OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion
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How can I modify the list of Applications under 'Open With…'?
I recently went to open an audio file, and wanted to open it in an editor instead of a player. I right-clicked it, hovered over 'Open With...' and was met with a very unsightly list.
I have seen a ...
8
votes
2answers
12k views
MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion freezes frequently (full screen Flash in Chrome, Messages, HTC on USB)
Problems following an upgrade to Mountain Lion on a 13-inch, Early 2011 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro8,1 with Intel HD Graphics 3000).
With Google Chrome, I was watching YouTube video fullscreen – Flash ...
29
votes
3answers
12k views
How can I trigger a Notification Center notification from an AppleScript or shell script?
I'd love to be able to take advantage of 10.8's Notification Center features in AppleScripts and shell scripts I write.
Is there a built-in command or a third-party library I can use from either an ...
75
votes
52answers
12k views
What un(der)-documented features have you stumbled upon in Mountain Lion?
This question serves to share and collect the enhancements which are not documented by Apple, or documented poorly.
Please justify your answer; if it is something that is well documented by Apple and ...
40
votes
7answers
21k views
I am missing the option to see the remaining battery life as time in the menubar?
In previous versions of OS X the battery indicator in the menubar included options to show the remaining battery life as percentage or time (or nothing).
In Mountain Lion, there's only an option to ...
11
votes
6answers
3k views
How can I expand the number of special characters I can type using my keyboard?
I am aware that when I press ⌥ or ⇧⌥ on my Mac, I can type a variety of special characters. I also know that I can insert special characters using the character palette. Is there a way to expand the ...
13
votes
2answers
6k views
Mountain Lion sleeps too aggressively
For me, Mountain Lion always seems to sleep whenever there is no user action, even when the computer is still doing something. In my case it always sleeps in the middle of running a batch operation in ...
10
votes
4answers
3k views
iTunes track notifications for Mountain Lion
In OS X Lion there was the preference (via a Terminal command) to enable iTunes track notifications that were displayed as a popup in the dock.
So far it seems as though Mountain Lion does not allow ...
12
votes
6answers
6k views
What Is the Keyboard Shortcut for Sleep Display Without Eject Key?
I read that if you want to put your display into sleep the keyboard shortcut is Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Eject ⏏, but what is it in Mountain Lion or Lion using a retina MacBook Pro or MacBook Air without an ...
10
votes
6answers
52k views
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?
9
votes
6answers
1k views
Will I still be able to buy and install Lion after Mountain Lion is released?
I own an Early 2008, white MacBook (MB403LL/A) which still has Snow Leopard, 10.6.8, installed.
My understanding is Mountain Lion will not support my MacBook. If this turns out to be true then I ...
3
votes
1answer
6k views
Disable Stand By Mode on Retina MacBook Pro?
I learned that the retina MacBook Pro has a Deep Sleep Mode that is initiated when left idle for a long time. This, however, causes my laptop to take about 3-5 seconds to wake up after it sleeps, such ...
3
votes
1answer
3k views
Turn off internal display without closing lid
I learned that a MacBook Air's built-in screen turns off when I close the lid so I can continue working on an external display set to be primary. But the MacBook Air has a heat system that requires it ...
9
votes
2answers
4k views
How to fix Safari 6 on Mountain Lion that doesn't show the full URL in the address bar unless I click it?
For instance, Ask Question page URL on this site is shown as apple.stackexchange.com, but when I focus on address bar, it becomes apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask.
I tried resetting and ...
11
votes
7answers
18k views
How to view logs in Airport Utility v6, or install 5.6 in Mountain Lion?
So I just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and I'm watching some Netflix over my Apple TV, when it stops streaming and tells me it's not connected to the network any more. Sure enough, my Air has also lost ...
9
votes
1answer
707 views
How can I disable the delay + minimum distance when deleting icons from the Dock by dragging in Mountain Lion?
As you all know, Dock icons can be removed by simply clicking them and dragging them out of the Dock. As soon as the “poof” animation appears, you can release the mouse button to remove the icon.
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9
votes
5answers
25k views
Mountain Lion 10.8.2, Java Preferences has disappeared
I just installed the latest Java update from apple (Java for OS X 2012-006) and I was looking to have a look at what's going on with my java(s) with Java Preferences app (which used to live in ...
