About Mac OS X Mac OS X is an operating system created and sold by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh computers. It first debuted in 1999 with Mac OS X Server 1.0. It is based off of NeXTSTEP, NeXT's operating system, which in turn is based off of the Mach kernel. The X in the Mac OS X is the Roman ...
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How do I turn off Safari's bookmark shortcuts?
How do I disable the Cmd + x keyboard shortcuts in Safari 5?
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Mac OS X - Lion: Possible to disable scroll wheel?
Is it possible to disable the scroll wheel on my bluetooth mouse for my iMac? I remote desktop into a computer at work (windows xp) to run some mapping software (ArcGIS 10), and the mouse wheel ...
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My OSX's download speed is limited
With the same wireless network environment(2Mbps), the speed of downloading in Windows(another computer) is around 200Kbytes. while in OSX(have an Macbook Pro / 10.6.8), it's limited around ...
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Can I change ethernet settings of Mac OS X system mounted via Firewire?
I have a Mac Pro that has been brought from our office to my home. The Mac Pro is configured with a static IP address for the office, which uses a completely different network range than I have at my ...
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Watch Filesystem in Real Time on OS X and Ubuntu
I'm looking for a CLI tool which will watch a directory and spit out the names of files that change in real time.
some_watch_command /path/to/some/folder | xargs some_callback
I'm aware of inotify ...
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How can I hide .un~ files when I run “ls” in OS X?
Is there any option I can pass to ls to hide .un~ files from the output?
I want to be able to see all files (e.g. dotfiles) except .un~ files, so I need to run ls -A and add something to hide the ...
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Use keyboard to control application menu in Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Is it possible to use the keyboard to control application menus in Mac OS 10.6 and later? I have tried CtrlF12 but it's not working for me. I am running OS X Lion.
Also is this acceptable use in OS ...
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Local Apache won't send PNGs correctly
Can't figure this out: Yesterday my local Apache config was sending PNGs just fine, today the browser is trying to decode them as JPGs and thus, only showing a "missing image" error despite returning ...
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Is there a client for Google Talk, for Mac, that allows phone calls?
I'm having no luck finding a client for Google Talk that is both for Mac (OSX) and that allows phone calls (not just chatting with other Google Talk users). If I leave the browser page open to gmail, ...
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System-wide auto-complete word list syncing/integration?
I've been thinking that convenient auto-completion is my must-have feature of the text editors and word processors that I use. I wonder if anyone knows of a program or library that implements a ...
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Issue with PHP and osx 10.7 - runs via command line but not in browser
I recently removed MAMP as I wanted to have more control over my machine and wanted to make use of PHP5.4 I installed using the script located here I cannot now not even get my default PHP that is ...
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How do I mount a harddrive to my /home folder in OS X?
Im wondering how to mount my second HDD to my /home folder like you do in other *NIX systems, making the mount point just that folder and not a standard HDD.
I am aware of the method of copying my ...
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Outputting and Inputting audio from two headsets on OSX 10.6
Is there any software or tool that will allow me to use two headsets (both logitech), effectively as one device? Both work on their own, and I tried creating an aggregate device, but when I try to use ...
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Schedule bash sript for one time use on OSX
I'm trying to do a little script that, as a function, will take a file and date as input and delete that file on the specified date.
So I only need it to schedule to run once, and that's it.
I'm on ...
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Mac OS not all shortcuts are visible in Preferences
I have a question about mac shortcuts. I wanted to change Command-` shortcut but I do not find it in the shortcut settings. It was there before but now it has disappeared as well as most of the ...
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Photoshop action to set marquee width and height
For iPhone and iPad screenshots, I like to crop out the status bar. I can never remember the exact pixel dimensions to enter into the marquee tool and when I do find out, it's fiddly to enter it. Is ...
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Proving file creation dates
Is it possible to fake or manipulate creation dates ? And if so, how can I "prove" that the files really are that old ?
Luckily, I stored my project on GitHub, whick confirmed the fact that the files ...
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How to read/interpret the spindump.txt out in Mac OS X
How do I go about interpreting the spindump.txt output on OS X Lion when an application freezes ?
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On OSX, is it possible to access a Windows network drive without mounting it?
In windows you can refer to the path to the network drive, like //server/folder/ wherever you need to access it. On OSX we have been able to access the network drive by mounting it first, but I was ...
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How to pass AppleScripts display dialog to Growl or growlnotify?
I have this simple AppleScript which takes the text in the clipboard and outputs the amount of words and characters used.
What I'm trying to do is passing "display dialog" to Growl or growlnotify. I ...
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iTerm2 zsh oh-my-zsh open tab with same directory
Hi i just installed iTerm2 and tried to open a tab with the same directory as the tab that open it.
I tried Zsh: Open a new tab in the same directory answer but still can't get the directory ...
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remove files from dir using terminal
I need to delete all files, except one( its name is defined), from given( or current ) directory. How can I do this using unix terminal( MacOs ). Can I do this with one single command.
Thanks!
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How to zip multiple files into separate archives?
I admit this question was asked here before:
Like Zip into separate files where the person who asked didn't specify the OS he used and received no answers.
I need to separate a huge directory ...
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How to start Mac OS X client without its window manager Quartz Compositor?
I am planning to install Mac OS X Lion or Moutain Lion into a virtual machine mainly build Xcode project. The virtual machine will run on my laptop. Therefore, I am trying to cut down the virtual ...
