Nice work! I have never had to use this command, but it is great to know.
I was trying to backup some of my files in OS X onto an external hard disk and ran into the following error dialog box: “The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items” So I thought it was a permission issue of a file/folder that I did not have permission to read. So I went to file information (File > Get Info) of the folder and under “Sharing & Permissions”, I made sure that I had rea … Read More
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Watchmac 1.6 bloo7. ”Watchmac monitors your Mac for possible infringements. For instance, when someone tries to unlock your screensaver but fails to enter the correct password, Watchmac will record this event and can even take pictures using the built-in (or an externally connected iSight).”
This could be helpful if you make lots of ePub files.
Mike Rankin from InDesignSecrets.com has made some neat little apps using AppleScript for zipping and unzipping ePub, Docx, Indl, and Fla files on Mac computers. These file types are based on the zip file, so they can easily be zipped open with an archive utility (just change the file extension to .zip). However, zipping them back up correctly can be a chore. While we do not have much experience with the other file types, we have worked with ePub … Read More
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Is Windows powerless against the onslaught of malware? Its been years since the Trusted Computer initiative and things aren’t any better.
A new version of the malware that crippled Windows PCs last February sidesteps safeguards designed to block rootkits from hijacking machines running 64-bit editions of Windows, researchers said Thursday. “A new era has officially dawned: the era of x64 rootkits,” said Prevx researcher Marco Giuliani in a post to the security vendor’s blog yesterday. The updated rootkit, which goes by names that include Alureon, TDL, TLD3 and Tidserv, is able to i … Read More
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HimmelBar – Welcome. According to the website:
HimmelBar provides an icon in the menu bar to quickly access your installed applications by scanning standard locations such as local, user, network and developer applications. You can also add a custom location such as the Classic Applications folder, or any other folder of your hard disk that contains applications.
Was this naturally caused? It seems too perfect to just happen organically.
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This is a good list of windows system optimization tools that are free. If you have to support macs for a non-profit or for people with limited means this will do many of the things commercial software might do more conveniently.
Digeus System Optimizer is the smartest way to solve computer problems and protect your valuable data. This software is real easy to use and helps you eliminate system crashes, resolve computer problems, and restores your system to healthy state. Main Function : – Eliminates system crashes, freezes and slowdowns – Automatically identifies and repairs common Windows problems – Easy to download, install and use – Free support and services Minimum s … Read More
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Kappy has the solution!
I’m not sure what it is you are doing that generates these errors you’ve reported. There is no .DS_Store startup item. You can delete Anacron from the /Library/StartupItems/ folder by CTRL- or RIGHT-click on it and select Move to Trash from the contextual menu.
To handle the /etc/crontab file start by selecting Go to Folder from the Finder‘s Go menu. Enter /etc/ in the field and click on the Go button. Look for the file ‘crontab.’ If you find it CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the file and select Move to Trash from the contextual menu.
You can follow the instructions provided to remove the other files using the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. Just copy and paste the lines provided in the instructions. The Terminal command looks like this:
sudo -s
You will be prompted for your admin password which will not be echoed.
rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/Anacron
rm -rf /usr/local/sbin/anacron
rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man8/anacron.8
rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man5/anacrontab.5
rm -rf /var/spool/anacron
rm -rf /etc/anacrontab
I suggest you paste these lines into the Terminal. If you make a typo you could delete things you don’t want deleted.
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Nice step by step. Thanks boycemac.
By checking through Apple
Discussion Forum, I fixed the problem by below procedure:
1. Delete any “.X” file in your home directory, such as “.Xauthority”, in my
case
- It will be automatically recreated
2. Delete “org.x.X11.plist” in ~/Library/Preferences
- It will be automatically recreated
3. Moving the .wireshark and .wireshark-etc to other name
When I open wireshark again, it would like a program having just newly
installed and start over again.
Then I can copy and paste the content between Wireshark packet-capture and
editor in MacOS.
If you need to repurpose PowerPoint files this freeware can help you.
When we download any power point presentation then there are some important diagrams or chart representation which is always useful to us and we want to keep them for future purpose. Going to each slide and then copying each and every diagram, any image file or a wave file will kill lot of time. So, you can a freeware known as Power point Image Extractor, which can extract all the images and wave files present inside that power point slide and th … Read More
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This is an interesting program. If you are looking for another way to launch applications you might like this.
