Monday, June 21, 2021

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Recent Questions - Ask Different

Time Machine don't update/add/delete any files after initial backup

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 11:49 PM PDT

my TM is configured since March 2020 and I thought everything works fince since last week where I wanted to restore a changed file and noticed that every backup is exactly the same like the one from November 2020. So I started investigating and it seems that TM don't get the info from the OS that files have changed because after the initial Backup where everthing is OK no files get updated/added/deleted.

Big Sur 11.4

To reproduce I did:

  1. Format a new external drive
  2. Run TM
  3. Add some files to /Users/me/*
  4. Wait for next TM backup

Things I already tried:

  • Create new Spotlight index
  • Delete .fsevents
  • Delete com.apple.timemachine.plist
  • Check excluded lists

TimeMachineMechanic Log:

  2021-06-21 08:39:02.195715+0200 Finished copying from volume "Macintosh HD - Daten"                 1 Total Items Added (l: Zero KB p: Zero KB)                22 Total Items Propagated (shallow) (l: Zero KB p: Zero KB)           2109418 Total Items Propagated (recursive) (l: 148,17 GB p: 127,92 GB)           2109419 Total Items in Backup (l: 148,17 GB p: 127,92 GB)                 1 Directories Copied (l: Zero KB p: Zero KB)                16 Directories Move Skipped (l: Zero KB p: Zero KB) | 2109412 items propagated (l: 148,17 GB p: 127,92 GB)                 6 Files Move Skipped (l: Zero KB p: Zero KB) | 6 items propagated (l: 1,8 MB p: 1,8 MB)  2021-06-21 08:39:06.280725+0200 Backup result: {      BackupStrategy = 2;      BlocksToCopy = 0;      BytesToCopy = 0;      FreeBytes = 126486085632;      PaddedBytesRequired = 439726198;      Percent = 0;      "_raw_Percent" = 0;      "_raw_totalBytes" = 1;      bytes = 0;      "com.apple.backupd.SnapshotTotalBytesCopied" = 0;      files = 1;      totalBytes = 1;      totalFiles = 2;  }    Analysis from 2021-06-21 07:40:00 +0200 to 2021-06-21 08:40:00 +0200 for 1 hours:  Backing up to WD (/dev/disk3s1,e): /Volumes/WD  Current free space on backup volumes:  ✅   /Volumes/WD = 873,24 GB  No auto backups started in the period, last backup completed successfully 0.9 minutes ago,  last manual backup started 1.1 minutes ago,  Created 2 new backups, and deleted 56 old backups,  Created 2 new snapshots, and deleted 1 old snapshots,  cancelled 1 backups.  Of 2 volume backups:      0 were full first backups,      0 were deep scans,      2 used FSEvents,      0 used snapshot diffs,      0 used consistency scans,      0 used cached events.    Big Sur backup results:  Backup result: {      BackupStrategy = 2;      BlocksToCopy = 0;      BytesToCopy = 0;      FreeBytes = 126097203200;      PaddedBytesRequired = 104857600;      Percent = 0;      "_raw_Percent" = 0;      "_raw_totalBytes" = 1;      bytes = 0;      "com.apple.backupd.SnapshotTotalBytesCopied" = 0;      files = 1;      totalBytes = 1;      totalFiles = 1;  }  Backup result: {      BackupStrategy = 2;      BlocksToCopy = 0;      BytesToCopy = 0;      FreeBytes = 126486085632;      PaddedBytesRequired = 439726198;      Percent = 0;      "_raw_Percent" = 0;      "_raw_totalBytes" = 1;      bytes = 0;      "com.apple.backupd.SnapshotTotalBytesCopied" = 0;      files = 1;      totalBytes = 1;      totalFiles = 2;  }  ✅ No error messages found.

For me it looks like TM doesn't get any info about the changes in the filesystem. For safety I already switched to SuperDuper! but I really would like to get TM running properly.

Maybe someone has an Idea to get this fixed without reinstalling the OS.

