Summer time heat and fun Greetings everyone; hope all is going well for you this July of 2010; it has been a hot one and for me, as I am sure for others, it has been very busy — at times it almost feels like I cannot breath — but I excel in that type [...]

Have you ever performed a ‘repair permissions’ on your hard drive. Ever gotten a message [Warning: SUID file...] or [Permissions differ...]? After a trip to the Mac store and some research I discovered these messages are ‘ok’. Well, according to Apple. Here’s a list of some of the ‘ok’ ones. “http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448″

This months’s meeting is about Keyboard Shortcuts and Living without an Intel Mac. You can follow along with the files and my notes at: http://sierramousetrap.org/smmug/20100405-meeting/ I already sent out the newsletter and have a correction: it was Jeremy Heck, Jim’s SON, that did the video.  Many apologies. YES, yes, there is another error in the newsletter [...]

Small History I created a TIPS & TRICKS section for Apple Macintosh hardware and software on my site many, many years ago to archive some of the unique and useful fiddly bits that you can do with your Mac — you could say a few of them are hacks, but are safe hacks nonetheless — [...]