OS X 10.7, Lion (Mac is dropped from the marketing name)
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MacBook Pro Lion crashes after a progress bar boot
Basically my MBP started giving me messages (out of nowhere) about how my Memory was too low and that I needed to shut down a few programs before continuing. In the end I was left with only Finder ...
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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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OS X Lion suppresses user's settings for the keyboard backlight
Recently I've upgraded to Lion and in general I'm not satisfied with its performance, but what's really annoying is that the login screen always sets the keyboard backlight to the max (even when I set ...
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Is there a way to hide certain apps from the cmd+tab menu?
Is there a way to hide certain apps from cmd+tab?
The problem I'm facing is that I have some apps (like iTunes and of course Finder) always open. But when I'm working and switching between apps that ...
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Can someone help me with errors in my pf.conf file? OS 10.7
I keep getting errors about the order of my rules and that there are syntax errors in my pf.conf file, and after troubleshooting for days, I thought I'd ask for some help. Please take a look and let ...
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Is it safe to upgrade Bash via Homebrew?
I'm new to OS X. I'm running OS X Lion on a MacBook Pro. Is it safe to upgrade the bash shell using Homebrew:
$ brew install bash
If safe, how do I make it the default instance of the shell I run ...
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Which OS X is the fastest for my old MacBook?
I am going to do a clean install of OS X on my old MacBook (Late 2008), but the computer will only be needed for:
tabbed web browsing (Safari/Chrome),
word processing (Office/iWork),
and maybe some ...
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AppleScript works fine in 10.8 but not in 10.7
I have a simple AppleScript that works perfectly on two ML machines (10.8.3), but when I try to run it on a 10.7.5 machine it doesn't work. To make matters more confusing, in 10.7.5 it runs in the ...
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Network Link Conditioner not working
I am a web developer and I recently found out about Network Link Conditioner, but I can't get it to work.
It appears to be working, but when I load anything in a browser, the speed is not changed, ...
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Mac OS-X disk file format
I need to format an external hard disk on a MacBook Pro (USB2 connection).
In the disk utility, Erase tab, I can only choose between these formats:
MacOS Extended (Journaled)
MacOS Extended ...
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Mountain Lion, System Preferences and App Store crash, Clean Install doesn't help
Background - Mid-2010 MBP 13", upgraded to 8 GB memory. Came with Snow Leopard, Upgraded to Lion without clean install. Worked perfectly. Have CleanMyMac installed on it.
Problem - After upgrade to ...
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Lots of inactive memory after watching HD/DVD movies
I'm the owner of mid 2010 iMac (core i7) with 16GB memory installed.Normally, Mac OS X (SL and Lion) never uses swap (that is page ins/outs = 0), there are always 3-8GB of free memory. But after ...
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Constant external disk activity when MacBook is in sleep state
I am using an external 2.5" hard drive (the original MacBook HD, which has been replaced by an SSD) in an Icy Box USB3 enclosure on my MacBook (running OSX Lion). When the MacBook goes to sleep, the ...
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install Lion on Imac with macbook-pro HDD copy
Is it possible to do a new lion install on an imac if you copied/cloned the HDD of your macbook-pro (with CCC)?
In theory that is ofcourse, because it won't.
The installer log, mentions:
missing ...
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What tiny thing in Lion makes you smile or has caught you off guard?
I would like to call for a place to list some little things that surprise you about Lion. There are so many articles and lists of all the new features with information overload, I would rather focus ...
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Apple Mail shows plain text instead of HTML email
I have a gmail account setup as IMAP in Apple Mail and recently some new emails coming through have displayed the plain text version instead of HTML. If I check the same email through gmail.com it ...
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Apple Mail reply arrow not working reliably
I'm running Lion, connecting to an Exchange 2010 server. Sent messages are stored locally.
Once I've replied to a messages in my Inbox, the "replied" arrow appears to the left of the message, as ...
