Monthly Archives: January 2012

Prior to Mac OS X 10.7, you used to be able to click on the “Mac OS X” text to display additional system information about the Mac, showing things like IP Address, OS X version and build number, and the machines … Continue reading →

There are a few ways to reset a password in Mac OS X 10.7but both of those methods require reboots. This approach is different, it lets you change the password of the user currently logged into Mac OS X Lion, without knowing the … Continue reading →

Mac OS X Lion brings a nice new feature to login and lock screens that allow you to display a message underneath the login panel. This is visible to everyone and it makes for a great place to put either a … Continue reading →

Mac OS X Lion can display messages that require acknowledgement prior to the standard login screen appearing. For administrators, this allows a user agreement or acceptable use policy to be displayed before users can login, and for personal use it … Continue reading →

Before doing any of this you might have to re-size your partition. Click Here Open a terminal window and enable the debug menu in Disk Utility: (copy and paste the code below) defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled 1  Start Disk Utility, … Continue reading →

First we need the UUID of the drive we want to hide and the easiest method seems to be to use the Disk Utility. After starting the Disk Utility, click on the hardisk/partition you want to hide and click the … Continue reading →

By enabling a hidden debug feature in Disk Utility, you are able to both view and mount hidden partitions on hard drives in Mac OS X. Hidden partitions include things like Linux swap, Windows Recovery drive, and OS X Lion‘s Recovery HD, and once they’re mounted they can be … Continue reading →

Repair User Permissions in Mac OS X Lion Repairing User Permissions in OS X Lion You’ll need to reboot to perform this, and then use the same resetpassword utility that is used to change passwords in Lion, but instead choosing a hidden … Continue reading →

Change the Login Screen Wallpaper in OS X Lion Here’s another tip from Keir Thomas, author of Mac Kung Fu, a new book with over 300 tips, tricks, hints and hacks for Mac OS X Lion. It’s available from Amazon, and also … Continue reading →

Mac OS X Lion can display messages that require acknowledgement prior to the standard login screen appearing. For administrators, this allows a user agreement or acceptable use policy to be displayed before users can login, and for personal use it … Continue reading →

How to Install & Dual Boot Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.6 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.7 Developer Preview can be installed and ran alongside Mac OS X 10.6 on the same drive, all you need to do is partition your … Continue reading →

Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup Products Affected Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6 Symptoms Instead of seeing the Finder or the login window after startup, your computer may stop responding and … Continue reading →

Your Mac won’t start up in Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier) Products Affected Mac OS X 10.1, Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.3 This article has been archived and is no longer updated by … Continue reading →

Intel-based Mac: Startup sequence and error codes, symbols Summary The following is an overview of the startup sequence, error conditions, and behaviors for all Intel-based Macintosh systems. Note that some newer Macintosh models only use tones to indicate error conditions. … Continue reading →

How to Print Screen on Imac running Windows with a Mac Keyboard In order to do a Print Screen on an Imac Running Windows with a Mac Keyboard many suggest to use Option + F13 However for me it didnt … Continue reading →

Tuning TCP for Mac OS X Mac OS X has a single sysctl parameter, kern.ipc.maxsockbuf, to set the maximum combined buffer size for both sides of a TCP (or other) socket. In general, it can be set to at least twice the … Continue reading →

Open up Terminal and type the following: sudo mdutil -E / sudo mdutil -i on /

Mac OS X Easter Egg – Tetris Hidden in the Terminal 1. Open the finder 2. Open Applications 3. Open Utilities 4. Open Terminal 5. type “emacs”; click enter 6. Press ESC + X at the same time 7. Type … Continue reading →

First Way “create a new admin account” Reboot Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line): mount … Continue reading →

How to see the /Library Folder chflags nohidden ~/Library To turn Dashboard off: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES To turn Dashboard on: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO You have to restart the Dock after making either change for … Continue reading →

Here is what I did: After checking all the usual issues in the Sharing and Print-Fax Control panels without any improvement, and verifying that local printing functioned normally, I went to the local machine, opened a browser window, and entered … Continue reading →

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If you’ve visited the Sharing Preference panel since upgrading to Mac OS X 10.7 you may have noticed there is no longer the option to enable an FTP server to share files and folders. It’s unclear why Apple pulled the easy frontend to … Continue reading →

Remote Login is a feature in Mac OS X’s Sharing preferences that allow remote users to connect to a Mac in a secure fashion by using OpenSSH. Essentially, it starts an SSH server, which includes SSH, the secure replacement for telnet, SFTP, … Continue reading →

Attach your USB Flash Drive to your Mac. For your reference, my USB Flash Drive is labelled “SanDisk Cruzer Slice Media” and I’ve named its existing partition “FLASH DRIVE”. 1. From your Applications folder and open the Utilities folder. 2. … Continue reading →

Requirement An existing Mac with functional DVD-ROM Snow leopard installer DVD (upgrade set or box set) A USB thumb drive of at least 8GB in size Creating a USB installer disk 1. Plug in your USB drive. Backup all the data in … Continue reading →