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For beginners, or the one who migrated from Windows environment, Natural Gestures (Scrolling and Swiping) might be bit confusing. But, once you get familiarized with them, it may feel like "What was I doing, all those days?". It all changed, when I connected external mouse to my Macbook. When you start using that WHEEL, you will be confused. Luckily there is a setting for mouse, to change scroll behavior (natural or the other way). But, here's the catch. If you toggle that setting, it also toggles the same for TRACKPAD!!!!! I've seen that many people were freaked out and even raised BUG report to Apple. But, all those reports were closed, saying that is not a bug, but intentional feature!!! For those, who can't leave with such one-sided settings, here is a simple util, which came to my rescue: Karabiner It's simple, powerful and stable mouse/keyboard customizer for OSX. Without going into much detail, here's the configuration I used to ret...

Recently I connected  an external hard-disk   to my new MacBook and observed that it was not properly detected on one of the USB ports. But I can see that it is powering my HDD. I tried switching to other port and it worked. I simply ignored it by thinking that my HDD cable might be loose. Now I bought a new USB drive and to get it detected, I have to insert and detach it multiple times. And as usual, I suspected the new USB drive, as my Mac is brand new. And planned to replace my USB drive. Now my HDD came back to   my mind. And also my earlier laptop, in which few KEYS went unresponsive due to accumulated charges. By little researching I found that I'm not alone. The solution that worked for me was "Resetting SMC" Here is the procedure I followed: Shut down the Mac and connect the power cable Hold down Shift+Control+Option+Power concurrently for a few seconds. When the light on the power adapter blinks or changes colors you’ll know SMC r...

You might have read my review on Mac OSX Yosemite , The Good, bad and ugly. Now it turned out to be UGLIEST. No more words. Here's the image. If you are on Yosemite, you might be familiar with it. Most of the times, you get stuck on boot logo. I've seen complaints regarding it saying that fellow members are ignorant of it and they deny such possibility, even though many are still facing it. Workarounds suggested by our online friends: Just reboot your mac as many times it takes to your desktop. Boot into safe mode, by holding SHIFT and then reboot. Comment your workaround below, mine is the first one. If you are still on Mavericks, be there till Apple provides a fix for this.

I can’t start my review with some statement like “yet another operating system”. Because it is still the same with some differences. I will start with my journey so far with Yosemite. Sometime back when I saw the preview images, it was like WOW. Are they transforming the Mac into iPhone/iPad? Wait, does it look familiar? Is it somewhat like Material Design of Android? Never mind, what we need is a clean and powerful OS. Mac is already clean and Yosemite seemed much cleaner. Fingers-crossed and waited for official launch. Finally my AppStore said, here is a powerful OS for you, that too for FREE. Lets talk about this FREE tag later. Just remind me if I missed it. It took some time to install (almost an hour after downloading. Pre- and post-installation….). Warning : What follows is strictly my opinion. When I looked at the lock screen for my first boot, I literally shouted WOW. It seems like I’m on an iPad. With no delay I logged into my PC and that’s it. Now my expression...

Pre-requisites : XCode Homebrew To install Xcode , goto AppStore and install Xcode To install homebrew : Open terminal and run following commands ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" brew doctor brew update To enable NTFS write support : Open  terminal and run following commands brew install ntfs-3g sudo mv /sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/ntfs-3g/2014.2.15/sbin/mount_ntfs /sbin/mount_ntfs brew install osxfuse brew info osxfuse Last command will display 2 commands, which will look like following: sudo /bin/cp -RfX /usr/local/opt/osxfuse/Library/Filesystems/osxfusefs.fs /Library/Filesystems/ sudo chmod +s /Library/Filesystems/osxfusefs.fs/Support/load_osxfusefs Run them through terminal. Now plug-in NTFS device and check the info. It will be read and write supported.

Sometimes, we may have to access more than one computer simultaneously, and it is not convenient to use multiple mouse and keyboards. To access multiple (mostly 2) computers at a time, one can use a KVM switch. It is a switch which toggles the access of peripherals between two computers. This is bit costly and KVM switches are not so common in electronics shop in your lane. So, here is an software alternative for KVM. QuickSynergy : It is a graphical interface (GUI) for easily configuring Synergy2 , an application that allows the user to share his mouse and keyboard between two or more computers. Also, your clipboard will be shared between the devices. Isn't it cool!! Enjoy multi-tasking.

If you've migrated from Windows/Ubuntu to Mac OSX, then you might miss the feature of re-sizing the windows (with keyboard) and aligning them properly on top/left/right/bottom/center of the screen. Though we can use the + and - on toolbar to resize, we won't get the expected behavior always :( Recently I came to know about an app, called Spectacle, which comes handy to resize and position the windows with ease. To know more about it and to get it, click here .

