Friday, January 28, 2022

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Recent Questions - Ask Different

how do I get my password prompt back?

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 06:26 AM PST

I recently installed a password manager and since then, Safari no longer prompts me to use saved passwords when signing in to websites etc. I have turned the password manager extension off but Safari still doesn't give me any prompts. How do I turn this back on?

I'm using Big Sur 11.6.2

cannot get the free space back removing bootcamp [closed]

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 05:39 AM PST

After restore bootcamp by Bootcamp assistant. The storage become free space , but I cannot get it back by resizeContainer.

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sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

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profiling and code coverage analysis with llvm/clang

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 05:06 AM PST

I'd like to do some profiling and code coverage analysis on some C code. From webpages like here and here I see that I probably need tools like llvm-cov and llvm-profdata. But my Mac doesn't seem to have them. Anybody know how to install them?

[P.S. I can see from the tag description on [xcode] that "Almost all questions about development or app distribution are off topic here". I apologize in advance if mine is such a question. If someone can point me to a better place to ask, or even to the FAQs which the tag description cites, I'll be grateful.]

Monterey Time Machine backups to Synology result in umount 100% cpu

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 01:55 AM PST

I'm using a Synology NAS as a target for Time Machine backup on macOS Monterey. Quite frequently, this results in an unkillable umount spinning a core at 100%.

This started after I upgraded my trashcan-shaped Mac Pro from Mojave or Catalina (I forget which!) to Monterey.

Truly weird is that this hangs any Chrome windows trying to load web pages. Nothing I've found other than waiting a few minutes until it finishes.

Anyone else experienced this? How would I go about digging? Anyone know of a fix?

This sounds similar but opposite: Safari's fine for me, but Chrome locks up. No answers on that thread either.

Every time I open terminal,I get the following thing. Please help guys

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 01:53 AM PST

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Last login: Fri Jan 28 14:39:05 on ttys004  /Users/mahinp21/.zprofile:1: command not found: PATH  /etc/zshrc:7: command not found: locale  /etc/zshrc_Apple_Terminal:104: command not found: mkdir  mahinp21@Mahins-Air ~ %

Safari keeps closing newly opened tabs, re-opening the tabs that I just closed or navigates back when using with Tab Group

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 12:22 AM PST

To illustrate the issue, think opening new tabs from Reddit's homepage for the posts that you find interesting and then Safari sometimes will just close the last tab you opened as you keep opening new tabs.

Also, it will re-open tabs. For example, you Googled something and opened 1-2 of the results then closed the Google tab and switch to one of the new tabs and suddenly the Google tab will come back.

Lastly, sometimes when you click on a link and navigate to another page in the same site, Safari will take you back. Thin clicking on someones profile on Twitter and just at the moment that the page loaded it will go back as if you clicked the back button.

All this happens only when using Tab Groups. I regularly have 3-5 tab groups with 20-50 tabs opened, I know it's not ideal but that's how I do it.

I actually filed a bug report through the Feedback assistant but so far no response. I also don't see other people complaining about it, so maybe there's a solution?

I don't use too many add-ons, I just have AdGuard enabled as an adblocker. Any idea how to solve this?

Thank you!

Get an Error when erasing my main drive on Vmware so I can download BigSur [closed]

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 09:51 PM PST

What happens when I click erase

So when I click erase and rename the drive so that it will pop up to download big sur on, I get this error. Ive got no clue how to solve it and have seen no sollution. Is there anything obvious that i might not have done?

Autolaunch of Safari

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 02:24 AM PST

Safari is not my default browser. Something is launching that browser without any window, right in front of me. Because it's only showing up in the dock, I have no clue it's launched. I don't know why it's happening.

Anybody know why this might be happening? I can't leave my computer in Safe Mode for a week (as was suggested elsewhere) and I don't want to start another user on this computer.

Is there a way I can be notified when it starts up? I looked into Shortcuts but they don't have Automation like iOS.

Truly odd behaviour. I need to fix this. Any insight appreciated.

AppleScript - detect IOS device connected to macOS and output name of device

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 07:15 PM PST

Does any know how to detect the name of the IOS device connected via a cable on macOS through AppleScript.

This does every source but I'm looking to identify the source.

tell application "iTunes"      tell every source whose kind is iPod to update  end tell

Thanks

Access External Volume Before Interactive Login

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 02:17 AM PST

We are running a node service that needs to access an external volume (USB HDD).

