Why do installers often ask you to close all your applications before installing a new software package? Â Does it actually matter whether you have open applications when installing new software? It seems the norm these days is for installers/setup programs to request that you close all open applications before initiating the install process for […]
World of Apple once again has the 10.6.3 Beta seed notes for 10D561. Apple has once again released a build of Mac OS X 10.6.3 to developers for testing prior to a public release. The build labelled 10D561 is largely similar to previous releases and continues to contain no known issues. Of note Mac OS […]
Normally to remove a file or folder from Time Machine, you would open Time Machine, highlight the file or folder, and then choose Remove from Backup in the options pull down. But to do this with an invisible directory in the Finder by using Go -> Go to Folder… (command-shift-G) and enter the path. Once […]
Indigo 4.1.6 is now available for download from Perceptive Automation. Here is the summary from the Version Change documentation…I have included the 4.16 – 4.14 changes… 4.1.6 Changes Added support for new SwitchLinc Relay firmware version. Modified support for ToggleLinc firmware version 35 and higher to enable remote default brightness and ramp rate UI. 4.1.5 Changes […]
Here’s a discussion from an Adobe Flash Player engineer, regarding the Macintosh support of Flash, and how Adobe is trying to improve the their Macintosh Support… kaourantin.net: Core Animation.
One method to help automate screen sharing with Mac OS X, was to create a vncloc alias for each system that you were connecting to.  In 10.6 this has been mostly automated. To find these shortcuts, navigate to your user’s Library -> Application Support folder, where you’ll find a folder named Screen Sharing. Inside that […]
The full post on this is here, but I wanted to make sure that everyone saw this, since there is a lot of traffic on this issue…. I believe that a solution has been found in the Apple Customer forums… Â The following command, will reproduce the plist was not a dictionary error message… /System/Library/CoreServices/PreferenceSyncClient.app/Contents/MacOS/PreferenceSyncClient –sync […]
Windows/Mac/Linux: The latest version of OpenOffice.org, the free and open-source office suite, improves startup times by over 40 percent (by some tests), improves importing and support for password-protected and 2007 office files, and improves many areas of the Calc spreadsheet. You can check out the full feature list at OpenOffice.org, but the majority is nitty-gritty […]