mardi 27 janvier 2015

can't see other mac workstation in Ethernet, ok in wifi


So, I upgraded router to latest dd-wrt firmware.


Now, for some reason, can't see my macdesktop from my macbook if connected to Ethernet. Macbook has DHCP, mac desktop has DHCP with manual IP.


I can see the desktop if I connect via Wifi, but not through Ethernet.


I've Released / Renewed DHCP a few times, rebooted, flushed dscache, power cycled router.





How do I sync my iPhone to my new Windows computer?


(My iPhone syncs fine with a bunch of other computers.)


iTunes won't run after installation.


I Download iTunes from http://ift.tt/LvhEkp


The installation goes without a glitch.


When I run it it says "Apple Application Support was not found. Apple Application Support is required to run iTuners. Please uninstall iTunes, then install iTunes again. Error 2 (Windows error 2)" (I get this message twice, with one minor variation. The advice does not help.)


I found articles on the net (http://ift.tt/1v2fiHj) which says to use WinRAR to unpack the installer and then install the components one by one.



Download and install WinRAR.
Right-click the iTunesSetup.exe icon and choose "Open with WinRAR".
Once the EXE is opened in WinRAR, double-click AppleApplicationSupport.msi and when the installer window is open choose "Repair".


iTunes now starts fine.


I connect my iPhone 4S. Nothing happens. It is not charging. iTunes does not discover it.


There is a message about "USB Hub Power exceeded." This happens regardless if I connect it directly or through any of my three (3) different externally powered USB hubs.


I had this before for USB Memory sticks as well, but re-installing drivers helped.


What do I do now?





Xcode/iOS Device Debugging


When debugging an iOS app, i.e. iOS 8.1/8.2, when the app crashes somewhere it seems to only crash at either the int main in the main.m or it crashes in the actual assy code side of things.


Even with trying to step backwards, it never seems to let me step back at all.


I've tried recreating the schemes. I've checked that symbols aren't being stripped and that no optimisations are being done by the compiler in build settings.


Specifically this seems to only apply to debugging on the device rather than the simulator (which I never use anyway).


How do I get it to crash out at the Obj-C or Swift line which caused the exception/whatever.


Thanks


Ade





which os x will be good for pentium 4 pc?


I have an old pentium 4(2.67GHz) pc with 1760MB RAM, 80GB Hard-disk. I was wondering if i can install something different than windows xp on that.





Two identical USB microphones at once -- is it possible?


I just got a pair of Blue Yeti USB microphones. Unfortunately, my Mac only wants to recognize whichever one was plugged in last. To be more specific, they both appear under USB in System Information, but only one in System Preferences and Audio MIDI Setup.


Is it possible to use both at once?





LOGIC PRO X file sharing between i7 mac mini and i7 macbook air


Anybody with knowledge of the i7 (or even the i5) 'air' performance with LOGIC PRO X?





When I reply-all on iPhone, how can I ensure it keeps folks on the To and cc lines?


I’m using the latest iPhone OS (I believe 6.0.2). When using an Exchange account, sometimes I get mail with multiple people on the “To:” line, and others on the “CC:” line. When I reply all in the mail app, it moves everyone by the sender to the “CC:” line.


For me, this is really annoying as I want to maintain the “To:” line and “CC:” line addresses. Is there an iPhone setting that will cause “Reply All” to respect a mail’s “To:” and “CC:” lines?





Customize Dictation to run AppleScript for Specific Monitor


I've enabled Dictation for command prompts via voice [got it from the OS shipped Chess application in Lion]. Decided to give it a go System Wide now in 2015 running Yosemite. I fancy it so far, certainly looks better and performs better as opposed to Lion (which should be the case) There are a few customizable options when you 'Enable Advanced Commands' like open file, run workflow, open application, paste text, paste data, & keyboard shortcut.


However, call me lazy but it's still something that matters to me, I frequent Netflix & Hulu and other websites at minimum 4 times a day. I would like to add a functional command that will automatically open a webpage correlating to that command. since open file is different than run file, i'm trying to autonomously open Safari + the name of the website in URL form with dictation? The good thing about this is it automatically makes whatever application you reference the front-most window. So coding should be minimal, and I really don't want to create a service for this [my services are growing, currently at +55 in total].


I am an Automator aficionado however, and well versed with it so I'm using the Dictation Command tool, but what i am not, is an AppleScript scholar. After reading through the applescript library for about 60 minutes i finally figured out how to open a new window of Safari, activate the application in case it was not open and launch the url:



tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "Safari"
make new document with properties {URL:"http://netflix.com"}
end tell


Additionally, I have 3 monitors. I always have movies, tv etc played on Number 2! I tried putting Safari in the monitor 2 screen with applescript but as an iOS developer, in good conscience am too embarrassed to share my code, it's sloppy . Can anyone lead me in the right direction? Or does anyone know a more simplified way around all of this? I really want this to work. I am in the military so our rooms aren't that big so my 2nd monitor (27") is my tv, so I have created an iPhone app for my needs only that strictly simulates the double fn press needed to activate Dictation so I can watch tv from my bed [don't have apple tv].




