A Configuration is a set of rules, often governing how a program or the operating system should apply certain settings.
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What are only necessary processes (minimal set) for OS X work?
What are only necessary processes (minimal set) for OS X work?
What are the differences in the sets for different versions (Lion minimal set, Mountain Lion minimal set)?
What are the processes that ...
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Starting Apache2 on Mountain Lion
I have tried every option to get apache2 to work in Mountain Lion, and I am baffled by how impossible the task seems to be.
I just got a new iMac and on a fresh, clean install, I went about setting ...
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How can I get my albums to sort by track numbers in iTunes 11's expanded view?
I've been trying to figure out why my track sort order is wrong in iTunes 11. I have track metadata, and sorting by Album in the songs view works fine, but in the expanded view my tracks appear in ...
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Do not show refit menu on boot (only with option key)
Is it possible to configure rEFIt so that the menu does not automatically show on my macbook when booting? I would like it to boot straight to OSX and only show the menu when I hold the option key, ...
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How can I restrict access to certain Preference Panes?
Several of the preference panes on my Mac at work have are translucent and when I hover over them I get the following message:
Your system administrator has not given you access to this preference ...
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How can I get a list of all configured/connected SSID from an iOS device [closed]
I want to set Proxy settings for my IOS device using Configuration profile for all the SSID configured in the device. Currently i am able to fetch the SSID of active WiFi network. Is there a ...
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Editing system keyboard layout
I wonder how to edit the following two files, so that I can change the system keyboard layout. It seems they are binary resource files, but I'm not sure.
/System/Library/Keyboard\ ...
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How to force a screen resolution on my MacBook Pro?
I have a MacBook Pro, bought 3 years ago, I'm not sure of the model, but the processor is a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 4 GB of RAM, nVidia 9400M 256M. I am using MacOS 10.6.6.
Next week I will ...
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How to get the cellular APN on iPad?
I'm using iOS 5.0.1 on an iPad 1 and want to look at the APN settings. This article from Apple http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2283 says that I should be able to see them through Settings > Cellular ...
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Is there any way to set Gmail app as the default mail client in iPhone and iPad?
I want to be able to one-click email links from apps such as Twitter, Safari and Instapaper. Is this possible if I'm using Gmail and not Apple's Mail app?
Do I have to set Gmail as the default mail ...
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Master volume control is grayed out
on my Mac 10.6 (MacBook Pro Late 2009) master volume control for both Line-In built and for external USB Microphone is disabled (grayed out)
Nobody really wanted to help what is the reason and how ...
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Backup ( & Restore ) App's Saved Settings?
Without jailbreak, is it possible to backup "Save File" or configuration / settings of Apps installed ? ( and to restore them when needed ? )
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Enable URL rewriting (mod_rewrite) using .htaccess files in ~/Sites on Lion
I cannot get mod_rewrite to work on Lion. I am developing a number of websites locally, in ~/Sites, using .htaccess files. I am on 10.7.3 and I have not touched any configuration files except for ...
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Any way to completely disable iOS passcode?
I have a cart of iPads in my high school classroom. Each iPad is shared by several students in different classes throughout the day. A clever student in one class decided to lock one of them. We have ...
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How to set alternatives in 10.8?
On Linux you can use update-alternative to change the version of a command.
Which command in OS X (10.8) will switch the alternative of the current command?
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How to stop InternetSharing overwriting /etc/bootpd.plist
I set up a /etc/bootpd.plist so as to protect my wireless network,
and to manage statically attributed IP addresses.
Unfortunatly, when I start InternetSharing, this file is overwritten
by a plist ...
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Can I change the style of the 'Open' dialog for any application?
I use an application, HL7 Inspector, and it uses a rather limited Open file dialog. Can I force this application to use the more standard OS X Finder/Open dialog?
The application itself does not ...
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How should I go about restarting a custom Apache install?
I'm working on a server that was configured by a former employee and I need to restart Apache. Unfortunately, it's not the default install and it's in a different place and apachectl doesn't exist ...
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Homescreen changes via iOS Enterprise Remote Device Management
I'm trying to find out if it is possible on the iOS Developer Enterprise Program to remotely add a home screen bookmark to a website.
For example: a user can visit a website and add a shortcut to ...
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OSX Server: How can I setup a local-only mail server, accessible with webmail?
On a Mountain Lion OSX Server install, how can I setup a local-only mailserver (i.e., that does not receive nor send mail from/to the internet, mail is local on a private domain), that is however ...
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How to configure OS X for exhibitions
I need to configure a Mac Mini and OS X for use in exhibitions so that it:
boots when power switches on (or wake on LAN)
starts Safari in full-screen mode
suppresses closing Safari and/or showing ...
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How to uninstall completely “Blackberry Device Manager”?
I've uninstalled the blackberry software from my mac using the original uninstaller utility. This software did not work properly, so it left a login item called called "Blackberry Device Manager" ...
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How to setup MacBook Pro 13" Earlier 2011 Screen Resolution 1440 x 900
Like the title.
How can i setup macbook Pro 13" earlier screen resolution 1440 x 900?
I tried from system references, the max resolution is 1280 x 800.
I use OSX Mountain Lion.
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Enable ssh-key-only login to my Mac for 1 user
I have a Macbook Air that I would like to allow remote SSH access to without a password. I have created a user called remotepair that I have logged into and verified I can used the Mac with. I have ...
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Configuring alot of iPhones?
I configured a bunch of iPads at my previous job, and I had to do it one at a time. Granted there were only like 6 of them, but I am wonder what I would do if I need to configure a whole bunch of ...
