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Delete Specific Application Saved States from Mac OS X Resume

Jul 17, 2011 - 31 Comments
Delete specific application saved states in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

One of the new features in OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion is the “Resume” ability for all applications to save their last state, meaning when you relaunch the app or reboot your Mac, the application will “resume” and reopen again showing all of the windows and data that was last in use. … Read More

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.4 with Redsn0w 0.9.8b3 (Tethered)

Jul 17, 2011 - 10 Comments
redsn0w 0.9.8b2 jailbreaks iOS 4.3.4

The recently released iOS 4.3.4 update has been jailbroken by a new version of redsn0w. Most iOS 4.3.4 devices are supported including the iPhone 4 GSM & CDMA, iPod touch 3rd and 4th gen, and iPad 1. For now, iPad 2 owners must stay on iOS 4.3.3 and continue to use JailbreakMe 3 as it … Read More

8GB RAM Upgrade for 2011 MacBook Pro Core i5 & i7: $50 with Free Shipping

Jul 16, 2011 - 22 Comments
MacBook Pro 2011 8GB RAM Upgrade

Want to upgrade the memory on your new 2011 MacBook Pro for a great price? Amazon is offering an 8GB upgrade (2 X 4GB) DDR3 Laptop Memory Kit (1333MHz Unbuffered CL 9 SODIMM) for just $50 after a $10 mail-in rebate from Corsair. The kit installs on the most recent Core i5 and Core i7 … Read More

Change User Agent with curl to Get URL Source Code as Different OS & Browser

Jul 16, 2011 - 3 Comments

Using curl we can retrieve the HTML & CSS source code of any specified URL and even the http header info, but some sites serve completely different content or HTML to different OS and browser versions, this is done by detecting their user agent. Because of this, we can spoof the user agent of another … Read More

Mac Setup: Mac Pro with Three 30″ Portrait Displays

Jul 16, 2011 - 4 Comments
3 Portrait rotated monitors with a Mac Pro

What an awesome Mac setup this is… connected to those three 30″ vertically oriented displays is a Mac Pro under that desk. I’m going to assume this is an iOS developer considering there are code editors open on screen, not to mention the six iPhones under all the displays. If you’re wondering, rotating a Macs … Read More

Thunderbolt MacBook Pro Supports Dual External Displays by Daisy Chain

Jul 15, 2011 - 16 Comments
MacBook Pro with Dual Thunderbolt Displays

Thunderbolt MacBook Pro hardware will support dual external displays daisy-chained by compatible Thunderbolt hardware, according to an image that popped up on Apple’s website. This suggests the possibility that upcoming MacBook Air refresh may support the same feature. This image comes from a recent post on MacRumors, where they noted that Apple accidentally leaked a … Read More

How to Check if Applications are Incompatible with Mac OS X Lion

Jul 15, 2011 - 20 Comments
Check OS X Lion Compatible Apps

You may know by now that OS X Lion drops Rosetta support, that means old PowerPC apps will no longer run in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. List What Installed Apps Are Incompatible with OS X 10.7 Lion For incompatible applications, all you are looking for is the “PowerPC” designation, here’s the easiest way to … Read More

iOS 4.3.4 Update Released (Direct Download Links)

Jul 15, 2011 - 27 Comments
iOS 4.3.4 Update

iOS 4.3.4 update has been released by Apple, the update is aimed at patching the PDF vulnerability in iOS 4.3.3 that allowed JailbreakMe 3 to work from a web browser. Because of this, if you used a jailbreak like JailbreakMe 3, do not upgrade to iOS 4.3.4 or you will lose your jailbreak. Users who … Read More

Get CPU Info via Command Line in Mac OS X

Jul 15, 2011 - 4 Comments
Terminal in macOS

Have you ever wondered specifically what processor was being used on a Mac, including processor type and CPU speed? It’s actually quite easy to retrieve CPU information from the command line in Mac OS X, though the commands to use to get the processor information may be unfamiliar to many. We’ll show two ways to … Read More

New MacBook Airs Coming Next Week Alongside OS X Lion

Jul 14, 2011 - 22 Comments
Kara Swisher Confirms the MacBook Air Speculation is Not Speculation

We’ve all been waiting for it, we’re seeing the Lion apps pop-up on the App Store, and Lion has been said to launch alongside new MacBook Airs, so they must be due out any minute now right? Close, AllThingsD says their sources have confirmed the new MacBook Air’s are arriving “late next week” and to … Read More

Oops: Apple.com Shows USB Drive Stuck in the Ethernet Port of a MacBook Pro

Jul 14, 2011 - 15 Comments
USB Drive in a MacBook Pro Ethernet Port

Remember that classic Sesame Street song “Everyone Makes Mistakes”? Your sister and your brother and your dad and mother too? Well even Apple does too, at least in regards to their website stock photos. In an amusing picture featured on the Apple Store’s Parallels Desktop 6 page, the Parallels USB installer stick is jammed into, … Read More

Enable and Switch Between Multiple User Accounts on iPad with iUsers

Jul 14, 2011 - 8 Comments
Multiple user accounts on an iPad with iUsers

One of the most highly desired features of iOS by anyone who shares an iPad is the ability to have multiple user accounts. This would allow parents to share iPads with their kids, friends to share with friends, and me to share the iPad with my girlfriend, and everyone could have their own custom springboard, … Read More

Spotify Comes to the USA – Enter to Win a Spotify Invite in our Twitter Giveaway!

Jul 14, 2011 - 27 Comments
Spotify Logo

Spotify, the extraordinarily popular streaming music service that took Europe by storm, has just launched in the USA. Currently it’s open by invite-only, but no big deal, we have a handful of invites to give away, so here’s how to get in the drawing. Enter to Win a Spotify Invite from Us! Here’s all you … Read More

Lion-Ready OS X Apps Appearing on Mac App Store

Jul 14, 2011 - 21 Comments
Lion ready apps on the Mac App Store

Despite the fact that today is (was) the speculative launch day, OS X Lion has yet to appear. Nevermind that though, the good news is that Apple is rapidly accepting Lion-ready apps to the Mac App Store, indicating that a launch will be very soon. If you’ve been following along here, we pointed out earlier … Read More

Get Exact Boot, Sleep, and Wake Times from the Command Line

Jul 14, 2011 - 7 Comments

Need to know exactly when your Mac was last booted, put to sleep, or woke from sleep? You can get precise information about boot and sleep times directly from the command line, which can be invaluable for anything from troubleshooting various Mac problems to scheduling scripts, or even for your own forensic purposes to determine … Read More

Quickly Enter LaunchPad “Jiggle” with Option Key in Mac OS X

Jul 13, 2011 - 10 Comments
LaunchPad Jiggle

Clicking-and-holding on an app icon in Mac OS X LaunchPad activates the jiggle, but you can also hold down the Option key to immediately start the jiggle.

How to Install Mac OS X Lion Using Target Disk Mode

Jul 13, 2011 - 16 Comments
Lion Installation Image

Another method to install Mac OS X Lion on other personal machines is by using Target Disk Mode, this allows you to use one Mac as the installation drive to install OS X 10.7 directly to another Mac via Firewire or Thunderbolt. This is fast, prevents redownloading which saves bandwidth, and works flawlessly. This tip … Read More

Test for Defective RAM Modules Easily with Rember for Mac OS X

Jul 13, 2011 - 6 Comments
Rember is GUI frontend to MemTest

If you just got a RAM upgrade and you want to test the memory, or if you just want a great free addition to a Mac troubleshooting toolbox, download Rember now.

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