Monday, May 23, 2022

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Recent Questions - Ask Different

BitLocker on Bootcamp Windows 7, 13" Macbook Air 2011?

Posted: 23 May 2022 12:27 PM PDT

Is there anything I should keep in mind in order to enable BitLocker under Bootcamp Windows 7 on Macbook Air 2011? Is it even possible at all?

Which of answers to this question are not/applicable? For example, do I need to "copy the EFI binaries" with bcdboot in my case?

Simply invoking Turn on BitLocker for my Bootcamp volume results in never-ending progress bar reading:

Starting BitLocker

Please wait while BitLocker initializes the drive

A compatible Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Device must be present on this computer, but a TPM was not found. Please contact your system administrator to enable Bit Locker.

Windows 7 is already installed long time ago, with a huge amount of user data currenly on Windows volume. Originally I had Professional edition; I just upgraded it to Ultimate edition. Bootcamp 5.0 was installed in a standard manner, also long time ago. Air 2011 does not have TPM module. I also enabled FileVault under MacOS just recently.

What is the best way to transfer photos from an iOS device to a Mac

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:51 AM PDT

I have an iPhone 12 Pro with several thousands of photos and videos inside of it that I would like to offload onto an external hard drive. I need to reduce the amount of data on the phone before I can back it up with iTunes.

I have a Mac Mini 2011 running High Sierra.

I plugged in and unlocked the iPhone and opened Apple's Image Capture.

I dragged the photos I wanted to copy to a folder where I wanted to back them up, several thousands at a time (there are over 20'000 photos on the iPhone), and always get errors such as:

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I cannot see the list of files that are not transferred (it clips after 5). There is no "retry" button or explanation.

Even when I try dragging smaller batches, I have the error even dragging just one file at a time.

Sometimes the transfer stops because the phone was going to sleep and needing to be unlocked again, which made the process more cumbersome.

I tried another, third-party app called SendAnywhere which resulted in an error message when attemptimg to transfer over 2'000 photos, but it helped me find out that the files that are not copying with Image Capture are not corrupted because they transferred fine.

I also wanted to try another 3rd party app called iMazing, but it requires an iTunes backup to work and I don't have enough local hard drive space for that now.

Although I am very curious and intrigued as to why this error occurs on a software created by the company that claims to have invented drag-and-drop (corrupted data on the files? Lightning cable issue? Bad software?), I would very much like to be able to transfer large amounts of data from my phone back to my computer.

How can I do that?

iPad - Transferring files from the "Files" app to the "Photos" app

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:30 AM PDT

I would like to transfer all the files in a particular album from the "Files" app to the "Photos" app on my Ipad. I used Airdrop from my MacBook to transfer several video and image files to my Ipad. I confirmed the files were sent by viewing some of them. I'm also starting to use Kinemaster for video editing on the iPad. It looks like when I select the "Video" tab and "All" from the "Albums" section of Kinemaster, it only allows me to access albums that were created using the "Photos" app. There was no access to anything I had in the "Files" app. That would lead me to assume that if I transferred the album of the videos and images from the "Files" app into the "Photos" app, Kinemaster will have access to them. I selected all of the images and videos in "Files" and tapped "Share", but did not see "Photos" as a target app in the list. I even tapped the "More" dots button but "Photos" was not listed as a target either.

The attached screen shots show the choices the Ipad gives in the "Sharing" screen.

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What kind of SSD do I have in my 2017 27" iMac?

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:16 AM PDT

Back in 2017 I purchased a 27" "Core i7" iMac, and opted to get the storage upgrade giving it a 500 GB SSD instead of a hard drive or fusion drive. I'm now considering upgrading the storage, but I'm not sure if the drive is a conventional SATA SSD or a "blade SSD" (to use iFixIt.com's terminology) that uses a proprietary connector, which I understand to be similar to but different from NVMe. The upgrade procedure is quite different depending on which it is.

