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divdiv class=entry readability=26 p!-- wpautop enabled --br/style type=text/css![CDATA[.gallery-overview.native .gallery-description p{font-size:1em;line-height:20px;margin:20px 0px;}]]/style!-- Native WP Gallery --/pnoscriptstyle type=text/css![CDATA[ .gallery-overview.native .gallery-slide {display:list-item; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;} .gallery-overview.native .gallery-pic img {display:none;} li.gallery-description {display:none;} .gallery-overview.native .gallery-thumbnail a img {display:none;} div.gallery-navigation div {display:none;} div.gallery-description {margin: 20px 0}; ]]/style/noscriptdiv id=wpgallery-1 class=native gallery-overview gallery-lightdiv class=gallery-slides-wrapul class=gallery-slidesli class=gallery-slide slide-first id=slide-234771div class=gallery-description readability=14pNew operating systems always bring new problems, and Mavericks is no different. #13;#13;/ppThe Migration Assistant in Mountain Lion had a tendency to crash while copying over your files, while other Macs with the OS dropped Wi-Fi after waking from sleep. The Mavericks update seems to have gone smoothly for most, but it's far from trouble-free. #13;#13;/ppBig issues like flickering a href=http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/os-x-mavericks-breaks-multi-monitor-setups-with-some-usb-displays/ target=_blankUSB-attached displays/a and QuickLook being a href=http://lifehacker.com/should-i-upgrade-to-os-x-mavericks-1449627553 target=_blankanything but quick/a will have to be addressed by Apple. But there are also a number of problems that can be fixed -- or at least worked around while Apple cooks up an update. #13;#13;/ppHere are some of the biggest annoyances Mavericks users are currently dealing with and how to fix them. We'll update the list as new issues arise.#13;#13;/pp/#13;#13;p/h2Stalled Download/h2 #13;#13;pIf it seems like your free copy of Mavericks has been downloading forever, you're not alone. Open up Launchpad to get the current status of the download. There you'll see the Mavericks download with a grayed-out icon and its current status. If it says Paused, just click on the icon to continue the download. #13;#13;/ppIf the download still isn't working, launch Launchpad again and locate the Mavericks update. Instead of clicking to resume the download, hold down Option and the app icons will begin jiggling like they do in iOS. Click on the tiny x that appears on the Mavericks update to delete the download. Head to the App Store and start the download over. This seems to work for most users. #13;#13;/ppemPhoto: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED/em/p/div/lili class=gallery-slide id=slide-234601div class=gallery-description readability=9p/h2Gmail's IMAP Wackiness/h2#13;#13;pGmail's IMAP implementation has always been a bit odd. Now Apple has updated the way Mail works with Gmail's weird IMAP implementation for the better. But if you've tweaked your Gmail IMAP settings before you updated to Mavericks expect some odd message behavior. With All Mail tuned off for IMAP, when you move a file out of the inbox, it just reappears in the inbox later. Not exactly conducive to inbox zero. #13;#13;/ppTo get your correspondence back on track, you're going to need to turn IMAP back on for All Email. To make the change head to your Gmail account in your browser of choice and navigate to Settings gt; Labels gt; and turn on Show in IMAP for All Mail under System Labels. Now moved messages stay put. Note, however, that your emails will now be downloaded to your computer. So if you're short on space, you might consider using Gmail's web interface for the time being. #13;#13;/ppNow if you haven't had any issues and you have never adjusted your Gmail settings. Just back slowly away from the settings and continue using Gmail as you always have. #13;/p/div/lili class=gallery-slide id=slide-234541div class=gallery-description readability=6p/h2Scrolling Broken in Chrome and Other Apps/h2#13;#13;pFor some folks the ability to scroll up and down a site has been disabled in Chrome after upgrading to Mavericks. If Google's browser is your vehicle to navigate the Internet, this is going to put a stop to that immediately. There are currently two ways to fix the problem. The first is the scorched-Earth solution of deleting and reinstalling Chrome on the offending computer. The second, less drastic, method is to make the scroll bars visible at all times. In the Finder, navigate to System Preferences gt; General gt; Show Scroll Bars gt; and click Always. #13;#13;/ppThis will bring the scroll bars back and seems to fix the issue not just with Chrome but with other applications that have stopped scrolling. /p/div/lili class=gallery-slide id=slide-234461div class=gallery-description readability=3p/h2Mail Won't Remember Your Password/h2#13;#13;pThere's nothing more frustrating than putting in a password and having an app or service immediately forget that password. This is doubly irritating if you use a very long alpha-numeric string to thwart would-be hackers and snoops. If Mail keeps forgetting your password every time it starts up, head to the Menu Bar and select Mail gt; Preferences. Click on the Accounts tab. Select the iCloud email account