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Unable to restore applications after hard drive replacement
My iMac 27" went in for hard drive replacement but now I can't seem to get anything to restore. I've put Snow Leopard back onto the drive but then apps are missing and the second install disc that ...
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How to have a specific contact make a ring sound even in silent mode
I have an iPhone 4, and I have the switch on the side set to switch silent mode on and off.
I'd like specific contacts (for example, She Who Must Be Obeyed) to ring when they call, even in silent ...
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How can I reliably move photos from an iPhone and iPad to a Mac without losses or duplicates?
I have a MacBook, an iPhone, and an iPad all using the same iCloud account to sync photos, among other things. There are photos on the iPhone in its Camera Roll, Photo Stream, the iPhoto app, and ...
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Will changing my Apple ID affect any apps that I have purchased?
I want to change my Apple ID, simply just because I don't want to use that name or that email address anymore. Will it affect any apps that I have purchased in the past with that old Apple ID? If I ...
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How can I make sure that all songs sync to my iPod?
I have a 160GB iPod and it only syncs old music to my iPod.
I buy new songs and it will not sync them. I have probably 150 songs that will not sync (purchased songs). I did run diagnostic and it ...
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Is the increased weight of the ipad 4 worth the retina screen, in comparison to the ipad mini?
I'm trying to decide between purchasing a iPad mini or an iPad 4--this will be my first tablet. I went to the Apple Store and was struck by how heavy the iPad 4 feels in comparison to the iPad mini, ...
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Using a Mac Mini at 1920x1200
I got a Mac Mini at about summer in 2011 and I'm looking to use it along with my main PC using a Dell Ultrasharp U2412M monitor. The monitor's DVI is used by my main PC, so I picked up a Mini ...
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New Macbook pro rarely recognizes additional display, freezes when connected [closed]
My new 13" MacBook Pro rarely recognizes a third-party display. The display works fine with a PC. It is connected via a third-party Thunderbolt/VGA adapter. Worked beautifully the first time. Now I ...
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In apple mail, with contact photos enabled next to mail subjects, one person in my contact doesn't have his picture show up
In Apple mail for OSX, I have pictures enabled for both the mail list view as well as in the message itself. This works fairly well, grabbing pictures from my contacts except for one person. Their ...
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Sleep / hibernation logic on OS X
I'm wondering what is a logic of sleep/hibernate of the OS X System.
On the lid closing MacBook should go to sleep - it is obvious but.. What if the machine is running only on batteries and it is in ...
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Why does my wireless icon change to a rings symbol?
Sometimes on my macbook my wireless icon looks like this.
In the past I've only seen this when connecting to my iphone's hotspot, and I pressumed it was something along the lines of "we're using ...
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how do I get Terminal's Search with Google to open in the default browser?
Scenario: working away in Terminal, get an error message. Want to google it so I select text and use right-click and "Search with Google". Opens Safari every time. Google Chrome is my default browser. ...
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I forgot the Password for WPA/WPA2 Personal where can I get it
I'am trying to set up a wireless connection to my HP OfficeJet printer. For this I need to enter the password to my WLAN which I forgot.
How and where can I retrieve it?
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Can't get TV show name to display
I imported a set of .mov files as a TV show, or at least I tried to.
I imported them into iTunes, set them to the same "Show" name, numbered them as season 1, episodes 1-6. I also named them "Episode ...
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How to enable USB android tethering on OS X Mountain Lion without using Easy-Tether (Lite)
I can tether fine to Windows 7, but on my Mac OS X Mountain Lion, it does not recognize the USB network. I can install Easy-Tether (Lite) but that comes with some restrictions (e.g. no secure web ...
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Can the Finder Dock be fixed to show all icons of aliases instead of some?
I have a folder in my dock full of aliases to applications. When I add a new alias, the icon doesn't usually show up in the Dock folder:
but the icons are there in the Finder window for the same ...
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How do I make Mountain Lion read iMessage texts as they come in?
On my MacBook Air in Lion with the iMessages beta I was able to set up iMessage to read all incoming messages automatically with text to speech.
I can't find how to turn that on with Mountain Lion.
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Replacement for iPod.app on old iPhone 3G with large buttons for play/pause and prev/next track
I've dedicated my old iPhone 3G as a Bluetooth audio player. It works great except for controlling the audio. I find that the previous and next buttons are too close to the play/pause button on both ...
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How can I combine PDF files and automatically create a table of contents?
I have a bunch of PDF files named, say, chapter1, chapter2, etc. I would like to combine them into a single file and create a table of contents where each file gets an entry.
If memory serves, there ...
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Using the same playlist between two devices
If I create some playlists on my iPod, is there a way I can import the same playlist on my iPhone? So that if there are the same songs on the iPhone it would play them.
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Add SSD to iMac: Thunderbolt or internal?
Is there any thunderbolt SSD which can be as fast or at least not much slower than internal one from OWC? I want to use is as system disk. It will be good to have two thunderbolt ports on this thing ...
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What is this white 'No items selected' popup box in save/open dialogs?
On a Mac running Lion, in the Save As dialog boxes for seemingly all applications, there's a white popup box that appears and disappears on pressing the space bar. I notice it a lot as I use a ...
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How do I view disk usage on my desktop computer icon?
How do I get disk usage information on my 'Machintosh HD' icon on my desktop?
I did it on my old computer, so I know it's possible, but can't seem to find the option again.
I am on MacOSX 10.8.2.
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"DYLD_" terminal error? [duplicate]
So, I've done some searching.. and still haven't found a solution for this. I'm not even sure what has caused it. There are no DYLD_ or LD_ flags being set at all, but I always see this when I open ...
