If Apple Mail didn't automatically assign a correct folder on the IMAP server as its Sent folder, this can be easily fixed.
Simply select the correct folder in the folders pane on the left-hand side. Then from the menu select Mailbox > Use This Mailbox As > Sent Mailbox.
Read more: Apple Mail - Change Default Sent Folder for IMAP Account
Mac OS X has an annoying habit of littering network shares with .DS_Store (Desktop Services Store) files. If you only use Mac OS X and other Unix based systems you may never actually see them, but in mixed environments they can become a bit of a nuisance. There is nothing critical stored in .DS_Store files, just Finder specific settings, such as icons size and location, view settings, etc.
To prevent .DS_Store from being created on network shares, run following command in terminal.
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
To revert changes and resume .DS_Store file creation run:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores false
One of the best things about Macbooks is fantastic Apple trackpads. Unfortunately this cannot be said about third party mouse support. Maybe I haven't used Macs for long enough, but I really hate mouse scrolling (and tracking) acceleration. What I want is linear predictable scrolling and tracking, regardless of how fast I'm moving the mouse or scrolling the wheel.
Read more: Disable mouse acceleration for Microsoft mouse in Mac OS X
Cannot install Windows 8.1 on MacBook Pro 13.3 Retina (OS X Yosemite) from an external DVD drive. After booting from the Windows 8.1 installation DVD and trying to install Windows on BOOTCAMP partition, following error is displayed:
Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.
Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS.
Trying to format the partition doesn't help.
Read more: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style
