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Deals: Save 11% Off Retina MacBook Pro, 28% Off SSD Upgrades, 25% Off 16GB RAM

Feb 2, 2013 - 3 Comments
Mac deals

Everyone loves a good deal, and right now there are some particularly good deals on MacBook Pro Retina models available from Amazon. But if a brand new Mac isn’t in your immediate future, there’s also some pretty sweet discounts on existing SSD and RAM upgrades for MacBooks. Check them out… Retina MacBook Pro Deals Looking … Read More

Strange Bug Causes Instant App Crashes in Mac OS X by Typing File:///

Feb 2, 2013 - 21 Comments
Crash a Mac App

An unusual Mac bug has surfaced in OS X that causes any application to immediately crash just by typing a short character sequence. The bug was first reported on OpenRadar and is thought to relate to the spell checking and autocorrection features, though the bug is also replicable in prior versions of Mac OS X … Read More

Use Option as Meta Key in Mac Terminal

Feb 1, 2013 - 6 Comments
Meta key in Mac OS X Terminal

By turning Option into the Meta key, you will be able to use familiar meta commands to jump around and navigate text in places like Emacs or bash shell without twisting your fingers around to poke at Esc. This won’t be applicable or useful to everyone, but it’s one of those must-use tricks for frequent … Read More

How (& Why) to Reset the Advertising Identifier in iOS

Feb 1, 2013 - 18 Comments
Reset the ad tracking ID in iOS

From iOS 6.1 onward, users can now reset the Advertising Identifier on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This means you can basically throw all the anonymously gathered data about a device that is used to serve relevant ads out the window and start fresh, thereby removing any of the targeted data that has been … Read More

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