In Apple Remote Desktop 3.3, Apple changed the behavior of key commands during screen sharing. In this knowledge-base article, one of the listed “improvements” is this: When controlling a remote client, function keys and key combinations for actions such as Force Quit, Log Out, and the Application Switcher are now all sent to the remote […]
Sorry, couldn’t resist the bad joke…. But what is “EMUL.Kext”?  It’s in the extensions directory, and I can’t place it… Well, the only references I can find to this is EMUL.Kext, appears to be part of the EarthMate Userland Library.  The EarthMate User Library provides access to the usb device via libusb and POSIX threads. Target […]
Here’s how to clear the web browser cache, on the majority of the web browsers… Internet Explorer 8 From the Safety menu in the upper right, click Delete Browsing History… . Check Temporary Internet files, Cookies, and History, and then click Delete. Internet Explorer 7 From the Tools menu in the upper right, select Delete […]
Evidently Safari may appear to hang, and cause slow system response if the Safari Cache files have been corrupted. — Snip — Recently, any time I tried to run Safari on 10.6 caused all apps and the Finder to hang with the spinning beach ball. Force-quitting Safari stopped the problem, but it would occur again […]
Apple has won the first battle against Psystar. Â Apple has won their claims of infringement on Copyright, trademarks, and with the enforcement of the EULA. But what is more shocking is some of the comments from The Register’s readers… I’m at a bit of a loss how I manage to install these ‘upgrades’ on brand […]
I have been going through my archives, and re-discovered the Cult of Mac’s article on Why It’s Taken 10 Years from Carbon to Snow Leopard. Here’s my thoughts, and a link to the article… First, the first release of Mac OS X, was actually Mac OS X Server 1.0, on October 27, 2000.  Each version […]
According to World of Apple, Build 10C540 has been released to developers for testing of 10.6.2… Apple has once again given developers another build of Mac OS X 10.6.2, despite being on the cards for release for several weeks build 10C540 solves several issues but continues to contain no known issues. Obscurely in this build […]
If you have already installed Rosetta on your Intel Mac in Snow Leopard, you may want to disable it, so as to prevent the system from running PowerPC apps without informing you that they are non-native to your system’s architecture. The reason for disabling Rosetta is not so much to save space (as it’s only […]