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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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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Can Time Machine be setup to back up only one folder?
I am beginning to make a project on my Mac, let's call it MyProject, and it's the only thing on this computer that is worth backing up.
Therefore, I will only need Time Machine to back up just the ...
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Change background colour for PDF when Viewing
When a PDF is opened, its actual background color is often white. On Windows, several PDF viewers have the ability to set the background color to another one, which doesn't modify the PDF file itself. ...
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Are there any other way to restart to recovery HD
I tried to restart while keep pressing Command-R
However, my keyboard is not mac keyboard. There is windows-R. It works exactly like Command-R in all circumstances.
Well, I keep failing to get into ...
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How to recover Raid configuration on Mac
I have a Direct Attached Stroge and create 2 Luns on it (27TB + 27 TB). we had stopped the system. When we started it again, we couldn’t find the RAID vol. There are two LUNs but there no RAID volume ...
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Older Safari 5.06 crashing after using Bing - any way to clear out?
My old Safari 5.06 crashes now every time I try to enter my Yahoo email account which I've been using for years. This started happening only after I briefly switched my default opening page to BING.
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128GB SSD and 23GB of sleep image + swap file, what to do?
So I've got a 13" Macbook Air with 128GB, and recently I got a message showing that I'm running out of space, so I did a quick check to see what was taking up all of space, and I found out that I have ...
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Is it possible to not keep ios apps on your main computer?
I sync my iPhone and iPad with my MacBook. It appears that iTunes stores copies of all of my apps on my MacBook, even though I, for obvious reasons, can't actually use them there. The problem is that ...
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How to control your iPad with your Mac remotely?
I would like to know, is there a way to control your iPad with your Mac remotely (be able to see and manipulate iPad's desktop on your Mac)? I know that with the TeamViewer or other programs you can ...
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How to access my .ssh folder for Transmit or Cyberduck?
I"m trying to connect to my linux server which uses public key authentication. By default, the .ssh folder is hidden on my mac (which I can access via the terminal). However, when I try to setup a ...
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Mac equivalent of /etc/nsswitch.conf for PHP chroot
I've setup a chroot for my PHP server running behind nginx on mac.
It works except for any call to a CURL request fails with an error like cURL resource: Resource id #43; cURL error: Couldn't resolve ...
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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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Is there such an app or script that automatically logs off a user after a given number of minutes of activity?
I am looking for information on either an app or script that logs off an account after a certain number of minutes. I know this can be done by default after X amount of inactivity. However, I am using ...
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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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Encrypting sensitive data on Mac + Windows
I've been a long-time Windows user, using a utility called AxCrypt to encrypt sensitive documents which holded sensitive info (bank passwords, credit card numbers, etc).
I had an encrypted Excel ...
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Why Mac Disk Utility Run so fast?
I run mac disk utility. It finish saying my disk is fine.
C'mon. Windows chkdsk takes a while.
Why it's so fast? Does it actually check stuffs chkdsk check?
And what should I do if I want chkdsk ...
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How to forceibly shut down a mac?
Press the power button and it'll restart and restoring the windows.
Press the power button for so long and it'll sleep. When return it'll restore the whole windows.
What about if I want true restart ...
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Apple wireless keyboard is outputting an " character when I expect an @ character
I just bought a Mac Mini and a wireless apple keyboard. Whenever I type Shift+2, expecting the @ symbol to appear, I get a " character instead. How can I diagnose the problem and correct the mapping ...
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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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How do I export an XCode app so I can publish it on my website, not in the Mac App Store?
How do I export an XCode app so I can publish it on my website, not in the Mac App Store?
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Mac Hard Drive Testing Tools and SMART Analysis
How good is SMART (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) for really finding and predicting drive problems for regular hard drives and now, for SSDs.
From what I understand, different ...
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Compare multi-digit version numbers in bash
Trying to write a script that searches for the version of the Application then returns the value. My problem is the value is three to four intergers long (example 4.3.2).
I have searched for a while ...
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Key logger/watcher suggestion
I'm thinking my Mac in for repair again and last time I lost data.
Can someone suggest a key logger or watcher so I have a bit of granularity in terms of what the repair guy is doing..
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How to create an alias with drag and drop?
In MacOSX, when dragging a file or folder one can force a copy instead of a move by pressing option. I think that there used to be a way to alternatively create an alias but can't find which key to ...
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How do I remove or alter timestamps from Word 2011 (Mac Office) tracked changes?
Is there an easy way to batch change a group of Track Changes edit and comment timestamps in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac? Can I remove the timestamps altogether (ideally without removing my name)?
