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The future of the Mac Mini Server

By macnlos : 13 June 2011 - 05:35 AM
Earlier this year I purchased a Mac Mini Server with Snow Leopard Server. I did this so I could set up shared calendars with my family, facilitate wireless Time Machine Backups, host a local update r...
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Snow Leopard and ZIP drives

Asked by Sue W. : 28 April 2010 - 10:28 AM

Answered by msilver : Apr 28 2010 11:47 PM
At the risk of sounding like a troll, I'd say that Zip drives were obsolete almost a decade ago. Sure you can read AND write to them, but they're magnetic, and they were susceptible to the cli... full answer >
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How to restore files from another backup set with OS X Time Machine

By mike-loukides : 12 January 2010 - 12:40 PM
I needed to find a file from a retired OS X machine. I still had the Time Machine backups, but by default, Time Machine only looks at the current machine's backup set. The solution is simple--...
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How do I uninstall Adobe AIR for Mac... without the uninstall program?

Asked by simonstl : 03 December 2009 - 10:41 AM

Answered by msilver : Dec 06 2009 05:16 PM
I haven't tested these, but I've read two ways to do it. One is to remove the Adobe Air Framework from the /Library/Frameworks/ directory, reinstall Adobe Air using their installer, and then... full answer >
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How do I tell MacPorts to upgrade all the dependencies of an uninstalled port?

Asked by bjepson : 09 November 2009 - 07:17 PM

Answered by bjorn_swift : Nov 16 2009 01:50 PM
There is probably a better way of solving this, but the following worked for me. Get a list of ports that wine-devel depends on: $ port deps wine-devel Full Name: wine-devel @1.1.33+darwin_10 B... full answer >
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How to find (and use) the most useful new Services in Snow Leopard

By Pmeyers : 02 October 2009 - 06:47 AM
Here's a great list of seven new Snow Leopard-only Services -- the system-wide functions (like "Search in Google") that are available via the application menu in most (but not all) Mac p...
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How to summon the Mac's "auto-complete" writing tool (Leopard & Snow Leopard-compatible)

By Pmeyers : 30 September 2009 - 08:58 AM
Came across this handy little gem while reading the galleys for Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual. Great news...works for Leopard too! This may come as a shock if you think you know your Mac prett...
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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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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 ...
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