Tagging files in Mountain Lion

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Open Finder, press Option key, select Go > Library, open Preferences, delete com.apple.finder.plist, go to  > Force Quit and restart Finder. If it doesn't work, do a backup, press Command and R keys in boot, open Disk Utility, erase the disk and install OS X

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Missing files from mountain lion software.

I have lost some files for mountain lion and don't have enough space to download it. I have backed up my files. If I changed my hard drive capacity will I be able to download the software?

Wow... quick responses. After a LONG time and alot of troubleshooting, I have determined that my firwire ports are not working. This is the process I went through to determine this.
Was running Mountain Lion and using Target Disk Mode to try and copy some files to another computer. Plugged my computer (running in TDM) into another computer and found that my HD wouldn't show up. Rebooted my computer and noticed that it wouldn't boot into Mountain Lion. It would sit on the Apple Logo with a spinning gear. After a while of trying to troubleshoot the problem, I then tried reinstalling Mountain Lion on a different HD (removed my internal one and replaced it with another one - the one I'm using currently, so I know it works). I restored the Mountain Lion InstallESD.dmg image file to an external HD and tried booting from it. Upon trying to boot from the external drive, I too found that I was getting the Apple with Spinning Gear. Tried to boot to Lion and got the same thing. I then tried to install Snow Leopard and after a long time, it did install, but took a LONG TIME to boot up. Once it booted, I checked in the System Profiler and found that my firewire ports were not working (driver wasn't loading or something the like - I don't remember the exact error code). I then deleted the firewire kext files as many others have done, and boom, it was very fast.
This brings me back to my original question. How would I remove the firewire kext files from the InstallESD.dmg file so that I can boot into Mountiain Lion? Once I am able to install the OS, I will then delete the kext files in single user mode.
I should also mention that I have found the BaseSystem.dmg file and am currently trying to create a copy of it without the kext files. I guess the problem I am having is getting my computer to boot using the modified BaseSystem.dmg file located in the InstallESD.dmg file.
Thanks again to all of you that responded so quickly.
Todd

PSE9 not reading raw files in Mountain Lion

What need to be downloaded so I can read raw files in mountain lion. PSE9 was able to read them in Snow Leopard?

KevinLivesey wrote:
What need to be downloaded so I can read raw files in mountain lion. PSE9 was able to read them in Snow Leopard?
I guess all the updates for PSE 9 from this link:
<http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=40&platform=Macintosh>
Alternatively, you could use the update features of the Element itself that will download everything for you automatically and al;so install them for you.
Good luck.

Open files in Mountain Lion

I c an´t open files in Mountain Lion. When i open a file on desktop or elsewhere, it close Finder an a cannot reach my stuff. I have new harddrive, new systen in my new fresh harddrive. I tryed another harddrive. I moved my harddrive.
I have Macpro 2008, 2x 2.8. 10 GB memory.

Open Finder, press Option key, select Go > Library, open Preferences, delete com.apple.finder.plist, go to  > Force Quit and restart Finder. If it doesn't work, do a backup, press Command and R keys in boot, open Disk Utility, erase the disk and install OS X

How to view .mts files in Mountain Lion?

I noticed one of the features of Mountain Lion is the ability to view ny AVCHD (.mts) files on my MAC without converting them. I havent been able to fond out how to do this yet. Any and all help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Effcnt1 wrote:
I noticed one of the features of Mountain Lion is the ability to view ny AVCHD (.mts) files on my MAC without converting them.
This sounds like you noticed it yourself while using your computer. I suppose what you are saying is that you read somewhere that this should be possible? Where did you read about this?

How to open xls files in Mountain Lion

I upgraded to Mountain Lion and now cannot open xls files. xlsx files open fine. Is there a way to convert the xls files?

I think I have the same issue. I had xls associated with Openoffice but after upgrading xls opens with Preview. I tried to change it using CMD+I but when I select Openoffice it returns to Preview.... And yes I also tried to change the extention into xlsx but that also didn't solve the issue

Problem with unpacking files in Mountain Lion (Error 2)

When I try to pack or unpack files there only come up errors since I updated to ML.
"Error 2 - no file or folder existing". Seems to be a sandbox issue, I tried "The Unarchiever.app" and there it said the OS-sandbox doesn't allow this action. I'm getting kind of annoyed by all the ML-bugs, more problems in the last 7 days since updating than in the 2 years before using Snow Leopard and Lion...
Can anyone help me with this one?
Thanks!

If you are using any system utilities that empty system cache, stop, as they may corrupt files in your operating system. If you are using any system add ons, make doubly sure they are Mountain Lion compatible.

Where can I find the Reminders data file in Mountain Lion?

Hi,
Does anyone know where I can find the data file for the reminders in Mountain Lion? When I recently synced my iPad to iMac it deleted the 50+ reminders that were on the iMac. I have done hourly backups with time machine but would like to know where to go to find these to reinstate them.
Also, does anyone knows how to turn off the reminders sync as I'm not using iCloud and there does not appear to be any option to sync reminders in iTunes?
Thanks a bunch!!

