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I’ve had a few people moving from Windows ask me how they can do the equivalent of “Map network drive” in Mac OS X Leopard. There’s an easy way (that mostly works) and a harder way (that always works). I’m going to focus on the easy way for us right now. Why do I say […]
If you have used your Mac for even one day, you’ve probably asked yourself this question: How the heck do I find my own files? You could remember where you’ve put everything, but not only is that unlikely, but it’s not very efficient. We use so many programs today, from web browsers and email clients, […]
Problem: Your Mac OS Extended volume should have its journal turned on, but for some reason, it does not. Now you are at greater risk for data loss if your machine crashes or your hard drive loses power. How can you re-enable journaling for your volume? Solution: Starting with Mac OS X 10.2, Apple added […]
If you receive an email in Mail that has blue boxes with question marks in them, this is for one of three reasons: You have no Internet connection, which prevents Mail from downloading the images. The message is in your Junk Mail folder. Mail refuses to grab images for these messages as a safety measure. […]
Apple iPhone is one of the most desired phones on the market. It’s been more than 10 years since Apple first debuted its first iPhone model. Apple’s mighty iPhone has changed so much since then, with bigger screen size and new design language. Last year, Apple announced three new iPhone models to celebrate the 10th […]
MTU stands for “Maximum Transmission Unit.” Whenever you transmit and receive data in Mac OS X, the data is broken up into smaller pieces (called packets) and then reassembled on the other end of the connection. Think of it like a jigsaw puzzle: You go to the store to find a puzzle, and they come […]
Sometimes, though, the Spotlight engine can stop indexing new files and emails. By the time you notice, it may have been weeks or even months since Spotlight updated its database. Luckily, there’s an easy way to get Spotlight’s engine back up and running. Resetting the Spotlight Database Most people don’t mess with Spotlight’s settings — […]
This is a complicated affair, and there are different ways to accomplish these goals, depending on what the user ultimately wants. At this point, I don’t pretend to have all the solutions, so if you have a better way to do this, please let everyone know in the comments. I’ll continue to look for other, […]
Luckily, there are many add-ons you can use to make Safari as functional as Firefox. The following list is not exhaustive but at least indicates the functionality that I think most people are looking for: YouTube/FLV Video Downloads Let’s face it: Sometimes YouTube clips are too good not to download them. Unfortunately, without a plug-in, […]
We all know creating a PowerPoint or keynote presentation is not an easy task as it takes to much time and hard work to get it done. And only we can understand how much it hurts when it gets deleted mistakenly. In such hard time Disk Drill helps recover the lost files. In case you’ve […]