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Insert blank page using Print Dialog
Is there a way to insert a blank page anywhere in the document using the print dialog?
The use case in my mind:
While in print dialog, if it were possible to direct the printer to insert blank pages ...
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Does using a Mac have a trouble for someone never used one? [closed]
I am mainly a Windows user (but I use Linux occasionally).
I would like to know if using Mac is straightforward for someone like me. I have never used Mac and was wondering if it is easy.
The reason I ...
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Use my old mac book as a monitor for my Windows 7
It's old 2007 macbook running lion i believe, ( I haven't used it in a while cannot remember which i updated it to, the log in has round circles if anyone can make sense of that.)
I've tried ...
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Why do macs require to eject usb, but windows and linux dont?
Why do macs require a usb drive to be ejected, but windows and linux do not? Is a umount occuring on the mac?...if so why doesnt linux need a umount?...also if so, what is the windows equivalent of ...
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rEFIt on Mac won't boot into USB Installation after OS is installed
Recently I have used Bootcamp to install Windows 7 Professional (64bit) on my Mac Book Air 3,2. I didn't have a CD/DVD so I used ISO and USB.
This is how I did it:
Use VirtualBox to install the ...
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Opening file/application through smb/ftp
I know that if I open a file/application through ftp, the file gets downloaded on windows 7 and then I run it.
My questions are as follows:
1.On ftp on windows, does it get downloaded to the ...
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Connect a MAC (Lion) to Windows by RDP when the two networks are the same?
I have a new MAC (Mountain Lion) and I am trying to connect at my small office Windows desktop using the MAC built in VPN and the Microsoft RDP software.
The problem is that my home network address is ...
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Secure Online Storage with Mapped Network Drive [closed]
I am searching for an online storage solution that uses encryption when transferring the data, and when storing the data. I want to be able to map a network drive to the online storage in Windows and ...
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Reboot after power failure for MacPro 3,1 early 2008 using Windows 7 x64
I'm using a Mac Pro 3,1 early 2008, with Windows 7 64 bit installed to run as a Server.
Is it possible to make it automatically restart after a power recovery?
Previously I was using a Pentium 4 ...
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Notification area sometimes has invisible icons?
I run Windows 7 64-bit in Boot Camp on an iMac. For some reason, sometimes when I start it up, the notification area icons will be invisible, as seen in this screenshot. In order to fix it, I restart ...
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Can't move mouse/keyboard on startup for a few seconds while Windows loads USB devices?
I run Windows 7 in Boot Camp on an iMac. For some reason, sometimes when I start it up, I can't move my mouse (using USB via RF) and my Bluetooth keyboard for about 10–20 seconds while Windows loads ...
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Remove Mac OS X partition from Boot Camp
I installed Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro Retina laptop.
Now I would like to remove the OS X partition to get some extra space for Windows. Is it simply just a matter of formatting the OS X partition ...
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Remote control a mac without a monitor from PC and fill PCs 3 monitors
Having:
1) A windows 7 PC with three 2560x1440 monitors attached (total resolution of 7680x1440 pixels).
2) An OSX 10.8 Mac Mini with no monitor on it.
What software i need in order to remote ...
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Attempting to create a bootable USB in order to install windows 7 on Parallels (with my MacBookPro)
Recently updated my OS and am having to re-install some vital programs.
I'm attempting to install Windows 7 as my OS for the virtual machine within Parallels. I am working with an iso file, and am ...
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Importing PhraseExpress Snippets to Textexpander
Is there anyway of importing text snippets made using PhraseExpress in windows to TextExpander on mac?
I know you can import TextExpander snippets to PhraseExpress but can you do the other way ...
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Create Mac partition in Windows
On my Windows server machine I have a 1TB drive I want to partition down the middle, one half NTFS and the other HFS+. I don't necessarily need to be able to write or even read the HFS+ partition from ...
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How can I get a Euro (€) sign with a MacBook Pro US keyboard in Windows 7?
I have a MacBook Pro running regularly on Windows 7 with direct boot into Windows.
I have a US keyboard but need to use the Euro sign all the time. I haven't managed to find a shortcut that works. ...
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Too many keyboard layouts
The short question: how do you handle multiple keyboard layouts without getting confused?
I'm a fast writer. I've been using the default Swedish, QWERTY PC keyboard layout on Linux, DOS and Windows ...
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Which character to use for getting the first place in file listing? [closed]
Our colleagues are competing first place in file listing on shared folder, e.g., ls -1 /mnt
ZFirstplace
!YSecond
!!ZThird
123
2012-08-23 14.19.35.jpg
2012-08-23 14.19.38.jpg
Use access the folder ...
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How to restore Mac from Windows 8
Recently I ran into a problem (as mentioned here) where I couldn't log into my OS X.
I have Windows 8 installed in a partition, but unfortunately the partition where OS X was installed has been ...
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Unable to boot into my OS X after installing Windows 8
Ok I am in major trouble here!
I wanted to install Windows 8 in my Mac.. So I used BootCamp to partion my HardDisk and allocated some 100 GB for Windows.. All was well and Windows was installed..
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How to create autorun menu for DVD content for both Windows and MacOS?
I need to present HTML content on a DVD, accessible form a nice autorun menu.
Using autorun.inf is windows-only but this will need to run on both Windows and Mac, and DVD menus would be ok, but they ...
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Cross Operating System Custom Keyboard Layouts
Is there any software that will generate mac, windows and linux(xkb) keyboard layouts simultaneosly?
Edit From what I understand Mircosoft Keyboard Layout Creator doesn't support changing of ...
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Is there a arabesque screensaver for Windows?
