Apps: Cocktail, VideoFlash Converter, iWeb Valet
Cocktail 4.2 (Tiger Edition) ($15) is designed to allow access to some of the more complicated functions within the Unix shell. The update allow uses to search and delete corrupted preference files and also includes a searchable database of Mac OS system error codes. The software has also been optimized to improve both the speed and reliability of the software. This release is only for users runni...
published on Thursday, the 13. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Apps: Cocktail, VideoFlash Converter, iWeb Valet
Cocktail 4.2 (Tiger Edition) ($15) is designed to allow access to some of the more complicated functions within the Unix shell. The update allow uses to search and delete corrupted preference files and also includes a searchable database of Mac OS system error codes. The software has also been optimized to improve both the speed and reliability of the software. This release is only for users runni...
published on Thursday, the 13. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Clear all favicons from Firefox 3
If you want to clear all favicons from your bookmarks in Firefox 3, edit the places.sqlite database, which can be found in your profile folder, located in your user's Library » Application Support » Firefox » Profiles » random_text.default folder. You then need to use any SQLite editor to execute these two commands on that file:delete all from moz_faviconsupdate moz_places set favicon_id = NULLQuit the editor and restart Firefox, and the favicons will be gone (this works on every platform). Also, if you want to permanently disable favicons, type about:config in the URL bar, and edit these two properties:browser.chrome.favicons -- set to falsebrowser.chrome.site_icons -- set to false[robg adds: You can use the built-in sqlite3 program in Terminal to edit this file. Just cd into the profile folder, then (with Firefox not running) type sqlite3 places.sqlit ...
published on Wednesday, the 22. October 2008, macosxhints
Cocktail 4.2 adds error lookup, corrupt file hunting
Maintain has released v4.2 of Cocktail, its general maintenance and tweaking utility for Mac OS X. In particular, the software is said to ease access to some of the more complicated functions available within the Unix shell. The update adds several new features, mainly the ability to search for corrupt preference files and delete them. Users can also run through a database of Mac OS error codes...
published on Tuesday, the 21. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
Mac data recovery software adds iPod, LaCie support
Stellar Data Recovery has released Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery 3.0, with new support for LaCie hard drives and iPods. The software supports finding lost or deleted files like video, audio, photos and documents (supports 61 file types), recovers the original names and creation times, and works on HFS, HFS+, HFSX and HFS Wrapper volumes. It also offers file mask and file filter options f...
published on Friday, the 17. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
Quick Tip of the Week: Locking Files
Everyone has done it at least once ? accidentally deleted a file. On a Mac, however, Leopard offers a numbers of ways to safeguard your documents. Using Time Machine tops the list, of course. But Mac OS X Leopard also lets you lock files or turn them into templates, actions you can accomplish with a single click. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.
published on Wednesday, the 10. September 2008, apple-hot-news
Use Mail.app without performing pending operations
Recently I have been on a slow internet connection, and have had trouble checking my mail with Mail.app. The previous day, I had sent an email with large attachments, and every time Mail checked for new messages, it wanted to upload that email to my Drafts folder on my IMAP account.Deleting the draft didn't help, nor did changing settings to not store drafts on the server. Eventually I figured out there is a hidden folder containing these pending operations. To cancel any pending operations for an IMAP account, delete all the files in the following folder: ~/Library » Mail » IMAP-youremail@somedomain.com » .OfflineCacheWhy Mail wants to upload a draft of an email I had already sent is another issue, and I believe it has to do with my slow internet connection: As I'm writing the email, it periodically tries to save a draft, but it fails. When it fails, it remembers to try again, but doesn't figure out that it's no longer necessary.
published on Tuesday, the 9. September 2008, macosxhints
A fix for disappearing to dos and calendars in iCal
Recently, iCal started acting strangely with screen artifacts, non-responsive behavior, and unexpected quits (I would think that Leopard would start expecting them after a couple dozen times!). I could change views from the menu, but not from any of the buttons. Deleting the iCal preference files brought only temporary satisfaction. iCal would then open fine, but at some point, the calendars and to dos would suddenly disappear from sight. (I found this would happen when I would open the to do list.) Hiding the to do list would make the calendars visible again, but I still could not work in them. After some testing (checking one calendar at a time and opening the to do list to see if it would freeze), I narrowed down the problem to a corrupted to do in one of the calendars. This is how I fixed it: Quit iCal. Delete the following preference file: ~/Library » Preferences » com.apple.iCal.plist Open iCal. With the to do list hidden, export...
published on Wednesday, the 3. September 2008, macosxhints
BBEdit 9.0 adds Projects, better programming support
Bare Bones has released v9.0 of BBEdit, its text and code editing software. The key addition to the software is said to be the addition of Projects, which replace file groups, and allow users to directly create, delete and rename files and folders. The contents of Projects can be searched, as well as processed through text factories....
published on Thursday, the 28. August 2008, macintosh-news-network
Remove VMs from Parallels VM startup list
If you end up with unused virtual machines in your Parallels startup list, you can get rid of them by removing aliases from your ~/Documents/.parallels-vm-directory folder.Choose the Finder's Go to Folder command under the Go menu, paste in the above path and go. In the folder, delete the VM aliases you don't want. You may want to also delete the actual VM data, or maybe just find out where it lives. To do so, right-click on a VM alias and choose Show Original or Get Info from the contextual menu. You'll be taken to, or shown the path to that VM's files. The handy thing about only having one VM in the list is it's selected automatically when you start Parallels.
published on Friday, the 22. August 2008, macosxhints