I'm having issues with automount with my NFS shares after upgrading to MacOS Monterey 12.3.1. /etc/auto_master:

`
#
# Automounter master map
#
/System/Volumes/Data/mnt auto_mounts
+auto_master            # Use directory service
#/net                   -hosts          -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid
/home                   auto_home       -nobrowse,hidefromfinder
/Network/Servers        -fstab
/-                      -static

` /etc/auto_mounts

`
nas         10.17.24.105:/homes/mynas

`

`
$ sudo automount -vc
automount: /System/Volumes/Data/mnt mounted
automount: /System/Volumes/Data/home updated (/home -> /System/Volumes/Data/home)
automount: no unmounts
$ ls -l /System/Volumes/Data/mnt/
total 0
ls: fts_read: Input/output error

` Any ideas? I have already tried a bunch of things, including manually mounting the shares with mount -t nfs.

This apple script seems to be doing exactly what I wanted it to do, (save screenshots both to a file location and to the clipboard) but I can't for the life of me figure out how to change this script to point at a different folder (currently it is saving to the Desktop) I'm not very familiar with Automator or AppleScript and haven't been able to pin down where that is being set so that I can change it This line looks relevant: set thePathFilename to POSIX path of (path to desktop folder as string) & theFilename And this is the full script on run {input, parameters} -- # Screen Shot to Clipboard and File -- # Clear the clipboard so the 'repeat until isReady ...' loop works properly. set the clipboard to "" -- # Copy picture of selected area to the clipboard, press: ⌃⇧⌘4 -- # Note that on my system I need to keystroke '$' instead of '4'. -- # I assume this is because the 'shift' key is being pressed. tell application "System Events" keystroke "$" using {control down, shift down, command down} end tell -- # Wait while user makes the selection and releases the mouse or times out. -- # Note that the time out also acts as an escape key press of sorts. In other -- # words, if the user actually presses the escape key it has no effect on this -- # script like it would if pressing the normal shortcut outside of the script. -- # -- # As coded, the time out is 5 seconds. Adjust 'or i is greater than 10' and or -- # 'delay 0.5' as appropriate for your needs to set a different length time out. -- # This means, as is, you have 5 seconds to select the area of the screen you -- # want to capture and let go of the mouse button, otherwise it times out. set i to 0 set isReady to false repeat until isReady or i is greater than 10 delay 0.5 set i to i + 1 set cbInfo to (clipboard info) as string if cbInfo contains "class PNGf" then set isReady to true end if end repeat if not isReady then -- # User either pressed the Esc key or timed out waiting. return -- # Exit the script without further processing. end if -- # Build out the screen shot path filename so its convention is of -- # the default behavior when saving a screen shot to the Desktop. set theDateTimeNow to (do shell script "date \"+%Y-%m-%d at %l.%M.%S %p\"") set theFilename to "Screen Shot " & theDateTimeNow & ".png" set thePathFilename to POSIX path of (path to desktop folder as string) & theFilename -- # Retrieve the PNG data from the clipboard and write it to a disk file. set pngData to the clipboard as «class PNGf» delay 0.5 try set fileNumber to open for access thePathFilename with write permission write pngData to fileNumber close access fileNumber on error eStr number eNum try close access fileNumber end try activate display dialog eStr & " number " & eNum buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "File I/O Error..." with icon caution end try -- # Convert the POSIX path filename to an alias. set thePathFilename to POSIX file thePathFilename as alias -- # Hide the file extension as is the default. tell application "Finder" try set extension hidden of thePathFilename to true end try end tell Which I found here: Copy screenshot to clipboard in addition to saving the file

I have the serial number of a remote iPad Pro and would like to know if it is a Gen 2 or 3. The device is not accessible so I can not read the model number off the back.

I just upgraded my mac from 10.14 to 13.6.5. Now whenever I get a message, the notification that appears shows the person's phone number or email address rather than their name. My contacts are synced using iCloud, and the notifications work fine on my iPhone. It was working just fine in 10.14 too. Any ideas on how to fix this? Update: I tried to fix it by signing out of Messages and signing back in again... and now every single one of my iMessage conversations are gone! 😭 All of my SMS messages are still there.

Parallels allows us to run a Windows VM on macOS. On older Macs, we were able to run Windows on Boot Camp, which was an alternative to a VM. Interestingly, if we install Windows on Boot Camp we can, from macOS Parallels, run that Windows as a VM. Now to the question: we generally say a VM will be a little bit slower than Windows running directly on hardware. What about a VM from the Boot Camp partition vs. a VM on a macOS partition? Which one is supposed to be faster?

