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Friday, July 31, 2015

How to Remove ADWARE MALWARE VIRUS on MAC OS X for FREE for iMac, MacBoo...




New 2015 Video - Works in El Capitan, Yosemite and Mavericks

- Here is how to remove Malware and adware on your Mac

https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/mac/

Is your Mac running slow? Annoying adware, like pop-ups, or malware could be the problem.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac scans for and removes code that degrades system performance
or attacks your system. Making your Mac, once again, your Mac.
What it does for you
Removes adware, such as Genieo, VSearch, and Vidx
Removes malware, including Trojans
Scans quickly
Simplifies program management through a clean, lean interface
How it works for you
Anti-adware
Anti-malware
Light footprint
Simple interface

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

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

How to Upgrade the Ram in a Apple Mac Pro Trashcan 2015



How to Upgrade the Ram in a Apple Mac Pro Trashcan 2015 - Easy simple step by Step

Sunday, July 12, 2015

How to Make a Bootable Mac OS X El Capitán 10.11 or Yosemite 10.10 with a USB Thumbdrive





Here is the easiest way to make a bootable USB recovery disk using a USB flash drive, so you can repair and/or restore your Mac OS X operating system if it is ever corrupted.


Will work in El Captain Beta 10.11, Yosemite 10.10, and Mavericks 10.9

Download Diskmaker here

http://diskmakerx.com

Also check out this Video on how to Partition a Mac drive and have 2 full OS's running on your Mac computer - Have Yosemite on one and El Captain on the other!




Thursday, July 2, 2015

Where to Get The Beta version of Mac OS X El Captain for free







Get the Beta version of 
Mac OS X El Capitan here 

https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/welcome


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

Friday, June 26, 2015

How to Fix - This application requires the legacy Java SE 6 runtime in El Capitan 10.11



Try this first download the Beta version of 
Java for OS X 2015-001 Beta

Java for OS X 2015-001 beta installs the legacy Java 6 runtime for OS X 10.11 El Capitan.  
This package is exclusively intended for support of legacy software, and installs the same deprecated version of Java 6 included in the 2013-005 release. If you require Java for applets or other non-legacy uses it is recommended you download the latest version of Java from http://java.com.

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1824?locale=en_US

How to fix this application requires the legacy Java SE 6 runtime which is unavailable for this version of the OS X



If anyone is using the beta version of El Captian and need to downgrade their Java to 6 here is what worked for me

I got all my applications working again after the upgrade – Thought I would share.



How to fix and install Java SE 6 errors in El Capitan



1. Download Apple's Java Package from https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?locale=en_US



2. Download Pacifist - https://www.charlessoft.com



3. Download UninstallPKG - http://www.corecode.at/uninstallpkg/



4. open UninstallPKG app search for Jdk and uninstall any version of JDK on your Mac



5. open the JavaForOSX.dmg and Drag it to JavaForOSX.pkg



from JavaForOSX2014-001.dmg to your desktop



6. Run this command



sudo nvram boot-args="rootless=0";osascript -e 'tell app "loginwindow" to «event aevtrrst»'



7. After your computer restarts Drag JavaForOSX.pkg and onto the Pacifist application to open it.



8. click on the JavaForOSX.pkg" and install it with administrator privileges.



9. now click and install JavaForOSX.pkg

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a wireless keyboard and Mouse for your Mac for Free





How to turn your Iphone or Ipad into a wireless keyboard and Mouse for your Mac laptop or Desktop



Step 1



On Your iPhone or iPAD Download

an app called Remote:Mouse/Keyboard



your iPhone or iPad from the App store.



http://www.benzle.com/index.html#





Step 2



Download the WiFiSendServer on your mac



http://www.benzle.com/index.html#z2



Install and run on your Mac



Step 3

Open the app on iPad and it automatically searching your MAC/PC name and hit on it and start using!

