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 crop a video?
How does one remove a black border around a video. The input video has the size 720x576 and has the output video should be 720x480. I need to crop away 96 pixels from top and bottom.
I have gazed ...
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Don't have view options in finder
I'm trying to change the icon size on my desktop.
This should be easy via the view options. If finder would offer them.
I tried to get access to the options via the finder menu, cmd+j and I tried the ...
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Wifi Won't Connect; Connection Timeout (Mac)
I'm having issues with my macbook pro OS X 10.7.5. It used to connect to the wifi router (D-Link N300, DIR=615) no problems. But for the past several weeks, I haven't been able to at all.
What pops ...
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Lion: Map Option + arrow to home/end
I am using the CLI version of Vim on Mac mini, with OS X Lion.
I use Vim as my main code editor, and one thing that bother me is lack of Home and End keys for moving to the Start and End of lines, ...
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Random 100% Finder CPU Usage On One Account
Ok guys, here's the deal. Randomly, I wasn't doing anything specific -- my system starts getting sluggish. I checked the activity viewer -- wow, finder is at 150% CPU!
I have scoured the internet for ...
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Send 1 bookmark from IOS to Mac w/o iCloud or Email
I do NOT want to sync all my bookmarks across all my devices via iCloud, etc. Far too many bookmarks on my Mac that don't need to be on iPad, etc.
But sometimes I find a site on my IOS device & I ...
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iLife doesn't appear in “Purchased” after installing ML on a registered MacBook Pro
I bought an open-item, unregistered MacBook Pro from Best Buy and they told me that they had installed Mountain Lion just like a clean setup. But the iLife bundle doesn't appear in the laptop or in ...
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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 ...
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Disabling creation of unnecessary files on my external hard-drive?
I had an old mac that I decided to strip down for its hard-drive and RAM. I threw a shell on the hard-drive, and now I can connect it to my new mac with a USB cable.
Essentially I want to be using ...
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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 to find devices on my local network through their IP address
I have a local network powered by a Time Capsule, and connected to 4 or 5 macs. There are other devices on the network too. (Printers, IP Cameras, etc). Is there a way to list the devices on the local ...
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Windows 8 version specifically for Mac
I really dont understand this. My school sells products to students via onthehub.com.
They offer a separate version of Windows 8 Pro that they claim is specifically for Macs. How does this make any ...
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What are some tips or tricks for Terminal in Mac OS X?
One tip or trick per answer.
My favorite is
open .
Opens the folder you're currently browsing in Finder. You can also pass URLs, images, documents or else to open.
If you specify a program name ...
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Mac getting very hot while watching flash
I'm running OSX 10.7.5 on my Mac computer (desktop, not laptop).
I have just been watching some Starcraft 2 stream from Dreamhack (in flash) when I noticed my computer was getting pretty hot. I ...
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why doesn't linkclump extension work on chrome on Mac?
trying to press long right mouse click
or shift + right click
nothing opens dotted zone.
https://github.com/benblack86/linkclump/issues/29
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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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Make desktop items only appear in a certain region
How do I make my desktop items on my mac desktop, instead of spreading all over the desktop, just spread in a certain region of the desktop?
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cal command - start monday
I was wondering - is there a way to make 'cal' (a terminal program) start the week on monday?
Usually it can be done with the -m flag, but this does not have any effect on the Mac. AFAIK, for ...
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Why is it that my Mac would rather swap than clear inactive memory?
Why is it that my Mac (running 10.8 Mountain Lion) would rather swap than clear inactive memory? I know people say that the Mac OS manages itself and whatever, but there is a serious performance dip ...
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How to troubleshoot stuttering iTunes video playback while downloading on Mac OS X 10.7.2?
Observations: Recently, not sure when it happened, with upgrade to Lion or before, but I have not been able to cleanly watch a video of any type in iTunes while something [movie, tv show, app, ...
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Macbook's harddrive free space changes seemingly randomly
Over the last few days my hard drive has gone from a few GB of free space, to zero KB, absolutely full. I then deleted about 1GB of files, and now the free space has gone down to 640MB, and then went ...
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Work database with visual interface
I need a app that can help me work on a database with visual aid, I don't need it to be in a specific language, is only that I can see the workflow to better understand all the links between tables
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Resizing mac partition on a volume with boot-camp
On my mac I have two partitions, and I want to create a new one. One partition has Mountain Lion and the other has Windows 7 (through Boot-Camp). I want to create a new mac partition, and for that I ...
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How can I mirror my Mac display on my iPad?
I don't know why i can't seem to find any info about this or even anyone asking the same question. I have an iMac and a new iPad. I want to mirror my Mac display on the iPad, so I can sit in another ...
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Can I import photos from iPad to iMac that aren't in camera roll?
I lost all data on my iMac recently, including some 1500 photos. These photos were synced to the iPad from iPhoto on my iMac.
