texts: @ symbol conflicts with IntelliJ shortcut

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I am using IntelliJ 2021.1 where the VCS menus has been renamed to "Git" and a Swiss French keyboard, the problem is that when I try to insert an "@" in my code I have to press option + g (the normal location of an @ on a keyboard of this type), which automatically also opens the "Git" menu...so I end with a typed "@" but also a menu opened without focus...
I have tried to look for the IntelliJ shortcuts but this one is not listed and the same is true for the Mac shortcuts.
Do you have any suggestion?


texts: Refreshing the category of an Automator service

texts: I'm trying to use Automator to create a simple service (open selected file in MacVim). Originally I (incorrectly) specified that the service accepts selected text as input. I have changed it later to accept selected files or folders but it is stuck in Service preferences under Text and not under Files and Folders, and also does not appear in Finder. Is there some way to refresh/reload the category of a service?


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The Mac I am using is an old , white plastic, Core 2 Duo version. The 'about this mac' section in OS/X says it's an 'Macbook 7,1' whatever that means and the Firmware (Namely EFI) is up to date.

I updated the Ram on the aforementioned Mac. It has 2 Slots which were occupied by 2
Samsung 1GB 1Rx8 PC3-8500S-07-10-ZZZ
DDR3 So-Dimms.

For the Update I used 2
Samsung 2GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600S-09-10-F2
DDR3 So-Dimms.

After inserting the new Dimms the Laptop only emmitted a single beep, followed by a few seconds of silence and a beep again instead of starting up. Using both of the 1GB Dimms or 1 1GB Dimm and one 2GB Dimm, the laptop will start up just fine without issues. Actually the only combination which does not work is either a single 2GB Dimm or 2 2GB dimms together.

Now I've come across a few posts which said that the RAM-Controller tries to use the faster RAM with the higher Speed saved in their SPD which leads to the error, because the board, the cpu or whatever part of the mac doesn't support that.

I also have the suspicion that the 2Rx8, instead of 1Rx8, on the label of the 2GB Ram could spell some compatibility issues.

I've read that this means double ranked Ram instead of single ranked ram. The new Modules have 8 Packages on either side, while the old ones only had 4, which is supposed to be an indicator for 'double rankedness', apart from the suspicious label as well.

While 1x1GB and 1x 2GB works, it is definitely not the desired result of my upgrade.

Therefore my question:

First of all, what do you think produces this error? The higher speed, or the supposed double rankedness of the new ram, or some other, yet unmentioned compatibility issue?

In the case of double rank vs single rank there shouldn't be anything I can do. However if the higher speed is the issue then I'd consider trying to flash the SPD of the RAM Modules, if in fact there is no way of forcing the mac to use a lower speed.

Therefore, do you know if there is a way to force the MAC to use the faster 1333 MHz Ram with only 1066 Mhz clock speed apart from flashing the ram?

Thanks for the help in advance.

PS: The 3GB when I mix the modules are shown in the OS without problem and are supposedly uses by the System.

Also, I don't think it actually matters, but I am using bootcamp with Windows 7 x64.


texts: Why my imessage and facetime button turn off by itself?

texts: I already on the imessage and facetime in setting. But, why suddenly it turn off by itself? So, what should I do? Is there something wrong with my iphone?


texts: My username not displaying in Favorites on the left

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I have a setting that whenever I open up Finder, it would open my username files.

However, it does not show within Favorites. Why does it not show there? How can I add my username there?


texts: I want to buy a Macbook Pro retina and also an external display for when I'm at home. I could of course buy Apple's thunderbolt display, but I'm looking for alternatives. Will every screen be good or do I need to look out for specific specifications because of the retina display? I guess when you are used to a high-res retina screen, the resolution of the external display should also be very high to match the Macbook retina screen?


texts: Keynote files stopped opening and cannot be renamed

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I have Keynote files that were working well. If I right-click and select "Open with Keynote", they are normal, everything OK. But if I double click on them, they don't open even though Keynote is the default app. Their icons also show as blank white icons. I cannot rename them in Finder, but can do it once I open them in Keynote.
How do I get them back to normal? Renaming and opening as usual.
Thanks in advance
I'm on MacOS Catalina with Keynote 10.2.


texts: Conditional formatting in numbers with fixed comparation cell

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Given the following sheet in numbers:
I would like to highlight the maximum value for each column in green, and the minimum value of each column in red. I thought this can be done with conditional formatting. However, it seems not possible to use formulas, so I intruduced a new row at the top, which holds the max value of each column.
Now I can add conditional formatting, like so:

However, the problem is, that this only sets the correct conditional formattign for cell F3. For the remaining cells of the column, the conditional formatting auto-advances the referenced cell in the condition, e.g. :

This means I would need to adjust the formula in every cell, thus beeing the same effort as just coloring the cells myself, without conditional formatting.
So the question is: how can I easily hightlight the min/max values of a column as described above, without the need to do this manually for every cell?
Maybe as side note, I will enter new entries row by row, but once entered, those values will never change.


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Is there a way to access and view/modify APN settings on IOS 9.0.2

Previously, I had iOS 8.4 installed on my iPhone and I was able to access and modify the APN settings by going to:

  Settings > General > Cellular > Cellular Data

I currently have no way to modify or even view the APN settings after upgrading to 9.0.2 and the cellular data menu is gone, but I did switch to AT&T recently as well so I'm not sure if the APN settings were removed in 9.0.2, if using an AT&T SIM hides the cellular data/APN menu, or if that menu/option is hidden somewhere else altogether.


texts: Does iOS 5+ securely erase data on the fly?

texts: Does iOS 5.0+ destroy data securely once deleted? Specifically if I delete a text message  or an email from an iDevice, is said data destroyed to a point that data recovery would be unrealistic in practical terms? I understand that I can perform a full reset and doing so  will erase data and restore the phone to a factory state but that is not my intention. My question is in relation to a device being used on a daily basis. This is a question of curiosity for the most part as I have been asked this by clients and I have not been able to point to a clear answer as of yet. I saw reference to this question but again it references a full restore and wipe of an iDevice with an APP and not daily use with no APP.


texts: A partition of my external hard drive doesn't mount on mac

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My external hard drive has 2 partitions, partition 1 for normal uses and partition 2 for time machine back up.
Both were working fine and I have so many backups in partition 2.
Suddenly my partition 2 won't mount even by forcing it, while the partition 1 is mounted. In Diskutility, I can see the partition 2 as unmounted and nothing works on it (forcing mount, first aid, erase, format,...). For the partition 1, I can see every files in it. However, I can't unmount the partition 1 in this situation.
Any idea how to solve this issue?


texts: In Preview, what properties are the top three level sliders?

texts: What am I actually adjusting when I move around these three sliders in the "Adjust Color" setting?


texts: Yosemite grey background on login screen

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I recently installed yosemite (fresh install) on my mbp retina and i notice that the login screen has a grey background with only my account pic. I can login normally and without any problems but it is strange that i don't see the blurry background.
This happens only when i login from normal startup and not after waking from sleep mode.
Is there a way to force embed the blurry background on the login screen?
Thanks.


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macOS High Sierra, macbook pro 2017. Can be duplicated on fresh install of macOS High Sierra on another macbook pro 2017.
Problem: The touch bar remains like it is in the login window and does not have application control/general control on it when I logged into the root account. There are reasons that I need to use the root account that cannot be currently addressed using an admin accounts. This behavior does not exist for other user accounts.

Remains like this whatever I do. Pressing fn can reveal F1-F12.


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TL;TR: Macbook 2012 can recognize other disks except one SSD. But that disk works ok in other pcs or external cage. How can I be sure what is the problem? Really is the disk? Is the sata cable? Is the board?
Long story with what I've tried so far
I have a macbook 2012 that was working with an SSD (WD green 240GB). It stops working suddenly. I then power on again the computer and there was an icon with a question mark.
Then I booted in recovery mode but the system did not recognize the disk.
I've replaced the SSD with an spare HDD and I was able to install the OS to the HDD as a temporary solution because I thought the disk failed. I plugged the SSD in another pc (iMac) and I was able to access all my files. fsck reported something like fsroot tree issue so I erased the disk.
I then removed the HDD from the macbook and was ready to install again my SSD. Again, disk was not recognized. I then tried again reading the SSD in another pc and it shows up.
I tried using an external case to install the OS but the installer does not allow me because of firmware or something like that. But at least the disk was recognized.
At this point I was not sure if it was the disk or if it was a cable issue. So I plug in another SSD and it was recognized correctly.
I take then my SSD WD green and clean its pins with an spry electronic cleaner. The macbook then recognized the disk. Then tried to erase the disk in order to make a fresh install of the OS but the erase tool hangs when saying something like "wating partitions to be ready". I waited long time and nothing happened.
I turn off the computer then and took again the disk to another pc. I ran SMART, short and long self tests on the disk and seems ok to me. Then I erase it with full of zeroes using dd tool on a freebsd machine.
I attached again the disk to the macbook I was able to at least start the OS installation... just that it never finished. It hangs with an apple and a full bar below the logo.
Turned off the mac again after waiting long long time and the disk was not recognized again... but guess what, if I attach the disk to another pc it shows up.
Again I tried with HDD and other SSD and macbook is ok recognizing them.
At the end I'm unsure about what the problem is... I cannot say is the SSD disk because it works on other machines. I cannot say is the SATA cable as different disks works ok attached to it.
I can use/buy another SSD disk on that mac but I'm not sure if the issue will appear again... that is, if replacing the disk will really fix the issue :)
Any hints? something I'm missing to try?
This is the SMART info of the disk: https://bsd.to/1KqT


texts: Is there a way to turn screen sleeping on and off temporarily through AppleScript? I'm making a script at the moment that will run for a few minutes when I'm away, so I don't want it to sleep, but don't want to manually do it every time.


texts: Will a bootable USB made with boot camp work on PC?

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I just finished building my PC. It has no optical drive but I made a bootable usb with my iMac. When I plugged it in my PC motherboard recognized it, I chose to boot from the USB but it takes to me a blank screen.

