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What documentation exists to explain TheVolumeSettingsFolder on OS X?
looris@Palace-of-the-Nine-Moons:/tmp $ tree /TheVolumeSettingsFolder/
/TheVolumeSettingsFolder/
└── HFSExtentTables
└── OVDBHDR4R6PVQJPJRE6QTLCBNS
├── 8PHMGCTSVNFUN915KNSCRDST3K
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Unique volname for DMGs
We have a build process that is now doing the common layout for distributed DMGs. This is done in a way that I've seen in many places -- the DMG is attached, then Finder does its job via osascript. ...
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Why can't I search files and folders on my external NTFS drive on Mountain Lion?
I have tried to re-index my external drive by removing it from Spotlight's privacy settings and putting it back there. I tried with mdutil in the terminal and I've got the following log:
bb:~ bb$ ...
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My New Internal HD is mounted as /Volumes/hdd
I replaced my optical disk with an SSD for startup and Mountain Lion and upgraded my HDD to a larger one.
I also moved my home folder to the new disk. But one thing is still bugging me.
My mid-2010 ...
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Disk Utility: choose disk or volume?
When using disk utility to verify/repair permissions (or verify/repair the disk itself), I've never been clear whether I should perform operations on the disk ("WDC WD1200BEVE-00WZT0" in my case) or ...
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Keep TrueCrypt volume mounted on ML after FUS
Does anybody know how can I prevent a TrueCrypt volume from dismounting after "fast user switching" on Mountain Lion?
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Fast user switching: how to prevent volumes from being unmounted?
I have a volume mounted. If I switch to another user, this volume gets dismounted. The problem is that I want this volume to be available for every user (but putting it in their login items is not the ...
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How to keep /Volumes symbolic links from getting auto-deleted?
I moved my /Users directory to a separate disk/partition (to get it off my SSD boot disk) as per this post. However, some things (like double-clicks of .html files to be viewed in a an Opera browser) ...
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Disk Utility Disk Verification
I ran the "Verify Disk" tool in disk utility on my main disk called Macintosh HD, and it came up with this log:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking storage systemChecking volume.
disk0s2: Scan ...
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How can I tell which volume the operating system is on?
I'll admit that I am kind of rolling multiple questions in to one here so please forgive me and try not to knock me for it.
I am new to Mac but I'm trying to port one of my Java applications to OS X. ...
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What is the Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) volume encryption standard?
I have found countless blogs and tutorials how to encrypt an external drive using Mac's extended journaled encrypted format, but I couldn't find anybody stating the standard behind it. I know that ...
