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 want to boot into as your Mac starts up, and provides a nice graphical interface instead.
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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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This short guide will explain how to decrease or “shrink” the width of the Tabs in Firefox, without having to install any add-ons. …
This tutorial will show you how to install and setup Pocket Nester Plus, a NES emulator for your Windows Mobile Smartphone.
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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 you might expect. This tutorial will guide you in shrinking Web Clip widgets to suit your needs. …
This guide will show you how you can use a small (and completely free) App to make sure your MacBook doesn’t go to sleep when you close the lid. …
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This tutorial will guide you step by step through installing KDE in Windows. …
Each time you delete a file (move it to the Recycle Bin) – Windows asks if you’re sure you want to do it. If you want to get rid of that prompt, follow the steps outlined in this very brief tutorial.
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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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Auslogics Disk Defrag was designed to remedy system sluggishness and crashes caused by disk fragmentation. It is optimized to work with today’s modern hard disks. Auslogics Disk Defrag is extremely simple to use, does not require any analysis phase and is faster than most of the other disk defragmentation software. It will help you get the maximum performance out of your expensive hardware investments. And, what’s most important, it’s absolutely free.
This tutorial will walk you through the steps to use Auslogics Disk Defrag. …
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This guide will show you how to get very detailed information about any app or process running on your Windows computer. …
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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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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 a couple of tips to speeding up MS Word 2008’s opening time. …
Using the free tool uif2iso4mac you can quickly and easily convert UIF files to ISOs. Continue reading for a complete walk-through. …
This detailed guide will explain how to download all of your (or someone else’s) photos from Flickr using a small and completely free App.
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