Mac Lab: An Apple Macintosh OS X & Mac / PC Blog

Webmin mySQL backup schedule won’t save

On two Mac OS X 10.5.8 boxes, we are running Webmin 1.490 and are having issues with the mySQL backup schedule. If we choose “Schedule backup enabled”: Yes, Simple schedule, and then choose “Daily at Midnight”, it takes us to a confirmation screen that says: “Scheduled backup for database enabled.” But when we return to that same screen, [...]

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The truth about external FireWire and USB drives

For years, Mac fans have known that you must have a FireWire external drive for it to be bootable. We have purchased a few FireWire drives, but lately they seem to be harder to find, especially ones with a cooling fan. Our article on the Antec MX-1 enclosure (USB 2.0 and eSATA) forgot to mention [...]

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Wordpress 2.8 is out

Time again to upgrade your Wordpress blog. Version 2.8 is AOK.  Just remember to deactivate your plugins, do the auto upgrade, and if you have “fatal error” issues re-activating your plugins, try them one at a time.  Good luck!

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Solution to MacBook Pro that won’t wake from sleep

We have found so many forums with owners of MacBook Pros ( MBP ) suffering from the following issue: 1. The MacBook Pro goes to sleep either by closing the lid or just by virtue of time. 2. Upon trying to wake the MacBook Pro, you get a black screen with or without the spinning beach ball [...]

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Humor: Windows Vista

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Humor: Workaholic

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Solution: iTunes 8 error -3256

We were getting this iTunes 8 error: An error occured while connecting to the remote speaker “XYZ”. An unknown error occured (-3256). We use a 3G iPhone running the app “Remote” to connect to iTunes and control the music. But we couldn’t connect to our Airport Express speakers over the wireless network. The solution? Open System Preferences: Network: [...]

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