Windows “Start” menu is pretty cool – it acts much like a one stop shop for application launch, and it allows access to additional functions and computer locations. Overall, the start menu suits me well, but I’m always curious about tools that claim to make my Windows experience a little faster or, a little easier. So, when I came across a small free application from Microsoft Office Labs – Speed Launch, I took it for a spin. Speed Launch, at its … Read More
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Apple must love these kind of customers.
Let me start off this rant by stating for the record that I am an Apple fan girl from way back. While I used PCs in graduate school, my first computer at my rocket science job was a Macintosh Quadra 610 way back in 1992, and I never looked back. Once I used a Macintosh, even way back at System 7, I realized what a steaming pile of crap Windows was and began my now decade plus old love affair with all things Apple. This was a tough love sort of a … Read More
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Guy loves his Apple products.
I was always envious of my friends with Macs. Mainly because I am a curious person, and most of my jobs did not need Macs. They needed PCs. Growing up, I had heard that business = PC, and design = Mac. And of course, that Mac followers really are part of a cult following. So, as I have been around technology for a long, long, time, I spent much time working with or on Windows based products, always peering around to see what a Mac person was doin … Read More
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MoveCM. This is donation ware
that “MoveCM is a contextual menu, menu bar and service application item for moving, copying, aliasing and archiving (zip compressing) files and folders quickly into common folders. i.e. without the need to drag and drop them, use aliases, etc. It is a generalization of the Finder‘s “Move to Trash” contextual menu item, you can apply it to any folder you like.”
Craig Baron said:
I have the “Print n Share” app installed, and it does work with my brother wireless printer with or without using a computer. There is a client app that you can install on your computer to enable print sharing, but it’s not required. I’ve only tried it a couple of times because it’s easier to transfer the files to a computer and print from there anyway.
The developers seemed very responsive to an email that was sent requesting more information. Seems like a good option. Has anyone had experience with this?
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He has a link to a forum for the fix for Windows users.
…and I hope this works since my weekend troubles with my iPhone 3GS is starting to become too much of a routine. I start the weekend syncing and backing-up my iPhone 3GS with iTunes. It does 1 good back-up and refuses to recognize the iPhone 3GS later. It will verify and ask me to restore from the back-up (lucky I get one back-up done for that morning). I will do all sorts of layman-technical acrobatics for about 2 hours before giving up and re … Read More
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If you don’t want to buy blogging software this could work for you.
MS Word 2007 has a feature in which you can use the program to post to your blog. I just tested it out on one of my many other blogs and it seems to work well enough. It tells you that in sending the information others may be able to see your username and password which makes me cautious to use it with any regularity. There does seem to be an upside to publishing your posts in this way though, i.e., you can save them directly to your hard driv … Read More
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Beautiful wallpapers. I am using one of them now.
I just found out a new cool site for wallpapers, themes and icons called InterFaceLift. It is a website that provides wallpapers, themes and icons free of charge using an easy to use interface in which you can narrow your search by downloads, ratings, tags, resolution, number of monitors, Etc. One cool thing about the site when browsing for wallpapers is that it tells you which resolution your monitor is at, pretty handy for people that don’t kno … Read More
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Suggests that Windows lack of attention to detail might be the reason that Apple is enjoying success.
So, I spent a whole bunch of the day killing Windows Vista for a friend and installing Windows 7, you know, so his computer would work and stuff like that. Windows Vista has gotten a lot of bad press, but I wanted to point out that it was not the only problem this HP had. The poor thing had been burdened down with superfluous software that all needed to start at the same time the operating system did, and was shut down manually at the … Read More
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Fun option if you are tired of the standard QWERTY keyboards. If you are having pain with your wrists, perhaps this can help you.
Hi, From so many years, we are using one kind of keyboard. We have been used to on the random ordered keys keyboard. Now in the world of keyboards there’s something new, which is called as orbiTouch. This is not actually a keyboard but it is a keyboard becuase it replaces keyboards, even mouse too. The one device can work as keyboard as well mouse. Let’s see how it works. Each dome slides into one of 8 zones to type a character. The domes do not … Read More
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Five Best WYSIWYG HTML Editors. A nice list. One of them is free, another is $75 and the rest you probably have heard of. Your chance to vote as well to help others use the best application.
b noir has the answer. It solved it from the orginal poster and one other person.
