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Is there a way to hide certain apps from the cmd+tab menu?
Is there a way to hide certain apps from cmd+tab?
The problem I'm facing is that I have some apps (like iTunes and of course Finder) always open. But when I'm working and switching between apps that ...
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Random space switching issue
When I am using Chrome for web development I like to have it open on the same space as where I am using my code editor.
Chrome is currently assigned to a different space than my code editor so ...
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Mac shutdown. Need apple iTunes account with purchased lion OSX [closed]
I was reformatting My MacBook Pro, erased the hard drive, and reinstalled OS X Lion; the Apple iTunes Store is telling me that I have not purchased it, when I have purchased it.
Apparently my ...
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Strange behaviors on OSX Lion 10.7.5 reboot
I'm having some strange behaviors on OSX Lion 10.7.5. Every time I reboot my Macbook Pro Retina,
It forgets which programs I set to open a file type by default. That is, all my movies are opened by ...
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Aborted localhost http requests — how to troubleshoot?
I've got a webserver running on localhost (not the one built into OSX -- a different, proprietary webserver). I do most of my web app dev there, refreshing the browser to reload, etc. This has ...
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Dock/Expose not working, Desktop stuck with gray background (Lion)
I am running Mac OS X 10.7.5 and the Dock/Mission Control/Desktop functionality is totally broken. My dock is not present after startup so I have to start all applications from Spotlight. I can't ...
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Sony Ericsson W200i with MacOSX Lion
I've got a Sony Ericsson W200i and a Mac OSX.
Is there any software for getting access to the phone-folders across my Mac? I didn't find any software in the internet... When I plug it to the ...
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OSX and Java 7 - KeyReleased not detected [closed]
Java 7 seems not to recognize the keyReleased event inside Applets; I'm currently using OS X 10.7 (with latest updates) but I've experienced this behaviour also on 10.8. Java handles correctly the ...
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How to have certain *windows* start in different spaces during start up?
Is there a way to have certain windows of an app open in specific spaces?
Whenever I start up my computer, all my log in items get mashed into one space.
I'm using OSX 10.7.5 Lion
Edit: I would ...
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Why is Tor-Vidalia failing to access folders on OSX to create a hidden service?
I'm running OSX 10.7 and following the instructions linked below am failing to start hidden services.
I keep getting this error: "Error creating directory ...". It's either No such file or ...
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Python launching problems OS X
I'm trying to install python on mac OS X 10.7.5. I installed it from MacPort and I think before I did, I screwed up $PATH somehow. It seems to install fine but then when I try to run ipython I get
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How to Reset Full-Screen Terminal.app Preferences to Factory Defaults
On an iMac running Mac OS X version 10.7.5 I have accidentally resized Terminal.app to full-screen (272 x 76) and am unable to resize Terminal.app to a smaller size. How do I resize Terminal.app to ...
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As a developer, do I need Mountain Lion? [closed]
I'm a college student and aspiring Apple developer. As such, I am trying to find an intel Mac Mini for as cheep as possible. I've noticed that there is quite a price gap between the models that can ...
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Mac OS X - Terminal window shows up but closes immediately
I'm using Mac OS X Lion 10.7. I open Terminal and its window shows up but immediately close and its icon remains in the dock. It's working fine a moment ago. I don't know what i have messed. I looked ...
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Automator crashes on Lion, error: Exited abnormally: Broken pipe: 13
I wrote a workflow to check battery duration, on osx 10.8.3 works perfectly and on 10.7.5 crash after a random time.
In console I get this error:
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501: ...
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OS X Server: Wiki embed youtube video on page
On OS X server using the wiki feature, I want to embed a youtube.com video onto a page. I thought the process would be to switch to HTML coding when making the Wiki Entry and cut and paste the HTML ...
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Lion Mail.app messages marking themselves as read
My boss is accessing his emails via the MAPI (Exchange) protocol using:
The mail app on his iPhone 4S
Mail.app version 5.3 on an iMac running OS X 10.7
For the most part everything works as ...
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Problems installing Lion onto a USB drive
I'm having problems installing Lion onto a USB drive.
On a Lion MacBook Pro I saved the 'Install Mac OS X Lion.app' application, ran it and selected the USB drive as the destination of the install.
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Why are MP3 files not noticeably compressed by the compression tools within Lion?
I clicked the 'Compress xxx' option in the popup menu in order to compress a folder of MP3 files, but the result was a .zip file that is almost the same size as before compressing; it seemed to only ...
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I've installed a new version of Safari and now it refuses to open and doesn't allow me to downgrade [duplicate]
I've installed a new version of Safari and now it refuses to open and doesn't allow me to downgrade.
Someone pointed I had to reinstall the whole system. I'm reading on how to do it right ...
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More notification center keyboard shortcuts
I know there is a system wide keyboard shortcut to open the notification center and once opened you can navigate your notifications with the up/down buttons on your keyboard.
But is there also a way ...
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I can't install OSX Lion from DVD, because I receive an error
I tried to install OSX Lion from DVD, but when I boot from the dvd I receive bootstrapper crashed error. How can I fix that? Maybe the disc is scratched, or what's the problem?
Thank you!
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Firewall for outgoing connections
Is there a firewall for OSX Lion, that allows controlling of outgoing connections? The built in firewall handles only incoming connections, apparently.
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Sandboxing certain OSX apps
I am running multiple modern internet and cloud related services. Is it possible to limit their access to parts of my filesystem? For example Dropbox only needs access to its Dropbox shared folder.
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weird .part files in download folder
I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.3.
It happens sometimes that there are .part files in my download folder, with the length of 8 characters and 0kB file-size.
Could this be a virus?
Examples I see are like ...
