Tag: Mac

Unexpected site shown when using Google

Problem In any browser, when you go to or search with Google you get a page you weren’t expecting. It may look suspicious, have popups or show server errors such as “500 Internal Server Error” while working fine on other computers. Cause This can be caused by malware modifying your hosts file. Solution Download and run… Continue reading Unexpected site shown when using Google

Error when scanning using Canon Multifunction on Mac

Problem When trying to scan wirelessly with a Canon Multifunction printer / scanner in MP Navigator, you get the following error: “Cannot communicate with scanner. Cable may be disconnected or scanner may be turned off. Check status. Scanner driver will be closed. 2.1.0” Cause The incorrect driver is selected in MP Navigator. Solution In MP Navigator, click… Continue reading Error when scanning using Canon Multifunction on Mac

Olympus Dictaphone not detected in Sonority on Mac

This will not work on Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) as that only uses a 64-bit Kernel. Problem When you plug your Olympus Dictaphone in to your Mac it may launch the Sonority software. However the device is not present in Sonority so you are unable to download files from it. The device may… Continue reading Olympus Dictaphone not detected in Sonority on Mac

“There was an error creating recovery disk”

Problem When using the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, you get the following message when creating a disk: “The recovery drive wasn’t created. There was an error creating recovery disk”. Solution Go to your Applications folder. Open the Utilities folder. Open Disk Utility. On the left, select the drive that you want to use to be… Continue reading “There was an error creating recovery disk”