iTunes Icons Hack
I am not one for hacking things inside of applications, but this fix to restore colorful icons in iTunes looks fairly straight forward. I do not think I will be doing it, but maybe, you never know. Apply at your own risk.
Doug
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
Troubleshooting Apple Mail
If you have occasional trouble with Apple Mail hanging and not shutting down like I do you might want to read this troubleshooting article. It is pretty thorough. I have already performed a few of the fixes mentioned. Sure can’t hurt any.
Doug
Permissions
In the old days, before we understood OS X a little better, Mac users thought running “Permissions” would solve any problem on their Mac. Not so of course. Yesterday, I performed another Mac to Mac clone using CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner).
File Associations
This is a nice little article about how to change file associations in Leopard and Snow Leopard. The example they use, opening PDF’s, is perfect. I always change the machines I am using to open PDF’s in Apple’s Preview app. I can’t stand Adobe Reader.
Doug
Selling You Old Mac
This is a very good article on what to do with an old Mac before selling it or giving it to someone. It goes beyond just erasing stuff. Check it out if you are in the market to get rid of a Mac to a friend.
Doug
Remote Into A Mac
This is a really great article on how to remote into a Mac. It may be a little beyond what some people need, but use whatever applies to you situation. I have used most of the techniques in this article at home. At work I use ARD (Apple Remote Desktop) software.
Doug
ESD
ESD (electrostatic discharge) is a big deal for techs working on computers. Apple thinks it is so important that if you do not get the ESD questions right on the certification exam you do not pass. You can get all the rest of the questions right, but if you miss more than one ESD question your history.
Connecting An Old Mac
If you have an old Mac around, say 1998/1999 and need to get stuff off it to your new OSX Intel Mac you may want to give this article a read. It is a bit complicated (read geeky) but it is doable.
Doug
DVD’s Mounting
This is a pretty good article with some simple fixes if you are having trouble mounting CD’s or DVD’s in the Finder on your Mac. Check it out.
Doug
