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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/partition-failed.jpg" alt="Partition Failed error" title="partition-failed" width="620" height="158" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28048" /></p> <p>If you have attempted to partition a drive from Mac OS X and received a “Partition failed” message with the error “Couldn’t modify partition map because file system verification failed.” you can fix the problem with the file system check command line utility. To do this properly, you’ll need to boot into Single User Mode as well:</p> <ol> <li>Reboot the Mac into Single User Mode by holdin…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/iMessages-for-Mac.jpeg" alt="iMessages for Mac" title="iMessages-for-Mac" width="620" height="325" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28039" /></p> <p>iMessage keeps track of chat history, providing you with a lengthy record of conversations in a scrollable chat log. Unlike iOS, there isn’t an in-app method to delete the chat history in OS X (yet), instead you will have to turn to the Finder or command line:</p> <ul> <li>Quit out of Messages for Mac</li> <li>Hit Command+Shift+G to bring up the “Go To Folder” window</li>…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mac-maintenance.jpg" alt="Mac Maintenance" title="mac-maintenance" width="620" height="359" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28024" /></p> <p>Macs are notoriously trouble-free and easy to maintain, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore system maintenance entirely. Here are four simple Mac maintenance tips that will help you keep your Mac running at its best.</p> <p><span id="more-28014"></span></p> <h2 style="font-size:1.3em;">1) Run Disk Utility</h2> <p>Running Disk Utility every month or two is a good …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/iphone-camera-grid.jpg" alt="iPhone camera grid" title="iphone-camera-grid" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28007" /></p> <p>Turning on the iPhone camera grid makes it easier to take better pictures, here’s how to enable it:</p> <ul> <li>Launch the Camera app from home screen or <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/14/camera-lock-screen-ios-5/">lock screen</a></li> <li>Tap on “Options” at the top</li> <li>Swipe Grid to “ON”</li> <li>Tap “Done” to hide the Optio…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/windows-8-virtualbox.jpg" alt="Windows 8 in VirtualBox" title="windows-8-virtualbox" width="620" height="461" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27986" /></p> <p>You probably know by now that <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/29/windows-8-consumer-preview-download/">Windows 8 Consumer Preview</a> was released recently. This is what Microsoft is betting their future on, combining their traditional desktop experience with the all new tiled Metro interface, aimed at tablets and portable computers. </p> <p>Thanks to virtualization, an…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ios-developer-home-office.jpg" alt="iOS Developers Home Office" title="ios-developer-home-office" width="620" height="320" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27997" /></p> <p>Ever wonder what an iOS developers home office looks like? This great <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-setups/">Mac setup</a> should give you an idea. Coming to us from Henry in Florida, this setup is used primarily for iOS development and photography. There’s a lot of great Apple hardware here, including:</p> <ul> <li>2011 MacBook Air i7 with 25…

Hi guys - Most, probably already know this - But I didnt till last night, so doing my bit for this place, and the excellent freeware I have recently come across. A few weeks ago - I downloaded Inkscape - a design package, which is quite brilliant and best of all - FREE Inkscape. Draw Freely. And then yesterday stumbled across OpenOffice.org ( while downloading Java ) - An office program with Word processing ( that opens and creates MS office files ) Math - basically excell - a version of powerpoint and MORE! www: OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite Great for students Id imagine! Any more free software going around? Spread the word!

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ipad-3-date.jpg" alt="iPad 3 Date" title="ipad-3-date" width="607" height="340" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27973" /></p> <p>The iPad 3 will be priced the same as existing iPad 2 models, even though it is <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/28/ipad-3-launch-date-march-7/">expected to have</a> a significantly improved Retina display, a more powerful processor and graphics capabilities, and 4G LTE connectivity. This unsurprising report comes from <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2012/03/02/ipad-3-prices-and-likely-features-revealed/">9to5m…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ios-6-user-agent.png" alt="iOS 6 User Agent" title="ios-6-user-agent" width="612" height="147" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27965" /></p> <p>iOS 6 running on an iPad is beginning to make appearances in web logs, indicating that Apple is working on a future release of their mobile operating system. Virtually nothing is known about iOS 6 at this time, but it should come as no surprise that Apple is working on versions of iOS beyond the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5-1/">current iOS 5.1 beta</a>.</p> <p>The iOS 6 server lo…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/os-x-lion-to-mt-lion.jpg" alt="Get OS X Mountain Lion features right now" title="os-x-lion-to-mt-lion" width="605" height="260" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27947" /></p> <p>Can’t wait for OS X Mountain Lion to be released <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/16/os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-release-date-summer-2012/">this summer</a>? You can get many of the features of the next generation Mac OS X version right now. Whether you are running OS X Lion or to an extent, OS X Snow Leopard, read on to find out how to get everything from notifications,…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/force-quit-mac.jpg" alt="Force Quit on a Mac" title="force-quit-mac" width="620" height="312" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27917" /></p> <p>Is your Mac seeing the infamously dreaded spinning beachball of death? Is an app failing to respond? Maybe you have an errant process or two? Here are six ways for apps to be force quit on a Mac, remember a few keyboard shortcuts or sequences now and save yourself a hassle later.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">1) Force Quit Currently Active Mac App with the Keyboard</h2> <p>Hold down &lt…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/change-mac-address.jpg" alt="Change a MAC Address in Mac OS X" title="change-mac-address" width="620" height="320" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27891" /></p> <p>A MAC address is a unique identification number assigned to network interfaces, these can be attached to physical hardware like NIC and Wi-Fi cards or assigned to virtual machines. On some occasions, you’ll need to change a MAC address to another ID. </p> <p>We’ve received a few questions about this recently because the process of changing (sometimes called <a href="http://osxda…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/enable-capslock-iphone.jpg" alt="Enable Caps Lock on iPhone and iPad" title="enable-capslock-iphone" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27904" /></p> <p>CAPS LOCK is widely hated but sometimes necessary. If you find yourself needing to use caps lock on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, get access to the touch keyboard and:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Turn on CAPS LOCK by double-tapping the shift key</strong></li> <li>Turn it off again by tapping once on the shift key</li> </ul> <p&…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ipad-mirror-to-mac.jpg" alt="iPad screen mirrored to Mac" title="ipad-mirror-to-mac" width="620" height="407" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27885" /></p> <p>Reflection is a great new app for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">OS X</a> that mirrors an iPhone or iPad display directly to a Mac by way of AirPlay. </p> <p>Using the app is easy, launch Reflection on the Mac, then double-tap the Home button on the iOS device, swipe to the left, and tap the AirPlay logo to select the Mac. Within a moment or two the iOS dev…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sync-iphone-new-computer.jpg" alt="Sync iPhone to New Computer" title="sync-iphone-new-computer" width="620" height="416" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27871" /></p> <p>By far the easiest way to sync an iPhone to a new Mac or Windows PC is to transfer all iPhone files and backups from the old computer to the new one. The necessary data is stored in several different locations, and we’ll cover what files and where they go for both Mac OS X and Windows.