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[22 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
How to Change or Reset user’s password in Mac OS X.

Earlier we published how to Reset the Administrator Account Password in Mac OS X. But if you know your Admin password and you need to change or reset the user level password in Mac OS X follow the simple steps given below. More generally we can say that If the original administrator password is known, that administrator account may be used to reset the passwords of other administrator accounts using the steps described below. These steps are for Mac OS X 10.3.X, 10.4.X, 10.5.X. You might need to do this, …

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[22 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
How to Reset the Administrator Account Password in Mac OS X.

If you have only one administrator account on the computer and you needs to reset your Administrator password in Mac OS X follow the steps given below. You might need to do this, for example, when someone has lost or forgotten his or her account password. Original administrator account stands for the one that was created immediately after installing Mac OS X in setup your Mac options. For resetting Admin password you need Mac OS X Install disc ( Not the recovery Disc ). Remember the Install disc should be …

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[9 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
How to Configure Quicktime for Proper Internet Playback Speed.

QuickTime is available for Mac OS X and Windows operating systems, and is distributed free of charge.QuickTime 7 Player automatically determines your system’s connection speed and chooses the highest quality stream for the amount of bandwidth you have available. And if you ever lose a connection while watching streaming video, QuickTime 7 Player automatically reconnects. This article discusses how to configure QuickTime to ensure proper playback of Internet movies. If movies do not play properly, check the QuickTime connection speed setting. If you select a speed faster than your actual …

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[3 May 2009 | One Comment | ]
How to Explore HFS and .DMG Files on Windows Computer.

HFS and .DMG extensions are used in Mac OS X. Hierarchical File System A.K.A HFS is a file system for use in computer systems running Apples Mac OS. HFS was designed for use on floppy and hard disks, it can also be found on read-only media such as CD-ROMs. HFS Plus successor of HFS Standard is also called Mac OS Extended or HFS Extended. .DMG stands for Disk Image, .DMG uses a proprietary disk image format commonly found on Mac OS X. Its most common function is the distribution of …

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[2 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
How to Reset PRAM and NVRAM in Mac OS X.

PRAM Stands for Parameter Random Access Memory and NVRAM Stands for Nonvolatile Random Access Memory. NVRAM is used in Intel based Macs. NVRAM is a type of random access memory which does not lose its information when power is turned off. PRAM is used in PowerPC based Macs. Parameter RAM is a small area of non-volatile RAM (NVRAM). PRAM stores certain system and device settings in a location that Mac OS X can access quickly. Exactly which settings are stored in the computer’s PRAM varies depending on the type …

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[1 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
Apple Seeded Mac OS X 10.5.7 Build 9J58 to Developers.

Another Build… It Seems 10.5.7 update is delayed as it was expected to arrive this week. As earlier we reported that iTunes 8.2 requires 10.5.7 to Sync Notes to iPhone so it’s sure that 10.5.7 will hits your Software Updater within this month. Apple Seeded Developers another build of Juno tagged as build 9J58. Safari 4 Beta is still causing problems. The latest build corrects just a couple of issues — one related to iChat and the other Safari. Apple asks developers to focus on Bluetooth, MobileMe Synching, USB & …

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[25 Apr 2009 | One Comment | ]
How to Connect VNC Server in MAC OSX Leopard.

VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. VNC is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse signals from one computer to another. Definig VNC In the most basic of terms like you connect to a remote machine through VNC you see in a window the screen of the remote machine and you are able to control it as if you were sitting in front of it. Any actions taken through the window directly effect the remote …

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[23 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
Apple Seeded Mac OS X 10.5.7 Build 9J56 to Developers.

Mac OS X 10.5.7 development is going on God Speed. last time they seeded Build 9J50 on 15th of April and now restless folks seeded Build 9J56 today 23rd of April. Safari 4 is still the single Known Issues as Safari 4 Beta only installs on Mac OS X 10.5.6. A closer look at Seed Notes shows another five fixed issues with AFP volumes, Bluetooth stability and crash reporting and logging. As usual the seed notes are published by Word of Apple once again check complete Seed Notes here.
 
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[11 Apr 2009 | No Comment | ]
How to Configure Your Mac’s Firewall

 

A firewall is a dedicated appliance, or software running on computer, which inspects network traffic passing through it, and denies or permits passage based on a set of rules.A firewall can help prevent bad packets from entering your Mac.Leopard ships with two firewall engines: the original BSD IPFW, which was present in earlier releases of Mac OS X, and the new Leopard Application Layer Firewall. Unlike IPFW, which intercepts and filters IP datagrams before the kernel performs significant processing. Application Layer Firewall operates at the socket layer, bound to individual …

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[9 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
How to Rip DVD on Mac Using Handbrake, To iPhone, iPod & Quicktime.

Ripping in Mac OS X is difficult untill you have a right application. Here we have a very easy to use & understand application called Handbrake. Handbrake is a software application that can convert MPEG video (including DVD-Video) into a MPEG-4 video file in .mp4, .avi, .ogm, or .mkv containers. The program is used by many people to convert DVDs into other forms so they can be viewed on iPods, iPhones and with the Mac QuickTime Player. Handbrake is available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X. Though handbrake is …