I just want to be SAFE — What is Safe Mode?

Safe mode is available in Mac OS X 10.2 or later, and is one of the more useful ways to troubleshoot the Macintosh OS. To start in Safe Mode, hold the Shift key down as your Mac starts up. Starting up into Safe Mode does several things: It forces a directory check of the startup […]

The TCO & Hazards of an Hackintosh

I just finished dealing with a thread somewhere else, where the dialog went something like this: Q> Why isn’t this driver for this device working on Snow Leopard? A> It’s working for us, what type of Macintosh is it? Q> It’s not a Macintosh, it’s a PC A> A PC?  You mean it’s not an […]

New Sound Input Controls

Typically with Mac OS X you have the volume control slider in the menu bar, and then if you want to make any other changes you would have to open System Preferences -> Sound and then make your changes…. I presume this is new in Snow Leopard, since I have not seen this documented previously, and […]

Snow Leopard System Requirements

Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)’s system requirements are: Mac computer with an Intel processor 1GB of memory 5GB of available disk space DVD drive for installation So do not consider running Snow Leopard on any PPC machines… It simply will not work… But PowerPC (PPC) applications will work with the Rosetta translation layer, as […]

Snow Leopard to have antivirus protection built-in?

A rumor is spreading quite rapidly that Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6, will have a built-in level of antivirus protection…. As shown here: But will it? I think at this point, I can safely say that I have not yet seen any sign of this protection in the Beta’s that I have used…. But […]

Laptop fan running constantly? Check this first…

Typically Mac OS X is configured to set the default printer to the last printer you just used…  But that’s not always correct… In some cases, people with laptops have attempted to use a printer that isn’t available, and that has caused the laptop’s fan to run constantly, since Mac OS X is attempting to […]