The act of putting software onto a computer so it can run
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How can I find where an app's files are stored?
Besides the app's package, is there a way to find where it stores its other files from during installation? Are they only allowed to install into the "Library" folders, or are there other places? I ...
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How to make installation disk/pendrive of Mountain Lion in Windows 7?
I would like to install Mac OS Mountain Lion in my Intel Core i3 processor.
I have:
a Mac OS .DMG file
Windows 7 OS
Is it possible to make installation disk of Mac OS in Windows 7
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How to reinstall Mac OS X built in Perl on Mountain Lion?
I updated to Mountain Lion 4 days ago and then realised that my perl scripts did not work any longer. So I installed ActivePerl 5.14 (newest version) because I thought that perl has been deleted. ...
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Does the Mountain Lion installer receive updates?
I downloaded the Mountain Lion installer on the day it was released on the App Store. If I now wait some time before doing a clean reinstall:
Does this installer receive updates?
Is it updated only ...
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Is it possible to install OS X on an assembled desktop?
I've recently purchased an assembled desktop (it has an i5 processor, and a intel DH67CL motherboard). Is it possible for me to install OS X on a separate partition, just to understand the experience ...
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iMac wiped clean, no install disc
I just bought two iMac's at an auction, they were both wiped clean before the sale. The problem is when I turn them on I'm getting a screen with an icon of a folder with a question mark. So the guy ...
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Why is the Mountain Lion Installer unable to complete due to recovery partition problems?
I just bought the Mountain Lion upgrade, but it's unable to complete. When I select my harddrive it says:
Some features of OS X Mountain Lion are not supported for the disk
“kollaps”.
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OS X 10.8 installed over pre-release version, still shows as needing download after the installation has completed
Several months ago I received a new Mac Mini from my employer with a pre-release version of Mountain Lion in one of the partitions. Running in the pre release, I went through the App Store and ...
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Is there a way to determine what application wants Java installed?
After upgrading to Mountian Lion on both my MacBook Air and my wife's MacBook Pro, I recieved a prompt asking to install Java (I did not get this on my iMac).
I was wondering what triggered this ...
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Can't boot Windows 7 USB Install on iMac 8,5
I would like to install Windows 7 with Boot Camp on my 20 Inch iMac 8,5 from late 2008. My Superdrive seems to have failed, inserting a DVD or CD just results in it spinning a bunch clunking about and ...
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Mountain Lion installer doesnt start after reboot
I am currently trying to install Mountain Lion and everything was going fine until it was time to reboot.
First I tried rebooting then it said i needed to close applications so I clicked the button ...
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Advantage of doing a clean Install of Mountain Lion?
I have Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 installed in my Macbook Pro. When I upgraded to Mac OS X Lion from Snow Leopard I did a clean install since some applications weren't compatible with Lion. I am planning to ...
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Can't install glib with brew
I'm trying to install gtk+ through brew. It requires glib as a dependency and brew seems to try and install patches that don't exist? How can I install glib?
My-MacBook-Pro:~ me$ brew install gtk+
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How to remove an app stuck in “waiting” mode from the Mac App Store?
I've got 2 applications that I installed via the Mac App Store that are still in the "waiting" mode. How do I get these applications to finish installing? Or how do I remove them and try again?
By ...
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Reinstalling Lion
My Mac has gotten pretty dirty from all the stuff I've installed and the files I have accumulated these past months. I have tried reinstalling by holding Command-R and following the process. However, ...
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Restore paths after OS reinstall
I sent my MBP to the shop for repairs, and one of the things they did was reinstall the Snow Leopard. Now my system settings and paths are gone, for example:
$ brew install ngspice
Error: Cannot ...
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Upgrading Xcode using App Store download problem
I have Xcode 4.2 installed, but I need Xcode 4.3 so I can test an app on my iOS 5.1 device. However I have run into problems attempting to download the latest version from the Mac App Store.
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How should I install software from source so that I can make my configuration manageable and reproducible?
Related question on Unix/Linux: How should I install software from source so that I can make my configuration manageable and reproducible? However, I've tailored this question more towards the Mac OS ...
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Can I install 10.6 on a macbook 4,1 using a USB optical drive
The superdrive in my late 2008 4,1 macbook has passed on but I need to upgrade the HDD with a larger one meaning a reinstall of 10.6 snow leopard.
Can I use an external optical drive to do this on ...
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Installing iOS SDK (Xcode) portably?
Is there any way to install the entire Xcode and iOS SDK developer suite on an external hard drive, and run it? When I open the .mpkg, I get "
Xcode and iOS SDK can't be installed on this disk. You ...
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MacBook Pro Lion Recovery Cannot Reinstall
I am a programmer and more active on Stack Overflow. Anyways, I am clean-reinstalling my mum's MacBook Pro and I came across a problem. First, I went into recovery mode (Command-R at startup) then ...
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Creating a Lion USB Drive from the Lion installer? [duplicate]
I have bought Lion on the AppStore and burned an installation DVD from the DMG file (and subsequently lost the DMG file).
Since DVDs are a bit clumsy and not available on all systems, I want to buy a ...
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Unable to boot into 10.4 installation disc
I'm attempting to fix my friends old iMac G5 running OSX 10.4. There are a bunch of updates she needs, but she doesn't know her admin password. I'm attempting to reset it with her 10.4 install disc, ...
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How to make a Lion install disk for a Mac Mini from a Mac Pro
There are a bunch of pages out there for making a bootable Lion disk (either DVD or USB drive). However, the problem is that they all will only work on the machine they were created on - Apple is ...
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Clean Install Snow Leopard without Disk — Build 10K549
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) -- shipped with Snow Leopard (Lion hadn't come out yet) -- that I need to wipe and reinstall. This is for security/privacy/performance purposes, so the goal ...
