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Easiest way to run a command with admin privileges as a standard user in OS X
Situation:
I'm running OS X 10.8.3 and i have 2 users, an Admin user and a Standard user. When i'm logged in as the standard user and i need to run a command with admin privileges in the terminal i ...
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How to enable Flash from local filesystem on Chrome + OS X
I'm running Chrome on OS X Mountain Lion. I have an HTML file I'm testing on my local file system, which uses Cytoscape to create visualizations.
I followed the Cytoscape tutorial here, but the Flash ...
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How to access Flash global security settings on OS X Mountain Lion?
To access the settings manager, I followed the instructions here.
System Preferences -> Other -> Flash Player
Now I want to access the global security settings, in order to enable Flash to ...
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macbookPro Slows down to half of its processing power
I have a macbook pro 2010 made, core2duo, 4 gb ram and i m running Mountain Lion on it.
before few days I was playing 8 ball pool on browser suddenly my system was crashed and shut him self down.
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Large video/file cache for Google Chrome (OS X)
Normally, cached files in Chrome are stored under ~/Library/Caches/Google/Chromehowever, apparently, when files exceed a certain size (allegedly 50 MB) they are stored elsewhere.
Nobody seems to ...
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Emacs fullscreen on Mountain Lion without Toolbar
The newest version (24.3) of Emacs.app includes support for Mountain Lion's fullscreen. However, even after disabling the toolbar (tool-bar-mode 0), the space for the toolbar is not used by Emacs, it ...
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How to enable “allow Guest Account to log in to this computer” option on Mac OS X Mountain Lion via command line?
How to enable "Allow Guests to log in to this computer" option on Mac OS X Mountain Lion via command line ?
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Mission Control covered by copy of background
This happens whenever I plug my MacBook into a thunderbolt display. Mission Control seems to be stuck like this until I restart. Does anyone know a fix? Has anyone at least seen this before?
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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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How do I enable PHP on Mountain Lion and view a PHP file?
I followed this guide to enable PHP on Mountain Lion, but now I have no idea where to access the page. I tried localhost/~myusername/info.php where info.php if my file, but nothing loads.
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Is it possible to run software as a different user under OS X Mountain Lion?
I've been trying to run apps as a different user.
Attempt 1
sudo -u otheruser open /Applications/TextEdit.app launches the app but it uses the current user, not otheruser.
Attempt 2
login username ...
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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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list active VNC connections from terminal
I am looking for a way to list all the active VNC connection to a machine.
I know I can get all the active connection of the machine by running netstat -na but I don't know how to filter just the ...
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Chrome address bar font just changed (OSX)
The font used by the address bar just changed and it's bugging me, wondering if anyone might know how to reset it. I tried creating a new profile and it's the same. My other copies of Chrome (Canary ...
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Why does launchd keep killing processes
I've noticed my system.log is getting flooded with messages like this:
May 5 12:56:08 macpro com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.qtkittrustedmoviesservice[8568]): Exited: Killed: 9
May 5 12:56:08 ...
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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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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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How can I make a user template for OSX which automatically makes user folders on a separate partition?
I have setup a default user template on a computer which I am building an Image for our fleet of Macbook Retinas.
We are using 10.8 and I have created the default user and moved it to the ...
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What process is tied to shortcut screenshots in OSX?
Recently I've been having problems with the built in screenshots in OS X Mountain Lion.
Every now and then it stops working, and the only way to get it working again seems to be logging out and back ...
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OSX Mountain Lion logs out after login
I open the lid of the laptop and the computer wakes up. I fill in my password and log in. I'm shown the desktop for a second and then the screen goes black. I then have to hit a key or two to wake ...
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Can AppleScript/osascript be used to click menu extra menu items?
I have an application installed that only appears in the menu bar (as a menu extra to the right). I would like to click one of the items contained in its menu via osascript. I've found the following ...
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Connect to a Windows Server 2012 share from OS X Mountain Lion
I'm having problems connecting to a Windows Server 2012 share from my iMac.
I'm connected to the server via VPN, which seems to be working:
Now when I try to connect to the share by typing ...
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Bluray Player Software for OSX which supports MVC 3d? [closed]
Does such a player exist? I know powerDVD does on windows, but I can't find any such option for OSX (specifically, mountain lion). So far the responses I have gotten either suggest using bino (does ...
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OSX 10.8.3 slow SMB file access - especially over VPN
Possible same issue here: slow SMB transfers from Mountain Lion over VPN to Windows Server with no answer.
On the local LAN SMB file browsing is OK. It's slower than a Windows client, but ...
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Uninstalled Ruby.Frameworks on Mac OS X 10.8
In an attempt to create a clean Ruby slate for myself, I uninstalled RVM, rbenv (yeah, I had both installed, whoops), Gem, Bundler, and the pre-installed version of Ruby. I didn't realize the chaos ...
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How to make command+arrow go to begining and end of line in iterm2?
With the default settings, command + arrow_left switches to the tab on the left. How to change it so that it puts the cursor at the beginning of the line instead ?
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How do I launch this .plist file on startup *before* I log in?
I copied the current full .plist file at the bottom of this question.
Right now I have a .plist file that I loaded with launchctl -w load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/local.setgetscreenres.plist to make my ...
