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How to Fix “KCGErrorFailure” with Unexpected Log Out in OS X

updated 8 months ago

After kind of solving problem reinstalling OS X, I faced another problem: “KCGErrorFailure” with unexpected log out. Sometimes this error happens once a day and sometimes there are couple days without any error. I haven’t tried these yet, but MacFixIt has an article relating to the problem: Managing unexpected log-outs in OS X. Got any [...]

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How to Fix “kernel NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error” in OS X

updated 8 months ago

You can read all about the problem from Apple Support Discussions: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! … NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! … Unfortunately, at the moment there is no clear solution how to fix the problem. From the forum: “I believe this is a hardware problem. I also was suffering from the same channel exception errors (and screen [...]

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How to Make an iPhone App

updated 1 month ago
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Table of contents User Interface Protoryping How to Share iOS Mockups E-Books and Articles on Learning Objective-C iOS Development Applications iOS Development Platforms And Frameworks iOS Development Resources iOS Development Discussions App Store Sales Analysis Apps Links User Interface Protoryping Keynote Kung-Fu: Keynote Wireframe Toolkit Keynotopia: User Interface Design Libraries for Keynote, PowerPoint and OpenOffice [...]

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How to Update Mail bundles Yourself

posted 1 year ago
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Every time Apple releases a new version of Mail, users howl because it breaks Mail add-ins like GrowlMail, Mail ActOn, and others. We then have to wait while the developers tweak those add-ins to work with the new Mail. Sometimes that can take a while. As several Hints readers have discovered, you can update the [...]

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How to Uninstall Flash for Mac OS X in Seven Easy Steps

updated 1 year ago
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Close all running applications especially any web browsers Download Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller Mount the Adobe Uninstaller Run the Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller Click Uninstall Enter your Mac’s administrator name and password and click Ok Click Done That’s it. You are now Flash free.

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How to Use GDB as a Poor Man's Profiler

posted 1 year ago
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By following exactly the steps you can often spot if application is in an infinite loop, or if it’s just making really slow progress or swapping memory like crazy. If it is in an infinite loop, the clues from the backtrace function names are often enough to figure out what provoked it, and how to [...]

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How to Close All Applications with One Keyboard Shortcut

posted 1 year ago

Command+Option+Eject will quit all applications and restart your Mac, and you’ll be prompted to save whatever documents you have open in each application before it closes. Command+Option+Control+Eject will quit all your applications and shut down your computer with the same prompts to save open documents.

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How to Restore iMovie’s Timeline Feature

updated 1 year ago
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If you have iMovie ’11, there’s a way to get back the original timeline view, where the video is in one scrollable line.

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How to Configure Mail's Junk Mail settings

updated 1 year ago
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Good tips! Alternative options? Check Hawk Wing’s list of spam tools for Mail app.

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How to Sync Data Using MobileMe or Google

updated 1 year ago
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Keep your personal data in step on all your Macs and iOS devices

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