Category Archives: Apple

List iTunes Apps by Purchaser

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

I finally developed a way to list all your iTune applications by Purchaser, and even better, I can do it from the command line. Continue reading →

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Avoid Awesome Screenshot

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

I was getting some pretty bad web performance, with a little exploration I learned it was a Safari Extension that was doing things I did not like. Continue reading →

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Resetting MobileMe[ss]

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Walt Stoneburner

Recently I noticed that my iPhone 4 started acting really, really badly. It wouldn’t unlock when a call was coming in, I couldn’t swipe between screens on the desktop, I couldn’t scroll within mail, clicks in the calendar weren’t working. … Continue reading →

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Files Gone on Drobo FS with OS X Lion? Get ‘em back!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Using DroboFS and OSX Lion only to discover that your Drobo shares have no content!? Yikes! But fret not, you merely have a small corruption problem brought on by the firmware, and in moments you can force a rebuild of that database and all your files will be back safe, happy, and sound with no data loss. Here’s how. Continue reading →

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1Password Woes with Safari Extension (fix)

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Safari 5.1 and 1Password 3.7.x not playing well? Getting a Database error? No such column? Overview key missing? Try this… it worked for me. Continue reading →

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Apple Magic Mouse Sleeping on Win7

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

My bluetooth Magic Mouse kept falling asleep. Here’s how to keep it away. Continue reading →

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OS X: Incomplete and partial files

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Grey folders inaccessible from Finder? OSStatus error -43? Incomplete or partial folders? Here’s what I think is causing them and quite possibly what you can do about them. Continue reading →

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My take on the (OS X) App Store so far

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

The App Store … it’s Terrific, Average, and Awful all at the same time. Continue reading →

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Caution – the new Mac App Store just bit me

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Walt Stoneburner

Be VERY careful when using the Mac App Store — here’s how it purchased an app without my permission, along with THREE simple things Apple could have done to fix the problem. Continue reading →

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