This week, a rare “we made a mistake” kbase article:
The antistatic shipping bags for small number of 180 GB Apple Drive Modules (ADMs) have a inaccurate label that states: “This drive is for use in an Xserve RAID only. Server Monitor software will not support this drive is installed in an Xserve.”
The solution is pretty simple:
The 180 GB ADM is fully functional in Xserve and Xserve (Slot Load) servers. The statement on the antistatic bag label is incorrect and not a cause for concern.
This article lists firmware updates available as standalone installers for Intel-based Mac computers.
Most firmware updates are automatically installed when you update or upgrade OS X. Some firmware updates are also available as downloads you can install manually. If your Mac needs a firmware update and it isn’t installed automatically, check to see if a manual updater is listed below.
Backdrop Effects is a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard iChat feature that “removes” the background of your video chat and replaces it with a picture of your choosing, leaving you in the foreground. It works much like a “green screen” used by actors in a Hollywood studio.
This works by taking a snapshot of the background when you are not chatting. Since the computer knows what the background is, parts of it can be replaced with images or movies. Since you were not part of the background when the snapshot happened, you will not be ignored, hence you or any other object will be able to move “on top of” the background.
There aren’t a ton of read me files on Apple’s old support site, but the eMate 300 is there:
As a result of Apple’s extensive testing of this product, we’ve developed this guide of helpful hints and troubleshooting tips for using your eMate 300.
If you are running OS X 10.2, this is worth knowing:
DNS must be available for the “softwareupdate” command-line tool to work. When there is no DNS service, softwareupdate incorrectly reports that software is already up-to-date.
It’s a shame this feature was so short-lived:
Target Display Mode lets you use the built-in display on a supported iMac as an external display for another Mac.
The Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002), iMac (Flat Panel), and eMac computers come with Mac OS X 10.1.2 or later preinstalled. If you want to install Mac OS X Server on one of these computers, then you must follow the steps listed in this document to ensure proper software installation.
Seems like a blast.
You lose some preferences when updating to Mac OS X 10.1 with CD-ROM part number 1Z691-3184-A.
The following preferences are lost after updating to Mac OS X 10.1:
- Date & Time control panel settings
- ColorSync
- Monitor Color Calibration
- Classic
- Desktop Picture
- Keyboard Menu
- ScreenSaver
Apple is here to help with that pesky watchband:
Find your band below to learn how to adjust or fasten it.
Before you adjust your band, place your Apple Watch face down over a clean surface like a lint-free, micro-fiber cloth or soft, padded mat.
This may be the best-designed knowledge base article I’ve come across.
If you’re an old-school Mac user, I apologize for the flashbacks this article is going to give you.
A/UX was a version of Unix Apple worked on from 1988 to 1995. It deserves a whole series of posts on this site, which I’ll get to eventually.
I was surprised to find several articles about it on Apple’s support site, including this one:
To run A/UX on the Macintosh IIfx, you must have A/UX 2.0 or any later version. Version 1.1 gave you this particular error message, because it doesn’t know how to use the IIfx DMA SCSI scheme. If you want to use A/UX on a IIfx, you must upgrade.
You can capture your whole screen or just part of it. The screenshot is automatically saved to your desktop.