These sorts of msi-related troubles have gotten more complicated to deal with ever since Microsoft pulled the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from their Download Center on June 25.
Let’s try Googling. (Best not to use Bing, I think.) Look for a working download site for at least version 3.0 of the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. After downloading the utility installer file (msicuu2.exe), scan the file for malware, just in case. (I use the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware to do single-file scans for that.)
If the file is clean, to install the utility, doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file you’ve downloaded.
Now run the utility (“Start > All Programs > Windows Install CleanUp”). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any iTunes entries and click “Remove”.
Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try installing iTunes 9.2 again. Does the install go through properly this time?
(If you do find a clean download site for the correct version of CleanUp, please don’t tell me where it is. Without wishing to sound paranoid (although I grant it does sound paranoid), there is a non-zero chance that posting links to download locations for the utility here at Discussions leads to that download location being shut down.)
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Interesting variation. Do you think the average person would believe this?
Today, I received a telephone call from an Indian gentleman who insisted that there were errors, possibly malware (*gasp*) on my computer that needed my immediate attention. “It’s okay”, he mumbled reasurringly, “I am not a telemarketer. I am from a company affiliated with Microsoft. We are responding to an error report you sent about your Windows system”. The only problem – I never send Microsoft an error report. In short, today I was targeted … Read More
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Tony’s suggestion worked for many people.
I hope this helps you and anyone from Apple who is reading the posts. The same thing was happening to me. I realized after it had been working fine yesterday and earlier today, the problem occurred AFTER I had set my Preferences in Safari to autofill names and passwords. I just turned that feature off, clear all autofills from previous sessions, and when I went back to the school wireless and typed in my login and password all worked fine this is on a Cisco Clean Access system. My autofill is still on for my contact info, but NOT for names and passwords.
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So does this mean Microsoft needs to worry about needing a $150 million investment and support from Apple?
Revenue for the year was down 3pc at $58.4bn as fourth-quarter sales slid 17pc to $13.1bn – well below analysts forecasts of $14.4bn. Even if the company had not deferred some Windows revenue, it still would have missed expectations by a wide margin. The results reflect how Microsoft’s fortunes are tied to the PC industry, which is expected to sell fewer computers this year than last — the first such decline since 2001. Many buyers are holding on … Read More
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This is in iTunes for Windows. Various suggestions depending on the location of the QTCF.dll. Great work guys. If you have a problem with this file this thread will solve it.
Kappy suggests “OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 no sleep. If this isnt the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts had been significantly reduced in Tiger and Leopard. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard and should not be installed.”
I have used Macaroni and it works great. He has some other great troubleshooting and optimization suggestions.
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PAHU states “The Network Printer kit which provided PCL5e and Postscript support was an option in our region for the iR5020. This may not be the case for you in the USA. If you have been printing already with this machine from Windows or older Mac versions then you most likely have the kit already. You can check the existence of the kit by pressing the Counter Check button on the copier keyboard and then selecting the Device Configuration on the touch screen. This will show you if the Network Printer kit has been installed. If your machine does not have the kit then you will need to contact your local Canon copier sales dealership. However that model is about 7 years old so you may not have much luck with obtaining this kit now…If you do have the printer kit then you can download the Canon PPDs via this link. The package has the PPDs for many models of Canon imageRUNNER. After you unpack the file you run the installer to copy the files to your Mac. Then when you create your IP > LPD print queue you will find the Canon iR5020 in the Print Using menu.
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This could help you if you don’t have multiple monitors. Its free for private users and low cost for commercial use.
As I roll through tasks on my computer throughout the day I often have many windows open at a single time. Chances are not all the opened windows are related to the current task at hand but rather they sit there in the background and I’ve discovered they frequently distract me from what I should be doing. This is where Dexpot, a free virtual desktop manager jumps in that allows you to have up to 20 virtual workspaces at any given time. By having … Read More
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Some useful applications I haven’t read about anywhere else. For example, one called Breakaway which stops audio playing when you unplug your headphones. Could be very useful in a corporate environment.
Some of the useful applications/utilities I use on my Macbook Pro: Textmate Notepad++ used to be my favorite code editor an year ago when I was a Windows user. I still feel Notepad++ is the best GUI based text editor, very useful and lightweight. But Textmate is equally good and when you get used to it, you’ll realize the power it offers to you. Adium Probably the best messenger client on Mac. Supports all the major IM services. DiffMerge A simpl … Read More
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