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Sunday, August 1, 2021

How to attach Nord Speakers to the Keyboard

Before You begin your installation of your Nord Monitors v2 to your Nord Stage 3 you need to be aware of 2 dependencies..

1- you will need a tool called a Torx T30 screw driver to remove the screws on the back of the Nord. Since this tool is not a common one I bought one for around 5 bucks on amazon see link below, I will leave it with my Nord stuff going forward.

2- Your Nord Stage 3 needs to be RevB if you want to mount the brackets on the Piano - You can tell by looking to the left of the Nord Stage 3 Logo on your Piano - there is small type on its side where is it says handmade in Sweden and at the end will say RevB if you have that model. You can use the monitors without the brackets and if you don't have the RevB can mount them on 5/8" thread microphone stand.


Once you have the Torx tool and confirmed the RevB or the Stage 3 you now ready to install first remove the 4 screws on the back of Nord and attach the bracket like this (see below) Note the pads placements in-between the monitor and the brackets in both places.

finish the deal by hooking up the black wire from the right to the left speaker. and then hooking up the final wire from your monitor to your Nord Stage 3 inputs. Plug in the power and now turn the piano on first then the turn the monitors on and play away!.



Finally if you want to also hook this all up to your Mac use the USB Cable that came with the Stage 3 and connect it to you your USB port on the Mac.

Then Download the Mac Stage 3 Software from Nord its free but you need a Nord for it work.






Saturday, May 16, 2020

Clear cache safari - How to Speed up Safari on your Mac by clearing the Cache in macOS Catalina


As time passes Safari performance can become very slow while you are browsing.
Here is a quick fix to help you clear out the cache and improve performance in Safari. How to delete the Cache in Safari on a Mac Open Safari Select the Safari drop down Menu Select Preferences. Click the Advanced tab Click Show Develop menu in menu bar. Select the Develop drop down Menu in Safari Then Select Empty caches.

Sunday, January 29, 2017

How to : Factory Reset / Hard Reset your MacBook



How to : Factory Reset / Hard Reset your MacBook or re-install our OS X off the internet or completely erase your Mac before you sell it or give it away. Also how to fix your mac off the internet with just your mac and a Wifi connection. This is also how to do a clean install.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

DNS flush command- How To Clear DNS Cache On Your Computer - Mac OSX 10.11 El Captain - 2016



How to Clear or Flush DNS Cache in Mac OS X Yosemite or El Capitan

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; say cache flushed

Basically the reason you do this is to fix an issue when you put in a name of a server or website in your browser or try to mount a server and it doesn't go to the right place. This clears the DNS cash and then it automatically rebuilds a new one with the accurate matching ip addresses.

In more detail OS X keeps a local cache of resolved DNS queries for a time defined by the DNS server. Sometimes it might be necessary to reset the cache immediately and re-query a DNS server. For example, you might need to do this if you are a network or server administrator and an entry on your DNS server has recently changed.
If your Mac isn't using the latest DNS entries from your server, you can restart your Mac to update its cached information. If you need to update DNS entries on a server using OS X and you can't restart the server, use the terminal commands below for the version of OS X you're using.

El Capitan and Yosemite

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; say cache flushed

Or 

OS X Yosemite and later
Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache in OS X v10.10.4 or later:

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder


Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache in OS X v10.10 through v10.10.3:

sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache

OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion, and Lion
Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache in OS X v10.9.5 and earlier:

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Use the following Terminal command to reset the DNS cache in OS X v10.6 through v10.6.8:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

How to Clear or Flush DNS Cache on a Mac OS X Yosemite or El Capitan

To flush the DNS cache in OS X Yosemite and Mac OS X El Capitan

The reason you do this is to fix an issue when you put in a name of a server or website in your browser and it doesn't go to the right place. This clears the DNS cash and then it automatically rebuilds a new one with the accurate matching ip addresses.
Open the terminal and Run this command
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; say cache flushe

Monday, May 9, 2016

Where do files that has been shared via AirDrop go?

