Java is no longer installed with a OS X 10.11 El Capitan clean install, and you’ll find that after updating a Mac a prior version of JRE may no longer function. You may come across when trying to use some particular applications or web content, “This application requires the legacy Java SE 6 runtime which is unavailable for this version of OS X.” error message, which means if … [Read more...] about How To Install Java (JRE) 8 on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
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How To Disable/Enable SIP on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
Apple added SIP (System Integrity Protection) in OS X El Capitan. SIP is a blockade on editing the /System, /sbin, and /usr directories (with the exception of the /usr/local subdirectory). System Integrity Protection is a security technology in OS X El Capitan that's designed to help prevent potentially malicious software from modifying protected files and folders on your … [Read more...] about How To Disable/Enable SIP on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
How To Uninstall Silverlight in Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks
Silverlight was Microsoft’s alternative to Flash and Microsoft announced that they were to discontinue and stop active development on Silverlight. Microsoft didn’t create an Uninstaller app for removing Silverlight, to remove Silverlight you need to manually delete files. … [Read more...] about How To Uninstall Silverlight in Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks
How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.11 El Capitan
DNS request are usually cached, that’s good as it help to speeds up the lookups within the same host but sometimes we will want to clear the cache so it don’t hold the values that are no longer valid or we edited hosts file to block or redirect hosts or IP. To clear DNS cache in Mac OSX, we can do it with the help of Terminal. Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan Open Terminal.app … [Read more...] about How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.11 El Capitan
How To Reset Forgotten Admin Password OS X 10.11 El Capitan
Passwords for all user accounts can be reset and changed when booted from the Recovery Partition on OS X. This tutorial can be used for OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.9 Mavericks and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Step 1. Boot into Recovery Partition … [Read more...] about How To Reset Forgotten Admin Password OS X 10.11 El Capitan
How to Enable Dark Mode in OS X 10.10 Yosemite Beta
Hamza Sood has discovered how to enable a somewhat functional dark mode in OS X 10.10 Yosemite Beta 2 via Terminal. To enable the somewhat functional dark mode: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences AppleInterfaceTheme Dark To undo, either remove the key (defaults delete) or change it to … [Read more...] about How to Enable Dark Mode in OS X 10.10 Yosemite Beta
How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite
DNS request are usually cached, that’s good as it help to speeds up the lookups within the same host but sometimes we will want to clear the cache so it don’t hold the values that are no longer valid or we edited hosts file to block or redirect hosts or IP. To clear DNS cache in Mac OSX, we can do it with the help of Terminal. Mac OSX 10.10 Open Terminal.app and type … [Read more...] about How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite
Apple Posts Workaround for No New Email Bug in Mail
Apple has posted a workaround for customers experiencing a bug in Mail that results in no new email being received until the app is quit and reopened. OS X: New email messages not received until Mail is quit and reopened … [Read more...] about Apple Posts Workaround for No New Email Bug in Mail
How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks
DNS request are usually cached, that’s good as it help to speeds up the lookups within the same host but sometimes we will want to clear the cache so it don’t hold the values that are no longer valid or we edited hosts file to block or redirect hosts or IP. To clear DNS cache in Mac OSX, we can do it with the help of Terminal. Mac OSX 10.9 Open up the application called … [Read more...] about How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks
How to: BitTorrent Sync by BitTorrent Labs
What's BitTorrent Sync? Automatically sync files via secure, distributed technology. Sync unlimited files between your own devices, or share a folder with friends and family to automatically sync anything. File transfers are encrypted. Your information is never stored on a server in the cloud and your data is protected by private keys. BitTorrent Sync is specifically designed … [Read more...] about How to: BitTorrent Sync by BitTorrent Labs