If you are running Mac OS X 10.8 and have installed Java 7, as well as the latest Java Update from Apple (Java 2013-002) and have found that some things don’t work with Java 7, and you wish to change back to having version 6 as your default Java installation, then you can download the …
Tag Archives: os x
Mountain Lion on a USB
Ok, so to get Mountain Lion onto a USB use the same method as on Lion First of all, you will need the following 1. Install OS X Mountain Lion.app (4.37GB download from the Mac App Store) 2. 8GB USB Key Once you have these you will need to get the Mountain Lion Disk Image, …
Install Word 2007 using Wineskin
Make sure you have the latest version of X11, you can download this from http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki always choose the stable version, download the DMG and double click on the XQuartz.pkg to begin installation, click continue or next on all default options, then reboot the machine Next download Wineskin http://wineskin.doh123.com/tiki-index.php?page=Downloads Install by dragging into /Applications/Utilities Run Wineskin Winery …
Checking DFS referrals in 10.7
So, I had an issue where I could map the DFS share manually in Finder, but it wouldn’t automatically mount on login The machine in question was bound to the Active Directory Domain, the DFS shares were hosted on other servers bound to the Domain Controller, so I opened Terminal & entered this to check …
X11 not included in 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
X11 is not included within 10.8′s installation, so you will have to install this seperately, this is simple to do as long as the XQuartz project keeps running The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.Org X Window System that runs on Mac OS X. Together with supporting libraries …
DFS Network Home – Question Mark in Dock
If you have logged into a domain account and there is a broken link (question mark) in the Dock pretending to be your network home folder then you will need to edit your DOMAINNAME.plist to prevent this. (Where you see DOMAINNAME, replace this with the name of the domain you are connecting to) First, copy …
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 …
Dealing with Directory Corruption
If your Mac is running slow, there is a chance that you could be suffering from Directory Corruption, to find out if you are the you will need to do the following Open Disk Utility and click on your system volume, then choose Verify Disk If all is well then it will tell you with …
Repair Permissions
This is the most simple of maintenance tasks and one of the most overlooked, many people will take their machines to shops as they believe their machine has a serious problem, which can usually be fixed by this one task. To do a permissions repair you have 2 options, using the Disk Utility app (recommended …