OS X Mountain Lion (version 10.8) is the 9th major release of Mac OS X released on July 25, 2012.
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Mac OS X Mountain Lion can't ping/telnet localhost. Point to a wrong public IP
I've been developing Node.js apps on my localhost on port 1337 for last two years with no problem as shown below.
$ node app
App started on port 1337
Today I wanted to test how things go with ...
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Why do I need ./ for commands to run on Mountain Lion? [duplicate]
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What does “/” , “./”, “../” represent while giving path?
Why do I need ./ for commands to run on Mountain Lion?
For example, when using mysql I have to type in the ...
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How do I open a checked out file in a Perforce depot with an external editor on Mac OS X Mountain Lion?
I'm using p4v on OS X 10.8. Before I upgraded to Mountain Lion, I could double click a checked out file in a changelist under the "Pending" tab and the file would open in the external editor specified ...
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How to make Mac think I inserted a CD/DVD
I'm setting up Boot Camp to install Windows.
I already created the bootable thumb drive via Boot Camp to install Windows, but I want to bypass the window that asks to insert a CD/DVD into the ...
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Problems with network connection mac os x mountain lion
I'm having issues with my wireless network connection on my macbook pro 10.8.2
I thought it might be airport/hardware issues but it's not.
At the moment I'm using a wireless usb adapter (Realtek ...
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Is it possible to create a shortcut in Mountain Lion for a mouse click in a specific area of the screen?
I'm currently evaluating the quality of several 10000s of files containing heart beat profiles of a gastropod (yes!).
To complete this task I have used R to program an interface that allows me to ...
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How to move a window taller than the screen to access the bottom?
I am running OS X Mountain Lion. I have an application called iPhoto Library Manager that spit out an error long enough to take up more than the screen. The continue button is at the bottom of the ...
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Configuring Apache on OSX with multiple ports
I'm trying to configure the Apache server on my Mac like this:
localhost:80 - /Library/WebServer/Documents/website1
localhost:67 - /Library/WebServer/Documents/website2
That is, I should see ...
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USB Wifi Looks like Ethernet to OS X?
So I purchased this little USB wifi adapter http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00762YNMG.
It works well in Windows 7, installed the driver and was good to go.
OS X (mountain lion specifically) was a ...
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KeePass on Mac OSx does not run
I have followed previous instructions to get KeePass 2.20 installed on my iMac, OSX 10.8.2 but when you click on the app from the Applications folder it appears to start and then does nothing. How can ...
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VirtualBox changes the way my Mac displays colours?
I am using a Mac 10.8.2 with VirtualBox 4.2.6 r82870 and whenever I launch the latter, my Mac completely changes the way it displays colours on screen?! How can that be, why does it do that and how ...
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How to get Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) to see USB modem device (Arduino)?
Normally, plugging in the Arduino to a Mac creates /dev/tty.usbmodemXXXX but on Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) it does not. How can I get this operating system to see the device?
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Disable Mountain Lion's smooth folder expanding in Finder
When I'm trying to expand or collapse a sub-folder in Finder, Finder starts to do it smoothly. This causes a lags on my screen. How can I disable this feature?
I've already disabled a smooth ...
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Why am I not able to SSH into my laptop?
I upgraded to Mountain Lion and something weitd is happening with accessing my computer via SSH. I am able to SSH into other boxes from my computer but I am not yet able to SSH into my laptop from ...
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OS X thinks that my folder (with .suffix at the end) is related to some App
I've named a folder with .suffix which already bound to one of Mac applications. And that is the problem when I'm trying to open this folder through the Finder.
I've delete the App related to ...
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OS X Mountain Lion, emacsclient -c Can't Create Frame on Window System X
EDIT: I have accepted the answer below because it answers my question but I wasn't aware that if one uses the x11 emacs, it is butt ugly and so I have resorted to just putting start-server in my init ...
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Removing Facebook and Twitter components from OS X
How can I remove the Facebook and Twitter components from OS X?
(Similar to removing the People" component from Windows 8).
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Is there a way to script setting up a space (mission control) in OSX?
It seems that Spaces was designed with assigning apps to a space in mind (see this KB article). Even apps like TotalSpaces are built with this model. This seems redundant to me as there is already ...
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Mac OS X Leopard: Install on External from Lion or Mountain Lion
I'm trying to set up some testing machines on an external hard drive. I have a Lion MBP and Mountain Lion MBP, and I'm trying to perform the installations from mac books.
When I attemt to run the ...
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When I try to download files with Google Chrome, it crashes the app on my Mac
Every single time I try to download anything or even add new add-ons to my Chrome Browser, it crashes the app and doesn't download anything. Even before the update to OS X 10.8 it wouldn't download ...
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Can't run Node.js Script with launchd on Mac
I'm trying to run a node script every hour on my Mac (OSX 10.8.2 Mountain Lion). According to high ranking search results, the best way to do this is to add a launchd launch agent.
For some reason it ...
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How to upgrade from OS X 10.6.8 to Mountain Lion?
My Mac died and I needed to reinstall. I tried to restore from my Time Machine backup, but that also crashes for me (no idea why). So I've reinstalled OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and ran all the updates, ...
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Windows VNC server which Mountain Lion's Screen Share can talk to?
There are load of options available to get VNC of some sort working (Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac, any number of VNC servers and clients) but I'd really like to find a VNC Server for Windows ...
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Simple way to replace Dock Finder and Finder Sidebar icons?
I am trying to do several things without getting into the 'Terminal' scenario. Is there a simple way and/or application to use to change the 'Finder' Dock icon and to change the 'Finder' Sidebar ...
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How to add color to menu bar icons - particularly OS X hour time?
When opening the Date and Time Preferences I noticed there is no way listed to display in another color.
Does anyone know of a way to have the day/hour time displayed in another color?
