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Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image?

I've got an encrypted disk sparse bundle disk image and I've used fstab with the right UUID to mount it someplace other than /Volumes. What I would like is to just dbl-click on it, enter the password ...
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Test a list of passwords on Sparse Image

I have a sparse image file with some important data in it I would like to retrieve. The only problem is I've forgotten the password. I have a good idea of the parts of the password and managed to ...
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Change “ignore ownership on this volume” from the command line for Mac OS X volume

(This question is a spin-off of another question I asked on this site.) New images always ignore owner/group When creating a new disk image from Disk Utility it is automatically mounted. If you then ...
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Cannot change owner and group of file mounted disk image

I have an external disk which (for other reasons) is formatted using FAT32. On that disk I have created a sparse bundle image formatted using HFS extended (journaled). This image is then mounted on ...
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Why can't I access the Time Machine backup .sparsebundle file on my new computer?

I've been at this for a solid 6 hours now, hoping like heck someone here can help me. I've had a Time Capsule for nearly 2 years, consistently backing up two different laptops in my home using Time ...