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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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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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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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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How do I partition my Macintosh HDD when data is already on it?
My macintosh HDD 500GB has about 350GB data on it. I want to create a 100GB partition and leave mountain lion on that and then move my data to the other 400GB partition. However when I go to create ...
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Sharing on Facebook form preview in 10.8 resizes the image
Is there a way to change the size of images shared on Facebook from OSX 10.8? When I share FullHD screen-shot, it gets resized and on Facebook it is displayed in way lower quality and resolution than ...
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Where is SVN on OS X Mountain Lion?
I upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion and found out SVN is no longer present. I use Netbeans 6.9.1 in conjunction with Apache's SVN.
How can I get it back and working?
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Changes to “Language & Text” preferences won't stick
I can't get my changes to "Language & Text" preferences to 'stick'.
I've tried deleting or changing abbreviations and setting everything back to default. Every time I log out they change back ...
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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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Saved Search as Wallpaper Source in Mountain Lion?
Is it possible in any way to use a Saved Search as a Wallpaper Source in Mountain Lion?
Thanks!
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Remove file extension in OS X using Terminal
Problem:
I have some 200+ files named something in line with "DSC01852.JPG.jpg". I would like to remove the file extension so the result becomes "DSC01852.JPG".
Any suggestions? I looked at the mv ...
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How do I cancel software updates that are downloading on Mountain Lion
I have installed Mountain Lion. Software Update has now been integrated in to the App Store application. I clicked the Update button to start downloading software updates for the OS, but now I see ...
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How should I make my Macbook Air totally secure? [closed]
I've recently been a little paranoid about being hacked and having my computer breached by people that I don't know, so I think it's time for a security upgrade. Anyone have any tips/software that I ...
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cp all files in the same directory, but exclude subdirectories/files
I'm looking for a way to do something like this:
cp -R jquery-ui-1.10.3/themes/base/minified ui
..but to let it match all files in the minified folder (and only it's root) and except all ...
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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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How to prevent automatic forwarding to OSX Server Wiki?
Im trying to use OSX Server Mountain Lion for the first time and came to the following problem:
I registered a new domain and linked it to my ip address via an A-entry at united-domains. On my ...
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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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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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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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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 switch between Java 7 and Java 6 on OS X 10.8.2?
I am using Java SE 7 to program simple games for windows and mac, but I have to switch to java 6 to run games such as Minecraft on my computer. This used to work just fine before I updated to Mac OS X ...
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Plex controls without focus
I asked this question on the Plex support forums, but that didn't prove to be fruitful so I thought I'd come to the trusty stack exchange.
What I'm trying to do is control Plex using the media ...
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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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Why did NTFS-3G via Homebrew stop working?
I followed the directions here:
NTFS-3G via Homebrew installation
If you have [Homebrew][5], installing NTFS support is as easy as
running the following in a terminal:
brew install ntfs-3g
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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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installing geoip extension on mamp
I'm trying to install PECL geoip extension on mamp, I've compiled the geoip.so files and this file now is with my others extensions. I've changed the php.ini but it doesn't appear in my phpinfo(). The ...
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Can't Connect to Terminal Server with Mac OS X Client
I downloaded Microsoft's RDP client for Mac OSX and when I try to connect to the Terminal Server at work it won't allow me to connect. I get the following error:
Microsoft Error Reporting log ...
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OSX: install (dual-boot) Windows 7 without USB stick or DVD drive
I'm attempting to install (dual-boot) Windows 7 on a second partition on my macbook. I have the Win7 installer ISO and even a VM running Win8 where I've installed the "Win7 USB/DVD download tool" -- ...
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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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Change folder where exported files are saved
What I use:
Mountain Lion 10.8.3
Inkscape 0.48
3 files for Inkscape exension to export TikZ code (tikz_export.py, tikz_export_effect.inx, tikz_export_output.inx) (A bug has been dealt with following ...
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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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Adium freezes on Macbook pro OSX 10.8.3 Mountain lion after screen lock
Whenever I unlock my Macbook Pro screen, Adium version 1.5.6 freezes. Each time I have to force quit and then restart it. There has been a lot of crash reports on Adium forum but do not see any ...
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How to add login Items by code to mountain lion osx
Until I upgraded to Mountain Lion I was able to add login items by editing this plist:
/Users/test/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist
And adding items (path,name,hide) to ...
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EFI partition malware?
I have a 2011 Macbook Pro, running 10.8.2 and was worried that the laptop may have been tampered with while left unattended for a few days while abroad in Asia.
I have mounted my EFI partition using:
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find command is giving error on Mountain Lion
I'm trying use the following command on Mac OSX Mountain Lion to get a list of my mail folders as part of my .muttrc file:
`echo -n "+ "; find ~/.mail/fastmail -maxdepth 1 -type d -name ".*" -printf ...
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Upgrading to SSD, Clone HDD or Fresh Install?
I have just received the SSD I ordered for my Mac Mini, I would like to know would cloning the existing boot drive from the HDD have any issues? Or would it be simply easier and less headache to do a ...
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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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How can I enable Mountain Lion Airplay mirroring through command line?
I want to enable/disable airplay mirroring with an script and I don't know how to find what commands are executed when Airplay is activated.
Any idea about how to do it or where to search?
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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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Installing Mountain Lion on PC without Mac or DVD [closed]
First off, I am new to superuser.com, so I hope this question qualifies here. I apologize if not.
I am trying to install Mountain Lion OS onto my Windows 8 PC. I do not have access to a Mac. The ...
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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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How do I make a non proprietary Mac OSX 10.8 bootable (startup) disk? [closed]
I'd like to be able to create a startup disk that I can use for current versions of maintenance utilities (diskwarrior / tech tool pro) etc ... Any ideas?
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“Put display to sleep” hot corner dims the keyboard
Does "put display to sleep" hot corner require some other specific settings? All hot corners work perfectly except for this one. Instead of putting the display to sleep it dims the keyboard.
What's ...
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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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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 ...
