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Start, Stop, and Restart Windows Services from Mac OS X

Sep 8, 2010 - Leave a Comment

Mac OS X includes Samba support by default, which allows for communication between OS X and Windows PC hardware. SMB is what enables simple Mac to Windows file sharing, but you can also go further and utilize the command line of OS X or Linux to remotely monitor, start, and stop services running on Windows … Read More

Make the iTunes arrow buttons go to your iTunes Library instead of the iTunes Store

Sep 8, 2010 - 3 Comments

You can switch the functionality of the iTunes store arrows so that if they are clicked they will take you to the iTunes library instead. Launch the Terminal and use the following command: defaults write com.apple.iTunes invertStoreLinks -bool YES You can reverse this and go back to the iTunes Store links with: defaults write com.apple.iTunes … Read More

Disable the iTunes arrow store button within iTunes

Sep 7, 2010 - 11 Comments

You may have noticed that when you select a song in iTunes a little arrow will appear next to the song name, the artist, album, genre, and every other sort category. If you happen to click on that little arrow, you’ll be directed to the iTunes Store for that album or artist. I’m really not … Read More

Using the iTunes 10 Album Art Mini-Player

Sep 6, 2010 - 14 Comments

iTunes 10 has a cool feature where you can use album art as a HUD mini-player on your desktop, it looks pretty great and reminds me of the iPod music player on the iPod touch and iPhone where it’s centered around the album art, being totally barebones except for when you hover over and click … Read More

Change your Mac Hostname via Terminal

Sep 6, 2010 - 31 Comments

Need to change the hostname of a Mac? For most people if you want to change your Mac computer name you just do it through the Sharing system preference, it’s quick and very easy. For those of us that are more geekishly inclined, we like to do things through the Terminal. This tutorial will show … Read More

Change the iTunes 10 close/minimize/maximize buttons back to horizontal

Sep 2, 2010 - 26 Comments

I’m liking iTunes 10 but I can’t say I’m a fan of the vertical control buttons, which some are calling ‘traffic lights’ since well, it resembles traffic lights. Sure it saves space but it breaks away from the standardized UI convention. Thankfully we can change back to the classic horizontal buttons without much effort. If … Read More

Use Quick Look within Expose to see full sized window previews

Sep 1, 2010 - 2 Comments

Did you know that you can use Quick Look to zoom in on items within Expose? This is an awesome trick sent in by one of our readers: “While in Exposé in Snow Leopard, press the space bar while mousing over a window. You’ll get an actual-size preview of the window. You can read all … Read More

Set IP Address from the Mac Command Line

Sep 1, 2010 - 23 Comments

The quickest way to set your IP address from the command line is to use the versatile and powerful ipconfig utility, which is bundled directly with Mac OS X. We’ll show you how to set an IP address with ipconfig by retrieving one from a DHCP server, and also demonstrate how to set a specific … Read More

Check the PATH of your Mac with echo $PATH

Aug 31, 2010 - 1 Comment

Anytime that you run a command through the Terminal directly by a command name like ls or dscacheutil, your Mac is looking through a series of directories for that command to exist. This list of directories is called the PATH, and it’s a carry over from the unix underpinnings of Mac OS X. As you … Read More

MacBook Pro 13″ gets dropped at 195mph… but wait it still boots!

Aug 24, 2010 - 29 Comments

Here’s a Mac heartbreaker: a motorcycle enthusiast went for a ride carrying his MacBook Pro 13″ in a backpack, unfortunately the zipper holding the MacBook Pro in place failed going a reported 195mph (315km/h)!

iMac Touch runs both Mac OS X and iOS

Aug 23, 2010 - 14 Comments

Apple looks like they’ll be jumping full force into the touch screen market sometime in the future. An uncovered patent application shows an iMac Touch that runs both Mac OS X and iOS, which seamlessly switches between the two operating systems depending on how the screen is orientated. In this image, the iMac screen is … Read More

How to Use Twitter from the Command Line

Aug 23, 2010 - 5 Comments

Often overlooked, the Terminal can be used to accomplish all sorts of fun stuff. Something that you may find handy, is the ability to Tweet using built in Mac OS X command line utilities like curl. Yes, curl! Now of course this is not a full featured Twitter client by any means, but if you … Read More

Mac Theme for Windows 7

Aug 22, 2010 - 162 Comments

If you’re using a Windows 7 machine, why not make it look like Mac OS X? This task is made very easy with a theme/skin set called the Snow Transformation Pack, it turns your Windows 7 theme into a very convincing near complete Mac OS X interface including icons, wallpapers, the Dock, sounds, dialogue boxes, … Read More

MacBook Touch? Apple patent shows touch screen MacBook

Aug 21, 2010 - 8 Comments

Apple may be working on a MacBook Touch, and will integrate high resolution touch screens into future Apple hardware, according to a recently discovered Apple patent. The information is pretty straightforward, as Patently Apple puts it “There’s no wishy-washy lingo about it” since the patent specifically names a MacBook, MacBook Pro, and the MacBook Air: … Read More

Launch Mac VNC Screen Sharing Client from Safari or Finder

Aug 18, 2010 - 3 Comments

Did you know that that Mac OS X includes a bundled VNC app? It’s called Screen Sharing, and you can quickly launch the bundled VNC client from either the OS X Finder, Safari by typing an address into the URL bar, or directly from the app itself.

iTunes Won’t Play a Song or Add MP3? Here’s a Simple Fix

Aug 17, 2010 - 27 Comments

I recently encountered a strange bug where iTunes refused to add a song to it’s playlist and wouldn’t play the original source MP3 file either. Interestingly enough, the mp3 file played fine with Quick Look and even was able to play within the Finder preview, but no matter what I did I could not add … Read More

Macs in the classroom

Aug 16, 2010 - 4 Comments

You may recall the figure released last week by a research analyst saying that 70% of incoming college Freshmen use Macs, well, at some schools it’s already higher than that. Take this classroom at BCIT, where out of 17 computers in the classroom, 16 are Macs. I’m not sure what the class is, and obviously … Read More

Change the Screen Shot File Format in Mac OS X

Aug 16, 2010 - 19 Comments
Change the screenshot file format in Mac OS X

All versions of Mac OS X default to saving captured screen shot files to PNG format, but if you’d rather have screenshots save as another file type, it’s actually quite easy to modify the file format and change the default to something new. Whether the desired format output is JPG, TIFF, PDF, GIF, or back … Read More

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