texts: Is there a better way to shutdown/restart OSX?

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Whenever I want to shutdown/restart OSX I click on the menu, select shutdown, and then click the box for not saving the session, and then click OK. Then there's always at least one program that interrupts the shutdown process.

Is there an easier way to do this? Maybe by using the terminal? I was thinking of shutdown -h now, but that way seems kind of "dirty." What are some ways to do it?


texts: How to install mod_pagespeed on Apache Server on Mac?

texts: I'm trying to install mod_pagespeed for Apache server, but I can find instructions only for Linux. Is there any tutorial or description on how to do it on Mac?


texts: I'm trying to delete my camera roll, I imported in to iPhoto, then deleted all the photos with Image Capture. As soon as I open the Photos app on the iPhone it just starts downloading everything again... Any ideas? I'd like to keep my photo stream working, just not keep the whole camera roll on the phone.


texts: How do I make OS X require my password immediately after the display is put to sleep?

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I have OS X set to require my password immediately after “sleep or screen saver begins” (and I'm assuming this includes display sleep). Since Mavericks, there seems to be a one-second grace period: if I trigger the screen saver or put the display to sleep, and then immediately hit the shift key or move the mouse, I'm dropped back into my account with no password prompt.

I'm currently running Yosemite.0 (10.10.0). Is this a bug in Mavericks that never got fixed, or what? More importantly, how do I get it to require my password immediately?


texts: Search through terminal history with up and down keys in OS X Lion

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After I upgraded to OS X I am not able to use my ~/.inputrc bindings to search through the shell command history:

# these allow you to start typing a command and
# use the up/down arrow to auto complete from
# commands in your history
"\e[B": history-search-forward
"\e[A": history-search-backward

Any idea what I have to change or do? Are there any default keys for that I could use?


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I have recently installed MacOS Server on my iMac running Sierra 10.12.4. I am getting an occasional alert that a Volume is not responding.

The message is of the form:

Volume "…" not responding

I now have 4 such messages, but the id of the volume keeps changing. I don’t think I have so many volumes attached, so I can’t work out what’s going on.

how can I discover more about a particular volume from the id?
why would it keep changing?


texts: Script to change Computername/hostname causing bizarre Terminal behavior

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I have a script (mostly borrowed) which utilizes scutil to rename computers based off of values in a CSV file. It matches the serial number to a computer name, sets a variable, and then renames the ComputerName, HostName, and LocalHostName with the variable. For reference, the name will be SFO-C2900-MBP

Here's the script:

#!/bin/bash

echo "-----Starting-----"

# Get serial from ioreg and assign
serial="$(ioreg -l | grep IOPlatformSerialNumber | sed -e 's/.*\"\(.*\)\"/\1/')"

#Initialize compName to null
compName=''

#Loop through CSV looking for a match
while IFS=',' read ser loc; do
    if [ "$serial" == "$ser" ]; then
        compName=$loc
        echo "Serial Matched with name: $compName"
    fi
done < /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Users/Shared/Configuration/names.csv

#If compName is not null, use scutil to rename. Otherwise user must manually rename
if [[ -z $compName ]]; then
    echo "This computer was not found on the list, you must manually rename it."
else
    echo "Setting Host Name to $compName"
    scutil --set HostName $compName

    echo "Setting Computer Name to $compName"
    scutil --set ComputerName $compName

    echo "Setting Local Host Name to $compName"
    scutil --set LocalHostName $compName

fi

echo "-----Finished Renaming-----"

Two things are happening from this:

1) An error is thrown when the script attempts to rename the LocalHostName: SCPreferencesSetLocalHostName() failed: Invalid argument

2) The Terminal, after quit/reboot/etc, will do the following:

Terminal showing Question Mark over folder, also missing hostname

Setting these values manually through terminal using scutil --set {def} work fine and restore Terminal to its normal behavior.

I have tried the following:

Removing the LocalHostName lines from the script
Setting the LocalHostName value to a variable set inside the script and not the CSV file

Mostly, the script's issue is what it does to Terminal more than anything - I can work around the LocalHostName issue. Weirdly enough, when you run scutil --get {def} on those, Terminal outputs the correct values.


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I have an iMac i7 27" 2012 and I want to use it with my 30" Apple display.

I have tried Apple's Mini Display Port to Dual-Link DVI Adapter, but that did not work. I have also tried Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter but that only displays the 30" screen at 1920x1200 - the native resolution of the Apple 30" display is 2560x1600 so the resolution isn't correct.

Is there any way I can get the 30" Apple display to show at it's native resolution?


texts: What are the tools and/or advantages of developing your app with a Apple Developer Program account?

texts: Should I get an Apple Developer program account to develop my application or can I do it without it and then submit it obviously through an Apple Developer Progam?


texts: How to format a Seagate HDD to OS X Extended (Journal) with Disk Utility

texts:
I have just got a new external hard disk, the Seagate Expansion 2 TB, and I am trying to format it to work on my Mac. I was told that I had to erase the disk and format it to OS X Extended (Journal) with the Disk utility program.

However, Disk Utility won't allow me to erase it, and the partition button is greyed out. I will attach some screenshots of the problem:

Any help is appreciated!


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I'm trying to figure out how to free up phone storage space without losing all my pics. I have some loaded onto my laptop (Windows); don't know why they aren't all loading. I want to free up phone pic space but not lose all the pics.  Some have suggested turning off "upload my photo stream"...

I have the iOS 10, there is no longer a "stream", it is now "All Photos". But when I turn it to off position I get the prompt "turning off photo stream will delete all photo stream photos from your iPhone".  Will they be saved to the cloud or not?  Pretty confusing.


texts: How to create a FAT16 partition on an SD card with OS X El Capitan?

texts: I want to prepare an SD card for use in an old camera using CHDK. The card needs to be FAT16 formatted. This doesn’t work from Terminal anymore, maybe already for years. Disk Utility provides ''FAT'', but this is FAT32. I have no other (Windows) computer. What do I do?


texts: I suddenly cannot open any files in Script Editor.app

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Today, I was working on an .scpt file in Script Editor.app, when, suddenly, Script Editor would not allow me to save the file. It was a seemingly random occurrence; I had not done something unique when the error surfaced. I had successfully saved this file in Script Editor dozens of times today.

I then Quit Script Editor and double-clicked on the .scpt file in Finder, to open the file in Script Editor (which is my default application for .scpt files).

Script Editor responded with the following error dialog:

It reads:

  The document "My script.scpt" could not be opened.

I can launch Script Editor and I can create a New Document. But, I cannot open an existing document.

What I've tried:

Restarting and shutting down the computer
Running "First Aid' in Disk Utility.app
Opening Script Editor.app via the right-click context menu in Finder
Opening a .scpt file via the menu bar in Script Editor (File → Open...)
Opening a .scpt file via the right-click context menu in Finder
Creating a new document in Script Editor that contains zero characters. I can successfully save new documents in Script Editor, so I saved this .scpt file to my Desktop. But, after I closed the document window, I could not open the document in Script Editor.
All of my .scpt files originated in (i.e., were created by) Script Editor.
It may be important to note that I could open the .scpt files in TextWrangler.app and Atom.app.

Here is the Sharing & Permissions pane for the app file (via Get Info window in Finder):

These two questions are similar to my own:

Can't save AppleScript file when created by touch
Why am I getting “Error -1,752” when trying to save in Script Editor?

However, the solutions do not apply to my scenario.

Short of re-installing the OS, is there anything that I can do to get Script Editor up and running again?

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.

Script Editor Version 2.8.1 (183.1)


texts: How can I create an Apple ID for China if I live in the U.S.A

texts: I don't have a credit card I'm completely broke and I'm not jail token I'm just trying to get a free Chinese app from America ( Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Chinese Version).


texts:
My iPhone 4S doesn't show in the left column in iTunes. I'm running iTunes 10.6.

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?


texts: How do I adjust the tap-to-click sensitivity on the Magic Trackpad or the built-in MacBook trackpad?

texts: I have the tap-to-click feature enabled on my Magic Trackpad and find that it works very well for the most pat. However, I think it tends to be a little too sensitive at times. Is there any secret adjustment for reducing the tapping sensitivity of the Magic Trackpad? I assume that the same setting will also apply to the built-in trackpad on MacBooks.


texts: How to remove leading whitespace in a folder for OneDrive upload on mac os

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I am currently transitioning my files from local to a OneDrive folder on my mac and after I have copied all of the files in I have hundreds of Sync issues which relate to file names containing spaces at the front.
I am fairly new to coding / automator and looking around on the internet is fairly daunting!
Is there an easy way to just select the folder you want and then remove all leading whitespace inside of that folder? I have used automator before but dont understand any of the coding associated.
My OneDrive folder sits in Macintosh HD ▸ Users ▸ xxxxx directory so is there a way of setting the folder there and then running something to remove all leading spaces?
If possible, a laymans guide would help! haha
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to show the currently connected network name next to the wifi icon in the menu bar?


texts: What does the mute switch on the iPad do?

texts: We got an iPad not long ago, and I noticed that the so-called "Mute" switch doesn't mute the sound for all apps. I am aware of the iPhone mute switch dilemma, but what exactly does the mute switch on the iPad do? Is it like the iPhone's mute switch or is it different?


texts: What is the X29 Proximity (temperature) Sensor measuring? I'm on a 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina.


texts:
Since I have a fairly large screen, I often miss appointments, even though Calendar showed a notification. But the notification is very tiny on the large screen and I ofter overlook it while being concentrated on my work.

Do you know any tricks or can you recommend any tools to better make me aware of Calendar notifications?

My ideas so far include a flicker of the whole screen — like some Terminal softwares do when encountering a bell signal (\b). Or maybe a fullscreen notification. Just about anything would do that catches my attention even if I'm extremely focused on what I'm currently doing.

(Edit: It seems someone else had this problem before: Create More Aggressive/Persistent Alerts)


texts: Does Find My iPhone upload its location when connected to iTunes via USB?

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If Find My iPhone is active for my iPhone, will it upload its location if the iPhone is connected to an Internet-connected PC or Mac using a USB cable?

Normally I would imagine it would ask for a password or 'trust this computer' for example, but since Find My iPhone is enabled for the iPhone it would make sense if it would just use the Internet connection to pass on its location details to iCloud so I can trace it.

