Mac is short for Macintosh, a brand of computers created and sold by Apple Inc. Apple currently produces several lines of Macintosh computers including the iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and MacBook. All current Macs ship with Mac OS X. You can also install Windows or Linux ...
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How can I tell OSX NOT to mount some of the drives in my computer?
I have a Mac with a Windows drive that I occasionally boot to. Most of the time, I'm using the Mac, and the Windows disk always mounts and shows up on the desktop. I would like to keep it from showing ...
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Looking for specific help with networking iTunes with Air and Home Theatre PC
Let me explain my set up. I have a home theater PC that houses all my music files (about 500 gigs worth of music) but right now it just works as a server in that regard since I play all the music ...
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Is there a virtualization program that will let me run a Linux vm and use a whole disk in a supported way?
I'd like to run a linux VM that let's me treat a disk exactly the same way a real Linux installation would - i.e.: I want to use it to prep disks that will then be transferred to and used on Linux ...
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Figure out which app is using Java
If I check my activity monitor there is an instance of java that is constantly taking 5% CPU or more. I know that there is some app that are using java on my system and therefore my question is:
Is ...
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My Mac keeps forgetting settings
My Mac seems to keep forgetting the following settings:
I have to type my wireless password everyday (and checking "remember").
I couldn't permanently set a particular app to be the default opener ...
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Keyboard Shortcut for moving left/right a space doesn't work
After going to:
Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Mission Control
I am able to assign a keyboard shortcut to move left/right a space. However pressing shortcut I assigned does not ...
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Mac OS binding to Samba PDC
Does anyone join a Mac OS to Samba PDC?
My point is to build a single domain for different clients (win xp, win 7, mac os 10.6) with home folders and roaming profiles.
I see 2 posible solutions:
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Turning off Microsoft notifications
A friend told me that it was possible to turn off Microsoft notifications by using some terminal code. But he can't find the code. Can anyone help?
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Disabling password prompt at every installation for App Store/Mac App Store
Is it possible?
It's really annoying. Especially on the iPad (don't know if it exists on the iPhone) :S
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Mac Mail won't connect to Exchange 2007
We recently had a mail outage and eventually got mail back - it was a disk space issue. The PCs with Outlook can connect in without issues but the couple of Macs we have won't connect at all. I can ...
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No bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key after Boot Camp
When I tried to install Windows on my iMac I must have have formatted the wrong disk. Now when start I get no bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key. Any suggestions!
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Slow login (Active Directory User + Filevault2) - Mountain Lion
Two of our users have been getting this weird issue where their login to the computer seem to take "ages".
The issue seems to go away if you turn off FileVault.
However we need to keep FileVault on, ...
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How to install Writer2LaTeX in command line
This is the app I want to install, in ubuntu it was done automatically, but somehow in Mac it seems that I have to install manually.
Writer2LaTeX
http://writer2latex.sourceforge.net/
In the ...
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Most efficient way to get all files in a directory
I have a million+ files spread across four fiber-connected arrays. I need to get the path, filesize, and last_modified date to insert into a mysql database. What would be the best way to do this?
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How to connect to a VPN with PPTP that uses CHAP and MS-CHAP?
My employer recently changed our VPN that we use while working remote and sent some new instructions for setting up our windows machines to connect to it.
Following the instructions, I basically just ...
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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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Increase Screenshot Size (Resolution)?
I sometimes use the screenshot feature copied to clipboard to paste it quickly when I need it. I usually use that in Mail, however I always realize that the picture sent is really small in size ...
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how to evaluate if external display is present
I tried this over on Apple's Developer forum, but no takers. Wonder if anyone here can help me.
I need my code to evaluate whether an external display is connected via a mini-display port. I'm ...
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MacMail client getting notifications from Google+ in Chinese - why?
For some reason all notifications from Google+ are coming through in Chinese when sent to my dad's @mac.com email address (when accessed on iPhone, iPad or on his regular Apple computer). When the ...
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Is there a good one hand typing Mac app?
Is there a (decent) Mac app that I could use to learn one handed typing?
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Safari auto correction jumps
For a pretty long time I have the problem that the auto correction in Safari doesn't always work as it should. So it often happens that I write a word, and on pressing the spacebar it replaces the ...
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How to open a jar by default?
I had a question "How do I run a jar when double-click it?" But now I know that my computer is not set to open jars by default. Is there a settings in the mac that open jars by default? All the jars ...
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How to customize the click sound for mac book pro?
I turned on the click sounds for my mac. Now I am able to hear a typewriter like sound every time I type.
I want to customize the sound effect. I want it to sound something like this ...
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can i use target display mode on mid 2011 IMac with an early 2011 macbook pro with thunderbolt
I have connected the mid 2011 IMac to the early 2011 macbook pro via thunderbolt. Nothing happens. Command / F2 on the IMac doesn't do anything. Any thoughts?
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Mac mini sound problem with Windows 8 partition
My sound is not working on my Mac mini. I have installed Windows 8 on it, have updated all the drivers, and under device management, it is telling me that everything is running fine. There is no sound ...
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Show unshortened day of the week @ OSX menu bar
Currently clock menu bar item shortens day of the week like Sat instead of Saturday.
Is there any way to change this without additional software?
(tried regional formats but it ignores any custom ...
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I am downloading something with 300~1200kb/s? Any help?
Today I noticed that my system is downloading something and the download speed is around 300~1200kb/s.