They get placed on your mac in the downloads folder of the user account that your logged in as.

To get to your downloads folder, click on the finder and select the go menu and select downloads.


Friday, December 4, 2015

Annotating a pdf on a Mac - How to Markup a PDF on a Mac



How to Mark-up a PDF for free on a Mac using software already on your Mac.

Use software already located on your Mac annotate a PDF.
Grade a test paper or Markup a pdf or jpeg with annotations and comments. Pdf annotator free 

Saturday, November 14, 2015

How to to disable Rootless Mode on a Mac - "Rootless" feature of El Capitan





The Purpose of SIP or System Integrity Protection is to stop malware from having access to your system files. You may want to keep this protection on to keep your Mac Protected. However if your favorite applications have stopped working in El Capitan and you wan to check if rootless is the cause, here is how you can disable it .
  1. Turn on your Mac
  2. Then boot into Recovery by pressing down the Command and the R Keys at the same time until you see the Apple icon and progress bar then let go.
  3. Now go to your Utilities and open the Terminal application
  4. In the Terminal window Type this command and then press Return: csrutil disable
  5. Terminal will then say SIP was disabled
  6. Restart you Mac
  7. To Turn SIP back on follow steps 1 through 3 then Type this command in the terminal and press Return csrutil enable

Sunday, November 8, 2015

The easiest way to delete a Stubborn files or Folders on a Mac - El Captain






How delete stubborn folders and file on a Mac - 2015

Works in El Capitan, Yosemite, Maverick and Lion.


Solves errors like:
"You can not delete these files they are being used by the system" , "you don't have permissions to delete these files"
or You just can't empty the Trash on a Mac.


Website link:

http://usa.maintain.se/


Download El Capitan file here:

http://usa.maintain.se/CocktailECE.dmg

Saturday, October 17, 2015

How To Display your iPad or iPhone on your Mac or PC






Just like airplay apple tv 

Will mirror with iOS 9 and Android to Mac and or PC's with no wirelessly.

Here is the Website Link

http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/download/?try=rf

Try Reflector for free! The trial is full-featured with a watermark that disappears after purchase.

Reflector is a wireless mirroring and streaming receiver that allows you to connect almost any combination of devices to your computer at the same time. Each device mirrors in real time, and the layout automatically adjusts when new devices connect. Compare, compete or collaborate—Reflector presents and organizes multiple devices of any type with ease.

Reflector is the first and only Google Cast™ receiver that receives Cast-enabled Android phones and tablets at the same time as iPhone and iPads. Most Android devices support Google Cast natively, but those that don’t can still mirror. The addition of the free Google Chromecast application enables Android screen mirroring on most phones and tablets.

Reflector requires AirPlay mirroring in iOS to mirror your screen.

AirPlay mirroring is available on the following devices:
Reflector requires AirPlay mirroring in iOS to mirror your screen.

AirPlay mirroring is available on the following devices
iPad 2
iPad (3rd generation)
iPad (4th generation)
iPad Air
iPad Air 2
iPad mini
iPad mini with Retina
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5
iPhone 5C
iPhone 5S
iPod touch (5th generation)
Iphone 6
Iphone 6s
Newsest Ipads

Sunday, September 20, 2015

How to Clear my Cache and Web Search History in Google Chrome Mac




  • ⌘ + Space
  • Shift + ⌘ + Delete
  • ⌘ + N new page
  • ⌘ + Option + F Searches the web.
  • ⌘ and + Enlarges the page.
  • ⌘ and - Makes page smaller.
  • ⌘ + 0 normal size.
  • ⌘+Shift+H Opens home page in your current tab.
  • Google Chrome: How to Clear Browsing Data (History, Cache, Cookies, Temporary Files)Clear cache and cookies in Google Chrome



