Shift + S not working on Mac

Problem When typing on your Mac, you are unable to use Shift + S to make a capital S letter. The Shift key works with other letters to make capitals and the S key types when pressed by itself. Cause The Shift+S keys may be assigned as a shortcut for Speech. Solution Click the Apple… Continue reading Shift + S not working on Mac

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Remove Inbox Toolbar

This article was updated with new information on 4th April 2012. Problem When you open Firefox, you may get a message regarding an unwanted Inbox toolbar. It appears in the browser above your tabs. Solution These instructions apply to the latest version of Firefox and may be worded differently for older versions. [Get latest version]… Continue reading Remove Inbox Toolbar

Permissions showing “Fetching…” on Mac OS X

Problem When you view a certain file or folder’s permissions, one of the listed names is “Fetching…”. The name does not change and may be appear in place of where you are expecting your username to be. Solution Try the following: Reset home folder permissions Reset disk permissions 

No Install Discs received with Mac running Lion

Problem When you got your Mac computer running the Lion operating system, there were no install discs provided. Solution New models supplied with Lion do not come with discs. However, to boot into the recovery partition, hold cmd + R on startup.

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