Mount option in finder is missing in snow leopard

with Leopard it was possible to click on a folder or drive then more option, this is not possible anymore. they must forgotten this option.

Unless I don't understand what you're saying, CONTROL-clicking on an item does what you want.

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  • MobileMe and RSS screen saver missing in Snow Leopard!

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    I found that screen saver option is no longer available in Snow Leopard. I thought I would just go to a Leopard machine and copy the screen saver file to Snow Leopard, but its not in the screen saver folder (Drive -> System -> Library -> Screen Savers).
    Why did apple remove this functionality? Is there anyway to get it back?

    Sorry, I get it now. My issue was similar but not the same as yours. I have never subscribed to picture-only RSS feeds so I guess I can't address your issue. As I said, I was trying to have other peoples' MM galleries show up in the list of screen savers, which I was finally able to do using my instructions (you don't need to belong to MobileMe to do this by the way, all you need is the username of a friend who does subscribe and has set up a MM gallery - for example, my username is "rbarline" in case you want to check out my "public slide show" gallery as a screen saver ... :~)
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  • Save as Acrobat PDF is missing from snow leopard print options

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    Thanks for that, i do use that in Indesign etc but in word if you want to make a pdf i used to use the pdf engine, now you go to print and pdf but the save as pdf is missing from the list, where as my laptop has it as it had snow lepoard from the start

  • Finder search "aliases" missing after Snow Leopard upgrade

    I'm dealing with a crazy annoyance after upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard - currently running 10.6.2
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    HI,
    Try repairing disk permissions...
    Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
    Carolyn

  • Using Find My iPhone with Snow Leopard and iPhone 4S

    I just upgraded my family's three iPhones from 3GS to 4S. I have a family MobileMe account and would like to continue to use Find My iPhone. I cannot upgrade my OSX on my Macbook Pro past Snow Leopard without rendering a professional app that I use for my business unusable. Is there a way to make this work with the new phones without upgrading to Lion / enabling iCloud? That is unfortunately not an option for me until the pro software app is made Lion compatible. Thanks.

    I suppose you could set up a dual-boot environment and keep Snow Leopard in a small partition to run your business software.  Clone your Snow Leopard partition into a second partition (with SuperDuper or similar) and upgrade this partion to Lion.  Then remove unnecessary applications from the Snow Leopard partition and resize it to save space. 
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  • Yosemite Disk missing from Snow Leopard  Startup Disk

    I recently installed Yosemite in a triple-boot configuration with Snow Leopard and Windows 7.
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    Open System Preferences>Startup Disk.
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         nvram efi-boot-device-data >> ~/desktop/YosEFI
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    8) If you really want to get creative, you can put BootYosemite in your ~/Library/Scripts folder (create the folder if you don't already have it) and run it from the Menu Bar.
    To add a Scripts option to the menu bar, open AppleScript Editor (It's in Applications/Utilities), open Preferences, and check Show Script Menu in Menu Bar. You'll need to re-logon (not reboot) to pick up the new script and show it on the Menu Bar.

    Simpler is to use the donationware QuickBoot app.
    27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Yo (10.10.1), Mavs, ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/10.5 & 9.2.2

  • Routinely can't find OS on Bootup  - Snow Leopard

    Every time I start my computer I have to hold down the "X" key to help it find Snow Leopard. I can also hold down Option to help it find the boot disk. I have no other operating systems on any of the hard drives. I have 4 internal hard drives. I just don't want to have to do this everytime. I'd like to press the power button to turn it on and go get some coffee.

    Often this has to do with corrupt PRAM. In turn that is often related to a bad PRAM battery. You might get more help on that on the Mac Pro hardware forum. Depending upon how much you leave your computer totally disconnected from power a PRAM battery may only last a couple of years.
    [Texas Mac Man's PRAM, battery, PMU tutorial|https://sites.google.com/site/macpram/mac-pram-nvram-cuda-pmu-battery- tutorial]
    [Apple's PRAM reset directions|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238]

  • HP AIO: Scan to Computer STILL missing under Snow Leopard?

