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		<title>OS X Lion: Fix Blank Wallpaper in Spaces</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/11846/os-x-lion-fix-blank-wallpaper-in-spaces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy Selix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tech-recipe will explain how to fix the blank white screen on the non default Space.  Opening the Desktop and Screen saver preferences and setting the wallpaper will not set the blank space but the previous/default Space 1.  Lets fix that!

After installing OS X Lion (Dev preview), I noticed that only my Space9 had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convert OS X Lion DMG Installer to a Bootable USB Thumb Drive</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/11807/os-x-lion-convert-os-x-lion-dmg-installer-to-a-bootable-usb-thumbdrive-install-without-an-optical-drive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy Selix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This recipe will explain how to make a USB Thumb Drive bootable with the OS X Lion Developer Preview installer on it and in turn allow you to install Lion on a Mac without an optical drive (ie Macbook Air line).  We will need a copy of the installer dmg (not provided) and a 4GB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OS X: Edit a file using TextEdit as root or superuser</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qmchenry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editing some files on an OS X system requires superuser or root permissions.  Typically, this is accomplished using sudo (which lets authorized users assume superuser powers, cape and tights optional) and vi.  To the uninitiated, vi can cause intestinal distress and hair loss.  An alternative is the use of TextEdit, the graphical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OS X Leopard: Flush or Clear the DNS Cache</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2703/os_x_leopard_flush_clear_dns_cache/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2703/os_x_leopard_flush_clear_dns_cache/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qmchenry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The command used to flush the DNS cache changed in the upgrade to OS X version 10.5, Leopard.  The new command is just as easy to run, if not to remember.

To improve performance in a networked operating system, DNS requests can be locally cached.  This speeds up subsequent lookups for the same host [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OS X Leopard: Create new user account with parental controls</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2657/os_x_leopard_create_new_user_account_with_parental_controls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2657/os_x_leopard_create_new_user_account_with_parental_controls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qmchenry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mac system administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mac OS X Leopard includes new Parental Controls to help protect your children from computers (or help protect your computer from your children). In Apple&#8217;s way, this process is simple, but there are some options to consider.  This recipe describes adding a new user account that will be under Parental Control and discusses some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OS X: Change your PATH environment variable</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2621/os_x_change_path_environment_variable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qmchenry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you run a command from a UNIX or UNIX-like shell, the shell looks for the executable file using the directories listed in your PATH variable as a map.  For convenience, adding directories to this environment variable means you don&#8217;t have to go hunting for a file each time you run it.  Following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OS X: Easily edit hidden configuration files with TextEdit</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2618/os_x_easily_edit_hidden_configuration_files_with_textedit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2618/os_x_easily_edit_hidden_configuration_files_with_textedit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qmchenry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In OS X, hidden files (those starting with a period like .profile or .bashrc) can be a challenge to edit because they are, well, hidden and don&#8217;t show up in Finder windows.  While there are tricks to make hidden files visible in Finder windows, I prefer to keep my hidden files hidden.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setup Mac OS X host to print to Windows shared printer</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1605/setup_mac_os_x_host_to_print_to_windows_shared_printer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1605/setup_mac_os_x_host_to_print_to_windows_shared_printer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qmchenry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is so much better when we all get along, especially when heterogeneous computer equipment can just work together.  Integrating a Mac running OS X 10.4 to support printing to a shared printer on a Windows host is described in this Tech-Recipe.  

From the Systems Preferences window (the light switch icon in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mac OSX: Delete a user account</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1017/mac-osx-delete-a-user-account/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1017/mac-osx-delete-a-user-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deleting a user account is neat and clean with Mac OS X.  This recipe describes the procedure and consequences of deleting a user.

To delete a user, click System Preferences, then Accounts and select the user to delete.  Click on the minus sign under the Login Options button, authenticating as the administrator if needed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mac OS X install gcc compiler</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/726/mac-os-x-install-gcc-compiler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/726/mac-os-x-install-gcc-compiler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 20:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>macster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compiling open source projects typically requires a C compiler and gcc is typically the compiler of choice.  Mac OS X doesn&#8217;t install the gcc compiler by default but it is freely available in the xcode suite of development tools.

To install the gcc compiler, download the xcode package from http://connect.apple.com/.  You&#8217;ll need to register [...]]]></description>
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