I have to make a resolution to try to stop coming up with bad puns, or word gags for my blog posts… But I do it so unfrequently…. Sorry, I got off on a tangent there… Have you run into a situation where Apple mail just seems to reject any attachments that you add? Â For […]
The system version is on the Installer disc, at: /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist You can get the specific information with this command: defaults read /path/to/mount/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductBuildVersion While the above describes how to do it on media, you can also test your local hard drive. Â See below: [nerv:/system/library/CoreServices] benjamin% defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion { ProductBuildVersion = 10F569; ProductCopyright = “1983-2010 […]
One major issue that I have seen is that Norton Antivirus & Security Products don’t always uninstall cleanly. Often, in the past, they have left the computer unable to connect properly to the internet, or having odd symptoms… What I have found is using the custom Norton Uninstall Utility, works cleanly, and is often faster […]
Evidently, some versions of the Vise Installer don’t quite work properly under Mac OS X… Here’s why… Â The symptom is that your computer slows down or stops responding… Â The Installer splash screen may display, but the Vise Installer typically stops at the “Gathering Details” screen. Why? Â You have a “network volume” mounted, it could be […]
Snow Leopard introduced significant changes in user permissions. That error is: -10004 A privilege violation occurred. Now in layman’s terms, what does that mean? It simply means that whatever user is attempting to write to the directory doesn’t have permission to do so. Â In otherwords, let’s say that the computer has two users: Parents Account […]
For example: 9/4/10 1:48:31 PM KernelEventAgent[72] tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_LOWDISK, VQ_VERYLOWDISK (516) This indicates that Mac OS X has detected a drive (hard drive, RAM drive, Zip Drive, etc), that is very low or out of disk space. Â If this is your boot drive, you will receive a POP up warning message that the […]
I just did something that I never have done in the past…. And I shouldn’t be surprised at the results… I just read the “What’s the risk” help screen for the ActiveX installer prompt. Â You know the annoying prompt, where it asks “do you want to install this ActiveX control” or “What’s the risk?”. You […]
Time Machine is very boolean in it’s operation. Â It either was successful or failed. Â So if there is a single file that it can’t backup, it aborts it’s current backup, and shuts down until the next backup cycle. Â This isn’t exactly an optimal solution. Â Other Backup software (eg Retrospect) will log an error on a […]