11
votes
2answers
5k views
Why does my Mac's list of “Open with” applications start listing the apps twice and sometimes three times?
When I right-click on a file on my Mac OS desktop and then in the contextual menu, I move to the "Open with...", the list of potential applications to "open with" has applications listed multiple ...
7
votes
2answers
3k views
Enabling Apache in Mac OS X Mountaion Lion
This is my first Mac, it's Mountain Lion, and I know how to enable Apache through Preferences -> Sharing -> Web Sharing, but how the hell do I do it in Mountain Lion?
I find that that button no ...
7
votes
4answers
4k views
How to revert to Lion from Mountain Lion?
I'm running a Mid-2011 Macbook Air, my first Mac. When I bought it, it had Lion pre-installed. Yesterday I picked up an external hard drive, and made my first Time Machine backup. In the next few ...
8
votes
2answers
370 views
Is there a way to determine what application wants Java installed?
After upgrading to Mountian Lion on both my MacBook Air and my wife's MacBook Pro, I recieved a prompt asking to install Java (I did not get this on my iMac).
I was wondering what triggered this ...
3
votes
5answers
2k views
How to open or toggle Keyboard Viewer by a keyboard shortcut?
I changed the shortcut to Command ⌘ + X to change the language of the keyboard.
However I would like to display the Keyboard Viewer using a shortcut as well.
Is there a way to display the Keyboard ...
1
vote
1answer
234 views
Mac virtual memory: how to make OS X create swap (page) files as freely with a normal boot as it does with a safe boot (swapfile1 etc)
Background
When my MacBookPro5,2 with 8 GB memory boots in safe mode I see that the operating system causes dynamic_pager(8) to create swap files in a way that's relatively unrestrained. In the file ...
4
votes
2answers
4k views
How to reinstall Java 6, for development for Android, on Mountain Lion?
Requirement
Java 6 for Android development on Mountain Lion.
Question
Is it possible? What can I do?
I've looked everywhere for a way to do this and am unable to find any solution.
Background
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4
votes
3answers
3k views
With Firefox Aurora, Mountain Lion hung - but the mouse still worked
I've just had my first Mountain Lion lockup. The screen was entirely frozen in place (I have seconds displayed on my clock in iStat Menu and even that wasn't moving) BUT the mouse still worked. I ...
3
votes
1answer
4k views
How can I control (start/stop) applications and services that start up after reboot?
I have a Mac that is slow when using the internet, but other PCs on the same connection aren't as slow.
I suspect there are too many AV scanners running concurrently, or there is some process that ...
3
votes
2answers
281 views
Is there a way to tweet from a keyboard command?
I use CMD space a million times a day to find files, launch apps, etc.
Wouldn't it be cool if I could press a keyboard combination and get a box to send a tweet? I know I can do it through ...
6
votes
0answers
1k views
How do I fix duplicate 'Open with…' options? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I modify the list of Applications under 'Open With…'?
OS X > 10.8
When right click a file, select 'Open With', some applications are duplicate.
...
24
votes
3answers
23k views
Mountain Lion with Java 7 only
I performed a clean installation of Mountain Lion and installed JDK7.
java -version in Terminal returns java version "1.7.0_05" correctly, still Java Preferences and some other Java programs (such as ...
14
votes
4answers
2k views
MBP SSD upgrade - which settings to change?
After replacing the harddisk drive in MacBook Pro with a Solid State Disk I am wondering which settings I should change and how.
Thinking of things that are supposed to protect the SSD like
...
12
votes
3answers
7k views
How can I switch between the two Java versions in Mountain Lion now that Java Preferences is gone?
I have two versions of Java installed with Mountain Lion:
Apple's Java 6 Update 37 (Java for OS X 2012-006)
Oracle's Java 7.
The update from Apple removes Java Preferences. In another question ...
30
votes
7answers
27k views
How do I turn off App Store notifications in Mountain Lion
The App Store on Mountain Lion pushes update notifications through Notification Center. Unfortunately, this also happens for users that are not system administrators (and so cannot run the App Store). ...
17
votes
3answers
7k views
Sendmail Error on OS X Mountain Lion
I get an error when trying to run sendmail. I am on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
sendmail: fatal: chdir /Library/Server/Mail/Data/spool: No such file or directory
18
votes
7answers
2k views
How can I permanently dismiss Updates Available notifications?
