Archive for the ‘Mac OS X’ Category
HOWTO: Move Google Mail (Gmail) Notes to iCloud
1 Comments | Sunday, August 19th, 2012
If you’ve starting using iCloud to sync your Notes and need to move your old Gmail notes to your iCloud account then this tutorial shows you step-by-step.
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2 Comments | Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Notes not syncing or showing up on your other iOS devices after enabling Notes in iCloud settings. Sync iCloud Notes properly on all your devices with this tutorial.
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Xcode Installation Alert – Close iTunes During Installation
0 Comments | Sunday, April 8th, 2012
Installing Xcode 4.1 on Mac OSX 10.7 Lion the installer may ask you to close iTunes even when it’s not running. ‘In order to continue installation, please close the following application’.
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Access Any Country Restricted Website
1 Comments | Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Step by step guide to configuring Windows, Mac or a DD-WRT router to connect to a VPN service such as OverPlay for private, anonymous and secure browsing. Watch US or UK TV from other countries.
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How To Remove MacDefender
0 Comments | Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Delete the so called Mac OS X virus MacDefender in a few minutes. This clever app might report that you have problems but the only problem is MacDefender itself.
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Stop Google Redirecting To Local Country Site
17 Comments | Monday, March 7th, 2011
A 30 second fix to stop Google redirecting itself from www.google.com to the local country or other language version of Google when abroad.
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OSX Terminal Slow To Launch
8 Comments | Monday, December 6th, 2010
OSX Terminal can become unbearably slow to launch and show the prompt after a while. It’s believed that this is due to an excessive build up of log files in OS X. This article discusses how to clear those log files and how to prevent it happening in the future.
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VPN (IPSec) Prompting For Saved Password
8 Comments | Monday, February 22nd, 2010
You are prompted to enter your VPN password every time you try to connect to your IPSec VPN connection. This happens even if you have saved the password in your Mac OS X keychain.
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VPN Server Could Not Be Found
2 Comments | Monday, October 26th, 2009
You get the error message: “The VPN server could not be found. Verify the server address and try reconnecting.” when trying to connect to an IPSec VPN server. on Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard.
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Cannot Connect To Windows 2003 Share
1 Comments | Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
SOLUTION: Error “Cannot connect to server because user’s name or password are not correct” when trying to connect to a Windows 2003 Server shared resource from Mac OS X
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Change Secure Empty Trash on Snow Leopard
6 Comments | Friday, October 9th, 2009
SOLUTION: Configure OS X to Empty the trash normally.
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“New from Clipboard” Not Working – Snow Leopard
16 Comments | Friday, October 9th, 2009
SOLUTION: Since upgrading to Snow Leopard the “New from Clipboard” feature is greyed out or unavailable. Here’s how to fix it.
Continue Reading...Installing OS X on Acer Aspire One: The Definitive Guide
11 Comments | Thursday, October 8th, 2009
This step-by-step guide provides a detailed look at how to install Mac OS X on an Acer Aspire One netbook using either a bootable USB Thumb Drive or by using a bootable DVD.
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No Quicktime Sound on Mac
0 Comments | Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
You can see but not hear video through Quicktime on your Mac. You need a full suite of free video codecs to allow you to play this and other video formats through Quicktime for OS X.
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Firefox Location Bar: Change Default Search Behaviour
1 Comments | Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
SOLUTION: Restore Firefox default search from Address Bar functionality. Entering text or a phrase into Firefox address or location bar doesn’t bring me to Google Search Results or directly to a page anymore. Instead it brings me to Bing, Yahoo or some other search results page.
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Can’t change Text Alignment in iPhoto
7 Comments | Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Description: In iPhoto ’08 or iPhoto ’09 you are creating a calendar, album, photo book or postcard and want to change the alignment of some text like say on one of the captions and there is no buttons or menu options to change the text from say centered to left justified or right justified. [...]
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Can’t change the Page Title in Apple iWeb
70 Comments | Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
In Apple iWeb the page title (i.e. the
Can’t re-size window in Mac OS X
10 Comments | Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Can’t Reach The Right Corner? You can’t re-size a window because you can’t reach the handle at the bottom right hand corner of the window. Ye know, Mac OS X really is an awesome operating system – arguably the most advanced in the world – but sometimes with all this advanced think the simplest of [...]
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Wireless Connection Does Not Connect Automatically After Sleep or Restart
14 Comments | Friday, October 17th, 2008
SOLUTION TO: After booting Mac OS X and/or after resuming from Sleep mode your wireless network connection does not connect automatically to your base station. Your network is listed as a preferred network and is set to connect automatically but the problem still exists.
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Apple Airport Extreme Connection Drops
2 Comments | Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Losing Your Wi-Fi Connection? After connecting to a wireless network the airport extreme wireless network card in your iMac, Mac Pro or MacBook Pro gradually loses connectivity. Common Symptoms: Wireless indicator located near the clock begins by showing full wireless connectivity but gradually reduces in strength bars The indicator may lose 1, 2, 3 or [...]
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