Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Recent Questions - Ask Different

Can I delete this extra Macintosh Hd- Data partition?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 07:16 PM PDT

I had bootcamp set up on my late 2013 macbook pro. I was trying to remove bootcamp and windows to free up space, but bootcamp told me I needed to run First Aid. I ran First Aid but now my partitions look like this and my bootcamp partition is no where to be seen. I'm guessing my bootcamp turned into "Macintosh HD - Data" and can safely be deleted from disk utility without messing with my main partition? enter image description here

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Restoring iCloud backup not possible due to lack of free storage in iPhone

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 04:22 PM PDT

I'm unable to restore an iCloud backup on my iPhone X, after it has been emptied and brought to the factory settings in recovery mode.

My iCloud backup is ~180 GB, while my iPhone 256GB. After almost one day it shows a alert that there is no more free space on my iPhone, while still need to restore 30GB.

If I check how much space is present on my iPhone, most of the memory is occupied by a gray bar (undefined).

How is that possible? Since I cannot control anything of the backup, how can I solve the problem?

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Quiet the 'The default interactive shell is now zsh.' output [duplicate]

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 03:53 PM PDT

This is getting annoying on Monterey 12.2.1. I have a bash shell. I do not wish to make any changes to $HOME/.bashrc files.

What system file can I change?

This question is NOT THE SAME as:

[Restored Jul 6, 2022 at 6:07:42 PM]  Last login: Wed Jul  6 18:07:37 on console  Restored session: Mon Apr  4 12:32:47 EDT 2022    The default interactive shell is now zsh.  To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.  For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.  macbook$ /bin/bash

HOW do I quiet this extraneous output given that I wish to stay with bash SHELL.

How do I fix this OSX build. (C Code, worked in 2012, same code, compiles, runs, has memory errors now, old build runs fine still) [closed]

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 02:55 PM PDT

The old OSX build runs fine (built in 2012). The new one, where the code is pretty much the same, compiles and runs, but when it gets to a strlcpy invocation; the OSX kernel decides some memory was used incorrectly and terminates the process.

If I "fix" (ie hack around with a check) the first strlcpy "situation" ("does this pointer have the same contents as the other thing we're copying too allready? If so don't bother"), then the error just migrates to the next sorta similar code (and this time a blatant "you're not allowed to do that" error).

This code runs fine under the most memory secure stringent grsecurity-linux kernel. So it isn't like we're using the stack for execution of data-only stuff. It also runs fine under regular linux and windows. The code has not changed in these instances in 15 years, and the rest of the engine code is almost all the same as the 2012 working OSX version that it was branched off of a decade ago.

And yet when we compile today, on a recent OSX (High Sierra, but installed a few days ago); "you're not allowed to do that" and then the OSX kernel Aborts the process explicitly when we simply copy the name of a shader to the name field of a texture. This has worked fine for 15 years, maybe 20 or 30.

This code originates from John Carmack and Id software or Lord "Forest Hale" havoc. They're both good programmers and Forest Hale is very careful.

How do I fix this. It's not the code: it's the build environment, or maybe OSX now needs some sort of hacks etc which it didn't have.

In the code, strlncpy etc from OpenBSD is provided in darkplaces/common.h and common.c. For BSDs it's Idefe'd out as they allready have the function and there would be a conflict.

Remeber this code worked for 30 years straight, and 15 years without any tampering at all: up till now trying to compile it on "modern" OSX. And yes we are doing it on a mac-mini; not crosscompiling.

Please help. たすけて

These are some backtraces and stuff we've done (Chris, my mac friend, came over the house to try to figure it out too; but he was unable to)

pastebin com/YYpjt71d GDB of Sig Abort once asked to load a map from OSX kernel

pastebin com/z2Q3mKAd printfs to standard out were commented out, but still sig abort from kernel pastebin com/hPnkBFai https://pastebin.com/1bxkY3x8 https://pastebin.com/YaxNT0ea https://pastebin.com/naVBCMb6

=pastebin com/xjUEBfcb https://pastebin.com/JZLN9GXC

https://pastebin.com/UJk8ufqz

https://pastebin.com/yN3NfQxx https://pastebin.com/2Bb0RXnq

(lldb) print texture->name (char [64]) $0 = "textures/common/caulk" (lldb) print name (const char *) $1 = 0x0000000107c770c8 "textures/common/caulk" (lldb)