I tried everything that I could thing of... installed Little Snitch 3 and I did not see anything ...
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Calendar “blinks” event?
On my MacBook Air, running Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, I have received (from thalys.nl) bookings of train tickets in .ics format.
The point, obviously, is to click them so they get added to my ...
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Problem entering accented characters with Mac OS X 10.7.4 and MS Office
When I first installed MS Word for Mac on this MacBook Air, pressing and holding characters such as o and u produced a little menu of accents for that character - wonderful! But all of a sudden, this ...
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How to get subtitles on AppleTV via AirPlay from iTunes on a Mac?
I'm pretty sure this used to work... I can play a movie in iTunes on my Mac. When played on "My computer" I get the little speech bubble icon and can choose to have subtitles or not. But when I choose ...
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Mac mini Apple bluetooth keyboard DELETE key can't do 'backward delete'
I have mac mini and I bought an original apple bluetooth keyboard from ebay. The problem is that the DELETE key always do 'DELETE' action and not 'Backspace', even if I use the function key with it. ...
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Mountain Lion reboots while connection to iPad3
I have installed Mountain Lion recently. I had been using 4th generation iPod Touch for development and it was working fine. Once I had to debug something on iPad 3. Amazingly the OS reboots every ...
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Model number mapping
How does one correlate model numbers like MN110LL/B with the A1243 that is listed on the bottom of the actual keyboard that looks the same as the MN110LL/B in pictures. I have tried looking at About ...
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OS X Command Line using Pacifist to downgrade Safari on a 10.7 System
I want to downgrade Safari by using a command line script.
With a GUI I used the Pacific tool (http://coderwall.com/p/ndm-iw) in order to work around the OS 10.6 requirement.
Right now I'm search ...
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How to setup a Mac for kiosk mode video presentation?
My situation is: 2 iMacs (Lion), one displays a slide show and the other one a video.
If a user comes to the iMac and wants to play the video again, he should be able to play the video with one click ...
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2010 MacBook Pro WiFi ignores DHCP answers only on a certain network
I have a 2010 MacBook Pro with OS version 10.7.4
Recently, the wifi connection stopped working on my home network: it fails to get an IP address.
Everything's fine if I assign an address, the other ...
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Automatically removing Dock icons not consistent in Mountain Lion
I know that whenever we add an icon to the dock, it gets added to ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist file.
So, when I wanted to remove a dock icon from a program, I removed the corresponding ...
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How to prevent an automatic network share connection at startup?
Problem Synopsis: I have a WiFi router that can connect to a USB storage device and then allow access to that device over WiFi. I had once connected my Mac (OS X Lion 10.7.4) to such a storage device ...
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Emulating lower speed CPUs on Mac mini
I would like to ask whether it is possible to develop OS X application (especially for Lion) on a Mac mini, being able to test how the performance would be on a lower speed CPU. For example: ...
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Multiple Thunderbird profiles each with different icons on Mac OS X
I'd like to have multiple Thunderbird profiles, each using a different icon that show up in the OS X dock.
When using Thunderbird on Windows, I've done this by changing the command line property ...
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Can't write HFS+ in Mac OSX
I've an external HDD of 500GB and in HFS+ format. It works normally on my Mac running OS X 10.5.8. After I plugged it into a machine running Windows, I found a vacant partition of 128MB and formatted ...
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MacBook Pro disk failure
Just a few months ago, I bought the latest 2011 MacBook Pro. Now, a few months later, I have a problem. It seems like my notebook is rejecting my hard drive (which is an SSD).
How it all began: ...
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How to install PhoneGap with Mac OS X Lion(10.7.3)?
I have a Mac OS X Lion(10.7.3). Now I want to install PhoneGap in my XCode. My XCode version is 4.3.2.
I followed the instruction of installation from PhoneGap web site at the time of installation. ...
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Failing hard drive – Will it affect the integrity of my data?
I have a failing hard drive on my current MacBook Pro (it is having a symptom that I previously had on a failing hard drive on a MacBook – clicking drive noises).
I'm backing up my hard drive quite ...
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Can I increase desktop icons larger than 128x128 on OS X Lion?
I have a little Mac question.
Is there a way to boost the cap on desktop icon sizes from 128x128 to anything larger such as 512x512? I found some solutions for Leopard but none for Lion. It would be ...
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How do I use my Dell V305 Printer with my Mac Air OS X Lion.
I would like to know how to use my Dell V305 Printer with my Mac Air OS X Lion? The printer is wireless, but I usually hook up the cable to my laptop (at least that's how I print from my PC). When I ...
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Screenshot reader for Mac
Is there a screenshot reader similar to ABBYY Screenshot Reader (you are just selecting area on the screen and getting text into the buffer, something like that)?
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How to override the play/pause function of the button in earphone remote control?
I enjoy using Keyboard Maestro to set custom keys to take control of apps, I can apply more functions to the play/pause button in the earphone remote, but by default it is set to control iTunes.
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How can I fix these intermittent problems with wi-fi on my iMac?
I have several computers at home but only my iMac is having wi-fi problems - around once a day wi-fi stops responding. When I turn my wireless off and immediately back on, it works again. Is this a ...
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Display a dependency graph
I am looking for an application that allows to display a dependency graph, and the "entities" that are part of the graph.
Suppose I define the "task" entity; the software should allow me to define the ...
