Sunday, November 28, 2021

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Recent Questions - Ask Different

How to retrieve shared iCloud Link

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 12:05 PM PST

iOS offers to share pictures via iCloud Link. I hand-picked 15 photos and shared them with another iPhone user via iMessage. Now I'd like to share these 15 photos further with an Android user.

How can I retrieve the previously created iCloud Link? In the Messages app, when I long-press and choose Copy, it only copies the selected picture. I'm looking for a way how to copy the iCloud Link to be able to further share all 15 pics.

Is this possible? Or do I have to hand-pick those 15 pics again?

Is it possible to recover data from nvme hdd? [closed]

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 11:24 AM PST

The NVME hdd from my macbook pro stops working 1 or 2 minutes after booting freezing everything. Is there a way to make it work for more time and transfer the data I want? Like, is there some sort of workaround/ thanks

How to hide all toolbars in Excel?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 11:52 AM PST

I have disabled the Formula Bar and the Ribbon :

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But Excel still shows a bunch of tools at the top:

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I want to de-clutter / simplify the view to only the data and the Menu itself . How can that be done?

Is it possible to disable all links in received text messages?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 10:17 AM PST

My elderly mother got phished. Luckily, I got to the message before she did. The message just said

Sur La Table blah blah blah link.

I would like that to just be:

Sur La Table blah blah blah example.com

What I'd like is for that link to just be text, no link. That way it would be difficult for her to accidentally or impulsively tap on it. Is there any way to do this?

Trying to get a new build validated I get the error message "App Store connect operation error Unable to process app at this time due to general error [closed]

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 08:56 AM PST

I get this error message after sucessful execution of several pre steps in the end again and again (paying data and contract status were checked).

MBP no audio at all

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 07:52 AM PST

My MBP internal audio suddenly started making a really unexpected static noise and then silenced, the audio stopped working, the headphone port also does not work. If I shutdown this computer for a while the audio seems to work again (for a while then the noise repeats and audio shuts down). The OS doesn't recognise any audio outputs, i.e. the icon at the taskbar is grayed out. If I plug an HDMI on and audio capable device (receiver, monitor) it works with video only, the audio over HDMI option isn't presented and does not work. Bluetooth audio works. I haven't tried hooking a USB "sound card" yet.

I'm surprised HDMI audio did not work, perhaps it shares the same hardware controller? Could this be a software bug?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)  2,2 GHz Intel Core i7  16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3  Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB    macOS 10.14.6 (18G9323)

Security of Parallels or Wine [closed]

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 08:26 AM PST

I want to run an .exe file on macOS. I read about using Parallels or wine but I am concerned about the security as I am going to enter personal data into the application. So how exactly does Parallels or Wine use the data I enter to translate it to windows logic?

Battery not charging

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 06:12 AM PST

I think I went through all "battery is not charging" posts already.

  1. SMC Reset: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201295
  2. Battery Health does not have a button "Manage Battery Longevity" https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211094
  3. There is not "charge to full now" when clicking on the battery icon
  4. I tried unplug/replug, reboot, searched all settings

and yet:

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None of the above worked. Do you have any other idea?

MacBook Air 2020 change screen brightness limit in macOS

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 04:14 AM PST

As several tests pointed out, the display of the MacBook Air 2020 (13.3") can deliver more than the official 400 nits of brightness with a non-Apple OS. The MPA display seems to be identical to the display the MacBook Pro 2020 (13.3") is using, which has an official maximum brightness level of 500 nits.

So it's clear that there is just an artificial max brightness limit on OS level for the MBA to further justify the higher price of the MBP. Now we just have to find the place where this limit is stored in the OS and how to adapt it. Did anyone look into that? This github project found out several undocumented settings already, but it doesn't seem to be able to change the upper limit.

What is the technical explanation for why Archive Utility can break certain apps, while other unarchivers won't?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 08:48 AM PST

I just experienced this issue described in this answer.

