Archive for the ‘ Apple Related ’ Category
With OS X Permissions in Leopard and in Tiger you gotta show them who is boss. I just ran into the problem with permissions when I was having a tonne of issues with logging in and my user account with ADMIN priviledges, spontaneously forgetting my password, telling me I was wrong when I entered it [ READ MORE ]
Automator is awesome. It’s like your own personal WALL•E, running all those mind numbing, repetitive, time consuming tasks you no longer have the time or inclination to perform yourself. But it’s setup to run only when you tell it to. Crap right? What’s the point of having an awesome personal robot doing stuff for me [ READ MORE ]
So you’re a Windows person right? And the way you are used to closing an application is by clicking that X in the top right hand corner, correct? Well on a Mac it’s kind of different. The application itself is seperate from the windows, so you can have multiple windows open related to the application, [ READ MORE ]
So here’s the backstory. My dad is really, really good at email… and streaming public radio via iTunes… and using Voice Recording Software… and Skype, he’s really good at Skype… and leaving absolutely EVERYTHING OPEN. He never closes anything. He has had a computer since 1994 and yet for some odd reason, he never learned [ READ MORE ]
First off, mac users are relatively late the the torrent game. Not that this makes them N00BZ or L00ZRZ or any of the other harsh and foul slanderous calls that get chucked around the forums, but lets face it. Macs were made for making pretty picture books and family slideshow, you know, nice things. They [ READ MORE ]
If you are reading this blog, most likely you can’t get your blog editor to work, am I right? Well here’s the fix[ READ MORE ]
Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the world. I have scoured the inter-web and of all the amazing stuff out there, this is the cream of the crop. Everything from Browsers, Video Players, IM, Email, RSS, P2P, Podcasting, Graphics, Computer Support… Wow the list is long. Very long. Enjoy. This [ READ MORE ]
Okay. So you’re a hacker. Big deal. You’re almost a scammer, but not totally a bludger. You get your appz, warez and all other z files where you can and when you can because you are a bad azz mofo. And who really wants to pay the man anyway right? Well here’s your chance to [ READ MORE ]
You know exactly what I’m talking about. If you can answer yes to the following 3 criteria then read on. You have a Mac. You love Aggregated Email. You hate logging on to hotmail.com. Following you will find instructions for those of use who refuse to pay $19.95 per month for free email. By the [ READ MORE ]
Do you have a chaotic address book?Do you suffer from double contact entries, phone numbers or address fields?Then take a look at these kick ass actionscripts from vocaro.com and thank the computer God’s that someone wants to save your sanity. Don’t worry if you don’t know coding. An applescript is just like an application. You double [ READ MORE ]