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If you're an old-time Unix or Linux user like me, you know that one of the best parts of Mac OS X is that it includes a full command line world based on NetBSD under the hood. In fact, I always ha...
If you would rather have Mac OS X Lion's Dashboard work like it did in Snow Leopard, there's a checkbox in the Mission Control system preferences to enable or disable the Dashboard in its own ...
If you're using Mac OS X 10.6, you may notice that when you right-click (or ctrl+click) on an address in Mail.app, and choose the "copy address" item from the contextual menu, when you p...
My wife just got a MacBook Pro and I went in and created a network location that is specific to our home and another for when she's outside of the home. She keeps calling me and asking where to g...
Answered by sarahkim : Sep 15 2010 11:20 AM
Safari Enhancer used to be found here: http://www.celestial...ri_enhancer.php
I found the link on our Missing CD page for the Panther Edition of Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. The link now results in ... full answer >
Answered by adfm : Jan 07 2010 01:54 PM
When you first connect an Android phone to USB it will notify you that it is connected, but you will have to manually mount the SD card. To do this, tap the "USB Connected" notification and ... full answer >
I have a series of videos (xvid .avi files) that play fine in Miro, but that were silent when played with QuickTime on Mac OS X or when loaded into iDvd.
After searching around on the net, I tried a...
As of Snow Leopard, there is no more explicit Archive and Install or Erase and Install option when you're installing the operating system. You can fake it pretty easily, though. From the Mac OS X ...
I use more than one Mac, and I'm always worried I'm going to merge some sync data and accidentally end up with duplicates of everything. Here's a tip from the Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket ...