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Logitech Mouse Driver Issues with Snow Leopard

September 5, 2009 By Matt 1 Comment

Prior to Snow Leopard I never had any issues with my Logitech MX Revolution. mouse. But recently I have notice a rather annoying problem with my Revolution mouse. The issue seems to be: the left click… basically if I click the left mouse button on the Revolution once, it acts like a double click. This was never the case prior to the installation of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I popped into the System Preferences, but the problem was not there. So, I figured it may be time to install the Logitech Control Center 3.0. I downloaded the driver and tried to install, but apparently Logitech hasn’t released drivers that work properly with Snow Leopard yet. Shame on you Logitech, didn’t this same thing happen before… When will vendors learn… I think the Logitech Mouse Driver Issues with Snow Leopard could have been easily avoided, by simply releasing an updated. But I digress.

Anyway, I will have a follow up post on how to get the Logitech Mouse Drivers installed on Snow Leopard shortly.

If you don’t use a Revolution, you should try one aside from this small issue they are fantastic mice. Here is a link to where you can purchase a Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse .

Matt

Matt is a Systems Development Director for a multinational franchise. Matt has lived and worked in Hawaii, Chicago, South Florida and currently resides outside of Atlanta. He enjoys his hobbies including Technology, Gadgets/EDC, Fountain Pens, Wetshaving, Clocks, Antiques & Coffee. He even roasts his own coffee weekly.

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Clean Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard

September 4, 2009 By Matt Leave a Comment

Maybe it’s just me. Maybe it is all those years of using PCs. I don’t know but I swear life is just better when you start fresh. A couple friends recently asked me how to Clean Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I know I spoke of this once before, but I will go over it all again, just in case they are trolling my blog. Yup, I see you over there in the corner 😉
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Matt

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Apple Snow Leopard Clean Install Mac Pro

August 31, 2009 By Matt Leave a Comment

This weekend I bit the bullet and did a clean install of Apples Snow Leopard new OS on my Mac Pro at home. The process is really simple, however me being who I am wanted to be completely anal about the whole thing. I made sure every app that could be backed up was, I also exported and wrote down many settings for various apps. I also have to note I love the price to upgrade – under $50 bucks for a Family pack! Beat that Uncle Bill!

Here was my procedure…

1. I backed everything up to another internal drive.
2. Took screen shots of my applications installed in my Apps folder (for reference later).
3. Backed up my old POP3 email acct to my Gmail acct. (More on this in a future post.)
4. Copied all my settings down for important Apps.
5. Backed up iCal, AddressBook, Jungle Disk, Transmit, Dreamweaver etc…
6. Backed up my Fonts collection (which is huge).
7. Backed ip ~/library/Application Support/Mail
8. Backed up ~/library/preference/com.apple.mail.plist
9. Backed up – CandyBar Icons
10. Backed up – MAMP settings and htdocs
11. Verified I didnt miss anything by going through each app and AppZapping as I went through them all.
12. Popped in Snow Leopard
13. Booted to CD/DVD (hold down “C” while booting).
14. Went through the prompts
15. Went to the Disk Utility and reformatted my main drive.
16. Installed Snow Leopard – I definitely noticed a quicker time to install.
17. Started to reinstall most of my apps.

The only two problems I seemed to encounter:

1. Firefox hated me, I think it was the Xmarks extension really.
2. AddressBook seems to take forever to open now.

I will be looking into a solution for AddressBook, but Firefox finally sorted itself out. Other than that I am loving the new Apples new Operating System – Snow Leopard.

Matt

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How To Disable the Mac OSX Startup Sound

May 16, 2009 By Matt Leave a Comment

The startup sound in Mac OS X can be rather annoying at times. There are various ways to stop the chime / gong startup sound. The way I prefer to do is with a preference pane called StartupSound.prefPane. This is the set it and forget it method, the kind most people appreciate the most.

How To Disable the MAC OSX Startup Sound

1. Download the StartupSound.prefPane – here – this is a Universal Binary
2. Double-click the downloaded file
3. Double-click the “StartupSoundPrefPane.pkg” icon – this will install the preference pane. Please note you will need to enter your administrator password for this to install

Enjoy the peace… =P

Matt

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Terminal Command to Stop Crash Report Popups

April 30, 2009 By Matt Leave a Comment

When an app crashes, Mac OS X pops open a crash report dialog box. Since I never really use this feature here is a simple Terminal command to rid yourself of them: defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none

If for any reason you want to reactivate the crash reports, retype the code replacing “none” with “prompt”.

Matt

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