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LaunchAgent plist to keep an app running and hiden
I'm using the following script
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist ...
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On Mac OS 10.8, how can you maximize a window into the current space?
I have an 11" MacBook Air and get a lot of use out of spaces (Apple's name for multiple desktops). When applications are minimized to the dock the minimized icon appears on all spaces, but when ...
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Does OS X Preview support saving PDF with JBIG2 compression?
I have a PDF file containing hundreds of BW scannings, that I created on Windows using lossy JBIG2 compression, resulting in a nice 8MB file.
I can open that file on OSX with Preview, but if I add ...
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VirtualGL on Mac OSX - Remote from Windows
I have my main Windows 8 desktop and I am trying to remote to my Mac Mini Mountain Lion. I have VNC over LAN which works ok but I am looking for a better user experience (ie hardware accelerated ...
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OS X Mountain Lion Apache Forbidden
I follow this guide: native lamp stack macos x
I created Sites/hello/ folder and htdocs folder in hello.
When I ping hello.dev -> I see 404
when I try localhost/~username/hello -> Forbidden
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Possible Homebrew and Rubie issues after the installation of RVM on Mountain Lion
I've installed RVM via the line offered on the rvm.io homepage:
curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --rails --autolibs=enabled
In order of the installation process RVM automatically ...
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Force OSX text field to accept copy-paste
Short version: Is there a way to force text field in OSX to accept pasting a string, despite that the developer (Apple) set it to not to accept copy-paste?
Long story:
Platform: OS X 10.8.2 ...
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cant install osx 10.8 - error “the disk is used for time machine” - its my main HD
Im trying to upgrade to 10.8 from 10.7.5 on my "13-inch macbook, aluminum late 2008", when i run the install i click agree on the T&C, and then i get to select the HD i want to install it on (but ...
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dtrace -l makes iTunes “stutter”
If I run sudo dtrace -l on OSX Mountain Lion and stop it with CTRL-C, the CPU activity (measured with menu meters) seems to be normal, but unless I reboot, I get far more "beach balls" and iTunes ...
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Non-US Keyboard and CMD + SHIFT + 7
I have a Swiss keyboard and in many (developer-based) programs I get a conflict with one of my favorite shortcuts: CMD + SHIFT + 7 or CMD + /. I use this to set the focus to every OSX application's ...
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Terminal Command to Check if Mac Book Pro Lids Closed
I'm running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). I was wondering if there was a terminal command to check if the macbook pro's lid is currently closed.
The reason I ask is because I have cron jobs scheduled ...
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Is it possible to change Afloat 2.0 (OS X SIMBL plugin) controls?
The three-finger control for floating something is being overruled by my binding in BetterTouchTool (which has it trigger a smart app-switcher). The three-finger-swipe-up is going to be Alt+Tab and ...
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Can an OSX server handle windows account administration and file storage?
I want a server and I have a contract with a business to set up a network with the current systems and a new Mac Pro.
I have used OS X server before but not for a while so I need to know: Can I set ...
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Merge SMB files with local Copy OS X
I'm currently using a MacBook Pro, 10.8.3 and I'm looking to view my work files via smb. At the moment I use Finder->Connect To Server method which works fine when I'm online.
However, I'd like to ...
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Ability to setup ask for password for longer than 4 hours?
Is there a way to way to set the delay for longer like 8-10 hours?
I have a wakeup sunrise app that i love, but had to remove password for it to work. But i could set the delay to 8 or 10 hours it ...
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OS X Mountain Lion unstable after Time Machine restore
I recently sent my Apple MacBook Pro (Retina 15" mid-2012 with OS X 10.8.3) in to Apple to repair the screen, and they wiped the hard drive. I connected my external Time Machine drive and booted into ...
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How to create recovery CD for Mac Mountain Lion?
I'm working on a brand new Mac Mini with Mac os X 10.8.1 (Mountain Lion) and it didn't come with any recovery disks. How can I make recovery disks for free (i.e. not buying a license for Acronis or ...
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Where can I locate cache of recent login pictures for OS X Mountain Lion?
I have a whole bunch of image icons stuck inside of my recent pictures tab in my login pictures box for Mountain Lion. I was looking to clean it out, but I can't seem to delete them through the ...
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Is there a way to customize the look of aliased items?
By default aliased items such as folders look like this:
Is there anyway to customize the look? For instance, I'd like to replace the arrows with something else. I've looked all over the system ...
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Can Application, Downloads and Document icons on the Dock be configured to just open finder?
Whenever you click on either Application, Downloads or Document icons on the Dock, you get this hard to read popup.
Is there any way to configure these buttons to open the appropriate folders in the ...
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Multiple Scheduled Wakes on Mac OS X
I have a crontab job scheduled to run every hour. I like to sleep and I also enjoy giving my macbook the same privileges. Unfortunately, cron does not execute when the system is asleep. Is there a way ...
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How do I change the lock screen image on OS X?
To lock my Mac, I hit Ctrl-Shift-Eject, which puts my display to sleep. When I get turn it on again it asks me log back in and displays the current image in the desktop cycle as a background. I would ...
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Resize just one Icon on Desktop, Mac OSX Mountain Lion
There are some items on my Desktop that are begging for more attention than the others!! I would like to resize choice items! That would be great! :)
(Everything I searched resulted in "how to resize ...
