Temporäre Dateien bei Firefox und Thunderbird
Als langjähriger Benutzer von Windows und Linux war es mir bisher immer klar, dass temporäre Dateien logischerweise im eingestellten Temp-Ordner abgelegt und nach dem Beenden des Programmes auch...
View ArticleMac OS X system address book integration
Yay! It’s so amazing. I really cannot believe it that the first part of the system address book integration is done. Bug 203927 which handles reading from the system address book and exists since April...
View ArticleMac OS X 10.5 alias Leopard available
It was a long time for everyone, who is interested in Mac OS X, to wait for the upcoming 10.5 release alias Leopard. Even after Apple Inc. announced its brand-new mobile phone iPhone and shifted the...
View ArticleNo shortcut to open contextual menus on OS X?
I’m really surprised! After years of experience with different Windows and Linux versions it’s getting normal for me to open contextual menus with Shift+F10 or the special context key if a mouse is not...
View ArticleKeychain forgets saved passwords … or not?
Yesterday I was really shocked. After reactivating my MacBook from stand-by mode I wanted to burn a DVD with exported pictures. I copied all files into the burning folder and started the process. From...
View ArticleEnhance your OS X address book
I’m really impressed. After nearly one year in using my Macbook I could learn about hidden features of Apple software each day. All of them will give your live more power and also simplifies your...
View ArticleUpdate 2007-009 kills my MacBook
Today I got a notification from the Apple update tool that a new update is available. I hit ok, to install the Update 2007-009. After rebooting my system OS X presents a black screen. I like the...
View ArticleOS X leaks keyboard shortcut for optional button in dialogs
Hey, what’s up with my Tiger? I didn’t realized it all the last weeks but why there is no keyboard shortcut anymore to cancel a dialog? It was a fine thing to only have to hit the space key. I mainly...
View ArticleTemporary folder for Firefox and Thunderbird on OS X
In February last year I bought my first MacBook with OS X 10.4 alias Tiger installed and I was happy to say “Hello” to the Apple folks. Ever since it was a bit of work and I had to learn a lot until...
View ArticleReplacement of the cracked MacBook topcase
Some month ago I noticed a little crack in the topcase of my MacBook. It happened in the area where your thenar is placed while using the keyboard. I haven’t made too many thoughts about because the...
View ArticleRestarting VmWare guest if shutdown is not successful
Today I run into the problem where one of my Vmware guests with an installed Windows XP wasn’t able to shutdown. The only option users have via the UI is to put the machine into sleep. But that doesn’t...
View ArticleSharing Keyboard and Mouse between Mac’s with Teleport
Working on two or even more machines in parallel would require a KVM switch or just a neat software like Teleport which lets you share your keyboard and mouse simply over the network. One big advantage...
View ArticleMoving home folder to another encrypted volume on OS X
Over the last weekend I was reinstalling my older MacBookPro (late 2011 model) again after replacing its hard drive with a fresh and modern SSD drive from Crucial 512GB. That change was really...
View ArticleHow to solve Apple ID login failure: AMD-Action:downloadProduct:SP
Since I have upgraded OS X on my MacBook Pro to OS X El Capitan (10.11) and moved my users home folder to another partition as described in an earlier blog post, I was not able to sign into the Apple...
View ArticleFix for increased file size when removing a PDF password on Mac OS
Over the last couple of months I received some password protected PDF files. While using this kind of protection is easy for casual users, I find it kinda annoying that it forces me to add a separate...
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