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Questions tagged [osx-mountain-lion]

Use for questions referring specifically to versions of OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion. Non-version-specific questions related to OS X should be tagged with [osx]. Questions about Mac hardware should be tagged with [mac]. Questions about running OS X on non-Apple hardware are generally considered off-topic.

OS X (pronounced OS ten; "X" is a Roman numeral), version 10.8, codenamed Mountain Lion, is the 9th major release of Apple's Mac operating system. It was released on July 25, 2012. It is a Unix-based graphical interface operating system.

Mountain Lion is a 64 bit OS that runs on Intel-based Macs.

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Can't start Sinatra server on Mountain Lion

I've been learning how to develop on a Mac for about a year and have always been able to run a local server, for example, when developing in Ruby on Rails or Sinatra. A few days ago I updated to Mountain Lion and I just tried to run a local server…
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Upgraded to Mountain Lion, now 127.0.0.1 is not resolving

I used to be able to type 127.0.0.1 (or my network IP 10.10.53.32) and it would resolve to my "default" virtual host. 127.0.0.1/~Shanimal and shanimal.dev both resolve to their appropriate folders. localhost and 127.0.0.1 give me a 404 - "Not Found…
Shanimal
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Where are my incompatible apps?

After installing an OS X upgrade (Mountain Lion) a pop up told me that my incompatible applications have been moved. How do I find them?
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OSX 10.8 play/pause, and next/prev media keys no longer work

Last week I upgraded to OSX 10.8 and some of the media keys on my keyboard have stopped working. I have an Adesso MKB-135B which I have been happily using for over a year. After the upgrade only the mute and volume up/down media keys are working.…
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encrypted mountain lion is not booting , showing osx utilities screen

encrypted mountain lion is not booting , showing osx utilities screen . I have two accounts , user1 , user2. User2 is encrypted . Everything was working fine but when I tried to access guest account it showed a dialog saying it needs to restart the…
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OS X File number

I just noticed in File Viewer (random all-files reader) on OS X, that all files have a Misc. attribute called "File Number". It contains values like 17022656, 17022354 and 435457. I tried to look online for it's meaning, but as it's such a global…
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How do I get the Macantosh HD directory to show up in the favorites sidebar in Finder for Mountain Lion?

One of the things that is annoying me about Mountain Lion is that I have to go to disk utility just to access the hard disk directory. Is there any way to make the hard disk directory show up in the favorites sidebar on the finder in Mountain Lion?
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Creating directories and files in /Library on os-x 10.8

I want to install files to /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages on OS-X 10.8. I am logged in as Administrator, but I still get an error 'Permission denied'. Same error when I try to create a directory there from Terminal. I apparently don't have…
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Why did my keyboard's volume keys stop working with Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion?

I upgraded my Mac to 10.8 yesterday when it was released and the update has caused my MacBook's volume keys to become non-functional, although I can still change volume through the icon in the menu bar or through system preferences. When I press the…
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open -n /Applications/TextEdit.app/ not launching new instance?

$ open -n /Applications/TextEdit.app/ per the terminal of my MBPr running Mountain Lion the above will not launch a new instance of text edit. Instead it just brings open instances to the foreground? per safari $ open -n…
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Cant exit fullscreen mode for app in OS X Mountain Lion

I think I've entered fullscreen with a program called BBEdit. The background turns into the one seen on the screenshot below, and I lose all other windows and, my dock etc. How can I exit this? There isn't a close icon I can see anywhere, and Esc…
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Mount PogoPlug Drive on OS X 10.8.2

I have a PogoPlug with 2 drives attached. I want to mount one of them on my Mac. I can use the PogoPlug software, but it mounts all drives. All i have is the IP Address and the name of the drive. Any suggestions?
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Where can I find libpng and libfreetype for OS X Mountain Lion, WITHOUT installing XQuartz?

I have symlinked two libraries - libfreetype and libpng from the /usr/local/lib/ directory and the binary I am running now displays the "to open you need to install X11 ...". Before that it used to complain that libfreetype and libpng were not…
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MAC: Locked out of /usr/bin

I have mountain lion and was fiddling with permissions on /usr/bin. I am locked out and get permission denied errors when I do ls -al on that folder. I cannot use sudo as it says sudo not found. I can see the sudo folder under /usr/bin but I guess…
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Menu bar full, some items are not shown

I have many programs in my menu bar like dropbox and watts, so many that the menu bar is now full.So some items are not shown in the menu bar.How do I force the menu bar to show all items? This is the menu bar: UPDATE Fortunately I had enough…
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