Category: Mac OS X

One of the best things about Macbooks is a fantastic Apple trackpads. Unfortunately, this cannot be said about third party mouse support. Maybe I haven’t used Macs for long enough, but I really hate mouse scrolling (and tracking) acceleration. What I want is linear predictable scrolling and tracking, regardless of how fast I’m moving the mouse or…

Issue Cannot install Windows 8.1 on MacBook Pro 13.3 Retina (OS X Yosemite) from an external DVD drive. After booting from the Windows 8.1 installation DVD and trying to install Windows on BOOTCAMP partition, following error is displayed: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.Windows cannot…

To disable per user startup items go to System Preferences > Users and Groups, then click on Login Items. To disable a startup item, simply uncheck the checkbox next to the item you want to disable. To add a new startup item, click on the + (plus) sign.

Mac OS X has several built-in shortcuts to take screenshots. Since Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) screenshots are saved in png format. Take screenshot of  the whole screenCommand + Shift + 3 Take screenshot of selected areaCommand + Shift + 4 > select area Take screenshot of a selected WindowCommand + Shift + 4 >…

To open Windows share on Mac OS X: Open Finder Go > Connect to Server

To show hidden files and folders on Mac OS: Open terminal Run following command:defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES Relaunch FinderPress Alt + Right Click on Finder icon > Relaunch