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 -Â defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.timemachine AutoBackup -boolean true Turn Off -Â defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.timemachine AutoBackup -boolean false […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
There is a neat trick to help export your mail in Entourage 2008. If you drag a folder out of the folder list, and onto your desktop, it creates a .mbox file just for that folder. This is a good way to move emails from Entourage to many other formats, especially if you’re only concerned […]
Fear and Terror! All your data are being stolen! Wow, this is just asinine, with emphasis on the ass part. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7816446.stm This article is telling everyone that if you really want your data to be safe when you throw away your computer, you need to beat the thing to a pulp with a hammer.  The most […]
You may to wish to back up your mailboxes, messages, addresses, and account settings as part of your regular backup strategy. To back up this information, make copies of the files listed below. Copy all the files located in ~/Library/Mail. Copy the file “com.apple.mail.plist,” located in ~/Library/Preferences. This file stores the preferences you set in […]
One method to setup a Windows drive letter mount on is to use the command line interface. Â The Net Command controls a large number of windows functions, including File Share (Net Use), Printing (Net Print), Time Syncronization, Â Account information, and much much more… For our purposes the Net use command, would look like this: net […]