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How can I best use an SSD?
I have a Mac Pro, and I've added an Intel 80GB SSD to improve performance in LightRoom and Photoshop. So far so good.
But after moving all of my current work, catalogs, etc. to the SSD, I still have ...
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External USB drive connected to Airport Extreme doesn't show up in Airport Utility
I have connected an external drive to my Airport Extreme, but it doesn't show up in Finder, and it doesn't show up in the list of drives when I connect to the Airport Utility.
The same drive worked ...
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I can't change my skype status to online
After installing Lion, I have had trouble setting my status to Online. It will stay on Away. I can changed it to the other values, but it will not stay in "Online".
I contacted Skype about it and ...
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How can I log in to ICQ using iChat?
It used to be possible to log in to ICQ accounts with iChat by using your ICQ login info as an AIM account. However, that no longer seems to work.
Is there any way to use ICQ with either iChat or the ...
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How can I fix or diagnose problems when Find My Mac doesn't work?
I have 13" MacBook Pro (Early 2011) with Mac OS X 10.7.2. I can't make Find my Mac option in iCloud to work.
I've try turning off and on again the location services as well as the Find my Mac option ...
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NTFS-3G unmounts NTFS partitions because it “did not receive signal in 15 seconds”—what signal?
After upgrading to Lion, NTFS-3G has been encountering problems. I uninstalled NTFS-3G and MacFUSE, reinstalled them and rebooted; but the problem still exists:
After connecting an USB-disk that has ...
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Can't delete iCloud account from Mail, Contacts, Calendars
When trying to log into iCloud from System Preferences, I'm told
[appleid] is already signed in to iCloud
To use this as your primary iCloud account, delete it from Mail, Contacts,
and ...
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Application asks to allow incoming communications but is already allowed in firewall preferences
One of my login items is called FontAgent Activator.app
Each time I restart, I am prompted to accept incoming network communications for this app. However the app is already listed as allow incoming ...
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mac book pro retina installed windows in wrong partition fix
I chose the wrong partition to install Windows. How do I reinstall Mountain Lion?
i "tried command-r" thing but the only thing i get is
"no bootable device -insert boot disk and press any key "
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Unable to update Mac OS 10.7.5
I am trying update my iMac OS from 10.7 to 10.7.5. I've downloaded the MacOSXUpdCombo10.7.5.dmg file, but when updating, it gives an error like:
Mac OS X Update Combined can't be installed on this ...
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How can I create a Saved Search that excludes a specific folder from the results?
I'm trying to set up a Saved Search of my Mac that will exclude files in a folder called 'XYZ' from the search results. The reason is because I'm getting a ton of false positives from that folder that ...
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Color profile for projector messed up after Lion upgrade
Yesterday I finally decided to upgrade to Lion from Snow Leopard on my 27" iMac (mid-2010 quad i7 model) and overall everything went fine, there is just one thing that bugs me.
Prior to the upgrade ...
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For Mountain Lion, how does Apple define the Transparent App Lifecycle (TAL)?
Definition
Apple's talagent(8) OS X Manual Page (2010-09-01, long before Lion was released) mentions but does not define the Transparent App Lifecycle feature.
Some time before Lion was released, I ...
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mail.app missing plug-in
Today I opened mail.app and my mail attachments showed up as "missing plug-in". I faced this issue before, at that time I quite the mail.app and opened again were fix the problem. Now that also not ...
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Notification centre in Lion and Facebook
When notifications pop up from the notification centre for Facebook posts nothing happens when I click the show button.
If a tweet comes along the show button opens up a browser tab.
Any ideas why ...
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Files created by Windows on Lion SMB shares have 600 permissions
I have File Sharing enabled in OS X Lion, and I'm accessing the shares using Win XP and Win 7 boxes. I can read and write fine, by when I create a new file, the permissions for that file defaults to ...
