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Entries from July 2008

Automatically Forward E-Mail in Microsoft Outlook

July 31st, 2008 by Bill Hutchison · No Comments

I quite often get asked “How do I automatically forward my e-mail in Microsoft Outlook?“. You can forward e-mail using Microsoft Exchange, but it is better if the individual users can control their e-mail forwarding. that way they can turn it on and off without having to ask the system administrator to do it for [...]

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Tags: Applications



Installing OS X without a functioning optical drive

July 28th, 2008 by dansnell · 1 Comment

I recently gave my old powerbook to my sister in law. I had a lot of information on it and so I planned to transfer all my files and do a clean install. One problem the dvd drive on my old powerbook is broken. It would continually spit the installation disk out. Fortunately I have [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Laptops · Mac · OS & Servers · Tutorials / Training · quick & easy tips

Manage your Inbox

July 28th, 2008 by dcouper · No Comments

I was recently recommended this cool tool for getting stats from your inbox. The product is called xobni (inbox backwards). It works with Microsoft Outlook as a pluggin and is a free download.
It indexes your inbox and then works out statistics like who you email the most (it orders everyone in the inbox) and who [...]

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Tags: Applications



Find your MAC address on the ipod touch

July 14th, 2008 by dcouper · 1 Comment

This is one that stumps a lot of ipod touch users; where is the MAC address on my ipod touch?
Well today I thought I would reveal the solution here so mainly I can just send the url the next time I am asked.
Go to the Settings then select General and then select About and then [...]

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Tags: Networking

iMac start up issue

July 10th, 2008 by dansnell · No Comments

This morning we had a problem starting our Intel iMac. It was turning on but all that was happening was the white power light on the front was lit up. I tried the usual things like
unplugging all the peripherals – nope
unplugging everything and waiting 15 minutes and plugging the power, keyboard and mouse back in [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Mac