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Mac Mail has stuck messages in Outbox

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Apple – Support – Discussions – Mail stuck in OUTBOX …
The problem is a corrupt Outbox. I read about this on
the ATT trouble shooting site. Delete the Outbox and
mail will create a new one. This solved my problem with
email sitting the Outbox forever and never being sent.
To be safe, I dragged my Outbox to a [...]

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Another way to selective delete lots of Skype contacts

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

7000 contacts in Skype Address Book, how do I mass delete – Skype Community
Select one contact, scroll to the last contact and shift-click on it. That should select EVERYTHING between the first and the last—so be careful. Then hit the DELETE key on your keyboard. If there are contacts you do not wish to delete, [...]

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Mass Delete Skype Contacts

September 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I’m an idiot, I imported 7000 contacts into Skype. I know, I should have just allowed things to be seen. There is no documented way to delete contact except one by one. The problem is that it is not clear how to select all contacts. Here is how you do it:

Click on the contact group [...]

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Google sync to Exchange

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, I’ve been trying to get Google and Exchange to work. Tried Google Sync for Outlook. Now, the usual question, Google sync, says “do you want to delete 415 events in your Outlook calendar?” There can only be really one answer to that:

NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

So I think the best choice is to backup Outlook, then do the [...]

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Reset iCal and Entourage

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I’ve had terrible problems with both iCal and Entourage. With iCal, I first tried to use Google Calendar and then started deleting excessive calendars. Then, when I rebooted, I discovered that I couldn’t see any calendars and also that when I tried to add another calendar with New calendar, iCal just hung.
First thing to [...]

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