March 5, 2009
Symptoms: After updating to 10.5.6, Mail may encounter such problems as unexpectedly quitting, not being able to quit out of Mail and problems loading messages.
Solution: Apple has acknowledged this issue and provided an update “fix” for Mail. Run Software Update, if Mail Update 1.0 appears, go ahead and run the update. Reboot and test. [...]
March 5, 2009
Problem: When setting “Single” spacing in the formatting preferences, Word seems to be stuck in double-space mode. Here is the fix until and if Microsoft decides that this is an issue and not a good idea:
Solution: Go to the Format menu at the top bar and select, Style, from the drop-down menu that appears. Normal [...]
March 5, 2009
Problem: Just came across this with a client’s machine the other day. She got back her machine from Apple after they’d done a data transfer and there are a slew of issues including this one. The date and time will not set correctly. I noticed that the time was off, so went into System Preferences [...]
March 5, 2009
Symptoms: In OS 10.5.6 Can’t copy or paste anything in Word, Text Edit or any other applications. Can’t drag icons either.
Solution: It’s a corrupt Finder. Trash com.apple.finder.plist, reboot.
March 5, 2009
Stumbled upon this when I was doing a routine set up for a client: Apparently you can no longer register your Applecare Agreement via Apple’s site if you purchase your products through a reseller. You have to either fax or email your proof of purchase of the Apple product(s), along with the Applecare s/n & [...]
March 2, 2009
symptom: items on desktop will refresh (ie. disappear, then reappear) , causing the finder to disfunction.
solution: go to home/library/preferences and locate com.apple.sidebarlists.plist and move it to the trash, log out of user and log back in.