EDIT: My main goal is to be able to use voice activation to populate a Safari specific website using Dictation for a specific monitor. I don't want to sacrifice my 'Spaces' or 'Mission Control' settings as I have done a lot of work to make those beneficial to my workflow. I have 3 monitors, which are set up in succession (i.e, monitor 1 & 3 are right next to one another on my desk station, monitor 1 is left & 3 is right, monitor 2 is no where near 1 or 3 it is facing my bed see pic 1 for reference. However, they are set up in succession 1 goes to 2, 2 goes to 3. I have spaces set up where specific apps use monitor number 3 exclusively (Xcode) which doesn't make it as much of a hassle as it sounds, this is why i don't want to sacrifice my spaces settings because I use 2 as my dedicated "TV", this isn't that big of a deal though and can be changed, I don't even know why I do this, but it works so I haven't really bothered to try anything else)


PIC 1: pic1




miken32's suggestion works, but only to display it, not to minimize. Minimizing is important, because I will have to minimize the active Safari website, lets say Hulu, just to open Netflix because full-screen apps can't overlap. So I will inevitably do another voice activation or otherwise to minimize so I can transfer websites without blimps. Note: sometimes I don't want to close, sometimes I save my spot so minimizing is a good resource for me. This is what happens with miken32: it minimizes but I think it's trying to go back the origins we set in the script, but negatively as in (-). NOTE: I know the origins you see in the applescript of the movie don't reflect the absolute origin for my specific monitor, I changed the origins for testing, but for recording the movie I had to put it on that screen so I kept it as is just so you can see where it goes when you minimize. Other than that works great for the amount of code!. I'm glad you guys included the full screen option even when I didn't ask for it, that's absolutely what I had in mind but didn't want to disturb anyone trying to figure that out, my main goal was just getting it on the 2nd monitor.


http://ift.tt/1Cfy7cd




markhuntes answer works flawlessly, the amount of time it took to load on the first run was about 15 seconds, nothing to worry about, but definetly not optimal for every day use, however, subsequent runs were minimal (3-6 seconds max). What I do like about his suggestion is that it automatically finds the second monitor instead of me having to hard code it, which is great from a consumer point of view, the less I have to tamper with the better, this is a great feature for the future, say I change my set-up or I get a different sized monitor etc I don't have to re-code an absolute origin. There is a drawback as of now, I'm going to play around with it for a couple of days just to make sure its not conflicting with my other system preferences. It minimizes where it should which is great, it populates accurately but i've found if Safari is already the front-most application it (sometimes, more precisely, rarely, it populates in the same Space or (monitor 1) that Safari is already active. The reason I wanted it to show specifically in Monitor 2 is because of course I don't just use Safari in that monitor alone. Again, it could be my settings, I have a lot of hot corners and mission control keys and spaces preferences set up so I'm going to tinker with it just to make sure its not me and get back to you





Apple OS X Yosemite Email Viewing Preferences


Previous versions of OS X had a dropdown menu under Viewing in Mail Preferences that allowed you to choose the type of heading or no heading at all when viewing an email. The drop down menu is still there but now there is only one choice available: "headers". I can find no mention of this issue on any Apple forums. Maybe no one else uses it? Or am I the only one with this issue? Would appreciate any suggestions for a fix. I often save emails as PDFs and prefer not to have header info showing.





Macbook Pro.[Mid-2012] Sound isn't working


Suddenly, My MBP sound isn't working. I have tried couple of way to resolve the problem but nothing is working. Here is some of the screenshot:


sound


sound 2


No, input or output sound. I would like to know


1) How can I resolve this?

2) Can you suggest any software, that can route my sound in iPad/iPhone.


Update:


After running this command :



kextstat > ~/Desktop/kexts.txt


I got only this com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily But, didn't found com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC


Update - 2:


As Buscar suggested to check for AudioAUUC.kext file in my /System/Library/Extensions. Yes, I found AudioAUUC.kext file in that folder. As you can see in the image No indicates, it's not loading.


enter image description here


LOG UPDATED: http://ift.tt/1CirVio


New Log: http://ift.tt/1CirRPI


Update - 3:


As suggested to Resetting the PRAM didn't worked. I was able to update SMC and not EFI Firmware. It's showing an error:Software is not supported on my system. enter image description here


However, I also tried to load and unload Apple High Definition Audio (HDA)AppleHDA.kext. But, while loading this error are showing



1/24/15 8:29:57.000 PM kernel[0]: Sound assertion in AppleHDACodecGeneric at line 1280
1/24/15 8:29:57.000 PM kernel[0]: Sound assertion in AppleHDACodecGeneric at line 1580
1/24/15 8:29:57.000 PM kernel[0]: Sound assertion in AppleHDACodecGeneric at line 1073
1/24/15 8:29:57.000 PM kernel[0]: Sound assertion in AppleHDACodecGeneric at line 1073


Update - 4:


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As you can see com.apple.audio.sandboxhelper is missing.


update - 5:


I tried all the things, you said to do. But, still I can't hear any sound. I tried ioreg -i. But, i couldn't find anything called AudioAUUCDriver. You can check here


http://ift.tt/1JtTRlt


Update - 6:


Guys, I can hear sound through a application called PocketAudio. My microphone and speaker both are working!! I just want to know, is there any problem in my hardware or in OS? If I buy a wireless headphone, should it work?


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yosemite calender location sync with exchange


i used to be able to auto fill the location of my meetings using ical based off conference rooms in mountain lion. since upgrading to yosemite, it only auto fills stuff from web results.


does any one know how to get the location to auto fill with my exchange server's conference rooms?





Connect 2 monitors to Macbook Pro 2012


I own a 2012 Macbook Pro with Core i7, 1GB Nvidia Graphics, 8GB RAM and 1 TB HDD. I want to connect 2 external monitors to it using the thunderbolt port because thats the only port I have. It doesn't have HDMI or VGA port.


Right now I have one external monitor connected using thunderbolt to dvi adapter. I was wondering if its possible. I have another VGA monitor that I wish to connect. But I am not sure how to do so, there are some accessories available which are too expensive.


I came across this product which is a thunderbolt to HDMI/DVI/VGA (3 in 1) adapter. I was wondering if it would be able to support two monitors at once.


http://ift.tt/15MHIsD





Configure skype proxy setting?