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Macvim lags while Vim on terminal is buttery smooth
I am running OS X Lion 10.7.3 and Macvim runs significantly slower than vim on the terminal for me. All movement commands in Macvim are much slower. Moving up and down in visual mode is equally as ...
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Does Apache or WiFi change when macbook is on battery?
I haven't dug too deep into the answer, but it seems like something disconnects when I run on battery mode. The page (at 192.168.1.103) still runs ok on the laptop, but the iPad next to it invariably ...
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Per directory shell customisation
Is it possible to source a shell file when entering a directory, and unsource it when I leave?
Ie certain project directories would be really useful to autoload some command aliases, but only in that ...
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What are the correct permissions on Mac to run PHP?
I enabled apache2 and PHP 5.3 on my Mac Mini and have setup a virtual host. However when I browse to http://{MyVirtiualHost}/Index.php I get the error
You don't have permission to access /Index.php ...
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How to change password for virtual Windows 7 installed using VMWare?
I run a virtual Windows 7 on host OS Mac OS X 10.6.8 using VMWare Fusion 3.1.3. How to change password for Windows 7?
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Username has changed on Mac OS X Lion
My username (the first thing you see on every line in the Terminal) has changed. It used to be my first name (Jonathan), but it has changed to the name of a freelance web project I'm currently working ...
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Hiding Admin from System Preferences Account Tab
Is there any way to hide an administrator account not only from the login screen but also from the system preferences/account tab? I'm pretty sure it doesn't appear on my MacBook Pro but on my iMac it ...
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local DNS not working properly
I'm having troubles setting up a LAN DNS server.
I have multiple devices on a network and I would like my domain name to work on the LAN via any of those devices.
The DNS server resides on the ...
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Which filesystems has first class support on both Linux and Mac OS X [closed]
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Which file system to use in between OSX and Linux
I'm replacing the optical drive on a Macbook with an HDD and plan to use half of the new drive for Linux. The other ...
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On Mac Terminal, how can I know where a given script resides
For example, on my machine, "git" is at "/usr/local/git/bin/git" (I found this by fiddling around). Is there a command I can run on my terminal like "show-path git" which would return the real path? I ...
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Where shared folders are located on MAC OS X Lion?
On Snow Leopard there is a file named /var/db/samba/smb.shares where listed all shared folders.
Does anyone know, where that file is located on MAC OS X Lion? Thanks
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How to recursively set owner or permissions to 'everyone' for all folders and files?
I have an external hard drive attached, and I need to set permissions to be 'free' for the user MyUser.
I think I need to set the owner to MyUser also.
How can I do this via terminal?
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“whereis” and “which” return different paths in Mac OS X
I've got the default OpenSSL 9.8 (Mac OS X 10.6.8) and decided to install the newest version (1.0.1) via MacPorts (sudo port install openssl).
These are console output of which and whereis commands:
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How to identify traffic going through akamai
My mac server (10.6.8) is downloading a big file through akamai (a60-254-131-56.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com) despite not having anything on the console (no browser, etc is doing any work)
I know it ...
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locate similarly named files
I'm running OS X 10.7.3. I would like to locate all the files that have common strings in their filenames.
I have a folder that contains several files whose filenames are the same except for the ...
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Carbon copy cloner vs Disk Utility save disk image
im trying to replace my macbook pro hard drive and want to migrate the lion and windows 7 partitions to the new drive without having to reinstall anything
my question is..
What's the difference ...
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Mount XFS partition on OS X using OSXFUSE
How can I mount an XFS-partition on OS X 10.7 using OSXFUSE?
In their filesystem repository under filesystems-c/unixfs I have found minixfs. However, I'm not sure how to go about installing it and ...
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How to troubleshoot problems with a hard disk encrypted with FileVault 2?
One of my mac started becoming intermittently unresponsive, so much so that I couldn't even manage to get it to restart regularly. After a hard reset, the pre-boot authentication screen of filevault 2 ...
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Why does my Time Machine backup fail?
I am trying to backup my Laptop to my UnRAID server. Now the third time it failed and displayed this message:
My backup is 650 GB big and contains 1.6 million files. May this be the problem? Or is ...
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What does the Boot Camp Assistant do to my drive that I can't just do with Disk Utility?
What I understand is that Windows 7 will not install on GPT (GUID Partition Table) drives. Of course, all new Macs have their drives partitioned that way, and when you run the boot camp assistant, it ...
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Is there a way to install Windows 7 on MacMini without Bootcamp?
I want to install Windows 7 on the MacMini (2007 era, 2GB, Core2Duo, 80 GB HDD). I'd like to do so without BootCamp. In other words, I'd like to completely get rid of Mac OS from the hard drive.
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Is there a way to make the current active application stand out on OSX?
I've just switched to a double-display configuration, and I still make mistakes regarding which is the current active (focused) application. Is there a way to get the active window to be highlighted?
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GNU Screen prepending dollar signs to window titles
I recently copied my .screenrc from one computer (Mac OSX 10.4) to another computer (Fedora 16)
Now, on the Fedora computer, there is a $ prepended to all the window titles.
Here is my hardstatus ...
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ssh-add password prompt mac keychain
I've got ssh-add with a few identities on OS X. The key passwords are stored in a Keychain Access keychain called secure, which has a password - I'm not storing the keys in the default keychain, so ...
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Change the width and color of Mac OS X text caret (cursor)
I really like the way the caret looks in iOS. Is there a way to make the Mac OS X caret look the same way, system-wide?
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How to Retrieve Command Line Arguments
How can I view what command line arguments are passed to a running process on Mac OS X?