Monday, June 15, 2015

How to Get great sound on you Mac - Harmon Kardon Sound Sticks Review!

How to get great sound on a Mac and how to adjust your 

equalizer setting in Itunes to get great sound and Music.


What to do if OSX Yosemite download and Install is to slow

  • Select Software Update from the Apple menu. If a message appears that says you are not connected to the Internet, check your Network.
  •  Select Energy Saver pane in your System Preferences and uncheck all of them to stop your
  • Mac from going to sleep before so the download and installation will not be interrupted.
  • Use a faster Internet connection.



Wednesday, June 10, 2015

How to fix Error Unable to find valid repository on McAfee Endopoint Protection for the Mac 2015


If you are getting this error on your McAfee Mac Client 2

Unable to find valid repository

on McAfee Endopoint Protection for the Mac 

here is the fix that worked for me.




You should always first try to uninstall and reinstall the agent and the application 

first. If it still gives you the error afterwords the reasons that the error may be occurring 


is because the dat files have fallen so far behind that the auto update won't work. 




The way to fix it is to do a manual install of the dat files 
following the steps 


1- go to: web adressftp://ftp.mcafee.com/commonupdater 


2-  Download avvdat-xxxx.zip where xxxx is the latest DAT version - so replace xxxx with the four numbers of the latest Dat version.


3- Unzip avvdat-xxxx.zip and store the files on your Desktop
in a folder called Temp
.


4- In the terminal ssh or login as root


5- Type the following command and press ENTER  

cd/usr/local/McAfee/AntiMalware/dats/


6- Type the following command and press ENTER where xxxx is the latest DAT version - replace xxxx with the four numbers of the latest Dat version.

mkdir xxxx  


7- Type the following command and press ENTER where xxxx is the latest DAT version - replace xxxx with the four numbers of the latest Dat version.

cp /users/<username>/Desktop/Temp/*.DAT  /usr/local/McAfee/AntiMalware/dats/xxxx  

8- Type the following command and press ENTER  - where xxxx is the latest DAT version - replace xxxx with the four numbers of the latest Dat version.

chmod 644 /usr/local/McAfee/AntiMalware/dats/xxxx/*.datwhere xxxx is the DAT version


9 - Type the following command and press ENTER  - where xxxx is the latest DAT version - replace xxxx with the four numbers of the latest Dat version.

chmod 755 /usr/local/McAfee/AntiMalware/dats/xxxxwhere xxxx is the DAT version


10 - Type the following command and press ENTER 

sudo plutil -convert xml1 /Library/Preferences/com.Mcafee.ssm.antimalware.plistto convert the plist file from binary1 format  to xml1 format


11- Open the com.Mcafee.ssm.antimalware.plist file for editing by typing the following command and pressing ENTER

vim /Library/Preferences/com.Mcafee.ssm.antimalware.plist 


12- In the plist that is open in terminal edit the file using these steps: 

a- Use the down arrow to Locate the string  <key>Update_DATVersion</key> and its corresponding value <string>xxxx</string>.


b- Now you will update the Dat version Press i to enter the Insert mode then change the value of xxxx to the current DAT version.

c- Then Press ESC Key to exit from the Insert mode.

d- Press :wq to save changes to the plist file and this will exit the Vim editor.

13 - Type the following command in the terminal and press ENTER to convert the plist file back to binary1 format from xml1:

sudo plutil -convert binary1 /Library/Preferences/com.Mcafee.ssm.antimalware.plist

14 - Close VirusScan (if it is running) and type the commands below to reload the product and press ENTER at the end of each line.

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plistsudo 

launchctl load  /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist

15 - Reboot Computer

16- After reboot open McAfee Console and click start update when it's done and make sure the last update status says successful.

Also if the error in McAfee Mac is "update already running"
You can just restart the computer 
or go into ARD and run this command as root

SystemStarter stop vshield update


Here is the location of the Dat files on a Mac










Friday, May 29, 2015

How to Perform an Apple Hardware Test - 2015





Here is great way to perform a Apple Hardware test on your Mac
over the internet.

