texts: "XXX can't be opened. You should move it to trash." for flash projector applications on mac os sierra

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We are experiencing a problem with flash projector .app executables that we build. When the app is downloaded from the internet on OSX sierra the message "XXX can't be opened. You should move it to trash." is thrown.

Clicking on the help icon next to it additionally displays the info:

  The app’s authorization has been revoked There may be a problem with
  this app. Although the app was signed by an identified developer, the
  certificate for the app has been revoked, and it cannot be opened.

The same app copied through a pen drive works fine. The same app downloaded over internet in other OSX versions runs fine.

We have tried options like Settings>Security > allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere in the OSX Gatekeeper settings. The application being a app published by Flash CS6 is not something that we sign ourselves. I have also read elsewhere that the Flash Player certificate was revoked by apple earlier due to a breach. But updating the Flash software with latest patches has not made a difference.

Has anyone else experienced this issue. Any workarounds/advise?
Thanks!


texts: Merging partitions separated by Bootcamp

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In the process of installing windows on my MacBook Pro, I managed to somehow partition the disk this way.

Is there any way of merging the UNTITLED 3 segment with the Macintosh HD segment without reinstalling windows?


texts: I have a Time Machine backup of my MacBook running Lion. My install of Mountain Lion just failed, and I'm going to format the drive and install Mountain Lion anew. Will I still be able to restore my files from my Time Machine backup onto the new version of the OS?


texts: Is the 2.05x iCloud free space BESIDES the space already taken by WhatsApp backup?

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Is that correct? what the hell, I just want to know if any of you is an expert on this matter:

The title implies NO ONE can backup any WhatsApp backup larger than 1.64Gb more than once on a 5Gb free iCloud account. Bare with me, if the title is true, then:

You start with 5Gb free
You perform your first WhatsApp backup, which is 1.65Gb
You now have 1.65Gb used iCloud Space, and 3.35Gb free
Your next backup (tomorrow if set to "daily") needs 1.65x2.05 = 3.38Gb free
It's the next morning now --> Failure: you can no longer keep backing up WhatsApp without paying for more space, since 3.38Gb is > 3.35Gb. No more backups for you even though your backup size is 1.65Gb and your free space is 3.35Gb <- that's even considering the used 1.65Gb is due to an older WhatsApp backup that is supposed to get replaced.

Is all the above non-sense correctly interpreted? Are they THAT unfair?

I say all this cause my auto-backups aren't working since iOS 13, and then I noticed that subtle added comment on WhatsApp's FAQs (their official website). I have those exact figures in the example. Let's also remember there are 2 WhatsApp backup switches:

1st switch: iPhone Settings app > Tap your name in the top > iCloud > scroll down to see the switch (this switch creates a live backup that allows for an independent backup, meaning you don't need to restore your whole iphone to restore this backup, you can delete Whatsapp Only and said backup will be detected when you reinstall Whatsapp). You get to pick your frequenc. I have this switch ON.

2nd switch: iPhone Settings app > Tap your name in the top > iCloud > Manage Storage > click "Backcup" green icon row > Click your device > here you have a list of your TOTAL apps, each might save a tiny bit of settings info for each app (not the app itself), this is a packaged backup that also saves your downloaded app list (no matter if you switch off every app). So, Here you see WhatsApp too (2nd switch) <- if on, Whatsapp backup will take 2x space of your total iCloud space (I prooved this). As I understand, this backup can only be accessed if you restore the whole iPhone (whole package see). I have this switch OFF.

Even when that 2nd switch off (which I thought would be the reason for the 2.05x needed) my backups aren't happening.

Oh yeah and, WhatsApp support is nonsense auto-answers that are irrelevant to my issue, they are just the worse "silicon" customer supper I know. They sometimes even copy the exact same answer of the their last email reply. Just offensive they call that "support".


texts: Notes.app: Notes from iCloud show title but bodies are blank!

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I have been using notes.app for a while, especially for its ability to use iCloud to sync. Everything has seemed fine, though it seems like some of my older notes' bodies are showing up blank.

I suspect that this is merely a retrieval/format issue, but I am also concerned that by looking at a note triggers an automatic save, which in turn does in fact replace iCloud's copy of that note with the now-blank version. I have stopped looking at older notes pending a solution in case looking is destructive.

How do I download an archive of my iCloud notes that I may preserve and peruse at my leisure?

Notes have been left from Mavericks, Yosemite, and iPhone 5s with iOS 7.1.2. I am currently retrieving them using Yosemite.


texts: Using VoiceOver to a braille display fails to output some formatting in Pages

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I'm trying to help a blind friend of mine, to get her up and running on a mac. As her text editor of choice, she'd like to use pages, but there, the bullet points aren't shown on her braille display.

She has also tried openOffice, but there, VoiceOver doesn't read anything, probably because of the use of a non standard UI kit.

How can we either solve the pages problem, or what's an editor that will read everything correctly?


texts: Power Mac G4 - AirPort card too big for slot

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I have an old Power Mac G4, for which I acquired an AirPort card, and tried to follow these simple instructions from YouTube but it turns out that the card does not physically fit into the slot. It's too wide.

I've attached 3 photos to show the comparative width of the card and the slot, and the nature of the slot it needs to fit into. As you can see, it's quite different from the hardware shown in the video tutorial.

What I'd like to know, is what kind or model of AirPort card does this Mac take? I assumed it was the type shown in the photos, but that's obviously wrong.


texts: Is there video codec pack for Quick time player?

texts:
There are several video players for OS X, VLC and MplayerX are most popular. But VLC allow to open only 1 window, and MplayerX has adware.
Is there a codec pack or any way to install codecs into the system, to open most popular video formats like avi, mkv etc. with native Quick time player?


texts: homebrew broken after time machine restore

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I use home-brew for some tools on my macbook and it had been working fine. I recently put a SSD in my macbook and restored it to a time machine backup as I thought this would give me a pretty good replica of what my system was previously. However, since doing that, whenever I call a command that home-brew installed I am given the following error:

-bash: ffmpeg: command not found

ffmpeg is just one example. All of my commands are listed when I enter
brew list so its not as if they aren't there at all. The brew command itself still works (brew help, brew doctor etc) so that isn't missing.

I still have the old hard drive where it all worked fine. What files should I copy over from there to get my brew packages to run properly again? Or is there a brew command I can use that will fix it all for me? I tried brew doctor and brew upgrade ffmpeg but that didn't help.

How can I get this running again? Preferably avoiding uninstalling everything and starting again...


texts: Where is the CE certification on Apple Watch?

texts: I've looked everywhere it seems, but I can't find any trace of any CE or FCC certification on the Apple Watch. Now I hear FCC has loosened up lately, but not CE. All electronics have to carry a CE symbol if sold within EU. So where is it?


texts:
I have existing Gmail accounts for Mail on my iPhone, but I want to add a new one. I went to Settings -> Passwords & Accounts -> Add Account and I tap Google, and nothing happens. Here is a GIF:

This is iOS 12.1 on iPhone 6. Any ideas of how get around this to add a new Gmail account? Rebooting the phone, toggling WiFi off/on, and holding the lock + home button for 15 seconds to reset the phone did not fix either.


texts: Every once in a while, I need to "refresh" my shell session by closing it and opening a new one. Unfortunately the terminal tab ends up at the very end of tab bar, so I need to move it back to where it was (I use command-left and command-right to move between tabs a lot, so order is important). Since I am on a 13" screen, I keep my terminal maximized. When I move the tab with a mouse, if I move it even a little bit too much, the tab splits into its own, maximized, window and I am unable to re-attach it (because maximized == fullscreen now, right?). So I have to close the new window and start over again. Is there some way to change tab order without accidental detaching?


texts: Why would I disable swap file in Mac OS X?

texts:
I came across a thread about installing an SSD drive in MacBook Pro.
Someone in the comments also recommended to disable the swap file but didn't say why:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
sudo rm /private/var/vm/swapfile*

I wonder why one would want to disable the swap file in Mac OS X.
Does it increase performance? Stability?
Any downsides?

Finally, does it make any sense to disable swap file when not using SSD?


texts: iMac and MacBook Pro Memory Specifications

texts:
i am about to purchase an iMac mid 2011 2.7 i5 that comes with 4 GB of ram preinstalled. I  also have an mid 2009 macbook pro 13.3 2.26 computer. I wonder if i can install the 4gb ram of the iMac to my MBP?

Is this possible?
If no, why?

Thank you


texts: 'Operation not permitted' error seen with */private/var/db folders in BigSur

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While backing up macOS BigSur machine, the Backup solution which I use throws 'Operation not permitted' error for   following following folders.
(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/networkd/db/):
(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/appinstalld/): (/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/installcoordinationd/)
(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/oah/)
(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/lockdown/)(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/DifferentialPrivacy) (/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/MobileIdentityService/)
(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/searchparty/)
(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/SystemKey)
(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/db/DifferentialPrivacy)
(/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/protected/trustd/private/)
I had given 'Full Disk Access' Permission to my backup solution.
Would like to understand the following:

What does above directory contains?
Why even with 'Full Disk Permission'( provided for my application), 'Operation not permitted' error is seen?.
Can these directories be excluded from backup? and does 'Time machine' do that?


texts:
I’m using the Keychain.app to manage all my (website) passwords, and I am also using the “Password assistant” to generate secure random passwords.

But obviously I’m paranoid that my laptop is lost or damaged and that I’m using all my passwords so I’m searching for a secure, comfortable backup option.

In particular, the backup has to be immediate (as soo as I’m adding a new key or editing an existing one). This can be done by registering a launch agent.

Furthermore, the storage should be off-site. Ideally, this would mean Dropbox. But I’m paranoid: their storage may be encrypted but they theoretically still have access to my data.

