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Apple Administrator
Beware of the Zombie Macintosh and the HacINTOSH
Recently, Mac OS X has been discovered as a Malware host by Symantec. This information was published by ZDNet in a news blog found here. Malware hunters at Symantec have discovered a direct link between a malicious file embedded in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork 09...
Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts – Finder Shortcuts
Below are Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts - Finder Shortcuts, activated from your keyboard, including the specific key combinations and what they do: "Command" & "A" - Select all items in the front Finder window (or desktop if no window is open) "Option" / "Command" /...
Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts – Universal Access Shortcuts
Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts - Universal Access Shortcuts are available when "Mouse Keys" is turned on in Universal Access preferences, you can use the keyboard or numeric keypad keys to move the mouse pointer. If your computer doesn't have a numeric keypad, use the Fn...
Linux Administrator
Kubuntu: “Access Denied could not write to” error
Recently, I beefed up my development workstation by adding more RAM and two additional internal Hard Drives. The installation was a breeze and thanks to KDE Partition Manager, partitioning and mounting the new Hard Drives was not a problem either. Everything seemed to...
Change MySQL Auto-Increment Number
I spend a lot of time on various Open-Source, web platform, web sites (I.E. OpenEMM, WordPress and others). I often see people asking about how to change the auto-increment number in MySQL. This is usually asked when someone makes a change to User ID fields. Most...
How to Restore the Trash Bin in Kubuntu
The easiest way to empty the trash Bin in Kubuntu, is to right-click on the trash bin and select the "Empty Trash" option. "Empty Trash" is the very first option in the menu, but your eye is naturally drawn to the "Remove Entry Trash" option, with the big red X. Well,...