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Spotlight = deadMy spotlight index seems to have died, no idea how to fix it, I've tried the normal reset commands:<br /> <br /> $ sudo mdutil -E /<br /> /:<br /> …
... tried the normal reset commands: $ sudo mdutil -E / /: Error, no index found for volume. $ sudo mdutil -i off / /: Could not set indexing status for volume. $ sudo mdutil -i on / /: Could not ... -
Apple releases Security Update 2005-009, Aperture arrivesSecurity Update 2005-009<br /> <br /> Apple on Tuesday released Security Update 2005-009, which delivers a number of security enhancements and is rec…
... , CoreTypes, curl, iodbcadmin, OpenSSL, Safari, sudo, and syslog. Most notably, the ... gain elevated privileges in certain sudo configurations;system log entries may ... -
Terminal Applications: Starting from CLIHey folks -<br /> <br /> I'm slowly but surely converting to the OS X world from Linux/UNIX/X11/etc. I'm running into a couple of interesting roadbl…
... will open a term and sudo to root for me. Several ... -
Apple Remote Desktop on a MacBook -- it works!Thanks to 'ptone' on MacOSXHints, Apple Remote Desktop works on my MacBook Pro. Before this it wouldn't work, even with Rosetta, as most of you know.…
... >TERMINAL. Type the following line: sudo rm -R /System/Library/CoreServices ... -
What does all this mean...So, I was in the console tonight checking up on an error on an unrelated matter and ran across the following:<br /> <br /> <br /> NOTE: ignoring this…
... searching, but I did a sudo mdutil -E / from the terminal ... -
Compiling help : Darwinports, FAAD2Hi guys,<br /> <br /> I'd like to install <a href="http://www.audiocoding.com/" target="_blank">FAAD2</a>, an AAC decoder library, and in order to do…
... the following and hit return:" % sudo port install faad2 Password: However ... -
Need help erasing trashHi<br /> <br /> I have a weird issue here, i can't erase trash.<br /> <br /> I only have one folder containing one item in my trash:<br /> <br /> (~/…
... Now. i thought i just sudo -rm -r this bastard, but ... pathname (tab) it changes to: sudo rm -r ~/.Trash/ERASE/Tie ... -
A mistake to avoid with launchctlThis is just a FYI so people don't make the same mistake I did today. <img src="/images/smilies/1embarassed.gif" border="0" alt="" title="dEmbarrasse…
... to execute a command Quote: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library ... -
Apple sprouts new seed of Mac OS X 10.4.9You may have missed it with all the news coming out of last week's Macworld Expo, but Apple, Inc. recently distributed a new pre-released build of Ma…
... , bind, iCal, OpenSSH, Rosetta and sudo, in addition to those system ... -
Terminal ErrorHello I am trying to run a program that is not working due to the security updates. We received a work around for this program but I can't seem to ge…
... scripts are su sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib sudo ln -s ... -
Unable to re-enable root userAs administrator, I wanted to hide the 'Other' user pick from the logon screen on a Macbook to be used by various users on the network, and to do thi…
... into the Terminal and used 'sudo passwd root'. I type/re ... -
Unable to pick up HOSTS fileI am working on Mac OS X version 10.4.9<br /> <br /> We use HOST Icons (shell scripts) to change environments. I have verified that /etc/hosts is be…
... ) Create (as root or using sudo) "/etc/hosts". 2) Read the ... -
Apple's new websiteHas anyone seen the sudo-spotlight search feature on Apple's new website. Try typing in the word "iPhone" (or anything, really).<br /> <br…
Has anyone seen the sudo-spotlight search feature on Apple's new website. Try typing in the word "iPhone" (or anything, really). Coolness..... -
How to creat a default dockI used to be able to customize a dock and then copy that dock using this command (no quotes) "sudo cp ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist…
... using this command (no quotes) "sudo cp ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple ... -
Customizing the Leopard DockOK, count me as one of those that doesn't like the gray dock. I figured out how to change its color and even its opacity. Here's what it looks like…
... hidden files, how to use sudo, etc. You will need to ... -
How to delete Time Machine backupsI'm lost in trying to delete the backup directories created by Time Machine. I've moved disks around on my network and TIme Machine doesn't seem to …
