Category: 655: Repair of the Week, Keeping Up with Mac News, Readers’ Request, Character Tips

Ever wonder where those pesky specials characters that aren’t written on your keyboard (e.g. ¢, ©, ®, ™) are when you’re writing? They’re all listed in Character Palette–part of OS X. Easy access can be found either as a part of your other Apple Apps (such as Mail, TextEdit, Stickies, etc.) or in the International…

A first-generation MacBook came in the other day because the sleep indicator light wasn’t working. This is actually a tricky one to diagnose because so many components are involved in making that little light work. The light itself is powered by the SATA cable, which also powers both the hard drive and shuttles data to…

As a consultant, it is essential that I stay up-to-date with Mac news and information. There are a variety of sites that I can recommend for this purpose. For general news, I read the articles version of MacNN. This gives me paragraph teasers, and optionally full articles, of Mac-related news items, major software releases, and…

I think the most common question I’m asked by Tech Tails readers is “How do you get those giant, high-resolution icons next to your articles?”. It’s easy! Select the icon in question in the Finder, then select Get Info from the file menu. On the top-left of the Info window is a picture of the…

Happy Tuesday, Jon is on vacation this week, and I’ve been spending more time than usual in the tech room. It’s nice to spend time diagnosing and turning screws, and also speaking to so many of you on the phone. I had a chance to work on one of the latest Mac Minis this afternoon,…