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In OS X Yosemite, Option-w is the default shortcut for "∑". How can I change that key combination to output a different character ("￦") instead?
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Jul 7, 2015 10:44
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I have a 2008 macbook(A1278 model) that I was given by a family member, keep-it-if-i-fix-it type deal. I THOUGHT it just had a failed hard drive in need of replacement, but I actually got it to boot into recovery mode. Couple things pop out. The smart data checks out as 'verified'. Actaully running verify/repair tools kicks up a couple errors. "The partition map needs to be repaired because there is a problem with the EFI system partitions file system " and "live file system repair is not supported". How reliable is the information from Disk Utility? Trying to boot into single-user mode kicks up a mach_kernel error of some kind and boots into disk utility anyway, so running a disk check that was is apparently out of the question. I'm hopeful this is actually the equivalent of a MBR/bootloader error that can be fixed with a fresh install. Does this situation sound familiar to anyone? (Apparently the recovery tool has Os x Mavericks if that helps version numbers.) If someone could give me basic advice, I'd really appreciate it. Computer savvy, not osx savvy. Should I just buy a new drive and go straight to another OS, or is this worth trying a few quick fixes on?
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Jul 7, 2015 12:30
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In disk utility try selecting the main partition of the disk then click repair disk. That live repair unsupported message appears because you selected the whole disk which includes the recovery partition you're using to repair the disk. Otherwise if you don't care about the data on the drive, erase the partition and install a clean copy of Mavericks.
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Jul 7, 2015 13:38
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So I have a lot of large data files I want to share with a small group of people, which are too big to just throw up on dropbox. I use a mac with Yosemite, and all I can find is hundreds of articles using the built-in file sharing features. This doesn't seem very secure to me, am I just being paranoid? I realize I can make it SFTP, but I'd much rather have a solution where I can monitor all logins and file transfers to/from the box as it's my personal machine. I do not have a separate machine to do this nor do I have the time/money to invest in getting one. If anyone could suggest a good server application or whatever that I can run on my machine without destroying my system resources, I'd appreciate it. Everything I'm finding right now is just for Client stuff. Back in college, I used to use CaesarFTP and I used to very much like how I could always pull it up and look at everything users had/were doing when connected. I'd like something like that, while also being more secure than the built-in option. if the built-in option is "good enough", and I'm just being paranoid, that's fine too. Thanks!
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Jul 7, 2015 16:51
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What's the best way to do a nuke-and-pave? I don't have any sort of documentation or utility cds. I'm pretty sure i selected the sub partition, but we'll see. I'll re-run everything this afternoon.
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Jul 7, 2015 16:55
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App Store Updates is a steaming piece of poo poo. Hangs, doesn't show updates, button presses do nothing. I've been staring at this blank pile of crap for 20 minutes amid restart after restart.
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Jul 7, 2015 17:22
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JetsGuy posted:So I have a lot of large data files I want to share with a small group of people, which are too big to just throw up on dropbox. I use a mac with Yosemite, and all I can find is hundreds of articles using the built-in file sharing features. This doesn't seem very secure to me, am I just being paranoid? I realize I can make it SFTP, but I'd much rather have a solution where I can monitor all logins and file transfers to/from the box as it's my personal machine. I do not have a separate machine to do this nor do I have the time/money to invest in getting one. Maybe this is a good way to go about it? It doesn't log like I'd like, but it does lock a user in only directories I want, I think? A big concern of mine is not letting these users access any part of my HDD I don't want them to see. http://lennonlam.logdown.com/posts/216849-setup-sftp-on-osx lord funk posted:App Store Updates is a steaming piece of poo poo. Hangs, doesn't show updates, button presses do nothing. I've been staring at this blank pile of crap for 20 minutes amid restart after restart. The updates are even worse on the iPad side. "heh, maybe we'll update... or maybe we'll just sit here not moving claiming your internet isn't connected". I also have an ipad app that hosed up during an update/restore (I forget which) and is just forever in the shadowed out mode. I can't delete it, there's an X, but when I try to delete it it says "delete "" ?". There's a (null) app in the storage management that I can delete, but not really, because it's back immediately. The appstore understands it's there sort of because it will try to update, but then fail at like 70%. Thanks mac app store.
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Jul 7, 2015 17:30
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It's actually shocking how bad the App Store / Updates system is on OSX. One of the slowest apps on OSX by a mile.