Link for Error Codes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203747

Using the Apple Hardware Test Over the Internet

The error codes
Using the Apple Hardware Test Over the Internet

If the test determines there is an error with your Mac computer, It will display an error code similar to this:

4SNS/1/1/4000000 TL0P-130

Here are what some of those errors mean

4ETH: Ethernet controller
4IRP: Main Logic board
4MLB: Logic board controller
4PRC: Processor
4HDD: Hard disk
4MHD: External disk
4YDC: Video card
4SNS: System sensor
4MOT: Fan motor
4MEM: Memory module
4AIR: AirPort wireless card
A: Ambient air sensor
B: Battery
C: Central processors (CPU)
D: DC (direct current)
e: PCI-express slot
F: FireWire port
G: Graphics processor (GPU)
H: Hard disk
h: Heat pipe (heat sink)
L: LCD display
M: Memory or memory riser boards
m: Misc. (i.e., battery chargers)
N: North bridge (motherboard controller)
O: Optical drives
P: Power bus
p: Power supply
s: Palm rests for laptops
W: Airport Wi-Fi card

Some fixes can be
resetting the system PRAM
resetting the system management controller

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Mac tips - How to turn on the Power Charging Sound Effect on you Mac





How to turn on the Power Charging Sound Effect on you Mac similar just like your Iphone sounds when it’s Plugged in.

defaults write com.apple.PowerChime ChimeOnAllHardware -bool true; open /System/Library/CoreServices/PowerChime.app &


defaults write com.apple.PowerChime ChimeOnAllHardware -bool false;killall PowerChime

Monday, April 20, 2015

How to use the Apple Mac OS X 3D Flyover feature







Already built into your Mac OS X computer is a feature called flyover where you can take tours of landmarks and Cities all around the world here are the ones I have tested that work try that at and travel the





FlyOver



https://mapsconnect.apple.com



Landmarks



Apple HQ Cupertino

Colosseum, Rome

Golden Gate Bridge

Sydney Opera House



New York

London, England

Berlin, Germany

Barcelona, Spain



City



Ancona, Italy

Auckland, New Zealand

Baltimore, MD

Barcelona, Spain

Bordeaux, France

Boston, MA

Cape Town, South Africa

Cheyenne, WY

Cologne, Germany

Cordoba, Spain

Denver, CO

Gibraltar

Glasgow, Scotland

Helsinki, Finland

Leeds, England,

Linköping, Sweden

London, England

Lyon, France

Madrid, Spain

Manchester, England

Marseille, France

Modesto, CA

New York, NY

Oakland, CA

Paris, France

Perth, Australia

Perugia, Italy

Sacramento, CA

Saint-Tropez, France

Saint Étienne, France

San Antonio, TX

San Francisco, CA

San Jose, CA

Seville, Spain

Stockholm, Sweden



Tulsa, OK

Valencia, Spain

Vancouver, Canada

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Top 3 Ways to make your Mac Talk and Sing in OS X





Top 3 Ways to make your Mac OS X computer Talk and Sing in Yosemite

Using TextEdit

1- Highlight some text
2- Go to to Edit menu
3- Select speech
4- Select Start Speaking

Say Command

1- say I love Mac Tips
2- say -v Fred “I love Mac Tips”
4- say -v Kathy -r 20 “I love Mac Tips”
5- say -v Daniel -f /users/shani/Desktop/prince.txt (control C to stop)
6- say -v Daniel -r 20 -o /Users/shani/Music/prince.aiff -f /Users/shani/Desktop/prince.txt