I would like to use Skype's proxy setting on Mac however when i click on "Change":


enter image description here


This just takes me to SystemPreferences -> Wifi -> Advanced -> Proxies...


What am i supposed to do to setup a proxy for skype? I wish to do this because others can resolve and attack me with booters very easily thanks to Skype.


I would like a non-application needed method. Please do not post links to apps which attempt to route the connections on a per-app basis. This shouldn't be impossible to do without them...


Preferably, would like a proxy "just for skype". Not for the entire OS to use.


How can I configure the proxy to just be used by skype.





MacAIR failing to startup from disk


Running 10.9.most recent.


As of this evening my Mac will not start up normally from the internal drive. The Apple logo appears and the spinning disc as well, but nothing happens thereafter. I have waited as much as 20 minutes.


Starting up in Safe Mode also produces the Apple logo and a progress bar. When the bar is filled, it disappears and is replaced by the spinning disc.


I can start up from the recovery USB. So I have run the Disk Utility and performed a disk repair, which indicated that the all was OK.


I have also started up with D key to perform the hardware test. I omitted the memory test, but all other tests passed. Finally, I started up in Single-user mode several times to run fsck . It initially indicated "The volume ... was modified." but now reports "The volume ... appears to be OK." From Single User mode there is the option to exit it and to boot the system, so I have tried that, but it is stuck at what appears to be the step following hfs: Removed 0 orphaned / unlinked files and 109 directories.


I previously attempted to perform a normal start up (I.e. from off) after successfully running fsck in Single User mode.


I have reset the NVRAM.


Now I am at a loss for what to try next. If I must wipe and reinstall the OS, I would like to have tried everything else first.





OS X Server - Device enrollment returns 500 Error?


I'm currently working with OS X Server (Yosemite) to try and create profiles for certain devices. It appears that I have configured the server correctly, and I have assigned a domain to it. When I try to enroll an iOS device and click "Enroll", I get a 500 Internal Server Error. Same thing happens on the Mac.


Is this a common issue, or is there something I forgot to configure? Let me know if you need more details...thank you!





Desktop Mac OSX b10.9, MAIL PROGRAM


When I attach a document to my email, it can come out as an icon, or sometimes as a printed document. Can I control this?





Is it dangerous to interrupt the post-OS X update optimizing?


When I log in after every OS X update, I get a push notification saying that my computer is being optimized and that performance and battery life may be affected until it's complete. Is it dangerous to restart my computer again immediately after getting this notification? (I have to reboot in order to make my manual Continuity activation work.) And if so, how can I tell when the process is done?





where to type the password for printing over internet and can not install the driver on 10.10


My company has a network printer KONICA MINOLTA C353, I have added it on my Mac.


I know there is still a password needed to fill in, but I can't find where to input it.


What a bad luck is that I can install the latest driver on osx 10.10 (you can see the two disks are gray, you can install on it)



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Yosemite Can't start Xcode 6.1.1 with error -10699


Recently i upgrade to Yosemite,


but i can't start my Xcode, when i try to start it via terminal using



open -a xcode


i got error:



failed for the application Xcode.app with error -10699


Any ideas?





The first line on a TextEdit moves out of center alignment, and then when recentered it is not in alignment with the rest of the document


I am new to word processing, so this is probably something incredibly simple that I am overlooking. Knowing that, just compounds the frustration however of not being able to figure it out. Any help that you can give me, so that I don't pull out all of my hair, would be greatly appreciated.


Here is my problem. I have created a document in TextEdit and centered all of the lines, and then saved the doc. In this original document, the ruler above the page has two down arrows, one clear over to the left at the 0" point, and a second one clear over to the right at the 20" point. Additionally, at the 0" position is the "T" sign, which if I understand correctly, determines where the first line of text will begin. Those three symbols are in these same exact positions, no matter which horizontal line of text I place my cursor on. Besides those three symbols, the two down arrows and the "T", there are no additional special characters on the ruler, except for the inch numbers and the corresponding 1/8" marks.


Something that I found interesting is that when I centered the document, the center point of all of the text is at the 7" mark on the ruler, even though the ruler goes clear up to 20 inches. So, I'm curious as to why this is? However, the frustrating part is when I close the document and then at a later point reopen it and start to type on the first line again. The entire first line automatically moves from being centered, to being aligned at the left of the page. The remaining lines of text remain centered at the 7" centering point discussed above, whether I type new text onto those lines or not. The only line that is affected in this manner is the very first line. Additionally, whereas on the original document there were only the three symbols above the ruler, the reopened document has numerous left indent arrows on the ruler as well as the original two down arrows and the "T" symbol. If I then click the "Center Text" button on the document, while my cursor is still on this first line, it centers it on the 10" point and leaves the remaining document centered on the 7" point. Even if I align the rest of the lines of text to the left, along with the first line, and then try to center them all, the first line centers at the 10" mark, and the remaining lines of text once again center themselves at the 7" mark.


For my purposes, it doesn't matter to me whether all of the lines are centered on the 7" point of the page or the 10" position. I just need to have them all centered above one another. Again, any help on this is very much appreciated.


Thank you in advance!





What would happen if I force installed a Linux driver into Mac OS X?


So, recently I got a Mac system and I was planning to put in an Intel WiFi card (as an upgrade for its current card). Now, as we know, Apple and Intel do not get along WiFi-wise.


However, this same card works in Linux.


What would happen if I were to force the Intel drivers for the Linux kernel into Mac OS X? Would it work? Would there be severe instability or data loss? Is it even possible?