To troubleshoot, I tried it on my Asus laptop running Debian. I selected the usb to boot and it just boots up Debian. So something is not working with the USB. Any suggestions? Is it possible that making a bootable USB with boot camp won't work on PC?


texts: "Maybe:" in front of Contacts on Message screen

texts: I get a "Maybe:" in front of most iMessage contacts and only the phone number for SMS'es - even for persons from my contact list. What can be the cause and how can I solve it?


texts: System takes up 27gb of my iPhone's storage!

texts: I have an 64gb version of iPhone 6s iOS 11.4 installed. System keeps growing as I continue to use my phone (installing other apps, creating new files, ...). After it hit 35gb I tried deactivating and re-activating iCloud; it saved 8gb, system is now reduced to 27gb. Do you have any ideas, how can I fix this?


texts: How can I get Unix (brew/xcode/vim) acting like Unix under Lion?

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I "upgraded" from Snow Leopard with Homebrew and vim both chugging along happily, to Lion. Now vim hangs/segfaults, and when I invoke brew, it complains xcode is missing, and continues to do so after downloading Xcode from the app store. I wanted to install vim from source, but that requires Mercurial, which I may be able to use to create a tarball from a Linux virtual machine, but overall Unix-like functionality is broken on Lion.

How can I get Unix acting like Unix under Lion?


texts: How do I retrieve photos from the cloud after I place them there?

texts: I recently uploaded photos from my iPad to iCloud.  Then deleted them from my iPad.  How do I retrieve selected ones and load them back onto my iPad?


texts: Is it possible to update macOS without Apple ID?

texts: I don't really like an idea of using an Apple ID and want to refrain from it. Is there a way to update macOS without registering into the Mac App Store?


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How do I install Ubuntu from DVD?

it's a 13 inch macbook, late 2008.  Intel core duo, 2GB RAM.


texts: Mouse tracking speed stuck on slowest setting since 10.12.4 update

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I use an external usb mouse/keyboard when I use my Mac (and have been for some time without any problems). Since the C-Error 10.12.4 update, my Macbook Pro no longer allows me to set/save my Mouse Tracking Speed in the System Preferences and the mouse tracking speed is stuck on slowest speed.

When I open System Preferences, the mouse tracking speed slider is on ‘Slow’.  For a moment after I pull the slider to a higher speed, the mouse speeds up but then immediately returns to the slowest speed, though the slider stays where I set it.

The slider stays at my setting until I exit the System Preferences, whilst the mouse moves as though it's set to the slowest speed.  When I return to the System Preferences, after closing it, the mouse tracking speed slider is back to the ‘Slow’ setting.

Moving the slider again repeats what I described above.

I have tried using defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling 8 but that has no effect after logging out and back in.  Using defaults read -g -g com.apple.mouse.scaling returns 2 initially, and after I set the speed to fast, it shows 3 on subsequent reads.  I have also reset NVRAM but to no avail. However, resetting NVRAM had the, undesired, effect of wiping my UEFI boot settings and now I can't boot into my Ubuntu partition.  (Not very happy at the moment!)

The interesting thing is that while my Mac is on the login screen, the mouse tracks exactly how I want it (perhaps too fast since I've been playing with the settings).

Is there any other command I can issue in the terminal to get my mouse working the way I like it and how it was before this latest update?


texts: change filesize of iPhoto image before adding it to a mail

texts: How can I change the filesize (resolution and compression) of an image from iPhoto before adding it as an embedded image in apple mail without actually changing the image in iPhoto?


texts: Simplest and Sure manner adding multiple Groups and Users, CentOS 7, macOS

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I have this instructions on CentOS 7 Linux version.

$ sudo groupadd oinstall
$ sudo groupadd dba
$ sudo groupadd oper

$ sudo useradd -G dba,oper -g oinstall oracle
$ sudo passwd oracle

And Already I know that it is possible to add group and user using:

$ sudo dscl . -create /Groups/nameGroup

$ sudo dscl . -create /Groups/nameGroup PrimaryGroupID xNumberGroup
$ sudo dscl . -create /Groups/nameGroup RealName "nameGroup Daemon Group"
$ sudo dscl . -create /Groups/nameGroup passwd "*"

$ sudo dscl . -create /Users/nameUser UniqueID xNumberUser
$ sudo dscl . -create /Users/nameUser PrimaryGroupID xNumberGroup
$ sudo dscl . -create /Users/nameUser UserShell /usr/bin/false
$ sudo dscl . -create /Users/nameUser RealName "nameUser Daemon User"
$ sudo dscl . -create /Users/nameUser passwd "*"
$ sudo dscl . -create /Users/nameUser NFSHomeDirectory: /usr/local/Some/Folder

$ sudo dscl .  append Groups/nameGroup GroupMembership nameUser

The question is how to perform Linux steps on macOS in the simplest and sure manner?

When I say the above I want to imply, what lines can I do without?

PD: I know is it possible install Oracle Database using Virtual Machine but I'm not interested (I'm exploring this way).


texts: How to fix links after importing a PPT onto iPad's Keynote?

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After I transferred my Power Point presentations onto my new iPad, into Keynote, I notice a problem. The links associated with buttons within a Power Point slide to connect to other slides in the presentation are no longer working, but everything else is?

Is there an easy fix?


texts: A free metronome app that vibrates the phone

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I'm looking for an app to facilitate piano practice. Currently, most free metronome apps only provide sound or light indication of the beat, which is understandable because they want to sell hardware or software to make money.
But what if I just want to attach my iphone to my arms and let the vibration guide my playing?

I've tried multiple apps and only found "Pulse" works, although not great (it vibrates too lightly).

Does anyone know any app that vibrates properly as a metronome?


texts: re-mount ejected SD card without reinserting

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I use a microSD card in my macbook air for additional storage, using a flush adapter (homemade, similar to the nifty minidrive).

To save battery when I'm not using it, I disabled auto-mount using /etc/fstab.
But sometimes, I accidentally eject it instead of unmounting (because that's what the finder gui does).

After it's ejected, the only way I know to remount is to take the card adapter out and put it back in. Since it's flush, I need a paperclip to take it out.

So I need a way to re-enable the card reader without having to re-insert.

In Windows, this is possible using the devcon command-line tool from microsoft, or going to device manager, disabling and enabling the card reader.

There has to be a way to do this, so please don't answer just saying it's not possible.

Thanks


texts: Disk Utility won't allow me to delete and resize partitions

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I'm running OS X 10.9, and I had a linux partition when I updated from 10.8. Since I updated I can't boot on linux, which is no big deal for me. However, I would like to delete the partition that is left (Linux swap) and merge the free space that was created during the update with my mac partition.

But Disk Utility won't let me delete the Linux Swap and it won't let me change the number of partitions. I'm stuck with this configuration:

I haven't found a solution for this issue browsing the web and I don't want to "break" my disk, so thanks for your help!


texts: Sync iOS5 reminders between people using iCloud

texts: How can Reminders in iOS5 be shared between two iCloud accounts?  In other words, how can two users send or post to other users a Reminder?


texts: Whats the best desktop share/vnc for local network?

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I have two Macs on the same network, I want to control one of them headless from the other. I have tried the built-in remote management but it is so slow it is un-usable. The connection between them is fine 5ghz wifi full speed but the lag is incredible.
Is there a VNC (or other protocol) that would work better in real time? Also, another few desired features not supported by built in screenshare. Would be awesome if one of the Macs could be connected to VPN and this still work. Finally I would like to use the mic/camera from main mac on the headless mac if at all possible.


texts: How to gift an Apple TV show to someone else (living under Windows)?

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Is there a way to gift an Apple TV show to someone else?
And is it possible for them to watch it under Windows?
I would like to give the series "Calls" to someone else as a present.
That person, however, lives under Windows.
I guess I could give them an iTunes gift card. (But, maybe, there is a more "dedicated" way?)
But, would it be possible for them to watch the series somehow on Windows?


texts: How can I add a Shortcut to my Apple Watch Home screen?

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I want to enable/disable my iPhone's Cellular Data using my Apple Watch. Here's what I've done so far:

1) Created two Shortcuts, one to enable, and another to disable Cellular Data.

2) Added these two Shortcuts to Siri.

Doing these two steps have enabled me to ask Siri on my Apple Watch to enable/disable Cellular Data on the iPhone.

But, I want to execute these Shortcuts without Siri. Is it possible to add a link to a Shortcut on the Apple Watch Home screen? I know that's possible on the iPhone, but haven't found a way to do it on the Apple Watch.


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I fire up sudo nc -l 127.0.0.1 80. There's no errors.  I then try telnet 127.0.0.1 80. It won't connect.

Same thing with port 81 works fine.

As far as I know, there's no firewalls running.

https://img.skitch.com/20120228-t8h98sccsde3w1jnf2tb55xdny.png shows the commands I'm using. (the numbers are the order in which the commands are run)

I'm on OS X 10.7.3.


texts: Download Font from Application to FontBook

texts: Is it possible to download fonts from applications into FontBook? I go to the application and select "Show Contents" and find the .otf font files. I then try to download the font to FontBook and get a frightening warning message.


texts: Why does my iphone 6s not wake up for a phone call?

texts: Sometimes when unplugging my iPhone 6s from the charger, the screen stays black without waking up. I have checked and determined that did charge the battery so I know it had a good connection. If I get a phone call (while plugged in or after unplugging) sometimes I can hear the ring tone but the screen is still black and I cannot see to swipe the answer button. I have to hit the home button to make the screen come alive. This happens intermittently and only while plugged in or just after. Anyone else have this experience?


texts: Command line tool installed, but gcc/g++ compiler not working

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Heads up, I have a similar problem such as in this question, but it wasn't resolved:

how to debug configure.sh errors when compiling rsync on Yosemite

So basically I am looking to compile code via the command line, which works fine with clang++, but when i use gcc/g++ I get this warning:

g++: Warnung: kern.osversion nicht erkannt: »14.3.0

This line in english would be:

gcc: warning: couldn't understand kern.osversion '14.3.0

When I type g++ -v, this is my answer:

g++: Warnung: kern.osversion nicht erkannt: »14.3.0
Es werden eingebaute Spezifikationen verwendet.
COLLECT_GCC=g++
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.1.0/4.9.0/lto-wrapper
Ziel: x86_64-apple-darwin13.1.0
Konfiguriert mit: ../gcc-4.9.0/configure --enable-languages=fortran
Thread-Modell: posix
gcc-Version 4.9.0 (GCC)

As mentioned before, typing clang++ -v gives:

Apple LLVM version 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.49) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn) Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0 Thread model: posix

So all good.

