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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Enable SMB file sharing on OS X - "Incorrect Password"
I have a Mac running Snow Leopard connected to an Active Directory domain. I can share folders on the Mac and view files from Windows without problems.
When I try to enable my Mac account for write ...
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How can I prevent all windows of an app coming to the front when switching?
Let's say I have applications A and B running, with windows A1, A2, B1, B2. On Windows, I can switch to B1, then A1, and see the two side by side. On Mac (Snow Leopard), when I switch to A1, it also ...
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Create an alias to a samba share from the command line
I'm currently wanting to deploy a setup to around 300 Macs. I have all of it scripted and ready to deploy, excepting that I'm having trouble creating a working alias to a samba share from the command ...
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How do I make VirtualBox's vboxnet interface show up in the OS X network configuration GUI?
I'm willing to do any amount of frobbing of settings in .plist and .xml files to make this work.
The scenario is this:
I have a nice Android based phone. The phone can do USB tethering. OS X 10.6 ...
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Remove slight margin at bottom of screen in snow leopard
So on snowleopard, the maxed out window size almost fills the whole screen, except for a slight margin at the very bottom that is only a few pixels. Is there any way to override this or somehow make ...
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Stop mouse cursor from disappearing when entering watching YouTube fullscreen
When I enter fullscreen on YouTube videos the mouse cursor disappears from the screen. This is very annoying as I have a multi-monitor setup...
Right clicking on the desktop a few times can usually ...
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SSL timeout on some sites, across all browsers, on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
For the past several weeks, I've been receiving "Error 7 (net::ERR_TIMED_OUT): The operation timed out" when I attempt to connect to either Twitter or Paypal via SSL. I get this specific error in ...
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iTunes video black screen until select computer output
I don't remember this happening before, but now whenever I play any video in iTunes (podcast video, movie, TV show, iTunes extras stuff but the menus work) it just shows a black screen with the sound ...
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How to copy connections to other locations in Mac Network Preferences
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I want to be able to use selected connections in different Location(by Location I mean Location combo in Mac Network Preferences). I want to be able to find a connection in Network ...
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How can I make Mac Mail mark messages as read automatically?
I have rules set up that correctly filter messages into different folders, but for some reason no messages are marked as read.
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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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Seeing remote mouse through VNC
I partially understand VNC in that I know, by default, you can only see when desktop itself and the client's mouse is shown. But, I was wondering if there is a different technology out there that ...
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update git after upgrade to Mavericks
I've recently upgraded from Mac 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) to 10.9.4 (Mavericks).
I had git 1.8.5.2 installed on the old system and want to update it now to the latest version. So I uninstalled git with ...
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OS X can connect to Windows machine, but can't access shared folders
I can create new folders on my Windows XP machine, set them to "shared".
On my Mac, I pick Finder → Go → Connect to Server → smb://192.168.1.4 → Connect → Name / Password.
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DNS server setting resets on reboot
I recently changed my physical location, and had to change my DNS server setting in network preferences. However my Mac reverts back to original DNS server IP address on each reboot and I have to ...
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