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To avoid problems and to solve them, repair permissions on your OS X Mac once a month. Here’s how. |
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10 Things You Should KnowAccent Codes for the Mac |
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Download and print this document to record the important details about your computer, including email settings and passwords. |
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| Control Your Privacy Settings on FACEBOOK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Even more important than privacy is to keep from getting hacked. Facebook security is said to be very low (your account may be taken over, your computer address book may be accessed). Help avoid this by 1) using gmail, create a new email address just for Facebook. 2) use a password for this new email account that you don't use anywhere else. 3) use another unique password to access your Facebook account. 4) don't trust that email from a Facebook friend is real. Their account may have been hacked. A good privacy guide for Facebook can be found here. Do not reveal your telephone, address, or any contact information (including your email address). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Anything important on your computer? Anything you couldn’t afford to lose? The overwhelming answer is “of course there is.” I have been preaching backing up client data for almost two decades. I learned early with my first Mac (a Lisa), which was a tad unstable – I lost everything about once a week. When does this preaching work the best? After a client loses ten years of work, the only copy of a book they just finished writing, every photo of their two-year-old. For the common excuses and the easy solutions read on. MORE> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuild the Desktop (OS9 only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hold down the Option and Apple (cloverleaf) keys while starting up your computer or after restarting from the Special Menu. Continue to hold down these two keys until you get a dialog box asking whether you are sure you want to rebuild your desktop. Click OK. This process may take several minutes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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