Saturday, May 21, 2022

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Numbers: How do I refer entire rows in different sheets?

Posted: 21 May 2022 05:38 AM PDT

I am trying to create a table that contains all entries from other sheets in the numbers file. In all of these other sheets, the structure will be identical.

The reason for why I do this, is because the main table entries have to be sorted by sheet, whereas I wanna be able to just add new rows in a given sheet, without having to add rows in the main sheet.

This is entire thing is a table intended to contain chronological entries for a given client, but it needs to be sorted by client, when working with clients though, it makes sense to add a new entry at the bottom as a new entry. If I do it all in one table, I have to constantly shift things around.

I have no idea how to do this and this turns out to be very difficult to google, maybe numbers also just can't do that, that'd also be valuable to know. Thanks!

Is it possible to mount an encrypted disk image so that only current user is able to access it?

Posted: 21 May 2022 06:25 AM PDT

I use VeraCrypt to mount an encrypted volume. When the volume is mounted, other admin users are not able to access it:

admin1 %  admin1 % su - admin2  admin2 % ls /Users/admin1/veracrypt_mounted  admin2 % ls: /Users/admin1/veracrypt_mounted: Permission denied

I'm considering switching to an encrypted disk image (created via Disk Utility and using the sparse bundle format), to avoid the dependency on VeraCrypt and macFUSE. Filesystem portability is not needed. However, during my tests, when I mount the image its contents are also accessible to other root/admin users.

Is it possible to mount the disk image so that only my user is able to access it, and no other root/admin user?

  • Why I need this: this is a shared laptop with many admin users.
  • System: Monterrey 12.13.1 on M1

macOS Monterey - How do I rename a virtual audio input / output device?

Posted: 21 May 2022 03:18 AM PDT

So I have 2 audio input devices listed in Sys prefs > Sound > Input on macOS Monterey as shown below,

how do I rename the virtual audio input device BlackHole 16ch to something else? enter image description here

Sort by date modified while in icon view in Finder

Posted: 21 May 2022 03:29 AM PDT

When I group by Date Modified, then it creates certain groups such as Previous 30 days, April, March, ...

But the files in these groups are not sorted by Date Modified.

To view these files also sorted by Date Modified, I need to switch to the list view.

Is there a way to achieve the same while staying in Icon View?

Can an Apple iPod Classic 160 GB work with with iTunes or macOS in 2022?

Posted: 21 May 2022 05:22 AM PDT

I have one that I use in an older car that I want to reformat using iTunes or finder in macOS.

What is the last version of iTunes that supported the iPod Classic 160 GB?

MacBook Pro 16" 2019 Intel kernel panic [duplicate]

Posted: 20 May 2022 10:34 PM PDT

I'm having this kernel panic... I don't know what is related to, I had another kernel panic related to Intel's HAXM program to run Android emulators but I uninstalled it and after a while, this kernel panic showed up. The panic happened when the mac was asleep, it never panicked when it is awake and I'm using it, just when it goes to sleep and sometimes, not always.

