Please help me restore Mac OS on my wife's MacBook! I am pulling my hair out.
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posted by Dr. Wu
on Apr 11, 2012 -
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I have a late 2010 Macbook Pro (MacbookPro6,3) running Lion (10.7.3) and an iMac of indeterminate vintage (iMac11,3) running Snow Leopard (10.6.8). I have a Thunderbolt cable. Neither mac supports Thunderbolt; both have MiniDisplayPort connectors. I want to run the iMac in Target Display Mode as a second display for the MacBook Pro. Can I make this happen?
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posted by Alterscape
on Feb 21, 2012 -
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I have a secondary monitor on my iMac that is installed in a room 50 feet away from my main monitor. I need a way to see on my main screen, whatever is displayed on the secondary monitor. Using Mac OS X 10.7. Any ideas?
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posted by orlandop
on Nov 20, 2011 -
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I'm preparing to update my MacBook Pro's operating system from Tiger (10.4.11) to Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I've got the computer in front of me, and the installation disk's right here, too. What do I need to do other than just put the disk in and go?
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posted by ocherdraco
on Mar 31, 2011 -
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Looking for a Mac program (or some other way) that will monitor my MacBook's battery and turn off another program when the battery gets really low.
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posted by Ephilation
on Feb 15, 2011 -
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What is the best way to copy files out of a 140 GB dmg file from an external USB drive that is a backup from a previous Mac?
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posted by antgly
on Jan 21, 2011 -
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My Macbook Pro (Mac OS X, v. 10.5.8) began operating v e r y slowly, with Firefox (v. 3.6.9) running. Help me solve this mystery, and figure out how to repair my disk without having to pay Big Store.
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posted by simulacra
on Sep 11, 2010 -
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MacBook Pro freezes (spinning wheel) during system install (10.5) -- what to do?
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posted by dead_
on Aug 24, 2010 -
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Please help me find cheap, easy-to-use, music recording/MIDI software for Mac.
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posted by jalexc
on Mar 3, 2010 -
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I found an archive of old mail I got in the late 90's using Outlook Express 4 (OE4). The files are in .mbx format, not in .dbx (and certainly not in standard mbox). Opening the files in an hex editor allows me to view the content of those mailboxes. Is there anyway to convert that mail archive into something more usable for Mac OS X (or Linux)?
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posted by remi
on Jan 2, 2010 -
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I just upgraded to Snow Leopard, and since then, some of my fonts are MAJORLY screwed up in iWork '09 (Pages, Keynote
and Numbers).
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posted by ferdinandcc
on Aug 29, 2009 -
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Mac OS X Filter: In Finder, when a pop-up menu shows up, say to empty the trash or cancel, I toggle through the buttons/options by pressing tab, but how do I actually select what I toggled to with a keyboard shortcut? '
posted by helios410
on Aug 28, 2009 -
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How can I reconcile Emacs, Firefox, and Cocoa controls' keyboard navigation, and still use Spaces' keyboard shortcuts?
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posted by ChrisR
on Jun 29, 2009 -
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Do Civilization IV mods such as Fall From Heaven and Fall From Heaven 2 work in the Mac OSX version of Civ IV?
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posted by ChrisR
on Mar 13, 2009 -
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It is possible to transfer waypoint data from an old Garmin GPS II Plus model to a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.5?
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posted by jcdill
on Jan 28, 2009 -
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I need recommendations for Mac backup / archive software to make DVDs that fill each DVD to capacity with files from a group of folders. I'm using a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.5.
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posted by jcdill
on Jan 1, 2009 -
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How to
automate FTP user creation with
Pure-FTPd on
Mac OS X (running Apache) retrieving usernames and passwords from another http (linux) server?
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posted by lion
on Dec 8, 2008 -
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Mac users who write LaTeX documents in Emacs (with or without AucTeX), please tell me about your workflow.
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posted by gleuschk
on Oct 4, 2008 -
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Great MeFites, I come bearing but a humble request. I bought a MacBook Pro about six months before Leopard was released. When it finally came out, I installed it on a partition on an external drive, which I would boot from (because OS X is awesome like that, amirite?) so I could test out all my apps. Now I'm ready to commit to Leopard full-time - what's the best way to go about transplanting my Leopard partition?