My iPhone is stolen but it had a PIN code on it, but at the same time it happened abroad so data roaming was switched off and it is very unlikely it will automatically connect to an unknown Wi-Fi network for passing on location data obviously.


texts: How do I add "pull-down", aka "hotkey window" functionality to any app?

texts: I like to add the hotkey window functionality of iTerm to any app. I have heard this is possible with BetterTouchTool, but I don't know how. I have seen opensource solutions like tdrop for linux, but none for macOS.


texts:
The keyboard viewer is so tiny, but it does not seem to be resizable (other than full screen, which hides what I want to type into!).

Taking a screen image of it is awkward at best and when the result is magnified, not only does clarity suffer greatly, but you can't "type" by clicking on the image.  You can of course look at the image and click on the viewer (or just use the real keyboard) but that's not optimal either.

Is there a way to make the actual keyboard viewer fully usable by someone with aging eyes, or must I settle for an irritating workaround?


texts:
I am using the following command to create a bootable SD Card

sudo dd bs=4m if=en_windows_10_enterprise_version_1511_x64_dvd_7224901.iso of=/dev/disk2

Is there a way to track the progress?


texts: How to restructure TM backup drive without losing backups?

texts:
I had some hard drive problems a little while ago, so installed a new drive system, and restored data from my Time Machine Backup.  However, the mount point is very different from the one originally backed up.

Right now I have a 6 TB backup drive, with 1.6 TB free.  I have 4 TB's to backup to it, most of which is already on the backup drive, just mapped to a different folder/volume.

I'm quite comfortable using the shell or whatever, I'm just getting permission problems or 'operation not permitted' when trying to move the folders to an existing tree, or to even create a symlink.

Hopefully I don't need to dump my old backup data in order to continue backing up.

Is there a way I restructure the backup folders on the Time Machine drive, so I don't lose my backups from before this restore point?


texts: How can I disable Window Minimize animation

texts:
I'm about ready to throttle someone if I can't figure this out.  I have been working  to disable all animation effects throughout OSX (10.9.2).  since I got my new laptop about 3 months ago.  I think I have most of them figured out, but I'm at a loss when it comes to disabling the minimize window application.  The dock gives three options, none of which is acceptable for me.  How can I disable this extremely aggravating behavior?

I'm open to any suggestions, hacks, patches, utilities, or dark magic rituals that will change this behavior.  I'm not interested in people telling me that it can't or shouldn't be done.  This is my personal computer, and I should be able to dictate it's behavior.


texts: Macbook Air 2015 won't log in after updating

texts:
I just wanted to do some software updates on my 2015 Macbook Air, but that did not go well. During the installation process I got an error that said "Error with installation." This was while it was in the installation manager. The laptop shut down and has not worked since. When I turn on the computer normally I get prompted with the normal login screen, but when I log in it loads and then I get a black screen with a white stop sign (circle with / in the middle).
I have tried several things:

Boot into safe mode
When I do this and log in it goes into the installation manager again and I get the same error as before.

Boot into recovery mode
When I boot into recovery mode I get to the screen that says "Of which user do you know the password" and the option of the two users I have to log in. I then try to log in into the main account but it keeps saying the password is wrong (while I type in the correct password). I've tried to log into the other user but same problem occurs.)

Boot into single user mode to fix the drive
When I type in /sbin/fsck -y I get the error that there alredy is a drive mounted and therefor it cant perform the repairs on the disc.

I did not make a back up of my data, so is there an option to access my data and put it on an external hard drive or to fix the Macbook so I can use it again? Would a clean install from USB thumb drive of maybe Catalina or Yosemite work without losing my data?


texts: I am connected to a remote server with VPN. I want to copy and paste one file to that server. When I am trying to drag and drop, it doesnt let me do that. I am new to this and this is really frustrating.


texts: Powering on while the lid is closed in clamshell mode

texts: For a recent MacBook Pro, lid closed, non-Apple keyboard: can I map some key (like F15) to be the same as the Apple power key so I can do a full shutdown and start up without opening the lid?


texts: Where can I find the APFS format documentation / volume specification?

texts: One of my favorite Mac apps, DiskWarrior, has been waiting for the APFS format documentation (also called the APFS volume specification) for a while, in order to make a new program version which can rebuild APFS disks. Recently, according their page linked above, this documentation was released and Alsoft is using it to update DiskWarrior. I would like to look at this documentation myself, as I find it interesting. However, I can't find the documentation anywhere. Do I need a certain Apple subscription to see this documentation or am I simply failing at googling for it? I've found a few documents like this, but I don't think that's what I'm looking for, since that document is not as comprehensive as what I would expect from a full volume format specification.


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I have a new 27" iMac with 1 GB of video card memory. I'm trying to play The Witcher 2 in Parallels. (Boot Camp is just too much of a hassle.)

It appears I can allocate only 256 MB of video memory to the VM?

Is that the limit? Am I out of luck if I want Windows to have more video card memory?


texts: MBP Retina 13", very contrast images stays on the screen

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I have a weird issue with my MBP, not that it causes any discomfort or troubles, just want to make sure it isn't something serious.

I don't even know how to exactly describe the problem, but only can say that when I open some white image and then switch to gray app, I can clearly see shadows of previous image.

I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)

I uploaded video on YouTube which shows the issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBzi9Qzlxew


texts:
My laptop shuts off with 50%-60% battery levels without saying anything - just dims the screen go off. If I try to turn it on again, it shows me the big "low battery level" indication and won't start unless i plug it in. Is it normal?

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

macOS Sierra 10.12.3


texts:
When I try to access my gmail account the following message appears: "This version of Safari is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a supported browser."

I know my safari version is:  Version 5.1.10 but that's all I know as I am not very computer literate just a basic user. What can do about this?


texts: How do I use the verification code to generate a password for icloud server smtp.mail.me.com password

texts:
Suddenly I began getting a box asking me to enter the password for my Gmail account for the server:  smtp.mail.me.com.  How do I find that out?  The issue seems to be between my Microsoft/Windows Outlook email box and the Gmail box I access on the Google site.

I had a password before, what happened and why?  Now what?


texts: Rotated logs with newsyslog, but PostgreSQL doesn't write to new one until I restart it

texts:
I installed PostgreSQL on my mac using homebrew and it's been working great. I recently increased the amount of logging going on because I need to use pgbadger, so naturally I set up log rotation using newsyslog. But when it rotates the log, PostgreSQL doesn't start logging to it until I restart it. The new log file just has this message:

Feb  5 10:30:00 MacBook-Pro newsyslog[89092]: logfile turned over due to size>4096K

Is there something I can do to either newsyslog or postgres to make it continue logging after rotating the log file?


texts: Why does Stellar Partition Manager insist on keeping 128 MB "free space" on the medium?

texts:
I was just using Stellar Partition Manager to format a flash drive to HFS+. I deleted the current FAT32 partition and created a new HFS+ partition. I tried to make it as large as I could. Stellar wants to keep 128 MB as "FreeSpace".

I'm assuming there is some technical reason for this to have to be so. What is the reason?


texts:
Is there an app for iPad to assist in wireframe design for iPad and iPhone apps?

I don't mean actual development, just placing standard widgets and the things you usually do with photoshop and associated kits.


texts: mac OS Installer lingers after failed Mojave 10.14.3 to 10.14.4 update

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I've worked this problem w Apple Mac L2 across two phone calls lasting a total of 5 hours and escalation to L3 without a possible resolution, hence opening up my search to the world.

My ask:

What are the step by step instructions to delete a disk image called "mac OS Installer" that was left during a irrevocably failed 14.3 to 14.4 upgrade?  Please see the context and timeline below...

Ultra condensed sequence of events starting Wed, Apr 17:

The 14.3 to 14.4 upgrade is supported through multiple reboot sequences, and between reboots 1 and 2, the update became irrevocably damaged (long unresolved story w L2 and L3 as to how they believe it happened based on my step by step explanation).
The result is a lingering disk image called "mac OS Installer" that's  only visible when booting w Startup Manager. This means that Disk Utility, "About this Mac - Storage", Recovery OS, and Internet Recovery OS cannot see my main "Pro6GSSD" as they all permanently hang on "Locating disks". Additionally, 3rd party utilities such as CCC (loads, but does not see Pro6GSSD) and Stellar Data Recovery never gets past the splash screen w a moving "Initializing..." (see screenshot below).

Current status and how I worked around the problem:

I can boot my partially updated and totally unreliable 14.3
image (Pro6GSSD) using Startup Manager, however it's no longer a quality production environment.
I bought another 1 TB SSD and replaced my existing optical drive in my MacBookPro9,2 w a Data Doubler (DD).  The new SSD (mojaveOS) went into the main drive bay and the now damaged SSD (Pro6GSSD) is in the DD. Note: both the main and optical bay's SATA are 6G, and both SSDs are identical 6G's.
Installed a fresh 14.4 on the new SSD (mojaveOS) and recovered my data from my cloud based backup service - thankfully, no issues
Because of what I explained in #2, I cannot reformat my original SSD (Pro6GSSD) that contains the "mac OS Installer" image that now resides in my DD as I plan on using it (Pro6GSSD) for backup and other dev/test work.

Here's the evidential view of "mac OS Installer" from Startup Manager

Here are the diskutil list and Disk Utility from the fresh 14.4 (mojaveOS) environment... notice the similar behavior for both the diskutil list command does NOT return to the command prompt, AND that the Disk Utility is permanently hung on "Locating disks"... The last screenshot is from step #2 (above) where Stellar Data Recovery gets permanently hung during initialization similar to Disk Utility.

here are the screenshots from the diskutil and Disk Utility from the damaged 14.3 (Pro6GSSD) environment via Startup Manager boot... notice that diskutil list returns to the command prompt upon completion


texts: How can I make Safari show the URL when I hover over a link?

texts:
Safari 5.0.1 on OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) doesn't seem to have any status bar in which the URL of a link shows when the user moves the cursor over a link (without clicking)   All other browsers I've ever used do this.

Is there a user preference checkbox somewhere for this?


texts: How old would a Macbook Pro need to be in order to have a non-64bit Intel processor?

texts: My friend has a MBP that was bought 2 or 3 years ago, and I need to help him prepare some software to run. What are the chances he won't be able to boot from a 64bit Linux live USB flash drive?


texts:
I've been following Moving Fusion VMs to ESXi on moving VMWare Fusion images into VSphere Cloud/ESXi, and am unsure of something that comes out of this.

