How to: Kill a hanging application (Mac OS X, all versions)

Applications run fine most of the time.  But sometimes (for what ever reason) an application gets stuck to a point where a user cannot exit out of it the normal way (Command+Q). Since Mac OS X is Linux based, a user has access to an area called the Terminal.  This lets a user access the […]

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Lion's passwords can be changed by local users

In OS X, user passwords are encrypted and then are stored in files called “shadow files” which are placed in secure locations on the drive. Based on system permissions, the contents of these files can then only be accessed and modified by the user, or by administrators provided they first give appropriate authentication. This means […]

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