The personal settings which control the configurable options on your Mac or iOS device. Examples include what wallpapers are displayed, when a screen saver will be displayed, or whether or not Time Machine is enabled and how it is configured.
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How do I stop my Mac from attempting Time Machine Backups?
I have a 2005 PowerBook running 10.5.8 that, in its previous life, was my personal, full time machine that I used all the way through graduate school. It has been relegated to very light duty in the ...
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What is the purpose of the extra room on Finder's “View Options” window?
I am running 10.6.8 on a late 2008 MBP.
I know this has been the look of the "View Options" window for a while, but I just really noticed all of the extra space at the bottom. It's now being used in ...
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How to toggle closeViewZoomFollowsFocus in com.apple.universalaccess via shell script with instant activation?
I created a Service with Automator on a Mac running "Lion 10.7.3". The Service toggles via a shell script the visibility of hidden files in the Finder and works like a charm. Here's the script:
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Any way to change recommended resolution for all users on a Mac (preferably via Terminal)?
I work on a college campus with a number of iMacs hooked up to projectors. For some reason, after imaging, they all default to 800x600 resolution on both the iMacs and the projectors, despite their ...
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Mac OS X - Mouse moves are not smooth nor constant
I have a Logitech optical USB wheel mouse I've used for years on my PC (Windows 95, 98, XP, Vista, 7): http://www.clubic.com/shopping-1360-3-logitech-wheel-mouse-optical.html I'm now using it on a Mac ...
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How can I replicate Account Preferences across multiple accounts?
I'm working on creating a NetRestore Golden Image that will be used on about a dozen computers across our organization.
I need EVERY account to boot up with the same baseline preferences ...
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Saved preferences resetting on restart
I just bought a MacBook Pro with OS X Lion.
I am having a problem with all my saved preferences: for example, in my Finder "General Preferences", the new finder window shows setting keeps resetting ...
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What files are accessed when an app starts up?
I am wondering if there is a way to see which files an application accesses (reads or writes) when starting up.
/usr/bin/fs_usage seems like one tool, but I wondered if there are others.
I am trying ...
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How do I change the location of screenshot in OS X Lion?
The old method that works for Leopard/Snow Leopard doesn't work any more on Lion:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/kamus/Pictures/snap
Has something changed or does anyone ...
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Energy Saver preferences keep breaking
This is a new question related to a question I asked previously.
MacBook is sleeping despite being set to "never" sleep
Basically, the MacBook would sleep after 3 hours despite the ...
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Apache starts even if web sharing is disabled
I do web development so I normally have web sharing turned on in the sharing preferences.
After upgrading to Lion I have been continuing with the web development projects I have pretty much as ...
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How do I remove the sync status icon from the menu bar after migrating to iCloud?
How do I remove the sync status icon from the menu bar after migrating to iCloud?
Prior to iCloud the Sync pane of MobileMe preferences had a simple setting for this, but after migration it is ...
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Keyboard Shortcut for moving left/right a space doesn't work
After going to:
Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Mission Control
I am able to assign a keyboard shortcut to move left/right a space. However pressing shortcut I assigned does not ...
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System Preferences crashes when trying to open time setting
My System Preferences are crashing when I try to open time setting on my mac. I have try to repair the permissions by following the help given on this thread ...
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Quicktime now reopens last video. How to avoid?
It seems to be a new behavior in Lion but here is what is happening for me:
I open a video file
Quicktime launches and play the video
When I'm done, I hit CmdQ
Now, with Lion, when opening another ...
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Need location of image for preference pane “PREF” icon
I have a stack in my Dock with aliases to my most-used preference panes. In the past, the icons that appear in the grid when I click on the stack have been the large descriptive icons shown in Finder. ...
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Why does three-finger swipe gesture not support natural scrolling?
There are three page swipe gesture options in Lion:
Scroll left or right with two fingers, which is new to Lion, has a neat animation and is currently supported only by Safari.
Swipe left or right ...
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What is the .plist.lockfile introduced in Lion? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are my plists in ~/Library/Preferences accompanied by a matching lockfile in Lion?
Since upgrading to Lion, I have noticed that Lion is placing lockfiles that ...
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Why are my plists in ~/Library/Preferences accompanied by a matching lockfile in Lion?
$ cd ~/Library/Preferences
$ ls -1 | grep plist | head -10
AddressBookMe.plist
com.adiumX.adiumX.plist
com.adiumX.adiumX.plist.lockfile
com.apple.AddressBook.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.plist.lockfile
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Why do editors such as BBEdit and Textmate have the option of ending your file in a newline (line break)? Why is that important? [closed]
Sorry about the n00b question but why is this an option? Is there any caveats to not ending a file with a line break?
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How can I delete “Passenger” from my “System Preference”?
About 2 years ago I tried and installed Phusion Passenger Preference Pane for OS X and now I need to delete its "Passenger" icon from my System Preference. There's no uninstall option, how can I ...
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How Do I Restore the Default Settings in Lion?
