OS X 10.7, Lion (Mac is dropped from the marketing name)
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Disk Encryption on Mac PRO OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) running Apple RAID Drives
I have a Mac Pro (mid 2010) running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) with Apple Raid 1T drives and I am running VMware Fusion with Windows 7. FileVault will not install the disk encryption and PGP will ...
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SMB share only accessible with FQDN or IP address, netbiosname no longer resolves
We have several Macs in our office, ranging from 10.5.8 - 10.8.2. Until a few days ago all of the machines could access all of our file servers, running on Win 2007 server, using just the netbiosname ...
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Retrieve Previous Computer Serial Number From Old Ext Hard Drive
This is a long shot, but I thought I'd ask anyways. I used to have an iMac 24" and the internal hard drive went bad on it. So I bought an external hard drive, installed OS 10.7 on it and booted the ...
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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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Installing RPM with MacPorts on Mac OS X 10.7.5
I installed MacPorts from the official site usting .pkg installer for Mac, accepting all default installation settings.
Then my goal was to install rpm, so I typed respectively :
sudo port -v ...
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Lion USB Thumb Drive - how to erase them?
I have a stack of those official Apple Lion USB thumb drives. It seems you can't wipe them using conventional means (Disk Utility, diskutil).
I think I recall reading once there was a way to erase ...
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Is there a console interface for the Client Monitor on OSX?
I'm writing a bash-script at work for controlling our Mac-computers (OS X Mountain Lion) remotely. Since we use FileWave in our Company we just have to remove an Application and restart the computer. ...
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Lion crashes on first reboot attempt, is fine on second reboot
I'm having a weird issue with Lion on 2 different machines (2008 Mac Pro, 2011 15 inch Macbook Pro). The first machine was upgraded through several OS versions to Lion, the second came with Lion ...
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Is it safe to delete the /Developer folder on Mac OS X 10.7.5 (Lion)?
My computer originally had Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) installed on it but has since been upgraded to OS X 10.7 (Lion). I noticed that the /Developer folder is still on the hard drive even though ...
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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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I cannot install the fresh MacOSX on a new HDD - MacBook Pro 13
I am trying to install the fresh MacOS X on a new HDD after HDD failure but I can partition the HDD thru the Disk Utility. I keep getting the "unable to write to the last block of the device" error. I ...
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Keyboard shortcut for “Show Desktop”
What is the OS X equivalent of Ctrl+Alt+D for Linux or Win+D for Windows to show the desktop.
Tried to search but didn't get some feasible answer.
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Can Macintosh HD partition be resized while a BOOTCAMP partition resides on the same physical volume?
I have a HFS-partiion, a bootcamp partition and 100GB free unpartitioned space "in between". How can I resize my Mac partition to use it? All resizing controls seem to be disabled, here's the ...
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Is it possible to block the Wifi access for an individual application(Mac OS X 10.7)
I would like to disable the network connection for an individual applications in Mac OS X 10.7
Lets say an example, I don't want to provide the network access for photoshop application.
Is it ...
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Left Shift and Left Command combination yields only Left Command; other shift command combos work fine
Early 2011 15" Macbook Pro, Lion, no external keyboard or mouse:
Lately I noticed that I can't use Left Shift + Left Command together; it registers as Left Command only. The other three combinations ...
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Mount SMB share without 2GB filesize limit on OSX Lion
I want to mount a network attached drive onto OSX Lion with Samba.
Usually I do this in Finder with "Go>Connect to Server" and type "smb://192.xxx.xx.xxx" in the Server Adress field, however doing ...
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Where are OS X document versions stored? Are they secure?
Support for OS X versioning is spreading among apps (e.g., TextWrangler has just added this feature as of version 4.5), but it is unclear what the security implications of this are. For example, if I ...
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How to set multiple folder icons in finder (for symbol- and list-view)?
I'm using OS X 10.8.2. By default the system folder icons differ in symbol- and list-view in the finder. If I use the list view a small icon (16x16px) is displayed. In symbol view finder switches to a ...
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How to tell when time has been sync'ed with NTP server in Mac OS X Lion?
I know that a similar question has been asked at superuser.
But I tried to grep for "time reset" in my /var/log/system.log and I can't find any instance of it. In fact, I even searched in the eight ...
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Homebrew LoadError no such file to load
I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.5 on which I installed Homebrew some time ago. When trying to go into the brew directory with
cd `brew --prefix`
I'm getting the following error:
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How can I remap a play-button keypress from a Bluetooth headset on OS X?
I have an LG Tone (HBS 700) Bluetooth stereo headset, and am using it with OS X Lion.
The headset has a play/pause toggle button, but unlike my keyboard's play button, which will toggle play/pause ...
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Gris virtual desktops on OSX lion
having to work on a mac and used to Linux like virtual desktops I quickly activated surfaces to get my usual workspace on. Thing is, I recently had to upgrade to OSX lion in order to get XCode and ...
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How to determine which traffic goes over the PPTP VPN?
I setup a PPTP VPN on mac os x lion, on the advanced tab I do not have the send all traffic over VPN connection checked. I only want traffic to a specific server connected to go through the vpn, ...
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How can I modify an existing FAT partition without losing its data?
I have a 1tb hard drive. Long a go I split it it into two partitions.
One I left as a Mac OS extended (journaled) with 990GB and one as FAT with 10GB. Now I would like to add about 100GB to the FAT ...
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Timemachine encryption restore/backup?