Now, the keychain is encrypted anyway. But is this encryption secure? Can I just rely on this and upload the backup to an essentially public storage?


texts: What does the layered HDR icon mean in my photos?

texts: I have the iPhone Xs and I’m interested in the Smart HDR feature. I note that it is enabled by default. However, only a handful of the photos that I have taken over the past week or two have the HDR icon. If I disable Smart HDR and take a photo before and after manually activating HDR I don’t get the icon overplayed on the resulting photo. It definitely looks like the HDR is working but I just don’t understand what the icon means.


texts: Macbook Pro mid 2015 + Dell P2721Q + DP - mDP cable not booting after restart in clamshell mode

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I am pretty happy with the combo I have currently but this issue drives me nuts.
I am using Macbook Pro 15" mid 2015 with Dell P2721Q 4k monitor connected with DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort cable. I am also using Apple Magic Keyboard and Apple Magic Trackpad which are irrelevant to the issue but still I have to mention them.
The laptop is closed (clamshell mode) and everything works except when I have to restart the laptop.
When I restart it the monitor loses signal. I press keys on the keyboard and tap the trackpad but it never awakes.
Preferences > Bluetooth > Advanced > Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer is enabled.
If I open the laptop and wake it from its own keyboard it works but I do not want to do that every time as I have 4 cables connected to the laptop (power, display, USB3-USBC for the monitor hub, sound) which are tied with velcro and its not the most convenient thing to unplug and plug them back in in order to to wake the laptop.
EDIT: I noticed I may have mislead you with the statement above as when I restart the Mac I cannot wake it even if I open it. I have to long press the power at least twice and it goes to the password recovery screen.
I have to note that sometimes when I open the laptop it is in a Password Recovery screen.
I reset the NVRAM and I think this issue disappeared but I try to not restart my laptop often because the whole procedure is annoying so I cannot confirm this Password Recovery issue is trully gone.


texts:
How does one label the axes on the Grapher tool on the Mac? I am currently using OS X El Capitan.

Here's an image of what it looks like right now, with none of the menus s

And here's the menu with the Object menu selected, as some have suggested:


texts:
I spilled a drop of balsamic vinegar on my iPhone 4S near the earpiece.

Now, call volume on the internal speaker is very low. How can I clean the earpiece out?


texts: iPad 4th not recognised when connected via USB-C Apple Digital AV Multiport Adapter on Catalia

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If I connect my iPad 4th generation to the MacbookPro 2020 with Catalina 10.15.6 directly via USB-C cable, everything works well: the iPad shows in the finder.
If I do the same, but I plug the usb-c cable in the Apple Multiport adapter (last generation), nothing happens.
Any idea what is going on?
Thanks in advance for any help!


texts:
I'm using OS X Lion.

I'm a PC user and just recently tried out using a Mac.  I'm used to installing a handy app in Windows named TouchCursor.  It allows me not to release my fingers in the "home" keys of the keyboard, which helps increase productivity (IMHO) because I don't need to reach out for the arrow keys anymore.

In Vim, the standard for the left, right, up and down is the H, L, K, and J keys.  I mimic it in Windows through TouchCursor by just adding the Spacebar (holding it down) + either H, L, K and J, depending on the direction I choose.  I made it universal, not only using Vim, but used it every time I navigate Windows, work with MS Office and other apps.

Is KeyRemap4MacBook able to this just like I used to do it in TouchCursor?  Currently I have downloaded it and would be experimenting and see how it goes.  I just needed to post this question assuming someone might have experience solving this.

Cheers!


texts:
I'd like to know if anyone out there has done a comprehensive comparison of the various package manager solutions available for OS X.
More specifically, I'm looking for:

A list of all the major package managers (ie. MacPorts, Fink, etc)
A pros and cons list or comparison matrix (either self-written or a web link to one)
Information about any caveats for particular systems
Information about possible incompatibilities or reasons for not having multiple package managers installed simultaneously
Subjective reasons why you think one is better than another

Update Nov 29, 2010
Chiggsy gave a great answer but I would really love some more input on this.  I've been using MacPorts recently and it seems to be pretty well done.  I like that its command line options work in a similar fashion to subversion and that it has an interactive mode.


texts: How can I stop iPhone prompting me to setup Apple Pay in Settings?

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Since upgrading iOS to 11.2.1, my iPhone has aggressively prompted me to setup Apple Pay. Every time I decline to set it up.

Now, there is this persistent badge ("1") on my Settings app, which makes me think there is some kind of iOS update to install, but instead, it is a prompt to setup Apple Pay ("Finish Setting Up Your iPhone"):

How can I turn off prompts/notifications/badges asking me to setup Apple Pay?

This is not the same as disabling Apple Wallet notifications, as asked and answered at Disable Apple Pay/Wallet spam. Disabling Apple Wallet notifications does not disable the Apple Pay spam (specifically, the Settings badge icon). This question is different as it is about Apple Pay and the Settings badge icon (not notifications specifically), and the solution in the purported "duplicate" question does not solve this problem.


texts: Can the Location Services tell me where my iPhone was this morning?

texts:
Since my boss requires timesheets, it'd help for me to know exactly what time I got to the office in the morning, since I'm woefully bad at keeping track of this on my own.

I can't seem to find any info on Google (most results involve good morning and otherwise led me this community). Was hoping someone here could shed some light on it for me.


texts:
The problem
When I use my laptop, it always heats up a lot in the center above the touch bar on top.
I can feel it quite heated below as well under the top center.
The CPU is fine (no processes going crazy).
Fans are not really loud at all and I suspect they are working below the speed they should be. This was an issue when I bought it as well.
SMC reset
I did (multiple) SMC resets when I first bought, as this was an issue straight away. After the reset it worked fine for a few weeks and then I'd do another reset. A year and a half later thouhg, when I do an SMC reset, I don't notice the heat going away and it's still working the same way.
P.S. Since I have been working from home, I often connect to an external monitor, no-surprise there that this causes heat. When I don't work with one, it's still warmer that it should be in my opinion.
Any idea what may be the causing the issue and how can I fix it?
My Macbook has the following specs:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
Processor 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
Memory 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
Graphics Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB
         Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB


texts:
For some reason whenever I delete a photo on my camera roll, the corresponding photo on iCloud photo stream would also be deleted. Am I going crazy here? I thought the whole point of photo stream is to back up your photos so you don't have to keep them on your phone?

Also, is it normal that photos on iCloud are displayed as taking up my phone's space in settings -> usage? For example it says "camera roll: 551mb", "photo library: 0" and "photo stream: 390mb". Why are photos in iCloud taking up space on my phone, and why is not everything backed up (390mb vs 551mb)?


texts: Is it possible to find out whether iPhone has MLC or TLC NAND by serial or batch number?

texts:
Is there any way to check whether the phone has MLC or TLC, just by serial number or batch number?

I will be buying iPhone 6, Space Grey, 64GB. From what I have read, 64GB version could be TLC or MLC.


texts:
My Mac is running out of space and its shutting down VMs on occasion. I purchased a program called Space Gremlin from the App Store a few years ago. When I attempt to run Space Gremlin, I get the following message:

When I purchased the app, there were no restrictions on it, so this behavior is new to me.

I wrote to the authors of Space Gremlin, and they told me it was an Apple message. I no longer have an App Store account, so there's nothing for me to do with Apple.

How do I run the Space Gremlin program?


texts: What is the oldest model iPod Touch to support Airplay in browser

texts:
I want to use an iPod touch as a common interface for the office music - streamed through Grooveshark in Safari.

The iPod will be glued to a post in the center of the office, so I'm looking for the cheapest option.

What is the oldest generation that supports Airplay from a browser?


texts: iPhone playing songs not in any of my playlists

texts: I share an iTunes account with 4 others in my family and we have different music taste. I have my own playlists but my iPhone (3GS) keeps playing music that is NOT on any of my playlists. I have checked them all. How do I delete them off my phone? I have no unwanted artists or albums selected under the music tab when syncing, I have checked all of my playlists, I do not have 'automatically fill free space with songs' ticked either. What do I do?


texts: A WD hard drive can be detected by one Macbook but not another

texts: A WD My Passport hard drive (bought in 2016-7) can be detected by one Macbook (a 2018 15" MacBook Pro) but not another (not even in diskutil) (a 2013 11" Macbook Air). What is the explanation for this? Has it got to do with something along the lines of differences in design in the motherboard (eg. different voltage ranges for logic levels)


texts: Mac book air Admin account slower than fresh brand new user account — I have tried a lot to fix

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I have a Mac book air 2017 running Catalina. I have noticed my admin account being a little slow. Safari launching slower and some other apps slower
I did a test and made a new admin user. I logged out of my account and logged in as that user. Everything is faster. Safari launches and renders pages faster and just feels snappier
I am not saying my computer is un-usable just not as fast as it could be
In order to try to fix problem I have tried the following

remove all launch agents in my user library folder
only Startup necessary software and remove any login items not neceassy
Deleted preferences folder in user library folder
reset safari cache and disable extensions
boot into recovery mode and repair disk
Boot into safe mode and test
Cleaning up hard drive and removing apps and files. I have 150gb free storage out of 500gb

Do you have any other ideas or is it reformat and rebuild time? I haven’t done a fresh install in 10 years and really want to avoid this


texts: Are there any tweaks for Lion's autocorrect?

texts: I've found that Lion's autocorrect handles technical terminology abysmally.  Are there any configuration tweaks that adjust its behavior around words that might represent technical terms?


texts: (Safely) Disable dGPU on 2018 15" MacBook Pro?

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Is there a way to safely disable the Radeon Pro 560X dGPU on the 2018 15" MacBook Pro?

I know I can go the other way (force dGPU only) via the 'Automatic graphics switching' check box in Energy Saver but that is the opposite of what I want to do :)

I know on older models it was possible via magic nvram options.

Is it even possible on the 2018 MacBook Pro?

Edit: I should mention I have tried gfxCardStatus (and a more up-to-date port) however this does not block the dGPU from becoming active it simply switches back to the iGPU if something does fire up the dGPU. I want to fully disable the dGPU so it cannot be activated.


texts: How to disable antialiasing (smoothing) in Preview for images?

texts:
I'm using preview for my iOS development to calculate pixel distance from elements. But now, I don't even remember since when it started antialiasing the lines, even 1 pixel line becomes a blurry mess and you can't find out where it actually begins.

How do I return crisp look to my images when zoomed in Preview?


texts: How to Change Hyperlink Color in macOS Notes

texts:
The hyperlinks in Notes on macOS are essentially yellow on white, as shown in the screenshot below.

I would like to change the color to any darker color to improve the contrast, but how? I have tried to highlight hyperlinks to change their color, but the color remains the same even after selecting a color for them.


texts: How to eject all drives from the command-line

texts: I want to eject all hard drives with a command on the Terminal instead of going to the Finder and pressing eject on each drive. How can I do it?


texts:
Mac mini 2011 uses 1333 MHz 1.5v DDR3 memory. My "new" 2012 mini uses 1600 MHz 1.35v DDR3 memory.

