Password Reset
This a a great little article on how to reset account passwords in OS X. The key is having the original install disks that came with your Mac. I can’t count the times while I worked at a Mac Specialist when we needed peoples original disks for their Mac and they didn’t have them. Amazing.
Doug
Cocktail
I use all kinds of Maintenance Utilities for two reasons: I do a lot of maintenance on my Macs and just to see what they can do. One of those utilities which has been around for a really long time is Cocktail.
Hard Drive Failure
OK, OK I should have noticed it earlier. The HD in my Mac Pro has been acting a little weird the last few days. Today it died. Do you know how much I do with this machine!
Apple Mail Etiquette
Email is an absolute necessity for most of us. This is a great article on simple “rules” for email and some helpful ideas on how to use Apple’s Mail app more effectively. It is worth a read if for no other reason than the section on Bcc.
Doug
Mac Backup Strategy
If you have been into computers long you know that having a backup plan is a quintessential piece of the pie. Backup strategies at home are fairly straight forward. But, when you get into a corporate environment, it can get complicated.
New MacBook Pro
It is really fun to see the look on the face of a PC server guy when he gets a brand new MacBook Pro 15″ unibody laptop. These are diehard PC guys but they still are impressed with this sweet machine. The MacBook Pros really are a work of art when you just sit back and look at them. They even do well despite being on the screwed up Active Directory mess that most corprations use.
Doug
Mac Repair
I work on Pee Cees most of every day. But, I get the privilege of working on Macs from time to time. Today was PC grief most of the day except for this window where my partner and I got to replace a keyboard on a MacBook Pro. It really was fun, challenging, but fun.
Doug
Safari 5 Extensions
Apple just opened up what they call “Extensions” in their Safari web browser. Extensions are kind of like plugins and they are way cool. They either extend the functionality of the browser or work through the browser to do certain things.
Safari Auto-Fill
I guess someone has discovered a security problem in the Safari web browser. You can read about it in this article. For the time being it probably would be best to go into the Safari preferences under the Auto-Fill tab and turn off that feature.
Doug
iBank 4 Beta
If you are an iBank user like me then you will be happy to see they just released iBank 4 beta. I am not a beta user so I will wait a while, but there appear to be some much appreciated improvements, one of which is “reconciliation”. My wife hates the iBank 3 reconciliation process so the new check list style reconciliation process for accounts will be much welcome.
Doug
