Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) was the seventh major release of the OS X series.
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White MacBook ca 2009/2010 slower and vibrating
I have scoured the net for some advice on a recent issue with my MacBook.
It was for several years fast and silent but now the browser (fx 18.0.2) is perceptibly slower and there is a hum where I ...
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Mountain Lion Server + Snow Leopard Clients
Does anyone know if there will be troubles if i run a Mountain Lion Server with Snow Leopard Clients?
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Mouse sensitivity is set to zero on game startup
I'm currently using a Macbook Pro and wanted to play a game and came up with Warsow. I downloaded it, dropped the app in my applications folder (is it even called folder on Macs?^^). As soon as I ...
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How can one user be faster than the other?
On our 10.6.8 Mac Mini Late 2009 Edition, we have 4 users, 3 of which are in regular use. One is mine, let's call it 'a'. The second one is someone else's, let's call it 'b'. The third one we both ...
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Why does iCal forget the calendars?
Sometime ago I noticed that iCal lost all my evens and calendars. Luckily I was somehow able to "re"-synchronize it with the Outlook calendar.
Yesterday the same happened. After opening iCal all my ...
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Installing & running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion from an external hard drive onto my Snow Leopard Macbook Pro?
I am currently running Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on my late 2010 Macbook Pro. I am perfectly fine with running Snow Leopard at present, but I feel I may be missing out on features or indeed updates ...
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Import certificates into System Keychain via the command line
Is it possibly to copy a certificate to machine running to OS X Snow Leopard, add it to the System Keychain, then set it to "Always Trust via SSH?"
And if so... how?
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How can I circumvent XProtect and re-enable Java Applets?
So, Apple has again updated their XProtect malware definitions to block Java Applets. Unfortunately, my wife's employer's VPN requires an Applet to be run in order to fully establish connectivity. She ...
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Lock Screen Command One-Liner
I'm trying to find out whether there is any kind of equivalent command line one-liner which replicates the exact identical functionality of the 'Lock Screen' menu option available via the Keychain app ...
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Can I install my old OSX on a different computer after upgrading?
I have a couple questions:
1) I currently have Snow Leopard on my one computer and on another computer I just have Leopard. I am purchasing Mountain Lion from the App Store today and am going to ...
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How to batch-check compatibility of apps between SL and ML?
Is there an app or a script available that lists all the installed applications on a Snow Leopard laptop and shows the compatibility of these applications with Mountain Lion?
I would like to switch ...
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Upgrading Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion and preserving Bootcamp partition
I have a 2010 MacPro running SL with a bootcamp partition (on the same bootdrive) containing a Windows 7 x64 installation which I use for work. I was about to upgrade the Mac to Mountain Lion but I'm ...
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Inherit Time Machine Backup Snow Leopard
I have a Time Machine backup of a harddisk with Snow Leopard (HD1). The SATA cable for the disk failed and got replaced. The HD was replaced out of precaution as well. The new HD (HD2) got restored ...
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iPhoto only sees 67 of my 388 photos
Preface: this is an iPod Touch 2nd Gen on iOS 4.2.1 and I am on iPhoto 11 on a MacMini from 2006 operating Snow Leopard. This iTouch was synched with an iMac I used to have which contained all of the ...
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find what's producing inactive memory
First of all i'd like to ask politely for all of those who feel the need to explain it to me how perfect apple's memory management is to ignore this thread.
A little background:
The theory goes that ...
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Which size is the smallest HD that I can use to install Snow leopard?
I had problems with my iMac (20" 2009 Intel and 4GB RAM) as I was updating the OS from OSX 10.5 to 10.6. It told me that I can't update in my main hard drive, so to don't format it, and my main hard ...
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add the division symbol on OpenOffice Writer (Word) on Mac OS X
How can I add the division symbol on OpenOffice Writer (Word) on Mac OS X?
I cannot seem to find a way to add this symbol.
