Pls.help I forgot my password but I'm log in right now

[spinnerlys]

I have another question.. I have the Macintosh HD on the upper right side of my screen and I also have it below on the application folder. I want to delete the Macintosh HD icon on the upper right side of my screen bec. I just want to use the one on my dock. How do I do that ?

Finder > Preferences > General > Show these items on the Desktop.

By the way, the application that I downloaded was Check Up.It looks like a green apple.
Someone mentioned that I should update my memory.. My MBP's memory is 4GB and used bandwidth says 282.3 KB and 245.96 GB is still available

Those are numbers for three different items. Memory = RAM, of which you have 4GB, Bandwidth is referring to your network connection, probably internet in your case. the 245.96 GB available are your HDD capacity you still have unused.

What is Computer Memory? RAM vs Hard Drive
RAM vs. HDD

 

[PinkSakura]

Finder > Preferences > General > Show these items on the Desktop.

thank you so much spinnerlys.. <3
You have always helped me here before. I remember you Thanks again. You are a big help for a Macbook Pro dummy like me

Hey, can you suggest a good cleaner for my new MBP and a good antivirus ? I am only using Clamxav right now. Many many thanks <3

 

[bruinsrme]

why do people think it is stolen?

When people suddenly forget passwords that they set, they set, which is usually a common password for other things, it becomes suspicious.

Not to mention most people panicking about passwords seem to be newbies.

just saying

 

[PinkSakura]

why do people think it is stolen?

When people suddenly forget passwords that they set, they set, which is usually a common password for other things, it becomes suspicious.

Not to mention most people panicking about passwords seem to be newbies.

just saying

oh well.. for those suspicious people.. sorry to inform you but it is mine and it's a christmas gift from my husband. We just bought it on Sunday so it is new. It is actually my second Mac computer. My first one is Macbook that we bought year 2008 and now I upgraded to MBP

I understand the suspicions, but I think you could tell if the person is asking seriously and is desperate just to know the answer.
Maybe I'll ask hubby for the receipt so I could show it off here.

 

[spinnerlys]

thank you so much spinnerlys.. <3
You have always helped me here before. I remember you Thanks again. You are a big help for a Macbook Pro dummy like me

Hey, can you suggest a good cleaner for my new MBP and a good antivirus ? I am only using Clamxav right now. Many many thanks <3

No problem, I updated my reply you quoted with additional information.

No need to use Anti Virus (AV) software on Mac OS X, though I currently use Sophos Home Edition (free), to test if it actually gets me something. Until now (two weeks) no threats have been detected that could affect Mac OS X, just a trojan for Windows, and I really, really tried to catch something, visiting all the dark places (okay, many, as I couldn't get into all places, especially 4chan, it is just too childish).

Btw, why do you need to clean your NEW MBP? Does that CleanUp trial (hopefully you didn't pay the 20 USD for it) wants you to do that and does not even over to do that?


PS: Sorry for the Senuti/exPod thread, my behaviour was somewhat "arrogant", as I sometimes seem to be.

oh well.. for those suspicious people.. sorry to inform you but it is mine and it's a christmas gift from my husband. We just bought it on Sunday so it is new. It is actually my second Mac computer. My first one is Macbook that we bought year 2008 and now I upgraded to MBP

I understand the suspicions, but I think you could tell if the person is asking seriously and is desperate just to know the answer.
Maybe I'll ask hubby for the receipt so I could show it off here.

Please do so, along with documents to verify your identity, tax declaration, SSN, pictures of you being pregnant in from of the newly bought MBP, Facebook address, residential address, GPS coordinates of you and the MBP (in separate entries, it does not count to give one GPS coordinate for you and your MBP, you have to do them separately) and all the other dingsbums. Thank you.

 

[PinkSakura]

No problem, I updated my reply you quoted with additional information.

No need to use Anti Virus (AV) software on Mac OS X, though I currently use Sophos Home Edition (free), to test if it actually gets me something. Until now (two weeks) no threats have been detected that could affect Mac OS X, just a trojan for Windows, and I really, really tried to catch something, visiting all the dark places (okay, many, as I couldn't get into all places, especially 4chan, it is just too childish).

