Multiple Birthday Entries for a Person
AndyGump found the solution! “I found the problem to be multiple entries in my Address Book because of a misspelling of a last name. Once I eliminated that problem the multiple birthdays problem cleared up.”
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Do you want to copy a music CD on the Mac?
This link has several suggestions. I think iTunes is the easiest way because then you can verify track information. Fortuny suggestion sounds interesting “personally I use SimplyBurns http://simplyburns.berlios.de/” It is free so you might want to try it.
HP Scanner No Longer Works with Snow Leopard
CharPatton’s HP DeskJet F4280 All-In-One didn’t work with Snow Leopard until Joesph made a few suggestions. “HP Scan Pro no longer works and needs deleting. Once that is done, then try Software Update and see if there are any new … Continue reading
Apple Mail mail Does Not Automatically Get E-Mail
Turns out that rebuilding the mailbox fixed it. Ashka suggests “Mail’s Menu bar > Mailbox > select Rebuild..” Worked.
Did your pictures folder turn into a package?
RodneyW has the answer. You should open the terminal and type: ” xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo ~/Pictures This will remove the bundle bit – and should convert it back to a normal folder.”
Getting error message -8003?
lprevost has the answer. “This thread helped me after spending hours trying to resolve my problem (can’t empty trash, gettting -8003 error message). My fix ( make sure you turn off TM) 1) Remove all of my other files (ie. … Continue reading
Dual Battery Icons in Menubar
Interesting problem. Resetting the SMC fixed the issue. “Yes! We have a winner!!! Resetting the power management (SMC Reset) did the trick. I tried resetting (we used to call it zapping) the PRAM, but I didn’t get the tones like … Continue reading
Unix FAQ (for OS X)
Some very nice information for beginners. If you want to start using Unix on the Mac this is a good place to start.