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.

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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 and remove known variants of Mac Defender

Direct links for the various downloads on Apple’s support pages include:

• Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update (474.2 MB)
• Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo (1.09 GB)

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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.

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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 server

1. Close Mail
2. In terminal: rm ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail/Cache.db
3. Open Mail, all images will be refreshed

Other way to fix mail cache

You could download OnyX to clear all apps cache and also tune up other aspects of the MacOSX.

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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 content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

Apple appears to also be offering a special build for the new Early 2011 MacBook Pro, specifically addressing FaceTime performance issues, graphics stability, and external display compatibility.

Direct links for the various downloads on Apple’s support pages are still going live:

• Mac OS X v10.6.7 Update (475 MB)
• Mac OS X v10.6.7 Update Combo (1.12 GB)
• Mac OS X Server v10.6.7 Update (541.21 MB)
• Mac OS X Server v10.6.7 Update Combo (1.15 GB)
• Security Update 2011-001 (Snow Leopard – Client) (241.35 MB)
• Security Update 2011-001 (Snow Leopard – Server) (473.23 MB)
• Server Admin Tools 10.6.7 (241.32 MB)

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]]> 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 at all! It just causes a laconic message box that says: “The application Finder can’t be opened (-10810)”. Unless you want to logout and login back (or restart).

Here solutions:

• Kill Finder and Dock processes.
  In terminal, run the following command to reset these applications:
  sudo killall Finder Dock
• Rerun Finder from terminal
  
  /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder & disown
• Unmount disks
  
  If you only have one internal hard drive, use the following command to unmount all except for that drive
  
  
  sudo umount -Af

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]]> 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 XCode for that!)

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]]> 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

Installation

1. Copy 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 Trescencov (chirill@chirill.com)
   *)
   
   tell application "iTunes"
    if selection is not {} then -- there ARE tracks selected...
    set sel to a reference to selection
    repeat with aTrack in sel
    set f to (get name of aTrack)
    set p to (get location of aTrack)
    do shell script "java -jar /Applications/Utilities/id3iconv-0.2.1.jar -e cp1251 " & quoted form of POSIX path of (p as string)
    end repeat
    end if
   end tell
    

2. Download id3iconv-0.2.1.jar utility and copy to /Applications/Utilities/ (The Russian Convert script is need it to fix mp3 files). Make sure the JAVA Machine is installed in your Snow Leopard.
3. That it. Now you will see the script in iTunes top menu. Just select weired songs and click on script.

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]]> 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 and games
• resolve a delay between print jobs
• address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme
• resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal
• address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide
• resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary
• improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems
• resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts
• improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays
• resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4250.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

To download the Mac OS X 10.6.5 update, pull down “Software Update” from the Apple menu. Apple recommends backing up your existing system before installing the update.

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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 for ease-of-use, and the Mac address book has been integrated, making it possible for you to call, IM and SMS your contacts when they are online or offline.

According to Macworld, group video calling will be free for users during the beta period but will require a paid plan once the feature officially launches. There is no word yet on what Skype plans to charge for the feature.

Skype 5.0 Beta for Mac is a free download available from Skype’s website.



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