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Month: October 2014

How To Change Your OS X User Account Picture

Posted on October 30, 2014November 17, 2023 by Tim Hannon in Computer Basics, macOS (formerly OS X), Software

Below are instructions on how to change your OS X user account picture. When you took your new Mac out of the box and turned it on initially, you were lead through creating a user account and either had one of the built-in photos randomly assigned to your User Account or you were offered the choice of … Read more

OS X Bash Update Available

Posted on October 27, 2014November 2, 2023 by Tim Hannon in macOS (formerly OS X), Remote Access, Security/Privacy, Software

A few weeks ago Apple released an update which addresses the bash security vulnerability found in OS X during the last week of September 2014. The security vulnerability was nicknamed shellshock or the bash bug and reportedly affects all versions of OS X as well as many versions of Linux and Unix released over the past … Read more

Entering your SMTP Password in Apple Mail

Posted on October 5, 2014June 14, 2021 by Tim Hannon in Email, Software

When you reset or change your email account password, you have to enter the new password in two places in your email account configurations in Mail. The first place is in the incoming mail settings. The second place is in the outgoing (SMTP) mail settings. Locating these outgoing settings is not obvious, so I’m frequently asked how … Read more

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