Jun 07
I needed to wipe and re-install a mac mini that originally came with OSX Lion (10.7). I noticed when I got it they no longer include the OS CD/DVD to re-install from which is fine – I'm ready to be done with optical media. So, I looked online and it says you can download it from the …
Apr 28
If the "Apply to enclosed items" button is grayed out on a mac (OSX) it is probably an ACL problem. To fix it – turn off ACLs on the troubled drive. sudo fsaclctl -p /Volumes/volumename -d
Feb 23
The other day I had an aluminum imac that was restarting(rebooting) itself out of the blue. After a while it got so bad it couldn't even start up any longer. It would start to boot and then restart and start to boot again. So here's some Apple magic that fixed it. Reset PRAM and NVRAM: …
Feb 27
Vista cannot authenticate when trying to attach to a file share (SMB) on our old 10.2 Mac Xserve. Fixing the problem involves weakening the security of Vista file sharing, but we're all friends here behind the firewall, right? I stole these instructions from z3r010 on vistax64.com: 1. Open the Start Menu. 2. In the white …
Dec 03
I was editing an ad today that was mostly black with a gradient grey. I couldn't see ad! All I could see was my face reflected in the monitor. This is a problem with the new iMacs. I found a website that sells matte stickers for your iMac: Photodon. I didn't order one, because it's …