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff00dd3a024): macOS panic detected  Debugger message: panic  Memory ID: 0x6  OS release type: User  OS version: 19P549  macOS version: 21A559  Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 18:09:06 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.41.5~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8010  Kernel UUID: 5206FA9B-BD6D-381D-A198-5F6E6A09B67F  iBoot version: iBoot-7429.41.4  secure boot?: YES  x86 EFI Boot State: 0x16  x86 System State: 0x0  x86 Power State: 0x0  x86 Shutdown Cause: 0x5  x86 Previous Power Transitions: 0x10001000100  PCIeUp link state: 0x36894700  Paniclog version: 13  Kernel slide:      0x0000000005cac000  Kernel text base:  0xfffffff00ccb0000  mach_absolute_time: 0x1a0b37c0978  Epoch Time:        sec       usec    Boot    : 0x628538f2 0x000d0253    Sleep   : 0x62879017 0x000d5999    Wake    : 0x62879145 0x000d9afe    Calendar: 0x6287bdc2 0x000d4e6e    Zone info:  Foreign   : 0xfffffff0581b4000 - 0xfffffff0581c4000  Native    : 0xffffffe0006a0000 - 0xffffffe6006a0000  Readonly  : 0 - 0  Metadata  : 0xffffffeb00ab0000 - 0xffffffeb04c10000  Bitmaps   : 0xffffffeb022b0000 - 0xffffffeb0250c000  CORE 0: PC=0xfffffff00da3f13c, LR=0xfffffff00da41cf4, FP=0xffffffeb0410b910  CORE 1 is the one that panicked. Check the full backtrace for details.  Panicked task 0xffffffe0f2f50658: 0 pages, 230 threads: pid 0: kernel_task  Panicked thread: 0xffffffe0f38fc000, backtrace: 0xffffffeb04bdb670, tid: 443            lr: 0xfffffff00d497388  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdb6b0            lr: 0xfffffff00d497118  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdb720            lr: 0xfffffff00d5cfeac  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdb7a0            lr: 0xfffffff00d5cf03c  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdb850            lr: 0xfffffff00daf95fc  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdb860            lr: 0xfffffff00d496e2c  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbbf0            lr: 0xfffffff00d496e2c  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbc50            lr: 0xfffffff00e5eb488  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbc70            lr: 0xfffffff00dd3a024  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbca0            lr: 0xfffffff00dd26f5c  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbd00            lr: 0xfffffff00dd2d410  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbd50            lr: 0xfffffff00dd28e48  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbdf0            lr: 0xfffffff00dd26640  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbe70            lr: 0xfffffff00dbd8db4  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbea0            lr: 0xfffffff00da3f3a4  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbee0            lr: 0xfffffff00da3ebb4  fp: 0xffffffeb04bdbf20            lr: 0xfffffff00db045a0  fp: 0x0000000000000000

How to "pull down the screen to reveal the search bar" in iPhone Messages

Posted: 21 May 2022 06:56 AM PDT

I am trying to do a search through my messages according to How to Search Messages on iPhone & iPad (2022 Update)

It says to "pull down on the screen":

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However when I do that on my iPhone6s it simply scrolls. How can I pull the screen down according to that article?

2022 high kernel_task CPU usage with external monitor reaching to 1000%

Posted: 20 May 2022 05:28 PM PDT

I set this to 2022 since there is a historical nature to this issue. I cannot seem to find any specific articles that seem reasonable. The problem is with using an external monitor with the MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019). A few months ago I switched from an old Apple display to a newer (but not super new) LG 4k monitor -- the one they sold in the Apple store several years ago. I had zero issues with kernel_task before, and starting having the issue with the new monitor. I was in-between housing for a few months before starting to use the new monitor and working only with the laptop with no external monitor and did not have the issue. Unplugging the monitor now also resolves the issue.

Findings:

  1. Temperatures do not necessarily reach high levels when the issue is occurring. Running Macs Fan Control, I see that the temps rarely go above 70C -- in fact they hover around the same temp generally speaking as when not having the issue. I have seen the temperature go high on occasion, but this was also connected with the separate ManagedClient process (which also runs away on occasion for no apparent reason). There isn't really much a reason for kernel_task to start throttling, unless the temperature sensors are not working properly or something.
  2. Zoom app is the deathstrike. Running Zoom with video on will cause the issue very quickly. A Zoom session with outgoing video and one or more incoming videos is a killer. Turning off outbound video and asking participants to turn off theirs helps.
  3. Similarly, running video apps in the browser seem to cause the issue as well.

Red herrings: There is an enormous body of proposed/supposed fixes for this issue. Here are ones that did not work for me.

  1. Reset SMC or NVRAM. On the surface this seems to work. Yay! Unfortunately, when having the issue, often times restarting the machine seems to help. Resetting SMC or NVRAM involves restarting the machine one or more times.
  2. Connecting the charging of the Mac to the right side. There are many references to plugging in the computer on the right side instead of the left. If this is to alleviate high temperature issues, this would sort of make sense based on the argument that this is causing severe overheating. IMO this is kind of a separate Mac issue. If it works for you, that is great. It isn't my issue. It also kind of sucks from a desk setup perspective if it means that you end up having to put your monitor on the other side of the computer. Mine is connected always on the right side so this did not help me.
  3. Cleaning out dust and applying thermal paste. This could be a resolution also to high temperature issues. If you are inclined to crack your machine open to do this, have at it. I am sure there is some dust in my machine, but as I mentioned above, this is not so much a temperature issue that I can tell. Also, if you need to apply more thermal paste after less than 2 years of use, there are other issues to discuss.
  4. Running hardware check in recovery mode. Did this. Machine is reported to be perfectly healthy.
  5. Running Macs Fan Control. Again, your mileage may vary. For me, it does help a little bit, but does not prevent the issue from occurring. It is sort of like urinating on a bonfire -- it does do something, but ultimately isn't powerful enough a solution.

