Questions tagged [osx-snow-leopard]
Use for questions referring specifically to versions of OS X 10.6, Snow 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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Flash Drive refuses to be bootable
Hi I have used my Corsair Flash Voyager GT 16GB as a boot drive many times, bur recently it has refused to want to boot any OS, It just displays this blinking hyphen.
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Exchange Public Folders in Snow Leopard Mail.app
I am using Mail.app (running snow leopard) to connect to my email account on my school's Exchange 2007 server. I get my Inbox just fine, and iCal connects to my Outlook Calendar just fine, but I ...
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Firefox: is there a way to fast switch between Flash-debug and regular Flash?
Is there a way to quickly switch between debug-enabled and non-debug versions of Flash player for Firefox?
It seems that I need to reinstall each version if I want to switch.
I am working under Mac ...
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Finder dying when Mac wakes from sleep
I have this persisting issue where when I put my Mac (Snow Leopard) to sleep on my MacBook, whenever I wake the Mac, everything is fine besides the Finder.
The Finder does not open up, none of the ...
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Dell V105 printer and OS X 10.6
I am trying to get a Dell V105 printer to work with my iMac. It is running 10.6 and I have installed all the drivers on the Snow Leopard disk. I believe there is no official Dell driver but I have ...
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Linux File Format on OSX
How would I read Linux formatted file systems (EX3 or EX4) on OXS (Snow Leopard)?
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Mail.app slow to include new messages
With Leopard I was able to link to the University's Exchange 2003 server with and IMAP connection and mail out directly vie the SMTP client. With Snow Leopard I attempted to update to a full Exchange ...
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Are Snow Leopard text substitutions scriptable?
I prefer using typographical quotation marks when possible, so I love the Smart Quotes part of Snow Leopard’s text replacement feature. But there are a few cases in which I need to toggle it, and it’s ...
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When I lock my screen on my MacBook Pro my running application automatically closes after a while
First I must said that I have been asked this question in different form in this topic.
but my problem didn't solved yet.
When I want my laptop do a long schedule thing (like get all Mac OS X new ...
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Java compiler error: Can't open input server /Library/InputManagers/Inquisitor
I am trying to compile HelloWorld in Java under Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and I get this compiler error:
java[51692:903] Can't open input server /Library/InputManagers/Inquisitor
It happens ...
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Snow Leopard installation kernel panic
Okay so, I'm trying to install Snow Leopard on a partition of a mid-2010 13" MacBook Pro that's otherwise running El Capitan completely fine (I'm typing this message using it right now). I need Snow ...
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Capture desktop with FFMPEG on MacOSX 10.6.8
I tried to capture the desktop/screen-recording with this command
ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i "1:0" out.mp4
this doesn't work because avfoundation is a framework on OSX >= 10.7 and my OS version is 10....
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How to share internet connection from vmware OSX guest to Windows host?
I am using Windows 8.1 through a boot camp partition on an Apple PC and I have installed VMware Workstation. I have OS X Snow Leopard as guest OS within the working Virtual Machine.
I am using a ...
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can I use Time machine backup to reinstall software applications I have mistakenly erased?
I am selling my iMac 2006 and have erased the hard drive - re installing OS Snow Leopard from a retail disc I bought when I upgraded. Now I realise I have probably erased all the software that came ...
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ssh under OS X 10.6.8 outgoing Permission denied
I have an OS X 10.6.8 installation that allows ssh into it (but not necessarily much further). However when it comes to ssh out from this installation, it fails in the two instances I can test, both ...