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how to do technology in ten moves. (or less.) A Loose Wire production

January 20, 2012 • 5:41 pm 0

Fixing a Mac Typing Lag

    My MacBook Air 2010, running OSX Lion, has been very sluggish of late, with typing in a new window often lagging by a second or so. I’ve had plenty of other problems with the unit too, but I think I’ve fixed the lag through a process suggested here:

    • Shut down your computer.

    • Hold the Option key while turning it on (hold the Option key down for a little longer than the power key.)

    • From the top options, select Recovery HD.

    • Select Disk Utility.

    • Select your hard drive.

    • You can try all the repair and verify options, but the one that seemed to be the problem for me (and the author of the solution) was Repair Disk Permissions. It found a number of issues.

    • Once it’s finished—assuming it’s found and repaired something—restart your computer.

    Thanks xraydoug.

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    February 5, 2011 • 11:59 am 0

    Freeing up Space on Your Android Phone

    Android phones may be great but they’re not kind to anyone wanting to install more than a few apps or more than a hundred or so contacts. Here are some tips to freeing up space.

    Install DiskUsage to see what’s taking up most space (or go to Settings/Applications/Manage applications/Running and then Menu/Sort by size)

    Install App 2 SD to move any app that will work off your phone’s memory to the SD card.

    If contacts seem to be taking up the bulk of your space, try the following:

    • Go to Settings/Applications/Manage applications/Running
    • Open Contacts Storage
    • Clear data
    • Go to Contacts/Menu/Display options/Choose contacts to display
    • Select only those groups to sync that you need on your phone (go to google.com/contacts on your PC to manage your groups. It’s easier)

    To keep an eye on how much memory and SD card space you have, install Mini Info

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    April 11, 2010 • 7:37 pm 1

    Recover Delicious Bookmarks in Firefox Sidebar

    The Delicious extension for Firefox makes it hugely useful as a place to store stuff. But in recent months I’ve found that the sidebar is not updating itself to reflect bookmarks I’m adding through the add bookmark widget—even though they’re updating on the website. (If you follow me.)

    In other words: If you don’t see new bookmarks in your delicious Firefox sidebar, then you may want to try the below.

    Anyway, I couldn’t find anything useful explaining how to do this, so here we go.

    Close Firefox.

    Go to the Firefox profile directory.

    That’s going to be:
    Windows Vista/Seven: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
    WinXP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
    Mac OS: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/
    http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles

    Rename ybookmarks.sqlite file to something like ybookmarks.old.

    Restart Firefox.

    Close the delicious sidebar if it’s open.

    Reopen it. You should see your bookmarks appear, and, eventually, all your tags.

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    March 21, 2010 • 11:48 am 0

    Setting Your Search Default in Windows Seven

    Windows Seven has some interesting, if flawed, search options (some tips here.)

    But install Google Desktop Search and you’re likely to lose the global shortcut key of Win + F, and there’s no obvious way to get it back.

    Here’s how.

    1. Open Control Panel.
    2. Find Default Programs (you may have to set Control Panel to classic view to find it.)
    3. In there, open Set Default Programs.
    4. For Windows Search Explorer, click on Set this program as default.
    5. Click OK.
    6. You’re done.

    Source: Forum.

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    January 10, 2010 • 8:19 pm 0

    How to Configure Nexus One for 3G

    This from Dickson Seow, head of corporate communications at Google Southeast Asia, in response to media reports about 3G connectivity issues with the Nexus One. 

    For Singapore owners: For SingTel customers, the Nexus One should auto-connect to their 3G network.  For Starhub and M1 customers, they will need to enter in their APN settings to connect to their 3G network. 

    1.  Go to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names.

    2. Hit Menu button, create new APN.

    3. Enter new APN settings.  See below for the details.

    4. Hit Menu button, save settings.

    5. Select the new APN name, then hit the home button.  Your 3G connection will shortly appear in the top bar.

    If users can’t find the answers they need, they can call the HTC Support line in Singapore at 1-800-238-7788 from 8am-8pm, Monday to Saturday.  HTC is providing local support and repair services for Nexus One.

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    For Starhub customers:

    - name: Starhub Internet

    - APN: shwapint

    - username: [leave blank]

    - password: [leave blank]

    For M1 customers:

    - name: M1 Internet

    - APN: sunsurf 
    - username: 65 
    - password: user123

    And in case it is not working for SingTel customers:

    - name: SingTel Internet

    - APN: internet 
    - username: 65IDEAS (or blank) 
    - password: IDEAS (or blank)

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