... /Backupdisk/Backups.backupdb and tried 'sudo rm -rf *' to get rid ... -
Juniper Network Connect SSL VPN NOT WORKING IN 10.5Network Connect uses old crypto and ssl libs. It uses 0.9 instead of 0.9.7. Well, the Leopard install only installs PPC versions of these libs.<br />…
... not work: cd /usr/lib sudo*mv libcrypto.0.9.dylib libcrypto.0.9.dylib.ppc sudo ln -s libcrypto.0.9 ... .dylib libctypto.0.9.dylib sudo*mv libssl.0.9.dylib libssl.0.9.dylib.ppc sudo ln -s libssl.0.9 ... -
bootcamp'ed vista, OSX doesn't see driveI just installed leopard and decided to try and use bootcamp to install vista... <br /> Long story short; I partitioned the drive with the 2nd being …
... .0 Mi disk1 MacBook:~ Administator$ sudo gpt -r show disk0 Password ... Sec GPT header MacBook:~ Administator$ sudo fdisk /dev/rdisk0 Disk: /dev ... -
My view of the Mac OS after switching to LinuxInstead of buying a brand new MacBook Pro, I instead bought an HP laptop and installed Ubuntu 7.10 as my OS. After using a Linux-based OS for a littl…
... will feel very awkward doing "sudo" and "chmod" commands all the ... -
Terminal command to make menubar opaque!<div><pre><div class="quoteHd">Code:</div><br> sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict …
Code: sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer 'EnvironmentVariables' -dict 'CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE' 1 Then reboot! w00t! -
Disabling Network Check for Office 2008I was doing a search recently on how to disable the network check feature on Microsoft office 2008. I came across a post from december 2001 that said…
... command line with this command: sudo ipfw add 0 deny udp ... -
Apache problems with personal web sharingWhen i try to turn on personal web sharing in system prefs>sharing>services it will just say "starting up..." and it wont change. whe…
... followed their suggestion and typed 'sudo apachectl restart' in the terminal ... -
script and log fileHello everyone, I've written a script that installs 2 packages et copies 2 files.<br /> It works fine but for some clients (all they have Mac OS 10.5…
... investigations). Code: echo installation Firebird sudo installer -pkg /Autonome/FirebirdSS-1 ... .lproj/var echo installation Autonome sudo installer -pkg /Autonome/ClientTheriaqueAutonome.pkg ... -
iTunes ate my downloaded tunes!Hi all,<br /> <br /> This is my first post on a site like this. I will be very grateful for your advice and help with this problem.<br /> <br /> Rece…
... to repair permissions using the "sudo command line" in terminal. Subsequently ... -
Creating a new user account and transferring files from old accountI am now having more problems than I can handle with my Leopard installation...problems such as applications that refuse quit no matter what ~ even a…
... them and/or attempting to "sudo kill -9 PID", and now ... -
Anyone KNOW How to RE-ENABLE Spotlight? TIGER?I've posted everything from the APPLE WEBSITE - doesn't seem to be any mac trained people there - hoping someone here has the know-how - various post…
... out. ________________________________ Also typed this sudo launchctl load /System/Library/ ... help. ______________________________ ALSO tried this.. sudo mdutil -E Macintosh HD ... volume. Mac-Book-Pro:~ composer$ sudo mdutil -E Macintosh HDMacintosh: ... -
Mac OS X: It's possible to gain root on any Mac with just a USB thumb driveThere's an extremely big security flaw in all versions of Mac OS X: all a user needs to do to gain access on any computer, on any edition of the OS u…
... , fire up Terminal and type "sudo chmod 000 /Volumes/x", without ... -
Deleting trash on external drive from TerminalI want to delete all my Time Machine Backups from my external drive without erasing everything on the said drive. I first put the Backups folder in t…
... the following manner(in Terminal): sudo rm -rf /Volumes/"My Drive ... -
Unix crontab for forced shutdownI tried making a crontab as root to have all of the computers in our labs shutdown at 4:30 everyday.<br /> <br /> I first tried doing this through th…
... could not GTFA. 30 16 * * * sudo -u root shutdown -h now ... -
Copy folder using Terminal-drive damagedHi and thank YOU in advance!<br /> <br /> My MAcbook Pro dive won;t mount and is corrupt and none of the top utilites will repair the damage.<br /> S…
... copy to copy the folder ("sudo cp -Rp /Users "/Users backup ...
