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Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) is the seventh major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) is the seventh major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. It was released in August 2009, preceded by and succeeded by in July 2011.

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Running script upon login mac

I am wondering if anyone is able to help me out with getting a .sh file to run when I log in to my account on my computer. I am running Mac OS X 10.6.7. I have a file "Example.sh" that I want to run when I log onto my computer. I do not have a…
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How do you uninstall MySQL from Mac OS X?

I accidentally installed the PowerPC version of MySQL on my Intel Mac in Snow Leopard, and it installed without a problem but of course doesn't run properly. I just didn't pay enough attention. Now when I try to install the correct x86 version it…
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PostgreSQL error 'Could not connect to server: No such file or directory'

Like some others I am getting this error when I run rake db:migrate in my project or even try most database tasks for my Ruby on Rails 3.2 applications. PGError (could not connect to server: No such file or directory. Is the server running…
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Is it possible to get the iOS 5.1 SDK for Xcode 4.2 on Snow Leopard?

I still have Snow Leopard. I have Xcode 4.2 for iOS development. This morning I upgraded my iPhone and iPad to iOS 5.1. But Xcode 4.2 is not detecting my device for testing. I could not find the iOS 5.1 SDK image on Apple's developer site, for…
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Equivalent of strace -feopen < command > on mac os X

This is useful for debugging (hence programming related). On linux, we can use the command strace -feopen python myfile.py to figure out which python modules and shared objects are loaded. Is there an equivalent one-liner on macOS X?
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Remove autolayout (constraints) in Interface Builder

I'm trying to make my project compatible with Snow Leopard and I am not able to remove the autolayout in the nibs using Interface builder (XCode 4.3 on Lion). Is it possible to remove the constraints and the autolayout in a nib on XCode?
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Authorize a non-admin developer in Xcode / Mac OS

I use a standard user account for my daily tasks on Mac OS. Since upgrading to Snow Leopard I am asked to do the following when a program is run from within Xcode: "Type the name and password of a user in the 'Developer Tools' group to allow…
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List all files in a homebrew package

How can I get homebrew to list out all files installed for a package? For example, when I run brew list for the exim package, I get these files: $ brew list…
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Easiest way to activate PHP and MySQL on Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion)?

What is the easiest way to activate PHP and MySQL on Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion)? I'd prefer to use any bundled versions before resorting to downloading from the PHP or MySQL websites. That also rules out MAMP and…
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Eclipse hangs on loading workbench

My eclipse stops loading workbench. I tried already starting with ./eclipse --clean When starting from console it throws following exception: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.Log.isLoggable(Log.java:101) at…
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Copy from Mac OS X does not copy to iPhone Simulator

In my iPhone app, I have many ASCII arts which I need to insert into the database. I am using the simulator and pasting the textpic in the textview to insert the ASCII art to database. Here the clipboard of simulator once pastes the art properly but…
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Is using double faster than float?

Double values store higher precision and are double the size of a float, but are Intel CPUs optimized for floats? That is, are double operations just as fast or faster than float operations for +, -, *, and /? Does the answer change for 64-bit…
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Testing file existence using NSURL

Snow Leopard introduced many new methods to use NSURL objects to refer to files, not pathnames or Core Services' FSRefs. However, there's one task I can't find a URL-based method for: Testing whether a file exists. I'm looking for a URL-based…
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How to install java jdk 7 on Snow Leopard

My Mac currently is running Snow Leopard (10.6.8), and I would like to develop with Java 7. I downloaded the Java 7 OS X installer from Oracle's website, started to run it. Unfortunately, I was immediately greeted with a message that said the…
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Rails, MySQL and Snow Leopard

I upgraded to Snow Leopard using the disc we got at WWDC. Trying to run some of my rails apps now complains about sql (in /Users/coneybeare/Projects/Ambiance/ambiance-server) !!! The bundled mysql.rb driver has been removed from Rails 2.2.…
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