We've found that when we reboot the system and start the service via a plist in /Libary/LaunchDaemons our external volume is inaccessible to our service until we login interactively via Screen Sharing or VNC.

How do we configure our server in such a way that our external volume is accessible immediately upon restarting, and does not require an interactive login?

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

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 02:25 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.
  • I've now found one reliable partial work around/ isolation of the bug. If I have two microphones plugged in, and when it drops out, switch to the other microphone in voice control preferences, continuous dictation returns. This is of course very unergonomic, but it's better than nothing.

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.

Always start the Mac to Startup Manager without having to press and hold the Option key

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 07:05 AM PST

I frequently switch between mac OS and Bootcamp.

So I was wondering if there is an option to not have a preferred Startup Disk and always start to the Startup Manager, like you would get when pressing the option key while booting.

Google couldn't help so your support is much appreciated.

Why are many files and folders greyed out in Finder?

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 06:07 PM PST

When I navigate in Finder (or in File Save/Open windows) I often see various files and folders are shown in grey. I can navigate them as normal, so what does this mean?

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iCloud stuck on "uploading X items (Y of Y)" - Monterey 12.1

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 06:01 AM PST

I hope this can be an interesting topic also for those not affected by it. Some context first: MacBook Pro 2016 (15"), macOS Monterey 12.1, iCloud+ 200GB subscription. While it may happen from time to time for iCloud to get stuck during upload, this has been happening to me quite frequently ever since upgrading to Monterey. Syncing works normally, but iCloud seems to be processing an increasingly large amount of files which are marked as "to upload". Looking in Finder there is no dashed cloud, and I just see this: enter image description here enter image description here

Now, what have I already done? Restart Mac; shut down wait and boot; reinstall macOS; boot in Safe Mode; signed out of iCloud > restart > sign in (with the included pain of having to sync again 100+GB of data); nothing seems to have a definitive healing effect.

The only thing that seems to work around it, and that may lead to a cause is: Turn off Wi-Fi, wait until all system has gone offline Restart Mac, wait until all login items are loaded (and have realised there's no connectivity) Turn on Wi-Fi, wait and do not launch any apps, just launch Finder Here you will see the items count slowly but steadily declining until it all syncs back to normality. It appears to me that something has gotten stuck, or that something is keeping some files from uploading. I have used two utilities (Consolation and Cirrus) to browse the log and indeed when this happens iCloud seems to be stuck in a loop, but no relevant info is present there.

For records, I have a pretty fast WiFi (up to 600/250 Mbps), but I have also suspected the ISP doing something I have no idea how to check that is boggling my connectivity.

Has anyone encountered this issue, or does anyone have an idea of what could be going on here?

Is there an Apple-approved/recommended procedure to get out of it? Log out/in is no longer an option for me as it didn't solve it.

Thank you

Big Sur Finder iPhone File transfer to Mac external drive - over 24,000 files in a directory

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 10:04 PM PST

I'm trying to transfer a directory on an iPhone, using Finder on Mac. One of the subdirectories contains over 24,000 files.

The transfer takes a long time and it seems that the files are slowly accumulating in transference. However, after the transfer is complete, for some reason, the entire thing gets deleted.

I am wondering if this is because there are too many files, albeit in a subdirectory? Or what might be causing this... Or how would I transfer such a case?

Can't turn on Bluetooth in my MacBook Pro

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 07:04 PM PST

I can't turn on Bluetooth on my MacBook Pro. The Bluetooth Icon has a diagonal line through it and I can't move the switch to On.

  1. I tried pressing Shift and Option, clicking on Reset the Bluetooth Module and restarting the laptop. It didn't work.
  2. I tried turning the Power Off and On. That didn't work.
  3. Now when I try to turn on Bluetooth Preferences I get a small Pane saying "You can't open the "Bluetooth" preferences pane because it is not available to you at this time." Underneath this it says, "To see this preferences pane, you may need to connect a device to your computer." So I connected my iPhone, but nothing happens. Any advice? Thanks

What is the best method of syncing photos from iPhone to (windows) desktop?

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 04:08 AM PST

My parents use windows and iPhone, and I have to run tech support for them.

The windows photo import tool fails, because the photo's arn't really on the device, and apple lies to windows saying that they are available for import, so it fails halfway.

If I install iCloud for windows, will it sync photos to the laptop via photostream? or will it continue to delete photos after 1000 photos?