you're having issues with. Select the Advanced tab. Under the Authentication drop down, select Apple Token. /p/div/lili class=gallery-slide id=slide-234671div class=gallery-description readability=8p/h2Slow and Stalled Restarts and Shutdowns/h2 #13;#13;pShutting down the computer seems like the easiest feature to get right. But for some (including me), it's become a patience game as the computer gets stuck on the grey screen prior to a full shutdown. To get your Mac back on track without resorting to holding down the power button until it shuts off you'll need to hop into the Terminal and make a few changes. Copy and paste the commands below one at a time. After the first command, you'll be prompted to enter your password. #13;#13;/ppcode readability=4sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.coreservices.appleevents ExitTimeOut -int 1#13;#13;psudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.securityd ExitTimeOut -int 1#13;#13;/ppsudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder ExitTimeOut -int 1#13;#13;/ppsudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.diskarbitrationd ExitTimeOut -int 1#13;#13;/ppsudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication ExitTimeOut -int 1/p/code#13;#13;/ppAfter you've run all these commands in the Terminal, open up Disk Utility from /Applications/Utilities folder. #13;#13;/ppimg src=http://www.wired.com/images/1x1.trans.gif data-lazy-src=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/10/1029_repair_660-660x489.jpg alt= title=1029_repair_660 width=660 height=489 class=alignnone size-large wp-image-234681//pnoscriptimg src=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/10/1029_repair_660-660x489.jpg alt= title=1029_repair_660 width=660 height=489 class=alignnone size-large wp-image-234681//noscript#13;#13;pSelect the drive you've installed Mavericks on and select Repair Permissions. After Disk Utility is finished, you should be able to select shutdown and restart with no more lagging or stalling problems. #13;/p/div/lili class=gallery-slide slide-last id=slide-234721div class=gallery-description readability=6p/h2Quickly Update Shared Links in Safari/h2#13;#13;pApple added a Twitter/LinkedIn client to Safari. Unfortunately, that client, known as Shared Links, doesn't auto refresh and there's no how-key combination to update your feed. That's a huge misstep for anything that pulls content down from the news heavy (and always updating) social networks. The good news is you can create your own shortcut using the Keyboard system preference. #13;#13;/ppOpen System Preferences and click on the Keyboard setting. Click on the Shortcuts tab. Select App Shortcuts then click on the + symbol. In the Application drop down select Safari. In the Menu Title text field you need to add Update Shared Links exactly as it appears in the View drop down menu in Safari. Now choose a keyboard shortcut combination. I chose Command+Shift+R. Command+R refreshes a webpage so adding shift to update the Shared Links seems natural. Click on Add and you're done. #13;#13;/ppHead back to Safari and try your new shortcut out. /p/div/li/ul/divdiv class=gallery-descriptions-wrapul class=gallery-descriptionsli class=gallery-description descriptions-first id=description-234771 readability=14pNew operating systems always bring new problems, and Mavericks is no different. /ppThe Migration Assistant in Mountain Lion had a tendency to crash while copying over your files, while other Macs with the OS dropped Wi-Fi after waking from sleep. The Mavericks update seems to have gone smoothly for most, but it's far from trouble-free. /ppBig issues like flickering a href=http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/os-x-mavericks-breaks-multi-monitor-setups-with-some-usb-displays/ target=_blankUSB-attached displays/a and QuickLook being a href=http://lifehacker.com/should-i-upgrade-to-os-x-mavericks-1449627553 target=_blankanything but quick/a will have to be addressed by Apple. But there are also a number of problems that can be fixed -- or at least worked around while Apple cooks up an update. /ppHere are some of the biggest annoyances Mavericks users are currently dealing with and how to fix them. We'll update the list as new issues arise./pp/pp/ph2Stalled Download/h2pIf it seems like your free copy of Mavericks has been downloading forever, you're not alone. Open up Launchpad to get the current status of the download. There you'll see the Mavericks download with a grayed-out icon and its current status. If it says Paused, just click on the icon to continue the download. /ppIf the download still isn't working, launch Launchpad again and locate the Mavericks update. Instead of clicking to resume the download, hold down Option and the app icons will begin jiggling like they do in iOS. Click on the tiny x that appears on the Mavericks update to delete the download. Head to the App Store and start the download over. This seems to work for most users. /ppemPhoto: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED/em/p/lili class=gallery-description id=description-234601 readability=9p/ph2Gmail's IMAP Wackiness/h2pGmail's IMAP implementation has always been a bit odd. Now Apple has updated the way Mail works with Gmail's weird IMAP implementation for the better. But if you've