How to Use Target Disk Mode in Mac OS X Lion

December 9, 2011

Here’s the situation: You’ve got two Macs, and you want one Mac to be able to access the internal hard drive of the second Mac. You could disassemble that Mac, pull the hard drive out, and put it in an external enclosure. But you’re not crazy, so you’re hoping there’s an easier way. You’re in luck! [...]

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Troubleshooting Any Peripheral in Mac OS X

December 7, 2011

There are a lot of peripherals you can hook up to your Mac, and any one of them could stop working. We’re talking about mice, keyboards, printers, scanners, tablets, iPhones, iPads, iPods, hard drives, etc. While you can find specific troubleshooting guides for some of these peripherals on MacGuruLounge, I wanted to offer you some [...]

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Change the Default Application that Opens a File Type in Mac OS X

December 5, 2011

When you double click a file in Mac OS X’s Finder, it wants to open your file either in an application that cannot read them or in one that is not your preferred application for those particular files. How do you tell the Finder to open certain files with a different application? How about changing which [...]

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Disable the “Is An Application Downloaded From the Internet” Warning

November 15, 2011

If you have ever downloaded something on your Mac from the Internet, you have probably seen the warning, “[This] is an application downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?” Sometimes this occurs even when the file in question is not an application but simply an archive or a disk image. The [...]

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How to Change Apple ID for iTunes Store and App Store on the iPhone

October 30, 2011

Carl wrote in to ask how you can change your Apple ID (username and password) for the iTunes Store and the App Store on the iPhone, especially in iOS 5. When you set up a new iPhone or iPad with iOS 5 and iCloud, the system uses your iCloud username and password for the iTunes [...]

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Four Ways to Discover a Failing Hard Drive in Mac OS X Lion

October 17, 2011

When you think you have a failing hard drive in Mac OS X, sometimes you get a warning, like the dreaded flashing question mark. Other times, the drive can be failing so slowly that you’re never quite sure what is wrong. If you’re in the position where you already know you need help recovering data, [...]

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How We Can Honor Steve

October 5, 2011

It takes time to recover from the shock of losing a loved one. We experience sadness, grief, fear, anger. Eventually we can learn to accept the loss, but even this acceptance is scary. We don’t ever want to lose sight of how much we cared for those we love, and we start to wonder how [...]

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