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Can't assign to PS1 on OS X bash
I'm trying to set up PS1 so it displays the branch name on git:
user.name:some/repo (master) $
However, nothing I do seems to work. Even when I just try assigning to PS1 directly, it doesn't work:
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Stop other monitors from going black when in full screen mode on a Mac
How can I disable the blacking out of my second and third monitors when I play a movie in full screen mode?
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Mac roaming profile on a Windows 2008 domain
Have been pointed here by the guys at ServerFault - hoping this is the right forum (it seems to fit in with the guidelines).
I'm setting up a home network with Windows 2008 R2 server. I've configured ...
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HDD to SSD - Moving all data
Just received my new Crucial M4 SSD. I know how to practically install it, but I have some questions before installing:
Should I do a fresh install or a clone if I want to upgrade to Mountain Lion?
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Mountain Lion Finder Memory Issues [closed]
Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, I've been noticing that the Finder has a fondness of gobbling up multiple gigabytes of real memory. Although a quick relaunch gets it back down to <100 MB, this ...
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Win7 Graphic distortion after opening game
I installed Windows 7 on MBP 13" 2012 using bootcamp. I have downloaded all drivers etc, system is updated. When I open EvE Online game client, the application works normally, although the graphics in ...
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trigger speech input chrome mountain lion shift +cmd +.
hello every one can anyone help me in bringing back shortcut for speech input in chrome with mountain lion( shift +cmd +. )
the problem is that mountain lion uses shift +cmd +. for showing hidden ...
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How to setup iTerm “Visor” option like TotalTerminal?
I configured my iTerm using this tutorial: http://technosophos.com/content/configure-iterm2-act-visor
But I have few problems with it, for example when I am in fullscreen mode and I press CMD + Tab ...
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Share hard drive between OS X (Mountain Lion) host and Windows 7 guest in VirtualBox
I recently bought a Mac Book Pro and repartitioned the drive to have three main partitions: one for Mountain Lion, one for Windows 7 and one for sharing data between the two. Through a lot of ...
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Is there a way to use full screen apps on Mountain Lion Without Losing 2nd Screen?
The Full Screen option in apps on Lion/Mountain Lion is great for maximising screen space unless you run two monitors, at which point the second one just shows a useless texture. Is there a way to get ...
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Assign Mute System Volume to F10 on Mac Mountain Lion without 3rd party apps
I'm customizing my keyboard shortcuts using System Preferences. I cannot find a way to assign Mute to F10, Volume Down to F11, & Volume Up to F12. They work when I use fn+F10 etc. but I don't want ...
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NFS share on Ubuntu grinds iMac down to a halt when mounted
We're at a university in a lab trying to create an NFS share that can be shared between OS X and Ubuntu machines. This problem has been driving my supervisor and I crazy for the past few days - ...
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Cannot open Home folder via Finder directly
Home folder in my mac turns Cannot be opened by Finder directly to and:
have the creation and modification date: january 24th 1984, 09:00
are grayed out
have 0 item
but it still appeared to have ...
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Remove Application from Mountain Lion's Twitter Apps
How can I remove an application completely from the list under "Security & Privacy" -> "Privacy" -> "Twitter"?
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NFS connection in OS X Mountain Lion doesn't show files in Finder
I've got NFS set up as a server on my Linux 3.7.1 (Slackware 14) box. I'm able to connect to it using my OS X Mountain Lion client, but Finder will not show any files. However, if I run ls through the ...
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How to reset mac PRAM through the command line in Lion/Mountain Lion?
I'm trying to write a script to automate a PRAM reset and I've seen a lot of old guides that tell me to use the following command to reset the Mac's PRAM via the terminal:
nvram boot-args="-p -r"
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Alternative to xxd that returns bytes?
I am on Mac OS X 10.8.2, running a compiled copy of xxd v1.10 (source code) as well as the copy of xxd that comes preinstalled on OS X.
I am trying to generate a Base64-encoded SHA1 signature via a ...
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How can I allow only one user to access an external drive?
In OS X Mountain Lion, I have an external encrypted HD (Mac OS, journaled and encrypted) and I want to have it only accessible for one user (or a group).
Is this possible or do I have to unmount ...
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Why does my SSD disk on OSX work with USB-adapter but not over internal SATA?
I'm trying to replace the HD in a MacBook Pro (2009) with a Samsung SSD 830. The SSD has previously been used in a Macbook (late 2008, aluminium) without issues.
Since very little differs in the ...
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How to reinstall default Perl on Mac osx?
I accidently deleted the default Perl library on Mac OSX Mountain Lion. I know it was a stupid mistake, but how do I fix it? Whenever I try to use Perl I get
dyld: Library not loaded: ...
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How to remove Quarantine from file permissions in OS X
I downloaded a .pem file and my Mac OS X (10.8.2) added an @ sign at the end of the file permissions. This is causing file permission issues.
I can't seem to remove the quarantine flag. I even tried ...
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correcting permissions on Mac after Mountain Lion install
Upgrading to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard has affected a lot of the software I use. While trying to update and install some Ruby gems on my system as well as other software (using Homebrew), I got ...
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Is there a way to force-reinstall OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion?
I had upgraded to 10.8.2 a few months ago and now, when trying to install some python modules, have messed up my default python installation on the Mac. I was wondering if there was a way to re-update ...
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MAC: Locked out of /usr/bin
I have mountain lion and was fiddling with permissions on /usr/bin.
I am locked out and get permission denied errors when I do ls -al on that folder.
I cannot use sudo as it says sudo not found. I ...
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Remove Applications from Location Services in Security & Privacy on Mac OS X 10.8
I wanted to remove applications from location services in the security and privacy settings on MaC OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. (The apps were still listed even though they were uninstalled.) I found the ...