Now since clang++ and Xcode compile fine, why bother you would say, but I just tried to install gnuplot and that doesn't work at all and the gcc problem keeps appearing.

I would be so grateful if someone new what was wrong. At the least it would be good to know how to install gnuplot without gcc functioning. I tried the install with the usual commands: ./configure make make install

Thx a lot!

P.S. I run Yosemite and am pretty sure (installed it like 3 times) that I have installed the latest command line tools.
As I gather from the discussion in the other thread is that something might have been installed by hand which should not have been. Unfortunately I am not that good with unix etc. that I'd be able to figure out what went wrong.

Edit1:
Many threads that I find with a similar issue have as solution that the command line tool are installed. Just to be sure I typed again:

xcode-select --install , which gives me:

xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use     "Software Update" to install updates

Edit2: This link https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/36944 seems to have a similar problem, and it is also ressolved, but I cannot make their solution work as I don't know what brew is, nor do I have gcc-4.9 working. But I thought this might give a hint.

Edit3: As is suggested in one of the comments, I tink the problem lies in too many different version of gcc (and other stuff) being installed in various places. I have managed to now link to the recent version of gcc I installed with homebrew so that g++ works as a compiler, but gcc still does not work. I also still get the kern.osversion warning. So the problem is not really solved. I would still be interested in someone maybe showing me how to get rid of every compiler, command line tool, and what not and start from scratch...


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I have a grey folder on my Mac in the iCloud Drive Directory which I can't access.

If I go to the iCloud Drive Website I see the folder and can easily navigate in it.

Does anyone know a solution on how to enable this folder on my machine as well?


texts: How to change the location of user's download folder?

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I want to change the path for a download folder that's created as a default download folder on my mac, but I don't know how to do that.

My goal is to have a different path for the default Downloads folder so that all apps can still access it but on a different path.
Can this be done on a mac?


texts: Is it possible to modify the behavior of Finder UI elements with AppleScript?

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I wrote an AppleScript that scans my entire iTunes library and tags those files with their Genre (so I can easily access them in Finder by just clicking the right tag).

The next step on my list would be to "modify" the Finder behavior. What I exactly mean is that I want to be able to double click a tag in the Finder window and then all music files that are tagged should be added to a playlist and that playlist should be started.

I have no idea if that is even possible. But if it is, I would really like to get some ideas where I have to start to achieve my goal.

I already googled a bit but couldn't find anything that goes into that direction.
One of my thoughts would be a kind of 'broadcast feature' where AppleScripts may register for specific UI elements and if the user triggers something the script gets informed.

Hopefully someone has a clue and might be able to help me out!


texts: Getting list of running processes on iOS Simulator

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I am essentially looking for the iOS equivalent of

adb shell ps

On android this returns to me a list of all apps running on my emulator. For iOS things seem to be a bit more complicated as it looks like it is not supported. Some of the solutions listed here suggest installing a cydia package named adv-cmds which has the command i am looking for but I believe cydia is not meant for simulators.

Any ideas?


texts: Silencing "Your disk is almost full" notifications. What works?

texts:
I've tried this Silencing "Your disk is almost full" notification

That didn't work.

I've tried deleting "diskspaced" from the disk using sudo, it didn't allow me to delete it.

What's a fool-proof way to silence these bloody notifications?


texts: Do not hide number when calling friends?

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A friend has an iPhone 4 or 5 running iOS 7, and has configured her phone to always hide her number when making calls, as a safety measure.

As a result, I can't tell it's her calling, since all her calls says "Private number".

Is it possible to configure an iPhone to hide its number for all out calls except for such and such person in the phone's list of contacts?


texts: Error “Not authorised to send Apple events to Terminal.” when starting Maxima

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I downloaded Maxima and installed on Mac OS Mojave (10.14.6).
I followed instructions and remove the quanrantine attributes :

$ sudo xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Maxima.app

but then I get error “Not authorised to send Apple events to Terminal.” :

The reason is Maxima.app try to launch UI (Maxima, Rmaxima, or wxMaxima) through Terminal.app.
This error is known, but I did not find any answer, for instance the topic “How fix macOS Catalina error “not authorized to send apple events to terminal”?” is unanswered.

A solution is given (for a different but close problem) in “Mojave: not authorized to send Apple events” : allowing Terminal to the Full Disk Access in Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access.
Howewer, Maxima.app need to launch Terminal.app, so I think I have to authorise Maxima.app to control Terminal.app in Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Automation, but I can not add Maxima.app (there is no “+” button !) :

A related stackoverflow topic already exists : macOS Mojave, Automator “Not authorized to send Apple events to System Events.”, but no answers solves my problem.


texts: I upgraded the software on my iPhone and my Yahoo Calendar stopped syncing via CalDav

texts: I recently updated my iPhone to IOS 5.0.  I was syncing my iPhone calendar with my Yahoo Calendar using CalDav.  After the upgrade the syncing stopped working.  I tried deleting the calendar sync profile and re-adding it, but when I get to the step where it verifies the settings, it fails.  What can I do to fix it?


texts: How to find out which application(s) created core dumps?

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I have a friend who has a Mac (Mojave) that recently ran out of space. I found that the space was being used by files in the /cores folder. I deleted them and used to the command sudo launchctl limit core 0 0 to turn off the creation of the files. But somehow the crash dump got turned back on and the HDD was full again. Now I'm curious as to what created the core dump.

How do a go about reading a core.xxx file when I don't know which program is crashing?

Can I identify the crashing application from the core dump?


texts: Some PDFs created by MS Word 2007's Save-as-PDF feature (on Windows) don't display correctly on Mac OS / iOS

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Some PDFs created by MS Word 2007's Save as PDF feature (on Windows) don't display correctly on Mac OS using the built-in PDF handling. They display correctly using Acrobat, Photoshop, Inkscape, or probably any other app that uses it's own PDF rendering, rather than the native quartz rendering. This problem is also visible when viewing the PDFs on an iPhone / iPad.

This PDF displays as
http://www.schimmelpenninck.net/pix/blurred_pdf.png

There is a discussion here, but it doesn't have an useful answer.

Is there anything that can be done in Office 2007 on Windows to make it create PDFs that don't have this problem?


texts: Mountain Lion drops internet when waking

texts: Since updating to Mountain Lion I lose my internet connection every time that my 24 inch Mid 2007 awakens from sleep. It doesn't occur when going to sleep or during but only on activating it again. 100% of the time. Any ideas?


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With other apps, like twitter, for example, you could simply use twitter://xxxxx to link to it, but how do you do the same with the Notes app?

Thanks


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I'm using Photos to organize my photos since it came out. However, since the Sierra upgrade, the thumbnails for many of my photos are showing as missing:

Most of the photos do not show properly when double-clicked, but going back and forth between the photo display and the photo editing tools seems to sometimes get them back.

This seems to happen indiscriminately with iPhone photos and Canon RAW photos. In addition, some thumbnails are purely associated with the wrong photos:

How can I make my thumbnails come back? Is there any risk of losing the photos themselves?


texts: Is it possible to use boot camp on external drive? I would like to install windows on an SSD connected using USB 3.0 and boot from there. Has anyone done it ? Any problems with that ?


texts: Encryption apps or password managers for iPhone without cloud or Internet connection

texts: Is there an encryption app or password manager available for iPhone that doesn't have a cloud connection or that can be disconnected from the cloud and the Internet?


texts: iPhone open YouTube video in YouTube App

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I'm trying to open a video embedded in a page and a giant play button appears and the native video player opens and plays the video.

Instead I want to open the video in the YouTube app so I can see who uploaded the video and related videos.

Am I missing something?

An example would be:
http://sc2casts.com/cast17669-StarTale-yoe-vs-JINAIR-Best-of-5-2015-Proleague-Round-2

I'm on my phone. How can I simulate clicking the YouTube logo on my desktop.

Best


texts: How to back up iCloud Calendars/Reminders/Contacts

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I use iCloud for my calendars/contacts/reminders because it's just so convenient to share all the data instantly between all my devices, but I can't help worrying about what would happen if Apple's servers have a brain-fart. So I'd like to make my own backups. And, of course, I'd like those backups to happen completely automatically, with no human intervention at all, because I'm sure you all know that manual backups are backups that just stop happening.

Ideally the code for making these backups would run on the Linux machine that is responsible for all my other backups, and I'm happy to write the code to do this myself.

My question is ... can anyone point me at documentation for the protocols and APIs that Apple's applications use?


texts: Remove Caps Delay MBP15 Touchbar Late 2016

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I've noticed very strange behavior of the internal keyboard's caps lock on a MBP15 Touchbar MacBookPro13,3 10.12.4 Sierra.

Ever since, I've remapped caps to ctrl. Now, with the new MBP when I press caps + a key repeatedly, or hold it, some strokes are omitted.

That results in very annoying behavior, for example in Terminal when I press caps-c, sometimes ^C and sometimes c is sent to the terminal.

I've tried the following to pin down the problem but couldn't find a solution

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10 # normal minimum is 15 (225 ms)
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1 # normal minimum is 2 (30 ms)
disabling Accessibility tools like BTT or Spectacle
no .inputrc
rebooting to login screen and pressing caps multiple times also seems to omit some key presses
remapping caps to command and trying to open multiple tabs in Chrome with caps-t results in some tabs getting creating but also ttttt being entered into the URL bar
enabling Accessibility > Keyboard > Slow Keys in Preferences and setting a short delay decreases the likelihood of the problem a bit but it is still there and the setting also makes me type much slower
external keyboard caps remapping works and is without delay, so it seems to be a MBP15 2016 keyboard firmware issue

It seems Apple previously regressed on the caps delay 'feature' in 2014. Is this another regression in 2016?

Anyone knows a solution or can reproduce?


texts: Is it possible that a self cut micro sim is killing an iPhone ?

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When Apple introduced the iPhone 4 there where many mobile providers that didn't have micro sim's available so at that time I cut one with a sim card cutter into micro format. Since then I'm using this sim card. Now I borrowed this card to a friend for activating his refurbished iPhone 4, however the iPhone couldn't activate and always fell back to the setup screen. Now at the genius bar the blame the sim card. When I put this card in other iPhones it works perfect.
Is it really possible that an iPhone gets damaged by a sim card in this way ?

