Is there a way to download this file from a PC?


texts: how can I separate these folders in macOS Sierra? About a week ago 'iCloud' and 'Desktop' folders were not in my favorites, but I was able to move them down. Yesterday I ran out of iCloud in my macbook and disappeared from that location. Do I get separated?


texts: What is the name of Network Setup Assistant's window?

texts:
This is a somewhat common interface, and is generally used to move a user through a series of sequential operations. It can be found in Apple's Network Setup Assistant (System Preferences > Network > Assist Me > Assistance), in many third party .pkg installers, and in applications like VirtualBox.

It has a Low Opacity (light) image as a background, with a translucent Text Field on it, with a visually distinct bottom row with the next and previous buttons.

Here is an example:


texts: How to show serving fonts in character table

texts:
In the upper right corner of the screen, right beside the clock, you can open the character table which opens a window with a lot of different characters, sorted by categories (currencies, arrows, math symbols, ...). Now my question is how can I know which font serves one specific symbol? For example if I insert the arrow "RIGHTWARDS ARROW FROM BAR" I get only a questionmark in my text. Obviously my font does not contain this symbol but how to know which font DOES contain it? I don't have to try all my 200 fonts, do I?
Thank you!


texts: How to repair a drive after accidentally changing the partition scheme?

texts:
I was using the Boot Camp. Somehow I managed to change the GPT partition scheme on my external hard drive to a MBR partition scheme. Below is the output from the command sudo gpt -r -vvv show /dev/disk1.

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=1000204886016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1953525168
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Bad CRC in GPT table at sector 2
gpt show: /dev/disk1: Sec GPT at sector 1953525167
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1      409639
      409640  1829583888      2  MBR part 175
  1829993528     1531680      3  MBR part 171
  1831525208   121999927
  1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
  1953525167           1         Sec GPT header

I was booting OS X from this external drive. I am trying to make this drive functional without losing all the data on it.


texts: How to download the Command Line Tools for Xcode without the Downloads for Developers webpage?

texts:
I'm trying to install the Command Line Tools for Xcode so that I can use homebrew to install some packages I need for some rudimentary programming exercises; I would rather not install the entirety of Xcode (again) as it's pretty bulky for something I rarely use, and I prefer a minimalistic IDE. Supposedly, Apple has released the command line tools separately, but for whatever reason, when I sign into the Downloads for Developers page, I get some sort of weird error where the page will not populate with downloads the majority of the time, and even when it will (rarely) I can't find the command tools I'm looking for.
Apparently you can also download the OSX GCC Installer from Kenneth Reitz's blog, but it seems to be obsolete now that there's an official Apple version.

Are there any other avenues I can pursue? What could be going on with the website?


texts: Getting home.dev to resolve to 127.0.0.1

texts:
In my hosts file I have:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
127.0.0.1 home.dev
fe80::1%lo0 home.dev

Yet, when I go to home.dev, I get the Google search page, and when I go to http://home.dev, I get a blank page.  How do I get it to actually go to the index page  that says "It works!" (I have index.php in the root directory of /Library/WebServer/Documents with just that).

In System Preferences for Networks, DNS, I have "192.168.1.1" and "home" which are greyed out.  If I try to use "+" to add 127.0.0.1, the previous entry gets wiped out.

How do I get this working properly?  I've tried different solutions over the years but never got this to work properly.  I'm using 10.8 but will be upgrading to Yosemite after it comes out.


texts: How can I manage apps with File Sharing within iOS (without using computer)?

texts: I want to know if I can manage (copy MEDIA (music or video) from it   and   paste MEDIA to it) the File Sharing folder of iOS apps using iOS devices (iPhone, iPad ...) without plugging the device to a computer. AND WITHOUT JAILBREAK


texts: How can I find and remove missing airdropped files from iPhone?

texts:
I airdropped two files separately from MacOs Catalina to iOS 13.1.2 on iPhone 7.
The files were

  Install macOS Catalina.app

and

  Install macOS Catalina.app.zip

Each one more than 8 GB. after sending files the options list of apps didn't appear on the iPhone and files were missing.

But when I checked the storage part of setting app it appeared that around 16GB files are on my device and they are occupying the iPhones's space.

How can I find and remove missing airdropped files?


texts: Need help with importing Camera Roll images from iPhone to Mac

texts:
I’m trying to pull images off of my Camera Roll on my iPhone 6s with iOS 11.2 to my Mac locally and not using iCloud as I won’t sign up for that.

I would like to use the Image Capture program or iPhoto, but I've also tried using the Dr Fone programs too and all of them say that my iPhone has a password lock on it and they can’t access my iPhone when it's connected via USB cable. However, I have no password active on it.

The only thing that I can think of is that when I first bought the iPhone it asked me for a Passcode during the first initial set up and for some reason this main Passcode is preventing me from accessing the photos through my Mac.

Can this be correct? Or how else can I get access to empty my camera roll locally onto my Mac?


texts: Configure emacs to cut and copy text to Mac OS X clipboard

texts: Can I configure emacs, so that I could copy/cut text from emacs (default Terminal version) and paste it somewhere else (into X Window program)?


texts: OS X Mavericks introduced file tagging to Finder and the filesystem. Are these tags case-senstive? For example, could I have an Apple and apple tag?


texts: Mavericks, Minecraft, Mods and Parental Controls

texts:
My son loves Minecraft and I have set up an account for him to play and it works fine with Parental Controls enabled.   Now he wants to add Mods to the game and I'm having a hard time getting the system to allow me into the proper folders to allow me to add the files he needs.  I need access to the ~\Library\Application Support\ folder.   I can access it with my administrator account but the one under my profile and not his.  I then shared his user folder with me on Read\Write but it says I don't have permissions.

Anyone else with this problem and were you able to solve it?   It is annoying me to no end.   I don't want to turn off parental controls if at all possible.

Thanks.


texts:
I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro with a Toshiba MK7559GSXP 750GB 5400rpm hard drive (that has about 48GB free) and running El Capitan.  Recently I had the feeling that things were running slowly (and I probably have been ignoring it up until now), so I downloaded and ran Blacmagicdesign's Disk Speed Test 2.2.2

This speed test gave me a read and write speed of about 50 MB/s which my gut feeling is saying is not very good.

I also ran the Disk Utility's First Aid and the drive passed all the tests applied by that utility.  So:

Is this an unreasonable read/write speed?
Would it be due to the hard drive being less than 10% full?
Something else that I am missing?

After the storm

I just replaced the hard drive with a Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD.  The boot time halved, Apps open almost immediately, the Disk Speed Test pegs at 480 MB/s and the Negotiated link speed is 6 GB/s.

Thats all good, but the weirdest things is how quiet it sounds now!


texts: How can I copy all of my IPhone Notes that are in ICloud into a Pages doc. I have been googling this for a couple of days but haven't found any answer. I don't want to use iTunes & a computer. There should be a simple way to move all my notes into one Pages doc.


texts: Writing to an NTFS volume is disabled on 10.9.2?

texts:
Hi I recently upgraded to 10.9.2 and I cannot write to NTFS anymore - in fact I cannot mount NTFS anymore unless I removed the the lines that allow me to write NTFS in the past in /etc/fstab...

I also tried NTFS-3G and it's the same result - the system won't mount my NTFS drive unless I reverse to the default system files or settings (which only allow me to read NTFS, without enabling the write feature).

Did Apple disable NTFS write? Why?

Also I tried Tuxera NTFS and it gives me this error message:


texts: Bootcamp: is there an advantage of 64-bit vs 32-bit Windows?

texts:
I've got the new MabookPro retina. I want to install a dual boot Windows OS.

I have the option from MSDN to either install a 64-bit or a 32-bit. Is there a performance advantage? Other advantages?


texts: How do I add a custom field to the login dialog?

texts:
When the screensaver has been disturbed, or the computer wakes from sleep, my system asks for a password.  I would like to add to this dialog. Along with username and password, there would be a third field asking for user text input on what they would like to do at the computer. After a successful login, the Automator would take the user input and put it in a stickie note in the corner of the desktop.

This is for productivity purposes, as I always get distracted whenever I go to the computer and after a long time surfing the internet, I forget what I actually logged on for.

I have seen a lot of questions & answers on adding your own text message to the login window, but not any on adding a user input text field.  I have a vague idea of how this might work (which could be totally wrong), but here is what I think:

I need to edit the com.apple.loginwindow.plist and add a custom field that asks for user input? (is this possible?)
Use Automator to paste the user input into a Stickie.
Somehow run a shell script to have the Automator perform this action after every login. (or do I even need this b/c I can do that in the Automator?)