When running the following command:

/Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager
> -r /path/to/vmware_fusion.vmwarevm/vmware_fusion.vmdk -t 4 /path/to/esxi.vmdk

It generates two files, filename.vmdk, and filename-flat.vmdk.

My original vmware_fusion.vmdk is a single growable virtual disk which starts at 40GB. After running the above command, the filename-flat.vmdk is over 120GB!

Is there anyway I can shrink or convert that back down to 40GB and have it act as a growable virtual disk within VSphere Cloud?


texts: How can I cold-boot a mac with FileVault enabled without physical access to the mac?

texts:
If I had a Linux machine, I'd be able to enter the password for the encrypted boot disk in a serial terminal during the boot process, via another machine connected to the serial port I can SSH into.

Is there a way I can do this with macOS as well?

Or is there maybe another setup that allows me to unlock FileVault during boot remotely?


texts: Can Windows 7 on Bootcamp cause problems?

texts: If I install Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro using Bootcamp, can Windows cause problems on the OS X partition? Can it overwrite OS X system files or corrupt my data? My main concern is that I need to use Windows 7 for some school and work related things throughout the year, but I want to keep OS X clean and healthy throughout the process.


texts:
There's be mention made of the fact that OS X Lion Server ships with PostgreSQL as it's standard database rather than MySQL.
Can anyone confirm:

It this specific to server or does OS X Lion "client" ship with it too?
I can see indications in the file system on my Mac that it might be
included but don't know whether they're the result of a previous
aborted Postgres install I did on my machine pre-Lion or just some
form of standardisation of directory structures that stops short of
an actual install.

Is this intended for use as an end user database or is it just supporting functionality within the OS?


texts: Where are the music videos in ios 10? they are not in the built-in video app.


texts: Configure Time Machine after reinstalling Mac OS to take previous backups into account

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I have reinstalled my Mac OS (10.9) and had to specify again my external hard drive for backups in Time Machine preferences.  Now i can enter Time Machine and see my previous backups.

However, Time Machine preferences show

Oldest backup: None
Latest backup: None

In particular, the estimated size for a new backup indicates that it will have to make a complete backup, without taking into account that most files in my home directory have not changed since the previous backup (before the Mac OS reinstallation).

Can i configure Time Machine to recognize the previous backups and to only backup modified files in my home directory?


texts: Unix command to recursively copy JPG files in a complex directory tree

texts:
I have a large directory tree structure that contains multiple JPG files in each directory root and their subsequent subdirectories. I need to recursively extract a single JPG file from each directory root and copy them all to another location whilst maintaining the same tree structure and ignoring the other files. The JPG filenames that I need to extract all are tagged with "RNav.jpg". I experimented with the cp command and wild card but I could not get it to work. I'm running Mavericks and I'm a novice when it comes to UNIX command-lines.

The existing structure is as follows: (up to 500 directories)

VNAME/PNAME1/PNAME1_RNav.jpg
VNAME/PNAME2/PNAME2_RNav.jpg
VNAME/PNAME3/PNAME3_RNav.jpg
VNAME/PNAME4/PNAME4_RNav.jpg


texts: Sync bookmarks between Safari and Firefox on same MacOS?

texts: Is it possible to have same set of merged bookmarks in Safari and Firefox on same local MacOS?


texts: What carriers can utilize my unlocked AT&T iPhone 5?

texts: What carriers can utilize my network unlocked AT&T iPhone 5? I just unlocked it by submitting the request to AT&T and restoring it. Thanks!


texts: How can I get a persistent and unresponsive "Are you sure" message to go away?

texts:
I emptied the trash and the "Are you sure" message won't leave. The trash has been emptied. Neither of the buttons are responsive.

Any idea what the process is so I can kill it?


texts: I want to install OpenVPN on an iPhone 7 but can't get the OpenVPN app t open with the config file. I uploaded my own ovpn file to Google Drive and when I click on it it I can select "Open In" which shows me some apps including OpenVPN. If I tap OpenVPN it just flies away instead of opening the app.


texts:
I'm trying to get a hold of the Kernel Headers for 10.14 Mojave, but even though the Beta version (even two actually) was already released, XNU's repository (both here and here) is still only up-to-date with High Sierra.

I also tried getting Command Line Developer Tools but they only contain User Headers (and maybe a few but not a lot of Kernel Headers).

Anything else I could do? I don't really need the Kernel source as a whole, only its headers.


texts: How to connect to a NAS share using a different user name?

texts:
I have an iMac running OSX 10.6.8 that automounts a NAS share from a D-Link DNS-320 2-bay Network Attached Storage. On the NAS, both users "user1" and "user2" are members of group "group1".

My user logs in as "user1", but the iMac connects/authenticates to the NAS as "user2".  I am able to disconnect user2 then manually "Connect As..." user1, but even after doing so, the share sometimes shows "Connected as user2". I just want to connect as user1.

How do I get OSX to forget about user2?


texts: External drive is damaged and freezes my Mac. Any way to recover?

texts:
I'll explain everything in a clearer way.
I have a WD My Passport Studio external hd, since a while it's impossible to read it and here's the symptoms:

When I mount it and try to open the main folder, it is empty, but I
can see the content with ls from terminal.
Every action takes a lot of time (like trying to fix it in Disk Utility) and always fails.
I can't unmount it, it just doesn't and I have to reboot.

I think the partition is somehow damaged but I can't solve the problem. any clues?


texts: What are the software differences between a standard and plus version of an iPhone? (e.g. 7 vs 7+)

texts:
Apple is pretty good at documenting the hardware differences between iPhone models such as the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus.

However, I know there are software differences as well that don't seem to be documented. When making my decision to purchase one over the other, I want to consider these differences as well.


texts: Toggle Bluetooth AppleScript not Working in Yosemite

texts:
Prior to upgrading to Yosemite, I used Keyboard Maestro to invoke this Applescript with a shortcut:

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal pane "com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    click button 6 of window 1
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

It behaved just as expected, toggling bluetooth whenever I pressed my shortcut.

It's no longer working with Yosemite though, I'm sure it has something do with Apple changing the System Preferences pane or the order of icons, but I'm not sure what to change. The Keyboard Maestro shortcut is invoking the file, because I hear the sound I had assigned to it, so it's definitely something with the script.

Here's what I'm getting under "Replies" when I run this in Apple's Script Editor:

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal pane "com.apple.preferences.Bluetooth"
        --> missing value
end tell
tell application "System Events"
    click button 6 of window 1 of process "System Preferences"
        --> button 6 of window "Bluetooth" of application process "System Preferences"
end tell
tell application "Script Editor"
    quit
end tell

Updates:

It's definitely not the pane that's causing the problem. To debug, I changed the code to:

tell application "System Preferences"
    set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preferences.bluetooth"
end tell

And it correctly opens the Bluetooth pane. Now all that's left is to figure what kind of action I want to run on this pane:

Update on solutions: Thanks fartheraway! Both of markhunte's and fartheraway's solutions worked for me, but I chose the latter because it was more similar to my code. I guess you can't choose two "best" answers. I wish there'd be a solution to make it work without bringing up the preferences pane (visually) like my script did with Mavericks, but these two should be good enough.


texts: I have several audio books on my PC that are in .mp3 format.  I imported them through iTunes and changed the type to audio books.  I then right clicked on the audio book files and chose add to device->iPhone.  When I do a sync I can see it transferring the file but when I try to play the using Apple Books some of them just blink once when I click play and don't play and some play fine.


texts: What baud rate should I set for bluetooth TTY to Xbox controllers?

texts:
I'm trying to do screen tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port 9600 on my mac, but I'm not sure about my baud rate. How can I determine this? It's just giving me a "Cannot open line" error.

I'm trying to view output from an Xbox controller.


texts: Within Terminal, `date` command outputs a curious prefix where it should'n

texts:
I am using a Mac Mini running Lion (10.7.5) and zsh 4.3.12 (i386-apple-darwin11.0.1) with oh-my-zsh installed. In the Terminal.app I retrieve the UNIX timestamp using the following command

date +%s

It should print out a string of decimal digits - as the time of writing 1357294199, however it prints 27m1357294199. Notice the 27mprefix. It stays constant aka. does not change with time.

I already tried the following but to no avail

Closed and reopened the Terminal.app
Restarted my computer

Why does the date command print this extra prefix and how do I get rid of it?

Follow-ups (Note: For the sake of simplicity outputs will use a constant timestamp)

The command date '+%s' outputs 27m'1357294199
Command /bin/echo Hello World prints Hello World
type date gives date is /bin/date
/bin/date +%s prints 27m'1357294199


texts: MacBook uploading data over the Internet on Wi-Fi connection

texts:
I can see upload traffic to the internet being generated by a MacBook once it connects to our LAN. The owner states he's not using iCloud and doesn't know why this occurs.

I am not a Mac expert but I may give it go to fix the issue.

What should I check for, apart from viruses? Is there a well known functionality in Macs once they connect to the Internet?


texts: Can't access AppStore when connected via 3G

texts:
When my iPhone (3GS) is connected via 3G, I can't connect to the AppStore. It just loads a while and then says "Could not connect" and that's that.

When I have a WLAN connection, everything works fine.

This has been like this for quite some time now - it also didn't change after rebooting or updating to new versions of iOS.

What's going wrong there?


texts: Migrate old files (with date created) to new mac

texts: I am considering buying a new macbook of a different model. Is there a way I could migrate the files ALSO keeping the original "date created" intact?


texts: How to change color of Birthdays calendar?

texts:
I'm surprised this doesn't appear to have been asked here. Trying to change the color of the "Birthdays" calendar generated from my Apple Contacts and shared via iCloud to my macOS and iOS devices.

On iOS (10.2.1), it's an undesirable green. On macOS (10.12.3) and in iCloud's web app (https://www.icloud.com/#calendar), it's a nice, neutral grey.

On iOS, all calendars except "Birthdays" have the "(i)" icon at the right-side end of their entry to open a menu that includes setting of display color.

I've tried control-clicking and hold-tapping, I've toggled on/off, I've dug through the three versions of the app and through each device's settings.

Thank you.


texts:
Running High Sierra.

I started getting this message when I first open chrome:

the proxy http://11.adams-aqua.ga/ requires user name and password

A couple of weeks ago I stopped being able to browse with any browser because some problem with the proxies. Searching the internet I found as a solution to just disable all proxy settings.

