Category Archives: Technical

Get rid of “Steam Content” from Documents in Mac OS X

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Dae

Steam brought a bad habit from Windows to Mac OS X — placing program related files into user’s documents folder. The folder is called “Steam Content” and it appeared in “Documents” right after I installed Steam onto my Mac yesterday. … Continue reading →

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“Steam is temporarily unavailable” problem

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Dae

Recently I installed Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 onto my Windows 7 x64, and it replaced the built-in Windows firewall (there was an option to do so while installing, and I deliberately chose it). Everything was fine except the next day … Continue reading →

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Select input language by Caps Lock in Mac OS X

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Dae

(This article is as well available in Russian). I found a new way to bind input language (input source) switch to the Caps Lock button in Mac OS X. Unlike Kirgudu, the Russian application which is also able to do that, my … Continue reading →

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Переключение языка ввода по caps lock в Mac OS X

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Dae

(This article is as well available in English). Я нашел новый способ «повесить» на клавишу caps lock переключение языка (раскладки) в Mac OS X. В отличие от программы Kirgudu, которая тоже умеет это делать, мой способ работает без задержек, то … Continue reading →

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“Recording device error” of Skype for Mac

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Dae

If you’re using a USB sound card with a headset, the solution is simple as it can be: reconnect your USB sound card.

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QuickTime for presentations

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Dae

QuickTime movie (.mov) turned out to be an absolutely great format for cross-platform presentations, designed in Apple Keynote (“PowerPoint” of iWork office suite). It works hassle-free on both Mac and Windows, all controls and effects work just like they’re supposed … Continue reading →

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Restoring Windows on a PC after installing Bootcamp

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Dae

After installing Bootcamp 3.0 on a PC running Windows Vista (I was experimenting with Apple Aluminium Keyboard drivers), the system started BSOD’ing on startup with an error related to AppleMnt.sys.

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AppleScript to mount/unmount a drive

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dae

On my Mac Pro I have two internal hard drives I rarely use. Some times they “sleep” and while doing so, every file opening dialog, search in Spotlight or search in Dictionary might wake them up and that takes some … Continue reading →

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Mouse cursor skipping (jumping) bug on Mac OS X

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Dae
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Permission error of AppleScript in iTunes

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Dae

I was getting a permission error (code -54) when trying to set an id3 tag of a track using AppleScript. The solution was to add a delay between each operation: delay 1 Note that the track will remain “locked” until … Continue reading →

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