Thanks a lot, Kornel

How to disable Siri?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 10:20 PM PDT

I disabled it in Siri & Search settings and also in Youtube-specific Siri settings. However, the damn thing pops out every few sec when I'm watching Youtube in my headphones that also have a mic. I even muted the headphone mic, to no avail.

How do I get rid of Siri for good? Preferably uninstall it completely, but if that's not possible then at least completely disable it?

Remap Bluetooth audio control buttons in iOS

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 09:45 PM PDT

My car has Skip Back and Skip Forward controls on the steeling wheel, in addition to Volume controls. I use these to control playback in audio apps when connected to iPhone Bluetooth audio.

Annoyingly, my car doesn't have a Play / Pause button on the steering wheel or dashboard.

I rarely use Skip Forward but would use Play / Pause all the time. Can I change the button's behavior?

Is there any way to "remap" Bluetooth controls in iOS?

How do I automatically sort my files in Finder (hidden files included)

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 10:28 PM PDT

I want to sort all my directories automatically (not freely moving), similar to the / (Macintosh HD) directory, where when I turn on hidden files, all of them are automatically sorted by name.

So, like enter image description here

rather than enter image description here

Trying to click various places and insert text using sys event / keystroke, but keystroke doesnt happen when it should

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 06:40 PM PDT

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am trying to automate a small task in Safari using various clicks with delay, and inserting text using sys event keystroke, but for some reason the keystroke happens at a later time and the order doesnt make sense.

Here is a super cut version of what I'm trying to do:

tell application "System Events"  click at {2100,200}  end tell    delay 1    tell application "System Events"  keystroke "carrier ineligible"  end tell    delay 1    tell application "System Events"  click at {1800,200}  end tell

However it basically clicks the one place, then the other, and keystrokes in the wrong place as a result. I can only seem to get a single keystroke to work, so long as there is nothing happening afterward.

I want it to click A area, B area C area, enter text at C area, click D area, E area, F area, enter text at F area, click G area H area etc.

Even though the script is written as "click A area, enter text ar A area, click B area", it executes as "click A area, click B area, enter text on click B area"

But why does lack of order happen? Its like click events take priority no matter how the order its written.

P.S. I actually dont have direct access to AppleScript, I am using an app called TextExpander which has accessibility access and I can still create Apple Scripts, I just have to call it with a keyboard shortcut. This shouldnt affect the ability of AS at all. I am able to use sys events and all that. Its a work computer. I'm basically just trying to automate a small work task which comes up very very frequently. It would save me like an hour over the day.

iPhone SE 1st gen charges if plugged in before booting, otherwise does not

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 04:13 PM PDT

I have a first generation iPhone SE. I dropped it into sea water for maybe about 10 seconds yesterday.

It appears to work fine when there is power left in the battery. The issue is the charging. If I put in the cord and then restart it, or put in the cord while it is off and then it turn it on, the phone charges (possibly more slowly, but I'm not sure) basically as normal. But if I put in the cord while the phone is already on, it does not show the charging indicator (or if the cord was on from boot, taking it out stops the charging and putting it back in does not resume it).

What could be the issue? I assume it can't be purely hardware because of the relation to booting. Any suggestions on how to get it to charge without needing to boot it afresh each time?

How to resize several images in Pages efficiently?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 02:28 PM PDT

I have a document with illustrations that are 350px square. It's a kind of a catalogue with a picture, a title, and product description.

The images are all too large in my first layout. I would like to smallify all of them to 35px square using some action such as 'find and replace' rather than doing one at a time using the Format > Arrange found in the right-hand side bar.

Is there more production-oriented capability in Pages to do such things?

Why are my images distorted when view them in full view in Catalina?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 01:45 PM PDT

I hope you can help me with my images being distorted when looking at them full view in Catalina (27" Apple iMac EMC 2639)

See the two images below... the one on the left is a clear image of a puppy and then, as soon as I click on it to expanse, the image just becomes distorted as shown on the right

I even tried a different viewer app with same result

Distort

Macbook Pro 2015 Retina - 15-inch Screws not coming out

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 01:33 PM PDT

I was able to use a 1.2mm screwdriver to remove all the screws from the lower case of my Macbook. My intent to is to apply thermal paste, as the Macbook is easily over-heating even when just playing a short YouTube video. I used the same 1.2mm screwdriver to remove a lot of the other screws that are inside the Macbook, but there are just three screws close to the CPU (or I think it's the GPU) unit that are simply just not coming out with my screwdriver.

