One of the premier forms of Mac troubleshooting is to enable FireWire Target Disk mode on the afflicted Mac system and hook it up to another Mac system via FireWire. This results in the hard drive of the Mac system in FireWire Target Disk mode appearing as a mounted drive on the connected Mac system (‘operating Mac […]Read More
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Little Snitch, from Objective Development, has been around for some time now, and recently received an update to be Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger compatible. Unlike traditional firewalls Little Snitch allows you to filter connections based on the application which attempts the connection. And to make it even more handy, Little Snitch can build the rule […]Read More
Ever since I installed Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, I’ve noticed that I’ve had to play hide n seek with my Desktop expose’. The normal function of Desktop expose’ is to move everything else out of the way, leaving my Desktop visible and accessible. However, with the introduction of Mac OS X Tiger, Desktop expose’ moves […]Read More
Its time to delete files in the trash but you suddenly get a warning window popping up midway, displaying a message that some or all of the files currently in your trash are ‘locked’ (see: Diagram 1.2). Here’s a quick fix… ‘Locked’ files are files that have been set to a ‘locked’ status that disallows […]Read More
Mac OS X generates quite a substantial pool of log files during its operation life. Typical of any UNIX-based operating system. These log files are used by Mac technicians to isolate errors or quirks in the operating system’s performance. Enabling efficient troubleshooting. Ordinarily, Mac OS X clears log files but like its UNIX heritage, is […]Read More
Though, we don’t normally feature comedic sites or pages here, we came across this one — the world’s longest startup sound. Guaranteed to leave some geeks in stitches. Some of the guys are now looking into hacking the startup sound for our Macs…Read More
You buy Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, you install it into your Mac and everything’s fine in your world. However, in previous incarnations of Mac OS 9 and OS X, Allume Systems’ Stuffit Expander shipped as part of the Mac OS X bundle. Its absence in Mac OS X Tiger, only becomes painfully obvious when […]Read More
We’ve been asked on numerous occassions how to check whether a digital camera will work with Mac OS X and iMovie. Here are some official reference pages to check out: Apple’s Mac OS X Camera Compatibility page Apple’s Made4Mac page Alternatively, you can always check at the products manufacturer’s web site. To check out which […]Read More
In our quest to seek out an updated version of Lode Runner (see Diagram 1.0) that runs as a native Cocoa application in Mac OS X, we stumbled upon this site that’s existence is dedicated to supporting and recognising the efforts of independant Mac game developers, globally. MacGamesAndMore.com, based in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA, […]Read More
New switchers to Mac from PC might feel a little at a loss without the need to hit the CTRL + ALT + DEL keys every so often but what if you want to monitor your Mac’s processes or force quit an application or process that is not obviously available in Mac OS X’s Command […]Read More
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