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Mac OS X Tip: Scroll to top/bottom of page

Posted on April 3, 2013 by kevin

Useful for long web pages: Cmd + Up/Down (from here)

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Start-up key combinations for Intel Macs

Posted on February 23, 2013 by kevin

I knew a few of these but what I was looking for was the C key on boot to boot from an external drive: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1533

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Syncing multiple Dropbox accounts from the same Mac

Posted on November 28, 2012 by kevin

Perfect – this is exactly what I was looking for. I didn’t follow the instructions as far as adding the two scripts to my Logon items, but creating the two Automator scripts that I can run when needed was exactly … Continue reading →

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Re-enabling screen zoom after installing Mountain Lion

Posted on September 3, 2012 by kevin

Go to System Preferences, Accessibility, click on Zoom – ‘Use scroll gesture with modifier key’ option is deselected. Select it, and chose your key to enable the feature.

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2007-2008 Macs will be oldest models supported by OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on July 11, 2012 by kevin

For the next upcoming Mac OS X release, Mountain Lion, the oldest models supported (depending on type) will be those released around 2007-2008. I have an Early 2008 MacBook Pro which I use as my daily machine, and it’s still … Continue reading →

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Oracle release first Java development kit for Mac OS X

Posted on April 27, 2012 by kevin

Up until now, official Java releases for the Mac only came from Apple. This week Oracle released their first version of Java 7 SE update 4 for Mac OS X. Grab it from here. Instructions for the install are here.

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Setting JAVA_HOME on Mac OS X

Posted on April 27, 2012 by kevin

Some time ago I had set JAVA_HOME in my .profile on Mac OS X to the following: JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home; export JAVA_HOME To some extent this works, but it doesn’t apparently pick up your preferred JDK version that you can set via … Continue reading →

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TrueCrypt with NTFS volumes on Mac OS X Lion

Posted on April 6, 2012 by kevin

At some point I created a backup file on Windows 7 in a TrueCrypt volume container that was formatted with NTFS. I’m not sure why I originally formatted it with NTFS, but I think it was something to do with … Continue reading →

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Installing Java on OS X Lion

Posted on March 2, 2012 by kevin

I’m sure there’s plenty of posts about this already, but I just upgraded to Mac OS X Lion today and it seems Java is not preinstalled. When you first attempt to launch a Java app though, Software Update launches and … Continue reading →

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Invaluable tips for restoring a Mac OS X Time Machine backup to a new drive

Posted on November 6, 2011 by kevin

I recently replaced my hard drive in my 2008 MacBook Pro. After following the excellent step-by-step instructions here, I booted up from my install DVD formatted my new drive, selected the option to restore from backup and was shocked to … Continue reading →

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