Scrolling through desktops


When I scroll from desktop to desktop to work, I will swipe my screen but then it doesn't do anything till a second later. Is there a way to fix this?





iPod Touch 5 vs iPhone 5s sound output (Line Out)


I bought an iPod Touch 5 two months back, I love the sound quality of the device. But after 1 month when my brother bought iPhone 5s, I checked the sound output of the device through the same earpods that came with my iPod. The difference in sound output was huge, I am not talking about the sound quality but the loudness.


I checked everywhere but there was no proper explanation why the difference in sound is so huge.


Is it because the two DACs r completely different or is it something to do with Output Source Impedance?





Enable bluetooth only when charging iphone 5s


I don't want to manually switch bluetooth on and off periodically.


Is there any way (including apps) that can enable bluetooth when the device is charging, but disable it when the charge cord is disconnected?





External 4K monitor shows wrong resolution


I bought a Philips 288P6 4k-monitor and plugged it to my Retina MacBook Pro 15".


For a few days it worked just great. When selecting Scaled instead of Best for Display, it gave me the retina style selection of More Space etc.


Now, today when I again hooked up the screen to my MacBook, the display showed an awful 1080p resolution. When I go the System Properties > Displays and select Scaled, only 1080p and bunch of lower resolutions are shown.


What's up with this and how can I fix it?





iMovie 09, setting all clips to 'fit' mode


I'm currently making an experiment that requires taking loads of pictures and then putting them into a video for analysis. However when I import them to iMovie 09, it gives the Ken Burns effect, which I don't like. I have to have the pictures in the 'fit' mode when cropping. I can change this feature manually for each picture but this takes a lot of time.


Is there a way in which I can set all the images to have the 'fit' mode? I appreciate your help.





iOS not reporting disk space correctly


My iPhone claims I have no disk space left on the device. This is simply not true. Rebooting the phone did not help. Is there anything else I can do?


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Is there a way to cancel or disable the minimize animation completely?


Is there a way to cancel or disable the minimize animation completely in Mac OSX?





IOS 8.1.3 - Return to Inbox After Deleting


After deleting an open e-mail, is there a way to return to the inbox by default instead of opening the next e-mail in the list?





No one ever receives my Game Center invites


I send Game Center invites but no one ever receives them. Friends also try to send me invites, but I've only gotten three of them. For some reason, most requests never make it to me and none of the ones I send are ever received. I'm using iOS 8.1.2 on an iPhone 6 Plus. I have gone through all of my settings and made sure I have invites allowed and my profile is public. I've made sure restrictions are turned off and notifications are turned on. I don't know what else to do. What could possibly be causing this problem?





Run a shell script on visual alert


I have "visual alerts" set on my Mac, so the screen flashes white whenever there's a system alert sound. Is there a way I can also run a shell script whenever this happens? I'd like an attached LED to also blink white, since I can see it better.





Ubuntu like expose for Mac


Is the an expose like system that acts like Ubuntu's but is for Mac?


Please refer me to a different site if this should be posted elsewhere.





Windows are slightly "transparent" in such a way I can see underlying windows show through slightly to the current window


I don't know how to explain it too well. Here are some places I see this happen: On the Minecraft main menu, I can see through to the desktop, While watching a youtube video (in full screen) I can see remnants of the previous page, etc.


How the heck do I fix this? It is really bugging me.





iPod Touch will charge from computer USb, but not from AC outlet


I have an iPod Touch. If I plug it into the AC outlet, with a AC/USB power adapter, the iPod will charge to about 20%, and then stop charging. However, if I plug it into a computer USB outlet (using the SAME USB cable), it will charge fully to 100%. Electricity is electricity, no matter where it comes from, so why wouldn't it charge from an AC outlet?





Auto Generating and Printing PDF Files From Markdown?


I'm looking for a way to automatically have my computer generate and print PDF files from a folder full of markdown files.


So, every morning at 5AM I'd want my computer look at my /markdown-files folder, create a bunch of PDFs to go into a /PDF-folder and also run the printer so the pages are waiting for me.


There are a couple of requirements that might make this a bit tricky:


1) The PDFs should have the file title at the top of each page


2) The lines should be double spaced at least.


I used to use WKPDF to accomplish this, but it no longer works on Yosemite.





Sort Contacts Marked As Company


I found an Applescript at apple's support site to sort any contact with the "Company" checkmark checked into a "Business" group:



property groupName : "Business"
tell application "Contacts"
if (name of groups as list) does not contain groupName then
make new group at end of groups with properties {name:groupName}
end if
repeat with singlePerson in people
if company of singlePerson is true then
if (people of group groupName as list) does not contain (singlePerson as list) then
make new person at end of group groupName with data singlePerson
end if
end if
end repeat
save
end tell


It fails on:



make new person at end of group groupName with data singlePerson


With error:



error "Contacts got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000


Does anyone know of a method to sort out all contacts checkmarked as "Company"?


For example I do NOT want anyone who has a company name but is an individual card:


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But I DO want companies with the Company box checkmarked:


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EarPods with Linux


Is it possible to catch volume buttons/pause signal, to be able to change volume when using Apple EarPods with Linux Ubuntu?





Caching HDD Files on an SSD


Given a system with a fast internal SSD, and a slower external HDD, is it possible to improve the HDD's performance using free space on the SSD without creating a Fusion Drive? In my case the external drive is always connected (the system needs the extra capacity).


Really I'm looking mostly to use a big chunk of space for read-caching, and maybe to buffer writes (provided the content doesn't stay there for long, and is safely written out before being unmounted).


Unfortunately the SSD isn't big enough to take the full contents of the HDD, and I'd like to avoid having to manually symlink folders, though I may do it for some temporary/cache folders where it won't matter if they're moved.





Cannot compress any file


I get a popup "The contents list can’t be created for compressing." every time when I try to compress a file.


