5 useful and hidden things in Leopard that are helpful
There are a couple of things that I’ve stumbled upon this week while looking for some leopard secrets. Some of these things might not be...
iWork ’08 Mini-Review
I used Pages quite a bit today. I have to say, it really is a nice application. The templates are actually useful, and that is...
Controlling iTunes remotely without using Screen Sharing
This one’s for Stan, who in the comments asked about controlling iTunes remotely. Now, this gets a little bit geeky, and involves the terminal and...
Things I Love About Firefox 3.0 Beta 1
The good folks over at Mozilla have finally released the first beta of Firefox 3.0. A lot is being done under the hood, and I’m...
Ten Things I Love About Leopard
Well, my straight upgrade went flawlessly. I pretty much disabled anything that modified any Apple-developed application, and that seemed to neuter any potential problems. All...
Using Non-Apple Webcam in OS X Tiger (10.4)
I don’t want to give too much away because I want to talk about it on the show, but, I’m so excited that I actually...
Prepare yourself for Leopard.
Howdy, fellow Macintosh fans. As I’m sure most of you know, Leopard dropped yesterday. We here at Macgasm are super excited about this wonderful update,...
MD5.app alternative from the command line (or Terminal)
We made mention of an application called MD5.app on episode 11 of our podcast, as well as the ability to check MD5 hashes from the...
Software Updates, and clean installs.
Why is it that we still have to do updates after a clean install of os x? I spent the better part of my morning...
Using Spotlight to Find File Locations
My finals are done, that means i’ll be able to post more frequently and bring you tips on a more frequent basis. My first post...
Get rid of the junk on your desktop.
By default, OS X puts all of your mounted items on your desktop. That means that whenever you plug in an iPod, open a .dmg...
Happy Mother’s Day
WHAT?! IT’S MOTHER’S DAY?! That is a common response to the statement “Today is Mother’s Day.” Well, I’m here to tell you not to worry....