Re: Extremely slow airport extreme

The symptoms smell like more than one device having the same IP address; or the IP range of the LAN being set the same as the IP range of the WAN. One thing you could do is compare the speed shown by speedtest.net with the speed shown by a tool such as iStat Menus (in

Re: Power consumption question

It's somewhat surprising that you did all this sophisticated terminal-based research, but completely overlooked one of the most public meters! :-) In System Information, under Power, last few lines of Battery Information: Battery Installed:Yes Amperage (mA):0 Voltage (mV):

Re: ghost partition...

I have found that Drive Genius is quite clever about removing, resizing, and shifting partitions. It's not free, but it does stuff other tools won't do. > On Jul 13, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary > wrote: > > I have a ghost partition on disk. > >

Re: Disabling ‘smart’ quotes in Mail.app

Found it. There's a system-wide setting hidden under: System preferences > Keyboard > Text > "Use smart quotes and dashes" -Carl > On Jun 24, 2015, at 2:14 PM, Carl Hoefs > wrote: > > Is there any way to tell Mail.app to stop using ‘smart’ quotes (‘’ and “”)

Re: How can I force a full time machine backup?

On 2015-07-04, at 9:16 AM, Michael wrote: > How can I force a full time machine backup? > > I have several months of time machine history on my drive. I don't want to > reformat the drive (and lose it all), but I do want to force a full backup. I > know that there are

How can I force a full time machine backup?

How can I force a full time machine backup? I have several months of time machine history on my drive. I don't want to reformat the drive (and lose it all), but I do want to force a full backup. I know that there are files that got skipped (thanks for the tmutil compare trick), and I strongly

Updating locked title?? HAs anyone seen this?

I saw this message today (screenshot attached). Anyone know what this is? I'm concerned about malware, etc[image: Inline image 1] ___ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk

Re: Strange symptoms after computer logged out on its own(?)

More details. Many apps are asking for my permission to allow network access again (I have the OS X firewall turned on). I had to set all my Alfred settings again, but my packages were still there and so was my license. I changed the hotkey back to my preference, cmd + space, as well as my

Re: Interactive test in bash

On Thu May 21 2015 09:12:08 kuehn.k...@gmail.com said: > >> On May 20, 2015, at 3:14 PM, Carl Hoefs >> wrote: >> >> From a bash script I launch an app, but I only want this behavior if the >> user is locally logged in at the console. If the user has ssh’d into

Re: Strange symptoms after computer logged out on its own(?)

Bad news! Something is wrong with my machine. I was using it today and it immediately logged me off with no warning. The video I was watching in VLC was still playing, until I logged back in, at which point, everything restarted again. It seems every time I quit and restart Alfred, my settings

Re: Interactive test in bash

> On May 21, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Karl Kuehn wrote: > >> >> On May 21, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Carl Hoefs > > wrote: >> >> >>> On May 21, 2015, at 8:12 AM, Karl Kuehn >>

Re: Interactive test in bash

> On May 21, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Carl Hoefs > wrote: > >> >> On May 21, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Karl Kuehn > > wrote: >> >>> >>> On May 21, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Carl Hoefs >>

Re: Interactive test in bash

> On May 21, 2015, at 11:34 AM, Karl Kuehn wrote: > > >> On May 21, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Carl Hoefs > > wrote: >> >>> >>> On May 21, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Karl Kuehn >>

Re: Interactive test in bash

> On May 21, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Carl Hoefs > wrote: > > >> On May 21, 2015, at 8:12 AM, Karl Kuehn > > wrote: >> >> >>> On May 20, 2015, at 3:14 PM, Carl Hoefs >>

Re: Interactive test in bash

> On May 21, 2015, at 8:12 AM, Karl Kuehn wrote: > > >> On May 20, 2015, at 3:14 PM, Carl Hoefs > > wrote: >> >> From a bash script I launch an app, but I only want this behavior if the >> user is

Extremely slow airport extreme

I am having a problem with my Airport Extreme base station which serves as the router for all the devices (wireline and wireless) in my home. I've run several speed tests (mostly using speedtest.net , but also checking one or two others to be

Spaces bug in 10.10.4?

OS X 10.10.4 really runs like a dog on my MacBook Pro. One issue out of many: After only a few days of uptime and then OS X will no longer auto-move to the space in which an active app is running. When I click on an actively running app icon in the dock, the menu changes to that app’s menu but

Command-line way to list all seen wireless networks?

Is there a command-line way to list all seen wireless networks? Or, for that matter, to select one and provide a password? Both of these can be done from the GUI's; can this be scripted? --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce

ghost partition...