I've tried multiple rounds of twirling the screwdriver from different angles and even trying to manually pull out the screw, but to no avail.

Any input on how to get rid of these three rascal screws would be greatly appreciated, as I also have a 1/3 broken LCD screen, and even plugging in a monitor screen through HDMI creates substantial overheating.

Thanks.

Ubuntu Server VM on macOS and web servers

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 02:17 PM PDT

I use Parallels Desktop for my M1 Mac with Ubuntu Server ARM installed in the VM I made.

I installed apache2, Node.js and npm on this VM, and it works, only on my Mac (when visiting the private IP of the machine) and using curl on the VM.

I can't view it on my iPhone.

Image from my Mac:

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Image from the VM:

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Image from my iPhone

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How to delete all Stickies notes using AppleScript?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 01:15 PM PDT

How would I write an AppleScript that deletes all Stickies notes which are currently open?

Or perhaps, where are the files stored?

I tried using Automator, but it doesn't work very well to locate elements on a wide screen.

Now Playing does not show anything while music is playing on macos big sur

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 09:32 AM PDT

Now playing Icon and widget is not responding on my mac, sometimes it works but most of the time it does not show anything.

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as you can see on my desktop picture music is playing but no response from now playing widget and icon.

and also play button on my keyboard is not responsive. Does anyone know how to fix this?

How to disconnect the VPN connection through terminal

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 11:15 AM PDT

Finally I managed to set up a vpn connection via sstp, with that command:

sudo /usr/local/sbin/sstpc --log-stderr --cert-warn --user <USERNAME> --password <PASSWORD> <SERVER> usepeerdns require-mschap-v2 noauth noipdefault defaultroute refuse-eap noccp

But now I don't know how to disable vpn. Help.

Are emoji colors stored somewhere on MacOS?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 06:27 PM PDT

So I want to programmatically detect which color I used last for an emoji, e. g. if I used the 👌 emoji with the darkest skin tone (👌🏿) last, is there a place where that information is stored?

Copy music library from Big Sur to Windows10

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 06:40 PM PDT

Recently I had to copy my music library on Big Sur to Windows10. It seems iTunes on Win10 only supports the import of .itl and .xml so it doesn't go well:

  1. Big Sur uses a .musiclibrary instead of .itl, so I can't export/import the library via .itl file;
  2. I've exported .xml on Big Sur and imported it on Win10. iTunes on Win10 says "some songs in the playlist were not imported because they could not be found". Then nearly all songs got imported but all of them CAN'T be played, they all have a radio icon on the left.

And their "Kind" are Internet Audio Stream or MPEG Audio Stream instead of MPEG Audio File enter image description here

I can open WindowsExplorer and just double click the mp3 file to play any song on this drive using iTunes, so it's not the drive/file access problem.

And I've tried to rename the folder name to broke the link, but suprisingly I can still open the property window without seeing any warning

  1. I've tried to open home sharing on Big Sur and access it on Win10, but the amount of songs are 1000 less than in the .xml and the "Import" button is greyed out;
  2. iCloud? Any 3rd-party backup software that supports both Big Sur and Win10?

Just wonder if anyone can help me with this. Thanks in advance!

