Questions tagged [osx-leopard]
Use for questions referring specifically to versions of OS X 10.5, Leopard. 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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I can't update anything on an old Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.8
I'm trying to help a family friend with an issue with their old mac. They can't view any videos or see anything on YouTube. When I go to YouTube on their mac, it says Safari is out of date. So I tried ...
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how to disable macOS prompt menu animation（or add speed）?
In most apps macOS, there is a prompt menu, e.g. when I saving files by a TextEdit, this prompt will show, and there is an animation, I don't want the animation, since its somehow slow, how to disable ...
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How to remove "Spotlight Search" placeholder in macOS spotlight?
Pressing "command + space",i want to remove "Spotlight Search" placeholder text in it, i think its kind of disturbing. Is there any way do achieve this?
Spotlight Search
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VirtualBox Host-only: guests can't talk between themselves?
I'm using a host-only network with VirtualBox on macOS Sierra, my guests are Ubuntu. My Host (192.168.56.1) can ping both Guest A (192.168.56.100) and Guest B (192.168.56.101). Each guest can ping ...
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OS X 10.5 Leopard (G5) can read/reformat disk, but says it's full when I try to copy to it
I've got an old 2005 G5 cheese grater tower that was my former media center. I pulled it out of storage today to try and retrieve backups of a couple of items I'd misplaced, and am having a bit of an ...
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Expertise needed - newbie looking for a NAS dual platform solution
I need some help in setting up a NAS and to allow back ups from both OS X and Windows on the same device.
Will a Buffalo Quad NAS be the solution to my problem ?
The Kit:
Mac:
I have an old G5 ...
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How may I mount a disk with a Apple / Mac partition table (APM) in Linux?
I've backed up some files from a old Powerbook G4 (AluBook), and I used the Mac Partion manager or whatever to first initialize the disk.
It worked, originally, as one large volume, and I copied ...
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How to upgrade Mac Pro 1.1 from OS X 10.6.8 to OS X 10.9 Mavericks?
Upgrading the Mac Pro 1.1 2006 in the standard way using the app store is not possible. This is caused by the lack of the 64 bit EFI bios. The hardware of the Mac Pro 1.1 is already complete 64bit ...
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Setup restarts when trying to create a user
Recently I was given a MacBook Pro (late 2010 I believe), and asked to see if I could reset the password for it. I assumed that it would be relatively easy so decided to go ahead and give it a go. I ...
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Turning Telnet on on Mac OS X Leopard
Does Mac OS X Leopard have Telnet client technology? I've seen plenty of stuff around on the internet pertaining to Snow Leopard, but not plain old Leopard. I know some people like to use SSH, but I'm ...
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Create new NTFS partition on macbook partition
I have 2 partitions on my Macbook:
C:\ for Windows 7
D:\ for Mac OS
I don't use MacOS, and I want to install a new Windows 7 64 bit to a new partition.
I hesitate to format D:\ drive, I don't want ...
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OS X 10.5 Spotlight Kind different to Finder Kind for particular file (.dylib) despite app (SeaMonkey) removed
in the distant past I installed SeaMonkey. There was a mistake in the apps Info.plist that inappropriately associated a number of file types with the app, in particular .dylib. The bug was recognised ...
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Ctrl + Alt + Del on a Mac with Windows
I'm using Boot Camp to run Windows on my Mac.
Last night I tried to compress the memory of C, then after that finished, it told me to
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart
How do I press these keys?
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How to set Tor as a global proxy for ALL traffic (including stuff going out to heroku for instance) [duplicate]
As it says on the tin. I've tried localhost:9510 as per Vidalia setting with no luck.
Tor just adds a proxy address that can be used for that, or am I misunderstanding?
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Download with iGetter stops and hangs after a 97% complete
I'm using iGetter 2.8.7 to download Netbeans 6.8, the size of which is 145.02 MBs. I've tried it multiple times and every time it stops when it has downloaded 97% of that file.
The speed gradually ...
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