How Do I Turn Off Dictation In OS X? Go to System Preferences (you can find it in the Apple menu at the top left corner of your screen) in macOS or OS X and select the Dictation & Speech... Read answer Asked by Clyde K. on January 4th, 2013 Filed Under: System Preferences, OS X Mountain Lion, Dictation
How Do I Stop Reminders From Showing Up Twice In Notification Center? Go to the Apple menu to System Preferences and select Notifications. Click on Reminders in the left column and then uncheck/recheck "Show in... Read answer Asked by Danny C. on August 20th, 2012 Filed Under: System Preferences, Notifications, Reminders, OS X Mountain Lion
How Do I Make Everything Bigger On The MacBook Pro Retina Display? Go to the Apple menu to launch System Preferences and then click on the Displays panel. The default option is "Best for Retina display", but if you... Read answer Asked by Michelle W. on August 8th, 2012 Filed Under: MacBook Pro, System Preferences, OS X Mountain Lion, Retina display, Displays
How Do I Reformat My Hard Drive In OS X Mountain Lion? Restart your Mac and hold Command+R during startup to enter Mountain Lion Recovery. From there you can launch Disk Utility. Click the Erase tab... Read answer Asked by Shelia B. on August 22nd, 2012 Filed Under: Disk Utility, OS X Mountain Lion, Recovery
How Do I Turn Off Automatic System Updates In OS X Mountain Lion? This is a new default setting in OS X Mountain Lion. You can disable it by going to the Apple menu to System Preferences and then selecting the... Read answer Asked by Chris B. on July 25th, 2012 Filed Under: Software Update, System Preferences, OS X Mountain Lion, Automatic Updates
How Do I Disable Notifications From Specific Apps In OS X Mountain Lion? You can edit Notification access on a per app basis by through the Notifications preference pane. Go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences... Read answer Asked by Keith K. on July 25th, 2012 Filed Under: System Preferences, Notifications, OS X Mountain Lion
Is It Possible To Install Mountain Lion On Unsupported Macs? Yes, you can install Mountain Lion on some additional Macs from 2006 on that aren't officially supported. There is an app called MLPostFactor that... Read answer Asked by Essie C. on April 29th, 2013 Filed Under: MacBook, OS X, Installation, OS X Mountain Lion
How Do I Repair A Disk In OS X Mountain Lion? Open your Applications folder, then Utilities, and launch Disk Utility. Select the hard drive in the sidebar, click on the First Aid tab, and then... Read answer Asked by Greg T. on December 28th, 2012 Filed Under: Utilities, Disk Utility, OS X Mountain Lion
How Do I Enable Key Repeat In OS X Mountain Lion? This is a feature that was first added in OS X Lion. If you would like to disable it just open up the Terminal app and paste in the... Read answer Asked by Clarence P. on July 25th, 2012 Filed Under: OS X Lion, Terminal, OS X Mountain Lion, Key Repeat, Typing
How Do I Hide Notification Center From My Menu Bar In OS X Mountain Lion? The easiest way to hide Notification Center from your menu bar is with an app called Bartender. Bartender allows you to tidy up your menu bar, move... Read answer Asked by Mccaskey H. on January 25th, 2013 Filed Under: Menu Bar, OS X, Notification Center, OS X Mountain Lion, Bartender
How Do I Create Reminders With Alarms In Alfred? At this time, that function is not included with Alfred, but you can extend Alfred's functionality to include setting reminders by installing the... Read answer Asked by Carole K. on August 31st, 2012 Filed Under: iOS, Reminders, Alfred, OS X Mountain Lion
How Do I Disable Gatekeeper In OS X Mountain Lion? Gatekeeper aims to only let you install apps from the Mac App Store and identified developers. To change this, go to the Apple menu to System... Read answer Asked by Sara H. on July 25th, 2012 Filed Under: System Preferences, OS X Mountain Lion, Security & Privacy, Gatekeeper
Why Doesn't Power Nap Work With My Mac In OS X Mountain Lion? Power Nap is only available for some Macs with built-in SSD storage. Unfortunately, this is currently limited to the 2012 MacBook Pro Retina Display... Read answer Asked by Jerry W. on July 25th, 2012 Filed Under: MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion, Retina display, Power Nap
Will My Mac Support OS X Mountain Lion? A 15 inch MacBook Pro from 2008 will be supported. OS X Mountain Lion requires a Mac with a 64 bit kernel. Here's a full list of models that will... Read answer Asked by Eric E. on February 20th, 2012 Filed Under: iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, Mac, Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion
How Do I Make The Library Folder Visible In OS X Mountain Lion? You can retrieve access to the Library folder by typing in a short command to the Terminal app inside your Utilities folder. Just paste the... Read answer Asked by Inez G. on July 25th, 2012 Filed Under: OS X Lion, Terminal, Users, OS X Mountain Lion, Library Folder
How Do I Get Mountain Lion Spaces In OS X Mavericks? Yes, you can revert back to a version of Spaces similar to the one found in Mountain Lion. Go to your System Preferences and select the Mission... Read answer Asked by Henry O. on December 11th, 2013 Filed Under: System Preferences, Spaces, Mission Control, OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Mavericks
How Do I Turn On Do Not Disturb Mode In OS X Mountain Lion? Yes, you can hide Notifications from popping up on your screen while still logging them in Notification Center. Launch Notification Center and drag... Read answer Asked by Hattie K. on July 25th, 2012 Filed Under: Privacy, Notification Center, Notifications, OS X Mountain Lion, Gestures
When Will Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Be Released? The next major update to OS X, named OS X Mountain Lion, was announced on February 16, 2012. Mountain Lion is a major step toward integrating the OS X... Read answer Asked by Curtis A. on February 16th, 2012 Filed Under: Mac OS X, OS X Mountain Lion, Updates
How Can I Easily Look Up A Word In OS X Mountain Lion? You can quickly and easily look up a word in the dictionary by tapping it with three fingers. This does not work in every application, but it at least... Read answer Asked by Aaron S. on August 10th, 2012 Filed Under: Dictionary, OS X Mountain Lion, Gestures
How Do I Use Spaces In OS X Mountain Lion? We recommend using TotalSpaces for functionality that is closest to the version of Spaces seen in Leopard and Snow Leopard. It's completely... Read answer Asked by Shane K. on December 21st, 2012 Filed Under: Spaces, OS X Mountain Lion, TotalSpaces