iPad Retina GUI Elements PSD Template Now Available for Free

Apr 12, 2012 - 1 Comment
iPad Retina GUI Template PSD

Designers and developers will appreciate the newly released retina iPad GUI elements template available now as a free PSD download from Teehan+Lax. Based on iOS 5.1 and the new iPad’s retina UI elements, these PSD files are an excellent resource for quickly mocking up iPad apps, workflows, and general iOS concepts. You’ll need Adobe Photoshop … Read More

Force iOS Devices to Recalculate “Other” Capacity in iTunes

Apr 12, 2012 - 35 Comments
iTunes Other Capacity

The “Other” capacity in iTunes is supposed to estimate the size of system software, contacts, Messages data, and things that are not listed elsewhere in the labeled capacities list of storage on an iOS device. Sometimes other data will become mislabeled or misappropriated to the “Other” category, and suddenly it’s reported as being much larger … Read More

8 Great Ways to Use Air Display & iPad

Apr 11, 2012 - 15 Comments
Mac with Air Display on iPad

If you saw our Air Display review you’ll know it’s a pretty awesome app that lets you turn an iPad into an external display for a Mac or PC ($10 on the App Store). If you bought it and haven’t figured out what to do with it yet, here are eight of our favorite ways … Read More

Spilling Coffee on the iPad Smart Cover Looks Surprisingly Attractive

Apr 11, 2012 - 6 Comments
Coffee iPad Cover

Spilling coffee on something is generally considered a bad thing, but not if you have a brown leather iPad Smart Cover. TwoLivesLeft accidentally got some coffee on their iPad case, and then had the hilarious epiphany “I had a wonderful, horrible idea: I’d stain the cover with coffee“. The result? A surprisingly attractive appearance that … Read More

Is It Better to Shut Down, Sleep, or Leave a Mac Turned On When Not Being Used?

Apr 10, 2012 - 94 Comments
Should a Mac go to Sleep, Shutdown, or Stay On?

When it’s not in use, do you shut down your Mac, put it to sleep, or just keep it turned on? Is one choice better than the others? Why and why not? These are great questions, so let us review the choices and why you may want to choose one over the other. Sleeping a … Read More

Stop iPad Picture Frame from Zooming in on Faces

Apr 10, 2012 - Leave a Comment
Stop iPad from Zooming in on Faces in Picture Frame

The iPad picture frame app is a nice way to put a stale iPad to use as it sits on a desk. That resulting live picture frame is made even better when a custom album is created for the purpose, but if you use photos of people you’ll find that Picture Frame automatically zooms in … Read More

8 Simple Tips to Secure a Mac from Malware, Viruses, & Trojans

Apr 7, 2012 - 80 Comments
Disable Java in Safari

The recent outbreak of the Flashback trojan (Apple released an update and fix, get it!) has brought a lot of attention to potential viruses and trojans hitting the Mac platform. Most of what you’ll read is overblown fear mongering hype, and practically all Mac malware has come through third party utilities and applications. What that … Read More

Stop iPhone Pop-Ups Asking to Join Wi-Fi Networks

Apr 7, 2012 - 21 Comments
Stop Wi-Fi Popup Alerts on iPhone

Annoyed by those persistent wi-fi network popups that show up on the iPhone or iPad screen every time a wireless network is in range? You can disable the wi-fi joining alerts completely by preventing the iPhone from searching for unknown networks. This works on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch the same way, and it … Read More

3 Ways to Make Phone Calls from the iPad or iPod touch

Apr 6, 2012 - 25 Comments
iPad phone

Want to use the iPad or iPod touch as a phone? You can do that. With Skype or Google Voice you can turn your standard wi-fi iPad into a VOIP phone, and you’ll be able to make and receive phone calls and text messages directly from the iPad or iPod. These apps are free to … Read More

Drag & Drop from Spotlight in Mac OS X to Move & Open Files

Apr 6, 2012 - 7 Comments
Drag and drop from Spotlight

You can drag and drop files directly from Spotlight to elsewhere in the Mac OS X Finder. This allows Spotlight search to function as a sort of basic file manager, not quite like the Finder, but at least for quickly locating and moving a document of any type on the Mac to another location, or … Read More

Load Up Your iPad with a Massive Library of Over 38,000 Free eBooks

Apr 5, 2012 - 7 Comments
Free eBooks for iPad

The iPad is a great device to read on, and if your digital library is feeling a little bare then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve found some of the best places to get free ebooks, ready to be downloaded and opened with iBooks on your shiny new iPad (or iPhone, iPod, Kindle, Nook, … Read More

Set Archives to Automatically Delete After Expansion in Mac OS X

Apr 5, 2012 - 2 Comments
Delete Archive After Expanding

Archives can be deleted automatically after expansion with the help of a hidden preference panel in Mac OS X. This little known ability is an option in Archive Utility, which is the engine and settings controls to the Mac decompression agent that launches anytime you open a zip, sit, tgz, or other archive file formats … Read More

Deposit a Check Directly From an iPhone

Apr 4, 2012 - 12 Comments
Deposit a check from an iPhone

Skip the traffic filled bank trip across town, you can deposit checks directly from an iPhone. A variety of major US banks now offer the iPhone check depositing service, including Chase, Fidelity, US Bank, PayPal, and Charles Schwab, amongst others. I recently used the service through Chase Mobile, where it worked well enough to quickly … Read More

Mac App Store Not Working or Showing Updates? How to Refresh the App Stores on Mac

Apr 4, 2012 - 1 Comment
Refresh App Store

Need to refresh the App Store or iTunes Store from a computer? To quickly refresh the App Store on Mac OS X, just hit Command+R at any screen in the iTunes, iOS App Store, or Mac App Store, and the page will reload with whatever new data awaits, whether it’s a revised Top Charts listing … Read More

4 Free & Quick Do-It-Yourself iPad Stands

Apr 4, 2012 - 9 Comments
Use fruit as an instant iPad stand

I carry my iPad around naked, that means no cases, no covers, no stands, just the iPad. But what if you’re on the go and quickly need an iPad stand? I was recently in this situation and discovered several different methods to concoct quick and dirty iPad stands for free using common items. If you’re … Read More

Attach a Photo to a Mail Message on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Apr 3, 2012 - 40 Comments
Attach Photo to Mail on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

You’ve probably noticed there isn’t an attachment button floating around when composing a new email message in iOS Mail app, so how do you attach pictures to emails on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? It’s easy, and there’s actually two simple ways to attach images to your emails though you may not find them … Read More

Locate the Wallpaper File When Set as Desktop Picture from Safari on Mac

Apr 2, 2012 - 4 Comments
Safari Desktop Picture file location

Have you ever set a desktop wallpaper from Safari on Mac OS X, only to wish you had saved the file directly so you could access it later or do something else with it? As long as the desktop picture is still set as the active wallpaper on a desktop, you can retrieve the original … Read More

Amazing Beautiful iPad Toilet Plunger iStand

Apr 1, 2012 - 15 Comments
iPad plunger stand

Beautiful. Alluring. Gorgeous. Perfection. Amazing. Exemplary. Smart. Revolutionary. Stunning. It’s everything you could dream of and more. This amazing iPad stand will be the envy of everyone who sees it, because who doesn’t want a toilet plunger resting on their desk? Featuring a handsome wooden handle and a ravishing lightly used black rubber cup (complete … Read More

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