First you will need to enable the root user You do this by opening Directory Utility which is located at /System/Library/CoreServices Then click on the padlock to unlock the utility Then click on the Edit menu and choose Enable Root User, enter a password in both the boxes and click OK Now go to System …
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Spotlight – Enable/Disable
I’m a big fan of spotlight on a Mac, but there are those out there who aren’t, if you happen to be one of them then this next bit is for you, you can disable spotlight by doing the following Open Terminal and type the following sudo nano /etc/hostconfig locate the following item SPOTLIGHT=-YES- Change …
Format an external hard drive to use with Macs & PCs
Now occasionally Mac users are forced to share files with Windows users, and if using an external hard drive you will need to make sure it is readable/writable in both OS’s To do this, you will need to format the drive as FAT, this can be done with Disk Utility as follows 1. Plug your …
How do you wipe an old MacBook Air?
So, I was asked this the other day, and it can be quite tricky, basically, you need to boot from an installation disk and run Disk Utility to erase the disk. Now as the MacBook Air doesn’t have FireWire then Target Disk Mode is pretty much out of the question (although this is now an …