Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) was the seventh major release of the OS X series.
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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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Macbook Pro intermittently unresponsive/dark screen after waking from sleep
I'm having an intermittent problem in which my Macbook Pro has been working fine for several days and many sleep/wake cycles but then it has a problem waking up from sleep. The disk spins up and the ...
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How can I sort a Finder search by size on OS 10.6.8?
I'm using OSX 10.6.8, and when searching on finder, it doesn't let me sort files by size, is there a way to do this?
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How to move Keychain from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion?
I am trying to move keychain database from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion.
I can't find the place of keychain in Mountain Lion anymore.
Even if I will find that keychain file location:
Will it be ...
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typing a backtick on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
I have had a hunt around the net for this, but cannot find an answer - how do I type a backtick on Mac OSX Snow Leopard? I have a Macbook from late-2010.
The backtick character is one I use on a ...
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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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How do I roll back updates on my MBP?
My MBP has been freezing every day, and extremely slow ever since the last 10.6.8 update. Is there a way to go back to when my laptop was usable? Sort of like in Windows where you can uninstall ...
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How / is it possible to compare files on your hard drive with those in your time machine backup?
I have snow leopard and have been using time machine to regularly backup files.
How / is it possible to compare files on your hard drive with those in your time machine backup?
I know you can ...
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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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Set keyboard shortcut for nested menu selection
Say an application has a menu selection Export in the File menu. On mouse over, a sub-menu extends with the export options. Is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut for one of those nested ...
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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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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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Upgrade dual booted MacBook Pro to Lion from Snow Leopard/Ubuntu
I have a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard and Ubuntu on separate partitions. I use rEfit to choose which operating system I want to boot into. I would like to upgrade to Lion, but I'm concerned this ...
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Random 100% Finder CPU Usage On One Account
Ok guys, here's the deal. Randomly, I wasn't doing anything specific -- my system starts getting sluggish. I checked the activity viewer -- wow, finder is at 150% CPU!
I have scoured the internet for ...
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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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How to mount local folder with mount_afp in OS X 10.6.8
I tried to use mount_afp afp://user:111@127.0.0.1/home ~/Documents to mount the ~/Documents folder to the shared folder, but it shows the error like below:
mount_afp: AFPMountURL returned error ...
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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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How to upgrade the ssh program on OS X 10.6.8?
I would prefer to do this through the command line rather than downloading Macports.
Any help appreciated.
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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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DNS not resolving on Mac OS
Some of my coworkers are having troubles on their Macs - DNS resolution does not work under Mac OS. They're running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. They can use DNS in a Windows 7 virtual machine (VMware Fusion ...
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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 To Upgrade Snow Leopard to Lion (not Mountain Lion)
I couldn't find Mac OS X Lion in the App Store. Can I go from Snow Leopard to Lion without migrating to Mountain Lion?
Many programs are now dropping support for Snow Leopard (newer XCode, newer ...
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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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Fix Blank Icons in Dock Stacks and Grids
I use Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8), and here's my problem: Stack and grid views of folders very often look like this:
These empty boxes are not very useful for finding files quickly. When I open ...
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Installing ruby 1.9 on Mac OS X 10.7
I'm trying to install Kitabu on Mac OS X 10.7.4.
When I tried to use gem install kitabu --pre to install kitabu, I got an error
ERROR: Error installing kitabu:
kitabu requires Ruby ...
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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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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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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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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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Shortcut to open the Goto window in file open/save dialogues WITH the equivalent to path added
When you have a file open/save prompt box open, you can hit the / key to open a GoTo dialouge to navigate via the file path.
Is there a shortcut that does this action but automatically adds the ./
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App Store only sells latest OS X version? Can't get Lion 10.7 anymore?
I have a MacBook model A1181, 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory. It's running Snow Leopard, and running fine including speed wise. I want to upgrade to make use of iOS simulator and XCode 4. Saw that ...
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How can you email an address book group to another Mac user?
If I have an OS X Address Book group of people I want to email periodic updates to, and I want to send that list to a second person who wants to email updates to this group as well, how can I do that?
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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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What version of GDB version is included in your Xcode?
Not sure if this is suitable for Stack Overflow or here.
I'm having some problems with GDB in Xcode and I wonder if it isn't a problem with what version I'm on. I have Snow Leopard and Xcode 3.2.6. ...
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Automatically quit Terminal when typing exit
Scenario
I use terminal to SSH a lot, however would like the Terminal App to quit when the last Tab closes using exit. I already have the terminal window itself set to close on successful exit, ...
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FTP Client with Email notifications?
I'm looking for a FTP client that supports sending notification when transfers have completed. Does anyone know of one?
I'd like to trigger an email when files have finished uploading to a server.
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Disabling startup items that run despite being unchecked on the “login items” list
I have a number of (background) programs that startup automatically on login even though they have been disabled (unchecked) on the Login Items pane of the Users & Groups System Preferences. ...
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How do I kill the “server connections interrupted” window/process?
When my MacBook wakes up, away from a network it was previously connected to, it shows the "server connections interrupted" window. When I click "disconnect all", I get a spinning beach ball of death. ...
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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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Mac OS asking for password too early/often
I have a 2008 aluminum Macbook running Snow Leopard, and I have set it to ask for my account's password after 4 hours inactivity. However, it sometimes asks for it much earlier, after just a few ...
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How can you search in the trash, and sort deleted files by date of deletion?
In Snow-Leopard: Is it possible to search in the Trash, and sort deleted files by date of deletion?
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icon for iTunes 10.7/music missing from System Preferences in Snow Leopard
My music/iTunes icon:
is present in the Dock
has gone from some panes of System Preferences.
This first screenshot is from the Spotlight pane, the icon is expected to the left of Music:
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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Manually move iCal into Lion
How can I import iCal event into Lion from either an iPhone or Snow Leopard?
I have a Time Machine backup from Snow Leopard, and an iPhone, each with up-to-date iCal calendars. I have a clean Lion ...
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I cannot connect to internet but my MacBook Pro detects the network and my HP computer works fine on the same network
My MacBook Pro, for some reason, detects the wireless connection and I can open my Skype account without any problem BUT I cannot go to a web page. This happens on both Safari and Firefox. My HP ...
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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 control Bluetooth wireless radio from the command line?
This question is almost the same as my previous question, but with one major difference; I want to turn on/off Bluetooth from the command line (bash or similar), NOT from AppleScript - the answers for ...
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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 ...
