Tag Archives: Mac

How to Unfreeze the OS X Desktop

Occasionally the OS X desktop freezes with enough abuse. This is how to get it working again. Continue reading →

Posted in Mac | Tagged desktop, freeze, icons, Mac, mac os x, reset, unresponsive | 1 Comment

FreeMind on OS X has not been working. Rather, it’s been giving me an out of memory exception. Here is a workaround. Continue reading →

Posted in SysAdmin | Tagged exception, freemind, Mac, mac os x, out of memory, OutOfMemory | 2 Comments

This is how to get nmap to work on OS X. Continue reading →

Posted in Mac, SysAdmin | Tagged Mac, mac os x, nmap, os x, zenmap | Leave a comment

Here are some public kudos for Kellie at the Gateway Apple Store. Continue reading →

Posted in Extra Mile | Tagged apple, business, kudos, Mac, service, the apple store | Leave a comment

Colin published a great article on how to delete all photos off of an iPhone. Continue reading →

Posted in Mac, SysAdmin | Tagged delete, delete iphone pictures, delete pictures, heavy load, iphone, Mac, mac os x, os x, pictures | 1 Comment

When the Mac is being pushed hard and the disk is trashing, try disabling spindump to reduce the load on the system. Continue reading →

Posted in Mac, SysAdmin | Tagged disk thrashing, heavy load, load, Mac, mac os x, os x, performance, spindump, thrashing | 34 Comments