Questions tagged [osx-mountain-lion]
Use for questions referring specifically to versions of OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion. Non-version-specific questions related to OS X should be tagged with [osx]. Questions about Mac hardware should be tagged with [mac]. Questions about running OS X on non-Apple hardware are generally considered off-topic.
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Using all loopback IPs on OS X
I has service that binds random loopback IP on 127.0.0.0/8 subnet on demand (like 127.12.34.56).
It works fine on Linux but does not work on OS X.
Only solution I found was to make alias for each ...
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VirtualBox with Host-Only network
There is no explicit network group, so apologies if my question does belong in a different forum...
I have couple of laptops. One of which is old Mac with 20.8 on it.
Unfortunately it the only one I ...
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Switching between windows of an app in different spaces shortcut?
If there are two different instances/windows of the same application located in two spaces, each window inside another space. What is the easiest way (preferably with a keyboard shortcut) to move/...
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VMware ESXi 6.0 - How can I pass-through (add) my Mac Pro's optical drive to a VM (running OS X Mountain Lion)?
Bit unconventional I know, but I am running VMware ESXi 6.0 on my old Mac Pro 1.1. If you don't know what that is then (no offense, but) you won't be able to help me. The Mac Pro host has a "super ...
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Mac Mail stop responding not downloading Gmail data
I upgraded to Mountain Lion and everything was fine for a couple of weeks. Now suddenly, for no apparent reason, mac mail cannot download emails from my Gmail account anymore. It's downloading emails ...
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MacOS grays out files on SMB server using fruit
I have a fileserver running Debian 9.0 with samba server (v. 4.5.8).
When I connect from a Windows PC everything works fine, but when I connect from a MacOS (tried from Mountain Lion and Sierra) ...
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Unable to download Sweet midi player my Macbook Pro
When I try to open the app file I receive a message stating that the developer is unknown and therefore the app will not be open. My friend has Sweet midi player on his mac so that is obviously not ...
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Mac OS X : cannot restore mac by any recovery mode
I fooled around and installed Kubuntu on my mac whipping out the HDD completely, but as not satisfied from the OS, I tried to return back to OSX. I had the most recent back-up but when I tried to re-...
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Mac: inconsistent boot problems
I have been having some serious issues with my Mac Pro recently, and my business has been brought to a standstill.
First my specs: Mac Pro 3,1 quad 2.8, 14GB RAM, ATI Radeon 2600 (stock), ATI Radeon ...
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How do I restore the ability to do Terminal commands?
I am using Mountain Lion. I added an alias to my ~/.bash_profile file, and now every time I open terminal, it displays the following:
Last login: Thu Feb 11 09:50:30 on ttys000
Saving session...
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the voice that talks to me from my computer sounds strange
My Mac desktop has Mountain Lion osx 10.8.5 installed. Since installing it, the voice that talks to me from my computer sounds strange.
Why has it gone from sounding clean and advanced to . . . ...
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How to Allow outgoing traffic to ports Mac Os
I am not a programmer and I have no experience with coding. Therefore, I want to ask about allowing outgoing traffic to ports on a Mac.
I want to open TCP:80, TCP:11031 and UDP:11235-11335 in Mac OS. ...
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tilde and acute accents not working
I need some help.
I have no idea why but today tilde and acute are not working. I checked system preference, input sources and Canadian French CSA is selected. Nothing else.
When I press alt+ç I ...
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Creating a bootable DMG or ISO for Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
I have a 4.04GB DMG file for Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), which is being used for reinstalling the OS on my MacBook Pro.
However, the bootable USB needs a GPT (GUID-partition table) format. The ...
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Run `sudo` command at startup/bootup on Mac OS X
How to run a sudo on command line when a Mac startup?
Specifically, I'm trying to run the following line on Mountain Lion:
sudo ipfw add 100 fwd 127.0.0.1,8080 tcp from any to any 80 in
There are ...
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Mac OS X 10.8.5 memory usage on the high side. How to lessen or improve
I bought a Macbook with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. It comes with 2GB of memory but it using alot of it from looking at the Activity Monitor.
