fixed : I get a Track Following Error using Roxio Toast
Question : Each time I’m trying to burn a DVD+/-R in Roxio Toast, the DVD won’t get burned and I get this error : The drive reported an error: Sense Key = HARDWARE ERROR Sense Code = 0x09 TRACK...
View Articlefixed : place a picture behind an Excel chart or graph
Question : I am using Excel (from Microsoft Office) and I want to put the chart I’ve just made on top of a picture. How can I do that ? Answer : In Excel v14 (from MS Office 2011 for … Continue reading →
View Articlefixed : AirDrop from Mac to iPhone/iPad
Question : I’ve just installed iOS 7 on my iPhone 5, and since I was reading about AirDrop being one of the new features, I immediately thought of using AirDrop to get this picture I just made onto my...
View Articlefixed : update Minecraft on restricted user account
Question : I have installed the Minecraft game (Mac version) for my children. But, on my Mac, the account of my children is an account with ‘parental guidance’ restrictions, not a full administrator...
View Articlefixed : “ssl peer shut down incorrectly”-error when updating Minecraft
Question : When trying to update the Mac-version of Minecraft, I get this error : ssl peer shut down incorrectly I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong… my internet-conection is working and everything...
View Articlefixed : changing the name of a Time Machine backup .sparsebundle-file
Question : I have transported my user account from my old Mac to my new Mac (using the Migration Assistant application) some weeks ago. Yesterday, I happend to click on the Data-drive from my...
View Articletest : Albert Heijn (a.k.a. iClever) Apple-imitation bluetooth keyboard
The official Apple Bluetooth keyboard looks really cool and works smoothly, but it’s expensive… a little too expensive for most purposes people say… Of course there have been lots of alternative...
View Articlefixed : PowerPoint presentation too large for eMail
Question : I just made a beautiful PowerPoint presentation which I want to eMail to my friend. When I tried to eMail it, that seemed to work okay at first, but a few moments later I got an error...
View Articlefixed : shared disks not visible in Finder
Question : When I’m at home, I usually am able to see my Time Capsule in the paragraph named “Shared” in the shortlist on the left side of each Finder window. But today, I don’t even see the “Shared”...
View Articlefixed : login to AmbraSoft online school training on an age restricted user...
Question : Our children have a restricted ‘parental guidance’ user account on our old MacBook running MacOSX 10.6 Snow Leopard. Just the other day, they got an activation code for the AmbraSoft online...
View Articlefixed : animated GIFs not playing in Preview.app
Question : For my work I regularly get animated-GIF for online advertising campaigns send to me offline. As it turns out I can only view them in the Finder’s preview, but when I double-click on them,...
View Articlefixed : quickly free up disk space on MacOSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
Question : My son alarmed me today that his ‘good old’ Mac gives a “your startup disk is full” warning at startup. He has our old Intel CoreDuo MacBook that can only run MacOSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard....
View Articlefixed : get iOS10-iPhone’s photos on old Snow Leopard OSX10.6.8-Mac
Question : I just got a new iPhone 7, and now I want to transfer my photos from my previous iPhone 6 onto my MacBook. I was hoping to use iCloud for this, but my MacBook is rather old and … Continue...
View Articlefixed : download-version of Passpartout game for macOS without Steam
Question : My children have seen all the raving YouTube-reviews about the painting game Passpartout The Starving Artist by Flamebait Games. Now they want to play the game themselves on their Mac. The...
View Articlefixed : where to get the OSX 10.8 Mountain_Lion installer ?
Question : I have a Mac that can be upgraded to a more recent version of OSX (or macOS), but I never did so I’m still on MacOSX 10.7 Lion. Today I need to install an application that needs a … Continue...
View Articlefixed : quickly wipe old Mac before passing on to family member
Question : I’ve just got myself a new Mac and transfered all data to it. Now I want to donate the old Mac (a MacBook Pro) to my children, but I would prefer to take my own documents off before …...
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