Hi,
in JDeveloper 11 the deployment is in the project properties. I am not sure they are written to the file system anymore
Frank

Lost ability to play .mov files in Mountain Lion orginally saved in Lion or earlier

I'm hoping someone can provide an explanation for this one. I've edited many .mov files using QT7pro under OS 10.7 and earlier and have always saved these files as .mov files. I recently updated a 2008 unibody MacBook with a new SSD and a new install of 10.8 and I'm getting the dreaded codec error messages while attempting to open these files on that computer. I've been doing this for so long without any problems, that I haven't a clue as to what codec could be creating the issues. This is even more infuriating when many of the original files that I brought into QT7pro on my other macs were QT .mov files. So, how can a original QT file, saved on another mac and edited and then saved in QT now be broken in Mountain Lion? Thanks for any help you can offer.
Mark

thanks very much for your reply Kurt, that news is quite a relief. As you can probably tell, i'm about to re-build my system from scratch, reformatting my drive. I'm currently at the point of researching do's and don'ts and i should add i very much liked your article on font management!
Best wishes, Richard

HT2476 Can't drag files in mountain lion.

Hi there... I am in serious need of help.
I clean installed Mountain Lion no problems, everything seems to be a little quicker even... .a bonus.
But then I stumbled across something.
I am unable to move or drag files around.
Let's say I have a file jpg in the desktop, and I want to move it to the pictures folder... Normally I would just hold down the trackpad, and physically move it in to the open pictures finder... but it just will not move. I can select it, open it, rename it, everything... but I just cannot drag anything anywhere.
Lets say the jpg on my desktop needs work and I want to open it in Photoshop. I have the Photoshop icon in my Dock, and for years have simply dragged whatever jpg onto the PHotoshop icon in the Dock to open it.. .but now I can't.
At the moment I am copy/pasting everything, which is time consuming and sooo annoying you have no idea.
I just wanted to move a AVI from my downloads to the desktop. I had to copy, paste, then delete from downloads... ***?!?!
Am I the only one experiencing this problem??
Please let me know.

Paul.Urmston wrote:
Hi there... I am in serious need of help.
I clean installed Mountain Lion no problems, everything seems to be a little quicker even... .a bonus.
But then I stumbled across something.
I am unable to move or drag files around.
Let's say I have a file jpg in the desktop, and I want to move it to the pictures folder... Normally I would just hold down the trackpad, and physically move it in to the open pictures finder... but it just will not move. I can select it, open it, rename it, everything... but I just cannot drag anything anywhere.
Lets say the jpg on my desktop needs work and I want to open it in Photoshop. I have the Photoshop icon in my Dock, and for years have simply dragged whatever jpg onto the PHotoshop icon in the Dock to open it.. .but now I can't.
At the moment I am copy/pasting everything, which is time consuming and sooo annoying you have no idea.
I just wanted to move a AVI from my downloads to the desktop. I had to copy, paste, then delete from downloads... ***?!?!
Am I the only one experiencing this problem??
Please let me know.
Try the Mountain Lion forums.
Cheers
Pete

Can't install any .PKG or .MPKG files with Mountain Lion.

Some weeks ago I found out, that I can't install anymore any programmes that are packed in .PKG or .MPKG files.
Whenever I double click one of theese files, or when I try the "open with" option, I get a system response from TextEdit.App . . .
I tried already some of the advices mentioned in the community forum, but nothing worked so far.
Latest thing I tried was to re-associate these two file types with the Installer - but I couldn't find it anywhere.
I've got an iMac27, late 2009, 16GB RAM, equipped with the latest version of Mountain Lion.
Hope, you can help me - there are some updates (MS Office, MyTomTom, Logitech drivers, ...) that need to be installed.
Thanks in advance,
Dirk.

I would go thus;
1. Back up, preferably using bootable and verified clone(s).
2. Boot into recovery and repair permissions/disc.
3. Apply combo updater if step 2 was unsuccessful. (The link I have posted assumes you are running 10.7.3 as per your signature).

Viewing pdf files in Mountain Lion

Every since loading Mountain Lion on my iMac (Intel Core i5), I have not been able to view pdf files thru Safari or Firefox. I needed to get an IRS form 1040X and there are multiple sites where you can download/view that form, but everytime it comes up as a black screen. I have a Gateway notebook so I tried it there and the pdf displays great and you can download it and use it with no problems.
Is there some plug-in I am missing or something I need to install?
Thanks for any help.

I wish I could say it helped, but it did not. I do not have Acrobat 6 or Acrobat 7. I have Adobe Reader 10.1.3.
I did a "find" for acrobat and found a preference that i moved to the trash it case it was a holdover for when I had acrobat, then I did a restart and the problem is still there.

Where can I find user system files in Mountain Lion?

I'm testing Mountain Lion on a separate drive at the moment. Can anyone explain to me how to find the system files in User> (name)> Library> Application Support? Or any of the system files at all? What happened to them?
I've always used this folder (in SL) to get to some specific files that I need to share with my wife.
Any help much appreciated. Thanks.

Press Option key and select Go > Library in the menu bar. To show that folder, open Terminal and copy:
chflags nohidden ~/Library

Pgp to encrypt and decrypt files in mountain lion

i have a client that sends me files encrypted with pgp and i have to return files encrypted with pgp - what program do i need for this to work on mountain lion?

For the boot drive it's in System Preferences under Security & Privacy's FileVault tab.

Location of xquartz files in Mountain Lion

Can anyone tell me where the xquartz application/files are installed in Mountain Lion when using the http://xquartz.macosforge.org installer?

The real copies are in /opt/X11, however, there is a symbolic link from /usr/X11 -> /opt/X11
ls -Fa /usr/X11/
./ ../ bin/ etc/ include/ lib/ share/ var/
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