Hardware related questions of computers sold/made by Apple. Use [osx] for the operating system, and use [mac-address] for MAC addresses instead.
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Can't connect with internet in mac leopard on Virtual box windows 8 [closed]
I have installed mac leopard on windows 8 using virtual box. To use internet in mac leopard i have used NAT option as the image shown here: http://i.stack.imgur.com/vB2TB.png but no internet on mac! ...
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2010 Mac Pro beachballing/freezing
My machine is a 2010 Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 6-core intel xeon with 32 GBs of ram running Mac OS X 10.8.3. Just the other day it started to beach ball after about an hour of use. It doesn't make any ...
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How to I create a smaller OS partition size when reinstalling OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
I want to install Windows 8 with Bootcamp on my Macbook Air but my OS partition is the full drive size. My understanding is that you cannot resize the OS partition with Disk Utility (and it appears ...
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clear md5 cache on Mac
I noticed that calculating the md5 sums, for large files, take much less time the second time you run the md5 command on them. Is there any way to clear the cache? I'm actually writing a parallel ...
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Is it possible to deploy Mac OS 10.6 or 10.7 using DRBL
I know Apple has its own solutions to accomplish this, but still, is it possible to set up a DRBL server (e.g. in a Mac Mini 4,1) and deploy images to other macs?
I have tried to boot a live DRBL no ...
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Sync chrome tabs with safari locally
I want to be able to check my open tabs on my iOS devices that I have open on my Mac's Chrome browser. I have looked up if its a possibility to sync Chrome directly with iCloud but its not possibile.
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How do I stop my desktop folders moving when I plug a screen into my Mac?
Whenever I connect my 24" monitor into my mac I end up with the folders on my desktop moving to the left and then when I take it out I have to re-sort them, does anyone know how to stop this?
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Macbook Pro Randomly Freezing
Here is the console log where I believe the freeze is occurring. This freeze happens randomly with no obvious correlation with applications, websites, etc. I recently upgraded ram from 4gb to 8gb, but ...
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dseditgroup not returning error but not removing user from group
I am following instructions written by someone else to harden an OS X box. One requirement is to made sure certain system-defined groups have no users in them. For this example I will use _ard, but ...
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apachectl in two locations causing difficulty
I'm setting up a dev environment on a mac OS-X (10.8.3).
My apachectl seems to be referencing /opt/usr/sbin/apachectl:
$ sudo apachectl start
$ ps aux | grep httpd | grep -v grep
_www ...
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Alternative for Outlook 2011 on Mac [closed]
Guys yesterday my Dads MacBook had a problem. It ran out of space and then Outlook 2011 got its database corrupted. Now he has only about 30% of his emails, no calendar, and no contacts. He is really ...
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DHCP Reservation (MAC)
I've been having problems with a few statements I've been reading.
When setting up DHCP Reservation based on MAC addresses... Do the reserved IP's need to be in one of the scopes or not?
Judging from ...
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Change environment variable for Mac 10.7
I would like to set the PATH on my Mac 10.7.
So in /etc/launchd.conf I wrote:
setenv PATH /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin/:/usr/local/sbin/
and I restarted Mac.
However when I write ...
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Microsoft Word stays minimized when opened
Whenever I open a document on Microsoft Word the document stays small no matter what I do. I've tried clicking the maximum button and dragging it to make it bigger but neither are responsive. Anyone ...
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Mac keystroke problems with Synergy PC server
I'm running Synergy server 1.4.13 on Ubuntu (PC) and have a connected Mac client. It works well, except some keys like Home and End do not work on the Mac. I found an options section for ...
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Modify Several Plist Using a Script
defaults read /New.plist itemName
the Output Will Be Some Thing Like "Software"
but i want the new Data to be updated for the key as "Software Old Version"
the problem is i have to modify several ...
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Remote Desktop to Linux(Guest) from Mac(Host) on vbox [duplicate]
Remote Desktop to Linux(Guest) from Mac(Host) on vbox
Can someone please tell me how to remote desktop into a linux guest from a mac host
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Hdiutil detach a disk attach with the -notremovable option
Is there a way how a disk image can be permanently detached with which was previously attached with the -notremovable flag.
attach image [options]
-notremovable prevent this image ...
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Select file from cloud to upload in browser?
Is there any such extension or plugin available for macs that let you browse your cloud files and select them in finder without actually keeping a copy of these files on your computer.
For example, ...
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How to make a USB flash drive bootable for Linux on an iMac? [duplicate]
I want to make a USB flash drive bootable on my Mac (iMac 12,1), so I can run a live version of any Linux-derivate and check for viruses on my Boot Camp partition.
I've already tried creating one ...
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Itunes - Mac @Home - PC @Work
I have a mac at home, at work I use a PC. I have 60+GB iTunes Library. I'm thinking of putting it on an external drive so that I can take it to work to listen to my music.
I can transfer my library ...
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OSX run script to mount sshfs at login with a plist file
I've read through the man pages for plist and launchd.plist, as well as posts about using plist files to run scripts at login; but I can seem to get things working.
My script location and ...
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“module 'socket.http' not found:” --Lua on iMac
When I run my code in terminal, I get this error/message:
module 'socket.http' not found:
no field package.preload['socket.http']
no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.2/socket/http.lua'
no ...
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Building and Using Lua for iMac
I successfully built Lua for my iMac and I can run simple controls in terminal, but I have longer programs I want to run. On Windows, I was able to just double click my sample.lua file and it would ...
