I have agonized for years over this one and surely you have too. If you’ve ever had that burning question of “how on earth do I pick up and carry my iMac G5” then you’re in luck. In what is undoubtedly the single most useful support document to ever exist in the entire universe, Apple … Read More

This is a really cool trick that is not well known; many documents are a bit interactive in the Finder of Mac OS X, without ever having to open the file in another application, or even having to use Quick Look. In this case, a PDF file that is multiple pages long can be flipped … Read More

The download of iOS 4.2.1 GM just became available to developers, but the jailbreak community has moved quick and determined that existing versions of redsn0w can indeed jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 GM. The downside is that the existing version of Cydia crashes on a jailbroken iOS 4.2.1, meaning you’d have to install apps through SSH. Unless … Read More

If only the Mac OS X Dashboard weather widget could tell us the weather in distant galaxies far, far away from famous science fiction movies… wouldn’t that be nice? If you enjoy Star Wars, you’ll probably enjoy these images from Cristian Kit Paul, a graphic designer who also must be a Mac user and Star … Read More

Want to time stamp a conversation or a message in the iChat messaging client? You can do that quickly with a keystroke on the iChat app in Mac OS X.

You can block all the Facebook ads and reskin the site into a more simplistic interface (similar to Twitter really) by installing a third party browser extension called Facebook Neue. Along with blocking the sites ads, it moves the UI into a two column layout, hides a few of the sidebar options, removes application links … Read More

Mac users can now pre-order the Grand Theft Auto Triology from Amazon, the trilogy includes the wildly popular original Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The series has been somewhat controversial due to it’s mature content, which is also why it has an “M” rating. Amazon … Read More

If you need to record screen activity on a Mac, you don’t need to download any additional software because the functionality is built directly into Mac OS X with the QuickTime app. Yes, the same QuickTime video player app that lets you watch videos also lets you record the screen of the Mac, and it’s … Read More

Resetting your PRAM (or NVRAM) is a common troubleshooting technique when a Mac is misbehaving. We’ll cover how to reset PRAM on any Mac, as well as providing some additional information about PRAM and what it is to better help you understand when and why you’d want to reset it.

Want to fall asleep when listening to music on a Mac, and then have your Mac automatically stop playing music? You know, kind of like a sleep timer for iTunes? Well you’re in luck, Sleepytime does exactly that for Macs! Sleepytime is a simple app that functions as a sleep timer for iTunes and your … Read More

You can easily determine if your iPhone can be jailbroken or unlocked using a tool called f0recast. The f0recast utility works for both Mac OS X and Windows and lets you quickly identify if your iOS device qualifies for hacking. The tool works with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and all the iPod touch … Read More

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, you can now pre-order Civilization 5 for Mac through Amazon! The pre-order includes free shipping for the release date of November 23. Amazon is offering their pre-order price guarantee, meaning if the price drops after you buy the game but before it is released, they’ll refund the … Read More

If you use an iPhone or iPad primarily with a Windows PC, you’ll be happy to hear that sn0wbreeze 2.1 is now available to download. Sn0wbreeze 2.1 serves a similar function as PwnageTool does for Macs, allowing Windows-based jailbreakers to preserve their current baseband (to preserve a carrier unlock) and also to use custom IPSW … Read More

Ping is a feature in some versions of iTunes, and you can easily disable Ping in the newest version of iTunes 10.1. (Remember, despite sharing a name Ping in iTunes which is a social network of sorts is completely different from ping at the command line which confirms if an IP address is available or … Read More

Want to project holographic text and graphics over anything using your iPhone or iPad? Grab Holographium and your digital camera. Combining the two, you can create the appearance of 3D text and images by using the app and then dragging an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch in front of a camera with a long exposure. … Read More

You can mute the quack sound that your Mac makes when adjusting audio levels by adjusting a system preference setting. Yes, that means you can completely turn it off and stop the little quack / pop sound from happening anytime the volume changes. Here is what you will want to do in OS X:

For whatever reason, the Mac OS X 10.6.5 update did not include AirPrint shared printing support (meaning you can’t print from an iOS device to a shared Mac printer). But, you can unofficially enable AirPrint by downloading a few AirPrint files from 10.6.5 beta releases and then putting them in the appropriate location on your … Read More

ReBirth is a software synthesizer from the 1990’s that has been reborn with a vengeance for the iPad, and it looks absolutely awesome. ReBirth for iPad emulates a Roland TB-303 Bass synthesizer, and Roland TR-808 and 909 Drum Machines, which are the basically staples of music created in the last 30 years (80’s, techno, hip … Read More