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Reverting back to 10.6 from 10.8 , but did not back up my machine while on 10.6
I need to know how I can revert back to 10.6 while not losing my documents.
I upgraded to 10.8 ML and I did not do a back up prior to upgrading.
I do have a current 10.8 Time Machine backup.
Can I ...
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google chrome prints in black & white only
Using Chrome v20 on OSX 10.6.8 on two boxes. Chrome Print dialog opens without the color/b&w option, always prints in b&w regardless of which printer I choose (I have several available). If I ...
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How to create third partition after Macintosh HD and Boot Camp partitions?
I have a mid 2009 MBP. I am going to install Boot Camp beside Snow Leopard.
I would like to have a third partition, DATA, and format it FAT32, where I will keep my data files easily and safely ...
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How to disable location services? (MacOSX 10.6.8)
I just downloaded an application, that asked me permission to figure my location. I said "OK, let's see what happens".
Next thing I know, my lat/long with 4 decimal places and a pin on a Google map ...
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Macbook Pro unresponsive while opening applications
I have had an 240gb Corsair SSD in my 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 Macbook Pro (OSX 10.6.8) for about 8 months. The computer has 8gb RAM. It has been great for most of that time, but in the last month or ...
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How to interpret outcome of Apple Hardware Test on Malfunctioning Macbook-Pro/Snow Leopard
Ran Apple Hardware Test from original Tiger install disc to diagnose recurrent worsening inconsistent kernel panics. The Hardware Test hangs up at 35 seconds, while "testing memory." The first time ...
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How can I determine if my MBP running Snow Leopard has been attacked by a virus?
5 yr old MBP Intel bought for video editing ran fine for 4 yrs, using Tiger & FCE 3.5. Past year has been stormy. Onset was unrecoverable crash dx'ed as not-worth-fixing logic board failure by ...
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remove highlighting from Stickies?
Text that is copied from a web browser and pasted into the native Stickies app often brings text highlighting along with it and I haven't been able to find a way to remove the highlighting within ...
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Pros & Cons of still running Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
I am still running Snow Leopard on my late 2010 Macbook Pro. Are there potentially any benefits of still using this version of the Mac OS, or am I more disadvantaged by not being on the latest version ...
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Unable to restore applications after hard drive replacement
My iMac 27" went in for hard drive replacement but now I can't seem to get anything to restore. I've put Snow Leopard back onto the drive but then apps are missing and the second install disc that ...
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Mac disk free space automatically decreases
I am running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) on MacBook Pro. A few days ago I found my free disk space is too low, so I tried to clean un-necessary files form disk myself and using some programs like ...
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How to install Pages, Numbers and Keynote on Snow Leopard?
I just purchased a used 2006 MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.8.
I went to the Mac App Store and tried to load Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and it said it could not load them unless I had 10.7. When I try ...
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Restore OS X 10.6 Time Machine backup to OS X 10.8 iMac
I just got a new iMac and have tried to use Time Machine from Snow Leopard, but Mountain Lion does not see the older back up (it is on a USB drive). All of my music and photos are in my back up and my ...
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Cut-Paste files or folders on Mac OS X
Is there anyway to move some files/folders on Mac OS X as easy as in Windows?
The only way I know is to side the two source and destination folders, and drag and drop the files from one to the ...
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How can I restore my system, using Snow Leopard, after hard-drive replacement?
I had a nearly full 500GB drive in my MacBook Pro, running Snow Leopard. As the near-full capacity was becoming problematic, I bought two 1TB drives, went home, ran Time Machine on one of them, and ...
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How to interact with application across spaces and save the workspace?
Using Mac 10.6.8 here.
So I have Chrome in Space2, and Devonthink in Space1.
I wanted to drag the URL from Chrome to Devonthink.
Can't think of a easier way other than to drag Chrome to space 1, ...
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How can I make my microSD card writable?
I have a macbook pro running Snow Leopard. I have Tuxera NTFS drivers.
