Although my Mac has 6 GB of memory, I have had to use the purge command with depressing frequency since OS X 10.6, before quitting anything, particularly Safari.
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Q I started transferring files from my iMac running OS X 10.6.8 to an encrypted memory stick, when […]
How can I set up a dictionary of placenames, which I can then access throughout my applications?
Most systems in everyday life had readily accessible fallbacks that you could rely on when the system of first choice was not available. We seem to have lost those now.
An outline of how apps run, to help you fix their problems, and decide whether more memory would help.
Is there a way to lock an individual folder, so that it can only be opened on entry of a pre-set password?
In planning my migration from an old MacBook to a new Mac, am I right to suppose that Ethernet is the best way to connect the systems?
I like OS X’s dictation facility, but cannot get it to offer me replacement text for words or phrases which it underlines with blue dots. What do I need to tweak?
Macs are increasingly reliant on background services, and increasingly vulnerable to their problems. Mastering the services on your Mac will help make it faster and more stable.
Following a system restore on my MacBook, running OS X 10.6.8, I have lost permission to access backups prior to the restore. How can I fix this?
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