Also not sure: so I need to use AppleScript?

Thanks for any help.  I am on Snow Leopard by the way.


texts:
I am attempting to use iTunes through a work proxy.

When loading iTunes, it prompts me to enter a username and password for the http and https proxy servers, but fails, saying the password was incorrect.
The pattern is that, the dialog will appear, details entered, and it will then ask for the http or https details, then repeat again and again.

I have tried DOMAIN\username, like, NTADMIN\bob
My network account is not locked
Sometimes, after entering my username & password on the first few times, I'm able to see some album art start to load.  So, on some instances, I'm getting through the proxy.
My password is definitely being entered correctly....  Yes, I'm sure, and yes it works.
Network Connectivity Tests show:

Network interfaces verified
Internet connection verified
Secure link to iTunes Store failed.

(Technical) I have deleted my keychain & even deleted all settings and installed.
(Technical) iTunes is one of the only applications that don't work with the proxy.
(Technical) I have managed to get it working if I specify my proxy as my local CNTLM application.  But I don't want to set my Windows system level proxy to always go through that.

Is there a way to force iTunes to use a specific proxy, rather than use the Windows system one?


texts: What is the macOS (10.14.6) equivalent of --exclude in du?

texts:
What is the macOS (10.14.6) equivalent of --exclude in du ?
du -hs --exclude=./node_modules/
du: illegal option -- -
usage: du [-H | -L | -P] [-a | -s | -d depth] [-c] [-h | -k | -m | -g] [-x] [-I mask] [file ...]


texts: KeyChain Access and GPG Keychain - should those be running simultaneously?

texts: I have installed GPG Suite and found out also during this time that my OS X has some app that stores all my passwords under my screenlock password - total news to me.  Can I get rid of Apple app if I now have GPG? Really need help with this Apple app.. Thank you.


texts:
I just downloaded  Clips, and I discovered that I could add some music in the background that you can download:

But I would like to know if there is a way of deleting these background music without deleting the app.
P.S. : I already tried to swipe to see if there is the delete button, and there isn't .


texts: Will either a NVIDIA GTX660 or GeForce GTX 760 plug n play with Mac Pro 2009?

texts: I've researched but am still unclear whether NVIDIA GTX660 or Zotac GeForce GTX 760 will just slot into my Mac Pro 2009 without buggering about with power supplies etc.


texts: OSX El Capitan Unable to add exchange account

texts:
I had a problem with Lync because of which I went to Keychain Access > Preferences > Reset My Default Keychain.

After that all of my passwords were reset and I had to enter them again. When I was trying to enter the password for my EXCHANGE accounts, it didn't work and I deleted these accounts (hoping i can recreate them).

Once I try to recreate the EXCHANGE accounts, it will connect with the server and then show the option of Mail, Calendar, Notes, Reminders. Once I click DONE, the spinner spins but nothing happens and I can only cancel to go out. The accounts aren't created.

This is happening for both exchange accounts.

I went to CONSOLE and checked the log files and I found this entry:

7/20/15 4:46:56.840 PM com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts.remoteservice[586]: __56-[ACUIViewController persistVerifiedAccountWithActions:]_block_invoke_3:103 -- *** Failed: Error Domain=com.apple.accounts Code=13 "Unable to store credential due to error -25291 Requested By: 586" UserInfo=0x7fe8fed589e0 {NSLocalizedDescription=Unable to store credential due to error -25291 Requested By: 586, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe8fea22120 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.accounts.keychain error -25291.)"}

From the error, it seems to be a keychain error because the package com.apple.accounts.keychain is involved in it.

Any idea on how this can be fixed?


texts: Whenever I open a .dmg, my computer says that it is Verifying… for a moment.  I'm just curious as to what it is doing at this time.  Is it running a checksum, checking if it is the same as the online version, etc.?


texts: Red shield with number in Nike+ iOS app?

texts: I'm new to the Nike + run app for iPhone. On my activity list, what does the red shield with the number in it mean?


texts: How to sync photos+videos to both iCloud and Google Photos while simultaneously deleting from iOS devices?

texts:
How can I sync my iOS (in my current case, an iPhone8) photos+videos to both iCloud and Google Photos but delete all the photos+videos from my iOS device, primarily to free storage space (on my iPhone)?

Details and (known?) problems

This answer suggests that I can not do this, because deletion of photo/video files from the iOS device also deletes it from iCloud (example scenario below), which violates my goal. However, I'm hoping there's some workaround.

Specifically, I want to "free up space on my device" like I've done several times previously with Google Photos (GP). However, the GP photo/video file deletion may effectively delete the same photo/video file(s) from iCloud--which is what I'm trying to avoid.


texts: I accidentally deselected "Allow network user login at login window" on my mac. I need to restore that setting. I have admin and access to every file via the startup terminal utility (but can't login with my user name). How do enable network user login from the terminal?


texts: How do I dual boot Windows 7 and OS X Mountain Lion on two separate drives?

texts: Is it possible to dual boot Windows 7 (on my internal disk) and OS X Mountain Lion using two different drives?


texts: Replacing shortcuts that use the eject key on MacBook Air lacking such a physical key?

texts:
I'm getting used to working on a MacBook Air this week and find myself wondering if I can systematically change the default system shortcuts to use the power button as a direct substitution for the shortcuts that employed the eject key on previous keyboards.

I figure there is a really good reason why Apple didn't just enable this by default, but it would be nice to use the one such combination that I am most familiar with:

control + shift + eject which shuts off the main display immediately

An answer that addresses this one issue narrowly would be great if there is a longer wait for a more general, comprehensive answer.


texts: My Launchpad organization was reset with Mountain Lion. How can I recover it?

texts:
I had neatly sorted the applications in Launchpad when I was running Lion. But after upgrading to Mountain Lion, none of my custom folders are there any more, and it seems Launchpad is back to the default layout (the first page being all Apple apps).

Is there a way to restore the layout I had in Lion? Is this something I could take from an old Time Machine backup? How would I apply it without breaking Launchpad (such as making some apps permanently disappear, or other such undesirable results)?


texts: How to set label color for "Utilities" folder in Lion?

texts:
In earlier versions of OSX I've set the label color of the /Applications/Utilities folder so that it's easy to spot (visually).

Lion disables the labels for this folder.  (Why?)

I've tried changing the permissions on the folder but that didn't work.

Anyone have a fix?


texts: Cannot access Google services through HTTP (only HTTPS)

texts:
I recently reformatted my hard drive and installed OS X 10.10 Yosemite on my Late 2013 Macbook Pro.

So far everything's great, but within the last two days I haven't been able to access any google services through HTTP. Websites that access ajax.googleapi.com or fonts.googleapi.com load extremely slow (because they have to timeout first) and Google, YouTube, Google+, none of it will load unless I put https:// in the front of the URL.

I can't explain this behavior, and was hoping perhaps someone here could.

Here's a cURL to Google:

Kevins-MacBook-Pro:~ Kevin$ curl http://google.com
curl: (52) Empty reply from server
Kevins-MacBook-Pro:~ Kevin$ curl https://google.com
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<TITLE>301 Moved</TITLE>

301 Moved

The document has moved
here.
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texts: Shortcut for jumping between words in Sublime Text 2 wanted

texts: I want to jump between words in a text editor (e.g. Sublime Text 2). In Windows, I can use Ctrl-Left or Ctrl-Right. What is the shortcut on Mac?


texts: How can I change the VoiceOver language for a song on my 6th gen iPod Nano?

texts:
Is it possible to change language used for reading song album/artist/title for certain songs? I.e. when I use slovak as default iPod nano language, but I have songs with english titles, I would like to hear those in english. I think this was available for previous iPod nanos, but I cannot find it in iTunes when syncing songs to 6th gen nano.

Update: This is how Options panel looks when I right-click on song stored on my iPod Nano (6th gen):

VoiceOver language is not there :-(


texts: How do I set the Mail app's default font running under Mavericks?

texts:
Mail says its default font is 12pt Helvetica.

How do I change the default to something more readable, such as 14 pt Georgia?

Appreciated.


texts: Is there a way to access/see all files stored in iCloud to one account?

texts:
I am aware that there is a online view under icloud.com, and there is a OS X and iPhone app for iCloud.

Why I am asking, is:

  I deleted all of my iCloud files (so I thought), and emptied the whole
  drive. One year later, I installed 1Password on my Mac, activated
  iCloud Drive again, and there it was: "Do you want to use your old
  iCloud file?"