Semi-practical solutions: Let's get back to the 2 things that seem to be "factual"(?). The external monitor seems to be the culprit, insofar as things that the user can do to cause the issue to occur, and things that drive the monitor harder also seem to aggravate the issue. How can we address these?

  1. Zoom settings for emergency fixes (patch, not solution). See https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/4409500570381-Stopping-all-incoming-video-in-a-meeting-or-webinar. This allows you to turn off incoming video should you need to in a pinch. This coupled with turning off your own outbound video can help quite a bit.
  2. I have also seen references to turning off hardware acceleration on chrome and other browsers for video playback. I'm not really sure if this does anything to be honest, but I can't say for sure that it does nothing. It is, however, video display and hardware related, so it sounds maybe reasonable(?).
  3. Changing the resolution used on the external display. I can say for certain that this has worked, at least to the point of making my machine usable. In order to do this, you must go to System Preferences, Displays. Click Display Settings, and while holding down Option, click "Scaled" under Resolution. Then click the "Show all resolutions" checkbox. Find the current resolution your monitor is set to, and choose the same one that says "(low resolution)" to the right of the dimensions. First of all, this sucks, admittedly. It makes your monitor slightly blurry by comparison to what you were running it at. The upside I've found, however, is that I can even join Zoom sessions with multiple people on video without my computer coming to a complete crawl. Since changing this setting I have had the kernel_task issue maybe once or twice in 2 or 3 days and it subsides fairly quickly on its own. Before I was having the issue at least once an hour and had to restart my computer many times a day.

So, my question is -- has anyone recently found a better solution than Semi-practical solution #3 (i.e. in 2022)? I am in the middle of a project at work, and my work somehow determined that the motherboard needs to be replaced, which is impossible for me to accommodate due to time constraints at the moment. Has anyone received any word from Apple indicating that this is a known software or hardware issue that they have a fix in the works for? In all the discussions.apple.com posts I have seen, the Apple rep restates the OP's issue as if it is a completely unknown issue.

Two (2) macOS Base Systems?

Posted: 20 May 2022 03:36 PM PDT

I found this:

Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on  /dev/disk1s5   233Gi   10Gi  111Gi     9%  488255 2447613065    0%   /  devfs          342Ki  342Ki    0Bi   100%    1184          0  100%   /dev  /dev/disk1s1   233Gi  107Gi  111Gi    50% 1405058 2446696262    0%   /System/Volumes/Data  /dev/disk1s4   233Gi  4.0Gi  111Gi     4%       5 2448101315    0%   /private/var/vm  map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0          0  100%   /System/Volumes/Data/net  map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0          0  100%   /System/Volumes/Data/home  /dev/disk2s1   594Mi  494Mi  101Mi    84%       6 4294967273    0%   /Volumes/RecoveryHDMeta  /dev/disk3s1   1.9Gi  1.2Gi  654Mi    66%   48034 4294919245    0%   /Volumes/macOS Base System  /dev/disk4s1   1.9Gi  1.2Gi  654Mi    66%   48034 4294919245    0%   /Volumes/macOS Base System 1

Is this normal? (last two lines) Can I erase /Volumes/macOS Base System 1 and reclaim that space, or will I be breaking something?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Macbook Pro 14" M1 logs in with Touch ID but not with password

Posted: 20 May 2022 05:17 PM PDT

For some reason I can't login to my Mac with a typed password, only with Touch ID.

I have checked if I was entering correctly, if caps lock was activated and have also changed the password, but I simply can't log in with any typed password.

The reason I know why I'm not typing it incorrectly is that after logging in with touch ID I go to "Settings" and unlock it using the same password with success. Even when I change my password, the new one can also unlock the settings app, but can't unlock my Mac.

Although it isn't stopping me from doing anything right now I'm a bit worried that if for some reason my Touch ID stops working for I might lose access to my laptop.

Any idea what might be going on?

