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The act of putting software onto a computer so it can run

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How to install GIMP resynthesizer on Mac OS?

I'm running El Capitain and have GIMP installed but can't figured out how to install the resynthesizer. I copied the files from the linux version of the plugin into the plugin folder of GIMP but GIMP does not seem to detect it.
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"Could not find installation information for this machine" after disk erase

I erased my disk while planing to reinstall the OS. Now I get the recovery screen as planed, I press "Reinstall OS X" and then press on "Continue". It checks my eligibility and tells me "Could not find installation information for this…
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Can't Install Any Mac OS on Core 2 Duo Macbook

My old hard drive died and so I bought a new SSD, I put it in my macbook and plugged in the USB hard drive with the installation media, but no matter what it just won't boot into the installer: I see the bootable disk icon after pressing power +…
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Install Unison, simple way

Is there any simple way to install Unison (text version), on OSX? On Ubuntu it's 'sudo apt-get install unison'. And that's it. I have read the following guide:…
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"Unable to verify macOS" when I try installing the OS on an external SSD

Trying again multiple times didn't help. Any ideas? Filed in Feedback Assistant (FB7434412). External drive is connected through USB-C.
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How do I see everything ever installed on my Mac in one place?

I install things in all kinds of different ways on my Mac... App Store, DMG's, PKG's, Homebrew, Rubygems, Macports, etc etc. Is there an app out there that can show me my entire history of installing things through all these different channels?
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White screen when installing OSX

My daughter's MBP recently had a hard drive failure. I replaced the hard drive and purchased the Snow Leopard install disc from Apple. During the install start up, at a certain point the screen goes white and after a bit the fans go to a high speed.…
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How to extract InstallESD.dmg from my iMac Recovery Partition?

I'm trying to extract the InstallESD.dmg image so that I can create a USB key any time I want to in the future, to recover/boot my 2011 iMac. I would think this would be no problem at all, since the machine obviously is authorized to run…
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Using Mac in a virtual machine legality?

There have been many different questions like this and all have seemed to come down to the same answer. It violates the EULA. The problem is they all bring up another question. How binding is the EULA. We all know Psystar was sued for making…
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Install a package .pkg into a custom directory

I need to install the gcc3.3 on my OS X 10.5.8 to try something. For that purpose, I need to install it into a custom directory, such as /usr/loca/gcc-3.3 By default, the gcc3.3.pkg installs itself directly into /usr/bin To change that default…
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Download MacOS install disc?

My MacBook Pro doesn't boot anymore. I've lost my install disc for the OS and I need to format/re-install. What are my options?
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What is the conventional location to install binary executables?

I would like to install a binary executable so that all users can run it from the terminal. Where should I put it?
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Where are the files installed when you execute a mpkg file?

I am running Mac Os X 10.9.1. I downloaded and open an .mpkg file and when through the installation flow but at the end of it I still don't know where the files were installed. Is there a way to find out what the mpkg executable did in terms of…
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Install macOS on a MacBook with a blank HD without having another working Mac or old Mac HD?

I'm getting 3 year old MacBook Pro with no HD (surplus from the company I work for). I don't have a Mac of any sort to do the install/restore/etc like most other answers to this question assume. I have a Windows PC, and will get a new blank internal…
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Reinstalling OS X 10.6 without losing any data

My MacBook Pro 13' (mid 2009) won't boot. It doesn't get past the initial grey boot up-screen - and nothing I've tried seems to help that. The only way to get the computer started up is via the installation disc. And through that I've been able to…
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