As is true on all of Apple’s Wireless Basestation products, the blinking yellow light means “trouble! everything broken!” Usually. I just found out today, that if there is a new software update for the base station, it will blink yellow. I fixed this by opening the Air Port utility and flashing the firmware with the [...]

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 [...]

How To: Disable ._ Files and .DS_Store on Network Shares In heterogeneous networks of Macs and Window users, few things tick off Windows users then the “droppings” Macs leave behind in the form of files with . or ._ in front of them. These files are known as resource forks on the Mac side and [...]

“PrintJobMgr exited unexpectedly with code 105″!?!?!? You’ve just setup a brand new network between your Windows and Macintosh computers and now want to print to a single printer that is either shared or directly on the network. Setting up the network was easy as pie. Installing the printer went smoothly and without a hitch. Then [...]

Every once in a while you’ll here or read about an absolutely awesome command line utility or X11 program that you must have. After consulting the great Oracle, Google you find that the program you want is in Macports which for those who are not comfortable at the command line may cause some issues. Fear [...]