    Has anyone gotten any info on the status of the "Scan to Computer" and "Copy to Computer" (for reading memory card) under Snow Leopard? Being able to scan and copy files from my AIO directly to my Mac under Leopard was freaking awesome. Now I have to acquire images from the Mac (which works) and there is no way to automagically copy over files from the card reader at all.
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    Print
    Fax
    On the device
    Copy
    Fax
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    In OS 10.5
    Scan
    Print
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    no Fax
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    Interim conclusion
    Image Capture is broked in OS 10.6
    Fax is strange in OS X

  • Force quit command option esc does not work in snow leopard

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    Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
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  • Where do I find retail install for Snow Leopard?

    Like, I keep seeing the upgrade packages on the store.apple.com but I don't see anything to just buy a fresh Snow Leopard OS to install on a hard drive that is totally blank. The Family Leopard pack for 49.99 just seems a little cheap to be a full install instead of an upgrade... I would like to find the full install but I am not seeing it on the apple store site.. maybe I am just blind....
    BTW, this is on a macbook.

    Apple does recommend that you purchase the Mac Box Set if you're upgrading from Tiger to Snow Leopard, but in this situation, you can get by with just the Snow Leopard disc, Single User ($29) or Family Pack ($49). Despite it's much lower price than previous Mac OS X operating systems, the disc does indeed work as a standalone installer.
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  • App Store is missing in Snow Leopard.

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  • IMovie missing from Snow Leopard

    How do you reinstall iMovie in MAC OS X 10..8 Snow Leopard? I accidently inserted an iLife 06 disk. Since then, only have iLife 06 vice iLife 08. Can't find it on Snow Leopard download disk.

    iMovie isn't a part of Snow Leopard (10.6 not 10.8) or any other OS X version and shipped on the iLife DVD.
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  • Mac Pro can't find hard drive with Snow Leopard installed on

    Hello there,
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    Of course that was nothing to work with, although I at least could get some work done, once I loaded Leopard successfully.
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    Booting from DVD I also tried choosing my Leopard install on my hard drive as boot device (it has always shown up here) but still without success.
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  • New mail badge missing in Snow Leopard?

    I remember the Mail app in Leopard used to show badges for new mail. My Snow Leopard fails to show any badges when I get new mail. I've scoured the Preferences, but can't find anything to activate them. Did Apple do away with this badge for Mail?

    HI,
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  • Finder crashes repeatedly under Snow Leopard

