OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion
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How to fix a distorted “File and Folder” view after upgrading to Mountain Lion and deletng Houdini?
When I had Lion, I used Houdini to show hidden files and folders. But after I upgraded my OS to Mountain Lion, it seems like Houdini is not working correctly. So I deleted Houdini.
But now it seems ...
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How to stream my video files from the cloud?
I use Dropbox to backup all my important files, but I'm running out of storage space on my computer.
Many of the files are video files that take up the majority of my storage, and it's not imperative ...
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How to stop iPhoto 11(9.3.2) from freezing when 'assembling' prints?
I've found some photos cause the iPhoto 'Assembling' phase of ordering prints to freeze so so that the iPhoto still shows, but is otherwise unresponsive to the point that only Force Quit can quit. ...
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3answers
518 views
Get OS X Notification Center State From the Command Line
On OS X 10.8, users can disable Notification Center for a single day. Is there a way to check if it is enabled from the command line?.
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1k views
Show progress indicators in Mail 6 (Mountain Lion)
Apple seems to have taken the brilliant decision of not showing progress indicators when you are checking for new emails. This is annoying, as you get 0 feedback when you press the "Get new messages" ...
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How to copy many emails to a specific folder rather than copy/paste the contents of each message?
I'm trying to create a project folder for some woodworking I will be doing over the next few weeks. Among the first items into this folder is a collection of ~25 emails containing photos and ...
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3answers
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Where did Icon Composer go from Xcode?
I can't seem to find Icon Composer on the Xcode versions at run on Mountain Lion.
Where is it? Has it been taken out? How to get it back?
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Is there a way to completely disable Dock?
I want the Dock completely gone. I haven't used it in the past three releases of OS X (10.5 to present). I want it completely gone, and LaunchBar there instead. Is there a way to kill the Dock so ...
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Moving Application to other folder
I just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Now when I open my application folder via the Dock there are different programs present, e.g. Automator, which I moved to the "Utilities" sub-folder ...
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1answer
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Making a program use a specific network interface
I would like my IRC client to only use a WiFi connection and all other programs to use WiFi or wired connections. This is because every time I plug in my Ethernet cable my IRC client automatically ...
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Quickly Access Safari 6 Bookmark & History Address Bar Suggestions with the Keyboard?
With the new combined address/search bar in Safari 6, I'm wondering if there's a way to quickly choose an option from the Bookmarks & History suggestions using the keyboard. Or some way to have ...
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Reminders: Move list item to other list
is it possible to move a remind from on reminders list to another?
For example I have two lists:
Today
Tomorrow
How could I move for example "call cindy" from "Tomorrow" to "Today"?
Regards,
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1answer
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Launchpad as a Space on Mountain Lion
I was wondering if it's possible to make Launchpad a space?
Just like how you can get the Dashboard to show as a space (System Preferences -> Mission Control -> Show Dashboard as a Space).
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1answer
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Export all stickies at once on OS X 10.8?
I am using Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8). I have a lot of stickies, but have been unable to find a simple way to export all the stickies at once as either text or HTML.
Have I overlooked something ...
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3answers
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Desktop image is not showing in Mountain Lion with dual monitor
I have a MBA connecting via HDMI to Samsung Monitor.
Problem is desktop background for Samsung monitor is not showing. There is only grey desktop and doesn't have any changes even I try to change the ...
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How do I have two copies of iTunes using the same library?
I recently bought a MacBook Pro and I already have lots of media on my iMac. I don’t want to eat up the HD space on the MacBook Pro, but I also want to be able to use iTunes on my MacBook Pro with all ...
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Connection timeout when sharing internet with password
I have a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion 10.8. I am connecting to the Internet via a USB Internet Key. I enabled internet sharing via WiFi.
My friend has a MacBook Pro with Lion 10.7.
When I enable ...
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Contextual Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
Is it possible to create a keyboard shortcut for a contextual menu item and if so, how? I'm not sure if this functionality was available in Lion, but if it wasn't, maybe it is in Mountain Lion.
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How to save chat logs in Messages for Mountain Lion?
I always used to save my Chat logs because I use IM in the professional environment. Now I find that I can’t save chat logs anymore. That option is gone. Is there any workaround or hidden preference ...
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1answer
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How do I get my AirPlay mirroring to take up my entire TV screen?
I have a 2011 27" iMac that currently has Mountain Lion installed on it, and I am trying to get the AirPlay mirroring to take up my entire 1080p widescreen TV. How do I get that to happen?
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1answer
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Steam not installing in wine in 10.8
I have a problem with Wine and Steam on my Mac. I recently updated to 10.8. When I had Lion Wine and Steam worked perfectly, but because of some problems I had to re-install Wine. The thing is, now ...
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Play HVDVD_TS EVO with DVD Player?
How can we play a DVD with an HVDVD_TS folder and EVO files inside using DVD Player?
DVD Player says, "There was a problem opening the media. The media type is not supported."
The DVD plays with DVD ...
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1answer
677 views
Keyboard shortcut stopped working in Safari 6.0
I've created a custom keyboard shortcut for entering and exiting fullscreen in the keyboard preferences menu.
This stopped working for Safari 6.0 after I upgraded to Mountain Lion. I had the beta ...
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How to change the color and format of the static host/path/user string in the Terminal or iTerm?
Example:
cookie:~ j$ date
Sun Aug 5 02:14:29 CEST 2012
cookie:~ j$
Just as it's pasted here, all three lines are of the same color. I would like to have "cookie:~ j$" or at least part of the ...
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Protect privacy on my Mac
What is the best way to protect my privacy when using my Mac?
Assume I am a privacy-sensitive user, with Mountain Lion. What software configuration should I do, to protect my privacy? Is there any ...
