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Time Machine is a great utility for the Mac. And it really should be taken advantage of. For me, I learned my lesson when my computer crashed a year ago. I knew that I had to start backing up my data. I looked at a lot of options, but none really made more sense to [...]

Several users who are dissatisfied with new iPhoto ’11 feature changes, or who are experiencing problems with third-party add-ons or other issues may seek to downgrade to iPhoto ’09. There are two methods for doing so: If you have a Time Machine or other backup of your old iPhoto installation Restore the following files from [...]

Time Machine may exhibit an issue in which backups get stuck indefinitely, persistently displaying the message “Waiting for index to be ready.” This problem can occur via both drives connected physically (USB or FireWire) and wireless Time Capsules. Fixes Delete Spotlight index. The most commonly successful fix for this issue involves deleting the Spotlight index [...]

Most users will install the recently released Mac OS X 10.6.4 without a hitch, but a handful will likely experience problems that range from minor annoyances to workflow interruptions. There is a routine that will eliminate 99% of show-stopping issues after any  incremental Mac OS X update. If you’re experiencing such a problem (i.e. a [...]