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Configure Router with Mac
My router's IP address is 192.168.1.245. I tried to access it but without success, because my WIFI address is 10.0.1.10 and my Ethernet address (via the Thunderbolt port) is 169.254.xxx.xxx.
How can ...
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Suspicious NTPD Connection
I use Little Snitch on Mac OS X 10.6.8 and noticed a connection that seemed suspicious to me.
The snitch reported ntpd trying to connect to:
"$host 94.23.243.53
53.243.23.94.in-addr.arpa domain ...
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Is there any way to convince Apple Mail to write its configuration as text Plist files instead of binary?
I'd like to revision-control my mail configuration (both the preferences and the mailbox rules -- especially the latter) but Mail insists on rewriting its preferences as binary plist files as soon as ...
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How to change dock icon when some app has created generic icon images?
I want to use a custom app dock icon, and followed instructions found online, which specified the following:
Find image in Finder
cmd-i on file to "Get Info"
Click the little icon in the top corner
...
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How to change Mac OS X iCal's calendar color for Microsoft Exchange server account?
I'm using iCal for managing my schedules in my company. And my company is using Microsoft Exchange server for schedules. When I added the company account to iCal, it set the calendar color as orange. ...
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How do I set a recognized Apache DocumentRoot under Lion?
I have a fresh Lion install, and to configure Apache, I've edited all of the references to DocumentRoot (and the Directory entry for DocumentRoot) to "/Users/jonathan/mirror" (with or without quotes ...
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Cannot compile C code after installing xcode
When I installed Xcode on Snow Leopard, gcc was not in my path. I manually added /Developer/bin to get gcc. However, I wrote a simple C program to include stdlib.h and stdio.h and print a string, but ...
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apachectl Yields 404 on Shortname, Base Directory Pages
I am building a website for my own education, and am trying to learn Apache. Consequently, I've noticed an odd behavior I was hoping someone could explain. Basically, when I start Apache via ...
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How do I give mysqld write access to a directory?
I am running OSX right now and trying to run a mysqld process and seeing the following error:
$ /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --user=root
111026 11:05:08 [Warning] Can't create test file ...
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Is it possible to automatically configure multiple iPads with the same settings?
I need to configure a bunch of iPads with the same settings. For instance, volume level, auto-lock, side-button, timezone and light level.
Currently I'm doing this manually on each iPad through the ...
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Unflip mouse buttons in Microsoft RDC client
I have used an older version of Microsoft RDC client on an old MBP with mouse on the left side of the keyboard. I had flipped the left and right mouse buttons of the mouse in preferences, which made ...
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What would cause a certificate installed on iOS to be invalid?
I recently installed two certificates (for use in signing mail) on several iOS devices. Both certificates derive from the same trust chain and were purchased from the same vendor on the same day. The ...
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How do I whitelist hosts when using 3G?
When I'm on the move I want to tether to my phone to access a few essentials (telnet, ssh, IM, a few low bandwidth websites). What I don't want is for a load of background processes like Software ...
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Can Time Capsule/Airport (4th gen) serve local DNS?
I just got a 4th gen Time Capsule for my wife to use as her own backup server, and I'm potentially interested in using it as the main router and Wifi AP on my home network. My current router and AP is ...
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mac osx lion security configuration guide
I could find the security configuration guide for mac osx versions at http://www.apple.com/support/security/guides/ however, I can't find any for OS X Lion. Any one know if it is in the works or if it ...
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Can I get iOS notifications for emails routed to folders?
I have rules in outlook that routes certain emails to folders. These still appear as "unread" in the mail app, but not in the inbox, so I'm not getting notifications. Is there a way to enable ...
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How can I move through words when typing a command in iTerm2?
I'm in Lion
with iTerm2, Zsh and Oh-My-Zsh
but I cannot move through words when pressing: ALT+left arrow or CMD+left arrow or something
instead, when I press "ALT+right arrow" it prints [C
and when ...
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Unable to deploy proxy settings to iPads through profile ( iPhone Configuration Utility )
Hello everyone hope somebody could help me.
I work in education and we have been getting large amounts of iPad 2s being bought by schools so I have been trying to automate their deployment for our ...
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How to best configure storage for pro level video editing?
This is a general question about configuring a machine for video editing and hopefully can be useful over a longer amount of time since the discussion is about general architecture and not necessarily ...
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How can I modify OSX GUI colors to be more readable for weakened vision
A bit of preface: I'm currently a Windows user but I'm looking into switching to Mac for work purposes. This of course means that I'd be staring at the UI of OSX for about 40 hours every week at least ...
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How to have Mail.app in Lion sort messages within a thread oldest to newest (like gmail)
In Mail.app on 10.7 Lion, When I select an email thread, it shows all the emails within that thread in the right-hand pane, with the newest message first. How can I change this to sort from oldest to ...
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iPhone Configuration Profiles - Creating / Modifying
My university has a 'configuration profile' to allow us to connect to the campus secure WiFi - which is great, save for that it forces us to have a passcode (which I neither like nor want). The ...
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Automatically turn bluetooth on or off depending on current network (MBP running Lion)
Is there any way to automatically turn Bluetooth on or off when my MacBook Pro (mid-2010, running Lion) joins specific networks? I typically want Bluetooth off except when I am connected to my home ...
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where is the system wide $PATH set in OSX?
I'd like to set the $PATH variable for all users but don't find where it is defined.
Having no $PATH export in my .bash_profile I have this
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Configuring Lion VNC Server: virtual display by default?
The new Screen Sharing server in Lion supports multiple concurrent log-ins: if there is already someone logged into the computer when you try to connect with VNC, it gives you the option of logging ...
