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http://bytes.com/images/howtos/applemail_sig_icon.jpg At first glance, it may not appear that Apple Mail (otherwise known as Mail.app) supports the use of HTML signature emails. However, with a little terminal and Safari magic, you will be sending HTML signatures. 1. Prepare your HTML signature. Open TextEdit or your favorite HTML editor and...

Hi, i am using a unix system and have made a .profile file to declare custom commands. I did this by typing in that file functions like this: showAllFiles(){ defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles $1 killall Finder }

hi...m new to objective -c. I want give the path of pdf file in viewdidload method..if anyone has any code....then reply to my query..thanks

Apple just threw a massive blow to the world of Windows Mobile or any Mobile Hardware/OS company with the launch of iPhone2.0 and the developer SDK. Apple and Jobs have done what Gates did to the world of PCs. Back in the 90s when the desktop OS wars were going on, Microsoft was more open to third-party developers than they have been with their...

Does anyone have any good opinions on a better firewall to use other then the pre installed one on mac osx. Possibly a freeware or opensource one that has good options for configurations. Thanks. -Anthony

The Apple invasion into corporate has started and I can't say if I am excited or scared. As an IT manager, I have nightmares over all the support and technical issues of integrating Apple hardware and software into our company. As an owner of ample Apple products, I'm excited about being able to use my iPhone and MacBooks at the company....

I have an external hard drive that I use to store my media for my macbook. I was wondering if there was some way to set up a folder on my macbook that I could add files to when my external was not attached, and it would move those files to my external hard drive when it was attached. It would be like having an alias folder on my macbook that I...

I bought a new macbook with snow leopard os.. I am having trouble resizing the fonts in idle which is a python IDE to an appropriate level as the default size is very small. I tried changing it with preferences, but it did not work..

I keep getting the message broken pipe when I try to print to certain printers on a Mac. Any ideas?

At the request from MacMan247, I am hereby posting the 'how I did it' to get the music from ShadowWraith. Here's what I did. Turns out that the music is stored in MOD format inside the ShadowWraith Music file's resource fork. You can download a copy of ShadowWraith here: http://mac.the-underdogs.info/index.php?show=game&id=1282 What...

Is it possible to use the windows RDP protocol to remotely connect to a mac without downloading or using any other software?? So could it be as easy as changing the settings in mac to allow remote connections and then using the macs IP address in windows remote desktop to connect and control? Or do you have to mess with port forwarding and...

By default, the iPhone will only check for new emails manually when you open the Mail screen or when you tap the refresh icon (the icon in the lower left screen of the email list). You can configure your iPhone to automatically check for new emails by following these easy steps. Tap on the Settings icon in the home screen and tap the Mail...

hi, Am new to objective-c. I hav done with how to open an Action sheet on button's click. Now, i want that the when i click on button of action sheet then the text value of the button is shown on the button(which is used to open the action sheet)......so, if anyone cud give the code of actionSheet:clickedButtonAtIndex: method. plz reply to my...

In our company we have ~15 PCs and 1 mac. I'm the computer gal and I've never used a mac before. I got it all set up, but now I've been told that the user isn't receiving incoming, external emails. She can send and receive internals without issue. I asked her to see if she could mail out (to her yahoo account) but she's not in today and hasn't...

I used ffmpegx to convert .mov to .flv. and it lessen the filesize and that is good. But I need to preserve the alpha channel. There is no option in the ffmpegX application. Please help! Guys, your immediate reply is highly appreciated. Thanks! -zany

http://bytes.com/images/howtos/applemail_sig_icon.jpg You can make your emails fancy in Mail.app by using Rich Text formatting or even included Stationery. But, a simple way to send your own HTML creation (or any web page for that matter) is to use Safari. Follow these four easy steps. 1. Create the HTML Layout your HTML code including any...

I need to recover the password for a/c. “smtp.gmail.com:-foo-@gmail.com”. Tried using my gmail a/c. password but was rejected. Thanks Explain your issue in full detail here: Sir, I use an iMac OSX When I try to open Mail, I get the prompt to enter the password for "smtp.gmail.-foo-@gmail.com" *which I do not have.*I tried my Gmail password...

I keep fat fingering the silly "APPLE + ," and getting the preference box up in Firefox. Problem is, that it changed focus and then deletes my home page choice. :P This happens very time I'm on Chat. That because my brain does not use the correct part of my brain for chat (like it does writing a story) and instead sends goofy signals to my fingers...

Hello During an attempt to defrag my macbook with Snow Leopard installed using Drive Genius 2.2, something happened, the process stopped and the file system was corrupted to the point that I cannot even boot the system anymore with the error window that usually appears after a crash. I tried to reinstall MacOS 10.5-6 overwriting the existing...

Want to setup different virtual servers on my Mac machine and thinking about using virtualization software like VMWare for Windows. Any suggestions?

On a Mac, what are the steps to convert a RGB Illustrator file into a grayscale, 2 bit file, with size 114x51 pixels. The original size is 1 1/2" x 1 3/4". Also, what should the file format be? This will be used on a mobile phone screen. Any help would greatly appreciated right away.

Just purchased a Brother HL 2240 printer & i have a Robotic (5461) router with a print server, that should print via the usb cable. it works fine with my PC, but i cannot get the computer & printer to connect. Is the real question that Robotics does not allow printing with the MacBook, even though i use it wirelessly for internet? i"m confused

thanks for sharing guys ................. I am a student filmmaker and I have been looking at investing in higher end editing programs, but I like using dual monitors for that. I have heard it is possible to use two monitors with my macbook. Is this true? And if so, how do i connect two external monitors to one video output port on my macbook.

Hi, how do i change the admin password in Mac OS X? I've read all the tutorials on the internet, but i dont have the instalation disk. Is there any other way to change the admin password? If anyone can help me, that would me great! i need to install some anivirus software, but need the admin password, Thanks ~

Hi, there seems to be no release mode option in xcode for me... I only see the debug mode option, there are no other options! I want to release my app so that it can be run without compiling it first in xcode thus i wanted to change the build from debug to release.... anyone else experience the same problem? Do I need to first configure...