With the Notification Center in Mountain Lion, I get an alert when software updates are available. The problem is, my only options are 'Details' and 'Update'. I don't want to interrupt my work to ...
9
votes
3answers
8k views
Reinstall Mac OS X Mountain Lion before selling a Mac
I want to sell my laptop (Macbook Pro late 2011).
I have erased my disk drive but it seems that I cannot reinstall Mac OS without an Apple ID.
At the origin my mac was shipped with Lion, I have ...
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3answers
2k views
What actions are performed by Install OS X Mountain Lion.app that are not performed by InstallESD.dmg without the app?
Recommended
Apple provides and recommends use of Install OS X Mountain Lion.app
that is, "the app" – in its entirety.
For Build 12A269 for OS X 10.8, the version of the app is 1.3.12 (351).
...
9
votes
3answers
23k views
How to write on FAT32 and NTFS from Mountain Lion?
What is the best free software for OS X Mountain Lion for enabling write support for FAT32 and NTFS?
4
votes
2answers
486 views
How do you get system diagnostic files from OS X?
I am trying to debug a crashed (or hanging) app. How do I get the diagnostic files from the crash?
10
votes
6answers
4k views
What hooks exist into Notification Center / twitter so that I can tweet programmatically?
I'm specifically looking to design a custom action for LaunchBar so that I can initiate a tweet from that utility. Since Notification Center has a "Click to tweet" button, I wondered if Notification ...
9
votes
4answers
20k views
How to get back the missing monitor option in Mountain Lion's menubar?
When plugging in an external monitor on every OS X < 10.8 you could set the monitor options to show up on the menu bar.
How do I get this option on Mountain Lion?
I connect a DVI monitor via the ...
8
votes
4answers
2k views
10.8 reminders snooze duration
When I get either a Calendar or Reminders notification, I have the option to 'snooze':
I would like to be able to say something like 'remind me in 10 minutes' or 'remind me in 2 hours' (much like ...
5
votes
1answer
211 views
Emacsify OSX throughout: word-forward (⌥ + F) and word-backward (⌥ + B) instead of 'special characters'?
Yes, the OSX already supports ⌥+← and ⌥+→ for moving the cursor word-backward and word-forward, but reaching for arrow keys is annoying. So, why not rather have ⌥+B and ⌥+F do this? I mean, not once ...
5
votes
3answers
7k views
Does the Microsoft Intellipoint software work with Mountain Lion?
I've been using the Microsoft Intellipoint software with Leopard, Snow Leopard, and currently Lion, to provide mouse cursor movement that feels a lot more like Windows. Has anybody tried installing ...
5
votes
4answers
6k views
Python Virtualenv is broken since upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion
Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, when running the command "virtualenv env", I get:
New python executable in env/bin/python
Installing setuptools.........
Complete output from command ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
Is there a way to limit the size of the disk swap file in Mac OS X?
It seems to be that in OS X, whenever you are out of ram the system happily swaps to disk. This easily becomes an disaster due to the fact that the swapped out memory eventually fills my drive. On my ...
3
votes
3answers
296 views
How To Fresh Install ML
I'm having some problems with entering sleep and wakening, so I'm considering making a fresh installation of Mountain Lion. How can I make a fresh install of ML? I have Bootcamp partition which I'd ...
3
votes
2answers
11k views
Advantage of doing a clean Install of Mountain Lion?
I have Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 installed in my Macbook Pro. When I upgraded to Mac OS X Lion from Snow Leopard I did a clean install since some applications weren't compatible with Lion. I am planning to ...
3
votes
2answers
4k views
Why might one USB port be problematic on a MacBook Pro?
Background
I sometimes find that the frontmost of three ports on a 2009 MacBookPro5,2 is less capable than the other ports.
This frontmost port with an independent bus seems:
good enough to ...
0
votes
0answers
266 views
How do I prevent OS X Server from issuing dynamic DHCP leases?
Prior to "upgrading" to Mountain Lion Server, I used OS X Server as my DHCP server. The purpose of the configuration I had was to provide MAC filtering, assigning static leases based on hardware MAC ...
6
votes
2answers
436 views
Remove entries from finder's context menu?
Does any one know how can I remove items that I never use from the context menu?
e.g.: Burn "yadda yadda" to Disk...
