How to join Mac OS X computer to Active Directory

July 12, 2010 · Posted in Active Directory, Mac OS X, Networking, Windows · Comment 

Can Macintosh computer join Active Directory? The answer is yes. Before joining a Mac OS X machine to the Active Directory, you need to know the domain of your Active Directory Server and your login credential.

To join/bind your Macintosh machine to Active Directory, just follow below steps:-

  • Log into the Apple computer you want to join to the domain. You must be logged into an account with Administrator access.
  • Open the Directory Utility, which is located in:
    10.5 (Leopard): /Applications/Utilities
    10.6 (Snow Leopard): /System/Library/CoreServices Read more

How to Read AND Write NTFS Hard Drives Partitions on a Mac

June 8, 2010 · Posted in Mac OS X, Utilities Software · Comment 

By default, Mac OS X only able to read NTFS format hard driver. But it cannot write to it, This means we unable to write file size larger than 4GB to hard drives.

Fortunately, there is a simple and free solution for this issue called NTFS-3G
NTFS-3G is a free, easy to use and powerful tool, a read-write NTFS file-system driver. This means one can finally write to memory sticks larger than 4GB (formatted with NTFS).

To use this software, just click Here to download.
After that, just follow the on screen instruction to install it and restart your Mac. Now you should able to write file to your NTFS hard driver


Mac OS X : The application NetworkStatus quit unexpectedly

April 27, 2010 · Posted in Mac OS X, PC Hardware Troubleshooting · Comment 

I just subscribe Maxis broadband with HUAWEI E1762 USB modem. I tried to install it on my Mac OS X 10.5 Machine. It works fine. But recently whenever I use the mobile partner dashboard in Mac OS X,the dialog “The application NetworkStatus quit unexpectedly.” pop up continuously and unable to connect.

I tired to click on report button to view the error message, it look like NetworkStatus crashed.

Finally i found a patch from HUAWEI web site. The patch name called NetworkStatusPatch. I tried to install the patch and the NetworkStatus crash problem was solved.

Below are the few simple steps to solve this problem:- Read more

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