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Apple Magic Mouse not “right clicking” after 10.7.5

Apple Magic Mouse not “right clicking” after 10.7.5

  Once I upgraded to Mac OSX 10.7.5, I noticed that I was unable to Right-Click my Magic Mouse. I found the solution HERE. Click Finder > Go to Folder… Go to the folder:  /System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/PlugIns/ Copy the following files into the folder – Download Files HERE. Reboot computer Problem...

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Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse Stuttering/Jerky

Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse Stuttering/Jerky

I started noticing that my Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse was stuttering (jerky). I tried a few things: turned off my wifi, rebooted, unplugged all peripherals, disabled wireless bluetooth sync with my iphone, disabled iTunes Match, prayed to the computer gods, etc.. Here’s what worked for me: Shut down iTunes. I figured this out by simply shutting down  iTunes. Then I found the permanent solution...

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Mounting Airport Extreme Disk via Terminal using mount_smbfs

Mounting Airport Extreme Disk via Terminal using mount_smbfs

I am going to show you how to mount your Airport Extreme network attached drive via Terminal. I wanted to do this manually because I want to run a single command to backup my data to it using rsync (read my rsync blog HERE). Launch Terminal Applications > Utilities > Terminal First make a directory for the volume you wish to mount: $ mkdir /Volumes/My\ Passport Then mount the drive: $ mount_smbfs...

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Airport Extreme – share disks over WAN

Airport Extreme – share disks over WAN

I have an Airport Extreme with a handy USB port and want to remotely access my hard drive that is plugged into it. It’s easy to access the Hard Drive locally, but remotely is a whole different ballgame. First, Plug in any hard drive into your Airport Extreme. It should now show up in your Finder. If it doesn’t, go to your Finder Preferences. Make sure “Connected servers” is checked. Your Hard Drive should now...

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rsync

rsync

Everyone backs up their data. The problem I ran into is that I have 2TB’s of data to backup, and I couldn’t find a cloud based solution that uploaded my data fast enough. So, I went to plan B. As you can tell by the title of this blog, I am going to use rsync. rsync is a software application and network protocol for Unix-like systems with ports to Windows that synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while...

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