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I'm unable to reinstall OS X

vrijdag 20 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have an iMac11,1 without an OS on it (Recovery mode is still on it) and I therefore want to reinstall OS X. First thing I've tried was doing it using the recovery mode. I've reformatted the "iMac HD" Volume as HFS+ (journaled), and th…

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I'm unable to reinstall OS X

vrijdag 20 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have an iMac 11.1 without an OS on it (Recovery mode is still on it) and I therefore want to reinstall OS X. First thing I've tried was doing it using the recovery mode. I've reformatted the "iMac HD" Volume as HFS+ (journaled), and t…

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Difference between Apple Pro M2, M2 and M1 using Stable Diffusion

vrijdag 20 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am benchmarking Stable Diffusion on MacBook Pro M2, MacBook Air M2 and MacBook Air M1. My assumption is the ml-stable-diffusion project may only use CPU cores to convert a Stable Diffusion Model from PyTorch to Core ML. I tested the c…

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Confused about iCloud and iCloud Drive syncing to iOS and MacOS apps

vrijdag 20 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

A previous post describes my situation perfectly but it has not been fully answered almost 2 years later. Here is the post: Confused about iCloud and iCloud Drive I believe that ios and MacOS apps syncing to iCloud Drive is what's causi…

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Different Between Apple Pro M2, M2 and M1 using stable-diffusion

vrijdag 20 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I convert and inference Stable Diffusion on MacBook Pro M2, MacBook Air M2 and MacBook Air M1. When they use the ml-stable-diffusion project to convert the Stable Diffusion Model from PyTorch to Core ML, they might only use CPU power. I…

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Confused about iCloud and iCloud Drive syncing to iOS and MacOS apps

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

A previous post describes my situation perfectly but it has not been fully answered almost 2 years later. Here is the post: Confused about iCloud and iCloud Drive I believe that ios and MacOS apps syncing to iCloud Drive is what's causi…

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Continuous scrolling problem in preview

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am using TexShop on Mac OS. Everything works fine, the pdf is generated and I can do continuous scrolling. However, when I view the pdf in (a) full screen mode and (b) zoom a page of this pdf, I get stuck with the same page and there …

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Run Windows 11 under Linux on an iMac 2012

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am booting in Linux on an iMac 27" from 2012. I wanted to install Windows 11 in VirtualBox, but that does not work. I gave it 2 CPU's, 8 GB mem and 80 GB hdd space. In VirtualBox I get the install screen, and when I want to start inst…

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Has OCR functionality on scanned docs in Notes changed?

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

iOS 17.0.3 - On the Notes app, I’ve been using the scan document feature to keep a copy of a document, saving within the Note and then copying & pasting elsewhere. Today, OCR is not working. Works for pictures taken in Notes but not for…

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Run Windows 11 under Linux on an iMac 2012

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I am booting in Linux on an iMac 27" from 2012. I wanted to install Windows 11 in VirtualBox, but that does not work. I gave it 2 CPU's, 8 GB mem and 80 GB hdd space. In VirtualBox I get the install screen, and when I want to start inst…

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How to run pkg installer asking for password in GUI rather than in shell

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I tried to use osascript but no luck: > osascript -e 'do shell script "installer -pkg /Users/syabro/Downloads/Crystal_Software.pkg -target /" with administrator privileges' 0:117: execution error: installer: Error - the package path sp…

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Watch standalone app vs companion app

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I'm planning on developing a simple Apple Watch app (Health app), but am not sure if to go for the standalone app or companion app situation. My biggest problem with standalone is: the Apple Watch app store is super clunky. I've tried t…

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How to share keyboard and mouse in Sonoma?

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I have a MacBook and a Mac Mini. I used to share a mouse and keyboard, but after updating to Sonoma, if I try to do the same, it mirrors the screen, and I don't have two computers; I only have one. The steps I do to reproduce this are …

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Trigger an AppleScript each time I open a new Finder window

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Because of compatibility issues with the Accessibility API with Matlab, I cannot use traditional tiling window managers such as Amethyst or yabai. This is frustrating but I found an alternative at Tiling Finder Windows in Mac OSX & macO…

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All files in directory filename character removal script bug

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I'm trying to use this question to rename all the files in a directory and keep only [a-zA-Z0-9. ] (last character is a space). The terminal entry I'm using is: for file in /Users/bob/Downloads/videos/*.mp4; do mv "$file" "$(sed 's/[^0-…

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Export media from iPhone directly to external drive?

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Is there a way to export directly from my iPhone to an external HDD using Photos.app? I always have to import them, thus writing them to my laptop and then to the external HDD. Is it possible to skip the local HDD write?

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Options for sending bulk mail locally

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I used to send small batches of mails to students of mine (inserting test results from a CSV file into each mail) with an AppleScript that controlled Apple Mail. However, I recently found that Apple Mail has a bug and formats messages i…

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13inch MacBook Pro M2 battery not charging fully

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

My 13inch MacBook Pro 2 has not been charging properly, sometimes it doesn't charge, sometimes only to 50%. My battery health it at 95% and it does have water damage (water trapped in screen) But this has been happening since before the…

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Install MacOS without screen on iMac

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I want to install macOS on an old iMac 21.5 from mid-2011, but the issue is the screen is completely broken. When I opened the iMac, the screen accidentally fell onto my table. The LCD connector is broken, and I think the LCD itself is …

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NordVPN wants to install a helper tool prompt at every restart

donderdag 19 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

Every time I startup my mac, I boot up NordVPN and it always seems to give this prompt, which it never did so often before: I'm on macOS 13.6 (22G120), and I have tried removing every file related to NordVPN prior to reinstalling it. I…

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contactsd using over 50% CPU on my MacBook Air

woensdag 18 oktober 2023 inAsk Different (Tips-Tricks-Tutorials)

I wanted to get some information with regards to the contactsd process on my MacBook Air. I often find it using over 50% of my CPU and I would like to know about it and how to disable its excessive usage.

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