Are you torn between multiple browsers? Do you wish that your bookmarks were in sync? Well, there’s a simple solution. It’s called Xmarks. It’s simple to install and works seamlessly thereafter. I am personally using Firefox and Chrome and really wanted a way to keep my bookmarks updated on both browsers. Created an account - Xmarks Install the plug-in on both browsers by going...

Most of us have joined the icloud extravaganza and are now dependent on Apple not losing our data. Just imagine how upset you would be if you all of a sudden lost all your contacts. I personally am running OSX Lion 10.7.2 and I’m going to show you a simple way to backup your Address Book contacts onto your local hard drive. Launch Address Book File > Export… > Archive Address Book… Choose a saving destination (I...

I ran into a problem when trying to setup my iCloud account with Apple. No matter what I did, I couldn’t figure out how to complete the verification email part of the setup, as Apple needed my Apple ID to be an email address (the one I was using was not). I tried a few things and had no luck figuring out the problem. Come to find out, it looks like I had multiple Apple IDs related to the same email account. A very nice guy by the name...

ASL stands for Apple System Logger. If your Mac is launching Terminal very slowly, try clearing your ASL logs. $ sudo rm -f /private/var/log/asl/*.asl Check out http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/osx-terminal-slow-launch for preventative measures. All I did was add the following lines to /etc/asl.conf. = archive 0 = utmp_ttl 604800 = fs_ttl 604800 “So, you want to know what’s happening right? The first parameter = archive...

Error 51: Unable to communicate with the VPN subsystem. Please make sure that you have at least one network interface that is currently active and has an IP address and start this application again. Problem: Snow Leopard operates in 32 bit mode by default, Lion is a 64 bit operating system. Cisco’s VPN client only runs in 32bit mode. Fix: Don’t try to restart your Cisco client, it doesn’t work. Example: $ sudo...

I was asked to come up with a way to give users a list to choose from and output a result based on their selection. I decided to use PHP. I ended up using a Switch Statement to accomplish this task. I am not a PHP expert or anything but I was happy to figure this out on my own. Create the form: <form action="choice.php" method="post"> <b>Choose your Selection:</b><br /><br /> <input...