Readers of the Rocket Yard are a pretty special group and include a number of those folks that we call "system administrators." You know the type – they're the people who keep your website running 24/7 and make sure that the...
I’ve been making my own Mac icons for folders, applications, and a myriad of other uses for well over 20 years now. Back then, I was stuck with 256 (or fewer) colors, a black/white alpha channel, and pretty much had...
Do you enjoy playing the classic game Tetris? Did you know that it is already on your Mac, and that you can play it right now? You do have to feel comfortable using the Terminal application (found in Application/Utilities/Terminal.app) and...
By Lloyd Chambers, Guest Blogger An overlooked aspect of data management is data integrity: are the files intact tomorrow, a year from now, on the original drive and backup drives, or perhaps even on a DVD or Blu-ray? Or after having...
Have you ever removed an application or driver only to find out later there are still traces of it on your Mac? Perhaps you are just curious where files go during an installation? Fear not! Apple has made it very...
Does your new blazing fast SSD appear to be sluggish when waking up from sleep? There’s probably a good reason behind this, although I doubt it’s because you’re making it work too hard. Apple implemented a new Standby Mode with...
I had just rebooted after installing the 10.8.4 update, I went and opened up OS X Mail and got a pop up telling me that my plugin TruePreview was not compatible and I needed to check with the developer. I...
We've been waiting and waiting for Apple to release the next version of OS X Mountain Lion in hopes that the next full version would have all the necessary components to setup a Fusion drive on any Mac capable of...
Forget that new super secure password you just created? Breathe easy, there is a simple fix. In OS X versions 10.6 and earlier we would just boot to the installation disk, go to Utilities, and open the Reset Password application....
