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Troubleshooting Mom's iPad Air & iTunes Issue

😠 Current Issue 😡

When connecting any apple provided USB (all ports affected) from Mom's iPad Air to her MacBook Pro the following issue happens.

The MacBook Pro will connect & disconnect to the iPad Air every second. Example: First connection to MBP is successful and iTunes (or any other .app for that matter) recognizes it. +01 seconds into the connection it disconnects the +02 seconds it reconnects. This pattern will continune until the USB is disconnected from the MBP.

==Impt Note== This does not occur and there are no issues when connecting her other iOS devices (iPhone 6 & iPad mini).

Create a bootable installer for macOS

The following instructions were predominantly sourced via this Apple Support Document.

With macOS, you can use a USB flash drive or other removable media as a startup disk from which to install macOS. These advanced steps are intended primarly for system administrators and others who are familiar with the command line.

The final executable command(s) are found within Section III. Final macOS Executable Commands labled as Full Example or Full Example w/Options. I personally use the w/Options command which include both the --nointeraction and &&say Installation commands.

I. Overview

macOS 10.12 Sierra Setup

Custom recipe to get macOS 10.12 Sierra running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. This is very similar (and currently mostly the same) as my 10.11 El Capitan setup recipe and 10.10 Yosemite setup recipe. I am currently tweaking this for 10.12 Sierra and expect to refine this gist over the next few weeks.

I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. I generally reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between releases.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your o

Creating a Happy Git Environment on OS X

Step 1: Install Git

brew install git bash-completion

Configure things:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

FIX FOR VLC ERROR BELOW

The following changes to VLC were successful in fixing all playback issues.

VLC Version 2.2.4 Weatherwax (Intel 64bit) on OS X 10.9

ISSUE:

ts error: libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS duplicate (received 0, expected 1) for PID 0 ts error: libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS duplicate (received 0, expected 1) for PID 4095

Verify and Repair Disk Permissions via Terminal (Mac OS X)

Verify Permissions

diskutil verifyPermissions /

Repair Permissions

diskutil repairPermissions /

ffmpeg Cheatsheet

Join TS Files
Convert TS to MP4
Download Online AES-128 Encrypted HLS video
Convert Video to GIF
Extract Audio and Convert it to MP3
Burn Subtitles into Video

Join TS Files

Environment Variables

Check out this Super User explanation of environment variables

We sometimes need to add folders containing programs to the PATH-variable to make them executable from the command line.

Add folder on Windows 10
- Sublime example
Add folder on macOS
Symlinks for editors

1. Clone your fork:

git clone [email protected]:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream

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