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This week’s tip is short and sweet. All it requires is for you to run some code using Terminal.

Simply Launch terminal (type term into spotlight and hit enter)

Type the following:

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 (all on the same line)

Hit Enter!

Enjoy! Leopard should now allow backing up to those NTFS drives over Windows etc.

On another note I bought my iPhone tonight. Had it about 30 minutes after launch I think that’s a record for me! I’ll let you know what I think in a few weeks time.

iTunes 7.5 features the ability to activate iPhone wherever service is offered and support for Phase, a new interactive music game designed exclusively for iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod (fifth generation). This release also includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance. QuickTime 7.3 addresses critical security issues and delivers:

Support for iTunes 7.5

Updated support for creating iPhone-compatible web content

Updated JavaScript support in the QuickTime Web Plug-in

Numerous bug fixes*Reboot Required

Want to replace that gorgeous space wallpaper that Apple gives you with your new build of Leopard?

All you need to do is replace the file DefaultDesktop.jpg located in /System/Library/CoreServices/

Using spotlight (now super duper fast) and type disk util and hit enter. Select your drive and run a permissions repair.

Enjoy!

That’s right folks. I’ve just finished setting up osxblog.co.uk with Google Apps and all is working very smoothly. Google Apps is a service provided by Google which allows users to use their awesome Gmail system on your own domain. It’s customisable enough and has all the awesome features of Gmail built in.

You get:

Over 4GB of space to store Email & Attachments

Free POP & IMAP Support (Works awesome with Mail & the iPhone / Touch.

Built in Virus Scanning

Amazing Spam Protection

Google’s Search for your Email

And tons tons tons more…

If you fancy your own @osxblog.co.uk email address just drop me an email at editor@osxblog.co.uk and i’ll get one setup ASAP!

It’s Sunday 28th of October, two days since the release of Leopard. I’ve been running OSX 10.5 since Friday and everything is working very smoothly. I love the new look and have enjoyed playing around with Time Machine. I can’t wait for some hacks to allow backing up to SMB shares!

All I have to say this week is be careful with permissions. I was in System Pref playing around with Leopard’s Cool new File Sharing features and I accidently removed myself from the Admins of my HDD. I didn’t think this would actually effect my permissions within OSX but it did. Nothing would load up and OSX failed to do anything after the boot screen at power.

I managed to fix this nightmare by running Disk Utility from  my install disk and then selecting to Repair Permissions on my main HDD.

All for now!

Open N45AP.plist in a plain text editor, such as TextEdit, Notepad, TextMate, or SubEthaEdit.

Find the part of your N45AP.plist that says this:


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