Definition Mac is short for Macintosh, a brand of computers created and sold by Apple Inc.. Macintosh products are the desktop and mobile computing family, whereas products such as the iPod, the iPhone or the iPad don't carry a "Mac" name. Apple produces several lines of Macintosh computers ...
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Creating a symbolic link to a folder with ln command
I'm setting up the document root of my web server to point to a folder elsewhere on the disk. Should I be using a hard link, or a soft link, with the ln command?
Also, I'm having trouble getting the ...
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External Drive Having Issues… Best Diagnostic Hard Drive Checking Tool for OS X Lion?
I have a WD Elements drive that I use for Time Machine backups, I used Disk Utility to verify the disk, it found errors and I tried repairing it, which failed, so I reformatted the drive and it ...
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External hard drive only visible in System Profiler, doesn't mount, not visible in Disk Utility (Mac)
I have an external hard drive that does not mount to my Mac laptop, nor is it visible in Disk Utility. It is, however, visible in the System Profiler under the USB section. Any suggestions as to how I ...
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Unable to Retrieve Supply Levels in Print Queue
Retrieving the supply levels of my printer in the print queue application used to work fine but now I get an Information Not Available error. In the error logfile it says Unable to query ink levels.
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Disable unsafe USB removal warning on OSX
Is there anyway to remove the warning message that pops-up on OSX when you remove a USB device without ejecting it properly?
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How to recover quick-formated (Windows NTFS disk, formated by Mac) HDD?
I accidentally connected a Windows NTFS HDD to a Mac. The Mac was in a foreign language (Italian) and I (may be) quick-formated the HDD. I think that the information is there, but the FAT table is ...
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Dead key sequence for quotes works oddly in Eclipse in MacOS X
I'm using an US-International Keyboard in MacOS.
The normal behavior for dead keys in every application is, for example, if I press the key sequence ', it understands that the comma doesn't carry ...
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What would cause ripple interference on a monitor display attached to computer via VGA?
What would cause ripple interference seen on on a display whereby the computer is attached to it via VGA?
By ripple interference I mean that the edges ripple and the display flickers. It is ...
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By-passing default permissions when mounting HFS+ volumes in linux
I have a dual booting macbook pro with Snow Leopard and Kubuntu 11.10, and want to read (don't care about write) my home Mac home directory when I'm running Kubuntu.
I can mount it without any ...
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When trying to edit OS X app (Unix Executable File)
I want to know how to edit the binary file in a Mac app. The file found in foo.app/Contents/MacOS/foo...
Whenever I try editing it with TextMate, it saves fine. But then I try opening the app, it ...
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XCode edit window opens when I invoke Aquamacs Emacs
I am an emacs user, recently migrated to Macs, and have set up an alias for Aquamacs emacs in the usual way ("alias emacs = 'open ...'). When I invoke "emacs foo.c" however, XCode magically opens, and ...
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How do I know when to use hardware acceleration?
I'm not sure I know what hardware acceleration ("...use of computer hardware to perform some function faster") is, but when I play flash games, or 3D FPS games, I'm asked if I want to use hardware ...
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Tumblr custom domains don't load at all
This seems really obscure, but for some reason ALL Tumblr sites that use a custom domain don't load for me. Regular Tumblr subdomains do load, though.
For instance, this loads for me: ...
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Unable to copy from Linux server to Mac client after 1.4.5 install
I installed version Synergy 1.4.5 on my Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) client, as part of a test to solve a much more complicated Synergy problem.
I now find:
* I can copy on the Mac and paste into Linux
* I can ...
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Dell U271 monitor DisplayPort suddenly not working
My new(ish) Dell U271 took a bit of a knock and it now suddenly doesn't recognise the Macbook plugged into it via DisplayPort - this had been working great for several months up until now.
When I ...
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Cisco VPN Appliance - Install client via browser on Mac OS X Lion
We use a Cisco VPN Appliance at $work and I'm having trouble getting the VPN client to work on a Mac.
