Email is one of the quickest, most convenient, and inexpensive ways of staying in touch with friends and family. Mac OS X makes it easy to send and receive email with a built-in email application called Mail. All you need is access to the Internet and an email account which is usually provided with your Internet account or you can even sign up for a .Mac trial account and get an @mac.com email. The first time you open Mail (by clicking the postage stamp icon in the Dock), your Mac automatically sets up an email account for you using the information
We'll guide you through some simple steps to help you set up your printer with your Mac and print a document. And if you've already set up your printer but are having a bit of trouble printing, we've got some handy troubleshooting tips here too.
Having trouble with your Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse? Or maybe you need help syncing a Bluetooth phone or handheld device with your Mac. Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology that lets you connect computers, input devices, mobile phones, and handheld devices to each other without cables. To use a Bluetooth device with your computer, your Mac must have either a built-in Bluetooth module or a compatible USB Bluetooth adapter connected.
An external display connected to a MacBook Pro (2.4/2.2GHz) may only support 1440 x 900 resolution after installing Mac OS X 10.5.2 and the Leopard Graphics Update.
Mac OS X 10.4: Error -36 alert displays when connecting to a Samba or Windows server
After upgrading from Mac OS X 10.3.x to Mac OS X 10.4, you may get an error message when you try to connect to a Samba or Windows (SMB/CIFS) server. A Samba or Windows (SMB/CIFS) server includes servers operating on Microsoft Windows and other operating systems that use Samba for SMB/CIFS services.
If the connection is unsuccessful, the following error message may appear:
The Finder cannot complete the operation because some of the data in smb://........ could not be read or written. (Error code -36).
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If you export CMYK images as JPEG from the Mac OS X Preview application, colors in the JPEG image may appear inverted when displayed in third-party applications.
When you use Mail's "Save As..." feature to save a copy of your message as rich text, some attachments may not be saved within that document.
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MacBook and MacBook Pro computers running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard may experience an intermittent, unresponsive internal keyboard.
In Mac OS X 10.5, if Screen Sharing, local file sharing, and Back to My Mac services unexpectedly prompt for a username and password, the "com.apple.kerberos.kdc" certificate or key pair may have been deleted or modified in Keychain Access.
There have been changes in the way Thai user dictionaries are handled between Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.4 or earlier. Mac OS X 10.5 does come with a built in Thai dictionary, however for those that use words that are not in the built-in dictionary (i.e., specialized vocabulary) the user dictionary facility allows users to supply their own word list to supplement the one built into the system. In Mac OS X 10.5's built in dictionary functions, if you want the ability to add your own specialized Thai vocabulary, please follow these steps.
When switching between Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows (via Boot Camp), the computer may not always display the correct date and time.
After making an authenticated connection to an AFP server in a Mac OS X "Connect to Server" dialog, then either being granted a Kerberos ticket to the AFP server or selecting the "Remember this password in my keychain" option, you may not be able to authenticate to that server via a different user account.
When attempting to bind a client to OpenDirectory, a client may receive an alert that the computer already exists. Looking up the computer in OpenDirectory may return a duplicate "LDKC:SHA1" entry.
You can use key combinations to start up the computer in either single-user mode or verbose mode. These may be used for troubleshooting or software development.