And also thumbnail preview is not working.


I am sure if both issues are related but they both happened today.


I've tried repairing disk permissions, deleting finder plist, restart but none of this works.


I am running Yosemite 10.10.1


Any suggestion?





MacBook Air's battery doesn't charge, Service Battery state, but only 400 cycles


Yesterday everything was fine with the battery in my MacBook Air 13'' 2012 (2 years old). It was lasting for 4-5 hours like new. Today, all of a sudden, the battery has stopped charging at all (I have only 40% left). While the power cable is plugged in, its LED doesn't indicate any colour. I rebooted the system, no difference. In System Info I have:


Cycle Count: 409 Condition: Service Battery


I heard that the lifetime of the battery should be 1000 cycles. I didn't update any software recently.


Does it all mean that the battery is dead? Or maybe there is a way to conquer it? Thank you!





snow leopard with Yosemite host


I have an old app I need to run. how can i run SL as guest with Yosemite as host with mac air 2011 and vbox? I own SL retail and the mac air is apple, there shouldn't be any legal issues





can you change iMessage settings by contacts on iPad Air?


I would like to be able to get texts on my iPad running iOS 8.1.3 from some people (work contacts) and not others (Wife). Is this possible? or is it an accept all or none feature?





how do I create a signature on yosemite? preview does not offer that option


how do I create a signature on yosemite? preview does not offer that option as shown in the youtube of how to create a signature.





Trackpad Issues - Should I let them prevent me from upgrading to Yosemite?


My MacBook (Retina, Mid 2012) currently has issues with its trackpad based on water damage earlier in the year - from time to time, the mouse pointer flicks around uncontrollably (although at other times, it's fine). I know I can probably get it fixed, that's another long story outside the scope of this question - assume it's unfixable for now.


Currently I have 10.9 (Mavericks) installed. I use an external USB mouse on a day-to-day basis, with the "Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present" option ticked, which prevents the flicking mouse pointer behaviour.


I am considering upgrading to 10.10 (Yosemite), but I've been putting it off for sometime, because I'm concerned there may be a phase during the install where USB devices are disabled and/or my external mouse might be unavailable. As well as being unable to use the mouse, this might unintentionally mean that I "click" the mouse pointer and press something with a serious impact.


Are my fears founded? Are there phases of the upgrade where I can't use a USB mouse?





Getting random crashes on OSX 10.10.1 (and .2 dev release)


Getting random crashes of my MacPro on OSX 10.10 (both .1 and .2 dev release) Crashlog looks all the same except the process corresponding to the thread is changing totally at random.


Any ideas where to look?



Anonymous UUID: 63C45E00-FCF0-9615-C47E-A29E733AD22E

Tue Jan 27 09:36:41 2015

*** Panic Report ***
Machine-check capabilities: 0x0000000000001c09
family: 6 model: 44 stepping: 2 microcode: 15
signature: 0x206c2
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz
9 error-reporting banks
Processor 8: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0000400001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000070ed53200
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x364ee8b000096141
Processor 9: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0000400001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000070ed53200
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x364ee8b000096141
Processor 10: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0000400001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000070ed53200
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x364ee8b000096141
Processor 11: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0000400001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000070ed53200
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x364ee8b000096141
Processor 12: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0000400001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000070ed53200
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x364ee8b000096141
Processor 13: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0000400001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000070ed53200
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x364ee8b000096141
Processor 14: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0000400001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000070ed53200
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x364ee8b000096141
Processor 15: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0000400001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000070ed53200
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x364ee8b000096141
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801261ae0a): "Machine Check at 0x00007fff90793c96, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007fff5014aff8, CR3: 0x000000080ca620a9, CR4: 0x00000000000226e0\n" "RAX: 0x0000000000004208, RBX: 0x00000000ffffffb3, RCX: 0x00007fff5014acc8, RDX: 0x0000000000000001\n" "RSP: 0x00007fff5014aae0, RBP: 0x00007fff5014ab30, RSI: 0x00007fff5014aca8, RDI: 0x00007fff5014b068\n" "R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x00007fff907dcd70, R10: 0x000000010fb2c2db, R11: 0x0000000000000002\n" "R12: 0x00007fff5014bc40, R13: 0x00007fff5014b068, R14: 0x000000010fb2c2e1, R15: 0x000000000000004d\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000000246, RIP: 0x00007fff90793c96, CS: 0x000000000000002b, SS: 0x0000000000000023\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.10.72/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:168
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff83b4e63dd0 : 0xffffff801252fe41
0xffffff83b4e63e50 : 0xffffff801261ae0a
0xffffff83b4e63fb0 : 0xffffff8012636f2f

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: sshd

Mac OS version:
14C94b

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Sun Dec 28 21:20:58 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~3/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 6A4417F1-6C27-35D7-9BE6-2AA926EA2D54
Kernel slide: 0x0000000012200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8012400000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8012300000
System model name: MacPro5,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 11120390007273
last loaded kext at 2183798921028: com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 11.0 (addr 0xffffff7f94e47000, size 364544)
last unloaded kext at 310932422523: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f94dcf000, size 61440)
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 4.3.20
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 4.3.20
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 4.3.20
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 4.3.20
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.6.0
com.symantec.kext.ips 3.5f2
com.symantec.kext.ndcengine 1.0f2
com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity 5.2f2
com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 11.0
com.apple.nke.asp-tcp 8.0.0
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.11
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 1.3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.2f1
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.15.5
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 269.25
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 269.25
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.AMDRadeonX3000 1.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f1
com.apple.driver.Intel82574L 2.6.7b1
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.kext.AMD5000Controller 1.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.2
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0
com.apple.security.SecureRemotePassword 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 269.25
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 156.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 710.55
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d37
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 1.3.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.8.6
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard 176.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 176.2
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.3.2f1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.2f1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio 295.23
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 203.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.7.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 710.4.13
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 396
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.Libm 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread 1