So there are hidden files which stay there, no matter what.I thought I deleted everything, but somehow there were files missing or still there.

  So what is the best way to view the iCloud Drive content?


texts: Resizing mac partition on a volume with boot-camp

texts:
On my mac I have two partitions, and I want to create a new one. One partition has Mountain Lion and the other has Windows 7 (through Boot-Camp). I want to create a new mac partition, and for that I want to remove about 10Gb of space from the mac partition I already have and use that space for the new one.

I have searched quite a bit and I found so many different answers I can't really make up a plan on my mind, so I decided to post a question here explaining my situation in hopes of getting an answer tailored to my needs.

I know that resizing windows partitions can lead to big problems, but the thing is I don't want to resize the windows partition, just the mac partition. Does that still cause problems? If so, what would you advise (preferably something you have already tried)?

Lastly, I found out about GParted, which is recommended on various places, but I'm at a loss on how to use it (for example, how can I put it on my USB pen?).


texts: How to force iPhone to upload to iCloud over mobile data

texts:
Using iPhone 10.3.3 with no possibility of WiFi. Is there a way to force the use of mobile data to upload to iCloud?

I understand why the phone will not update using a potentially insecure signal but why won't it allow me to upload my photographs over mobile data?

These issues  are important to people making use of older lower end models. The #Iphone5c is still functional but with very limited scope because of the neglect over maximising use of mobile data and storage issues.


texts: Where does Photos.app store the iPhone videos I've imported?

texts:
I use my iPhone to take photos and video, then import them onto my Macbook using the new Photos app.

Now I'm trying to find the original videos so I can put them on an external hard drive for a friend to edit. I notice that within the Photos app, if I control-click on my videos, there is no "Reveal in Finder" option. If I do "Get Info" and look at the filename, it says IMG_6517.MOV. But when I do a Spotlight search, that file does not come up.

Where does the new Photos app store the originals for photos and videos I've imported?


texts: Mac OS X pstopdf utility defaults to Letter page size

texts:
I am using the a2ps utility from Homebrew to pretty print code, generating .ps files, and then the Mac OS X utility pstopdf (used by Preview.app) to convert these to .pdf format. But whatever page size is specified in the PostScript, the generated PDF files have a Letter page size of 11 x 8.5 inches.
For example
a2ps --medium=A4 -P file myfile.py

or
a2ps --medium=A3 -P file myfile.py

generate PostScript files with the correct page dimensions (A4 and A3 respectively) but when converted to PDF by pstopdf the resulting PDF is Letter size with the output truncated at the right/ bottom edge of the page.
I can't find any mention anywhere of how to specify what default page size pstopdf uses.  Opening the PostScript files in Preview.app uses pstopdf in the back end so I get the same result.


texts: How do I hide Terminal windows using AppleScript?

texts:
I am using an AppleScript where I need to open many Terminal Windows using:

repeat while counter > windowAmount
    tell application Terminal
       do script ""
    end tell
end repeat

Is there any way that I can hide the new Terminal windows that are opening up?
I am fine with it appearing in the dock but I don't want it to show any windows.


texts: Restore from Backup: Apps in iTunes library were not installed on iPhone because Unknown Error occurred 0xE800002D

texts:
After iPhone Restore from Backup & Sync causes iTunes Error Message:

I posted this weird copying behavior here:
Issues & Errors with Restore from ios7 Backup to ios9 on iPhone 5?

The screenshot of error message below is from this thread from Apple forums.

I get a similar looking error message, but with 200+ errors (as posted with details below):

So I split & posted this Error Message separately to solve this issue.

Some of the apps in your iTunes library were not installed on the iPhone “AS_iPhone5_711” because one or more errors occurred.
For a list of apps that could not be installed, click the + below.
..
The app “xxxx” was not installed on the iPhone “My_iPhone5_711” because an unknown error occurred (0xE800002D).  // most apps have this error
..
The app “yyyy” was not installed on the iPhone “My_iPhone5_711” because an unknown error occurred (0xE800000E).  // few apps, maybe only one or bit more

A few 'tries' of Restore from Backup & Sync, I observed some of the following behaviors:

Sync is stuck for several Apps that are in a "funky" state:

On the iPhone: "Waiting" state:
Folders & Apps all pending, semi grayed icons. Some with names visible others names 'waiting..'. If you clicked one its name would become 'waiting..'
On iTunes: Device > Apps view they were all "Will Install" state:
But every time I sync apps don't install & the same flavor of errors come up

For one app, when I upgraded the version via iTunes and it synced/ installed finally, but the rest did not work despite updates.
It does not consistently 'funk' the same Apps. Once it was Viber, next time it was WhatsApp (and a lot of other apps, but the apps kind of changed)
PS: I thought maybe it was AppSync causing it so I got rid of it last 2 'tries'.
Most of these are legit & free purchased from AppStore
Computer was also authorized via iTunes

I don't mind taking manual steps to resolve this as long as there is some way.

Found some posts that talk about this error, but they are old and not sure if connected.

Jun 06, 2013: https://discussions.apple.com/message/22259435#22259435
2011 - 2013/14: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2765754?start=0&tstart=0


texts: Different language for Mac OS and AppStore's softwares

texts:
My OS X (Mountain Lion) is in English, and I want to keep it like this.

But, for some softwares in the AppStore (not necessary all), I would like to turn it in French when supported (like OmniFocus) because all my colleagues are working in French, and it's hard for me to tell them what to do when they have a problem:

The translator of the software does not necessarily use the same words as me, and it become difficult to navigate through the menus in some cases.

So, is it possible to configure just some software (or all of them as a last resort) to use a different language that the one used by the Mac OS?


texts: Notification Center preferences shows duplicate apps

texts:
I was running the Tweetbot for Mac Beta, and still had it installed when I installed the full release from the Mac App Store.

Now I have 2 entries in my preferences for Notification Center, and I don't know which is which.  I have removed the Beta application, and only have the real thing installed, but oddly whereas the Beta had the 'Egg" icon rather than the bird, both set of preferences use the bird icon.

Where does this preference pane get it's information about installed applications? How can I remove an app from the list?


texts:
I am trying to install RGtk2. I have installed GTK+ and XQuartz with Homebrew:

$ brew cask install xquartz
Warning: A Cask for xquartz is already installed. Add the "--force" option to force re-install.
$ brew install gtk
Warning: gtk+-2.24.28_2 already installed

But when I try installing it I get the error

Rgtk.c:7:10: fatal error: 'gdk/gdkx.h' file not found

Have I missed installing some necessary package?


texts: iPad Chromecast app cannot find existing Chromecast

texts:
I just installed the Chromecast app on my iPad (2). The iPad is running 6.1.3 (or whatever; it says it's up-to-date).

I've also got a Chromecast that works fine from my Android phone, my Nexus 7 tablet, and all the computers in my house that I've tried (except Linux machines of course).

The Chromecast app tries to find local devices, but apparently it cannot find mine. I've only got one domain in my house, and everything's on the same one. Neither the iPad app nor the Chromecast itself seem to offer any clear way to figure out what's wrong.

So: is there something dumb I'm missing? Unfortunately I don't have any other iOS devices from which to try this.  The iPad is otherwise unremarkable and seems to be able to do anything else it's asked to do.

edit — for what it's worth, I also can't get either YouTube or Netflix (the apps) to think that the Chromecast exists.


texts: What could be the possible downsides of sticking with an old version of OSX?

texts:
I've bought a Macbook Pro a pair of years ago, and it came with OSX 10.9.5 (Mavericks). Since I am very happy with this version of OSX, I've ignored all the updates since then, and I'm still running OSX 10.9.5.

I'm afraid that upgrading OSX would leave me unsatisfied, so basically I'm sticking with a version I like (and by the way, I also prefer this version from an esthetic point of view!).

