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Does airplane-mode disable GPS?
According to
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1355
airplane-mode on the iPhone shuts off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ...GPS.
My understanding is that GPS-devices only /receive/ GPS
signals, they don't ...
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3
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Disabling Photo Stream with Shared Apple ID
My kid's devices are tied to my Apple ID, and that's working wonderfully. The problem is that anytime I take a photo on my iphone, it automatically appears on their ipads. How do I disable that?
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How do I retrieve previous iTunes purchases
I wish to download previous iTunes purchases on my iPhone, but there is nothing showing up in my purchases. When I go direct and search on iTunes for the music I have downloaded it says I have ...
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0
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Who is listening to my iTunes? [duplicate]
I see that there are 2 people in my school connected to my iTunes library. how would i go about finding out who it is, other than just the ip. Maybe try to figure out like their computer name or ...
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0
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Strange bug in MacVim 7.4 and some others apps on MacBook Retina
Bug (excuse me for bad quality)
Explanation: In full screen mode in MacVim 7.4 i see the background panel.
I tried set transparency=0 but it does not work, Is it good to see backpanel in ...
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1
answer
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Applescript IF statement with click and keystroke?
I would like to make a script that press down the shift button every time i click on something and maintains it pressed until I release click.
Something like:
If click then key down shift
"when click ...
3
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1
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In Mountain Lion, where is the exclude list for Time Machine stored? [duplicate]
I want to know if the list of Time Machine excluded files (pictured below) can be found in a file somewhere.
I know about the question On Lion, what files are excluded by rule from a Time Machine ...
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0
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iPad and iPhone calendar: same settings, different google calendars
Standard calendar app in iPad and iPhone show different calendars, while settings on "preferences/email, contacts and calendars" and in the standard calendar on both devices are equal, as far as i can ...
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4
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Flash Player 11.8 install fails with error code 30 listed in console
I am installing the most recent Flash Player 11 for Firefox/Safari, and after running the .pkg from Finder the installation always fails at 50%. I find this error in the console at the end of ...
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1
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MacBook Pro repeatedly freezes, often with odd display glitches
I have an older, 2007 15-inch MacBook Pro (model identifier MacBookPro3,1) which has begun freezing repeatedly.
If I boot into Single User Mode it stays operative, however I've begun to get graphic ...
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2
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Where should I store command line applications?
When I download command line applications they are located in my ~/Downloads/ directory. But I feel this is wrong place to have a command line application located. Where in the Mac OS X filesystem ...
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Why does my iPhone heat when charged and when in use
My iPhone gets really hot when charging and sometimes when I use it. I thought it might do this because my iPhone is cracked and I've thought about getting the screen fixed but I'm not sure if that's ...
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0
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iPhone 5/iPad 3/4 Failing to Renew DHCP Lease
I just setup a Airport Extreme gen 6 (f/w 7.7.1). On it I have several Apple devices including two iPhone 5s, iPad 3, and iPad 4 all on iOS 6.1.4.
I am able to open web pages through Safari on all ...
0
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2
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Open contact group on Mac
I just want to use AppleScript to open an existing group in Mac Address Book (v7.1).
tell application "Contacts"
set selected of group "friend" to true
activate
end tell
above is the sample ...
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1
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iMac wakes up without any noticeable reason
I have a iMac 27" late 2012, OS X 10.8.4 and last night it woke up from sleep-mode while I was 3 meters away from it. Nobody but me was in the room. The login-Screen was visible. After some seconds ...
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1
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What are these weird permissions? ==> d????????? ? ? ??
Since my Mac crashed and does not boot OS X at the moment, I am trying to recover some data from my user folder in OS X from within of Ubuntu.
Usually I have no problem accessing the files. But not ...
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2
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Stuck at Apple logo during boot. Cannot enter Safe mode. Cannot use Recovery USB
A little background
I wanted to create a Mountain Lion recovery USB because I currently only have a Lion recovery USB. While downloading the installer image from the Mac App store, the computer froze ...
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5
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How to completely disable Airplay in Mac OS X [duplicate]
I'd like to cut out AirPlay entirely.
Looking for an answer, I read
Disable AirPlay on a Mac
But it didn't really offer a direct solution.
Here is my problem:
I have the household media room ...
0
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3
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Why do all of the .dmg files I download end up on my desktop?
When I download a .dmg file it somehow ends up on my desktop automatically. Even after I install the .dmg, it is still on my desktop.
How do I stop these from appearing on my desktop? Should they be ...
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1
answer
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Is there a way to delete something off your computer but not your itunes account?
Memory on my computer is running low. Is there a way to remove stuff from my iTunes account (like delete them from my computer) and still have them on my account (not delete them off my account) so ...
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5
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How do I temporarily relocate my Time Machine backup files
I have a 1TB WD My Passport external hard drive that I've been using for Time Machine backups. I recently had an issue with it where I can't save to it anymore because it was corrupted. The way to fix ...
0
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1
answer
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"Laptop Notebook Memory for Apple Mac Mini"? Does this sound right?
I am shopping for memory for a MacBook Pro (mid-2009) and I found this. Supposedly, it is "Laptop Notebook Memory for Apple Mac Mini". Can such memory be used in a Mac Mini? Can it be used in the MBP ...
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2
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Alias to ssh and cd into a specific directory
I want an alias to SSH into another machine and then CD into a specific directory.
I try:
alias appl="ssh [email protected]; cd /opt/tomcat/instances/"
It does not work. Any ideas?
10
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2
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Coloured Vertical Lines on Screen
I dropped my macbook air and the screen is like this since.
Does anyone know what exactly happened to it? Is it hardware or software?
1
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1
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Why our game never appeared in the new section of the appstore?
