Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Why is __PAGEZERO missing from vmmap output at Darwin 21.2.0

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 09:30 AM PST

when I run vmmap for a process the regions start with the __TEXT entry rather than __PAGEZERO as in sample output at documentation

otool -l also shows

Load command 0        cmd LC_SEGMENT_64    cmdsize 72    segname __PAGEZERO     vmaddr 0x0000000000000000     vmsize 0x0000000100000000    fileoff 0   filesize 0    maxprot 0x00000000   initprot 0x00000000     nsects 0      flags 0x0

uname -mrsvp output is:

Darwin 21.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.2.0: Sun Nov 28 20:28:54 PST 2021; root:xnu-8019.61.5~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 i386

Why is it so?

Which OS is most stable for MBP Retina 15in mid 2015? Currently running 10.10.5 Yosemite [closed]

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 09:07 AM PST

I love my computer, however sadly my OS is getting old and not supporting things like Chrome. I love this OS and have been told it is the best and most stable for my computer. I am very nervous to try and upgrade and break things. I am also concerned about compatibility with my pirated copy of photoshop CS6.

Which recent OS is most stable for the 2015 MBPs? Does anyone have one and is running a newer OS?

Also if I upgrade and break something, is it possible to go back using time machine? Will it revert back to an older OS?

How can I tell which security certificates are about to expire?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 08:13 AM PST

macOS pops up notifications that some of my certificates will expire soon. But when I click the notification, it takes me to the list of all of my Profiles in System Preferences, but doesn't tell me which certificates will expire soon, and most of them don't list an expiration date.

How can I tell which certificates need to be updated?

macOS Catalina v10.15.7.

Does the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID work like a regular keyboard with T2 chip Macbooks?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 08:58 AM PST

The Magic Keyboard with Touch ID requires Macbooks with Apple Silicon to exploit the Touch ID feature but does the keyboard work like a normal keyboard with an T2 chip Macbook? The idea is to buy it to use with an Intel Macbook and future proof it in case I purchase an Apple Silicon mac in the future.

Multiple monitors switching order unprovoked

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 07:39 AM PST

I have 3 monitors each connected via USB-C to an HDMI port on my MacBook Pro running macOS Monterey. I arrange the monitors how I want them but then (probably after the machine falls asleep), I go back and the arrangement has changed.

Is there any way to have my Mac maintain the arrangement I set up?

Increase the size of dock's active application symbol

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 09:27 AM PST

Is there any way I can increase the size of this dot (?) that signifies an application is open?

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Two external 2K displays performance on 2020 MBP

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 06:32 AM PST

How is the performance going to be with two external (extend, not mirror) 2k displays on the 2020 MacBook pro?

It is the 13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbols 3 ports MacBook pro with Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 1536 MB.

Thank you

What does shutdown cause -60 and -79 stand for?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 08:03 AM PST

I have my Macbook Air 11-inch (mid-2011, yeah, it's old)
1,8 GHz Intel Core i7
4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 3000 384MB
macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Yesterday, I checked thought Terminal shutdown causes and it said that my MacBook was shutdown at 16:56 with -60 error code:
kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: -60

What does that mean? On the internet, I found out that it can be related to disk errors but the disk is working well.

Also,like a week ago my macbook suudenly turned off with -79 error code,can it be also related to this?

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Issues running python on MacOS Monterey (12.1)

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 04:54 AM PST

While installing my project related dependencies I always get this error (refer to the image attached below). I am not sure what this is about and how to fix it. Also, I am not able to install most of my project related dependencies not sure if this is because of this issue.

However, my machine 2021 Macbook Pro with M1 Pro chip was working just fine until I updated it to MacOS Monterey (12.1). I bought this machine with MacOS Monterey installed init so I believe I cannot even rollback to Big Sur.

I did everything to fix this crash like reinstalling the MacOS via bootable drive or via internet recovery mode. But nothing has worked out.

Additionally, I have also been seeing this "Volume Hash Mismatch" notification on my machine quite frequently and my applications like Docker, PyCharm, VSCode crashes every 10 mins.

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Error while reinstalling the MacOS Monterey -

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Issues While reinstalling via bootable installer -

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New Macbook Pro M1 very slow

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 05:18 AM PST

I received a new Macbook Pro 14" M1 with macOS Monterey. The device is deployed via MDM and is integrated in our AD.

