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  • OS X El Capitan downloaded but is not installing – how to fix it?

    OS X El Capitan downloaded but is not installing – how to fix it?

    When upgrading one of our MacBook Pros today we found that El Capitan downloaded but did nothing else, still showing “download” in the App Store: Clicking on the “Download button here does nothing. Selecting the  “Updates” tab shows this: Not super handy. However, assuming that it downloaded correctly we can kick off the installer from…

  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 and Mac OS X – will no longer open

    After upgrading Lightroom 5.6 to 5.7, it refused to open with the error:   Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/asneu.framework/versions/a/asneu   This problem stems from the fact that the system drive is a case sensitive file system; in a similar vein, we were recently unable to install Adobe CC on a similar system as it is also…

  • How to auto mount samba or cifs shares in OS X Mavericks

    After mounting your shares using Command+K in Finder, go to:   Settings -> Users and Groups -> Click on the lock to allow changes   Select “Login items” at the top, click on the plus symbol, then find your server on the left pane:   Click on the samba/CIFS share you wish to automount, then…

  • OS X Mavericks: How to show the date in the menu bar

      This one is nice and easy – go to System Preferences -> Date & Time -> Clock and then tick “Show Date”:   A small thing, but quite useful.