Cannot re-allocate free space to main disk

Posted: 20 May 2022 04:09 PM PDT

I have a Boot Camp partition that I wanted to make smaller, so I would have more space on my main macOS container. I followed this tutorial, but I'm struggling with the last step. I successfully used the MiniTool Partition wizard to make the Boot Camp partition smaller. The free space is now visible in the macOS Disk Utility. I then used the following commands:

df -h  diskutil apfs list  sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

However when using the sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0 command, I get the following output in Terminal:

Started APFS operation  Aligning grow delta to 79.263.285.248 bytes and targeting a new physical store size of 429.316.349.952 bytes  Determined the maximum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS Container to be 429.316.349.952 bytes  Resizing APFS Container designated by APFS Container Reference disk1  The specific APFS Physical Store being resized is disk0s2  Verifying storage system  Using live mode  Performing fsck_apfs -n -x -l /dev/disk0s2  Checking the container superblock  Checking the EFI jumpstart record  Checking the space manager  Checking the space manager free queue trees  Checking the object map  Checking the encryption key structures  Checking volume /dev/rdisk1s1  Checking the APFS volume superblock  Checking the object map  Checking the snapshot metadata tree  Checking the snapshot metadata  Checking snapshot 1 of 1 (com.apple.os.update-D296176C9F1447A402795DE19045A404D91C61D21590F8E018EB80C949FBD899)  Checking the fsroot tree  Checking the file extent tree  Checking the extent ref tree  Verifying volume object map space  The volume /dev/rdisk1s1 appears to be OK  Checking volume /dev/rdisk1s2  Checking the APFS volume superblock  Checking the object map  Checking the snapshot metadata tree  Checking the snapshot metadata  Checking the document ID tree  Checking the fsroot tree  error: refcnt (1) of dstream id object (id 1246626) is less than expected (2)  error: refcnt (1) of dstream id object (id 1247707) is less than expected (2)  error: refcnt (1) of dstream id object (id 7540510) is less than expected (2)  error: refcnt (1) of dstream id object (id 8451233) is less than expected (2)  error: refcnt (1) of dstream id object (id 9838001) is less than expected (2)  error: dstream (id 120785108) does not have an associated dstream id object  error: alloced_size (1613824) of dstream (id 120785108) does not match calculated size (0)  Checking the extent ref tree  Verifying volume object map space  The volume /dev/rdisk1s2 was found to be corrupt and needs to be repaired  Checking volume /dev/rdisk1s3  Checking the APFS volume superblock  Checking the object map  Checking the snapshot metadata tree  Checking the snapshot metadata  Checking the fsroot tree  Checking the extent ref tree  Verifying volume object map space  The volume /dev/rdisk1s3 appears to be OK  Checking volume /dev/rdisk1s4  Checking the APFS volume superblock  Checking the object map  Checking the snapshot metadata tree  Checking the snapshot metadata  Checking the fsroot tree  Checking the extent ref tree  Verifying volume object map space  The volume /dev/rdisk1s4 appears to be OK  Checking volume /dev/rdisk1s5  Checking the APFS volume superblock  Checking the object map  Checking the snapshot metadata tree  Checking the snapshot metadata  Checking the fsroot tree  Checking the extent ref tree  Verifying volume object map space  The volume /dev/rdisk1s5 appears to be OK  Checking volume /dev/rdisk1s6  Checking the APFS volume superblock  Checking the object map  Checking the snapshot metadata tree  Checking the snapshot metadata  Checking the fsroot tree  Checking the extent ref tree  Verifying volume object map space  The volume /dev/rdisk1s6 appears to be OK  Verifying allocated space  Performing deferred repairs  error: refcnt of dstream id object (id 1246626) less than expected  Skipped 5/5 repairs of this type in total  error: dstream (id 120785108) does not have an associated dstream id object  Skipped 2/2 repairs of this type in total  Deferred repairs skipped  The container /dev/disk0s2 could not be verified completely  Storage system check exit code is 8  Error: -69716: Storage system verify or repair failed

Can someone help me?

using xargs with mv

Posted: 20 May 2022 12:59 PM PDT

So, I'm trying to move all screenshots files I found on my Desktop to a specific folder.