I have a ghost partition on disk. It dates from last year, with the release of the Yosemite Beta. I created a 50gb partition on my MBP, I think I encrypted it just for the fun, I installed the Yosemite Beta on it, played with it and then I don't remember. Now, what I have when I open Disk

iTunes 12.2

Trying to set up Apple Music, but it requires iTunes 12.2. When you click to upgrade, you get upgraded to 12.1 Is 12.2 not available yet? How can you run Apple Music on Mac OS X? Or is the Mac OS X version not available yet? K ___ MacOSX-talk mailing

Disabling ‘smart’ quotes in Mail.app

Is there any way to tell Mail.app to stop using ‘smart’ quotes (‘’ and “”) in plaintext emails? When I correspond with anyone using Windows, the quotes become mangled in translation: > Did you say Œavailable now¹? If so, ... > There is a setting in TextEdit for disabling smart quotes, but

Family Share question - transitioning

I think this applies to both groups, so... I"m ready to take the plunge into Family Sharing, but there is a question that I cannot seem to answer (and my attempts to get Apple to provide or give an answer have failed). Here's the issue: My wife currently uses my AppleID to sign in to the iTunes

Power consumption question

So a quick question. How much power is 600 mA? (Macbook pro) I have determined, via "pmset -g rawlog", that when running on battery, the difference between integrated video, and discrete video with an external monitor attached, is about 600 mA. How would I use that to determine the actual

new entries in Calendar often revert to "new event"

Hi, In the last month or two, many of my new entries in Calendar revert back to "new event" and lose any information that I entered. In some cases this happens right away and in other cases it happens a day or two later. It does not happen with every new entry, but it happens enough to be

ARDAgent

Does anybody know if Screen Sharing uses Remote Management's ARDAgent? I got this warning: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired. Is this warning something to worry about? I’d like

iTunes in FS mode auth panel doesn't accept keystrokes

I’m a member of Apple Music. I had iTunes in FS mode. I searched for a band under the “NEW” tab. Found the band and elected to stream the 1st track. I was greeted with an alert asking me to join Apple Music. But I’m already a member. Apple Music is working fine on my iPad and iPhone, so I

Bash: Stop "cd" from "go to home"

Is there a way to stop "cd" with no argument from going home? Alternatively, is there a way to make tab completion with nothing typed, in a directory with only one non-dot file, to match that one file? My issue: I type "ls", see only the directory that I want to go to, hit "cd ", and it fails

Safari & Flash

Is it just me? It seems like every week I get the notification that "Adobe Flash Player" is out of date. I update it, and I get the message again in a bout a week's time. Is Flash really updated so frequently? Or is there an intrinsic disconnect between Flash and Safari? Or is this a Trojan?

Slow MBP due to inactive memory

[Re-sending without screenshot, since the attachment may have tripped some AV/spam filter...] I have an old (late 2008 unibody 15") MacBook Pro that has the maximum[1] 4GB of RAM installed. It is running 10.6.8. Some time ago the machine started occasionally slowing to a crawl during normal

Converting to family sharing?

I'm not sure if this is a Mac or iPhone question, so I'm posting to both groups. My wife and I have been using my Apple ID to buy/use apps, music, books, etc. on our macs, iPhones and iPads. I am ready to move to family sharing. My big concern is that we have many many apps and lots of music we

Command to flush buffering?

Is there a command to flush all file buffer memory, load as much swap space into memory (off the disk) as possible, and uncompress as much compressed memory as possible? Activity monitor just told me that I had a 9 GB file cache, 2 GB of used swap, 1 GB of compressed memory. I think I could

Connection Reset

Almost every time I try to connect to a website using FireFox I get the message, "The connection was reset while the page was loading" I've tried disabling Sophos AV On demand Scanning but this doesn't appear to make a difference. I also tried reverting to an earlier version of FireFox, but

Re: ghost partition...

> On Jul 13, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary > wrote: > > I have a ghost partition on disk. > > It dates from last year, with the release of the Yosemite Beta. I created a > 50gb partition on my MBP, I think I encrypted it just for the fun, I >

Re: Slow MBP due to inactive memory

On 25 May 2015, at 12:22, H J wrote: > I'm working on clearing out those tabs now. But setting aside any questions > about FF memory leaks, I'm puzzled by what Activity Monitor's "System Memory" > section shows when such slowdowns occur. The Free: line typically shows >

Re: Command-line way to list all seen wireless networks?

