OS X (previously Mac OS X) is marketing name for Apple's computer OS. Note the proper pronunciation is "ohh ess ten"
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Reasons to prefer Java 8 early access (instead of both Java 6 Update 37 and Java 7 Update 9 ) for the JRE (but not the Java applet plug-in) [closed]
@ThorbjørnRavnAndersen asked:
Any reason you've installed Java 8 early access?
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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.
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How can I set the Mac OS X screensaver when not logged in?
When logged in to my user account, the screensaver selected in System Preferences is used. However, when on the login screen before logging in or using fast user switching a different screensaver is ...
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Is it bad or unhealthy to put my Mac to sleep?
I am wondering if it is bad or unhealthy to always put my Mac to sleep or should I shut it down instead? What I mean by putting it to sleep is that the display and hard drive are sleeping.
The reason ...
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Completely synchronise multiple Macs
I actually have a Macbook Pro with Snow Leopard (I plan on upgrading to Lion).
I may have to buy an Mac mini in order to have a full dual screen (external identical screens) layout (see my previous ...
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Internet Sharing is grey out
My system is Lion 10.7.x
My Internet Sharing is greyed out with:
Internet Sharing: Off
You cannot start Internet Sharing because you have not selected a port to share your connection.
How ...
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Lion “hosts” File Bug
I have some serious problems with the hosts file on my Lion 10.7.2. My hosts file is like following;
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
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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
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How can I use Gmail as the default mail client app in Mac OS X?
I use Gmail as my e-mail client, but when I click on a "mailto:" link, the Mail.app is opened.
Is there a way to avoid the Mail.app opening in this case? Can I open Gmail instead?
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Switch between full-screen windows of the same application in Lion
Is there a keyboard shortcut in Lion for navigating through my open full screen Xcode projects? ⌘~ is not working.
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How Can I Search A Specific Type of File in Mac?
Is there any way to search a specific type of file using Spotlight? I remember there was a special command or something that I had to put in front of the search phrase but I cannot remember it now.
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What's a good graphical SFTP utility for OS X?
I need a small graphical utility, using which I can ssh to a server and see all the files and copy and paste (drag and drop) into my local machine.
I am running Snow Leopard.
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Isn't Inactive memory a waste of resources?
I'm looking for explanation of memory usage on my machine especially in light of the example in this screenshot below:
I understand what is Free and Active means
But what are the meanings of Wired ...
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What's the correctly way to make Postfix run permanently on Lion (not server)
I can start Postfix temporarily with:
$ sudo launchctl
launchd% start org.postfix.master
However, Console.app shows that it only runs for a short time:
26/11/11 2:00:55.710 PM postfix/master: ...
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How do I recover the administrator or root password on OS X?
I received a hand me down white MacBook with 10.4 on it and it automatically logs into a user account that isn't able to change much in the preference pane. How do I recover or change the ...
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Screen video capture application
I am Looking for a program that let's me capture screen videos on Mac OS X.
I am requesting it for these two use cases:
Capture of a webcam. It should allow capturing only the webcam App window.
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Dropbox-like client for Macs to access existing FTP/WebDAV/CMIS storage
We have many users on Macs that access their files on one big non-Mac server that supports FTP/WebDAV/CMIS.
PROBLEM: They can not use their files while not connected to the Internet.
QUESTION: Is ...
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How can I make the Cisco VPN Client work with Lion?
Worked in Snow Leopard and now gives error 51 and the sudo restart system command in Terminal i used to use doesn't work. Any idea?
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What are some great OS X Dropbox uses?
There are a number of ways I use my Dropbox with OS X apps, or iOS devices.
Some of them include:
Recipe tracking: I keep a 'recipes' folder inside Together's dropbox-synced-library, so from my Mac ...
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Permissions for new files in shared directory
We just got a new iMac are using the /Users/Shared directory to store media assets (pictures, audio, video) that we want accessible to all users on the machine. After copying over all the files ...
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Looking for the ultimate IDE for Mac
I am a little disenchanted with development on the Mac right now. I need a single IDE that can handle all of my development needs. I did notice there are other questions on this topic already, but ...
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How do I disable this message: “the disk was not ejected properly”?
Is there any way to disable the "the disk was not ejected properly" message?
I use a KVM and need to switch between two systems and have a memory stick that is in the KVM. The problem is that it's ...
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How do I take a screenshot on my Mac?
What's the easiest way to take a screenshot of my Mac?
I've used Grab.app, but it's a bit annoying just to get a quick screenshot. Is there a faster way?
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Why is /tmp a symlink to /private/tmp?
Why is /tmp a symlink to /private/tmp on Mac OS X? In other words, why isn't /tmp just a regular directory, like on Linux or BSD? I understand how it works and I don't mind it, I'm just interested in ...
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What's a good XML viewer/editor for Mac OS X?
I use XML Editor from XMLmind for editing/viewing XML file in Mac.
It's not bad, but I expect an XML editor for Mac. What options do I have including the commercial/free software?
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Alternative to Windows Snipping Tool for Mac OSX
Is there something like the Windows Snipping Tool for OSX?
