I have been going through my archives, and re-discovered the Cult of Mac’s article on Why It’s Taken 10 Years from Carbon to Snow Leopard. Here’s my thoughts, and a link to the article… First, the first release of Mac OS X, was actually Mac OS X Server 1.0, on October 27, 2000.  Each version […]
Sorry, but you can’t. Â At least not with a Microsoft Product… Unless your running Windows via a Virtual Machine, or Boot camp, there is no Microsoft Products on the Mac that will product a PST. PST’s are a product of Outlook, or the Exchange server. Â The file format is actually used for quite a few […]
Apple TV 3.0.1 update addresses disappearing content issue: “Apple says users who’ve upgraded to the recently released Apple TV 3.0 software should download this update to prevent a problem where content temporarily disappears from the set-top box until it’s resynced.
According to World of Apple, Build 10C540 has been released to developers for testing of 10.6.2… Apple has once again given developers another build of Mac OS X 10.6.2, despite being on the cards for release for several weeks build 10C540 solves several issues but continues to contain no known issues. Obscurely in this build […]
If you have already installed Rosetta on your Intel Mac in Snow Leopard, you may want to disable it, so as to prevent the system from running PowerPC apps without informing you that they are non-native to your system’s architecture. The reason for disabling Rosetta is not so much to save space (as it’s only […]
Folks, I normally recommend backing up the entire mail folder (~/library/mail), when you need to backup your Apple Mail… Â But what if you want to share your junk mail filter data to another computer? Â For example, your significant other’s computer… Copy the ~/library/mail/LSMMap2 file to the other computer, but don’t yet put it into Apple […]
Question: Are Email Addresses Case Sensitive? Answer: Yes, Email Addresses Are Case Sensitive.  But with a caveat.  First the caveat, almost no vendors or isps enforce the case sensitivity, but according to RFC 2821, the standard that defines how email transport works, lays down the law, saying that case must be preserved.  It goes on to […]
I am eagerly awaiting my copy of Fusion 3….. I have used both Parallels and Fusion both… And while I prefer Parallels slightly, Parallels (for some reason), will not access my Boot Camp drive, without requiring me to constantly reconfigure the virtual machine…. So I switched to Fusion, and I’m pretty darn happy… Here’s to […]