The case of the Mysterious disappearing disk space
Mystery of the disappearing disk space — Reality Distortion: Macs, Mac OS… – StumbleUpon. Interesting. I wonder what caused that behavior. I have never noticed that in any Mac I’ve worked on.
Category: Snow Leopard
exFAT – how to share files between Mac and Windows 7
Do you want to share files between Mac and Windows 7? This is an easy way to do both read/write. Thanks Stress Test!
Open Disk Utility.app (Applications > Utilities), mark your external Disc (The entry starting with the size) and click on “Partition” on the right side. Select “1 partition” and as Format, select “ExFAT” that should work with files bigger than 4GB.
via exFAT – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
MacBook Air Original, MacBook Air Late 2008, MacBook Air Mid 2009: External ports
Apple has the technical details of these two models of laptops. It is nice to see a close up of what they are.
via MacBook Air Original, MacBook Air Late 2008, MacBook Air Mid 2009: External ports.
Magical Macintosh Key Sequences
These are some keyboard tricks that it has taken me a decade to learn. I learned some new diagnostic and performance shortcuts as well. Great work! If you support Macintosh’s it is very helpful to know these.
via Magical Macintosh Key Sequences.
Is Software Update downloading in the…: Apple Support Communities
Thanks cathy fasano. Nicely done!
Go to System Preferences (under the apple) and Software Update is about the middle of the “Systems” line. On the bottom of the Pref panel for SW Update there are check boxes for checking automatically and downloading automatically. If you spend any significant amount of time attached via an expensive or slow connection, turn them both off.
I would turn off “download automatically” under any circumstances — when you are trying to do something and it runs really slowly, it’s pretty frustrating to realize that it’s because your computer was downloading 500MB of printer driver updates for a printer that broke and you threw in the trash two years ago!
via Is Software Update downloading in the…: Apple Support Communities.
Using a Mac on the Corporate Windows-only Network – A Guide for Macbook Users
Using a Mac on the Corporate Windows-only Network – A Guide for Macbook Users. These are tips that I have used myself to set up Mac’s in Windows standard infrastructures. I think the key point that many might have problems with is that IT may restrict printers and other things to only computers that have joined the domain. So if you can’t get these suggestions to work, go to the accounts window and ask your IT person to join it to the domain.
iTunes won’t play through Airport…: Apple Support Communities
iTunes won’t play through Airport…: Apple Support Communities. I agree with Jolly Giant. I have found that turning off IPv6 has solved many strange networking issues and improved performance as well. It is surprising why it is on by default when the majority of their customers do not use it.
Bugs & Fixes: Mac OS X 10.6.8 bug work-arounds | Operating Systems | Mac 911 | Macworld
Bugs & Fixes: Mac OS X 10.6.8 bug work-arounds | Operating Systems | Mac 911 | Macworld. Fixes for the Optical Audio “Broken” that I wrote about before, the printer failure message, and network connection “lost”. Great work Mr. Landau!
