Roland Banks

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How to Disable Automatic Spelling Correction in Mail and Safari

How to Disable Automatic Spelling Correction in Mail and Safari

Roland Banks · Jan 24, 2012

Mac OS X Lion has a improved and helpful spelling autocorrection feature to fix any typing errors automatically, and can either be controlled systemwide or from within individual applications. This feature resembles the familiar iPhone autocorrect whereby misspelled words cause a little popup to appear below the offending word. It seems useful but it can be intensely annoying […]

How to Disable Auto Resume in Mac OS X Lion

How to Disable Auto Resume in Mac OS X Lion

Roland Banks · Jan 20, 2012

One of the most useful features in OS X Lion is the ability for applications to automatically resume where they left off. This is apparent in applications such as Safari when after quitting and subsequently reopening, the previous tabs and websites are displayed. If the application was in fullscreen mode, it will reopen in the […]

How to View and Kill Processes Using the Terminal in Mac OS X

How to View and Kill Processes Using the Terminal in Mac OS X

Roland Banks · Jan 18, 2012

Occasionally in Mac OS X, it may be necessary to force a program or process to quit. For example, if a particular program fails to respond or unexpectedly hangs. Every application on a Mac comprises of one or more processes. It’s usually possible to use the Force Quit command (⌘⌥ esc) in the Apple Menu, but […]

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