However, I'm wondering if there could be some problems when never upgrading OSX. What are the problems that could emerge in the long run if the OS is not upgraded?


texts: email deleted on email client is still in the inbox on my iphone

texts: when I delete email on my email client, these email remain on my iphone. How do I get the iphone to have the same email as the server?


texts: Where did the digital color meter go in Yosemite?

texts:
I used to have the Digital Color Meter (system app) in my dock, but since updating to Yosemite it doesn't appear in the dock anymore ("?" sign)
Did they just move it and Dock cannot find it?


texts: Time machine doesn't delete older backups when device is full

texts: I'm not sure what the default behavior is, but I'm confident I did not receive any "backup failed, device is full" error message from time machine before Catalina. I have a 500G SSD set up with time machine. The contents of my mac hard drive amount to some 300G. Time machine failed to complete the backup today because it has only 25.8G left and it needs 35G. Isn't it supposed to start deleting the older backups? I can't see an option for deleting the old stuff manually anyway, but I would much rather it did this automatically. How do I make it start deleting from the oldest stuff automatically? (OS version: 10.15.5)


texts: renamed vecLib.framework, now can't use PAM, sudo, App Store... Error Code -8076

texts:
Well, I think I really messed things up :) While trying to build the NumPy Python math module with Intel's Math Kernel Library (MKL), I was running into some problems with the Accelerate and vecLib frameworks overriding the MKL. At any rate, I decided it would be a good idea to rename /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework and /System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework temporarily. Nothing happened after moving Accelerate.framework. However, after entering

sudo mv vecLib.framework/ vecLib.framework.old

I got the following error:

sudo: unable to initialize PAM: No such file or directory

Oops. Unfortunately, the mv command worked, but now when I try to use sudo I get the same error, but the commands don't work. When I tried to rename vecLib through Finder, I get:

The operation can’t be completed.
An unexpected error occurred (error code -8076).

which apparently is some sort of permissions error.

So, my question is how can I get sudo working again? App Store.app won't even run, so I can't reinstall XCode (which is apparently where vecLib.framework comes from) or anything else. I'm afraid to reboot because I'm worried the computer will hang, whereas (as you can tell) at least it's working for now, albeit without any elevated permissions capabilities.

Any suggestions?

BTW, I'm running 10.8.3.


texts:
My Mac (a MacBook Air, though I doubt that's relevant) has for the last few weeks been beeping (giving the alert noise, that is) every minute, exactly.  It is getting to be extremely annoying, and I cannot find the cause.  Nothing is showing up in the Console log on a minute-by-minute basis, and there's no crontab entry to run every minute.  I've tried shutting down various programs and background processes to see if I can eliminate the source, but that hasn't turned up anything yet.

Once it starts I can't find any way to stop it, but apparently it is not 100% consistent, because (oddly enough!) it is not running right now.   Nonetheless, it happens often enough that in retrospect it seems like it happens all the time.  The only work-around I've found is to turn the alert volume all the way down, but of course that's not a solution since there are times when there are real alerts, and I want to hear those.

What could cause a Mac to beep every minute?


texts: what is the hex code for backward-kill-line

texts:
I'd like to map ^u to backward-kill-line on iTerm2.
What is the Hex Codes for this?


texts: How do I perform a partial clone between 2 MacBook Pros?

texts: I would like to switch from 13 inch to 15 inch Macbook Pro (both are non-retina) because the 15 inch is 2 years newer and has 16GB RAM. However, I don't want to clone every single thing and I also don't want to lose the development environment setups (XAMPP, Virtual Machines, Eclipse) I have in my 13 inch Mac. What would be the best way to make the switch smoothly without losing these environments that are time-consuming to setup, but also leave behind a bunch of files cluttering up the SSD?


texts: Output Audio from a pc to an iphone bluetooth

texts: I appear to be having issues with my headphones port in my laptop, when plugging in my headphones they do not appear in the sound devices settings. I have attempted to follow some other suggestions including downloading a IDT HD Audio driver which did not work, downloaded airfoil which worked via WIFI however would prefer to use bluebooth to prevent audio delay. Looking to cut some videos on a long trip overseas and want to be able to use my headphones so that I do not disturb anyone. Any suggestions or recommendations until I buy a new laptop?


texts: El Capitan Preview PDF highlighter yellow color changed

texts:
I originally upgraded from OS X Mavericks to El Capitan, and when I edit PDF files, my default highlighter is the bright yellow color (bottom example of the image). However, recently, after I changed highlighter color to red, and then back to yellow, the new highlighted yellow color (top example of the same image) is no longer the same as bottom one. And no matter what I do, the new yellow highlighter is no longer bright..just this dull tangerine like color :(

How do I go about switching back to the desired highlighting yellow color again?

Thanks

Note 1: My current version of Preview is 8.1.877

Note 2: The screen shot is based on APA Building Better Home brochure A530...


texts:
I would like to create an Automator application that reads the address book and sends an email from the default email account with the content of the addr. book search result.

Everything works except before sending the email the use is asked to press the send button.
Is it possible to achieve this with no user interaction ?


texts:
I have been using iCloud Photo Library on my Mac for several months but I'm wanting to quit using it now.  If I go in and try to turn it off, I get a message that all my photos will be deleted from my Mac but the full resolution originals will still be available in iCloud for 30 days.  I have already downloaded my photos from iCloud into a download folder on my Mac so that I can import them into Photos.

My main concern with disabling is: First off, will all my photos be deleted from my Mac right away?  If all my photos are removed, will that also remove all my albums in Photos?  Or will my photos be removed but when I import the downloaded photos from iCloud, will the Albums reappear?  I do not want to have to go back and recreate all new albums with the pictures I've chosen to put into those albums.

I found the following article about safely disabling the iCloud library, but it doesn't address the warning that I get when I want to turn it off.

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how-to-disable-icloud-photo-library-reclaim-storage


texts: Is there a way to capture text messages into an image?

texts:
On the iPhone, if you hold down the Power button + Main button, it'll take an image of what's on the screen.  I've used it in the past to capture and print out text message exchanges.

Is there a way to do this if the text message exchanges span multiple pages?


texts: New MBP 13 retina late 2013 battery problem

texts:
I just have bought new MBP 13 retina late 2013 and after installing: adobe photoshop, office for mac 2011, xcode, eclipse, java, and MAMP is battery life too short. 100% charched battery is remaining only 4 hours. If I use guest account it is normal about 8 - 9 hours... After shut down, when I first log in to guest acc (not to my acc) it is really great (8 hours). But if I first log in to my acc and after i logout and log in to guest it is still only 4 hours. It is like some of these programs eat my battery. But in activity monitor is all right... What do you think? Where can be problem?

Thanks for replies
I have OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)


texts: Is /Users/Shared preserved after reinstalling the OS?

texts:
Reinstalling* the OS preserves the contents of user homes in /Users but is /Users/Shared also preserved untouched?
Is my data stored in /Users/Shared safe? (I do have backups.)
* via Recovery or standalone installer on top of an existing installation without erasing the disk or partition. Does it make a difference whether it's via Recovery or standalone installer?


texts: As of iOS 13, what filetypes does Safari's Download Manager support?

texts:
As of iOS 13, Safari now includes its own built-in Download Manager; the idea is that for supported filetypes, a user can simply tap on a link from within a web page and Safari will offer to either open the file (essentially mirroring its old behaviour in pre-iOS 13 builds), or download the file to a location of the user's choice which can be changed from within Settings/Safari.

What isn't clear, however, is which filetypes the Download Manager supports. As an example, I've seen a reference to Safari being able to download MP3 files (https://www.cultofmac.com/629362/safari-download-manager-ios-13/), but in my own testing as of iOS 13.2.3, tapping on a link to an MP3 file simply opens it - as was the case in iOS 12.

So, my question - is there a definitive list of filetypes that Safari will offer to download when tapped?


texts: How to open and read particular files on iOS (.xpt .por)?

texts: What apps on iOS can open .xpt and .por files? I think they are called binary or stata/sas files in general? How do you open them on iOS? Is that not possible?


texts: How hard can it be to add a "rotate" action?

texts: Can you guys teach me how to rotate an image so that when sent by email we actually send it in the right rotation?


texts: Is there a macOS utility that lets me assign a keyboard shortcut for switching to a particular window?

texts:
I usually have a lot of applications open with lots of windows in each. Let's say I'm working on several documents in a word processor, while having several web browser windows open for reference. I need to switch back and forth between my different documents, and a particular web browser window, which is a Wikipedia article.

Currently, to switch to the Wikipedia article, I need to

⌘ Tab a random number of times (depending on how many applications I have open) to Chrome, then
 Cmd ⌘   `  a number of times (depending on how many Chrome windows I have open) to reach the window with the Wikipedia article.

App switchers like Witch, that can be configured to bring up a list of all open windows from all applications, and lets you switch between them, improves the situation slightly. But it still requires me to browse through a list in order to select a window.

My workflow would be much easier if I could assign a keyboard shortcut to that particular Chrome window, to bring it to front.

