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Final Cut Pro (FCP) 4.5 and Compressor AGP error
For those that get the “This software requires” AGP card error when running Final Cut on a machine that has a PCI-Expresss video card instead of AGP, there’s a really easy fix: Go to Applications folder Right click on Final Cut Pro HD, choose Show Package Cont...
Burn DVD from VIDEO_TS folder (Mac OS X)
To burn a UDF DVD that plays in standalone DVD players, fire up Terminal and type the following:hdiutil makehybrid -udf -udf-volume-name <dvd_text> -o <dvd_name>.iso <path/to/folder>The dvd_text will be the disc’s title. Make sure to use the...
Turn off Spotlight indexing in Snow Leopard
In some cases, constant indexing of files inside large compressed files (eg: Netboot images) can cause a machine to become unusable. Simply unchecking options in System Preferences >> Spotlight will not help prevent Mac OS from constantly attempting to ...
Mac OS Applications folder slow to load / populate
As mentioned in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2730568?start=0&tstart=0, either deleted or rename the .DS_Store file in Applications.mv /Applications/.DS_Store /Applications/.DSStoreoldThe app list should populate much faster on the next folder brows...
Disable Mac OS X Lion 10.7 Startup Chime / Sound
Write a couple of Mute/Unmute shell scripts as outlined below, add them to the login and logout hooks.Mute Startup Sound in OS X LionThe files and the parent directories must have the following permissions:-rwxr-xr-xowner: rootgroup: wheel
Mac OS X - Energy Saver preferences won't save
Log in as an admin, run the following commands from Terminal:sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.AutoWake.plistsudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plistsudo rm /<user>/Library/Preferences/com....
Black screen after Windows 7 install on late 2009 iMac
Boot into MacOS, install either NTFS Mounter or NTFS 3G in order to make the NTFS partition writable.On the Windows OS drive, delete the existing ATI driver:/Windows/System32/Drivers/atikmdag.sysReboot into Windows 7, download the latest ATI HD 4850 driver fro...
Apple Mail Crashes on startup
If Apple’s mail app crashes on startup, then force a rebuild of its database by removing this file and any other files with the same prefix :/Users/<username>/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope IndexThere may be multiple Envelope Index temp files present....
Changing column width in Finder (Mac OS X)
To adjust the width of all columns in a Finder window, hold the Alt/Option key down while dragging the resize handle. All future windows will open with this new default column width.