As well as many of the other features talked about during macOS Mojave's release like dark mode and the addition of new apps like Home, another key feature of macOS Mojave seems to be it's heightened focus on both privacy and security. As quoted under the "Camera and Microphone Now Require Your Permission" section of this article: > Apple also announced that other categories of data, such as your Messages history and Mail database, will be protected in a similar manner to macOS Mojave's new camera and microphone permissions. I understand that after the update, when an app requests to use your camera or microphone, you will receive an alert like the one below: However, I am more intrigued by the following: > ...other categories of data, such as your Messages history and Mail database, will be protected in a similar manner... I have been unable to find much information about this online and I do not currently have the pre-release version of macOS Mojave installed and am therefore unable to test this new feature but I am curious to know what exactly this feature will mean. Has Apple publicly documented how this will work?

I've been using this mac for about 8 months with my current wifi setup. For some reason, one day I just started getting a lot of ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED errors in Google Chrome. Nothing has changed, I have not moved my router or my Mac and the devices connected to the wifi are the same, yet I still get these errors. I did not apply any software updates to my Mac so I don't know what the root cause could be. What are some possible causes in a sudden uptick of these errors?

System: iMac M4, Sequoia 15.6 I found various suggestions for quick ways to create a large file for testing purposes. What I don't understand is what dd actually produces. Example: dd if=/dev/urandom of=bar.txt bs=1g count=10 seek=100 Finder window says "bar.txt 118.11 GB" . But the GetInfo window says "size 118,111,600,640 bytes (10.75 GB on disk) " Further, the GetInfo window for "Macintosh HD" seems to agree with the smaller value so far as disk space used vs. free is concerned. I'm guessing that my inexperience with dd means I'm not using bs and seek correctly? If so, what are a set of compatible args to use so the output file has a reliable size reported? As a side note, mkfile 10g fmkfile.txt produces a file that both Finder and GetInfo agree is 10.74 GB.

How can I get Cirrus Logic CS4208 drivers that include .inf & .sys for my Windows installed on a MacBook Pro 2015?

I have a 2011, 15" MacBook Pro (running 10.6.8) with the defunct, AMD(?) graphics chip. I'm trying to connect to a 23" Apple Cinema Display using a brand-new Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter (LogiLink CV0037), **but it doesn't work.** I am aware that my laptop has a Thunderbolt port, not a Mini DisplayPort. However, everything I've read seems to indicate that a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter should work perfectly fine for what I'm trying to do, given Thunderbolt's 'backward compatibility'. The most likely culprit in my mind is that I've permanently disabled the faulty graphics chip by following these video instructions , which might be interacting with how my machine connects with the display. Is this likely correct? Is the AMD(?) chip required to run external displays? Are there any other obvious possibilities? Also, it's worth noting: Both the display and adapter do in fact work. I plugged the display into an older 17" MBP with a mini-DisplayPort with no problems. Also when I pull the adapter out of either the 15" or 17", the laptop screen goes blue for a few seconds, suggesting that the 15" MacBook Pro is also detecting something, just not integrating the display connection fully(?).

I have been using Google Drive for desktop on my M1 MacBook Pro for a long time, but recently my folders on my google drive stopped syncing suddenly (Some folders are on my windows laptop and drive just basically mirrors them to my mac). On my other devices drive is running completely fine. There is no problem of storage shortage on my account too. At first, I signed out and signed in but that did not work. So I completely uninstalled and reinstalled it, but in vain. I was seeking help from google high tier support team but nothing really worked for my Mac. I have attached what pops out after the sign in. I have searched on the internet for a long time but to my surprise I did not found a single person with my kind of problem. The troubleshooting I tried are mentioned below: 1. Signing out and in 2. Uninstall and reinstall 3. Using mac on a different network 4. Signing in with a different google account 5. Deleting the DriveFS folder and restarting the computer 6. Reset user preferences on drive 7. Google drive proxy setting change from Auto-Detect to Direct Connection Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!

