How to delete cache files in Mac OS X?

To clear your user cache, browser cache, and system cache, there are two folders to consider. Do the following:

1. Open a Finder window and select “Go to Folder” in the Go menu.
2. Type in ~/Library/Caches and hit enter to proceed to this folder.
3. Go to Edit/Select All or by hitting Command A to select all data within the folder.
4. Click on Action wheel, and select Move to Trash.
5. Then go to Macintosh HD. Open Library folder and then open Caches folder.
6. Go to Edit/Select All or by hitting Command A to select all data within the folder.
7. Click on Action wheel, and select Move to Trash.
8. Restart your Mac and empty Trash.

Apple ID is grayed out. How do you fix it?

How do you remove a grayed out Apple ID? It is as simple as following these quick few steps.

1. The application that is listed for an update in the App store, go locate it in your Applications folder (usually in the /Applications folder).
2. Right click the application, then select “Show Package Contents”.
3. Open the “Contents” folder, then open the “_MASReceipt” folder.
4. Delete the “receipt” file. You may need to enter a local administrator username and password.
Please note that the application will still work as intended. Your Apple ID should be blank and you should be able to enter the one you need.

If that does not work, then delete the application from your Applications folder and reinstall it using the correct currently active Apple ID and password.

How to export your LinkedIn contacts into Microsoft Excel?

You can export all your LinkedIn contacts to a .csv file and import this file into Excel.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to your LinkedIn homepage and click on the tab 'Connections'.

2. Click on the 'Settings symbol'. Looks like a wheel.

3. Click 'Export LinkedIn Connections' under Advanced Settings in the right column on the page.

4. Choose 'Microsoft Outlook (.CSV file) and click 'Export'.

5. Type the Security Verification and click 'Continue'.

6. Your LinkedIn Connections were successfully exported to a .csv file and saved in the Downloads folder on your computer.

7. Start up Excel and then open the file within Excel by selecting File/Open.

8. Once the file opens, remove all the empty columns,

9. Save the file by selecting File/Save. Select Excel Workbook format, click on 'Save' and your file is ready.

Note that you can't save all of the LinkedIn data, but you will have First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Company and Job Title.

NPAPI plugins don't work on Chrome version 42 and higher

Plugins allow extra features to be added to browsers. For example, you can watch certain videos, view certain documents or play a game that is on a Web page.

NPAPI support has ended
In the past, many plugins were developed using an older system called NPAPI. Today fewer sites are using NPAPI plugins and they can sometimes cause security risks on Web sites.

To make browsing with Chrome safer, faster and more stable, support for NPAPI plugins has been ended with Chrome version 42.

Plugins supported
Plugins that use a newer, more secure system called Pepper API (PPAPI) will continue to work, including those that ship with Chrome, like Adobe Flash and PDF Viewer. However, plugins that use NPAPI, including Silverlight, Java and Unity won't work.

How to temporarily enable NPAPI plugins
If you must use a NPAPI plugin, there is a temporary workaround that will work until Chrome version 45 is released later in 2015:

1. Open Chrome.

2. In the address bar at the top of the screen, type chrome://flags/#enable-npapi

3. In the window that opens, click the link that says Enable under the Enable NPAPI flag:

4. In the bottom left corner of the page, click the Relaunch Now button.

After the release of Chrome version 45, you will need to use an alternate Web browser to load content that requires a NPAPI plugin.

The top margin in Microsoft Word is missing

When you open a Word document, the insertion point is at the top left corner of the page, as if there were no top margin.

Cause
If you're reading the document in Print Layout view and all of the pages appear to be cut off, with no top or bottom margin, the option for hiding white space between pages has been turned on.

Resolution 1
If the top and bottom margins are not showing, you can restore them by pointing and clicking in the document, or by using the View tab.

1. When top and bottom margins are not showing, point to the top or bottom of a page until the pointer becomes a double-pointed arrow as shown in the picture above, and then double click.

2. When white space between pages is showing, the entire top and bottom margins are visible.

Resolution 2
To use the View tab to show white space between pages, do the following:

1. On the View tab, click Print Layout.

2. Click on the File tab, and then click Options. Word Options window opens.

3. Click Display.

4. Under Page display options, select the 'Show white space between pages in Print Layout view' check box.