Ping is a feature in some versions of iTunes, and you can easily disable Ping in the newest version of iTunes 10.1. (Remember, despite sharing a name Ping in iTunes which is a social network of sorts is completely different from ping at the command line which confirms if an IP address is available or … Read More

The iTunes 10.1 update has been released for download, this is a required update to install the upcoming iOS 4.2 release on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. The release notes from Software Update are simple and as follows: What’s new in iTunes 10.1 • Use AirPlay to instantly and wirelessly stream videos from iTunes … Read More

You know how it goes; you’re reading something on your iPhone or iPod in bed while laying down, then you accidentally drop the device, and *smack*, it lands right on your face. Oh, that didn’t feel so great now did it. Yup, let’s just admit that hurt. This comic convinced me that it’s not unique … Read More

Want to project holographic text and graphics over anything using your iPhone or iPad? Grab Holographium and your digital camera. Combining the two, you can create the appearance of 3D text and images by using the app and then dragging an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch in front of a camera with a long exposure. … Read More

You can mute the quack sound that your Mac makes when adjusting audio levels by adjusting a system preference setting. Yes, that means you can completely turn it off and stop the little quack / pop sound from happening anytime the volume changes. Here is what you will want to do in OS X:

Update 2: LetterBox for Mac OS X 10.6.7 has been released and it resolves the latest incompatibilities. If you’d rather fix the plugin yourself, follow the instructions below but use these two UUID’s instead: 9049EF7D-5873-4F54-A447-51D722009310 1C58722D-AFBD-464E-81BB-0E05C108BE06 Thanks to Vincent for providing the UUID’s in the comments! Update: A new version of Letterbox for Mac OS … Read More

For whatever reason, the Mac OS X 10.6.5 update did not include AirPrint shared printing support (meaning you can’t print from an iOS device to a shared Mac printer). But, you can unofficially enable AirPrint by downloading a few AirPrint files from 10.6.5 beta releases and then putting them in the appropriate location on your … Read More

ReBirth is a software synthesizer from the 1990’s that has been reborn with a vengeance for the iPad, and it looks absolutely awesome. ReBirth for iPad emulates a Roland TB-303 Bass synthesizer, and Roland TR-808 and 909 Drum Machines, which are the basically staples of music created in the last 30 years (80’s, techno, hip … Read More

You can maximize the iTunes window to take up the fullscreen by holding down the Option button while you press the green button. Without the Option key held down, the green button sends iTunes into mini-player mode. This mini-player mode is different from the album art mini-player though, which is new to iTunes 10. Another … Read More

Time to fire up Software Update, Mac OS X 10.6.5 has been released for everyone to download. The download weighs in around 700 MB, you can get it through software update or follow the download links below. Here are the 10.6.5 release notes from Apple: The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac … Read More

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is said to be the first legitimate competitor to the iPad, but you wouldn’t know it based on the absolutely scathing review that Gizmodo writes of the device. Calling the Tab a “wreck” and “mess” that isn’t fit for humans, they basically say that the device isn’t anything for the iPad … Read More

Update 12/1/2010: iOS 4.2 download has been released and you can now unlock and jailbreak the iPhone on iOS 4.2 by downloading redsn0w 0.9.6b5. This is either a tethered or untethered jailbreak depending on your iPhone. With the release of iOS 4.2 imminent, the iPhone Dev Team has posted an update regarding the status of … Read More

Do you want to generate a random MAC address? That’s no problem with this neat openssl tip sent in by one of our readers, and you can run the command once or multiple times to generate a randomized MAC address instantly on each execution. This command will work to randomize MAC addresses in in Mac … Read More

Time Machine is a very convenient backup solution for Mac users, but typically requires an external drive to backup to. If you’ve got a network with an extra Windows or Linux PC hanging around with tons of disk space, you can get Time Machine to backup to that computers excess disk space instead of an … Read More

In case you missed last weeks RAM upgrade deal, here are more great prices for 8GB and 4GB kits. It looks like both of these deals expire on the 10th (tomorrow) so if you’re looking for cheap memory upgrades, this is a good time to buy. 8GB (2×4GB) Kingston Apple Kit for $119.95 with free … Read More

Verizon is now airing an iPad commercial that features the device paired up with a Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot. The iPad offered through Verizon is not the 3G model, so you have to get a MiFi hotspot instead. Of course this has it’s advantages, considering you can hook up any other device to the MiFi … Read More

I know you’ve always thought to yourself, wouldn’t it be great if my Mac could see me songs? Or wouldn’t it be wonderful if I could make someone elses Mac sing songs? Well, you’re going to be thrilled to discover that, yes, your Mac can actually sing, thanks to the text-to-speech engine and the intonation … Read More

Every once in a while you’ll come across a song or video on the web that you just can’t find anywhere else. Maybe it’s a remix, maybe it’s an interview you want to listen to, whatever it is, you can easily convert that web video’s audio track to an MP3 file, which can then go … Read More