User Tip What you need for Mavericks, OS X 10.9 & Yosemite 10.10
What you need for Mavericks, OS X 10.9 & Yosemite 10.10Tips 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
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
User Tip Messages app and What it Can Do. Mavericks
Messages app and What it Can Do. MavericksHi, 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
iCloud Keychain: safe and secureiCloud 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
Mavericks Scanner SupportMavericks 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
User Tip 10.9.2-10.9.4 Fast User Switching desktop issue
10.9.2-10.9.4 Fast User Switching desktop issueDY-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
User Tip Websites have started showing "Yosemite" compatibility
Websites have started showing "Yosemite" compatibilityYosemite 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
10.9.2 and Airplay issues10.9.2 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
WD, Seagate, and Toshiba driveshttps://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
10.9.3 and color/colorsync issuesIt 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
Java and Mac OS X 10.9Keeping 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
Nikon D800E compatibility with MavericksIt 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
Using EtreCheckAbout 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
Do not install MacKeeperMany 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
User Tip Hosting your own CalDAV and CardDAV server using Baïkal Server
Hosting your own CalDAV and CardDAV server using Baïkal ServerSetting 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
Apple: Restoring a previous OS X versionHello 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
Mac is slow after upgrading to MavericksHello 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
How to revert OS X back from MavericksCan 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