Problem When you open an Office application you get a message appear saying that it quit unexpectedly. Cause A lot of people who get this error have actually moved the Word (or other) application file from the Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/ folder onto the desktop. This can cause the error as it’s looking for the related… Continue reading Microsoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint quit unexpectedly
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Microsoft Word, Powerpoint or Excel encountered a problem and needs to close
Problem When you open an Office application on your Mac it says “[Application]Â encountered a problem and needs to close”. Solution Go to your Home folder. Go to the Library folder. Go to the Preferences folder. Remove all files with the name com.microsoft.ProgramName.plist For example: com.microsoft.Word.plist com.microsoft.Excel.plist com.microsoft.Powerpoint.plist com.microsoft.Entourage.plist Go to the Microsoft folder inside Preferences.… Continue reading Microsoft Word, Powerpoint or Excel encountered a problem and needs to close
Mac won’t play files from an Olympus dictaphone in Quicktime
Problem You are unable to play any files from your Olympus dictaphone on your Mac. Cause Olympus dictaphones record in the WMA format. BY default there is no codec for this on a Mac. Solution In order to play these files you will need the WMA codec for Quicktime.
How to type the Euro symbol €
Windows: Ctrl + Alt + 4 Mac: Alt + Shift + 2
How to clean a Mac mouse
If you are having problems using the official Mac mouse (e.g. sticking, unresponsive) then try cleaning it by turning it upside down and moving the mouse in a circular motion by pushing down on the ball. Official Apple Guidelines Official Apple Video Tutorial Use QuickTime or VLC player to play the video.