i3D App Shows 3D Graphics on the iPhone 4 & iPad 2 with No Glasses Required

May 23, 2011 - 13 Comments
3d-graphics-ipad-no-glasses-required

Do you remember the goggle-free 3D graphics iPad 2 demo video? If you don’t, no worries the video is embedded below, but in short, a research team came up with a creative way to mimic 3D graphics on an iPad 2 and iPhone 4 display by utilizing the front facing camera to track the users … Read More

Switch iTunes Accounts Easily with a Menubar Utility

May 22, 2011 - 16 Comments
Switch iTunes Accounts easily with a menu bar utility

Many people juggle multiple iTunes accounts for a variety of reasons, be it to access international app stores and their different content offerings, having another iTunes account without a credit card for their kids, or because you’re dodging country and timezone restrictions. We all know it’s a pain to manually log in and out of … Read More

Pages App Going to the Cloud for True Cross Platform Compatibility?

May 22, 2011 - Leave a Comment
Apple Pages to the Cloud patent

The always resourceful PatentlyApple has dug up an interesting patent that shows Apple is working on a platform independent word processor. While Pages isn’t specifically mentioned, it would be logical for the Pages app to be the focus of this patent considering it is Apple’s flagship word processor. Other than competing with web-based productivity offerings … Read More

Have a new iOS Device and an Intel Mac Running Mac OS X 10.4? Call Apple for a Free Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5

May 21, 2011 - 10 Comments
Free Mac OS X Upgrade from Tiger to Leopard

Do you have an Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.4, and you just bought a new iOS device? If so, you’ve probably noticed you can’t sync that new iPad, iPod, or iPhone to Mac OS X… but don’t despair, try calling AppleCare Support (1-800-275-2273) and you might be eligible for a free upgrade from … Read More

6 Free Screen Savers for Mac OS X

May 21, 2011 - 7 Comments
flying icon screensaver

Bored with the Mac OS X default screen savers? I was too, sure you can make your own screensaver out of pictures but I wanted something more than that. Here are six random and free screen savers for Mac OS X: a new fancy Instagram feed, two cool galaxy animations, 2001’s HAL computer display animations, … Read More

Apple Working on Displays with Privacy Viewing Mode Option

May 20, 2011 - 2 Comments
privacy-viewing-mode-apple-patent

A newly discovered patent shows that Apple is working to build displays that have a unique ability to direct their viewing angle, creating a controllable privacy mode that blocks peripheral observation of the screen. This ‘privacy mode’ would be activated by something like a touch event that would instantly change the displays viewing angle. As … Read More

Pause Downloads from the Mac App Store

May 20, 2011 - 5 Comments
Pause downloads from the Mac App Store

You can pause any active download from the Mac App Store by right-clicking on the apps icon in the Dock and selecting “Pause” from the menu. Resuming the download is just a matter of right-clicking again and selecting Unpause.

Lodsys Autocorrects to Losers – Best iPhone Autocorrect Ever?

May 19, 2011 - 3 Comments
Most Appropriate iOS Autocorrect Ever

This is hilarious. Lodsys aka everyones favorite patent trolls who are now famous for trying to extort iOS developers for using in-app purchases, autocorrects to “losers” on the iPhone or iPad. Seriously, try it out yourself, type ‘lodsys’ and it will suggest “losers” as the correction. Is this the best iPhone autocorrect example ever? I … Read More

3 Free iPad Games for Cats (Seriously)

May 19, 2011 - 9 Comments
Cat playing iPad games

Remember the so-called “Worlds Best Video Game for Cats” for iPad that was put out by an iOS developer? Of course not, but anyway, now they have some competition from none other than Purina Friskies, who has released three free games for iPad exclusively for your furry friends. In case you’re skeptical that cats will … Read More

iTunes Cloud Music Streaming Confirmed by Apple Patent?

May 19, 2011 - 5 Comments
overview of Apple iTunes Cloud Streaming

As if there was any remaining doubt that Apple was working on a cloud player for your iTunes library, a patent has surfaced that describes just how part of the service will work. Somewhat amusingly, one of the drawings contained within the patent is, well, of a cloud. So how will this work for the … Read More

Evidence Points to Thinner iPhone & iPod Touch Models

May 19, 2011 - 5 Comments
side view of iPhone 4

There is increasing evidence to suggest that Apple will be releasing thinner iPhone and iPod touch models sometime in the near future, although it’s unlikely to be the “iPhone 4S” update that is expected in September. Thinner Camera Means Thinner iPod Touch? The first piece of evidence comes via MacRumors, who tells us that Apple’s … Read More

Final Fantasy Tactics for iPhone & iPad Coming Soon

May 18, 2011 - 1 Comment
Final Fantasy Tactics for iPhone and iPad

The much anticipated Final Fantasy Tactics is going to finally make an appearance on the iOS platform in the very near future. First up will be a release for iPhone in the “late June -mid-July” timeframe, and then followed by an HD release with higher resolution 1024×768 graphics specifically for the iPad. This information comes … Read More

Show Image Dimensions in Mac OS X Finder Windows & Desktop

May 18, 2011 - 21 Comments
Show image dimensions in the Mac OS X Finder

The default setting in Mac OS X Finder is to display no file information, but you can easily set the Finder, Windows, and the Desktop to show image dimensions through a setting in View Options. Basically, you’ll see the complete resolution of a picture highlighted in blue underneath the file name, hugely useful for Mac … Read More

Worried About Theft? Track a Stolen Laptop for Free with Prey

May 17, 2011 - 13 Comments
Prey is Free Laptop Theft Recovery Software

If you travel with a laptop often, do yourself a favor and install Prey, it’s free theft tracking and recovery software that really works. Prey is basically a tiny daemon that runs in the background on your Mac (or Windows or Linux PC) that does nothing until it receives a signal indicating the hardware is … Read More

Access Debug Options in Desktop System Preferences of Mac OS X

May 16, 2011 - 10 Comments
Mac OS X Desktop Debug Options

You can access two unusual debugging options in the Mac OS X System Preferences for Desktops and Screen Savers panel by using a keystroke while accessing the panel.

Clear History, Cache, and Cookies from Safari Browser on iPhone & iPad

May 16, 2011 - 23 Comments
Clear History, Cookies, and Cache from Safari Browser on iPhone & iPad

Knowing how to clear browser history, cookies, and cache are absolutely essential for all web users, and this is no different for anyone using an iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. This is particularly true when you’re using a someone elses hardware or when you’re testing out iterative changes on websites. Keeping this in mind, here’s … Read More

2 More Mac OS X Lion Wallpapers: Lotus Flower & Moon

May 16, 2011 - 3 Comments
Lotus Flower Wallpaper from Mac OS X Lion

After posting the Lion wallpaper pack we got several requests for the two pictuers missing from that wallpaper pack; the pink lotus flower you see above and that was also the wallpaper in the first public demonstration of Lion, and the blue sky moon wallpaper which is below. Both of these are from Mac OS … Read More

Mac OS X Lion Adds Amazing New Text-to-Speech Voices – Listen to Samples

May 15, 2011 - 27 Comments
Mac OS X Lion Nuance Speech Voices

Mac OS X Lion is set to include a wide variety of new high quality text-to-speech voices in a multitude of languages, thanks to a long suspected partnership between Apple and Nuance, a speech technology company. The new voices are of surprisingly good quality and speak in major world languages including English, Mandarin, German, Japanese, … Read More

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