Huge Steam Game Sale: Up to 75% Off

Jul 3, 2011 - 1 Comment
Half Life 2

Want to make it a gamers weekend? Don’t miss the huge Steam sale going on now that has just about every game for at least 30% and up to 75% off. Everything offered on Steam is instantly downloadable so you can quickly get your gamer fix, some of the hot titles for Mac OS X … Read More

35 Years of Apple Design [Video]

Jul 3, 2011 - 7 Comments

Starting from 1976 with the Apple I, this video goes through the next 35 years showcasing aspects of Apple’s design evolution all the way to the modern day with the iPad. The video is actually from last year so the iPad is the original and not iPad 2, and it misses some substantial Apple design … Read More

World of Warcraft is Now Free to Play to Level 20

Jul 2, 2011 - 9 Comments
World of Warcraft free

Blizzard has made its ultra popular virtualcrack game World of Warcraft free to play up until level 20. Free players can access the entire game and all quests of paying players, but there are a few limitations with the free World of Warcrack, notably: Free players can not join guilds Free players can not accumulate … Read More

iWipe: The Mac Plus Toilet Paper Dispenser

Jul 1, 2011 - 4 Comments
Mac Toilet Paper Dispenser

Have a broken old Mac SE or Mac Plus laying around? Dork out your bathroom with a retro Mac toilet paper dispenser! Affectionately called the iWipe, inside of this Mac SE shell is a mounted toilet paper holder, and the screen was replaced with a translucent piece of plastic so you can see when the … Read More

Extract & Save High Resolution Icons from Mac OS X Apps

Jul 1, 2011 - 6 Comments
Extract High Resolution Application Icons in Mac OS X

Using the same trick to create a new image file based on clipboard contents, you can extract high resolution icons from any Mac OS X application. Preview is smart enough to extract just the icon and not try to copy the app file itself (like Windows would). Select any app in Mac OS X Finder … Read More

Huge iOS EA Game Sale: Everything is $0.99

Jul 1, 2011 - 4 Comments
EA iOS Game Sale

If you’re a gamer don’t miss Electronic Art’s huge iOS game sale this weekend, everything is just $0.99, even their most popular titles. This represents a discount of up to 90% on some titles, and EA says it’s their biggest iOS sale ever. Make it a gaming weekend! Check out all the choices by Electronic … Read More

Delta Terminal at JFK Offers Public iPads

Jun 30, 2011 - 4 Comments
iPad's at Deltas terminal in JFK

Apparently Delta Air Lines has placed public-use iPads at their airport terminal at JFK (no not the command line Terminal.app, an airport terminal). This is a great idea for many reasons, maybe it’s a sign of things to come at airports everywhere? iPads are getting a wide range of uses already become restaurant menus in … Read More

Turn the iPad into an 80’s Boom Box

Jun 30, 2011 - 5 Comments
iPad Boombox

I know what you’re thinking, the only thing missing from the iPad is the ability to throw it on your shoulder and pretend it’s a boom box, right? Well this much anticipated feature is missing no more, because now you can finally take your iPad back to the 1980’s by turning it into a retro … Read More

Show your IP Address in the Menu Bar of OS X with IPMenulet

Jun 30, 2011 - 4 Comments
IP Address in the Menu Bar

Do you need your computers IP address often? If so, IPMenulet is likely the quickest way to have the number handy all the time, it’s a free and simple menu item that displays your current external IP address in the Mac OS X menu bar, there’s no other frills or features.

Free Final Cut Pro X Video Training Tutorials

Jun 29, 2011 - 4 Comments
Free Intro to Final Cut Pro X Tutorial

Interested in learning how to use the all-new Final Cut Pro X? Don’t miss this free video learning tutorial set from IzzyVideo. There are no signups or strings attached (other than owning Final Cut Pro X of course), just set aside some time and start learning.

Quickly Create a New Image File from Clipboard Contents with Preview

Jun 29, 2011 - 10 Comments
Create new image from clipboard

With Mac Preview you can quickly create a new image file from your clipboard contents. On it’s own that might not be too enthralling, but this feature extends beyond Preview, meaning any image that you have copied from anywhere using Command+C will work as the source image to create a new image file. This includes … Read More

Convert Flash SWF to HTML5 with Google’s Swiffy Tool

Jun 28, 2011 - 2 Comments
SWF to HTML5

Swiffy is a new experimental tool from Google that easily converts SWF Flash files to HTML5, making Flash-only content accessible to hardware like the iPhone and iPad in just a few seconds. This should be a really useful utility for designers and it’s well worth a bookmark if you work with HTML5 and Flash content … Read More

Build a Hackintosh Mini for $600

Jun 28, 2011 - 28 Comments
Hackintosh Mini

Remember the Hackintosh? Mostly consisting of modified netbooks running Mac OS X, the movement became fairly popular until Apple stepped in with the iPad and then MacBook Air to effectively redirect everyones attention back to official Apple hardware. But the hackintosh community isn’t dead – far from it – in fact you can still build … Read More

Steve Jobs Holding a Prototype iPad

Jun 28, 2011 - 6 Comments
Steve Jobs and the iPad Prototype

Finally, a rare picture of an elusive iPad prototype surfaces, with none other than the man Steve Jobs himself is holding it! Is this the iPad 10? iPad 12? iPad 3000??? Four simultaneous homescreens guarantee all your multitasking needs will be handled with ease, and the luxurious duct tape center gives it a futuristic appearance … Read More

12 Things for an Apple Fans Weekend: DIY Projects, Games, Prep for Lion, and more

Jun 25, 2011 - 5 Comments
9 things to do this weekend, with 6 pictures to show that. Interesting.

Looking for some geeky stuff to do this weekend with your Apple gear? Here’s a slew of ideas that are sure to keep anyone busy, whether it’s a DIY project, learning from WWDC 2011, getting your Mac ready for Lion, or just gaming away into the wee hours of the morning, boredom be gone!

Final Cut Pro X Video by Conan O’Brien is Hilarious [Video]

Jun 24, 2011 - 5 Comments

Team Fortress 2 Now Free to Download and Play for Mac OS X & Windows

Jun 24, 2011 - 22 Comments
Team Fortress 2 is Now Free

Team Fortress 2 is now completely free to download and to play online. No strings attached. That’s right, one of the most popular and highly rated online multiplayer games of all time is now being given away for free. This could very well be the best free online game for the Mac platform. If you … Read More

Mac OS X 10.6.8 Released & Ready to Download

Jun 23, 2011 - 10 Comments
Mac OS X 10.6.8

Fire up Software Update, Mac OS X 10.6.8 has been released. The update prepares your Mac for installing Mac OS X Lion when it is released next month and includes other bug and security fixes. Direct Download Links for Mac OS X 10.6.8 If you don’t want to go the Software Update route, here are … Read More

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