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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Confused: Will Find My Mac work if the thief just did the hold ctrl and power button restore?
Recently had my macbook pro stolen. It's a mid 2012 model with mountain lion so it can reset the OS by just by holding ctrl and the power button. I've done it many times myself so I know all they have ...
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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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How to stop the Mail app from running every 10 minutes on the Mac?
I have Mountain Lion on an 27" iMac, and recently, for some reason, the Mail app launches every 10 minutes or so, and I have to quit it every time.
In the Preferences of Mail, I already tried every ...
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How does Mac OS X 10.7 detect different displays?
I have a Macbook Pro with Mac OS X 10.7, and an external display screen attached to my Macbook, which is working fine.
Sometimes, I have to switch the second display to a projector (because I want to ...
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Full voice control for Mac
What's an app that let's my control my Mac with voice commands, always on, with no keyboard and no mouse? I'm talking about an iMac mounted on a wall that is always listening for voice control ...
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Prevent dock from auto-showing on mouse over
I currently have dock to auto-hide and would like it to stay hidden until I explicitly show it using a keyboard shortcut such as the "Move focus to dock" or "Turn Dock Hiding On/Off". I basically ...
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Disk image windows open beneath other windows
When I install software from a .dmg, the verification window pops up, which I suspect is normal. When it's done, though, the Finder window - you know, the "Drag to Applications to install" box - pops ...
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Manage iPhoto on external hard disk
Most of my Mac hard drive is filled with iPhoto pictures. I have an external USB hard drive. What to do? Just moving pictures from Pictures/iPhoto Library is not a perfect option as I want to have ...
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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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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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vba split() not working in Mac Word 2004
I was trying to run a Word macro on a Mac. That macro contains the split() function. When I run this it is throwing an error saying function or sub not defined.
StrArr = Split(InputString, ":", -1, ...
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Setting up a special secondary display on iMac
I am a video editor and I have seen 2-display video setups a where one monitor is used for the editing software, and the secondary monitor is used to preview the edited footage. How would I be able to ...
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Returning iMac to iSpot when bought from online shop
I bought an iMac from the online Apple Store and now, 2 days after purchase, it broke down. I want to return it/exchange it, but would like to avoid the tremendous waiting time, as this used to be my ...
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Finder is very slow in showing the content of server shared folders
I'm accessing a Windows File Sharing folder on my home server in Finder on my Mac (OS X 10.7.2) using the SMB protocol. When I'm navigating through the folders, sometimes (most of the time) I have to ...
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Symlink TO dropbox folder in different user account
Recently purchased a new Mac to be used as a family Mac. We share my Dropbox account and I have installed this into my user folder.
Question: Can I create a symlink into my wife's documents folder ...
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Mac Wireless drops off and on with AD Authentication from home screen
We are trying to get wireless to auto connect on Mac Bootup. We're using either Lion or Mountain lion on all test subjects. I've created a system profile with the wireless info and tagged to auto ...
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Accessing other mac on local network with computer name
We have two macs which is connected to a WiFi network. One mac is named 'mobi4' and other mac is named 'mobi6'. In Finder window, I choose Go -> Connect To Server and type mobi6, but I get an error ...
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Installing Wine with Brew
So I try installing wine:
λ ~ → brew install wine
==> Downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wine/Source/wine-1.4.1.tar.bz2
Already downloaded: ...
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Can't telnet to a local device from mac, but can from tablet, why?+
I am having trouble trying to telnet into a device on my network via my Mac running the latest version of Mountian Lion OS X 10.8.2
I am unable to telnet to a local network address (192.168.x.x) from ...
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iCloud Find My Mac configuration using script
A Macbook Pro from a friend of mine was stolen and I am trying to create a script in order to activate the 'Find My Mac' feature of is iCloud account configured in his Macbook Pro.
Is there a way to ...
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Get OpenCL on SnowLeopard - NVIDIA GeForce 320M
I'd like to do some GPGPU programming using OpenCL on my Mac.
I've got a Mac OS X (version 10.6.8) - Snow Leopard. My graphic card is an NVIDIA geForce 320M. Looking on the web I found out that this ...
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I can't see colors when editing in Keynote
I am new to Keynote and as I was trying to create slided shows, the actual color won't show up when I am editing the slides.
(I am using Keynote 2008)
When I preview it, it shows everything perfectly, ...
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Show Calendar Events and Tasks together on Mac, Iphone and Ipad
I am educating myself to "Living in a calendar" way of productivity. (see http://workawesome.com/productivity/to-do-lists/). Crucial idea is to view together calendar events and tasks to schedule your ...
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Typing over selected text replaces some text to the right
In OS X (both Lion and Mountain Lion), I notice that when I select text and type over it, not only does it yield the expected result of replacing that text with the typed text, it often also replaces ...
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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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How to use mouse click to open directory, file, or menu item in Midnight Commander?
I cannot click anything in Midnight Commander now. If I do it - it selects some area only.
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Apache Mac WebSharing not working
I'm new to Mac and I'm trying to setup a simple webserver. I have configured apache, turned on websharing and turned off the firewall. I can connect to the ip address locally via a web browser but ...
