Here are the Posts from the category "Support":
by Greg M. | Aug 22, 2014 | Instructional, Internet, Knowledge Base, Original Articles, Projects Timeline, Q&A, Software/Applications, Support, Web Technology
A: I recently wrote an article about MD5 and SHA1 hashing algorithms and how they are commonly used around the internet. Creating an MD5 or SHA1 hash is relatively easy. There are a good many applications out there that can be used to generate all sorts of checksums.... read more
by Greg M. | Aug 22, 2014 | Getting Started, History, Internet, Knowledge Base, Original Articles, Q&A, Support, Web Technology
A: A good number of websites, especially those that provide large software downloads like Apple and Microsoft, have begun providing what looks like a long string of random numbers and letters with the title of either MD5 or SHA1. MD5 (Message Digest rev. 5) and SHA1... read more
by Greg M. | May 9, 2013 | Email, Q&A, Quick Tricks, Software/Applications, Support
A: Like many of you reading this, I hate doing repetitive work. Yes, there is a way to do this, but it is not built into Apple Mail or Address Book. Like many things in Mac OS X, the underpinnings of the Mac OS X Address Book.app (or “Contacts.app” as it... read more
by Greg M. | Nov 26, 2012 | Browsers, History, Internet, Knowledge Base, Software/Applications, Support
I recently stumbled upon something that I thought others might find handy. HERE is Mozilla’s store of all of their earlier versions of Firefox should you need it for testing or for supporting older hardware. You can also access something similar (but more user... read more
by Greg M. | Oct 22, 2012 | Knowledge Base, Q&A, Quick Tricks, Setup/Configuration, Support
A: This is an apparent issue with the default configuration within QuickBooks 2010. Now some sites claim that Release Update 11 solves the issue. You can try that yourself, because with QuickBooks, its always important to install those new updates (or to have your... read more
by Greg M. | Oct 22, 2012 | Instructional, Knowledge Base, Q&A, Quick Tricks, Setup/Configuration, Software/Applications, Support
A: This is a very nuanced problem and most people will likely not care that instead of getting a nice preview icon on your PDF’s you get the traditional Adobe general PDF icon. If you are the type of person who wants your computer to work the way you have set it... read more
by Greg M. | Aug 2, 2012 | Instructional, Knowledge Base, Q&A, Software/Applications, Support, Troubleshooting
A: So you’ve been a conscientious user and have religiously backed up your computer using some form of imaging software. Over the years I have used many imaging software solutions, all have their own unique capabilities and all do basically the same thing.... read more
by Greg M. | May 10, 2012 | Email, Q&A, Setup/Configuration, Software/Applications, Support, Troubleshooting
A: Outlook 2011 is the first Microsoft mail client for the Mac that gets close to the functionality of Microsoft Outlook for Windows. Now before all of you start arguing with that claim, I’m not saying that they are the same product. THEY ARE NOT! Outlook for... read more
by Greg M. | May 8, 2012 | Instructional, Setup/Configuration, Software/Applications, Support, Troubleshooting
Intuit’s QuickBooks server software has a collection of IP Ports that need to be open to allow proper authentication and shuttling of data between client workstations and the server. Thankfully they’ve included a tool to diagnose connection problems. You... read more
by Greg M. | Apr 6, 2012 | Knowledge Base, Q&A, Setup/Configuration, Software Reviews, Software/Applications, Support
A: I very-much intentionally put quotation marks around the “Lion Compatible” portion of Intuit’s latest version of Quicken for the Mac. A few days ago, Intuit sent out emails to registered users of supported version of Quicken for Mac (2005-2007)... read more