On 17 Jul 2015, at 16:05, Michael wrote: > Is there a command-line way to list all seen wireless networks? /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport scan > Or, for that matter, to select one and provide a password? networksetup

Re: Safari & Flash

On 25 Jul 2015, at 11:55, Carl Hoefs wrote: > Is it just me? Possibly. Most people have stopped running Flash. > It seems like every week I get the notification that "Adobe Flash Player" is > out of date. That is because every week there is another massive flaw

Re: Updating locked title?? HAs anyone seen this?

> On 13 Aug 2015, at 22:17, Jeff Weinberger wrote: > > I saw this message today (screenshot attached). Anyone know what this is? The LOCKED_TITLE is the text that appears on your lock screen. (Security -> general -> Show a message when the screen is locked [x]) > I'm

Re: Connection Reset

No, but the first diagnostic you should try is to create a new, virgin user ID on your Mac, log into it, and try FireFox from there. If it works, you'll know the problem is something you're running in your everyday ID. > On Sep 25, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Chris wrote: > >

Re: iTunes 12.2

12.3 is out…download directly from apple.com/itunes . > On Jun 30, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > > Trying to set up Apple Music, but it requires iTunes 12.2. > When you click to upgrade, you get upgraded to 12.1 > > Is 12.2 not available yet?

Re: Converting to family sharing?

Thank you! Sounds like a huge hassle (why am I not surprised?) But also good advice. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Scot Hacker wrote: > > > ​Probably seemed like a good idea at the time. I've been there, and it > took a very long time to weed ourselves out of the mess

Re: Strange symptoms after computer logged out on its own(?)

On 22 May 2015, at 18:31, حبيب محمد ألأمين محمد ألهـاد wrote: > Bad news! Something is wrong with my machine. I was using it today and it > immediately logged me off with no warning. The video I was watching in VLC > was still playing, until I logged back in, at which

Re: ARDAgent

On 20 Jun 2015, at 17:21, Kevin Callahan wrote: > > Does anybody know if Screen Sharing uses Remote Management's ARDAgent? > > I got this warning: > > Warning: SUID file > "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg > ent" has been modified

Re: Disabling ‘smart’ quotes in Mail.app

On 24 Jun 2015, at 15:14, Carl Hoefs wrote: > > Is there any way to tell Mail.app to stop using ‘smart’ quotes (‘’ and “”) in > plaintext emails? When I correspond with anyone using Windows, the quotes > become mangled in translation: Shouldn’t be a problem.

Re: Bash: Stop "cd" from "go to home"

On 28 Jul 2015, at 11:06, Michael wrote: > Is there a way to stop "cd" with no argument from going home? Alias cd='cd /not/home' but that would be a terrible idea. > Alternatively, is there a way to make tab completion with nothing typed, in a > directory with only one

Re: Converting to family sharing?

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Jeff Weinberger wrote: > My wife and I have been using my Apple ID to buy/use apps, music, > books, etc. on our macs, iPhones and iPads. > ​Probably seemed like a good idea at the time. I've been there, and it took a very long time to

Re: Converting to family sharing?

On 01 Aug 2015, at 09:18, Jeff Weinberger wrote: > If I log her out of my account and into hers, and have her join "my" > family group, will all of that content be seamlessly authorized by her > account? Yes. Mostly. Almost entirely. There will be a few apps that she

Re: Command-line way to list all seen wireless networks?

Thank you! On 2015-09-25, at 11:03 AM, @lbutlr wrote: > On 17 Jul 2015, at 16:05, Michael wrote: >> Is there a command-line way to list all seen wireless networks? > > /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport >

Re: Updating locked title?? HAs anyone seen this?

Thanks! It was unexpected. And I was concerned. But after a bunch of research (finding pretty much nothing) it just went away after a restart (probably not after the next restart. but at some point). So, for now, not a problem On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:20 AM, @lbutlr

Re: Disabling ‘smart’ quotes in Mail.app

> There is a setting in TextEdit for disabling smart quotes, but I don’t see > how to do it in Mail. When you are in an editable document (new mail/reply etc), just go to Edit / Substitutions and check the settings. Jean-Christophe ___ MacOSX-talk

Keeping network shares mounted

Now that the list is back… I have three machines and a NAS that I need to keep network shares mounted on all three machines from he other two machines and the NAS, but this is turning out to be a huge problem, especially on the Mac mini running OS X Server 10.10.5. What I need is some utility

Re: Disabling ‘smart’ quotes in Mail.app

> On Sep 25, 2015, at 3:57 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary > wrote: > >> There is a setting in TextEdit for disabling smart quotes, but I don’t see >> how to do it in Mail. > > When you are in an editable document (new mail/reply etc), just go to Edit / >