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Macbook RAM and HDD Upgrade

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

My Mum’s Core Duo 2ghz Macbook with 1gb of RAM was getting a little long in the tooth so my Dad had me research and find quotes for parts to upgrade etc. A local Apple Dealer and Repair shop was going to charge almost $500 to upgrade to a 320gb drive and 2gb of RAM. I’m [...]

A peek into our old friends…on the iPhone!!!

Friday, April 24, 2009

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A couple of weeks ago I did a write up on MacTracker, a program that details the specs of pretty much any Apple product. Today I saw on Macworld that the creator, Ian Page, has released a version for the iPhone/Touch. Again, just a great program for nostalgia or looking into that old relic you have [...]

Quick Tip – iPhoto Trash

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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So, after a terribly frustrating day trying to get a huge .pdf into something that might be acceptably viewable on my iPod Touch, I tried deleting various test photos from iPhoto. Delete. No freed up disk space. Delete another event. No freed up disk space. Small tick in the back o’ my noggin. iPhoto has a separate [...]

MacTracker – A peek inside our old friends.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

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MacTracker provides detailed specifications for every model of computer and device that Apple has released. And I think it’s great. Over the last year or so, I’ve started my very own classic Mac Collection. I’ve amassed a Classic(with carrying case), 2 Mac SE’s, a Powerbook 520(the very first laptop with a trackpad!) and the jewel of [...]

Wolfenstein for iPhone and iPod Touch

Friday, March 27, 2009

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iD software released a port of the classic FPS ‘Escape from Castle Wolfenstein, the first of B.J Blazkowicz’s many adventures. Just about everyone has played this classic game at some point or another and if you haven’t you should definitely check it out. I think this is my favourite port Wolfenstein; it definitely plays a lot [...]

Inspector? Another slightly hidden OS X tool?

Thursday, March 26, 2009

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This may not be new for some people but it rocked my world today. I’ve never run across a reference to Inspector in other tips or feature lists, so I’m going to share with you. So, you need Â info for multiple items in the Finder, whether it be folders, pictures, music or whatever. Typically, I would [...]

Autofill for all iPods

Monday, March 23, 2009

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I noticed the other day when adding new music to my iPod Touch that iTunes 8.1 added the autofill feature for all iPods. This is a great tool that makes filling your iPod much easier and gives you a fair sampling of your music library. I’d like to see improvement to the Autofill feature in the [...]

Safari gets pwned in PWN2OWN

Thursday, March 19, 2009

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ComputerWorld is reporting that Safari was the first browser to fall in the yearly CanSecWest contest ‘PWN2OWN.’ The exploit was run by the same Charlie Miller who won last year with another Mac vulnerability.Â Mr. Miller ran the exploit through a URL, making this a link baiting style of threat. Mostly it’s an interesting bit of tech [...]

AppShopper – The easy way around the App Store

Saturday, March 7, 2009

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AppShopper is a website Â that gives you an easier, browser-based way to search the iTunes App Store. The website has many of the same features as the App Store on your iPhone; categories, top paid/free etc. The basic difference however is size and ease of use. The App Store is plagued by the fact that browsing [...]

New Mac Mini and bumps to iMac, Mac Pro and Macbook Pro

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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There is a new Mac Mini as promised with an impressive update to the system, as well as the iMacs recieving a huge boost in memory. The Mac Pros now feature the latest Nehalem processors, which clock up to 2.93ghz running in an eight core setup. Airport Extreme and Time Capsule also saw some features added. All [...]