I found this solution rather lame, but it worked. Also I read that it was better to have use some proxy as it would take less time to request pages from servers.

I would like to just have whatever is normal as proxy settings but failed to find a tutorial explaining this.

Thanks!


texts: How to view the To-Do-Bar in Outlook for Mac?

texts:
I am new to Apple and I have Outlook 2016 installed in my Mac. I am unable to see the To-Do-Bar which I use in Outlook for Windows.

How do I view the To-Do-Bar in Outlook for Mac?


texts: How can I redownload apps I deleted outside of iTunes?

texts:
When I stopped syncing my iPad to my PC I deleted the folder that had all my apps. Now I'm syncing again on a different hard drive, and I get the message

  The app "X" could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?

Of course I can't locate it, and there's no Download option that I see if I right click. These apps are missing their icons in iTunes as well, and I don't really know how this will affect syncing.

Is there some way I can redownload these apps back onto my machine? It's iTunes for Windows if that matters.


texts: RAM usage on a slow MacBook with OS X Yosemite

texts:
I'm helping a friend with his MacBook.

The problem is that his MacBook is kind of slow.

He has 2 GB of RAM.

I'm not familiar with Apple things at all, so I tried to see RAM usage with the activity monitor.

It shows that he has about 30 MB of ram free on his 2 GB of total RAM space.

This wasn't a new MacBook, so he never "formatted" it (I know we don't format a Mac, but you can reset it to factory default).

Can you point me in some direction to troubleshot this slow MacBook?


texts: Does MBP and anti-glare MBP use the same top case?

texts:
I am now using a 2011 MacBook Pro with anti-glare display.

I am going to replace the palm top case (The unibody case with palm, speaker and keyboard)

But I got noticed that the anti-glare display uses different top case from the regular glossy display, so I have to pay attention while buying the new top case, it that true?

I have contacted some eBay sellers, they seems not sure about this.

Thanks.


texts: Managing Virtual Macs on a closed network

texts: I have a lab of VMWare virtual Macs on a network with no Internet access.  What options do i have for managing these Macs, other than one at a time?  I am looking at ARD and JAMF at the moment...


texts: Why does Safari not recreate .localstorage files when they are deleted manually from LocalStorage folder?

texts:
It is my experience that when deleting the .localstorage files associated with a website from ~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage, they are not recreated when reloading the page. However, navigating to Preferences… > Privacy > Manage Website Data… and removing a site's Local Storage from there (together with Cache, Cookies and Databases) deletes those files as well – while somehow allowing for them to be recreated when the page reloads. What is the difference?
As an example, these are the files I would delete from the LocalStorage folder for this website:
https_apple.stackexchange.com_0.localstorage
https_apple.stackexchange.com_0.localstorage-wal
https_apple.stackexchange.com_0.localstorage-shm


texts: How to schedule Mac software updates at a particular time in Yosemite?

texts:
I saw this helpful answer, but cannot find the Software Update.app file when I search for it on my Mac (Yosemite) to insert it into the iCal event.

So how can I schedule software updates on Yosemite?


texts:
I did not find it in brew by brew search cut.
I wound if it exists in any other package systems.

How can you install GNU Cut in OSX?


texts: Source .profile and .bashrc on ssh login without tty

texts:
How do I make sure ssh sources .profile and .bashrc on login without tty?

I have a Mac (10.6.8) that I'm using for various UNIX-y tasks like hosting git repositories.  I have remote login enabled via the System Preferences "Sharing" pane.  When I ssh into the machine, bash sources ~/.profile, which I have set up to source my ~/.bashrc file and set up my MacPorts path.  The problem is that when I run ssh without a tty, like this:

ssh myhost echo \$PATH

Or run a git command that essentially uses ssh in the same way:

git clone ssh://myhost/~/code/myrepo.git

My ~/.profile file is never sourced, so my $PATH variable is missing /opt/local (where MacPorts has installed git).  I am aware that:

I can configure git on my local machine to use /opt/local/bin/git-* on my remote machine
I wouldn't have this problem if I was forcing a tty with ssh -t

But I don't want to do either of those.  I want my remote machine to source my ~/.profile file regardless of whether or not I'm logging in w/ a tty.

How do I make that dream a reality?

Also: I checked the behavior on a couple Linux machines (Debian and Fedora), and both systems seem to source the ~/.bashrc file on login regardless of whether it is a tty.  I was under the impression that BSD and Linux both use the same OpenSSH and bash implementations, so it seems like the difference in behavior might come from differences in /etc config files?


texts:
I have received a signed and well encrypted E-Mail. I now want to reply to this particular sender using his public key in Apple Mail. But when I press the reply Button, the encrypt icon stays grey.

Do I have to import his public key into my key chain first?
And if yes, how does this work?


texts: Airprint on older HP Printer (Color LaserJet 2600N)

texts:
My parents have both recently gotten iPads, and have found that our networked laser printer, a HP Color LaserJet 2600N doesn't seem to support airprint. Is there any way to upgrade the printer to support the protocol, to save them replacing the printer altogether?

The printer works great wirelessly on my Macbook Pro (2010) and installed happily with no drivers.

Thanks!


texts: Can't dismiss invites from shared Google calendars in Calendar.app

texts:
At work we use Google Apps for Work. The calendar feature in Google Apps for Work allows you to add other colleagues' calendars to your own so that you can see their schedules. When I import my work account into Calendar.app, I see each of my colleagues' calendars as an option that I can display or hide.

The problem I'm having is that meeting invitations sent to my colleagues are getting sent to me, and I have no way of dismissing them from my calendar.app queue without either declining or accepting the meeting on behalf of my colleague, which I do not want to do. How can I prevent invites sent to these calendars from showing up in my queue?


texts: Seagate "Premium Recovery Suite" allocates space - how to thoroughly clean disk

texts:
I had a drive which was only greyed out in disk utility and could not be reactivated. I have described the problem here in more detail. I called LaCie since the drive was still under guarantee and was then talking to a Seagate "specialist" who told me that I may be able to get back all the data and the folder structure with the "Seagate Premium Recovery Suite" program. I installed it and ran it on the drive and was very pleased to see, that it was able to rediscover most of the data. I started the recovering process (copying the files to a different drive). And somehow my target drive got disconnected during the process and then things started to get wonky:
The moment the drive was disconnected, I recognized that the copy process from the Seagate Premium Recovery Software suddenly sped up a lot. Opening About this Mac -> drives I saw my internal Macintosh HD drive filling up quickly (several GB in a few seconds). I recreated the problem, after a restart with no other program running. The exact same result: the moment I disconnect the target drive, I could see my internal Macintosh HD quickly filling up. Quitting the Recovery software immediately stopped the filling up of my internal drive once again.
What I have done so far:

restarted my Mac several times
resetted NVRAM/NPRAM
looked into/cleared files like caches, library, TM snapshots (found nothing "suspicious")
deleted the "Premium Recovery Software" and reinstalled it
called Seagate again: the assistant and I assumed that the recovery software somehow is still allocating disk space. After he talked to the software team their advice was to either restore to a TM backup or to use a 3rd party tool for disk cleaning

yet for security reasons [they] cannot suggest applications that are not
directly supported by Seagate but [I] should be able to find a
suitable solution in Mac forums or support

My questions now are:

is it likely that the problem is allocated disk space by the recovery software
what steps could I further take to clear my disk space (other than restoring from TimeMachine/clean install)
Is it just me or is this customer support horrendous in several ways: recommending their own faulty software, then not being able to eradicate the actual problem caused by their program, instead telling my to go online and look for info they should provide

Other is about 100GB large.
Thank you for any answers.


texts: Can multiple accounts use same Dropbox, with access control

texts:
There are 7-8 different user of my Dropbox account. we are using the single account in all PC's. I want:
- Certain users not to view few files.
- Certain Users should not be able to edit few files.
- Only few Users should be able to delete a file or can we check which user or PC deleted a specific file

Please suggest if this can be done on any file sharing software or sky drive etc?


texts: Charging iPhone 4S from closed MacBook Air

texts:
Should an iPhone recharge when plugged in to a MacBook Air which itself is plugged into its wall charger?

My MacBook Air was closed and plugged into its wall charger.  The green light on the power cord was lit.  I plugged my iPhone 4S into the MacBook Air USB port under the MagSafe connection.  I went to sleep.  When I awoke seven hours later, the iPhone was at 30% charge.  I thought it would be at 100%.

Is something wrong?


texts: I decided to remove a button in my game so that users won't be able to access the IAP store. I plan to submit my game with the In-App Purchase tab turned on in Xcode(I want to leave the codes there for future use and the game won't work if I turn it off), but without the app really having an IAP store. Will the app get rejected like this?


texts: I have a playlist with ~200 songs, I use this playlist during my (1-2hr) workout, it seems that when I start the playlist I hear a few songs I heard the day before.  I don't want to listen again to the songs I heard yesterday...yes I could just hit >> to advance to the next song but that interrupts my workout.  Is there a sort option that would play the least played song next in a playlist?


texts: Recover application after it becomes unresponsive

texts:
Is there any way to recover an application once it freezes aside from killing it?

Context being, I have been working on a couple of files in TextMate 1.5 and TextMate has stopped responding, I have not saved these files, and I really do not want to loose the work.  I've killed all other running applications and have let the computer idle for quite some time but TextMate still remains unresponsive.

Before it froze I was conducting a simple regex search query within TextMate.  The files were only about 2kb in size.


texts: Why won't OS X query multiple DNS servers

texts: I have found that in all my years of use with Macs, multiple OS versions, multiple hardware configurations, that it never queries anything but the primary DNS server. Why is this? We have spun up many different internal DNS servers and have tried specifying both internal and external DNS servers on the client. It will only resolve hosts in the primary DNS and completely ignores any DNS specified after that.


texts: OSX El Capitan - cannot make bootable usb stick with boot camp

texts:
I meticulously followed this tutorial, and this worked for me in 2014. I have a 4GB usb stick plugged into the computer. It should be enough for windows 7, a partition which no longer boots and I am hoping to run startup repair on it from the install USB so I don't have to start over clean.

tutorial: http://tsentas.net/create-a-windows-7-or-later-version-install-disk-missing-on-el-capitan/

This is the screen I get after following this tutorial where the Info.plist file of bootcamp is modified to let the USB creation happen (same screen as before):

Has anyone encountered this issue?


texts: Double-clicking my Apple earbud remote brings up Siri

texts:
With macOS Sierra pushing Siri as a very cool new feature, the behaviour of my (wired) Apple earbuds has changed.  When I give it a single tap, the music will pause or play, which is normal.  However, I'm also used to double-tapping to advance to the next song, like on my iPhone.  That feature is gone.  Also, on the first tap, the "Enable Siri?" dialog comes up: I decided to disable Siri as I don't use it much and the additional battery drain (that I may be making up) doesn't seem worthwhile to me.