At the same time I heard from somebody that iPhone 4 have often issues with the sim tray overheating.


texts: in terms of battery life for the iphone 5, which battery is better? 3.8v1440mAh or 3.8v1560mAh?

texts: ok so if I have this right milli Amp hour= mAh, Whr = Watt hour, and v = Volt is charge capacity? Where is potential discharge or work capacity and V is the rate at which the "work" is being done?


texts: How to transfer ONE photo FROM PC to iPhone 6

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From time-to-time I want to transfer only one or a very few photos FROM my PC (Windows 7) to my iPhone (currently an iPhone 6).

I can find plenty of advice on how to transfer from the iPhone to the PC, but there seems to be a dearth (severe lack) of info on how to do the converse.

I have iCloud, Wifi, iTunes, and a cable. I (and I'm sure another of 10K of your best friends) will be grateful for instructions that are "written for grandma." (I'm not a grandma, but I am a late adopter.)


texts: WiFi rejection problem after Mavericks upgrade

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I recently upgraded MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) operating system from Mountain Lion to Mavericks. Since then several WiFi networks are rejecting my password (rejecting wrong passwords immediately, and giving timeout for correct ones) or even not showing up in the WiFi list. In the meantime, some other networks are OK.

Is there a post-upgrade task to clean up or reset the Wireless configuration or drivers?

What I've tried:

Removing saved wifi records from Network preferences - Advanced
Removing wifi passwords from Keychain Assistant
Removing Wi-Fi profile from network preferences and recreating it
Changing the Service Order with Wi-Fi to top (under the gear next to +/-)
Unfortunately I often have no access to routers to reboot or change channels


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I am new to Mac, and I am finding that the fonts are not smooth.

Changing the system defaults (defaults write -g AppleFontSmoothing -int 2, "Use LCD font smoothing" checked) do not improve the fonts.

Here is a comparison of rendering in Terminal (above) and EMACS (below), both with Monaco-16.

How can I fix this?
Are there other, prettier terminal emulators?

System: MacBook Pro with OS X 10.8.2


texts: How can I change the location which Anki uses to save files?

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The program Anki saves its data to the Documents folder. I would like to move this folder to my Dropbox folder. Anki has no settings which allows you to change the location that data is stored.

Is there any way to move this folder to another location and point Anki to the new folder via Mac OS X? I tried moving the folder and then creating an Alias in the same location (with the same name) by ⌥+⌘ dragging the file in Finder, but Anki doesn't see the files in the new folder.


texts: How to I create a Dock menu for my AppleScript application?

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I just created an application with AppleScript, and I would like to create custom menu items for its Dock menu, as shown in the image below. How do I do that?

I'm somewhat familiar with AppleScript, so it would be nice if someone could show me how to add a menu item that triggers an applescript


texts: Does "Background App Refresh" only refresh data or does it also allow the app to update in background?

texts: I do not prefer automatic updates because they can change the function of an app unexpectedly as well as use bandwidth when I am trying to do something else on the internet.


texts: Mac HDD Partition has wrong size after removing Bootcamp Partition

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Today I wanted to get rid of the old Bootcamp partition of my Mac. I used disk utility to remove the partition, which worked well. However, it seems like Disk Utility failed to correctly extend the main (Macintosh HD) partition, which still has the old size of 260 GB (of 500 GB disk size).

I tried to use the partition dialog, which initially shows this:

Adding a new partition using + and then Apply fails with an "internal error".

First Aid on the drive succeeds, but does not fix the problem. I already tried all these steps in recovery mode, which shows the same views and behaves exactly the same.

Is there a way to fix the drive/partition?

The device in question is a MacBook Pro 15-inch Mid-2012 with macOS High Sierra v10.13.1.


texts: Backup filtered search email keeping folder structure

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How can I backup an email account keeping the email folder structure?

I mean for instance:
I want to backup all the emails older than 2 years however I want to keep the folder structure that I have on my email accounts... For instance, I have a folder for each client...


texts: Unable to update after iTunes ID has been changed

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Til last week I was using abcd@gmail.com as my iTunes account. Now I have changed my account to abcd@yahoo.com .

I have few pending updates on my App Store.
When I am trying to update it, I am asked to login into abcd@gmail.com iTunes. How do I sync all the existing apps with the yahoo id ?


texts: Is there a way to disable HDMI Video output?

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I have a 2020 Mac Mini (M1) along with a CalDigit TS3+ Dock. I had been using Optical Audio via the CalDigit dock, but I wanted surround sound support and realized the Optical did not have it. I have an AV Processor with a full surround set up hooked up, however I am actually using an old DVI-Dual Link display (Using an active DVI-D to DisplayPort adapter, plugged into the dock). The audio I just hooked up with HDMI to one of the inputs on the processor.
My problem is, when I switch inputs on my processor, every time I switch back to the Mac it now thinks it's a second display and invariably treats my existing monitor as the second screen and shifts all the open windows to the imaginary second display that I cannot see. I am not using the HDMI out of the processor and do not wish to use it, only to use HDMI for surround audio.
Is there some way I can either disable the HDMI as a display device or make it so every time I switch inputs it does not do this? Command + F1 does not seem to do anything (I even installed Karabiner Elements and ensured my non-Apple keyboard had the function keys mapped as F1-F12 and confirmed in Keyboard Viewer). I have to manually open System Preferences, go to Displays -> Arrangement, and then click mirror screens. It of course always defaults to the processor which for some reason it has a lower resolution, so I have to also select my monitor in "Optimize For".
This is really tedious every time I switch the input, but I don't know if Mac OS supports some way to disable the video output from HDMI so it still passes audio without trying to treat it like a second display. Seems like most others asking want to disable the audio from HDMI, but I want to disable video only and leave the audio.


texts: It would appear that ~ and $HOME are equivalent in command line and shell scripts. Is that true?


texts: Getting [iMac.domain_not_set.invalid ~] in Terminal

texts:
When I open up my terminal I now get:

[iMac.domain_not_set.invalid ~ 501]$

In my .bash_profile it says:

export PS1='[\H \W \!]\$ '

Any idea what is going on?


texts: Is there any way to seamlessly translate a mail inside Mail.app?

texts:
Having recently moved to Germany, I receive tons of German emails.

My current workflow is definitely not efficient: Copy mail contents, goto translate.google.com, paste content..

The ideal solution would be: just trigger a shortcut and have the contents of the email translated into the predefined language you've set.

Would that be possible?


texts: How can I get photographs off the iPhone 4 wirelessly?

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My new iPhone 4 takes pretty good pictures (for a phone); they're comparable to a lower-end point and shoot. Very convenient.

But it's a pain in the butt to get the pictures off the phone. I have to manually plug it into the computer and import somehow (I use Windows Live Photo Gallery). It works, but it's cumbersome.

Is there a way to get a whole bunch of photographs off the device wirelessly?


texts: Apple Watch Series 3 Workout not adding to my Exercise ring! Why not?

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I have one of those new fan dangled Apple Watches and sometimes my workouts don’t count towards my green exercise ring. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t! Why?

-Extra info-

Before anyone questions this, I know this to be fact because I’ve tested it as follows:

I take a screenshot of my rings
I start an Outdoor Walk Workout
I walk for 20 minutes
I stop the Outdoor Walk Workout
I check my rings and the red Move ring has grown, but the green Exercise ring hasn’t changed

I’ve done the above test many times this week. The only thing that changes is that sometimes the green Exercise ring grows, but usually it doesn’t.

Not happy. :(


texts: xD card is really slow to read in Mac OS 10.6.4

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I am having a bit of a problem transferring pictures off my Olympus 850SW digital camera (maybe it being pink has something to do with it).
When using the camera
When connecting the camera to the computer I chose PC>MTP and iPhoto opens and starts indexing thumbnails. It would sit there (iPhoto says "Loading Photos...") and nothing has happened. The LED on the camera is still flashing.
If I chose PC>Storage then the computer does not react at all.
When using a card reader.
If I use an xD card reader similar thing happens. Doing import from iPhoto takes ages for one photo, browsing the car in Finder is equally slow. I can actually transfer files but it's painfully slow - takes about 6 minutes to transfer 50 MB.
What can I do to fix this issue? It strikes me as a system issue (i.e. OS dealing with the memory card), rather than the camera or the card reader.
When using either camera or reader with a PC
Both work fine and photos get transferred pretty fast.


texts:
I'm looking for a tool (GUI would be best) to convert an animated gif to a mp4-video to send it via WhatsApp.
Do you have any suggestions that get this job done?


texts: How to add application built-in services (menu bar commands) in Automator?

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I am wondering whether it is possible to use built-in services (menu bar options) of specific applications in Automator.

For instance, I want to create a service to launch Google Chrome and open a new window (the effect of Command+N when Chrome is active).

Is it possible?


texts: Initialize Time Machine backup without clicking the menu bar icon

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Is there a way to start 'Backup now' without going to System Preferences, enabling Time Machine Menu bar and clicking it if I have the icon hidden?

Clicking on the drive doesn't let me backup:


texts: How to refresh the shared list in the Finder's side panel?

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In the left side of the Finder, under favorites and devices there is a shared list that contains computers and other devices on the network. I use the MacBook in two places, both with wifi. When I switch between these places, the Mac automatically connects to the wifi network there, but sometimes the Finder's shared list still contains the devices in the previous network.

If I close the laptop's lid and open it again, the list refreshes, but is there any other/better way to trigger the refresh? Why doesn't the refresh happens automatically?


texts: How to add podcasts manually to the new Podcasts.app on macOS Catalina

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I'm on macOS Catalina (10.15 Beta (19A471t)), and I'm trying to add manually downloaded podcasts that I copied from an iTunes library to the new Podcasts.app.

I tried to simply drag the files into the ~/Library/GroupContainers/243LU875E5.groups.com.apple.podcasts folder (- location of all the downloaded podcasts), but after that, the files still aren't appearing in the app.

I can see that the downloaded files in the mentioned podcasts folder have special file names (e.g. 7BE50452-8412-4232-B384-D9E1B94813ED.mp3).

Downloading again the files within the Podcasts.app, is not always a solution, As @Dillon pointed out in the comments.

