Troubleshooting

iCal and Entourage Duplicates

January 2, 2009

Tired of seeing appointments reproduce? No, they’re not cockroachs. They just seem like it sometimes. Macworld.com published an article by Ted Landau today, with an interesting description and solution for the annoying duplication of appointments. If you are using Entourage for your contact and calendar app, and want to sync with your iPnone or MobileMe [...]

Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update… Apple Confirms Software Update Glitch

December 21, 2008

Apple posted a tech note the other day confirming what many users had experienced, and copping to the problem, which is refereshing. They also posted a solution to get around the problem. It turns out that the update process hangs while “Configuring Installation: is shown in the update window. Apparently, the download is incomplete, but [...]

Troubleshooting Mac OS X installation from CD or DVD

December 9, 2008

Apple posted a revised Knowledge Base article yesterday for do-it-yourself Mac troubleshooting. Summary of the article: For a successful upgrade or installation of Mac OS X, the installer will need to complete all of the following steps: Start up from the Install or Restore disc (all Mac OS X versions) Start up from the Install [...]

iTunes 8.0.2 released

November 21, 2008

iTunes 8.0.2… various problems reported Apple released a new iTunes version. I downloaded it and installed without problems, but many are reporting various issues. MacInTouch has several reports today, ranging from possible permissions needing to be repaired, mail deletion (using AOL) problems, broken Internet radio apps (WunderRadio, BBC iPlayer for example). I noticed that the [...]

Safari 3.2 problems continue… for some

November 17, 2008

Safari 3.2 a disaster in progress? I use a few Internet plugins, like Glims and AcidSearch, and didn’t realize that Safari 3.2 would be so unfriendly to them. Previously, plugins would simply not load (with an error message) if they weren’t compatible. With the new Safari release, the app crashed instead. (the latest Pithhelmet release [...]

Safari 3.2 update… caution!

November 14, 2008

Apple released the Safari 3.2 update yesterday, and I downloaded and installed it immediately, ’cause I am your crash-test dummy. I crashed. ANY add-ons to Safari, including Concierge (bookmarks helper), PithHelmet (ad-blocking), AcidSearch (search enhancement), Glims and SAFT(several enhancements) seem to be causing crashes. Even without add-ons, some are experiencing crashes. Before installing the update, [...]

Mac Disaster Survival Tips

November 14, 2008

Becoming a Mac Survivor MacLife.com has a great article called How to Survive the 17 Worst Mac Disasters. I’ll list the disasters, but by all means read the entire article for great tips to keep your Mac out of trouble. Macs don’t cause trouble often, but when they do it’s never good for peace of [...]

Missing FireWire port on new MacBooks a problem?

October 15, 2008

What were they thinking? Apple doesn’t want people talking about it… all threads on their discussion boards mentioning the lack of FireWire on the new MacBooks have been deleted. Still, there’s lots of talk about it. Trouble for iMovie users No firewire port means that most iMovie users won’t be able to directly connect their [...]

Trojan Horse DNSChanger

September 27, 2008

This is one of the few security challenges to Macs right now. It is also called OSX.RSPlug.A and is an insidious bit of code that will install code onto Macs. It is disguised as a fake video codec installation for Mac OS X computers. Typically you will be asked to download a codec you do [...]

iTunes 8 – Love it? Hate it?

September 11, 2008

iPhones 8 rolled out, and it’s different. Not terribly different, but under the hood, no doubt changed a lot. New Stuff Genius The Genius Sidebar, where you can “make playlists from songs in your library that go great together” is cool, I guess. The best part, at least from Apple’s point of view, is that [...]

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