For those, who don't know about the tool, it's an easy to use software to take snapshot of any portion of screen, and is really useful in ...
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How can I stop OS X from automatically connecting to an NFS server on startup?
I upgraded to Lion today, but was having the same problem on Snow Leopard. When I start up my Mac and login, it automatically connects to an NFS server. I know this because I see the server in Finder ...
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Choose a default app for opening files with no extension?
Is it possible to set a default application to open files with no extension? I'm not referring to files with hidden extensions, but those completely lacking an extension -- e.g. README, CHANGELOG, ...
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OSX: Is there a built-in scheduler program?
I would like to schedule a task to execute with parameters at a specific time/date in the future.
Does OS X include any such tool (even if it's command-line)? If not, are there any free or relatively ...
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Why does my MacBook Pro take so long to go to sleep?
My Macbook Pro takes an awful long time to go to sleep when I close the lid. Considering that I generally want to close the lid and then carry it somewhere, I want it to be fully asleep so I don't ...
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Moving files >4GB from a Mac to a Windows box
Normally, when I want to take video files from my Mac to friends who use Windows, I move the files on a FAT32-formatted flash drive or external hard drive, but FAT32 cannot handle files larger than ...
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How to limit my Mac's exposure to malware?
With OS X malware increasingly in the news (see the Flashback Trojan issue), is there anything that I should do to increase the security of my Mac and reduce my exposure to malware?
What I'm doing ...
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Concisely starting Mac OS apps from the command line
I do a fair amount of work in the command line, and I find myself defining a lot of aliases of the form:
alias skim='/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim'
Is there a way to add magic such ...
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What's the best text editor for use with large files?
What are your recommendation for opening large text files on OS X? I found both BBEdit and Textmate to be struggling in this department.
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Create a remote only user in OS X?
I'd like to create a user on OS X that has remote ssh login privileges where they can access a certain folder /path/to/the/goods/ and add/modify/delete files manually or via rsync while the rest of ...
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How do I speed up new Terminal tab loading time?
How can i speed up the terminal startup in Lion?
I'm not referring to the startup of the Terminal application, but to the startup terminal windows, like when i open a new tab.
I don't have anything ...
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Why isn't the multisession login in Lion's VNC server working properly?
Has anyone been able to get the VNC server that came with Lion to work? Right now it seems to have problems with the new multisession remote login, causing problems for any VNC clients connecting to ...
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Is there a way to change font sizes system-wide while preserving UI resolution?
I have a 17" widescreen mac book pro (1920 x 1080) and find it hard to read the small fonts in the finder menu and in the Finder let hand panel even though my vision is good. Even the font's in most ...
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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 ...
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Can I lower the minium display brightness? How?
When working late, I'd like to lower the screen brightness further than the OS X allows in using the brightness keys.
While you can use ⌥+⇧+F1/F21 to change the brightness in smaller ...
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Listing all Openmeta Tags and associated Files
Some month ago I started using openmeta tags to manage my files. Is there a tool which shows all openmeta tags on my mac and the files tagged with these tags?
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Is there a way to completely reset / regenerate Quick Look preferences (system-wide)?
Quick Look fails to work on many file types that actually have Quick Look plugins and I fear that some file clobbering has occurred during my last two OS upgrades.
When Quick Look fails, the Quick ...
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How can I send a mail message later?
Back in the day, I remember having an e-mail program (perhaps it was Eudora?) that could schedule the sending of mail, so when composing a message, you could set some preference for when it would be ...
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What scenarios benefit from Mac OS X allowing apps to run when no document windows remain?
As a rule of thumb programs on Mac OS X stay running when you close all their document windows.
This is the behavior I noticed in MacVim, VmWare Fusion, Chrome and host of other applications.
I ...
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How can I rename desktops in Mission Control?
The default new desktop space is named 'Desktop 1'. If you create a new one, it is named 'Desktop 2'. Is there a way to change those default names to something more meaningful?
Additionally, it looks ...
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Move windows around a desktop — and to different desktops — using only the keyboard?
Here's what I'm trying to accomplish using only a keyboard:
Move a window to different areas/corners of a desktop
Move a window to different desktops
Set/unset a window as shown/sticky on all ...
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Can Finder and the “open” command treat files with .sh or other typical extensions just like .command files?
I am looking for a way to inject some more extensions into the OS X launch services database systematically so that when clicked, they execute in the terminal app just like .command files do by ...
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How do I move my menubar to an external monitor?
I just asked this question (Using External Monitor and Spaces. Want Mouse to move Up/Down, not Left/Right?) and @calavera gave me a great answer, thanks!
But now I have another question. It seems ...
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What is the best key remapper tool?
I use international keyboards which have ` (~ with shift) next to Z key. I'm used to having `/~ key next to 1 (currently, this key produces § or ± with shift, which I don't use at all). My goal is to ...
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How do I find the windowid to pass to screencapture -l?
The command line utility screencapture claims to be able to capture a single window without requiring interaction, but I can't figure out what to pass it.
-l<windowid> capture this windowsid
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