(That is correct: that's what is supposed to be in those variables; no error here)

This is all from model_shared.c in darkplaces. If one "defeats" the first strlcpy (ie by putting a hack that avoids the copy if the contents of both are at that point allready the same): the error just migrates down the code to the conditional at like 3161 or so:

else if (!(texture->backgroundskinframes[j] = R_SkinFrame_LoadExternal(backgroundlayer->texturename[j], (backgroundlayer->texflags & texflagsmask) | texflagsor, false))) { Con_Printf("^1%s:^7 could not load texture ^3"%s"^7 (background frame %i) for shader ^2"%s"\n", loadmodel->name, backgroundlayer->texturename[j], j, texture->name); texture->backgroundskinframes[j] = R_SkinFrame_LoadMissing(); }

The copyright line for this file is:

/* Copyright (C) 1996-1997 Id Software, Inc.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

Does this look familiar to you? (Why or why not)

Id software didn't write "shit code" Nor did the good Sir Lord Forest Hale Havoc.

It is not their code that is at fault. And no code has been added in the interm regarding these functions. Infact they are the same in current darkplaces aswell.

The error doesn't show up until one tries to load a texture in a 3d map: so just running the binary and seeing that it loads doesn't help (which is what everyone does to see if the OSX build "works" (no one games on a Mac))

After upgrade to Monterey, a user-created launchd job does not run

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 02:39 PM PDT

I have a launchd job that is supposed to run a php script at 6am every day. The script runs a number of backup-related tasks. After upgrading to Monterey, the task no longer starts at its scheduled time.

I use Lingon X to control it. When I run it manually from Lingon X as a "test", it starts, but sometimes does not finish. When I run the command from the terminal, the job starts and always runs to completion.

Here is the plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">  <plist version="1.0">  <dict>      <key>Disabled</key>      <false/>      <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>      <dict>          <key>PATH</key>          <string>/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/jas/Keybase.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin:/usr/local/sbin</string>      </dict>      <key>Label</key>      <string>RH-backup</string>      <key>ProgramArguments</key>      <array>          <string>/opt/local/bin/php</string>          <string>/Users/jas/Websites/RepHunter/cron/RH-backup.php</string>      </array>      <key>RunAtLoad</key>      <false/>      <key>StandardErrorPath</key>      <string>/Volumes/Backup1/RH-backup/dbtemp/stderr.log</string>      <key>StandardOutPath</key>      <string>/Volumes/Backup1/RH-backup/dbtemp/stdout.log</string>      <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>      <array>          <dict>              <key>Hour</key>              <integer>6</integer>              <key>Minute</key>              <integer>0</integer>          </dict>      </array>      <key>StartOnMount</key>      <false/>  </dict>  </plist>

There is never any output in either stderr.log or stdout.log.

The only suspicious pattern is that it appears that when started manually, the job often quits after a certain interval. Since the executable is a php script, the first thing I checked was whether the script was timing out.

As a test, I added set_time_limit(900) to the php script. That should not matter, as per the php documentation the script timeout does not include the time when system calls are made. The purpose of the script is to make numerous systems calls. So it should not be consuming a lot of run time on its own.

Plus this script has be working for several years without any such issues.

Any ideas?

Dialog boxes will not click Monterey

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 06:36 PM PDT

I have been having an issue lately (I have never had this issue before). When an app gives me a dialog box (such as an applescript error, a permission dialog, or an unexpected quit), I will not be able to answer it. I can click the buttons, but nothing happens. The dialog will stay (I just drag it into the corner if it doesn't need any action), and the action the button does will not execute. This becomes a real pain because, many times, there is an app asking for permission, and I have to log out, log in, and then ask for that permission again to get it to click. It will click for a few hours after log out & log in, but then it freezes up again. I am running Monterey 12.4. This only started after I used migration assistant to migrate from an Intel iMac to an M1 pro Macbook. This does NOT occur with dialog boxes created by or within apps, but only dialogs created by MACOS

These are the types of dialog boxes I am talking about: enter image description here enter image description here enter image description here

However, dialog boxes like this (not draggable, and stuck inside the app's window, not a separate window) never freeze: enter image description here

Edit: this is not related to any particular app. My apps all work fine. It is an issue with just the dialogs, and I am picking on UTM because it is easy to make UTM throw dialogs. But, for example, yesterday, I was trying to set up a VPN. To let the app add a VPN config, a macos networking dialog popped up. I had to log out & log in, then re-add the VPN for me to be able to click the dialog.