tweaked your Gmail IMAP settings before you updated to Mavericks expect some odd message behavior. With All Mail tuned off for IMAP, when you move a file out of the inbox, it just reappears in the inbox later. Not exactly conducive to inbox zero. /ppTo get your correspondence back on track, you're going to need to turn IMAP back on for All Email. To make the change head to your Gmail account in your browser of choice and navigate to Settings gt; Labels gt; and turn on Show in IMAP for All Mail under System Labels. Now moved messages stay put. Note, however, that your emails will now be downloaded to your computer. So if you're short on space, you might consider using Gmail's web interface for the time being. /ppNow if you haven't had any issues and you have never adjusted your Gmail settings. Just back slowly away from the settings and continue using Gmail as you always have. /p/lili class=gallery-description id=description-234541 readability=6p/ph2Scrolling Broken in Chrome and Other Apps/h2pFor some folks the ability to scroll up and down a site has been disabled in Chrome after upgrading to Mavericks. If Google's browser is your vehicle to navigate the Internet, this is going to put a stop to that immediately. There are currently two ways to fix the problem. The first is the scorched-Earth solution of deleting and reinstalling Chrome on the offending computer. The second, less drastic, method is to make the scroll bars visible at all times. In the Finder, navigate to System Preferences gt; General gt; Show Scroll Bars gt; and click Always. /ppThis will bring the scroll bars back and seems to fix the issue not just with Chrome but with other applications that have stopped scrolling. /p/lili class=gallery-description id=description-234461 readability=3p/ph2Mail Won't Remember Your Password/h2pThere's nothing more frustrating than putting in a password and having an app or service immediately forget that password. This is doubly irritating if you use a very long alpha-numeric string to thwart would-be hackers and snoops. If Mail keeps forgetting your password every time it starts up, head to the Menu Bar and select Mail gt; Preferences. Click on the Accounts tab. Select the iCloud email account you're having issues with. Select the Advanced tab. Under the Authentication drop down, select Apple Token. /p/lili class=gallery-description id=description-234671 readability=12p/ph2Slow and Stalled Restarts and Shutdowns/h2pShutting down the computer seems like the easiest feature to get right. But for some (including me), it's become a patience game as the computer gets stuck on the grey screen prior to a full shutdown. To get your Mac back on track without resorting to holding down the power button until it shuts off you'll need to hop into the Terminal and make a few changes. Copy and paste the commands below one at a time. After the first command, you'll be prompted to enter your password. /ppcodesudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.coreservices.appleevents ExitTimeOut -int 1/code/ppsudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.securityd ExitTimeOut -int 1/ppsudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder ExitTimeOut -int 1/ppsudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.diskarbitrationd ExitTimeOut -int 1/ppsudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication ExitTimeOut -int 1/ppAfter you've run all these commands in the Terminal, open up Disk Utility from /Applications/Utilities folder. /ppimg src=http://www.wired.com/images/1x1.trans.gif data-lazy-src=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/10/1029_repair_660-660x489.jpg alt= title=1029_repair_660 width=660 height=489 class=alignnone size-large wp-image-234681//pnoscriptimg src=http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/10/1029_repair_660-660x489.jpg alt= title=1029_repair_660 width=660 height=489 class=alignnone size-large wp-image-234681//noscriptpSelect the drive you've installed Mavericks on and select Repair Permissions. After Disk Utility is finished, you should be able to select shutdown and restart with no more lagging or stalling problems. /p/lili class=gallery-description descriptions-last id=description-234721 readability=6p/ph2Quickly Update Shared Links in Safari/h2pApple added a Twitter/LinkedIn client to Safari. Unfortunately, that client, known as Shared Links, doesn't auto refresh and there's no how-key combination to update your feed. That's a huge misstep for anything that pulls content down from the news heavy (and always updating) social networks. The good news is you can create your own shortcut using the Keyboard system preference. /ppOpen System Preferences and click on the Keyboard setting. Click on the Shortcuts tab. Select App Shortcuts then click on the + symbol. In the Application drop down select Safari. In the Menu Title text field you need to add Update Shared Links exactly as it appears in the View drop down menu in Safari. Now choose a keyboard shortcut combination. I chose Command+Shift+R. Command+R refreshes a webpage so adding shift to update the Shared Links seems natural. Click on Add and you're done. /ppHead back to Safari and try your new shortcut out. /p/li/ul/div/div!-- / #wpgallery-1 -- /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center
