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Answered: How to get back the traditional boot chime sound on the new MacBook Pro?

Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:16:33 +0000

According to http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/tutorial-disable-auto-boot-on-new-macbook-pros.2011044 the following commands will turn it on and off when executed in Terminal:

sudo nvram BootAudio=%00

sudo nvram BootAudio=%01

Answered: How to get rid of translucency of full screen videos on Mac OS X Mavericks

Sun, 14 Aug 2016 14:00:36 +0000

I think your hardware has a problem. This is not a feature to be set on or off - even by low-level tweaks.

Answered: how can I download facebook videos on a mac?

Sun, 14 Aug 2016 11:59:43 +0000

There are online web applications which simply let you do that.

Two of them still working to date are:

http://www.fbdown.net
http://www.downvids.net (also lets you download YouTube videos)

Answered: Can't copy files to external USB drive on my Mac

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 06:01:47 +0000

The USB disk you are using must be formatted in NTFS format. On Mac OS X, you can read NTFS disks but cannot write to them (or delete any files on NTFS) by default.

There's a low cost solution to be able to write to and delete files from NTFS disks:

See this article:

http://maclord.ozarweb.com/mevzu/problem-writing-ntfs-on-mac/

Answered: How to take a screenshot on Windows running on a MacBook with Bootcamp

Wed, 12 Feb 2014 06:05:09 +0000

To capture the entire screen simply press Function (fn) + Shift + F11. To capture the front most window press Option (alt) + Function (fn) + Shift + F11.

Answered: how can I edit the hosts file on mac os x mavericks?

Sat, 02 Nov 2013 05:40:00 +0000

From the Go menu in Finder, select Go To Folder... (or just press Command + Shift + G) , type in /private/etc and then hit Return. The hosts file is there.

If you're gonna work in the Terminal, just tpye cd /private/etc to reach the directory or if you're gonna edit it with a command line-based text editing tool like pico, nano or vi you can simply type:

$ sudo pico /private/etc/hosts

$ sudo vi /private/etc/hosts

$ sudo nano /private/etc/hosts