I'd like to reuse the slower memory in the newer mini. I'm not adverse to trying this but I'm looking for some assurance that there's minimal risk of damage.

If it doesn't work I'll just go ahead and buy new memory, but if this could work (the processor might just tap it's foot waiting around a bit longer for memory access?) I'd rather save the $$.

Thanks,
Dave


texts: I need to pair with an Apple Pencil; yet I cannot seem to be able to determine the correct PIN for the device. What is the default PIN for an Apple Pencil Version One?


texts: Security issue on blocked screen in High Sierra?

texts:
I can see my powerpoint presentation (opened in fullscreen) on locked screen on my iMac! (mac os 10.13.6)
worse than that I can see it when I'm playing video, see photos in Photo app or open launchpad...
How I can fix it?


texts: How to disable creation of spaces on macbook?

texts:
How to disable creation of desktop workspaces on macbook?

Somehow they get created when I don't need them. [OS: Mojave]


texts: Deleted all certificates by mistake. How to recreate?

texts:
I started seeing an issue in Chrome (38 on OSX 10.7.5) accessing GitHub. I got a Privacy error. One of the recommendations on SuperUser, and the reply I got from GitHub support, was to delete all expired certificates in Keychain Access, close the browser, and reboot the machine. I followed the advice.

Now, I cannot access many other sites: LinkedIn, StackExchange sites etc. - all with the same error. I'm forced to use another browser (which btw, shows an error next to the HTTPS lock icon). The Keychain Access certificates view does not repopulate. I might have deleted something I shouldn't, but shouldn't new certificates be downloaded as needed? What do I need to do to gain access to all the HTTPS sites again?


texts:
I've got a first generation AirPort Express and when I plug it in the wall (electricity outlet) it will turn orange and do nothing besides that.

I cannot access this device via AirPort Utility
When I hit the reset button on the device using an iPhone simcard-extract-pin, it will start to blink but when I release the Iphone-pin it will turn back to orange again.

Is there anything I can try to fix this device? I've already bought a 2nd generation as replacement, but I'd like to fix this device in order to use it outside for example.


texts: Completely restore root and home folder after many problems with Macports and Homebrew

texts:
I had a long day battling with installing a LAMP environment with Macports. I installed several things, had many problems, tried uninstalling them (not sure if I did), and on and on. Then, I tried doing the same thing in Homebrew. Same story. I then completely reinstalled Mavericks and did it all over again.

The problem is that I don't know what files should be there and which shouldn't. (I'm pretty much a beginner with this). If I knew, I guess I wouldn't have to reinstall the OS again. How can I completely restore it to what it was before I even opened the Terminal?

Here is what I have in the root directory:

And in my user directory:

(I can upload more images or ls outputs if needed)


texts:
When writing emails and articles I often find myself in the need to use a long/em dash — character, not to be confused with the hyphen - character. Normally what I end up doing is I type two consecutive hyphens -- and hit the Space key, which then ends up replacing the two hyphens with the long dash.

However, when posting articles in browser-based editors this doesn't always work — such as with the post editor here — so I have to type the double hyphen + Space elsewhere, like in a dummy email, copy the long dash from there and paste it here. This is very inconvenient of course.

I'd like a shortcut to enter the long dash character directly.


texts: Homebrew tap when there is no artifact for the current OS

texts:
Let's say I have a formula like this:
class Foo < Formula
  desc "Foo desc..."
  homepage "https://foo.com"
  version "1.2.3"
  bottle :unneeded

  if OS.mac?
    url "https://foo.com/1.2.3/foo_macos_x86_64.tar.gz"
    sha256 "fake"
  end
  if OS.linux? && Hardware::CPU.intel?
    url "https://foo.com/1.2.3/foo_linux_x86_64.tar.gz"
    sha256 "fake"
  end

  def install
    bin.install "foo"
  end

  test do
    system "#{bin}/foo --version"
  end
end

This works fine on both macOS and Linux amd64, but if the user tries it on a Linux arm, for example, they'll get an error like:
formulae require at least a URL
Error: Cannot tap foo/foo: invalid syntax in tap!

Which is in fact what's happening, there is no URL for Linux Arm.
Is there a way to make this error better? Maybe somehow say which architectures and OSs are supported or something?


texts: Can you buy Apple Care from eBay after purchase iPhone?

texts:
I see advertisements on eBay selling Apple Care for half the price. I bought my iPhone 6 a week ago.

Can I still buy discounted Apple Care from eBay?


texts: What is the best way to delete all images from camera roll.  I am selling my phone and don't want to try deleting them one at a time, nor do I want to leave them.


texts: Why is this application never a top hit on Spotlight?

texts:
I've installed the Winbox4Mac application from here. It is a Windows application packaged to run with Wine.
It appears to look for all the world like any other valid (albeit non-codesigned) application bundle, and I can run it directly from the Finder like any other application once I've accepted the Gatekeeper prompt. However, no matter what I do, Spotlight will always preference anything else (especially web search) over it for Top Hit:

To my knowledge, no other application on my computer shares this behaviour.
I've tried:

renaming the application and waiting for Spotlight to reindex it (no effect)
verifying that Spotlight doesn't demote non-signed applications from Top Hit (it doesn't)


texts: Missing option to silence text conversation in iOS 11

texts: Last night I wanted to silence a text conversation and didn’t see the option. Is that gone, too? iPhone 6s after iOS 11 upgrade


texts: Cannot reach local web site using IP-address of macbook

texts:
I am running a web server locally, and I can reach it by typing

http://localhost:63342/myproject/index.html

(this server is automatically started when I work on a web project in the Webstorm IDE by Jetbrains...)

Replacing localhost with 127.0.0.1 also works fine.

However, if I use the IP address (at this time of writing, 10.0.1.13) assigned to my macbook by DHCP for the wifi-network I am connected to, I am unable to connect to my site. My router is an Apple Airport Extreme with no particular configuration other than the default settings. Why is this not working?

My ultimate goal is to open this web site in browsers on different mobile devices on the same wifi-network, but then I at least have to make it work from the same computer hosting the site (I have tested with a mobile device and I fails in the same way)


texts: How do I look up the Unicode # for a given character on Lion?

texts:
How do you find the Unicode number representation for a given character in Lion?
On Mac OS X 10.6 when hovering the mouse cursor over for example the ⌘ symbol in the "Character Viewer" a tool tip would be displayed containing something like:

Unicode: 2318
UTF8: E2 8c 98

That behavior appears to no longer work on Lion's "Character Viewer"


texts: how to move a video from photo to icloud

texts: I have very little space on my 16Gb iPhone, however I have a ton of space now in iCloud, how can I move videos from my iPhone to iCloud?


texts: Is there a way to prevent iOS 7 from changing the colors of wallpaper images?

texts:
When I create a custom wallpaper image and assign it to the lock screen on iOS 7, the colors of the image are changed. Oddly, if I take a screen capture of the lock screen, the colors match those of the original image.

Is there a way to prevent this? Is it intentional? Perhaps there's something subtle about color management on iOS that I'm missing.

Note: Providing images that document this is (clearly) tricky, but I hope to have some soon. In the meantime, perhaps this is a known issue or feature that someone can help with.


texts: How do I disable voiceover when I cannot log into my iPhone?

texts: My toddler started pressing buttons like a madman and now I am in voiceover and locked out of my iPhone 8, because even though I hit on passcode numbers and voiceover kindly tells me what my passcode is, it does not log me into my iPhone and I can't use Siri either.


texts: Is it possible to sync my iTunes Up Next list with my iPhone?

texts:
Currently, I don't have any of my music syncing between my computer and my iPhone, mostly because I have too much music to store it all on my phone. Is it possible to use the new Up Next list from iTunes 11 as a source for the music to by synced?

I've tried making a Smart Playlist and I've looked at a few other routes to getting this functionality, but to no avail. For anyone who is familiar with it, what I'd like to have is something like Rdio's "Sync to Mobile" feature, but with my own music library and using the "Up Next" feature. Thanks!


texts: Rubber band not working on Gmail using Safari

texts: Is it just me or the rubber band scrolling is not working on Gmail (I'm on Safari)? It works on any other site.


texts: iPhone 6s restarts - apple offers a "new one" (refurbished) as exchange solution

texts:
After having my iPhone 6s locked for 2-3 hours, sporadically (once per week) it presents the following problem:

No response to home button
After pressing 1-2 times for 2-3 seconds the unlock button it shows black screen and the white "waiting circle" for 5-10 seconds
It comes back to life but every time this happens it is also asking the Pin for the sim card.

I would not consider this as a restart or that the phone shuts down and it just starts again because when this happens it does not show the apple sign that normally shows up when the iPhone is completely restarted.

I took the iPhone to Apple 3 times. We tried "reset all" etc but the problem consists and I also have problems with logging in/out in the iTunes (it freezes).

So this is where Apple offered me a refurbished iPhone. They started by telling me that it is new and when I saw the different case and started asking questions then they told me that the Battery, housing, motherboard, screen is new but it might contain old parts too.

Does someone have had the same experience with the turning circle.

And would you recommend taking the refurbished from Apple? Bad experiences with refurbished phones from Apple stores? They give warranty 3 months, which is 1 more month than mine. (my warranty expires in September)


texts: Current PHP version is 7.2.2 but localhost is running php56

texts:
I recently upgraded PHP through Homebrew. When using terminal command PHP -i I'm getting PHP Version => 7.2.2 as expected.  However, when running phpinfo(); on localhost I get PHP Version 5.6.30 instead.

I have already restarted Apache ($ sudo apachectl -k restart), unlinked php56 ($ brew unlink php56) and tried ports :80 and :8080.

What am I missing?


texts: why does an m1 Mac think that a side loaded iOs app is jailbroken?

texts:
I took an iPhone 11 running the latest iOs at this time (14.4.1) and connected it up to a Mac running Mojave. I pull an app out of it as an ipa file. I copied the ipa file to the M1 Mac and double clicked it. The M1 Mac then said it was installing the app! I double clicked on the installed app and it said it would run on a jailbroken iPhone?!
My iPhone is not jailbroken and the original app runs fine on it.


texts: Whats a keyboard shortcut for cycling through open windows in Mail.app on Yosemite?

texts: I'd like to be able to cycle through open message windows in Mail.app using a keyboard shortcut. Is this possible without installing a third-party helper application


texts: AppleScript: How to double-click & right-click at cursor location?

texts:
I want to be able to double-left-click, then immediately right-click using AppleScript.