Is there any solution for this issue?


texts: Collect results in for loop when run shell script

texts:
I try to collect results of "svn info" for selected folders by run shell script,like this:

for f in "$@"; do
    svn info $f | tee -a $log_file
done

But it's not work. How can I collect each result in for loop?


texts: How can I read the previous edition of a book on iBooks?

texts: I accidentally updated my "The Swift Programming Language" book to the Swift 4 edition from Swift 3.1. Can I revert back to 3.1?


texts: How to identify file type for a bulk lot of files and attach suitable extension to each

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I have just over a thousand (1000) files whose suffix/extension has been changed by a database engine all to the same thing (eg. fileName.abcd where .abcd is on every file regardless of whether it is a jpg, pdf, or whatever else).

The goal is to convert all the files to PDF but I first just want to sort the various file types into separate folders.

I use Mac OS X and figure that there must be a Terminal script that would:

Identify the file (Perhaps with 'File' command?) and then...
Append the appropriate extension which would then...
Allow me to manually sort and place them into seperate folders for further processing depending on their file type.

Using the Terminal 'File' command on a file with the database suffix, typical results are quite wordy like this, which at least shows the Mac can identify the file types even though they have the 'wrong' suffixes:

JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01
PDF document, version 1.3
Rich Text Format data, version 1, ANSI
etc.

So, I only need a script that would tag the files so I can use Automator to rename the files later with the appropriate suffix.

I note that if in Terminal I type 'File' and after that I drop or copy multiple files on to it, and hit return, then Terminal correctly identifies them all in the same order, but it isn't useful unless it at least tags each file type differently.

I figure this initial task is too difficult for Automator but would love to be proven wrong.

Any assistance in doing this would be appreciated. I have checked this board and elsewhere expecting someone else to have had a similar issue but found no such problem listed anywhere.


texts: How to place file links in iCloud folder?

texts:
Background I moved from DropBox to iCloud. I have a fairly large document repo of scientific articles (mostly pdfs) and want a few of them linked into project folders which are shared so I can work with them on mobile devices (and not have to traverse a dozen of organization layers of my repo). I want links so edits synchronize back into my repo.
In Dropbox this was easily achieve by placing a symbolic link in any synchronized folder.
However in iCloud I appear unable to achieve this behavior. So far I tried soft-link, hard-link and finder-alias. None would give me anything I could work with on my mobile devices.
So the question is how can I achieve this in iCloud?


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I've noticed that when I have Transmission running my network speed becomes very slow. Even if I'm only uploading data (the same is true even if the upload rate is low as 5KB/sec) via Transmission the download speed becomes very slow throughout the computer. It doesn't mattet if I'm browsing using Safari, streaming music in iTunes, if a software is upgrading itself etc they all become slow. As soon as I close Transmission everything speeds up again.

I'm connected through my Airport time capsule.

Cheers.

Edit: This is to clarify some things as mentioned in Tetsujin's response.

I only get this problem when Transmission is running. Even if Transmission is downloading 0 KB/sec and uploading at 3 KB/sec I still have these problems, so it's not because I'm reaching maximum bandwidth.
I'm actually running through a VPN so my ISP should not be able to see that it's torrent traffic (nothing illegal here, I'm using VPN because I like anonymity). Actually Transmission is running through a udp port that I opened via my VPN provider. I've also tried running it through a tcp port, same issues. I tried randomized ports, same issue.
I've tried using other torrent software and I think this actually might be due to Transmission specifically.


texts: RAZER SYNAPSE issue - binding modifier key only to mouse button is not working

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I just bought Razer Naga Trinity, I tried to bind any modifier key only to mouse button on the Razer Synapse but it does not work, I hold it and press a key, it only types the key, it should launch the action. I also tried Macro with Command Left Down only on the macro, it behaves like sticky key. Have anyone got this working on their mouse?

EDIT

I was having problem with binding any modifier like mouse buttons 3, 4, 5 in the screenshot.


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This article on osxdaily.com discusses an issue in Mavericks and Yosemite where the user is prompted for passwords "at random times".

In the article, the following is claimed.

  [The scenario where an attacker prompts you for your password] may be very unlikely, but it’s just good practice to not trust random password prompts, regardless of where they come from.

I think this claim makes a lot of sense, even if it perhaps glosses over details. To me it seems strange that the timing of a prompt should matter: If you are doing icloud stuff and you are prompted for a password you may think this ok, but if prompted at a "random time" you may become suspicious. I think this is a good mindset from a practical point of view, but I think this does probably not correspond to the security model that the developers had in mind.

My hypothesis is that no application should be able to generate a prompt with an "official icon" in the top left area, like the lock, or the icon for icloud.

I am not too worried about verifying the authenticity of a prompt from a browser (which is mentioned in the article), as I feel confident that I recognise such prompts. Any icon can be embedded in a website, but one can find out that the icon/prompt is then part of the website. My main concern is an attacker that already has access to your computer, but not administrator privileges.

My question is: Is there any practical way for a user to know that a password prompt is authentic? Should one rely on these icons?

Related

This Q&A on superuser asks for methods to verify the validity of any window in a programmatic way, but I am looking for something more practical.

ICloud Password prompt (possible duplicate)


texts: How to resolve network issue or DNS to access web page on Snow Leopard Server?

texts:
I have my network setup like as follows:

internet > router 1 > ethernet ports > switch > router 2

I have a Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server connected to "router 1", but it is so slow when accessing a web page hosted on the server from a browser on a workstation connected to either router 1 or router 2?

Is there a problem with my network setup or maybe because I changed the name to newservername.local?


texts: Font Book: Smart Collections: User fonts only

texts:
Is it possible to filter out all but user-installed fonts
or all but system-installed fonts in smart collections?

For example, filter down to all user-installed monospace fonts.


texts: How to turn WiFi on\off based on location

texts:
Applications such as WiFi Matic on Android allow you to turn on\off your WiFi automatically depending on location. Even though this disables assisted GPS which uses WiFi to help the GPS lock, it's still a nice battery saver trick which I loved while in the Android world.

I couldn't find any iPhone app that does the same. Does it exist?If not, is it because apple restricts such app control?


texts: import photos from iPhone and save them on Big Sur

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I have a large collection of family photos covering more than a century (scanned from my parents photo album, scanned slides, digital cameras and lately iPhone images of my grandchildren). I have developed my own cataloging scheme and viewer software which I use on multiple platforms.
Until recently I could import new photos from iPhone and save them to macOS, but with Catalina and Big Sur this does not seem possible.
I have searched, but apart from iCloud or Photo import (which I don't want to use) have been unable to find a method of importing, apart from AirDrop, which is OK for a few files.


texts: Can Camera+ 2 iPhone app record video while playing music?

texts:
I'm wondering if Camera+ 2 app support recording video while playing music (via Spotify) in the background?

If not, what app could be used instead?


texts: Do I need to disable iCloud Storage Plan to change iTunes store?

texts:
In order to change an iTunes store (switch to another country) I need to cancel my Apple Music subscription. I knew that, but what I didn't know is that after cancelling it I have to wait till the paid period ends, even though I don't care and would like to change the store right now.

But okay, that's water under the bridge, and soon this period will end. However, I have a paid iCloud Storage Plan as well. Should it be reset to default 5 GB as well in order to switch between iTunes stores?

I mean, if after my current Apple Music paid period will finally vanish, is it possible that iTunes will ask me to cancel iCloud Storage Plan too, and then I'll have to wait till the end of its paid period as well? So I better to reset it to default 5 GB right now?


texts: 802.1X (WPA2 Enterprise) Wi-Fi connection disconnects at logoff

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I have a configuration profile which I created using Apple Configurator 2 and have assigned payloads to configure

SCEP certificate issuance
Wi-Fi Profile using above certificate for a WPA2 Enterprise SSID (EAP-TLS)

When applying this profile to a 2019 MBP running Catalina, the certificate is successfully issued and the Wi-Fi connection connects.
However, when logging out of the machine, the Wi-Fi immediately disconnects.
I have tried many solutions found online including adding various entries to the configuration profile (https://ntsystems.it/post/joining-wifi-before-login-on-mac-os-x-108) and changing the certificate to be issued to the 'system' keychain instead of the 'login' keychain, however this either breaks the Wi-Fi profile and does not allow the machine to connect, or simply does not resolve the issue.
Any assistance would be appreciated.


texts: Why is Apple Mail loading remote content in Spam Messages?

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For a while now, likely including and pre-Big Sur, whenever I actually go through my Spam box message-by-message, when I click on one message is initially loads with the spam bar, the off yellow bar that includes "Load Remote Content" and "Move to Inbox", but then the message pane "refreshes" and loads like normal.
I am then reminded of this bug and annoyed, because I inevitably leaked information due to remote content loading.
I have 3 IMAP accounts, two Gmail based and then one third party IMAP that gets no meaningful traffic. If any spam is going to it I'd be surprised, but the significant majority of them are no doubt those coming to the Gmail-based addresses I've had and used for over a decade now. (Insert old man yelling at cloud here.)
Why does this refresh happen? Unless I explicitly remember to click outside of a message and then ⌘a to delete them, or right click them first and use that menu to delete them, is the only way I can manage spam messages, and this means messages I'm on the fence about, but ultimately have to delete, still leak information due to the afore-described behavior.
A screencapture recording the behavior
A few things to call attention to:
Quicktime Mouse Clicks are on, you can see when I click the message in the message list the "circle" that radiates outward from it. When I'm mousing over to the header information there is no click, no circle, just the ~2 seconds later refresh as I've described happening in this post. No keyboard keys were pressed at any time.
My workaround for the meantime is to not automatically load any remote content, but that's a bad solution. I'd rather that ok messages in the inbox automatically load as they're intended to be seen, and only those in junk be restricted as they initially are, before whatever happens for the junk message to "reload as normal". I always right click and junk a message that manages to make it to the inbox.
Lastly, possibly relevant preferences:

As I hadn't mentioned them before:

Big Sur 11.1 (20C69)
Mail.app Version 14.0 (3654.40.0.2.32)


texts: How to get the chrome tabs to always show when in full screen mode?

texts: I would really like to use Chrome on my new 2013 Macbook Air with tabs, but without the menu bar.  So, I use full-screen mode, but it hides the tabs.  Is what I want possible?  And, if so, how can I get it to work that way?


texts: I am looking for a generic TWAIN driver for OS X, one that would not need additional hardware. I just want to use it for testing TWAIN.


texts: How to fix SMS app showing no message even though they are available through Spotlight?

texts:
I was composing an SMS message and then I tapped on send button. This message was composed for group of 50 persons. It started sending messages in background and I could hear the sound of sending messages one by one.