So I know what iCloud does backup: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428 But I couldn't find any source on what it **doesn't** backup I accidentally bricked my phone and loaded my backup onto another phone (it's been a while), but I did notice a few things (I'll continue adding things to these lists as I use my phone, in case anybody wonders the same thing): Things that did not backup/move over to new phone: ----- 1) There was **no** call history, that **didn't** get backed up 2) Apps that were no longer available in the app store did not get backed up 3) Apps that I had developed and deployed to my phone were not backed up (icons still there, though) Things that did backup/move over (somewhat surprisingly): ----- 1) Apps that saved session tokens still persisted (was still logged in to a lot of apps) 2) Probably for the same reason the session tokens were backedup, my downloaded Spotify songs also came along 3) I would've guessed that only iMessages would've been backed up, but looks like all of my SMS texts to android friends also got backed up which is nice 4) It did backup my iOS settings, I had sleeping screen turned off, and it was brought over Main reason I'm asking is because I wasn't sure if I should go through the effort of trying to revive the phone to get any obscure data off of it. In an ideal world I would get an exact copy. I'm OK just throwing it out otherwise Not sure if anybody's ever kept track, if there's a resource somewhere out there that has a list, that would be great closure for me. Thanks!

We know that using MDM we can handle **Privacy Preferences Policy Control** in mac. > I am able to disable **Screen Sharing** and **Camera feature** for the > Particular Application. Is there any way by which we can disable this globally for all applications? Payload Example Device Management Profile PrivacyPreferencesPolicyControl.Services

I've got a portable screen and a Macbook Pro. When I sit down at a desk, maybe I plug it in on the right or the left. Each time I forget and I end up having to into the settings and dragging them around. Is there a quick way to do this - either with a script or some tool that sits in the menu bar?

I've noticed that my screen was slightly strobing when my MacBook is plugged in via HDMI to my LG TV. The issue does not repro when there's lighter colours, and it also doesn't repro on the Mac's internal panel.

I bought a used Mac Mini from another country on Ebay. When I plugged it in the macOS installer listed my country (Portugal) and China as the topmost countries. How does it know this? And why China in addition to Portugal? Some more details: - The Mac mini didn't have any internet connectivity at that point, wired or wireless - I live in an isolated place so only my wifi networks were visible (internet and from a solar inverter) - I had plugged a cheap usb keyboard (in my local PT layout) - This happened twice as I had to return the first Mac mini due to it being the wrong model - Poking my Sequoia installation I can only find a wifi BSSID database in /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreLocation.framework/Versions/A/Support/factory.db which does not contain any information about my local wifi networks. - I had my iPhone close to me while setting this up, but tethering was not being used 

Frequently, when I try to open the (10.9) Finder's "Open With..." menu, I experience a delay that appears to be due to connected FireWire drives. This delay is very long when the drives need to spin up , but is also perceptible when the drives have not spun down. For me, this delay makes no sense: I have no applications that I use stored on my external drives, and I have disabled Spotlight searches of these drives (using Spotlight's "Privacy" setting ). Is there some way to prevent the "Open With..." menu examining external drives? --- Note that this is not a question about speeding up the OW menu in general (e.g., by pruning apps and file type associations), nor about keeping duplicate apps on external drives from appearing in the OW menu (I have none as my Spotlight settings noted above exclude them).

I have *Apple Wireless Keyboard (A1255, from 2007, US English layout)* and I want to use it on *non-Apple, Windows PC*. But I have two problems. **Firstly**, Windows does not detect when "fn" and "eject" is pressed on. **Secondly** - I want to rebind/swap these keys: "fn" to "control" (and "left control" to "fn") and "eject" to "delete". I installed BootCamp on my machine but it has not changed anything. Thanks for any help.

Would like to open an app (say Apple Music) two spaces to the left of Desktop using Automator Apple Mail already reliably opens one space to the left of Desktop (I'm not sure how but it does). I think its possible with an Apple Script but I'm not sure of the syntax.

I'm trying to make a button on finders toolbar that will group the open folders items by kind and sort by name. I found a script online that ive modified that appears to do this, t stops after changing to icon view and doesnt appear to do anything else. tell application "Finder" activate tell the front Finder window set the current view to icon view set the toolbar visible to true end tell tell icon view options of front Finder window set properties to {sort column:name column, sort direction:normal, text size:12, uses relative dates:true, calculates folder sizes:true, shows icon preview:true} end tell tell application "System Events" to tell process "Finder" tell menu item "Show View Options" of menu of menu bar item "View" of menu bar 1 to if exists then click tell checkbox "Always open in icon view" of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 0 then click tell checkbox "Always open in list view" of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Date Modified" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Date Created" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Size" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Kind" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 0 then click tell checkbox "Version" of group 1 of window 1 to if v(exists) and alue is 1 then click tell checkbox "Comments" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click tell checkbox "Label" of group 1 of window 1 to if (exists) and value is 1 then click end tell end tell