Sometimes we need to separate our hard drive into independent chunks of space and we call thispartitioning. This is most often not needed, but if you want to install another operating system on your computer you will find this to be needed or to protect a system from failure. (Please note that this does not protect you from hardware failures) Partitioning on the Mac is quite simple, you first need to launch...
Uses: You might want to have several people accessing the same Mac but not want to share the same preferences such as: dock settings, applications, desktop background, Address Book data, Mail settings, iTunes… Go to System Preferences by clicking the Apple at the top left of your Mac screen and then selecting “System Preferences"...
If you have a large iTunes library it’s really easy to inadvertently gather duplicate songs. Thankfully cleaning up and removing the duplicates from the iTunes song library is really easy, here’s how to do it: Removing Duplicate Songs from iTunes * Within iTunes open the ‘File’ menu * Navigate down to ‘Show Duplicates’ (see below screenshot) * iTunes will now show...
One of the most annoying features in OS X Lion for me has been the little checkbox on the shutdown dialog box that states, “Reopen windows when logging back in.” Going through the trouble of managing this checkbox every time I shut down is a hassle I’d rather not go through. Fortunately, there is a neat little Terminal To Disable...
Upgrading your Mac's RAM is one of the simplest and cheapest ways to improve its performance, and it might be more necessary than ever if you're running OS X Lion. While Apple states that the minimum required RAM for Lion is 2 GB, in my experience this is nowhere near enough memory to get Apple's latest OS running smoothly, especially since the latest version...
Dust clogs the vents behind your computer, which causes your CPU to heat up—and heat is the biggest cause of component failure in computers. Regular cleaning could save you costly maintenance fees down the road.Sometimes your computer fails to start up when you need it most. It doesn’t boot, show blue screen “error detected” or does not display anything on...
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