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Mac help and articles on older topics

Topical listing of articles about older versions of OS X up to 10.10, and other less current material about Macs and related topics.

April 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Building a text database using Tinderbox

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How to sort, search, and study hundreds of chunks of text, using Tinderbox – with surprising bonuses.

March 28, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Apple Support in 140 characters

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The brave boys and girls who run Apple support are now on Twitter – and answering questions every 20 seconds or so.

March 6, 2016 Macs, Technology

I wonder if you can help me: Q&A on Q&A

How to get free, personal advice and solve your Mac problems.

January 23, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Welcome to MacFormat

MacFormat magazine is changing in the New Year, and I am a part of that change.

December 18, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Mac, OS X and related articles: a summary

How many Mac and OS X articles are now available, and tools to access them.

August 23, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Why are my logs filling with these messages?

Q I happened to open Console the other day, when I had few apps open and nothing busy. […]

April 2, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: How can I improve the PageRank of my website to get more visitors?

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How can I improve my website’s PageRank so that it appears higher up in search results, and the site gets more visitors?

March 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Why is my preference file corrupt?

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Drive Pulse has shown a warning that one of my preference files ‘may be corrupt’, and advises that I put it in the Trash. Is that wise, and why is it corrupt?

March 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Why does (did) my update to Yosemite appear to hang?

Q I recently upgraded my Mac mini Server to Yosemite. When the installer reported there was only a […]

February 15, 2015 Macs

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