Monthly Archives: April 2010

Having a problem with AirVideo app on your iPad?

Oh to be lucky enough to have problems like this!  Lee has the solution.  What a provider!  ”Look up in your menu bar by the clock and you should see the Air Video icon. From there you can set its … Continue reading →

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Need a great eBook converter for your documents?

Youc an’t go wrong with Calibre. It is free and comes with versions of Mac, Windows and linux.  Talk about features.  What a slick piece of software.  ”convert between numerous formats: it will convert CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, … Continue reading →

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How do you add someone with a @mac.com or @me.com address in iChat?

Ralph Johns comes to the rescue.  It is surprising and confusing that they have choosen to impliment it in this way. “What you have missed is the fact that iChat 5 does that one bit differently. As Apple IDs and … Continue reading →

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Getting the error message “system extension cannot be used”?

It might be due to a filesystem problem.  Meherally has this solution which worked for the gentleman. “Shutdown, restart by pressing power button. As soon as you hear the chime, press cmd-s. After a while lot of text will roll … Continue reading →

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Does your trash say its going to delete the item immediately?

It is a simple command but it must be done as an administrator of the machine in terminal.  You can find more details here. sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash

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Having slow performance when backing up to Time Machine?

It could be because a difference between the format of the Time Machine and your computer.  This is what iVincent discovered here. I have also seen this occur when usb drives are plugged into hubs that may be used for … Continue reading →

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