OS X (previously Mac OS X) is marketing name for Apple's computer OS. Note the proper pronunciation is "ohh ess ten"
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What is special in /Applications/ folder?
What happens when an .app bundle going copy to the /Applications/ folder? Are there any processes starting, any preferences copied to /Library/ ? Is a copy to /Applications/ folder a special ...
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Resetting OS X Password Without Having The Installation Disc?
In the event that you have forgotten the login password to your Mac (for whatever reasons). What possibilities exist to reset the password without having the OS X installation disc(s) ?
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Setting Up A Guest User Account In OS X?
I have been advised that if you let people use your Mac, is it better for them to use A Guest User Account as when they have finished, all settings etc will be deleted and your Mac will be left ...
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How to create a bootable pen drive in Windows to install OS X from an ISO [on hold]
Hi i have installed Windows 8 on my system, now I want to install OS X Snow Leopard and remove Windows 8. The problem that i am facing is,
I dunno how to make a bootable pen drive for OS X Snow ...
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Snow Leopard installer ISO on USB flash drive
I have the setup ISO file for my Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
I need to be able to boot this and install it to a USB drive (from a windows pc by booting the USB drive).
I can't run it in a virtual ...
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What is the total size of all MacPorts repositories?
How to calculate the total size of all MacPorts repositories?
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How is Adobe Update Notifier auto launched on Mac OS X?
It seems the Adobe Update Notifier sometime autolaunches on startup, however I cannot find where it's launched from. I've checked in Lingon as well as my login startup items but it's not there.
Any ...
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Doesn't Safari cache pages?
Whenever I go back or forward in the Safari navigation history, it reload the pages even when I just visited the page two seconds ago.
When navigating using back/forward buttons or swiping back and ...
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Editing Partition
When trying to edit a partition on my hard drive, Disk Utility says:
Couldn't modify partition map because the file system verification failed.
So I booted into single-user mode and typed in:
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How to create ~/.bash_profile and ~/.profile
So, I don't have .bash_profile neither .profile in my home folder. How do I create them? After that, what should I do so every time I open the terminal these files get read?
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Make shortcuts to directories via terminal
My problem is: whenever I'm coding, I work inside folders that are inside other folders and it's a long way to type:
cd /folder1/folder2/.../folderN
I know it's possible to make a shortcut to the ...
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Faster Press and Hold Character Picker
Does anyone know how to make the character picker appear more quickly?
I use it enough now in my German language studies that it has become second nature for the critical marks and much faster than ...
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OS X - Create a personal bin directory (~/bin) and run scripts without specifying their full path
So, what I am trying to do is to create a personal bin directory at my home folder. I created the following folder:
/Users/thi/bin
I put my scripts in this folder, but if I type in the Terminal:
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Control odd-even page pairing in Preview in two-page mode
By default, Preview displays pages like this in two-page mode:
How can I get it to display them like this instead?
Acrobat does the latter but Acrobat is not nearly as responsive with this file ...
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What software is this in my menubar?
Right beside the Alfred icon, there's a small up and down arrow indicating bandwidth upload and download speeds.
I remember downloading and installing something for this, and now I can't remember ...