/Users/me/Desktop/Screenshot 2022-04-30 at 19.19.56.png  /Users/me/Desktop/Screenshot 2022-05-04 at 23.01.25.png  /Users/me/Desktop/Screenshot 2022-04-26 at 13.09.09.png  /Users/me/Desktop/Screenshot 2022-05-07 at 01.03.45.png  /Users/me/Desktop/Screenshot 2022-04-25 at 22.24.11.png

As the n00b I am, I am trying to run this series of commands:

me@10 Desktop % find ~/Desktop | grep Scree | xargs -I mv '{}' ~/Pictures/Screenshots

And I get xargs: {}: No such file or directory

How to achieve what I am looking for using xargs? (Other more efficient options are welcomed, but I am trying to learn and practise xargs.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Why does Photos recognize EXIF data in a .MOV but not an .MP4?

Posted: 20 May 2022 12:24 PM PDT

I have a script that I wrote that uses HandBrakeCLI to convert files from .MOV to .MP4, but then also attempts to preserve various EXIF metadata by using exiftool by using the -TagsFromFile operation to copy tags from the older MOV to the newer MP4 (and then a subsequent additional run for -FileModifyDate<CreateDate).

While everything seems to work and the EXIF tags appear in the output MP4, when I import the MP4 into Photos I don't see any information about location, or the iPhone model that I captured the video with.

If I use exiftool to view the metadata of the original MOV and resulting MP4 I do see that the MOV only has 5 GPS-related items (Coordinates, Altitude, Alt. Ref, Latitude, Longitude, Position) while the MP4 has the same but multiple copies of all except 'Position'. Additionally, I can see that the MOV has 'Model' for iPhone, but the MP4 has 'Model' and 'Camera Model Name' both referencing the iPhone.

Despite this plethora of data, Photos.app says it doesn't know what camera took the video nor does it know what GPS location the video was taken.

Does anyone have any insight on this? Is it because it is an MP4 and not a MOV? I'm assuming that Photos.app is getting camera/GPS from the EXIF data in the first place, so why doesn't it recognize it from the MP4?

macOS constantly adds input sources

Posted: 21 May 2022 12:51 AM PDT

Some time ago I played around with some custom keyboard layouts for Ukrainian and I don't remember in much detail what I did, but as a result I started to experience this weird bug.

I downloaded a custom layout and installed it. I did not like it much, so tried to edit it with Ukelele and used it for some time.

Now it's long gone from my machine, but I still experience a weird bug, which first appeared at that time. macOS constantly adds a couple of 'Ukrainian - Legacy' input sources.

example

Even if I try to remove them, they will appear the next time I open preferences or reload the laptop. Behavior isn't very consistent though. After I delete them, they're gone from status bar and touch bar (but will be present in the preferences after close-reopen) until restart or log out.

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I checked ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox.plist and it seems to be correct and have only two keyboard input sources I added (US and Slovak)

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How should I debug this?

UPD: I just installed my custom keyboard I mentioned on start of text and it behaves exactly the same as Ukrainian - Legacy (but thanks god macOS adds it only once, not three times)

pf.conf configuration?

Posted: 20 May 2022 05:01 PM PDT

I've been a Windows user for 35+ years and I'm new to Macintosh.

I would like to configure PF firewall to block the ports below, incoming and outgoing on all interfaces.

What commands do I need to use to edit PF and do the commands below look correct? I don't know much about computers so bear with me.

Is it possible to block all incoming connections with pf wall? Or will that result in not being able to connect to any Wifi network? How does pf wall affect Mac's native built-in firewall? Does PF rules overwrite the built-in firewall?

This could be my /etc/pf.conf:

scrub-anchor "com.apple/*"  nat-anchor "com.apple/*"  rdr-anchor "com.apple/*"  dummynet-anchor "com.apple/*"  anchor "com.apple/*"  load anchor "com.apple" from "/etc/pf.anchors/com.apple"    block in quick inet proto { tcp, udp } from any to any port 67,68,22,23,25,88,119,138,139,192,311,389,445,500,515,548,587,626,3283,3285,3689,4500,5009,5223,5350,5351,5353,5900

How to input characters with HEX codes ending with "0"?

Posted: 21 May 2022 06:04 AM PDT

I've recently upgraded to Monterey, and while I normally use the Unicode HEX keyboard to input accented/special characters, it ignores characters whose codes start and end with "0", making it impossible to input "a with grave accent" (U+00E0), but "ᄐ" (U+1110) and "é" (U+00E9) work.