How can I disable this dialog and revert my iTunes behaviour back to what I'm used to?


texts:
I recently updated to iOS 8 (I am a developer, so it was completely legal) and I can't seem to get the continuity feature for picking up an email where you left off on my iPod touch 5th generation or iPad with Retina Display (iPad 3). Is there a special setting I have to set on my Mac? All 3 devices are on the same Apple ID.

Thanks!

Edit: I got a new MacBook Pro 2014 and it's still not working on either that with my iPod touch 5th generation or iPad 3. BlueTooth is on for all of them. If it's relevant, iBeacon works on the mobile devices, though.

Edit #2: It randomly started working. Sorry, I don't know how I fixed it.  If you're having the same problem, just make sure BlueTooth is on on both of your devices, handoff is not disabled, and that your Mac is supported.


texts: How can I create an installer for individual files?

texts:
I would like to create an installer (.app, .pkg?) for a selection of data files.

I need to place them in ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw

I've been playing around with WhiteBox Packages and I'm able to successfully create a .pkg that will install a file to the desktop, but for some reason it will not place the same file in the Library directory I specified above. The installer runs without error, but it does not copy the payload into the CameraRaw directory.

What am I doing wrong? Why does it successfully copy a file to the desktop but not to the CameraRaw directory?


texts: Transfer files between bootcamp partitions

texts: I am using Snow Leopard and Windows 7 with bootcamp. I would like to be able to save some files to my OSX partition from Windows. I would also like to have files (say, photos, source code, etc) that I can manage with both partitions. Is it possible to get the two partitions to "play nice"?


texts: Does FileVault 2 also encrypt my free disk space?

texts: Does FileVault 2 encrypt my free disk space as well as the deleted files that may linger on there? I ask this because I am selling my MacBook Pro and want to sell it but I'm not sure how to securely erase my free disk space. So I'm trying to encrypt my drive then reinstall Mac OS X over it (purposely forgetting my encryption key).


texts: Multiple languages for dictionary Look up in Spotlight

texts:
How can I handle several languages at the same time in Spotlight ?

When a word exists in several languages including english, Spotlight gives me results in english. I would like to have all the results.

For example, 'bras' means arm in french. But it's also the plural form of bra, an english noun. So I cannot find it with Spotlight unless I actually launch Dictionary from the Spotlight results and switch the language.


texts: Issue with installation of FFMPEG and Homebrew due to low HDD size?

texts:
I hope this is the right place to pose this question. I have a MacBook Pro with just 128 GB of HDD space.

Now I want to install Homebrew & FFMPEG - however, with what I have read it seems that Xcode is a mandatory.

Is there a way to install just the required libraries for FFMPEG or Homebrew to run without having install the enormous 10-12 gig of Xcode.

Thanks.


texts: My mac bookpro screen hangs and freeze after restarting it displays black screen

texts:
I bought macbook pro-13 inches last year September, since last 15 days I'm facing difficulties regarding to booting issues and also some times suddenly the display hangs no controls, keys, trackpad not working the display just hanged.

After restarting the device by long pressing power button and power on it after some time some times it shows some black lines appearing on screen after 30 seconds they disappear and turn into black screen sounding 3 beeps.

Last week I've consulted authorized dealer for service they just formatted my system and told me there is no problem regarding to hard-disk drive, RAM and logic board. But I'm facing this problem daily...Please tell the exact reason, and what should i do to it work properly.


texts: Unable to sign in with my Apple ID after updating my iPhone

texts:
I got a notification to update the software on my iPhone 4S (A1387), so I updated it. After updating completed, it asked to sign in with your Apple ID.

I tried to sign in with my Apple ID, then it asked me to agree to some terms and conditions.

After I agreed to those, it is now showing notification Could Not Sign In several times. So having updated, I am now unable to sign in with my Apple ID.


texts: Why does Pages, export to *.doc a file that is larger than expected?

texts:
I authored a 1 page document of about 900 words, and an embedded image (a chart).  Storing/exporting this document from Pages 5.2 causes the file to expand to 1.6 MB in size.  However, opening and saving the same .doc file in MS Word gives me a file (.doc) of only 99 KB. Why is Pages so inefficient (some 16 times larger)?

Is there a way to force Pages to trim the size?  My best alternative is to open the same 1.6 MB file in MS Word, and then re-save (which gets it back to a sensible size).  But I would like to eliminate MS Word entirely, except for the *.doc, which my clients like.


texts:
Audio from my iPhone used to automatically go to my AirPods when I put them in my ear. About 4 or 5 days ago I started having to open Control Center, then tap on the little two arcs in the corner of the audio control widget and then select AirPods in order to get audio through them.

Is there a setting that changed? How can I get this to go back to the easy way from before?

I don't see any settings in Sound and Haptics or Bluetooth that look like they will fix this issue.


texts:
Does anyone know of an iPhone/iPod app, or jailbreak, that is a music downloader manager AND a tag editor that lets you add album art? I've been searching everywhere for an app that downloads music and lets me change/add album artwork (within the download manager app), but I've had absolutely no luck.

It would just make it 100000 times easier for me to import the music files to my computer, without having to edit each file's tags and artwork from my PC. It's time consuming.

Thanks in advance.


texts: unable to install Google's Droid Sans Mono font

texts:
I've downloaded Droid Sans, Droid Serif, and Droid Sans Mono fonts from google.com/fonts and the first two have installed just fine.

OS X 10.9.5. I'm extracting the font file from the download ZIP file, double-clicking the TTF file, then clicking "Install".

Unfortunately, I can't get Droid Sans Mono to install; it looks like some message boxes pop up very quickly, but I can't read what they say. When I validate the font file, it looks okay, but installation doesn't do anything.

Using the Console app, the following messages appeared during the time I try to install the font:

4/20/15 1:36:22.068 PM taskgated[19]: binary have embedded signature that validated /System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/QuickLookUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/QuickLookUIHelper.app[24856]
4/20/15 1:36:22.105 PM QuickLookUIHelper[24856]: LSExceptions [0x7fe5f0707e30] loaded
4/20/15 1:36:22.112 PM Finder[1250]: LSExceptions [0x6180002b4640] loaded
4/20/15 1:36:22.125 PM lsboxd[1281]: Connection from pid 24856

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?


texts: Why won't my late 2014 Mac mini output 4k video?

texts:
I have a Samsung U28D590 plugged into a Late 2014 Mac mini (with Iris video graphics) via Thunderbolt 2 to DisplayPort.

In the display options it does not give the option for 3840x2160, even after holding the option key while clicking on "Scaled"

Both the monitor and Mac mini support this resolution according to their documentation, so I wonder if I need to install some extra drivers or something like that.


texts: iPad disappearing storage after using app store

texts: Storage is always a problem for me on my iPad Mini 2 but recently I freed up about 700 MB and then went to download an app. App store made me agree to the new T&C and then when I clicked Get again said I didn't have enough space. Fine. Except now the reported space was 0 MB. I rebooted the iPad with no change. No new items in Manage Storage. Where did my 700 MB go?


texts: Is there an app other than Witch that allows windows switching (not app switching) with cmd+tab?

texts: I found the Witch app (http://manytricks.com/witch/). Are there any other solutions?


texts:
I've got a problem with sharing internet connection from my macbook pro to iphone.
I've shared Ethernet connection in System Preference and managed to connect to the network from my iPhone but has no internet connection on the iPhone
I assume that the problem is because my macbook's Ethernet connection uses proxy. I tried to enabled auto in proxy setting on iPhone but it didn't help.
So the question is how to set up internet connection sharing under conditions described above. Thanks in advance.


texts: Will FaceTime perform better with IPv6 enabled?

texts: I find FaceTime works much better on 4g than my home wifi despite good upload bandwidth. I suspect variable latency is the cause. My router and Orbi does not have Ipv6 enabled. If I can get V6 working will I see significantly better video quality?


texts: I downloaded a podcast directly to my iPod, decided I didn't want it, and now it will not go away. I can delete it from my iTunes library but the iPod just automatically copies it back in when I next sync it. I monkeyed with the podcast settings so only selected podcasts are synced on to the iPod, but it is still there (despite no longer appearing on the list in iTunes). Any ideas?


texts: Can I initiate a graphical desktop session remotely via ssh?

texts: A remote machine running 10.8.4 is powered on but at the Login Window, so no user is actually logged in to a desktop session.  Is there a way to log a user in remotely via ssh to create an actual desktop session?


texts: How can I show photos that aren't in an album?

texts: I am trying to organize all my photos in iPhoto. Is there a filter or setting that allows me to see all "unsorted" photos? ie photos that aren't in an album?


texts: AppleScript to get all tracks from albums with less then a certain number of tracks

texts: How would I write an AppleScript to get all tracks from albums with less then n tracks  in iTunes?


texts: How do I get names for devices connected to my hotspot?

texts: Once I turn on a hotspot in Settings > Personal Hotspot, on iOS, and a device connects, a blue banner at the top of the screen appears with the number of connected devices.  I would like to see the hostname and any other associated information about the devices connected. Where could I find this information?


texts:
I recently updated to Sierra.  Now the Input Sources Menu isn't working.  My 2 source are listed (US & Unicode) but selecting them does nothing.  The checkmark doesn't move, the menu title doesn't change, and the keyboard function doesn't change.

Additionally, the "Show/Hide input source name", "Show Emoji & symbols", and "Show character viewer" menu options tend to just disappear from the menu and stay gone until reboot.

Any idea what would cause this, and/or how to fix?


texts: Alarm application using the maximum possible volume level

texts:
The iPhone's alarm shares its volume with the ringer, and I don't want the ringer volume to be too loud. I am looking for an alarm application for iPhone using the maximum possible volume level.

