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Fixing Slow FTP Server on Mac OSX
In: Mac|Networking|Opinion|OSX|Software|Troubleshooting|Tutorials & Explanations
25 Oct 2011In searching for a solution to slow FTP server response in Mac OSX, I also uncovered a better FTP alternative!
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- Tags: free, FTP, Mac, open source, osx, pureftpd, server, solutions, Troubleshooting, tutorial
How To Fix “Bluetooth Not Available” problem in Mac OSX
In: Apple|Bluetooth|Diagnostics|Hardware|Mac|OSX|Troubleshooting|Tutorials & Explanations
27 Apr 2011Trying to figure out how to solve the “Bluetooth not available” error in Mac OSX? Here’s the surprisingly simple answer…
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- Tags: bluetooth, Mac, osx, problem, unavailable
Tips for PC to Mac Switchers
18 Jun 2010Thinking about switching to a Mac? You can click here to read all about my gradual shift from the land of Windows. C’mon in … the water’s nice! Here are a few practical tips and things to think about, for first-timers contemplating the big shift. In no particular order: 1. I have some practical, hands-on [...]
WordPress on Mac OSX is pretty neat out of the box, but I found that when trying to enable the pretty permalinks, to make posts more search engine friendly, I was getting errors. Oh sure, I could configure it in the WordPress Admin, but then I’d just get 404 Page Not Found errors when [...]
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- Tags: 404, osx, permalink, pretty, server, snow leopard, Wordpress
The Story of a Mac Switcher
13 Jun 2010Thinking about getting a Mac for the first time, but concerned? It’s like the first time you have to go to “big kid school” and leave your Woobie at home… Will I make it? What if I need my favorite Windows program? What if there isn’t a Mac version of such-and-such? Will my files [...]
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- Tags: Mac, Opinion, pc, switch
I recently received a call from a long-time client of mine asking for a little help in setting up a dual boot system so he could boot Windows on his iMac. Before delving into the “how to” process, I stopped and forced him to take a step back. I asked “Why do you want to [...]
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- Tags: boot, dual, fusion, Mac, migration, virtualbox, virtualization, vm, Windows
Compress ( aka Zip ) Problems in Mac OSX Leopard
In: iPad|iPhone|iPhone SDK|Mac|programming|Tutorials & Explanations
18 May 2010Here’s a curious issue! I was having issues with entitlement / code signing on an iPhone app. I was positive everything was correct, yet the beta tester I was emailing it to could not install it. I was ripping my hair out. (And boy, did I look funny!) I’ll cut to the chase. The beta [...]
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- Tags: compress, entitlements, fix, Mac, osx, problem, tip, work around, zip
Fixing “Pages has quit unexpectedly”
In: Crash Fixes|iWork|Mac|Pages|Software|Tutorials & Explanations
7 May 2010After installing iWork ’09 on my iMac, I clicked the icon for Pages, watched it load up, then uncerimoniously crash. Lovely. After going ’round and ’round the mulberry bush with all of the basic first attempts, it became clear that this was going to require deeper digging. I started doing Google searches and went through [...]
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- Tags: Mac, osx, Pages, quit, unexpectedly
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- Louise: Thank you!! I had tried a restart, which didn't solve the problem. And I'm so glad I read this, and [...]
- Katie: Thank you! That worked perfectly. I did the restart instead of shut down and turn back on at first a [...]
- Axel Weber: Hi there, I installed pure-ftpd on 10.6.8 server and compared the read and write performance agains [...]
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