Starting with the macOS Catalina beta, your Mac uses zsh as the default login shell and interactive shell. You can make zsh the default in earlier versions of macOS as well.
Category: Kbase of the Week
Kbase Article of the Week: About the Upcoming Changes with iTunes on Mac ⇢
Here’s what to expect:
- Music that you’ve imported or purchased will be in the new Apple Music app.
The iTunes Store will still be available to buy music on Mac, iOS, PC, and Apple TV.- iPhone, iPad, and iPod backup, restore, and syncing will move to Finder.
- Movies and TV shows that you purchased or rented from iTunes will be in the new Apple TV app.
- Use the Apple TV app for Mac for future movie and TV purchases or rentals.
- Podcasts that you subscribed to or added to iTunes will now be in the new Apple Podcasts app.
- Audiobooks that you purchased from iTunes will now be in the updated Apple Books app.
- Use Apple Books for Mac for future audiobook purchases.
- iTunes Gift Cards and iTunes credits will be maintained and can be used with the new apps and the App Store.
While I am sure some people will miss iTunes, I’m excited by this new direction.
Bonus Kbase Article of the Week: About Graphics-Card Compatibility Between Mac Pro Models ⇢
Apple Support, writing about the old Cheese Grater Mac Pros:
Mac Pro computers use PCIe (PCI Express) graphics cards. Learn which Apple-provided cards work with your Mac Pro.
This article applies only to video cards that originally shipped with a specified Mac Pro or were offered as an upgrade kit by Apple. Similar cards that were not provided by Apple may have compatibility issues and you should work with the vendor of that card to confirm compatibility.
Getting this one posted before (hopefully) we see a new Mac Pro…
Kbase Article of the Week: Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter requires Thunderbolt 3
The Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter requires a host that supports Thunderbolt 3 over USB-C.
If you’re having issues with the adapter, or if you were directed to this page when you connected it to your computer, verify that your system supports Thunderbolt 3 over USB-C. Check with your system’s manufacturer if you think the message was shown in error.
Kbase Article of the Week: Cannot Select GeForce 9400M Graphics in Windows on MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008), MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009), MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009), and MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009) ⇢
You may notice that the built-in NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics subsystem does not appear in the Device Manager and cannot be used with Microsoft Windows XP or Vista.
Windows is not able to take advantage of the GeForce 9400M graphics processor and by default uses the GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processor.
Kbase Article of the Week: Use AIM with Messages or iChat ⇢
I love how short this article is:
Starting on Dec 15th 2017, you won’t be able to log in into the Message app or iChat app with your AOL account.
For more information, contact AOL.
Kbase Article of the Week: If a Blank CD or DVD Doesn’t Appear in the Finder ⇢
Follow these steps on your Mac if a blank optical disc (such as a CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R) doesn’t appear on the desktop or in the Finder after you insert it.
When’s the last time you used a CD or DVD?
Kbase Article of the Week: Mac OS X 10.4: Reading .plist Preference Files ⇢
Mac OS X applications typically store preference settings in plist files, such as “com.apple.Mail.plist”. In Mac OS X 10.3.9 and earlier, plist files were typically in XML format. In Mac OS X 10.4 and later, plist files are often in binary format for faster application performance.
Kbase Article of the Week: MacBook Pro: Bottom case foot replacement DIY instructions ⇢
This article details the do it yourself (DIY) repair process for installing feet and plugs for MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro computers that exhibit missing or damaged bottom case feet.
Kbase Article of the Week: iMac Software Update 1.2.1 (Tiger) ⇢
Apple Support, writing about a very specific software update:
This update is for 20-inch and 24-inch aluminum iMac computers with 2.0, 2.4, or 2.8 GHz processors running Mac OS X Tiger.
It improves the performance and reliability of graphics-intensive games and applications and fixes an issue that some customers encountered when installing Mac OS X Leopard after applying iMac Software Update 1.2.
Kbase Article of the Week: Macintosh SE/30: Technical Specifications ⇢
Kbase Article of the Week: PowerCD: Available in Two Colors? ⇢
The PowerCD is a weird footnote in the history of Apple’s audio products, but I just recently learned in was going to come in two colors, thanks to this support article:
There original strategy had two colors available for both NTSC and PAL. The Gray was for the business and education channels and the Blue for the consumer. The Blue is no longer available. In Apple USA, model HOO14ll/A, which was Blue, changed to H0014LL/B, which is Gray. After the color change, the only difference between the business and consumer channel models were the CDs that come with the PowerCD.