OS X: New email messages not received until Mail is quit and reopened Quitting and reopening Mail forces it to re-establish a connection to the email server. You can use these steps to receive new mail messages without quitting Mail: 1. Choose Mailbox > Take All Accounts Offline. 2. Choose Mailbox > Get All New … [Read more…]
Amazon has the Travelstar™ 5K1500, 1.5TB 9.5mm HardDrive on sale for about $120. I ordered one that just came in the mail today I am still cloning the drives (I had put the original 2 500GB drives in a hard drive enclosure when I installed an SSD a few months back). Tomorrow I will be cracking … [Read more…]
Here is the new OS X 10.9 Mavericks wallpaper Wave
Recently, I have also put a 128gb ssd into a first generation MacBook Air click here for more info on that upgrade. So, I received an early Christmas present from my brother today. He bought me a 240GB Intel 330 Series SSD sata III drive. So, I am going to break down my Mid 2011 Mac … [Read more…]
Looking to turn the sidebar back on in iTunes 11 here’s how: Go to the view menu & select Show Sidebar And you will once again have the sidebar:
Looking to clear the recents from your dock (at least Quicktime or MPlayerX) this should work with other apps as well: Launch the app you want to clear the recents from: Then, file —> open recent —> clear menu
So, you want to install iWeb on your shiny new mac but, have noticed you cannot buy iWeb from the App Store. You can however still get your hands on iWeb. Heres how: 1.) You will need a DVD copy of iLife ’09 or ’11 Both versions have the same version of iWeb 2.) … [Read more…]
Mac OS X offers a number of useful options for taking screenshots—images of your screen, or parts of it—that you can use for how-to guides, for sharing with others, or even for sending to tech support. Here’s a quick look at those options, including some tricks for getting the best screenshots. The simplest screenshot option … [Read more…]
In Mountain Lion (OS 10.8) if you option click on the speaker icon you can select any remote speakers you may have connected to you computer.
Since OS X Mountain Lion, the Mac defaults to preventing applications from unidentified developers or sources from being launched. You’ll discover the message in OS X 10.8 when you try to launch a Mac app that didn’t come from a verified source or from the Mac App Store, and you’ll get an alert dialog that says “[App name] can’t be opened because it … [Read more…]
Since the old ‘Empty Cache…’ item has gone missing in the main menu in Safari 6.0, you might be thinking this function has been removed. Actually, its still there, but is somewhat hidden. Go to Safari > Preferences > Advanced and check the Show Develop menu in menubar button at the bottom. In Safari’s menu bar, choose Develop > … [Read more…]
* Credited website: http://coolestguyplanettech.com/downtown/install-and-configure-apache-mysql-php-and-phpmyadmin-osx-108-mountain-lion Install and configure Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin on OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion With the new cat out of the bag, getting the AMP stack running is a little different on OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 (GM Build 12A269) than is its predecessor OS X 10.7 Lion, here is the lowdown on … [Read more…]
So, I installed OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion today and I am happy to report that it seems to be running the same as it had in OS X 10.7 Lion. After I turned on dictation “located in your system preferences” I was pleasantly surprised that Dictation works in iWeb. If you have more … [Read more…]
Mountain Lion gets released, with Messages, Notification Center, systemwide Sharing, and more. Built in iCloud to keep customers’ content up to date. Banished from the iLife suite starting with the 2011 revision, iWeb is fully compatible with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, an up and coming version of Apple’s desktop operating system currently in beta testing. iWeb 3 … [Read more…]
How do I move my MobileMe site? | IX Web Hosting Blog. How do I move my MobileMe site? June 1st, 2012 by IX: Rob G. Attention all Apple users! If you haven’t heard, come June 30th, Apple will no longer be supporting MobileMe accounts. Because of this, any iWeb site you have uploaded to MobileMe will no longer be up and running. … [Read more…]