OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion
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Missing library file: libSM.6.dylib
When executing an application I receive the following error:
./WordMaker WordMaker_BatchConfig.moos
dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libSM.6.dylib
Referenced from: ...
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How do I stop my 2013 Macbook Air from putting the computer to sleep?
I've been fiddling with my new Haswell macbook air (with Mountain Lion), and there's a difference between the "energy saver" settings on my macbook vs my 2011 iMac. On my iMac, there's a "Computer ...
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Why does my 3TB Seagate HD keep formatting as a Logical Volume Group
This is really annoying. I have a brand new Seagate 3TB 7200 RPM hard drive that I am trying to format/partition in Disk Utility. Every time I change any settings or erase the drive, it changes it to ...
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Using AppleScript to modify contacts not working
I'm trying to use applescript to clean up various problems a large address book, to large to fix by hand. I've been able to find and observe contacts and groups in AppleScript successfully. However, ...
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Home folder has two Desktops within it - can one be deleted?
All,
Somehow I created a second Desktop Folder and icon within my Home Folder. One Desktop has the word original following it, the second has a different icon.
Can any suggest how this happened and ...
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Shortcut to revert autocorrect change
I like the autocorrect feature, but sometimes I want to revert to the word I typed. If i backspace to the word, I see an overlay with the word as I typed it, but can't figure how to revert to it ...
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terminal command say produces error
The "say" command in OSX Terminal works fine for me and I use it now end then.
However, since last week it produces the following error message on my Mac Mini (Late 2012, 10.8.4):
$ say test
> ...
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Reverting from Mavericks to Mountain Lion on dual SSD's in RAID 0
So I have my MBP Late 2011 setup with Dual SSD's in a RAID 0 Configuration. Since this is a software RAID, I don't have a functioning Recovery HD and I need to erase the Mac and get back to a stable ...
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Password protected partitions on mac os x
I have two partitions first is primary with os x installed and second is empty, I want to password protect this second partition so when I double click it must ask for password and then tell me read ...
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how do i restore my wiped erased imac OS X
My iMac was stolen,using the find my iphone app I erased, wiped it. 2 days later I got it back. I'm trying to get it workin again.Was told to take it to a apple dealer to be fixed.The closest one is ...
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SSH works locally but not remotely
I have remote login turned on, and when I'm at home, I can access the Mac via SSH just fine, by using the local IP address. However when I try to access it when I'm not at home, using the global IP ...
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List of all devices connected to “Internet Sharing” Hotspot [duplicate]
How Can I know which devices connected my hotspot.
Or Where I can find list of connected devices to my hotspot.
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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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Sorting through windows that are grouped together
I have a number of open windows that belong to the same program (preview). I would like to easily and quickly flick between these open windows, but I have found this frustratingly difficult to do ...
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Should I upgrade to mountain lion? Imac 2007 2.0ghz [closed]
I just recently bought an older mid 2007 imac 2.0ghz. I ordered 4g of ram which should be arriving any day. I see mixed comments on Mountain Lion running on older machines. Once I install my 4g of ...
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Will the new Safari-Version be available for older OS X Versions? [closed]
I'm curious. Or will ppl need to upgrade to Mavericks just to use the new Safari?
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Roll back from OS X Mavericks ( or any newer OS) to Mountain Lion
I installed the developer preview of OS X Mavericks, & too many things broke. I can't stay on it & need to roll back to Mountain Lion. Any ways of doing that? Please help!
I originally ...
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Homebrew errors; update fails
Homebrew has been working fine for years...until today. Anyone know what's going on and/or how to fix it?
$ brew --config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 0.9.4
ORIGIN: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew.git
HEAD: ...
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You need to restart your computer. Hold Power button until it turns off, then press the Power button again?
Hi Here is my Panic report , Even after entering the Safe mode still i do get this
Help me to slove this issue
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 11785 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
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Transferring Mountain Lion
i bought a new macbook pro with mountain lion preinstalled and i dont know how to put it on my older 10.6.8 Imac. There is no file for it on the macbook and says i havent bought it in the app store.
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Do larger desktop photos use more resources?
Does using a larger sized photo for one's desktop hinder performance? My new desktop photo is 3MBs, does it use more resources than say a 1MB sized photo?
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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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Time machine and Mac repair
I'm using time machine to make backups everytime. Now I'm going to bring my laptop to repair center, and there is a chance that they will replace it to me. It means that I could get back totally clean ...
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2010 MacBook Pro won't boot
I'm having an issue with my 2010 MacBook Pro. It started crashing a lot a couple of months ago, eventually even with kernel panics. Sometimes after a crash, during the next boot, it would display a ...
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Any advice on troubleshooting instability in Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.4?
In all cases of crashes, I can SSH to the machine, but I can't figure out anything useful to remedy the situation.
This freeze happened when sizing the crop in Aperture. Machine had been running for ...
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How to obtain the external IPv4 address via Terminal
I'm trying to figure out how to obtain my external IP (IPv4) via Terminal without connecting to a remote website or service.
Here's what I've found so far - these all use remote/external checking:
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Is there a way to hide/remove the drop box folder (not dropbox.com) that is inside of public folder?