How can I tell what kind of SSD my iMac has?

Install macOS Monterey.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application. No /Volumes/Shared\ Support

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:22 AM PDT

Tried to make USB stick with Monterey installer and got Install macOS Monterey.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application.

There is an answer on this portal Install macOS Monterey.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application, but where to get /Volumes/Shared\ Support/? I don't have such volume.

Automator: move files to a dynamically created folder name from subfolder

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:28 AM PDT

I'm trying to move downloaded files to a new folder(Get name from subfolder files).

Example:

Parent Folder  ├── 160x600-SubFolder1.1  │   ├── AnotherSubFolderEN-Test display_a98765bcd0e12345fg  │   │    └── Filename-Test display_gf54321e0dcb98765a.png  │   │  │   └── AnotherSubFolderDE-Test display_a98765bcd0e12345fg  │        └── Filename-Test display_gf54321e0dcb98765a.png  │  └── 300x600-SubFolder-2.1       ├── AnotherSubFolderEN-Test display_a98765bcd0e12345fg       │   └── Filename-Test display_gf54321e0dcb98765a.png       │       └── AnotherSubFolderDE-Test display_a98765bcd0e12345fg           └── Filename-Test display_gf54321e0dcb98765a.png

I want to automate it using Quick Actions and used the SubFolder(1.1/2.1) name before the dash as the file name(160x600_image.png) and move the file to a new Folder with the name from AnotherSubFolder before the dash(AnotherSubFolderEN).

Result will be:

Parent Folder  ├── AnotherSubFolderEN  │   ├── 160x600_image.png  │   └── 300x600_image.png  │  └── AnotherSubFolderDE      ├── 160x600_image.png      └── 300x600_image.png

What I did was get the first name of the folder but I'm having a hard time getting the subFolder as I'm not familiar with shell scripting.

awkprint

Any ideas? I checked around here and can't find something including the sub folders in script.

How to distribute Apple Automator Workflow to other users

Posted: 23 May 2022 10:29 AM PDT

I have a workflow that basically copies data from a specifically named USB (proof of concept at the moment) to a local folder. I would like to distribute this to other users since Automator seems to be per user. What is the optimal and safest way to distribute this where the user has to do as little as possible?

I have attempted to simply copy the workflow into the Folder Actions directory for another user, but that doesn't enable to folder actions automatically, so when plugging in the USB device, the workflow never runs. I also found a script within another post but that created folders on the Desktop and applied those actions there. I am trying to apply folder actions to /Volumes when a USB is mounted.

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/etc/sudoers is world writable and unable to change permissions on macOS M1 [duplicate]

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:08 AM PDT

I'm developing a web application and I had a problem saving an uploaded photo to a specific file so it can be retrieved from the database. An error occurred that failed to open the file stream. I searched for the problem and one solution was to write in the terminal sudo chown -some number and then the directory of the file. I did it but then phpMyAdmin stopped working and whenever I try to open the MySQL database server it won't open and when I try to change permissions it shows

sudo: /etc/sudoers is world writable   sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting  sudo: error initializing audit plugin sudoers_audit

I searched for this problem as well and tried a lot of lines and all of them shows the error

chmod: Unable to change file mode on /etc/sudoers: Operation not permitted

Set default alarm app such that Siri alarm request is made in that app

Posted: 23 May 2022 07:30 AM PDT

How can I tell iphone OS to use a specific alarm clock app instead of default Clock app to for verbal request of 'set an alarm for 13:30'?

(because default 9 minute snooze that can not be changed is not user friendly).

On android, such setting is possible and voice assistant routes the request to the app specified.

(are certain alarm apps more linked with Siri than others?) (e.g., I hope to use Alarm Clock For Me') but the question is generic for any alarm app).

Mac Downloads Folder in dock doesn't show Icons

Posted: 23 May 2022 05:10 AM PDT

My Downloads folder in the dock looks like this:

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If I click on it, there are also no icons.

