One of the things I like about the iTunes Store is the ability to listen to a 30-second preview of any song. Very useful when trying to decide whether to purchase an entire album or just purchase individual songs. The problem was when I wanted to listen to the preview of all the songs in [...]
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I’ve posted bits about how the latest 27-inch iMac has been gaining praises from various review sites which includes Macworld which said, “Apple has not only blurred the line between consumer and professional systems, it’s darn near erased it.” With one writer for The Mac Observer going as fas as issuing an obit for the [...]
From Macworld’s “Give thanks for the iPhone’s physical controls” article: short guide on what the iPhone’s and iPod touch’s Home and Sleep/Wake buttons are for. Home Click once to go to the Home screen. Click again to go to the Search screen. Configure double-click in the Settings app to do one of the following: go [...]
Here’s a slew of news about the latest iMacs including instructions on how to upgrade the RAM, availability of the Core i5 and Core i7 27-inch iMacs, and by reviews of the late-2009 iMacs including a sneak peek into the Core i5 version. The Mac Observer gave the heads up on an Apple knowledge base [...]
In the past two weeks, I’ve seen some pretty nasty and, I daresay, childish squabbles in my own neck of the internet. There are some people who go out of their way just to piss people off thus validating the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory. After a weekend of hell moderating in the Macworld Forums two [...]
Grab bag o’ fixes
Oct 10
Here’s a melange of remedies for your ailing Mac: Christopher Breen tries to convince Christopher Breen on using big gun on Safari when it starts misbehaving. Two potential solutions to Snow Leopard crashes from iLounge readers. Last but not the least, Jeff Gamet offers a quick fix for washed out displays after waking it or [...]
One of the applications I use very often is the built-in Dictionary application. However, since upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 about a month ago, every time I use Spotlight to look up a word’s definition or synonym, Dictionary opens a new window for every word I query using Spotlight. Do it enough times and [...]
TUAW bloggers are finding subtle new refinements in Snow Leopard like the new naming scheme for pictures taken with the Grab utility or Photo Booth or the HDTV readiness of Mac OS X 10.6. Steven Sande, also from TUAW, has posted some of the Snow Leopard gems he’s found like auto-detection of time zones, system-wide symbol [...]
Snow Leopard extravaganza
Aug 31
On August 28, 2009, Apple released, albeit earlier than expected, their newest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. I’m featuring some of the articles and reviews that were published around the time of the launch. From tips on how to prep your Mac for Snow Leopard to reviews from some notable tech writers [...]
Last weeks’ Mac Geek Gab podcast offers a tip on what to do with sluggish Macs.
I heard this tip over at the Mac Geek Gab podcast episode 212. This is how to get a nice hi-res version of an application’s icon right from the application itself. Open the Applications folder and then select the app of choice. Get Info the app by right-clicking and selecting “Get Info” or press command [...]
Fixing dead pixels
Jul 24
“With time your monitor might get an increased number of stuck, or often referred to as “dead”, pixels,” writes Richard Darell at Bits Rebels. “A dead pixel is usually caused by uneven distribution of liquid in the liquid crystal display or by a transistor malfunction.” Darell has three ways of fixing a dead pixel, and suggests [...]
TUAW has a list of things to do and things not to do when visiting or moving to another country when it comes to your electronic devices’ power needs. Below is a summary of the dos and don’ts. I highly recommend that you check out TUAW for more information on each item. Do check the voltage, [...]
Been looking into getting the new 13″ MacBook Pro soon and instead of paying Apple more to get a memory and hard drive upgrade, I’ll save a lot if I do it myself. I’ve already done memory module upgrades on a Powerbook, an iBook, an Intel iMac, and a MacBook before, and fairly recently, replaced [...]