How to change the created/modified/access dates on a folder of files?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 01:02 PM PDT

I took a bunch of vacation photos and didn't realize that the camera date was incorrect. The photos all start at Dec 31, 2012 11:00pm, whereas they should start at June 28, 2022 11:42am. I've looked at the touch and SetFile terminal commands, but just can't seem to find a way to recursively add the proper amount of years, days, minutes, to each file to get them to the correct date. Any suggestions?

Xsan volume won't cvfsck due to journal issue

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 11:46 AM PDT

I had a power failure to an Xsan volume and it won't currently mount. I have stopped it on all controllers to cvfsck it. Cvfsck says:

bash-3.2# cvfsck Xsan6    Checked Build disabled - default.  Successfully registered with the FSMPM.    FsName: Xsan6  Hostname: cisixs15.pgcluster.internal.dns  Date: 2022-07-06 14:32:16  Created directory /tmp/cvfsck7751a for temporary files.    Initializing Copy-On-Write store.    ---------------------------------------    NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE DISK  ---------------------------------------            elapsed time: 0.06 seconds total, cpu 100%          memory: virt 4256 MB / res 75 MB      Checking Arbitration Control Block.            elapsed time: 0.06 seconds, cpu 100% (delta 0.01 seconds, cpu 92%)          memory: virt 4282 MB / res 84 MB    Recovering Journal Log.  Journal_recover: Detection of oldest log record FAILED - [Incomplete journal found 0x27ce80000ee86 to 0x27ce800011e0b needed 0x27ce800004043  ]  Journal_recover: There were errors in the journal recovery - Invalid argument.  Journal will  NOT BE CLEARED for DEBUGGING.  File system must go through integrity checks!  Journal error: Journal_recover: There were errors in the journal recovery - Invalid argument.  Journal will  NOT BE CLEARED for DEBUGGING.  File system must go through integrity checks!    *Fatal*: Journal Log Recovery FAILED!  *Fatal*: See log for diagnostics.  *Fatal*:  *Critical*: File System Read-Only Check finished - with errors.            elapsed time: 0.54 seconds, cpu 89% (delta 0.47 seconds, cpu 83%)          memory: virt 4879 MB / res 601 MB      *Critical*: This is an abnormal exit.            elapsed time: 0.54 seconds, cpu 89% (delta 0.00 seconds, cpu 100%)          memory: virt 4879 MB / res 601 MB    Log file (/Library/Logs/Xsan/data/Xsan6/log/cvlog) with more detail shows:    [20220705 15:24:20.428346] 0x7fff9753c380 (Debug) Starting journal log recovery.  [20220705 15:24:20] 0x7fff9753c380 (**Error**) Journal_recover: Detection of oldest log record FAILED - [Incomplete journal found 0x27ce80000ee86 to 0x27ce800011e0b needed 0x27ce800004043  ]  [20220705 15:24:20] 0x7fff9753c380 (**Critical**) Journal_recover: There were errors in the journal recovery - Invalid argument.  Journal will  NOT BE CLEARED for DEBUGGING.  File system must go through integrity checks!  [20220705 15:24:20] 0x7fff9753c380 (**FATAL**) Journal Log Recovery FAILED!  Please retain logs for diagnostics and contact Technical Support!  [20220705 15:24:20] 0x7fff9753c380 (**FATAL**) PANIC: /System/Library/Filesystems/acfs.fs/Contents/bin/fsm "Journal Log Recovery FAILED!  Please retain logs for diagnostics and contact Technical Support!  " file /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/XsanFS/XsanFS-613.50.3/snfs/fsm/inode.c, line 1977  [20220705 15:24:20] 0x7fff9753c380 (**FATAL**) PANIC: wait 3 secs for journal to flush  [20220705 15:24:23] 0x7fff9753c380 (**FATAL**) PANIC: aborting threads now.