How can I transfer them back to my iMac since they are not in the ...
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Is there any Mac software to handle archives (zip, rar, 7z, tar, etc.) that allows browsing?
I am looking for a software to handle archives on OS X.
I know there are many of them quite easy to find, but none seems to have the most basic feature that most Windows archive applications have: ...
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Can anyone guide me in installing a driver for Epson Stylus C59 in Mac Lion?
I've got a new mac mini (the latest one mid-2011) and it has Lion in it. I have an old Epson Stylus C59 and would like to use it in this mac mini. However, the epson site has no installer for mac.
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“Clean-Up By Name” on all folders on Mac
Is there a command that I can run in Terminal which will Clean-Up By Name on all folders. It is bit of a job going into each folder and doing this.
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Apple Programming Guides on Kindle?
Does anyone else here really wish they could send apple programming guides to their kindle? The apple programming guides are great learning tools but they are online, and multi-page and I am not sure ...
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Automator: Rename Powerpoint footer with file names?
I have a bunch of different pictures that I need to import to Powerpoint, and I need someway to label them once they're there. I know how to import them and make a Picture Slide Show, but I'm stuck on ...
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Mac crashing suddenly and restart
My Mac keeps on crashing around 5 times a day which is very annoying. It just turns off all of a sudden and than start again... Crash log is provided below. Any idea as to what may cause this?
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Can I watch 3D movies on my Mac?
Can I watch 3D movies on my Mac? If not, can I just watch them normally in 2D (not having 2 pictures side by side).
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Change apple ID associated with Mac App Store application
How can I change the Apple ID associated with an application downloaded from the Mac App Store? For example, when I try to update an application, it says for me to login with the account that ...
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What font is used for the file extensions in mac icons?
The fonts on one of our macs have become corrupted. I was able to fix most of the problem by copying across a non-corrupt version of Lucida Grande from another Mac. However, the font used to display ...
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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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Are DropBox files viewed on iOS devices taking up space on them?
When travelling I will need all of the "space" I can claim on my iPad. Am I correct in thinking "space" is not being taken up on the iPad by DB folders, unless I have made them favorites?
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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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Disabling all non-essential system resources
I am running a lab experiment on my Macbook Pro and I'm calculating the results of a program (physics simulation) so I need all of the available CPU I can get. Since the program that I have to run ...
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Removing an icon from Mac OS X menubar when Cmd+Drag won't work
I noticed this message icon show up on my menubar and I can't tell which app it belongs to. I've tried to click on the "settings" gear but it doesn't take me to anything.
The icon is a square chat ...
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Can't automatically update iTunes apps from different country on Mac
I purchased some apps in Argentina store, and then I moved to US store, and also got some apps.
Now I'm no able to automatically update the apps I got on Argentina store.
I tried to delete all my ...
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Purchase from random account showing up in Mac App Store?
There's an app in my Mac App Store update list called "Mahjong Deluxe Free". I have never downloaded this app, let alone play mahjong (is that normal?).
Upon trying to clear it from the list by ...
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Needing some help with mac mail
What does All Mail mean in mac mail? I accidentally erased a mail and then did a search for it and it came up under All mail?
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How to screen capture high-quality for printing for 300 DPI?
On the Mac I am aware of how to do a screen capture, but it creates a 72 DPI image. We need a much higher quality image because it's for printing on a color laser printer. We need to be able to print ...
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Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac in tracked changes - How to prevent colors of “Authors” from automatically changing while tracking
Tracking is on, each author has a color, I "save as", re-open and sometimes the colors JUST CHANGE all on their own, not just on that saved doc BUT any previous version before. What is causing this ...
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Macbookpro can't recognize bootable usb at boot time?
I have an old macbookpro:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0F
I created a ...
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Best keyboard mapping to make Ubuntu like Mac?
While there is a similar question how to make Mac keyboard like Ubuntu, I would like to raise the reverse question: How to make Ubuntu keyboard like Mac?
I like for instance cmd ⌘ to work as ctrl ...
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Mountain Lion - Flash sluggish, spinning beachballs etc
I upgraded from OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion 10.8, and then to 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
I only have a few installed applications (Photoshop and Microsoft Office), VLC movie player and ...
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How can I change the default save location of Office for Mac?
I have Office for Mac 2011 and unlike Office PC, I can't find how to change the location where my files are to be saved.
The default position doesn't suit my needs and I spend a lot of time ...
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Install Clang 3.1
What would be the best place to manually install llvm/clang binaries in OS X 10.7 without conflicting with existing/future versions shipped with xcode?
Thanks!
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anker keyboard escape key
My imac bluetooth keyboard had some keys broken so I bought an anker keyboard.
It's the one mentioned in this review:
http://ziacomputers.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/anker-bluetooth-keyboard-reveiew/
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