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SSH request timeout every time
I am trying to access a storage space we have at work via ssh but I get a timeout every single time (Mac OS 10.7.5 - Terminal).
I checked firewalls, settings, even turned off Little Snitch, and port ...
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Where to configure the default user group for file/directory creation?
I would like to configure the default group for any file or directory which is created by my user. I am not sure where to start. Could somebody point me the right direction? My user lives in Active ...
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Policy on users of Internet sharing on Mac OS X Mountain Lion
I have an ADSL Modem directly connected to my Mac 10.8.2 in bridge mode, the PPPoE connection is initiated by Mac and internet is shared to user computers / mobiles using WiFi.
Question:
Can i limit ...
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TimeMachine backup username changed and unable to restore after HDD replacement
I'm in a bind! My late '09 iMac running OSX 10.7 (Lion) was repaired under the Seagate warranty replacement for a faulty 1TB internal HDD. Prior to taking it to the Apple Store for the repair, I ...
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Assigned a password to my home wifi, cannot connect to it on my macbook
So. Assigned the password to my network. First time it worked great. But then, I had to resset the router. After that, I went and assigned the password again, but this time, when I try to connect to ...
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Unable to update Mac OS 10.7.5
I am trying update my iMac OS from 10.7 to 10.7.5. I've downloaded the MacOSXUpdCombo10.7.5.dmg file, but when updating, it gives an error like:
Mac OS X Update Combined can't be installed on this ...
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Change input setting in mac keyboard
In my keyboard when I pressed this key
Then I get/display '§' (with shift+key -> '±' ) instead of what expected.
How can I set it to work properly?
Also after Googling I found this site but ...
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Is it safe to delete the /Developer folder on Mac OS X 10.7.5 (Lion)?
My computer originally had Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) installed on it but has since been upgraded to OS X 10.7 (Lion). I noticed that the /Developer folder is still on the hard drive even though ...
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mac mini stuck on boot
since I was not longer using the Server options on my mac mini I wanted to install os x mountain lion, so I downloaded the app and selected the appropriate hard disk. now, after it booted i'm stuck on ...
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How to set multiple folder icons in finder (for symbol- and list-view)?
I'm using OS X 10.8.2. By default the system folder icons differ in symbol- and list-view in the finder. If I use the list view a small icon (16x16px) is displayed. In symbol view finder switches to a ...
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Homebrew LoadError no such file to load
I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.5 on which I installed Homebrew some time ago. When trying to go into the brew directory with
cd `brew --prefix`
I'm getting the following error:
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How to determine which traffic goes over the PPTP VPN?
I setup a PPTP VPN on mac os x lion, on the advanced tab I do not have the send all traffic over VPN connection checked. I only want traffic to a specific server connected to go through the vpn, ...
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Does Silverlight work on your Mac? Let's figure out the pattern here
Can you install Microsoft Silverlight from microsoft.com and are you able to open the Preferences without it crashing?
I'm trying to isolate this problem, and it could be a Mac problem, or a ...
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Every time I wake my Macbook it switches applications after wake. How do I fix this?
Whenever I close my MacBook, and then come back after it's been asleep, I'll open it, and it'll make a sound while it's waking the harddrive, which is normal. But then after that it'll switch the ...
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Cannot Resolve Host
For some reason my system will not resolve hosts added to /etc/hosts. If I add an entry:
127.0.0.1 somename.dev
It won't resolve. If I add this, however:
127.0.0.1 somename.dev
::1 somename.dev
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OSX 10.7 - Does not remember 'Open With' preferences on restart
I have a Macbook running Lion, and when I try to set the default PDF viewer as 'Adobe Reader' - it works until the next time the computer is taken outside of its current network. The default for PDFs ...
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Remove recovery feature from recovery disk
I mistakenly made a recovery disk from my USB external Hard drive. By making recovery dosk I can no longer use its entire 500 GB space. Now I want to restore this disk to original state so that I ...
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how can I turn off speech in the parental controls lockout dialog?
Every night before 1am, when my daughter has gone to bed but stayed logged in to our iMac (Lion 10.7.5), the parental controls dialog pops up. Unfortunately it ALSO announces itself via ...
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Mac Mini 2011: Blurry font at native resolution on Mountain Lion
I have a Mac Mini 2011 with the Radeon 6630m connected to a Samsung 226BW through HDMI to DVI and I'm dual-booting Mountain Lion and Windows 7.
My problem is on OSX, the font seems a bit off and I ...
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OS X Lion Recovery hangs on “Downloading additional components”
Booted into the recovery partition and attempted to reinstall. First pass, nothing happened. Second pass, same. Backed up and erased the install partition, tried a third time. Seemed to be fine until ...
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Why can't I move a window below the dock?
I'm trying to move a window so that I can see part of the title at the top of the dock, basically the text in between where the individual icons on the dock stick up. I am fine with this as basically ...
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Applescript Click “Go” and “Open” - dialog inside application
In PCSX, (ps1 emulator), I'm trying to automate the steps to play an ISO. So, I'm doing this:
set thepath to path to me
set thesecondpath to POSIX path of thepath
set thethirdpath to ...
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How to create a custom Desktop Background slideshow?
I would like to have certain pictures as a slideshow on my Desktop background.
Currently, to do this, I am moving default pictures to a backup folder and putting my images there.
Isn't there an easy ...
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How can I downgrade from Mountain Lion to Lion? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to revert to Lion from Mountain Lion?
How can I downgrade from Mountain Lion to Lion ? I need to download Lion again... thanks
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Headphone jack broke and got stuck in headphone socket MacBook Pro
The tip of the headphone jack got stuck in the headphone socket of my MacBook Pro and I have the following question:
The "Sound" option in the System Preferences displays sound output through the ...