If photostream isn't enabled, will it start randomly deleting photos older then 1000 days that my parents take, without them understanding what is happening? or will it give some sort of warning / clean up prompt?

Or is this likely something they are already familiar with as (mildly tech illiterate) users.

Time Machine fails shortly after starting to prepare backup

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 08:05 PM PST

I have a problem with the Time Machine backup: 1-2 mins after starting the process (Backup is being prepared), it stops.

Console logs:

Backup failed (304: BACKUP_FAILED_PREFLIGHT_STAGE_SNAPSHOT_DIFFING)

Failed to collect events for "Macintosh SSD - Daten" (device: /dev/disk1s1 mount: '/System/Volumes/Data' fsUUID: 37BA4BE5-ACF2-37EE-81E7-41B277B3CACE eventDBUUID: E0435E75-595E-4699-A798-47ADB7F3E85A), error Error Domain=com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain Code=304 "(null)"

Failed to enumerate snapshot diffs, error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=83 "Device error"

I switched already the HDD, it runs for 2-3 weeks and then I get the same error.

Anybody can help?

Big Sur 11.1: AppleScript to Automatically Change Wi-Fi Networks

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 02:00 AM PST

So, like a user reported here on Stack Exchange, the built-in "networksetup" command in terminal is pretty unreliable at times. It's slow, and I've found for some reason dot1x never actually establishes properly for some types of Wi-Fi networks in my home. The solution: Create an AppleScript to simulate mouse clicks on the menubar to change between Wi-Fi networks.

Why is networksetup so slow compared to manually changing Wi-Fi networks?

The below script has worked fine for me until Big Sur:

use application "System Events"    property process : a reference to application process "SystemUIServer"  property menu bar : a reference to menu bar 1 of my process  property menu bar item : a reference to (menu bar items of my menu bar ¬      where the description contains "Wi-Fi")  property menu : a reference to menu 1 of my menu bar item  property menu item : a reference to menu items of my menu      to joinNetwork given name:ssid as text      local ssid            if not (my menu bar item exists) then return false      click my menu bar item            repeat until my menu exists          delay 0.5      end repeat            set M to a reference to (my menu item where the name contains ssid)            repeat 20 times --> 10 seconds @ 0.5s delay          if M exists then exit repeat          delay 0.5      end repeat      click M  end joinNetwork    joinNetwork given name:"my network ssid"

The reason why it broke is that Wi-Fi is no longer technically a direct option under the main menu bar. Instead, it's relegated to the Control Center in Big Sur, and I think there may even be another sub-module it's technically nested it within the UI. I've been reading for hours about people trying to overcome this challenge in Big Sur, for example, to automate a click on specific Bluetooth device, but many AppleScripts people wrote apparently broke in the 11.1 update, and I have no easy starting point here for how to figure out how to accomplish what I am trying to do for Wi-Fi.

Any help here would be tremendously appreciated.

Side note: I know the same user also posted a method using AppleScriptObjC, but as people pointed out, it's a huge security risk because you need to put your password somewhere as plaintext. The UI script is therefore the better option in my mind, so I'd like to get it to work again.

Time difference between Apple Health on iphone XR and Schwinn Trainer app

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 03:03 AM PST

I have a Schwinn recumbent exercise bike that uses blue tooth to update the Schwinn Trainer app on my iphone XR. The Schwinn trainer app automatically updates Apple Health. My problem is, that when I look at Apple Health, it shows the time of my exercise with the time an hour later than I actually rode the bike. That causes the exercise to show up on the next day in the Lose-It app if I complete my exercise after 11:00 PM. The time on my exercise bike, the Schwinn Trainer app and my iphone are all in sync. Does Apple Health have it's own time zone setting?

Installing windows on a MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core 2 Duo" without Mac OS X

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 02:33 AM PST

I have this MacBook Pro:

2007 MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core 2 Duo" 2.16 GHz (T7400)
Intro. October 24, 2006
Disc. June 5, 2007
Order MA609LL
Model A1211 (EMC 2120)
Family Core 2 Duo/Late 2006
ID MacBookPro2,2
RAM 1 GB (upgraded to 3GB)
VRAM 128 MB

On this machine, there is no Mac OS X anymore. (I have the original install DVD + DVD Leopard + Snow Leopard.)

Instead there is Debian 10.6 that I can use through command line only (TTY)

I would like to install Windows 10:

  • via a USB bootable (my preference)
  • or via bootable DVD

GRUB is installed and works - I can not use rEFInd for technical reasons. I can not use BootCamp as there is no Mac OS X on it.

