odd tips

Reset the printing system

last updated 2012-10-10 by Craig

If your printer suddenly stops behaving, it’s always a good idea to check the manufacturer’s website to ensure you have the latest drivers. Sometimes, though, it’s necessary to reset the printing system on your computer. It’s done in the Print and Fax pane of System Preferences.

Control-click anywhere in the list on the left that contains your printer or printers, and select Reset Printing System from the contextual menu. This will delete all printer queues and jobs, reset all printer settings to factory defaults by removing configuration files, and will perform permissions check and repair on an invisible folder on your hard drive called “.tmp”. (from Small Dog news 090415)

ASL problems 10.5.6

last updated 2012-10-10 by Craig Fix: Restart log managers after removing asl data Open the Terminal application and enter the following two commands to stop the log managers:

sudo launchctl stop com.apple.syslogd

sudo launchctl stop com.apple.aslmanager

Then create a folder on your desktop called “temp” (to store the moved “data store” files), and enter the following command in the Terminal to move the “ASL” data to the new temporary folder:

sudo mv /var/log/asl/* ~/Desktop/temp/

Finally, restart the “syslogd” process with the following command (the aslmanager will be started when needed by syslogd, so it doesnt need to be manually restarted):

sudo launchctl start com.apple.syslogd

From http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090122213555897

Unusual Keyboard characters

last updated 2012-10-10 by Craig

Euro - option shift 2

Pound - option 3

Macbook pro batter torx

last updated 2012-10-10 by Craig

Why does a machine wake from sleep?

last updated 2012-10-10 by Craig

In terminal:

syslog |grep -i "Wake reason"

http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/17/why-mac-wakes-from-sleep/