As a general guideline, these temperatures are really the maximum I would consider safe for a laptop… 0-104F (40C) = Cold. 122F – 158F [50-70C] = Typical-ish use, still safe. 159F – 185F [70-85C] = Heavy use, consider moving to flat surface, elevating, or cooling it. 185F+ [85]+ = Hot! Go take a break. If […]
I have just downloaded this, but someone has created a Bento v3 template for the new Doctor Who RPG game…  See Doctor Who RPG Template | Database Templates For Bento | Bento Template Exchange, for the download link.
This assumes that the hard drive is physically intact. Put the drive into a 2.5″ enclosure and hook it up to another Mac. First, attempt to open the Disk Image, by going to the new drive’s USERS folder, and double clicking on the File Vault users disk image (it should be named the same as […]
Assume you want to do some work on a remote Mac via 10.5's Screen Sharing, but you forgot to enable Screen Sharing before you left the remote Mac. Since the screen sharing system uses launchd to monitor its state, enabling and disabling is as simple as adding a file in the/Libary/Preferences folder. Of course, this […]
Just remember, if you find something on your system, and you don\’t know what it is…. Â Don\’t immediately panic, try to understand the situation first. I just read a startling account, of someone thinking that StackShot, was direct evidence of their Macintosh OS X system being rooted by some evil HACKER. Stackshot is a built-in […]
It seems the version of X11 that ships with Snow Leopard causes some problems with VLC when it comes to videos with embedded subtitles. In my case, whenever I tried to open an MKV file that contained subtitles, VLC would get stuck while loading the video and never actually play it. If I tried to quit […]
Seriously, have you wondered what the mobsyc.exe process is in Windows? Â It is a process that assists with the Microsoft Sync Center & the Offline Files feature. Â Typically it is used when you have a Windows Mobile Phone, a SL Server, or have Internet Explorer set to synchronize web pages for viewing offline. It is […]
According to the Register: A new year bug has scuppered card transactions at thousands of Australian shops for four days so far, because systems at the Bank of Queensland say it is now 2016. The glitch has meant most debit cards have effectively expired. In the ensuing chaos, shops served by Bank of Queensland have […]