How To: What Build is My Mac?

How To: What Build is My Mac?

You may be asked to provide your Mac OS X build version under certain circumstances. So what is a Mac build version? Each version of Mac OS X has a unique build version. Builds are specific to Mac hardware. Here are some easy ways to check for Mac X build numbers.   Find Mac X Build...

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How To: Mac Terminal Lookup DNS Records of a Domain Name

How To: Mac Terminal Lookup DNS Records of a Domain Name

You can use Terminal in Mac to lookup any and all associated host records for any domain name on the Internet. This is useful if you want to know certain information about a website or domain including geolocation of website hosted, check for email mx records, and validating a domain SPF record.   1. Open Terminal...

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Fix: Error: Not Well-Formed (Invalid Token) At Line – Audacity

Fix: Error: Not Well-Formed (Invalid Token) At Line – Audacity

Did you just record an Audacity project but Audacity probably choked, crashed, or maybe ran out of space for the project at the end? Luckily, you can still fully recover your Audacity project. Your Audacity auto save file got corrupted and we just have to clean it up a little so your project recovers.   Note:...

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How To: Bypass Mac OS X Firmware Password

How To: Bypass Mac OS X Firmware Password

Did you set a firmware password on your Mac and you don’t remember the password for it? Some Mac users will apply a firmware password to provide top security to their Mac operating system. Note: A Mac firmware password is different than your Mac user account password.   The firmware password is used to prevent others...

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How To: Microsoft Word Mac Rebuild Font Cache

How To: Microsoft Word Mac Rebuild Font Cache

Sometimes your Mac OS X font database cache needs to be cleared out and rebuilt. You may notice issues with fonts not displaying correctly in applications, fonts loading slowing in Microsoft Word, causing Word or Adobe to suddenly crash.  It is good practice to clean and rebuild your Mac OS X font caches only if you...

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