Unfortunately, the device is very slow. Every click e.g. in System Preferences takes up to 1 minute. To open a PDF takes very long. The spinning ball appears and then I need to wait till it is working again.

I've only few apps installed like Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.. So nothing extraordinary.

My old Macbook Pro 2019 Intel is 100 times faster than my new one.

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In Apple Calendar 11 for Mac, is there a keyboard shortcut to save a new entry?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 03:07 AM PST

I would like to save a new calendar entry using a keyboard shortcut. At the moment, after filling in the necessary fields, I have to click outside the entry box to save it. I've looked online and tried a few instinctive keyboard shortcuts without success.

How to add (or perform a different function to) multiple numbers in a single cell separated by semicolons in Apple Numbers?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 03:03 AM PST

I would like to add up (and do other functions) to multiple numbers in a single cell separated by semicolons.

The idea is that I have multiple values (e.g. „15; 20; 25; 25") logged in a cell and want to add them all up AND THEN divide them by the amount of numbers logged in said cell. The amount of numbers logged can varied from cell to cell. Basically, I just want to have the mean value of each cell.

Voice control continuous dictation drops out when switching application windows (Monterey, M1, 8GB)

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 12:52 AM PST

Voice control on Monterey (with M1 hardware) is now excellent, and I'm using it all the time for the past few days, along with the head pointer. It's now so good that I'm becoming frustrated that it's not perfect...

I'm using ulysses alongside chrome, switching to Ulysses to take notes (by dictation). Sometimes voice control will enter a state where it will respond to commands (such as "press a key" (producing a letter 'a') but will not take continuous dictation.

It's could well be a bug, but I'm trying to track it down, or at least isolate cause and effect. No luck yet..

More info:

  • switching voice control off and on again restores continuous dictation. Before I did that, it was responding only to commands, not continuous dictation.
  • the microphone level indicator at the bottom right hand of the screen now does not update, perhaps suggesting a high tax on system resources from running voice control; or a lack of optimisation given it is still an early feature.
  • I'm using an M1 mini with 8 GB of RAM & a usb snowball blue mic.
  • unlike some enthusiastic reviewers suggested, these machines are not omnipotent. Activity monitor shows memory pressure yellow, and one red spike about when I switch to voice control on and off. I have no other significant applications are running other than chrome with quite a few tabs.
  • I'm curious whether an M1 with larger memory may not have this issue, but don't have one to test as yet.

Can anyone who has an M1 with 16G+ RAM please check if continuous dictation works reliably without dropping out when switching between applications? I suspect this might help but do not have such a machine to hand at present.

Can an Apple expert reset or delete my firmware password on 2017 iMac running Monterey remotely or must I go to Genius Bar at store? I have receipt

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 01:39 AM PST

I can't get to an Apple store. Is there another way to do this. I have my receipt on line for proof of purchase.

No signal to external monitor until after login (Mac Mini 2018)

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 08:44 AM PST

I have a mac mini 2018. My old apple monitor (connected via USB-C using a USB-C-to-thunderbolt adaptor) worked fine but eventually died. Then I bought a new monitor that connects via HDMI. It works fine once I'm logged in but it gets no signal when the login screen is displayed.

I'm using the HDMI cable that came with the monitor, and it works fine when plugged into another computer, so I'm pretty sure the issue has to do with the mac mini.

Is there some kind of display setting for bootup/login that could be messed up? Perhaps one that got set from the previous monitor but no longer works for the current one?

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

How to send multichannel PCM audio from a Mac to an AVR receiver with HDMI?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 04:35 AM PST

I've been investigating if (or when) there might be a way to send 12 channels of PCM audio from a Mac to an AVR without the need for a hardware audio interface, and specifically via HDMI. While I've yet to be able to test it, what I've learned has led me to believe 8 channels may be currently possible, but that things are capped at 8 channels, as is the max sample rate (which I don't recall, but think I heard it might be 48kHz).

That said, I've also heard there are updates to Monterey (still in beta perhaps?) that might make 12 channels possible. (Note: my consideration extends beyond making use of the speaker configuration utility in macOS Audio MIDI Setup. My primary interest is just in the ability to send the 12 channels).

Additionally, my understanding is that HDMI 2.1 has added considerable extra bandwidth with the potential to transmit up to 32 channels of PCM (though I'm not sure what the sample-rate-to-track-count ratio is, i.e., when/where the sample potential gets capped relative to track count).

