Archive for the ‘Mac’ Category
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
From the About Transmission page:
Transmission has been built from the ground up to be a lightweight, yet powerful BitTorrent client. Its simple, intuitive interface is designed to integrate tightly with whatever computing environment you choose to use. Transmission strikes a balance between providing useful functionality without feature bloat. Furthermore, ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to access your OS X files and folders from Windows Vista.
Posted in Home Networking, Mac, Windows | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Cover Stream is an interesting little app that allows you to control iTunes - with very pretty interface, without having to leave your currently open program. Though I'm somewhat partial to using Quicksilver for everything iTunes-control-related, Cover Stream is without question much more visually appealing. The drawback? It's not free. ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Publishing a web site using iWeb to a .mac or MobileMe account is dead simple. Publishing to your own server/hosting company isn't difficult, but this tutorial will show you how to make it even easier - and much faster, especially if you have a large site.
Posted in Mac, Web Design & Dev | No Comments »
Monday, July 14th, 2008
This is a brief one, and most of you will know about it already. If you use Apple Key + Shift + 4 to take screenshots, hold down the Space bar at the end of that combination. Your cursor will change from the crosshairs to a "camera" - which you ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Using the iLeopard theme, you can make Leopard (OS X 10.5) look and feel more like iTunes 7. Continue reading for installation help, screenshots, and how to uninstall if you're not thrilled.
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
This tutorial will guide you in enabling Remote Desktop in Vista, and then connecting to Vista from your Mac. Using Remote Desktop you can completely control your Vista PC, from your Mac.
Posted in Mac, Windows | 5 Comments »
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Secrets, a utility/prefPane brought to you by the same folks who created Quicksilver, allows you to quickly access hundreds of "hidden" OS X settings. Keep reading for a mini-review.
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based computers like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It allows you to avoid having to hold down the option key in order to select the OS you ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
This brief tutorial will show you how to use the iWeb "Web Widget" for Google Maps to insert a Google Map into your web site.
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
OS X 10.5 (Leopard) introduced an interesting new feature called "Web Clips". Web Clips are sections of web pages that are turned into Dashboard widgets. While they can be quite a useful feature, one of the drawbacks is that resizing them, particularly to be smaller, isn't as straight forward as ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Simple Help reader (and ceTwit author) Vince Koser recently pointed me to a great little piece of software, InsomniaX. It allows you to close the lid of your Mac laptop, but keep your Internet connection active, music playing etc. This brief tutorial will outline the installation process, usage and offer ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Using Unplugged and Growl, you can get notifications when your power cable is unplugged (or plugged in). Continue reading for installation and usage instructions.
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
This tutorial will walk you through the steps required to move one or more of your Dashboard Widgets from the Dashboard, to your Desktop.
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
If you're using Word 2008, even on a very, very fast Mac, you've probably noticed that Word 2008 can take upwards of a minute to open a .doc file. Here are 3 tips to speeding up MS Word 2008's opening time.
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