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Setup Crontab to work with Cucumber
I'm trying to setup crontab to work with cucumber. So far, I were able to get crontab to execute a ruby command, but not a cucumber command.
This is what I have in crontab:
~/test.sh > ...
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How to sync Mail App filters/signatures and (possibly) email accounts on OSX?
I have MacBook and Mac Mini. Also I have iMac in an office. And I'm tired with setting up and copying all settings between them. Is it possible to:
1) Setup accounts in only one computer and sync them ...
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rvm cluttering up my environment vars
I was trying to see a list of my environment variables in Bash (Mac Terminal) by typing set. But when I do, I am overwhelmed by a bunch of functions apparently defined by RVM. Is this supposed to ...
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Best programming editor for mac? [closed]
What is the best editor for Mac that would assist in coding of scripting languages including annotation, auto completion, identation etc?
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mac: change icon of app launched with arguments?
I launched firefox from the Terminal with some command line arguments. It appears in the doc and now I want to change the icon from the firefox icon to something else and keep it in the dock. How do I ...
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1answer
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6MB shared L3 cache vs 8MB shared L3 cache
How do I evaluate the difference btn two processors in MacBook Pro:
2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache
vs. 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 ...
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Which version is most recommended to install for Parallels on a new MacBook Pro? [closed]
Which version is most recommended to install for Parallels on a new MacBook Pro?
I will use it for Office support.
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Unable to open a dmg file error “file too large”
I created a dmg file of a 16 gb USB flashdrive a few weeks ago that was formatted fat32 and I am now unable to open the file. The file is only 804mb, but when I try and open it, I get an error window ...
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Are DropBox files viewed on iOS devices taking up space on them? [migrated]
When travelling I will need all of the "space" I can claim on my iPad. Am I correct in thinking "space" is not being taken up on the iPad by DB folders, unless I have made them favorites?
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External HDD partitioning - Mac OS X
I'm a Mac OS 10.8 user and I have a 1TB USB HDD partitioned before from my Mac in 3 parts. Now, I want to add another back-up partition but I'm not able to do it : I can't do anything on the HDD, not ...
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Open app in new window
I have recently switched to Mac so I'm still getting working out all the keyboard shortcuts I am accustomed to with my previous OS (Windows).
On windows I use to quickly open new explorer windows by ...
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Run app as desktop background on Mac
I like to make my own desktop backgrounds, so I wrote a quick little animation using a Lua game development tool with the intention of using screenshots of it as my background. However, I realized ...
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crontab setup on Mac
I'm trying to setup a crontab on the Mac. It just simply prints the message "Hello there!" to the console at a specific time, but it doesn't seem to work. Below is what I have in the crontab:
28 16 * ...
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Backup bootable USB flash in Mac OS X
I have a bootable USB. It runs Linux. The size of USB pen is 8Gb, and linux partitions take less than 200Mb.
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE ...
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MAMP PRO won't execute PHP files?
For some reason, PHP files display as plain text in the browser when I browse locally via MAMP PRO.
I looked through the PHP settings and there doesn't seem to be anything there that would affect ...
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How to recover data on a Mac Pro OS X Snow Leopard
I will probably have to replace my hard drive. I have a disk that will restore files (from a previous HD replacement), but the technicians didn't supply me with the serial number, so I can't use it.
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Block 1 phone number in skype?
How can I block a single phone number from calling me in Skype? Under privacy I can block anyone not in my contacts but that isnt what I need.
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Back up to Time Capsule remotely via SSH + iMac
I wonder if it's possible to connect from my MacBook at home to my iMac at work, using SSH and then bind 'whateverport' to my Time Capsule (placed at work) so I can backup my MacBook from home as ...
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Memory usage classification under Darwin (Mac OS X 10.8)
on Mac OS X using Memory Clean, I can behold this memory usage stats chart:
While the meaning of active and free seems to be clear, what do "wired" and "inactive" memory refer to?
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Launching Sublime Text 2 on the command line doesn't result in opening the specified file
When I type
subl ~/.profile
I expect Sublime to open my .profile file. This works with some files, although I couldn't find a pattern to which files.
Is this a bug in Sublime or have I done ...
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Configuring syslogd to accept remote connections on OS X Mountain Lion and assign them a category
From another thread here on Stack Exchange, I have discovered that it's pretty easy to enable syslogd on Lion or Mountain Lion to accept incoming connections.
cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
sudo ...
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Cleanmymac has left folder actions after uninstall
I recently tried a trial period of the app CleanMyMac for Mac OS X.
After uninstall I see that its still left its folder actions in my finder context menus.
How can I remove them?
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Mount AFP network drive via Terminal
I have created an automator function which copies files to mounted network drives (AFP).
However on startup these drives arent mounted, is there a code I can add on top of my existing shell script ...
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My ~ and ± keys are switched, how can I switch back?
As the title says the keys described above have been switched, how can I switch them on Mac OS X?
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Mac OS X installation failed with myHack [closed]
I want to install mac os mountain lion on my laptop with myhack ( hackintosh ) but when I choose install partition and click on install button then I got error that it has restart, shutdown and view ...
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Switch function keys on OS X via via command line?
For a game (WoW) I want to swap cmd and alt key, because I want to bind it as a hotkey modifier. Problem is you can't bind the commandkey so I have to swap the keys in the settings every time I want ...