Seems like a bug, and is a big nuisance.

How to turn off “macOS MDM Enrollment”

Posted: 20 May 2022 07:20 PM PDT

I have a MacBook Pro that I bought on eBay. There's an annoying message that pops up every few minutes "macOS MDM Enrollment" is the title. I've tried several different methods posted on this site to remove it. I've been in Recovery Mode more times than I can count. I've turned off FileVault, removed all of the pertinent files from LaunchAgent and LaunchDaemon,unmounted and mounted my volume, etc. Nothing has been effective. I'm running Monterey v12.2.1 on an Intel 2019 MacBook Pro. Can anyone suggest something new?

Click (but not tap) with two fingers to activate secondary click while being able to tap with one finger

Posted: 21 May 2022 03:02 AM PDT

This answer doesn't solve the problem cause it deactivates a single finger tap. Probably you guys are aware of some terminal magic here. Many thanks!

How can I set up a shortcut on macOS Monterey to delete selected files?

Posted: 21 May 2022 03:39 AM PDT

I have the following shortcut: Shortcut screenshot The delete action seems to run when I click the "Yes" button in the dialog, just like it should. I know this because I was asked for permission to allow it to run the first time I tested the shortcut. However, the file that I had selected in Finder was still not deleted!

I feel like I'm going crazy here...it took me two hours of Googling just to come up with this seemingly-simple combination of actions, and still nothing. What am I doing wrong?

MTIA for any advice/guidance given :-)

PS: In case it isn't obvious, I am a complete noob when it comes to Applescript or anything to do with the new Shortcuts feature in Monterey. It's been years since I last used a Mac so any answerers should please ELI5 :P Thanks again!

Slight lag when typing on Big Sur vs Catalina?

Posted: 20 May 2022 11:26 PM PDT

I'm using a 2019 Macbook pro. The specs are:

2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9

32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB

I recently upgraded from Catalina to Big Sur (v 11.6), and I notice the experience, especially when typing, isn't as smooth as when I had Catalina.

Anyone know what could be causing this?

Mac does not finish rebooting, can't remote connect

Posted: 21 May 2022 01:08 AM PDT

I have a Mac Mini, M1, which I use remotely via SSH / VNC.

From time to time I need to issues a reboot to the machine.

After rebooting however, I am unable to establish an SSH connection as all I get are 'Connection Refused' packets.

It seems that machine does not actually finish the boot process until first login; only after entering my password on the local machine does it start accepting SSH connections.

How can I make the Mac actually finish booting without someone physically at the machine?

Disable Spaces shelf in Mission Control all windows Exposé

Posted: 21 May 2022 04:00 AM PDT

In recent versions of macOS, Mission Control's all windows view shows a shelf for your Spaces. When first activated, this shelf is collapsed at a small height at the top of the screen that displays each Space's title. If you move your mouse up and hover over that shelf, the shelf expands in height and a full thumbnail of each Space is shown.

Mission Control activated via a Bottom Left or Bottom Right hot corner; note the collapsed-by-default Spaces shelf:

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The problem is that I use a "Top Right" hot corner to activate Mission Control, and have since that feature was released as Exposé in OS X 10.3 in 2003. Because that hot corner is located above that collapsed shelf, the Spaces shelf is fully expanded every time I use the hot corner. The collapsed view is never shown.

Mission Control activated via a Top Left or Top Right hot corner; Spaces shelf always expanded:

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I would like to keep using the same hot corner due to muscle memory. But I don't use Spaces, so I would like to remove that space-wasting and Exposé-spatial-layout-wrecking expanded Spaces shelf.

  1. Can the Spaces shelf be disabled and hidden entirely from the Mission Control all windows view, for all activation methods? This would be like using old Exposé, before it was expanded to Mission Control.
  2. Using a Top Left or Top Right activation hot corner for Mission Control, is there any way for the Spaces shelf to not be immediately displayed upon every activation? I wouldn't mind still seeing the collapsed view, but I want to expand the shelf intentionally by click or moving out and re-hovering.

How to install and run coursera-dl on M1 Mac without errors?

Posted: 20 May 2022 10:47 PM PDT

When attempting to install and run coursera-dl, the whole process is laden with errors, and it has been exceedingly difficult to actually get it to work.

