While you can manually enter the commands to edit files in Terminal editors, in OS X you can set up a service to open files in a desired terminal editor from the Finder's contextual menu. Topher ...

OK, so OSX is married to Quicktime (which is pretty much the most horrible video player ever IMO). I use VLC to open pretty much all my video files, but how can I make it the default program for ...

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Mac OS X 10.7 Lion makes a conceptual leap away from the Mac's original focus on opening apps to create files, launching a new task-centric interface borrowed from iOS. Lion apps can also auto save ...

The Mac OS X Calendar is great for a lot of things, not least of which scheduling reminders of appointments and such via the built-in alert system. But did you know that Calendar can do a lot more ...

Macromedia Director OS X "file extensions" fix Matt Warner writes: "Recently I've been searching for the reason why two Disney Interactive games don't work under the Classic Environment in 10.1.

While I was researching an OS X Tips column for later this week, I came across a .sit file. Now, if you’ve been working with Macs as long as I have (my first Mac was a Performa 638 CD, just before ...

The upcoming release of Mac OS X Lion and Lion Server dramatically simplifies file sharing, removing official support for FTP and Sun's NFS file sharing protocols while adding a new WebDAV option ...

Creating a Mac OS X emergency boot disk is a great idea for any person who regularly repairs Apple Mac computers. How to create a Mac OS X boot disk is a complicated process, but this step-by-step ...

Recently in the README File, we learned how to share Windows 10 files with Mac OS Yosemite as a local network alternative to sharing files in the cloud. In this piece, we will examine how to share ...

I switched to OS X last week, and am enjoying it very much. I have two irritating problems, however.<BR><BR>OS X refuses to hold "List View" on just about every folder after a restart or remounting of ...

Directory services are a critical component of any enterprise environment. These services provide a database for central account management for both user and computer, as well as a framework for ...