Inside Public folder there is a folder called "Drop Box" (I'm not talking about dropbox.com) which is used for network/sharing purpose. Since I only use the machine locally, I would like to delete ...
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How can I get files off of a Mac when the display is broken?
I need to get files off of my mac, and SSH and RDP are both disabled. My screen is broken, and my SSD is encrypted by FileVault.
Now, I do have one advantage: An external monitor. However, it will ...
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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 I get Mountain Lion on a MacBook?
I own a MacBook which I purchased approximately 6 years ago (I'm not sure exactly what version it is, but I can get that information if needed). It is running OS X Leopard, and I want to install ...
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1answer
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What causes the popup alternate characters from showing?
I have the latest version of Mountain Lion 10.8.4 but can't use the new hold key to show variations option. So, when I press the n key and hold it down, it would be nice to see the two alternate ñ and ...
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Where can I find a comprehensive and detailed technical software manual for OS X?
Are there books written for OS X (particularly the most current version) like the hundreds of thousands written for Unix? I'd like to know about the command-line utilities and the locations of system ...
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XCode repeatedly hangs on launch
I'm new to OSX and running Mountain Lion in a Virtual Box VM. Xcode was running fine and I managed to create a simple Hello World App. I restarted the VM and when I tried to reopen my project Xcode ...
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Can Calendar show an alert at the end of another event?
Is it possible to set up a Calendar alert to be displayed when another Calendar event finishes?
I would like to use Calendar to timebox.
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1answer
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Remove old user from Remote Login permissions list
On OS X 10.8 I deleted a user account which had Remote Login permissions. Now, in the Sharing tab of System Preferences, that user shows up as "Unknown User", and clicking the minus button won't ...
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2answers
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How to troubleshoot WLAN WPA2/WPA not working after updating to OSX 10.8.4?
I've tried to update my macbook pro to osx 10.8.4. While my macbook rebooted, it said, that the update failed. After this failed update, my Mac will no longer connect to my TL-WR841N router.
I ...
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Web-based wireless login: remember password
When connecting to some wireless networks, the first webpage that I try to load redirects to a login screen. It becomes possible to access the internet only after logging in. I'm sure most people ...
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Full-screen apps and desktop arrangements
The picture above is a screenshot from Mission Control showing the desktop and full-screen apps. The problem is that I want a different arrangement. I want the order to be Safari-Desktop-iTunes. I ...
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Changing the $HOME environment variable in terminal on mac 10.8
To be clear im not looking for a workaround that will execute a change directory command on startup. I want to alter the $HOME env var so that tilde commands work and so that entering a 'cd' command ...
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Can one Mac mini run twelve displays?
At work we have two Mac minis and each can run six monitors (twelve total).
I want to use only one Mac mini. How can we do this?
Update:
We have tried using a Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis.
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3answers
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Logging out and in on OS X takes 4-5 minutes?
I've got a 3.4 GHz i7 iMac (8 cores) with 24 GB of RAM. (2 16 GB chips plus 2 4 GB chips.) I know this amount of RAM is "officially unsupported" which is why I mention it.
Lately logging out (to ...
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How can I make a copy of a dvd made with imovie?
I have a movie of me skydiving, but the disk is starting to get scratchy. I was wondering how I can copy this to my hard-drive, so I can play it whenever I want. I tried the disk utility and copy the ...
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FileVault & multiple admin users' privacy
Using FileVault 2, when connecting a disk in target mode, the disk is locked and can only be unlocked by users authorised to do so. However, once it is unlocked, all contents are accessible to the ...
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2answers
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How to remount an internal drive as read-write in mountain lion
Suddenly a secondary drive with HFS+ partition changed from read-write to read-only. How can I use the mount command to reverse it in mountain lion?
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Enabling AGC logging in OSX 10.7.2?
I'm trying to enable AGC logging in Mountain Lion to the kernel log:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" ...
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Changing Mounted Network Drive Icon
I have a mounted network drive on my Mac Mini running Mountain Lion to a share on a Windows 7 box I use as a server in my house. I wanted to change the icon to something more descriptive, like perhaps ...
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How do I get OS 10.8 to keep finder windows open after a restart?
I just installed OS 10.8 on my Mac (yes, I know I'm getting in late in the game.) An annoying thing I've discovered is that, whenever I restart the computer, it closes all the windows I have open in ...
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After Mountain Lion reinstall, iPhoto and other apps won't work
I had to reinstall Mountain Lion from the disk utility because my macbook pro would not boot. After the reinstall, iPhoto and several of my apps will not start. What can I do?
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Find the size of a given Time Machine backup
I'm interested in determining the size of a given Time Machine Backup. This seems possible with tmutil using either uniquesize, compare, or calculatedrift, but I've been unable to figure out the ...
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make a dynamic lib with configure, Makefile.in, /usr/bin/libtool?
How can I make a dynamic lib with configure, Makefile.in, /usr/bin/libtool ?
I want to edit an old configure that does /bin/sh .../libtool .
Something like
configure LIBTOOL='/usr/bin/libtool ...