I've read the cvfsck manpage and noticed the "-K" option:

-K Forces the journal to be cleared and reset. WARNING: Resetting the journal may introduce metadata inconsistency. After the journal reset has been completed, run cvfsck to verify and repair any metadata inconsistency. Use this option with extreme caution.

The disks on the raid array show no red lights on the front, so they seem good.

I'm wondering if anyone else has used the -K option of cvfsck and if they had any success or destructive experiences with it.

Thanks in advance

Where to download iTunes 11 for Windows?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 10:58 AM PDT

I'm trying to rescue family photos from an old iPod 1st gen (A1213). This thing has never seen a software update, it doesn't even have Appstore. Unfortunately Apple dropped support for this device in iTunes 12, therefore I wasn't able to connect it to iTunes or set it up as a USB storage device, both on MacOS and Windows.

My only hope is to install iTunes 11 on a Windows machine - mainly from this video tutorial

It's 2022 and Apple doesn't supply version 11 for windows anymore. Sites like oldversion.com and ihackintosh.com don't seem to exist anymore. I couldn't even find a torrent for it. Does anyone know of another source for old Windows iTunes versions?

Sell(sign out) multi-user, several Mac devices securely

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 10:05 AM PDT

In our company, we have several Macs and Macbooks. They aren't used anymore, so We want to sell it. IT department said that we don't know the erasing the devices securely. So, I'm searching the information about the sign out before erase the data in the disks. Erasing is OK but signing out the accounts is really mess :(

All devices have same admin account and I can open that admin account in every device(but linked apple account is unreachable, I cannot signed out the apple ID, maybe IT can create the linked mail address and I can press the forgot password option, to get a new apple account password for that account). Old employees have standard account in the devices. They didn't sign out before leaving the company, we don't know the passwords for standard accounts. So, is it possible to sign out them via Admin account? or just remove them and sign out from admin account.

When I search in the forum, it is mentioned for only one account... If someone gives an option, it will be really helpful.

App Store Review Guidelines - Do they agree with a completely password-protected application?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 10:35 AM PDT

I have an app for iOS available only for the customers. On the main page, there is a login/password form. And there is no form to Sign Up because the registration is possible offline only. In the review, I will provide the credentials (they are the same for all users, like user/qwerty), so Apple can check the functionality. Will they approve that the app will not be public by default? I'm reading their rules, and do not see any problems: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#legal

(v) Account Sign-In: If your app doesn't include significant account-based features, let people use it without a login. If your app supports account creation, you must also offer account deletion within the app. Apps may not require users to enter personal information to function, except when directly relevant to the core functionality of the app or required by law. If your core app functionality is not related to a specific social network (e.g. Facebook, WeChat, Weibo, Twitter, etc.), you must provide access without a login or via another mechanism. Pulling basic profile information, sharing to the social network, or inviting friends to use the app are not considered core app functionality. The app must also include a mechanism to revoke social network credentials and disable data access between the app and social network from within the app. An app may not store credentials or tokens to social networks off of the device and may only use such credentials or tokens to directly connect to the social network from the app itself while the app is in use.

Best offline task management software [closed]

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 09:46 AM PDT

Could anyone recommend a task manager for me? Below are my requirements:

must have:

  • either stores tasks on my machine only, or is end-to-end encrypted, or works correctly with no access to the Internet
  • allows to set due date for a task and puts it into some form of "priority" category on that day
  • handles recurring tasks
  • allows categorization into projects
  • allows exporting/backing up of data

nice to have:

  • allows categorization into subprojects
  • either free or one-time payment
  • allows to save comments for tasks
  • works on multiple platforms

Hosting a ObjectCapture cloud-based service [closed]

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 09:38 AM PDT

I was thinking to create a cloud-based service to execute an ObjectCapture application.

The initial plan is to use AWS's EC M1 instances.

But reviewing MacOS SLA I found that section (3.) shows some restrictions about usage. I also know, that there are other applications using this kind of services

So, the questions are:

  • Is Creating an application that executes ObjectCapture hosted on the cloud under the SLA?
  • If it is not, what are the alternatives for that?