Make your Mac Sing

say -v Cellos "di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di"


say -v Good "di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di"

say -v Bad News "di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di"


osascript -e 'say "Dum dum dee dum dum dum dum dee Dum dum dee dum dum dum dum dee dum dee dum dum dum de dum dum dum dee dum dee dum dum dee dummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" using "Pipe Organ"'

osascript -e 'say "Dum dum dee dum dum dum dum dee Dum dum dee dum dum dum dum dee dum dee dum dum dum de dum dum dum dee dum dee dum dum dee dummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" using "Hysterical"'

osascript -e 'say "oh This is a ponci song ponci song ponci song this is the ponsiano song ive ever ever heard So why keep you listening listening listening while you are supposed to hack to hack to hack to hack its because i hate bill gates hate bill gates hate bill gates its because i hate bill gates more than anything else No its because windows life windows life windows life and you better get a macintosh and iPod now" using "cellos"'

Friday, April 3, 2015

Easter Egg Hunt on a Mac for Hidden Mac OS X Yosemite Tricks






Easter Egg Hunt on a Mac 
for Hidden Mac OS X Yosemite Tricks

Retro games

1- Open Terminal
2- Type emacs 
3- press Esc key  
4- press the x key 
5- then type pong


Type in one of the following games

5x5
animate
blackbox
bruce
decipher
doctor
dunnet
fortune
gamegrid
gametree
gomoku
handwrite
hanoi
landmark
life
meese
morse
mpuz
pong
snake
solitaire
spook
studly
tetris
yow
zone

Calender History - On this day in history
cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history

Hidden Cookie Recipe
open /usr/share/emacs/22.1/etc/COOKIES

Story in ASCII


telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Sunday, March 22, 2015

How to Upgrade the Ram in a Apple Mac Pro Trashcan 2015




Published on Mar 22, 2015
Here is the link for the Ram and the anti static band

http://bestmacgadgets.blogspot.com

This video will show you how to upgrade Ram in 2015 Apple Mac Pro. This will also show what upgrades are available and what kind of Ram you will need in a Mac OS X computer.

Use all these tips at your own risk.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Reinstalling OS X Mac Yosemite 2015

If you're having problems that you can't resolve them you may need to reinstall
the Mac OS X operating system 

here is how:

       You must have internet access.                

1- Macs running Yosemite have a  built-in recovery disk that you can use to reinstall Yosemite without loosing your files and your settings.

2- Just Go to the Apple menu and select > Restart.

3- As soon as you Mac restarts hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys at the same time. 

4- Then Select Reinstall OS X and then click Continue.

5- Follow the onscreen instructions,
In the pane that comes up where you select a disk, select your current Mac OS X disk.

Let it install when it restarts you will still have all your Files and setting with a brand new MAC OS.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

How to Keep you IPhone, IPad and Ipod Charged using your Mac







http://softorino.com/ibettercharge/download

Make sure that Sync over wi-fi is enabled inside iTunes



Did you ever forget to Charge your Iphone or Ipad? Or simply left it in your pocket all day and for some reason it had no charge? well here is a way to Track all your Apple Mobile devices with your Mac with a free application.



Go to iBetterCharge

1- Add new device

2- Connect your iPhone/iPad via USB

3- verify that you trust the connected device

4- Unlock your iOS device & tap Trust.

It should be detected by iBetterCharge now

Make sure that Sync over wi-fi is enabled inside iTunes

How to upload any kind of Video's to your IPhone or IPad from your Mac

This is great app I found that lets you upload and add

Video's from your Mac to your Iphone or Ipad

and then it shows up in the Video file app -  these are not video's from iTunes these can be your homemade video's or native music file like flac files all works in 
Yosemite Mac OS X, very easy program to use!



Link for software
http://softorino.com/waltr/download

Link for DVD conversion to Video file
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXF-7J73gOs

How to upload any kind of Video's to your IPhone or IPad from your Mac

This is great app I found that lets you upload and add

Video's from your Mac to your Iphone or Ipad

and then it shows up in the Video file app -  these are not video's from iTunes these can be your homemade video's or native music file like flac files all works in 
Yosemite Mac OS X, very easy program to use!