Cannot clean-install OS Yosemite 10.10 "File system verify or repair failed"


MacBook Pro 13 Mid 2012 (Core i5 2500 Mhz/13.3"/1280x800/4096Mb) with SSD Samsung MZ-7KE512BW Had to replace hard drive, now have SSD. Been trying to install (any possible) operating system. Purchased USB with Yosemite, as internet recovery Mountain Lion was not installing. First attempt to install from USB - installing fine, was stuck on "1 second remaining" for a while, after this it got through and my machine restarted. Then, I got an error - "OS x could not be installed on your computer. file system verify or repair failed. quit the installer to restart your computer and try again." So I did this, checked my hard drive was ok, no errors came up when I verified it. went back to install. Similar progress bar and screen as the first install (ie, 12 minutes remaining), only now it's failing less than a minute in. Again get this File System Verify or Repair Failed error. See log below (Starting with Macintosh HD: Missing coreservices) enter image description here





Urxvt on homebrew ignoring certain .Xdefaults and .Xresources settings


I have a .Xdefaults and a .Xresources that I use on my Linux setups that I want to also use on my OSX setup. However, the Urxvt I installed on homebrew is not picking up certain settings from both .Xresources and .Xdefaults. It's ignoring all of .Xresources, and is ignoring the color12 setting (changing the very dark terminal blue color to a lighter blue).


.Xdefaults



URxvt*saveLines: 12000

URxvt*foreground: White
URxvt*background: Black

Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.antialias: true
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.hinting: true
Xft.hintstyle: hintfull

URxvt.font:xft:Monospace:pixelsize=13
URxvt.boldfont:xft:Monospace-Bold:pixelsize=13

URxvt*color12: RoyalBlue


.Xresources



URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher
URxvt.url-launcher: /usr/bin/firefox
URxvt.matcher.button: 1
URxvt.colorUL: #4682B4


Does anyone know what the problem is?





iMac Getting Hot in TDM as second monitor


I am running my old iMac as a second monitor for my new iMac. Everything works fine but the old iMac is running hot, the fans are running all the time and it is hot.


I first put the iMac to sleep and then plug in the cable to go into TDM, so you would think the imac would just continue sleeping.


Anybody have any ideas on how to make the TDM iMac just sleep and stay cool?


I just don't like the idea of it pulling much power when it is not necessary.


Thanks a bunch.





Finder "Show Icon Preview" for certain filetypes?


In OSX (Yosemite) I've figured out how to switch between showing a file as an icon or as a preview in Finder. I can go to Finder > View > Show View Options and then toggle the Show icon preview checkbox.


What I'm wondering is if there is some way to show the preview for certain file types but not for others. Basically, I want to see the preview if it is an image file, but just see the file type icon for everything else (.doc(x), .pdf, .txt, etc.).


Is there a way to do this, or is it strictly one way or the other?





Customize Dictation to run AppleScript for Specific Monitor


I've enabled Dictation for command prompts via voice [got it from the OS shipped Chess application in Lion]. Decided to give it a go System Wide now in 2015 running Yosemite. I fancy it so far, certainly looks better and performs better as opposed to Lion (which should be the case) There are a few customizable options when you 'Enable Advanced Commands' like open file, run workflow, open application, paste text, paste data, & keyboard shortcut.


However, call me lazy but it's still something that matters to me, I frequent Netflix & Hulu and other websites at minimum 4 times a day. I would like to add a functional command that will automatically open a webpage correlating to that command. since open file is different than run file, i'm trying to autonomously open Safari + the name of the website in URL form with dictation? The good thing about this is it automatically makes whatever application you reference the front-most window. So coding should be minimal, and I really don't want to create a service for this [my services are growing, currently at +55 in total].


I am an Automator aficionado however, and well versed with it so I'm using the Dictation Command tool, but what i am not, is an AppleScript scholar. After reading through the applescript library for about 60 minutes i finally figured out how to open a new window of Safari, activate the application in case it was not open and launch the url:



tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "Safari"
make new document with properties {URL:"http://netflix.com"}
end tell


Additionally, I have 3 monitors. I always have movies, tv etc played on Number 2! I tried putting Safari in the monitor 2 screen with applescript but as an iOS developer, in good conscience am too embarrassed to share my code, it's sloppy . Can anyone lead me in the right direction? Or does anyone know a more simplified way around all of this? I really want this to work. I am in the military so our rooms aren't that big so my 2nd monitor (27") is my tv, so I have created an iPhone app for my needs only that strictly simulates the double fn press needed to activate Dictation so I can watch tv from my bed [don't have apple tv].





Dock throwing NSInvalidArgumentException trying to start


Yesterday I noticed that I could no longer + TAB, minimize/maximize windows and that the Dock was missing. I've tried numerous things to resolve it:



  • rebooting

  • reseting PRM

  • killing Dock with killall -KILL Dock


That last one should restart the process, but it didn't appear to initially:



$ killall -KILL Dock
No matching processes belonging to you were found
$ ps -ef|grep -i Dock
501 2145 826 0 7:50AM ttys000 0:00.00 grep -i Dock


I opened up the Activity Monitor and noticed that it was repeatedly trying to restart the process:



When I tried to restart it manually I noticed that a NSInvalidArgumentException was being thrown:



$ /System/Library/CoreServices/http://ift.tt/15PiIBU
2015-01-27 07:30:34.441 Dock[1126:38505] -[__NSCFNumber stringByExpandingTildeInPath]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x537
2015-01-27 07:30:34.442 Dock[1126:38505] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFNumber stringByExpandingTildeInPath]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x537'
*** First throw call stack:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8d6ec64c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff819096de objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8d6ef6bd -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205
3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8d636a84 ___forwarding___ + 1028
4 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8d6365f8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
5 Dock 0x000000010907feca Dock + 61130
6 Dock 0x000000010907fd75 Dock + 60789
7 Dock 0x000000010907f780 Dock + 59264
8 Dock 0x000000010907cc70 Dock + 48240
9 Dock 0x000000010907be54 Dock + 44628
10 Dock 0x000000010907696c Dock + 22892
11 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff837e95c9 start + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
Abort trap: 6


Can anyone offer any suggestions? I miss my dock and my keyboard shortcuts...


