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Looking for email/web harvesting program for mac [closed]
Most of the popular application are for windows. Does anybody know of a native email harvesting/crawling application (preferable threaded and multi-core compatible) for mac?
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Is there an easy way to get notified of updates for all of my non-Mac App Store apps?
I like to keep my system up to date and the Mac App Store is great in that it automatically notifies you when updates are available for apps downloaded from it. However, I'm after an easy way to get ...
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Can you use any application whilst it is being updated
Is it possible to use any application while it is being updated from the Mac App Store?
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Awkward dialog box: MZFinance.InAppBuyLoginRequired_message
I am getting the following dialog box for a few days:
How can I find out which application is showing it and how can I solve the issue?
I am on Mac OS 10.7.5.
Edit:
I followed the bassplayer7's ...
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How can I gift an app in the app store? [duplicate]
I want to gift an OS X app, specifically OS X Mountain Lion to my mother in-law. How do I achieve this from the OS X App Store? I can't find any gifting option for both apps I own and apps I do not ...
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Change update frequency of app store in Mountain Lion?
The mac app store on Mac OS X (10.8.3) notifies me frequently about new app updates by showing a little popup. How can I change the update frequency or the way Mac OS X notifies me?
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1answer
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10.8.3 update will not run - keeps asking for restart
I have tried to update to 10.8.3 a number of times, however, when I come back from the necessary restart, the same message appears in the App Store - as if nothing had happened. please help with this ...
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Remove applications from Software Update
I have two applications showing up in Software Update that I didn't install, don't exist anywhere on any volume attached to my computer (and never have), and I would like to remove them. When I click ...
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How can I force an app to redownload from Mac App Store?
I have purchased an app which didn't download successfully. I deleted the installer and tried to install it again from the Mac AppStore but the download button says "Installed".
I also still have the ...
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1answer
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Mac OS X app for measuring time spent in apps [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there an app that allows me to monitor time spent using an application?
Is there app which will tell me that for example, today I spent 30 minutes in Safari, 1 hour ...
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Resume Mountain Lion Download after restart
Last night I was trying to download Mountain Lion. But after download reached around 90% I accidently restarted the machine. After that I cannot resume the download as it is not listing in purchases ...
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Do all Macs come with iLife apps?
I bought a Mac that is only a few months old. My understanding was that it is supposed to come with iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand) either preinstalled or available as a "free" download in the ...
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Stop App Store prompting for specific system update
I have a Brother MFC printer, and installed the latest drivers from the Brother website. All is good, everything works.
The App Store now prompts me that there is an update available: Brother Printer ...
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View in Mac App Store button does nothing
The "View in Mac App Store" button used to work in Chrome though, I think I turned it off by mistake though, I'm not sure. The button I'm referring to is under each app's icon and looks like so:
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GarageBand copied from another Mac
I just copied Garageband on a memory stick from a friends new iMac to my older Macbook Pro which I recently updated (clean install) to Mountain Lion. Unfortunately, during the upgrade I lost ...
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0answers
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Does App Store Clean/Remove Install Files after Install Upgrade?
I have just updated my OS from Lion to Mountain Lion using Apple's App Store and noticed that my next time machine update/backup was ~16GB. Granted I understand that the OS update touches a lot of ...
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Remove application from App Store's Update section
I've got an application in my Updates list which I never installed. It doesn't appear under Purchases nor Hidden Purchases. I can't hide it by right-clicking on it. When I click "Update" it asks me ...
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1answer
558 views
Restore deleted Mac App Store on 10.8.2
I accidentally deleted system apps like the App Store.app and the Calendar.app.
How can I restore these? I've tried the combo update like suggested for 10.6.6 systems, but that unfortunately doesn't ...
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Is there a way to browse the OS X App Store from iPad?
There are times that I'd like to browse the OS X App Store from my iPad - to get info for future reference. But when I try, I get a message that I have to use a Mac.
Is there a way around this?
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Mac App Store app can't be uninstalled, won't finish installing
So I went to download and install McSolitaire thinking it might be a fun game. Well, something went wrong during the install process. Now I've got a half-downloaded app in my Applications and the ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to decline Mountain Lion updates?
In particular, I receive update notifications for printer drivers where my current drivers work and I don't want to update them. I'd like to clear the updates from the store and stop receiving ...
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1answer
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User Control screwed up but unable to click on icons with Mouse on OSX 10.8
I dont know what has happened, but today user control with mouse and trackpad on my macbookpro is screwed up.
I rebooted twice, it made no difference.
The trackpad moves the cursor okay, but I ...
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How do I remove the previous App Store user from my computer?
Someone else at the office was attempting to help me setup the laptop before I started, so now my MBP has their credentials for some apps. I can uninstall and reinstall the app, if that's all it ...
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How can I opt out of updates for one app when using the App Store?
I have an app that has been radically changed (Skitch) and I'd prefer to not see any of the updates that the developer has made available to that app on the App Store. I'm lazy and like to use the ...
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1answer
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Mac App Store shows an update available for an app I didn't install
Like this the picture below.
For the record, I did install some cracked apps which isn't available for demo from MAS to try them out. Could this be problem?
I'm on Mountain Lion, latest update. But ...
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Downloading OS X Lion after the release of Mountain Lion
I bought OS X Lion through the App Store long ago and installed it to my Mac Mini (Early 2011) which came with Snow Leopard bundled.