The location of the click is wherever my cursor is located at the time that the AppleScript is triggered.

The AppleScript will be triggered by FastScripts via keyboard shortcut. I would like the script to work across all applications.

I installed cliclick. When I type cliclick -h into Terminal, I see that it can double-click, but there is no mention of the right-click.


texts: Is it safe to discharge my body's static electricity onto my MacBook Pro?

texts: Often in the winter (low humidity), getting up from and sitting down onto the seat at my desk, or taking off a jacket, and such will build up a static electric charge on my body.  Sometimes I don't remember to touch a metal object before touching my MacBook Pro, causing me to zap my laptop.  Is this likely to cause damage?  Should I be very careful to discharge before touching my laptop?


texts: Has anyone successfully got 2560 x 1600 resolution with the new macbook pros (late 2016) *over dual link dvi*?

texts:
So I've been using the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter for years to connect to a DELL 3007WFP which only supports dual-link DVI input. Now I want to connect the new macbook pro (late 2016) with thunderbolt 3 to this monitor.

There is no such thing as thunderbolt 3 to dual-link dvi. Called Apple and after one hour on the phone they told me to buy a thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt 2 adapter in order to connect to the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter. After a trip to the Apple Store and $29 less in my wallet that's for sure did not work!

So now I'm wondering: man can go and go back from the moon, but it can't make this work? I don't want to have to buy another monitor to use with the new macbook pro :(

Has anyone successfully got that to work? Which adapters? How did you connect them?

Below the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter I've been using for centuries:


texts: Error 53 makes my sister's iPhone 6 brick

texts:
Little did I know, my sister had encountered an issue that Apple bricks her iPhone, after she repaired her iPhone 6 by a non-Apple technician.

Later, I hear reports that iOS 9.2 restore fails if it detects that a repair has been carried out by a non-Apple technician. I also know that this is a touch ID related problem.I have to advise her to ask Apple support team for help.

How can I solve this?


texts:
I just bought a Macbook Pro early 2015. It only has 128 GB of storage so I decided to upgrade it with a 1 TB NVMe SSD from Crucial. Off course, I also had to buy the adapter to convert the M.2 plug to the Apple one. I installed Mojave and it actually works a lot better that I expected!

Now, I want to do a dual boot with Windows 10. I tried the BootCamp assistant with many differents version of Windows 10. Everything works untils the first Windows boot where everything freezes and I get a BSOD (stop code critical process died...). Then I tried with the default Apple SSD and it worked just fine.

I also tried to do a "self" intaller with a USB key wihtout much more success...

I'm kinda out of idea here and I cannot find any article on google talking about problem with NVMe and BootCamp.


texts: Automator service: delete last page from PDF with use of pdfsplit via bash

texts:
I would like to design a simple Automator service that would delete last page from PDF passed via finder. My proposed syntax for the Shell Script is:

for f in "$@"
do
    pages=`pdfcount "$f"`
    pagescut=`$pages - 1`
    /usr/local/bin/pdfsplit "$f" - $pagescut > "$f".tmp
    rm "$f"
    mv "$f".tmp "$f"
done

My Automator workflow looks like that:

The syntax to delete first page: /usr/local/bin/pdfsplit "$f" 2- > "$f".tmp, works like a charm so the error must be with doing the arithmetic on page numbers. I tried to modify the syntax:

for f in "$@"
do
    pages=`pdfcount "$f"`
    pagescut=`$(( ${pages} - 1 ))`
    /usr/local/bin/pdfsplit "$f" - $pagescut > "$f".tmp
    rm "$f"
    mv "$f".tmp "$f"
done

but I'm not getting the desired results. How to construct this service properly?


texts: What happened to the rename song iTunes keyboard shortcut?

texts: The keyboard shortcut that used to enter rename mode for the currently selected song no longer works in iTunes. Has it changed, or disappeared?


texts: How to start an app in a particular Space (Desktop) in Mountain Lion?

texts:
Space behaves differently in Mountain Lion. In Lion, I have four spaces and I can launch an app (say, Safari) in a particular Space (say, Space 3).

How can I do that in Mountain Lion?


texts: Shortcut to accept top spelling suggestion of the last word

texts:
Say I'm typing into a document and I make a typo. I've got to the end of the misspelled word and it has a red line of dots under it. I right click and choose the top suggestion (which is nearly always right) and continue writing my document.

It there a way to do this without using the mouse to choose the suggestion?

EDIT:
I don't have auto correct spelling on as it's a massive pain. There are a lot of words that I don't want to have corrected. So I have it turned off. However there are regularly ones that I do want to correct and I want to be able to take a chance at correcting that last misspelled word.

I know that this cannot be done with the default OSX settings.


texts: Does LibreOffice work on OS X 10.9 Mavericks?

texts:
I rely heavily on LibreOffice and am hesitant to upgrade unless I can be as sure as possible that LibreOffice (Writer) will run.

Can anybody confirm that the software works and does not crash on Mavericks?


texts: No bookmark icon next to bookmark item in Safari 8.0.7 (Yosemite 10.10.4)

texts:
In Safari 8.0.7 (Yosemite 10.10.4) when I hit "⇧ ⌘ B" my Favorites Bar appears and I can see my bookmarks as well as all folders but one thing I'm really missing are favicon right before bookmarks.

As you can see, Safari is able to display them under "Edit Bookmarks" (⌥ ⌘ B). Is there a way to display them in the place I highlighted green dots on the screen above?

Am I missing something? Does it require additional extension?

Thanks for any hints.


texts: Can Time Machine back up different data (or different exclusion lists) to different drives?

texts:
Mountain Lion includes a feature to configure multiple Time Machine locations and to back up to those locations when they become available (plugged in external drives, accessible network drives, etc). Can 10.8 or any older version of OSX, possibly including third party software, be configured to back up different data to different locations?

Use case: I have 100GB of storage available on a cloud storage server, and a 250GB external hard drive. I want everything on my computer except media (photos, videos, music) backed up to both of those locations. I have another much larger drive that is accessible less often that I keep backups of my media on. Currently I have Time Machine configured with an exception list for the media locations and it backs up to all three drives (dumbly in 10.7, but smartly when I upgrade to 10.8) and then I manually make a backup of all the media directories using rsync occasionally. I would love for the media backup to be automatic when I plug in the large drive.


texts: rsync is creating a folder called Archive under /Volumes instead of copying files to mounted share /Volumes/Archive

texts:
I am moving data from a Drobo 5D to a NAS (FreeNAS). I am using this command:

sudo rsync -a --stats --progress "/Volumes/Drobo 5D" "/Volumes/Archive"

Obviously, before I run the command, I mounted the  Archive volume using Finder (browsed the network, found the server, clicked on the share). However, for some reason, rsync is creating a folder under /Volumes called Archive instead of using the mounted Archive volume. This is filling my system drive, instead of copying the data to the correct destination.

Here you can see the two Archive volumes:

Here's the output of the mount command:

/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, with quotas, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/Macintosh SSD 2 (hfs, local, journaled)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
map -fstab on /Network/Servers (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk4s2 on /Volumes/Drobo 5D (hfs, local, journaled)
/dev/disk5s2 on /Volumes/Macintosh iSCSI (hfs, local, journaled)
/dev/disk3s2 on /Volumes/Backup (hfs, local, journaled)
/dev/disk2s2 on /Volumes/Time Machine (hfs, local, journaled)
//Matthew@Megatron._smb._tcp.local/Archive on /Volumes/Archive-1 (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by Admin)

Here's the output of the ls -l /Volumes command:

drwxr-xr-x+  3 root  wheel    102 Jun 21 22:16 Archive
drwx------   1 Admin  staff  16384 Jun 22 08:07 Archive-1
drwxrwxr-x  16 Admin  staff    612 Jun  2 09:43 Backup
drwxrwx---+ 43 root   admin   1530 Jun 22 08:00 Drobo 5D
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel      1 Jun 22 08:00 Macintosh SSD -> /
drwxrwxr-x  17 Admin  staff    646 Jun 22 08:00 Macintosh SSD 2
drwxrwxr-x  10 root   admin    408 Jun 14 08:19 Macintosh iSCSI
drwxrwxr-x  14 Admin  staff    544 Jun  2 09:43 Time Machine

Since posting this question, I have wondered if putting the destination path in quotes makes any difference. Commonsense tells me no, but best not to assume such things.

My questions are:

Why isn't rsync using the already mounted Archive volume?
How do I correctly remove the Archive folder from the Volumes folder?


texts: Xcode upgrade and ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator

texts:
how could I prune ~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator before xcode upgrade of obsolete simulators that I never used?
They keep accumulating and at some point I run out of space unable to upgrade xcode.


texts: Will upcoming Skylake based MacBooks support 5k displays?

texts:
Details about Intel's upcoming Skylake processors indicates that they support DisplayPort 1.2 and Thunderbolt 3, but not DisplayPort 1.3 or DisplayPort 1.2a.

Does Thunderbolt 3 support an external 5k display?

Specifically, is this bandwidth enough to support 5k resolution at 60 hz?

Update, 16 Jan 2016: According to this MacRumors article "Apple may wait until at least Cannon Lake chipset (which promise SST 5K support) in the second half of 2017, before releasing a 5K Thunderbolt Display"


texts: Using a Configurator profile to "rotate" Wi-Fi passwords

texts:
I am managing design, build/testing and deployment of 3,500 iOS devices into our Enterprise this Fall.  We have been using Configurator .mobileconfig profiles to manage Wi-Fi payloads on a WPA2 Enterprise wireless network.  The iPods are enrolled in MobileIron MDM and are running iOS 7.1.2. I have a "chicken & egg" problem concerning Wi-Fi authentication and long-term management of the connection process.  I only hope I'm doing a good enough job of telling the story of the work I've done to try and hash this out on my own!
We use an Active Directory service account to connect to Cisco wireless controllers.  Therefore, the domain\account and password are hardcoded into the .mobileconfig and reside on the device.  We could just as easily specify these settings directly in MobileIron (MI) vs. using it to push this imported profile but I think the problem is the same.
For best-practice purposes, suppose I want (or even need) to change the password associated with this service account, and have a new profile loaded in MI ready to push out to the devices.  Each device has a different state of 'readiness' at any given time, right?  In other words, some may be in use, some may be locked, some may be dead and on the charger... so I cannot rely on devices receiving a new profile push from MI when it's "published" to that device group.
By changing the password, I sever that device's ability to connect to the MI server and receive that profile with the new credentials (absent any iOS-side caching that may linger, this also is not reliable).  Sure, with a smaller population you could carefully time out this process so the profile with the new password is pushed and received before you change it in AD, but this would be next to impossible to monitor for thousands of devices.
After running this by a Sr. Engineer at Apple that I have access to, I thought I would create a profile that would consist of the following:

SSID: BananaStand
WPA2 Enterprise: EAP/TLS
Username: Domain\GOB
Password: Segway01
SSID: BananaStand
WPA2 Enterprise: EAP/TLS
Username: Domain\GOB
Password: Marta143
SSID: BananaStand
WPA2 Enterprise: EAP/TLS
Username: Domain\GOB
Password: T0nyW0nd3r!

