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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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10.5.8 Update Issues and Answers

August 6, 2009

Problems after the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Update There are always some problems reported after every software update. More often than not they are in a distinct minority of users, but I like to report the more common ones, with solutions if I can. I’ll update this as more problems come up in the next [...]

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A tidy Desktop can lead to a faster Mac

May 29, 2009

This post was in todays MacFixIt site… always a great place to look for troubleshooting info. This is a tip I give to all my clients. Some take notice, some don’t. It works, though. Give it a try! MacFixit: After a short time using your Mac it can be easy to acquire many files–pictures, videos, [...]

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Safe Sleep and the ‘White Screen of Death’

May 16, 2009

MacBooks and the White Screen of Death MacBooks (amd MBPros?) have the ability to go to sleep. We all know that. Sometimes, they don’t seem to wake up. Usually a restart will take care of that. But every once in a while, pressing the power button will result in a blank white screen. This is [...]

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Safari 4 beta Tweaks

March 2, 2009

MacFixIt has some great info re: Safari 4 beta. Below are links with a brief synopsis of the articles: Reverting Safari’s Tab Behavior The full article can be found here. One of the biggest gripes I’ve heard about the new Safari 4 beta is the new tab behavior. Safari 4 may be faster rendering Javascript, [...]

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MacBook/Pro Unibody Problem with Headphone Jacks

February 28, 2009

Unibody Headphone Jack Problems iFixIt has an article about an issue with the headphone jacks in the new MacBook and MacBook Pro Unibody models. The connection can be very delicate, with the slightest movement of the headphone or speaker cable disconnecting and reconnecting the speakers. The Test iFixIt tested with high, middle and low-end headphones [...]

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