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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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Mac OS X Lion On external drive cant boot
I have the full installer of Mac OS X Lion, that's 3.76 GB, I can install it on a virtual machine, but the OS is too slow, When Installed it to the external drive and boot it onto both Mac Mini (Late ...
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macOS Mail not working for one user after upgrade to 10.14 Mojave
I recently upgraded to Mojave from Mountain Lion on a Mac Mini Late 2011. After upgrade, the Mail app would not connect to the mail server any more. I followed a few online articles and dragged the /...
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Unable to access .shh folder in terminal
Hey guys I am just wondering why this bellow command will not work:
Nicholass-MBP:~ nicholasmaddren$ sudo cd ~/.ssh
So I run this command within terminal to try and access the .shh folder that has ...
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OSX Lion I cannot access localhost from my browser
I am running mac osx 10.7.5 (My computer won't allow an upgrade). And apache 2.2.26.
I am trying to learn cgi programming with c++ (because I'm already familiar with cpp), but cannot access localhost ...
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How can I debug OSX memory card events
I am trying to get kernel messages for memory card insertion - removal, but i don't get logs.
I issue the command "tail -f /var/log/kernel.log"
So i need to know how to increase kernel log level to ...
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Cannot reinstall Lion on old iMac because "this item is temporarily unavailable"
I need to reinstall the OS on my iMac. The original restore disk was deleted, so the restore system thingy was downloaded from Apple.
I tried to do reinstall OSX, but it appears Lion is no longer on ...
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HP LaserJet 1010 driver for OS X 10.7
I've been looking for a website where I can find the software of HP LaserJet 1010 driver for OS X 10.7. I found a source in the official website of HP but I couldn't find the download button or link
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why does my Mac keep crashing?
(I will have to do this fast, since I think my mac will crash again.)
My Mac keeps crashing. It started happening since I installed Adobe Acrobat Pro (since then I have removed it), but it might be ...
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Forgot password to id_rsa [duplicate]
I forgot the password to my ssh. I am planning to remove the files (id_rsa, id_rsa.pub and known_hosts) in the directory and starting from scratch. I haven't been using ssh since the whole heartbleed ...
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Why does iterm2 toggle font rendering with every other boot
I don't reboot my mac very often, so I can't really state if this occurs with every reboot/relogin, but I dare to say, pretty much every time the font rendering of my iterm2 becomes thicker or thinner ...
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Can't log into account on Macbook Pro
I installed MacPorts on my Macbook pro with lion, restarted, and now I cannot log into my account. After the restart it hung at the loading screen (the apple with the loading icon) for a while. I ...
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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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Mac OSX Lion 10.7.5. Is there any way to permanently disconnect from a server?
Every time I open terminal on my Macbook Pro, I get the IP address of a server I once ssh'd into. I allowed someone to use my computer to access his server and now it seems like there's some permanent ...
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TimeMachine migrates to the wrong date. How do I specifiy which date to migrate from?
Recently, my MacBook Pro 2011 unibody, 10.7.5 crashed due to bad sectors. After installing a new a hard drive, I preformed a restore via the migration assistance. It all went well except that it didn'...
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Installing OSX 10.7 on MacBook 4,1
I am not a Apple user, but I want to upgrade a MacBook 4,1 to Lion 10.7/10.7.5 but when I boot from the CD with the dmg file I bought from app store, I click on Reinstall Mac OS X but I get a message ...
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Mac Mountain Lion sometimes work very slow, kernel is overflow, all apps is killed
Sometimes I have unknown delays in my mac.
Everything works well, but one time in 2-3 hours kernel is overflow,
and I need to wait about from 30 sec to 5 minutes untill it will end, and I will start ...
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2009 Macbook, question mark at boot and at boot cd
I am attempting to repair a 2009 Macbook.
Specs: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP504
At boot a grey folder with a question mark appears. In order to repair the disk, I have tried booting from a Lion ...
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Mounting any Windows share from OS X 10.7.5 suddenly stopped working
I have problem with mounting Windows network shares from my OS X 10.7.5 - it worked but it stopped and nothing helps and nothing in logs.
Here what I get when trying to mount it manually:
mount -t ...
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Why is my Mac contacting Romania?
I just used Onyx to clean out my caches and log files after which I did a reboot. Browsing the "All Messages" panel of the Console app I noticed this line:
10/27/13 3:38:03.000 PM kernel: 5.106.198....
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Mavericks not booting after successful installation over Lion (10.7.5)
On my 2012 MacBook Pro (15 inch, non retina, i7, 10GB RAM) after successful installation when Mavericks tried to boot, it is freezing there with "Still waiting for root device" (Seen Using CMD + V ...
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How to restore bookmarks before accidentally syncing Chrome
I accidentally lost all of my bookmarks by signing into Chrome.
How do I restore my bookmarks?
I do not have the path:
/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks
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Option key does not work as Meta in Tmux
I am using Mac OSX Lion. I have checked "Use Option key as Meta" in Terminal preferences. Although the Option key seems to work fine as Meta in Bash, when I use it in Tmux (over SSH) it does not work ...
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Should I wait for OS X Mavericks [closed]
I'm developing with XCode, but just realized the newest version requires that I upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion, which I am quite against as I don't need the (useless!) features. The upgrade itself is ...
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Bootcamp not letting me partition a drive for Windows 8
I have two HDDs in my iMac (OS 10.7.5 - Lion) both of which are partitioned as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" (according to Disk Utility).
Here's the two drives:
df -l -h
Filesystem Size Used ...
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How can I run PowerPoint 2011 (v.14.01) for Mac in "windowed" mode?
