Usually referring to the startup process of a device or computer from an initial "cold" state rather than sleep or hibernation.
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Renaming the startup disks shown during boot
I'm dual booting OS X (Lion) and Arch Linux, and when I hold down "option" during the boot process, I am presented with both of my startup disk options (i.e., OS X and Linux); however, they are named ...
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MacBook Pro Sluggish boot
My MacBookPro has been extremely slow at the startup. Is there something similar to Window's System Registry that I can see all the boot files and uncheck what I don't need?
I'm running Mac OS X ...
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How to recover iPod touch 2G stuck on green screen and Apple logo?
I have an iPod Touch 2G, I have been trying to switch it on for a few days but it won't. When I plug it in my laptop a green screen appears then it is stuck on the apple logo. I tried to start it in ...
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What are only necessary processes (minimal set) for OS X work?
What are only necessary processes (minimal set) for OS X work?
What are the differences in the sets for different versions (Lion minimal set, Mountain Lion minimal set)?
What are the processes that ...
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Notification area icons are sometimes invisible in Windows 7 (Boot Camp)
For some reason, sometimes my notification area icons are invisible in Windows 7 64-bit (Boot Camp, on an iMac mid-2010), as seen in this screenshot. Clicking on an invisible item does nothing. ...
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How to image and deploy a Bootcamp setup?
We are rolling out iMac's and MacBook Pro's throughout the business and are setting them up with Boot Camp and an option to boot into Windows 7. Essentially the partition is just split down the ...
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Auto run a UI app and click a button on startup
I want to do two things when my Mac boots up:
1) Run an app
2) Click a button on that app
Any suggestions for how I can accomplish this?
FWIW, this is app I haven't written so I can't change ...
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Filesystem check on startup
as Mac OS X in part is an *nix operating system. Will the filesystem of my computer be checked periodically? How to check when the next check will be triggered, if it is checked periodically?
My ...
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Deleted Mac OS X boot image but can still access files via Boot Camp Windows
Ok, I know I completely messed up here and it's all my fault, but moving past that -- can anyone help me fix this situation?
I used Boot Camp to install Windows 7 on my MacBook the other day. Then, ...
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My MBP (13 inch, MID 2010) will not start up
I have used the internet for the past 2 weeks in search of something that will help me troubleshoot/repair my MBP. It wont boot in Safe Mode using the SHIFT key. Following is everything I have tried ...
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How can I prevent applications from re-launching at startup?
Using Mountain Lion (10.8.2) on a MBP (13" mid-2009) I have times when applications launch during startup even though they have been exited before the last shutdown. This seems to happen on the order ...
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How can I open Google Chrome in Presentation mode using a shell script
Previously in 10.6.8, I was able to start Google using
open /Applications/Chrome.app --args --kiosk http://www.google.com
Now, on newer systems, that does not work anymore correctly. The only way to ...
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How to prevent an automatic network share connection at startup?
Problem Synopsis: I have a WiFi router that can connect to a USB storage device and then allow access to that device over WiFi. I had once connected my Mac (OS X Lion 10.7.4) to such a storage device ...
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Launch agents not lauching at system startup
I have several plist files in the folder ~/Library/LaunchAgents. They all have the same permissions but two of them (dotjs and pow) are not launching at login, even if they have the key RunAtLoad set ...
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Boot Camp startup problems when using “Startup Disk” but not when using “Option” key on startup
There are essentially two ways to start up Boot Camp (mine has Windows 7 in it). The first is to open up System Preferences, click on "Startup Disk", then choose the Windows partition and click ...
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How do I copy Chrome to TmpDisk on startup/RAMDisk creation?
I have set up TmpDisk to create a 1GB RAM Disk on startup.
This works fine.
How do I get it to automatically copy Chrome onto the RAM Disk every time it starts up?
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System Tray sometimes empty in Windows 7 in Boot Camp?
For some reason, sometimes when I boot into Windows 7 in Boot Camp, the System Tray will be empty. So when I try to restart via the Start Menu, nothing happens. I have to manually shut down power, ...
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macbook pro with filevault loses startup disk
My MBP (13inch, late 2011) sometimes loses it's startup disk when I have powered it off by holding the power button for 10 seconds. Not every time, but one time out of 5.
(See my other question on my ...
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is it possible to boot from another Macs Recovery Partition via Target Disk Mode?
Is it possible to boot a Mountain Lion compatible Mac, Mac 1 from another Mac Running Mountain Lion Mac 2's using the hidden recovery partition on Mac 2?
Mac 1 running 10.7
Mac 2 running 10.8
I ...
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SSD only boots from USB adapter
I would like to know if anyone has an idea or suggestion to what's happening on my SSD.
I was using Lion on my Vertex 3 SSD 240GB - MacBook Pro (early 2011 model) and everything was running well ...
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How do I keep a partition from loading and connecting on startup?
I have a Mac Pro with four drives that all load on start up, and show up on the desktop as they should. The problem lies in the Windows 7 drive, as it also load and connects a System Restore ...
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What can cause start up to stop at the apple logo and spinning gear?
I'm trying to help a friend fix their MacBook, and I've run out of ideas. I've gone through every resource I can find, so hopefully someone has some insight into this problem.
When the machine starts ...