I had downloaded a zip file containing a macOS app, and first unzipped it with Archive Utility, when trying to open the app, I got the error that it "could not be opened" (with no further clarification) just like in the Q&A linked to above.

However, when I used Keka (third party archive software) to unzip, the app worked just fine.

What is the technical explanation for this? Aren't zips and other archives supposed to come out literally the same, byte for byte? How can one unarchiver break the app, but not the other?

I use Catalina on an Intel Mac.

5.1 audio from MBP USB-C to HDMI

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 12:34 PM PST

I am struggling to get surround sound from my 2020 MacBook Pro (Intel version).

I also have a 2015 MBP that has an HDMI port which I connect to my Denon AVR and it gives me glorious Dolby/DTS 5.1 whilst passing the visuals to my TV. So I know my media is fine.

My 2020 MBP only has USB-C ports. So I first tried with this USB hub that has an HDMI port. My AVR only sees 2 channel audio and the Midi app in MacOS only shows 2 channels being available.

I have also tried this USB-C to HDMI cable and get exactly the same results.

The manufacturer of the 2nd cable couldn't get it working either and issued a full refund.

So how can I get HDMI surround sound from my 2020 MBP?

I've read it could be an issue with how the USB-C signal is being converted and maybe using DisplayPort as the middle man, but is this a quirk of the MBP or the adapters?

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Bootcamp control panel causes BSOD in early 2011 MacbookPro with Windows 11

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 05:49 AM PST

Each time I open the Boot Camp control panel, I get a BSOD. I want to open it in the first place to set the function keys to change the brightness, volume etc. I am not sure if I'm doing something wrong or missing something. Could someone help me with:

  1. Enabling the function keys to control brightness, volume etc. in Win 11 and
  2. Resolving the BSOD issue that comes up when Bootcamp.exe is opened.

Here is the procedure I followed to install Win 11:

  1. I installed Windows 11 Home (version 21H2, OS build 22000.348) on my early 2011 MacbookPro8,1 having High Sierra. First I converted the drive to GPT/MBR hybrid format by following the steps given under 'Method 2' in the answer to the question at How to convert a drive from the GPT format to the hybrid GPT/MBR format when using High Sierra (macOS 10.13.2).
  2. Then, I followed the steps given in the answer to the question at How to install Windows 10 into a 2011 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, an optical (DVD) drive or third party tools? to install Win 11. I added registry entries to bypass TPM check, RAM check and SecureBootCheck before starting the installation. Win 11 is installed in the partition disk0s4.
  3. I have disabled Boot Camp from windows startup as the BSOD was coming up a short while after the system booted up. If I double click Bootcamp.exe under Program files, I get a BSOD.
  4. I had used the Boot Camp Assistant on my Mac to download the Window Support Software. I clicked on the "Action" pulldown on the Boot Camp Assistant menu bar to download it.
  5. Before starting the whole process, I had partitioned the harddisk into three - one had macOS, a second one for Win 11 and a third one that's empty right now.

I have been working on Win 11 full time for a week now without any other issues. It would be wonderful if the function keys also work as in macOS.

How to make 6000 iPad photos editable

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 07:17 AM PST

History - many years of Apple devices - MacBooks, iPhones, iPads. Result= 8000+ photos viewable on iPad but 6000 of them won't sync with Photo or iMazing. Workaround is for each photo to try to edit then say yes to "Duplicate and Edit" (and then edit a bit so it will save it) but I can't do this with 6000+ - its impractical.

I need a better fix. I want them ALL to be editable and thus seen by iTunes/Photos.

Since I can't see the files with any device but the iPad what can I do ?

This must have happened to others too. The devices/Libraries from which they originally came are no longer in service so going back there is not a solution. I don't want to delete them, just "free them" from association with a device.

