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 [...]

How To: Disable OS X Quick Look Quick Look in OS X is an awesome feature. I’m constantly using it to check out PDF files without needing to open them. But in some environments, it doesn’t make sense or causes a huge amount of issues. So to disable this, in the terminal type; (as root [...]

How To: Disable MacDefender and MacProtector MacDefender and MacProtector are the latest in “anti-virus” protections that are actually malicious themselves. These are targeted towards Macs specifically, but are NOT virus. These are trojans, and can be picked up by visiting malicious sites. To disable: As an admin user (most are by default) Open up Terminal [...]

QuarkXPress is a Page Layout program that runs exclusively on OS X. In recent years it’s popularity has dropped immensely, due in part to the way the company was run, and due in part to the rise in popularity of Adobe’s InDesign Program. Personally I think that the long serial numbers needed to install the [...]