Suddenly while sending messages, the Springboard crashed. It displayed me three options: "OK", "Restart", "Help". I tapped on "OK" and restarted SMS app to view SMS. But I found everything empty in SMS application and messages were still being sent from my phone in the background.

I got frustrated and I connected the iPhone to my computer, it started synchronizing and synchronized the empty SMSs.

I am able to search all of my previous messages from Spotlight search, but when I select a message from search results of spotlight, it redirects me to SMS application and application shows nothing.

Even in SMS application, I can search for messages and I can find the previous messages as a search result but I can't open them.

How can I get back my messages?


texts: Where does $LANG variable gets set in Mac OS X?

texts:
I've used wget for the first time after installing Lion OS X and I've noticed that wget got localized to my native language. Running set command in terminal showed that my LANG variable represents my local language. Where can I change this or make wget ignore this setting?

update

Here's what locale gives me:

LANG="lt_LT.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="lt_LT.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="lt_LT.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="lt_LT.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="lt_LT.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="lt_LT.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="lt_LT.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Hence all the output of non-parameters (such as prompts and debug messages) are in Lithuanian. That is my problem. I'd like to get it back to English.

I am using zsh as my login shell.


texts: Why do I keep getting this error message: "git was not detected on system path"

texts:
I'm not familiar at all with coding or using rstudio since this is the first semester im taking it. Basically everything was working fine, but when i updated to mojave, this error started popping up when i would try to create a new project in rstudio with git. I then realized i didnt have git intalled anymore so I installed git again ( git version 2.19.0) and followed steps from http://happygitwithr.com/  to connect to github and everything i initially did to work in rstudio but for some reason it didn't work. I then installed xcode (xcode-select --install), but that still didn't work. I think my path for git is right too (/usr/bin/git) so i have no idea what to do.

Edit: I've been looking through different questions on here and trying to find a solution but haven't been able to find anything


texts: Is there a docking station product that allows iPad 3 to access internet via an Ethernet connection instead of wireless?

texts:
I have an iPad 3 which I love but sometimes the Wi-Fi cuts out whilst listening to the radio.  I would like to plug in the iPad to a cradle or docking station which itself has an Ethernet port and so can draw internet directly.

Does anyone know of such a product?
I guess it needs a mini operating system instead of being just an electrical plug

Please don't answer with Bluetooth or other wireless technologies, one problem I have is use in the kitchen and when microwave is working there is a definite drop off in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capability.  I really need a wired solution.


texts: Is it possible to move podcasts from iPad device to iCloud storage?

texts:
I have an iPad mini 2 with 16gb storage. I am always running out of space (yes, I know how to clear space on my iPad).

I want to start listening to podcasts and would like to download a selection but not have to store them on my device. I thought iCloud, which I haven't previously activated, would be the solution. But I don't see how I can control where the podcasts are stored. I am unable to find answers online or here.

Can someone clarify this for me?

Additional info

I do have a 2012 MacBook Pro 15" and iTunes 12.7.2.58. However, I would prefer, if possible, to manage the podcast storage on the iPad without involving my Mac iTunes installation.


texts: Any way to set/add tags on a file with Applescript under Mavericks?

texts:
Trying to move some of my scripts over from labels to tags under Mavericks, but I can't seem to find a way to set/add tags with Applescript.

Anybody that know how to do this? As far as I can figure tags aren't actually new, just new in terms of being a more central part of the updated Finder.


texts: Change default content's language in MacOS Apple TV app

texts:
I'm trying to find a way to set English (my system language is French) as the default audio language for Apple TV+ content.

On an Apple TV you can set that in the system's settings.

On MacOS, you can change the language from the player itself but it will not be remembered for the next episode. I can't find anything in the app's preference nor in the system's settings.

How do I change the default playback language for the Apple TV app on MacOS ?


texts: Is is possible to format an Applescript dialog?

texts: I am writing an AppleScript and I'd like to be able to format text in a display dialog box. For instance, I want part of the text to be bold or italic. How can I do this?


texts: My iPhone as well as mini iPad give me the statement "this has not been backed up for so many weeks as there isn't enough room in icloud. I am not as savy as I wish. I plug them into my computer and today the iPad only copied over my photos. I then deleted thinking that would free up space. What am I doing that is causing them to not have enough space? I don't watch videos or movies. Anyone I ask if it comes up on their phones or pads says it doesn't.


texts: Screen dims then gets bright randomly on Mac Pro Mavericks

texts:
The trouble is that both displays randomly dim to black then fade back up to normal.  The intensity, pattern, and frequency of these events are all random.

I've read comments on how to turn off "auto-adjust brightness", but I don't have that setting in preferences.  This only started since I added an adapter for converting the video to composite on the secondary controller.  I suspect that the O/S doesn't know how to handle this adapter, and is attempting to use auto-adjust brightness due to this.

Is there a way to MANUALLY turn off "auto-adjust brightness"?
(i.e. a file I can edit to make the change)

Does anyone have any other idea as to what would cause this?


texts: How to log all files that have been opened?

texts:
I'm wondering if anyone knows how to log all files that I open with my Mac. I suppose this would be something like a keylogger - but I just want a record of the files that I open by day. I don't want/need every system file that an app references, just the data files - .doc, .psd, .ai, etc....

I struggle with keeping track of my hours sometimes on projects and it would be helpful to be able to go back to a day to see what files I was working on.

Anyone have any ideas?


texts: Can I use an extra bluetooth with macbook pro retina?

texts:
I'm using a bluetooth earphone very often. It works really well with iphone and ipad, but it just doesn't work well with macbook pro retina 15". The range and connectivity are pretty bad.

I'm thinking about buying an external bleutooth adapter. Can I use it?


texts: Long term effect on Mac computer of installing Windows/Running a Windows VM

texts:
I need to install Windows on my MacBook Pro. Hardware limitations are not a problem for me. I am mostly concerned about the long term effects that running Windows might have on my Mac.

I am assuming that there will be no impact on the hardware. If I install and run Windows for the next 6 months, and then uninstall it, then the hardware would respond exactly as it would 6 months ago. Is this true?

My biggest concern is regarding what might be left behind due to this adventure. I will be either using Virtual Box, VMware or BootCamp. In any case, I will use an external drive for storing either the Virtual Machines or the partition.

When I don't need Windows anymore, does deleting everything on the external drive mean that all traces of the Windows activity will be gone, with no noticeable effect on my Mac? If not, what will remain?


texts:
I have my boyfriend's location on the Find My Friends app and he has mine as well.

Normally his location appears to hops around a bit when it's loading on my screen, but it's usually in the same 2-3 spots. However, the other night while it was loading, his location appeared to be some distance across the street, and then when it loaded it appeared to be in the middle of the street.

Normally it is a little off, but still closer to his house then it was the other night.

Is it normal that the location can appear to hop around a little, or for it to be a little off?


texts: Do any window managers allow me to snap windows to the sides of the display?

texts: Can you recommend a Window Manager for the Mac? I would like to have a keyboard shortcut that would snap a windows to the left or right half of my screen.


texts: iPhone 5s screen goes black during a phone call

texts: When I end a phone call I find that the screen has gone black. I have to turn it on and re-enter my password to hang up. Is there a way to keep the phone from turning black during a call? The call is not affected.


texts:
I have a TV with a Roku box plugged into it, but the Roku doesn't yet have HBO Max as a channel.

When I want to watch HBO Max, I can only do it by watching it in my browser on my Macbook (I use Brave browser).

So to see it on my big TV, I need to unplug the HDMI cable from Roku and plug it into my Macbook (via an adapter). This is annoying but acceptable.

I'd love to then be able to control HBO Max from my couch even though my Macbook is across the room where the TV is.

At a minimum, I want to be able to press Play/Pause on the HBO Max video in the Brave browser.

What iOS apps will allow my iPhone to control the mouse of the Macbook (on the same wifi network) or at least toggle Play/Pause of the active video in the browser?

Ideally:

Is easy to use (e.g. I want my iPhone and Macbook to remember their initial linking setup so that re-activating the connection doesn't require much more than 1 click)
free
from reputable developers


texts: Is it possible to retrieve email setup in Iphone from previous employer?

texts: I have exchange configured on my iphone from previous employer. Is it possible to retrieve messages? i am sure iphone stores the downloaded messages somewhere on the phone.


texts: curl command can't be found, OSX utilities have been replaced by GNU coreutils... how to start from scratch?

texts:
I recently installed homebrew and I was having a hard time because I could not install it as curl command couldn't be found, someone pointed me to use wget and that worked to install homebrew but now I am trying to figure out how to get the curl command back.  I was patching an android rom with openpdroid and ran into a problem and in the process I found out when working out the error with the developer of autopatcher that I somehow or another the bundled OSX/BSD utils were replaced with GNU coreutils.  I have no idea if the osx/bsdutils or GNU coreutils have anything to do with curl.

I tried

$ brew install curl
==> Installing curl dependency: pkg-config
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/pkg-config-0.28.mountain_lion.bo
Warning: Bottle installation failed: building from source.
==> Downloading http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz
Error: /usr/bin/curl is not executable

Keep in mind that I like a toddler just learning my first words when it comes to working with the terminal shell.

also so you know

$ curl --version
-bash: curl: command not found

Is there a way to get back to having OSX bundled utilities as default if that is what I need to install curl.


texts:
When I open the file with TextEdit (I don't want (truly, I am not able) to use vim), it is seen as "locked", even if I modify the permissions of the file via the "Get Info" window.

How can I modify the hosts file with TextEdit?


texts:
I updated to the newest Xcode version 7.1.1 in the hope, that the performance will be better. But no, performance is much worse again.

When typing a word, an indexer starts immediately and CPU is on max. In general there is mostly a process running full, even I am doing nothing. There are no other apps open, but the CPU is mostly running. (mdworker, WindowServer, Xcode, SourceKitService…)

I already disabled Spotlight from indexing my source code.

