July 2011
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Jul 19th
April 2010
2 posts
“We nailed multitasking!” - Apple http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/specialevent0410/
Apr 9th
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Empty Stubborn Trash in Mac OS X
I dunno if it’s me or OS X, but I run into errors quite often when trying to empty the Trash in Mac OS X. I’ve tried most of the apps that claim to “Force Empty Trash” with very little success. Anyways, this is what solves the problem most of the time for me - Get Info on the trashed files and make sure you have write permissions In Terminal, type      cd ~/.Trash...
Apr 6th
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February 2010
3 posts
How to send a full-length, full-quality video [and...
Sending a video with iPhone via MMS has a size limit & ruins the quality. Even pictures are compressed as well. I’m going to explain how you can get around these limitations using an online service called called Dropbox. Dropbox has WAY more uses than what I’m going to cover here, so do yourself a favor and look into all of it’s other features later on as well. Here’s...
Feb 23rd
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Sleeping the Display on Mac OS X
I very much prefer to sleep my display rather than use a screen saver. Using a screen saver is a waste of energy for one. Secondly, it often takes longer for a computer to wake up and respond out of a screen saver coma. Fortunately, you can still have your Mac password lock when waking from a sleeping display too. Before we continue, a pro-tip. If you have a MacBook or an iMac with a Mac...
Feb 18th
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How to hide a dock item in Mac OS X
Follow these instructions to hide an app from showing in the dock while it’s running. This is for those apps that don’t provide you with a means to hide the dock item in the preferences. You shouldn’t do this to just any app you feel like it because it has some side effects. The main one being that you will not be able to pull up the menu bar at the top of the screen for it....
Feb 17th
December 2009
3 posts
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How to enable NTFS write support in Snow Leopard -...
UPDATE: exFAT [aka FAT64] has since been released and is fully supported by: -Snow Leopard 10.6.5 & up -Windows XP/Vista after an update -Window 7 It’s faster than FAT32 and can handle much larger file sizes and capacities. It’s probably the simpler option vs NTFS now. Soon it will be the default format used on memory cards and small USB drives and this will all be behind us....
Dec 12th
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Game Reviews - GeoSpark, Harbor Master, Labyrinth...
GeoSpark  GeoSpark was just released a couple days ago from the developers of GeoDefense and Harbor Master. I’m already addicted to it. My high score is currently 20,370. Can you beat it? It’s an easy to learn fast paced game. There are no levels. The only goal is to get a high score and brag. It reminds me of Eliss a little. Basically you have all of these “Sparks”...
Dec 8th
+1 Tumblr & A little about me
Expect lots of iPhone/iPod Touch tips & tricks etc. Probably app reviews & recommendations. Maybe some User Interface comments. Perhaps a little bit of general internet philosophy. Maybe even some Twitter tips too. Which reminds me, my Twitter ID is @6T9 or visit http://twitter.com/6T9 I’m an Apple Fanboy convert ever since the iPhone came out. I finally got my first Mac (Mac Mini)...
Dec 8th