OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion
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How to make the Notification Center menu icon glow, (like Twitter does) when notifications are present?
Notification Center is pretty great, however, it's very annoying that I have to click the menubar icon or make a gesture to actually open the notification pane.
How to make the Notification Center ...
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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 ...
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Sleep mode problems with external Monitor
after the latest update (10.8.3) i encountered a problem. When my external acer monitor is connected (via hdmi) while trying to put my macbook pro into sleep mode everything works fine, but suddenly ...
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OSX Mountain Lion: Automatically restarts after showing screen saver a certain amount of time
Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion it happens to me every day when I enter the screen saver while having lunch it tries to restart the computer.
I don't have any clue why this happens. If there is ...
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Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to
I'm getting some strange behaviour from Time Machine since upgrading to ML and since I started using the Iomega home Cloud Edition NAS.
So I already had a helluva time getting the first backup to ...
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Missing Time Machine Files caused by FSEvents Failure?
I recently did a clean install/upgrade to Mac OS 10.8.2. I did a final update of my ongoing Time Machine Backup and verified Disk Integrity. After reinstalling and restoring my files, I have learned ...
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How can one determine which user deleted a shared file on OS X Mountain Lion Server
My girlfriend is a lab technician at a small pharmaceutical startup. She created a very important Excel file and placed it in a shared folder on a server that the "IT" guy set up. The server runs ...
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Mountain Lion Title Bar Truncation
With OSX Mountain Lion (10.8.2) there is a UI problem.
Calendar + Reminder + Sticky Note apps have truncated title text
If i login as a guest they are correct. There is clearly a preference ...
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Merge folders is not working
I'm trying to merge two folders with the same name but different contents in Finder on OSX Mountain Lion.
The folder is located on my iMac and I am dragging a dropping to my External Harddrive where ...
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Mountain Lion: Problem With Permissions
I recently tried compiling Textmate 2 now that it's open sourced. Followed all the directions hereand downloaded all the dependencies. Now, when I tried to build (using ./configure && ninja) I ...
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Is it possible to tame the change notifications each reboot from Mountain Lion Server?
I have Server.app installed on 10.8.1. The only service that is configured is file sharing. No DNS, no OD. After every single reboot I get a push notification and email with the following:
Network ...
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Continue managing external drive backups on a different computer
I have an external drive with data on it that is shared on the local network. There's another external drive that's daisy chained where backups are stored.
The computer that was originally managing ...
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update to 10.8.3 from 10.7.5 broke many (all?) existing aliases
I depend a lot on aliases to files and folders. Just after upgrading, most of those I've checked, aliases that worked before the upgrade, fail now. I get the usual error message, "...the original ...
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“df” command making network requests?
I was watching Little Snitch for another process, and noticed df was making requests to various servers. I thought df was only for checking free disk space locally, but it appears to be doing more ...
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“Save As…” in Mail Not Sorting by Date Received
I am a recent convert to Mountain Lion (new iMac arrived a week ago). Been using the "Save As..." option in Mail.app for years now to save chunks of email as RTFs.
Previously (in Snow Leopard), using ...
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Did my OSX 10.8.2 computer crash or go to sleep due to inactivity?
I left a Java program AppMain running on my Retina MBP overnight and in the morning it looked like the program died at around 12:46am before completing. Since the program works fine when I am actively ...
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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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Various graphics-related corruption/errors/misrendering with Mountain Lion
Since the November 2012 update to Moutain Lion, I keep getting these weird graphical issues.
The list of woes:
OpenCL crashes during application startup
Sometimes after the laptop wakes up from a ...
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How do I re-associate HTTP links with my browser in OS X?
I installed iTerm2 the other day, and was playing around with it. In the process I seemed to have messed up the handling of HTTP hyperlinks on my system. Sometimes (annoyingly, not every time, which ...
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Why does a find field value in one application show up in a the find field of another application?
On my MacBook Pro I have found that several applications seem to share the value for a find. For example, I searched 'applestackexchange' in Safari's unified address bar, then I switch to Xcode and ...
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Opening an OS X disk image with a launchd agent while the display is sleeping
I created a launchd agent which opens a non-password-protected sparse disk image (and mounts its solitary volume) daily at 2:45AM in preparation for backup software to write to the volume. The launchd ...
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Mail.app mailbox corruption
Once a week or so, Mail.app will not display the contents of a mail message. Selecting Mailbox -> Rebuild fixes bandaids the issue until next time.
I only have one account in Mail.app, pointing to ...
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MP4 object: 10.8 webkit browsers “Missing Plug-in”, other browsers display video via QuickTime
My organization's web site uses object tags to display MP4 video files. Here's an example:
<object width="494" height="388" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" ...
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How to fix 10.8 internet sharing resulting in poor file sharing performance and no Time Machine server?