But I'm not clear about where the bottleneck(s) currently exist to make use of this potential.

  • Assuming one has a capable HDMI 2.x port and cable, is there something native to macOS that would prevent such a scenario? If so, is that limitation likely to be addressed in the foreseeable future?

  • Is what I'm describing already possible and I just don't know it? Specifically, on Big Sur with a 2019 MacBook Pro?

  • Clearly, the receiving AVR would need to be able to make use of such a signal, and/or presumably present that many path options in the audio device dialogue in macOS Audio-MIDI setup. And while maybe outside the scope of this site, if anyone has any insight into what would be needed on the AVR end of the equation, I'd be curious to know. Specifically, if an AVR already has an HDMI 2.1 port, could this potential be unlocked with a firmware update on the AVR side of the things?

Ideal use case:

  • DAW outputs 12 discrete channels of PCM audio (a 7.1.4 decoded Atmos mix, NOT a Dolby stream) to Core Audio.
  • ideally up to at least 96 kHz per channel
  • Core Audio sends these 12 signals to an AVR via HDMI
  • AVR routes to the speaker array.
  • Ideally using a 2019 MacBook Pro, Big Sur, with a TB3 to HDMI 2.x adapter.
  • Or if above the above machine and/or OS doesn't work, but another configuration would, would be curious about that.
  • Or some other scenario that might exist whereby the PCM could maybe be embedded into a 12 channel stream (bit rate?) that a modern AVR might be able to make easier use of, again via an HDMI pathway. In this scenario, open to a simple (read: not costing thousands of dollars) "interface" type solution that is virtual and/or hardware-based, to act as a go-between. For example: DAWs PCM signals > virtual audio device and/or physical interface > embedded multichannel audio > HDMI > AVR.

Any insight into any or all of the above considerations would be greatly appreciated!

HTML on USB stick can not be rendered after editing

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 04:52 AM PST

I received a bunch of HTML files recently on a USB stick (FAT32), which were created on a Windows system, but with LF-line endings. I checked them in my browser (Firefox) on MacOS 10.14, and since on one of them I found a few changes to be done, I fired up my text editor and modified that file. After saving it, I tried to reload it, but Firefox refused now to show it and said that it has no permission to open this file.

I checked the file from the command line, and found that I could display the file using

less /Volume/Stick/original/x.html

fine and my changes were also present. I tried to restart Firefox, and even restarted the Mac itself, to no avail. Other browsers (Vivaldi, Chrome) also could not open the file. Looking at that directory /Volume/Stick/original using Finder, I saw that Finder could display a preview of all other files (y.html, z.html), but not of x.html I had modified.

Next I did a

ls -l /Volume/Stick/original

and found that all the "working" files (y, z, ...) showed their permissions as rwxrwxrwx (the unnecessary x-bit perhaps an artefact from the fact that the files were created on Windows), but the file x.html showed the permissions as rwxrwxrwx@. AFIK, the @ would indicate that the directory entry is in reality a link, but ls did not show where it would be linked to. Doing a stat of this file also did not provide more insight.

For experimenting a bit, I did a

mkdir /Volume/Stick/copy   cp -v /Volume/Stick/original/* /Volume/Stick/copy

thereby creating a copy of those files. A

ls -l /Volume/Stick/copy/x.html

also showed the @ in the permissions in the copied file. However the copied version, copy/x.html can be opened from any browser without problems, even the original/x.html can not. Even after redundantly copying back the broken file with

cp -v /Volume/Stick/copy/x.html /Volume/Stick/original

the version from original/x.html was unusable in the same way as before.

Of course I now do have a fully working version in /Volume/Stick/copy, but I still would like to understand what has happened here, and why editing the file ruined the file, although a copy of that edited file does not have any problems.

My best guess is that the problem is somehow related to the fact that FAT32 basically maintains files according to the infamous 8.3 naming scheme from MSDOS, and some shadow entry is used to store the "real" filename; but I don't see how this could explain the behaviour I experienced, because I never so far had problems when creating files on a USB stick on the Mac.

Any ideas, how to explain the mystery?

