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Hi Community,
in Snow Leopard it was possible to hide a user from the login window by creating an array HiddenUserList followed by the short names of the users to hide:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add user1
In Mountain Lion this workaround isn't working anymore. Is there another way to hide a user?
Thx & Bye Tom

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I'm in the same position, the store said they didn't know of any new release, so i bought my macbook pro to find out about mountain lion. I really hope that i'm not going to pay for the upgrade. New to apple, also last month bought my Ipad 3, really thought that Airplay would have been on my book pro, nope, waste of time.........need that update to use it. Back i the box then, get the windows 7 ultimate pro back out until then.

Does anyone know when os x mountain lion comes out exactly

does anyone know when os x mountain lion comes out exactly

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Since Lion came out on the 20th last year, I'm betting it won't be before that. It would be the first ever major OS release that hadn't even made it to a full year. Somehow, can't see Apple wanting that accolade.

Do we get a credit if we buy LION now and Mountain lion comes out within a three month period?

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martyInNaples wrote:
Someone at Apple knows what they have done in the past.
I am reluctant to buy Lion as we did not like the changes to mail and file saving when it first came out.
Firstly contact Apple and ask them. This is a user to user forum. No one here knows anything that Apple haven't told us yet.
And when you say ' we did not like the changes', do you mean that you have already purchased it and tried it in the past? Or how did you know that you didn't like the changes you mention?
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802.1x authentication at login not working (com.apple.loginwindow.plist)

We have a number of OSX Macs (10.4.11) in an 802.1x test environment.
All the Macs have been bound directly to a Windows 2003 Active Directory using the Directory Access Utility.
All the clients have been imaged from the same original OSX 10.4.3 image and upgraded to 10.4.11.
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Apple provide a useful How-to doc for this purpose:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303471
Great! Well, yes for some systems but not for others. We have two clients running that will not take the above procedure from Apple.
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\library\Prefrences\com.apple.loginwindow.plist
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http://ninjamonkey.us/wordpress/index.php/2008/01/16/macos-x-login-with-8021x/
and
http://ninjamonkey.us/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/16/update-macos-x-login-with-8 021x/

Hi this is alamzeb , i have purchased OS X mountain lion from apple store and installed it on my macbook with the expect ion of making my macbook faster but it become more slow by installing os x , how can i solve this problem

Hi this is alamzeb , i have purchased OS X mountain lion from apple store and installed it on my macbook with the expect ion of making my macbook faster but it become more slow by installing os x , how can i solve this problem

alamzeb wrote:
Hi this is alamzeb , i have purchased OS X mountain lion from apple store and installed it on my macbook with the expect ion of making my macbook faster but it become more slow by installing os x , how can i solve this problem
Have a read under the threads on the Right hand side of this page under 'More Like This'
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Your profile shows you are running 10.7.4? Is that correct? If so, you cannot download Mountain Lion without purchasing it first. Please post back with the OS version you are actually running.

Where is com.apple.loginwindow?

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Just a short question: When I use
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Does Mountain Lion come with an Apache server and if so how do I access it?

Does Mountain Lion come with an Apache server and if so how do I access it?
On my previous Mac there was a check box for web sharing in the Sharing System Preferences. I used this to experiment with HTML website design. How do I do this on my new Mac?

Thanks for the reply. Others have asked similar questions. I was directed to a user tip page
by etresoftThat gives step by step instructions which should solve my problem.

If Mountain Lion comes pre-installed on my machine, how can I get the OS discs if it's only available via download?

Had someone ask a very good question, I think.
If you buy a new Mac that has Mountain Lion pre-installed on the machine, you are able to download updates as they come out; however, you can't necessarily download the Mountain Lion installer via the App Store since it came already installed on your computer.
So my question is, how can you get a OS disk/drive of Mountain Lion if your computer fails? I know Apple has the Recovery drive, and even the Internet Recovery drive, along with Time Machine and whatever else, but what if none of these options are available to recover the computer?
I suggested to the person to clone their hard drive using the 30-day trial of Carbon Copy Cloner. That way, they have a bootable image with the OS already available in case they run into this option. BUT, what if that isn't even an option? How does one go about recovering their computer if no OS disc of Mountain Lion is available?
I haven't been able to find anything about workarounds besides the methods I mentioned above, so please tell me if I am missing something.

you can't necessarily download the Mountain Lion installer via the App Store since it came already installed on your computer.
Not true. You can go to the Mac App Store and download the installer
(from the link that WALTER-MILANO-ITALY posted above)
Install OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion
If you completed your installation of OS X, your installer may have been removed after your successful first login to OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion. Mac App Store's Purchases page should show Install OS X as being "Installed", and disallow its download, when viewed from a computer running OS X.
To redownload the installer on a computer running OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion, press and hold the Option key while you click the Purchases tab. If the button to the right of the Install OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion item doesn't change to "Install" and allow you to download OS X, use Spotlight to search for "Install OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion" on your computer.

Does Mountain Lion come with Pages?

