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How to Schedule Your Mac to Log Out

In this recipe we will walk through how to schedule your Mac to automatically log out. It is good practice to log out when leaving a Mac unattended.

In this recipe we will walk through how to schedule your Mac to automatically log out. It is good practice to log out when leaving a Mac unattended. In schools and organisations with shared computers, you can use automated log outs to enforce time tables and routines. …

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Serving svn on Mountain Lion - OS X 10.8

With the move to Mountain Lion, Apple removed apache web hosting from System Preferences. This demotion of apache's httpd daemon on Mac OS X prompted me to start learning how to host svn repositories over alternative protocols such as svn+ssh:// and svn://.

With the move to Mountain Lion, Apple removed apache web hosting from System Preferences. This demotion of apache’s httpd daemon on Mac OS X prompted me to start learning how to host svn repositories over alternative protocols such as svn+ssh:// and svn://. …

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How to Schedule Time Machine

You can control when Time Machine starts backing up. We are going to create an event in Power Manager that starts a Time Machine back up each day at a specific time.

You can control when Time Machine starts backing up. We are going to create an event in Power Manager that starts a Time Machine back up each day at a specific time. Time Machine is part of Mac OS X. It provides an easy way to back up your files and folders to a separate disk. …

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How to Install Java on Mountain Lion

Installing Java on Mac OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, is refreshingly simple. This article explains how to ask Mac OS X to find and install Java for you.

Installing Java on Mac OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, is refreshingly simple. This article explains how to ask Mac OS X to find and install Java for you. We use DocBook to build our user guides and documentation. DocBook relies on Java and Java is not included as standard with Mac OS X 10. …

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Sleep Monitor Reviewed by Macworld

Thanks to Brendan Wilhide, Macworld, for reviewing Sleep Monitor. Sleep Monitor monitors and profiles your Mac's energy use, and can help you identify power management problems.

Thanks to Brendan Wilhide, Macworld, for reviewing Sleep Monitor. Sleep Monitor monitors and profiles your Mac’s energy use, and can help you identify power management problems. Sleep Monitor helps you better understand your Mac One of the great aspects of reading reviews of Sleep Monitor, is discovering what the reviewer learned about their own Mac. …

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Power Manager Recommended by MacReview

Thanks to MacReview for reviewing and recommending Power Manager. We recently updated Power Manager for Mac OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion. MacReview took the opportunity to review our energy saving software and give their verdict.

Thanks to MacReview for reviewing and recommending Power Manager. We recently updated Power Manager for Mac OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion. MacReview took the opportunity to review our energy saving software and give their verdict. MacReview highlights how quickly you can create an energy saving schedule; in part due to the inclusion of the Schedule Assistant. …

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Backing Up Address Book with AppleScript

Here is an AppleScript to export all your Contacts.app contacts to a single vCard format (vcf) file. The resulting file can be imported into other contact programs on both Mac and PC computers.

Here is an AppleScript to export all your Address Book Contacts.app contacts to a single vCard format (vcf) file. The resulting file can be imported into other contact programs on both Mac and PC computers: set myBackupName to "AddressBook.vcf" -- Add timestamp and Documents path set myTimeStamp to (year of (current date)) & (month of (current date) as number) & (day of (current date)) set myBackupPath to the (path to the documents folder as string) & myTimeStamp & "-" & myBackupName as string -- Remove any existing back up file created today tell application "Finder" if exists (file myBackupPath) then delete file myBackupPath -- move to trash end if end tell -- To work on Mac OS X 10. …

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Activity Audit - Review and Recommendation from Mac360

Thanks to Wil Gomez, Mac360, for reviewing Activity Audit. Wil's review of Activity Audit provides a good overview of how easy Activity Audit is to use.

Thanks to Wil Gomez, Mac360, for reviewing Activity Audit. Wil’s review of Activity Audit provides a good overview of how easy Activity Audit is to use. DssW Activity Audit - Reviewed and Recommended by Mac360 “You’ll be surprised at the results. …

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Preparing for Gatekeeper

With the introduction of Gatekeeper, we have started releasing new versions of our software. These new versions will be signed with Gatekeeper ready trusted digital certificates.

With the introduction of Gatekeeper, we have started releasing new versions of our software. These new versions will be signed with Gatekeeper ready trusted digital certificates. Mountain Lion is Apple’s code name for the next version of Mac OS X. This new operating system introduces a new security mechanism called Gatekeeper. …

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Power Manager 4.1.3 - Preparing for Mountain Lion and Gatekeeper

This update adds support for Mac OS X 10.8, aka Mountain Lion, and Gatekeeper. The update promotes where Power Manager's lives on your Mac. Previously Power Manager lived in the System Preferences; with v4.1.3 we have upgraded Power Manager to a full application.

Power Manager 4.1.3 is now available. Power Manager is an energy saving solution for Mac OS X. Use Power Manager to reduce the running costs of your Macs, to save time, and to save energy. New in Version 4.1.3 This update adds support for Mac OS X 10. …

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