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Hardware related questions of computers sold/made by Apple. Use [macos] for the operating system, and use [mac-address] for MAC addresses instead.

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How to use MASM within DOSBox or any other DOS emulator?

I have DOSBox installed and I am trying to use MASM from DOSBox but I failed on doing that. DOSBox keeps printing a the follwoing message: "cannot run this program in dos mode" I tried this on both,...
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Can you use a Mac mini without a UPS?

I am using a Mac mini, 2012 model, without a UPS. My assumption is that Apple has designed a special adapter to rectify high voltage and low voltage. Is that right? If I use my Mac mini without a UPS ...
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256 Colors in Terminal over SSH on OSX 10.6

I am using either Windows 7 or Ubuntu 12.04 and trying to SSH into OSX 10.6. Using Vim color schemes, I can emulate the colors on xterm-256 color on Linux and gVim on Windows. However, I would like ...
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Taking a file from my terminal window and store it on my mac

I am a little confused on how i am suppose to get a file from my terminal window on my mac that I want to have/need to use on a different applicatopn (APLX) in order to edit this file. I was wondering ...
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Error when trying to access Shared files from iMac via smb

I used to access all my Windows XP shared files on my Mac using Finder --> Window --> Connect to server. Now all of a sudden, an error crops up when I try to connect. I get this error: There was a ...
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Mac - KeyRemap4MacBook - Custom XML

I hope someone of you know this powerfull Pref Panel to remap the keyboard.. Since i'm using a PC Keyboard, i wanted to make Screenshot a bit easy to do.. I managed to get working: -Command+Shift+3 ...
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Simulate PC keyboard on Mac

I have a virtual machine with OS X on a Windows PC. Is there a utility software to install on OS X that will simulate the PC keyboard layout, especially for typing {, }, [, @. etc?
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Unblocking blocked site with hosts file

I have www.somesite.com blocked in my country. But I have another domain www.another.com that points to the same server and it's not blocked (Apache Virtual Host) and works fine. I put an entry in ...
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Are there apple macs with ivy bridge CPU already on sale? [closed]

If not, then when? I tried to google it out but couldn't find any dates. I am especially interested about macbooks.
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How to fix "BOOTMGR is compressed" via Mac OS X?

I've had Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition on my iMac for a while now. All of a sudden, my BOOTMGR is compressed. I've read countless solutions to this that involve using the Windows installation ...
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How to add a network share to all users desktops - mac os x 10.6.8

we have managed clients, all 10.6.8, on one server. I want the clients to have a folder/drive appear on their desktop, of a share I created on the server. (for common files) I have the groups folder ...
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How to disable Mac Login screen at boot time?

I bought a new Mac Mini in June, when i click the power it goes to login screen then i login then it boots up, i want it not to ask for the user/pass in this stage and ask later when the operating ...
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"Show In Finder" won't open a new finder window

The "Show In Finder" action isn't working on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. The problem has just started to occur all the time, before it was a bit sporadic, but now it happens all the time. Things that don'...
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Equivalent of Application.UserLibraryPath in Excel for Mac 2004?

This page on "Creating An XLA Add-In For Excel" indicates that the folder referenced by the Application.UserLibraryPath property is the right place to save a user-defined add-in. However, in Excel ...
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Close all Mac Terminal windows, but the one running a script

I am trying to create a shell script that runs a python simulation programing in 4 terminal windows. I have the script that launches the program four times in four separate terminal windows(total of ...
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Java -version reporting wrong version on Mac OSX Mountain Lion

I just installed Oracle's Java version 7u7 on my Mac (running OSX Mountain Lion). However, when I run java -version it still displays the old version (6u29). How do I fix this? Do I even need to fix ...
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Import .rwz file into Outlook 2011 for Mac?

Is it possible to import the .rwz file into Outlook 2011 for Mac so I don't have to rewrite all of my rules?
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Open application with lowered privileges

I have a mac installer which runs as root with pre and post install bash scripts. At the end of the post install script I launch the application which inherits and opens as root. Is there a way I can ...
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Which filesystems support hard links (rsync) to backup a Mac?

I want to make a rsync-style hard-link backup from Mac on an external hard drive, but I cannot decide for a file system. It should be (preferably natively) readable from other operating systems. ...
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How can I pinch to change icon size in OS X Mountain Lion?

Recently I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. SL had this nice slider in the finder you could use to change icon sizes really easily. I also remember being able to use the Magic Trackpad and ...
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Command Line SSH restart Mac OSX Mountain Lion

How can I restart the SSH service via the command line on Mac OSX Mountain Lion please? Using ps aux | grep 'ssh', I was able to deduce that the process is most likely /usr/sbin/sshd. From here I ...
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How to make alias/function in .bash_profile for `curl` that takes an argument?

I found this tip super helpful, for using curl to resume an interrupted file copy. The full syntax is: curl -C - -O file:///Volumes/path/to/file I would like to add an alias or function called ...
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Mac Book Pro SSD

I have a Mac Book Pro (I7 and 8 Gig Ram). I'm a developer - do a fair amount of .net via VMware but lots of Ruby and NodeJs on the Mac. I'm looking to extract some more performance and i think a SSD ...
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Header/Footer menu shows empty

In the Documents Element menu, the header/footer and bibliography sub-menus are empty and can't select anything pre-defined from there. Is this an issue? can I download templates for that like ...
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Show content of archive files in Finder preview

I'd like to see a preview of the contents of archive-files (.zip, .rar etc.) at the right side instead of the big ZIP-icon in the following picture when using the Finder in column-mode. I've got a ...
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How to get Mac's Cmd key working on a Linux

I want to be able to, like on Mac, get my Linux to be able to send an additional key event on top of Ctrl, that is, the Cmd key event. And then easily map keybindings on Linux to listen for that Cmd ...
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OSX Format Hard Disk and Reset OSX

What is the recommended way to completely erase the Hard Disk and reinstall OSX, as the new OSX does not come on a CD, but an AppStore download I am a bit lost here. Formatting is clear -- just run ...
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How can I remote control mac from a linux machine?