UPDATE:

Following the comment given by gidds, who pointed out the the @ does not indicate a symlink here, but an extended attribute, I applied a ls -l@ to both files (the non-working original, and the working copy). In both cases, the output was

com.apple.lastuseddate#PS     16

Probably that lastuseddate was set when I edited the file. I then did an xattr -p for this attribute, and both of them showed

69 FE DA 61 00 00 00 00 F0 9F C2 33 00 00 00 00

While I can't say whether this value is reasonable, but since the same value is shown in both files, it does not explain why one file "work" and one of them doesn't.

FOUND A FIX (but still can't understand it):

First, I found that restarting the Mac solved the problem in so far as the file can't be processed afterwards by all browsers, and also the preview in Finder looks OK. However, editing the file - or, for that matter, any other file on the USB stick - caused the problem to occur again.

After some experimentation, I found that the problem was tied to a particular text editor. I used the Cot Editor for editing the file, and with this, things get broken if the file is on a USB stick.

If, after rebooting, I edited the file using Tincta instead, everything is fine.

Further, I noticed that, once I got a broken file with the Cot Editor, I could also fix it by first copying the broken file on the command line to some other, temporary file, then erase the broken file, and finally copying it back from the temp file.

I don't know what Cot Editor is doing specially with those files, but at one point during my experiments, when I wanted to quit Cot Editor, I got a pop-up message saying: "The document x.html is on a volume that does not support permanent version storage". I have seen this message the first time and don't know, what it means, but at least it shows that there is something special about the USB volume which upsets this text editor.

No spring/inertia in horizontal scrolling in Finder on M1 Mac in MacOS Monterey

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 03:08 AM PST

I'm using macOS Monterey 12.0.1 with M1 MacBook Pro 14". The horizontal scrolling in Finder is choppy. It does not have the normal spring/inertia, the motion stops immediately when I lift fingers from the track pad. Is there a fix for it?

Horizontal scrolling has no inertia on Monterey/M1 Mac

Automatically restart after downloading OS upgrade

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 09:02 AM PST

The last time I installed an OS update, I thought I could start the update, go away for a while, and it would be done when I returned. But when I got home I found it waiting for me to tell it to restart the computer to install the update, and then I had to wait for that to complete.

This weekend I plan on upgrading from Big Sur to Monterey (giving in to the nagging badge on the System Prefs dock icon), and I'm hoping there's a way to do what I tried. Is there a way to configure Software Update so that it will restart automatically instead of waiting for me to answer the prompt? That way I can start it, go to the gym, and (assuming the upgrade was successful) find the Mac ready to use when I return.

Is display MacBook Pro fuse or software protected against overpowered/ short circuit?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 02:07 AM PST

I did accidentally overpowered (12v) the USB Port of My MacBook Pro 2015 by putting a powered male usb. (I know that is stupid of me). Immediately the display and the light of my keyboard went off. I hear on the sound of the MacBook that the Mac is still alive.

Now I am questioning myself. -are the display and keyboard light dead and have to be replaced? -is there any protection mode designed by smart apple engineers to protect such a rare situation. By for example a fuse (for backlight/display, I found on YouTube the replacement instructions already. For keyboard I didn't yet found any) or a software mode?

I'm not able to search for any resource to help me solve this. What guides or steps are people using for this situation?

How can I restore data from an iPhone backup without a physical iPhone?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 04:35 AM PST

I recently lost my iPhone. I know that I have done full backups with iTunes (now Music.app?). I don't have a physical iPhone and I am not interested in getting one right now. How do I restore data from those backups?

How to expand a XIP file to an external drive when having low space on the drive where MacOS is installed?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 03:12 AM PST

I am running Xcode from an external drive because now the size ballooned to ~30GB and I don't have that much free space. I'm using 12.3 but as 12.4 got released I would like to upgrade.

I downloaded the Xcode_12.4.xip to the external drive, the problem is, how I am going to expand the Xcode_12.4.xip file? Clicking directly or using the xip -x command from the terminal first writes the output to my main drive, then transfers it to the external drive which means I need to have about 30GB on my main drive.

Is there a way to do the expanding directly on the external drive? I have enough space there.

Use the Finder to act on a path, via JXA

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 08:07 AM PST

For a specific example, here's how to change the name of a specific file via the Finder, in AppleScript:

tell application "Finder" to set name of (POSIX file "/some/file/path" as alias) to "new name"

And here's how to change the name of the selected file via the Finder, in JavaScript for Automation (JXA):

Application("Finder").selection()[0].name = "new name"

How can one do the last line, but acting on a specific given path rather than being limited to the selection? It's important to use the Finder, because it allows (via the same mechanism) to do more than change the name (like set a comment).

