Kbase Article of the Week: OS X: About Mail Update for Mavericks⇢

Apple Support:

Mail Update for Mavericks includes improvements to general stability and compatibility with Gmail, including the following:

  • Fixes an issue that prevents deleting, moving, and archiving messages for users with custom Gmail settings
  • Addresses an issue that may cause unread counts to be inaccurate
  • Includes additional fixes that improve the compatibility and stability of Mail

Gmail being in broken in Mail was a real good time there for a little bit.

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Kbase Article of the Week: Reduce Cable Strain on your MagSafe Power Adapter⇢

Apple Support:

While the MagSafe power adapter is designed to travel with your Mac notebook, some ways of using it can contribute to the fraying or breaking of cables. The MagSafe adapter, like any other metal wire or cable, is subject to becoming weak or brittle if repeatedly bent in the same spot. Follow these recommendations to reduce the likelihood of damaging the adapter.

I still really miss MagSafe. USB-C charging may be convenient, but it’s not as nice.

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Kbase Article of the Week: Mac mini: How to Identify External Power Adapters on Mac Mini Models Released Before 2010⇢

Apple Support:

In February 2006, Apple introduced the Intel-based Mac mini (Early 2006). This model and models of Mac mini through 2009 use a different power adapter than models of Mac mini released before 2006.

The two power adapters are not interchangeable, and should only be used with the model of Mac mini they shipped with. Read on to learn how to identify which power adapter to use with each Mac mini computer.

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Kbase Article of the Week: iMovie HD: Unable to Eject Audio CD After Importing a Track in iMovie⇢

Apple Support:

If you add a track from an audio CD into your iMovie HD project, you may be unable to eject that CD while iMovie HD is running.

This can happen if you’re using iMovie HD in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

To eject your CD, save your project and quit iMovie HD. You will then be able to eject your CD normally. After the CD is ejected, open iMovie again and resume work on your project.

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Kbase Article of the Week: iDVD 1.0 Cannot Import MPEG 1 Video⇢

Apple Support:

You’re unable to import an MPEG 1 video file into your iDVD project. QuickTime Player can read and play the file, and iDVD Help says: “You can add any video or image file supported by QuickTime to your iDVD project.”

iDVD 1.0 cannot read MPEG 1 video files. The Help file is in error. You may be able to convert your MPEG 1 video files to a different QuickTime format that iDVD can read by using the Cleaner 5 application from Terran.

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Kbase Article of the Week: Mac OS X 10.5.5: USB Connected Printers do not Print; Printer Queue Displays "Printer is currently off-line"⇢

Apple Support:

After updating to Mac OS X 10.5.5, you may not be able to print to some USB-based printers. This message may appear in the printer queue: “Printer is currently off-line.”

I remember this bug showing up at a couple of schools I supported back when I was a full-time Mac consultant and it suuuuuucked.

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Kbase Article of the Week: Intel-based Macintosh may Kernel Panic if Used with "Flavored" iMac Keyboards⇢

Apple Support:

If you have a “flavored” (strawberry, tangerine, blueberry, lime or grape) iMac keyboard connected to your Intel-based Mac and you press the F12 key to eject a disc immediately after pressing the power button, you may experience a kernel panic. Intel-based Macs include iMac (Early 2006) and Mac mini (Early 2006).

Update to Mac OS X 10.4.9 to prevent this issue.

No word on if using the terrible iMac mouse would cause the same issue, because everyone rage destroyed them.

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