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Troubleshooting OSX Kernel Panics - Part 1

Posted in Macintosh by kevin on Wed, 03/07/2007 - 3:32pm

If you see the following on your Macintosh you are having a serious problem caused by a problem with your hardware and/or software.

 

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You should follow these steps to troubleshoot the problem:
  1. Go to the Finder, then to Applications, then to Utilities.
  2. Double click on Terminal.app
  3. Type in the following without the quotes "open -a /Applications/TextEdit.app /Library/Logs/panic.log"
    1. This is your starting point for seeing what has been happening.  In many cases this will tell you what is causing the kernel panic.
  4. The second part of this tutorial will address hardware and software troubleshooting.

 

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Macintosh vs. Windows Comparison

Posted in Macintosh | Windows | Security | Spyware by kevin on Fri, 02/09/2007 - 10:48am

This is the beginning of a series comparing the Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

 

 See what Computer World has to say.

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Reading RSS Feeds with Firefox

Posted in Macintosh | Windows | Content Management Systems | firefox | rss | Security | webbrowsers by kevin on Wed, 02/07/2007 - 4:58pm
RSS which is Really Simple Syndication is a way to have information come to you automatically and easilly. 
RSS is commonly used to subscribe to news sites, podcasts, video casts, and on search engines, and portals such as Yahoo which collect information from multiple sources in a single place. Following is an explanation showing you how to use the power of this with the popular and secure Firefox webbrowser. Firefox calls RSS Live Bookmarks and describes them as

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Apple Laptop Battery Recall

Posted in Macintosh by kevin on Mon, 08/28/2006 - 2:20am

Just saw this over at Small Dog.  Its pretty important to check your laptop.

 
Apple Battery Recall - EXPANDED INFORMATION
Posted 2006-08-25 17:44 in Apple-News by Ed Shepard

Apple has determined that certain lithium-ion batteries containing cells manufactured by Sony Corporation of Japan pose a safety risk that may result in overheating under rare circumstances.

The affected batteries were sold worldwide from October 2003 through August 2006 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4.

1.8 million lithium-ion notebook batteries will be recalled.

This is the second-biggest computer battery recall in U.S. history, after Dell’s recall of 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries. Both companies use batteries made by Sony Corp..

You can read all the information by clicking here.

You can also call 800-275-2273, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, CDT everyday.

The recall is for batteries manufactured from October 2003 through May 2006.

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The Wall Street Journal Reports that Macintoshes are Taking Over the Business World!

Posted in Macintosh | Windows | Security by kevin on Thu, 04/06/2006 - 2:18pm

Believe it or not the Wall Street Journal has reported that Macintoshes are replacing Windows at a major Japanese banks for multiple reasons including security.  See the article here.

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Tabbed Browsing in iChat is Here!!

Posted in Macintosh by kevin on Thu, 04/06/2006 - 12:13pm

You use tabs in Safari.  You use tabs Firefox.  Have you been itching to have them in iChat.  Well wait no more.  A donationware application called Chax has been released.  If you want to see the full list of features head on over to their website.  If you cannot wait download it here 

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Dual Booting Apple Computers with Bootcamp

Posted in Macintosh | Windows | iTunes | Security by kevin on Wed, 04/05/2006 - 4:41pm

 

 

 

Have you ever wanted to be able to run Windows on your Mac?  In the near past that would have been an unspeakable question for the Macintosh faithful.  Today you can go over to Apple Computer and download software called Boot Camp that allows multiple operating systems including Windows XP and Linux on  your computer as well as Apple's OSX.  The caveot is that you will need one of the new Intel Based Macintoshes and your own copy of Windows.  Now there is nothing stopping you from running Windows programs if you desire but switching back to the Macintosh is as easy as a reboot.

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Firefox Password Security Issue

Posted in Macintosh | Windows | Security by kevin on Tue, 03/07/2006 - 3:12pm

Many of you have wisely switched to the significantly more secure Firefox browser, especially if you had been using Microsoft's Internet Explorer running on the Windows operating system.  Kudos for your wise choice.

Many of you also take advantage of Firefox's password storage for website passwords.  A minor security problem exists that allows other users on your computer to see these passwords.  From within Firefox if you go to Tools >Options > Privacy and click on the "View Saved Passwords" button and then "Show Passwords" your passwords can be displayed.

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Creating an Email Autoresponder with Webmin's Usermin

Posted in Macintosh | Windows by kevin on Wed, 03/01/2006 - 12:15pm

So you have been given the go ahead for that delightful vacation in the caribbean.  You have made the plane reservations, packed, have all of the arrangements for the kids, but wait!!!!!   What about my email while I'm gone.  Don't let this ruin your vacation.  Since you use the webmin management program you are ready to go.  Following is a step by step tutorial on how to setup an email auto-responder in under 5 minutes.

  •  The standard location to access webmin is http://www.yourdomainname.com:20000.  Lets go there.

 

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Basic Computer Security

Posted in Macintosh | Windows | Security by kevin on Thu, 02/09/2006 - 4:06pm

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The internet is plagued with viruses, spyware, and trojans that at best are highly annoying and at worse can compromise confidential information such as your finances.  There is a lot of debate about which systems are more secure.  Macintosh computers are not beset with the volume of exploits that exist for Windows computers and are generally acknowledged to be significantly more secure out of the box.  Regardless of of the computer that you use, failing to use some basic protection and common sense is simply asking for trouble.  It has been estimated that an unprotected Windows computer on the internet will be infected in less than 30 minutes.  Being safe is relatively easy and affordable. 

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