How can I recovery my unused space which I merged with Main APFS(Encrypted)

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 12:17 AM PDT

Please help! To increase the size of Main, I have merged the Main(Encrypted APFS) with another APFS partition. But now it is showing the previous size and I am not able to use the added space. [See the size of Drive and Partition]. Thanks

/dev/disk0 (internal): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme 121.3 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Rana 12.7 GB disk0s2 3: Apple_APFS Container disk1 12.7 GB disk0s3 4: Apple_APFS Container disk2 69.8 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +12.7 GB disk1 Physical Store disk0s3 1: APFS Volume Untitled 819.2 KB disk1s1

/dev/disk2 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +69.8 GB disk2 Physical Store disk0s4 1: APFS Volume Main 62.9 GB disk2s1 2: APFS Volume Preboot 43.4 MB disk2s2 3: APFS Volume Recovery 510.6 MB disk2s3 4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk2s4

Cannot access terminal in recovery mode on M1 Mac

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 09:48 AM PDT

I am trying to follow this tutorial to temporaily disable SIP on my new M1 MacBook Air.

Once I get into recovery mode, instead of seeing a Utilities menu where I can open the terminal, I see a message that says "There are no users on this volume to recover" (image here) and all I can do from here is restart the computer.

What do I need to do so that I'm prompted to enter my administrator password and access the terminal in recovery mode?

Sort by comment?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 08:10 PM PDT

I have started setting deadlines on a document by putting the date in the comments, using the YYYY-MM-DD format and then what type of deadline it is (I have to submit initial, interim, and discharge reports).

It would be helpful if I could sort by comments so it would be in order. Is there any simple way to do this? Currently it seems that the only sorting options are name, kind, date, size, and tag.

I'd be open to a third party app if there is a good one that adds this function to the finder.

iPhone disabled. Connect to iTunes. No backup

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 10:07 PM PDT

Kids were playing with my iPhone X and disabled it (entering wrong password multiple times, "iPhone disabled. Connect to iTunes" on screen).

I know the password, but there's no way to enter it. I don't have a backup, and I want to keep my data on the phone. (I know there's a reset option, which I'll use as the last resort)

This answer on iFixit from 2019 claims that if I update the phone from iTunes, it will allow me to enter the password in an hour.

Can anyone confirm if this works? I don't want to try it and make things worse.

UPDATE: Got off the phone with Apple support, they told me there's no way to get the data back without the backup. So I guess iTunes update referenced in the linked post no longer works that way.

UPDATE 2: Updated via iTunes, was not prompted to backup or to enter password in 1 hour. Phone still says "Connect to iTunes" after update. So I guess Apple support tech was right.

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Drivers not working on Windows 10 installed (CLI process) on external SSD running on Macbook

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 12:27 PM PDT

I have a problem with the installation of Windows 10 (November 2019) on my MacBook Air 2018. I tried to use a virtual machine the first time, but some drivers did not work (trackpad, audio and keyboard did not work). I used this tutorial on YouTube.

So, I decided to follow this guide (using the Windows CLI) carefully, step by step, at the part "Using a Flash Drive and the Windows CLI to Install Windows 10".

My problem is at this point in step 3:

DISKPART> list volume      Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info    ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------    Volume 0     W   BOOTCAMP     NTFS   Partition    249 GB  Healthy    Volume 1         Recovery     NTFS   Partition    800 MB  Healthy    Volume 2     S   EFI          FAT32  Partition    200 MB  Healthy    Hidden    Volume 3     C   WINSTALL     FAT32  Removable     29 GB  Healthy

Instead of volume WINSTALL, I see a D volume, in CD-ROM format (only 2 Gb). Without that volume, I can not continue with the installation, because the prompt does not find the image .ISO of windows contained in WINSTALL.

Before start, I followed this guide (answer #1) to prepare the SSD for the installation. I formatted the SSD in the ExFAT format and then I copied the contents of the Windows 10 .ISO image (that I've opened with the Finder) inside the SSD (I did not create any partitions with the macOS Disk Utility application). I want to specify that in the guide a 500 Gb SSD was used and my SSD is 250 GB in size.

This is the content of my SSD before starting the process of installation. enter image description here

And this is the error at the command

dism /Get-ImageInfo /ImageFile:C:\sources\install.wim

enter image description here

English translation: "Error 87, parameter not correct. The image management and maintenance log file is available in X:\windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log"

Thank you so much for your time. I am available for any questions.

