i recently deleted some stuff on my mac and i think i might have deleted something important so i used the mac os x to reinstall the mac os x. by doing that does it replace any missing files and removes all the history and everything and starts out fresh?
View 3 RepliesI copied my cousin's itunes music folder onto my external hard drive so I could add it to my own.
I dragged the artists into my iTunes music folder.
I was asked whether I wanted to replace existing folders... e.g we both had "Arctic Monkeys" folders.
I CLICKED REPACE ALL... What a mistake.
I'm very much into music and I have lots of songs, whereas my cousin only had a small library.
Now, my "Arctic Monkeys" folder only has a few songs in that she had, and i've lost loads from my library from many artists that both of us had.
I hope this hasn't been covered elsewhere (I can't find it if it has).My problem is that the history setting although set to " Remove history items after one day " does not. I Have reset Safari 4.0.3 and it still doesn't delete the history. Applecare can't seem to solve the problem either. Please help, although this isn't a major problem it is very annoying. This was happening before SL and I was hoping SL upgrade may have fixed this but it hasn't.
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MacBook (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3), Serial number: IQ0351EYF5W
Imac Snow leopard 10.6.3. I always use spotlight in Safari to browse the Web. Over time the list has got longer. How to ensure that spotlight does not keep track of all my web browsing and how to remove cookies?
View 1 Replies View RelatedDoes the exclusion of a file or directory remove any existing, already backed up versions of that file or directory from TimeMachine? I have a large file I don't want backed up every time I connect to my backup drive. It's 50GB+. I rarely touch the file, and when I do, I don't use it for anything that needs to be saved, it is a historical only version of my Parallels from an older Microsoft OS. I occasionally need to open it to just look at something, but never 'do' anything with it.Â
I want to exclude it, but don't want any older version of the file to be removed from backup. Does anyone know if exclusions are retroactive into the TimeMachine database? Given this is 50GB+, trying it to find out is a quite slow process.Â
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MBP, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
I need to remove or disable system 10.8 on my i Mac and replace it with 10.6. Â
View 6 Replies View RelatedI found the voice-over thing, but when I do that you can still hear the original sound in the background. I need to remove the audio completely from like 2 seconds of footage and replace it with me talking.
to tell you the situation,
i made a video and it has a talking Gecko in it and I'm being told that it's copyright of Geico, even though that's because a company can't copyright an animal. But, anyway. Now where I said "Gecko" i need to say "Lizard" instead.
I struggle reading text set in serif fonts and I wonder if there is a way to get rid of them altogether. I don't want to see them in the browser, in PDF, or anywhere else. For example, when Safari opens a page requestingÂ
pt-serif-1, pt-serif-2, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
can make my system report the first two options as unavailable or pretend that they are by rendering Helvetica under that name? at the browser/style level or system-wide.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
In Windows, if I wanted to add files to an existing zip file, I just dragged the files onto the zip and they would be added. How do I do this on the Mac? Dragging the files in Finder onto the existing zip file doesn't seem to do anything. And if I double click on the zip file, it just gets automatically expanded. So, I don't get any option to add files.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI've just received my new Mac and I'm wanting to transfer my documents etc. from my old Mac to my new one. I'd rather do it manually than use the migration assistant as I have more control that way.
I've got my two Macs set up side by side and have shared the home directory of my user on the other Mac. Thing is, I've run into a permissions problem. Obviously my old Mac only lets my old user access the files.
Is there any way to migrate the files between users on two Macs manually without resorting to something like "chmod -R 777 ~" to mass change permissions? Ideally, I'd like to just drag the files across and have them automatically change permissions when they're transferred to my new Mac.
I'm trying to understand how itunes imports files and where it puts them. Does itunes duplicate existing files when your first install it?
In other words if I have some songs and videos in my computer and I install itunes, I know it will search for files during the installation and add them to the itunes library so, here is where my question comes, does itunes copies the files it finds to the itunes library and leave the exiting files in its original location or it moves them to a new location?
I'm just trying to understand how itunes imports and stores files and where it puts them.
I have acquired a used iMac with the original owners software/iTunes/settings still in place. Will the Migration assistant wipe everything on the computer and replace it with my files or will it add my files and change things to my settings?
