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Macbook pro stuck on 'About a second remaining' for an hour
I'm trying to upgrade my Macbook pro late 2011's hard disk to an SSD from Corsair.
I have inserted the USB stick with the OSX Mavericks installer, and everything went great: I made a GUID single partition table, and then erased the disk as Mac OS…
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Why is the menu bar showing the VPN "Disconnecting" animation forever?
You know how when you disconnect from a VPN, you get a little scrolling "Disconnecting..." notification in the upper right notification area?
Well, I'm getting that, but it never goes away. It's been "Disconnecting" now for 20 minutes. The VPN is…
Joel Spolsky
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OSX ssh-agent: no password pasting, and problem with PKCS#8?
I use ssh on my machine, and have set up a long not-human-friendly passphrase which is saved in my password manager.
What makes me crazy every time is that I cannot paste into the window pictured below. I know the Remember password in my keychain…
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Using Bluetooth speaker and headphone jack simultaneously
I can connect my normal speakers to my headphone jack. I can also connect my Bluetooth speaker and it plays great too, But I can't play them at the same time.
I have Wi-Fi speakers around and they will play fine, but once the Bluetooth is paired…
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Mac OS X: How to merge pdf files in a directory according to their file names
I want to merge several hundred pdf files in a directory automatically according to their file names.
E.g.
The files
1000.1.pdf
1000.2.pdf
1000.3.pdf
1000.x.pdf should be merged into…
lejonet
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How to set gcc 4.8 as default gcc compiler
I recently installed gcc 4.8 using brew on OSX 10.7.5 (Lion). I can now compile using gcc 4.8 by using
g++-4.8 some_file.c
or using the default gcc 4.2 by using
g++ some_file.c
I want to use gcc 4.8 as the default compiler for Xcode and if I type…
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View the current clock Speed of a CPU in OS X?
Does anyone know of a utility to see the current speed of the processor?
To be clear, I'm not looking for the model/speed of the CPU, but rather what the CPU is currently clocked at (i.e. it will reduce speed if it overheats).
Kyle Brandt
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My Automator Workflow fails because it fails to find the git command within the 'Run Shell Script' command? Need help
I have an Automator workflow and one of the actions is to clone a repository. Here's the code for the 'Run Shell Script' action. The command is run within the Bash shell /bin/bash if that matters:
SOURCEDIR="${3/\/Volumes/}"
cd…
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Being asked to log into a different account on Mac App Store?
Just recently I'm being asked by the Mac App Store to log into a different account to update my apps. I've never had a second Apple ID and this computer has always belonged to me, meaning there's never been another account logged into this Mac.…
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How to share history between terminal tabs?
I generally find myself using two or three tabs in my Terminal on OS X.
A minor inconvenience is that, by default, the tabs don't share their command history. So, searching for a previous command that I ran on another tab by typing history | grep…
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How do I find the windowid to pass to screencapture -l?
The command line utility screencapture claims to be able to capture a single window without requiring interaction, but I can't figure out what to pass it.
-l capture this windowsid
It's not the process id of the the application.
Gareth Simpson
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What is the new turbo boost in the MacBook line?
The new MacBook line has a new turbo boost added to the processor:
2.3GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
What exactly does this mean? From what I've heard, the processor can runs above the clocked speed for a short period of…
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Can I hide the toolbar in Safari while in Full Screen mode?
When in non-full-screen mode, Safari lets me use the ⌘+| shortcut or View > Hide Toolbar to hide the URL and search bar, etc. However, when I'm in Full Screen mode, this option is greyed out. Is there any way I can hide it without exiting Full…
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Where does macports install programs
I have installed both moria and ettercap using MacPorts (via pallet) and I can't find out where the things were installed to run them!
Where is the install directory?
EDIT: When I install things JUST using macports i.e. from the command line it…
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What is the best way to clone a disk between two Macs?
What is the best way to clone a disk between two Macs? I ask this every couple years or so and every time I get the same answer. "Use Carbon Copy Cloner", they say. But the unfortunate fact is that CCC is a file-level copy between disks. When I…
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