Mar 10
A few hints that your USB drive or any storage is infected:
- existence of autorun.inf
- unknown executable files that matches some of your Windows folders (documents.exe etc)
- randomly ASCII named executable files or files that can’t be deleted (runauto..)
Some of these files do not even show up when you view the listing on a PC, but shows up as a normal file on a Mac. It doesn’t do anything on the Mac, of course, as it’s a Windows executable file. Just delete the files and delete the virus 
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Tagged with: Apple • Mac • Virus • Windows
Jan 12
Just quick one – if you’re having trouble updating to 10.5.6, try a manual download of the update at:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx1056update.html
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Tagged with: Leopard • Upgrade
Dec 05
The thing about most Macs that are running OSX (Panther and up): if and when your Mac feels sluggish, and you’re not sure if it’s the system software or the hardware that’s gone haywire – you can do a quick test – without having to resort to formatting.
Unlike the PC, 99% of the time (as a technical guy who has almost seen it all, I made that number up from experience), the issue is not hardware and you don’t have to reformat your Mac. The quick and dirty way to test, and this is what we would do if you pass your Mac to us, is to create a new admin account under Users in Systems Preferences.
Nov 06
So it’s your first Mac – here are some quick tips and facts about your new Mac:
- Yes, there is right click and have always been there. Press Ctrl + click, and you will get contextual menus, just as you would with a right click mouse (or, two fingers on the trackpad + click);
- You can use any USB mouse on your Mac including the RM10 mouse or RM200 Mighty Mouse;
- Screenshot: cmd + shift + 4 (selection);
- Screenshot: cmd + shift + 3 (full-screen);
- Cut and Paste: cmd C, cmd V;
Tagged with: Switchers • Tip
Sep 24
Prelude: This is a new series of tip contents that we’ll be adding onto our blog. We’ll be covering topics like OSX, iPods, Internet, software and hardware topics that’s more closer to home (localised stuff). If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to let us know in the comments!
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Tip summary
- Address the issue of having too many email accounts
- Use Gmail to check all other POP3 emails and for storage/search purposes
- Set up Leopard’s Mail to check only Gmail’s IMAP instead of all other emails
Tagged with: Email • Gmail
Aug 05
Solution: Change outgoing smtp port number from 25 to 587.
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http://www.streamyx.com/whats_new/whats_new.php?id=article_20080701
01/07/2008
MITIGATING SPAM IN TM NETWORK
Our valued customers,
Further to our announcement on – MITIGATING SPAM IN TM NETWORK, Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) wishes to inform you that we will continue to block OUTBOUND Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) traffic or port 25 for all outgoing e-mails from dynamic IP addresses. We wish to highlight that this initiative is crucial in combating spam in our Internet Protocol (IP) network as well as to improve our quality of service.
Tagged with: Email • Streamyx