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MS Office 2011 Word printing range of pages fails
I tried to print pages 7-8 and 11-14 of a 14 page document. Word decided it was going to print the whole document. No matter what settings I tried; whole document. Except that you can successfully ...
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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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How to fix an unusable iMac G4 monitor plagued by static?
I'm working on a friend's old G4 iMac trying to get his only computer running so he can do his college assignments at home. The machine has static on the screen during operation.
I reset NVRAM and ...
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Mac Terminal support for multiple fonts
I was trying to get emacs minimap to work on the terminal - http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MiniMap
However, the font is the same size as the rest of the screen, which makes it pretty useless. It ...
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Terminal returns not found for most commands Mac OSX
I'm really new to Mac OSX and UNIX based systems. I wanted to run a few Windows games on my Mac Mini so I started installing Wine and MacPorts.
Having done so, I typed in sudo port install wine and ...
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The Command to enter login items is not working in 10.8
I am entering the login item from the terminal but, this command is not working for me:
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -array-add ...
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What is causing this sound on my Mac?
For several weeks now, my friend’s MacBook has been plagued by this sound, randomly occurring while running: http://c.abr.vg/321r2Q3Y2W0J
We’ve never been able to reproduce it, and it has persisted ...
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Plist in /System/Library/LaunchAgents not loading on reboot
I have created the plist and placed it in /System/Library/LaunchAgents/. However, when I reboot my Mac it does not load like it is expected to. I am able to load it from the Terminal with launchctl ...
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How can I create a Mac Address Book plug-in that also appears in Spotlight?
I've installed a great little app called PushDialer for my Mac that is letting my initiate iPhone calls to contacts remotely from my Mac.
It seems to work by installing an Address Book plug-in, so ...
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Looking for a tool for creating or editing file and folder bookmarks (finder aliases)
I created a bookmark / Alias (via finder) for an smb share after mounting it. That's quite fine and working for me at it's best. It automatically mounts the smb store when acessing the alias and I can ...
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“Add to itunes as spoken track” file format
When I highlight text and choose "add to iTunes as a spoken track" in TextEdit, it is saving the file as a .m4a audio file.
When I highlight text and choose "add to iTunes as a spoken track" in ...
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Apple Reverse SSH Tunnelling Issue
I've been trying to setup reverse SSH tunnelling from outside my network to home but I've beet getting no-where. My setup is all Apple: two Macs behind an Airport Extreme, one at x.x.x.20 listening on ...
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How to change some information in a shell prompt.
I opened my terminal and saw a shell prompt.
Last login: Fri Feb 15 15:28:16 on ttys000
john:~ voloda2$
How do I change john to alex?
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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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Show hidden files when searching in finder
I can see hidden files in Finder but when I search it doesn't find hidden files.
I have tried everything.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
I also change "File ...
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Need help to install mac os x [closed]
I have hp mini 210-2080nr booted windows 8 i have retail os x 10.6.3 copy please help to install it.I want to install it using only windows.
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Can not run ack after installing it using MacPorts
After installing p5-app-ack using Macports I can see it is installed correctly.
I can not run it however.
I get ack: command not found.
and which ack displays nothing.
How can I see where port ...
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AppleScript: Open a new window in current space without switching to active window in another space
I want to have an application open a new window in the current space without switching to a space in which a window is already open, but I want to keep the
When switching to an application, switch ...
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What is the Mac keyboard key with a symbol ⌅ of an up arrow pointing into a horizontal line?
On a Mac, symbols are often used for keys rather than names. In Adobe Indesign for Mac, the keyboard shortcuts for inserting various break characters are described using what looks like an up arrow / ...
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What is disabling internet sharing on my macbook?
I bought my computer from my school, where they had multiple locks and disabled functions. When I bought it they were suppose to delete all these locks, but I guess they didn't – now I am unable to ...
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Where does Apalon's Pimp Your Screen mac app does saves downladed images?
I've just installed Pimp your screen Apalon's Mac app and downloaded a bunch of images, where are images stored on my system after download?
I've searched in the application contents in my ...
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How do I take screen shots on DVD movies and protected content?
I saw this awesome movie that I watched on DVD and wanted to take a screen shot of it, but when I did, it was transparent. I could only see my desktop taken but not the movie. Is there a specific ...
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How can I find exactly what files are included in my last Time Machine backup?
I find that my Time Machine backup never passes an hour without backing up files, even if I haven't used the Mac. I've excluded .Trash and Downloads under my user folder. A typical hourly backup is ...
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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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Who first wrote the kernel for Mac OS X based operating systems?
Was it Steve Jobs? I mean not the idea, but who actually made it happen through the physical work itself?
Was it a single individual who wrote the bootstrapping software, kernel, graphics, all other ...