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Installing (any) App asks for my password again and security question's answers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is this “Security Info Required” prompt legitimate?
I am trying to install Wunderlist (pick any other App), the App Store asks for my password which is fine. ...
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No-Entry sign when attempting to install Mac OS X [closed]
I'm having a problem with a 2007 MacBook Pro when trying to install Mac OS X Lion from an external HD:
When it boots from the HD, the Apple logo shows up, then for around 30 seconds reads a lot from ...
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Reinstalling Everything after HD Replacement
I'm about to replace my iMac's HD (250GB to 1TB). I'm planning to create an image of my disk right in m Time Capsule, and after the transition I need to clone the HD back.
Unfortunately Lion has no ...
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Running custom software on an Airport Extreme base station?
Is it possible to run custom software on an Airport Extreme base station?
I've read it has a MIPS processor inside. So, can one put some software compiled for MIPS (addtionally to the already present ...
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Amending PATH so that /usr/local/bin is ahead of /usr/bin
I'm trying to install brew but get the following warning:
Warning: /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin
This means that system-provided programs will be used instead of those
provided by Homebrew. ...
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Best practice for installing applications for multiple users?
I have a MBP with Lion (10.7.3) on it and there are two user accounts on it, I use them to seperate work and private stuff, but when I install apps, I generally want to use/upgrade/remove them using ...
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Clean Lion install, keeping Time Machine history?
I have a 2011 unibody MacBook Pro, and have been gathering kludge on it for some time, and on previous machines (2007 MacBook Pro, 2004 Powerbook) whose data I've migrated over using the Migration ...
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How can I reinstall Lion so that the “Welcome” movie plays at first boot?
I'm preparing an old Macbook Pro for resale. I want to setup the Lion installation in a way so that the Welcome video plays when the buyer boots the MBP for the first time.
How can I accomplish this?
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Install as non-admin user when the installer requires admin permissions
I need to run an app that uses Adobe Air, but the installer for Adobe Air requires admin permissions. On general security principles, I limit what gets installed as admin user, and Adobe has a bad ...
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Exchanged HDD in MacBook Pro - OS X installation disk shows prohibitory sign
I exchanged the HDD in my 2007 MacBook Pro and removed the DVD drive because it was making a terrible noise every time I booted the MacBook.
The new HDD is a Corsair Force F120 SATA SSD. I formated ...
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How do you clear Mac install program files?
I installed a 30-day "test drive" of QuarkXpress, but got pulled in to other projects and didn't have time to test it. I now need to test it, but the 30 days are up. So I want to install the "test ...
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After updating to Lion, can't re-install Snow Leopard or Lion
Here is my situation: I have a 2010 iMac that came with a Snow Leopard disc, which I installed. Then, when Lion was released, I upgraded to it. However, yesterday, I had to erase my entire HDD ...
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2 instances of Xcode installed?
I originally installed Xcode via Apple's developer website (not through the App Store). Later on, I installed Xcode via the App Store.
Now in Launchpad, I have two icons for each of these apps: ...
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If I download OSX Lion from the app-store, is that version linked to my account?
I have downloaded Lion and created a bootable USB flash drive, a colleague wishes to use this. If I give this to my colleague will it be linked to my account or is it account independent?
Update: My ...
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Setting user & group in a new installation (Mac)
Our product is an Audio Units that needs to be installed in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
In order to allow automatic updates, we need to create the Audio-Unit bundle (ourapp.component) with ...
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Is there an app to quickly download and install a list of non-App Store apps?
Now that the Mac App Store exists, if an app is available there I prefer to buy it there instead of on the developer's site. This has several advantages, but the one that I've been enjoying recently ...
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Installing Xcode with iOS 4.3 device simulator?
I installed Xcode 4.3.1 two days ago. I need to access the iOS 4.3 device simulator, but it is not available in the new Xcode. So I went to Xcode > Preferences > Download (tab) and downloaded the ...
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App for analyzing installers
Is there an app which shows contents of a .pkg file and shows which files an installer copies to my mac, what scripts it runs and so on?
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Can I copy (myself) an app purchased through the Mac App Store to another of my licensed computers?
I have some applications purchased through the Mac App Store, and I have two Macs.
Presently, if I buy an application on my Mac mini, I just go and launch the App Store on my MacBook Air, and then ...
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Reinstall Mac OS X Lion and do selective restore from Time Machine backup
My MacBook Pro is so slow that it would put a Windows XP laptop to shame, so I am considering a fresh installation of Mac OS. I have Time Machine backups of the system, but I don't want to restore ...
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Xcode 4.2 Snow Leopard Doesn't Install
My mac crashed and I am trying to install Xcode 4.2 again, but it doesn't work.
The GUI shows an 'The Installation Failed' error.
In the console a few messages stick out to me. They are:
The ...
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Xcode 4.2 install for Snow Leopard fails with an OpenGLApps.pkg
During an install of XCode 4.2 for Snow Leopard (this is on a brand new install of Mac OSX that has been updated to the latest OSX version), I'm getting the following error in the /var/log/install.log ...
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Am I allowed to install Snow Leopard on my MBP using someone elses install disc?
I bought a 2009 Macbook Pro 13" used from someone and it doesn't have the install disc for Snow Leopard which is currently installed. If I have to restore the computer someday can I use a friends ...
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How can I install Adobe Flash manually or without giving root access?
Background info:
I've locked down my /Library folder so even the admin group can't write (only root can).
The Adobe update app opens the password dialog when I click "install". Is it possible to ...
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Cannot reinstall iPhoto from App Store in Lion
My company recently upgraded my laptop to OS X Lion and was pre-installed with iPhoto purchased under a different Apple ID. I have my own purchased version so wanted to update the app, but it asked ...