After I authenticate it tries to install an SSL VPN Tunnel through whatever browser I'm using but ...
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Apple 10.7 Lion OS on Windows 7 Using VirtualBox [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to run Mac OS X within Windows Virtual PC?
So I do not own a Mac, and have never owned a Mac so I am not really sure how it typically works with the OS'. I am ...
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how much faster is a core i7 than core 2 duo SINGLE CORE at same clock speed? [closed]
I have a 2.4ghz core duo macbook pro 15"...
I was wondering if it is worth upgrading for me to a newer core i7 15" macbook pro
the specific thing I'm wondering is how much faster a SINGLE CORE @ 2.2 ...
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Backing up Mac OSX to Windows/Samba share
This should not be this hard ... is there an easy way to back up a mac to a windows share?
so far, I've tried the suggestions here, but am getting error:
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Would Keychain be safer than Firefox Password Manager?
Theoretically speaking would Keychain be safer to use in Firefox than Firefox's own password manager? The reason I ask is because Chrome is using Keychain.
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Reading Ruler for Mac OS X
I'm looking for a reading ruler for Mac OS X.
To be precise: I don't want to measure something. I have to read long texts, which can be very exhausting. A line or marker which is easy to move would ...
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Finding a port number for an NAS resource on mac book
I have an external drive connected to a network using an Addonics NASU2 adapter. The adapter has Samba, FTP and media server capabilities. I can see the drive in a Finder window identified as ...
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File sync and version control on LAN with a Drobo?
I work in a office with another video producer and we have a networked drobo. Currently we are using Backuplist+ to sync files to a common folder between our Mac Pro's. Works fine, but it's hard to ...
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How to know which RAM slots are in use in a Macbook Pro?
I'd like to upgrade the memory of a 15" Macbook Pro. It came with 4GB out of the box, but I don't know if it came as 1x4GB or 2x2GB.
Is there a way to know that, before unscrewing the computer?
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Can't get bridged networking to work between linux guest virtual machine and Mac host
I'm trying to establish bridged networking from linux mint vsn 12 in virtualbox to a Mac Lion host.
Mac config:
Network setting: en3 configured by DHCP
Sharing setting: Internet Sharing ...
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Any free alternatives to missing sync on OS X (for Palm OS HotSync)?
I have a device (Alphasmart Dana) that requires Palm OS HotSync manager, but it's no longer supported by 10.6.
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Cannot delete file in OS X
I have a file in trash, and I cannot delete it. Before you ask me to STFW, no, the file is not locked :-/
The file is a symbolic link to nothing (target is deleted). Here is the output of ls -lO on ...
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SSH download file from web server
I need to do a backup on a website, but I need to download locally to a folder on my hard drive.
Example: scp name.zip -> MyMac/Documents/Backup
This can be done via shell, Terminal, etc. What ...
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How can I install emacs customizations without apt-get?
I'm an emacs newbie trying to make the switch; after configuring org-mode to my liking (my primary reason for switching) the next thing I wanted to do was customize the colors. I know several people ...
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Setting proxy via http_proxy on Mac
I am using an HTTP proxy on MacOS 10.7 (which works for Safari.app, when set in the system preferences). I'm now trying to set the proxy for command-line applications using the $http_proxy environment ...
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OSX Terminal Shell to Backup Website+Database [closed]
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i need to be write shell script in macosx
to backup my website files and database and compress it
and download locally to computer.
please help me.
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Changed userid on Mac OS X 10.7 and am now missing login icon for my user
I changed my userid on my new MBP (10.7) to match the NFS id I have with my NAS and my mac mini (from default 501 to 1000) and now my picture no longer shows up on the login screen. I have the same ...
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IPhoto without using the “photo library”?
I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to use iPhoto without having all the photos and movies lumped into one giant archive file but rather store them as individual files in subfolders (similar to ...
