OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion
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Any way to use ssh to recover a Mac from spinning beach ball of death
On Linux, I can get to a ssh or Ctrl-Alt-F1 console and type in a command to restart the window manager.
Is there any equivalent for Mac Mountain Lion?
I tried ssh'ing to a frozen Mac, and I could ...
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1answer
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Mission Control view programme icons missing. How can I get them back?
When you hit F3 on the keyboard, Mission Control is opening, displaying all active windows in a miniaturized version neatly ordererd. When my Mac OSX 10.8 was newly installed some month ago, there ...
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1answer
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Can MacFusion be used under Mountain Lion?
I have bought a new MacBook Pro with Retina display which has OS X 10.8.3. I have installed MacFusion from the version on their website, but I cannot mount it, getting this error: Could not mount ...
0
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0answers
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Is it possible to do the accessibility zoom (with a modifier key) in natural scrolling (ie reverse the zoom)?
Since I actually use my retina in native 2880x1800 resolution, I often use the accessibility zoom function to make everything bigger and show someone else parts of my screen.
I also have gotten used ...
0
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0answers
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Preview in OS X 10.8 (rMBP) is very slow if many lines are embedded in the PDF
I do not have a comparison between the OS X versions but after I switched to a 15" retina MBP and simultaneously to OS X 10.8 the Preview app takes a long time to open pdfs with lots of vectors ...
0
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0answers
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How to save a file quickly and no need to wait for the external hard drives to “wake up”?
Recently I have decided that since Mac does such a nice job for indexing the files, I will store many files on the Mac, so I bought a 6TB Thunderbolt external drive which is in RAID 0 Strip mode, and ...
3
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0answers
197 views
Why aren't any of my Folder Actions triggering?
I'm running Mountain Lion (10.8.3). I have three or four folder actions set up which stopped working some time ago, and I can't figure out why.
Thinking it could be a problem with the scripts, I ...
0
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0answers
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Help with libxml2.2.dylib & libxml2.dylib
I realize this might be a common question.
Upon trying to resolve a dependency problem with libxml2.2.dylib I accidentally deleted files /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib and /usr/lib/libxml2.dylib. Yes, I ...
0
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1answer
139 views
OS X suddenly becomes very slow
I am using a mid-2012 MBP 13in with no retina display, running OS X 10.8.3. Everything was fine until I was watching a video clip on Facebook. Everything just froze, except the mouse pointer can still ...
0
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0answers
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Message.app not saving font settings
I'm having a bit of a problem here. I set the sender's font to Lucida Grande while testing things and now it won't let me change it back to Helvetica. Every time I restart my Mac relaunch Messages, it ...
0
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1answer
29 views
Trying to buy OSX Mountain Lion, keeps trying to update
I want to install OSX Mountain Lion on a hackintosh that I'm building, but I don't have a copy of ML. When I try to download it, it says that the update is free because I already have ML. How do I ...
2
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5answers
479 views
Time Machine stuck on “Preparing Backup”
I have a MacBook Pro from 2009. It came with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) but I upgraded to 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
A few days ago, I tried to backup my files on an external hard drive, like I have ...
0
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0answers
43 views
How do I remove black rectangles on the desktop screen in os x 10.8?
Shown to the left of the screen, on the middle.
Moving a window over it does not remove it, however restarting does. But then they reappear after a while.
0
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0answers
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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 ...
0
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0answers
42 views
How to stop cifs volumes disconnecting
At work my Mac Pro (Mountain Lion 10.8.3) connects to several network shares (on a SAN which I use my AD credentials to authenticate to). I connect using cifs by going to the "Connect to server" ...
0
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1answer
27 views
Focus an Application via keyboard shortcut
I have three Applications open, one window for each:
Google chrome
MacVim in server mode
iTerm2
How I can set up some keyboard shortcuts to focus this apps ?
One Idea is do it via Alfred 2 ...
0
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1answer
57 views
apple.local Dock[255]: ECFileOperationRevealURL failed with -43
Cmd+click on any file can reveal them in Finder but now takes no effect.