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I tried removing it from dock and adding it back, but it shows the same result.

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The system was freshly installed about a month ago.

How can I use my Mac as a Camera?

Posted: 23 May 2022 04:52 AM PDT

It is very inconvenient for MacBook users to take photos. On Windows, there is the Camera app which can be really useful at times.

How can I use my Mac to take pictures?

iPhone XS automatically shuts down once plugged to charger

Posted: 23 May 2022 10:27 AM PDT

Recently I replaced my iPhone X's battery, and it was working fine for at least one week. Here is weird problem: when I plugged it to charger it start charging like normal, once screen goes dim & phone goes to auto lock, within one minute it auto shuts down & won't charge, If I press power button, it won't power on, unplugged and plugged again, no effect, normally with plugged to charger iPhone power turns on , but this doesn't happen in my case.

Now if I unplugged from the charger for 5 seconds, the iPhone auto turns on & I don't even need to press the power button. Weird thing is if I plug it into the charger and let then iPhone screen stay on, it charges like normal. iPhone battery works fine & it never goes auto off while using phone.

I'm not sure where to start to troubleshoot the problem, as I already destroyed my old original battery, While trying to change original protection board of battery, I broke original battery flex cable, so I don't have any other battery which I can try to check to see if that it is a faulty battery or iPhone motherboard, or it might be charging board. iPhone can connect to PC with no issue and as i I said its charging battery with no problem if phone screen is on.

What I am doing is set auto lock to never & set the brightness to zero, so I can charge my iPhone. Once it reaches 100% I reset to auto lock & increases brightness to normal, but this is not the solution.

I am wondering if anybody knows what is happening, and has anyone else faced a similar problem?

Any help shall be highly appreciated

How to fix error NSPOSIXErrorDomain:28 on Safari?

Posted: 23 May 2022 02:36 AM PDT

Sometimes when I want to browse on Safari, I receive the following error: (NSPOSIXErrorDomain:28) on my tabs. Is there anyone who knows why this error occur and how to avoid them?

I use macOS Monterey version 12.3.1

Starting an Application via LaunchPad vs. starting via Alias from Console

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:24 AM PDT

Mac Mini Monterey:

I have defined an Alias "jedit" to jEdit.app. If I start "jedit" from the commandline, jEdit starts and allows to edit all of my files. If I start jEdit by clicking on "jEdit.app" in the Applications-Folder, jEdit starts but most folders can not be read. I cannot modify anything.

What can I do?

Safari Issues on macOS 12.4

Posted: 23 May 2022 10:42 AM PDT

Problem:

Since updating to macOS 12.4, I have been seeing issues with Safari 15.5. Problem sites load just fine in Firefox (I don't use Chrome or Edge). Searches haven't revealed this as a common problem. None of these issues was present under 12.3

Tried to no effect:

  • cold rebooted.
  • disabled all plugins and extensions.
  • launched Safari in safe mode.
  • emptied caches.

Not Tried:

  • deleting plist files.
  • booting MBP in safe mode.

macOS: 12.4
Safari: 15.5
MBP 2020 Core i5, 8GB

Update 1:

In response to comment from @jaume:

  • Javascript is enabled (and has been consistently throughout this issue).
  • Block all cookies is unchecked (and has been consistently throughout this issue).

Update 2:

In response to comment from @Ezekiel:

  • Hide IP addresses is checked.

Potential Solution:

  • Unchecking Hide IP addresses appears to have solved the issue.

Gmail in Mail on iOS 10?

Posted: 23 May 2022 05:59 AM PDT

I have an old iPhone 5 with iOS 10. When trying to login to a Gmail account in the Settings app in order to use the Mail app I get this from Google:

Error 403: disallowed_useragent You can't sign in from this screen because this app doesn't comply with Google's secure browsers policy. If this app has a website, you can open a web browser and try signing in from there.

