Internal Server 500 error on mac using safari, chrome or firefox

You may get an internal server 500 error on macs bound to an AD domain. To stop this happening unstick the bottom box - Do not require kerberos pre authentication, as shown in the screenshot below.

This can be found on the accounts tab in active directory.

Outlook 2011 temp folder - outlook temporary folder location on a mac

Attachments on  mac are opened from outlook 2011 into a folder called outlook temp. Its a harden folder if you save a file into it, it can be hard to find.

To find the folder go to finder > Go > go to folder and type ~/library

Then go into caches > TemporaryItems> Outlook Temp

All your attachments and saved files will be here.

Any lost outlook attachments on your mac will be found in this folder.

How to remove the dropbox icon from the status menu bar on mac OS 10.9 and 10.10

For a more minimalist mac you can remove icons from the status menu bar. This example is for drop box but should be a similar process for other applications. They are not actually deleted but hidden.

Go to applications, right click on dropbox, select show package contents

go into contents/resources

you will find several tiff files. Replace dropboxstatus-idle.tiff with the file below. You will need to rename the file from .png to .tiff.

You will still see the icon if the application syncs etc. If you want all icons gone just rename the blank icon to match the others in the folder.

restart your machine or kill and restart the drop box process and the idle status icon should be gone, upon clicking where it used to be you will get the normal dropbox menu.

Cisco Anyconnect VPN for mac Error when connecting - Failed to determine valid temporary folder

To fix this go to finder > Go > go to folder /private

Then right click on the tmp folder and select properties. You will need an admin password to do this. At the bottom elect sharing and permissions. Make sure all permissions are set to read and write.

Relaunch any connect you should now connect.