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Installing OS X on Acer Aspire One: The Definitive Guide

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 Audio on Mac

SOLUTION: 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

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

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

In Apple iWeb the page title (i.e. the tag or the text that appears at the top of the browser window) cannot be set easily within iWeb itself. This article provides a method to set the title using javascript.</p> <a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/cant-change-the-page-title-in-apple-iweb/" rel="bookmark" title="Can’t change the Page Title in Apple iWeb"> Read More...</a><div class="divider clear"></div><p style="text-align:right"><span class="post-info"> Article Date: July 23rd 2009 <br /> </span><span class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/tag/mac-os-x/" rel="nofollow tag">Mac OS X</a>, <a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/tag/solutions/" rel="nofollow tag">Solutions</a><br /> </span> <span class="postmetadata"> Categories: <a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/category/solutions/solutions-mac/" title="View all posts in Mac OS X" rel="category tag">Mac OS X</a>, <a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/category/solutions/" title="View all posts in Solutions" rel="category tag">Solutions</a></span></p><div class="divider clear"></div></div></div> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><div id="wp-mid-solution"> <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client="pub-3363327825442989";google_ad_slot="7811019343";google_ad_width=468;google_ad_height=60;</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> </div><div class="navigation"><div class="alignleft"><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/category/solutions/solutions-mac/page/3/" >« Older Entries</a></div><div class="alignright"><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/category/solutions/solutions-mac/" >Newer Entries »</a></div></div></div><div id="sidebar-right"><ul><li id="execphp-4" class="widget widget_execphp"><div class="h2-bg"><h2 class="widgettitle">latest solutions</h2></div><div class="execphpwidget"><ul><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/iphone-3g-battery-necessary/" rel="bookmark">iPhone: 3G, Is It Really Necessary?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/office-2003-empty-clipboard-error-message/" rel="bookmark">Office 2003: Cannot Empty The Clipboard Error Message</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/iphone-configure-autolock-suspend-maximum-battery-life/" rel="bookmark">iPhone: Configure Auto-Lock & Suspend For Maximum Battery Life</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/howto-disable-iphone-bluetooth/" rel="bookmark">HOWTO: Disable iPhone Bluetooth To Save Battery Life</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/howto-iphone-mail-fetch-push/" rel="bookmark">HOWTO: iPhone Mail – Fetch, Don’t Push!</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/iphone-howto-disable-push-notifications/" rel="bookmark">HOWTO: Disable iPhone Push Notifications</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/stop-windows-live-messenger-msn-starting-windows/" rel="bookmark">HOWTO: Stop Windows Live Messenger (MSN) Starting Automatically with Windows</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/delete-ms-word-officeaddin-sametime-toolbar/" rel="bookmark">Delete MS Word ‘OfficeAddin’ Sametime Toolbar</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/solved-iphone-os-40-beta-connecting-wireless-network/" rel="bookmark">iPhone OS 4.0 BETA Not Connecting to Wireless Network</a></li><li><a href="http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/iphone-battery-life-tips/" rel="bookmark">iPhone: Battery Life Saving Tips & Tricks (Updated 19 July)</a></li></ul></div></li><div class="divider"></div><li id="vertical-scroll-recent-comments" class="widget vsrc_widget"><div class="h2-bg"><h2 class="widgettitle">Recent Comments</h2></div><style type="text/css">.vsrc-regimag img{float:left;border:1px solid #CCC;vertical-align:bottom;padding:3px;margin-right:2px};</style><div style="padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px;"><div style="text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;text-decoration: none;overflow: hidden; position: relative; margin-left: 1px; height: 34px;" id="vsrc_Holder"><div class='vsrc_div' style='height:30px;padding:2px 0px 2px 0px;'><span>: </span><span>awesome! 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