MacCentric Solutions

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MacCentric Solutions is an Apple-certified Macintosh consultancy & systems integrator serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Case Studies & White Papers

• Avoiding iPhone Data Overage Charges

  AT&T recently announced its new iPhone data plans, and the free world let out a loud boo-hiss. They’re scrapping their unlimited data plan, and instead lowering their price $5 in exchange for a quota of 2GB per month. Here are some tips to avoid getting bit by the overage bug.

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• “Windows on Mac” at the Apple Store

  As part of MacCentric Solutions, Inc.’s commitment to supporting cross-platform environments, our principals, Noam Birnbaum and Steve Favarger, have presented “Windows on Mac” at many of the regional Apple Stores.

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Technical Research & How-Tos

• Auto-Adding Buddies in Jabber Server If you’ve ever set up iChat (Jabber) Server on Mac OS X Server, you’ve probably been frustrated with the fact that users’ Buddy lists always start out empty!  If you’re the admin in a large organization, this can be particularly…
• Installing SSL with iChat Server Have you configured an SSL certificate with Jabber Server on Leopard Server, only to find you can’t make any client connections?   Check out the Jabber service log in Server Admin.  If you see the error, “failed to load local…
• How to Fix ssh in Leopard Why do so many Mac administrators hate the command line?  Is it because it reminds them of DOS?  Is it because touch typing is no longer taught in schools?  Regardless, if you’d rather stare into a candle until you go…
• Dual-Speed Airport Extreme Base Stations: So Happy Together Apple’s newest Airport Extreme Base Station is the fastest one yet: not only does it use the latest 802.11n wireless standard, but it has three internal antennas and can receive and transmit multiple data streams simultaneously.  As if this wasn’t…