Got a New Mac? Learn the ups and downs of Transferring your account.
About a week ago I decided that I REALLY wanted to buy Mac OS X Leopard Server. I have two Macs, about a year old...
Spoof your MAC address in OS X.
Sometimes we want to do things that require us to change the MAC address associated with our networking device. Say, get on a network that’s...
Turn off that annoying clucking when you use the volume buttons
You know what annoys me the most? That horrendous clicky-cluck that plays through my speakers when I try to turn up the volume with the...
Boot Camp Beta 1.4 Expires
Just an FYI, the Boot Camp beta 1.4 expired yesterday, 12-31-2007. What does this mean for you? Well if you’re running Leopard, it does not...
Adium and multiple Chat Accounts (Part 2)
Another quick tip for those Multiple Chat accounts that were spoken of in my last post. See last tip. Have you ever wanted to set...
Icons not showing within Grid View in Leopard
So you install a new application, by downloading it, dragging it to your applications folder, open up the ‘grid’ view under the application launcher on...
Adium and multiple chat accounts
Have you ever had somebody who has AIM, Gtalk, ICQ, Hotmail and who knows what else and you’re using Adium? Now, you have that one...
QuickLook and Color Coded Programming Tags
Someone is after my heart. I’m telling you, this is by far the greatest leopard “quicklook” plugin I’ve seen to date. Essentially, you can use...
Connect 360, and streaming stuff from your mac to your xbox 360
I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to get my content from my mac to my tv. Wayne wrote an awesome article about...
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...
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...
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...
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....