Are there any hints, tutorials or the like to tune OS X and Xcode, so it will be more performant.
I am using Swift as programming language.


texts: I recently updated my iphone to ios 8.4  How do I shuffle my offline music the way I used to before the update ?


texts: Why does the Google Chrome icon appear like this in Applications?

texts:
I am using OS X Lion 10.7.4.

The Google Chrome application seems to work fine and the icon appears normal the Dock and Launchpad. What does this error icon mean?


texts:
Perpetua:2011-01-16 ashley$ mdls IMAG0107.jpg

    ...

  kMDItemComment                 = "Cat with is tongue out."

So, here's my question.  xattr can be used to modify some attributes.  For example:

Perpetua:2011-01-16 ashley$ xattr -l IMAG0107.jpg
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemFinderComment:
00000000  62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 50 08 00 00 00 00 00 00  |bplist00P.......|
00000010  01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000020  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09                    |..........|
0000002a
Perpetua:2011-01-16 ashley$

But this isn't the attribute I want to edit.  I imagine this is because kMDItemComment is an iPhoto-specific piece of metadata.  My question would be, how do I go about editing it?


texts:
Has anyone had an issue where their Mac user account has disappeared after installing flash player?

Thanks


texts: Bluetooth Speaker microphones: Can they be used for "Hey Siri"?

texts:
I'm considering purchasing a Bluetooth portable speaker that has a built-in omnidirectional microphone.

The advertising for the product says that the microphone can be used to "make calls" from a mobile device.

However, I can't find out from the support pages if the microphone is "always on", or if it's just used for Call Audio Routing – as in iOS's Settings > General > Accessibility > Call Audio Routing.

My aim, ultimately, is to use the Bluetooth speaker for playing audio from my iOS device, but also to use it as an always-on microphone that can accept "Hey Siri" voice detection commands.

Basically – an "Amazon Echo" device, but consisting of an iPad + Bluetooth speaker instead.

Is "Hey Siri" detection normally possible with mic-equipped Bluetooth speakers?

Specific case: I'm looking at a Bang & Olufsen Beoplay A1.


texts: How to use OSX to create a bootable USB key to install Windows 8.1 on a PC

texts:
I have a PC laptop without OS and I would like to install Windows 8.1 on it.

How can I prepare a bootable Windows USB key in Yosemite?

I have to use OSX to prepare the bootable USB Key, as I have no Windows machine to create it on.
Is it possible? How can I do it?

I saw this post: Creating A Bootable USB Of Windows 8.1 On OS X?
but here the final destination seems another Mac.
Have I to follow the same procedure?


texts: Resize and position windows using keyboard shortcuts

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What Window Management Options exist for OS X?

I want to be able to resize and move a window without using a mouse.

Recently I found shiftit, which is 80% what I need. The only thing it is missing is the window resize. And it is not updated since 2010 :( .

Is there a better alternative?


texts: After upgrading weechat using Homebrew, brew says formula built but weechat was not symlinked

texts:
I installed weechat 1.9(an IRC client) with brew a long time ago. Today I was trying to update the program to the latest version with 'brew upgrade weechat'. The whole upgrading process was successful, only with an error at the end that says

  Error: The brew link step did not complete successfully
  The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
  Could not symlink share/man/de/man1/weechat-headless.1
  /usr/local/share/man/de/man1 is not writable.

I first figured it might be for the reason that the /usr/local/share/man/de/man1 directory was not writable due to the user that homebrew runs as was not given enough access privilege. I then changed the group owner of the directory from 'wheel' to 'admin' which is the owner of most of the directories generated by homebrew. But it didn't work.

I tried to uninstall and reinstall weechat, it's still the same error.


texts: I can't get messages from my iPhone to my car's audio system - does iPhone support MAP?

texts:
I recently purchased a new car (a Toyota if that matters), and on the weekend I discovered that I should be able to receive SMS and MMS messages via the car’s audio/navigation unit.

I spent about two hours trying to get this to work with my iPhone 6s, but nothing I tried worked. All other functions seem to work fine. I can play Apple Music, podcasts etc through the unit. I can use voice control through the unit. I can make and receive phone calls through the unit. I can import my address book just fine. What I can’t do is import/receive text messages.

I’ve tried rebooting my iPhone. I’ve tried repairing my iPhone to the car’s audio system multiple times. I’ve tried changing the settings on the car’s system from being the one to initiate the bluetooth connection to letting the phone initiate the connection and vice versa.

Looking over the owners manual again I see that for a smartphone to support the messaging function it has to support the MAP bluetooth profile.

Does the iPhone 6s support the MAP bluetooth profile? If it does, how can I get this to work?


texts: I created a 'Image from Folder" using Disk Utility, with Encryption and Files are Invisible

texts:
I'm in a little over my head.   MacBook Pro, OSX 10.8.2:   I just created an  encrypted image (128 bits read/write), that Image Disk mounts fine...I can see the number of files and folders, but none of the files are visible to me.  I can see the subfolders, but none of the files at all.   Seems like using encryption for the partition was NOT good.

I've tried the Disk Utility to Convert the .PNG...I've tried to Restore the Image (folder) from the Partition, but I keep getting duplicates of the same Invisible Files.  I'm guessing I also can't delete these either.

The files are there, can be seen via the Terminal, but they are invisible.  Maybe because of attribute properties on the prefix of each file?   Each file starts with a "-rw-r--r--@".

Is chmod possible to adjust the attributes/?  Can anyone help with the right line entries.

Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks in advance for any help.

kd


texts: Copy new files only - is this possible? Basically want to merge two folders

texts: I have a folder on Drive 1 called Music, and it is 100GB. I have a folder on Drive 2 called Music, and it is 116GB. It's the most updated version. How do I copy the Music folder from Drive 2 to Drive 1 without having to rewrite every single file?


texts:
So I wanted to create a new partition to test the new El Capitan operating system. But I'm unable to create a new partition, the '+' sign is greyed out.

This is what I have currently configured for my drive:

Now I've googled this problem and found similar cases but they all mentioned that it's because the 'Revertible' setting was configured 'No'.

Now in my case this is configured 'Yes (no decryption required)' as shown below:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 9EDF35D5-3B14-4F68-8A1A-98151AB82671
    =========================================================
    Name:         Mac
    Status:       Online
    Size:         179371204608 B (179.4 GB)
    Free Space:   18882560 B (18.9 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 3DB04CA6-AF59-4FF4-9D01-E5D9C5418933
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     179371204608 B (179.4 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 721050CD-09E2-4002-A065-8C724204B12C
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume C51A83AC-321D-4B5F-A5D7-7713F8B36874
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          179000000512 B (179.0 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Mac
            Volume Name:           Mac
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


texts: 6+12 PIN (Macbook Air 2011 - A1370) SSD transfer speeds issues

texts:
I upgraded my MacBook Air 2011 (A1370) to a Crucial MX500 SATA SSD with better speeds and would like to give the original APPLE TS128C (128gb) a second life.
I have tried a basic enclosure that does the Apple 6+12 PIN => USB 2/3 conversion but the read speed doesn't go above 50 mb /s.
I figure there are 2 ways to looking at this:

Either find and use a better USB3 case that does the Apple 6+12 PIN => USB 2/3 conversion with a better chipset, in which case I need recommendations?
use a Apple 6+12 PIN => SATA 3 conversion board and then use a classic SATA 3 to USB 3 enclosure but I don't know if that will work?

So what do I need to look out for to get good transfer speeds?


texts: Is there another way to boot into Recovery Mode without using the built-in keyboard?

texts:
I am getting the folder with question mark issue in my 2014 Macbook Air (Catalina) and I need to boot into Recovery Mode.
Unfortunately my MBA's keyboard already had issues beforehand, and some of the keys including R doesn't work (I normally just use external keyboards).
I can't go to Recovery Mode using my wireless BT keyboard. I also tried plugging in my mechanical keyboard via USB (Anne Pro 2) but CMD+R still doesn't register on boot.
Would there be other ways of booting into Recovery Mode other than CMD+R? Should I try and use other cheaper USB keyboards?
Or is there another way to fix the blinking question mark problem? (I think I messed it up after erasing a disk and restarting right away without re-installing macOS).
Any pointers would be appreciated, thank you!


texts:
I'm experiencing problems with homebrew in OS X 10.10.2 and it seems that curl is causing them:

brew install gdal
==> Installing dependencies for gdal: giflib, lzlib, proj, libgeotiff, ge
==> Installing gdal dependency: giflib
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/giflib-4.1.
######################################################################## 100.0%
Error: SHA1 mismatch
Expected: 4900c1066c954c77f0590d954a6f8a6b77f55cec
Actual: a2fd3379ea944f6b2f97fb0f79b7b85cb3e14d0b
Archive: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/giflib-4.1.6.yosemite.bottle.2.tar.gz
To retry an incomplete download, remove the file above.
Warning: Bottle installation failed: building from source.
==> Downloading https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/giflib/giflib-4.x/gifl
######################################################################## 100.0%
Error: SHA1 mismatch
Expected: 22680f604ec92065f04caf00b1c180ba74fb8562
Actual: a2fd3379ea944f6b2f97fb0f79b7b85cb3e14d0b
Archive: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/giflib-4.1.6.tar.bz2
To retry an incomplete download, remove the file above.

Somehow curl creates files that are way too small:

ls -al /Library/Caches/Homebrew/
total 16
drwxrwxr-x   5 root    admin  170 Feb 10 20:57 .
drwxrwxrwt  15 root    admin  510 Feb 10 20:46 ..
drwxr-xr-x  24 xxxxxx  admin  816 Feb 10 20:57 Formula
-rw-r--r--   1 xxxxxx  admin  635 Feb 10 20:57 giflib-4.1.6.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--   1 xxxxxx  admin  635 Feb 10 20:57 giflib-4.1.6.yosemite.bottle.2.tar.gz

Any thoughts?

