MacOS

How to Fix Apple Mail When It Gets Stuck

Complete troubleshooting guide for Apple Mail on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Fix stuck messages, sync issues, and performance problems on macOS Ventura, Sonoma, and Sequoia.

New Habits

I’ve had this blog for the past 13 years in some form or another. Its lived under a few different domains (crackmac.com, uphonic.com, kevinduane.com) and…

Mac OS 10.5.7 update broke JMeter

The latest Java update from Apple broke JMeter... not sure why but JMeter needs Java 1.5. Add this line near the top of your…

How to flush DNS Cache on Mac OS 10.5

Finally a way to flush the DNS cache on Mac OS 10.5 "dscacheutil…

Mac Automation: Quickly add to-dos/events to iCal- The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW

| Mac Automation: Quickly add to-dos/events to iCal- The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW | How many times have you been watching TV and wanted to quickly add a to-do or event maybe both to iCal? In this Mac Automation post, Im going to show you how to create both a to-do and an iCal event from within Automator. You will be able to add new items to iCal without ever having to open it. Lets begin.

Customize the iDVD background Apple Logo - macosxhints.com

I had to restart iDVD several times, but eventually, the Apple logo was replaced with with my own translucent background logo.

FlickrFan public beta

FlickrFan is a new kind of RSS reader for the Macintosh. You subscribe to feeds of cool pictures and show them on the screen of your laptop, desktop or…

launchd: Better than sliced bread - Chris Hanson

Processes launched at startup on Mac OS X are managed by launchd. There’s no careful balancing of init.d or SystemStarter scripts on modern releases of…

AutoArchive Exchange Account in Entourage - entourage.mvps.org

| AutoArchive Exchange Account to "On My Computer" | Move all e-mail older than 60 days from your Exchange account folders to archive folders within the "On My Computer" folder tree.

Download script

TO CREATE AN AUTO-ARCHIVE SCHEDULE

Save AutoArchive AppleScript to your Microsoft User Data folder: Entourage Script Menu Items.

| 1. Menu path: Tools/Schedules | 2. New button | 3. Name "AutoArchive"

When "Timed Occurrence" -- I set mine to every night at 3 AM

Mac Mojo : How to open .docx on your Mac

With this free converter we passionately want to get you up and reading the new documents you are receiving. We do not, however, want to see you…

Beginners Guide: Programming Cocoa for OS X | MacApper

Back then I put the question to Mudi, one of the devs behind ForkLift, and he came through with some really great suggestions for me (thanks dude!). What…

How to - disk recovery with ddrescue on Mac 10.4

I had a dead, clicking hard drive. It would not mount so most repair utilities and Apple Disk Utility couldn’t see the drive to repair it. Data Rescue II…

Best Practices: Operations

The Mac OS X Server community tends to be an odd one in the larger IT world. It isn’t because of the relative scarcity of our OS, or the strange hardware…

Reports emerge of Mac OS X Trojan horse or worm (OSX.Leap.A)

for Mac OS X users. The program is hidden within a package that purportedly contains screenshots of Apple’s as-yet unannounced next major revision to Mac…

Accessing a Windows 2003 Share from OS X

At home we have a Windows 2003 Server running as a domain controller and file server. Whilst this does its job pretty nicely for Windows clients, I’ve…

Create a hard-drive based OS X installer

A recent post reminded me of a trick I’ve been using for the past year or so with great success, so I figured I’d share. Being a Mac specialist, I find…

Getting the Video out of Your New iPod--for Cheap!

So I buy a video iPod, figuring it would be a cool toy. (Gotta get those toys.) It arrives and I’m ready to give it a whirl. I pony up my two bucks…

Southern California Macfair 2005

Fri & Sat November 4 & 5 2005

Since 2002, over 3,000 attendees, have made the Southern California MacFair the largest Mac Event in the Southwest! Exhibits for Macintosh products and services, hands-on workshops and seminars on many topics including; Photoshop CS2, Mac Tips and Tricks, Quickbooks for small business and OS 10.4 server security.

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Gmail Notifier for Mac OSX

For those of you who don’t have a Gmail account yet go to gmail.com and get signed up. The new authentication process uses your cell phone to prove your a…

Apple may switch to Intel chips

| Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips | CNET News.com | Apple has used IBM's PowerPC processors since 1994, but will begin a phased transition to Intel's chips, sources familiar with the situation said. Apple plans to move lower-end computers such as the Mac Mini to Intel chips in mid-2006 and higher-end models such as the Power Mac in mid-2007, sources said.

Install Open-Xchange on OS X Server

• portal : the first user page showing last information - webmail : web access to internal messaging system - calendar : let you manage your personnal and…

HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center

| From engaget.com | Yep, everyone's talking about using the Mac mini as a home media center, and there's a reason why: its diminutive form factor makes it a good candidate to fit unobtrusively into an existing audio/video or home theater setup. It looks more like a consumer electronics device than a computer, so it won't look out of place in your living room.

Macs on Microsoft Networks

Read this article.

If you work in network support for Windows, sooner or later it's bound to happen. You'll be sitting quietly at your desk, and someone will walk up with a long list of questions about their Apple Macintosh computer. How do we connect it to the existing network? How will users access file shares, print, browse the Internet, and use e-mail? What do you do? You don't know anything about a Mac beyond plugging it into the wall. In a perfect world, you could plug in any device and go to work. Unfortunately, it's a little more involved than that. It isn't as hard as it sounds, though, nor is it as difficult as it used to be. Just remember that there is more than one way to peel an Apple!

Panther Maintenance Tips

by FranÁois Joseph de Kermadec -- Yes, Mac OS X is incredibly stable, but here’s a comprehensive list of tips to keep it that way for the duration of…

Create a customized 10.3 'Rescue CD/DVD'

From the good folks at macosxhints.com.

I always thought it might be helpful to use the OS X installation CD not only for the purpose of installing the OS, but to do some repairs which can't be done when running from the hard disk. Fortunately, Apple has made this very easy. The only thing you have to do is to add the application(s) of your choice to the /Applications -> Utilities folder of the installation CD/DVD. After that, boot from the copy of the DVD, and in addition to the usual utilities, (for instance) the Terminal will appear in the list of commands you can execute if you added it before. I find that really useful, because if something goes wrong, the underlying Unix commands are most times able to fix it.

Apple debuts updated PowerBook line

"Apple continues to lead the industry’s move to portable computing by delivering the world’s most innovative notebooks," said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

Mac OS X Panther

| Mac OS X Panther is set to roar onto the scene later this year, and itís something you donít want to miss. No matter how you use your Mac, Panther makes better, sporting improvements from head to paws. Learn more about the future today in this Sneak Preview, and stay tuned for more news of the future. | Link | | As a super-modern operating system, Mac OS X already combines the power and stability of Unix with the simplicity and elegance of the Macintosh. Its gorgeous user interface, Aqua, brings your desktop to life with expressive icons, vibrant color and fluid motion. Cutting-edge graphics technologies offer capabilities beyond anything ever seen in a desktop operating system. At the foundation of Mac OS X lies an industrial-strength, Unix-based core operating system, called Darwin, that delivers unprecedented stability and performance. And only with Mac OS X can you run Microsoft Office, Quark XPress and Adobe Photoshop, browse a Windows network and use Unix commands ó at the same time.