Thinking, if the iPod was connected using the first password, once I changed it in Active Directory, the profile would "failover" to subsequent entries for this SSID until it successfully connected.
I tested this process with a Verizon hotspot (where I could easily control the environment) and the iPod tried three times and gave up.  Toggling Wi-Fi and power-cycling had no effect.
Does anyone have any thoughts on how I might be able to "preload" passwords (almost like a list of "backup codes" for Evernote/Google/etc) in a profile or MI to enable the iOS device to already have knowledge of the next password BEFORE it gets booted from the network?
Btw, we may be ready for certificate-based WAP authentication in the future but not today.


texts: How can I re-enable the (display) sleep shortcut on macOS Sierra?

texts:
After upgrading to macOS Sierra the sleep keyboard shortcut doesn't work anymore. How do I re-enable it?

[Edit] I was using (cmd+opt+eject) before, apparently it's (ctrl+shift+eject) after the upgrade. Others might have different experiences, but the shortcuts have definitely been reset.


texts: My professor requires me to go to the website and login and check the individual folders for updates. It is using http and I am wondering if there is a way to mount it as a drive similar to SSH and macfusion.


texts: Will the Genius Bar help me transfer my files between macs?

texts: I have a new macbook pro and would like to transfer the files from my old macbook pro. I need a firewire->thunderbolt cable to do this. I don't really want to pay $30 to buy a cable that I'm going to use once. Will the genius bar do this for me?


texts: Mac Mini Server Push Notification to MacBook

texts: is it possible to get the push notifications from my Mac mini Server 10.9 on my MacBook with 10.9? At least the Server.app relevant stuff?


texts: Why does Safari autofill login information with weird username?

texts:
That's what Safari autofills in some login forms on different websites:

It looks like a password of kind "Internet password" in Keychain. Safari autofills this information even tho there's a proper "Web form password" saved in my Keychain for each of those websites.

Isn't Safari supposed to only autofill "Web form password" passwords?


texts: Icons got smaller in iOS 14, how to return them to normal size?

texts:
Throughout all history of iOS, the icons have had certain dimensions. Now, Apple for some reason decided to ruin this and made them smaller a little bit. They ruinded this, just as everything else, bit by bit. But, does anyone know how to return the icons to their original (pre - iOS 14)normal size, which has been throughout all older iOS-s?

To see this, open both of these images each in a new tab and click between them couple of times. You will see how the icons change size significantly.....I really would love to be able to go back to ios 13.....


texts: Xquartz won't start, log: Xquartz: start_x11_server: (ipc/mig) server died

texts:
I tried to launch Xquartz. It keeps crashing and restarting. Here's the sys log

Mar  1 15:24:39 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[4868]: xauth:  file /Users/john/.serverauth.4869 does not exist
Mar  1 15:24:39 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.X11.stub[5026]: Xquartz: Unable to locate waiting server: org.macosforge.xquartz.X11
Mar  1 15:24:39 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.X11.stub[5027]: Xquartz: Starting X server: /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 --listenonly
Mar  1 15:24:40 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.X11.stub[5026]: Xquartz: start_x11_server: (ipc/mig) server died
Mar  1 15:24:41 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[4868]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: giving up
Mar  1 15:24:41 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[4868]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
Mar  1 15:24:41 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[4868]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: server error
Mar  1 15:24:41 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[4868]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: unable to connect to X server
Mar  1 15:24:41 johns-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx): Service only ran for 2 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 8 seconds.
Mar  1 15:24:43 johns-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.preference.displays.MirrorDisplays): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Mar  1 15:24:43 johns-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (WSG985FR47.net.telestream.screenflowhelper[5035]): LaunchServices returned a bundle URL that does not match with the LoginItem's known association.
Mar  1 15:24:43 johns-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (WSG985FR47.net.telestream.screenflowhelper): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Mar  1 15:24:50 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[5036]: expr: syntax error
Mar  1 15:24:50 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Mar  1 15:24:50 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[5036]: xauth:  file /Users/john/.serverauth.5037 does not exist
Mar  1 15:24:50 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.X11.stub[5194]: Xquartz: Unable to locate waiting server: org.macosforge.xquartz.X11
Mar  1 15:24:50 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.X11.stub[5195]: Xquartz: Starting X server: /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 --listenonly
Mar  1 15:24:51 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.X11.stub[5194]: Xquartz: start_x11_server: (ipc/mig) server died
Mar  1 15:24:52 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[5036]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: giving up
Mar  1 15:24:52 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[5036]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
Mar  1 15:24:52 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[5036]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: server error
Mar  1 15:24:52 johns-MacBook-Pro org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[5036]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: unable to connect to X server
Mar  1 15:24:52 johns-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.macosforge.xquartz.startx): Service only ran for 2 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 8 seconds.

My mac version is 10.13.5 and xquartz 2.7.11

It used to work a few months ago. Not sure what I did to make it stop working. I did enable drive encryption and get my keyboard replaced, can't think of anything else.


texts: is it possible to see a history list of devices I have connected to my computer on iTunes so far? The other day I connected a device and I would like to see if that was logged somewhere.


texts: Login screen will not show list of users

texts:
After I upgraded from Catalina to Big Sur 11.2 on a 2019 iMac, the login screen no longer displays my username but instead the Username and Password prompts.
I have List of users selected in Users & Group and I do not have FileVault enabled.

How do I get macOS to display my username again?


texts: I have been trying to update my iPad mini. But I don’t know what version it is. And I tried on the Mac computer, but it says current update is iOS 9.3.5. And it won’t let me make a new Apple account.


texts: excessive birthday reminder notifications

texts:
My birthday reminders started appearing more frequently about a month ago. Usually they only appear once per day, but for example I have been using my laptop for the past 20 minutes and they have appeared three times. This is very annoying.

How do I prevent this from happening?

UPDATE:

As suggested by Martin, here is some more info.

OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
The reminders are through Notification Center (from Calendar).
I am connected to iCloud and have my contacts to be imported from Facebook.
not connected to yahoo or google.


texts: Delete old users files on a secondhand Mac

texts:
I recently purchased a 3 year old secondhand corporate owned MacBook Pro which has a lot of files from the previous user.

Users are as follows:

admin (admin) from old corporate IT department
myself (admin)
old user no. 1
old user no. 2

Users 3 and 4 must have many files in their respective directories, as only 60GB is available on the drive.

I don't want to do a reinstall unless absolutely necessary, as the unit has some amazing software already installed.

My question is, is it possible to access the old users' accounts so I can delete these files as they are no longer in the country and cannot be reached?

I'm not a power user obviously, but would appreciate any help.


texts: Ejecting CD from Mac after fresh install?

texts:
I just installed Lion on a Mac Mini, and I can't get the CD to eject.  Currently, the computer boots up to the "Welcome" screen for new installs, where the Country/Region is selected.  I want to leave it at this point because I'm selling the machine, but want to eject the disk.

When booting up, I've tried several keyboard shortcuts, but none of them are working:

"C" -- to boot of the CD
"Cmd + Option + F + O" -- to bo into firmware mode where a cd can be ejected with a command
holding down the left-mouse button
"option" -- supposed to eject the disk
"Cmd + R" -- should go to the recovery console

I'm using a wireless keyboard, which wasn't having a problem loading up Cmd+R menu before I did install.  I'm guessing the "Welcome" screen is bypassing all other commands.  Seems weird though.  I wonder if my wireless keyboard decided to start delaying when it connects with the computer.

Any ideas?


texts: What software is available (preferably free) to edit PDF files on Mac OS X?

texts:
What free software/app is there to edit pdf files on Mac OS X?

Specifically I am looking to edit an existing PDF file and re-save it in PDF format.


texts: unload kext when it is in use or retained (cannot unload)

texts:
I want to disable the trackpad on my laptop without a mouse connected. I need this strange functionality because I use synergy (https://symless.com/synergy/) and game with my desktop.

This is what I have tried so far,

kextstat -kl | awk '{print $6}'| grep -i multi

which gave

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver

Thus I went ahead and ran

sudo kextunload -b com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver

which gave the error

(kernel) Can't remove kext com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver;    services failed to terminate - 0xdc008018.

Failed to unload com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver - (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload)

To be sure, I also tried another way (which was floating around stack exchange)

sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleMultitouchDriver.kext

which produced the same error message.

Thanks in advance! I am a new user so please excuse my poor formatting.

For reference, I am using Sierra and the latest version of MacBook Pro 13 inch (no touchbar).

In addition, these are the links I have looked at,

https://superuser.com/questions/606338/how-to-disable-trackpad-mouse-via-the-mac-os-x-command-line
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5240707?start=0&tstart=0


texts: Slightly blend stereo audio to support partial deafness

texts:
I'll try to explain my use case and what I think the solution is that I'm looking for. However, I'm open to options.
Situation - I'm mostly deaf in my right ear. I can detect sound in my right ear but cannot make out what's being said. My left ear is fine. When using headphones I'll find that during certain videos the content creator decided to put some or all of certain track on the right channel. I know this because I can detect the muffled sound in my right ear but cannot decipher the words.
Possible solution #1 - Accessibility feature of MacOS which turns stereo into mono - I've tried using this feature, and it does work. However, I lose the pleasing effect of stereo. Even being mostly deaf in one ear, it's still possible for me to enjoy the benefits of stereo music.
Possible solution #2 - Don't use headphones - Due to my work situation headphones are required
My ideal solution would be to just slightly blend the right channel into the left channel. I was hoping Mac's accessibility feature would have a slider but as far as I can tell it's an all-or-nothing selection.
Does anyone know of a method to do this?
Thank you!


texts:
I'm trying to process a large dataset in java, and so I set my -Xmx11G.

