New answers tagged mac
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The answer is covered in this microsoft forum discussion, but in essence what you need to do is
switch to list view in the file dialog
be sure "Kind" is one of the columns shown
if it isn't, hold "control" and click on the bar with column names
select "Kind" to show that row
then you can click on the "Kind" header to sort, and all folders will be ...
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In Preferences, the File Locations preference pane allows to to specify the location for all documents to be saved.
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This thread says that there's a switch in the SD card slot that detects when a card is inserted, and it can get clogged by dust or jammed or something. If you play around with a toothpick (or anything that fits in that hole), it'll fix your problem. Toggling that switch helps.
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Remove iTunes (you can reinstall later, but who would want to do that)
sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes
Create a "do nothing" application using Automator. Just open Automator, create an empty application, and save it.
Connect your device. You will be prompted to find iTunes. Click browse and select your "do nothing" application.
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If your wife's account has read/write access to your Dropbox folder, then a symlink should work. You might need to give special permission to your Dropbox folder to your wife's account, and apply those permissions to enclosed items…
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If you’re satisfied you can stop here, but the Music directory containing the music is arranged in somewhat unusual fashion with songs stuffed into a bunch of folders with meaningless file names.
The easiest way to sort and rename all of these files is to use iTunes to import the folder, and if you use iTunes for general media management anyway you’ll want ...
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It may be because scrotwm has been renamed to spectrwm and I'm guessing the old CVS repository has been removed.
As per the above link, you can clone the new git repository using either of the following:
$ git clone git://opensource.conformal.com/spectrwm.git
$ git clone https://opensource.conformal.com/git/spectrwm.git
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To the question regarding whether one put can a PC motherboard in G5 tower: the answer is yes.
I placed a gigabyte ga-945gcmx-s2 with 6700 intel into the G5 (it was one I took out of a tower I was updating). The G5 was one that I found at a Goodwill store. There was nothing inside except a fried motherboard. It has four 120mm fans which I added. You will ...
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I'm pretty sure Apple had a mouse for the Apple II line although I'm not sure if it overlapped with the Lisa and Mac.
The first Lisa had its own operating system which used an early version of Bill Atkinson's quickdraw routines, had overlapping windows, pull down menus although if memory serves it had a document model more like OpenDoc than what the Mac had ...
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I setup the shortcut Option+Space to switch the language and leave the Commmand+Space for Spotlight search.
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If your iTunes library is anything like mine and is somewhere above 200GB, I recommend doing a firewire transfer from one computer to the other. If your computers have different firewire plug shapes, the adaptors are relatively easy to find in big box electronic stores. I found mine at Best Buy.
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The third digit is the year of manufacture; fourth and fifth are the week. (If your computer has a 12 digit serial, ie the third digit is a letter, then the fourth is the year and fifth/sixth are the week).
Where to find factory list in apple serial number
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Few ways found after searching -
1. Mac Tracker
Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported OS versions, and expansion options. Also included is information on Apple mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners, speakers, ...
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If it's music you ripped yourself, or is otherwise DRM-free, you can just copy the iTunes library and files over to the new computer via networked file sharing, or a USB hard drive or similar. When you open iTunes it should read the library files and load everything automatically.
Apple's support article on moving your music to a new computer should be ...
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FYI, if all you need is basic control from OSX, check out Orbit-VM https://code.google.com/p/orbit-vm/
It's aim is to provide an open source, cross-platform GUI for managing vSphere 4 servers.
However, I use this to manange my ESXi 5 box and it works great on Mountain Lion!
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Have you tried the service "Add to iTunes as a spoken track"? You can easily assign a keyboard shortcut to it an then manage the tracks with iTunes.
I found this tutorial on youtube.
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Go to you settings, select iCloud, then turn on contacts. then it should automatically update the contacts. For mail, turn on the "mail" option.
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iTunesHelper will run if you open iTunes, or do something that opens an iTunes service.
The only way to completely disable iTunesHelper is to…
Quit iTunes and remove iTunesHelper from Login Items.
Go to /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/
You can use Finder's Go to Folder to go there - paste in the path as above.
Rename iTunesHelper.app to ...
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I think they cache them locally cause sometimes I'm able to view the images in my folders even while I'm offline but those files aren't on my Favorites.
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If marked as favourite then on iPad/iPod/iPhone
Looking at file means that it is temporarily downloaded to view until application is closed, then it is removed.
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I've already posted the solution on a previous question with a similar problem.
Restoring finder icon
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One of the first thing Apple technical support will have you do is to create a new user: log out of your current user, log into the new user and see if that helps. Toss a restart in as well.
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You can try using the OnyX maintenance tool to speed up your mac.
Download for 10.8 here: http://joel.barriere.pagesperso-orange.fr/dl/108/OnyX.dmg
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Most recent 15" MacBook Pros have dual graphics cards — one integrated into the CPU (the Intel 3000), and one discrete card (the Radeon). It switches dynamically based on what programs are running and how they use the GPU.
Some more info from Apple:
MacBook Pro: How to determine which graphics card is in use
MacBook Pro: How to set graphics performance
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My system is to not install apps that don't have a mechanism for alerting me of their update status.
I have an email account (or you could use rules) and RSS technology to keep track of seldom used apps. Most apps I use regularly also have internal update notifications similar to Apple's for iTunes and MAS/OS updates.
That bypasses the need to devote time ...
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I found the CULPRIT, my SSD needed a firmware update.
Crucial Offers Firmware Update For Crucial m4 SSD BSOD
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I would start with running sysdiagnose every time the Mac becomes unresponsive. Once you have 5 to 10 events, you could start the process of troubleshooting this for a software issue, but if the problem is something that happens all the time, you will quickly start to notice a pattern to what and when this happens.
