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Apple Market Share

Apple Market Share

Aug 24, 2010

Hit up your good buddy Google and ask "What is Apple's market share?" and your likely to get a plethora of different answers. Apple's market share calculations are unique.

How to bond or pair an Apple Remote

How to bond or pair an Apple Remote

Jul 14, 2010

Have you ever been in a room with multiple Apple computers, and one or more remotes. The experience can drive you insane as a single remote starts controlling several computers.

How to block all Remote Controls in OS X

How to block all Remote Controls in OS X

Jul 14, 2010

Sometimes when you are around many Mac users and everyone has a remote, say during presentations it can be annoying to have others remote controls messing with your Mac. Or in the case of a kiosk computer, you don't ever want a remote control to function.

How to Renew your IP address on a Mac

How to Renew your IP address on a Mac

Jul 7, 2010

Have you ever had a problem with your Mac network and needed to release and renew your DHCP acquired IP address?

What is hidd? Why is it running?

What is hidd?  Why is it running?

Jun 29, 2010

Are you looking in you Macintosh OS X Activity Monitor?  Do you see a process called hidd?  What is it?  Why is it consuming cpu and memory? Human Interface Device Daemon The hidd service is the Human Interface Device Daemon.  In fact, the hidd service is required for your Mac to operate properly as it is responsible for the operation of any human input...

How to enable “tap to click” on the Mac

How to enable “tap to click” on the Mac

Jun 21, 2010

A frustration for new Mac OS X users is tap to click.  You can’t just tap the trackpad to click on an icon, you have to actually click the button.  Or do you? Actually, the truth is… enabling “tap to click” is very simple on the Mac.   To enable tap to click go to your system preferences and click on trackpad. The very first option...