    So, after updating to Snow Leopard from Leopard, I've got a problem with my Finder. Here's the deal...
    Mac Mini, Intel Core Duo, 1.83ghz, 2gb
    With Firefox 3.5 as the only active app, my Finder will crash while dragging files (jpg, pdf, flv) from 1 folder to another. It's not repeatable in any reliable way and doesn't always occur. I'd say 1 time out of 10 - 15 the Finder will crash and restart.
    I've repaired permissions, cleaned all caches with Snow Leopard Cache cleaner, deleted Library/Preferences/com.apple.Finder.plist to no avail. Thought it may have been a third-party Quicklook generator left over from Leopard so I deleted the 2 generators which seemed relevant (folder.QLgenerator, flv.QLgenerator), restarted, still crashing.
    Other potentially pertinent info... Have the latest version of Perian installed, problem occurs with or without Firefox being active.
    I've pasted the crash long from a typical event. If anyone could help me decipher where to look I'd be eternally grateful (or at least really happy...). Thanks in advance for the help.
    Process: Finder [188]
    Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
    Identifier: com.apple.finder
    Version: 10.6 (10.6)
    Build Info: Finder_FE-6650000~6
    Code Type: X86 (Native)
    Parent Process: launchd [177]
    Date/Time: 2009-09-20 16:35:11.053 -0500
    OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.1 (10B504)
    Report Version: 6
    Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
    Exception Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000261
    Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
    Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
    0 com.apple.QuickTime 0x91d8780f PrivateQTGetMoviePlayabilityState_priv + 62
    1 com.apple.QuickTime 0x91d877c1 QTGetMoviePlayabilityState_priv + 33
    2 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9776f1c2 internalDoAction + 9663
    3 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x9775e59c _MCIdle + 61
    4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x946d360c CallComponentFunctionCommonWithStorage(char**, ComponentParameters*, long (*)(), unsigned long) + 54
    5 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x97759e94 _MCComponentDispatch + 111
    6 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x946cbcb6 CallComponentDispatch + 29
    7 com.apple.QuickTime 0x91d8777f MCIdle + 37
    8 com.apple.QuickTime 0x91d85669 QTOMovieObject::SendCommand(unsigned long, void const*) + 899
    9 com.apple.QuickTime 0x91d68d8a DispatchQTMsg(void const*, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, QTOGenericObject*) + 240
    10 com.apple.QuickTime 0x91d68bee QTObjectTokenPriv::SendMessageToObject(QTMessagePr iv*, unsigned long) + 178
    11 com.apple.QuickTime 0x91d68155 QTObjectTokenPriv:ispatchMessage(QTMessagePriv*, void const*, __CFAllocator const*, unsigned long, unsigned long, ComponentMsgParam*, unsigned long, unsigned long) + 1249
    12 com.apple.QuickTime 0x91d852e4 QTSendToObject + 98
    13 com.apple.QTKit 0x925ac232 QTObjectTokenExecuteCommand + 83
    14 com.apple.QTKit 0x9257ec02 -[QTMovie_QuickTime idle] + 303
    15 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c93139 _CFSetApplyFunction_block_invoke1 + 25
    16 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c7858a CFBasicHashApply + 202
    17 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c93101 CFSetApplyFunction + 177
    18 com.apple.QTKit 0x925328f0 +[QTMovie_QuickTime idleAllMovies:] + 132
    19 com.apple.Foundation 0x9517c9d4 __NSFireTimer + 141
    20 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c90eee __CFRunLoopRun + 6846
    21 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c8ed34 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
    22 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c8eb61 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97
    23 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92facfec RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392
    24 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92facda3 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 354
    25 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92facc28 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81
    26 com.apple.AppKit 0x95a36c95 _DPSNextEvent + 847
    27 com.apple.AppKit 0x95a3650a -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 156
    28 com.apple.AppKit 0x959f869b -[NSApplication run] + 821
    29 com.apple.AppKit 0x959f0735 NSApplicationMain + 574
    30 com.apple.finder 0x000061ca 0x1000 + 20938
    31 com.apple.finder 0x0000618d 0x1000 + 20877
    Thread 1: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d203a kevent + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d2768 dispatch_mgrinvoke + 215
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1bf9 dispatch_queueinvoke + 183
    3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d198a dispatch_workerthread2 + 234
    4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1401 pthreadwqthread + 390
    5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1246 start_wqthread + 30
    Thread 2:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968ab7da machmsgtrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968abf47 mach_msg + 68
    2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c8fdbf __CFRunLoopRun + 2447
    3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c8ed34 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
    4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c947a4 CFRunLoopRun + 84
    5 com.apple.DesktopServices 0x980752a9 TSystemNotificationTask::SystemNotificationTaskPro c(void*) + 643
    6 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9468a9fa PrivateMPEntryPoint + 68
    7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8f39 pthreadstart + 345
    8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8dbe thread_start + 34
    Thread 3:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968ca756 select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10
    1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93ccf04d __CFSocketManager + 1085
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8f39 pthreadstart + 345
    3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8dbe thread_start + 34
    Thread 4:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1092 _workqkernreturn + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1628 pthreadwqthread + 941
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1246 start_wqthread + 30
    Thread 5:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1092 _workqkernreturn + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1628 pthreadwqthread + 941
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1246 start_wqthread + 30
    Thread 6:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968ab83a semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d93c1 pthread_condwait + 1066
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96908208 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
    3 com.apple.finder 0x0002777f 0x1000 + 157567
    4 com.apple.finder 0x000276ed 0x1000 + 157421
    5 com.apple.finder 0x00006e12 0x1000 + 24082
    6 com.apple.finder 0x00006d36 0x1000 + 23862
    7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8f39 pthreadstart + 345
    8 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8dbe thread_start + 34
    Thread 7:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1092 _workqkernreturn + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1628 pthreadwqthread + 941
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1246 start_wqthread + 30
    Thread 8:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1092 _workqkernreturn + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1628 pthreadwqthread + 941
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d1246 start_wqthread + 30
    Thread 9:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968ab83a semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d93c1 pthread_condwait + 1066
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96908208 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
    3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x946ab435 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 242
    4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x946ab173 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 511
    5 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x97684255 ReadSchedulerThreadEntryPoint + 4698
    6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8f39 pthreadstart + 345
    7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8dbe thread_start + 34
    Thread 10:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968ab83a semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d93c1 pthread_condwait + 1066
    2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96908208 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
    3 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x946ab435 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 242
    4 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x946ab173 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 511
    5 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x94705674 AIOFileThread(void*) + 1127
    6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8f39 pthreadstart + 345
    7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8dbe thread_start + 34
    Thread 11:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968ab7da machmsgtrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968abf47 mach_msg + 68
    2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c8fdbf __CFRunLoopRun + 2447
    3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c8ed34 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
    4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c947a4 CFRunLoopRun + 84
    5 com.apple.QTKit 0x92547727 QTCALayerRendererPendingQWorkLoop + 586
    6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8f39 pthreadstart + 345
    7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8dbe thread_start + 34
    Thread 12:
    0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968ab7da machmsgtrap + 10
    1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968abf47 mach_msg + 68
    2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c8fdbf __CFRunLoopRun + 2447
    3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c8ed34 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452
    4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93c947a4 CFRunLoopRun + 84
    5 com.apple.QTKit 0x925fbd5b QTVisualContextImageProviderWorkLoop + 114
    6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8f39 pthreadstart + 345
    7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x968d8dbe thread_start + 34
    Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
    eax: 0xffffffff ebx: 0x91d877df ecx: 0xa0170cac edx: 0x00000000
    edi: 0x00131b87 esi: 0x008b846c ebp: 0xbfffdfb8 esp: 0xbfffdf70
    ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010286 eip: 0x91d8780f cs: 0x00000017
    ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
    cr2: 0x00000261

