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David McGavock

Installing Mavericks: What you need to know | Macworld - 0 views

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  • Before proceeding, be sure to read my article on getting your Mac ready for Mavericks, which covers system requirements and recommendations, as well as a number of tasks you should perform before upgrading in order to help the process go smoothly.
  • If downtime isn’t an option for you, you might consider holding off for the inevitable OS X 10.9.1.
  • After you provide your Apple ID and password, Mavericks will begin downloading. Specifically, the 5.3GB installer application, called Install OS X Mavericks.app, will be saved to your main Applications folder
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  • Alternatively, once you’ve downloaded the Mavericks installer to one computer, you can copy it—over your local network or by using a flash drive, external hard drive, or other media—to your other Macs.
  • Keeping the installer on hand Before proceeding with installation, here’s an important tip: If you run the installer from its default location in the Applications folder, the installation process deletes the installer, presumably to free up the 5.3GB of drive space it occupies. So if, as explained above, you plan to use the installer on other Macs, if you want to create a bootable installer drive, or if you just want to keep the installer on hand, before installing, you should copy the installer to another drive—or at least move it out of the Applications folder.
  • Once you’ve downloaded the Mavericks installer, here are the simple steps involved in installing the new OS:
  • Your Mac will next go through the initial-setup process, and there are few tasks you’ll want to perform when you boot into Mavericks for the first time.
  • as with Mountain Lion and Lion, upgrading to OS X 10.9 presents challenges for a few groups of people.
  • Can you jump directly from 10.5 to 10.9? Apple’s official policy is that you need to purchase and install Snow Leopard (currently $20 for a single-user license or $30 for a family pack) and then upgrade to Mavericks.
  • the Mavericks installer is strict about requiring OS X 10.6.8:
  • If your Internet connection is slow, it will take a long time—perhaps days—to download the 5.3GB Mavericks installer.
  • Organizations will use the same purchasing procedure as always to buy OS X, but they’ll be given one Mavericks redemption code for each purchase contract. After using that code to download the Mavericks installer from the Mac App Store, that copy of the installer can be used on any and all Macs covered by the contract.
  • As with Mountain Lion and Lion, my experience has been that for the typical Mac user with a broadband connection, the process of purchasing, obtaining, and installing OS X continues to be easy and pain-free.
  • David McGavock on 16 Nov 13
     
    "Before Lion (OS X 10.7) debuted in 2011, installing the latest major version of Mac OS X meant buying a disc and slipping it into your Mac's optical drive. But Lion changed all that by making OS X available for direct download, and Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) and Mavericks (OS X 10.9) have inherited this distribution method. More specifically, the latest version of OS X is available only as a download from Apple's Mac App Store-and this time around, it's free. This makes it easier and more convenient to upgrade your OS than having to buy and use a DVD or thumb drive, but it also raises a number of questions, and it presents upgrade obstacles for some users. As I've done the past few years, I've compiled this guide to getting and installing Apple's latest OS. Before proceeding, be sure to read my article on getting your Mac ready for Mavericks, which covers system requirements and recommendations, as well as a number of tasks you should perform before upgrading in order to help the process go smoothly. "
David McGavock

Mac Basics: Applications, files, and folders (OS X Lion) - 0 views

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  • Mac Basics: Applications, files, and folders (OS X Lion)
  • David McGavock on 06 Nov 13
     
    Basic of basics but good for a beginner to orient themselves
David McGavock

How to fix Apple Mail by rebuilding and reindexing the Mailbox | Computerworld - 0 views

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  • If your Apple Mail doesn't seem to be searchable and/or has become so slow it seems to hang your Mac -- or even displays incorrect email content, then it's time you attacked  the problem: it's time to rebuild and reindex your Mailbox.
  • Before we begin Delete messages inside your Deleted Items and Spam folders Delete messages you no longer need Update to the latest version of Mail
  • Step 1: Rebuild Rebuilding a Mailbox in Mail sound daunting but it really isn't. Launch Mail, select one of your mailboxes and click on the Mailbox menu. At the bottom of the pane choose the Rebuild option. If you have a large mailbox, you can expect the process to take a few hours. You must repeat this step for each one of your Mailboxes.
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  • Step 2: Reindex Manual reindexing of Mail messages is the only way to go if the  application has become so unresponsive it barely works at all, search is not functioning correctly or the app won't launch.
  • To get to your home Library folder, hold down the Option key, then in the Finder choose Go > Library. In ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData, delete any file that begins with “Envelope Index,” such as Envelope Index or Envelope Index-shm. (Before you actually delete the files, it makes sense to copy them to a folder on your desktop.)
  • David McGavock on 20 Apr 15
     
    Tips for rebuilding and reindexing Mailbox in Mail.
David McGavock

10 Tips for a Better Finder Experience | Mactuts+ - 0 views

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  • David McGavock on 29 May 13
     
    The Finder app is arguably the most central element of the OS X user experience. It lies at the very heart of nearly everything you do. In light of this, you should learn to make the most of it! Follow along as we go over ten awesome tips for improving your Finder use. We'll cover everything from adding tabs to hidden shortcuts.
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iTunes 101: Multiple Devices, One iTunes Account - Tech News and Analysis - 0 views

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  • iTunes is limited to authorizing only five computers with each iTunes account
  • if you have created five different user accounts on the same computer, and have authorized iTunes for each user account on that one computer with the same iTunes Account, then you have reached your maximum number of authorizations.
  • once you have iTunes configured with a single  iTunes Account, there does not appear to be a limit to the number of iPods, iPhones, and iPads one can sync to a single iTunes library.
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  • three layers of where the iTunes Account is configured.
  • apps that were purchased on one device are being lost, while apps purchased on a different devices are being added.
  •  transferring purchases before each sync, and disabling the automatic synchronizing of new apps on each iOS device.
  • “Automatically Sync New Apps” option in the apps tab of your iOS device info screen in iTunes applies to any app in your  iTunes library that has been added to your iTunes library since your last sync. If you are managing several iOS devices from one account, it is a good idea to disable this feature
  • you may notice some strange behavior when you sync your iOS devices: apps seem to disappear and appear at random with each sync.
  • first is the iTunes installation you use to sync your device.
  • second is the iTunes Account configured on the device itself.
  • Changing which iTunes Account is used on the device to be something other than the iTunes Account you sync with may cause problems when the sync operation transfers purchases from the device to the iTunes installation on your Mac
  • plan on using the same iTunes Account on both your computer and your device to avoid those problems.
  • You may even want to consider creating a separate playlist folder for each iOS device you sync to.
  • Another layer of iTunes media management has to do with remote playback of your iTunes library, which is accessible on multiple devices via Home Sharing.
  • David McGavock on 21 Sep 13
     
    Tips on managing your computers, iOS devices using a single Apple ID.
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