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OS X 10.9 Longcat [Humor]

Nov 6, 2012 - 33 Comments
OS X 10.9 Longcat

Now that OS X 10.9 is regularly appearing in usage logs, we thought we’d take a stab at the naming convention. How about OS X Longcat? Yup, we’re bored today and diving straight into the pool of Longcat memes, and there’s nothing better than boredom and some Pixelmator fun to create something totally stupid. Don’t … Read More

Mac OS X 10.9 Development Under Way, Regularly Appearing in Analytics Logs

Nov 6, 2012 - 14 Comments
Mac OS X 10.9 appearing in 9to5mac web logs

Development of the next major release of Mac OS X is well under way, with version OS X 10.9 regularly appearing in web analytics logs of OSXDaily, 9to5mac, AppleInsider, CultofMac, and several other Apple-related websites. This was first brought to light today by 9to5mac, whose graph above shows a handful of visitors from Cupertino California … Read More

Start a Time Machine Backup on a Remote Mac with SSH

Nov 5, 2012 - 3 Comments
Start a remote Time Machine backup with SSH

Time Machine backups can be triggered remotely thanks to SSH (Remote Login) and the command line. This is an excellent solution to use if you left the home or office without making an important backup, though the SSH requirement does add a potential layer of complexity that may make it more appropriate for advanced users. … Read More

Go on a Diet & Eat Healthy with Siri

Nov 5, 2012 - 2 Comments
Find the number of Calories in food, from Siri

The next time you’re wondering how many grams of sugar are in that donut and if it’s going to cut into your allotted daily calorie intake of junk food, just pull out your iPhone or iPad and ask Siri. Thanks to Siri’s ability to tap into the wealth of knowledge at Wolfram Alpha, you can … Read More

How to Disable the Mac Boot Chime Completely

Nov 4, 2012 - 71 Comments
Disable the Mac boot chime

If you’re a Mac owner you know that every time the Mac reboots or starts up it makes a startup chime sound. Though you can temporarily mute the chime by holding down the Mute key on any Mac keyboard, you can also choose to disable it completely by turning to the command line. To be … Read More

iPad Mini “Heart & Soul” Commercial is Now Airing

Nov 4, 2012 - 1 Comment
iPad Mini playing heart and soul

Apple has started to run a new iPad Mini Piano commercial. Originally debuting during the iPad Mini keynote, the TV advertisement features an iPad 10″ and a new iPad Mini playing the popular piano song “Heart and Soul” together using the app Garageband. Despite appearing at the iPad Mini event weeks ago, it didn’t hit … Read More

Mac Setups: Photographer’s Home Office

Nov 4, 2012 - 12 Comments
Mac photographers home office

This weeks featured Mac setup is the home office of Ronny M., a professional photographer and videographer. Hardware shown includes: MacBook Air 13″ – 4GB, 128GB SSD iMac 27″ – 2.7Ghz Core i5, 16GB RAM, 1 TB HDD and 128 SSD, connected to two external displays Benq 17″ display on the left Samsung 19″ display … Read More

Open the Twitter App Directly from Safari in iOS 6

Nov 2, 2012 - 1 Comment
Open Twitter app directly from Safari in iOS

The next time you’re browsing the web and come across a link that points to Twitter, you can immediately jump to the Twitter app if you want to. This is a new ability included in iOS 6 onward. To access the feature, pull down from the top of Safari when a Twitter link is opened, … Read More

List Your 15 Most Used Terminal Commands

Nov 2, 2012 - 17 Comments
Command History

The history command is a useful way to find specific commands that have been used in the past, and it can also be used to discover what your personal most used commands are with the following command string: history | awk ‘{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print a[i] ” ” i}}’ | sort -rn | head -15 The … Read More

Watch Jimmy Kimmel Rip the iPad Mini [Video]

Nov 2, 2012 - 8 Comments
jimmy kimmel skit about the ipad mini something or other

Every time Apple launches a new product, a bunch of comedy surfaces around it to give us all some laughs. Now it’s late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s turn, and he’s jumping on the the good-humored iPad Mini bashing bandwagon in an amusing comparison of past and present Apple products. No further spoilers, but check out … Read More

How to Jailbreak iOS 6.0.1 with Redsn0w

Nov 2, 2012 - 131 Comments
Jailbreak iOS 6.0.1 with Redsn0w

Jailbreakers will be pleased to discover that iOS 6.0.1 can already be jailbroken by using existing versions of Redsn0w. Currently, only the iPhone 4, iPod touch 4th gen, and iPhone 3GS are supported, and you’ll have to point Redsn0w at the older 6.0 IPSW, but otherwise the process is pretty much the same as any … Read More

Transfer Everything from an Old Mac to a New Mac with Migration Assistant

Nov 1, 2012 - 25 Comments
Migration Assistant

The simplest way to move everything from an old Mac to a new Mac is to use the built-in Migration Assistant tool. Migration Assistant can be used at any time, but ideally, it will be used on first boot of the new Mac, that way when it’s finished everything on the new machine will be … Read More

iOS 6.1 Beta 1 Released to Developers

Nov 1, 2012 - 3 Comments
iOS 6.1 beta 1

Alongside the public release of the iOS 6.0.1 update, registered Apple Developers received access to the first beta of iOS 6.1. Included in the release are a variety of minor UI changes, and a new Map Kit aimed at developers to help the built-in Maps app. iOS 6.1 beta 1 arrives as build 10B5095f, and … Read More

iOS 6.0.1 Direct Download Links

Nov 1, 2012 - 16 Comments
iOS 6.0.1 IPSW

The iOS 6.0.1 update provides some invaluable bug fixes, and every iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch user should update to take advantage of them. The vast majority of users are best served updating directly on their iOS device by using OTA update, found in Settings > General > Software Update. Connecting an iPhone, iPad, or … Read More

iOS 6.0.1 Released with Bug Fixes for iPhone Wi-Fi Problems, “No Service” Issue, etc

Nov 1, 2012 - 31 Comments
iOS 6.0.1 Update

iOS 6.0.1 has been released, the software update includes several significant bug fixes for all iOS users, particularly those with iPhones. Curiously, those with iPhone 5 must first download a patch that allows OTA updates to work, prior to being able to download and install iOS 6.0.1. The 6.0.1 update appears to address several prominent … Read More

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