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Mountain Lion networking bottleneck once download starts
I've noticed that with Mountain Lion (running on a mid-2011 iMac w/SSD) that once a download has started in Safari, or iTunes or Finder (AFP), etc. that any subsequent network activity is severely ...
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How can I get my new mails? It is “disconnected”
I can't get Mail to fetch new emails. Even after quitting and restarting, I can't get new emails and the refresh button is disabled.
I really don't know what to do. I am using Apple Mail 5.2 and Mac ...
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Can't open folder after creating share point on Lion Server
I think somehow Server.app screwed up my ~/Downloads folder after I tried to share it over the network and fudged with permissions and now I can't open it at all.
The weird thing is the folder is ...
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When doing Quicktime screen record, how to add more after stop?
When I do a Quicktime screen recording, I can pause the recording by pressing "alt" to make the stop button become a pause button.
However, when I click the stop button the recording is considered ...
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Finder adds resource fork files
I am working on automating a manual backup process which I do about once per month when it is time to rotate some backup media. The process involves backup files that are located on some FreeBSD ...
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How to make MacOS X ignore nice load when scaling CPU frequencies (“ignore_nice_load” on Linux)?
Is it possible to control/configure the CPU frequency governor on MacOS X?
I would like it to ignore load/work from "niced" processes and not spin up the CPU frequency?
On Linux this can be ...
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Mac Mini with two Western Digital external Hard Drives in RAID
I upgraded to Mountain Lion and I am trying to set up a 2 TB and 3 TB hard drive set in a RAID so it will look like a 5 TB drive. I did it on 10.7 and it was fine but every time I try to set it up on ...
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Icons on buttons changed
I was tweaking my new Mac (I'm new to OS X) and suddenly I noticed that the icons in lots of my apps changed. I've checked all the things I done (using OnyX) but can't find what I done to make my apps ...
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Can't boot from CD
I can't get my 07 Mac Pro running 10.7.4 to boot from a cd or usb drive. I have my home directory on another drive. Can that have an affect on booting for a CD or USB?
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Using button 4 on mouse to repeat a set of characters
I have Mac OS X Lion and a Logitech MX 518. I tried both SteerMouse and USB Overdrive and neither does what I wants it to do.
What I want to do is when iI press and hold button 4 on the mouse, it ...
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'Find text' in document occasionally doesn't work in Word 2011 for Mac
It's a problem I saw on a friend's computer (Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard). Occasionally (in about 1 of 10-20 cases) Word 2011 doesn't find a text which is in the document. Then, changing the to other ...
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How to login to WLAN with a SmartCard
I want to use my SmartCard to login to an WLAN. On Windows this works, but I could not figure out how to do that with my mac... According to the SmartCard reader company the reader will be recognized ...
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How do I sync with Hotmail on OS X Lion using Mail.app?
I wanted to know if there is a solution to get the Hotmail emails and folders synchronized with Mail.app.
I have it synced properly on my iPhone but it doesn't sync on the Mac.
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Audio very jittery/cuts out when mirroring iPad on Mac Mini with Airserver
What are some potential causes of jittery audio when mirroring an iPad using AirServer? I've played around with the internal audio buffer settings and nothing's really doing it. Note that audio ...
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Installing foursquare on my iPhone 4S wirelessly in iTunes and it acts weird
iTunes syncs an app twice in a row. "Copying 1 of 1" happens two syncs in a row.
This is happening specifically with the new foursquare app.
Steps to Reproduce:
Add an app to sync in the iPhone --> ...
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What are Photogrammetry softwares available on Mac OS X
I have been searching for a photogrammetry software for Mac.
Can anyone tell me where can I get them?
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Downloading certain file extensions opens app?
Lately, if I download .torrent files from Safari, it automatically opens an app called SQLite. SQLite is just used for looking at my sql databases, and obviously not torrents.
The torrents are also ...
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How do i use ipfw to allow some sites and block all sites
I am new to ipfw, my requirement is like that, once application launches,i need to read the certain application parameter and depending upon them, i should be able to allow some site and block others, ...
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Mass email solution that support different email content
I'm using Mac, and I group customer into groups in address book and send email to all in the group.
Are there application where I can send the email individually to each one in the group and, by ...
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Setting up Microsoft Exchange on Mac
I can't configure my business MS Exchange on my Mac although I can with the same settings on my iPhone and iPad. Do I need to configure something more of bypass some kind of setting or something like ...
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Permanently pair mac with iPhone
I have paired new macbook air with my iPhone however after mac is rebooted it ask me to confirm pairing. Is this a bug in Lion, or can it be permanently paired?
(similar issue with a mouse, but ...
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Mac Lion - copy and paste leads to files not showing
When I copy and paste a file from one folder to another in Finder on my Mac (running Lion), I don't see it. This isn't the first time. I've had lion for a while now and it works fine. But for some ...
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Replace 15 spiral heavy notebooks w/ iPad handwriting/OCR convert app w/ notebooks + Mac Sync
....Devices: iPad 3rd Gen, iPhone 4S both OS 6.1.3 & MacBook Pro OSX 10.8.4
* I now handwrite client mtg. notes/drawings on paper & save in 15 large, physical spiral notebooks, 1 for each ...