I suspect this is a difficulty any Mac user installing coursera-dl would encounter, but you can never be sure when using the M1 chip so I tagged that in my question.

I am looking for answers that concicesly, and most importantly, effectively get coursera-dl working in the command prompt on an M1 mac.

I spent about 4 hours figuring out this today, so I'm going to post my own answer, but if others have more insight and\or figured out an easier way to do it their answers are welcome as well.

iMovie stopped exporting

Posted: 21 May 2022 05:00 AM PDT

I've been using/learning iMovie in order to create online classes for my students because of COVID19. Everything has been working fine until this morning.

iMovie just won't export a file.

I've created and exported about 30 videos thus far and I understand the basics. But now, when I select all the clips in a project and select the "Share - File..." option and hit "OK", nothing happens. No error messages, nothing. The little pie-chart progress indicator flashes for a fraction of a second before disappearing for good. The application doesn't bug or freeze (as I can keep working on the video or move to other projects), it just doesn't export the file.

I also can't export any of the videos it previously exported in the last few days and weeks. Nor will it export and brand new video.

I tried deleting the preferences: didn't solve anything.

I'm on 10.13 and iMovie 10.1.6 (and I can't upgrade).

Thanks.

P.S. The only change I made to the computer since yesterday is that I installed iOS 14 on my ipod touch. I had to use the MobileDeviceUpdater in order for iTunes to recognize my ipod touch. I can't imagine why it would change anything for iMovie, but nothing else changed.

Trackpad stopped working on mac book pro 2019

Posted: 21 May 2022 06:01 AM PDT

For testing purpose, I created a new user profile and the trackpad is working as usual !. However, It is still not working on my main user profile. I did the following with no success so far:

  • Re-install the macOS from the macOS recovery
  • Delete the com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad plist file from the ~/Library/Preferences through two ways: file system and Default command
  • Reset the SMC
  • Reset the NVRAM

macOS Catalina 10.15.5

How to prevent child from using Find My to interact with parent's device?

Posted: 21 May 2022 06:09 AM PDT

Both me and my child are members of one Family, with Family Sharing turned on. We use different Apple IDs. When my child opens "Find My" app, my devices are listed there as well.

How do I prevent my devices from showing up on that list?

The only option I have found is that I can turn off Location Sharing. But my child can still for example use "Play Sound" to remotely play a sound on my device.

I know that I can turn off "Find My" for any of my particular devices completely, but that would also prevent me from finding this device using my iCloud account, so I don't want to do that.

Alternatively, perhaps there's a way to block "Find My" on child's device completely?

How to clear "bell" flag (icon, sound) in Terminal tab?

Posted: 21 May 2022 06:06 AM PDT

The Terminal tabs in OS X can sometimes trigger a persistent "bell" condition where a bell icon appears in the title tab, and every time I navigate to that tab using cmd-tab, the alert sound occurs, and the bell icon fades away, and then whenever I change tabs again, the alert sound occurs again and the bell icon reappears. Switching screens can also trigger the same pair of alert sounds.

The upshot of all of this is that I can easily enter a condition where I'm hearing spurious alert noises many times per minute; it's irritating. Obviously, I can just close that particular tab, but this causes several problems--I many have long-running processes in the background of that tab, or a specific arrangement (the leftmost tab contains a particular job, for instance.

EDIT: I think I didn't make it clear that I don't want to disable the bell sound; I want it to occur when a bad thing happens. What I don't want is for a given Terminal tab to have a permanent error condition where every change to that tab sounds the bell.

Here's a movie:

https://brinckerhoff.org/tmp/terminal-bell-movie.mov

Unfortunately, these movies don't include the irritating sound--I think Apple doesn't want to make it too easy to capture computer audio--but you can see the bell icon disappearing and reappearing, and imagine the bell occurring for both of these.

Unable to format USB flash

Posted: 20 May 2022 11:04 PM PDT

I am trying to format my USB flash in ExFAT format to make it work on both Mac and Win devices. But I am unable to format my USB flash because I am getting an error when trying to format it via diskutil.

1) Check our external device in disks list: enter image description here

2) Format: enter image description here

According to the internet answers, I have tried to boot in safe mode and format USB flash then - but also got 'could not open device' error.

Can somebody help me with this?

P.S. Result of execution command from the question comment: enter image description here
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