Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) was the seventh major release of the OS X series.
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Add Windows Printer to Mac OS X 10.6.8
I have a Windows 7 computer that I am trying to print to from a Mac. I have added my printer using a smb:// protocol and it works and says Idle, however when I try to print I get the following:
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allow sudo only at a specific time of day
Is it possible to configure sudo so that it only works at a specific time of day, say, from 9AM to 10AM?
In Linux, this can be done by editing /etc/security/time.conf, but I don't know if this is ...
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How can I change permissions of mount point of a network resource on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)?
I want to give another user permission to a mount point of a network resource. The directory mode is 700 and the owner is, of course, the logged in user who created the mount point.
I have programs ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Found bizarre signed exceptions under com.apple.alf.plist
In the never-ending quest to track down odd errors on my late 2008 MBP, running 10.6.8, I have recently noticed that I have several .plist files are created anew several times a day. The list varies, ...
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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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Snow Leopard Airport Join preferred device-based network
Is it possible to auto-join device-based networks on Snow Leopard (i.e. preferred)?
For example, by device-based network, I mean either a printer or an ad-hoc network.
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Are there steps for troubleshooting Time Machine on Snow Leopard that I have missed?
I have had ongoing problems with TM since installing a new HDD in late May. The problems have been varied, and for a while all backups were taking about 2 hours. Now things have "stabilized" and ...
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OS X Keychain keeps prompting me for my SSH passphrase even though I save it (OS X 10.6.8)
Every time I log in to a remote server with SSH, OS X keychain prompts me to remember the SSH passphrase. I type in the passphrase and check the box to remember it. I then connect ok to the server but ...
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How do I install the GnuPG PHP extension?
I'm having trouble installing a PHP native extension: GnuPG. Here's what I've tried so far.
First:
sudo port install gpgme
sudo pecl install gnupg
Output from the second command ends like so:
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Floppy disk became unreadable after initializing it in an old Mac
I'm trying to pass some files from a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard to an old LC 630 with an HD floppy drive and a CD optical reader. As Snow Leopard cannot burn a CD with the HFS (Mac OS Standard) ...
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Where can I find PF for 10.6
I am running snow leopard because I have a requirement to develop there. I need to use pfctl, so i am wondering if there is a way to get PF on snow leopard? I know they put it in Lion, but I can't ...
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Spotlight Woes! Can't search, can't reindex, can't find
Help!
Spotlight stopped working ... if I go to spotlight search (top right), it just hangs.
Same with Apple-F in Finder ... it causes Finder to hang for a minute or so. Cannot search.
I went to ...
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Mac OS X custom keyboard shortcuts
Whenever I set a custom keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X (10.6.8) for a menu item, I cannot use it until I open its menu by clicking on it at least once. This happens every time I launch an app and ...
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iPad sync by iTunes works with Lion but not Snow Leopard
When I hook up my new iPad to my MacBook Pro (running Snow Leopard) with iTunes, I can sync contacts and my calendar but not music or podcasts. There is no error message, it just doesn't transfer the ...
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Chinese IME - Change the font used in the suggestions list
Is there a way to change what font is used to display the 'suggestions' list in OS-X 10.6+ when using the Chinese IME (simplified)? I've looked around in the preferences (particulary 'Candidate ...
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How can I execute key shortcuts that use characters requiring Shift, like #?
I have a 2011 13" MacBook Pro and I'm using Snow Leopard.
When I program, I use Eclipse. Recently, I installed a plugin and I wanted to use a key shortcut rather than navigating 3 menus every time to ...
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MacBook Pro disk failure
Just a few months ago, I bought the latest 2011 MacBook Pro. Now, a few months later, I have a problem. It seems like my notebook is rejecting my hard drive (which is an SSD).
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Printing from Safari cuts lines on page breaks
When I print from safari on 10.6 and 10.7 sometimes the top half of the line is printed on one page and the bottom half is printed on the next. This seems to be independent of the printer as the pdf ...
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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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Mac OS X 10.6 on MacBook Pro won't reinstall
The optical drive on my buddy's MacBook Pro died at the same time the OS failed, so I have to reinstall the OS through my external USB CD Drive that is Mac compatible. I have the Snow Leopard OS X ...
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Snow Leopard Preview Update
Snow Leopard Preview does not show some PDF (Version 1.7) although these can be viewed in Lion.
Is there an upgrade?
After all Version 1.7 is a 2006 ISO Standard
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Closing Safari quickly — without Webpage Preview Fetcher?
For the past few months, attempting to close Safari normally (Command-Q) quickly closes open browser windows, but takes forever (~10+ min) to fully close, if it closes at all.
A look at the Activity ...
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Snow Leopard Server - Error uploading videos to wiki from IE
We are running a Mac server (10.6) in our school district to share videos that teachers have created. I have found that Internet Explorer and Firefox could have a problem viewing the videos, but have ...