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Cannot connect to Apple file servers after upgrading to 10.8
Since I can't find thousands of other users reporting this I'm thinking it's got to be something wrong with my system, but after I updated to Mountain Lion I can't connect to Apple file servers ...
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Magic Trackpad gestures don't work
A brand new Magic Trackpad has been paired to a 2011 Mac mini with OSX 10.8. This mini has no other bluetooth devices. OSX was upgraded in-place from Lion to Mountain Lion.
The trackpad doesn't ...
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1answer
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Does FileVault prompt for passwords more often?
If I enable FileVault on Mountain Lion, will it make my machine ask me for my password more often?
For example, right now I have my machine configured so that when it goes to sleep, if I wake it up ...
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Turn on automatic update
I'd like my Mac OS X machine to automatically install updates for any software where it can, with no interaction from me.
System updates, updates to applications, security patches -- I want them all. ...
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How to get the three finger 'scroll to top' back in mountain lion?
Remember in Snow Leopard there was a gesture using three fingers to scroll to the top of webpages? Has anyone worked out a way of getting that back?
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How to mimic Safari 5 Activity window with Mountain Lion, to save FLV video files?
With Safari 5 in Lion, I used the Activity window to save video files.
Safari 6 has no Activity window.
With Mountain Lion, what is the best way to replicate what I could do before?
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Mountain Lion sometimes hangs when mouse enters Dock – pointer is movable, but the MacBook Air seems otherwise frozen
I have a mid-2011 13" MacBook Air (MacBookAir4,2 with Intel HD Graphics 3000).
Since installing Mountain Lion I sometimes encounter a problem when I move the mouse cursor over the dock to click ...
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How to create nested folders in iCloud Documents?
I can’t create more than one level of folders in iCloud Documents from iWork. I really want to move my Documents folder (which is all iWork documents) to the cloud. It’s neatly arranged in folders on ...
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Installation of Wine via MacPorts not working with 10.8 and XCode 4.4
I had installed wine on my computer with then 10.7.4. It worked perfectly. Then I updated to 10.8 and wine did not work, so I uninstalled wine and macports. It gave me an error that winetricks (I ...
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How does Versions work with iCloud?
Just wondering how, if at all, Versions on Pages for Mountain Lion (10.8) works with iCloud, specifically in relation to iOS 5 devices.
My own testing seems to indicate that a Pages document created ...
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How do I remove Twitter and Facebook from Mountain Lion?
I want to remove Twitter and Facebook (in the future) from Mountain Lion.
Is it enough to simply remove Twitter.sharingservice from
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What to do when having I/O (kernel panic) errors with Samsung 830 SSD on a mid 2009 MacBook Pro?
I am trying to upgrade my mid 2009 13" MacBook Pro with a Samsung 830 SSD but I am experiencing a lot of issues.
The issues starts at installation time, when I sometimes get a kernel panic when I try ...
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How to re-encrypt a decrypted partition that says “The Core Storage-targetvolume is already encrypted”?
I encrypted a Lion partition called "Storage" and it worked perfectly. I needed to decrypt it momentarily because I had some issues, but now I want to encrypt the same volume again and it says "The ...
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What is sound drift correction on OS X and how should I use it?
On Audio MIDI Setup there is an option to to enable/disable audio drifting for any sound output device?
What is this and how should I use it?
I do want to enable sound output for multiple devices: ...
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suddenly key 'p' is doing strange things
I have macbook pro early 2011 and i have upgraded the os to mountain lion.
Today key 'p' is doing strange things.
p0p0p0
--/p0p0
-/-/p0
\p0
above things came when i am pressing 'p' key, onscreen it ...
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How do I install MacVim?
How do I install MacVim on Mountain Lion? I want to get the MacVim application, as well as the new command-line vim.
I see there are several ways to do it (a snapshot from Google Code, via ...
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Stop asking for password so often?
Is there a way to make Mac OS X ask for my password less frequently? For instance, I frequently have to re-enter my password into the Mac App Store. Are there any tools or tweaks to tell the system ...
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Missing 'man' entries after upgrade
Having upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion a few days ago, I find that most of the 'man' entries from section 3 (programming functions) are missing. For example:
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How to get (Mountain Lion?) Finder to display ALL files?
I'm trying to display ALL files, and it doesn't work as I would expect. What am I doing wrong?! Thanks for the help...
Open a Finder window
Select your 'home' - click on your username
Select File > ...
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How can I fix the lag for share screening between Mountain Lion and Lion?
I screenshare with my friend everyday. It was working well until he updated to Mountain Lion. Now there is a significant delay regardless of network activity. Is there anyway to fix this?
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How to have the Active Directory domain groups stick around for a managed admin account when being mobile?
My work laptop is bound to my office's AD server. In the Directory Utility, where the AD server binding is configured, the "Allow administration by" checkbox is checked and, beyond the default "domain ...
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How to set default homepage in safari 6?
Since downloading mountain lion and safari 6 I have lost the ability to set my home page. in safari preferences there is the ability to tell it what you want for a home page but it does not take. ...
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How to hide or clear unread badges on Gmail folders in Mail.app?
This isn't a new problem with OS X Mail, it persists into Mountain Lion.
The badges are quite obnoxious; I can go into that [Gmail] folder and right-click and Mark As Read. But they start piling ...
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Has the Virtual Display screen sharing been removed in Mountain Lion?
One of the great things about Lion was the Virtual Display, whereby when screen sharing you could login as a 2nd user rather than just take over the physical display.
In effect it was like turning ...
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NAS - “there was a problem connecting to the server” while on other networks
On my home network, I have a NAS I regularly use for storage.
I have set my Mac to automatically mount it via a login item to open the directory on the System Preferences/Users & Groups pane.
I ...