I have a microSD card, in an adapter, in the slot. The "lock" slider is in the "unlocked" position.
'Get Info' tells me the ...
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Snow Leopard Install Hangs
I currently have a 2010 15" MacBook Pro installed with OS X Lion and wish to downgrade it to Snow Leopard.
However when trying to boot into the Snow Leopard installer for a clean install, it hangs at ...
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Toggling internet sharing when ethernet cable dis/connected
The room where I'm staying has an ethernet connection, so when I'm there I turn on internet sharing so that my Kindle and phone will have a WiFi connection. But when I'm at work I have to use Airport ...
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Image Capture OS X 10.6 won't read from iPhone
Image Capture on Snow Leopard says the "iPhone is locked with code", and asks to unlock it before importing images. The most weird thing is that it can import just fine using iPhoto and it syncs ...
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How to prevent window resize when exiting Target Display Mode
Using a macbook pro, with a thunderbolt cable connecting to an iMac,
and using Target Display Mode [TDM] to mirror the display. I choose
the optimal resolution for the external display, which means ...
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How can I erase the data from my Macbook without losing my recent OS?
I'm going to sell my Macbook Pro and want to remove all of the data before doing so. I have the OS Lion installed but my machine came with Snow Leopard. How can I remove everything and restore it to ...
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Can't erase Time Machine partition
Error message "could not unmount disc"
Only tried Time Machine one day with new Snow Leopard install on MBP. Have been happy with CCC & want to use the space for a bootable CCC clone.
Time ...
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How can I standardize icon size in Finder and across OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard?
I running OS X 10.6.8 on a Mid-2009 MacBook Pro. I would like to standardize the size of icons seen in Finder (I use Icon View). Currently, every folder has its own icon size, which makes it less ...
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How would I prepend 127.0.0.1 as a nameserver all the time
I do web development and I would like to have dnsmasq running and handing my local dns requests. However I work in a lot of different networking scenarios and I need to DHCP updating my networking ...
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Setting up a Gopher server on OS X (for real!)
I have been trying to host my own Gopher server under OS X (specifically, Snow Leopard), but am finding the process somewhat frustrating.
After trying (and failing) to install myriad supposedly ...
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iMovie won't save events to USB flash
My MacBook Pro hard disk has failed, and I'm trying to get some work done quickly before I get it serviced.
I've installed OSX Snow Leopard and iMovie onto a USB flash drive.
I can't import any ...
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Oops — deleted swap files (Mac OS, 10.6) — will they come back?
I'm worse than my grandmother when it comes to computers. So I got a Mac as my friends who know me and know a bit about PCs said I'd fair better with a Mac. They were right and I love my Mac Book ...
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Print job from Macbook Pro prints repeatedly
We are trying to set up printing for a Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard or Mountain Lion (10.8.2) using an HP Color Laser Jet 3550 as a network printer. It seems to find and recognize the printer just ...
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How to convert Windows-based ISO for Mac OS X Installation DVD?
I made an ISO image from Mac OS X Snow Leopard Installation DVD using PowerISO on Windows machine. The ISO file size is 7.6GB, but when I mount the ISO using PowerISO, what I can see is only the files ...
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Is there an LDAP Server running on OS X Snow Leopard?
Is there an LDAP Server running on my OS X Snow Leopard deployment? How do I find it? Can I connect to it over the standard LDAP port of 389?
The simple telnet test results was not encouraging...
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Why does Terminal swallow Ctrl+up/down keystrokes?
In Terminal.app on Snow Leopard, the key combinations Ctrl+↑ and Ctrl+↓ don't get passed through correctly. Instead Terminal.app receives a single ↑ or ↓ key stroke.
I have verified this by running ...
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How to prevent searching in file with python from over-increasing OSX inactive memory? [closed]
I'm using mmap and re to search for words (1000+) in a file (9gig) without loading it into memory. I do this lots of times. In about 10 seconds I have 2.07 gigs of inactive memory (and 8.8mb free). ...
