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Mac OS X Server – Repair website configuration files

The folder etc>apache2>sites contains the configuration files for your sites. Apple's Server Admin requires certain sections to be present to allow configuration through Server Admin. CAUTION: All websites will be down during this process and damage could be caused to functionality unless backups are carefully made and verified. Ensuring you can restore the sites folder to it's current state quickly is vital to making sure the web server can be brought back up quickly in [...]

2019-10-25T21:26:08-04:00January 14th, 2010|Quick Tips|

Convert YouTube to QuickTime on Mac

Navigate to the video in the proper resolution in Safari Click Option + Command + A (Opens Activity window) Double-click the SWF or .flv file after it is completely downloaded. (You're looking for the largest file shown in the Activity window almost certainly megabytes vs. kilobytes.) This downloads it to your computer Use Handbrake to convert to appropriate format

2019-10-25T21:26:46-04:00December 15th, 2009|Quick Tips|

iPhone for Exchange Setup Instructions

from the Home screen tap Settings then tap Mail Contacts Calendars tap your current Exchange account tap Delete Account at the bottom it'll take a second to delete and then you're back at the Accounts page tap Add Account tap Exchange enter the following settings... Email: [Your Email] Domain: MAIL Username: [Your User] Password: [Your Password] Description: [Short Description] tap Next if you get a message that says: Unable to Verify Certificate tap Accept next [...]

2019-10-25T21:30:55-04:00December 12th, 2009|Quick Tips|

iPhoto 09 spins/hangs on launch

Client was experiencing issue where iPhoto 09 would spin/hang on launch. Disabled all network interfaces and launched iPhoto without issue. Disabled iPhoto looking for Shared Libraries and now it works fine.

2019-10-25T21:31:30-04:00December 9th, 2009|Quick Tips|

Qwest Actiontec and Bonjour

Qwest is distributing an Actiontec PK5000 modem/router combo that does not route bonjour packets. The device has 4 ethernet ports and wireless 802.11 - if you're on a LAN created by the device bonjour will not work on the network. If you use the Actiontec only as modem and connect to another router and you're good. Qwest has alternative modem/router combos that work fine.

2019-10-25T21:32:05-04:00December 9th, 2009|Quick Tips|

Convert Daylite Offline Database

Download Daylite 3.9 Offline Converter to your desktop and uncompress it link at bottom. Log into the Offline database as normal (if you were last in the online you will not be able to log in; skip to step 4 instead) Back it up as a precaution Log into the Offline database. Push and hold down the 'Alt' (Option) key From the Daylite menu bar select File > Database > Quick Backup Release the 'Alt' [...]

2019-10-26T08:43:05-04:00November 15th, 2009|Daylite|

Andrew Archer – Life Journeys

Thank you for calling us to make sure the Daylite solution was working for us and for brainstorming ways to make it better. As a small company we spend a lot of time dealing with technical issues instead of areas where we really need to be focusing (producing personal and family history books, sales, marketing, etc). It is great to know that you all aren't just around to put out fires. We appreciate the fact that you all seem to be genuinely concerned about our technology solutions...

2016-11-01T21:28:10-04:00November 1st, 2009|Testimonials|

Mac OS X Server – LDAP Stopped / PANIC: fatal region error detected

The following works awesome and fast for failed LDAP/Kerberos with the specified log messages. Visit here for the fix: http://www.prestonlee.com/2009/07/08/recovering-a-corrupt-openldap-database-on-osx-server/ Last night we noticed some services provided by an OSX Leopard Server instance were not working correctly. The iChat AFP and Web services were not authenticating. In Server Admin.app the “Overview” tab of the Open Directory service reported… LDAP Server is: Not Running Password Server is: Running Kerberos is: Not Running

2019-10-25T21:34:50-04:00October 7th, 2009|Quick Tips|

Apple Mail Signatures

Apple Mail creates some verbose HTML for signatures that when used with an attached image can confuse some Outlook environments and everything will come through as HTML attachments. Ideally link images to web server ones so there is no attachment. Below are instructions and an example. Create a signature in Apple Mail > Preferences so a webarchive file is created in /Users/[your-name]/Library/Mail/Signatures Create the HTML signature in a text editor and open in Safari File [...]

2019-10-26T08:45:40-04:00August 3rd, 2009|Quick Tips|