I want to run a power point presentation in a window instead of full screen. I don't want any of the UI to show, just the presentation itself. How can I play a presentation without UI as if it's ...
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How to fix choppy audio and Wi-Fi problems with Bluetooth speaker on Mac OS X Lion?
I have a Creative D200 Bluetooth speaker that I use with my 2011 MacBook Pro running Mac OS X Lion. The speaker more or less works as a Bluetooth audio device, but I run into two problems seemingly ...
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Bittorrent clients won't open at all, is my ISP throttling them?
I noticed that the bittorrent client that I normally use, uTorrent, stopped launching. The icon would pop up on my dock for about 2 seconds, then proceed to disappear and nothing would happen. I have ...
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How to get OSX finder to calculate duration and bit rate in finder window preview
I cannot figure out how to get the preview area (to the right side of selected audio files) in finder windows to display the correct data. If anyone has a suggestion of how to force Finder to either ...
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Keep Apple Mail offline but still send emails
When processing tons of pending emails I like to put Mail (OS X Lion) in offline mode so that I do not receive more emails and therefore distraction.
The problem is that I am not able to send email ...
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My Macbook Pro with Lion OS is slow. How to speed it up
I am running on Macbook with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, Lion OS X 10.8.4.
Last weeks I have noticed that the work with it is so slow, for example browsers.
Doesn't matter whether I ...
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Why a Macbook Pro Retina can't open a big folder of images without freezing?
I have a folder with 60000 32x32 images. Opening that folter on my Macbook Pro Retina causes it to freeze for almost a minute. Also, navigating from one image to another displays a lag on the Finder ...
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Why do I get files downloaded with %20 instead of spaces?
I need to download the notes from the school website, it is a easy task. But the file I downloaded always get a ugly filename on OS X, such as
D1.5%20-%20Software%20testing%20strategies, it should be ...
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Why can't I mv a file?
I followed these instructions to remove Java from my Mac (Lion): http://stikine.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/howto-remove-java/ As part of the procedure, I needed to edit the file /Library/Receipts/...
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How can I set up a local SOCKS5 proxy whose only purpose is to chain to an authenticated SOCKS5 proxy -- on OS-X?
For access to certain resources, I use an authenticated SOCKS5 proxy which runs on a remote server. For various reasons, I don't want to use that proxy system-wide, only with specific applications.
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Mac OS 10.8.3 Lion vmware virtual machine doesn't detects darwin.iso file to install VmTools?
I just installed MacOS 10.8.3 Lion in a vmware virtual machine, and I want to install Xcode but when I get to the CD/DVD IDE settings and select the darwin.iso file to install vmTools and click "...
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Mac OS X Lion - Outlook 2011 Sync with iPhone
I just had to reinstall Outlook 2011 and im having problems to sync my contacts and calendar with my iphone.
When i open the Sync Services panel on Outlook it doesnt show nothing, its blank, just as ...
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Change environment variable for Mac 10.7
I would like to set the PATH on my Mac 10.7.
So in /etc/launchd.conf I wrote:
setenv PATH /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin/:/usr/local/sbin/
and I restarted Mac.
However when I write ...
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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 can I set a static IP, gateway, net mask, and dns using terminal / applescript - OS X 10.7.5
I use my macbook at home and at work. At work I need to use a static IP, gateway, DNS and net mask. At home I use it in DHCP mode.
Manually setting them every day really sucks.
How can I set them ...
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Re-binding the expose key on a macbook
The expose button on my macbook is absolutely useless to me as I use an application launcher. Is there some easy way to re-bind it to something more useful (like show desktop)? Or must I muck around ...
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Installed Git via homebrew on OSX , man file problems, other potential problems?
I installed Git via homebrew, on OSX 10.8, with an already existing version of Git. The new version wouldn't show up, so I renamed the old git files (git, gitk etc...)in /usr/bin , to *-old. Now the ...
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Move Mac OS Hard Drive from One Mac to Another
I currently have two Mac Minis, one is the current gen, another is a 2009 model both loaded with OS X Lion. I am trying to boot the new Mac Mini with the hard drive pulled from the old one using a ...
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Is there a way to disable access to the Sharing preference pane?
We do not use Open Directory at my company but I deploy OSX images using DeployStudio. We use an inventory system that automatically updates, but users keep on changing their computer's name in the ...
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How to install pkg in a non-standard location? (OS X)
In brief, my question is this:
How can I install an OS X framework from a *.pkg file somewhere other than under /Library/Frameworks (or /System/Library/Frameworks)?
Background
I want to install ...
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Mac Lion OS X - I deleted files, but the disk free space is not increased
I had on Mac Lion OS X just 0.5GB of free space, so I deleted like 15 GB movies => OS X wanted to confirm this operation by filling out the password => I did it and the files were deleted.
I checked ...
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Installed new version of php but server still uses older version
I just upgraded to PHP 5.4.11 from 5.3.15 following this link. After upgrading I ran php -v but it shows me following output.
Zafars-MacBook-Pro:php-5.4.11 zafar$ php -v
PHP 5.3.15 with Suhosin-Patch ...
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Why my OSX pmset do not show hibernatemode 5?
To hibernate my system, all this time (for months) I have been using pmset -a hibernatemode 5. This was working great and I had no complaints.
However, recently I was checking out pmset's man page ...
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Desktop icons larger than 128px
I'm wondering if there's a way to break the limit of 128px for desktop icons in OSX Lion 10.7 (I have 10.7.5) by hacking some system files?
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OS X: change root umask for su?
In recent versions of OS X (10.6+), the sudo command by default takes the "union" (bitwise or) of 0022 and the caller's user mask. This can lead to problems if the umask is more restrictive than 0022: ...
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