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Jul 7, 2015 17:36
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JetsGuy posted:So I have a lot of large data files I want to share with a small group of people, which are too big to just throw up on dropbox. TheParadigm posted:What's the best way to do a nuke-and-pave? I don't have any sort of documentation or utility cds. wolffenstein fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Jul 7, 2015 |
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Jul 7, 2015 18:02
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lord funk posted:App Store Updates is a steaming piece of poo poo. Hangs, doesn't show updates, button presses do nothing. I've been staring at this blank pile of crap for 20 minutes amid restart after restart. It's shocking to me that updating via the App Store is still so completely busted. I never once had an issue with the old dedicated Software Update application, but it's been nothing but headaches since they rolled it into the App Store.
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Jul 7, 2015 18:07
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Cyne posted:It's shocking to me that updating via the App Store is still so completely busted. I never once had an issue with the old dedicated Software Update application, but it's been nothing but headaches since they rolled it into the App Store.
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Jul 7, 2015 18:09
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Works on my machine
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Jul 7, 2015 18:36
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It's strange to me because something as basic as updating your software being so broken just feels, well, un-Apple-like. The fact that it still doesn't work properly leads me to believe that they either don't care, which seems unlikely given how important the entire App Store system now is for OS X, or that there are major architectural issues, which is a little unnerving for the exact same reason!
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Jul 7, 2015 18:36
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Updated ten or so workstations manually and no issues updating to 10.10.4
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Jul 7, 2015 18:41
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Last Chance posted:Updated ten or so workstations manually and no issues updating to 10.10.4 Anecdotes are fun!
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Jul 7, 2015 18:48
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OS X still doesn't have any way to uninstall software beyond, "Pray the application came with an uninstaller or didn't install anything outside of its .app folder". Meanwhile, Windows is getting a full package management framework in Windows 10 that's only missing the repository.
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Jul 7, 2015 18:55
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I keep getting errors trying to update to 10.10.4, tried it a few times through the App Store. Downloads fine but when I go to install, it says the Installer couldn't be verified or something. Any ideas ??
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Jul 7, 2015 19:08
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I keep getting errors trying to update to 10.10.4, tried it a few times through the App Store. Downloads fine but when I go to install, it says the Installer couldn't be verified or something. Any ideas ?? Install the combo update
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Jul 7, 2015 19:09
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The only weird thing I notice about the App Store is that sometimes it'll download something but won't acknowledge that in the App Store app (You can see the progress in Launchpad though). Quantum of Phallus posted:I keep getting errors trying to update to 10.10.4, tried it a few times through the App Store. Downloads fine but when I go to install, it says the Installer couldn't be verified or something. Any ideas ?? Try this: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1820?locale=en_US
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Jul 7, 2015 19:11
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Ozmodiar posted:These are a couple of older posts...but are the only things I can find that are even close to the issue I'm having. Just because the DisplayPort adapter works fine on another Mac doesn't mean it's drifted out of tolerance required to work on your Mac mini. See if you can borrow one to try.
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Jul 7, 2015 19:21
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10.10.4 was the first time I ever had issues updating. My Macbook Pro was a nightmare to update, but the Macbook Air and iMac updated without issue.
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Jul 7, 2015 19:24
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wolffenstein posted:boot to the recovery partition by holding cmd+r while you power on the laptop. erase the partition in disk utility. close disk utility and click reinstall os x. the os will be downloaded from apple and installed. Had this running this morning. Checked back with this error: "Install failed, osx could not be installed on your computer. IS X can't be installed on the disk macintosh hd, because a recovery system can't be created. Visit https://www.apple.com/support/no-recovery to learn more. Click restart to try again." Which is dumb, because initiating the reinstall happened through the recovery partition. So i know it's there. Or was at one point Current disc partitions show as 160.04 GB GD Macintosh HD Disc 1 OSX install ESD Disk2 OSX base system is there a way to force it to install anyway, manually create the recovery partition, and/or wipe all partitions from disc and start fresh via netboot or something? Currently in an install/reboot circuit, please advice. It doesn't loop automatically but its just about. TheParadigm fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jul 7, 2015 |
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Jul 7, 2015 20:34
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Can you still boot to the recovery partition with cmd+r while powering on the laptop?
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Jul 7, 2015 21:18
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I once had a problem downloading a version of iTunes like a year ago. But my current problem with the Mac App Store updates is that it won't let me hide an update anymore. No Apple, I don't want digital RAW camera support! I don't use that! Let me hide it!  (Right click, Hide Update doesn't do anything.)
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Jul 7, 2015 22:17
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TheParadigm posted:Had this running this morning. Checked back with this error: Please just try swapping the disk out.
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Jul 7, 2015 22:43
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wolffenstein posted:Can you still boot to the recovery partition with cmd+r while powering on the laptop? Negatory. If I had a second drive for testing, I would. Unfortunately, the one I was going to borrow fell through. Thanks for the advice!