Does anyone know of any Arabesque screensaver copies or ports for Windows (7 or xp)?
Regards,
Matthew
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Where Do Bootcamp Utilities Install?
In my Snow Leopard installation, I was unable to pull the BootCamp Windows tools down with the Bootcamp utility.
I downloaded them from here and installed them, but, I have no idea where they ...
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Office 2011, Mac OS Lion, Excel creates temporary file on Windows server 2008, SMB share how to stop?
I have an issue with Mac's and a windows SMB share, when using Excel 2011.
If I open an excel document from the windows share it will create a "Ghost file" starting with ~$ then the full filename e.g ...
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Unable to connect to Windows 8 PC via network
I installed an upgrade of a clean copy from Windows 7 to Windows 8. After this, I am unable to connect to the PC via network from both a Windows and Mac OS X Machine. I am able to see the PC on the ...
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Security of small browsers [closed]
To have a secure system one important part is to have an up to date browser with the latest security fixes. I trust that the teams behind the large browsers (IE,firefox,safari,chromium,opera) work ...
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271 views
OS X unable to authenticate Windows 8 share
I recently upgraded From Windows 7 to Windows 8 and could easily connect to shared folders from my Mac OS X 10.8 macbook.
I then had to do a hard format and reinstalled Windows 8 loosing my original ...
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Windows 7/8 can't connect to an N Router
I have a router running OpenWRT backfire, with N and A/B/G being broadcast. A linux laptop, and a Mac laptop can see the N network and connect to it (or at least they could last weekend). But there is ...
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How's the latency with Mac VNC on Windows PC using a crossover cable?
I use a Windows 8 PC as my main system, and do some programming with Xcode which I use a virtual machine for. However, it doesn't run as smoothly as I would like, so I'm thinking about purchasing a ...
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What exactly will hiding my router's SSID achieve and can all of my devices connect to it?
To expand on the title, if I hide my SSID, does this mean devices (excluding advanced network tools) will not be able to see it in a normal WIFI search, or does it mean something else?
Also, if I do ...
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developing code in multiple locations
I have two machines (one is a mac one is a pc), and I develop on both machines but only run "production" on the pc.
Now, I sometimes face an issue where both machine PC and machine MAC have different ...
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connecting to the internet through mac os x lion virtual machine on windows 7
I've followed a video tutorial and managed to set up a mac os x lion installation on my oracle Virtual Machine. I'm running windows 7 on the actual machine.
When I try to connect to the internet ...
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How to open .BNDL files
I want to edit a .BNDL file in windows 7 but when I open it with notepad or Microsoft Office 2010, I get a file with weird characters.
Is there a way to edit this file in windows?
Regards
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Reading an external Mac hard disk from Windows
I changed to Windows 7 64bit from a Mac. Unfortunately Windows will not read the external hard disk I was using for my Mac.
How can I start using the disk from Windows without deleting the files?
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How to find a Mac in my local network
I have a Mac and a PC in local network. Unfortunately the Mac does not have a keyboard and the IP is given dynamically by a router I don't have access to.
How do I connect my VNC/Synergy Client to ...
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Which MAC address is the right one?
Result by 'getmac':
C:\>getmac
Physical Address Transport Name
=================== ==========================================================
72-03-C6-48-59-34 ...
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Does this software exist: Work enabler/distraction disabler [closed]
Does this idea for Windows and OS X exist.
It's a piece of software that will let the user disable all distraction programs/browser searches that aren't related to the work you're trying to do.
You ...
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Information on the BMPP File Extension/Format
I am looking for information on the file type BMPp. Namely I need an application that can create this file type, preferably open source or free.
Wikipedia says for BMP File Format that 'BMPp' is a ...
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Mac mini 1.66 no audio in device manager
Windows 7 installed perfectly except that there is no sound. Not only that, but there is no audio device in the Device Manager screen. I've tried the realtek drivers etc. with no success.
Does anyone ...
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Format drive in Windows, using drive in Mac (Marking bad sectors)
I have a new 3 TB hard drive that I would like to peform a full format on in Windows. Its my understanding that a full format will mark any bad sectors on the drive and will not use those sectors to ...
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Is the default notepad++ color scheme available for VIM?
Basically, I come from a Windows background having used Notepad++ for a long time and LOVE their color scheme/highlighting for all of the different file types. Now that I'm on Mac I'm using VIM to ...
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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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How to create and connect to a windows machine from a mac?
If I use a Mac but I sometimes want a windows machine to use - e.g. to work with web apps that only work on Internet Explorer - what should I do? How can I get a windows machine easily and cheaply to ...
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Suggestions? Password & Encrypted Read/Write File like a Mac (.dmg or .SparseBundle) also R/W on Windows, Ubuntu
For years I have used .dmg or .sparsebundle (Encrypted and Password Protected) to safely keep home directory backups on my Mac.
Now, I am looking for a similar Full Permissions/Read/Write that ...
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Fast USB switch to share keyboard and mouse (like KVM) [closed]
I use a DeLOCK USB 2.0 Sharing Switch 2 - 1 to share my keyboard and mouse between my iMac (which is running Windows 7 natively through Bootcamp) and my Mac Mini.
Switching from the iMac/Win7 to the ...
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Sync a folder between macbook, pc and time capsule as backup
I have a time capsule set up that has backups of the entire system of both my macbook and my pc.
Now I would like to add a folder on the time capsule drive, for instance 'Projects'. Which has a ...
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MIDI sequencer with Reason-like editing, but easier opening of MIDI files [closed]
I'm editing midi files for use with Synthesia, a piano-hero like game. Very very painful.
Propellorheads Reason is exactly the software interface I need (very good, not finicky, responsive to ...