Ideally, it would work like this:

Activate the window you want to create a shortcut for ("window A")
Bring up the utility app
Assign a keyboard shortcut, say Ctrl Alt ⌘W, to "window A"
From now on, pressing Ctrl Alt ⌘W at any time would bring "window A" to front
When "window A" is closed, the keyboard shortcut is removed

Is there any utility application for macOS that provides this functionality?


texts: How to disable wifi password sharing on iOS 11?

texts:
Each time I unlock my iPhone, iOS 11 reminds me to share my wifi password, which is boring.

I've tried this accepted answer, which does not work.

It is not feasible to power off someone else's device. Is there a setting on my own device to disable this feature?


texts: Where are the sample books stored in the iBooks for Mac OS X?

texts:
I'm doing an accessibility stuff and I need to access the source file (.epub file) of the sample books in iBooks for Mac OS X. I did look for one at ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks but that only stored bought books. Does anyone know?

(My OS is the newest version of Yosemite.)


texts: Why can't I move a window below the dock?

texts:
I'm trying to move a window so that I can see part of the title at the top of the dock, basically the text in between where the individual icons on the dock stick up.  I am fine with this as basically it is an e-mail window, and all I want is the ability to glance over and see the status in the title.

So I position the window where I want it, but as soon as I let go, it jumps up about two tenths of an inch so that the title is entirely above the dock.  This is unacceptable, as I already have another window that extends down to the top of the dock, so when I switch back to that window (which is normal operation) the title is now completely hidden.

I've got a 27" iMac, so the Dock is not as wide as the whole screen, and there is plenty of space for me to grab the window even if part of it was completely overlaid by the dock.  So it's not as if by putting the window here I wouldn't be able to get it back.

Is there some preference option of something to force OS X to obey my instructions on where to place the window?


texts: How does a Mac choose between Wi-Fi and Ethernet to work with?

texts:
My Mac is connected via a 1GBit Ethernet. However, from time to time I do turn on WiFi and let it connect, typically because I need to use AirDrop etc.

When I'm done with AirDrop I usually turn the Wi-Fi off and stay on Ethernet.

My thinking is that "wifi is slower" and my Mac may use it when downloading or uploading instead of my fast Ethernet. Now I realize this is not based on anything else other than fear.

Is there truth to my fear?

If a Mac has two active connections, Wi-fi, and Ethernet -- what will it choose to use when I'm uploading a large file? Is there a possibility it would choose to use the slower Wifi connection? Or does it employ some kind of algorithm to figure out which one to use based on availability, type and speed?


texts: Credentials format to login into Windows Domain?

texts: How do I login into a Windows based server from a Mac ? domain\username or domain/username or just username ? Nothing seems to be working so far, is there any other way ? Thank you.


texts: How to obtain glyphs from the "Apple Symbols" font in Lion?

texts:
I'd like to make use of the special iOS symbols found in Apple Symbols font, e.g. the "Reload" and "Action" glyphs. In Snow Leopard, I could obtain and insert them via the "special characters" pane where I could show (and select!) all the symbols of any given font. In Lion, however, this feature seems to be missing (said pane now only contains some given character ranges) and when I preview the entire font repertoire in font-book, I can't select and insert text from the preview area.

Is there a way to obtain those symbols in a copyable form (i.e. to insert them into another application) on Lion?


texts: Can you copy files to /Applications using Launchbar?

texts:
For lot of applications, the disc image (.dmg) contains the .app files which needs to be copied to the /Applications folder.

I use Launchbar's Instant Send feature to open the selected files quickly in some text editor. Is there a way I can use this feature to quickly send a selected application to /Applications?


texts: 75 gb of files in iMovie but no files showing up

texts: I have 75gb of storage used in iMovie but there are no files showing up there, How do I find these files?


texts: Unable to properly boot Power Mac G5 running Debian without a screen connected

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I’ve got Power Mac G5 running Debian 6 in headless mode as a media/home server.

When booting it without an attached screen, the fans ramp up from the idle speed to maximum over a couple of minutes. The red interior warning light is not lit.

The server is ping-able the entire time, but startup utilities such as SSH and other are never started; or at least they aren’t reachable.

If a screen is connected until the login-prompt appears, it works just fine. Connecting a screen after booting does nothing; it must be connected the entire time.

I do not know, nor am I able to test if this is a problem when running Mac OS X.

Has anyone experienced this before? And if so, is there a solution to this?


texts: iOS background image height width in Xcode for 1x, 2x, 3x

texts: I am trying to add a background image to iOS app. I am not sure about the dimensions of the image for the 1x, 2x, 3x. I want the background image working for all screen sizes.


texts: How to arrange two windows easily to left and right side?

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In Windows 7, we can easily arrange two windows with these shortcuts: Option (Alt) ⌥ + ← maximizes the window to the left side of the screen, and Option (Alt) ⌥ + → maximizes the window to the right side of the screen.

I'm using a 27" iMac now, and I'd really like to do this. Does Mac OS X have this functionality?


texts: Where is the documentation of the options on the 'System Services' settings screen?

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The settings screen Settings ▸ Location Services ▸ System Services in iOS 5.0 contains the following boolean options:

Cell Network Search
Compass Calibration
Diagnostics & Usage
Location-Based iAds
Setting Time Zone
Traffic

This is fine, but:

  Every time you provide an option, you're asking the user to make a decision.

I have never used an iPhone before and don't understand what each of these services does, so I'm not well enough equipped to be able to make this decision.

Where can I find Apple's documentation of these options? I tried asking in Apple Support Communities but didn't get a helpful response.


texts: Pop-ups in Chrome Cause Mountain Lion to Switch Spaces

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I have 5 spaces. I assigned Chrome to Space 2. When I encounter a pop-up in Chrome, Mountain Lion automatically switches to Space 3 and prevents me from switching back to Space 2. I'm forced to quit Chrome to make Space 2 useable again.

And then, when I restart Chrome, it appears on Space 5. Mountain Lion will not keep the applications on the spaces of which I assigned them to.

Has anyone else experienced these issues? Are there any fixes?


texts: How can I play the sound from the audio in through my speakers?

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I have got a Macbook Pro 15" that has both an audio in and out port. Now I would like to play the sound from an external device through the speakers of my Mac.

How can I do that? I tried to just plug in the 3.5mm cable from my external device into the audio in port but I simply cannot make my Mac play the sound. However, in System Preferences -> Sound -> Input I can see that the Mac is receiving the signals.

What can I do?


texts: Manually add shared Windows printer in macOS

texts:
In OS X one could manually add a printer using the Advanced tab of the printer system preferences dialog with an smb address.

How can I manually add a printer in macOS now that the tab is gone?


texts:
I have Windows 8 installed on my MAC but I don't have sound. The Internal speakers are not detected by Win8. In the charm, it show this; No speakers or headphones.

and in Driver manager The High definition audio controller is not working.

In Properties

And driver

Can anyone assist me with this issue?

Note:  I have no access to my MAC partition


texts: Mac OS X Sierra installation stuck in a reboot loop

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I tried updating my system from El Capitan to Mac Sierra. This is my Macbook Pro configuration:

Somewhere around 90% of the installation...

...this message appeared on the screen:

Then, the computer restarted and got back to the installation from around 50% quickly to 90% and got stuck again on the same message attached above.
After 6-7 cycles of auto reboots this appeared on the screen...

...after which the computer shut itself down.

When I turned it back on, the same story went again all the way until it shuts down.

Since I couldn’t get Sierra to install I decided to restore my El Capitan from Time Machine. I turned the computer on, pressed and held the ALT key to enter boot menu, selected the Time Machine, but it didn’t start restoring but restarted and got to the same aforementioned loop until the shut down.

I tried resetting PRAM, holding CMD+R upon power on to enter the reinstall menu, but I still couldn’t reach/activate Time Machine to start with the restore.

Then, somewhere in between these loops, I forced the shut down by holding the power button and restarted and only then it offered me a different kind of menu with 3 options (Install Sierra, Restore from Time Machine, and Disk Utility) where I finally got Time Machine to starts restoring.

Now, I did this process of trying to install Sierra and restoring to the El Capitan TWICE to make sure it’s not some random stuff. It definitely isn’t.

What should I do to install Mac OS X Sierra? How can I avoid this being stuck in a reboot loop?


texts: Lion, Filevault, Security, Require password immediately after screensaver is forced - any workaround?

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Here's my first question:

In Lion, if you turn on Filevault, you can no longer modify the System Preferences/Security & Privacy/Require password... after sleep or screensaver.  The value is forced to 'immediately' and changes are not saved.  If you haven't turned on Filevault, this setting acts as expected.