The Mac Mini was having some issues so I decided to format and ...
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Unable to install Xcode on a freshly-installed OS X Lion
OK, so I own 2 macs :
a MacBook Pro (running 10.8 with the latest Xcode on it)
an iMac (running 10.6 on one partition - Xcode installed and all - , and 10.7 - just installed - on another partition)
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Skip an OSX version with App Store upgrades?
I have a MacBook running Snow Leopard and newer MacBook Air running Lion. If I buy the Mountain Lion upgrade through the App Store on my Air, will I be able to use the same App Store purchase on my ...
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1answer
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Can't uninstall Mac App Store purchased apps when in Launchpad
I can't seem to uninstall Mac App Store purchased applications.
I know that holding down the Option key, and once the icons start jiggling clicking the “X” shown in the corner of icons only works for ...
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2answers
504 views
How to find how long a Mac App Store app installation will take
When installing something via the Mac App Store, Launchpad will happily show a progress bar but it's a very limited view.
Is there any way to see how long, even if the estimate is inaccurate, the ...
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1answer
692 views
If I buy Pages from the Mac OS app store, do I then have to buy it again in the iOS store?
I'd like to not have to buy it twice.
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2answers
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How can I hide / remove updates from the Mac App Store?
I installed an app, didn't like it, and then moved it from Applications to the Trash and emptied the trash. Now when I go into the App Store, I am stil being prompted to update the application even ...
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Mountain Lion upgrade for organizations
How does an organization upgrade to Mountain Lion? Is it possible to create a generic Apple ID and purchase multiple copies from the Mac App Store? Are there any other available methods? Once one ...
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Can an app that was removed from the Mac App Store be re-downloaded?
I do a clean install whenever I upgrade my OS to a new major release.
I know Coda 1 is no longer in the App Store and isn't supported by Panic anymore but I'd like to keep using it because it works ...
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3answers
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How to remove an app stuck in “waiting” mode from the Mac App Store?
I've got 2 applications that I installed via the Mac App Store that are still in the "waiting" mode. How do I get these applications to finish installing? Or how do I remove them and try again?
By ...
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Using a font that came with a Mac App Store app in other apps
I'm sort of generally curious about this, since pre-Mac App Store apps one could simply open the font file from within the app's package contents and install it through Font Book to allow use outside ...
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Why do some apps require a password when I move them to the trash?
Some applications located in /Applications require a password in order to move them to the trash, others don't. Then there are also apps which cannot be deleted because they are required by OS X (a ...
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Store iTunes Password in Keychain
Is there any way to get Mac OS X to save iTunes/App Store login info (ie username and password) to the Keychain? It's strange that pretty much all other application and website passwords are stored ...
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If I download OSX Lion from the app-store, is that version linked to my account?
I have downloaded Lion and created a bootable USB flash drive, a colleague wishes to use this. If I give this to my colleague will it be linked to my account or is it account independent?
Update: My ...
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Can I copy (myself) an app purchased through the Mac App Store to another of my licensed computers?
I have some applications purchased through the Mac App Store, and I have two Macs.
Presently, if I buy an application on my Mac mini, I just go and launch the App Store on my MacBook Air, and then ...
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App Store opens unDock Lite product page seemingly randomly
I recently installed unDock Lite from the Mac App Store but was not satisfied with its functionality and uninstalled it the same day.
But from time to time the App Store opens the unDock Lite product ...
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Mac App Store purchases are missing
When I click on the tab Purchases in the Mac App Store, I'm missing purchases that I've never removed.
How can I get them back to show in the purchase history?
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There was an error in the Mac App Store. Please try again later. (13)
I have big problem. I can' t install any application from the Mac App Store. I have message "There was an error in the App Store. Please try again later. (13)". I'm search for this bug in google.
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Can Mac App Store installs & upgrades be automated?
How can I script installing or upgrading apps from the Mac App Store? I'd prefer command line tools, but AppleScript or some other API would suffice.
Relevant puzzle pieces:
installer: note ...
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1answer
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Mac OS X: I accidentally clicked on the cross in the Installed tab in the app store application. Now my Pages doesn't work anymore
I did this with pages because I thought that it would uninstalled it (I'm brand new to mac os). It didn't uninstalled it, but it did remove it from the list of installed applications.
Now when I ...
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Using an external boot drive and the app store
I'm trying to setup my MacBook Pro so that I have an internal drive with one OS X installation (Lion) as well as an external installation that boots via an esata card. Everything is working great ...
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Reinstall Mac App Store on Mac OS 10.7?
I accidentally removed the Mac App from my Mac Mini while removing the iTunes 10.5 Beta. How can I reinstall the Mac App Store?
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If I buy a Mac that comes with Lion, can I install it on my old Macs too? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does buying a new mac also get you Lion on your Apple ID?
If I buy a new Mac with OS X Lion, will I then be able to update my old computers to Lion via the Mac App Store ...
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Why do App Store applications transferred into ~/Applications on another machine not launch?
I have purchased some apps from the Mac App store and installed them on my personal computer. I would like to install them on a shared work computer. Unfortunately, I do not have admin access to the ...
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2answers
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How many apps are the Mac AppStore?
Is there a way to find out today how many applications are in the Mac AppStore approximately?
