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How to reinstall Apple App Store

How to reinstall Apple App Store The Apple Store now allows Apple to bundle applications in an easy to download “iOS” like way. Since it’s release OS X application manufactures have been slowly moving over to it as a distribution channel for their apps. Some popular apps are now only available via the App store. [...]

How To: Change Mac Icons

Nothing says “Hands off! This is MY Mac” like a highly customized desktop. http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/icons.php?page=4&cat=mac http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/ Once you’ve chosen a Icon Set (or six,) unpack them to a folder on the desktop. Right click then Get Info on the new Icon. At the top will be a picture of the Icon, highlight this then use to [...]

How To: Fix Final Cut and Bonjour issues

A lot of companies disable Bonjour on Mac OSX for a variety of reasons, usually because it’s very “chatty” and tends to take up a lot of network bandwidth by itself. It can also cause issues with Printer Sharing, causing print jobs to disappear. But, some Apple products such as Final Cut, and certain Adobe [...]

HP Printer Driver download for OS X Lion

If you need a driver for HP Printers on Apple OS X Lion, you can download it from here: Apple HP Printer Pacakge The full list of compatible model printers it works with are here.

How To: Flush DNS Cache on OS X

Most users don’t need to use this command, but it’s very helpful for web developers and network admins to troubleshoot issues with web sites. This command is run via terminal. On Leopard (10.6) and Snow Leopard (10.7): (as root or admin user) dscacheutil -flushcache On all other version (10.0 – 10.4): (as root or admin [...]