Disk Utility deletes my Windows EFI partition

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 12:50 PM PST

I am trying to multiboot Windows, Linux and macOS Catalina all installed on the same drive. I can get it working quite easily if macOS is the first OS on the drive.

However I have problems if my drive partition layout is like this:

  1. Windows EFI
  2. Windows OS
  3. Linux Root
  4. Linux Home
  5. macOS EFI
  6. macOS
  7. exFAT share partition

I read that it is safer to format an exFAT partition from macOS disk Utility if that partition is to be used to share data between macOS and other OSs.

So I repartitioned the "share partition" in macOS disk utility to format it again as exFAT. But when I did this my Windows EFI partition was deleted and I can no longer boot in to Windows or Linux.

I know how to rebuild the Win 10 boot files and Grub bootloader config and I also know what I am doing is not good practice.

I am only asking what is going on such that a simply change to a drive partiton in Disk Utility causes the Windows EFI partition to become deleted? This didn't happen on my other multiboot set up when the macOS EFI partition is the first partition on the drive followed my macOS then Windows EFI/WindowsOS/LinuxOS.

From testing the same thing happens when I use disk utility to clone a macOS installation into a container on a drive that already has Windows on it... the Windows EFI gets nuked.

Cheers,

Flex

How can I delete the files in /System/Volumes/VM?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 04:36 AM PST

Just as an experiment/exercise, I tried deleting the swap files in /System/Volumes/VM but no matter what I did, it was prevented.

  • sudo rm - operation not permitted
  • sudo xattr - didn't return anything
  • launching Finder as root - some error message

I probably tried a couple of other things too, to no avail.

I don't care if this causes the computer to crash, I am doing it because I curios - so what does it take to delete the swapfiles (besides, they probably won't disappear anyway because they are still kept open by the system and won't go away until that filehandle is released)?

Virtualbox - Kernel driver installed

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 04:16 AM PST

I'm running VirtualBox 6.1. After the upgrade to macOS Monterey, my VM's fail to start up with the error message

Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

I tried reinstalling VirtualBox and, while that worked at the moment, the problem began again when I turned on my computer the next day.

Based on similar questions on this site, I checked System Preferences -> Security & Privacy. However, there's no pending request from Oracle.

Is there an open source alternative to diskutil available for macOS?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 09:00 AM PST

Is there an open source alternative to diskutil available for macOS? I am hoping to find a command line program that perform the same core functions like:

  • verify disk or volume

  • repair disk or volume

  • mount disk or volume

  • partitioning disk etc.

  • obtain info on a disk

  • obtain activity on a disk

And maybe can perform more functions than the above. And which can be compiled to run on macOS.

Reason for this: I am trying to learn the internals of such disk functions. diskutil is not open source unfortunately. I just need something similar, I do not need support for HFS or APFS if this is a problem. Also, I have tried tracing back to the BSD's diskutil version on which macOS diskutil is based, but I cannot seem to find a way to simply obtain the binary for diskutil and the source code, it seems to be lumped together with the entire kernel's code on (https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/).

I do not have enough experience/knowledge to navigate the source tree.

Any suggestion will be really appreciated.

unzip archive with filenames containing umlaut

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 07:04 AM PST

I got a zip archive containing files some of which with a name containing German umlaute, such as ö. The unzip command on a terminal fails to create such files, complaining about an illegal byte sequence.

How can I fix that issue?

How to include the DOMAIN\ in the name autofilled field when connecting to a Samba share from Finder?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 04:11 AM PST

I have a samba folder saved on my Finder Favourites. The Account field for the associated server in Keychain includes the domain (so,DOMAIN\USERNAME ) but when I click to connect and the Account and Password are autofilled, the DOMAIN\ isn't included and I have to manually type it in every time. How do I force the DOMAIN\ to be included?

Options to download Garage Band app for macOS unsupported in App Store?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 04:01 AM PST

Apple dropped support for my Mac Mini Late 2012 to upgrade to BigSur.

