Uninstalling Notes 6.x:
1. Back up any files you want to save (especially your user.id and names.nsf).
2. Delete the Lotus Notes directory (and data dir if it is not underneath Lotus Notes).
3. Delete Notes Preferences File.
4. Empty Trash.
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1. Enable Root user from Finder > Utility > Directory Utility.
2. Open Terminal from Utilities. Type the following commands.
root # cd /usr/sbin/
root # mv sysctl sysctl.bak
root # touch sysctl
3. Paste this code inside the file using VI.
#!/bin/bash
echo “kern.osrelease = 8.10.0″
Apply chmod a+x to sysctl for the script to be runnable.
4. Run and install Lotus Notes 7.x.x installer.
5. After instaling, delete the ‘fake’ sysctl file and rename the sysctl.bak to original:
root # rm sysctl
root # mv sysctl.bak sysctl
My friend ask me to print a copy of Mac OS X keyboard shortcut keys so I decided to post it here. Below are basic and useful keyboard shortcut keys that are easy to remember. Some are almost the same with windows shortcuts.
Command + C Copy
Command + V Paste
Command + X Cut
Command + A Select all
Command + N New window or document
Command + M Minimize current window
One could argue that the age of digital media truly began in the mid-1990s, when the MP3 standard of audio compression gained popularity, allowing users to rip vast quantities of music to their computers. Personal MP3 players soon followed, and Apple managed to resurrect itself through the powerful iTunes + iPod combination.
With the release of the fifth-generation iPod in 2005, the age of digital video began in earnest. Along with CDs, computer users sought a method for ripping their DVDs into conveniently smaller files. While CD-ripping is an old trick by now, there are few DVD-ripping programs out there that can handle the task quickly efficiently — even fewer of these programs are free. Fortunately, if you’re a Mac user, you have access to the best program available for getting those DVDs to your hard drive, iPod, or Apple TV: Handbrake.
QuickTime is a great application, but if you don’t upgrade to QuickTime Pro, you won’t be able to save QuickTime movies you find on the Internet. Or will you? If you aren’t willing to shell out thirty dollars for Quicktime Pro and you want to download video clips to your computer, here’s a quick and dirty way of doing so. Just note that this will only work with videos and not streaming or protected content.
Here’s how to do it:
- Launch your web browser (we’re using Firefox) and find a video you want to download. In this tutorial, we’ll download the “stuffed” commercial from the Get a Mac campaign website.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: One of the best things about Macs are the icons. There are dozens of icons that come pre-installed on your Mac, and there are literally thousands more available for free on the Internet. Collectively, these little pieces of artwork put a human face on (let’s be honest here) the inhuman and somewhat foreign machine that is your Mac. Fortunately, you too can install beautiful icons by simply downloading and installing CandyBar ($29) or LiteIcon (free), two applications that allow you to replace your Mac’s default icons with custom icons.
We’ll be using CandyBar in this tutorial, because we feel it’s the easiest and simplest method. There are, however, plenty of other options. LiteIcon is a free application that works like CandyBar. And you can also change your icons the old-fashioned way by following the instructions in one of our older articles: Customize Your Mac’s Icons. This method is not as easy as using CandyBar, nor is it as comprehensive.
The iPod is probably the best portable music player the world has ever seen. It’s simple to use, easy to operate, and instantly updatable. Never before has it been so easy to purchase, store, and transport thousands of songs. It’s easy to take this beautiful and reliable device for granted!
There are a number of CD burning utilities available for Mac OS X (cough — Toast — cough), but did you know that Mac OS X has built-in disc burning support? This functionality was added in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). It’s a very handy feature that allows you to quickly and effortlessly burn data CDs! We’ll show you how.
- To get started, switch to the Finder by either clicking the desktop, selecting the Finder icon in the Dock, or pressing the Cmd and Tab keys. From the File menu, select New Burn Folder.
If you’re into preventative maintenance and creating backups like we are, you’ll need to create a Mac start up disk image. It’s an indispensable tool — one which could save your data and prevent a lot of headaches down the road. This how-to will show you how to make an image of one hard drive and store it on another drive. This image will be compressed and will make recovery fast and easy. You will need an additional volume or a mounted shared drive with enough space to create the image.
There are two ways to create these images: Using Disk Utility or using the “hdiutil” and “asr” commands in the terminal. We’ll talk about the GUI disk utility version first, and then we’ll discuss the CLI and automated version. It is best to create an image from a drive that is not booted at the time. You can image an active boot drive, but try to stop or quit any services and applications to make sure there is minimal writing to the hard drive while the image is being created.
Here’s how to make a Mac start up disk image using Disk Utility:
- Launch the Disk Utility application. It’s located in Applications > Utilities.
- From the File menu, select New > Disk Image from Folder.
So you just bought a bunch of Mac games, huh? We have a bit of bad news for you… Thanks to software piracy protection, you’ll need to carry around all of the CDs and DVDs your games came on. You see, because software developers don’t want people sharing games for free online, they’ve built in special protective features — one of which requires you to have the game’s CD or DVD in your Mac to play.
