Apple Toolbox

The latest update for Mac OS X has been released by Apple. The update numbered 10.8.3 is intriguing for software developers because it finally brings some security updates and also some Windows 8 support in Boot Camp as well as for hard drives which are larger than 3TB.  This of course is beneficial largely to [...]

Do you want to retrieve documents from Outlook? Or you saved a file in the Outlook Temp folder and now can’t find the Outlook Temp or your file or document folder; using Finder? Here is what you can do: Outlook Mac stores temporary files such as e-mail signatures, opened attachments (images, documents, PDF files, etc) and [...]

Grab is an app for Mac OS X that lets you take screenshots of your screen. Grab supports capturing the entire window, the entire screen, or only a portion of your screen. This short tutorial explains how to use Grab to take screenshots. Launch Grab You can access Grab in various ways, for instance: Grab [...]

There are several ways to take screenshots in Mac OS X.  A screenshot is simply capturing (taking a picture) the screen of your computer or an active window. Here is a summary of all the methods you can use to capture your screen. How to capture full screen or entire desktop Pressing command-shift-3 will take [...]

Mac OS X is almost always very stable, but sometimes you may encounter an app that is not so stable. Some apps may become frozen, unresponsive, or stuck. This short tip explains how to force an application to quit.  Note that when you force close an application, any unsaved changes may not be saved.  So [...]

By default, your Mac’s language is set to the country’s language where you bought your Mac. For instance, if you purchased your Mac in the USA, your Mac language is set to English. However, you may easily change this: System Preferences > Language & Text > Language Then find the language that you want to [...]

Your internet service provider may require you to connect to the Internet with PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet). The setup assistant will not guide you to configure PPPoE connections when you set up a new MacBook or Mac Mini. Here is how you can do so: Get your username and password information from your Internet [...]

One of the new features of OS X Mountain Lion is Dictation. Dictation on the Mac allows users to convert their words into text. Several users, however, have reported problems with Dictation; these problems leave the feature working improperly or not working at all. Try this to resolve your issue: Locate and delete the file: [...]

DNS requests are cached by storing the locations (IP addresses) of pages you viewed. You may wish to flush (meaning clear, reset, or erase) a DNS cache, especially if you’re a systems administrator or a web developer, so that you have the latest DNS data. Resetting your DNS cache in Mac OS X is actually [...]

Many iPad/iPhone/iPod users use Windows computers at home or work. You may want to open .pages extension files on your Windows PC for various reasons. This is a simple tip that explains how you can read .pages files: Save the file (.pages file) locally on your PC. Let’s say your file name is appletoolbox.pages. Change [...]