With it I can't download GarageBand (I already have iMovie) software compatible with my macOS version Catalina.

"We could not complete your purchase. Garage band can't be installed on because macOS version 11 or later is required."

Apple forums say you can't do it. SOL: I never purchased Garage Band for High Sierra 10.13.6 and now I would like to install it (MAR 2021)

What official (or unofficial) options do I have to download GarageBand for macOS unsupported in App Store?

Getting 5120 X 1440 @ 120Hz on a 2018 Mac mini

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 07:30 AM PST

I recently just purchased a Samsung CRG9, which is a really great monitor. Only problem I have is that I'm not able to get the full 5120 X 1440 at 120Hz that the monitor is rated for. I can get the 5120 X 1440 at 60Hz just fine, but it would be nice to be able to get 120Hz at that resolution as well if possible. I'm using a high-quality DisplayPort 1.4 to Thunderbolt 3 Cable.

Does anyone here know how to do this? Especially if you own this monitor.

Thanks in advance!

Safari reuses already existing tabs instead of opening new ones

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 08:04 AM PST

If I click a link in say an e-mail or application and that exact link already has an open tab, Safari will focus that tab instead of opening it anew at the end of the current window.

I would prefer this behaviour to be different because moving the focus is really distracting and often I want the new tab to open in the current window/context.

Is there a way to change this?

Toggle between two most recent windows of the same app in Mac

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 06:08 AM PST

We know that using Command + ` (Cmd + backtick) will allow you to switch between windows of the same app. Suppose I have 5 windows of Chrome and I want to toggle between two most recent windows of Chrome. Is there a shortcut for that? Can we assign one?

Does iOS allow any app to look at the clipboard data?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 03:51 AM PST

As far as I know, there should be a way so that the clipboard data is only provided to the app when it is user initiated. My question is: does iOS actually allow any app to look at the clipboard's data even when it is not user initiated. Is it a fact, or is it not?

Option for Second Alert on Calendar Events Disappeared After Mojave 10.14.6 Update

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 05:02 AM PST

I just updated my Macbook Pro to Mojave 10.14.6 and noticed that I can no longer set a second alert on events I add to my Calendar. I'm not using any external calendars or accounts, just my iCloud. I can still set second alerts on my iPhone, just not my computer.

How to change language of an existing Pages for iCloud document?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 01:04 PM PST

I have document that was created in Pages for Mac with the correct spelling/language (not English) settings for each paragraph. However, when I now try to edit this document using Pages for iCloud the spelling is set to English.

I have read several support documents about this

Pages for iCloud: Work in other languages

Pages for iCloud: Search, replace, and spell-check text

iCloud: Change the language or time zone on iCloud.com

as well as some "third party" suggestions, all to no avail.

I have made sure that the correct language is my primary language in my browser (Chrome), in my OS (Win 10), changed the language of the iCloud UI (through Settings), changed the format used by iCloud (also via Settings) but my document is still spelled in English.

I believe the first link above explains how one create a completely new document in a certain language but my document already exists.

How do I change the language used for spell-check on an existing document?

After installing wine with a .pkg, I get the error wine: command not found when running from the terminal but the app works fine

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 05:36 AM PST

I have installed wine through a .pkg from here. Wine Stable.app works fine, but when I run any wine-related command from the terminal, I get command not found.

macOS Terminal command to test Internet speed

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 05:01 AM PST

Anyone know what command can I use to check my Internet speed in the Terminal app?

May be I can use curl command and add some IP addresses, like the to check our IP and Country location via curl ipinfo.io command?

My keyboard stopped repeating - how to fix?

Posted: 28 Nov 2021 03:46 AM PST

I have both an internal and external keyboard but the key-repeat has stopped working. I've tried changing both 'Key Repeat' and 'Delay Until Repeat' as shown below but no setting seems to be helping.

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This is a brand new mac (5 weeks old).
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