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Random space switching issue
When I am using Chrome for web development I like to have it open on the same space as where I am using my code editor.
Chrome is currently assigned to a different space than my code editor so ...
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Prevent disk image automount when clicking Finder sidebar
I have been playing around with the View → View Options in Finder and I must have touched something crtitcal because now whenever I click on a folder in Finder it automounts a disk image located ...
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Access Jumpcut archives?
I have jumpcut on mac and it is set up to "remember" 40 items, but only 15 items actually show in menu. How can I access the other 25 items?
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Keyboard Shortcut For Entering Screen Saver
How can I enter Screen Saver without wating few minutes? Is there an application I could run, keyboard shortcut maybe? I'm using rMBP running ML.
EDIT: All I found was using Hot Corner as explained ...
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Lion upgrade on early 2009 MacBook (2GB RAM, 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)
Is it advisable to upgrade an early 2009 MacBook (2GB RAM, 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) from 10.5.8 to Lion? Under 10.5.8, the user is complaining about some 'slowing down' (especially after a few days ...
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Safari won't enter fullscreen
I'm currently running Safari 5.1.4 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3, and after bringing it out of the fullscreen mode, I quit safari using Command+Q.
When I restarted my Mac, for some reason, Safari won't ...
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Prevent windows and Desktop icons from rearranging with multiple monitors?
I connect and disconect my MacBook Pro from a number of external displays each day. Each time I connect or disconnect the size, shape, and positions of windows and Desktop icons become disorganized ...
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How to speed up my Macbook?
2009 Macbook running OSX 10.7.5,
2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3.
92.13 GB free out of 499.25 GB.
Logging in takes a couple minutes, opening applications takes anywhere between 5-30 ...
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Least intrusive way to install Ruby 1.9 on a borrowed MacBook?
I need to use Ruby 1.9 for a programming test, and I'll be borrowing my dad's MacBook Air to do so. He's running OSX 10.7.5 and has Ruby 1.8.7
What's the least "invasive" way to install a newer ...
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Aborted localhost http requests — how to troubleshoot?
I've got a webserver running on localhost (not the one built into OSX -- a different, proprietary webserver). I do most of my web app dev there, refreshing the browser to reload, etc. This has ...
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MacBook Pro keeps freezing, could Google Update be the cause?
Last Dec (2012) my MacBook Pro (OS X Lion) started freezing, say 3 or 4 times a session. I ran both the Apple hardware diagnostic DVD (ran for hours, no problems),
and I ran a disk scan, no problems ...
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Warn if a Time Machine backup is still in progress before shutting down or sleeping a Mac
Before I shut down or sleep my Mac, I want to be warned if a Time Machine backup is still in progress.
Is there such a thing? Or at least something that makes it very obvious that a backup is in ...
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diskutil coreStorage in Lion fails to create a concatenated LVG, error -69886
I would like to create a logical volume group (LVG) with two physical disks.
Issue
The command:
diskutil coreStorage create LVGNAME /dev/disk1 /dev/disk2
returns:
Started CoreStorage ...
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Screen Flash Behavior
I have an annoying new behavior on my MBP 13" running Lion (10.7.4) that I don't know what I did to provoke. I am familiar with so-called visual bells in terminals, but I've noticed a similar effect ...
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Single desktop image for all desktops
I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion. Afterward when I would set a Desktop picture (either through System Preferences or iPhoto) it was applied to all desktops.
Yesterday I control clicked the ...
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Can't print on OS X Lion via shared printer connected to Windows Vista. Fix?
As the title states I am not able to print from my Mac to a shared printer that is hooked up to my Windows PC running Windows Vista. I am currently running OS X Lion 10.7 on a Mac Mini. My Mac is able ...
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Login hangs on spotlight and no network is available
After upgrading to Lion, I boot up and most of my icons don't appear on the right side of the top menu bar and when I hover over spotlight, I get the spinning pinwheel and there's no network access. ...