It basically means that Google has (correctly) classified the user agent as an embedded web view, which goes against their policy (reasonable, I think).

The question now is: can the Mail app on iOS 10 still be used with Gmail somehow?

I simply enjoy keeping devices alive and I enjoy using iOS Mail if possible.

YouTube video quality

Posted: 23 May 2022 09:01 AM PDT

I have an iPhone 13 Pro that I just purchased.

Whenever I load a YouTube video in my browser, whether that is using Chrome or Safari, every video I come across is automatically played in 320p quality by default. Using the cog icon I can change the quality to a maximum of 720p, there is no option for higher quality. However, on other devices watching the same YouTube video I can watch in 1080p, 4K, and 8K quality.

The App Store YouTube app does not appear to have this problem, however it is annoying having to use a separate app instead of the browser.

No other phone or device in my house has this problem, and I have checked the speed of my fibre internet.

Update to clarify question - How to get higher than 720p YouTube video quality when using Chrome or Safari web browsers. Especially when many videos outright refuse to load in 720p.

Can the iPad Magic Keyboard with Trackpad steer the MacOS mouse cursor when iPad is Extended Display for Mac?

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:23 AM PDT

I have the iPad Pro (12.9" 3rd Generation) running iPadOS 15, and an Intel Mac Mini running MacOS Monterey 12.3.1 (latest versions per of this writing).

The iPad Pro is connected as Extended Display, which shows a MacOS Desktop space on the iPad.

I currently have the Apple Pencil (2nd generation) and the iPad Pro Smart Keyboard Folio (without Trackpad). Both of these devices can control the MacOS computer. The Keyboard be used to type, and the Apple Pencil can control the mouse cursor in MacOS. (NB: Unfortunately, touching the iPad screen via fingers does not control the MacOS mouse cursor).

Can the iPad Magic Keyboard (with Trackpad) steer the cursor when iPad is an Extended Display for MacOS like this? I simply want to be able to control the mouse cursor on my Mac with the iPad's Magic Keyboard Trackpad.

Photos Places screen - how to show as grid

Posted: 23 May 2022 08:07 AM PDT

I am using Photos on macOS 12.3 choosing the Places album.

I get the map and can expand it so I get a thumbnail photo with a number for the number of photos in that area.

Then I double click on the thumbnail - the first couple of times it switches to a view with all the photos for that area in a grid. However after expanding and going back a few times when I double click on a thumbnail nothing happens. Well the cursor switches from the pointer to a hand so you can drag the map.

How do I reliably get from the Places album to the grid view.

Changing checkbox from tick to cross in Preview app

Posted: 23 May 2022 12:04 PM PDT

When I check a checkbox it uses a tick but I want to use a cross. Is there any way to change this?

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The one up, I needed to draw myself. If I leave it to Preview it chooses the tick. Is there anyway to change it?

"Invalid Email address" error when attempting to change account password on iPhond and iPad

Posted: 23 May 2022 05:51 AM PDT

I use Gmail. Recently I received an e-mail from Google informing me that my account may have been compromised. I verified this by logging into Google itself where I got the same message: that they had recently blocked an attempt to sign in. The problem is, when examining the login history, it just stated "unknown device" - and did not reveal any IP address. I had no way of telling whether it was actually one of my own devices, or someone else who was attempting to access my account.

I decided to play it safe and change my Google password anyway. So far so good. However, when attempting to change it on my iPhone I encountered a problem. When I tapped "Done", I got a pop-up message

**"Invalid Email addres"**  Please enter a valid email address for this account.

I was unable to save the new password. My e-mail address had not been changed: the only thing I wanted to do was change the password recorded on the account settings. Suspecting that it might be an issue with my iPhone, I tried it on my iPad - with exactly the same result.

The strange thing is that when I typed in my OLD password, it worked (i.e it allowed me to save the settings screen: it did not allow access to mail, because it was the wrong password).