Cheers, Lee





Yosemite Time Machine not backing up (existing and new backups)


I am having an issue with Time Machine. Since upgrading to Yosemite Time Machine has not been working. I have seen this seems to be a common issue but have not seen reference to my specific case.


I noticed my backup drive (formatted on Yosemite for backups) was not backing up content (although it said it was). I tried formatting the drive and setting it up as a backup drive again but to no avail.


When I run the backup I get the following message for about 5 seconds, Backing up Zero KB of 1.85 TB, and then it disappears saying finishing backup. Obviously the data is not being backed up for some reason.


I have:



  • Verified the disk (OK)

  • Repaired the disk (OK)

  • Formatted the disk (OK)

  • Re setup time machine (OK)


I am running:



  • Yosemite

  • Server 4.0

  • SmbUp

  • External Drive with work content (to be backed up)

  • Backups are set for only the external (other drives are excluded)





What is the differences between Dreamweaver_14_LS20.dmg and Dreamweaver_13_LS20.dmg?


I find that there are two versions of Dreamweaver CC for Mac OSX, one is Dreamweaver_14_LS20 and another is Dreamweaver_13_LS20. Can anyone tell me what is the exactly differences between these two versions.


By the way, Where can I download the full installer of Adobe Software on the official web? I only find the CreativeCloudInstall which will download the others later.





How can I unlock the country lock in my iPhone 4S?


My brother has a iphone 4 when he bought it it had country lock it takes about $50 to unlock now I have a 4S and it is country locked, what can I do to unlock it?





Manually Sync iCloud Drive on OS X 10.10 Yosemite


Is it possible to manually update the iCloud Drive folder on OS X?


Sometimes the folder does not update for ~10-20 minutes after establishing a good internet connection, so I'm hoping that there is a keyboard shortcut or menu action to refresh the iCloud Drive folder and download any documents made on another computer.


Google has so far proven itself useless. Thanks!





Edit the descriptive name of an email address displayed in Mail


When entering an email address into the To: field of Mail, usually the full name of the recipient is displayed instead of the actual address. When entering my own address, however, I get the following:


Weird descriptive text


Any idea how I can make it display may actual name instead of my beloved holiday destination?





Unable to Open /var/db/BootCaches/PreheatedUser/Merged.playlist


Running Mavericks and Disc Utility and fsck report no errors.


Safe Boot reports Unable to open /var/db/BootCaches/PreheatedUser/Merged.playlist.


Found a tutorial (or three) recommending to enter Single User mode to:



fsck -fy
mount -uw /
rm -rf /etc/launchd.conf
reboot


However /etc/launchd.conf doesn't appear to exist.


Additionally I'm starting Safe Boot in verbose mode ( + + v while starting) it says it's logging to /dev/console but I'm not sure how to access the data say by having it written to a file I could later read or pipe to mail or printer.


At the moment the computer, even in Safe Boot, gets stuck somewhere between loading the desktop image, status bar at the top and showing the apps at the bottom of the screen.





Can't Clear "Form and Search History" in Firefox


I am attempting to clear the "form & search history" in Firefox, and the box is completely grayed out and will not allow me access.


enter image description here


Any thoughts or suggestions about how to fix this?





Configuring mobile home directories on Yosemite OS X Server


I have Open Directory configured on a brand new OS X machine with Server.app set up on it. I'm trying to configure the mobile account setup on the server, to allow users to sync their home directories up to the server volume (for backup / recovery purposes). I cannot seem to get this to behave correctly, and the documentation from Apple on this is thin at-best.


My objective is to have users login to their laptops using their Open Directory account, and have the computer create a "mobile account" on the local machine that can be kept in sync with the server. I can get an account to login successfully using the OD account, but it seems to ignore the settings I have configured within Profile Manager (the "policies" for the users).


Does anyone know how to get this working? Is there a good resource for how to set up?





where to type the password for printing over internet


My company has a network printer KONICA MINOLTA C353, I can added it on my mac


I know there is still a password need to fill in, But I can't find where to input it.






How do I prevent my Mac from switching Wifi connections when at home?


I have a MacBook Pro, running Mac 10.9.5. I connect wirelessly to the Internet through my home Cisco LinkSys E900 router, which sits just 10 feet away from my computer. However, frequently when I leave my computer inactive for a period of time and then return after waking it from hibernation, my Internet is connect to an xfiniti Wifi hotspot, without my having done anything. How do I configure my Mac so that it will ignore the xfiniti Wifi hot spot and remain connected to my home network?





Export iTunes library information


How to export information about my library (eg all artists, albums and tracks) to the any readable format like csv, xml, xls, etc?


The aim I'm trying to achieve is to keep information about my library content in a text-like format.





Fortran incorrect checksum for freed object


I am running a fortran code I wrote myself. The code works fine : each functions execute properly and does what I expect.


