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Changing the login window background

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Are you tired of the standard background for the login window? Well, if you are running Tiger or Leopard, you can easily change this picture to anything you wish. This is handy for schools or organizations who want a static background showing off their spiffy logo.
For Leopard Users
To change the background, [...]

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Remote Mac debugging

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

So if you have a Mac say at your friends home, is there an easy way to diagnose it. I’ve tried this a bunch with Windows machines, but never quite got all the connections right. So maybe Apple works better. On a single network this is great, you can Share Screen with other Mac’s and [...]

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Time Capsule is “preparing” forever, diagnostics and also hangs

July 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Time Capsule

I have two different problems now. First, the Time Capsule at work is preparing forever. No one really has a resolution to this. I’ve run it for 24 hours and it never stops preparing. I really don’t want to lose my backups, but not sure what to do. Maybe take it home over the weekend [...]

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