1 thing I observed is, when I use xmx and the Jvm starts, the amount of inactive memory jumps up by about that much. Later, I see my swap file jumps up, but my inactive memory still has about 7gb left. Why is the os not utilizing the inactive memory but insteads swap out to disk???


texts: Opening a subset of bookmarks in a Bookmark Folder

texts: I imported my bookmark folders from Chrome, which I now hate.  How can I open a subset of bookmarks in a folder, but NOT ALL bookmarks in the folder, each in a NEW tab.  I am using Safari 7.1.5 and OS X 10.9.5


texts: How to connect a Windows CE peripheral to my Macbook?

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I am trying to connect a device on Windows CE on my Macbook.

The device is a in-situ gamma spectrometer running on Windows CE. The files that I need to retrieve are the .cnf files containing the measurment results. On a Windows PC, connecting this equipment necessitate the windows mobile device center.

For now, when I try to connect it to my Macbook Pro (Mojave 10.14.4), nothing happens and I can't see any mounted peripheral. I have tried to use SyncMate software, without any result.
For workflow optimization reasons, I do not want to have to use a virtual machine with windows on it.

Is there a way to retrieve my data from this peripheral on my mac ?

Thank you very much in advance.


texts: Similar video finder app/script/solution

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I have a videos folder, which has a bunch of duplicates. Problem is your average duplicate file detector apps can't detect these, because the videos are not 100% identical (the videos will have 20 min each but one will have a few extra seconds or so).
Is there some app, script or some solution that would allow me to find identical but not completely equal files? Pick one and delete the other?
I'm considering using a Python lib that analyses each video frame by frame and compares two videos - in order to come up with a similarity index... but that would be a bit overkill (not to mention it would take forever to run)
Are there any mac tricks that could help? Some Automator "dark" magic or something :)


texts: Back up personal files when TimeMachine is set to backup other files

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I run my own samba server on my home desktop. I use MAC for work and personal business. TimeMachine is set up to back up my work folders (on the other, office samba server). I want to back up my personal folder on my SMB server. I connect to this server using finder (connect to server option).

Is there a way to manually backup (e.g. copy-paste) my personal folder in a way rsync does it, e.g. by only updating those files that have been changed?
I don't have good internet at home, and transferring 100Gb of data all the time seems unnecessary.

Alternatively, is there a way to set up timeMachine to backup 1 set of folders to 1 server, and another set of folders to another?

Thanks,
Mikhail


texts: In iOS, is there any way for me to bypass a VPN for specific websites?

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I'm trying to set up a IKEv2 VPN on my iPhone that uses "connect on demand". However, there's a few websites where it's important for me to not use the VPN when connecting to them. Is there any way I can set up my phone to not use the VPN for those specific sites?

Basically, I don't want to have to go into Settings, manually turn off "connect on demand", disconnect from the VPN, do my work on the site, and then manually turn "connect on demand" back on again every single time I need to use one of these sites, which is frequently.

I'm open to using third party apps of some sort to accomplish this.


texts:
How do you "save as" in the same folder as the original document.
When I open any file on my hard drive, and make some changes, but want to keep the original, when I try to "save as" a different name, the original folder where original document came from, is not the default, or even a choice on the "save as" screen


texts: How do I access files downloaded through Telegram?

texts: I Googled it, but haven't found anything. Basically I've downloaded a couple of files through Telegram. I can see them in Telegram settings- storage usage. But how do I get access to them and transfer them to iCloud Drive?


texts: Do I need the DVD to reformat 2011 MacBook Pro with OS X Yosemite

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I have a MacBook Pro from early 2011 which was shipped to me with a DVD that I could use to reformat the machine, which I do not have with me at the moment.  I have upgraded to OS X Yosemite though, and have reformatted the newer Retina MacBooks which used an Internet connection to download the OS.

Since I do not have the disc handy, will I be able to do this later reformatting on my older MacBook Pro?


texts:
Due to the effective. Power bug, my iMessage app CAN open, but if I scroll down to a particular conversation (the recipient name won't load without crashing) the app suddenly closes.
As well as fixing this I just want to clear my messages to save storage space.

Is there a way to clear all my messages without selecting and deleting them in the app?


texts: "Remove personal information" default save in Office for Mac 2011?

texts: Is anyone aware of a way of setting Office for Mac 2011 to automatically use the "remove personal information" option on every save?


texts: Android Studio - location for SDK and Project Files in SSD

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I have a SSD and a HDD, wherein the SSD is a bootable drive. I have moved the /userfolder to a partition on HDD wherein it is working perfectly. The Android SDK and projects are also on Hard disk at the moment.

I want to move the SDK and projects to SSD too, since I will get better execution times. But I don't know where to place the files now since the /user folder is now residing on HDD. I tried moving the SDK and projects to / but then Android Studio was not able to open the files due to permission issues. Any idea what permissions to give the folders or where to store the files on SSD?

Update :-

Running on Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.2

Permission for folder on SSD root(/)

drwxrwxrwx+ 14 RohanKandwal  wheel   448 Dec 27 12:53 Android Projects
drwxrwxrwx+ 19 RohanKandwal  admin   608 Dec 27 15:16 SDK

Permission for folder on HDD

drwxr-xr-x   17 RohanKandwal  admin        578 Dec  1 11:20 Android Projects
drwxr-xr-x@  20 RohanKandwal  admin        680 Dec 27 15:46 SDK


texts: Using OS X Mountain Lion Server and a Leopard Client

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I have a Mountain Lion Server I just got to play with (learn server).  I understand I can use it for Open Directory services.  I believe I can migrate users off their laptops onto the server, and sync'ing (I forget the name, but it makes the user account available on whatever mac they use that is connected to the domain).

1) Do I migrate the users off laptops and on to the server using migration assistant?

2) Can my sons laptop play too?  He uses a G4 iBook running Leopard.


texts:
I am getting very odd behaviour from Soundflower while in a Microsoft Teams Meeting using the native app.
When I am not in a Teams Meeting, the system volume for Soundflower remains where set (see below)

When I join a Teams meeting, Soundflower volume slider snaps to 0 (see below).

This is happening on macOS 10.14.6 and is constrained to just Teams, for instance, recording the Soundflower output through Quicktime is absolutely fine.
Update:
For clarity the sound settings in Teams are

Output: Built-in Output
Input: Soundflower 2ch

The output of another program is routed to Soundflower 2ch.


texts: iMovie: Why does inserting a freeze frames move every single audio clip around?

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I've asked this on Apple's forums but I suspect you guys will be faster :-)
I'm doing a video for work which demonstrates a piece of software. I recorded the video portion as a single video clip and dropped it into iMovie. Then I used Quick time to record various bits of commentary as individual audio clips and I'm now trying to attach to the the video clip in iMovie. So far that's working and I've positioned a number of clips. However ... when I need to insert a freeze frame to hold the video whilst one of the audio clips is playing, iMovie moves ALL of the prior audio clips one on top of the other. Even if they're nowhere near the point where I'm inserting the freeze frame.
It's driving me crazy because I inserting a freeze frame means I have then go all the way back to the beginning and re-position every single audio clip.
Why is it doing this? It's insane.


texts: Delete misspelled words from user dictionary in macOS

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I have a misspelled word - initiaitializatyion - on my MacBook running macOS Mojave 10.14.5. I have checked all the following files for its existence:

/Users/me/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary
/Applications/me/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary
/Users/me/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Custom Dictionary.txt

but couldn't find it.

If I right-click on this word in Slack, TextEdit, etc. I do not get the Unlearn spelling option that many websites I've looked up have suggested. However, I do have Microsoft Word for Mac (16.26), and in that app the word is recognized as being misspelled.

Where can I find this word and remove it from my dictionary? And remove any other words which may be in that dictionary, as there may be other misspelled words in it?


texts: What is the relevance of "Low Signal" in battery usage stats?

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iOS 8 shows "Low Signal" in the battery usage stats, like here:

How great is the effect of signal quality on battery life? In other words, if the signal quality was better, would the stats be more like, let's say, 10% or 20% instead of the 31% for Personal Hotspot?


texts: Why does leaked memory appear malloced to kernel_task, and why can't OS X therefore garbage collect it

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I have previously been told that a sign that some application has a memory leak is that kernel_task has a large memory footprint, commonly on the order of gigabytes. If an awry kext was causing this memory usage, we would expect to see a discrepancy between the allocated memory and those expected to be allocated, i.e.

diff <(kextstat|tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 5) <(kextstat| tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 6)

would return something other than the words 'Wired' and 'Name'.

Whilst writing my thesis, I have noticed that changing a pdf whilst it is open in Preview often causes bad things to happen: occasionally, the memory usage of kernel_task can grow to around eight gigabytes, or more. If I kill preview, it returns to normal, instantly. So, obviously something is wrong -- and Preview is leaking memory under these conditions.

So, my question is this: if I know that a process has leaked ram via a sudden and unexpected increase in the footprint of kernel_task, why can't OS X know that something has gone wrong. If killing Preview restores my missing malloc()'d memory, why doesn't Darwin do garbage collection automagically for me?

Do I have a fundamental misunderstanding of how memory management works?

EDIT: (15/9/15)

Here's a demonstration of what I'm talking about. First of all, I notice high memory usage by kernel_task (note Preview is open, just visible at the bottom of Activity Monitor, using 333 MiB of ram):

Following the helpful remarks by Ashley below, let's find out how much each kext is using:

$ kextstat | awk 'NR==1{ printf "%10s %s\n", $5, $6; } NR!=1{ printf "%10d %s\n", $5, $6; }' | sort -n

...
...
...
   1249280 com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib
   1769472 com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal
   2629632 com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman
   6184960 com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360
$

So, not a huge amount. My machine has both discrete and integrated GPUs; their drivers are only using a few MiB of wired ram. On my hunch, let's kill Preview, and look what happens to the memory footprint of kernel_task:

Preview's gone, and the memory footprint of the kernel has gone down dramatically.
There's still no evidence of a change in kext usage: the output of the above command is unchanged.

Edit: Bug reported as No. 22701036. I am still waiting for a response from apple. There's nothing particularly interesting if you inspect the process in ActivityMonitor, but maybe I'm missing something.


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Some things are in English and other are (I’m guessing) in Chinese.

