[all variants] USB boot on iMac without rEFIt
How can I boot Ubuntu on a USB stick and a Mac I can't modify? So I can't use rEFIt. I tried a USB drive I formated with usb-creator-gtk, I've been testing it with a late 2007 Macbook and it won't boot...
View Article[other] Booting Mountain Lion from Grub2 EFI
Has anyone done it? If so, how? If not, what's been tried, and what reasoning backed up those attempts?
View Article[ubuntu] Update to Mountain Lion
Hi guys, what are you experience updating OSX to Mountain Lion for dual booted setups? I've got a dual booted iMac with 12.04 and osx 10.6. I went thru quite some pain to get it up running, and I...
View Article[ubuntu] MacBook 3,1 Trackpad Scrolling is WAY too sensitive.
I have fixed my trackpad's crappy sensitivity using this and also this. While both of these problems are fixed, and the trackpad is much nicer now, there's one thing preventing me from calling it...
View Article[lubuntu] No dconf
Upon installing Lubuntu from the desktop CD, the first thing it said was unable to write dconf CRITICAL. /root/.cache/deconf. What to do?
View Article[64 bit] How to import DVD to Final Cut Pro ?Best DVD to FCP Converter ?
I have bought many DVD discs in recent years, and some came from my friends, now I want to import part of these DVD discs to Final Cut Pro X for editing, and then I can make DVD video as I want, is...
View Article[all variants] reFit - Linux - OSX - EFI partitions - WTF
so, i recently installed ubuntu to check out the advances in the linux world since i last looked into them 10+ years ago... very impressed, but when i tried to delete ubuntu and remove the various...
View Article[ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu Server on an iMac
I have an iMac running Mac OS X 10.7.2 (Lion) and I need to install Ubuntu Server on it. I downloaded the ISO, and tried installing it like I would any other linux distro, but unfortunately Lion is...
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[ubuntu] How to Transfer videos from iPhone to iPod without iTunes
Several days ago, a friend of mine asked me for help that there was something wrong with her iTunes. She couldnÂ’t sync videos recorded with iPhone to her newly got iPod. I asked the question on Yahoo...
View Article[SOLVED] Avahi, CUPS, Ubuntu!
I have Ubuntu Server running on a computer in the back room and a Mac as a client in the living room. Everything is working fine between the two. I can print, share files, everything that you would...
View Article[ubuntu] iTunes Running on Ubuntu
Hello friends! I have a question: I'm wanting to run iTunes on my laptop using Ubuntu. I heard that there are "emulators" Windows applications to run on Linux. Is this true? Works? Has anyone used? It...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 12.04 - triplo boot on Imac Intel 7.1
Greetings to the entire community of ubuntu.I need help about the possibility of installing ubuntu 12.04 on my intel imac 24 - 7.1, where I have installed mac osx 10.8 mountain lion and windows 7 on...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu on iMac
I want to install Ubuntu Desktop 12.0.4 on a dead iMac. The iMac has no OS installed into it. The only access I have is through an uncompatible OS X Snow Leopard DVD. This gives me access to Disk...
View Article[ubuntu] Single-boot Maverick on MacBook Pro, now need an OSX partition
A very unfortunate circumstance has arisen for me, the fact that I may NEED to use OSX for work, which has not occurred for me in many years. My normal work box is running Mint 12; but I've recently...
View Article[PPC] Flash Video Replacer gone, Youtube?
I discovered Flash Video Replacer is gone from Firefox addons, it was the best alternative to watch youtube videos on powerpc (best quality at least). I used FVR on my new pc too, which has no problem...
View Article[ubuntu] iMac 10.1 high HDD fanspeed increase
Hello, I have an iMac model 10.1 with Ubuntu 12.04 installed. The fanspeed from my HDD increases after I start the computer to a maximum of 6200 rpm maximum. Even when I do nothing. anyone an idea how...
View Article[ubuntu] Burning Snow Leopard DMG on Ubuntu
I'm running Ubuntu 12.0.4 and am trying to burn a SL DMG of Snow Leopard onto a blank DVD. Every time I attempt this however, it shows this message The size of the file is over 2 GiB. Files larger than...
View Article[ubuntu] iMac 2006 install - interesting twist
I have had some success installing Ubuntu on an old white macbook and, now that I have a taste for it, I want to see if I can do the same on an early 2006 white iMac. The twist is that the iMac has a...
View Article[ubuntu] Macbook Pro 8,2 (2011): Fans running high all the time
I'm quite new to Ubuntu, though I've dabbled in the past, and decided recently to go full cold turkey and make the switch from OS X on my Macbook Pro. I've enjoyed working out all of the niggles which...
View Article[ubuntu] Cannot boot 12.04.1 iso from usb on Macbook Pro 5,3
I've tried making a bootable usb stick with the 'usb-creator-gtk' program with the 2 isos: precise-desktop-amd64.iso: refit manages to boot this one, and I select "Try Ubuntu without installing", add...
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