120024: Startup Disk: Document and Software contains the ReadMe document for StartUp Disk 9.2.1, with links to the software downloads. 31370: Mac OS: "Can't Open Preferences File" Message covers what ...

Of all the "under the hood" components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

Safari crashes on launch. Mail quits when you try to send a message. What to do? Most savvy Mac users will delete the application’s preferences file, which stores changes made to the program’s default ...

System Preferences is easy to use: open it, click here, click there—whoops, not there, over here instead… wait, where is that setting? My point is: System Preferences could be easier to use. And it is ...

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