I reviewed the console log and found following error:
May 2 00:14:12 apple.local Dock[255]: ...
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0answers
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Where is move tool in Preview Version 6.0.1? [duplicate]
With Preview.app Version 6.0.1 the toolbar was changed quite drastically.
It misses the Hand tool that one can use to move enlarged documents around with the mouse.
How to get it back?
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0answers
54 views
How do I get Launchpad's incremental search to work again?
Launchpad's incremental search has stopped working for me. I've tried killing the Dock (Launchpad and window management is all part of the Dock) but Launchpad is still unresponsive to the keyboard. I ...
0
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1answer
62 views
How to get Mountain Lion to recognise modifier keys from external Windows keyboard
By default, Mountain Lion maps Windows-key to Command and ctrl to ctrol. I changed the modifier keys under the "Modifier Keys" menu in System Preferences, but it had no impact. I can tell this because ...
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1answer
53 views
not using Apple Mail, but using Calendar
I use gmail through the web interface, but have Apple Calendar synchronising with google's calendar. I don't want to use Apple Mail for anything at all. Every time the calendar synchronises with ...
0
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2answers
43 views
Mac Won't Remember Hostname in Terminal After Reboot
I'm trying to set my hostname for my mac. Currently it's unknown002374e31ebd.
I've tried setting it with
sudo hostname -s Steve-Mac
Which will work for all future terminal sessions. However, if ...
2
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1answer
37 views
Is there an app that will notify me (in notifications center) if a process is using up a high percentage of CPU for a specified amount of time?
The other day, I was sitting in a coffee shop working, when I looked down to find that 25% of my battery was left.
I looked at my Activity Monitor and saw that the time machine process was going at ...
0
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1answer
99 views
Can an Open Directory (10.8) user's home directory be changed from the terminal?
I'd like to use SFTP/SSH for users (students and faculty) to manage their web content. The default home directory is "/Users//". I'd like to point them to something like "/Users//web" to block access ...
0
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1answer
74 views
How to keep Mac alive during internet connection/download
Since version 10.8.1, my Mac cancels the wifi connection and switches to standby mode, despite download.
I can remember that the one advantage of the mac was that i don't have to do anything for ...
2
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1answer
141 views
How can I remove a signature once it's saved in Preview.app?
How can I delete a signature that I inserted using Preview.app?
I can edit or delete all the text fields but the signature seems locked somehow.
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0answers
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FocusFollowsMouse, cut-paste from browser to Terminal in 10.8 (duplicate)
Added: this was discussed in
focus-follows-mouse-plus-auto-raise-on-mac-os-x on SO in 2010. In short, accept it,
or buy an addon:
how-can-i-make-focus-follow-the-mouse-cursor.
The sequence:
cut ...
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1answer
79 views
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 ...
0
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1answer
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Spaces (Mission Control) jumps to a space but won't stay there
I have two spaces. When I try to jump from the left space to the right one using the swipe gesture, the right space shows briefly but then the screen immediately jumps back to the left.
As a result, ...
1
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1answer
355 views
Internet Sharing on Mountain Lion not working
I am trying to share an ethernet connection on a MacBook over Wi-Fi. I enabled Internet Sharing in the Sharing prefpane,
When I try to connect using an iPad, the iPad can see the network but cannot ...
0
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1answer
77 views
Preventing filesystem from locking up when automount NFS share from VM goes away
I do a lot of web applications development, and I run a Fedora VM on my Mac to simulate the server environment. Meanwhile, I run the IDE on the Mac side, and it requires a local filesystem to make ...
0
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0answers
48 views
shutdown command - what can be wrong?
I have a late 2012 iMac. I use to shut it down with the shutdown command, in order to be able to delay the shutting down.
Here's how I use it:
sudo shutdown -h +30 # shuts down in 30 mins
...
0
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0answers
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Internal Mic stopped recording voice, but hears case/keyboard touching
Since this morning I am unable to record my voice on my Macbook Air 2012 internal microphone but the microphone can hear me touching the keyboard, the Macbook case…
I tried to tweak system ...