Ideally, it would gradually increase the volume till the maximum possible volume level. If it needs the iOS to be jailbroken, that's fine.


texts:
I have the following:

defaults write com.apple.Dock contents-immutable -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.Dock size-immutable -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.Dock position-immutable -bool yes

I can run them fine from the Admin account and it works, but is there a way to do this on a non-admin account? Even Sudo did not seem to work exactly.

Can I just do a chattr +i? what is the immutable string actually doing in the background?

This is running 10.9.x


texts: "Unable to Download"/"Unable to Install" on iOS app update

texts:
Whenever I try to update one of my apps, it downloads 79%, stops for a moment, then the progress bar resets and one of two dialog boxes appears:

  Unable to Download Item

  "App Name" cannot be downloaded. Please try again later.

  [Done]

or

  Unable to Download Application

  "App Name" could not be installed at this time.

  [Done] [Retry]

In the case of error #1, the app then returns to normal, but has not been updated. In the case of error #2, it sits at 0% and cannot be opened. Retrying simply repeats.

This does not happen with every app. Some apps simply install as expected.

I have a 4th generation iPod touch running the Evasi0n jailbreak of iOS 6.1. Rebooting does not resolve the problem, nor does launching in Safe Mode.


texts: Deploying IPSWs to hundreds of Mac Minis

texts:
So, here is my situation,

At work we have 3 benches, each bench has 32 Mac Minis, each connected to a KVM.   We use the Mac Minis to delete the customer data and restore a fresh IPSW to iPods, iPads, iPhones, etc.

Whenever a new update comes out for some iDevice, we need a way to push out the new IPSWs from a central location (right now we are using a Mac Pro running 10.12.5 and a dual 10GbE card connected to a 48 port 1 Gig switch with four SFP+ 10GbE ports.)   The guy who had orginally setup the Mac Mini's used to use a rsync script to copy the new ipsw's to each mac mini, but he also had set each device's IP address statically so he could iterate through all of the IP addresses on the subnet without missing any machines.   We recently had to reimage all of the machines using Deploy Studio, and ended up putting each Mini on DHCP instead of having the IP address set statically - so the old method of using this rsync script has gone out the window.

What are my options for downloading the new IPSWs from apple to a single location, and then having the minis download the files from a local shared folder instead of trying to grab them all from the internet?   As you could imagine, 96 mac minis trying to download a 2-3 GB file from the internet is not really an option.   I read something about the cache server in OS X Server, but I wanted to check with the AskDifferent community to see if anyone had any suggestions for technologies that could help me do this.


texts: The command shortcuts close all windows and temporarily blanks the desktop on my iMac

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Essentially what happens to my late 2015 iMac is that when I use my command shortcuts and the down arrow anywhere (except command+b which just worked), all my windows close and my desktop temporarily becomes blank (no folders or files, just the background).

I have to be honest, I did use Free Sidecar. Eventually, I got some system prompts saying that the sidecarcore (the application) wasn't working with several applications, including iMessage for some reason. I've tried restarting, checking the system integrity protection, and following the troubleshooting guides from Ben-z's Free Sidecar, but to no avail.

I am running the latest software on 10.15.2 of Catalina, and I have a late 2015 21 inch iMac.

Another symptom is that the clock disappeared from my menu bar, and System Preferences won't let me add it back.


texts: CardDav / CalDav not syncing existing entries

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I set up both CalDav and CardDav on my iPhone 4S using iOS 6. It does sync new entries both ways but it fails to sync any of the existing ones. Google search queries did not shed any light on this question, so:

Is this service meant to sync existing information either one way or two ways?


texts: How do international users use readline shortcuts in the Terminal?

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Readline is a library that enables Emacs-style shortcuts in the terminal (and other programs), such as Ctrl-A to jump to the start of the line, Meta-W to jump a word, Meta-B to jump a word back, etc. This works on Windows, Linux and Mac.

Now, i18n is where it gets hard, as usual, but only on macOS. The thing is that in the Terminal (or Iterm2) on macOS this does not work out of the box, as you explicitly need to enable the option "Use Opt as a Meta key" in the Terminal settings.

But by doing so, you lose out on the ability to use the Opt/Alt key for its other, much more common uses, as you now cannot type any of the characters needing Alt. In Norwegian layouts you need Alt to type square brackets, tilde and backtics, which is a pretty essential thing for most programmers ...

Now, for me, this led me to a life of dual layouts: switching between US keyboard layout for programming and NO for other stuff. That life is drag. Is there a way of keeping my sanity that enables me to use readline shortcuts in the terminal while keeping my standard Norwegian layout?

Related to this vim question


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Is there a way to configure an Apple Script (or any script for that matter), to be run every time an application is focused?

For example, if I am on Safari currently, and I tap on a QuickTime window, I want it to run a script that I define.


texts: Keep a Numbers chart stationary while scrolling the page?

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In Numbers, is there a way to make a chart stay visible at the top of the page while I scroll down through the rest of the page's contents? Similar to how a table's header row can be made to stay visible at the top when scrolling through the table?

I have a simple chart derived from a table with several hundred rows. To add new data I have to scroll all the way to the end of the table, but then to see the new data in the chart I have to scroll all the way back up to the top of the page. It's only a minor but hassle, but my gut tells me it must be avoidable somehow.


texts: Bootcamp - Apple SPI Device driver missing - Touchpad/Keyboard don't work

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I recently did a clean install of MacOS Big Sur on my 2016 MacBook Pro touchbar and did a Bootcamp install of the latest windows 10 pro.
During the install the keyboard and touchpad did not work, so I used an old usb mouse and the on-screen keyboard to get through. After booting into windows and installing the Bootcamp windows support software, connecting to the internet, downloading updates, etc..the keyboard and touchpad still do not work in windows.
In Device Manager > Other Devices I see 5 listings for Apple SPI Device with exclamation marks because it couldn't find a driver.
The frustrating thing is that my setup was working perfectly in both MacOS and Windows a few days ago.
Any ideas? How can I install the drivers for those Apple SPI Devices?


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I have created an iOS app that I want to distribute over the air. I have create a website that links to the itms-services url with the mainfest.plist file. When I try to download the file on my iOS device, it prompts me asking if I want to install it, and then it says "App name could not be downloaded at this time". Here is an example:

I have tried re-signing it,editing the manifest plist file, and much more. Is there a way to fix this?


texts: Connect Apple Pencil second generation to Surface Laptop?

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I was wondering, have anyone thought of connecting apple pencil (1st or 2nd) generation to the surface line in windows 10?

If so, how was it done? any ideas?


texts: Can I tell if a found Macbook Air is lost or stolen?

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I work in a backpacker hostel where people from around the world leave behind an amazing amount of stuff, not all of which is junk.

I've noticed that a Macbook Air model A1465 / 2631 has been sitting here for a couple of weeks.

Now that I've checked that it doesn't belong to any staff member I'm wondering if it might be lost or stolen.

Is there either some way online or via the Apple Store that lost and stolen Macs are tracked?

I am a technical computer person but I'm not a Mac person, it doesn't turn on, and there's no power cable. But there is a Mac Store I can get to if need be.

PLEASE DO NOT OFFER LEGAL ADVICE. I'm following our workplace procedures and my local laws. I'm only asking here for the technical advice.


texts: When installing an application is there any way to avoid any drag and drop?

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When installing an application from a DMG file one needs to drag the new application into the application folder (or some other folders).

Is there any way to avoid this drag and drop (any new installed application would be automatically placed into the application folder)?


texts: Fresh install Big Sur without deleting a partition

texts: Can I create a partition and store files I want to keep there, then do a fresh install to upgrade to Big Sur, or will the fresh install delete all partitions?


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Is it possible to control the Mac remotely?

My parents live in different country other than where I'm living now, I think about giving one of my Mac to my parents to use iChat. As my parents are not good at using computers, I need to control the Mac remotely.

Is there any software tool for it?


texts: How do I use karabiner to define two Shift+L to enter a key?

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My current definition lets me input "<" when I tap SHIFT_L:

__KeyOverlaidModifier__
KeyCode::SHIFT_L,
KeyCode::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::BACKQUOTE

But I want to change it so I have to press SHIFT_L twice. I've tried this, but it doesn't work:

__KeyOverlaidModifier__
KeyCode::SHIFT_L,
KeyCode::SHIFT_L,
KeyCode::SHIFT_L, KeyCode::BACKQUOTE


texts: A non-closed circle icon in macOS menu bar that I cannot remove

texts: On the top menu bar I have a non-closed circle and every time I click on it I get the colourful (loading circle icon). I cannot remove this thing. What is that?


texts: What does the 'Camera' category in Geekbench 4 refer to?

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Long story short: I haven't allowed Geekbench 4 to access the camera, which means that the application shouldn't be able to use the camera. However, in the benchmark result a category named 'Camera', with the unit 'images/sec', caught my eye.

Since Geekbench 4 is available on the App Store, I doubt that they're using any method to bypass system permissions. The only realistic possibility I see is that this is somehow simulated, but this begs the question: is there a way to accurately simulate this metric without actually using the camera?

Screenshot for reference:


texts: Undo and Redo functionalities missing in Stickies

texts: I've accidentally edited an existing note in Stickies.app and found that command + z is not working? Is there any available functionality in the Stickies app for undo or to restore lost work?


texts: How to transfer information on a shared iCloud account to a new individual one?

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I set up an iCloud account under an old email on my iPad and I used the same iCloud account for my phone.

Now I have no storage space on either device or the iCloud accounts. How do I transfer my photos, contacts, apps, etc. from the current account on my phone to the same phone but on under a different iCloud account without losing any information?


texts: Can I attach a Thunderbolt-to-Firewire adapter and a Mini DisplayPort monitor to the same computer?

texts: I have a 2013 MacBook Air with one Mini DisplayPort/Thunderbolt 1 port. Is there a way to connect both an LED Cinema Display and my old Firewire accessories to this port?


texts: Why is it that my MacBook Pro Retina's resolution is detected as different based on the application?

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The actual advertized resolution is 2880 x 1800.
Taking a fullscreen, screenshot gives me an image that is 2880 x 1800.
Going to this site tells me my resolution is 1440 x 900.
The built in Digital Color Meter tells me my resolution is 1440 x 900.
This bit of Java code:
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
double width = screenSize.getWidth();
double height = screenSize.getHeight();
System.out.println(width + " x " + height);

has an output of 1440 x 900.
So why is this and how do I fix it?


texts: Reformat hard drive - why do I have two hard drive options?

