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Mail not playing the new mail sound

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 10:45
Many users have been experiencing problems with Mail in which the "New Mail" sound does not seem to be working. Mail will appear and the Dock indicators will display the number of new messages, but the alert sounds will not occur. This has even occurred for users with brand new Macs.
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Tip: Restore Time Machine files to other computers.

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 10:40
Time Machine is great technology for backing up one computer, but problems arise when multiple systems are involved. When users use a disk for backing up one computer, the files are only restorable to that one computer.
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Keychain passwords do not work in Firefox

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 10:30
Some users have found that their Internet passwords are not available in the keychain, which has caused a little confusion, especially since other applications seem to be storing passwords perfectly fine.
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MobileMe Security: Make sure to quit browser after logging off

Thu, 09/04/2008 - 10:40
Like many Webmail offerings, MobileMe requires users to quit the active browser after logging out in order to ensure that subsequent users cannot retrieve their information.
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Command line administrative tools not working

Thu, 09/04/2008 - 10:30
Mac OS X comes with a standard set of UNIX command line tools for administering and otherwise running the computer, such as "sudo", "chown", and "chmod", which directly manage user permissions and file accessibility.
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24 hour time formats in iCal

Wed, 09/03/2008 - 10:15
By default, iCal displays time information in 12-hour format, with users required to designate either "AM" or "PM" to denote morning or afternoon.
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Mail unexpectedly quits on launch

Wed, 09/03/2008 - 10:15
Every now and then some fault in Apple's Mail application results in it not launching correctly, and sometimes resulting in the application unexpectedly quitting.
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iCal Day/Week/Month buttons grayed out

Tue, 09/02/2008 - 10:30
Some users have reported this happening if iCal is left running for extended periods of time, but the problem seems to be relatively persistent for most.
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Securing files in single-account environments

Tue, 09/02/2008 - 10:15
In a multi-user environment, users' files are separated to provide a level of privacy and security, and while arguably the best way to run the computer is to conform to the standard of keeping each user account separate, many choose not to do this for a variety of reasons.
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How-To: Migrate Time Machine to a new drive.

Fri, 08/29/2008 - 13:30
Users may wish to change their hard drive configurations for convenience in workflow, adding a new drive, or just for the sake of changing things up. In many cases, users may wish to migrate their Time Machine backups to a new, larger drive, but Apple does not provide a good way to do this.
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iCal search function not working

Fri, 08/29/2008 - 13:30
For some users the iCal search function suddenly will not work. While they can enter search information in the search box, the results window shows no items, even though events exist that contain the search query.
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System preferences and other applications show a blank white window; RAM issue

Fri, 08/29/2008 - 08:55
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Bizarrely named folders in the Preferences folder

Thu, 08/28/2008 - 08:45
A few users with scanning software have found that in their user preferences folders they have a bunch of bizarrely named folders, with garbled text instead of a legible name.
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iCal to Exchange time errors

Thu, 08/28/2008 - 08:44
Generally, when iCal users receive and event invitation it gets added to the calendar properly, especially when the invitation was sent from a Mac. However, when sent from a PC that uses an Exchange server, the event time may be changed.
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Mail Error -- "Some actions taken while the account was offline could not be completed"

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:45
Some users, since installing Leopard, find that of Apple's Mail.app exhibits an issue in which sent messages keep appearing in the "Sent Mail" folder every few seconds and errors that claim offline actions could not be completed appear.
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Main mouse click stops working

Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:45
Some users have reported an issue in which the "left-click" (main mouse click) does not function. This occurs for both the internal trackpad and external mice.
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Custom iTunes library locations constantly reset to default

Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:45
There is an unresolved issue for some iTunes users in which libraries stored in locations other than the default ~/Music folder do not stay that way, and the library path gets reset to the default location in iTunes.
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Security Update 2008-005 (#4): Internet connection broken; fix

Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:40
Internet connectivity via a number of methods (AirCards, cable modems, DSL, etc.) is broken for many users who have applied Security Update 2005-008.
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Various applications fail to launch with "CarbonLib" errors

Mon, 08/25/2008 - 08:43
For some users, common and well-known applications such as Word, Excel, and others have been quitting with errors that mention various Carbon libraries.
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iTunes displays error -4 when attempting to download from store; China block-related?

Mon, 08/25/2008 - 08:42
When some users connect to the iTunes store to download previously purchased items, they receive error message -4 and their downloads do not start.
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