Edit 1:

I have tried https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/60223 but that didn't work.

which curl
/usr/local/bin/curl

Path:

$PATH
-bash: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Users/xxxxxx/.rvm/bin:


texts: Assign and recall windows with keyboard shortcuts

texts:
I would like to be able to assign numbers to windows with a keyboard shortcut like:

Cmd+1 (different numbers for different windows or desktops)

and then recall them with a keyboard like:

⌘+1

The specific modifier does not matter much. I used to do this with AutoHotkey in Windows. Can I do this in Mac OS X?


texts:
I want to bind a certain command to show a terminal on screen without window frame with the command of my choice. I plan to use it to quickly launch network monitoring tools (trafshow) when I use a certain key combination. I should be able to specify the position of the terminal window, make it non-interactive, etc. I can specify the position and options through config file or command-line.

Is there any software I can use or does any of the popular terminal applications have this feature?


texts:
I am running 10.7.2 and had my Address Book synced to the iCloud.  I inadvertently deleted all of my contacts from my iPhone (synced with iCloud) and now my address book is empty.

I've attempted to restore all of the files in ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book but when I do I can see the cards briefly (for about 1 second) and then they disappear from Address Book.

I also backed up my Address Book (prior to deletion), but opening this file yields the same results.

Any suggestions?


texts: I'm having a hard time differentiating between the "bold" unread messages and read messages in my inbox.  I would like to be able to make unread messages a different color (e.g. red)...is this possible?  I can't find a way to do it.


texts: Does anyone know of a Thunderbolt 2 (not type C or thunderbolt 3) to usb 3 micro b cable?

texts: I am looking to use my existing WD harddrive but use thunderbolt 2 instead of the usb3 A connection. I have looked for cables but all I find is type c ones.


texts: Is there a way to make my macbook automatically execute a script every time I connect it to an external monitor?

texts:
I would like to make my macbook automatically connect to a specific wifi and launch Lunar everytime I connect it to my external monitor, and vice versa when I unplug it, but don't know where to start...
I could write a script that keeps checking whether or not an external monitor is connected every, for example, 60 seconds, but I would like to do something like "event driven" that is neither checking nor doing anything at all until an event ("external monitor plugged" or "external monitor unplugged") occurs.
Any hint?


texts: In iOS5 (and later) my newsstand icon will not go into a folder on either my iPod touch, or my iPad2. Anyone have any suggestions on how to move this application?


texts: Deleting iPhone's Apple Support General Log File

texts:
I have an old iPhone 3GS I'm trying to use back again.
I loaded it up on iTunes and noticed I have 3.8Gb worth of "Other" data stored in it. Keep in mind this is the 8Gb model.

I've tried all conventional methods for clearing up "Other" data, to no avail.
On a more thorough search through the phone's folders I found a very large .log file stored in this directory:

var/mobile/library/logs/Apple Support/general.log

This log file is 2.7Gb! Considering this is almost half my whole device's memory, I would like to get rid of it.

Is safe to delete this file?


texts: How can I export a QuickTime File with Chapter Markers from iMovie HD?

texts:
I have a video with chapter markers in iMovie HD 6.03 (267.2).

What settings do I need to use when exporting to get a file with chapter markers viewable by QuickTime and iTunes?.


texts:
Under Snow Leopard, sometimes a strange behaviour occurs in Exposé. I swipe four fingers down to activate it, optionally hover over another window, and swipe four fingers (I believe) again. Instead of closing exposé, the order of two windows change, with an animation.

I can't, for the life of me, figure out what I am doing to trigger this.

Any ideas?


texts: How can I send rendered Markdown files to the printer from the command line?

texts:
I wrote a Markdown file which I wish to print. The rendered version, not the raw version.
Printing in GUI works fine. I wish to format Mardown files with mdcat and send the result/output to printer.
lpc status
HP_ENVY_5540_series:
    printer is on device ‘dnssd’ speed -1
    queuing is enabled
    printing is enabled
    no entries
    daemon present

mdcat example.md | lp
request id is HP_ENVY_5540_series-47 (0 file(s))

mdcat example.md | lp -d HP_ENVY_5540_series
request id is HP_ENVY_5540_series-48 (0 file(s))

Those commands didn't work.
Edit, after first comment:
brew info mdcat
mdcat: stable 0.22.2 (bottled)
Show markdown documents on text terminals
https://github.com/lunaryorn/mdcat
/usr/local/Cellar/mdcat/0.22.2 (8 files, 5.4MB) *
  Poured from bottle on 2021-01-02 at 08:42:16
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/mdcat.rb
License: MPL-2.0
==> Dependencies
Build: cmake ✔, rust ✘
==> Analytics
install: 336 (30 days), 1,518 (90 days), 10,040 (365 days)
install-on-request: 335 (30 days), 1,517 (90 days), 10,027 (365 days)
build-error: 0 (30 days)

Does the software need some kind of support? Maybe I don't remember correctly, but you can pipe any command to lp in Linux. There is not any kind of support needed for printers in the command before pipe.


texts: Remove personal data without doing a full reinstallation

texts:
I am selling an old Mac with OS X 10.4 (Tiger), and I don't have the installation CD anymore so I can't format and re-install; I have to leave the current installation intact.

Obviously, I'd like to remove any personal data from it. What I've done:

Move out all important data
Delete my old account (and entire home directory)
Create a new account for the new owner
Delete unused space in Disk Utility
Delete Spotlight index
Delete /var/db/locate.db

Is there anything else I should do to ensure that no personal data is available on the machine?

For example, I have never stored any personal data outside the /Users folder. But is there anything that OS X stores there, caches or similar things?


texts: I installed a new hard drive in my MacBook and when plugging in old hard drive to transfer files & apps/progs over, some apple software such as Mail, iCal and safari have a cross through them stating that it's an old version and can't be transferred. How could a newer OS (mavericks) not accept and transfer older versions across?? How can I fix this? My calendar is now blank with no birthdays and I can't access any emails over a few days old. Any ideas?


texts: What is the difference between using backup software and copying?

texts: I acquired a backup program - SuperDuper! - recently, and ran it, backing up Macintosh HD to another partition. It seems to me like it just copied everything. My question then is: What is the difference between using a backup program and just copying all the files with Finder?


texts: Best HandBrake-Settings to rip DVD (multi-language) for iTunes / Apple TV / Mac / iPhone etc

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I want to digitalize my DVD-Collection (>300 DVD) and store it in iTunes or somewhere else for playback on Mac, iPhone, iPad and mainly Apple TV 4K.

What are the best settings in HandBrake? I want a good quality but a reasonable file-size. And at least the Original Language (f.e. English) and the Secondary Language (f.e. German) and the optional subtitles too.


texts: Main user gone after upgrading to MacOS Siera

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I have just upgraded to MacOS Siera, and all of my users are no longer recognized.

I can see my user folder in the Users folder but OS won't recognize it.

I have looked around but only found issues revolving FileVault, which I have not used in the past (though I have tried the suggested solutions and they did not work).

To make it clear - none of my old users are available.

One thing I have noticed is that the OS has technically installed on a different partition than the old OS, which might have something to do with that (I had a small, 256MB partition created to allow the installation process, as instructed on apple site).

How can I restore the users?


texts: Sound card (Audionengine D1) not working on new MacBook Pro Retina

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My soundcard (USB DLC Audioengine D1) is not working on my new MacBook. My old MacBook Air from 2012 has no problem with it.

When plugged in the device, I get this weird error in the Console. Looks like there is a problem with detecting the USB device.

20/03/2014 9:05:54.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    861.628    The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 1 of Hub at 0x14000000)
20/03/2014 9:05:55.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    862.461    The IOUSBFamily has successfully enumerated the device (Port 1 of Hub at 0x14000000).
20/03/2014 9:05:55.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    862.769    IOUSBCompositeDriver(IOUSBDevice)::ConfigureDevice GetFullConfigDescriptor(0) #2 returned NULL, trying ResetDevice and then trying again
20/03/2014 9:05:55.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    862.999    IOUSBCompositeDriver(IOUSBDevice)::ConfigureDevice GetFullConfigDescriptor(0) #3 returned NULL, giving up
20/03/2014 9:05:55.997 pm UserEventAgent[11]: assertion failed: 13C64: com.apple.telemetry + 16493 [FDCB4ECA-3C5D-394A-BAEF-F6555BEB4239]: 0xffffffffe00002be
20/03/2014 9:06:29.000 pm kernel[0]: USB (XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation):Port 2 on bus 0xa connected or disconnected: portSC(0xe0206e1)
20/03/2014 9:06:29.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    896.400    The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 2 of Hub at 0x14000000)
20/03/2014 9:06:32.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    899.496    The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
20/03/2014 9:06:33.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    900.353    The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 2 of Hub at 0x14000000)
20/03/2014 9:06:43.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    910. 66    The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
20/03/2014 9:06:43.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    910.922    The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 2 of Hub at 0x14000000)
20/03/2014 9:06:44.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    911.779    The IOUSBFamily gave up enumerating a USB device after 10 retries.  (Port 2 of Hub at 0x14000000)
20/03/2014 9:06:44.000 pm kernel[0]: USBF:    911.779    The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.

As recommended for similar problems, I have already tried resetting my NVRAM/PRAM - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379 - but that hasn't changed anything.


texts: How safe is it to replace the magsafe 2 connector with another one by simply connecting the wires?

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I have a problem with my magsafe 2 adaptor, it has been stopping to work occasionally for a while now. Until now I always managed to get it to work by yanking the cable (in order to unstuck the pins), however now this method is not working anymore. After the usual yanking, I decided to clean both the connector and power plug on my macbook with a toothbrush and cotton. For some reason after that it stopped working completely. I am able to unstuck the pins by softly tapping on the connector with my fingernails but it still doesn't work.

I have another non working magsafe 2, which has perfect pins and after cutting the cord now looks like this:

How dangerous would it be, to cut off the non working connector, expose the cables and connect them together by intertwining the stings?

Obviously I would isolate the two wires (copper and the other one) with tape and try to make a decent connection. I have done similar shenanigans with audio cables and it has always worked for a while.

I will buy another one, but need an urgent solution right now. However, I don't want to break the computer or start a fire over it.


texts: How to install the final release of iOS 9 on an iPad running iOS 9 Beta

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Before someone closes this as a duplicate, my question is NOT the same as this Ask Different post.

I've tried everything that the link above described, trying to install the final version of iOS 9 on my iPad that is currently running the iOS 9 Public Beta.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong, as I've deleted the Beta profile in Settings, restarted my iPad again and again, but yet my only option is to install the iOS 9.1 Public Beta, which I don't want to do.

What can do to resolve this?