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macOS is the current marketing name for Apple's Macintosh Operating System. This OS was previously known as OS X, and Mac OS X before that (which itself succeeded the 'classic' Mac OS).

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How to use the antishake option for iMovie

Via http://www.wondershare.com/imovie/stabilize-shaky-videos-in-imovie.html: Choose a video clip either from the Event browser or project. You can apply the Analyze for stabilization to the whole …
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How can I ensure TRIM is enabled when installing Yosemite onto an SSD drive?

You are safe to upgrade you HDD to a new SSD. The problems with unsigned kexts will only affect users with third party SSDs, upgrading from a lower OSX version to Yosemite, and having enabled TRIM usi …
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Can I create a boot disk for 10.6 or 10.7 on a PC (to be used on a Mac?)

Yes, technically you can create a Mac OSX boot disk on a PC. For Lion, you will need the image, a file named InstallESD.dmg (which can be written using something like UltraISO). You can acquire the n …
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Upgrade dual booted MacBook Pro to Lion from Snow Leopard/Ubuntu

Lion upgrade should not touch your Ubuntu partition (unless you choose to repartition/format the disk). You might need to reinstall/update rEfit as well to be able to boot into Ubuntu after upgrade. …
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If I'm using Gmail, can I clean out the space that "Mail Messages" are taking up on my hard ...

Mail is caching your Gmail contents and this is normal for IMAP. See this SuperUser question and answers for possible solutions and implications regarding SpotLight search through emails: Disable al …
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Can 'Find My Mac' work while the computer is sleeping?

If the Mac is sleeping there is no way for iCloud to locate it and it appears offline. However, as you noted, you can enable Wake for network access in energy preferences for it to periodically wake …
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Gigabytes of disk space shown as hidden space in DaisyDisk

According to DaisyDisk manual: Sometimes the amount of "used" space on a disk may appear greater than the total size of all scanned files and folders on that disk. This is normal. The difference i …
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What (un-)documented multitouch gestures exist in Lion and common applications?

The best resource I have regarding gestures in OS X is: http://www.danrodney.com/mac/multitouch.html
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How can I install both Snow Leopard and Lion on the same machine?

Yes, it is possible. You need to create a new partition and install the other OS on it. Here's a detailed tutorial. The basic steps are: Create a new partition using Disk Utility. Install the new OS …
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How can I remotely send an SMS message through my Mac from my iPhone?

You can use myPhoneDesktop. This solution has an iPhone and Mac (or Windows) client and sends a push notification from the Mac app to the iPhone with the information for a call, text, URL, text or an …
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Is it possible to copy Firefox bookmarks with iOS Safari?

Here are some ideas: Use Firefox Home Import bookmarks from FireFox to Safari on one of your Macs and sync them to your iOS devices using iTunes.
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How to create HFS partition on Windows 7 machine

I only know of two commercial tools: MacDrive and TransMac. They both have limited time trials to evaluate before you buy. You could also try a Live CD of GParted, it has HFS support. Update: a coll …
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Managing Grouped Terminals

You can use Window Groups. Start each group of terminals and save the group from Window -> Save Windows As Group...
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What traffic is sent over the build-in VPN connection?

This really depends on the routes your VPN server is pushing when you connect. It could push only routes to private networks or it could push a route for the default gateway.
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