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10,651 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How can I troubleshoot VirtualBox port forwarding from Windows guest to Mac OS X host not working?
There is a plethora of questions about VirtualBox port forwarding problems but none with my specific details.
Details of setup:
I have a Windows 7 Professional 64bit install living in VirtualBox 4.1....
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How to increase screen resolution on OSX VM for Parallels?
I used Parallels 7 on my macbook to create a osx vm with the restore image, and that worked fine, the only problem is that I can't seem to be able to change the screen size, which magically seems to ...
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Replace or disable OS X dns cache?
I'm having trouble with OS X's dns cacher and I'm wondering if it's possible to simply disable it or replace it with a better / more configurable program?
I don't suppose it's as easy as deleting an ...
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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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No internet connection when connected via wi-fi, but fine via ethernet (DD-WRT)
I just bought a new router (Linksys WRT160Nv3) and installed DD-WRT on it.
When I connect my Mac to the router via Wi-Fi, I cannot get an outside internet connection (and in fact, can not connect to ...
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Mac OS X Server 10.6.6 "disables" CPU in VMware Fusion
I installed Mac OS X Server 10.6.0 in VMWare Fusion the other night and it worked perfectly, until I ran Software Update. I upgraded to 10.6.6 through the combo updater, and now when I start the VM it ...
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Can’t download Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)
I am trying to install Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). The traditional way just going to the Mac App Store it s not working ( I tried several times (5times) and the download it’s ALWAYS stopping at 1....
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How do I disable the default input source in macOS Sonoma?
I have long been using a custom keyboard layout which contains all the regular and special characters that I need for my work.
I have a new Mac using macOS Sonoma, and I've installed the custom ...
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Ubuntu VM hangs in VirtualBox under Window 10: "watchdog BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s"
This is Windows 10 with VirtualBox installed and Ubuntu virtual machine with Apache server.
Often CPU hangs on the Ubuntu virtual machine, taking up to 50% host CPU usage with no response at all, when ...
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Qemu throws back error after i tried to use whpx acceleration (not sure if this the right community)
I am using qemu to emulate Zorin OS 16 (a hour old user of qemu) I tried to emulate Zorin OS 16 with whpx acceleration with this command in power shell:
qemu-system-x86_64.exe -boot d -cdrom zorincore....
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macOS Big Sur: bypasses login screen when woken from sleep, doesn't require password at all
Anyone know how I can stop this happening?!
I have checked that no apps are preventing sleep in Activity Monitor.
I have not changed the settings or anything. This is only since the upgrade to Big ...
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How do I delete an entry from Firefox address bar autocomplete?
Because the site won't let me comment on an existing post, I am required to duplicate it.
Delete does not work, shift+delete does not work. It's frustrating to
have old misspelled addresses ...
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How to let VLC media player (on Mac) show total duration of video near the progress bar?
On Mac, the VLC media player progress bar defaults to show the elapsed or remaining time of a video (in non-full-screen mode). Is there a way to make it show the total time of a video in addition to ...
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When are the temp files/directories in “/var/folders” automatically deleted in macOS?
How often and under what conditions are files under /var/folders/ removed?
Where can I find any official documentation or notes on this? I've searched but haven't even found a mention of it.
If an ...
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Installing Windows virtualization features within KVM virtual machine causes early-boot guest crash
See updates below for what I've discovered about the more general nature of this problem.
I have a Windows VM running OVMF firmware with VFIO passthrough for a graphics card running on an Arch Linux ...
