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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: Force Spotlight on OS X to re-index

From the command line: sudo mdutil -E / sudo mdutil -i on / The amount of time this will take depends on how many files are on your hard drive.

How To: Use Equation editor in Office 2008 (for Mac)

How To: Use Equation editor in Office 2008 (for Mac) Equation Editor in Office 2008 should be installed by a default install of Office. If for some reason it is not, you’ll need to find your Office Disc and reinstall Office 2008 for Macintosh. To check if Equation Editor is already installed, look in /Applications/Microsoft [...]

How To: Tweak OS X “Spaces”

How To: Tweak OS X “Spaces” Spaces is OSX’s cool virtual window program that allows “multiple” desktops to be setup. The thought is that it allows you to group programs together by task and thereby increasing your workflow productivity. Apple has a great tutorial on how to really maximize it’s usefulness. But some of us [...]

How To: Find OSX Server Serial Number

Here is the command via terminal to find the Serial Number for OS X Server. sudo /System/Library/ServerSetup/serverserialnumberutil -get Out put will be the serial number, the name and company that it’s registered too. This only works on OS X Server 10.6 or higher.