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Troubleshooting

New variant of the “HellRaiser” low-risk Trojan surfaces

April 28, 2010

MacFixIt has a post today about another low-risk Mac malware appearance, written by Topher Kessler. I’m quoting it below: Though not a grave security risk for Mac users, a new Trojan horse called “OSX/HellRTS.D” has been identified by Intego (developers of VirusBarrier X). The new Trojan is a variant of a backdoor server called “HellRaiser,” [...]

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Managing a hung OS X 10.6.3 update installation

March 31, 2010

By Topher Kessler, published originally at MacFixIt Regardless of how you have decided to install OS X (Software Update, Delta, or Combo installers), you may run into a problem where the system might hang on installation. Though the occurrence of this with the 10.6.3 update seems to be rare, when it happens you may see [...]

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iMac 27″ Displays fixed!

February 26, 2010

Apple announced that the issues that affected some of the new 27″ iMacs are solved by two new firmware updates. A small number of purchasers of the incredibly popular new iMacs found their displays a bit yellowish, or flickering, and when the new iMacs sold out of some stores and resellers, let to rumors that [...]

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Maintenance? On a Mac?

January 12, 2010

Yep. Maintenance. Just like your car, a Mac needs to have “stuff” done to it from time to time, to keep running normally and to prevent slow performance and the dreaded SPOD (spinning pizza-wheel of death). CAUTION: Unless specifically noted, the links to applications will be for Snow Leopard versions. Contact the developer for earlier [...]

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Questions to ask your ISP when troubleshooting an Internet modem or router issue

January 12, 2010

Apple posted a knowegebase document that most of will need sooner or later. The content is below: If you’re troubleshooting a broadband Internet connection issue related to your modem or router, you should ask your ISP certain questions (or check their support website).  If you use a modem/router that your ISP did not provide, you should ask [...]

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Drobo Dashboard update fixes performance hit in 10.6

December 6, 2009

Some of us have noticed a nasty slowdown after updating to Snow Leopard, or buying a new Mac. In at least some cases (mine, for one) it’s caused by Drobo Dashboard, at least prior to the new 1.6.6 update, found here. MacFixIt has a page reporting the performance drop on Macs that older versions of [...]

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Mac OS X 10.6.2 released – comments and issues

November 10, 2009

Apple released the Snow Leopard update that is supposed to fix all the problems. I for one haven’t had any problems to speak of, nor have the majority of users, but there have been a few reported that could be serious. Now they’re fixed, one hopes. Apple’s About the Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update page [...]

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Backups, and how to lose data

November 9, 2009

Michael Scalisi of PC World has an article posted at Macworld.com called “Six Ways to botch Your Backups” that anyone who has important data on a computer needs to read. I reprint it here: Six ways to botch your backups If you watch over a lot of data, take care to avoid these mistakes by [...]

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Possibile Data Loss with Snow Leopard and guest account login

October 13, 2009

Avoid Data Loss – Don’t use Guest Account login 10.31.09 update The easy way to avoid the bug: if you have Guest account enabled in Leopard, do away with it before you install the Snow Leopard upgrade. Then, *after* you have upgraded to Snow Leopard, re-enable the Guest account. You won’t have a problem. original [...]

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New Mac Trojan Warning – Use Caution Downloading QuickTime Plugin

August 11, 2009

From MacFixIt August 11, 2009 Mac Trojan appears as QuickTime update on malicious Web sites Edited by Joe Aimonetti TrendMicro is reporting that a Trojan targeting Mac users, known as OSX/Jahlav-D, is appearing as a QuickTime plug-in update called MacCinema Installer. This Trojan is a DNS Changer Trojan, similar to the OSX/Jahlav-C Trojan that was [...]

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