Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) was the seventh major release of the OS X series.
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50% SSD Space lost issue on MBA
I have an MBA 2009, model A1304. The Hard drive system information says its an "Apple SSD SM128". But when I look at the available and total space, I have one partition 28.8GB (bootcamp) and one ...
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check mail for certain word before sending
I have mail templates with placeholders for names (ex. Dear XXXXXX).
Is it possible to make apple mail check the content of my mail when sending and to stop an email from getting send out when it ...
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Prevent dock from auto-showing on mouse over
I currently have dock to auto-hide and would like it to stay hidden until I explicitly show it using a keyboard shortcut such as the "Move focus to dock" or "Turn Dock Hiding On/Off". I basically ...
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Internet sharing without DHCP
I'm trying to setup my iMac running 10.6 to be a wireless bridge. I have it working, but I need to disable DHCP and let my network's DHCP server provide an IP for the connected device(s). I can't seem ...
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Text input trouble on OS X Snow Leopard - text doesn't show up before mouse click
I have this strange problem on my MacBook Pro, running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It comes and goes, but I haven't found out why or when.
The input cursor is displayed in a text field, e.g. the URL field ...
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Huawei mobile broadband E173 data card not working properly
I am using Mac OS X SnowLeopard. My Huawei mobile broadband E173 data card is giving me problems. After inactivity for some time, it gets disconnected and when I connect again, it shows as connected ...
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Help getting Nautilus running under MacPorts
I have been trying to run Nautilus on OS X 10.6.8 without any luck. First, I installed MacPorts, then installed Nautilus. However when I try to run it from the command line, I am getting an error. I ...
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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 reinstall from an USB stick on a MacBook or iMac?
I made an OS X 10.6 USB stick and I used it to succesfully install OS X on several Mac, including a very old Mac Mini and a MacBook Pro.
However I've got a problem: on my girlfriend's Mac it simply ...
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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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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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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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iChat 7.0, how can I see previous conversation
In iChat version on Snow leopard I could view all the previous chat messages of a user. But since the current version (iChat 7.0.1 Mountain Lion) I cannot see that chat History. All my previous ...
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Can I “restrain” safari from using large % of CPU?
Some websites make safari go crazy, and use 70% CPU! This causes everything else on this desktop to grind to a halt.
Is there a way to restrict safari to never go beyond a certain amount of CPU?
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Why does a Time Machine backup not complete when destination is a Shared Volume?
I have six Macs in my house, all running the latest, greatest version of Snow Leopard. I also have an eMac (PPC) running Leopard 10.5.8. I use the eMac as a file and print server. The eMac has two ...
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What does setting LSUIPresentationMode to 1 or 2 do?
While reading "Is it possible to hide the dock on a per-application basis?", I noted that according to the documentationLSUIPresentationMode, setting LSUIPresentationMode to value 1 or 2 (in an ...
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How to open a file in the default application for it directly from QuickLook?
Is there a way to open a file straight from QuickLook?
I have a directory containing symlinks to the PDF files I usually refer to. I cannot copy the files locally and I must use symlinks. When I need ...
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Why are some apps greyed out when Command+Tab'ing through programs?
Sometimes when I switch through programs using the Command+Tab shortcut certain programs appear to be greyed out. I can switch to the program in question with no problems nor is there anything ...
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Grab list of Stats, Application Data, and Serials off OSX 10.6 to prepare for reformat and fresh install?
I need to reformat my 2007 OSX as it is now returning kernal errors. I want to install everything fresh but I have a lot of software and don't want to sit here making a list of everything installed as ...
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vim does not accept syntax in vimrc
When I put the following in ~/.vimrc and save it,
syntax on
vim get errors while opening. I think there are some vim configuration conflicts. Herewith the errors:
Error detected while ...
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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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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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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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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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Xserve save not syncronized
OK here is the setup 5 mac,router, network, xserver, all 10.6.8
If i open a PSD document, the background is red.... I change it to green, then i save... when i reopen this psd doc, the background is ...
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Get OpenCL on SnowLeopard - NVIDIA GeForce 320M
I'd like to do some GPGPU programming using OpenCL on my Mac.
I've got a Mac OS X (version 10.6.8) - Snow Leopard. My graphic card is an NVIDIA geForce 320M. Looking on the web I found out that this ...
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Can I get Time Machine to resume making backups to an external drive?
I have an external drive that I use to backup my iMac and Macbook to. There is a single folder on that drive called backups.backupdb. Inside that folder is a folder for my iMac and a folder for my ...
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Spotlight no longer able to index or search Mail.app
For a while now Spotlight has been unable to index Mail.app messages on my 10.6 system. In system.log I always see sections like:
Jun 30 13:34:43 macbook mdworker[8819]: Error loading ...
