The act of putting software onto a computer so it can run
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Trouble installing from Remote Disc
My MacBook has no optical drive. I have a Mac installation disc mounted and shared on a local Ubuntu machine and can access it, on the MacBook through the Remote Disc device in Finder.
However, the ...
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Inkscape will not open on its own, but can be opened from within an x11 window
When I installed inkscape, it asked me for the location of x11, and without thinking, I choose xcode, rather than xQuartz. So now, if I try to open it via its icon in the applications folder nothing ...
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Using Mac in a virtual machine legality?
There have been many different questions like this and all have seemed to come down to the same answer. It violates the EULA. The problem is they all bring up another question. How binding is the ...
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Change default installation location to install xCode
I want to install Xcode in my MacBook Air OSX 10.8.3. The issue is my MacBook Harddisk is just 64GB and it's almost full. I have an external HDD (Formatted to MAC partition) and how can I install ...
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How to reinstall from an USB stick on a MacBook or iMac?
I made an OS X 10.6 USB stick and I used it to succesfully install OS X on several Mac, including a very old Mac Mini and a MacBook Pro.
However I've got a problem: on my girlfriend's Mac it simply ...
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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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Apple powerbook G4 17" Trying to install Linux
I believe followed the directions on how to create a bootable USB drive from the Ubuntu website. My question is how can I get my Powerbook to boot from the USB drive? I tried doing the ...
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Installing wine with homebrew
So, I am running a bit of a different install. Here's the background:
I have installed wine before with MacPorts.
Later, I decided to install homebrew.
Then, wine didn't work so I tried brew install ...
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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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Is there a Safari 5 download still on apple.com somewhere?
My friend's mother-in-law upgraded to Safari 6 and is now panicking because she doesn't have separate address and search fields. Is there somewhere on apple.com where she can download a Safari 5 ...
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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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New harddrive on a macbook pro 13 inch, dvd drive doesn't work, what do?
What I don't have:
An USB dvd drive
What I have:
Another working, up to date, Macbook (with snow leopard).
purchased Mountain Lion on the app store
A desktop PC
A 4GB usb stick.
A USB harddrive ...
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OS X Snow Leopard installer hangs
I installed Linux on my MBP. I just told it to overwrite the whole hard drive so OS X is gone.
But now I want to go back to OS X so that I can upgrade to Lion.
I start up my MBP with the ...
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When installing some apps, I get an “Extras” folder, where do I put this?
I'm new to Macs. I understand how to install Apps by dragging and dropping into the Applications folder and then opening the App, but sometimes installations come with an "Extras" folder (for ...
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How to install Scala on Mac OS X with MacPorts?
I'm trying to install Scala following the advice at the official website:
sudo port install scala
But this gives me:
---> Fetching archive for scala
---> Attempting to fetch ...
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Mac won't boot: Way to mount drive and delete one file?
My macbook is currently a brick. I added a /etc/launchctl.conf file that must be malformed. The OS now crashes even when attempting to start in safe mode:
"launchd System bootstrapper has crashed: ...
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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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Unable to mount Ubuntu 12.10 install .iso or .img
I'm following the instructions to create a bootable Ubuntu 12.10 USB stick on OS X found here. I can do step 3 and hdiutil appears to work fine, but when I go to mount the resulting ubuntu.img file I ...
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dual boot Mountain Lion/Mountain Lion
I got a Macbook Pro with OS 10.8 installed on, the usual recovery partition that is created by the OS installer, and a 35GB partition (currently NTFS, but I can reformat in HFS+ if needed).
My ...
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Mac App Store Problem
Memory Clean update & Pocket new purchase both stuck in installing bar, though in MAS purchase page appears " installed".
Both appear in launchpad as if in progress but with full bar.
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How long does a clean install of Lion take?
How long should I expect it to take to do a clean install of Lion on an already-formatted disk? I'm using a mid-2010 15" MacBook Pro with an i7 and a 5,400RPM 500GB hard drive.
(I ask because I think ...
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How to clean install Windows 8 Pro *Upgrade* on BootCamp already running Windows 7?
Now that Windows 8 is officially supported in the latest BootCamp, I am considering this for my Mac.
There is plenty of general advice about installing Windows 8 / Windows 8 Pro in BootCamp on a Mac.
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“Unable to Download”/“Unable to Install” on iOS app update
Whenever I try to update one of my apps, it downloads 79%, stops for a moment, then the progress bar resets and one of two dialog boxes appears:
Unable to Download Item
"App Name" cannot be ...
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Mac App Store app can't be uninstalled, won't finish installing
So I went to download and install McSolitaire thinking it might be a fun game. Well, something went wrong during the install process. Now I've got a half-downloaded app in my Applications and the ...
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How can I cancel an app installation on the iPhone?
I started downloading an app then realized that it's really big (over 600 MB) and that I don't want it anymore. Is there any way to cancel the installation?
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Installation of bundled software failed on my MacBook Pro 10.6
I erased my drive and used the Mac OS X Install DVD and all went well. Then, I inserted the Applications Install DVD to install the bundled software but it failed. Here is what the message says:
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Problems installing Lion onto a USB drive
I'm having problems installing Lion onto a USB drive.