Here's what it shows: Free: 140 MB Wired: 441.4 MB Active: ...
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when in text/edit and wanting to print document, how do I reduce the font size. I have a MacBook
I have a document located in text/edit and I would like to reduce the print size before printing on printer. How do I do this. I have a MacBook
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diagnosing spurious hard-drive spin-down
I've got an external USB drive that is being used for backup purposes. Occasionally it will spuriously spin-down and Mac OS X will complain that the disk wasn't ejected properly. One reason I have ...
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Why is Git failing to update?
This is actual copy/paste from my shell:
machine:~ me$ brew install git
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/git-2.2.1.mountain_lion.bottle.tar.gz
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Photoshop license
I Need some help wich Photoshop version I should choose.
Is it possible to install Version 4.0 5.0 6.0 or 7.0 on a New MacBook with 10.10 ?
Somebody offered me an old license and an upgrade to CS3. ...
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Paragon NTFS for Mac v12.1.62 shutting down computers, corrupting files
We have Paragon NTFS for Mac 12.1.62 on seven Mac computers. We've never had issues with Paragon for NTFS, but recently updated to version 12.1.62. Ever since, we have had multiple problems with ...
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Why does DropBox occasionally add *com.dropbox.attributes files?
I've been a user of Dropbox for a few years now. Just recently I noticed that files with the extension com.dropbox.attributes started to appear in some dropbox sub-folders.
Steps
I create a new ...
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Disable clamshell mode in OS X Mountain Lion
I am running OS X 10.8.5 with an external monitor, and whenever I close the lid of my laptop it automatically goes into clamshell mode so that all the screen contents switch to the external monitor.
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Bad sector with PGP Whole Disk Encryption on MacOS X Mountain Lion
I have a MacBook Air from late 2012 that is running Mountain Lion. I also have PGP Whole Disk Encryption 10.2.1 installed and use it. On Monday night, I suddenly encountered a bad sector and the ...
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Do any browsers allow you to play embedded MIDI files with Mountain Lion?
I have always used Safari, but now can't play MIDI files embedded in webpages. Fine. I'll switch to another browser if necessary, as playing MIDI files is pretty important to me as I'm a musician.
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Xcode Header Autocomplete
I am cross-posting this from Stack Overflow because the question does not fits better in this stack exchange network.
I am using Xcode 5.1.1 on Mountain Lion and creating a command line application ...
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Cannot "add to address book" in thunderbird on mac. Know a workaround?
Runing TB 24.5.0 on Mac 10.8.5. I configure TB so that File-"Use Mac OS X Address Book" is not selected. Can open Address Book and see addresses in "COllected Addresses" & create New contact there....
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Can I install Windows 8.1 as Bootcamp partition from OSX Mountain Lion using a USB stick?
I have the following:
Bootable USB stick with Windows 8.1 - 64 bit
MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion 10.8.5
The Bootcamp partition currently has Windows 7 installed.
I want to know whether I can ...
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Mac OS X Mavericks virtual keyboard
I am looking for a way to get OS X Mountain Lion or Mavericks virtual keyboard to display without the number pad. I only want the main keyboard without the numbers on the side of the screen. I have ...
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Can't access certain websites
I'm trying to access the site http://www.svenskadomaner.se but it's unreachable from my MacBook Pro (OSX 10.8.5). The domain belongs to a web hosting company and it's not only this specific site I can'...
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Time Machine encryption versus disk encryption
I'm backing up with Time Machine on a Mac Pro to an internal hard drive. I have encrypted my Time Machine backup in system preferences. This resulted in an initial backup of about 2 days, and backups ...
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How to rename item on OS X bootable USB drive
I've created a USB drive that boots a OS X Mavericks or an OS X Mountain Lion installer. It works fine, but I'm not happy with the labels. If I hold option while a Mac is booting, it shows two boot ...
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FTP connection suddenly stopped working
I was working on my server one minute, the next minute for what appears to be no reason at all, I can't connect to any of my servers via FTP. I've been trying for 4 hours so far to find a solution.
I'...