I love playing with new operating systems, and also love to experience the default behaviour that Those That Be have decreed are the New Best Thing. Up until now, I've always - be it Windows or Mac OS ...
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Double click windows to minimise in Lion?
Before upgrading to Lion I was able to double-click the header bar of windows to minimise the windows. Since upgrading I only seem to be able to minimise by clicking the yellow - button.
Is this a ...
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Is there a way to export syntax color settings from one Xcode installation to a new one?
I have installed a new XCode 4 on a machine and I'd like to copy/paste the syntax coloring settings from the first one to the new one. How may I do this ?
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Backup and restore application preferences
I already have a backup of my system on Time Machine, but will it restore my application preferences too when I migrate to a new system? Even if it is Lion? (I come from Snow Leopard)
And what about ...
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I can't save my system preferences
I can't save my dock and spaces setting. Every time I set them (eg. disable spaces), after I reboot/re-login to the system, the dock and spaces settings will revert back to the previous status. How ...
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How do I edit Managed Client preferences without them getting replaced?
Specifically I would like to edit com.apple.applicationaccess.new.plist. (Which is in /Library/Managed Preferences/[username]/), but when I restart the computer my edited preferences are replaced with ...
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Use external display only with MacBook?
I have a Mid 2010 MacBook. Is it possible to make the external display into the only one, so that I can close the lid and keep working on my MacBook with an external keyboard/mouse and monitor?
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Is it safe to edit App Bundles in Core Services?
There is a default preference I want to edit (or delete and recreate in the English.lproj) in the Dock bundle in System/Library/CoreServices.
What are the possible negative repercussions to editing ...
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How to increase “tracking speed” beyond the maximum?
For a Macbook Pro, I've set trackpad settings for Three Fingers to "Dragging":
However the tracking speed is too slow, and often it's impossible to drag for a larger distance due to the size of the ...
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Third-party service that syncs preferences? Like MobileMe
Are there any third-party software or services that offer synchronization of user-preferences the same way that MobileMe does?
I’m thinking of the user defaults that live inside ...
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How does the defaults domain ‘Network’ work? (/Network/Library/Preferences/)
How does the Network preference/defaults domain work on Mac OS? I see it referenced in a lot of Apple documentation, but I don’t understand this particular preference domain.
I get the user defaults ...
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Removing entries from the MobileMe synchronization list
Some applications can synchronize data using MobileMe synchronization; the problem I have with those applications is that they are still listen in the MobileMe preference panel, under the ...
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Is there a preference file where MobileMe username and password are saved?
I am looking for a preference file that contains the MobileMe username/password couple that I would need to pass to a script that starts the MobileMe synchronization. What I am trying to achieve is to ...
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How can I enable SSH without using the gui or apple script on snow leopard?
A while back here How can I enable internet sharing without using the gui or apple script on snow leopard? I asked if any one knows how to enable Internet sharing without using GUI or apple script, I ...
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How can I enable Internet sharing without using the GUI or AppleScript?
for some rather strange reason my sharing preferences tab crashes (it's a long story and there seems to be no good solution for it, it's looking for a ui object that no longer exists).
Anyway, I want ...
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How can I change the preferred application for opening “fmp7://” URLs from FileMaker Pro Advanced to FileMaker Pro?
I have both FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced installed. Because the available licenses for the Advanced product are limited, I shouldn't use it unless necessary. But when neither application ...
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How can I protect a preference file?
I use Mobile Me to synchronize the settings of three different Macs, but I have some problems with specific preference file because one of the Macs runs Mac OS X Lion.
I would like to avoid that ...
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How do I disable Microsoft Outlook 2010 calendar notifications?
I use "Mail" as my default mail client and "iCal" as my default calendar. However I have to use outlook when sending emails to work because their outlook for windows clients don't support inlining and ...
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System-wide finder view preferences
I know that .DS_Store files are created in every directory I enter with the finder in Mac OS X, and that keeps track of the folder's metadata (including how is it being displayed). I also know that ...
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How do I prevent my MacBook Air from forgetting my Remapped Caps Lock Key?
As someone who doesn't like to shout, I have Caps Lock remapped to Control on all of my computers. A second control key is far more useful to a guy who spends most of his time in Terminal.app. This ...
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Is there any way to turn off the automatically opening window for a preview in Marsedit?
Whenever I open a post to edit it a whole preview window opens up along with it. I find this effect disorienting. I looked in the preferences and couldn't find anything. How do I shut off the ...
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How does Office 2008 for Mac store its Recent items?
I don't have access to Office 2008, but require the information for a project I'm working on. I'm mainly interested in Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
This is the information I have gathered so far...
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Is there any global Finder setting for “Keep Arranged By”?
Is there any global Finder setting for "Keep Arranged By"?
I know I can set it on a per folder basis pressing Option - Right Click:
It is painful having to do this for every folder though...
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Library specific iTunes preferences?
I would like to have two iTunes libraries with one being automatically organized and the other letting me choose where to store the files. When I create a second library it seems to share the same ...
