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If you've been diligent about organizing your bookmarks, but no matter how hard you try you still can't find anything, then this extension is for you. Holmes, a Google Chrome extension, lets you search your bookmarks by keyword. It's super handy. All you have to do — after installing the extension of course — is click into the URL bar, type an asterisk (*) into the bar and hit the TAB key. Chrome search should then hop into Holmes mode and let you search your bookmarks for whatever you're looking ... more -
The Finder in Mac OS X adds a lot more polish than most file managers. Though it is not without its quirks, there are some pretty powerful features built right in. One of the hot new Leopard features, Quick Look, allowed you to peek at files without even opening them. (If you enable the cover flow feature in Finder, you don’t even have to open the files to peek at them. Though Coverflow and Quick Look don’t support all file types.) Sadly, to do anything with text, you still ... more -
This will work for any website you fancy, but we'd prefer it if you showed your Macgasm support and added us to your home screen. If you haven't visited the site in a while, we've recently launched a new responsive design that will look great on your iPhone and iPad. We don't have an app, but you can still add us to your home screen. Here's what you do: Open Safari Head to Macgasm.net Click the 'share' icon in the bottom Safari toolbar on your iPhone, or at the top on the iPad. It's ... more -
Here's a quick and handy tip. Most of you probably know that hitting Command+H will hide the current application you're working in, minimizing it to the dock. But, what about hiding all the other windows you're working in? Nine times out of ten, most just start button-mashing Command+H over and over again until everything is closed, only to open the one app you want to use. There's a fix for that, and it's just as simple as Command+H. Did you know that if you hit Command+Option+H the Finder will minimize all ... more -
Running a blog has a lot of perks, one of which is being able to live most of your life in a browser without ever needing anything else to get your job done. Sure, native apps help for a lot of things but 90 percent of the time I'm just jumping around a dozen browser tabs. Something I need, but often find myself without, is quick access to a scratchpad. Somewhere to write something down really quickly, and then move on. Opening an app to do that, filing it in ... more -
The Apple TV now supports Bluetooth keyboards, but how do you actually go about connecting one to your device, and why would you want to connect a keyboard to your Apple TV? We're not really sure just yet. Entering text can be a pain when setting up the device, as can entering passwords and searching for your favorite media titles around the device. You can also use your iPhone or iPad, and the Remote application to do something similar. Anyway, setting ... more -
Lately there have been quite a few non-jailbreak tweaks, and the newest one lets you put an unlimited number of your apps in your Newsstand folder so that you can use it just like any other app folder. You don't even need any apps or to visit any other websites to use this trick. Here's all you need to do: Place the Newsstand folder on the second page of your home screen. Place any app you want to hide inside the Newsstand app on the third page of your home screen. With ... more
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The terminal is a pretty powerful tool in Mac OS X. Hardcore server nuts can fly through preferences and settings tweaks without ever touching a GUI. Then there are some things you can do in the Terminal that are just straight out important. This is likely one of the latter, though it does present a bit of a privacy issue. According to OS X Daily the Launch Services quarantine keeps a list of every file you’ve ever downloaded on your Mac, as that’s what triggers the warning dialog about ... more -
I live in Canada; it's cold as hell here. It's one thing to go outside on the nice winter days, but it's something completely different when you have to start your car in a parking lot, a block away, when it's -30° Celsius. If there is ever a definition of Do Not Want in the dictionary, I'm pretty sure that would be it. What if you could actually start your car by text messaging it from your iPhone? Turns out someone's already figured out how to do it with nothing more ... more -
If you're an avid Bluetooth user, then you probably know that some devices work better than others, especially when it comes down to how fast your device eats up batteries. If you're having issues with the quality of sound from your Bluetooth speaker or problems with the performance of a Bluetooth keyboard, it might have to do with the batteries you're using, but it could also be the signal strength between your Mac and whatever Bluetooth device you're using. There's an easy way you can check the strength of each signal on ... more
Gizmos & Gadgets
I love the thinness of the iPhone 5, but hate how fragile the device can be at times. Though I don’t drop my iPhone often, it has happened, and the only thing that has saved my mobile connection to the world is my case. As a frequent iPod, iPhone and
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Featured Post
Two hundred and ten days, 22 hours, 33 minutes and 22 seconds No that’s not how long since the last Fast and the Furious sequel, it is the excruciating time lapsed since the last major Apple product launch. On October 23, 2012, the world was a kinder and more joyous
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