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Questions tagged [mac]

The Macintosh line of computers. Use this tag for questions regarding installing or using Ubuntu on Mac hardware. For questions about the hardware MAC address use the "networking" tag.

Macintosh is a line of computers produced and designed by Apple. First released by Apple in 1984, the line or Macintosh computers continues today.

Macs run OSX, an operating system developed by Apple and designed for Macs. Macs use UEFI instead of BIOS.

There are several Mac models today that can run Ubuntu. All supported models have an Intel processor. Most newer models don't have an optical disk drive, so installing Ubuntu requires a USB stick.

There is a Launchpad Mactel Community team as well as a specialized forum section for Apple hardware on the Ubuntu forums.

Present Mac models include:

  • iMac
  • Mac Pro
  • Macbook Pro
  • Macbook Air
  • Mac Mini
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How do I create an Ubuntu live USB using a Mac?

I'd like to create an Ubuntu live USB stick on a Mac to use to install Ubuntu on another machine. How do I accomplish this?
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Copy files from remote Ubuntu to local Mac

I've searched all around and can't seem to find this... I'm trying to copy a private key to my local machine which is a Mac. When I fire up terminal on my mac, I get Jamies-iMac:~ jamie$ So after I ssh into my Ubuntu server I tried scp…
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Install Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 ARM64 on macOS Apple Silicon (M1/Pro/Max) in Parallels

There's no direct download of Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 for ARM64 yet, how do you install it?
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How do I access my remote Ubuntu server via X-windows from my Mac?

I have an Ubuntu server (12.04 LTS) running remotely on a cloud hosting service. I have installed ubuntu-desktop via apt-get: $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop It appears to have installed no problem. I have confirmed that /etc/ssh/ssh_config…
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Rsync with special character files not working between Mac and Linux

I want to use rsync to backup my Ubuntu server with a disk residing on a Mac. But I do not get it to work properly, since every time I re-run the rsync operation after the initial time, the files with special characters are first deleted and then…
Nick The Swede
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What filesystem for an external Harddrive (Linux/Mac/Windows)

What Filesystem should I use for an external USB harddrive (500GB), with possibility to share with a Mac and Windows systems, for example at the office. Now it is NTFS but back in the day the NTFS support was not stable under Linux and I think it…
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How do I get a larger screen resolution in VirtualBox on Mac OS X?

I am running the new Mac Air 13" with OS X 10.8.2. I then downloaded the latest VirtualBox 4.2.6. Then, I installed Ubuntu 10.04 into the VM. First off, after I installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions and restarted the VM, the Ubuntu desktop froze…
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Dual-Booting OS X or macOS with Linux without rEFInd

I think the title quite sums up the content of this post. I'd like to dual-boot a macbook pro 13' without having to use a third party boot loader. All the tutorials I've found use rEFIt o rEFInd to successfully boot Linux when it's been installed,…
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What is the correct way to share directories with Ubuntu running in a Virtual Box VM with correct permissions?

In VirtualBox, what is the best way to share a directory between an OS X host and Ubuntu guest? Host: Mac OS X 10.7.3 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 Guest has a shared directory mounted via VirtualBox settings with Access=Full and Auto-Mount=Yes. The problem…
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How can I create a bootable USB stick on an Apple Macbook

How do I create a bootable USB stick for Ubuntu using an Apple Macbook that can then be used on my Windows PC to replace it with Ubuntu?
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Why isn't it possible to run Mac software?

I wonder why there isn't any equivalent of Wine for running Mac software on Ubuntu. Thoughts?
Jorge Pinho
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Mac OS X Terminal clone for Ubuntu

I would like to set the Max OS X Terminal theme for Ubuntu Terminal. I really like the fonts and the colors. This is how the Mac Terminal does look: Image source There are few things that I want to see in the Ubuntu Terminal: I want to replace…
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How to create a OS X Mountain Lion Bootable USB drive on Ubuntu?

I already know how to do it on Mac OS X (plenty of instructions online). But is it possible to do it on Ubuntu? If yes, how?
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Is it possible to install Ubuntu on a Mac using Bootcamp?

I want a native Ubuntu installation, not an VM. Do I have options on my Mac (that don't involve destroying the 'Mac' portion of it) or should I just switch to a standard PC? If I do have options, it would be nice to know what they are :-p
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How to SCP a file from Mac -> Ubuntu VirtualBox?

I have a Mac (OS X) and a VirtualBox running Ubuntu. I want to SCP a 500mb file from the Mac to the VirtualBox. How do I do this? (Probably something to do with /etc/hosts?)
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