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0answers
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Mac Reminders App window not visible
Im using a Macbook Pro retina display running OS X 10.8.3
When the reminders app is launched, the app is active and it shows up on the status bar, but the window is not visible. There's only an ...
7
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3answers
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How Many Different Ways Are There To Force Quit An Application?
Although it is not a common occurrance, sometimes my cursor has a continuing spinning beach ball, which I believe to indicate that an app has frozen (correct me if i'm wrong). When this happens I ...
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3answers
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How can i change and customize the special characters on my keyboard?
This is my first post at AskDifferent, hopefully it works out.
My problem:
i want to insert the symbol "λ" aka 'lamda' everytime i use the Option-L key. However, by default my OS Mountain Lion ...
0
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1answer
78 views
Prefer cable over wifi in Mac on Mac for a specific IP
Is it possible to set a MacBook Pro to use ethernet cable over the wifi when it tries to access a certain IP in .bashrc file or any other configuration file?
For example, you can set it not to use a ...
0
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0answers
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Can this be a symptome of memory problems?
In the past days, my Mac started to apparently freeze without any reason. I normally use Google Chrome, and all in a sudden it gets unresponsive. When I restart the Mac, it takes longer before the ...
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0answers
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Why does my Mac keep opening the application that were open when it shut down?
I have set my Mac to switch off on late evening, and switch on on early morning. I didn't use any third-party utilities to do this.
When it starts up, the Mac loads all the applications that were ...
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1answer
435 views
CPU upgrade on MacBook Pro
I'm thinking about upgrading the CPU in my MacBook Pro from its current 3210M dual core processor to a 3632QM quad core processor.
Is there any reason why this wouldn't be a good idea? The socket, ...
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0answers
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Mac mini with mountain lion - Can I disable built in bluetooth, and use an aftermarket bluetooth dongle?
Is it possible? The built in bluetooth seems to have tons of issues, and I can't help but think an aftermarket 3rd party dongle will have fewer problems.
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11answers
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Intriguing connection issue on OS X
I've been recently having this issue with my internet connection on my MacBook Pro Early 2011 running OS X 10.8.3: from time to time the connection "freezes" for about 5 seconds and then comes back.
...
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0answers
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outlook.com (Exchange ActiveSync) on OS X Mountain Lion
Outlook.com offers email/contacts/calendar similar to Google. With my iPhone and iPad (iOS 6.1.3) I can connect to outlook.com by setting up an Exchange account. It uses the Exchange ActiveSync ...
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0answers
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Time machine backup only on home network
I've set up my Ubuntu server at home to act as a Time capsule using this guide:
http://alisnic.net/blog/use-a-ubuntu-as-a-timemachine-server/
It works very well, and I have two macbooks backing up ...
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0answers
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Controlling File Permissions on a Windows File Share
I'm using a Mac running Mountain Lion (10.8.3) with file sharing enabled to Windows users.
Whenever a Windows user copies a file into the share on the Mac (Windows file sharing), the permissions of ...
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0answers
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Encrypted/Journaled Seagate won't accept Password
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro Intel running Mountain Lion. I have a 2tb Seagate External Drive with 3 partitions: all three were set up the same way with different passwords as a person who used to live ...
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1answer
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removing results from Google searches on Safari
Is there any extension or whatever that I can use to remove the results I don't want form google for safari?
I would like to be able to ban certain domains from appearing in any results on my google ...
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0answers
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Mac app pop up durring instlaation from app store?
I am running mountain lion on mid 2009 macbook pro. I used to see an animation of app popping out of apple mac store and coming to the dock, then they changed pop up destination to mission control. ...
0
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1answer
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Finder window, Save As prompt missing sidebar entries
Check out this screenshot:
Why is everything missing in the sidebar? Normally I would see Desktop, Downloads, a custom list of favorite folders, Applications, Library, etc. Suddenly this started ...
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1answer
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Use a bluetooth headset JUST as a microphone?
This is hopefully a pretty simple question. Is it possible to configure a bluetooth headset to act as only a microhphone? I am using OSX Mountain Lion. I would assume the process would be something ...