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I'm trying to erase my hard drive by reformatting. I am following the steps here:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

I am using the  Opt ⌥   Cmd ⌘   R   option on startup to install the latest OS compatible with my device. When I get to the erase screen, I see the following hard drive items listed:

This is different than what the directions are showing. Should I be erasing both "Macintosh HD" and "disk1"? I've never made any changes to my hard drive, it's a MacBook Pro 2014. Not sure why there are two entries there.


texts: Can I automate location changing so I don't have to drive the choice manually?

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Wondering is anyone knows of an application that can change settings on my Macbook Pro depending on the wireless networks it detects?

Ie, If I was at work, connect to the Work Wireless, Change default printer, chance location, change wallpaper etc.

I seem to remember seeing an app at one stage, however after much Googling I cannot find it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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I recently bought a MacBook Pro from a third party brand new in the box. I go to set it up and I get to a screen that says "Remote Management"
It says Verizon can remotely install apps and erase my MacBook Pro... WTF?
Why am I seeing this message? Does this mean the MacBook is not new?


texts: How do I get llvm-gcc to point to gcc instead of clang?

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When I ask which version of gcc I have, I get the following:

Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.2)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin17.6.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin

When I try to get information about gcc:
ls -la /usr/bin |grep gcc

I get:

-rwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel     18288 May 29  2018 gcc
-rwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel      2043 Sep 26  2016 gccmakedep
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel         5 Mar 28  2018 llvm-gcc -> clang

I am using MacOS 10.13.5, and the reason that I want to use gcc instead of clang is because I have code I want to run in MATLAB that is in C, but I can't compile the code with clang, because fopenmp is unsupported.

When I try to compile just the matlab part of the program so that I can run it with a matlab interface:

make matlab

I get the following error:

gcc -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -O3 -fopenmp -DSSHT_VERSION=\"1.2b1\"...

clang: error: unsupported option '-fopenmp'

I used the link: Installed gcc with Homebrew, now how to use that gcc instead of clang?

export PATH=/usr/bin
export CXX=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.2.0/bin/g++-8
export CC=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.2.0/bin/gcc-8

to my code.


texts: DiskInventor & OmniDiskSweeper shows different size as Disk Utility

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I am running 10.9.4 and have a 120 GB hard drive. Disk Inventory X shows only 51.9 GB of data, but About this Mac and Disk utility show less than 10 GB free space.

I tried these items:

Timemachine is off
sudo tmutil disablelocal
ran OmniDiskSweeper

Can you please help me understand the discrepancy in sizing?


texts: Any chance to survive after "Apple Developer Program membership will be terminated" message?

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I've got "your Apple Developer Program account has been flagged for removal" message on the 3rd May 2019. On 15th May 2019, I've got the "your Apple Developer Program membership will be terminated" message.
Apple does not share specific reasons for that decision, as usual.

However, as of 20th May the account is still active: I can access it and make changes.

Since the 15th of May I've removed from sale all apps that could have caused Apple's anger. I've disabled all corresponding In-App purchases. I've deleted most of the apps. I can't delete one of them because there's an In-App purchase with "in Review" status.

Is there still a chance for canceling the termination of my membership? How long does it usually take to terminate a membership?

Waiting for death is sort of worse than the death itself.


texts: Change Copy and Paste behaviour system-wide

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I would like to enhance the global copy/paste behaviour with an additional action.  In particular, I often use Growl to display custom notifications.  From the command line, I can use the growlnotify executable to display something like this:

$ growlnotify -a "Google Chrome" -m "Text Copied" "Google Chrome"

I'd like to somehow modify the global copy/paste behaviour to create a Growl notification like this no matter where I perform the operation and no matter what I'm copying (text, files, etc.).  Is this possible using Automator/AppleScript (I'm only vaguely familiar with AppleScript)?  Or something else?


texts: Where are the sidecar files AAE located in Finder?

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I'd like to know where the sidecar files for Photos are located in the Mac (Finder).

Thank you.


texts: Safari won't load on my G5; how can I get my bookmarks?

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I have a Mac, a Power PC G5 desktop, running MAC OS X 10.5.8, the last release made for this machine. I've been having a lot of problems lately with Safari; when I launch it, I get a spinning disc, and then Safari becomes unresponsive. My only option is to Force Quit.

Ideally, I'd like to resolve whatever is causing the issue.

Failing that, I'd like to somehow get to all my bookmarks. I just don't know enough about the inner workings of the computer to find where those are stored and how to access them.


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For instance, if I have .exe file and I double click on it, something should open terminal with command wine file.exe.

Maybe there is some kind of app that can do this?

open file ->
associate extension with some program ->
launch command inside the terminal


texts: What syncs when you don't have enough iCloud storage?

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When you don't have enough iCloud storage (which happens, for example, when you are downgraded from a higher plan to a lower one), you aren't able to sync many iCloud items anymore because you're over your iCloud storage limit. This prevents iCloud Photo Library photos and iCloud Drive files from syncing. However, it (thankfully) doesn't seem to prevent your contacts or your calendar items from syncing across your devices.

Is there a list of what can and can't be synced when you're over your iCloud storage size?


texts: Can OS X be remotely accessed using the GUI but securely to hide what is displayed locally?

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The remote screen sharing feature of OS X is extremely convenient.  I can access my office machine from home when I need some software that can only be installed on on-campus computers.

However, I noticed that if I log in to the office machine through screen sharing, everything I see on the shared screen is also mirrored on the machine's physical screen. Logging in using screen sharing unlocks the machine's physical keyboard and mouse as well.

Is it possible to avoid this security risk if someone can see or manipulate my Mac while I am not in the office?

Is it possible to access a remote computer through a graphical interface (not terminal) without exposing directly that machine to anyone who is in the office at that time? Of course they could steal the machine, but I don't want them snooping on grades or email or whatever when I unlock the screen remotely to access the Mac.


texts: Why was my drive not converted to APFS while installing macOS High Sierra public beta

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I was wondering why my drive wasn’t converted to APFS after installing macOS High Sierra public beta.

I tried to convert it to APFS after the fact, by booting into Recovery Mode and opening Disk Utility, but it won’t let me. The option to convert to APFS is grayed out. Is there any way I can convert my drive to APFS?

I also tried to format my external hard drives as APFS. I was able to do that only ONCE. When I tried to do it on my second external hard drive, APFS wasn’t even offered. Does anyone know why I can’t format my second hard drive as APFS?


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I have a list of conference attendees, and I want to make sure the emails are unique.

I could use a countif statement and then sort and delete but looking for other ways and ideas.


texts:
My iPad Air 2 keeps charging and Uncharging. I don’t think it’s a charger problem since I plugged into my iPhone SE and there’s no problem. When I plugged into my iPad, it keeps switching between charging and not charging rapidly.

Video: https://imgur.com/a/Z6Nnv

Similar to this situation: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6300997


texts: Can log into iCloud on icloud.com but not on my mac book pro

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The case is that I can login on http://icloud.com with my user and password, but when I try to connect the iCloud with my mac book pro is saying "An unknown error occured":

Here is my system information:

It was working just 3 days ago.

Now when I log in to my mac everything is just clean, even on Google Chrome all cache and sessions are lost.


texts: Are Swift Playgrounds compatible with macOS and iPad?

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Are playgrounds created in Xcode compatible with the iPad Playgrounds app? That is, can I drop it into the iPad app's Documents folder (or otherwise use iCloud Drive, etc) to load a playground created in Xcode?

Googling neither confirms nor deny this.


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My OSX calendar app is configured to show all the birthdays of my contacts (they are displayed as this special calendar with the parcel icon in OSX). It seems that iOS (6, on iPhone 5) does that too but doesn't recognize that this is the same calendar as the one in OSX.

As a result, when I sync all my OSX calendars with my iPhone, suddenly there are two birthday calendars, one seems to come from OSX and does not have the parcel icon. That calendar is called "Birthdays" when viewed in iOS. The other one seems to be the one intrinsic to iOS and just like in OSX has special parcel icon.

I would have assumed that the two apps of the two OSes should figure out that this is basically the same calendar. To get rid of the double events in my calendar view in iOS I can uncheck that "Birthdays" calendar in iOS so that the events of this calendar are not displayed. But that calendar still gets synched from OSX and I can't uncheck the "Birthdays" calendar in the OSX iTunes sync settings because there this calendar is not listed.

My question is now, how do I get rid of the redundant calendar on the iPhone?


texts: How can I give an app permanent permission so it doesn't ask for my password every time?

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I am using an application called Hostbuddy to manage entries in my hosts file. It works great, the only problem is that is asks for my password every time I use it, which adds up to a lot of inconvenience. How can I permanently give Hostbuddy the permission it needs? The two things it asks for the password for are to modify the hosts file and to flush my DNS cache.

PS, I understand the security implications of this, and I trust the app.


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I'm a junior iOS Developer and I have the requirements for a drawing app I need to build for my employee. I need to be able to add graphic elements on the canvas on different layers. These elements might include a straight line between 2 or more points (where the user is tapping), another type of lines that can be curved by the user when dragging the middle of the line, shapes and graphic elements that can be rotated and resized, ability to change the border color, fill color and so on. Also, I need the ability to zoom into the canvas and scroll left-right, up-down when is zoom in. I need the ability to select an element that is on a lower level layer and edit it or delete it.

My questions:

Do I use Core Graphics SpriteKit?

Can you point me to some tutorials or some resources on how to do this?

Thank you!


texts: Can I use Apple emoji in App Store icons?

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A weird question - I'm not a designer, but think a few of emoji provided with apple keyboard would very well describe the nature of my app. I would like to include them in my app icon design.

Can I use Apple emoji on app icon for submitting my app to iOS App Store?


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We have a 10 Gigabit network with a mix of Windows 10, Linux and MacOS (Sierra 10.12.6) machines.

The transfer speeds between the Windows or Linux machines are OK: between 500 and 800 MB/s for big files (10 to 100 GB).

But the Macs show a read speed of around 130 MB/s only.

Curiously, write speeds when writing from Mac to Windows or Linux, are much better. The slow speed is when transferring files between two Macs or when the Mac is reading from a Win/Linux share.

The problem is really specific to SMB on Mac.

