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• Five must-known commands for Mac OS X Terminal

  

  By d1taylor : 25 April 2012 - 05:50 AM

  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...

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  • Mac OS X
  • Terminal
  • Mac
  • command line
  • Apple

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• How to revert Mac OS X Lion's Dashboard to Snow Leopard Behavior

  

  By msilver : 22 September 2011 - 09:36 AM

  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 ...

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  • dashboard
  • 10.7
  • lion
  • mac os x
  • mac
  • mission control
  • system preferences

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• How to "Fix" the "Copy Address" Feature in Mac OS X's Mail Client

  

  By msilver : 03 May 2011 - 04:13 PM

  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...

  Tags:

  • mail
  • mac os x
  • macosx mail defaults
  • email

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• How to simplify choosing Network Locations with AppleScript

  

  By macnlos : 22 February 2011 - 08:58 PM

  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...

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  • applescript
  • network locations
  • mac os x
  • os x

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• Safari Enhancer

  Asked by nikurashi@earthlink.net : 15 September 2010 - 11:11 AM

  

  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 >

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  • browser
  • apple
  • mac os x

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• iPhoto, DoubleTwist and other Mac programs don't recognize USB-connected Nexus One

  Asked by timoreilly : 07 January 2010 - 01:04 PM

  

  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 >

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  • android
  • mac os x
  • nexus one
  • iphoto
  • doubletwist

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• When QuickTime (and iDvd) Won't Play Audio from a Video

  

  By timoreilly : 20 December 2009 - 07:27 AM

  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...

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  • video
  • audio
  • mac os x
  • avi

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• How to duplicate the functionality of Archive and Install or Erase and Install in Snow Leopard

  

  By bjepson : 29 September 2009 - 10:27 AM

  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 ...

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  • mac os x
  • snow leopard
  • install
  • archive
  • erase

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• How to reset MobileMe/Mac OS X sync data

  

  By bjepson : 29 September 2009 - 10:20 AM

  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 ...

  Tags:

  • mac os x
  • snow leopard
  • mobileme
  • .mac
  • sync

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