How do I change my language settings to English.


texts:
I did not find anywhere such an option.
I do not want this

How can you prevent text wrap in TexPad editor?


texts: Internet Accounts keeps asking me to log into Facebook, now wont sync calendars

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Only a few days ago i noticed my mac calendar wast syncing up with my facebook one but didn't think anything of it.
Then next thing i know a notification pops up with 'cant connect to the account Facebook' and that i need to put in my password. I have done this now 20 times and it still just sends the same notification after putting in the 100% correct password. Unsure why it keeps looping around, not showing any signs of the details being incorrect.
Please send help i really rely on the facebook calendar to be synced up with my mac calendar app.


texts: How do I send compass app data to apple watch?

texts:
Ok, I was very disappointed to know iWatch doesn't come with a most basic wrist watch feature: a compass.
It's reasonable that due to magnets used in coils and straps, it's not possible to include a magnetic sensor.
But is there any way we can send the data of iPhone's compass app to watch. Better yet, a complication?

I have Googled it online, but found no luck.


texts: Mac crashed after changing disk permission

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I'm facing a problem with my Mac Mini with Mountain Lion.

When I changed my disk permission of Macintosh for everyone to no access my Mac crashed and and it's not restarting when I boot the Mac. It just stops after showing the Apple logo.

How can I fix this?


texts: IOS 8.0.2 Calendar on iPhone 5 not syncing with MS Exchange properly

texts: Since I upgraded my iPhone 5 to iOS 8.0.2 I have started having issues with the calendar syncing through Microsoft Exchange. The event description created on the iPhone do not appear on Outlook, only the subject and address are synchronised. The description of the event remains blank on Outlook.


texts: How can I decrease the maximum number of files where Get Info will open multiple windows?

texts:
Is there some plist I can edit to decrease the number of files that Finder's Get Info function will open separate info windows for?

The number of Get Info windows that will open simultaneously is THIRTY-FIVE. The windows slowly appear one at a time, and once they finally finish appearing I have to close them all one at a time. Pure madness, and whoever chose the default value for this feature should go outside and think about what they've done.

If I get info on thirty-six files, it finally automatically consolidates them into a Summary Info window. I would like to change this threshold of 36 to something reasonable, like 4.

I know about the shortcuts to open the Inspector and Summary Info windows, however sometimes I accidentally forget to hold Option or Control, and I would like to eliminate the possibility of this happening by accident.

A satisfactory alternate solution would be if there were a way to make Get Info always open a Summary Info window instead of opening separate file info windows.

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) running 10.10.5.


texts: Cisco AnyConnect fails to install on MacOS 10.13.6 latest update due to inability to create /opt/ directory at the root

texts:
I have been using Cisco AnyConnect through my institution to connect to my work VPN.

However, I have been experiencing issues lately. I cannot even launch or reinstall Cisco AnyConnect on MacOS 10.3.6 (latest update)

I have tried to debug it on my own. I've made some progress to pinpoint the issue. I'll try to summarize it below:

Cisco AnyConnect tries to install files at the root under /opt/cisco (while on Mac OS the proper folder seems to be /usr/local/opt/...). This is the case across all AnyConnect versions I tried (4.5; 4.6 and 4.8). This does not seem allowed anymore on the latest macOS 10.13.6, thus the failed installation (see points below).
Looking back at my TimeMachine, I had that /opt/ folder at the root until December 12th  (date of the latest macOS High Sierra update). It actually only contained the Cisco files (proof that there is something uncommon ongoing).
Since that macOS update in December, the /opt folder at the root does not exist anymore (only /usr/local/opt). It is not allowed to create that /opt directory either. I tried but with no luck, even with admin rights, root user profile and disabling 'System Integrity Protection'. This happens both using the GUI and using the terminal  (sudo mkdir /opt). The error messages are not helpful (error 43 in the GUI, and "no such file or directory" message in the terminal). I can create a new folder at the root, as long as it is not named "opt" (if I try to name it opt I get the error messages).
The last thing, I also tried to create /opt as a symlink to /usr/local/opt. No chance there either.

If you have any idea on how to proceed next, that would be great! Thanks a lot for your help (I tried contacting support at Cisco but it seems you need to be the direct, physical client to do so...).


texts:
I'm trying to update my version of Keynote to 6.6.1 (it's now 6.2.2) so I can open presentations created in newer versions, but every time I click the "update" button on the App Store, all I get is the spinning wheel thing in the top left corner, which says "checking for updates" by it.  Nothing downloads, nothing happens.  Any suggestions?

I've just updated to El Capitan 10.11.3


texts: Can't share or upload pdf files to microsoft teams from macbook air catalina 10.15.5

texts: I use macbook air catalina 10.15.5, can't upload or share pdf files to microsoft teams. I've checked boxes in preferences, security and privacy to allow Teams in full disk access, files and folders (full disk access is greyed out just below)and screen recording. Accessibility is also checked. In sharing, I have checked screen sharing and file sharing. Could anybody help?


texts: I am not able to hide the "Split pane bar" in terminal

texts: This thing never exited before. All of a sudden it started showing up and I hate it. Can some one help me remove this please. I am running 10.11.5 OS X


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Have taken the back up of iphone to replace the battery of phone.  After replacing battery, need to restore the phone back. The iPhone back is stored at default location.  iPhone backup size is 114 GB. Computer – Windows 7, Free space on computer 40GB.

While restoring the iphone, itunes initiate the process however, after some times gives message due to error, restoring process is stopped.  There is no other message or information in itunes.  However, computer gives message that running low on disk space.

Noticed that iTunes is creating the directory at same location with same name but addition the date and time stamp, on drive and when it is not able to write anymore as hard drive is filled up, it stops the restore process.

Called the Apple support and they are advising that itunes will create the back up of back up, effectively needing the more than double the memory size on disk than size of your iphone.

Need to know

Can we change the location from where itunes will read the backup data? If yes, I can transfer the backup file to other drive and keep there to read it for itunes. itunes can write the data at new default location as it will have enough space once back up is moved to new location.
Can we change the location to where iTunes will create the temporary files?  If yes, I can leave the back up files at original location but ask itunes to create tempoeraty directory to another location. itunes can write the temporary data to another location and then delete it.

I can find the solution on web to change the backup location using the windows command but nothing for restoration process.

Anyone else with same problems?  With newer devices coming with higher capacity, this problem should come to everyone eventually.


texts:
I updated Twitter for iPhone on my second generation iPod Touch running iphone OS 3.1.2. After the update, the icon was nowhere to be seen, and I had to restart my iPod to get it back. Attempting to launch the app would get a White screen for a few seconds, and then a crash.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, and I've had no luck. How can I get the app working again?


texts:
Sometimes, when need restart my Lion server, it warns me about the "connected users".

How is possible to show who is connected?


texts: How to figure out what app is sending/receiving huge amounts of data on an iPhone?

texts:
I have an iPhone which has suddenly (last two months) started going way over the 200mb data plan it was on.  Prior to this it wasn't even close to the limits.

The only information the phone company (AT&T) gives me is the amounts, and the times (which from what I understand is just a billing time for a grouped amount of data).  Here is a sample:

08/23  12:07 AM  Sent  198679KB
08/22  12:07 AM  Sent  6070KB
08/21  12:06 AM  Sent  13757KB
08/20  12:06 AM  Sent  5993KB
08/19  12:54 AM  Sent  64947KB
08/17  10:05 PM  Sent  165247KB
08/17  12:02 AM  Sent  12707KB
08/16  12:02 AM  Sent  90KB
08/15  12:42 AM  Sent  23581KB
08/14  12:10 AM  Sent  35819KB

And on top of the huge amounts on 3G, this phone spent very little time outside Wifi.

Is there any possible way (without jailbreaking!) to find out what app could possibly transferring this much data? At present, AT&T will not or can not give me a breakdown of the traffic destinations. Even if it were possible, I would like an answer that lies within the phone as a check against what the carrier is measuring if that is possible.


texts:
On OS X 10.9.5, there is /usr/bin/svn, which is version 1.7.19 (r1643991). However, the most recent version is 1.8.13. Apperently, with version 1.7.19 I cannot access certain subversion servers.

How can I upgrade svn? Do I really need to download and make svn (or build it via homebrew)? Why is Apple keeping me out-dated with an old version?


texts: Why are notifications on MacBook Pro slower than on an iPhone?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 on iOS 6.1.3 and a MBP 13' 2012 i5 on OSX 10.8.3 connected to the same WiFi network. Now whenever a notification comes, be it Facebook or Messages (exceptions: Reminder and Calendar), iPhone alerts me before the Mac does.

I checked, but couldn't find a place in the Mac where I can edit these settings to make checking for notifications more frequent.

Can you tell me how do I make it better. Because the lag is sometimes more than 30 seconds.


texts: Automate setup of Win7 VPN, including registry settings and security policy changes

texts:
After numerous difficulties I have managed to get a Windows 7 machine to connect to OSX Server's VPN.  I am looking to automate the setup process for Win 7 clients, which would include:

add one registry key
change couple security policy settings
configure a VPN connection (import a VPN profile??)

First 2 items above are per OS X Server: How to connect to VPN service from Windows article.

Is there a way to automate the setup so it is a single operation that can be performed by the user as opposed to me having to walk through all the steps on every machine?


texts: 4k Display on macbook pro 15 retina late 2013 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz, but with scaled fonts

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I am using an external 4k display (from LG a 27 inch display: LG_27MU67-B) on displayport on my MacBook Pro Retina 15 inch (late 2013).
3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz works out of the box. Cool!

But..
I want to use 4K, but with scaled fonts, like on my retina display. So I did scaling in System Preferences to "looks like" 2560 x 1440.
Showing display preferences on terminal says something different:

$ system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType

* current status:

Displays:
    Color LCD:
      Display Type: Retina LCD
      Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Retina #(is scaled, but resolution is nevertheless  2880 x 1800)
      Retina: Yes
      Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
      Main Display: Yes
      Mirror: Off
      Online: Yes
      Built-In: Yes
    27MU67:
      Resolution: 2560 x 1440 @ 60 Hz #(is scaled, but resolution should be 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz)
      Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
      Mirror: Off
      Online: Yes
      Rotation: Supported
      Connection Type: DisplayPort
      Television: Yes

is to be:

27MU67:
  Resolution: 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz

What can I do to use my 4K display with 4k, but scaled fonts?


texts:
How do I sign out of iCloud on iOS6.

I have created a 2nd AppleID I want to use for iCloud synching, but the only option I get is "Delete Account". I don't want to delete the AppleID (which is used on other devices), just change to the new account


texts: Applescript problems with renaming a file and getting the alias to change it's name as well

texts:
I have run into a particular problem with a larger script that I am writing. I am trying to rename all the files in a folder with a prefix of "temp_" and in doing so have the alias to that file still be addressable from AppleScript after the prefix has been added to the file. The following code works on SOME machines but not others. I have tried it on a 2018 MBP running 10.13, a 2012 Mac Mini running 10.13, and a 2015 iMac running 10.13 and 10.14. The iMac is the only machine that has problem with this code:

tell application "Finder"
set theSelection to the selection -- so you must have a folder with files selected in Finder before running this code.
set theFiles to the files of (item 1 of theSelection) --get the files
end tell
repeat with f from 1 to (count theFiles)
    set aItem to item f of theFiles -- set a variable as an individual file
    set pdfName to name of aItem --get the name of that file
    set aliasItem to aItem as alias -- get the alias of the file
    tell application "Finder"
        set the name of aliasItem to (("temp_" & (name of aliasItem)) as string) --rename the file
    end tell
    display dialog (aliasItem as string) buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button "OK" --this is just here for testing the script, to see what the system still thinks the file is named
    set posixPath to (POSIX path of aliasItem) --THIS is where the code fails on some machines.
end repeat

The code fails on SOME machines when I try to convert the alias into a posix path. On the machines that this script works on, the test display dialog lists the file alias with the new name. So foo.txt becomes temp_foo.txt. On the machines that the script fails the display dialog comes back with just foo.txt as the file name.

On the machine on which this is failing, the file will be renamed temp_foo.txt like it should be, but the alias never updates, so it still thinks the file is just foo.txt. On the failing machines, the last command to set the variable to the posix path of the alias fails because the alias is incorrect since it is still pointing to the old file name.

If need be I will just rename all the files in one loop, then come back around and get the posix paths in another loop, since doing a new

set theTempFiles to files of (item 1 of theSelection)

Should get a new list of the files, now with their "temp_" prefix. But it pains me to put in a repeat loop that I don't think is really necessary since the code works FINE on some machines.

Who can help me to get my code to run fine, and who can get it to fail? I just would like to see how big of an issue this is. Also it would be nice if someone could tell me that I am doing something horribly wrong in my code, and that is why I am getting unpredictable results.


texts: How do I delete a stubborn file in the Bin?

texts:
I have this file (see attached);

And I cannot delete it. it doesn't exist...

I have tried typing rm in the prompt then dragging the file on to it, I have gone to the actual location of the file and it's not there, I have deleted .Trash folders left right and center and I still can't find it... I have just run First Aid on ALL the volumes I have and the file still mocks me. Does anyone else have any suggestions?


texts: Sharing an AppStore download across computers

texts:
With the impending release of Lion, I'm wondering whether there is a way to download an app from the Mac AppStore only once, but use the downloaded installer or binary on more than one machine.

This is especially important for Lion, as I understand that will be a 4GB download. I have two Snow Leopard machines to upgrade, and considering the draconian data caps we have down here in New Zealand, I'm trying to avoid having to perform 8GB of downloads in order to upgrade them both.

Is this possible, or is it a limitation of the architecture that a shared app has to be downloaded via the AppStore on both machines?


texts: How do I get F11 and F12 to behave like normal function keys?

texts:
I have a 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 15" and I'm trying to set the function keys to perform as normal function keys.  So I want the behaviour to be inverted from the standard behaviour where I need to press Fn to get the keys to work normally.  I've enabled the setting in Preferences as shown below.

This works fine for all function keys except F11 and F12.

Fn + F11 and Fn + F12 both have the expected behaviour of adjusting the volume now, but when I press F11 by itself it enters Expose and when I press F12 by itself it launches Dashboard.

How can I get my F11 and F12 keys to just behave like normal function keys?


texts:
I am looking for tool, script etc to hard link (or something equivalent) files with the purpose of saving space.

(Going through files, finding duplicates and hard-linking them in).

Will also then pure analysis - to find "duplicates", and see which ones are actually the same physical files.


texts: I have two iTunes accounts. One for company usage second - for personal needs. Both of these accounts are with separate credit card numbers (company cc an personal one). I would like to have applications that was bought on these accounts to be on one device (iPad/iPhone). Is it possible to manage in this way?


texts: safari IOS menu bar conflicts with buttons in lower 10% of the screen

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I am building a web-portal which has to be functional and pretty on multiple platforms.
One of the platforms is IOS Safari, and this is were I encountered a problem.
In my code I align two floating buttons to the bottom of a div with a width and height of 100%
This all works fine and my buttons show up exactly like they are supposed to on the bottom of the page.
However when I click the buttons the compact view from mobile safari switches to full view and my buttons are hidden behind the bottom nav bar!

Is it normal behavior for safari mobile to show the expanded menu when the user taps in the bottom 10% of the screen?
How can I avoid this?

In this gif you can see the problem on the IOS simulator:

As you can see the problem only occurs when a button is in the lower 10% of the view. This is just a normal button, My code was triple checked by several developers and it has no errors.


texts: Picture of "scenery" appears on iPhone 6 lock screen

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I just noticed that what I thought was "waveform bars" (for lack of a better description) on my iPhone 6 was actually a miniature landscape of houses and trees. What is it and where did it come from?

I upgraded from an iPhone 4S to iPhone 6S recently, so I'm not sure when I first noticed the issue, but I'm certain that it didn't exist on the iPhone 4. It's definitely not part of the original picture.

EDITED TO ADD: I was wrong. It was in fact part of the "original" picture (the one I uploaded to the phone), created by another program. I hadn't noticed it on the iPhone 4 because of the screen size/screen tilt. I'll leave the question in the slim chance someone else has encountered such a problem, but in any case it's been solved.

ORIGINAL QUESTION CONT.

It's barely noticeable (showing only the tops, which to me look like a waveform) until I tilt the phone, then it becomes apparent what it is.

Searching for quite some time on Google doesn't give me any answers. Anyone have any idea where this came from? I guess I could just change the image to see what happens, but in any case, it wouldn't explain where the image came from. My phone isn't jailbroken, so I'm doubtful it's some sort of malware that's gotten onto it (though not entirely impossible).

Thanks.


texts: Based on the specs page, Apple seems to indicate that the 4th gen iPod touch has an internal microphone. Is this true, or are they merely indicating its compatibility with the headphones-with-remote-and-mic?


texts: One Odd-Sized page in Pages Document for PDF

texts: Need to embed a Numbers spreadsheet in a Pages doc that will “live” as a PDF. Generating a scaled image that I then embed results in mediocre resolution.


texts: Yosemite when logged in will not connect to internet (but during system recovery mode will)

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Upgraded to Yosemite over the weekend and before the upgrade had I no issues with internet connectivity. After upgrading I noticed that I was unable to connect to the internet at home, but presumed it was a random issue and switched it off. On bringing my MacBook into my work I noticed that it would also not connect to the internet connection in work ether via both WiFi and cabled connections, though I could still connect to LAN devices.

The odd thing is that when using the System Recovery screen the internet connection appears to work fine as it was downloading the Yosemite image to reinstall it (though this kept failing because of too many people attempting to download the new release so was unable to attempt a reinstall) which makes me think its more of an issue something added to the recent OS upgrade.

Does anyone else have this issue, or know how to fix it?


texts: iPhone - error copying file or folder - lightning USB-C cable to Windows 10 PC

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When I try copying a file from the phone to a computer I get an error "Error Copying File or Folder" - "A device attached to the system is not functioning"
This is running iOS 14.4.2 and the PC is Windows 10.  I've tried two genuine Apple cables - a USB-C to lightning one and a USB-A to lightning and get the same result.
Rebooting the phone fixes this and I can copy one video and then I start getting the error again.
I'm thankful I at least have a workaround with rebooting, but any thoughts on how to solve so it can work as expected.
Here's a screenshot of the error:

If I try again after getting this error I get one saying "The device is unreachable" - see screenshot below:


texts: Is there a way to access Google Contacts using iPhone?

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I have all my contacts in Google Contacts, so I was wondering is there anyway I could sync them with the contacts on the phone?

Edit: Now I've set it up properly, however there are still no contacts in my phone! Do I need to do anything else after syncing to get the contacts to my phone?

Edit: For some reason I can read my emails using my phone but still no contacts!


texts: Network, moving large folder : Photo Library

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I want to move my Photo Library through my Synology NAS,
I know I'm gonna lose the iCloud Syncing (which is very annoying...) but anyway.

Every time I trying to move the Photo Library (quite heavy, 125.85 GB I have this error "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)."

I've tried with SMB, AFP, and I'm not trying with a basic terminal command
which probably gonna failed too.

sudo mv /Users/Kevin/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary  /Volumes/photo/

All this is connected through an Asus RT-68U, which is suppose to be fast, but ... you know..

I only have 11 devices connected on the network at this time, most are in idle.

Ethernet are quite ok, and wifi is may be a bit high :

Edit:
When exporting photo through the Photos.app export :


texts: iPhone 11 What are the authorized manufacturer/s for iPhone 11's Screen

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I have an iPhone 11, and today the screen broke when my mobile fall down.
I want to buy a new screen for my iPhone 11 from Amazon, but I am not sure which are the authorized brand(s) for iPhone 11.
Is there a resource that qualifies aftermarket parts for iPhones?


texts: How to cancel a macOS upgrade? (point release 10.12.x)

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I was told to upgrade my Xcode 9 to 9.1 but when I tried it in App Store it says

  Xcode can’t be installed on “Macintosh HD” because macOS version 10.12.6 or later is required.

But that is not the problem, my OS is macOS 10.12.5 Sierra, I decided to click the Update button of Software Update  in App Store but when my computer is about to restart, I cancelled it when it prompts to close Terminal.

Why I cancelled it? It's because I remembered my Supervisor saying not to upgrade our OS. What should I do to cancel the update which is only waiting for my computer to restart? Me and my colleague has the same macOS but he doesn't have any problem upgrading Xcode. Please help!

P.S.
Hey guys I figured out there's really nothing to worry about because when I shut down my computer, there's a prompt saying wether I Shut Down or Install Updates and Shut Down. I chose Shut Down and that solves the problem. And also relating to the Xcode Upgrade problem, the answer is in the comment.