Open your multi-page PDF in Preview, hold down the Command key, and click on each page you’d like to print. With more than one page selected, the File -> Print menu item changes to read File -> Print Select Pages. Choose that, or just press Command-P, and you’ll print the selected pages.
Apple Mighty Mouse Won’t Scroll Down at Josh Bancroft’s TinyScreenfuls.com:
Well, it turns out, when the Mighty Mouse scroll wheel gets dirty, it stops being able to scroll down. Apparently, it’s a common problem, as a quick Google search turned up tons of pages, like this one at MacOSXHints.com.
The fix? Blow compressed air around the scroll ball, or just push on it really hard and roll it around (that worked for me). If you’re lucky (I was), it will start working again. If it keeps doing it, though, I’m going to have Apple replace it.
There's a way around everything. The best thing you can do is to use multiple layers of software and physical security. Make it hard on your would-be thief in every way possible.
Use an Open Firmware Password (yes, I know how that can also be defeated). Use a physical lock on your Apple laptop. Use iSight or some other security software to track your computer BEFORE its data is erased (I'd wager few thieves will understand the Mac the way they do PCs). When you're out and about, turn on every security gizmo in your Mac that you can--screensaver password, disable auto-login, enable timed logout, lock your keychains, etc., etc. Use a firewall when you're not behind a router.
In short, protect your data first and your machine second. Make your Mac a less delectable target.
Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD | TheAppleBlog:
To reset your OS X password without an OS X CD you need to enter terminal and create a new admin account:
Reboot
Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):
After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. When you login as the new admin you can simply delete the old one and you’re good to go again!
- mount -uw /
- rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
- shutdown -h now
Computerworld - User accounts and file sharing in Leopard: What's new:
NetInfo is no more, and you can now create groups and share any folder on your Mac.
Apple has made some major improvements in Leopard when it comes to creating and managing user accounts, file sharing and remote access. The biggest change, though, is something most Macintosh users may never see because it was accomplished so seamlessly: Apple has retired the proprietary NetInfo database that has stored and managed local accounts since the beginning of Mac OS X.
5 Ways to Use the Terminal in OS X, from Useful to Just Fun:
Just type banner followed by a phrase of your choosing to create a huge text banner. For example, banner Welcome to Low End Mac will create a banner out of the phrase "Welcome to Low End Mac."
It's pretty neat to watch it flow across the screen, but you can actually make a printable version.
First let's change directories to your Desktop:
cd ~/Desktop/
Then create a new blank file called banner.txt:
touch banner.txt
Now type your banner command, followed by > banner.txt:
banner Welcome to Low End Mac > banner.txt
The ">" directs the output of the previous command into the specified file. Double click the banner.txt file on your Desktop, and you'll see your printable banner in your default text editor.
BradBergeron.com » HOWTO: Install and Boot OS X On a Flash Drive:
You will need a 1GB or larger flash drive. It is impossible to install OS X on anything smaller. After testing this procedure multiple times, the largest free space I had after booting up was 11.6MB.
You will also need the original Mac OS X Install Disc(s) that came with your computer.
5 Things You Never Knew About Spotlight | TheAppleBlog:
You probably know that you can access Spotlight quickly with the Command-spacebar keyboard shortcut, but here are a few more tricks you might not know exist.
Make sure you empty your iPhoto application's trash every now and then!
iPhoto, the secret disk space thief | MacUser | Macworld