To simplify I have construct large complex matrices to solve a linear problem


M*X = B and I solve for X The problem is well defined. I change some parameters in M so I recompute M several times. But as I do so I get this error


malloc: * error for object 0x7f8f3be007e8: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed. * set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug


This happens after a random number of execution (sometimes after 3 steps, sometimes after 5,...)


I found exactly where it happens.


In my function function generateM(n,some parameters) result(theMatrix) ! create the matrix here ! n is the size of the matrix and i have some other parameters integer, intent(in) :: n intent(in) :: some parameters complex*16, dimension(n,n) :: theMatrix theMatrix = something end function generateM the matrix is properly constructed but apparently is freed before the program exit... I can even print it to the screen!! (I have a function printMat) This proves that the function properly finish its duty but yet an issue happens when the result is returned...


Anybody knows why?


Is there a memory overflow? Is not the memory freed after each function call such that all the parameters I generate are freed?


Thanks


Remi





iMessage stopped working after yosemite update


iMessage stopped working after I updated my Mac to Yosemite. I am unable to send message to anyone in my contact, including people with whom I had talked earlier. Even the Apple support is not able to help. Has anyone else faced a similar issue ? Any solution to this problem ? Thanks.





Photo Booth problem


I've had this problem ever since I upgraded from Mavericks, when I open Photo Booth, it's frozen and I have to wait for like 50 seconds for it to unfreeze. A few months ago, it used to be like 20 seconds but it seems like the waiting time gets higher all the time.


Im using a Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch Early 2013. Latest OS X Yosemite.





Mac Mini VPN Connection Hangs On Username/Password Then Fails - Logs Provided


I am having a difficult time establishing an outside connection to my home server. I have a Mac Mini server attached to a time capsule which has control of my DNS, Port forwarding, network, etc. Also, I do not have a router with any extra capabilities for airport utility to try and manage I have a SB5101 SURFboard cable modem which directly leads to the input of my Time Capsule, then a wired connection leading to the server.


I am not fully sure which type of authentication or encryption to use so I have been trying them all out. It has been suggested to me that PPTP is no longer a good idea for security but that it's probably the easiest to test out this connection problem since it can go the lowest with encryption and generally gets through without as much trouble. PPTP does not connect. I have setup an L2TP shared key on my server and I can see in my logs that it is validating and accepting it, however this also does not connect.


Typically the whole thing gets past all the steps up until the username/password verification and then it fails with either an error 629 or 619 saying the remote connection failed, refused by host or that the user/pass is not recognized, or the authentication type is not allowed.


Here are the logs in my server system.log that are in reference to the VPN processes on L2TP:



  • IPSec Phase 2 started (Initiated by peer).

  • IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 1).

  • >>>>> phase change status = Phase 2 started

  • IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 2).

  • IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 3).

  • IKEv1 Phase 2 Responder: success. (Responder, Quick-Mode).

  • IPSec Phase 2 established (Initiated by peer).

  • Invalid pfkey proto: 0

  • >>>>> phase change status = Phase 2 established

  • IKE Packet: receive success. (Information message).

  • IPSec Phase 2 started (Initiated by peer).

  • IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 1).

  • >>>>> phase change status = Phase 2 started

  • IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 2).

  • IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Quick-Mode message 3).

  • IKEv1 Phase 2 Responder: success. (Responder, Quick-Mode).

  • IPSec Phase 2 established (Initiated by peer).

  • IKE Packet: receive success. (Information message).

  • Invalid pfkey proto: 0


...And this continues until...


[same IP addresses are censored with X's]



  • sshd[16459]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for customer-XXX-XX-XXX-XX.whatever.com.mx [187.210.18.197] failed - POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT!

  • sshd[16459]: Invalid user xbian from XXX-XX-XXX-XX

  • sshd[16459]: input_userauth_request: invalid user xbian [preauth]


  • sshd[16459]: Connection closed by XXX-XX-XXX-XX [preauth]




  • apsd[55]: Failed entitlement check 'com.apple.private.aps-connection-initiate' for ManagedClientAgent[16448]




  • apsd[55]: Peer connection [pid=XXXXX] lacks APSConnectionInitiateEntitlement




  • sshd[16348]: error: PAM: authentication error for root from (Different IP - I wrote this) XXX-XXX-XXX-XX via (LAN address of my server - I wrote this) 10.0.XX.XXX




If the error isn't here then I don't know where to look.





External 4K monitor shows wrong resolution


I bought a Philips 288P6 4k-monitor and plugged it to my Retina MacBook Pro 15".


For a few days it worked just great. When selecting Scaled instead of Best for Display, it gave me the retina style selection of More Space etc.


Now, today when I again hooked up the screen to my MacBook, the display showed an awful 1080p resolution. When I go the System Properties > Displays and select Scaled, only 1080p and bunch of lower resolutions are shown.


What's up with this and how can I fix it?





I can't link my imessage with mac


I'm trying to link my iMessage to my Mac, but iMessage doesn't show up in my Preferences. My phone is broken so I'm unable to link them using my phone.





Is there anyway to increase font of "look-up" feature in Mac OS?


I am using the lookup feature a lot but the fonts are a bit small. Can I increase them?





Receive iMessage on my lowtech phone


I use iMessage on my mac so now many of my friend and coworker uses it like if it was SMS.


I would like to know if there is a way to redirect my iMessage on my generic mobile device (not apple)?





Preview pdf markup on iPad?


I've always loved the functionality Preview.app provides for marking up PDFs. Using Dropbox allows me to easily see these changes across my mac's, but I'm stumped as to how to not only see, but continue to markup PDFs when I'm using my iPad.


Is there a native app or setting I'm missing? I've tried using iBooks, but I cannot annotate there on a pdf like I can an ePub. If there isn't a way to do this out of the box, does anyone have a favorite third party solution?