On a Lion MacBook Pro I saved the 'Install Mac OS X Lion.app' application, ran it and selected the USB drive as the destination of the install.
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Reinstall on Macbook Air 2010 (Macbook 3,1)
I'm trying to reinstall the OS on a MacBook Air. I got it from my former company, and they didn't keep the OS install disc, in fact they wiped it and put Windows 7 on it. I have quite a few macs, and ...
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Using same Snow Leopard CD on two MacBooks
Are there any kind of troubles that I could get into if I use the same install CD on two laptops? I've just received a laptop from my workplace, but apparently they lost the install CD, and I want to ...
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mac crashed while installing mountain lion - cable disconnect
I downloaded mountain lion on my mbp which is run by snow leopard atm. I started to install it and waited for the installation to end. When it came down to the last 12-11 minutes, I ended my ...
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Adding a new directory to the PATH environment variable?
I'm trying to install this library called phantomjs.
The instructions include this line:
http://code.google.com/p/phantomjs/wiki/BuildInstructions
For convenience, copy the executable
...
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Slipstream updates into an OS X install disc?
Is there a way to slipstream (like in Windows) all updates into the install disc for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?
I found a previous answer here, but the provided link doesn't seem to work any more...
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Why do certain packages fail in NetInstall?
We are using NetInstall to image Macs at work. I build the NetInstall images with System Image Utility, and customize them with the "Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts" workflow item. NetInstall ...
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What is the easiest way to install emacs-ess on OSX?
I am interested in installing Emacs ESS mode. I can follow the instructions here but I would like to know if there is an easier way (without installing a completely new instance of Emacs like the one ...
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unsuccessful authorizing my audible account for use in itunes.
When I attempt to play these downloaded audible files with itunes it asks for Audible user name and password, I enter the user name and password (from my audible account) and it says they are ...
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What is the PATH environment variable and how do I set it up to use the Android SDK?
I'm a mac noob, and a terminal noob.
I'm used to installing things in Windows, and now I'm trying to set up Eclipse with the Android SDK on Mac and I'm having some trouble.
I downloaded Eclipse and ...
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How to do fresh install of Mountain Lion?
My Mac is very slow.
My Mac is running OS X Mountain Lion after an upgrade from Lion.
How can I do a fresh install the OSX Mountain Lion, with a clean HDD (all of my documents deleted), so it ...
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Users application shared data
I have an application which requires some data to be shared between multiple users who may use a machine.
I understand there is a /Library/Application Support/ directory where shared information can ...
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Cannot install Ubuntu One - nowhere to drag to?
I am trying to install Ubuntu One on Mountain Lion. I follow the instructions here but when I open the DMG file, I can see nowhere obvious to drag it to as below:
I can run it fine by double ...
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How to keep apps from adding themselves to login items?
Today, I noticed that there were several "login items" that I'm 99.99999% certain I did not add. I figure those items added themselves when I installed them (they were probably installations that ...
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Downgrading to iOS 4 on my iPod Touch from iOS 5
I installed iOS 5 on my iPod Touch 3rd Generation, but it slows everything down. I want to put it back to iOS 4. How can I do this?
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Why does the Mac App Store show an “error” for a missing product?
A game that purchased a while ago in the Mac App Store is now "not currently available in the U.S. store", but continues to appear in my Applications folder as a download in progress
and shows an ...
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How long should Boot Camp formatting selecting drive take?
I'm trying to install Windows 7 using Boot Camp Assistant. Now the boot camp is on task "Formatting the selected drive" and it has been going on three hours and it is not even on the half way. How ...
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installation in terminal
I am trying to install a few software packages on my Mac os X 10.6.8. The packages are the python libraries:
networkx (graph library)
matplotlib (visuzlization)
It seems that with matpotlib I also ...
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Clean install a Macbook without another Mac
A friend of mine recently bought a new laptop and passed me his old Macbook Pro 6,2. I think he had Lion on it, but the installation CD has been long lost.
I put in a new disk (he kept the original ...
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How to install framework (from pkg file) in a non-standard location?
In brief, my question is this:
How can I install a framework from a *.pkg file somewhere other than under /Library/Frameworks (or /System/Library/Frameworks)?
Background
I want to install a ...
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mac mini stuck on boot
since I was not longer using the Server options on my mac mini I wanted to install os x mountain lion, so I downloaded the app and selected the appropriate hard disk. now, after it booted i'm stuck on ...
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OS X installation on external HDD
I am planning to install a second OS X on an external HDD, I was wondering when I boot in external HDD will it in any ways affect my first OS X installation? Will it have the permissions to write or ...
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Does a Mac installation have an identifier
I wanted to know if a Mac installation has an identifier with which apple could theoretically identify the machine? More concretely I am wondering if I clone an installation of for example snow ...
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software update is stuck on “less than a minute”
since 10.8 was installed on my mac, when i try to update itunes, or airport utility, it always gets stuck on "installing - less than a minute". then i have to shut the computer from the power button ...
