iPhone OS 3.1.3: Some details behind the hidden fixes
Just recently, Apple released iPhone OS firmware 3.1.3. Our own Sofia Fontes wrote about the iPhone OS 3.1.3 being available, but I thought I would...
iTunes U: Stanford CS193P: iPhone Application Programming Updated
Stanford has updated the iPhone OS iTunes U to show the Winter 2010 class. The class is taught by Alan Cannistraro and Josh Shaffer. This...
Shedding light on those hidden files that are lurking in the dark.
Nothing annoys me more than backing up files from the sites web server only to find out that my .htaccess file has gone missing. It’s...
Killall is your Friend…if you need to fix a crash or two.
The terminal is a powerful tool. Getting yourself acclimatized to its inner workings is very valuable. If you mastered DOS at any point in your...
Stop your contextual menus from beach-balling (freezing).
Right clicking giving you a beachball? For those of you who aren’t sure how to phrase “right-clicking”, they’re called contextual menu’s and on occasion an...
Get your file extensions back on the Mac (Leopard, Snow Leopard)
Tired of not seeing the file extensions on your files? I know I am. I’m not sure why this isn’t on by default, and frankly,...
Control iTunes from around the desktop with SizzlingKeys
For an operating system as advanced as OS X it’s absolutely ridiculous that we have to resort to hacks in order to switch between iTunes...
Change file and folder permissions through the Finder in Snow Leopard
There’s a number of times you might need to access a file on your filesystem that another user has in their user folder. It might...
The Right Compression for your Music
There is a segment of our nerdy online society that is trying desperately to sell the average consumer on the “Wonders” of lossless encoding. However,...
Make Stacks Work for You
When Apple introduced Stacks in Mac OS X 10.5, I was very excited. The ability to navigate a folder without dicking around in the Finder...
Three options for VNC Clients
VNC is here to stay so you might as well pull up a chair and familiarize yourself with some options. There’s an arsenal of server...
Apple User Gift Ideas: Last Minute Ideas
With only one more weekend to do shopping until the major holiday of the season I thought I would give readers a list of some...
Screen Recording in QuickTime X
One of the very few noticeable changes from Leopard to Snow Leopard is QuickTime X. The new player is 64 bit capable, has a brand...
Dipping your Toe into the Mac Pool: Part II – The Small Things
Let me tell you, the small things really trip new Mac users up. If something is just a little different, most normal people are thrown...
Apple User Gift Ideas: $500 to $1500
With the holidays coming up I thought I would give everybody some more ideas for holiday gifts for the Apple users in their lives. This...
Netflix on your Mac
If you’re a Netflix subscriber (Sorry, Canadians!), you can stream a select group of movies to your computer, Xbox 360, PS3, or other Internet enabled...
A Very Macintosh Christmas: A Recap
I wrote a six-part series of tips about how to make your holidays more cheery by using your Apple products. Here are all of the...
Get a better view of Mail.app with Letterbox
What’s the point of having more screen real-estate if you can’t get your applications to place nice with widescreen formats? One of the things that...