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The Mac OS X package installer doesn’t display the file system partition on which Mac OS X is installed
When a package, in a .pkg file, needs to be installed on a Mac OS X system, the package installer provided with the system is used. At some point in the installation of any package, it asks on which ...
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tail a file without wrapping the lines on a mac
I want to tail -f a file that may contain very long lines. I would also like to see one line per screen line and scroll to the side if necessary, much like Vim's zL and zH, so no line wrapping,
Is ...
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Can I rename a Print Queue from mcx_0, mcx_1, etc to something more descriptive?
I have some printers that are defined in Workgroup Manager in com.apple.mcxprinting.
Under Always > UserPrinterList-Raw there used to be mcx_0, mcx_1, etc. dictionaries defining the printers. I ...
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Unable to launch OS X Mountain Lion VM on VMWare
I have OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 which was running fine up till yesterday. But today, when I tried to launch the same via VMWare Workstation, it is not going past the Apple Logo with activity ...
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Can I upgrade a MacBook 2,1 to OS X 10.8?
I have a MacBook 2,1 mid-2007 model with a 2.16 GHz Intel Core2 Duo processor, 3GB of RAM and 500 GB storage with 300GB still available.
I was using this Mac to submit apps to the AppStore but for ...
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NetBeans 6.5.1 fails installation on Mac OS X 10.8.4 Mountain Lion
I am trying to install NetBeans 6.5.1 on Mac OS X 10.8.4 but it keeps giving me this error:
The image is not mine but it's the same error.
What I've done so far:
Installed java developer package ...
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Opening dropdown box immediately on cell entry excel
I have successfully implemented cascading dropdown lists, where the contents of the dropdown are filtered by the previous selection, using an adaptation of Contextures Offset/Match method of ...
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Outlook for Mac 2008 & "This message is no longer available on the server"
I recently helped my client to transfer his mailaccount from a Microsoft Outlook 2003 (POP) box to a new, transfered IMAP account. He moved all the mails that where saved on that Outlook 2003 ...
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How to install MySQL on OS X Mountain Lion? [duplicate]
I tried downloading the MySQL community server from the MySQL website, however, when I try to open the installer, I get a popup saying "You may only run executables from the Mac App Store". What kind ...
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/etc/resolver forward lookup zones are not being included in name resolution
I'm trying to set up HypeDNS on Mac OS X 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion). It allows me to send all .hype domain names to another DNS address for lookup and resolution. I've been instructed to add the file /etc/...
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How can I monitor memory usage of a process running from the terminal in OSX
I am running a command line utility called casperJS (installed via node npm) from the OSX terminal. It's a long running process and I'd like to see how much memory it is using, together with any ...
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Mac OS X Mountain Lion kernel panic after installing latest steinberg sound card driver
I just bought a steinberg CI2 and went to their website to download the latest driver and when I installed it gave a kernel panic. I don't have any backups and is there a way to backup all the files ...
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How do you stop MacBook Pro retina from switching to scaled resolution?
I've got an early 2013 Macbook pro Retina. Until recently I was using bootcamp to use windows, but I found Parallels actually gave a better experience, so I've been using OSX more and more. ...
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Burning DVD+R DL backup on OS X 10.8 via Disk Utility, .ISO too large?
I have a DVD dual layer backup ISO file that, when uncompressing turned out to be 8.74 GB and has an associated .dvd file.
I am a bit confused as as the DVD+R DL files I have only have a capacity of ...
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FTP Url issue on Mac mini
We have a few Mac mini OS x 10.8.5 Mountain Lion machines.
One machine is not able to load ftp URL on browsers. Checked terminals (command) also but it is not working.
We have tried firewall and ...
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Access virtual freeNAS from other computer in same network
I am experimenting with the NAS software freeNAS, which I run on my macintosh using VMware. Up to now everything went fine, I have access to the web url provided by freeNAS to configure the virtual ...
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OS X Mountain Lion - Cannot Select Disk to Install on when using VirtualBox
I want to install OS X Mountain Lion in VirtualBox, but I am having a problem: every time I run the install, I can't get past the "Select a Disk to Install" screen. I always hangs like this.
What's ...
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