Fix for Mac black screen with cursor
Once every few months one of our Mac Pro towers goes to a black or blank screen but the mouse cursor shows. Nothing will wake it, or get it to …
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See running outgoing processes
Run this command in Terminal to see running outgoing processes: netstat -at |grep -i est
Read MoreAdobe error 16 fix
We get this error every once in a while. The fix? Open Terminal, paste in this command: sudo rm /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/SLStore/Adobe01.bmp Fixes it every time.
Read MoreMac Defender malware
If you see this browser redirect, do not panic. Quit your browser to make sure you don’t download the malware. Another reason to use the fastest, safest browser: Firefox. Also, …
Read MoreFix for mySQL LaunchDaemon issue
Our mySQL install kept giving us trouble, even though the install went fine, after restarts the mySQL database would not be available. What fixed it? We changed ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist to this: …
Read MoreAwesome workflow for To Do Lists
We finally found a workflow that works really well for text-based to do lists. Here it is: We use BBEdit on our Mac Pro towers for our multiple text files, …
Read MoreiPhone sync error: “another sync client is already running”
We tried to sync and restore on iPhone 3G last night to no avail: “Another sync client is already running” The fix was a permission change to 777 on the …
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