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Change the iTunes 10 album art size

Oct 3, 2010 - 2 Comments

The iTunes 10 player defaults to include the album art inside the playlist, the size of this album art is adjustable. All you need to do is click on the “Album by Artist” list header to pull down a menu where you can adjust the size to either Small, Medium, or Large. The album art … Read More

Run Newton OS on an iPad, iPhone, or Mac

Oct 2, 2010 - 1 Comment

How’d you like to run Newton OS on your iPad, iPhone, or Mac? You can with an emulator, and it actually runs on your iPhone, iPod touch, and Mac OS X too. This is all done through an open source project called Open Einstein which now has a working iOS port. It’s not exactly an … Read More

The most repulsive iPhone charger you’ll see

Oct 2, 2010 - 5 Comments

This has to be the most repulsive gadget accessory I’ve ever seen. Straight out of Japan, it’s an iPhone charger made to resemble an umbilical cord that twitches, pulsates, and squeals as it charges your iPhone. I don’t know if it’s for sale (would anyone want to buy it?), but it’s the creation of a … Read More

Mac Setups: Mac Voice Recording Studio

Oct 2, 2010 - 4 Comments

Now here’s an awesome Mac setup: a MacBook Pro, a beautiful iMac, and an external vertically aligned Dell display, plus a bit of voice recording equipment. Ok I admit I don’t know if that’s really a voice recording studio, maybe it’s for podcasts or radio or just making funny noises and emailing them to people. … Read More

Free Keylogger for Mac OS X – logkext

Oct 1, 2010 - 9 Comments

If you’re looking for a discrete and barebones keylogger for Mac OS X, logkext will likely fit the bill. For the unfamiliar, a key logger does what it sounds like; it quite literally records every single key press and key stroke on a computer, and stores that typing data within an encrypted log file so … Read More

New Apple TV plays 1080p, outputs as 720p

Oct 1, 2010 - 1 Comment

More good news on the new Apple TV front, the new device actually does play 1080p content that is streamed to it, but it downscales the video quality to 720p. This means that your existing 1080p content is being decoded and will still work on the new Apple TV, although for now it is being … Read More

How to Reopen & Restore Windows from Last Session in Safari on Mac

Oct 1, 2010 - 2 Comments

Have you ever closed a window that you really wish you didn’t in Safari? It’s pretty common to accidentally close an important tab or browser window, and sometimes the Safari app will even crash too. But don’t freak out, you can re-open your last browser sessions in Safari regardless of why they were closed. Session … Read More

Command Line Cheat Sheet Wallpaper – Learn Commands with a Background Pic

Oct 1, 2010 - 15 Comments

If you’re new to using the command line and trying to learn the Terminal, setting a cheat sheet of command syntax for commonly used tricks as your background picture can be a pretty helpful way to help remember commands.

The Worst iPad Car Mount Idea Ever

Sep 30, 2010 - 8 Comments

This has to be the worst imaginable iPad car mount solution I have ever seen, which is exactly why it’s so funny. Mounting an iPad to your arm, seriously, can you come up with a worse idea?

New Apple TV Specs: 256MB RAM, 8GB Storage, A4 CPU

Sep 30, 2010 - 5 Comments

Apple told everyone that the new Apple TV had an A4 chip, HDMI out with 720p support, WiFI, etc, but what everyone wanted to know was what the actual device hardware specs were… how much RAM does it have, how much local storage, does it run iOS? Now we know, here are the Apple TV … Read More

Show or Hide Macintosh HD and Other Disk Drives on the Desktop of Mac OS X

Sep 30, 2010 - 5 Comments

You can easily hide or show the “Macintosh HD” main hard drive from the desktop of Mac OS X, along with any other internal volumes and removable drives by adjusting some Finder options. If you like to keep your disk drives available on the desktop for easy access like this, here’s what you can do … Read More

How to Increase or Decrease a Songs Volume in iTunes

Sep 30, 2010 - 18 Comments

If you come across a song playing in iTunes that is not playing at an appropriate level, perhaps it’s playing back way too loud, or maybe it’s far too quiet and it doesn’t play loud enough for your preference, you can individually increase the volume level of any specific song in your iTunes Library. Likewise, … Read More

The Social Network Movie Trailer Song

Sep 29, 2010 - 1 Comment

OK Apple fans, by now you’ve surely heard of the Facebook movie, the commercial has been playing constantly all over. Of course, if you’ve seen the trailer you’ve heard the song which plays in the trailers background and is now getting popular (much like the Apple commercial effect – just about anything aired goes gangbusters … Read More

Lock your Mac via iPhone and take an iSight picture with login attempts

Sep 29, 2010 - 12 Comments

RedHand is a pretty powerful Mac security app with a creepy icon that locks your computer using a myriad of protection options and scripting support, but I think the two best features by far are these: Bluetooth detection locking & unlocking, and the ability to take iSight pictures on failed login attempts.

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac now available for pre-order

Sep 29, 2010 - 2 Comments

Microsoft officially announced that Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac will be released on October 26, and the office suite is now available for pre-order. The new version of the popular office suite features Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, Outlook 2011, as well as Messenger 8 for Mac, and Remote Desktop for Mac 2, all … Read More

The iPhone 4 Commercial Song

Sep 29, 2010 - Leave a Comment

There are a bunch of new iPhone 4 commercials playing both in the USA and Europe, they are all without language which makes them able to play across the borders of most countries without any translation. The other thing to note is that all the new iPhone commercials feature the same pleasant and upbeat slow … Read More

iOS 4.2 beta 2 download available now

Sep 28, 2010 - Leave a Comment

Apple has just released iOS 4.2 beta 2 to download for iPad and iPhone developers, and it’s reported to be a lot less buggy than beta 1. You’ll need a developer account, but you can head over to Apple’s Developer site to grab the latest download. iOS 4.2 beta 2 runs on iPad, iPhone 4, … Read More

Test a website on an iPad

Sep 28, 2010 - 9 Comments

Do you need to test how your website will look on an iPad, but you don’t have an iPad? Check out iPadPeek.com, which is a web-based iPad simulator. It’s limited to the web, but you can render a website in a virtual iPad in either horizontal or vertical orientation. It’s definitely not perfect but it … Read More

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