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Firewall window pops up then vanishes
For about the last month, I've had the Firewall Accept/Deny incoming connection window pop up at semi-regular intervals. I have not, however, been able to identify the cause. Taking a look at the ...
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What's causing iTunes to randomly display a 4002 error?
Once every day or two, iTunes seemingly randomly displays a 4002 error:
This is particularly puzzling to me, as the majority of the time (if not always) iTunes is in the background, and has been ...
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Is “The disk copy of 'filename.psd' was changed since…” dialog a sign of harddrive issues?
I saw this message and I'm not sure if it is a sign of harddrive issues (corruption, etc) or anything I should be concerned about. It popped up in Photoshop when saving. Might also be worth noting ...
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OS X dialogs: Can I use 'Enter' to invoke the *currently selected* button instead of the default one?
In an OS X dialog, there a way to make 'Enter/Return' invoke the currently selected button instead of the default one (and, if possible, make 'Space' invoke the default button instead). That is, can I ...
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Display dialog from command line (like xmessage does)
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I'd like to be able to display a notification window in OS X from within a script. The script will be running in background, so the notification should not go to the terminal but instead ...
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Is there a Mac OSX equivalent of zenity?
I'm porting some simple X windows/bash scripts to Mac OSX, but I cannot find a build of Zenity (a Gnome app for basic GUI dialogs) for OSX. Is there some other command line driven dialog utility I can ...
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Combining Finder's File Open/save dialog with Alfred
Finder's Open/Save File dialog is actually very dumb (in terms of flexibility). When I look for a file or its location, I can probably find it much faster using Alfred.
However, in many cases, you ...
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Why does iPhoto need to “repair inconsistencies” in my libraries after every time I quit and open it?
Every time I open iPhoto '11 (version 9.2.3, latest version), it displays a dialog box that asks me to repair inconsistencies in my iPhoto library. After I click Repair, it takes 5 minutes to finish ...
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How to make iTunes stop prompting me for my username and password
OSX Lion iTunes keeps prompting me to enter my u/n, p/w to "sign in to enable this computer for automatic downloads." In the past I tried checking the box to remember password etc. but it kept ...
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How to suppress the “Run or quit” dialog when launching an applescript?
I am having the same basic problem as in this question:
AppleScript app started prompting to run or quit. How can I disable this?
However, in my case the "Startup Screen" option is definitely NOT ...
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“Application opened for the first time” warning after every reboot
I have a problem with Lion 10.7.5.: the system does not remember that I already opened applications before. After every reboot, every time I open an application it displays the warning as if it's the ...
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Always show hidden in Open/Save dialogs
Is it possible to set by default to show hidden files and folders in Open and Save dialogs ?
I know it is possible to trigger to show hidden for dialog lifetime by press Command ⌘+Shift ⇧+..
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Can't open example files in LyX (greyed out)
I am trying to bring up LyX on a mac. One of the first things in the tutorial is to go look at the file named example_raw.lyx.
I know the file is on my machine because I found it using terminal, ...
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Open File window badly framed
Whenever I need to open a file from any app the finder window is extremely bad framed. The toolbar gets most of the space on the window and I always have to widen the window towards right in order to ...
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Password dialog box differs between Macs
I upgraded a Mac in my lab (23" iMac) to Lion. My MacBook Pro (mid 2007) is running Mountain Lion. For some reason the iMac is showing a different user password screen than my MBP - I can't figure out ...
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How to extend the functionality of Open and Save dialogs of OS X applications?
On Windows there are several third-party applications that can be used to improve the standard Open and Save dialogs.
I am looking for features like:
Being able to delete files from the these ...