Does anyone know what's going on? Unfortunately I can't include a screenshot from my devices, because I'm unable to e-mail them to myself because of this error. Right now I'm stuck with no access to e-mail on my Apple devices. Grateful for any insights.

Google won't let me revert to my old password because I used it too recently.

Do the intel Macbooks have an option for Hibernation?

Posted: 23 May 2022 07:55 AM PDT

I noticed that Big Sur 12.3 update notes mention that Hibernation support has been added for M1 Macs. I have an intel MacBook Pro and have never noticed an option to Hibernate.

In contrast to Windows machines, In Intel Macs the only available options are are Sleep, Shutdown, and Restart.

Does Apple offer a page that lists all versions of published Boot Camp drivers?

Posted: 23 May 2022 03:49 AM PDT

I realise that the recommended way of obtaining the latest drivers for Boot Camp is via Apple's official Boot Camp Assistant built into macOS, but was wondering if Apple offers an official index that can be used to easily obtain archival versions of the drivers that have been posted to the Apple website. Some simple searching has allowed me to find several different versions - through Boot Camp 2 to version 5, but as far as I can see, there's no "Boot Camp Downloads" page or similar from where these can all be found in a simple list.

What is the safest way to leave my MacBook on 24/7 with macOS Mojave?

Posted: 23 May 2022 03:51 AM PDT

I used to use sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25 to try setting my MacBook to hibernate instead of sleep, so that it pulls power away from the RAM/hard drives, etc. and puts the laptop into a proper sleep. A few major updates ago (maybe El Capitan), pmset ... 25 no longer worked to set my MacBook into hibernate/safe sleep. I'm using a MacBook 13" from 2017. Is hibernate no longer supported on this model?

After hearing about the defect in the 15-inch MacBooks from 2017, I have to admit that I'm concerned they'll find an issue with 13-inch MacBooks as well, and I want to be as safe as possible.

I use a lot of applications whose state needs to be maintained across many days for development and testing, so shutting down my computer every day is not efficient nor is it a viable option.

Here is my pmset -g custom after running sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25 to try enabling hibernate mode again:

pmset -g custom

Battery Power:   lidwake              1   autopoweroff         1   standbydelayhigh     86400   autopoweroffdelay    28800   proximitywake        0   standby              1   standbydelaylow      10800   ttyskeepawake        1   highstandbythreshold 50   powernap             0   gpuswitch            2   hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage   hibernatemode        25   displaysleep         5   sleep                180   tcpkeepalive         1   halfdim              1   acwake               0   lessbright           1   disksleep            10  AC Power:   lidwake              1   autopoweroff         1   standbydelayhigh     86400   autopoweroffdelay    28800   proximitywake        1   standby              1   standbydelaylow      10800   ttyskeepawake        1   hibernatemode        25   powernap             1   gpuswitch            2   hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage   highstandbythreshold 50   womp                 1   displaysleep         10   networkoversleep     0   sleep                10   tcpkeepalive         1   halfdim              1   acwake               0   disksleep            10

pmset -g cap

Capabilities for AC Power:   displaysleep   disksleep   sleep   womp   acwake   lidwake   halfdim   gpuswitch   standby   standbydelayhigh   standbydelaylow   highstandbythreshold   powernap   ttyskeepawake   hibernatemode   hibernatefile   autopoweroff   tcpkeepalive   autopoweroffdelay   proximitywake

Disable Left/Right Scrolling on Magic Mouse with Google Calendar

Posted: 23 May 2022 06:05 AM PDT

I am a first time Magic Mouse user. I love the vertical scrolling on web pages. However, on Google Calendar, scrolling left-to-right makes the calendar move forward and back between months. I'm constantly accidentally scrolling my calendar with the Magic Mouse.

Is there I way I can tell the Magic Mouse to not do the left/right scroll/swipe thing, but to still do the up/down scroll/swipe thing? One a per application basis? Or some other solution I'm not thinking of? This uber complaint thread makes it seem like it's not possible to disable this feature in Google Calendar (although I'm happy to be corrected there). 10.12.5, if it matters.

