I just encountered the very first hardware issue with my 17 inch MacBook Pro running Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard). I had inserted a blank DVD+R and it never mounted. When I pressed the eject button, the DVD+R did not eject even after several attempts. Here’s how I resolved the issue. I simply opened the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mac OS X’
Automating Google Define in Mac OS X
In a previous post, I discussed a nice feature of Google Search that allows you to use Google Search as a dictionary. I now find that I use this feature so much, that it was time to turn it into a script or automate it. I’m currently running Mac OS X Tiger. I first created [...]
Mac OS X Automator WorkFlow: Copy Full File Path to Clipboard
The other day I created a simple Automator workflow that copies the full (POSIX) path of a file or folder to the clipboard. It utilizes a little bit of Applescript to get the job done. I created it so I could quickly paste file paths into various coding work I undertake. I thought I’d share [...]
