Apple has won the first round vs Psystar

Apple has won the first battle against Psystar.  Apple has won their claims of infringement on Copyright, trademarks, and with the enforcement of the EULA. But what is more shocking is some of the comments from The Register’s readers… I’m at a bit of a loss how I manage to install these ‘upgrades’ on brand […]

How do I create a PST on the Macintosh?

Sorry, but you can’t.  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.  The file format is actually used for quite a few […]

Internet Explorer is Slow? Speed it up…

Ever wonder why your internet connection seems slow…  Part of it maybe the web browser your using…Internet Explorer, especially the earlier versions of it (6,  and 7), can be rather foolish with it’s default settings…. How To Delete Temporary Internet Files and Cookies Internet Explorer caches web pages you visit and cookies coming from those […]

Stop (Windows) auto-start applications on startup

First, check the application to see if it has an option to start at login, or startup.  If so, turn off the option, and restart the computer.  If it still starts up at login/startup, then keep reading… Start by opening the msconfig utility. Click Start >Run and type in “msconfig” (no quotes), and then click […]

Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build Resolves Obscure Apple TV Bug [Seed Notes]

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 […]

10.6: Disable and enable Rosetta via Terminal

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 […]

Backing up Apple Mail’s Junkmail filter

Folks, I normally recommend backing up the entire mail folder (~/library/mail), when you need to backup your Apple Mail…  But what if you want to share your junk mail filter data to another computer?  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 […]