17th May 2012

OSX: Three Ways to Kill or Force Quit System Processes and Programs

Very occasionally I need to restart a process in OSX. Here some basic suggestions.

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Bluetooth Hangs in OSX 10.6.6

Occasionally my Bluetooth gets all wrong. Here is quick and brutal fix for bluetooth hangs on OS X.

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How to Blank the Screen on a MAC OSX – Updated

Tip for enabling sleep mode with a key sequence that also locks the screen.

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How to Disable Caps Lock in OSX

Ever wanted to disable the Caps Lock key in OSX. I do.

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Uninstalling Flash on Mac OSX for Security

Adobe Flash has another zero day exploit and then I saw this post about removing Flash completely. Here how to do it and survive without Flash.

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Apple Deprecates Java, Network Management Client Software Goes…… Where ? Call for HTML5

Apple has announced the end of Java support for the MAC. This means that all those fat clients so loved by management vendors are looking shaky. About time too, time to piss off those bloody Java software clients and move on.

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OSX: Disable Skype Splash Screen on Mac OSX

How to disable the loathsome splash screen when Skype starts

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OSX: Mac OSX Screencasts – Tips and Learning

Short note to share websites which offer very good quality Screencasts on Mac OSX and software. One free, and other for not much money.

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OSX: SuperDuper – The Other Backup Software

SuperDuper is the other backup program for OSX. It’s has one killer feature that Time Machine lacks.

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OSX: Path Finder Review

It took me a while to get used to Path Finder. Now I can’t imagine using the OSX Finder at all.

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