Compiling mysql from source tip
While learning about compiling programs from source using Terminal and working on a web application, I have learned a couple of things that are most...
Soundsource: Control Your Input/Output devices from the menu bar
Soundsource updated version 2.0 about a month ago, so if you use the application, you may want to update. Soundsource has become the most used...
Rss Feeds: What are they and how do you use them on a MAC?
A couple of podcasts ago, we mentioned RSS feeds, we kind of assumed you guys knew what we were talking about. Essentially, RSS feeds allow...
Open up the “goto” folder dialouge box while saving.
Do you ever know where you want to save something, and really don’t feel like taking your hands off the keyboard to navigate to the...
Fixing Spotlight’s issues
After reading Josh’s post about his spotlight woes, I IMed him and offered a solution. If spotlight is being a complete pain in the ass,...
Spotlight is a database and databases get broken
I think I should start a new blog category for things breaking on my mac. I’m probably the most unlucky mac user known to man....
Growl forwarding and Back to my Mac
I just thought of a really great idea for using forwarding of growl. Let’s say you have .Mac and are running leopard on both machines....
Screenshots. I get asked this at least once a week!
There are a number of ways in os x to take a screenshot, or print screen for you windows folk! To get a full screen...
The Case of the Missing Boot Drive.
So, if their is some messed up thing that can happen on a Mac, chances are that it has happened to me. I ask my...
Find Useless Large Files
If you’re like me, you collect junk on your computer all of the time. Sometimes I like to go through and find all of the...
Print as PDF
Printing is a pain in the rear. I hate managing stacks and stacks of paper, but sometimes I have to have an exact copy of...
iTunes Back Up
What are the most important files on your computer? For me, my most important files are my music and movies. If my harddrive were to...
Mac OS X Security Basics
With all of the discussion around the Leopard release and the whole firewall debacle, now is a good time to learn more about the basics...
iTunes, Purchased Content and wiping your hard drive
Within iTunes you can only have 5 machines authorized to the same iTunes account, meaning you can have up to five computers that can play...
Got a New Mac? Learn the ups and downs of Transferring your account.
About a week ago I decided that I REALLY wanted to buy Mac OS X Leopard Server. I have two Macs, about a year old...
Spoof your MAC address in OS X.
Sometimes we want to do things that require us to change the MAC address associated with our networking device. Say, get on a network that’s...
Turn off that annoying clucking when you use the volume buttons
You know what annoys me the most? That horrendous clicky-cluck that plays through my speakers when I try to turn up the volume with the...
Boot Camp Beta 1.4 Expires
Just an FYI, the Boot Camp beta 1.4 expired yesterday, 12-31-2007. What does this mean for you? Well if you’re running Leopard, it does not...