Category: Macintosh

Retrospect 8 Beta 2 console log?

Folks, What do you think this means? 4/30/09 2:12:09 PM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[4723] #3> DLLoadLib: no id resource in “/Library/Application Support/Retrospect/RetrospectEngine.bundle/Contents/MacOS/libretrores.dylib”, skipDyloCheck 0x1 4/30/09 2:12:09 PM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[4723] #2> Command line is /Library/Application Support/Retrospect/RetrospectEngine.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RetroEngine 4/30/09 2:12:10 PM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[4723] #1> 4/30/09 2:12:10 PM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[4723] This Retrospect Beta software has expired. 4/30/09 2:12:10 PM com.retrospect.RetroEngine[4723] For information, please contact: 4/30/09 […]

Getting to know your Mac: Grab

MacFixit has a tutorial on using Grab…The Built-in Screen Capture tool for the Macintosh. Getting to know your Mac: Grab: “In this installation of Getting to know your Mac, MacFixIt editors will take a look at a little utility called Grab. Grab lets you take screenshots of your Mac in a variety of different ways. […]

How to turn on & Off Time Machine from the terminal

Well, I am working on testing a scheme to only allow Time Machine to run when the user is local to the Time Capsule… Through some research, you can turn on and off Time Machine from the command line… Turn On - defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.timemachine AutoBackup -boolean true Turn Off - defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.timemachine AutoBackup -boolean false […]

Indigo 4.0.1 Released

Indigo 4.0.1 is now available for download. IMPORTANT: For iPhone support this version requires Indigo Touch 1.0.1 or higher (Touch 1.0.0 will not be able to connect) which can be downloaded from the Apple iTunes App Store. In addition to the major 4.0 features and improvements, this update includes: Added support for INSTEON SwitchLinc 220V […]

It’s the small things, that make the Macintosh great…

How many times have you sat down to login to your computer, and you can’t login? You know your using the right password, but it isn’t working… Then of course, you have to pull out your password cheat sheet, but you know what, you are using the right password… What happened? What broke? Did you […]

What Exchange 2010 means for Mac users | Business Center | Macworld

What Exchange 2010 means for Mac users | Business Center | Macworld: “What Exchange 2010 means for Mac users Microsoft has big changes planned for its flagship communications server—here’s how it affects you For most Mac users, the phrase Exchange Server has been the cause of a great deal of annoyance and frustration. From bizarro […]

Firefox 3.0.10 Released, Fixes Major Stability Issue [Updates]

Firefox 3.0.10 Released, Fixes Major Stability Issue [Updates]: “ Firefox may have updated to 3.0.9 just last week with a few critical security fixes, but the folks at Mozilla are already pushing out 3.0.10—this time fixing a major stability issue and one security fix. Seems like a little bit of a bungle on Mozilla’s part […]

Who’s this Locum? And why is he hogging my CPU?

Question: I just did a huge cleanup of my backup drive, and my system is running slow, and I see a process named Locum?  What’s locum? PID COMMAND      %CPU   TIME   #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT  RSHRD  RSIZE  VSIZE 75035 Locum       23.3%  6:12.20   1    30     25 […]