Link for software
http://softorino.com/waltr/download

Link for DVD conversion to Video file
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXF-7J73gOs

How to upload any kind of Video's to your IPhone or IPad from your Mac

This is great app I found that lets you upload and add

Video's from your Mac to your Iphone or Ipad

and then it shows up in the Video file app -  these are not video's from iTunes these can be your homemade video's or native music file like flac files all works in 
Yosemite Mac OS X, very easy program to use!



Link for software
http://softorino.com/waltr/download

Link for DVD conversion to Video file
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXF-7J73gOs

Sunday, February 22, 2015

6 Cool Hidden Features in Mac OS X Yosemite





Download Mac OS X software here the app is called Deeper



http://shanijaf.blogspot.com/p/freewear.html



Here are some hidden Yosemite features and an easy way to activate them!



1- Animated desktop background



2- turn on Dark Menu Bar and Dock



3- Change Screen capture format



4- Set how often to check for updates



5- How to remove a Sys preference pane



6- Adjust the number of recents

Sunday, February 15, 2015

How to Digitally Sign PDF's in MAC OS X Yosemite





How to Digitally Sign PDF's in MAC OS X Yosemite 
Did you ever want to completely fill out a PDF form and then email it - Here is how to do if for free, quickly easily and accurately using Yosemite's new digital sign feature in Preview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDYF16QmBIk

Thursday, February 12, 2015

How to fix File Permissions errors on a Mac with a free App in Yosemite ...





http://www.lagentesoft.com/batchmod/

File is not accessible error. you don't have permission to access this folder or file on a Mac.

How to fix File Permissions errors on a Mac with a free App in Yosemite 2015

How to easily fix File Permissions on a Mac quickly and easily without knowing the terminal using a free Application call batchmod for the Mac

http://www.lagentesoft.com/batchmod/

Get rid of errors and make the file accessible again, errors like you don't have permissions to this file

Mac operating System uses disc permissions to secure files from unauthorized users. Those permission sometimes gets messed up and need to be repaired to fix software startup errors, crashes, and more. Here is how to do without knowing Unix or using the terminal. 



Click here to subscribe https://www.youtube.com/user/shanijaf... Try out these tips at your own risk - software for mac os x & mac os x apps recommendations - All work in Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 and Maverick 

Monday, February 2, 2015

Remote Desktop Client 3.8.2 keeps reappearing in App Store on Macs running OSX Yosemite

Here is a fix for the issue that Remote Desktop Client 3.8.2 keeps reappearing in App Store on Macs running OSX Yosemite.
 
1. Restart computer
2. Open App Store and go to the update page
3. hold down "cmd" and click on "update" - the update will now be re-downloaded again and installed!

Saturday, January 31, 2015

How to fix epson driver update 2.19 not downloading from the app store

Download it from this link

install it then restart it will fix the issue

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1398

How to fix - Software update keeps appearing and failing for Remote Desktop Client Update 3.8.2 update requests won't go away in the Mac App Store

Here is how to fix - Remote Desktop Client Update 3.8.2 update requests won't go away in the Mac App Store.

1- delete ARD from your applications folder
2- go into the application store click on the purchased tab look for ARD and install

cleared mine up no more issues


Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Unboxing a Macbook Pro Laptop 2015

Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Combo Update now availble - Free

Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Combo Updateis now available for free from apple


Download the OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Combo Update here

Here is the Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1786

This update includes the following fixes:

1- Includes a Fix that might cause your Wi-Fi to disconnect on your Mac

2- Includes a Fix that might cause your browser pages to load slowly

3- Includes a Fix for Spotlight to load remote email content

4- Includes a Fix to improve audio and video sync when using Bluetooth headphones

5- Includes a Fix that will allow you to browse your iCloud Drive in Time Machine

6- Includes a Fix that will improve VoiceOver speech

7- Improves stability and security in Safari

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