The act of putting software onto a computer so it can run
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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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Many Compile Warnings while Installing MacPorts
I recently upgraded to Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2. I also installed the latest version of Xcode (version 4.2) in order to build MacPorts. After doing this, I had no problems executing sudo port ...
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How to install an Operating System after replacing optical Drive by a second HDD on MacBook white late 2009?
I want to improve the performance of my MacBook white by donating it a Solid State Drive.
Because the prices are too high and I don't want to get stuck in space shortage, I thought of replacing the ...
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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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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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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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Trying to upgrade, OS X installer can't find hard drive
The hard drive in my mom's MacBook (2,1) was dying so I got her an Adata SSD and replaced the original hard drive with it. I booted it up with her original Mac OS 10.4 install CD and used disk utility ...
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How do I see everything ever installed on my Mac in one place?
I install things in all kinds of different ways on my Mac...
App Store, DMG's, PKG's, Homebrew, Rubygems, Macports, etc etc.
Is there an app out there that can show me my entire history of ...
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What happens if I update an app using its built-in ability that I built/installed through MacPorts?
Will I break MacPorts ability to manage and update that same app? Would it even allow me to do so?
For example, both MacVim and iTerm2 have a "Check for Updates..." function built into them. If I ...
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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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Installing Leopard from DVD: Apple logo?
I need to install Leopard OSX on my mac.
When the mac starts, I hold the alt button and I load the Leopard Installation DVD. Afterwords I can only see the Apple logo on the screen and everything ...
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Installing wine with osxwinebuilder
I try to install wine with osxwinebuilder. When I do, I get the following error:
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checking if ccache g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if ccache g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
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Git stopped working after installing both Github osx client and RailsInstaller
Perhaps it was due to some conflict but now when typing git I get a blank line, it doesn't say command not found, just goes to the next line
If I press return, it exits, and does nothing
How do I ...
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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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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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“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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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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Remote installation of Mountain Lion OS X 10.8 as an upgrade, not a fresh install
Anyone have any ideas or suggestions (or know if its even possible) to remote upgrade a fleet of Macs from 10.6.8 to 10.8 remotely. I presume I can push the installESD through ARD, but I want it to ...
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Remote Install Mountain Lion for MacBook Air
Let's say I have an disc or ISO of Mountain Lion on a Macbook Pro. And I have a Macbook Air (with Leopard). How can I install Mountain Lion on the Air?
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What does UEFI need to attempt to boot from a partition?
I'm the Windows guy on our team, and the Mac guy doesn't have an answer for me, so I'm hoping someone here specializes in both enough to help me out.
To be very terse, I have a custom WinPE image to ...
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How do I install macports successfully?
Right now it's stuck at
Running packages scripts
And here is the log:
Aug 28 13:48:52 Alejandro installd[9247]: ./postinstall: MacPorts base version 2.1.2 installed,
Aug 28 13:48:52 Alejandro ...
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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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mac mini server installation fails
I am trying to reinstall a clean copy of Leopard Server on my Mac mini server. I have erased both disks and tried to reinstall the OS, but it's always stuck at 36 minutes.
The installation ...
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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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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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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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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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Where does Install.app cache files
I am writing some test for our pkg installer.
For some reason since yesterday, when I open the installer it has stopped asking for the destination directory. When I click on the first "Continue" it ...
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Does App Store Clean/Remove Install Files after Install Upgrade?
I have just updated my OS from Lion to Mountain Lion using Apple's App Store and noticed that my next time machine update/backup was ~16GB. Granted I understand that the OS update touches a lot of ...
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Install AppleTV OS X from a PPC to USB stick
I have a first generation Apple TV, a 10.7 Intel installer DMG file and a PPC PowerBook.
I'd like to install 10.7 onto the stick and change the Mach & boot.efi files as detailed on many sites to ...
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Clean install from external HD to external SSD stops
I put a Mountain Lion DMG via recovery onto my external USB HD. After that I tried to install OS X onto my new SSD, connected via USB too. Everything looks quite well, but the install screen (title ...
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Can I copy iMovie from my iMac to my MacBook?
I don't have iMovie on my Macbook, my iMac has.
Can I copy my iMovie installation from my iMac to my Macbook?
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Problem installing ClamXav - “One or more items have special permissions…”
I'm having a problem installing ClamXav 2.2.1 on my ppc mac (OSX 10.4). I downloaded ClamXav_2.2.1.dmg from the website, double-clicked it and it mounted the volume. When I try to drag the application ...
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How can I properly install constantly updated apps(without in app update)?
How do I properly re-install an app that is constantly being updated(textmate on github) without losing my preferences. Since textmate moved to github, I don't see an in app update mechanism anymore.
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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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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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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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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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How to enable root on the Lion “Recovery” boot drive?
There's a few funny things / clues here and there on the Lion recovery disk "Systems" - that indicate you can save your settings between boots. A very light smattering of persistent settings etc. ...
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Intel core 2 Duo 2GB SDRAM version 10.6.3 Not booting up
I am unable to boot from a DVD on a MacBook Pro. I need to reinstall Lion.
I tried holding C and also I tried using the alt key. Using the alt key is only showing the internal hard drive as a boot ...
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Cannot install Adobe CS5 - install hangs at calculating time
I am not able to install any of the Adobe CS5 software. The installer hangs when calculating time.
Here's what I found in the installer log:
[ 0] Mon Oct 3 21:22:13 2011 INFO
::START ...