How to install Visual Studio Code's `code` command permanently?

Posted: 23 May 2022 10:17 AM PDT

I just followed the top-voted answer here and successfully installed Visual Studio Code's code command in my terminal.

However, the code command fails to launch Visual Studio Code every time after I restart my MacBook Pro.

~ code  zsh: command not found: code

Is it possible to install code permanently so that I don't have to install it every time I turn on my MacBook Pro?

~ where code  /usr/local/bin/code    ~ ls -l /usr/local/bin/code  lrwxr-xr-x  1 myName  admin  167 Aug  5 13:41 /usr/local/bin/code -> /private/var/folders/bh/525lnbns1213cx2651s97my00000gp/T/AppTranslocation/EA379FC4-05D2-4739-BE49-1D8870E47B8A/d/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code

I also find out that the folder EA379FC4-05D2-4739-BE49-1D8870E47B8A get deleted after I restart my laptop.

This is the reason that I cannot run code after the laptop is restarted.

Why is code installed in a temporary folder?

My MacBook Pro's version is macOS Sierra version 10.12.6

Is there a keyboard shortcut for hibernate now a Mac, without changing power settings?

Posted: 23 May 2022 09:42 AM PDT

Question Details:

Is it possible to make your macbookpro retina (2015) to hibernate (hibernate mode 25 i.e. fully powered off) via a shortcut? I still want it to go to sleep (the usual default safesleep) when closing the lid. Put differently: I would like to achieve the same settings that I had on Windows.

Windows setting:

On my Windows (7) laptop, besides shutdown and restart, I have the option of 2 settings: sleep or hibernate. Either pressing the sleep button on my keyboard or hibernating via the start menu (by pressing the start menu, clicking the right direction button and then clicking the "Hibernate" button). Neither method requires me to close the laptop lid.

Apple Mac OS Assumption:

I am under the impression that Mac OS has the ability to hibernate just like a Windows PC - i.e. totally powered off. In order to trigger this, I must first enable this feature [sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25] and then trigger it by closing the lid. Please correct me if I'm mistaken about this. If I'm not mistaken, please see below:

Situation:

I've just started using a Macbookpro (V10.10). I like how it goes to sleep when closing the lid. However, I would like the option to hibernate via a button/keybaord shortcut. I understand I can change the hibernate mode to hibernate 25 via pmset. However, this makes the macbook go to hibernate whenever I close the lid - I don't want it to hibernate when closing the lid, rather just hibernate via a button/shortcut.

iTerm - going one word backwards and forwards

Posted: 23 May 2022 10:17 AM PDT

Would it be possible to configure iTerm 2 to go backwards and forwards one word through the curent text in the command line using a keyboard shortcut?

Disable Automatic Gain control in Google Hangouts

Posted: 23 May 2022 11:06 AM PDT

I'm using the latest version of OSX with Google Chrome and Hangouts. I'm having trouble with the Hangout's automatic gain control, in that I don't want to use it. The gain control is too dumb to understand that we're using a table top mic and that background noise isn't relevant.

I have found guides that tell you to edit com.google.GoogleTalkPluginD.plist, and I've followed them to a T, but they haven't affected the issue. It seems that hangouts is now separated from the Google Talk Plugin. All the information related to this issue was from 2011, and hangouts have changed vastly since then.

Is there any new settings file? It seems like the only option might be an inline level mixer. Thanks!

MS Word for Mac, show outline on the left panel

Posted: 23 May 2022 06:43 AM PDT

In MS Word for Windows, I can see an outline panel that shows headings so that I can jump to desired section quickly. But I don't have such an outline panel in Word for Mac. It does not have 'view' tab in the ribbon.

I'm NOT talking about 'outline view' that you can choose on the lower-left corner of the window. I want an outline displayed on the left-hand side and main text in the middle.
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