Btw, why do you need to clean your NEW MBP? Does that CleanUp trial (hopefully you didn't pay the 20 USD for it) wants you to do that and does not even over to do that?


PS: Sorry for the Senuti/exPod thread, my behaviour was somewhat "arrogant", as I sometimes seem to be,

No problem at all I am not sure about CleanUp trial you mentioned.What I downloaded last night was CheckUp. I saw it on Apple 's website and was just searching for cool applications for my new MBP. I would like to download a good cleaner application though so that when I decided I don't want the application I downloaded ,it will all be deleted thoroughly on my computer. Can you suggest one that is free ? Like for example, it says on my Checkup application.. there is 2 minor issues that has been detected. Login Item Gimp does not exist anymore and Login Iantivirus does not exist anymore. These applications were from my Macbook that I transferred here,but I decided to delete them,but it says it's still here. I want a cleaner application that is free if anyone can recommend.

 

[spinnerlys]

No problem at all I am not sure about CleanUp trial you mentioned.What I downloaded last night was CheckUp. I saw it on Apple 's website and was just searching for cool applications for my new MBP. I would like to download a good cleaner application though so that when I decided I don't want the application I downloaded ,it will all be deleted thoroughly on my computer. Can you suggest one that is free ? Like for example, it says on my Checkup application.. there is 2 minor issues that has been detected. Login Item Gimp does not exist anymore and Login Iantivirus does not exist anymore. These applications were from my Macbook that I transferred here,but I decided to delete them,but it says it's still here. I want a cleaner application that is free if anyone can recommend.

I meant CheckUp, was confused via the "cleaning" part.

I don't recommend any of these cleaning software titles:

I just tested a few of these, using Skype.app as the file to be deleted.

AppZapper found 4 items
AppCleaner found 6 items
AppDelete found 9 items
EasyFind found 16 items
Finder found 17 items

To properly uninstall applications:

To manually remove an application and all associated files:

1. Launch Finder and search for the app name (hopefully unique, such as Skype)
2. You can narrow the search to specific folders or search your whole Mac
3. Searching "File Name" vs "Contents" usually provides better results.
4. Click the + button below the search term to add criteria
5. Click the "Album" drop-down and select "System files"
6. Click the "Don't include" and change to "include"
7. Sort by name, kind, date, etc. to identify components of the app, such as folders, .plist files, cache files. etc.
8. Delete all files and folders related to the app.
9. Don't empty your Trash until you've determined that everything is working OK, in case you need to restore something you deleted by accident.
10. A reboot might be necessary to completely remove some apps.

from Best way to FULLY DELETE a program?

 

[PinkSakura]

okay thanks again. I will try to do this later.

You are cool and I visited your blog awhile ago.. great job. Maybe I'd like to be your friend

Thanks again <3

 

[PinkSakura]

No problem, I updated my reply you quoted with additional information.


PS: Sorry for the Senuti/exPod thread, my behaviour was somewhat "arrogant", as I sometimes seem to be.





Please do so, along with documents to verify your identity, tax declaration, SSN, pictures of you being pregnant in from of the newly bought MBP, Facebook address, residential address, GPS coordinates of you and the MBP (in separate entries, it does not count to give one GPS coordinate for you and your MBP, you have to do them separately) and all the other dingsbums. Thank you.

LMAO you are funny

 

[snberk103]

PinkSakura: The password thing was, in all likelihood, just you being tired and distracted that night. If it happens again on a regular basis, then start keeping track of when it occurs - because then it really is a problem. But at the moment there really isn't any way to tell what happened. It's not a "known" issue (that is reported widely to Apple - far as I can tell), so nobody can really tell you what happened. If someone else tells you it happened to them, and doing X fixed it - keep in mind that what caused their problem probably isn't what caused yours.

As a general rule, stay away from "Cleaners" and "Enhancers" and "Optimizers".... even if found on the Apple site. In my experience, and from reading these threads for a number of years, the vast majority of people who have weird OS problems are the ones who like to download and install "cool" apps. I was one, until I finally had to reinstall the OS due to instabilities. Now that I stay away from the "Cleaners, Enhancers, Optimizers, etc" I haven't had a single kernal panic.

