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Entries for March 26th, 2008

Google Notifier: Sign-In Failed

I recently purchased a new Mac and have been progressively setting it up with all my favorite Mac applications.  Google Notifier for Mac is one of these, which monitors my Gmail account and lets me know when I have mail. Unfortunately, on my new Mac I have not been able to Sign-In to my Google [...]

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How-To: Reset your iPod (when your iPod has frozen)

Okay, this happens to my iPod all the time and I always forget how to unfreeze it.  So here are the simple instructions to reset your iPod Classic (< 5th Generation), iPod Mini and iPod Nano: Cycle the hold switch switch a couple of times and leave hold off Hold down the Menu and Middle [...]

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FusionCharts Fix: Stop charts appearing in front of modal dialog or html elements

We have been using Fusion Charts for a number of projects. They provide very nice slick looking animated graphs and widgets (now available as Google Gadgets too incidentally). However as they are Flash based they can cause problems when you place other elements in front of them – for example a “modal dialog” box. Flash [...]

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How-To: Copy files between two Mac’s via a Firewire Cable

You can connect two Mac’s together via a firewire cable to maximise transfer speed between them.  Say you have a really large file on Mac 1 (source) and you want to copy it to Mac 2 (destination).  Do the following: Ensure the source Mac is turned off, and the destination Mac is turned on. Connect [...]

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