How To Check If Your Snapchat Account Was Hacked
Over the New Year’s holiday, Snapchat was hacked and information for 4.6 million accounts leaked. This information includes usernames and partial phone numbers and is...
How To Block Flash For All Websites But A Select Few
I recently formatted Mavericks, but then it happened: I was being asked to download and install Flash on my computer. At first I avoided it...
Macheist Nano Bundle 2 almost gone
Just a reminder for all of those who like bargains, Macheist has a Nano Bundle that is set to expire tonight. The Bundle costs $19.95...
Spin Control lets you track down where those applications are crashing
That spinning rainbow beach ball that we’ve all come to love for all the wrong reasons has its own little application. It’s called Spin Control...
Terminal Tip: Rip, Normalize your CD’s from the CLI
I’m a geek, so as you probably suspect, I get some really odd satisfaction from watching stuff go down in the Terminal. But, being self...
Ripping a DVD from the Terminal isn’t all that “complex”
In an effort to prove just how simple it is to rip a dvd using free alternatives, as well as needing an excuse to demonstrate...
Macports and using its command anywhere within Terminal
Recently I posted about adding items to your $PATH variable within Terminal. Well, this post builds upon that with the popular application of Macports. If...
InstantShot: Screen Capturing on Crack?
Instantshot! by Digital Waters Projects is a screen capturing software package that claims to simplify taking screen captures. Now i’m not too sure how much...
Resize Video Podcasts for AppleTV in iTunes.
I’m not sure if this is something new, or if it has been around for quite some time, but I just stumbled on it today...
Let Alex Proofread Your Papers
As a recent college graduate, yours truly is very familiar with the daily drudge of writing papers. The majority of mine were banged out between...
The Paranoid OS X Users Backup Guide
You hear it tossed around all the time, “back up those files, because you’re gonna be screwed if your system crashes.” I’m anal about my...
Work Magic on your Tags with MetaX
Metadata is a useful way of categorizing your media. MetaX is a metadata editor for Quicktime and MPEG-4 based files. By using MetaX to label...
Terminal Tip: Scan For Wireless Networks.
I stumbled across a photo in our Flickr group that really peaked my curiosity. Apparently apple has shipped a binary that lets you view your...
LicenseKeeper: Managing your serials and licenses
So, I always seem to say that I have been looking for these apps for weeks, but in this case it is absolutely one hundred...
Speed Up Load Times with Automator
The absolute worst moment in my daily computing experience is waiting for my machine to boot. Getting from the boot screen to the desktop happens...
Buy Amazon mp3s from iTunes?
Can you buy Amazon mp3s from iTunes? Possibly. With Advantageous mp3, you can now browse the iTunes music store and then download from Amazon’s mp3...
Get the perfect settings for handbrake
I’m a huge fan of HandBrake and given the fact that it’s free, I’m sure most of you guys are as well. It can be...
iTunes Tip: Manually Manage your iPod/iPhone playlist.
Earlier today I realized that something had happened with my iPhone that wouldn’t let me drag and drop certain tracks to the device. I was...