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My Mac does not recognize my Galaxy S2 trough USB
Snow Leopard: My Mac doesn't recognize my Samsung Galaxy S2 over USB, and it's starting to drive me nuts.
I've tried the following:
Connect Storage to PC
Settings > Wireless and Networks > ...
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Why does OSX hang when logging in to a Windows network?
For the last couple of years I've used a MacPro + SnowLeopard at work. We have a Windows network so I have to do a network login into our domain. I sometimes login with my local Mac machine account ...
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Finder.app previews of aliases and symbolic links
I have a folder with Finder aliases and symbolic links (i.e. created using ln -s original.pdf link.pdf).
How can I make sure Finder displays previews for these instead of the standard icon?
This ...
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How to build kissmac from source?
When I'm trying to build KisMac from source, I see the next error message:
=== CLEAN NATIVE TARGET KisMac2 OF PROJECT KisMac2 WITH CONFIGURATION Development ===
Check dependencies
[BEROR]error: ...
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Strange network Sent size
I don't understand why my network behave like this, Data sent is larger than Receive whenever I am sending email or upload files, this only happens when uploading something to the web, ftp, email ...
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MCX setting for a specific local user
I am trying to manage a lab of machines using JAMF Software's Casper suite. They have MCX settings that can be deployed just like Workgroup Manager. The only problem I am having is trying to figure ...
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Why does my cursor on Mac OS X get “stuck” sometimes?
In Mac OS X, sometimes when the cursor should change to a text cursor or hand cursor, it is still displayed as an arrow cursor. This gets annoying sometimes because although it still works, it makes ...
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Changing a users desktop picture in terminal
just for fun, I'm trying to change the desktop picture in another account on my iMac (10.6.8) using a terminal command.
Is this possible?
Thanks
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Continuously backs up same files as if this was the first time doing a backup
On Snow Leopard 10.6.8, TimeMachine keeps backing up the same files over and over again, as if they were not backed up the first time. As a result, each time I get a full backup of 300 GB!
I checked ...
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Some files and folders in Finder on SMB Share (Server 2008 R2 / DFS) will gray out based on file creation date change.
I have found a similar question asked over a year ago but it is slightly different. Gray file in finder. While they did find out what was occurring:
Some files on an SMB share that is using DFS will ...
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How do I get AHT to start on restart?
I have tried restarting my iMac while holding D, waiting a few seconds after the chime and also holding down D till it gets to my Desktop, in not one of the instances did my iMac start up Apple ...
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Bluetooth Headphones Need Re-Pairing on Every Connect When Using External Dongle
I have a MacBook running 10.6.8 and I have been having Bluetooth problems for quite a while when using it for headphones (Sony DT-BT50). The first problem started after I repaired my screen: the sound ...
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How can I install ganglia on 10.6 with fink?
I want to install Ganglia on my mac.
I was able to get the configure script to work by installing the following fink packages:
fink install rrdtool rrdtool-dev libconfuse0
And then issuing ...
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Clean Install Snow Leopard without Disk — Build 10K549
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) -- shipped with Snow Leopard (Lion hadn't come out yet) -- that I need to wipe and reinstall. This is for security/privacy/performance purposes, so the goal ...
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Restoring to previous state: concerns with Carbon Copy Cloner and Time Machine conflict
One week ago I experienced an odd and catastrophic failure of my MacBook Pro. The details of the failure are not important, and the relevant parts have been replaced, among them a new HDD. Side note: ...
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Requirements for using iOS Simulator?
Does anyone know what the requirements for running the iOS Simulator? I've got a MacBook running 10.6.8 and ADmitMac 6. Whenever I'm logged in as Active Domain user (that has no /Users account on the ...
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OS/X 10.6 Bizarre login bug: Making alternative “Others…” appear. Why does this happen?
I am studying at NUS in Singapore, and they have a mac-equipped computer lab here at school. All users (students) have our own personal accounts that we use to log in to the computers with. Sometimes ...
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Spaces preferences carried into Lion - can't get hash symbol
In Snow Leopard I used to use Option + cursors to move around spaces (not Command - this was because I liked Command + cursors for 'Home' and 'End').
Therefore I also used Option + 1, Option + 2 etc ...
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SystemProfiler crashes when listing applications
For some time now SP crashes when I try to list apps. I set it to open in 32 bit mode, disconnected all external backup drives, trashed the SP Preferences. I'm not clever enough to understand the ...
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How does Snow Leopard arrange files by “Date Added” for folders on the dock?
I would like to know the underlying mechanism that Snow Leopard uses to arrange files, within folders that are placed on the dock, by "Date Added." I would like to know this in order to retrieve the ...
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Mac OS X Upgrade > Cookie Issue
After a simple upgrade to OSX Snow Leopard, there is an issue with cookies on any site using any browser. I have checked multiple times that cookies are enabled and still have no luck.
What's going ...