We released a game 4 days ago (Thursday), Junction Action Arcade, its categories are action and arcade,
and I've been looking in the appstore in the section "Games -> Action -> New", in tha USA store, ...
1
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2
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use different terminal setting after ssh into another machine
I would like to use different terminal setting after doing a ssh into another machine. This would mean I could have my terminals to different machine using different colours. Is this possible? ...
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1
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Find out about links
I have a few links set up. I can do ls -l and get full information about them.
For example:
Me-Machine:Links me$ ls -l ~/Links
total 8
lrwxr-xr-x 1 me staff 64 26 Jul 23:20 jenkins_tc -> /...
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1
answer
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Missing notes on MacBook Air
I cannot see some of my notes I created on MacBook Air. When I check in Spotlight it says (null). What does that mean? Where are my notes?
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4
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Why is my MacBook getting hotter than usual since some time?
Since some time my MacBook is constantly hotter than it used to be, even when not having much CPU load. What could the cause be?
Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) didn't completely ...
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5
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Get computer name from IP-address
I have the IP address of a computer on my network but is there a way that with the IP address I can find the name of computer?
For example, if I know the IP address is 192.154.23.60, can I use this ...
3
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0
answers
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Mac OS X Microphone Auto Mute
The microphone on my system is getting auto muted.
Some times I check it and it is set to input level 0. The system menu settings for my microphone are also the same.
Any idea what could cause that ...
0
votes
1
answer
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How can I know if I have any Notifications with newer OS X Notifications bar?
I have OS X 10.8, and one thing I don't understand about the new Notifications system is that the icon in the menu bar doesn't tell me whether I have any notifications or not. The icon ( ) looks the ...
2
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2
answers
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Macbook crashes at startup after process bar appears
Today the Macbook pro I purchased in December got quite slow, and so I decided to reboot it. I restarted it normally through the system, but it had not started up when I checked few minutes later. ...
0
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1
answer
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Ios app transfer [closed]
I am developing an ios app for a client and would like to know that when I go for the $99 developer program I can post the app and get all the help but what about when I want to provide everything to ...
0
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2
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How Can I install Java on mac [duplicate]
I want to install java plug-in in firefox .
I read that installing java plug-in is not secure.
EDIT1 : Can anyone please tell me why java installation is not secure, and should I install it or not.
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3
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iTunes Match Alternative ... or some way of implementing this
We’ve been using iTunes Match pretty much since the beginning, but recently my wife has turned it off and refused to re-subscribe. I’m fast getting to the same place. It just seems so unstable, ...
0
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1
answer
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How does access control work on Mac OS X
I would like to have user access rules on a central Music folder. In other words, I am the owner and editor and the kids can only copy downs music but certainly not change anything (like my tags). How ...
4
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2
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Hide the dock in Mission Control and Launchpad?
I am really fed up with the Mac OS Dock showing in Mission Control and especially Launchpad.
Is there any way at all (even if I have to program it myself) to hide it in Mission Control and Launchpad ...
1
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1
answer
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iphone 4s unable to play tone alerts
For some reason, the sounds for ringers, and alerts/notifications on my iPhone appear to not be playing anymore. Even though the ringer volume in settings is turned up almost to the max, the phone ...
0
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1
answer
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Change audio output of Logic Pro 9
I have two Apple Cinema displays connected to my Mac Pro, System preferences sees both displays for audio output, however Logic is only sending audio out of my secondary display, not my main one, and ...
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2
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Recycle Bin isn't working: all the files are deleted immediately and completely
Well, I don't know what happening on my MTL 10.8.4, but yesterday file deleting became very strange. When I press cmd+backspace dialog window with two variants is shown: Delete and Cancel. So the ...
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1
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View the actual configuration of a remote printer
Someone in the office set up printing from a Mac to a printer connected through USB to a Windows computer (the only Windows computer in the office). He can't remember how he set it up and no one else ...
3
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0
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Outgrowing Time Capsule: drobo, synology, os x server on mac mini? [closed]
We have 14 macs in an office backing up to a 2TB Time Capsule, which sometimes shows delays but generally works. We need more space and while I can upgrade the drive to a 4TB I have a feeling we are ...
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1
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Why do I need to activate my iPhone?
This is something I don't particularly understand. I get that for Windows, activation exists to prevent software piracy, but you don't have to pay for iOS. Perhaps activation exists to prevent Android ...
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1
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Customizing Pages' outline using paragraph styles
My document in Pages 4.2 for Mac has custom paragraph styles for a couple of levels of headings. I'd like to get a bird's eye view of my document that shows only those headings, not the paragraphs in ...
3
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3
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Can iPhones with ActiveSync use Exchange shared mailboxes?
I have a team that all have privileges configured in Exchange to give them read/write access to the Inbox, and send-as privileges, for a shared mailbox. This works great on Outlook, where they can ...
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Alternative to cp --parents in terminal
I was trying to use the --parents option with cp (to create the non-existing directories in the target path) in the terminal but that option does not seem to be working in MacOS.
>cp --parents ...
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1
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Home Sharing not working with iPhone 5 iOS 6
Home sharing is not working on my iPhone : I can't see any 'shared' option in both music and videos app while I have activated Home sharing with the same ID on both my Mac and my iPhone.
I have a ...
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1
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Shuffling Songs from Multiple Playlists on iPhone
I'd like to play songs from multiple playlists on my iPhone and iCloud. I use iTunes Match which clearly introduces some limitations.
The closest I've come is to create a Smart Playlist, with the ...
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How do I work around a "Could not resolve host: (nil)..." error when installing/using Homebrew?
I'm trying to install Homebrew on OS X 10.8.4, and get the following:
$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
==> This script will install:
/usr/local/bin/brew
/usr/local/...