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Linux compatibility layer for Mac OS X
I have a closed-source piece of Linux software written in a combination of Java and C. The application installs on my Mac (it uses InstallAnywhere), however, it isn't intended to run on a Mac.
The ...
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Matching bracket selection on gnome-terminal, like Mac OSX terminal
I have recently fallen for a (non obvious) feature of the Mac OSX terminal:
Given a display of some kind of deeply nested text with lots of matching brackets, parenthesis, or quotes (ie. JSON), the ...
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Computer-to-Computer network between OS X and Linux
I want to make a connection point to point via wifi between Mac and Linux.
What I did was:
I have created Computer-To-Computer network in OS X
I have set manually an ip address for Mac, 10.0.0.1/255....
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Having problems with booting GRUB for EFI on USB stick
Whatever I do, it constantly drops me into the 'bash prompt'. Never displays a menu, nothing. I'm running GRUB on a USB stick formatted as msdos (so, FAT) and when I boot into it, GRUB simply won't ...
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format external hdd with udf not working on mac os x lion
I formatted my 1tb external drive with the following command:
mkudffs --media-type=hd --blocksize=512 /dev/sdb
It works on linux but when i plug it in a mac (os x lion 10.7) it tells me
The disk ...
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Why is my portable WD My Passport drive not recognized?
My Western Digital My Passport portable drive is not recognized in OS X. It used to be recognized, but not anymore. It does not appear in /Volumes.
The hard drive is recognized by a Linux machine. I ...
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Boot a Mac in Target Mode with Different OS
I have two PowerPC macs, one running OSX, and one running Linux. I would like to boot the one running Linux into target mode so that the OSX mac can access it via firewire.
Is this possible? Or does ...
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Mac Mountain Lion sometimes work very slow, kernel is overflow, all apps is killed
Sometimes I have unknown delays in my mac.
Everything works well, but one time in 2-3 hours kernel is overflow,
and I need to wait about from 30 sec to 5 minutes untill it will end, and I will start ...
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How to limit the amount of memory that OS X uses?
In linux, one can use the mem=xxxx boot argument to specify how much memory the OS can use. For example, if you say mem=2048 the OS will believe that your computer has 2048 GB of ram regardless of ...
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How Can I Boot My PenDrive Linux using Parallels (Mac OS X)
I have a persistent Ubuntu 10.04 installation on a 8GB PenDrive that I use to boot on Windows computers. However I cannot boot this setup from my Mac. (Will look into using rEFit) I have been trying, ...
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MacOs equivalent of adding a user to the linux dialout group on for permissions setup for UART communication
I'm working on a project where I'm interfacing with some hardware and want to monitor the data from some sensors using a specific tool. The tool doesn't have official support for MacOS but I've ...
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Mac Partitioning Error (-69624)
I'm trying to create a partition on my Mac so I can run Debian, but whenever I try to partition my disk I get this error:
I've factory reset my Mac, and tried partitioning in recovery mode. I'm not ...
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Process 0 is taking 500%+ CPU time in MAC
Problem
When I boot my mac, once the login screen appears and after which everything freezes, I can hardly open any applications.
Analysis
Using activity manager, I found out, process with process ...
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Problems connecting to my Mac via SSH
I have Mac with remote access enabled. I can easily connect to it via SSH within local network. I have configured 22 port forwarding on my router. But I can't connect to my Mac via SSH by using router'...
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How to create an ssh connection Terminal shortcut with commands on Mac OS X (Yosemite)
On my Windows PC I got a Putty Batch File that connects to my Pi (SSH - Openelec), authenticates as root, kills a process (hyperiond), and starts it again. I have to use this file frequently because ...
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