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TUAW brought to attention this knowledge base article on how to reset the SMC chip on your Intel-based MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
The System Management Controller is an integrated circuit (computer chip) that is on the logic board of the computer. As the name implies, it is responsible for power management of the computer. It controls backlighting, hard disk spin down, sleep and wake, some charging aspects, trackpad control, and some input/output as it relates to the computer sleeping.
So some possible symptoms when the SMC becomes unstable are your machine not turning on, waking from sleep, not charging or like the article from TUAW, the battery not showing the correct run time even though it was freshly charged.
But do note that resetting the SMC should be your last resort after restarting the machine to clear the problems. It did solved the problem posted in TUAW, hopefully it will solved yours next time.
(via TUAW)
Tap tap tap posted a list of useful iPhone tips and tricks that we might not know. For example how when you hold on to a punctuation key, there will be an expanded window with variations you can key in. Or holding onto the Home button for at least six seconds force quit any opened application.
Some other tips that I know of and not included there:
Do share if you have found some deep-dark secret tips and tricks for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
If you are a heavy iPhoto user and suddenly find that your once huge hard disk is straining for space for no apparent reason, do check the Trash within iPhoto. As posted in this Mac User article by Scott McNulty, iPhoto has a knack for keeping your photos safely stored on your hard disk, even if you had trash them away.
Deleted pictures are…well…deleted, aren’t they? Aha! Not in iPhoto: You see, iPhoto is a paranoid application. It knows (or at least the programming team behind iPhoto knows) that digital pictures are very important pieces of data. Mistakenly deleting that once-in-a-lifetime shot isn’t something iPhoto wants to take the blame for. That’s why when you hit delete in iPhoto the offending picture isn’t actually deleted. Instead, it is whisked away to the iPhoto Trash (pictured to the right). This digital waste bin will hold your cast-off pictures until you go to the effort of emptying iPhoto’s Trash.
The good thing about this is that you can always look through your Trash one more time before you finally delete those photos for good. Personally, I will keep all photos taken, unless they are really bad – no focus, no subject, totally over or under exposed. But that’s just me.
Dan Benjamin gives a few simple steps on preparing your Macs when you decided to sell it off. Besides ensuring that your data are properly backed up and removed, these steps will also ensure a better experience for your buyer when they receive the Mac.