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posted by indiewizard
on Aug 18, 2008 -
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Is there a QuickLook plugin (for Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" if you didn't follow) to browse sqlite databases? If not, wouldn't that be awesome for Rails and iPhone development!
posted by avocade
on May 8, 2008 -
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Is there a way for Leopard to bind a hosts file to a location in Network Preferences?
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posted by mkb
on Apr 8, 2008 -
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I'm experiencing a strange bug on my macbook pro: with little cause (perhaps a slight mouse gesture, though I have no mouse gesture programs installed), the os will switch to the Stickies application (and sometimes iTunes, when I quit Stickies). I can't figure out what's going on.
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posted by pinto
on Jan 9, 2008 -
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I noticed this morning in my system logs that I had some failed FTP and SSH login attempts from an IP in China. I thought I was going to have get all Cliff Stoll on this guy, but then looking back further I saw that this has been happening for months, from lots of different IP addresses.
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posted by jeffxl
on Dec 5, 2007 -
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I'm working on a quick Automator workflow and need some help replacing the local hostname in a series of URLs.
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posted by nathan_teske
on Nov 26, 2007 -
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I have a 100 GB drive in my Macbook. Formatted, it appears as as 92.7 GB according to the Leopard Disk Utility. I've used 37.7 GB, and both the Disk Utility and Finder state that I have 47.3 GB free. So where's the missing 7.7 GB?
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posted by MiG
on Nov 23, 2007 -
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I would basically like to rip off, wholesale, some command-line script which will provide me a countdown -- only in days. No years, months, minutes, or seconds. Unfortunately, adapting an existing script is beyond my ken.
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posted by WCityMike
on Sep 27, 2007 -
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.chm to PDF conversion, Mac OS X. There seems to be no easy way to do it. Does anyone have an effective and trustworthy workflow they can recommend? (more inside)
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posted by Señor Pantalones
on Sep 23, 2007 -
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When I use the magnifying glass in the Mac OS X colour picker, I get a colour value darker than what I clicked on. Why?
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posted by Mikey-San
on Jun 21, 2007 -
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Can Mac OS X Mail be configured to autonomously process email, and based on specific From: and Subject: lines, save the attachment(s) of that email into a specific folder?
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posted by jaimev
on Jun 19, 2007 -
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What Mac OS X application (or command-line utility) will join RAR files that come in the form
filename.r01,
filename.r02, etc.?
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posted by WCityMike
on Apr 26, 2007 -
23 answers
Is it possible to selectively mirror windows to a second screen (projector) on Mac OS X?
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posted by rbs
on Apr 9, 2007 -
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Looking for a computer / networking person in the San Fernando Valley to help my parents out from time to time.
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posted by rbs
on Sep 27, 2006 -
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I typically use Safari, and have my preferences set to store all of my passwords and user names in my Keychain.app. However when it starts acting up and giving me the spinning beach ball, I use Camino (v. 1.0.3.) When I try to log in to a website, it asks me for my user name and password - do I really have to fill in ALL those passwords and user names all over again? In other words, is there any way I can get Camino to access the passwords I saved using Safari?
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posted by invisible ink
on Sep 19, 2006 -
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I need to restore a Mac OS X hard drive. My target volume is 300GB. My source volume is a sparse image from a 500GB drive with only 179GB used, but of course, Disk Utility is looking at the total space on the volumes, not the used space. Is there any way to force this operation, modify the volume size of the sparse image, or do this in any way that will be less painful than reinstalling all my apps and settings from scratch?
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posted by j-dawg
on Aug 16, 2006 -
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I have a folder of 300+ files with three digit file names. I also have a tab-delimited text file which has the current file name and the corresponding desired file name. How can I use the text file to properly rename all my files?
(This is on Mac OS X)
posted by nathan_teske
on Apr 21, 2006 -
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I've had my Powerbook G4 for just a touch under 3 years and i've aquired a healthy amount of personal files, photos, music, and work documents. Last night i had a scare with the drive, it failed to boot for the first time since i've had it. Feeling a tad twitchy about the reliability of my drive i ask: Is there a automated backup solution thats flexable enough for me...
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posted by Nik_Doof
on Feb 23, 2006 -
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Looking for: OS X MP3 player with good ability to scroll through long files easily and accurately.
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posted by odinsdream
on Aug 6, 2005 -
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