I recently purchased a new 27" iMac from Best Buy with the i5 Quad Core, 1TB HDD and 4GB RAM. The display model in the store was running Lion, and on the spec sheet, or price sheet for the computer it states that the ones sold were running Lion also. So I was a bit surprised when I got home and saw that it was running Mountain Lion. Pretty cool I guess but I think some things are different. For example, I didn't get to see the famous Mac start-up movie, which sucked because I was really looking forward to that, I even had my camcorder out ready to record it, because it's a pretty cool little demo, and it's my first Mac, so I was wanting to see it. Something I really didn't expect though is the lack of the Pages application being pre-loaded. it only comes with some dinky little application called "Text Edit", which opens up really small, and even though you can expand the window, I haven't yet found a way to expand the actual rule at the top of the area where text is entered, and to increase that ratio, which ***** because it's all super tiny on this super huge screen. I really expected Pages to come factory installed on here, seeing as how it is the most commonly used Mac word processor (I'm assuming). Now it looks like I have to pay $20 just for Pages, especially when it would have been nothing for Apple just to pre-install it on here from the factory? I just paid over $1700 for a computer with a little quad-core, only 1TB HDD, a tiny little 4GB of RAM (though I now have 16GB of RAM) and a little 512MB GPU? And Apple can't even throw me a bone and give me pages? Come on now, what's the deal? Can anyone help me out, with what usually comes pre-installed on Macs? I would appreciate it.
P.S. Apple, if you want to make me happy credit me $20 or provide me with a link to download the Pages application for free..

silvergc, I'm not looking for your support. Just a bit of friendly advice. I'm coming from using PC where there's quite a programs made available for your pre-loaded on your computer I wasn't sure as to what actually came pre-installed. I just assumed that certain applications did because every single mac I've seen had them installed. But I guess it was my mistake. Oh, and a little hint, you don't really have to be rude and compare my lack of knowledge about Macs to your all-knowing mighty superiority. People make mistakes. Also, whether pages came with the thing or not was never going to be a deal breaker, I was just using the price point to put things into prospective a little. I just needed a little clarification on what was actually meant to come with the computer, to see how I made out. Because as I stated before I come from using a PC all my life and I know that programs that come pre-loaded can vary with a PC. Great job though at making one of my first encounters with people from the Mac community, not so great. Maybe I could have looked a little harder, but your pointless post really accomplishes nothing, and only makes yourself seem like a person who would post something simply to be rude to someone. "I don't have your support", alright.. Awesome, but you know what? I also would have not had your support if you didn't bother to post anything at all.

Where is Mountain Lion's Apple Hardware Test?

Hi. My Snow Leopard DVDs which are in good condition won't read anymore after installing Lion and now Mountain Lion (the Superdrives' working properly as I can burn CDs and DVDs. The DVD does see it as blank with Untitled DVD but .iso Linux images for example boot when you restart it). Apple may have intentionally made the Superdrive not be able to read original disks to favor USB Flash drives and the Cloud I'm guessing which is fine by me coz' those can never be damaged physically or are less prone to physical damage.
But the Apple Hardware Test is in the Applications DVD of the Snow Leopard. How do I run Apple Hardware Test then on Mountain Lion? Any third-party app that goes beyond what Apple Hardware Test can do that you could recommend?
Thank you in advance.
God bless.

I don't understand why your system is not recognizing the SL install disk - it should. The timing of any key combo with a restart is difficult with a wireless keyboard - unless the timing is perfect, it won't work. As suggested, try /borrow a USB keyboard.
Another thing to try is to insert the SL install disk; then go to Startup Disk Pane in System Preferences and see if your SL disk is listed in the choices. If it is, then select it and hit restart.
As for the question re. the bootable USB stick/DVD, I have not tried that, so I cannot say if that would work or not. Does your Mac have internet recovery or did you install the firmware for it as outlined here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4904
Having read all I could find about recovery, there is no mention of any Apple Hardware Test; not even here (which is quite comprehensive):
http://pondini.org/OSX/RecoveryHD.html
The only things mentioned are the options in Disk Utility. So, unless you can boot from your SL install disk and get to the test that way, I am stumped. My suggestion would be to book an appointment at your nearest Genius Bar (if you are past the warranty) or call Apple support if you're still covered.

I just bought my Mac Mini today, shouldn't Mountain Lion come with it?

I just bought a new Mac Mini 8-24-12. Shouldn't it have come with Mountain Lion installed? And if not, do I qualify for a free upgrade?

See Apple - Free OS X Mountain Lion upgrade Program.

Does OS mountain lion come with Remote desktop?

My 2012 Pro does not have remote desktop anywhere on it. All the other macs I've encountered have had it preloaded. Is mountain lion just the first os to not have it installed?

Remote Desktop is not included with Mountain Lion nor is it preloaded on new Macs. You have to buy it:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-remote-desktop/id409907375?mt=12
Many features that were previously only available on Remote Desktop, screen sharing for instance, are now part of OS X though.

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