From section 3. (Leasing for Permitted Developer Services.) of the SLA https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOSMonterey.pdf

  1. Leasing for Permitted Developer Services. A. Leasing. You may lease or sublease a validly licensed version of the Apple Software in its entirety to an individual or organization (each, a "Lessee") provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(i) the leased Apple Software must be used for the sole purpose of providing Permitted Developer Services and each Lessee must review and agree to be bound by the terms of this License;

(ii) each lease period must be for a minimum period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours; > (iii) during the lease period, the End User Lessee must have sole and exclusive use and control of the Apple Software and the Apple-branded hardware on which it is installed, except that you, as the party leasing the Apple Software ("Lessor"), may provide administrative support for the Apple Software; and (iv) prior to using the Apple Software, the End User Lessee must review and agree to be bound by the terms applicable to any software preinstalled on the Apple Software, including, but not limited to Apple's Xcode developer software and any other Apple or third-party software.

For purposes of this Section 3: (A) End User Lessee means a Lessee who is the end user ultimately using the leased Apple Software solely for Permitted Developer Services; and (B) Permitted Developer Services means continuous integration services, including but not limited to software development, building software from source, automated testing during software development, and running necessary developer tools to support such activities. Each Lessor must provide Apple with advance notice prior to leasing or subleasing the Apple Software pursuant to this Section 3 by contacting Apple Developer Relations (https://developer.apple.com/contact/macos-license/)

Every System-initiated connection fails

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 09:27 AM PDT

I'm facing a really random issue: on my 2019 MacBook Pro 16", running Big Sur, my GMail account was suddenly disconnected. As I was trying to reconnect, I only get blank loading screen from both Mail and System Preferences.

Digging a bit deeper, it seems that any sort of system-initiated connection is going wrong:

  • Adding any account on System Preferences doesn't work
  • Even Signing Out from my Apple ID from there times out
  • The App Store itself opens with a blank window
  • Trying to run Software Updates shows an "Unable to check for updates"

Every other app connecting works fine. I'm also totally able to do those things on my M1 MacBook Pro running Monterey, on the same WiFi. So it's not a network issue.

I tried:

  • Rebooting in Safe Mode and trying again. Same result.
  • Rebooting in Recovery Mode and reinstalling the entire system. Same result.

Did anybody ever see this issue? It seems like I'm stuck with that, as I can't even update to the next OS version because of this.

Any help would be immensely appreciated.

Fully reset WiFi without rebooting computer?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 09:04 AM PDT

Having an issue where if my wifi disconnects, DHCP fails to work again until after rebooting my entire computer. Couldn't find any info as to why this happens in the first place, but was wondering if there was any way to achieve the same exact effect on the wifi without having to reboot the whole system. Tried turning it off and on, but this does nothing. Also tried ifconfig en0 down then ifconfig en0 up, but same result. Thanks.

mac Books.app copy text from a epub book, the content is truncated

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 03:47 PM PDT

when I copy text from books, seems there is size limitation, the copy is truncated, please see an example:

"on this earth I'm going to live. Why be only half alive? Every minute a person spends worrying about dying is just one minute that fellow might as well have been dead." I had to leave at that point, because I had to be on a certain plane for Detroit. On the plane the second but much more pleasant experience occurred. After the noise of the takeoff, I heard a ticking sound. Rather startled, I glanced at the fellow sitting beside me, for the sound seemed to be coming from him. He smiled a big smile and said, "Oh, it's not a bomb. It's just my heart." I was obviously surprised, so he proceeded to tell me what had happened. Just twenty-one days before, he had undergone an operation that involved putting a plastic valve into his heart. The ticking sound, he explained, would continue for several months, until new tissue had grown over the artificial valve. I asked him what he was going to do. "Oh," he said, "I've got big plans. I'm going to study law when I get back to Minnesota. Someday I hope to be in government work. The doctors tell me I must[…]"

Excerpt From ... This material may be protected by copyright.

Please see this: The doctors tell me I must[…]", it was truncated as [...]. Very weird thing is, when I google, no one reported this thing.