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Problems with AirPort on Snow Leopard (MacBook White)
Several days ago I performed a clean installation of Snow Leopard on my MacBook White (late 2009). As usual, everything works marvelous - except for the wireless connection to the internet.
It keeps ...
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Image Capture default action for *any* camera
I'm trying to implement a solution for a multiuser environment involving Image Capture and AutoImport. (10.6.8 with remote MCX).
Our users often connect digital cameras to our Macs to download the ...
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How can I configure autofs with indirect map using sshfs?
How can I configure autofs with an indirect map using sshfs?
What I've done so far:
added /servers auto_sshfs to /etc/auto_master
created /etc/auto_sshfs with * -fstype=sshfs &:/
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Monodevelop on OS X and Displaying UTF-8
Two Questions
Does using Copy or paste cause monodevelop to crash, or is it just me? If you have Monodevelop installed, please can you test this, I fount that both shortcuts and from the menus cause ...
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Internet connection problem wifi working fine but unable to ping anything?
I just came to a different country and suddenly I am having strange issues with my macbook air 2012's wifi. It seems to detect the wifi networks without issue but refuses to load any webpages or ...
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Installing PostgreSQL on Snow Leopard
I've been trying to install PostgreSQL on my Snow Leopard in order to use django on Heroku. I decided to go with the graphical installer here (http://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx/). However, ...
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SMB linux share shows randomly on OSX 10.6
I don't understand how the SMB service is supposed to work on OSX 10.6.
At the moment, I have a linux machine with a trivial setup file
[global]
workgroup = NAS
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comment = For ...
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FileMaker 6 and AppleScript: Deleting a Menu Item
I am trying to write an AppleScript to delete or at least disable certain menu items in FileMaker pro 6. My documentation indicates that it can be done, yet even the exact examples that they give, do ...
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Run Disk Utility on Snow Leopard with lost system disk
I have some errors on the hard drive of my mid-2006 iMac that is running OS X 10.6.8. I need to boot off the system disk to run Disk Utility. Unfortunately, after looking throughout my house, I could ...
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How to deploy Mac OS X 10.6.8 to several clients?
I am working for an Apple Premium Reseller and we are looking for the best way to deploy installations Snow Leopard and newer. Before I started looking into this, we were using the retail version of ...
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ML and SL on a MacBook Pro
My MacBook Pro's 250GB HD is partitioned into bootable Mountain Lion and Snow Leopard volumes. From SL, I can see/access all files on the ML partition. But from ML, I can't see/access any files from ...
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Slipstream updates into an OS X install disc?
Is there a way to slipstream (like in Windows) all updates into the install disc for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?
I found a previous answer here, but the provided link doesn't seem to work any more...
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Networking dead after a disk/permissions repair
After a strange string of events, I'm left with broken networking on my iMac (21" i3, 10.6).
It started on Fri. when a co-worker could not get jobs from this iMac, they were saying he didn't have ...
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How can I designate which two displays Aperture will use on a mac with three or more displays?
I have three displays:
Primary: CRT 1280 x 1024 (5:4 landscape)
Secondary: LCD 1200 x 1900 (10:16 portrait)
Tertiary: LCD 1920 x 1200 (16:10 landscape)
The displays work fine. No issues ...
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iPhone cannot recognise macbook wifi anymore
I have always been using my macbook(10.6.8) as a hotspot and everything worked fine. But of recent, my iPhone and iPod just can recognize the presence of the macbook wifi but they can't connect to it. ...
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Running 10.6 on an MBP Retina Display
Has anyone successfully managed to run 10.6 (Snow Leopard) off a MBP Retina Display? I've only managed to get 10.7+ running so far from an external disk. 10.6 seems to just do nothing. This is because ...
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MBP: MacOS 10.6 hangs up after login
I've got a MacBook pro with snow leopard installed. All worked fine, just now I had to install OpenAfs, which requires a reboot. When I tried to reboot, the pc stopped shutting down: All I could see ...
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Install HP printer on 10.6.4 without Apple Update
Can I install a HP Deskjet Printer on Snow Leopard (10.6.4) without access to 'Apple Update'?
Scenario: Have an outside worker using a Mac on our secured Samba environment. We are not adding the Mac ...
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Sync problem from calendar on iPhone to calendar on iMac
When I add an event to the calendar on the iMac it appears after sync on the calendar on the iPhone - but not the reverse. How do I get the sync to work both ways?
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Add WXT Terminal to GNUplot 4.6.1
My MacPorts GNUplot 4.6.1 works nicely but has no WXT terminal. Over in StackOverflow
WXT terminal on OSX
this was suggested:
port variants gnuplot to list available variants.
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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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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 ...
