Airport

Browsers

Laptop

Security

Virus

WiFi


Tech Specs

Find Out How


tiny URL

is gd


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Which Mac is Right For Your?


If you want the aluminum interface back...


iOS (Pod and Pad)

iOS 21 Tips and Tricks (Oct 2011)

4 Tips for using Safari in iOS 5

10 Alternative iOS Web Browsers


SAFE MODE BOOTING

see MAC Notebook.


Intel-based Macs:

    Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)


THUNDERBOLT

    LaCie Little Big Disk

    Sonnet Allegro FW800 adaptor


OS X

Pro Tip of the Week

Tips Business Theater

keyboard shortcuts

Compare with previous OS

Applications compatibility

Native applications

Downloads


OS X update (see NoteBook, Mac, page 197)

       1) Do system maintenance [repair permissions, verify disk, clear caches]

        2) Make complete bootable backup and verify

        3) Download full installer or combo installer from Apple

        4) Restart in safe mode [hold down the shift key through entire boot process]

        5) Apply update

  1. 6)    6) Check for updates for programs and drivers and install if needed.

  2. 7)

FAQ

    (events, forum, news, Dr. Mac, resources)

Hints

Unix advice (Lincoln Peters)


Panther

Support

    (Answers, tips, discussions, download and more.)

What's new

Pictorial tour

Faxing in Panther (see also Fax Center)

Applescript


Leopard

Features 300+

Tip of the Week

Automator

Reinstalling

    (Additional links above under OS X)


Snow Leopard

InfoWorld What business can expect

Reviews

    Engadget  

    PC Mag

    Pogue’s Post NYT

    Slash Gear

Incompatible Software

    Apple.Com

     Wikidot

Need to upgrade Flash after install


Lion


OS X Software

AquaFiles

Bare Bones

Icon Builder for Photoshop

Flax Creations (icons to upload)

Omni Group

Sherlockers



Security

MacInTouch

MacWrite

SecureMac


Virus

Sophos Anti-Virus

    Open Forum

Beware of MacKeeper

    Malware Guide

ClamXav free virus checker for OS X

Symantec Antivirus List

·VBS.VBSWG2.X@mm

    is an encrypted VBScript worm that uses a known exploit to send itself to all recipients in an infected user's Microsoft Outlook address book. It also has a payload that opens a Web site that contains pornographic contents.

·Are MacIntoshes affected by the Nimda virus?

 

Browsers

Safari

    on the iPhone

    to email a link to the site I am looking at: Command-Shift-I


Create a DVD from a program playing on a Safari site:

    Download it to your desktop or record it while it's playing with a program like Snapz Pro http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ which records anything playing on your screen, and then burn that file (which will be on your computer) to your dvd.

    If you use the Firefox extension Video Download Helper https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/?src=search you will be able to download the video to your desktop and then burn that. I found that you need to start the video before download helper 'sees' it.


Mozilla

    Firefox Video Download Helper

        Troubleshooting extensions and Themes

    Firefox Aurora

    Firefox Release Notes

Check your plugins

20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web


How to Unplug Java from the Browser


Fake notifications

   How would you tell a real notification from a fake without relying on Sophos, you ask?  All of the fakes I'm aware of use a pop-up browser window to display a web page that looks like a real notification.  However, the real updater would be a separate application--it would not run in your browser.  So if you see a pop-up telling you to update Flash, but your menu bar still shows the menus for your browser (including a menu with the name of the browser), then you can be sure that it's a fake.


Airport (+ Time Capsule)

Register

Support

D-Link Wireless Pocket


WiFi

ji wire (best search engine)

hotspotr (Google)

WiFi Freespot

WiFi Zone.Org

AT&T WiFi

Airport WiFi


Create a Guest Wi-Fi Network



Laptop

MacBook

MacBookPro

    MacBook Pro Extreme 2009

    MacBook Pro 17 review 2009

Power Page

Universal Apps

PowerBook


Fan Control App


THEFT RECOVERY

GadgetTrak

orbicule


Battery

    make a battery charge last longer


MacPhoneHome

    secretly sends an invisible email message to an email address of your choice containing the physical location of your computer every time you get an Internet connection.


ModBook The first and only Mac tablet computer solution!


VST Tech --PowerBook Accessories


Repair iResQ, iFixIt, Jim Oser, Tech Restore,

    Best Buy service plan


Best internal hard drive



UTILITIES


Address Book Exporter

   a little utility that does one thing, and one thing only: it will let you export your Mac OS X Address Book as a tab-delimited plain text file.


Export Address Book


Mail Scripts

   MacOS X's Mail and Address Book have large AppleScript dictionaries which allow almost every aspect of these programs to be scripted. Since some features are rather cumbersome in the standard implementation, I decided to write some scripts to ease workflow. I started writing the scripts after the release of MacOS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and made several improvements and additions over time. After the release of MacOS X 10.3 (Panther) all scripts have been completely rewritten as AppleScript Studio applications allowing for many additional features.


FIND AND REMOVE DUPLICATE FILES

Singular

    Helps you to find and remove duplicate files on your Mac. Drop files and folders on its window or its Dock icon, choose files with the open panel, it makes no difference. It finds duplicate files, shows you the results and lets you move them to the Trash just in a click of the mouse.

Araxis Find Duplicate Files
    De-clutter your hard disk by finding, viewing and managing files with duplicate content, whatever they’re called. Free 7-day trial.

Tidy Up! is a complete duplicate finder and disk tidiness utility.