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How can i reset my Terminal?
just some time ago i installed the OS X Server app on my mac and since this day it always appears server as the chosen directory in my terminal.
But because i dont really like the Server application ...
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iMessages on Mac consistently disappearing
I use iMessages on both my iPhone (6.1.2) and my Retina Macbook (10.8.3). Generally, it works pretty well, but on a somewhat consistent basis messages that I've sent from the Mac will disappear, but ...
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Mac Mini has slowed to an unbearable crawl!
I've read a lot of other questions about speed, but my question does not seem to be answered anywhere. My Mac Mini is running so slow that I cannot see what I am typing. It takes up to 15 seconds to ...
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Change Keyboard Layout on Lock Screen
I've been struggling with the following problem:
I am writing something in German during the day, therefore I change my keyboard layout to their QWERTZ style.
When I lock the screen or close my MBP ...
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Add to Existing Contact from Mail.app to Contacts.app
I am looking for an option to add the choice "Add to Existing Contact" from the Apple Mail.app From address field. As you all know, we have "Copy Address, Add to VIPs, New Email, Add to Contacts, and ...
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where are the pictures of the skype contacts saved (see if someone is invisible)
i just thought you could see if someone is invisible in skype, if you just delete (reset) his profile picture. Because i know if you install skype on a new device the profile pictures are saved only ...
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“A Bluetooth audio error occurred”
I'm getting this popping up on my Mac multiple times a day:
I have an Apple keyboard attached via Bluetooth, and nothing else. It doesn't say anything else is connected either, just this alert pops ...
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Charge cycles increase?
This is a bit weird, I've been doing everything to keep the battery health great and that's what i achieved so far. it's going through 99-100%, but the thing is.. those charging cycles thing are ...
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JDK 7 & java_home
I am using OSX Mountain Lion, and I am trying to install Glassfish Server EE. I have also installed Java7 from oracle. When I check for my java_home by this line
/usr/libexec/java_home
I get ...
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Quick search in folder by key press
I switched from PC to Mac, in pc when you're in explorer, you press a key and it highlights the first result of a file/folder that starts with the pressed key, and when you press again it goes to ...
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Mountain Lion unable to start forbidden sign Harddrive problem
so I have a MacBook Pro 17" with the newest Mountain Lion update and Bootcamp Windows 7. When I start the Mac, Mountain Lion shows me the forbidden sign, while still having this loading sign working ...
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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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How can I control a Mac through TS-Gateway?
I have a new Mac at the office. We have a pretty closed off firewall here but we allow people to work remotely through a TS-Gateway using RDP. For a client I use iTap as it supports the gateway very ...
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Access applications and their folders from terminal
I have a folder that I want to init with git, but to do that I have to 'navigate' to that folder using cd. The problem is when I write cd Applications, that folder is empty and I cannot go into ...
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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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Odd text before “:” in Terminal
In Terminal.app I have a text prompt like the following
rover-205-89:Documents username$
What is the "rover-205-89"? I thought it was my computer name but I looked under System Preferences > ...
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Time capsule… can I use it as storage disk?
I am using a macbook pro and I am thinking of buying a time capsule device
If I buy this time capsule. Will I be able to use it as? ::
storage disk
backup device
wireless router
Does it have ...
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32-bit only screen savers in Mountain Lion?
Is it possible to run 32-bit only screen savers in Mountain Lion?
Just opening /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app in 32-bit mode doesn't run ...
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killing httpd spawns new processes
In short, I need to kill all httpd processes so I can run a particular program. When I go to Activity Monitor and Quit all of the httpd processes, a new one is immediately spawned. I'm not sure what ...
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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 to resize Macintosh HD?
In my disk utilty, I have some unused space left over.
I want to resize Macintosh HD to use this space.
Whats the best way to resize Macintosh HD? Disk Utility won't let me resize it whether I'm ...
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Why does the folder icon in my Terminal have a question mark overlaid?
From time to time, I spot that the folder icon in the titlebar of one of my Terminal windows has a question mark overlaid on it, e.g. this one:
What does this mean? It doesn't seem to have any ...
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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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Auto run a UI app and click a button on startup
I want to do two things when my Mac boots up:
1) Run an app
2) Click a button on that app
Any suggestions for how I can accomplish this?
FWIW, this is app I haven't written so I can't change ...
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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 do I lock the screen using a keyboard shortcut on OS X Mountain Lion with a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000?
Title says it all: how do I lock the screen using a keyboard shortcut on OS X Mountain Lion with a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000?
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Viewing .VCE files on Mac, possible?
How can I open .VCE files on Mac?
Is there a free software product I can download?
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How can I assign different characters to different keyboard shortcuts on Mac?
I am using Macbook Air with OS 10.8.2. I bought my MAC from the US, and then moved to another country. Therefore, I had to change my keyboard language.
The problem is the keyboard layout is not the ...
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Find process associated with launchd
TCP port 5901 is open on my machine and is causing some mischief, and I want to know which process is opening it. When I run lsof -i -P I see that launchd is the process that opened the port.
Is ...
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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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“No Devices Syncing” in menu bar
Previously in the menu bar when I click on the "Refresh" icon it use to say Sync Now and now it says No Devices Syncing.
Is this feature now obsolete due to MobileMe not available anymore?
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Mail.app behaving strange when sending mail
When I send an email to somebody I get this dialog:
Link to image (I'm a new user)
But when I click on "Connection Doctor" and then "Try With Selected Server" it works.
How can I fix this?
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Not Receiving Standard SMS on iMessage for Mac
I have a new Retina Mac running Mountain Lion (10.8.2) and an iPhone running 6.0.1.
On my iPhone I can send and receive text messages from my email test@example.com and +1 (555) 555-5555. On my phone ...
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Where is my apple account picture stored on my mac? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where does the Mac store account pictures?
I really like this picture that i took for my account and wish to use it for other purposes. Where is it stored? I use Mac OS ...
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Backing up a disk image with Time Machine
I'm storing backup of my Gmail account in a disk image, to cut on number of files on the main HFS+ volume. This makes Time Machine ignore the existence of this volume, just because it's in a disk ...
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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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Growl notifications in Fullscreen Apps
I've just re-installed Growl and noticed it's version 2.0 and for some reason cannot get growl notifications whilst in fullscreen applications like Chrome, Safari or iTunes.
The notification is ...
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Change text to speech voice mac?
Is it possible for me to change the text to speech voice (For example, right clicking any paragraph or text in TextEdit, clicking Speech --> Start Speaking) from the default American version to the UK ...
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How can I hide an Application from the Updates Tab in the Mac App Store?
I had an app on my MacBook that I never used. I recently did a clean install of Mountain Lion on the same MacBook (not using the Migration Assistant or anything to copy my old data). I reinstalled the ...
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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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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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Can't get rid of incomplete download bar underneath dock icon
My Downloads folder in my dock has been showing a download/progress bar at 50% since yesterday. There aren't any half-complete files in my Download folder, Google Chrome isn't awaiting any action to ...
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Can't remote into Mac mini
I have a MacBook Pro and a Mac mini, both running Mountain Lion. This problem, however, started when I had Lion. I can remote in to my MacBook Pro just fine from my iPhone and iPad. But I can't remote ...
