• What you need for Mavericks, OS X 10.9 & Yosemite 10.10

    Tips on 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan   These tips all refer to the client version.  If you are using Mac OS X...view more
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  • How to edit a screenshot

    (Editorial note: This User Tip uses the Preview version included with Mavericks and earlier versions of OS X. For Yosemite and later OS X versions please read How to edit a screenshot.)   If you want to post a s...view more
    John Galt
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  • Viruses, Trojans, Malware - and other aspects of Internet Security

    DON’T PANIC!  But be aware that the Internet is riddled with potential threats to the security and well-being of your Mac or iOS device. No computer system is completely immune from possible attack, but App...view more
    Klaus1
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  • Messages app and What it Can Do. Mavericks

    Hi,   Messages is one of Apple's communication apps (the other being FaceTime).   It can have 5 types of Accounts.   When you open it for the first time it will ask you for an Apple ID. Once this is...view more
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  • iCloud Keychain: safe and secure

    iCloud Keychain can be a very convenient and secure mechanism for sharing your accounts and passwords between devices. However, it has some serious bugs and can easily result is one or more (possibly all) lost passwor...view more
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  • Mac App Store popping up, pushing Mavericks (10.9) to 10.6 users

    It is a well known bug with the 10.6.8 Mac App Store update that after it is installed, 10.6, will popup occasionally and advertise Mavericks update existence.   This update may already be installed for those wi...view more
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  • Mavericks Scanner Support

    Mavericks has several sources for scanner support.  This Apple article lists scanners and printers that they have:   http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669   To update the support for those scanners, they h...view more
    a brody
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  • 10.9.2-10.9.4 Fast User Switching desktop issue

    DY-Ehas isolated the reason why Fast User Switching may not correctly redraw the desktop wallpaper and dock when it is done on Mavericks. Killing the Dock Application with the Applications -> Utilities -> Termi...view more
    a brody
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  • Websites have started showing "Yosemite" compatibility

    Yosemite until finally release on http://www.apple.com/pr/ is pure speculation, and hence not really able to be discussed on this forum. Beta for lack of a better word means guinea pig software.    Any...view more
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  • 10.9.2 and Airplay issues

    10.9.2 while being a critical update for 10.9's security, has appeared to give people difficulty with Airplay.      10.9.3 is now available.  It may be worth testing for Airplay, to see if i...view more
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  • WD, Seagate, and Toshiba drives

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5518936?tstart=0   had this to say from Western Digital:   As a valued WD customer we want to make you aware of new reports of Western Digital and other external HDD p...view more
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  • 10.9.3 and color/colorsync issues

    It appears there is a well known color/colorsync issue that third parties have documented with 10.9.3:   http://www.macissues.com/2014/05/21/10-9-3-causing-headaches-for-mac-pro-users/   I suggest if you h...view more
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  • Java and Mac OS X 10.9

    Keeping current with Java, you may find some websites start to fail to work.  First verify you have the latest Java from http://www.java.com/   Next the Edit Site List preference found in the Apple menu -&g...view more
    a brody
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  • Nikon D800E compatibility with Mavericks

    It has been found the Nikon D800E has difficulty connecting directly with a machine running Mac OS X 10.9 and USB 3. The solution has been either to use a USB 3 wall powered hub, or a tethered USB cable such as the o...view more
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  • Using EtreCheck

    About EtreCheck Download EtreCheck   EtreCheck is a tool I wrote to help people on Apple Support Communities remotely debug problems with people’s computers. That can be a difficult task even when the ...view more
    etresoft
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  • Do not install MacKeeper

    Many users will see references to an application called MacKeeper on various web sites and via pop-ups on their browser. Not only is it expensive for what it purports to do (freeware applications that do the same or m...view more
    Klaus1
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  • Hosting your own CalDAV and CardDAV server using Baïkal Server

    Setting up Baïkal server on Mavericks This tip will show you how to host your own CardDAV and CalDAV server on your personal Mac. You can "sync" your contacts and calendars "locally." No need to use Apple's or a...view more
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  • Apple: Restoring a previous OS X version

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip.   This Apple support article explains how to restore a previous OS X version using TimeMacine, provided you made one before upgrading OS X.   (also works going back to 10....view more
    ds store
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  • Mac is slow after upgrading to Mavericks

    Hello and welcome to my User Tip     There are some possible causes why your Mac is now slow after upgrading to OS X Mavericks.     1: If you have a boot hard drive (not a Solid State Drive) , the...view more
    ds store
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  • How to revert OS X back from Mavericks

    Can also be used to "fresh install" Mavericks in case of software or bad sector issues/glitches   If your having problems with Mavericks, and you want to keep it, you should first try to fix in place:  ...view more
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