I'm trying to automate the creation of an encrypted sparsebundle and configure backup for a 10.7 machine using a TimeCapsule. I've created the script below
http://pastebin.com/D2nQk1j1
#!/bin/bash
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Having issues getting Wine installed on my mac (Lion)
I'm following this guide: http://www.davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/#part-1
I've attached my main.log file, but this is the error I get:
ct-MacBook-Air:~ user$ sudo port install wine
---> ...
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How to automatically open files downloaded from Safari?
When I download mp4 files from Safari, I'd like them to open automatically once they have been downloaded. How can this be done?
Safari Preferences->General->Open "safe" files after downloading is ...
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Connecting Canon CanoScan FS4000US USB Scanner to Mac OS 10.7.5
I have an old Canon CanoScan FS4000US Slide Scanner. I have connected it via USB to an Intel iMac running Mac OS 10.7.5, and in System Report, I can see that it is connected. Also, when I disconnect ...
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“X11 could not be opened” then “X11 canceled restart”
I occasionally run into the following first-world nightmare, usually when trying to run open source software (in this case Inkscape on a Mac Pro running Lion, though I've seen this error before as ...
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Document folder that I can not click on directly with a mouse or delete via keyboard actions
Running Mac OS X 10.7.4
Inside of a folder I use to organize files and I place reference photos into for illustration projects there lies another folder labeled:
Documents
this folder will not ...
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Mail replies do not use the receiving address as the reply from address
When I reply to a mail message, the reply is sent using the default email address as defined in mail.app, and not the email address that it was originally addressed to.
I have all accounts correctly ...
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Problem with Chicken and keyboard
I use Chicken (ie Mac to Mac) to remotely control a Mac (in the same office, so fast ethernet connection). Quite often I get get as far as the login screen on the remote machine, but local keystrokes ...
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Changing Finder's Font Size - Lion
I open My Documents in finder. Click CMD-J and change the font size to 10. I choose set as default. The font size looks right on My Documents.
Then I navigate to Applications, and the font size is ...
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Does Silverlight work on your Mac? Let's figure out the pattern here
Can you install Microsoft Silverlight from microsoft.com and are you able to open the Preferences without it crashing?
I'm trying to isolate this problem, and it could be a Mac problem, or a ...
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How do I get LibreOffice 4.0 running on an iBook G4?
My brother just got an iBook G4 running 10.4.2 (Tiger), and we were trying to get LibreOffice 4.0 (the latest version) installed. The machine insists that the LibreOffice package is damaged or ...
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Unable to start Dropbox due to permission errors
I installed Dropbox 1.6.16 and am running OS 10.7.5 (Lion). I continue to get this message and don't know how to fix:
Couldn't start Dropbox
This is usually because of permissions error. ...
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Every time I wake my Macbook it switches applications after wake. How do I fix this?
Whenever I close my MacBook, and then come back after it's been asleep, I'll open it, and it'll make a sound while it's waking the harddrive, which is normal. But then after that it'll switch the ...
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Can Time Machine back up different data (or different exclusion lists) to different drives?
Mountain Lion includes a feature to configure multiple Time Machine locations and to back up to those locations when they become available (plugged in external drives, accessible network drives, etc). ...
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How can I use FileVault encryption and still track my laptop if stolen
I've spent quite some time over the last few days trying to work out how I can combine the clear data security advantages of encrypting my machine with FileVault 2 under Lion, and the theft-recovery ...
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Cannot Resolve Host
For some reason my system will not resolve hosts added to /etc/hosts. If I add an entry:
127.0.0.1 somename.dev
It won't resolve. If I add this, however:
127.0.0.1 somename.dev
::1 somename.dev
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What is the highest resolution I can use with OS X 10.7.5 and DELL 30inch monitor?
What is the highest resolution I can use with OS X 10.7.5 and DELL 30inch monitor?
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Toggle Apple Mail “Classic Layout” with shortcut?
Can anyone figure out a way to switch Apple Mail (v5.2) to/from "Classic Layout" mode with a hotkey? Maybe via Applescript?
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Mac is flashing screen when pressing keys
If I press keys that don't do anything on the focused app then the whole screen flashes white, as if the option to flash the screen on alerts (in accessibility preferences) was on, but it is not.
For ...
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Samba3 not running
iam trying to get samba3 running. I installed the xcode command line tools. Then i installed macport and made an selfupdate. after this is entered "sudo port install samba3" which worked fine:
Then ...
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How to download iCloud Address book to Mac?
Using OS 10.7.5.
How to get all my contacts from iCloud into my address book on my Mac?
I opened up iCloud control panel, checked Address book. That doesn't do anything.
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iCal does not copy all events
TL;DR: iCal copies/cuts/deletes only a subset of selected events. Why is this?
I am trying to move multiple events from one calendar (on my Mac) to another (iCloud). To achieve this I try the ...
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MacBook Air - random start/wake up times
I have a 3yo MacBook Air running Lion. When I open it to start using it again it seems to sometimes have trouble 'waking up'. Sometimes this is instantaneous, sometimes I get a blank screen for 30 ...
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One of three monitors does not start after upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion
I've just updated to OS X 10.8.2 (earlier 10.7.5) on my Mac Pro. And I have 3 monitors - DVI, DisplayPort (primary), DVI; attached to 6850. Everything works fine, but every time I start the computer, ...
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Applescript to automate drop-down selection in Mozilla Firefox
I'm trying to automate the selection of a value from a drop-down box in Mozilla using an applescript. What I want it to do is to tab to the drop-down box and enter down twice to select the third item ...
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Lion 10.7.5 Server Profile Manager Groups Problem
On our Lion 10.7.5 Server we use Profile Manager to manage our iPads on campus. I'm trying to clean up and make this server easier to manage. The part I am unable to figure out is that in Profile ...
