How to write out a NORMAL tilde sign (~) in Mac?
I switched to Mac recently. The only thing that's disturbing me until now is the missing of the tilde sign (~). The closest thing I achieved to this sign is the accent tilde (˜). My passwords are not ...
MacBook Air with Mavericks does not start up, no disk utility available
I have a severe problem with a MacBook Air. It does not start up, it hangs at wether a pure white background or white with the Apple logo. I tried to go into disk utility but pressing the option key ...
Moving a window between Spaces with Slate
I'm currently using Slate as my main TWM but the only thing missing is moving app between spaces with key bindings. I don't want to use the mouse, I know I can drag and drop the window and I can ...
Apple Store - Mavericks/Yosemite Stuck at “Downloading” and actually does NOT continue to download?
Good day everyone. I've been at a bit of a bind as of late. I was trying to download Mavericks/Yosemite off of the Apple Store. I open it up, log in, then go to the "Purchased" tab. I scroll down and ...
Finder window opens scrolled down
Nothing serious but a bit irritating :) A removable USB storage, formatted as FAT32 (actually this is an Android tablet but it doesn't seem to matter), is used on several Macs, all running the same ...
How can I open a recent Pages file when I get the message “The required index.xml file is missing”
How can I open a recent "Pages" file when I get the message "The required index.xml file is missing". Can anybody help?
Network users experiencing arbitrary connection loss. Open Directory. LDAP. Mavericks Server
I am running a Mavericks server off an 8 core Xeon E5 Mac Pro. The server is serving the Calendar, File Sharing (we have a 3 TB shared drive), Mail, Open Directory, and Messages to 14 Mac Mini ...
Download old version of Mac OSX legally as Apple Developer?
I have an Apple Developer license, and an old MacBook that I want to use only as a build server for developing Phonegap applications. The Mac is too old to get anything newer than 10.9, but in ...
How to make a portable, cross-platform, TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt USB stick?
I'm using VeraCrypt, a fork of TrueCrypt. TrueCrypt had a mode called "Traveller Mode" on Windows, that allows for the encrypted volume/file to be accessed without requiring an installation of ...
Mavericks: Enable virtual keyboard on login screen
How can the virtual keyboard be enabled at the login screen? On Windows it is really easy, but I haven't found to way of enabling it on a Mac.
Reverse Magic Trackpad (turn 180°)
Prior to Mavericks, one could reverse the direction of a Magic Trackpad, using the following defaults commands, and magic five-finger gesture to reorient. defaults write com.apple.trackpad....
Upgraded to 10.9, but it broke my Windows 8.1 Boot Camp partition!
I just got Windows 8.1 set up via Boot Camp a couple days ago, and everything was working wonderfully. Today, I upgraded my Mac to OSX v10.9, as suggested by Apple. Nobody told me it would break my ...
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How do I reset/clear my external display settings in 10.9?
I messed up the settings for the clamshell display mode on my MacBook Pro. I can't get my external display to work when I close my laptop. I can get all other modes working (standard mirroring and ...
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Mavericks: createinstallmedia not found
I'm having trouble with this. It seems the standard way is to have the OS X install file in your Applications folder and then run the following in Terminal sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ ...
Clean install of OS X, nothing happening at OS X Utilities
I'm trying to do a clean install OS X Mavericks. Previously I had Lion and thought it was time to get something a little more recent. I don't think my 2010 MacBook Pro could handle Sierra so I had a ...
Remove an erroneous email address from iCal invitee list
I would like to remove an erroneous email address from an event's auto-completion list (via Add Invitee) in iCal. OX S' Mail application provides a Remove from Previous Recipients List option, ...
Disk problems and reinstalling Mavericks!
This started after I installed a BootCamp Windows 8.1 partition. That partition ran out of space so I decided to not heed any warnings and tried to format my Macintosh HD into free space, 10G of free ...
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Mavericks Notes not compatible with IOS 10 Notes?
2010 MacBook Pro on Mavericks, Notes are not syncing with Notes on iPhone 5s on ios10. Is there a compatibility problem? I have tried all the usual remedies without success.
My mac bookpro screen hangs and freeze after restarting it displays black screen
I bought macbook pro-13 inches last year September, since last 15 days I'm facing difficulties regarding to booting issues and also some times suddenly the display hangs no controls, keys, trackpad ...
Mavericks input source is set to US keyboard in login screen
I'm from Belgium, and on my own user account, the input source is set to a Belgian (actually French) keyboard. The input sources menu is enabled in the menu bar, so I can switch it to the Belgian ...
“Out of Application Memory” Error MacBook Pro (retina) [Mavericks]
Looking for some information on this issue. I have a brand new Macbook pro with nothing on it and am trying to download VMware Fusion 6.0 which is about 530 MB, with no other applications running ...
Where is the 'Where from' meta data stored when downloaded via Chrome?
I'm running Mavericks with Chrome, and when I download an image/file it saves the 'Where from' when viewing via Get Info. This also happens in Safari. Now, I understand there is a separate download ...
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How to add multiple effects in iMovie 10 (Mavericks)
I want to add a black and white as well as a film grain effect to the same video in iMovie 10. I can't see any way to do this as applying one effect removes the other. Does anyone know how to do this? ...
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Why is my Launchpad missing app icons?
Sometimes my Launchpad just look like this without any app icons. What causes this problem and how can I solve it? I am using 2011 11″ MacBook Air with OS X 10.9.1
Google Hangouts on Mavericks in Safari or Chrome: how to adjust audio settings?
I could have sworn that Google Hangouts used to provide a settings panel for testing and adjusting audio settings. I know I've used it in the past: it was a facility that showed volume levels, let ...
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“xcode-select --install” versus retrieving the dmg from Apple's developer website
I would to ask a question closely related to already existing posts (How to install command line tools without error that is not currently available on Software Update server? and ...
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How to insert pages document to another pages document?
I am using Mavericks, and Pages 5.1. I have created two .pages documents. Now, all I want is to attach one .pages document to another. In windows I could simply drag and drop or copy and paste both ...
What is “secd” process on OSX
I wonder what secd process does under OSX Yosemite. I am pretty sure I have seen this process running in earlier MacOS versions, but I don't remember it gobbling up all the available memory so ...
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iWork 08 no longer updating in Mavericks
Apple talked a lot about updating iWork for free with the new Mavericks, I bought iWork '08 it was installed on my machine and updated with no issue. A few months back I upgrade my MBP to a SSD, and ...
Doing a clean install of Mavericks and installing iWorks 09 and the new iWorks for OS 10.9x
I already have iWork 09 apps on my Mac's Mountain Lion installation. I want to do a clean install of Mac OS 10.9x Mavericks on my machine. This will wipe out the old iWork 09 apps and when I go to ...
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