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How to set default connection entries in VPN

Whenever you launch VPN with multiple connection entries, you have to select the one of your choice every time when you try to login.

Picture 8.jpg There is an option where, using VPN you can set up default connection entry so that you don’t have to bother about selecting it every time when you login to VPN.
This change in your VPN setting is surely going to increase your productivity. 
Click on the option ‘Set as Default Connection Entry’

Switching between HTML & Plain text in Entourage

While writing Email if you want to compose it in colorful format, you can try following those steps:

  • Go to ‘Entourage’ menu and select ‘Preferences’
  • On the left column select ‘Compose’ and it will bring the ‘General’ window
  • Change to HTML/Plain text from the option Mail format.

How to delete the cache files of any application

There are multiple issue that can be fixed just by removing the cache

Settings We all are aware of the fact that majority of Mac apps run from a cache. If this cache gets corrupted and isn’t updated it can produce many unexpected errors. If this happens you can delete the cache and then re-launch the application. To delete the cache relating to a program go to /Users/[name]/Library/Caches , find the folder relating to the application and delete it. Make sure the app you want to solve is closed before hand. When you restart the app it should have cleared any problems. Some cache files may also be stored in /Library/Caches, of any hard drive, though you might see such cases once a while.

If deleting the app results in any adverse effects (it shouldn’t do), simply close the program and move the cache files back from the Trash into there original location.

Apple has released firmware update for its 27” iMac

The company has released a firmware update for their 27-inch iMacs which is an update for the display hardware itself, which is going to resolved display problems on the new machines. By this update they have reduced blank displays, yellow-tinted LCD colors and display flickering.

iMac smallSo far there are more of positive feedbacks on this launch. Despite these instances, for others the update has worked as expected.
In the knowledgebase about the update, Apple suggests if you continue to experience display flickering issues after the firmware update has been applied, you should check to ensure you have applied the previously released "27-inch iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0," which updated the graphics cards on the new systems. So it seems this is a sequel of the old release.

Since these updates and the problems they address have to do with firmware, you might try resetting the system's PRAM and SMC after you have applied the update. Doing this should reset firmware settings and configurations to default values, and clear any potential contributions to the problem by faulty settings. The recent update can be downloaded from the following Web page:
27-inch iMac Display Firmware Update 1.0
If you have not applied the previously released graphics firmware update, it can be found at the following site:
27-inch iMac Graphics Firmware Update 1.0

Hopefully this release will fix all the display issues that iMac 27” users were facing. This was an important step which was expected to be launched early this year.