How can I force-update HP printer drivers?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 04:26 AM PST

After updating to Big Sur, one of my three Mac Minis doen't recognize my HP6980 LAN-printer (neither on WiFi nor ethernet). It thinks it is a PCL-laser printer. Duplex recognized but it only prints black/white (status color cartridges not shown). The other 2 Mac Minis have no issues. How do I try to fix this?

Edit 20 dec 2020: The Mac giving the issue has a driver version 2.3 The Macs without issues have driver version 4.0.5. Even after "forcing" BS to choose the correct deskjet instead of the PCL-laser the wrong driver persists.

Apps don't gain focus when switching between them in Mission Control with a touchpad

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 05:15 AM PST

I have this weird issue where if I switch between two apps with a trackpad they do not gain focus and I have to click the app to start working in it.

Note that, by "switching between apps", I mean switching between 2 "desktop spaces" in Mission Control, one desktop space having just 1 app open at a time.

This is super annoying as it is way more convenient to, for example, be able to just press CommandT to open a new tab in Chrome instead of having to click the app and then press CommandT. This issue is reoccurring, I've had times when it went away and then came back again.

Or am I just imagining stuff? It may just be that I never noticed this, but I would definitely remember being annoyed by something.

Screen recording not working on iPadOS 13?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 05:03 AM PST

I've been trying to get screen recording to work on my iPad Pro 9.7 for a while, but it seems to be greyed out. I know it isn't restricted, as I have checked multiple times, and AirPlay mirroring still works. Is there anything which may be causing this to occur?

How do I create El Capitan installer on a Catalina (or post-El Capitan) installed Mac for use on USB boot installer?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 05:37 AM PST

I have downloaded the El Capitan DMG file (InstallMacOSX.dmg) provided by Apple. The expanded DMG image contains the package "InstallMacOSX.pkg" which should be run to create the El Capitan installer but fails with the following message: This version of OS X 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer. (from the OS X Installer) That happens presumably because, quite reasonably, it would not make sense to install on top of a later version of the OS. However, in this case, I want to create a boot USB drive for an installation on another Mac.

I am stuck in a chicken and egg situation where I need another machine running El Capitan or earlier to create an El Capitan boot installer.

Is there a way to use Google Sheets filter views on IOS?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 02:30 AM PST

I made a sheet in Google Sheets on the desktop with several filter views. Then I opened the sheet in the Google Sheets app on my iPhone. In the iPhone app menu, there is an option to create a filter, but I don't see any way to access my existing filter views.

Is this possible?

How to change Safari HTTP header Accept-Language?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 01:44 AM PST

In Firefox Accept-Language is set globally for the browser in the general preferences or via an extension like "Modify Headers" for more frequent changes.

But how to do that in Safari?

Safari. On OS X the language sent is that specified in the OS X system language preferences. To change those preferences go to System Preferences > Language & Region > Preferred Language, but be aware that it will change the language of your user interface, not just your browser language preferences. Make sure you know how to switch back to your normal language!

That is very inconvenient.

Is there a way to do the same with Safari, to simulate a different language/location, for example for web development purposes?

I can't write to my flash drive, and it is already in the MS-DOS (FAT) Format. Why?

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 07:41 AM PST

This is my first question on this website. I am using a Mac Air, and I have a flash drive in which I can read from. I am able to copy files from this onto my Desktop, or anywhere on my computer for that matter. I cannot write to my flash drive, however. I know this is a common problem for some people. I looked into their solutions. There is one difference between the cases I've found, and my case. The flash drive's format is normally a 'NT' format, which is a Window format from my understanding.

My flash drive is formatted in 'MS-DOS (FAT)' according to Disk Utility and the 'Get Info' window from Finder. It did tell me I had removed it wrongly before. I am not sure how to fix the flash drive. Do I reformat it? If so, how and what do I format it to. Please let me know.

Thank you in advance for your help, ~Rane

Screenshot:

Here is the 'Get Info' Screenshot

I do have the flash drive selected in the Disk Utility picture.

Here is a screenshot of the Disk Utility.
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