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After I upgraded my Macbook to OSX Lion, my NTFS-formatted USB drive would no longer mount... GREAT! %$#@ I use an free open source NTFS driver for Mac called NTFS-3G ( You can get it from SourceForge here - grab the dmg file). However NTFS-3G is built on top of a piece of software called MacFuse (part of the NTFS-3G installation)  and unfortunately MacFuse only provides a 32-bit interface, whereas OSX Lion has a 64-bit kernel. I found the explanation of the problem here . I was able to solve the problem when I came across a little gem on this site: http://www.fatframe.com/2011/07/25/macfuse-issues-mac-os-10-7-lion This guy has posted a custom compiled version of MacFuse, compiled for 64-bit. I downloaded this guy's custom compiled version (look for the link to the zip file half way down the page) and just installed it straight on top of my existing MacFuse version. Then rebooted. It solved my problem! I can now mount my NTFS USB drive and I have read/writ...

Do the following: Go to "About This Mac" (top left under the Apple logo) Click "More Info..." Choose "AirPort" on the left-hand side (in the "Network" section) On the right-hand side look for "Card Type = AirPort Extreme" The "Firmware Version" underneath should indicate what chipset you have. E.g. "Broadcom BCM43xx"  Hopefully this will help you out. Maybe you want to know this because you're hoping to use Aircrack to do some WEP cracking :). This page lists compatible aircrack chipsets .

It's easy to do, but it took me a little while to find out how... Covert the "Inactive" memory used by my Mac (as displayed in Activity Monitor) to "Free" memory. First you might want to know what the difference between the two is. This is explained clearly by Apple support here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342 And yes we know that the Mac has an incredibly smart memory management system, and it's wonderful that Macs are able to distinguish between completely unused memory ("Free") and memory that was used earlier but that hasn't been marked as "Free" just in case we want to use it for the same app again ("Inactive"). Unfortunately my experience is that if you have next to no "Free" memory left, and tons of "Inactive" memory, everything you start up feels sluggish. So, to solve that problem manually, all you need to do is to flick open a terminal, type purge , and hit enter. It may take a little ...

To SSH into your Mac you just need to do the following. Go to System preferences >> Sharing Check the "Remote Login" box That's it! This will start sshd on your system and you can now be able to SSH your Mac with your usual Mac username and password. If this helped you out, hit the +1 button below. If not, feel free to leave a rude comment ;-)

I've just bought a Macbook (13.3" aluminium, 4gb ram, lovely | battery, non-backlit keyboard, less lovely) and cos I've always been a Windows user there's a lot that is new to me. Before I give up and install Bootcamp I'll probably discover a bunch of things that I'll want to remember. So I'm going to record them here. I definitely need a comprehensive reference to Mac keyboard shortcuts. I'm sure there are plenty out there. It's amazing how disabling it is not knowing all the keyboard shortcuts that one's gotten so used to over time. I shall battle on :) Here is a list of URLs with keyboard shortcuts. http://tinyurl.com/axudxr (thanks @vkoser ) http://tinyurl.com/5q86qh (thanks @murdamw ) http://tinyurl.com/5jjp95 ( " ) Description Key combo Source 1. Make a screenshot anywhere where you can select the area of the screenshot with the mouse (screen capture) cmd+shift+4 http://www.intermedia.n...