Has anyone found a workaround?

It's not a security feature, in that you can set the screensaver not to come on for hours (or never), but it sure is annoying for those folks who reach over and wiggle the mouse when the screensaver comes on.

A postscript:  my workaround is to change the setting and never close System Preferences.  Dumb, but it works.


texts: chown/chmod/chgrp on Users/____/Library without disabling SIP?

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I know how to disable and enable SIP, but is there an easier way to remove ACLs from a user's library?  I want to move and/or copy some things from my admin account to my regular account and SIP prevents even sudo from doing it.

Four shutdown/reboot cycles just for this is a nuisance.


texts: Automator script runs twice on Finder selected files

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I'm writing a simple service to open a file in Emacs through selection in Finder.

for f in $@
do
open -a Emacs "$f"
done

If a file is selected in Finder (solid blue on the file after left click), and the service is called, the script runs twice for any selected files.

If I right click on a file without selecting it (clear box after right click) and call the service, then the action is performed once.

There is no Automator service of "getting Finder items" above this script.

Why is the service being called twice if a file is selected (left click on a file) but only once if selected with a right click?


texts: Academic reference manager that supports freehand annotation

texts: I currently use Mendeley and have been happy with its organisational capabilities. However, I would like to be able to make freehand annotations and drawings on pdfs, which Mendeley does not support. I've downloaded a trial version of Papers, but I am finding its metadata input extremely clunky and error prone compared to Mendeley. I would like to be able to sync between iPad and Mac easily. Can anyone recommend a good reference manager that supports freehand pdf annotation?


texts: cannot see log items for connected ipad in console

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I have attached an iPad to my MacBook and I made the iPad trust the MacBook.

I've opened up the Console application where I can see both my MacBook and the iPad, but I am only seeing messages come through for my MacBook - the iPad has a little triangle containing an exclamation mark next to it and an empty message log. I can't see anything in the UI to indicate what the problem is or how to diagnose it.

How can I get message logging working for the iPad?


texts: Messages.app not downloading messages send/received on iPhone

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I've been recently trying to fix an issues with Messages.app. My iPhone sends/receives all of the messages fine, on my Mac Messages.app will display these messages if the Mac is switched on.

However, if I leave my Mac off then the messages do not appear in Messages.app which is incredibly frustrating.

I have tried signing in and out on both devices, but nothing changes. Forwarded SMS is also having this issue.

I'm currently running OSX 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3 12F70


texts: Macbook Pro Connecting to External Monitor

texts: I am wondering why my MacBook pro retina screen gets cut off from the sides while connecting an external monitor. My monitor is LCD 1280 x 1024 resolution connected via display port to VGA adapter. Other monitors I have used with same resolution do not give same issue. Other monitor I tried was bigger in screen size but same resolution. Please explain. I have attached image of what happens.


texts: How do I switch Apple Watch's "Now Playing" source between "phone mode" and "watch mode"

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The Apple Watch "now playing" control allows me to quickly adjust volume from my wrist without pulling out my phone.

Once I purchased AirPods and connected them to my watch, my entire user experience changed: I discovered that music can be played "from" the watch, or "from" the phone.

The problem is that I don't see a consistent way to bring up the device chooser (AirPods or iPhone) when

Music is playing/streaming from one device and not the other
Music isn't playing anywhere
Music or Audio is playing on both devices (strange ...but seemingly default use case)
Non-iTunes audio (as in Audiobooks or Safari) on the phone

I'm having a difficult time with this UX and any navigational tips would be appreciated


texts: Understanding the Preview App and the Duplicate file option

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I'm running macos Sierra with Preview 9.0 on an iMac. I have a fairly large (40 MB) pdf file that is a version 1.6 PDF. The Preview app does not have a 'save as' option. Your choices under the file menu are: save, duplicate, rename, move to, export, and export as PDF.

Duplicate makes a copy but it converts PDF from version 1.6 to 1.4 and this in itself reduces file size from 40 MB to 20 MB. 'Move To..' and 'Rename' have no noticeable effect on file or size.  Export has several options. The 'None' option, however, also converts file to PDF 1.4 from 1.6 again reducing file size to 20 MB.  Export to PDF does the same but file size is 19.5 MB. I'm confused on these differences. It appears just going from PDF 1.6 to PDF 1.4 cuts file size in half. Why is this and why the conversion in 1st place. The only way I know to truly make a copy is do it in Finder using cntrl-c. What info has been lost in going from PDF 1.6 to PDF 1.4?


texts: Possible to play stereo sound through single speaker?

texts: Here's my situation: I have a Klipsch Promedia 2.1 system and the left channel died. The left speaker works fine when plugged in the right speaker output on the sub. Right now I have both speaker wires in the right speaker output in the sub so I get the right channel on the L and R speakers. Is it possible to play both the left and right channels on the iMac through the right channel so I at least hear everything from both channels?


texts: Buying a new imac, which memory should i get?

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For the new imacs that just came out, which memory upgrade should I get?

This:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226095

or:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

The apple site shows that it's using 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB ram. Would the 1600 ram work as an upgrade or would it be incompatible? And what's the speed difference between the two, is it noticeable?

Thanks.


texts: iPhone 5s won't turn on after water damage

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I just dropped my iPhone in the toilet bowl but took it out after about 3 seconds. It's now totally off and wont turn back on!

Aside from cleaning it and keeping it in rice, is there any other way to fix it? Or is it just gone?

It's out of warranty.


texts:
I am trying to add a shortcut to the menu bar actions in the Terminal app, (specifically to create a new window with my own theme.) Here is a screenshot:

However when I try to add the shortcut via the System Preferences Keyboard Shortcuts page,

the Terminal app does not show up as one of the options for apps that could have more shortcuts. I looked in the "Other..." section of apps for Terminal, but Terminal was grayed out and unelectable:

Is this even possible, to add a shortcut to the menu bar in the Terminal app, and if so, how would it be done?


texts: How do I take a screenshot and paste it in a file?

texts: I am trying to follow these instructions but not succeeding in what they are supposed to instruct.  Can somebody please shed light on how to do this?


texts: Is it possible to reinstall iMovie in case I delete it?

texts: I'm considering to delete iMovie since I'm not using it at all and it takes more than 2.5 GB. But before deleting it, is it possible to reinstall it in the future in case I want to use it?


texts: Safari not loading webpages when connected to a SSTP VPN macOS Big Sur

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I successfully connected to a SSTP VPN (don't ask me why my company still uses it)
I can ping webpages with their domain name and via IP address.
But when I try to load the same webpage via Safari it takes a long time and it will result in a "cannot load page" error message.
Am I missing a setting ?
extra flags for the VPN connection:
usepeerdns require-mschap-v2 refuse-eap noauth noipdefault defaultroute

Update: when I use nodefaultroute instead of defaultroute
and I add the route manually with sudo route add -net "192.168.330/12" -interface ppp0 the CMD line still works and Safari is able to access non-vpn website. but it still cannot access pages behind the vpn


texts:
I am trying to start my OS X 10.10 in 32 bit, but with no success:

First I tried it by keeping 3 + 2 pressed during start up
Then I tried by the following command: sudo systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture i386

In both cases all I get RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 by running uname -a

Is it possible at all to force 32 bit on OS X 10.10?

This is my processor: i7-2675QM
I have hardware drivers that only support 32 bit for AWUS036H

Is there another way to use that hardware with 10.10?


texts: Media Browser shows no photos or albums?

texts:
I'm working on a new MacBook Air running the latest Mac OS (10.14.2).  It was recently setup using Migration Assistant from an older MacBook Pro; I think that machine was running 10.13.

When I attempt to use the Media Browser feature to access Photos from a file open dialog (e.g., browser upload dialog), I do not see any photos or photo albums (see image below).  I can see everything in the Photos app, which has many years worth of photos and albums.

I'm not using iCloud Photos (and have never done so with this user account):

I've also confirmed that the Photos library is the system default:

The only other advice I've found from searching the web is to wait - Apple's own help page states that the first time Media Browser is used, it may take some time to populate.  However, I left it open for over an hour with no change.  I've restarted the Mac.  How can I make this work?


texts: Creating a new user account using iCloud password

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I am trying to create a new OS X user account using iCloud password but the option to do that isn't displayed.

I am on OS X 10.11.4

According to this support document I should see an option to pick the kind of password and set the iCloud ID.

FileVault is turned off, so I can't think of a reason for this to be happening.

I also don't have the option to change the iCloud ID on my current account.

