Mac Question: Is it Possible to Merge Folders Instead of Replace / Keep Both?

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Here's the one gripe I have about the Mac that I really wish they would address soon. In Windows, if you have two folders or directories that are the same filename, Windows will ask you if you want to Merge the data in the directories together. In the Mac environment it asks you if you want to "Replace" or "Keep Both" (only if you copy / paste function). I would like to be able to merge the contents together. Apparently I'm not the lone ranger … [Read more...]

Compress Multiple .zip Files w/ Archive Utility

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Okay, so this morning I had 1730 directories that I needed compressed in .zip format individually. I looked all over the help forums and saw a few solutions offered up using Automator and even some command line stuff w/ terminal that was way more intense than what I was looking to do. I reached out to one of my "Mac Power User" buddies on Skype to see if he could help me out and he said that he couldn't think of a way so I was pretty discouraged … [Read more...]

RIP Steve Jobs

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The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are usually the ones that do... Steve Jobs, died on October 5 aged 56, was the visionary co-founder, and later chief executive, of Apple, makers of the Macintosh computer, the iMac, the iPod, iPad, and iPhone, and the man behind the astonishing success of the computer animation firm Pixar, makers of Toy Story and Finding Nemo; in consequence he did more to determine what films … [Read more...]

Apple Whois Information

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I saw a tweet today talking about why Apple's website was down. Someone checked their whois and this is what was found: Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed … [Read more...]

Mac Outlook 2011 Calendar Sync Issue w/ iPhone

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Okay, here's the bottom line. If you own a Mac and use Microsoft's Outlook to manage your calendar, it will not synchronize w/ your iPhone or iPad, period, and Microsoft has know about the issue since last year!  This is why I am furious, and become more angry each day! My nightmare started several months ago when I made the decision to transition away from PC's over to Mac. I prolonged this decision as long as I could for one reason and one … [Read more...]