Launchpad in Lion gives you a nice graphical way to browse and load all your apps. However the default backgroundpicture or ‘backdrop’ as it’s called is a blurred version of your current user’s desktop picture. There is a cheeky little
Following on from my iTunes rating tip last week, I thought you may like a collection of my favourite ‘defaults’ commands to change hidden Mac Preferences. Useful ‘defaults’ Commands to Change Hidden Mac Preferences Have you ever wanted to remove
Safari in Lion has a new download manager, that sits at the top to the right of the search bar. For those of you that like to move downloaded items away from the default ‘Downloads’ folder, the download manager can
It is easy for an enterprise environment to configure and manage iOS devices. Easy with an OS X Lion server in place. But this is not always the case. On the release of iPad 3, Apple also introduced the Apple
Have you ever had the annoying issue in iCal where it autofills the contact with incorrect data (mistyped names, incorrect email address)? This quick fix found by my colleague Charlie ‘SuperNerd, Wonderchild, The all-knowing’ Selwyn will resolve all of these
As some of you may know, despite working in a support role for the last 6 or so years, I have only recently certified as an ACSA (Apple Certified Systems Administrator). Enjoying my new found smugness I quickly found out
The recently released Mac OS X 10.7.3 update finally added some functionality to the Web Server, is this a sign that Apple is listening to the masses? Now we have some of the functionality back that we had in 10.6
By Richard Mallion When Apple announced the developer preview of Mount Lion, Mac OS X 10.8, one of the changes that has kind of gone unnoticed was that OS X was moving to a yearly release cycle like iOS. This
By Richard Mallion One issue with Mac OS X that pops up every now and again are incorrect permissions. For various reasons permissions on folders, files or applications can get set incorrectly causing random problems from applications quitting to not
I have occasionally wanted to change the order of the menu bar items at the top right of my screen. Some i use more than others and fancy them in a certain order. Well, if you hold down the ‘Command’