If I create the account I can't set the iCloud ID on it either.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.


texts: Filter out speaker output from microphone input - Macbook Pro

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I just recieved my new Macbook Pro (2013 version) and I have one problem. I know most computers don't do this, but does anybody know of anyway I could stop my microphone (built into the Mac) from picking up the output from the (built in) speakers? In my Windows laptop, I installed some Realtek drivers that would do this for me, and it was nearly perfect. I could play a video/audio, and talk to somebody on Skype/whatever, without having the person I am talking to hear the video.

Are there any drivers out there for Mac that do this, as it is a bit frustrating to listen to music/watch videos, and know that the other person can hear it.

Thanks.


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I am trying to run a network server that is supposed to receive very short newline-terminated udp messages. The service plist looks 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>Label</key>
        <string>local.listener</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/bin/cat</string>
        <key>Sockets</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Listeners</key>
            <dict>
                 <key>SockType</key>
                 <string>dgram</string>
                 <key>SockNodeName</key>
                 <string>0.0.0.0</string>
                 <key>SockServiceName</key>
                 <integer>9999</integer>
            </dict>
        </dict>
        <key>inetdCompatibility</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Wait</key>
            <true/>
        </dict>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/tmp/test.stdout</string>
</dict>

and it loads and does what it is supposed to do (write message strings to /tmp/test.stdout).  However, I fail at replacing /bin/cat with a shell script
that reads the message into a variable and lets me do something with it.  I
thought that something like this should work:

#!/bin/sh
read MSG
echo $MSG

but this appears to block, and so does

#!/bin/sh
/bin/cat

while

#!/bin/sh
exec /bin/cat

still works. On the command line all three variants do about the same thing, e.g.,

$ echo 123 | ./mycat.sh
123

and nothing blocks.  Any insight into these subtle differences would be appreciated.


texts: Top of screen application menu bar on every monitor in multiple display

texts: I have a two monitor setup but the top of the screen application menu bar appears only on one (main) monitor.  I would like it to appear on both so that I don't have to travel with my mouse from the other to the main monitor to use it.  Can this be done and how?


texts: Can't print PDF in Safari since Yosemite

texts: I can't print a PDF in Safari. I hit Print but nothing happens. This never happened until I downloaded Yosemite.


texts:
My iPad was in good health when it was used last. That was about 8 month ago. Now it wont come on and on connecting it to the charger, the low battery sign comes on with the 3 red stripes. That's all even after a couple of hours.

Is there any hope for the battery to recover?


texts: Why does USB audio out mute after about 1 minute?

texts:
I am seeing the following behavior on a MacBook Air and an iMac.

We have external speakers set up that we connect to via USB > external sound card > speakers. When we initially connect, the audio works as per normal, sounds great. Then after about a minute it mutes completely, and won't turn on unless we reconnect the usb and select it again as the output. It's not iTunes or Spotify because using the volume up and down keys does not make any sound either.

The iMac started doing this 4 or 5 months ago and now it has just started on the MacBook Air. This also happens on the MacBook Air when I try to connect audio out to the external display I have connected to it, so I don't think its the sound card, I think it might be OS software related.

Sound panel screenshot:

Edit:

Some more info - when I switch between the two USB audio outputs in the sound panel, I get a short flicker of sound before it cuts out again.

Another edit:

Turning off Bluetooth and WiFi had no effect - the problem still persists


texts:
I have a simple note-taking iOS shortcut that asks for text input and then appends it, formatted, to a long running note file.
The problem is that if an application has that file open, Shortcuts won’t append the file. Is there a way to overcome this?
I have a safety mechanism in place that also copies the text to clipboard so I don’t lose it, but I’d rather not needing this.
Shortcuts doesn’t allow closing apps but I could have the Shortcut first open a different file in every app that could open the notes file. This would slow the Shortcut down whenever those apps aren’t open, but this is my best solution so far.


texts: Viewing large number of pictures over network storage

texts:
I am trying to view a large number of images from a NAS on a MacBook Air.

So far I open the folder in Finder, select all the images, and double click on the first one. This opens the image and I can use arrow keys to move to the next image. This is basically what I want.

However there is a problem. If I open a folder with many images, because the viewer seems to load all images at once which takes a long time over the network (from the NAS on the LAN).

Is there a way to load the images on demand such that it just opens the image currently viewed? (and perhaps preload the next one in the background?)


texts: Used Migration Assistant on Catalina, now all data is missing from original drive?

texts:
One of the computers a coworker was working on, a 2012 13" MBPU, required a data transfer to a 2015 13" MBPR. He set up Migration Assistant on both computers after hooking them up with a firewire cable and initiated the transfer. He left it to run over the weekend (Sat eve to Mon morn) and upon returning to the computer found it had not budged (~14000 files transferred). He quit Migration Assistant, went back into the OS, and re-initiated the transfer, this time using a USB to SATA cable with the OG 2.5" SSD outside of the case instead of firewire.

This time, Migration Assistant reflected ~53k files transferred before it halted and did not show signs of progress, so he decided to quit out of Migration Assistant again and use a Time Machine backup to transfer the data. However, when he quit M.A., the computer rebooted instead of kicking the OS back to the login screen. The Apple loading bar progressed to fill the whole bar, then hung on that screen for ~15m before he decided to restart the computer to resolve the hang.

Upon rebooting, he held down the OPT key to try and boot into the OG 2.5" SSD instead of the new SSD, and found that it gave him the No Entry sign.
At this point, he removed the OG SSD from the USB to SATA cable and plugged it internally into the original 13" 2012 MBPU, where he found it also gave him the No Entry sign. He grabbed a Mojave USB installer, booted into recovery mode on the original 13", and found that the OG SSD was being seen as having no data on it. It had the typical hierarchy:

  2.5" SSD

    Container disk

      MacHD

      MacHD Data

but no data on the two OS partitions, besides around ~10GB on both.

The new 2015 13" MBPR continued to hang on the full loading bar upon multiple reboots, and he reinstalled Catalina on that one to find that no data had been transferred save for one Deleted User folder with the name of the User from the original 13" MPRU's 2.5" SSD, but with a '3' after it. Upon restoring it, he found there was nothing inside but a bunch of strange system files--no personal data, or the usual folder structure that you would expect inside a User Folder.

So here we are.

We've tried Repair Disk on the OG SSD to no avail, searching for more hidden files on the 13" MBPR's SSD, and reinstalling Catalina onto the OG SSD to see if the data was just undercover (it was not). We did, however, find that the OG User Folder was there where it should be in the Users folder (no number suffix), just with no data inside.

Any ideas on if/where that data could be located? No backups of any kind for the OG data.


texts: Wi-Fi Calling: Straight talk iPhone 6s with T-Mobile SIM

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Wi-Fi calling requires an iPhone 5c or newer.

I would like to migrate from ST to TMO with a 6s.  As I understand it both carriers support Wi-Fi calling.  Assuming that the 6s is SIM unlocked, what are the steps to reconfigure the 6s to enable wifi calling with a TMO SIM card?


texts: Slow loading/transparent menu bar during startup

texts:
Sometimes when I startup my Mac, I notice that the menu bar doesn't load fully. It remains completely transparent and doesn't have a title (or any menu options) for the current application. It doesn't even have the Apple logo on the top left side.

Here's a picture of what it looks like:

Any idea what causes this or how to fix it?


texts:
There has been a lot written in the last day or two about iBeacon. Are there settings I can tweak so that

I'm not tracked in stores
I won't receive messages about products in my vicinity?


texts: Have to upgrade to Mountain Lion. Want to wipe my drive, but can I then restore apps and data from LEOPARD backup on Time Machine?

texts:
So my lovely system that has been working wonderfully is finally out of date, as enough developers are no longer supporting it. I have to upgrade to Mountain Lion on my intel macbook.

I'd like to take the opportunity to clean the drive and start pristine, but I don't want to have to go through the process of reinstalling a damn large amount of applications from their install disks. I also don't want to lose all my data.

Is it possible to do a clean install of Mountain Lion, and then restore applications/preferences/data from my last backup of my 10.5.8 system?

Is there a better way to accomplish what I'd like to do?

