Here is my collection of computer hints, how-to's and personal notes. This is not all Macintosh stuff, this category also includes cross-platform hints.
Page Tree
- AddressBook
- AppleMail
- Applescript
- Applications
- CameraDisks
- Characters
- Cube
- Forth
- GraphicConverter
- Internet
- Lan
- Lorem
- MacOsx
- AdminUsersMissing
- ApplicationWon'tOpen
- ChangeUsername
- CharacterPalette
- ClearDesktopIcons
- CloneUser
- CmdzBug
- ConfigureCronnix
- DeleteFilesFast
- DesktopPictureInterval
- DesktopScreensaver
- DisableBurnVerification
- DisableDashboard
- DisableScreenDimming
- FindAllColoredFiles
- FinderRenamingBug
- GadgetFont
- IdenticallyNamedDisks
- IgnoreOwnership
- KeyboardViewer
- KeychainAccessQuits
- MenuMeters
- MouseSensitivity
- Printer
- QuitFinder
- RemountingServers
- RemoveDS StoreFiles
- RenameHomeFolder
- RepairUserfolderPermissions
- RsyncToFirewire
- Security
- SetCreationDate
- SetupNewUser
- ShowHiddenFiles
- SlowSmbReads
- UnmountableDisk
- UnresponsiveWaking
- UserfolderAsPartition
- WiFi
- Motorola
- MySql
- Scanning
- Server
- Shell
- iCab
- iTunes
- iTunesDuplicates
- For Mac specific filetypes work on a USB memory stick you have to format the device as Apple. Some Mac files do not even transfer to the decrepit Windows filesystem, causing a generic error and halting the copying.
- Mac applications cannot be written to a Windows formatted disk, since the application package contains filenames with illegal Windows characters.
- If your screen is black after waking from sleep, trash the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist then reboot.
- This Terminal command will search for lost browser editing field text:
find ~/Library/Caches/ 2> /dev/null -print0 | xargs -0 grep 'someuniqueword'
You need to replace someuniqueword with some unique word that was typed in your missing text.
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