How to make a Shortcuts message automation to add number to a contact

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 01:21 PM PDT

I'd like to create a shortcuts automation on my phone to automatically add spam messages to a "Spam" contact. However, I can't get the shortcut to work. This is what I currently have

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This is for a "when I get a message containing text" automation.

This pops up the automation whenever I get a message, but when I run it, it does nothing.

I am constantly getting "Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'" on my MAMP website

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 10:02 AM PDT

The error message is:

Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/newsportal/admin/includes/config.php on line 6

Failed to connect to MySQL: Access denied for user root @localhost (using password: NO)

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Here is the php config code for this website:

<?php  define('DB_SERVER','localhost');  define('DB_USER','root');  define('DB_PASS' ,'');  define('DB_NAME','newsportal');  $con = mysqli_connect(DB_SERVER,DB_USER,DB_PASS,DB_NAME);  // Check connection  if (mysqli_connect_errno())  {   echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();  }  ?>

How to disable trackpad acceleration on M1 MBPs just like on Intel MBPs?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 04:03 PM PDT

I've got a new M1 Pro MBP and I am struggling to get the trackpad into a usable state.

com.apple.trackpad.scaling on 0 or -1 don't have acceleration but they're way too slow. This wasn't the case on my Intel MBP where -1 was reasonably fast.

How can I disable trackpad acceleration on an 16" M1 Pro MBP running macOS 12.2 such that it roughly matches the experience on an Intel MBP?

iStat Menus vs Activity Monitor Memory Reporting

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 09:44 AM PDT

iStat Menus is reporting 16 GB of used memory but Activity Monitor is reporting 23 GB used.

  • Who is telling the truth?
  • Why are these apps reporting different values?

MacBook Pro 14" 32 GB Monterey (12.0.1)

Safari 15.0 on the Mac keeps on reopening closed windows

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 07:05 PM PDT

I'm running the new Safari 15 on MacOS 11.6 (Big Sur) and when I close the software and reopen it, the windows I've closed in the prior session reopen unlike before I upgraded Safari to the latest release.

I've tried emptying the caches. There's over 50GB of storage space. The system has plenty of unused RAM. Safari hung the first time I tried opening it after the upgrade.

Problem mounting NFS shares from OSX servers

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 05:07 PM PDT

I am having a problem using NFS connecting to shares from a Mac with Catalina and another one with Snow Leopard (don't ask why ;). I just updated to BigSur 11.4 When I use :

-fstype=nfs,noowners,nolockd,noresvport,hard,bg,intr,rw,tcp,nfc

in /etc/auto_nfs

cd /System/Volumes/Data/NetVolumes/data  -bash: cd: /System/Volumes/Data/NetVolumes/data: Invalid argument

if by other hand I use

-fstype=nfs,rw,sync

cd /System/Volumes/Data/NetVolumes/data1  -bash: cd: /System/Volumes/Data/NetVolumes/data1: RPC prog. not avail

upload file in chrome needs to open finder dialog twice to find all files

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 12:02 PM PDT

Whenever I add a file to my new Mac (Big Sur) by for instance taking a screenshot, and go to upload it through chrome, the file isn't there when the upload dialog first comes up. if I close that dialog and click the upload button again as to bring up the upload dialog anew, the recently added file is there.

Seems like the first dialog performs a search for new files, but those are only shown once the dialog is brought up again.

Permission setting or what causes this odd behavior? My old Mac doesn't have this behavior at all (Catalina).

Also, many files (but not the folders) are "greyed out" in the upload dialog, but they are all selectable.

In this scenario I have 3 screenshots (filename "skärmavbild..."), but the first time I open the dialog I only see two of them, not the most recently added...

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I close the dialog and immediately open it up again and this is what I get

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Not sure if it is browser-related or macOS related...

Create Network option missing under Wifi for P2P ad-hoc networking (I'm a developer using Xamarin build host)

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 11:07 AM PDT

My goal is to use the P2P wireless networking so the Xamarin editor can deploy on the Mac for development and testing

As of the latest version of Big Sur the option to have a P2P network seems to have been removed, which is unfortunate since while at a hotel, I can't have these two laptops directly connect to each other (P2P routing between adjacent devices isn't working) on the Hotel wifi.

