Archive for the ‘Mac’ Category

Overview: XBox Media Center for OS X

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

If for whatever reason you're not a huge fan of Front Row, the XBox Media Center (XBMC) for OS X may be the replacement you've been looking for. It supports the Apple Remote (not perfectly) and has almost all of the features of the original XBMC (and way more than ...

How to perform Mac specific searches using Google

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

The fine folks over at Google have come up with a Mac specific search - just visit http://www.google.com/mac. Instead of having the normal Google Search button, they have a Search Mac Sites button. click to enlarge The results of your search will be Mac specific. So the next time you need ...

How to add favicons to your Firefox 3 Bookmarks Toolbar in OS X

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

This brief tutorial will take you through the steps required to add favicons to your Bookmarks Toolbar in Firefox 3 Beta 5. This is a tutorial requested by the friendly How-To Geek. click to enlarge

How to add a Recently Used Applications Stack to your Dock

Monday, April 28th, 2008

To add a Stack to your OS X Dock that contains the most recently used Applications, open a Terminal and enter the following line of text: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }' And then type: killall Dock Your dock will now have a ...

How to blurminal your OS X Terminal

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install and configure Blurminal, a SIMBL hack that allows you to 'blur' the background of Leopard's Terminal. before after

How to split .avi files in Windows, OS X or Linux

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Using BananaSplitter you can split .avi files (divx or xvid) in Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista), Linux/BSD/UNIX or OS X. BananaSplitter works across all these platforms because it's written in Java, so you will need to have Java installed.

The Ultimate Firefox for OS X

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

If you're a Firefox fan, but get frustrated with the number of times it crashes on your Mac, or would like to squeeze some extra performance out of it, you should give Firefox Mac Community Builds a look. They have G3, G4 and Intel specific builds of Firefox - from ...

How to use your mouse to switch between Spaces in OS X

Monday, April 14th, 2008

This tutorial will guide you through installing and setting up Warp, a preference pane that allows you to use the mouse to switch between Spaces rather than using the keyboard. Warp is freeware, but provides a feature I appreciate so much that I donated, and consider it money well spent. ...

How to search within .zip files in Spotlight

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

This brief tutorial will walk you through the steps involved in installing and using/understanding Ziplight, a plugin that enables Spotlight to search within .zip files.

How to quickly rate songs in iTunes - OS X

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Funes is a song raters dream come true. With all of its faults, iTunes remains my #1 media player. I use Quicksilver to control iTunes, which means iTunes is minimized 99% of the time. So to rate a song I have to bring up iTunes, locate the song, and add ...

Preview: MacTheRipper v3.0 R14

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Everyones favorite OS X DVD ripper is coming closer and closer to a new stable version. Here's some info that I've gleaned from the official forums, manuals etc - as well as some screenshots and download locations.

How to securely delete files in OS X

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Using Shredder, a Dashboard widget, you can quickly, easily and permanently delete files in OS X.

How to save web pages to listen to later (OS X)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Using the great (and free!) utility EasySpeak, you can copy a web page (or any text) and save it as an .aif audio file. For step-by-step instructions on using EasySpeak, and a full review of its features, keep reading.

OS X Download of the Day: TinyAlarm

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

From their product home page - TinyAlarm is a tiny alarm clock for your menu bar. It will play your chosen sound at some time in the near future. All of the configuration is done using the status menu item. Clicking around should reveal just about everything there is to ...

How to stream audio and video from your Mac to your iPhone or iPod Touch

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

This tutorial could also be called "how to use your iPhone or iPod Touch to control your Mac" - because the featured (open source) software actually allows you to do both. Continue reading to be taken step by step through installing, setting up and accessing iPhone Remote on your Mac. ...