Tag Archive | "tips and tricks"
How to crack open an Apple Mighty Mouse and clean the trackball
Apple’s Mighty Mouse works great most of the time, but there are times when the trackball simply stops working. Sometimes you can scroll up but not down, down but not up, and sometimes, you can’t even scroll at all. There are a number of ways to fix this, but not all of them work swimmingly. […]
Continue reading...How to play games like Tetris inside the Mac OS Terminal app
Monday, June 22, 2009
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Terminal, the seldom used gateway to Unix on the Mac, has its fair share of interesting features, chief among them being the ability to play games from within the app itself. Here’s how.
Continue reading...Create an iPhone dock out of old CD’s
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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As digital music downloads continue to take over, audio CD’s might soon start being looked at the same way that AOL’s ubiquitous “Install AOL 3.0, 250 Free Hours!!” CD’s once were. In other words, there are a ton of old CD’s floating around these days that no one has any use for anymore. But instead […]
Continue reading...Tweetie secrets for the iPhone
Thursday, June 11, 2009
It seems like no one ever has anything bad to say about Tweetie, and we can’t say we’re surprised. Tweetie for the iPhone is a great app, and it was deservedly the recent recipient of an Apple Design Award. The desktop version of Tweetie is just as good, and quickly became our default Twitter client […]
Continue reading...Safari 4: Not as big on privacy as you might think
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Web designer Chris Harwick writes about Safari not taking care of business when it comes to keeping your web browsing habits private: The most outrageous thing I found, and it took drinking from Spotlight’s firehose of filesystem changes with FSEventer to find it, was that Safari does not delete the webpage previews it generates for Quicklook. […]
Continue reading...New Plugin from Google lets you Stream Hulu and Netflix videos with Frontrow
Monday, February 16, 2009
A new plugin from Google allows Frontrow users to stream Hulu and Netflix videos straight to their computer. The plugin is called ‘Understudy’ and is hosted over at Google Code. Once the plugin is installed, users can select from a number of feeds to add to their Frontrow page. For example, you can add a […]
Continue reading...21 Safari Internet Browsing Tips
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Macyourself has a great list of Safari browsing tips that are sure to make your browsing experience a lot more enjoyable and efficient. Safari tends to go overlooked as a browser, but Apple has quietly given it a number of clever and useful features that definitely make it worth checking out. Check out the full […]
Continue reading...Obamafy yourself with Photo Booth
Friday, December 26, 2008
If any of you left-leaning Mac users have some time to kill, check out this Photo Booth plugin that mimics Obama’s ‘Hope’ poster. The plugin was created by Dubi Kaufmann and can be downloaded (with instructions) from his website. And sorry Tiger/Panther users, the plugin only works with Leopard.
Continue reading...“10 useful iPhone tips & tricks”
Friday, December 12, 2008
Taptaptap has a great list of helpful iPhone tips and tricks that is sure to have something new for even the most seasoned of iPhone users. One tip that was a pleasant surprise in particular was this: Tapping the status bar (the bar at the top with the clock) will make scrollable content scroll to […]
Continue reading...Friday morning link roundup
Friday, December 5, 2008
Netflix Streaming for Macs now available for everyone – TGdaily Engadget Review of Apple’s new in-ear headphones – Engadget More big names pull out of Macworld Expo 2009 – AppleInsider Another Storm reviewer is less than impressed – Seeking Alpha 5 Things You Never Knew about Spotlight – The AppleBlog
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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