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen saving files to my folder on the desktop from the Mac Email, it does not replace same name files. Instead it makes a new file by adding (-1, -2, etc.) at the end of the file. Is there a setting somewhere that makes it so that this does not happen?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I'm tired of having to jump thru hoops to replace files in my Utilities folder with updated versions. First I have to move the old file to the trash, but I have to enter my password. Then I copy the new file to the Utilities folder but, again, I have to enter my password. Much less user friendly than older versions of Mac OSX (and even Classic). I'm guessing it has to do with security, though I can replace files in the Applications folder without so much effort.I'm guessing the permissions of the Utilities folder have to be changed but changed to what? I want to be able to simply drag an updated application file to the Utilities folder and replace the old one without so much effort.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I just bought a MBP yesterday at best buy and transfered all my old files from my other macbook over to it.
I am going to give the old macbook to the wife and wanted to give her my old macbook but with a clean install.
I do not have the original disk with the old macbook but I did update to snow leopard on it. The disc are back 2500 miles away. I put the new MBP disc in but it said it cannot install.
I have a boat load of mp3 files that have a _ instead of a space in the file name. I figure there must be a magical command in the Unix terminal window that would rename the file based on a replacement string.
I want to replace all _ in a file name with a Space. Is there an easy way to do this? Or, maybe a free utility I can download? I'm trying to clean up my files!
My MacBook Air shows that I am using about 44gb. However, when I calculate each folder, they total only 30gb. I am assuming that the difference is made up of hidden/deleted files. How do I find and delete unnecessary hidden files.
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iMac, iOS 5
I could not find any recent helpful answers via Google, but eventually discovered, by trial and error, that you need to delete the failed downloads in three places namely:Â /Library/Updates (this is probably unnecessary)Â
and the *two* files here:- /private/var/folders/<complicated long path>/<name>Â where <name> ends in .pkg and also in .pkg.resumeData (i.e. the "same name" twice)Â
I found out where these were being saved by (*immediately* after the update-failure), typing find /private/var/folders -newerct "1 minute ago" -name "*.resumeData" and sure enough, these corresponded to the failed downloads. I removed them with sudo rm /private/var/folders/<complicated long path discovered via find/<name>.pgk sudo rm /private/var/folders/<complicated long path discovered via find/<name>.pgk.resumeDataÂ
and then the software update started working again instead of always aborting with e.g. "iTunes: partially downloaded" etc. The reason for the original failure is my poor internet service that constantly breaks halfway through any long-ish downloads.Â
An example of the actual filepath on my 10.6.8 Mac OSX is:
/private/var/folders/02/027LjtRMGXSZNggzpqLQg++++TI/-Caches-/com.apple.SoftwareU pdate/swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/<same amount again in length>
in other words, really long winded and very difficult to find (I have been trying to do this all day and could not find anything via the www) - I hope it helps you!
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
how do i remove files from start up disk?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I tried to remove user. The operation crashed. I later deleted the user directories while signed on as another user. Now the original user files are stuck in the trash and I can't delete them. Can't even reset permissions. What should I do to remove them?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am getting a warning message that I cannot move email or save documents as the start up disk is full and I must remove some files.
I have deleted lots of photos and documents, and emptied my trash, but am still getting the warning message.Â
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MacBook Pro
I would like to remove duplicate files that are on my computer and I believe that there is an application for this? Also, I want to remove Parallels desktop and all its associated files and programs. Basically, I am cleaning up so I can add photos and music. I want to make sure that when a program is removed all it "hidden" files are also removed.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
How can I replace my library files with a saved copy whic is on my desktop?
I have lost bookmarks, contacts, etc
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I am just wondering how to efficiently and safely remove the old backup files from time machine? I tried once with command, but it damaged my extra-disk... Does Lion OSx have fixed that?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Recently my computer has been constantly showing these pop up information boxes with, "your hard disk does not have enough space" and suggests removing files from your startup disk. What is a start up disk? How can I make room? What is taking up so much space? I don't really download anything major?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I can't boot my MacBook Pro. My hard drive is completely full. I was running a software update and didn't realize how big the file was. The computer shut off part of the way through the update and hasn't booted up since. How can I access the files on this drive to make some space?Â
I am running mavericks, but I don't know which version. I purchased a cable to access the internal drive through a USB on another computer. The drive shows up in disk utility, but will not let me browse the drive.
I am trying to remove duplicate files and is there a reliable shareware that I can use?Â
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1.1
I have vmware and winzip running under XP. Now my Leopard environment has Winzip associated with .rar files. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the association between winzip and .rar files please?
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