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Can Time Capsule make multiple disk images?
A simple question. Does the Time Capsule allow you to make multiple disk images for the same computer? I am thinking about getting a Time Capsule. It is not that I care much about backup it is just ...
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Press button device for PC keyboard space key simulation
I am looking for a commercial input device(Button ) , which can interface with PC,preferably via USB, and serve as a substitute for a standard PC keyboard space bar press.
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How to mount a hardware locked usb pendrive on a mac?
I recently got this pendrive from my bank. It's a 4GB drive - but all that shows up on my mac is a 2MB partition containing a file logintool.exe. I confirmed that on windows I can login - but ...
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FireWire to USB via a FireWire and USB hard drive
I have got an old PowerBook G4 with FireWire 400, and a new(ish) iMac with FireWire 800.
If I want to start the PowerBook G4 in Target mode, I can't plug it into my iMac because they use different ...
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Undelete files on Macbook, trash is empty
long story short: 2am, very tired, in a hurry, deleted all docs from wrong device, emptied trash.
I've been asked to recover files for someone who has mistakenly deleted all documents on their ...
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How can I set mouse sensitivity exactly the same in Windows 7 and Mac OS X Lion?
I have a Microsoft mouse:
I bought it for gaming in Windows 7. I hate switching the magic mouse and this when restarting my comp, so I decided to stick with it.
One annoying thing with it is ...
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Is there a way to determine what process started another one?
If I recall right you can determine some of the parameters a process was started with (in Windows it is stored in the Process Environment Block). Can I also find out what process started another one?
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iMac display wakes on network activity
I have had this problem for a long time now, but i've never taken the time to really investigate it.
So i have this mid-2007 24-inch C2D iMac. I like to keep the machine running all the time, but i ...
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Trying to connect to DNS-323 NAS, Getting “The Share Does Not Exist”
I'm having trouble connecting to my NAS all of a sudden. I have a samba share set up at smb://192.168.1.15. In the DNS-323 Admin, Network Access Settings, I have a share called Volume_1 in the SMB ...
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How to make changes to Mac /etc/hosts permanent?
On my Mac (running OS 10.6.8), I can edit my hosts file with sudo vi /etc/hosts, but changes I make don't seem to persist through restarts or possibly awaking from sleep mode.
Is there a way to make ...
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slapd not launching on Mac OS X 10.6
I have a slight problem with the openldap server installed with Mac OS X 10.6.8 (regular, not server). When I launch slapd in a terminal, it stops itself after 1 or 2 seconds... I just have the time ...
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Mac: Internet blocked over WiFi
I'm not sure how it's happened but for some reason when using a shared internet connection on my iMac (OS X Lion) all internet traffic is now blocked from being sent to my other devices. However ...
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Mac Pro won't boot from Windows 7 DVD - Flashing prohibitory sign
I am trying to install Windows 7 on my Mac pro, I have tried everything it seems. I have a perfectly good Windows 7 DVD which boots on other devices, yet it doesn't on mine.
First off it started with ...
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Regex editor application for Mac
I'm working with regular expressions on Mac and I'm using:
http://reggyapp.com/
But it does not show the exact matches numbered. I'm looking for other applications. Something similar to regex ...
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Mac OS X not reporting directory sizes correctly?
I'm running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2.
In Finder, I've noticed that if I duplicate some .app files (in the Applications folder), Finder will show that the duplicate .app file is not the same size as the ...
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How do you move to the next or previous word in a Terminal in Mac OS?
I usually use Linux, no expert at all (very far from it) but I use it daily.
Sometimes I find myself using (someone else's) Mac and typing commands into a Terminal.
In Linux, I can use Ctrl+Left and ...
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Nothing “saves” on mac
Mid 2009 iMac
Lion 10.7.2
I've had the most obscure problem lately. I recently screwed over my mac by installing ubuntu, but forgetting to move GRUB. So I had to reinstall firmware and such. It's ...
