Category: 896: Solution For Forgotten Passcodes, Mavericks Keychain Access, Useful Commands for Terminal in OS X

Terminal commands can sometimes do things much more quickly than finding and adjusting settings in the graphical operating system. Terminal can be found in *Applications > Utilities.* But the easiest way to open it (or any application not on your dock) is to click Command + Spacebar which opens Spotlight; then type in the first…

As I mentioned in my previous article featured in “*Tech Tails Issue #883,*”:http://blog.smalldog.com/techtails/tt883/ Keychain Access is a very handy utility. It intuitively saves all your passwords in one location any time you log into a secure site and/or account. Appropriately, your passwords are essentially keys and OS X Keychain Access is…well, a keychain. Forgetting your…

There seems to be an influx of customers who have forgotten the passcode on their iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad. Although this is an unfortunate frustration, the fix is relatively easy, and (hopefully) painless, provided you have your music/apps/other data backed up on your computer. ??*Warning:* This fix will erase all data on the device…

Happy Holidays, Everyone! Some of us just got through our holiday festivities, and some of us are just getting started. I have been to a couple holiday parties so far and while fun, they can be hectic, too. Sometimes I wish that getting ready and picking gifts to bring to these parties was as easy…