Instadmg Guide

Instadmg v1.6 has just been released…  Get it here… InstaDmg is a application suite to create automated, reproducible install images of the Macintosh OS that can be pushed and deployed out to a variety of systems…

Steve Jobs Flash rant put to the test

The register is discussing a study that claims that Steve Jobs was wrong, when he stated: Adobe Flash is Buggy Littered with Security Holes and is a CPU Hog According to tests from the Streaming Learning Center – an online media consultancy that conducts public seminars on the delivery of net video – Flash is […]

Fact or fiction? 8 HDTV claims demystified

If you’re buying your first HDTV or an upgrade from a starter set, your new television may deliver a better picture than the one you’re used to. But picking the right HDTV can be confusing, especially when your favorite blue-shirted salesperson may be steering you in a certain direction in hopes of a bigger commission. […]

Microsoft Updates Office 2004 and 2008

Microsoft has released updates for Office 2004 and 2008, which include security fixes for “vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.” The Microsoft Office 2004 11.5.8 update is a mere 9.7 MB, and the Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.4 update is 221.5 MB. If you use […]

Speeding up Apple Mail by Vacuuming?…..

Apple Mail, especially earlier versions of Apple Mail, may start to slow down after a long period of time… Evidently as everyone knows, it is possible to get quite a speed boost out of Mail.app by stripping all the bloat out of its Envelope index, an SQLite database Mail uses to store senders, recipients, subjects […]

Duplicate emails being downloaded from Apple Mail?

I’ve tried everything I know and searched everywhere, but I can’t find an answer to this problem. Several of my clients have this issue and now I have it, after adding two new accounts to Mail – both of the new accounts are effected, but the older ones work fine. Mail picks up email and […]

kCGErrorIllegalArgument errors in my log…

Well, if it isn’t one thing, it has to be another…. I’ve been suffering with these errors for a while, and I think I just stumbled upon the trigger… 3/9/10 12:37:56 PM [0x0-0x206e06c].com.ranchero.NetNewsWire[97172] Tue Mar  9 12:37:56 dhcp105-37 NetNewsWire[97172] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetWindowBounds: NULL window Here’s the thread I just found kCGErrorIllegalArgument errors with Camino 2.0.1.  And […]