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System Monitor is an application for the menu bar of Mac OS X, designed to inform you unobtrusively about the activity of your computer. You can retrieve up-to-date technical data any time, like process load, CPU temperature, main memory consumption, storage space, disk activity, communication on network interfaces, etc. By positioning the app in the menu bar, as least screen real estate as possible will be wasted. The program monitors your system continuously and is readily available when you need it.

Frequently Asked Questions:

(1) What are Apple Certified Refurbished Products?

Apple Certified Refurbished Products are pre-owned Apple products that undergo Apple's stringent refurbishment process prior to being offered for sale. While only some units are returned due to technical issues, all units undergo Apple's stringent quality refurbishment process.

Each Apple Certified Refurbished Product:

is fully tested (including full burn-in testing).is refurbished with replacement parts for any defective modules identified in testing.is put through a thorough cleaning process and inspection.is repackaged (including appropriate manuals, cables, new boxes, etc.).includes the operating software originally shipped with the unit and the custom software offered with that system. See each products "Learn More" for more details.is given a new refurbished part number and serial number.is placed into a Final QA inspection prior to being added to sellable refurbished stock.

 

Some questions people have about AppleWorks moving to modern Macs are answered here:

 

1. Does AppleWorks work on Intel Macs? Yes.

 

2. Does AppleWorks work on Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) or Mountain Lion (Mac OS X 10.8)?  Not directly.

 

Conversion to compatible formats (mentioned in question 7 below) before installing Lion, or attaching a bootable external hard drive and installing Snow Leopard or earlier on it and installing Appleworks, is required to ensure your documents remain compatible when you upgrade to Lion.

Snow Leopard installation though is not possible for Macs released new later than July 20, 2011.  Note, some were released new earlier than that date, however were sold new after that date. 

 

Alternatively, you can run 10.6.8 under virtualization as a server operating system.  

 

To tell the difference between Macs that do or do not need the virtualization solution, go to Apple menu -> About This Mac -> More Info and look for the Machine ID, and in some cases the processor, release name, and speed are needed to be known.   Those stated that can run Snow Leopard below do not need virtualization, those that can't run Snow Leopard natively, will need virtualization:

Google Maps desktop client for Mac

With eMaps you can use features including:

Search for locations.Get the address of a point on the map, as well as its geographical coordinates.Get detailed (step-by-step) driving and walking directions.Check out Google Street View that show you places as if you were there in person.Draw lines and shapes on the map for trace custom paths, highlight regions, get distances and areas.View location-specific information such real-time traffic, current weather conditions and weather forecast, photos, videos, webcams, Wikipedia articles, KML contents.Set a default map view.Bookmark your favorite places.Export as image, export as KML or email your maps.View and explore maps in full-screen mode.

You can create a standalone OS X installation drive without having purchased OS X from the App Store.

One easy option (which I have discussed before) is to purchase OS X from the App Store, then create a boot drive from its contents. However, this requires you to purchase a separate license of OS X. The copy of OS X that is included with your Mac is not considered a retail purchase, so unfortunately you will be able to access it only through Apple's installer. However, there is a small workaround that you can use to capture this copy and put it on a USB drive for use offline.

Apple Discussion Communities member "keg55" outlines the method for doing this, which involves installing OS X to an external drive, then removing the drive before the installer can complete, thereby preserving the installation image.

Get an 8GB or higher USB drive and plug it into your Mac.Restart to Recovery mode by holding Command-R at startup. (Internet Recovery by including the Option key here will also work.)Choose the option to Install OS X and select the USB drive as the destination.Proceed with the installation and monitor the download. When your Mac automatically restarts, it will display a black screen with no video output for a second or two. At this point, unplug the USB drive.

About Bonjour Print Services for Windows v2.0.2

Bonjour Print Services for Windows lets you discover and configure Bonjour-enabled printers from your Windows computer using the Bonjour Printer Wizard.

Use Windows Update to make sure you have the latest Service Pack installed for your computer.

Printer requirements
Bonjour Print Services works with either:
* network printers over Wi-Fi or Ethernet
* USB printers shared via a Mac or an AirPort base station

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen tries to dispel at least some of the myth and rumor surrounding Adobe Creative Cloud.

The Reset Print System routine in OS X performs a number of adjustments to the print service's files and configurations to restore factory default settings, but these steps can be manually performed or can even be undone, if needed.

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If your Mac's Wi-Fi connection is constantly changing to one you cannot access, a quick system preferences adjustment could do the trick.

When connected to a Wi-Fi hot spot, especially if the hot spot uses multiple access points and there are multiple networks in the vicinity, you may encounter a problem where your Mac keeps losing its network connection and then attempts to establish a connection with a network for which you do not have access.

Additionally, even after you have selected a working connection, if you put the system in sleep mode, restart it, or if you just temporarily lose your connection for some reason, the system will again attempt to connect to that network. Having to continually select your Wi-Fi connection from the Airport menu can be a pain.

Usually such problems happen if you have inadvertently connected to a closed captive portal network in the vicinity when selecting a Wi-Fi connection. In this case, the system is able to establish a preliminary connection with the captive portal, and therefore saves the connection attempt in its preferred wireless network list.

Once in the list, if this network is given priority above others, it will be the first one that the system connects to, resulting in you continuously seeing the active portal login prompt.