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Jul 7, 2015 23:37
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I feel like most of my questions here (and in the Hardware thread) consist of: "I'm not sure which thread this is more appropriate in..." And this is no exception. Kernel Panics: I got a new Retina iMac in January. It is awesome. It was rock solid for a handful of days and then I got new (more) Memory and put it in and got about 3 or 4 kernel panics in as many days. Got different Memory and it went away. All the same, in the last 6 months I've come in to my office to see my machine logged out and warning me of a Kernel Panic. I'd say it's happened 3 or 4 times in 6 months... if that. Question 1: Is this worrisome? I only saw a K P like once or twice on my mid 2011 iMac. It may not be a big deal, but I saw it so rarely it's kind of this big scary thing. Question 2: Any logs or places I should go look at these crashes to see (maybe?) what's causing them? (If it's even that straightforward/simple...) Thanks! 
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Jul 8, 2015 00:10
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JetsGuy posted:So I have a lot of large data files I want to share with a small group of people, which are too big to just throw up on dropbox. I think your best bet is to use one of the cloud services. (and not DropBox, which specifically states it will disable accounts which are used in the way you are describing in its terms of service.) GoogleDrive is free for 15 GBs. As is OneDrive*. And if you only need to have it up for a month or two both offer 100tb for $1.99 a month.) Of the two I prefer what OneDrive does with things on the other side. I can just make a link, OneDrive has a built in shortener, (Google Drive doesn't) the link does not require a login (Google Drive does), and the OneDrive video viewer works better, which is surprising because YouTube is serving the GoogleDrive files (If you run it on your own machine, and it is a 10gb file that fifty people are going to download you will have to upload half a terabyte of data. If your internet connection is that good, then have at local hosting. I cannot imagine wanting to upload half a terabyte to simply serve the same file over and over. (*Actually OneDrive gives a household 5TB a year for $99.00 with Office365) pupdive fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Jul 8, 2015 |
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Jul 8, 2015 00:24
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Seems to have worked , thanks. First time I've ever needed to use a Combo update.
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Jul 8, 2015 01:02
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Since this wasn't posted in the OP: What's the current "correct" package manager?
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Jul 8, 2015 01:32
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I like homebrew because it's pretty simple to set up and use, but I don't have any specific use for it other than as a quick way to grab some command line utility I want. I wouldn't be able to say whether it'll be compatible with what you need it for.
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Jul 8, 2015 01:35
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I've been using macports for years but it's apparently turned into satan or something while I wasn't looking. I've yet to bother to switch. 
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Jul 8, 2015 01:46
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carry on then posted:I like homebrew because it's pretty simple to set up and use, but I don't have any specific use for it other than as a quick way to grab some command line utility I want. I wouldn't be able to say whether it'll be compatible with what you need it for. https://www.cakebrew.com
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Jul 8, 2015 01:50
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I used to use MacPorts, then tried Homebrew out on my last setup. I'm doing pretty simple stuff and they both worked, Homebrew just did poo poo a lot faster cause it downloaded and linked stuff vs compiling everything from source. There's also a few others when I looked around last but forget the pluses/minuses of those. Or their names.JetsGuy posted:So I have a lot of large data files I want to share with a small group of people, which are too big to just throw up on dropbox. lord funk posted:App Store Updates is a steaming piece of poo poo. Hangs, doesn't show updates, button presses do nothing. I've been staring at this blank pile of crap for 20 minutes amid restart after restart.  TheParadigm posted:Had this running this morning. Checked back with this error:
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Jul 8, 2015 03:32
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Just use brew, ports may as well be deprecated at this point. Compiling from source, what is this, Gentoo? brew rocks.
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Jul 8, 2015 04:01
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Rudix is the best if it has what you want.
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Jul 8, 2015 04:37
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Glad the consensus is as clear as it's ever been.
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Jul 8, 2015 05:11
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lord funk posted:App Store Updates is a steaming piece of poo poo. Hangs, doesn't show updates, button presses do nothing. I've been staring at this blank pile of crap for 20 minutes amid restart after restart. I had this when I was trying to update to 10.10.4 on my 2012 rMBP. What ended up working was killing all App Store processes, then delete the App Store cache (~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore), and then a full restart. If you still have that problem then it's worth giving that a shot, but YMMV.
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Jul 8, 2015 05:24
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Pivo posted:Just use brew, ports may as well be deprecated at this point. Compiling from source, what is this, Gentoo? brew rocks. I use ports all the time, at this point I'd say well over 3/4 of the ports I install require no compiling so there's that.
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Jul 8, 2015 05:58
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i use brew or just compile from a download but i'm having second thoughts after the creator couldn't invert a tree
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