TL;DR - File sharing performance is extremely poor on a Mac Pro running 10.8.2 with file sharing enabled. Using it as a Time Machine server also no longer works in this setup.
I have been ...
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Why can't I search files and folders on my external NTFS drive on Mountain Lion?
I have tried to re-index my external drive by removing it from Spotlight's privacy settings and putting it back there. I tried with mdutil in the terminal and I've got the following log:
bb:~ bb$ ...
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Command + C does not always work from the first try in Microsoft Word (Office 2011)
I have no idea why COMMAND + C doesn't always register from the first time. I sometimes try to copy something off Word, but I have to press COMMAND + C more than once for it to register, otherwise ...
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Mount Windows share automatically with Active Directory credentials
In our environment we have a bunch of iMacs running Mountain Lion that are bound to Active Directory for authentication, and we also have a Windows share that we would like all Active Directory ...
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Can't Disable Apple Remote
I'm not sure why this is, but my Apple remote won't obey the decoupling set in System Preferences (see the pic below). This is important because I have an Apple TV 2, and there are times where my ...
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Macbook Pro 13 won't sleep (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
So my Macbook Pro early 2011 13inch won't go to sleep.
I've tried both manually and closing the lid. Also tried in Safe Mode, which worked as normal. Seems to be a software problem.
When the lid is ...
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Why does my macbook pro displays random garbled blocks?
Occasionally my macbook pro (15-inch, Early 2011 with mountain lion 10.8.2) displays random garbled blocks. This happens on external Apple displays and the laptop display. See photo.
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iPod Touch 3rd generation is not visible in iTunes after Moutain Lion update
I'd updated my Macbook to Mountain Lion, everything works fine. Infact, iPod Touch 4th generation is also visible in iTunes but iPod touch 3rd generation
is not appearing in iTunes. Please find below ...
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What determines a local file's MIME type?
When a local file is opened in Safari or -- more important to my situation -- a custom application that uses a WebView for display, what decides on the MIME type to associate with the resulting file ...
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QuickTime taking control over AVCHD content?
I've noticed that on 10.8 QuickTime takes control over the AVCHD content folder on my cameras memory card, turning it into a package and requiring you to open it up in QuickTime and convert the videos ...
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sleep, screensaver and Filevault
I am mystified: first, I have an iMac and a mbp, both running mountain lion. In System Preferences > Security > General > Require Password after sleep or screensaver, I can adjust the time to 4 hours ...
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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 view text/rtf message part in .eml files which are ignored since Mail 6.0 upgrade?
I have a bunch of .eml files that contain the message part encoded as
Content-Type: text/rtf
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: inline
Up to OS X Lion, Mail and Quick View both ...
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Can you make Contacts show the Twitter username (instead of the person's real name) when it autopopulates data from Twitter?
I had Contacts integrate data from my Twitter account. It worked, but when I look at someone's Twitter name in Contacts, it shows their real name, not their Twitter handle.
Above you can see my ...
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What is causing the high system CPU load under Mountain Lion?
I recently began to see some odd behavior on my MacBook Pro on Mountain Lion. I noticed the fans coming up and applications behaving sluggish. I checked the
ActivityMonitor (see below) and the ...
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How to prevent sending of hostname via DHCP?
I am trying to prevent OS X from sending its hostname to the DHCP server. For example, in OpenSuse systems there is DHCLIENT_HOSTNAME_OPTION="AUTO".
I cannot find a similar option in OS X for this, ...
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Printers compatible with case sensitive hardened Mountain Lion
For security improvment, I'm running all my MacOS X on case sensitive
and journaled file systems (then any ill written program which one day open a file named conf, and the day after try to open it ...
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Macintosh HD missing after failed catalog btree rebuilding
There is an I/O error in the hard disk in my MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion and as I start it up, a progress bar fills up and then it shuts down on its own. I attempted to recover the files in ...
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Logitech Wireless Mouse Non Functional After Sleep?
I have a Logitech Wireless Mouse with Unifying Receiver plugged into my iMac - and when the computer is put to sleep (cmd alt eject), after wake it will not respond to mouse movement. If the computer ...
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Start XQuartz automatically on X11 app launch
Before switcthing to Mac OSX 10.8 everytime I launch application which uses x11 it was starting x11 automatically.
After switching to XQuartz and 10.8 it does not work anymore and I have to launch ...
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Terminal configuration lost after booting up
On OS X 10.8.3, my Terminal.app is configured with my .bashrc file. In my .bash_profile I have:
source .bashrc
It works great, except when I let some Terminal windows opened and shut down the Mac. ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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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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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Applications (Google Drive, Dropbox, Eclipse, etc) only start when I launch them from within their package
I am running Mountain Lion and I have an issue when trying to start certain applications: Dropbox, Google Drive and Eclipse.
If I click their icon inside the Applications Folder or I try to launch ...
