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Image files made with Disk Utility creates parent folder

I'm using OS X 10.5.8., updated from 10.5.2. which I installed from the two installation DVDs that came with my MB404 MacBook. I recently found my original 10.5.2. installation DVDs, which I thought ...
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Is it possible to a full system Copy and run it in Parallels?

i have Mac Server and i want to have a full copy of the System. So i can play around and test new Software and Upgrades before i apply it to the real System. I am using Parallels and want to create a ...
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Install knoppix on usb with disk utility?

I have downloaded the linux distro knoppix. I have snow leopard and i want to make a bootable usb with the above distro with the disk utility. I put the source to be the iso of the distro and ...
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iMac does not show bootable USB drive on boot menu

I downloaded the Linux USB Image of memtest86 and used dd to get the image on a USB flash drive. Whenever I used it on an iMac Late 2006 (running SL) or the newest Macbook Air 13'' (running ML) the ...
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Install AppleTV OS X from a PPC to USB stick

I have a first generation Apple TV, a 10.7 Intel installer DMG file and a PPC PowerBook. I'd like to install 10.7 onto the stick and change the Mach & boot.efi files as detailed on many sites to ...
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Fresh installing Mac OS 10.6 on a MacBook Pro with new hard drive

I had some bad sectors on my hard drive, I took it out and did a low-level format on it, now when I scan it passes the scan with no error and without any bad sector. Now I have put it back into my ...
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Can't boot from CD

I can't get my 07 Mac Pro running 10.7.4 to boot from a cd or usb drive. I have my home directory on another drive. Can that have an affect on booting for a CD or USB?
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Restoring to previous state: concerns with Carbon Copy Cloner and Time Machine conflict

One week ago I experienced an odd and catastrophic failure of my MacBook Pro. The details of the failure are not important, and the relevant parts have been replaced, among them a new HDD. Side note: ...