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Application that allows you to customize which keys to use for mousekeys
Is there an application for customizing mouse-keys, specifically choosing which keys to use?
I don't have a numpad so I can't use the built-in mouse-keys.
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My FaceTime cannot be activated
I got an iPad 2 running iOS 6.0.1. and I really have no idea why my FaceTime cannot be activated.
I always got an error while log in (username or password is incorrect)
But actually the Apple ID and ...
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Auto mute macbook on headphone removal
I often listern to music on my macBook - when I unplug my headphones occasionaly forget to mute the speaker - so the whole office gets an earfull. How can I set my mac to be muted unless headphones ...
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Mail application captures huge disk space
I found my startup disk free space to be very low and decreasing every minute without any files be downloaded or copied to my Macbook pro. I stopped running programs one by one and found when I stop ...
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Mac disk free space automatically decreases
I am running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) on MacBook Pro. A few days ago I found my free disk space is too low, so I tried to clean un-necessary files form disk myself and using some programs like ...
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Lost contact with Cellular data network on iPhone
We have a cellular data network connectivity problem. In our app, we are using both a Wi-Fi ad-hoc network and a cellular data network connection. The ad-hoc network is used to connect to a small Wi-...
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MacBook Pro has to recover from Safe Sleep after 50% of all sleeps, although power is connected
When I wake my MacBook Pro from sleep it sometimes has to recover from Safe Sleep, even though the power is connected.
I have installed 16 GB (2x8) RAM myself on my MacBook, however 8 GB is the max ...
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Can one still sort By Album By Year in any of the views in iTunes 11?
In previous versions of iTunes, it was possible to sort songs by Artist, and then by Album By Year, so that albums would be shown in the order they were released, rather than alphabetical order.
I ...
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Can I shuffle a set of songs when I add them to Up Next?
In iTunes 11, let's say I'm playing Song X by Artist A.
I have a few more albums by Artist A, and decide I want to hear some more of their stuff, but I'd like to hear it at random.
If I switch to ...
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What is the Reconversion Key in 10.7.5?
On Japanese keyboards, there is a Reconversion key beside the space bar, which when highlighting some Kanji in Japanese will allow you to convert it to different Kanji (shows a dropdown of options). ...
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Taking forever to move files to the trash
Finder is taking forever to move, rename, etc. files, especially when moving to the trash or emptying the trash.
Here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI1jlh8d6C0&feature=...
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Mac start up - Flashing Folder
Basically, tonight my mac crashed so I re-started and got a flashing folder.
I have searched around online for the commands that I need to press when I first hear the chime to get into the disk ...
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Why doesn't tar recognize .iso files, even though the documentation says it should?
man tar says that OS X's tar implementation should be able to extract .iso files.
tar creates and manipulates streaming archive files. This implementation can extract from tar, pax, cpio, zip, jar,...
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Do I need to set up individual Apple IDs for all my kids' iPads?
I will be giving my three children three iPads as their christmas presents. I am now currently using my iPhone 4 with my only one Apple ID for the App Store.
My question is if I set up their iPads ...
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Can a Mac with Thunderbolt effectively use a PCI Graphics Card using an external cage?
I was wondering how good thunderbolt is for adding a beefier PCI graphics card to my MacBook Air.
If I use a PCI enclosure like this, will the card integrate with the Mac to enhance the performance ...
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infection in ~Library/Application Support/Mobilesync/Backup/xxxxx
ClamX is finding phishing infection in the Backup folder on my MacBook Pro with 10.7.
~Library/Application Support/Mobilesync/Backup/xxxxxxxx
Does this mean that either my iPhone or Mac is infected?
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Correct way to free up Time Machine space
I manage a Time Machine backup for a photographer. We had a 2TB drive for photos and a 2TB drive for the Time Machine backup of those photos. The Time Machine backup drive has run out of space and ...
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Is there a good one hand typing Mac app?
Is there a (decent) Mac app that I could use to learn one handed typing?
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How can I gift a copy of an app that I already own?
I own an app. I want to purchase an additional copy of that app for a friend using iTunes' gift functionality. In the iOS App Store and the iTunes store on a Mac, the gift option doesn't appear for ...
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How to quit from a group conversation iMessage? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to “unsubscribe” from group texts in iOS 5?
I am trying to quit a annoying iMessage conversation. You know, when someone send messages to multiple users, so ...
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Why is Lion’s “Keep Both” option missing from the file copy dialog?
I am running Mountain Lion (10.8.2), and when I attempt to copy a bunch of files from Directory A to Directory B (which contains some files with names matching those from Directory A), I get this ...
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How effective is Deep Sleep Mode?
I got frustrated from turning on my Retina MBP and waiting a few seconds while the systems loads from Deep Sleep Mode.
I disabled it using sudo pmset -a standby 0
However, I would like to know what ...
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How to stop programs stealing focus when initializing a build in XCode?
I'm currently using XCode in conjunction with Unity. When I initiate a build in Unity, it automatically runs XCode. XCode will then steal focus from whatever app I happen to be in. Is there a way of ...
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Can I use an iPhone 4 on Straight Talk?
I have an iPhone 4 that's currently on AT&T. My 2-year contract will be fulfilled in January, and at that point (if possible) I'd like to switch my service to Straight Talk or some other less ...
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How can I restore an iCloud backup to a new device?
I have a new iPad And am trying to restore it from the back up of my old iPad. iCloud storage shows 3 backups - my iPhone, my old iPad and the new iPad (empty).
How do I get the old iPad backup on ...
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Can Gatekeeper be disabled via terminal in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion?
How can you disable Gatekeeper via Terminal Commands in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? I am looking to replicate the Security & Privacy preference pane selection to allow applications downloaded from ...
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