OS X Mail: Clearing Cached Email Addresses

========= QUESTION --------- How do I clear cached email addresses from popping up every time I type in an address in a new email?  I need to get rid of a an address that keeps popping up in suggested contacts every time I address a new email - how do I do this?   ========= ANSWER [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:26+00:00March 19th, 2014|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on OS X Mail: Clearing Cached Email Addresses

OS X Show Hidden Files

========= QUESTION ---------I am a web developer and need to be able to see files like .htaccess in Finder in Mac, but when I download them from FTP, they are hidden so I can't edit them.    ========= ANSWER ---------Open TERMINALEnter the following command:  defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUEkillall Finder To reset to hide them [...]

By |2013-08-30T09:25:20+00:00August 30th, 2013|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on OS X Show Hidden Files

OS X: Right Click New File

========= QUESTION --------- I am switching to Mac from Windows, and miss the option Windows had to be able to right click inside any folder and select New ...text file, word document, etc... Can you do this on a Mac?     ========= ANSWER ---------Short answer? No. There a few pretty viable workarounds though! 1. Terminal: Open [...]

By |2013-03-04T15:35:22+00:00March 4th, 2013|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on OS X: Right Click New File

OS X: Clean up Open With menu

========= QUESTION --------- My "Open With" menu in OS X has many duplicate applications listed.    ========= ANSWER ---------Open Terminal and run the following command: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain user;killall Finder;echo "Open With has been rebuilt, Finder will relaunch"    ========= EXAMPLES ---------   ========= APPLIES TO / KEY WORDS --------- OS X Open With [...]

By |2013-03-02T17:23:06+00:00March 2nd, 2013|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on OS X: Clean up Open With menu

How do I edit my local HOSTS file?

I need to edit my local HOSTS file to redirect my web requests for my web site to my development server rather than the live web server, how do I do this? WINDOWS Using Windows Explorer, browse to C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (older versions of windows go to: C:\windows\hosts) Locate the file titled "hosts" Right-click the file, left-click [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:29+00:00April 12th, 2012|Apple, Computers, DNS, Documentation, Domains / DNS, Internet/Web, Mac, Microsoft, Windows|Comments Off on How do I edit my local HOSTS file?

Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts

========= QUESTION ---------   ========= ANSWER --------- Preferences, Keyboard & Mouse This will show the shortcuts that are setup - you want to find the Keyboard Navigation section. Under that you will find 'Move focus to the menu bar' and see the shortcut key assigned to it. Note - the shortcut keys are normall F [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:33+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Apple, Documentation, Mac|Comments Off on Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts

Fusion: Import a bootcamp partition

========= QUESTION --------- How do I import an existing bootcamp partition into my VMware Fusion installation on my mac?   ========= ANSWER --------- see: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015088   ========= EXAMPLES ---------   ========= APPLIES TO / KEY WORDS --------- VMware Fusion Mac Macintosh   ========= REF ---------http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1015088   ---http://www.anysitesupport.com/fusion-import-a-bootcamp-partition/http://anySiteHosting.com

By |2011-12-22T07:14:07+00:00December 22nd, 2011|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Mac, VMware|Comments Off on Fusion: Import a bootcamp partition

How do I ping a web site address?

=========QUESTION---------How do I ping a web site address? =========ANSWER---------In Microsoft Windows: Start button, Run, type COMMAND, click [OK]A black window titled Command Prompt should openAt the prompt type the following:PING WEBSITENAME (replace WEBSITENAME with your domain name) --------- In Macintosh OS X: Launch Terminal (open Spotlight by pressing Command + Space bar, and type Terminal)A small [...]

By |2017-12-01T23:47:50+00:00April 12th, 2011|Apple, Computers, Documentation, Internet/Web, Mac, Microsoft, MS-DOS / Batch|Comments Off on How do I ping a web site address?
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