Mac X - Disable Dashboard 10.10 Yosemite

Mac X - Disable Dashboard 10.10 Yosemite

You can disable the Dashboard if your Mac suffers from performance issues. Specifically, disabling dashboard within Mac 10.10, an OS that screams for Ram will should give you tremendous improvement. In Mac Terminal, run the following command(s): DISABLE Dashboard:  defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES && killall Dock   ENABLE Dashboard:  defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO &&...

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Useful Mac Apps

Useful Mac Apps

AudacityFree, Mac X 10.4 and up http://audacity.sourceforge.net/  The ultimate open source audio editor. Everyone should have basic knowledge of Audacity; which literally lets you edit any music file endlessly.  iFunBoxFree, Mac X 10.6 and uphttp://www.i-funbox.com/ifunboxmac/ Easy to use file manager for Apple iDevices, if you're needing to get into file systems without jailbreaking your device.   CoconutBatteryFree, Mac X 10.7 and uphttp://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/ Learn...

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Disable MacBook Pro 2011 Discrete GPU (Faulty) - Mac OS High Sierra 10.13

Disable MacBook Pro 2011 Discrete GPU (Faulty) - Mac OS High Sierra 10.13 Disable & Repair MacBook Pro 2011 Bad GPU

This article outlines your real world options to correct a faulty GPU graphics card on a MacBook Pro 2011. The AMD Graphics card for most MacBook Pro's manufactured in 2011 are known to have issues after 5-7 years of use. First, let’s understand the expected behavior of a failing to failed MacBook Pro 2011 AMD 6750...

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Easy: Mac Terminal to Cisco Router / Switch (Serial to Cisco Router Using Terminal)

Easy: Mac Terminal to Cisco Router / Switch (Serial to Cisco Router Using Terminal)

You can quickly create a serial console connection to any Cisco device using a USB to serial adapter cable using the Mac Terminal app without any kind of special configuration. Using Mac Terminal app is the easiest way, since it avoids you downloading and installing 3rd party utilities which aren’t maintained as frequently for Mac OS...

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Mac OS Mail Gmail Accounts Suddenly All Prompting Passwords Not Accepting – High Sierra

Mac OS Mail Gmail Accounts Suddenly All Prompting Passwords Not Accepting – High Sierra

When I opened Mac OS X Mail app recently, I noticed all my Gmail accounts offline and a notification message for each account requiring me to enter in my password again. At first, I didn’t think this was too odd because I was behind a new Internet Service Provider (ISP, see IP address) and I thought...

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