Good Luck with the system.

2 tips.

1) Open an application with a "Save" dialogue (like Text Edit - type a couple of words, and 'save' it). Do you see that little triangle to the right of the new file name? If it's pointing down, click on it to see more information on where to save your document. Most new users have this set to the minimal info mode, which I think is fairly useless.
2) Look for the same triangle in "Print" dialogue.

 

[davidlv]

I don't really understand what you consider "cool" applications, but here are some tools I have found to be very useful over the years.
1. Carbon Copy Cloner (donationware) used to make a bootable clone (backup) of your main HD on an external drive, USB or Firewire.
2. Disk Warrior (available online from Alsoft or in retail stores) not free but iMO well worth the money. It does HD repairs, by replacing and optimizing the directory, and as most HD issues are caused by directory errors, it is very effective for emergency repairs and regular maintenance. Must be run from the DVD or an external HD to repair the internal drive (cannot repair the boot disk it is run from).
3. Onyx (free) available from macupdate.com or the developers HP http://www.macupdate.com/dev.php?id=11582
Well done interface to run the maintenance scripts and other cleaning operations. If you are a maintenance freak, this may be all you need.
I use it to keep my system running smoothly. It will not delete old unused preference files etc. but it does almost everything else.
4. EasyFind from Devon http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/index.html - scroll down to the Freeware Applications section. This is so much easier to use than spotlight. Useful to find the lost bit and pieces you want to delete.
Remember to backup your system when it is in good condition so you don't lose your valuable data!
Bye

 

[snberk103]

I don't really understand what you consider "cool" applications, but here are some tools I have found to be very useful over the years.
1. Carbon Copy Cloner (donationware) used to make a bootable clone (backup) of your main HD on an external drive, USB or Firewire.
2. Disk Warrior (available online from Alsoft or in retail stores) not free but iMO well worth the money. It does HD repairs, by replacing and optimizing the directory, and as most HD issues are caused by directory errors, it is very effective for emergency repairs and regular maintenance. Must be run from the DVD or an external HD to repair the internal drive (cannot repair the boot disk it is run from).
3. Onyx (free) available from macupdate.com or the developers HP http://www.macupdate.com/dev.php?id=11582
Well done interface to run the maintenance scripts and other cleaning operations. If you are a maintenance freak, this may be all you need.
I use it to keep my system running smoothly. It will not delete old unused preference files etc. but it does almost everything else.
4. EasyFind from Devon http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/index.html - scroll down to the Freeware Applications section. This is so much easier to use than spotlight. Useful to find the lost bit and pieces you want to delete.
Remember to backup your system when it is in good condition so you don't lose your valuable data!
Bye

I was specifically thinking of applications that extend or change the way the OS works. So, "enhancers, optimizers, extenders" etc. I use SuperDuper! (which is basically the same as Carbon Copy Cloner). Saved my b*tt the other week and I recommend either of the those two apps. But they don't change how the OS works, so I wouldn't worry about them. Same as Photoshop, etc.

I don't know DiskWarrior, never had to use it... If it's only used after a problem has developed, then I probably wouldn't worry about it either. At that point the problem is already there. If it's being used pro-actively.... then I wouldn't. It is changing a fundamental element of what the OS is expecting to see.

Haven't tried EasyFind. If it's merely using the Spotlight index, and not changing anything, then probably benign - imho.

Onyx was one of the "cool" applications that I eliminated from my unstable system. I don't know that Onyx caused problems, or if it was only in combination with another "haxie", or just coincidental. But, once I got rid of a bunch of the "extender, optimize, enhance" apps, including Onyx, I have had an absolutely rock-solid installation. YMMV of course, I can only relate what I have experienced and read on these boards.

 

[davidlv]

I was specifically thinking of applications that extend or change the way the OS works. So, "enhancers, optimizers, extenders" etc. ...
But, once I got rid of a bunch of the "extender, optimize, enhance" apps, including Onyx, I have had an absolutely rock-solid installation.

