Microsoft… I was happy to see the updates to the Office Suite, expecting to see some improvements, but the result is a bit different: Microsoft shows me its nice Setup Assistant everytime I try to open a document (thank God I have Pages and Numbers).
According to MaCNN here are some possible fixes:
- Word Settings: If you’re experiencing a crash on launching Word 2008, try throwing out its settings file. Look in your home directory - that’s /Users/ and your account’s short name - in Library > Preferences > Microsoft. Toss Word Settings (10) and relaunch Word 2008.
- Remove the Microsoft AU Daemon from Startup Items: Open System Preferences, then navigate to “Accounts” and click “Startup Items,” then remove Microsoft AU Daemon.
- Corrupt normal template: The normal template file — located at ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/Normal.dotm appears to be corrupt in many cases of crashing. The fix for the problem is as follows: create a new user account, launch Word 2008 under the new account (it should launch properly if this is the cause), then copy the aforementioned file from the clean (working) account to the same location in the old (crashing) account, replacing the corrupt file.
- Corrupt Microsoft.plist, etc. files Go to ~/Library/Preferences and delete everything that starts with com.microsoft…. Re-attempt application launch and usage.
- Corrupt fonts: Remove any recently added fonts temporarily, or use a tool like Font Doctor to search for corrupt fonts.
I’m going to have a lot of fun!
Another problem has been reported by some other users: the installation issues!
The fix after the jump…
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Superbly designed, these 6 wallpapers are the creation of Kevin Anderson.
They’re awesome and deserve kudos.
Download them here.
Steve Jobs didn’t show Snow Leopard (Mac Os 10.6!) in his keynote, it will be presented later today.
It will be an update to optimize OS X and to prepare it for the future.
More details here
“Snow Leopard” is the code name of this upcoming version of OS X (according to many non official sources).
It seems Apple wants to get rid of the 32 bits processors to switch to a 64 bits kernel for OS X.
As a result, there will be no more supported PPC processors if this version of OS X gets released on 2009 (according to rumors).
Total support for 64 bits is also the best thing for the latest generations of Intel Processors that feels better when running 64 bits applications in a 64 bits environment.
To me, everything is possible, and I won’t be surprised if another scenario happens: a 64 bits version of Leopard to run on PC computers!
But I also do think, the fact Apple will release this OS for 64 bits processors only is not possible since the iPhone’s processors are 32 bits…
Who knows?
the 10.5.3 update brought a new featurre to Adress Book : Synchronization with Google, which finally was only possible for those who own an iPhone or an iPod Touch (so you keep your gadget, your Mac and you Google Account synchronized).
To enable it just go to the preferences panel of Adress Book.
It’s now possible to do the same thing without owning any of the portable device, just follow this How to
This wallpaper pack is really beautiful.
It remind me of Leopard’s default wallpaper Aurora, it is available in 4 colors including puple 
This trick solved many of the problems I had with Leopard: the 10 secs delay for Mail to check my email, slow connection on MSN Messenger, Adium won’t connect to MSN at all…
Two steps to fix this(these) issue(s):
- go to Network > Advanced > DNS, and add these DNS: 4.2.2.2 & 141.1.1.1, click on “Apply” and close system preferences.
- open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app), and type this command: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
Now you can start your applications and you’ll feel the change!
