Support docs says for Parallels 2 and 3 but this is confirmed to work in Parallels 4 on my own installation. Suggested workaround if Parallels built-in printer sharing fails. http://kb.parallels.com/en/4990

Issue: Setup with Exchange iPhone calendar only has invitation events or iPhone created events all other Exchange sync working - Was working before office move and install of Jott & Windows Live plugins for Outlook - He already wiped the account from the iPhone and recreated - iPhone created events show up in Outlook - All events show up in OWA so Outlook is syncing with Exchange server - Address Book and Mail are working [...]

QuickBooks Pro tips: QuickBooks for Mac is fine for many users but doesn't have all the features of QuickBooks for Windows. Multi-user capability is one of the missing features QuickBooks for Windows works well under Parallels. Several people can easily share a QuickBooks file on a network if they are not in it at the same time. If you need multiple people accessing data simultaneously purchase the 3-user QuickBooks package plus as many single license [...]

Create a new admin account in single user mode. This is useful if for some reason a user has become corrupted or simply wont complete the login sequence for any reason.  It is non-destructive to existing data.  So it is safe to use as a means for gaining access with admin rights to perform further actions on the OS. power on your machine and press command S as soon as you hear the chime. (assumes [...]

If you get annoyed by Time Machine always asking to use every external you plug in as a backup device ... you are in luck: defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool YES Enjoy!

If you have a machine that is repeatedly failing to complete the Time Machine backup sequence with the error: Unable to complete backup.  An error occured while copying files to the backup volume You may want to try removing the last folder created by Time Machine that ends with .InProgress Just remove that file and often you will resolve the issue.

If you need to access hidden files in the Finder.  Just launch your Terminal buddy and type the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE Change “TRUE” to “FALSE” to hide the files Then restart the Finder killall Finder If on a client's machine you better make sure and retoggle or they will surely freak out and generate a follow up call.

I came across this problem when i was hacking my AppleTV. But the problem has to do with key generation on remote hosts. Sometimes the known.hosts file gets corrupted for whatever reason on your local machine and you can no longer connect via SSH to another machine.  If you get this type of an error you can try this little diddy. Fixed me up right quick.  Enjoy! Problem:  Unable to establish secure shell to remote [...]

Updated 1/8/10: just use this! http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ - If you need to alter the frequency of Time Machine backups there is a manual way and way using a GUI editor. I have included both methods. Manual Method Navigate to the following file: System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backup-auto.plist Edit the line containing the Integer value currently 3600 seconds. If you want to back up every half hour then change this integer to 1800. Or you can use Terminal sudo defaults write [...]

Sometimes you want files in certain format like PDF to be downloaded instead of opened in new browsers. Because such files normally have very large size and may cause your browser run out of memory. With Apache .htaccess file force download can’t be easier. See the example below: <Files *.pdf*> ForceType applicaton/octet-stream </Files> This example will download all .pdf files when directly linking to them.