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Want to remove the applescript logo in the menubar with the clock and airport ?Solution: Hold the Apple key and drag it out of the menu bar. This works for other Apple menu bar icons like battery, Airport, Input menu, Sound, Displays, etc. It’s also allows you to drag them off the menubar and rearrange with the cmd key, the other does not. For ones that don’t, there’s almost always an option to get rid of it by looking in the preferences of the app in question. tags: menubar applescript, Snow Leopard

Fire up Software Update, Mac OS X 10.6.8 has been released. The update prepares your Mac for installing Mac OS X Lion when it is released next month and includes other bug and security fixes. The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:Enhance the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion Resolve an issue that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit Improve support for IPv6 Improve VPN reliability Identify ...(continue read)
tags: 10.6, update

Apple today released Security Update 2011-003 (Snow Leopard), a new software update that addresses the “Mac Defender” malware that has been afflicting Mac users over the past month.Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.7 and Mac OS X Server v10.6.7 Impact: Remove the MacDefender malware if detected Description: The installation process for this update will search for and remove known variants of the MacDefender malware. If a known variant was detected and removed, the user will be notified via an alert after the update is installed. The update weighs in at 2.36 MB and requires Mac OS X 10.6.7. tags: malware, security update

Are you looking for Apple Mail Library Mail Cache? Developing HTML email newsletter and problem with images cache? If you are getting an html email with images and that image file is changed on the server mail is not updating the image. It is obviously looking to a cache file then going back to the server to pull the new image.Easy way to force Apple Mail to reload all images from serverClose Mail In terminal: rm ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail/Cache.db Open Mail, all images will be refreshedOther way to fix mail cache You could download OnyX to clear all apps cache and also tune up other ...(continue read)
tags: cache, developing, email

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.7, the seventh maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update.The 10.6.7 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:Improve the reliability of Back to My Mac Resolve an issue when transferring files to certain SMB servers Address various minor Mac App Store bugs For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4472. For information on the security ...(continue read)
tags: update

Snow Leopard has brought an annoying bug (still available in 10.6.6). A number of people are having a problem where the Finder will hang or crash, followed by a Finder error message saying “The application Finder.app can’t be opened. -10810″. The general agreement among affected users seems to be that this is spurred mainly when accessing external drives, but there could be a few other related reasons.Sometimes, when dealing with external hard drives or USB sticks, Finder crashes and does not automatically reopen. Trying to click on the Finder icon in the Dock does not help ...(continue read)
tags: Finder

After installed developer tools/Xcode you will lose about 8GB disk space or want to reinstall Xcode ? To uninstall developer tools/Xcode type in the following command in the terminal sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all The system will ask you root password and process will take about 5 mins. But beware, this completely removes Xcode and once it is gone, it’s gone. Of-course you can always reinstall it. So be sure of what you are doing. My experience was 8GB from macbook pro. Note: You can find Terminal in you Mac by going to Applications >> Utilities. (no need to uninstall ...(continue read)
tags: Development

Is iTunes puts weird words for Russian songs I import ?ID3 tags added on a non-Mac machine are likely to be either CP-1251 (Windows) or CP-866 (DOS) coded. When iTunes imports such tags into the library, it has no knowledge what code page was used and by default assumes it is all MacRoman.I’ll explain how to fix cyrillic in two steps InstallationCopy Russian Conver script file to ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/iTunes.  (Note: You can change the name of a script to ensure proper sorting in the Script Menu.)(* Script: Russian Convert Version: 0.1 Author: Chirill ...(continue read)
tags: cyrillic, russian

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.5, the fifth maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update. The download weighs in around 500 – 700 MB, here are the release notes from Apple: The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture address stability and performance of graphics applications ...(continue read)
tags: update

[pro-player]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=787jqu1mUaA[/pro-player] Popular VoIP and video calling firm Skype today announced the release of a beta version of Skype 5.0 for Mac, bringing a single-window design, group video calling, Address Book integration, and a number of other new and improved features to the company’s software. It was worth the wait – the new Skype 5.0 is now available for Mac today in beta, introducing a revamped look and feel that simplifies navigation and provides a more Mac-like experience. For example, the Skype app has been brought together in one window ...(continue read)
tags: skype, video

Security Update 2010-006 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.4, Mac OS X Server v10.6.4 Impact: A remote attacker may access AFP shared folders without a valid password Description: An error handling issue exists in AFP Server. A remote attacker with knowledge of an account name on a target system may bypass the password validation and access AFP shared folders. By default, File Sharing is not enabled. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.6. For information on the security content of this update, please visit this ...(continue read)
tags: security, update

Apple released a small software update for Safari bringing it up to version 5.0.2. The update contains “improvements to compatibility and security” and includes the following: - Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms - Fixes an issue that could cause web content to display incorrectly when viewing a Google Image result with Flash 10.1 installed - Establishes an encrypted, authenticated connection to the Safari Extensions Gallery More detailed information on the security changes can be found at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 tags: browser, security, update

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.4, the fourth maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update. The update offers a number of fixes implemented since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.3 in late March. The 10.6.4 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes Safari 5 and general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:– resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive – resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications ...(continue read)
tags: Snow Leopard, update