After upgrading from Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 to 10.9.3, my machine (HP Probook 4530s) ran into AppleIntelCPUPowerManangement Kernel panic, and to my surprise none of the boot flags helped me to boot into the system. I decided to do a fresh install, but even booting from USB resulted the same. Then I decided to remove AppleIntelCPUPowerManangement.kext, but I can't even access terminal. Here's the solution: My machine dual boots Windows and Mac. I logged into Windows Installed MacDrive , trial version Rebooted into windows and opened the drive on which Mac is installed Did two things, don't know which one helped: Opened /Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist with a text editor and added the following code: <key>GenerateCStates</key> <string>No</string> <key>GeneratePStates</key> <string>No</string> And deleted  AppleIntelCPUPowerManangement  related kexts from this directory: /System/Library/Extensions/ ...

Recently I found a very easy and useful tool to access devices (USB, HDD, in-fact drive on which Mac OSX is installed), from windows. MacDrive : Once you install MacDrive, it will reboot and all the drives which are Mac-formatted will be mounted alongside the Windows partitions. Having said that, there is a BIG problem. ITS NOT FREE. But, you can use the trial version, when in need.

Today Apple released much awaited update cum upgrade OSX Mavericks as a free update. You can download it from App Store. Here is the list of new features: iBooks • Download and read books from the iBooks Store. • Pick up right where you left off. iCloud keeps your current page up to date across all your devices. • Swipe through Multi-Touch books with interactive features, diagrams, photos, videos, and more. • Keep multiple books open while using other apps — great for writing a paper or doing research. Maps • Send directions from your Mac to your iPhone and use voice navigation when you’re on the go. • Explore select cities in stunning, photo-realistic 3D with Flyover. • See detailed directions, real-time traffic, and alternate routes. • Find restaurants, stores, and other places of interest with local search in Maps. Calendar • Create new events in a snap with the new, streamlined event inspector. • Enter event locations fast with address autocompletion. • Add wa...

Don't get panic when you see this thing, and also don't consult customer care or some other repair shop to waste some bucks. Usually this error will be found when you made a unsuccessful attempt of dual booting your Mac with Windows. To fix this error, restart your Mac and hold down  option key, after hearing chime on booting. If you don't want to install windows, then select the Mac Recovery partition. Then from the menu on the top, select the boot disk option and select the drive in which Mac is present. Restart and enjoy... If you wish to install Windows, then insert bootable disk and select the Windows partition that you had created using boot camp, and proceed with installation. In both cases you will be able to boot normally.

Download the raw file from here . How to use: 1 - Copy the .raw file to an USB stick using  SUSE Studio Image Writer . If you have error during copy, eject and re-connect the pen drive. When Windows asks if you want to format it, cancel and run Image Writer again. If the problem persists, disable your anti-virus software, it may be blocking raw write to the drive. Another Image Writer for Windows, if SUSE doesn't work https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download 2 - Boot the USB drive and install. If you need, type  boot options , for example: -v (verbose boot) [default] -x (safe) -s (single user) GraphicsEnabler=yes (enable graphics card drivers) [default] USBBusFix=yes (fix problems with USB devices) npci=0x2000 (use if boot stops at "PCI configuration begin") cpus=1 If you need, use  TransMac  to remove kexts which are causing problems (System/Library/Extensions) and use the flag -f (ignore caches) at boot, or remove /System/Libra...

The boot: prompt waits for you to type advanced startup options. If you don't type anything, the computer continues starting up normally. It uses the kernel and configuration files on the startup device, which it also uses as the root device. Advanced startup options use the following syntax: [device]<kernel> [arguments] Example arguments include device: rd=<BSD device name>       (e.g. rd=disk0s2) rd=*<IODeviceTree path>    (e.g. rd=*/PCI0@0/CHN0@0/@0:1) kernel: kernel name                (e.g. "mach_kernel" - must be in "/" ) flags: -v (verbose)                -s (single user mode) -x (safe mode)              -f (ignore caches) -F (ignore "Kernel Flags" specified in boot configuration file) ...

Getting Started Things you need: - Lion USB prepared with UniBeast (see tonymacx86.com) - Win7 install media (preferably USB stick with Win7 SP1) - Win8 install media (USB stick) - Ubuntu 12.04LTS (USB stick) (see ubuntu.com) - A blank HDD or SSD ready as install target Section A (plan your partition scheme) When setting up a multi-boot system involving Windows it is important to realize you will need to create what is known as a hybrid MBR/GPT partition scheme.  It is necessary to place all partitions intended to be accessed by Windows such that they are in sync’d MBR table.  This means they should be placed first.  For this guide, I will be setting up the following partitions on a 320GB hard drive: EFI: 200MB, created by Mac OS X Disk Utility when partitioning Win7: ~60GB, NTFS Win8: ~60GB, NTFS Transfer: ~60GB, exFAT (could use FAT32 as well) Lion:~60GB, Mac OS X Extended (journaled) Linux-Swap: 8GB (my computer has 8GB memory) Linux: a bit less than...

Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard In Leopard and later, the following keys can be held down while selecting an area (via Command-Shift-4 or Command-Control-Shift-4): Space, to lock the size of the selected region and instead move it when the mouse moves Shift, to resize only one edge of the selected region Option, to resize the selected region with its center as the anchor point ...