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The Macintosh or Mac is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.

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File Sharing on Windows Server to Mac OS X clients

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3229 These permissions allow a drop box to work, however, large files being transferred from a Mac client show up while transferring, then disappear. Copying to other folders is fine. Copying from another folder that is…
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Easiest way to sync two folders

What's the easiest way to sync the contents of a folder on a Mac OSX machine with another folder on a Linux server? You can use scp: scp -r /path/to/folder/ username@IP_ADDRESS:/path/to/sync/with But scp is slow and copies all files, regardless of…
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3rd party RAM for Mac Book Pro

My company will be bulk purchasing Apple hardware, specifically Mac Book Pros. We are looking into increasing the RAM from 4GB to 8GB, however, we have noticed that RAM purchased directly from Apple is exorbitantly expensive. For example, going from…
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Enable Remote Login (SSH) without GUI on a Mac

I'm having an issue with my Mac where it's freezing on the initial login. How can I enable ssh without going into system preferences, etc.
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Remote desktop for Mac, over internet

What's the best (easiest, and preferably free) way to control another Mac via remote desktop, over the internet?
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How to make Apache case sensitive on Windows and/or Mac?

Is it possible to make Apache serve files in a case sensitive way? I'm having the issue where an accidental capitalization of a letter is not getting caught in my development environment (Windows/Mac), but is causing havoc on staging (Linux). Is…
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Synchronize time on a private network that must not connect to the Internet

For HIPAA compliance, this network can not be connected to the Internet or to any other network or computer which connects to the Internet. I've got a small private network comprised entirely of Macs running Mac OS X 10.6. The computers share files…
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edit text file in zip folder on mac os x

I have a zip folder structure which is read as a plugin from a server system. I need to edit some text files inside these zip folders, but extracting editing packing is tedious and error-prone. Does anyone knows an editor that can open files…
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How do you secure Macintosh clients in an open-access computer lab?

Since I've actually run UNIX for personal use outside of work, that apparently makes me the newly anointed Macintosh expert at my workplace... I've got an open-access computer lab (12 iMacs )that will be used for limited video, photo, and audio…
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Using WHS for a Mac Time Machine Backup

Has anyone figured out a way to get Windows Home Server to be used as a repository for Time Machine backups from Leopard without installing any additional software on the Mac machine? The new HP Media Smart's have this as an added value feature and…
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Mac WebDAV Connection Read-Only Issue on Windows Server 2008 WebDAV Folder

I set up Windows Server 2008 (x64) and installed the WebDAV extension to IIS 7 (also x64) and created a WebDAV share. I also created a self-signed certificate and enabled HTTPS on the box - requiring HTTPS to connect to the WebDAV share. I can…
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Is it possible to run OS X headless?

I'm using an old iBook with OS X 10.4 as a server. Is there any way I can run it headless, ideally to cut down the memory usage and aid performance? Is a headless mode possible with any version of OS X, standard or server?
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How difficult is it to setup Mac OS X Server?

We are a small office of about 4 people, and we would like to have a 27-inch iMac (Core 2 Duo) setup as a server and workstation simultaneously, using Mac OS X Server. This might seem like overkill (and stupidity at the same time), but here is the…
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General tips for interpreting error logs

Reading log files can be pretty frustrating as, by nature, their content says as much about the developer who penned them as the problem itself. Do you have any general purpose tips for interpreting error logs (eg: "google is your friend" or "some…
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Setting up daemons on Mac OS X

I've recently given in to temptation and bought a new MacBook - I've upgraded the RAM, got AppleCare etc. and am really enjoying myself! I've been setting up my development environment - compiling my own Apache (built in one is terrible, or so I've…
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