    Hello All:
    After reading many of the posts here and elsewhere in the discussions, I thought I'd add my own experience because nothing I've read sounds quite this bizarre. I installed Snow Leopard 3 days ago an everything seemed to be working fine. That lasted about 48 hours. Yesterday, I was copying the first CD of an audiobook, and the program froze. I restarted the computer and at the desktop, there was a Finder crash report (send to Apple). Before I could punch the button, the Finder attempted to relaunch, and another report came up. And another. And another. I'm not sure if the reports went to Apple, but as you'll see, if they did, Apple knows me pretty well by now.
    I got the Shutdown panel to come up while this was going on and shut the computer down. When I rebooted, the same thing happened. So I started up from the Snow Leopard Install disk and ran Permission repair and Disk repair. Both showed no problems needing repair. Rebooted. Same thing.
    The process was really fast. In the time it took me to shut down, 8 or 10 relaunches and 8 or 10 crash reports. So I started up from Disk Warrior, Snow Leopard version, rebuilt the directory and and checked all the files. No anomalies. Rebooted, and the same thing happened.
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    So I scrolled through screen after screen, selected and deleted them all. Rebooted and the computer came back. More or less. Now I seem to be experiencing random crashes, especially QuickLook when I'm in the middle of Spotlight. Also, some other crashes with names I don't even recognize because (I'm guessing) I'm not supposed to know they exist. Today those crashes seem to be slightly fewer (but not completely absent). And there were absolutely no crashes for the first 48 hours I used the new operating system. All my third party software was updated before I installed Snow Leopard.
    I guess I'm not really asking for advice (but it would be appreciated, none the less). I could reinstall Snow Leopard, but from what I've read in the forums, that often does not seem to help very much. Even though, on this computer, I won't be able to enjoy 64-bit goodness, there are reasons I really don't want to go back to Leopard. First, the new system has things I like - upgrade to Automator, which I use a lot, new Services and others. Second, and more importantly, at least 2 of the third party apps I use a lot have revised upward to 10.6 only. So I guess I'll wait and hope for the best. But I must say, in 20 years of using Macs I've never come across anything quite this strange.
    Sorry to bore you all by being so long-winded, but I thought that if anyone else ran into this weird situation, they might enjoy knowing they aren't the only ones.
    John

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