</p> <p>A few quick notes:</p> <ul> <li>If you only want to sync and no…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/delete-multiple-emails-ios.jpg" alt="Delete Multiple Emails in iOS" title="delete-multiple-emails-ios" width="620" height="373" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27861" /></p> <p>Deleting a group of emails in iOS is fairly straight forward, this will be the same on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:</p> <ol> <li>Open Mail app to the inbox in question and tap on “Edit” in the upper right corner</li> <li>Select Mail messages you want to delete so that a red checkbox appears next to them</li> <li>Now tap the “Move” butt…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/windows-81.jpg" alt="Windows 8 Consumer Preview" title="windows-8" width="638" height="357" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27854" /></p> <p>Microsoft released Windows 8 Consumer Preview today, a pre-release version of their next generation operating system. Windows 8 incorporates the touch-centric Metro interface while still maintaining access to the standard Windows file system and desktop, effectively merging their tablet UI and desktop UI into a single operating system. This is obviously a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/30/windows-8-vs-mac-os…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/read-receipts-imessage-mac.jpg" alt="Read Receipts in iMessage for Mac" title="read-receipts-imessage-mac" width="620" height="517" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27848" /></p> <p>Read Receipts show the sender of a message that a message has been delivered, these are enabled by default in iMessages for iOS, but they are disabled by default in Message for Mac. Here’s how to enable read receipts for messages sent from the Mac:</p> <ol> <li>Open Preferences in iMessage, and select the “Accounts” tab</li> <li>Select the iMess…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/scan-wifi.gif" alt="Find and Scan Wi-Fi Networks in OS X Command Line" title="scan-wifi" width="620" height="334" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27838" /></p> <p>A long <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2007/01/18/airport-the-little-known-command-line-wireless-utility/">hidden airport command line utility</a> buried deep in Mac OS X can be used to scan for and find available wireless networks</p> <p>To do this, the first thing you’ll want to do is create a symbolic link from the airport utility to /usr/sbin for easy access. Launch the…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ipad-3-screen-invite.jpg" alt="iPad 3 Invite showing screen" title="ipad-3-screen-invite" width="620" height="518" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27827" /></p> <p>It’s official: Apple will be unveiling the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipad-3/">next iPad</a> on March 7 in San Francisco at 10:00 AM PST. The confirmation of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/13/next-ipad-to-be-announced-on-march-7/">previously rumored</a> date came in the form of press invites sent out this morning, with an image showing what looks to be a …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mark-multiple-emails-as-read-iphone.jpg" alt="Mark Multiple Emails as Read iPhone" title="mark-multiple-emails-as-read-iphone" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27808" /></p> <p>If you’re suffering from email overload, sometimes the easiest thing to do is just mark everything as read and start over again. While there is no select all or mark all as read option in iOS, you can mark multiple emails as read on the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a>, iPad, or iPod touch as long as you select them manua…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MAC-address.jpg" alt="MAC address" title="MAC-address" width="609" height="338" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27817" /></p> <p>A MAC address is a unique identifier that is assigned to each physical network interface on a computer. Different than a computers <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/21/find-ip-address-mac/">IP address</a>, MAC addresses are frequently used for network access control and to monitor network connectivity, and they can be <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2008/01/17/how-to-spoof-your-mac-address-in-mac-os-x/">spoofed…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/navigate-text-command-line.jpg" alt="Navigate text in the command line" title="navigate-text-command-line" width="620" height="330" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27789" /></p> <p>We recently covered <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/23/keyboard-shortcuts-to-navigate-select-text-mac-os-x/">12 keyboard shortcuts</a> to help navigate around and manipulate text in Mac OS X, and now we’ll show you a handful of similar tricks for use at the command line. These shortcuts can be used just about anywhere in the Terminal, including the bash prompt.…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mail-mark-as-read-behavior.jpg" alt="Mail apps Mark as Read behavior" title="mail-mark-as-read-behavior" width="620" height="454" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27775" /></p> <p>Have you ever noticed that Mail app registers a message as “read” after it has been clicked? The automatic “mark as read” feature makes it easy to quickly skim through a bunch of emails, but Mail doesn’t offer much control over the the delay for when messages are marked read.</p> <p>That’s where TruePreview comes in, it’s a free Mail plugin that gives you control ove…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/photoshop-touch.jpg" alt="Photoshop Touch for iPad" title="photoshop-touch" width="620" height="388" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27765" /></p> <p>Adobe has released the first real version of Photoshop for the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipad/">iPad</a>, called Photoshop Touch. The app is impressively featured and includes much of what you’d expect from Photoshop, including full layer support, all the standard color adjustments tools, a wide variety of filters, and many of the standard selection tools and brushes that make Photoshop so…