All the machines have SMB signing disabled as per Apple's recommendation. With the default setting which enables signing, the speeds were even (a lot) worse: around 60-70 MB/s.
The disks used were all RAID 5 arrays with local speeds between 600 MB/s. and over 1 GB/s. (tested with dd and Blackmagic Speed Test)
The raw network speeds tested with iperf3 were between 5 and 10 Gigabits/s.
Using FTP instead of SMB showed speeds around 500 MB/s in both directions (using the Mac's default ftpd).

Other suggestions I came across, which of course made no difference:

Using IP addresses instead of hostnames.
Using cifs:// instead of smb://. (that acually forces SMB 1 instead of SMB 3, and made the speed much worse)


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I don't know what the problem is. I recently went to Lion (Developer Preview) and restored a fresh new copy of 10.6. I later updated everything and then tried to open Java. It keeps giving me this error.

Cannot open Java Preferences 10.6
No compatible version of Java 1.5+ is available

I've tried reinstalling the update, but it doesn't do anything.


texts: iPhone 5s slow to connect to cellular network, sometimes disconnects spontaneously

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iPhone 5s, iOS 12.1.4

We're from the US, and now traveling in New Zealand. Our US cell provider is MVNO Ting, on our phones using Sprint's CDMA network. Overseas in GSM territory, the phones connect through various local GSM providers. My iPhone SE does this seamlessly.

My wife's iPhone 5s, however, is extremely slow to connect to the local networks, and now and again spontaneously disconnects. This isn't due to signal strength issues, as it's happening here in Wanaka, a sizeable town with excellent coverage...but only to her phone; mine connects immediately and stays connected.

I've updated the subscriber settings and done a service update. Performance improved, but it still does those bad things at irregular intervals.

Seems like I've done all I can sofware-wise while we're away from home. I could do a complete wipe-and-restore, but don't want to try that while we're still on the road.

My question is: have I run up against a hardware issue?


texts: Is there a way to show Spotlight indexing status/progress in Yosemite?

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In previous versions of OS X, you could click the Spotlight icon in the menu bar to show the status of the Spotlight indexing, and it would show an estimate ("6 hours left"), along with a progress bar.

I've updated to Yosemite yesterday, and I noticed that Spotlight is not showing some expected results, i.e. files I know to be there, but it just doesn't find them if I type in their name and file type ("kind:excel vacation").

When I start typing in the Yosemite Spotlight window, it shows a small progress bar under the search box, but there's no estimate.

Is there another way to show the progress or an estimation on how long the indexing is going to take?


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I've got a new MacBook Air, no issues for last month or so.
Recently I've noticed some weird behaviour in yosemite.

For a start:
These are my settings :

Yet this is my login screen:

Notice I specifically set Don't show Input menu and Don't show Restart/Reboot, yet they appear on the login screen.

Another thing, When I log in the menu bar shows as black for about 5 seconds and then pops into view. If I change to dark menu bar this doesnt happen.

Finally, it sometimes reboots by itself only during login. I've ran it for hours building/compiling iOS apps without issue, playing games etc.... however the odd time (especially seems prone if I change the wallpaper) on restart the login menu shows and after entering my password the screen turns black and restarts (chime and all).

After the restart I notice that the login screen no longer shows a blurred version of my custom wallpaper but instead the default yosemite wallpaper.
I had the computer in with Apple for a battery replacement, and mentioned this to them, they tested the machine and found no issues...
Given that it's all reproducible I think it's a software flaw with
Yosemite, but its really really weird.

by the way, I checked the console logs (I'm a developer and not afraid to diagnose stuff) and there is nothing in there regarding the weird reboot on login.

Anyway, as you can see pretty weird, any ideas? I was thinking of just updating to El Capitan to see if this goes away? I'm running 10.10.3.


texts: Cannot update built-in apps on a brand new macbook

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I received a brand new macbook pro a few days ago. I have logged in to the app store with my own Apple ID but I am unable to update the built-in applications: Pages, Numbers, Keynote etc.

The error is:

  This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled.

I have done a bit of research about this, but these apps came with my machine. It's not possible they were purchased with another Apple ID as this came straight from ordering online at Apple.com and came in a sealed box.


texts: Is it possible to display all of the Service titles in the context menu?

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When one has more than three Services in a context menu, what occurs is that they are automatically kept within a "Services" sub-menu. The user then must hover over this sub-menu before they may click on the desired Service title.

Is it possible to show all 4 Service titles in the context menu?


texts: Install Ghostscript on OS X 10.9 using DMG file

texts: I want to install Ghostscript on my OS X 10.9 using a valid DMG file, where can i find it?


texts: iPhone Storage Space Inaccuracy (No Storage Space)

texts: I have an 8GB iPhone 4s and it always says I have no space. However when I go into Settings > General > Usage It says that I have 1.3GB of free space. I only have 5 photos and 3 Apps downloaded on my iPhone. Why does it constantly say I have no space when it should?


texts: How to prevent an encrypted APFS volume from automatically mounting?

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I tried adding the following line to /etc/fstab, but it doesn't work:

UUID=FF9DBDC4-F77F-3F72-A6C2-26676F39B7CE none apfs rw,noauto

I confirmed that it does work with unencrypted APFS volumes.

For encrypted HFS+ volumes you have to add the password to the keychain, but this workaround doesn't seem to work with encrypted APFS.


texts: OSX Server guest within VirtualBox ... where do I get the ISO

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I'm trying to do things legit and purchased a copy of OSX Server to go along with my OSX install.  I am running a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion... so I'm OK from a hardware perspective.

Now I'm trying to install OSX onto virtual box (client or server) but can't locate a suitable ISO to boot from.  My MAC didn't come with one and want to use legitimate software (nothing hacky) to get it working.

Is hackboot required to make this work?  I'd like to limit the sources I get my software from.


texts: My wife's 16gb iP5 is not optimizing iCPL she is now out of space. What do I need to do to fix this? I've read that if I turn off iCPL on her phone and then delete all the pictures in her photos app including Recently deleted then restart her phone and turn iCPL again it will revert to optimizing again. Is this an acceptable method for fixing this what I consider to be a still in beta Apple app.                 Very disappointing.


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I am working on a small web app that runs on controlled iPad (i.e., both the hardware and content is in our office and never leaves).  I would like to hide the URL bar in this app.  I've placed the following tag at the top of each page:

<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />

Once "installed" to the iPad's home screen the first page looks as I expect it. However, the first click opens a new page in Mobile Safari and the URL bar returns.

Is there a way I can keep the fullscreen "web app" feel at all times?


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In Safari 14 for Mac, how can I view the contents of the cookies set by a given site? I know how to delete them, but I would like to see exactly what's in them.
I have tried loading the site with Safari's Developer Tools, but the "Cookies" section in the inspector didn't have anything.


texts: MacBook Pro GPU Diode over 100 degrees Celsius hot?

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I was playing Trine 2 yesterday and checked the inside temperatures with iStat Pro after playing. It showed the GPU Diode at being 107°C hot. Is that bad for the GPU Diode or other components inside the MacBook Pro?

I was using it at normal room temperature and the MacBook Pro was sitting on a wooden desk.

Right now the GPU Diode is at 6°C and the GPU itself is at 25°C, and all I'm doing is browsing with Safari.

I have the late 2011 17" MacBook Pro.


texts: How to get screenshot only external monitor?

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I there any way to screenshot only external monitor screen?

do shell script "screencapture -x " & shot_path


texts: Swap Batteries MacBook Pro & MacBook Unibody

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My MacBook's (late 2008, unibody, 13") battery has just become very bad. I also have a MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 15") which has a still-ok battery. Now, since I take my MacBook (the old one) everywhere I would like it to have a good battery life.

Can I swap the batteries of the two Macs? I saw that the battery of my old MacBook has 45Wh and the newer one has 77.5Wh, is that going to be a problem?


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Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,4

System Version: macOS 10.13.3 (17D102)

Microsoft. Word for Mac 2011

Version 14.7.7 (170905)

Latest Installed Update: 14.7.7

Here's the issue. I can see a quicklook for normal word files, but if I try to see them in notebook layout view, the image is blank. I have deleted a few different plist files, to no avail. Also, I restarted my computer and ran first aid on my disk utility. Furthermore, I tried to select get info and change the default program to preview. It refused to open, so that was no good.

This is a uniform problem, it doesn't work on any of my .docx as long as they are in notebook layout. I have audio recordings embedded in most of them FYI.

Also, just as a side note, the clipart doesn't work either.

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me fix this, I was thinking maybe there's a quicklook plugin?

Link to original thread: https://discussions.apple.com/message/33131142#33131142


texts: Can I transfer data from my MacBook Pro which has a broken screen, to another Apple Mac. The screen is black when I turn on the laptop.


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I asked a similar question on android.stackexchange.com and I'd like to see how the answer compares for iOS devices:

If my iPhone is stolen, can I remotely brick the thing, so resale value drops to zero?

For apps like Apple's Find My Phone, how feasible is it for a thief to remove the apps? The answer to this sort of motivates my asking the first question about bricking. The more possible it is to remove the remote tracking/data erasing apps, the higher incentive I might have to just brick the thing, cut my losses, and deprive the thief of any profit from his/her crime.


texts: Set iOS device into Kiosk mode and get the screen not to "sleep"

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I've got an iPad Mini 4 running iOS 12 in a in-wall dock that I want to leave locked to one app and always on. The wall dock provides power to the iPad.

To have the iPad locked to one app I put it into Kiosk Mode.

I have set the settings for auto-lock as per the screenshot below, but I can't seem to get it to stay constantly on i.e. not to go into sleep mode.

I've had this working fine on other iPads using the same spec wall docks in the past, but I can't get it to work the latest time I've tried to deploy this. I think its got something to do with iOS 12 as my previous installs have been running iOS 10 and 11, and because they are locked into Kiosk app mode the OS never gets updated. I have also tested on my personal iPad mini 4 (iOS12) by plugging it into the power, setting sleep settings as per the screenshot above, and putting the iPad in kiosk mode locked to one app, but after about 30 mins it locks / dims the screen, it does seem to "wake" again if I get an alert on that device, but it only lasts for another 30 or so minutes.

Any ideas how I can get this to work so that the iPad will be locked to one app and the screen will stay on constantly?

Ideally I don't want to do this, but if necessary I would be willing to lock the device down in some sort of enterprise management mode where I can have more control over the device instead of using the Kiosk mode "hack" approach above if it resolved the issue.

(People may say that iPads are not designed to be always on/always charged, but I've had a few installs like this running for 2+ years with no issues).