Welcome to The X Lab
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The X Lab™ is a private venture dedicated to providing outstanding troubleshooting information and services to users of Apple® Mac® OS X.
Looking for help with a Mac OS X problem? Consult the X-FAQs, a small sample of the detailed troubleshooting information available in our Troubleshooting Mac OS X books.
Enjoy your visit!
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X-News
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| 2007.02.19 |
New X-FAQ: Optical media longevity |
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| Our new "Optical media longevity" FAQ answers common questions concerning the life expectancy of optical media, how such is estimated, the reliability of manufacturers' estimates of longevity, and related issues such as the controversies concerning CD and DVD "rot." |
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| 2006.11.26 |
New X-FAQ: General FireWire® troubleshooting |
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| Our latest X-FAQ, "General FireWire troubleshooting," provides advice on FireWire troubleshooting, with an emphasis on FireWire drives. |
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| 2006.11.16 |
New X-FAQ: Data corruption and loss: causes and avoidance |
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| Our new X-FAQ, "Data corruption and loss: causes and avoidance," addresses the causes and strategies for avoiding problems such as corrupted preferences files, data corruption, damaged files, data loss, or files that suddenly "go missing." |
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| 2006.10.12 |
New X-FAQ: Troubleshooting shared library errors |
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| Our latest X-FAQ, "Troubleshooting shared library errors," addresses the concept of shared libraries and how shared library errors may sometimes be corrected without reinstalling Mac OS X. |
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| 2006.09.29 |
New X-FAQ: Black rectangle after Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update |
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| Our new X-FAQ, "Black rectangle appears after Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update," addresses a bug in the update where the preview rectangle option of the Zoom feature of Universal Access preferences may appear after installing the update. |
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| 2006.09.08 |
New X-FAQ: Computer Name screen saver anomaly |
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| Our latest X-FAQ, "Computer Name screen saver appears as a folder," describes an apparent bug with the Computer Name screen saver and a workaround for such. |
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| 2006.07.16 |
New X-FAQ: Resetting your Mac's power-management chip |
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| Our new X-FAQ, "Resetting the power-management chip in your Mac," provides links to instructions for resetting the SMC, SMU, PMU, and CUDA power-management chips in specific Mac models. |
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| 2006.03.26 |
New X-FAQ: Resetting Launch Services |
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| Our latest X-FAQ, "Resetting Launch Services," addresses the issue of how to reset Launch Services, the Mac OS X facility employed to associate or bind documents with their default applications. |
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| 2006.03.08 |
New X-FAQ: Uninstalling the Front Row hack |
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| A Web site published a hack for installing Apple Front Row on Macs that did not ship with Front Row installed. While the hack has been pulled from the Internet due to its violation of Apple's intellectual property rights, its author failed to provide any instructions for uninstalling the hack. Furthermore, recent Mac OS X updates have resulted in the hack causing a variety of problems.
To help you uninstall the Front Row hack, we have published our latest X-FAQ, "Uninstalling the Front Row hack."
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| 2005.12.01 |
Announcing: Troubleshooting Mac OS X, Tiger™ Edition |
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| After months of work, Troubleshooting Mac OS X, Tiger Edition is here!
Covering Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger exclusively, the latest edition of Dr. Smoke's comprehensive troubleshooting e-book is packed with new and updated information, including a dozen new chapters, five new appendices, and dozens of high-resolution screen shots.
At over 600 pages, the price is a superb value at US$19.95 for a single-user license, with download following the approval of your secure credit-card payment.
You can also purchase Troubleshooting Mac OS X, Tiger Edition by secure credit-card payment for delivery on CD, or in a specially-priced combination of download and CD. Multi-user licenses are also available.
With the Holiday Season upon us, this is great time to buy extra copies on CD for your family and friends who are also using Mac OS X!
Click here to buy now or use the following links to learn more:
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