How to show actual email address in iOS Mail app?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 11:36 AM PDT

iOS: 12.2

In the iOS Mail app, if the sender or recipient of an email has more than one email address associated with it, how can I tell which specific email address was used? For example, if I send myself an email from my personal account to my work account, since they're both associated to the same contact, I can't figure out how to tell who the recipient actually was. I have both Short Names and Prefer Nicknames turned off in the Contacts preference.

How to set multiple-author metadata for an item in iBooks?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 09:07 PM PDT

While I can edit books' author metadata in the list view, I can't seem to be finding a way to set multiple authors for a single title. Is there any way to do this, so that I can have, let's say, two separate author entities for a book?

defaults read ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/Books.plist  
...,  {        BKAllocatedSize = 131072;        BKDisplayName = "An Introduction To Software Architecture";        BKGeneratedItemId = 409BAEEB1FD9D2272D63E97BFB7CDEBD;        BKGenerationCount = 3;        BKInsertionDate = 558100869;        BKIsLocked = 0;        artistName = "David Garlan, Mary Shaw";        explicit = 0;        isPreview = 0;        itemName = "An Introduction To Software Architecture";        metadataMigrationVersion = 20140106;        modificationDate = "2000-11-13 17:55:48 +0000";        pageCount = 42;        path = "/Users/Sepehr/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/An Introduction To Software Architecture.pdf";        releaseDate = "2000-11-13 12:55:48 +0000";        sourcePath = "/Users/Sepehr/Books/An Introduction To Software Architecture.pdf";        updateDate = "2000-11-13 17:55:48 +0000";        versionNumber = 0;  },  ...

How can I get more than one author added in the metadata for an iBooks document?

How do I rename files sequentially in automator based on a variable?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 04:11 PM PDT

I'd like to rename some image files. Is there a way to have the service ask what number to start at?

enter image description here

Everything here is set up as I'd like it to be. Though, when I run the script, I would like the service to ask me for a variable and then input it into the "start numbers at" box.

Is there a way to do this? Thanks.

Open CSV File with Different Delimiter

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 07:08 PM PDT

I'm currently using the default Numbers application to open my CSVs. My current use case involves a file that I had to use a different type of separator (|). Is there any way to change the separator? Right now when I open the file it just puts the entire row in one column.

Set default mail client in OSX without adding an email account?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 11:38 PM PDT

I'm on OSX el Capitan (10.11.6).

I use Outlook to access my email and would like outlook to be the default mail application. All the instructions I find online suggest that I should open mail and choose "Mail -> Preferences" to set the default mail app. Unfortunately Preferences is greyed out until an account is added. I don't have another account that I want to add to my Mac.

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How can I set the default mail client to Outlook without adding an account to the mail client?

Way to determine most popular Homebrew packages?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 04:44 PM PDT

Is there a way to determine which Homebrew packages have been installed the most times, either in the recent past or all-time? It would make it easier to determine which formulae are the most useful, and to discover new software I may not have heard of. Currently, I just use homebrew when I find out "I need to install this" for some dependency.

How to Secure erase files in OS X without moving the files into trash?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 11:42 AM PDT

My Question is I want to erase a file in OS X Securely (like the function of "Secure Empty Trash") so that, the file cannot be recovered by using recovery tools. I don't want to empty the trash. It is possible to erase Files Securely in OS X without moving the file to Trash ?

iTunes Utility - Merging Libraries

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 04:44 PM PDT

I would like to merge three separate iTunes libraries. Here is more information:

  • Currently have 3 separate iTunes libraries on 2 laptops and and dekstop.
  • Want to merge all three onto the desktop (i.e. it has all content), while maintaining the other two laptop based libraries as-is.
  • I want to avoid getting a slew of duplicates within the merged library.
  • I am not concerned about maintaining the library (i.e. playlists, etc.) on desktop.
  • I am not concerned with maintaining perfect sync, so could repeat the necessary procedure periodically to remerge libraries.

I am ok with using the command line, Python or applescript if that's the way to go.
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