I found your last post rather confusing , see the shortened quote above. Are you looking for applications or utilities that change the way the OS works or trying to eliminate them?
These machines aren't called Personal Computers for nothing, eveyone has their own personal priorities and orientation. I am a translator and I need to keep my Macs healthy and working - the apps I suggested are all very useful for me. Your preferences may vary .
As for the items I recommended, Onyx is not a haxie that integrates itself into the system, but rather basically a user interface to the Unix commands already available in Mac OS, such as the Maintenance scripts which the OS will run automatically if the machine is on at certain times of the night daily, weekly and monthly. Some people don't leave their computer on 24 hours a day, so it provides an UI for these commands (which can also be run from the Terminal). The other stuff is similar. I doubt it can actually cause problems itself, unlike a true haxie, as it doesn't install anything in the system. Of course, any tool used improperly can be like throwing a wrench under the hood and hoping it doesn't screw things up.
Disk Warrior is a repair tool, it can be used pro-actively to repair directory issues while they are still small, before they actually cause data loss, but in no way does it change the system. Many IT specialists who have to keep a lot of Macs healthy swear by it, and I have seen it save valuable data on a really messed up HD in an iMac that refused to boot or allow access by the target disk mode (it took more than 24 hours but it fixed that horrible HD!) If you are not interested, that's fine, but it is considered the best of it's class.
As you said, CCC does the same thing as SuperDuper, so if you have the paid version, you are OK on that front. However, CCC is free (donationware) while the fully enabled version of SuperDuper is not free.

 

[snberk103]

I found your last post rather confusing , see the shortened quote above. Are you looking for applications or utilities that change the way the OS works or trying to eliminate them?
These machines aren't called Personal Computers for nothing, eveyone has their own personal priorities and orientation. I am a translator and I need to keep my Macs healthy and working - the apps I suggested are all very useful for me. Your preferences may vary .
As for the items I recommended, Onyx is not a haxie that integrates itself into the system, but rather basically a user interface to the Unix commands already available in Mac OS, such as the Maintenance scripts which the OS will run automatically if the machine is on at certain times of the night daily, weekly and monthly. Some people don't leave their computer on 24 hours a day, so it provides an UI for these commands (which can also be run from the Terminal). The other stuff is similar. I doubt it can actually cause problems itself, unlike a true haxie, as it doesn't install anything in the system. Of course, any tool used improperly can be like throwing a wrench under the hood and hoping it doesn't screw things up.
Disk Warrior is a repair tool, it can be used pro-actively to repair directory issues while they are still small, before they actually cause data loss, but in no way does it change the system. Many IT specialists who have to keep a lot of Macs healthy swear by it, and I have seen it save valuable data on a really messed up HD in an iMac that refused to boot or allow access by the target disk mode (it took more than 24 hours but it fixed that horrible HD!) If you are not interested, that's fine, but it is considered the best of it's class.
As you said, CCC does the same thing as SuperDuper, so if you have the paid version, you are OK on that front. However, CCC is free (donationware) while the fully enabled version of SuperDuper is not free.

Hmm. The "Specifically" part of the quote was me just trying to separate what I consider to be a "normal" application (like CCC) from other applications that get more under the hood of the system. The second part of the quote was me saying that I used to have a bunch of these "under the hood" apps - but at some point in the past I eliminated them, and ever since then I have had no problems with OS X.

I agree that a PC is a Personal Computer. I 'Personalized" my Mac to the point it was not as stable as I would have liked. It is up to everyone to make that choice for themselves, however sometimes people don't know that there can be a price to pay for personalizing. Not always, but sometimes.

Onyx may not be a "haxie" in the strict sense, but it does do things to the system that the system may not be doing itself. My research of those scripts indicated that they will run when they can, in background, if they can't run at their preferred time. Plus, there are some Unix commands that Onyx runs that OS X doesn't bother with anymore, or that need to be run in a certain order. As I recalled Onyx also allowed you to change some settings.

I don't know that Onyx caused problems, but .... I didn't reinstall it (I had a paid version). But, as I said, YMMV.... and to each their own.

I will say though, that I read about many new users who have switched from Windows and who install a bunch of apps to do the kind of "cleaning" and "optimizing" that they were were used to doing. The ones who post are looking for help with unstable systems.