Is there a Terminal option or some other idea to enable this?

How to block specific apps on an iPhone

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 04:03 PM PDT

I'm having a hard time configuring my daughter's iPhone with Screen time. I would like to completely block some apps during the weekdays and allow some time for them during the weekends.

Screen time only allows me to set a limit strictly greater than 0, so I have to set all the apps I want to block to 1 minute. Knowing that she can auto-extend for 1 additional minute, an app that I want blocked has instead 2 minutes of usage per day (not a big deal but still...). There is a "Always Allowed apps" list but not a "Never Allowed apps" list. Uninstalling the apps is also not a solution as I want them available during the weekend.

Is there a way, with Screen time or another app, to have a better control and put in place what is described above?

How do I sync my photo's from my iPhone to Google Drive?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 02:03 PM PDT

I try to find a way to sync my photo's on my iPhone to my Google Drive, it appears that this is not so easy, this is what I did allready:

  1. In my photo app on my iPhone I select 4 photos > share > to google drive and select folder and that works.
  2. I select 13 photos in my photo app > share and Google Drive is gone, I can't select it
  3. upload photos in the Google Drive app and that works, it's a hassle because I need to delete the original photos from the photo app, that kinda sucks
  4. then iCloud: I turned on sync with iCloud on my phone and on my mac I set it up to sync my iPhone photos with my mac to put those pictures in a specific location and what do I get when I open finder in that location? a whole bunch of F[2 digits] folders, how helpful is that?...
  5. then I found this topic and I tested photosync and I got excited I set up to sync the photos to a Google Drive folder in low quality because the original quality cost money.. and it works I tested it and deleted a photo in google drive and I synced again and the deleted photo came back in Google Drive. In my book that's not syncing.

I came from Android on my Android: I downloaded a drivesync app I set it up and BAM done, no problems. Why is it so hard for IOS to sync photo's?

Does anyone here has a sync with iPhone photos to Google Drive working? and I mean Google Drive not Google Photo's on My mac and Windows laptop I sync the photo's and I have a renaming files and directory structure workflow, and I don't want to change that. So Google photo's is not an option.

Regards, Ralph

QuickTime Player won't save edited file: The operation could not be completed

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 04:02 PM PDT

I've edited an MP4 movie file in Quicktime Player Version 10.5.

When I try to save the edited file, I get: The operation could not be completed.

Does anyone know what causes this and/or how it can be solved?

macOS Mojave 10.14.2 / Quicktime Player 10.5 / MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

Can an eMac boot from a USB optical drive connected via a FireWire adapter?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 01:06 PM PDT

I've got an eMac that's mostly working (running Tiger, plus a selection of other nice software), but has a broken optical drive. I have a spare USB optical drive lying around, and it works for most purposes, but, according to this discussion on the Ars Technica OpenForum, most PowerPC Macs (including eMacs) can't boot from USB drives (at least not out of the box and without a LOT of tinkering and swearing), although they can boot from FireWire drives.

Just in case I ever have to reinstall Mac OS X on the eMac, here's my question: if I plug a USB-to-FireWire adapter into one of the eMac's FireWire ports, and plug the USB optical drive into that, will the eMac be able to boot from said optical drive, or will I have to shell out for a FireWire optical drive?

Built in FTP client (cmd + k) - can't upload files (Mavericks)

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 06:12 PM PDT

I have just found out that I can enter a built-in FTP client on my Mac by simply pressing ^ Ctrl + K. Great thing!

But after I have successfully connected to my server and a 'folder' with files located there appeared, it occurred that I can't upload files by simply drag & drop'ing them. When I checked the 'Get info' I saw that it is marked as 'You can only read', yet the ftp account itself is okay, because I could upload files there from dreamweaver (unfortunately I have only Windows licence for this app).

Why is it marked as 'You can only read' and how do I fix that?

Please help!

P.S. Could you explain it in an easy way? Because I'm new to Mac (just bought one few days ago).

How can I find the serial number on a mac programmatically from the terminal?

Posted: 06 Jul 2022 12:53 PM PDT

What command can I use to retrieve the system's serial number from the unix command line? As uname will output some information about the software and hardware, I would like to retrieve the serial number from a command to use in a script.
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