Thanks.


texts: Apple not recognizing my id and password

texts:
Just purchased a software update (OSX Snow Leopard) but cannot download it because my apple ID and password will not be recognized.
I reset them yesterday, still not recognized.
I checked to make sure I am not logged in to any other apps.
I have received a confirmation on my id. I have written down the password Apple still won't recognize it.
I don't think I am eligible for apple care as my Mac Book Pro (purchased in 2008) is so old.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to select some text in a cell in Excel

texts:
I'd like to know the shortcut I must use to do a multiple selection of some text (not adjacent words) in a unique cell.
The reason is because I need to highlight some text of the same cell, and I currently have to do it selecting the text individually.
So it would be very helpful to find the shortcut to multiple select, as Ctrl + click usually works.
I used it time ago, but I don't remember how I did.
Please, could you help me

Thanks & regards
Susana


texts: iPhone 6 - App icons disappeared, lost a lot of features

texts:
My sister's iPhone 6 stopped working properly after she turned it off back on (that is what she stated).

Some icons disappeared and some turned white. We are unable to delete the apps. We already tried to reset and hard reset. The settings app is gone. We tried to look for it with the search tool and Siri, but is throws error, saying that the URL couldn't be found.

We tried to connect to a computer, but it doesn't connect neither. The computer says that the iPhone didn't allow access. I'll include some pictures, as it doesn't even allow us to share screenshots.

What is the possible issue with the iPhone and how do I proceed to resolve it?


texts: How might I run code(for example display dialog("test")) using AppleScript only if the "Finder" Application is currently in focus/active.


texts: How do I select a table style for table cells in pages?

texts:
In pages you automatically get selected a table style when creating a table. However, after pasting in multiple elements I find that the paragraph style is different in multiple cells of the table.

I would just set all those styles back to e.g. "Table Style 2", however that style is missing from the drop down menu. I can select the "Body" style of course, but the font size seems larger than "Table Style 2".

Is there a way to reset or paste in the table style without having to copy / paste all the text?


texts:
iPhone 5s running iOS 8.0.2

I am on a 2GB/month plan so I tend to keep a close eye on cellular data usage. Recently noticed that Settings > Cellular > System Services > Time & Location was almost 300MB in about 20 days. In the past, I have never seen this more than 3-5MB. Checked a friend who has the same hardware & software and his usage has remained under 10MB/month.

What accounts for this high usage? I have background refresh turned off, Location Services enabled only for GPS apps (e.g. Waze cellular usage is around 30MB) and Find My Phone.

What exactly does "Time and Location" mean, which system components use this service and why has the usage shot up 100 times from 3MB to almost 300MB?

Thanks


texts:
The answer might be different for different apps.  (For example, TextEdit works with the O.S. to re-open files not "saved" even after a reboot, while LibreOffice does things much differently.)

If one has been working on a new document, and inadvertently closes the window without saving, how (if possible) would one find the partially complete file in a Time Machine backup?  Or in a temporary local backup?


texts: Sync applications between several countries' stores

texts:
I have a problem with managing purchases from different stores. As you know, Apple doesnt' provide the one global store for purchases made in different countries and some applications are published only in only local country store. Given that, I now have purchases in two countries and realized it's hard to keep track of applications, remove unnecessary and not used and so on.
I decided to clean up my account and hide not used anymore applications. But it's a completely mess: something is downloaded on my mac, something on iphone, something on ipad, it all syncs in ununderstandable ways.

My question is: how do you handle this situation with different stores? I'm thinking about re-purchasing all applications in my current country's  store, but I got used too much to packaging managers and can't imagine doing it manually.


texts: Why Do I Need An Admin Password To Delete Apps But Not One to Install?

texts:
The title says it all. It's weird. You can install apps from the Mac App Store without an admin password. But you do need one to uninstall them. Why?

I know macOS is UNIX
/Applications is a system folder.
But why do we need root privileges to remove, but not to add a file to /Applications?

Example:


texts: Can iOS and Mac OS be capable of recognising punctuations in speech-to-text transcription?

texts:
I have been using iOS for about nine years, and Mac OS X for about six, though I use dictation a lot more on my iOS device.
In any case, it is necessary to say things such as period or full stop, comma, question mark, or exclamation point. If you don't, your sentences will all be run-on sentences.
However, I have recently started seeing automated transcription services do a pretty decent job at detecting pauses and cadence or inflection to determine what kind of punctuation should be inserted. Here is an example of how you can set it up using Google.
So, could this be done in practice if the means to implement it are already available?


texts: Compatibility between Dell UltraSharp U2715H monitor and 2011 non-retina 13" Macbook Pro

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I'm thinking about buying a new monitor for my old 13" Macbook Pro, primarily because I've been doing programming work on it and the laptop's display is often too small and seems crowded.

I found this monitor on Amazon.com and liked it a lot, but I don't know how compatible my Macbook Pro will be with the monitor.
One of my primary concerns is if the monitor will have black rectangles on the edges because the aspect ratio doesn't fit or something.

Does anyone know if they are compatible or how this configuration would work out?


texts: bug with rsync changing modification dates even with the -a option

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I have been testing rsync and found a weird bug when copying files and folders from a partition to another:

If I do this:

rsync -avE --delete '/Volumes/disk1/origin/' '/Volumes/disk2/destination/'

It copies/syncronizes correctly.

The next time I use rsync for the same syncronization, some modification dates in files (not folders!) become incorrect (are changed to the current date and time), even though I have used the -a in the rsync command which should preserve it.

The most weird thing is that if I redo it, the dates that were wrong are correct now, which means rsync is changing the modification dates every second time it is run, and when it changes the dates, it is always to the same files, I don't see a pattern other than just affecting files and the same files.

What am I doing wrong and can this be fixed?

This is with OS X 10.9.5, using the terminal, rsync 2.6.9


texts: Can i apple remote desktop to a windows 10 machine?

texts: Can i use apple remote desktop to control a windows 10 machine on the same LAN ?


texts: Installing Ubuntu aside OS X and Windows

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My current config is this- I have OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 and Windows 8.1 installed via Boot Camp.
I'd like to install Ubuntu too on my mac- I figured I could do it with rEFInd? Or does the Boot Camp not allow this sort of stuff? How should I proceed with Installation?

Thanks!


texts: OS X Parallels: what are ways to speed up Windows 10 Pro virtualization?

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We have two OS X laptops running Windows 10 Pro in Parallels where the other laptop is terribly slow, despite allocating 4 "cores" and 8 GB to the virtual machine. Each laptop has 8 "cores" (with Hyper Threading) and 16 GB. We don't know yet why the other laptop is so slow.

What are ways to speed up Windows 10 Pro virtualisation in OS X's Parallels?


texts: Using bash/terminal to get battery draining apps

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I have the following Macbook Pro model.

I would like to find the apps that are consuming considerable power from the terminal so that I can kill them if I am on battery power.

All searches so far yield results referring to GUI or clicky-bunty solutions.

I would like to run a shell script to find those power hungry apps and terminate them.

I currently populate a bash array then run something like:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

kill_apps=(\
    Slack \
    Docker \
)

ac_power="$(ioreg -l | grep ExternalConnected | cut -d"=" -f2 | sed -e 's/ //g')"

if [[ "${ac_power}" == "No" ]]; then
    for app in "${kill_apps[@]}"; do
        eval "osascript -e 'quit app \"${app}\"'"
    done
fi

I am sure I can do better?


texts: Two-Step Authentication, iPhone Mail.app, and SMTP

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I have setup Two Step Verification for my Google account and all is well getting into email from a browser, or from the Safari browser on my phone.

However, I cannot get Mail.app to work. It just tells me the password is wrong. I am using an application specific password generated from the account access page in Google, tried two, still no go.

How can I get the Mail.app to actually work with this?


texts: Is it possible to open a new space with the keyboard?

texts: There is a keyboard shortcut to open up spaces ctrl + up and you can press alt to see the new space +.  Is there anyway to create a new space with a keyboard command?


texts: Is it possible to show more preview subtext lines in Alfred search

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When I search for something in Alfred, like in the dictionary result in the image below, it only shows one line of the subtext.

Is it possible to show more lines? Especially for word definitions, I would prefer to see more info right in Alfred instead of having to open the entire dictionary app.


texts: I installed SCPlugin on my mac for subversion. It works fine but I don't see the icons show status of my files. And I don't have SCPlugin's options in my right click menu bar. Any idea how to fix these?


texts: OS X Mountain Lion: keyboard shortcut to move current window to another space

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In OS X Mountain Lion, is there a way I can assign a keyboard shortcut to move the active window to a specified space (or even the adjacent space if an arbitrary space can't be specified).

Ideally, the space to which the window is moved to, won't itself get activated in the process. That is, the window will simply disappear from the current space, while the current space won't itself change.

I am open to all options: AppleScript, objective C, tweaking with preferences etc.

Lack of this feature really gets in the way of the window management workflow!