Archive for February, 2010

How do I reinstall OS X but keep all my programs, settings, and preferences?

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

My Macbook Pro running 10.5.6 is running a bit slow and I would like to reinstall OS X but I want to make sure all my programs (especially those with licenses), preferences, and settings are intact after I reinstall. How do I do this? Thank you! You cannot do that, To reinstall your ...

How do I make a program do a bash script on mac osx?

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

I have a mac osx. Lets say I have a program that is nothing more then a button. You press this button and it will do a bash script. Now I have the bash script and I have the code for the button, but how do I make it so when click ...

Tiger is India’s national animal any idea how many tigers are left in India?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Tiger is our national animal. I am not sure if Indian public is aware about this fact and really care, not much information available online. Only a year ago there were calculated to be 24 tigers in the park, one of India’s 27 tiger reserves. A century ago, India had about 40,000 ...

How do you turn on iBook screen while its off and charging?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

I am charging my iBook and I turn it on. The green light appears and i hear it turn on but there is no screen it is still black. what do i do? do i leave alone for a while? help! Ivan, thanks for your suggestion. I tried to hold ...

How much would a screen crack in Mac OS X cost to repair?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The screen in my Mac Os X just cracked. The version is 10.4.11. Does anyone know is it repairable and how much would the repair cost? It depends on what Mac you have and there's not much anyone will be able to do without seeing it. An LCD replacement could ...

How do you disable the text to speech function on mac osx?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

This is the "say" function on OSX via terminal. I am running 10.5.6 I have disabled ssh, and I know you can edit the voice via system prefs:speech however I want to completely disable the say function. I have far too many co-workers who enjoy scripting say commands ...

why does sims 3 not work on my macintosh?

Monday, February 1st, 2010

i recently got the game 'sims 3'. it says on the packaging + instructions that it works on a pc and mac, but when i press the installer button a message comes up saying 'you can't open this application because it is not supported on this architecture'. What does that ...