What if you want to copy several items, and then paste those items later? You can’t do it with the standard clipboard, but thanks to some free programs, you can bring the Mac’s copy-and-paste functionality into the 21st century. While there are many clipboard enhancement tools available for Mac, I like to use one of two free ones. […]
Synergy – desktop sharing for Windows, Linux and Mac OS
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems without special hardware. It’s intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own display. sourceforge.net/projects/synergy2/
Mac connect to Windows File Share
By default, Windows 2003 Server domain controllers have “Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)” set to “Enabled” by default. This is likely causing the Macs to fail to authenticate with the “error = -5000” when trying to connect via CIFS or SMB (samba) To change this on a given domain controller, go to “Start” ->”Administrative Tools” -> […]
Mac Black Grey Blue Screen Crash troubleshooting
Collection Procedure (kernel panic)http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106228looking for panic.log/Library/Logs Kernel Panic FAQhttp://www.index-site.com/kernelpanic.html CrashLogger (application failure)http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2004/tn2123.htmluser’s home directory~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/.crash.log)/var/log/system.log Hardware Test (PowerPC)http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86287 Hardware Test (Intel)http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081 Example to identify kernel panic:http://www.index-site.com/kernelpanic.html
Screenshots on a Mac
Screen capture on a Mac Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop* Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop* Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as […]
Mac Toolkit – Troubleshooting
adium – Chat client for Maczterm – console and ssh/telnet program for Mac
Mac Troubleshooting Basics
1. Repair Disk permissions 2. Run all remaining mac provided SW/OS updates (none critical) 3. Onyx optimization3.0 download and install –> http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/115823.1 “update” system optimization3.2 execute daily, weekly & monthly maint. scripts3.3 update LaunchServices database (requires hard boot)3.4 clean user & system caches, logs & indexes3.5 clear user preference files (will cause icons to auto align on desktop) […]