Use these tips at your own risk

Clear Google Chrome Cache on a Mac

Monday, September 7, 2015

Mac Tip - How to Fix your Mac OS X Hardrive - Part Two





How to Recover your Data

 Step 1 

Determine if the disk is dead and Find a way to boot

a  - Recovery partition
         Command – R

b  - Thumb drive with an OS
         diskmakerx

c  - External drive with an OS
        (buy one on Ebay) $16.00 

Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 Bootable USB

Hold down the option Key to select the Thumb Drive

d  - Single user mode
                                  Command (⌘)-S

e  - Zap your PRAM
Option-Command (⌘)-P-R

f - Start-up in safe mode
Hold the shift key on boot

g - Eject any drives

Hold the mouse or trackpad button

Step 2 - Run Disk Utility

Step 3 - Try Recovery Utilities
Lacie rugged drives









Saturday, September 5, 2015

Mac Tip - How to Fix your Mac OS X Hardrive - Part One





How to Recover your Data on a Mac  - Part One

Use all these tips at your own risk

Part Two of the Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaQ_nSp_A4I

Links:

Video on how to make a boot Disk in Yosemite and El Capitan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRy9IdV53wg

Lacie Drives

http://bestmacgadgets.blogspot.com

Applications Links

Filesalvage


Free trial of Data Rescue and Drive Genius


Disk Warrior

http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/

Techtool and Checkmate




 Step 1 - Determine if the disk is dead
               and Find a way to boot

a  - Recovery partition
               Command – R

b  - Thumb drive with an OS
           diskmakerx

c  - External drive with an OS
        (buy one on Ebay) $16.00 
       Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 Bootable USB
      
 Hold down the option Key to select the Thumb Drive


d  - Single user mode
      Command (⌘)-S

d  - Zap your PRAM
      Option-Command (⌘)-P-R

D - Start-up in safe mode
      Hold the shift key on boot

E - Eject any drives
      Hold the mouse or trackpad button

Step 2 - Run Disk Utility

Step 3 - Try Recovery Utilities
      Lacie rugged drives

how to recover data from hard disk

If all else fails try sending it to a
hard drive data recovery services

hard drive data recovery - Data Rescue

Monday, August 24, 2015

Mac Startup Disk Full - How to Free Up Space - 2015






Here is some quick free tools and tips to free up space on your Mac Drive.

Download the software here

http://www.omnigroup.com/more

Here is the terminal commend to run it as root

sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Conten­ts/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper

Here is the video to set-up a root account

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHiHB...


-  Empty the Trash

-  External Drive

-  www.omnigroup.com/more

-  omni disksweeper

-  Terminal Command
Run it as root

sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Conten­ts/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper


-  command. to quit

Good in El Capitan and Yosemite

Friday, August 7, 2015

Mac Tip - How to Use your TV as a 2nd Display for your Mac wirelessly





Mac Tip - How to Use your TV as a 2nd Display for your Mac wirelessly 


What you will need:

1- Mac Computer, Macbook air, Macbook pro or Mac Pro will work

2- The newest OS

3- Apple TV

4- HD TV

5- Internet Access

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Great Mac Tip - The Best way to Clean your Mac Keyboard




I have tried everything out there including cleaning supplies made for computers

this little trick using a Magic Eraser did the best job and was the cheapest solution 




Use this and all tips at your own risk

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Mac Tips 2015 - How to turn your iPhone or iPad into a wireless Mouse and Keyboard for your Mac




Mac Tips 2015 - How to turn your iPhone or iPad into a wireless Mouse
and Keyboard to use with your Mac OS X computer

Thursday, July 2, 2015

How to create an extension attribute to track McAfee Dat version in Casper Jamf server



1- Goto Computer Management in your Casper Server

2- Select extension attribute

3- Click plus + to create a new attribute

4 - Data type chose integer

5- Inventory type choose extension attribute

6 -input type select script

7 - Paste in the script below and save

#!/bin/sh
#This script has been verified to work on McAfee Security for Mac Anti-malware (v1.0).

#Check to see if McAfee Security is installed
if [ -f "/Library/Preferences/com.mcafee.ssm.antimalware.plist" ]; then
result=`/usr/bin/defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.mcafee.ssm.antimalware Update_DATVersion`
echo "<result>$result</result>"
else
echo "<result>Not installed</result>"

fi

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