Earlier today Apple released OSX Mountain Lion. So far I've installed it on my work desktop, but haven't had a chance to explore it yet - I left it trying to upgrade my mail .. which will probably take a while.. the downside to not having SSD drives At home I'm still trying to download it, though I suspect my connection from UPC Ireland is taking a rather long and nasty … [Read more...] about OSX Mountain Lion Is Here!
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Quick Fix – Starting Firefox In Safe Mode on OSX
Firefox is a wonderful piece of software, but sometimes it has issues.. Trying to debug the problem can be made a lot easier if you start the browser in "safe mode" ie. with addons and plugins disabled On OSX you can do this by holding down the "option" key when starting Firefox (it's the key with "alt" on the top) … [Read more...] about Quick Fix – Starting Firefox In Safe Mode on OSX
Apple OSX Lion Keeps Re-Opening Documents!
One of the new "features" in Apple OSX Lion is "resume". The idea behind it isn't bad, but the execution is really annoying. Basically what happens is this. Say you open a Word document and then another and another, so you've got several documents open. You might have had to review them.. who knows? It doesn't really matter. In previous versions of OSX and in pretty … [Read more...] about Apple OSX Lion Keeps Re-Opening Documents!
My OSX Essential Apps in 2011
After my issues with the Lion upgrade I ended up wiping the hard drive on my iMac and doing a completely fresh install. I posted previously about a "spring clean" on a Mac and which applications I considered to be "essential" (and why) That was almost two years ago, so while it's still a handy point of reference for me it's due an update. So my essential software list … [Read more...] about My OSX Essential Apps in 2011
Apple OSX Lion Turns My Desktop Into An Expensive Paperweight
I wrote the other day about my experiences upgrading two iMacs to run Apple's latest release - OSX Lion. At the time I hadn't had any major issues and was still in a "honeymoon period" with the new distro. Unfortunately that all changed the next morning. While the main machine at home, which I'm currently using, appears to not have any issues with the upgrade, it's a … [Read more...] about Apple OSX Lion Turns My Desktop Into An Expensive Paperweight