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Macheist Nano Bundle 2 almost gone

10. March 2010

Just a reminder for all of those who like bargains, Macheist has a Nano Bundle that is set to expire tonight. The Bundle costs $19.95 and is available from Macheist.com. Our own Josh Schnell wrote about this about a week ago, but they’ve added some additional items within that time. There are a total of eight [...]

3 suggestions for iPhone and Touch game developers

4. March 2010

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3 suggestions for iPhone and Touch game developers

A couple weeks back we wrote an article about the A.D.D levels that iPhone users have. It came on the back of some reports that users had a tendency to last a little over a week with an application. Since then I’ve thought quite a bit about the things app developers have to [...]

Do math in Spotlight

3. March 2010

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When Napoleon Dynamite went on about mad skills, he wasn’t referring to my math abilities. They approach null space pretty damn quickly. I blame my grade six teacher for letting me use a calculator (I mean, who the hell does that with young kids). Anyway, my confidence in my math skills vary, and [...]

3 Things to help you check the condition of your battery

9. February 2010

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3 Things to help you check the condition of your battery

Have you ever noticed that your battery is acting little funky, but you have no idea what you can do about it? There’s a couple of applications and tricks available to you to determine whether or not your batteries starting to fail on you. If you’re on a highway to the danger [...]

Clean off the Crap, and make your Mac merry

3. February 2010

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As a huge Mac nerd, I tend to collect a lot of crap on my system. I’m constantly installing applications, downloading video, and moving things around. After about six months of non-stop clutter, I can’t take it anymore. I’ll go through and wipe as much crud off of my system as humanly possible. I just [...]

Apple’s iPad: Data plans explained

27. January 2010

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Today Apple announced their ‘latest creation’ the iPad. The iPad is essentially a larger form factor iPod touch with the capability to also provide 3G data for use while you’re out and about. Let me break down the data options. First off, there are two models to choose from with differing capacities of 16GB, [...]

Shedding light on those hidden files that are lurking in the dark.

11. January 2010

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Nothing annoys me more than backing up files from the sites web server only to find out that my .htaccess file has gone missing. It’s a real pain. Sure having a file named as only an extension is part of the problem, and we’ve shown you how to view extensions in the Finder [...]

Killall is your Friend…if you need to fix a crash or two.

8. January 2010

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Killall is your Friend…if you need to fix a crash or two.

The terminal is a powerful tool. Getting yourself acclimatized to its inner workings is very valuable. If you mastered DOS at any point in your life, then the terminal shouldn’t be any more daunting. They’re different, but the principles remain the same. Sometimes the fastest way to unfreeze some system crashes is to [...]

Stop your contextual menus from beach-balling (freezing).

6. January 2010

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Stop your contextual menus from beach-balling (freezing).

Right clicking giving you a beachball? For those of you who aren’t sure how to phrase “right-clicking”, they’re called contextual menu’s and on occasion an application might mess up Snow Leopards default contextual menu settings. This turns into a terrible beach ball effect, where it takes an extra minute or two for a menu to [...]

Get your file extensions back on the Mac (Leopard, Snow Leopard)

5. January 2010

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Get your file extensions back on the Mac (Leopard, Snow Leopard)

Tired of not seeing the file extensions on your files? I know I am. I’m not sure why this isn’t on by default, and frankly, it should be. Sure, we have a column in the Finder that says “Kind”, but I’d rather see the .EXE file that I accidentally downloaded off the internet, just [...]