June 26, 2012 in Mac OS X
Protect your online privacy
You could be unknowingly giving third parties access to your personal information, browsing history and surfing habits.
Data can be stored on your computer without you even knowing in a multitude of different formats and different places, such as Cookies, Flash Cookies, Silverlight Isolated Storage, Databases and local Storage, browser caches, and your browsing history.
June 23, 2012 in Apple, Apple Software, Fix, Mac Mini, Mac OS X, Mac Users, Troubleshooting, Updates, Warning
If you are not on Lion but you are using a me.com address or a mac.com address, you still need to move your account. That way, you can continue to receive your mail in any email program (Mail.app, Entourage, Eudora, etc.). You don’t get any of the other iCloud services, but you do keep your email address.
April 9, 2012 in Apple, Apple Software, Fix, Mac OS X, Software, Tips and Tricks
How many of you are sick and tired of the bugs and problems that afflicted Safari since the 5.1 update? I sure have. I have wanted to go back to 5.0.5, which was much more stable than the current version. Apple has updated it 5 times now at 5.1.5, and it has only partially helped.
April 7, 2012 in Apple, Apple Software, Mac OS X, Mac Users, Troubleshooting, Updates, Warning
I should have been more on top of this, but there have been a lot of updates for 10.6 and 10.7 users. Most important are the Java and the Security updates. There have been stories all over the Web and the semi-conscious media about that Horrible New Mac Exploit. Well, the exploit is real, but Apple is on top of it. Just go to Software Update and run it and you will be protected. No need for a commercial anti-malware program. On the other hand, that exploit was around for quite a while before Apple released the patch. If you want to doubly protect yourself, I have always recommended the open-source and free Clam XAV. Easily located through Google and easy to install.
March 12, 2012 in Apple, Apple Software, Mac OS X, Troubleshooting, Updates, Warning
iPhoto and iTunes
Apple just released an update to iPhoto, version 9.2.2. They also released iTunes 10.6. It looks like you should avoid them, based on reports from the Mac blogs. iTunes 10.6 is mainly to support HD movies from the iTunes Store, as well as the new iPad. These updates are available for both Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and Lion 10.7.3.
March 4, 2012 in Apple, Apple Software, Mac OS X, Mac Users, Troubleshooting
Here is an interesting tale of a problem that I ran into last week. The client was running Snow Leopard 10.6.8, and some of the menus in the Finder had replaced the names of the actions (Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Print, etc.) with short letter strings that didn’t mean anything: H13, H14, A20. There didn’t seem to be any pattern or reason for it, and selecting the menu still performed the action.
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