To install Windows 10 on this MacBook Pro, I was thinking booting with bootable device and install from Grub.

I also have an old PC with Windows 10 installed and an new external DVD writer.

What are my options?

Windows installation through the Boot Camp Assistant and SSD error

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 11:04 PM PST

I have a MacBook Pro 2017, and I've been trying to install Windows 10 on it for quite a while through the Boot Camp Assistant, but I was advised to purchase an SSD (Samsung T7 500 GB).

However, that also did not solve my issue. Every time I try to install Windows, the first time the Mac boots from the external startup disk, I am faced with a BSOD error saying 'your computer ran into an error, please restart'.

I have tried multiple Windows 10 ISO's 1909, 1809, 1607, and the current version 20H2 available on Microsoft (30th October 2020). I also reset PRAM before every installation.

To install Windows, I followed this 9to5Mac tutorial, as well as the accepted answer to this question.

Is it possible for a Macbook Pro to pop out a window and / or give some sound a few minutes before sleeping?

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 01:03 AM PST

Is there a way to pop out a window and / or to give out some sound a few minutes before it goes to sleep?

There is one warning, but I hope to get another warning a few or a couple of few minutes before it would go to sleep.

Sleeping involves writing all data to the hard drive and reloading all data afterwards, and also any external SSD drive would report not being ejected properly.

One way I can think of is to run a script either continuously or as a cronjob, and every 3 minutes, use some Unix command to get the battery level, and when it is 3% or lower, give out audio bell for 30 seconds.

iPhone XR's screen triggers other devices

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 12:08 AM PST

Recently I bought a brand new iPhone XR. When its screen is activated by some application (not necessarily a GSM call or a Wi-Fi thing), it affects other speakers or headphones around it. All of them sounds exact same 4 "buff" like sounds consecutively. It reminds me of the way old mobile phones affected the speakers around them. Is there anyone knows why it happens and how to prevent it? It annoys me and I really need a solution.

What is the purpose of Docker.raw file on Mac OS Catalina?

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 02:18 AM PST

I have Docker installed on my Mac OS Catalina and recently found very big file Docker.raw. It is 64 Gb. Is it really needed? And if so, why is it so big ?

Select a poster frame for video thumbnails in Photos app?

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 07:45 PM PST

Is there a way to select a Poster Frame to use as the thumbnail of a video in your Camera Roll?

For example, many of my videos fade up from black. Because of this, the thumbnails are black and it's difficult to distinguish between videos. It also looks bad if a business is presenting videos to potential clients on an iPad.

Can video poster frame thumbnails be added on iOS(preferably) or Mac?

How can I force Google Chrome to translate the current page without using the mouse?

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 06:05 AM PST

When browsing the web with various inputs and other keyboard actions, traveling from the keyboard to the touchpad to right click is fairly obnoxious.

Google Chrome offers a "Translate to English" option in it's right click menu, something I find myself having to use often as I browse sites with English and another language.

The context menu for Google Chrome when right-clicking on no tangibly clickable object

Is it possible to invoke this option via a keyboard shortcut, or other non-mouse based method?

Error -36 on a brand new Samsung 850 SSD drive

Posted: 27 Jan 2022 09:00 PM PST

I, after some adventure (as described here), have successfully booted OS X installation from a brand new SSD by Samsung (EVO 850). I am running OS X 10.11.6 (Trim is not enabled). My Mac is mid-2009 MacBook pro.

When installing, I have restored a Time Machine state. Now, whenever I try to access large files on the disk, they fail to be copied with an error message -36: saying that the source file "cannot be read or written". I am able to successfully copy files from the backup disk or from the internet to the SSD, but once there, they cannot be copied further (they can be moved, but this is just a bookkeeping operation, no data is read then). So it seems the problem occurs when the OS tries to actually read something besides FS entries.

The error persists both in Finder and Terminal.

The SSD is brand new. It has an uptime of 7 hrs and 41 power cycles. It comes clean with Disk Utility - no problems detected, but I guess this tool does not perform disk read/write integrity test, just checks FS entries. Am I right?

So what options do I have here?

Is there a Mac screen capture tool that will export to animated gif?

Posted: 28 Jan 2022 12:20 AM PST

I'm looking for a screen capture tool working on MacOSX that will export the capture to animated gif.
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