My Macbook Pro’s hard drive died recently, again. The Apple Store had to order the replacement Hitachi 750GB hard drive which took several days. I have a suspicion that Apple is using refurbished hard drives because it has just been two months since the last hard drive replacement. Hitachi is…
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Update: Go to Install macOS Sierra Using Bootable USB Flash Drive if you want to install macOS 10.12 Sierra instead. Update 2: The instructions below will work to manually create a Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan USB installation drive. I needed to upgrade my sister’s 2008 Macbook Pro and…
Leave a CommentThe Macbook I got for work is configured to require the password after the screensaver turns on or the display goes to sleep. By default, the screen is set to sleep after 2 minutes of inactivity on battery and 10 minutes on power adapter. When I work on two computers,…
Leave a CommentIn my previous post, Setup Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Windows 7 Boot Camp, and Shared FAT32 Partition, I decided to use Mac OS X as much as possible and in addition to Windows 7. It would be nice if I could use the same applications (or equivalents) on…
Leave a CommentI recently got a new macbook with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. I did not like some of the useability changes made (more on that below), but thankfully did not experience the slowdown, crashes, or bad battery life that others had reported. I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain…
2 CommentsI recently got a mid 2012 Macbook Pro 15in laptop. It came with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion which I promptly upgraded to Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. I then installed Windows 7 Boot Camp on it. I thought I had the perfect setup. To my dismay, I found…
5 CommentsUpdate: Go to Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite if you want to install Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks or Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite instead. The instructions below will not work for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later versions. I thought it would…
16 CommentsThe Boot Camp software on my Macbook Pro allows me to dual boot between Mac OS X 10.6 and Windows 7. However, I also wanted the option to boot into Windows XP because I test software that needs to run under both Windows XP and 7. Unfortunately, Boot Camp does…
11 CommentsI scored a great deal on two Brother HL-2280DW Wireless Laser Printers (with scanner functions) during Thanksgiving break. Once I got the printers and tried to configure them for wireless, I found that Brother’s wireless configuration options were lacking and in some cases, didn’t work at all. Unfortunately, the Ethernet…
60 CommentsIt has been over a year since I migrated to a Macbook Pro laptop and started using the Mac OS X operating system. Since then, I have learned some useful tips and tricks, which I have shared below. Using Keyboard Shortcuts If you can master keyboard shortcuts, you will be…
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