I have a Mac Mini without a display and I'd like to remote control it, including desktop sharing, from a Linux machine. My goal is to use XCode on the Mac Mini for iOS development. What are my ...
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How can I permanently allow a firewall rule in OS X Mountain Lion?

Since upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion, every time I restart my computer I am alerted Do you want the application "Growl.app" to accept incoming network connections? Even though I click "Allow" ...
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Beep codes for late 2009 iMac

My iMac beeps on startup. Does anyone know the beep codes? I never actually knew what the beeps were, until I read "How do I reset the time on my computer without turning it on?".
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My MacBook Pro only boots up with Windows 7

I've installed Windows 7 on my Mac with Boot Camp and I had Dual Boot on my screen when I want to select to chose Operating Systems. Yesterday, when I turned on My MacBook Pro (MD 322) it boots up ...
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Accessing the physical IP address of a computer on my network that is no longer available

I'm trying to find out how to access the IP address + MAC code of a computer (macbook pro) that I once had on my network at home. Does terminal store the 'connected' or 'linked' computer ID or IP of ...
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Read / Write NTFS External Hard Disk In Mac Mountain Lion

I have a 1TB external hard disk which is NTFS formatted and I have some files in that hard disk. When I try to use it in my Mac (Mountain Lion), I get this error: I try to use Paragon, NTFS 3G, SL-...
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General name for Macs' operating system

First of all, I hope that my question is fairly suitable for this site. I have a website where I would like to write articles about some operating systems. Therefore, I have created a main category ...
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"autocmd FileType" doesn't work the same way in Mac and Linux

Here is a small vimrc snippet that I was trying to use on my Mac function SetCommonDefaults() " Set line numbers set nu endfunction autocmd FileType cpp call SetCommonDefaults() What I expect ...
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How to determine where an environment variable is set on a MAC

I am on a mac and I previously installed and JENKINS_HOME=/user/myusername/Jenkins but now I did a fresh install. the plist for for jenkins is /User/Shared/Jenkins/Home and yet the app is looking for ...
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Stupid articles on launching daemons in Mac

I am setting up an app called Jenkins on the Mac which is a build tool. There are many VERY helpful articles on this topic and they all involve modifying a plist to point to a newly created user. ...
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what could I do with a power mac g5 2005? [closed]

I've been offered a apple power mac g5 2005. I was just wondering if I could upgrade the machine to a decent standard. I..e upgrade the operating system, maybe up the processing power. The ...
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Reclaim unallocated space for Windows partition - extend Windows partition on Mac

I'm trying to extend the Windows partition running on my MacBook Air (Bootcamp is used) without losing any data, of course. What I have done is that I have used GParted live to shrink the OS X Lion ...
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Dubious permissions on plist Problems installing Jenkins

I am trying to install jenkins on 10.6.8. In order to do this, I needed to modify the jenkins plist which was owned by root. I gave myself (the admin) permissions to modify this file and added the ...
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QuickLook Crashing

I recently installed an SSD (m4 crucial latest firmware) with TRIM enabled on my late 2011 MBP 13". I did a clean install of Mountain Lion 10.8.1, enabled FileVault 2 and everything was working fine ...
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Textwrangler follows current space on mac

My textwrangler will follow me wherever I am, whichever space I'm active in. Is there a way to turn this off?
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Network accounts are unavailable - OS X Lion 10.7.4

My OS X Lion 10.7.4 Mac is successfully binded to my MS DC. However, every time doing reboot I keep receiving "Network accounts are unavailable" with red dot color and after few seconds it goes away. ...
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pfctl port forwarding in Mac osx?

-A PREROUTING -s 10.0.10.0/24 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080 -A PREROUTING -s 10.0.10.0/24 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080 -A POSTROUTING -s 10.0.10.0/24 -o ...
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Are there any benefits to ejecting my internal hard drive?

I have an SSD in my MacBook Pro as my boot drive. It also houses all of my applications, documents, etc. I replaced the optical drive with a mount for the original hard drive, which I only ...
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How to install OSX Lion onto a Macbook Air from USB drive without any OS already on the system?

For whatever reason, I have recently come into an early 2008 Macbook Air which has had its hard drive wiped completely, so there is no OS on there currently. How do I install OSX Lion or Windows 7/8 ...
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how to lower CPU usage for Ableton Live 8 in Mac OSX 10.6.8

While running Ableton Live 8 after a project gets to a certain size, the audio starts to get a bit choppy and distorted. My levels are fine and is not the cause of the lag and chop. I have samples ...
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Subtitles not displaying correctly in VLC

VLC player is not showing subtitles correctly. It's just showing capital "A"s in place of the correct text. Please check the screenshot attached to this post. Do I need to install a missing font? How ...
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Mac: Batch Scale Images same Aspect Ratio

I'm developing an iPhone application on a Mac, and have many, many images which I need to scale down. These images are of varying size, however, what I know is they must all be resized to 110x130, ...
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Connecting to a 2.5" laptop drive using USB

So I swapped my MBP hard drive with a SSD drive, and I want to connect to my old hard drive. I bought a nextstar 3 external 2.5" drive enclosure that has a USB 2.0 interface. I watched an online ...
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