• Mac Os 10.8

Mac Os 10.8

Another fix for AirPort connectivity issues: Turn off Firewall We continue to report significant issues with Airport/wireless connectivity after the update to Mac OS X 10.4.8. MacFixIt reader Ben reports that turning off the Mac OS X Firewall (in the Sharing pane of System Preferences) resolved the issues in his case. Ben writes: 'I updated my Power Mac G5 single 1.8ghz to 10.4.8, using the combo updater (running fsck and repair permissions before as usual) and I noticed I just kept getting error messages when I connected to my Netgear DG834PN. I tried deleting keychains, plists, etc but still would be unreliable, very slow or wouldn't connect. Free mac image editing software. I read that a user fixed his issue by turning off the OS X Firewall. Mine was on, I turned it off and AirPort has connected fine, and my pages now load a lot quicker.

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I have yet to do a restart but it looks pretty good.' Meanwhile users continue to have success with workarounds listed in the tutorial. Safari issues (cont.): Problems with PDFs, more on bad plug-ins, caches Some users are reporting problems viewing PDF files in Safari after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.8. MacFixIt reader George Lindeman writes: 'After Mac OS X 10.4.8 Safari will not download PDF files.

Same files download with Firefox.' Meanwhile, users continue to report that they can solve repeated crashes in Safari by removing problematic plug-ins and bad cache files, as suggested earlier. If you are experiencing repeated crashes in Safari, remove all items from the following folders: • /Library/Internet Plug-Ins • ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins then check for persistence of the issue. You can then add items back in batches to identify the problematic plug-in. Also, manually delete all contents of the folder: • ~/Library/Caches/Safari then quit and re-launch Safari.

A case example, MacFixIt reader Robert writes: 'My Safari crashed after the update always soon after launch. I deleted the complete contents of /library/internet plugins. Now it seems to work fine.' Blue tinting -- another fix Users continue to report an issue where a slight blue tint that cannot be remedied through the available profiles in the Display pane of System Preferences after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.8.

In some cases, the solution may be to delete the file 'com.apple.universalaccess.plist' from • ~/Library/Preferences One reader writes: 'The color of the display appeared to be over-brightened, especially the blue background and desktop folders. It looked to me like the CRT was on its way out and needed replacing. I received a tip from a helpful Apple tech guru and this solved the problem.

I was also no longer able to see the gray grid lines in Excel, and two of the colors on the Excel color palate were showing only white. I deleted the plist file, rebooted, and it worked fine. This also could explain why your one contributor found success with creating a new user account.'