If it's an infrequent issue (and it is ...
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I don't think it'll be possible - terminal-based applications (as those running in terminal emulators like Terminal.app, iTerm.app, etc are) don't support multiple concurrent fonts. This is because a terminal application is written to run on a traditional dumb terminal which wouldn't have the concept of multiple fonts. Within a terminal emulator, all text is ...
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Since Boot Camp sets your Windows partition as the Startup Disk, some keyboard commands on boot become very temperamental.
Try holding alt on startup - see if you can select the recovery partition.
If not, you might have to re-install the OS from disc or external drive.
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This is a lot easier than my comment, so I thought it was worthy of answer status:
go to /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
there you will find:
ApplicationsFolderIcon.icns* DesktopFolderIcon.icns DocumentsFolderIcon.icns
DownloadsFolderIcon.icns LibraryFolderIcon.icns MoviesFolderIcon.icns MusicFolderIcon.icns ...
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Macupdate Desktop does this for $20/year.
The MacUpdate.com website is the most actively updated website for Mac software that I know of. They often notify me of updates to software before I'm even aware that they are available, even if it is popular software that I use frequently.
The app can be set to automatically run even X hours or days. In addition, ...
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AppFresh helps you to keep all applications, widgets, preference panes and application plugins installed on your Mac up to date.
http://metaquark.de/appfresh/mac
AppFresh for Mac license for $14.99
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Goto your Home Folder -> Library -> Preferences and delete the file :
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
If you can't find the files use this method - From the Finder menu bar, select Go ▹ Go to Folder and copy the following line into the text box that opens:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Then, restart, or log out and ...
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I find both the answers from Ian C. and ghoppe correct and accurate, so I gave them both a +1, because they're both right.
If it was me I'd try the Disk Utility tactic first because you may have nothing more than a case of index corruption on the hard drive and that might fix it up. The next most likely cause, in my opinion, could be that the drive has ...
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There seem to be a handful of apps available that allow your iPhone to act as a webcam for your Mac over Wi-Fi, which would allow you to view and record video from them. A few of the ones I found:
PocketCam
Mobiola WebCamera
iWebcamera
For recording purposes, you may need to use the built-in recording functionality of QuickTime Player, although some of ...
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You can access them from the bezel window (shown by control-option-V by default) by holding the right arrow key.
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Goto your HomeFolder -> Library -> Preferences and delete the file : com.apple.terminal.plist
That should reset the settings on your Terminal
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Detailed development and design patterns using these two tools, and bug reports for them, are probably best asked on the tool developer's page.
As for why use Anvil?
Technically you don't have to. Anvil is a convenience tools that shortens local, testing URLs so they resemble something more production-like. In some cases, addons like TypeKit don't behave ...
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In the messages prefs, under the messages tab do you have the "save history when conversations are closed" checked or not?
I generally don't close my conversations so I haven't lost any of my messages but if you regularly close them then this might be the option to check, if you haven't already done so.
Also if you have your main (Apple ID) account listed ...
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I had a similar problem with my Mac mini. I tried different RAM, re-installed the OS, looked at system logs to try to figure out what was causing the problem. I got nowhere. Eventually I took it into the Apple Store to have a genius take a look, and at first it checked out fine. They kept it overnight and determined the logic board was bad. After a warranty ...
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I ran disk utility and repaired even though it said not necessary then I ran onyx latest version automatic fix and mine is working fine now!
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I believe this issue is caused by the fact that the Nehalem based Xeon processor you have is one of the "Triple Channel" variants, meaning that when you install the fourth stick of RAM you are forcing the memory into the non-channel diversified mode, similar to using 3 sticks of memory in a dual channel system.
This is supported by the fact that you're ...
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You should be able to turn your script into an application with Automator - Applications -> Utilities -> Automator.app. Look for an option called "Run Shell Script" and once you're done, it should behave like other apps in that anything that is dragged and dropped on it will be run with it. Good luck!
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@Gedgar is saying that RAM always runs at the slowest speed available amongst all your chips. I'd suggest this.
One stick at a time (8GB should be plenty to boot)
put one stick in
boot the computer
check speed
remove the stick
repeat with the second stick and so on.
I'm expecting you to find a stick that's labeled wrong or not functioning properly and ...
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Alt click and select "Get info." This will refresh the folder. I have this problem with ftp folders mounted as a drive via Transmit.
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It should work in Finder by default, but did you press the right delete key?
Delete (⌫) is the key that is called backspace on other platforms
Forward delete (⌦) is the key that is called delete on other platforms
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Look into "System Preferences → Keyboard keys" and make sure Command is enabled and mapped to the Cmd key. Check also custom shortcuts in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" panel.
Go to Finder, select a file, open the "File" menu and see what shortcut is associated to "Move to Trash".
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Simple Automator Application :
Create a new Application
Add a Ask for text action
Add a Run a sheel script action
Select Pass input as Arguments
Copy the following script (Assuming ~/Desktop/Test exists)
=>
cd ~/Desktop/Test
say -o "$@.m4a" $@
Save your application. It's ready to use.
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i would use python for this... since it is included in the vanilla OSX distibution.
Check wxPython together with pyApp
assuming you mean a gui-based app..
Using python you can use subprocess in order to call any terminal command from python eg:
import subprocess
subprocess.call("date")
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In System Preferences under Energy Saver, is there a check in the checkbox for Enable Power Nap while plugged into a power adapter?
If so, then this is possibly why your iMac is waking up. The description of Power Nap in System Preferences says: "While sleeping, your Mac can back up using Time Machine and periodically check for new email, calendar, and ...
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