Letterbox is a plugin for Apple's Mail.app that takes advantage of your widescreen monitor. It rearranges the interface into three vertical columns – so the message pane is to the right of the message list, rather than below. You'll probably need at lea
Apple's Keynote presentation software makes it easy to create great looking presentations with professional themes, transitions, and charts and tables. If you need mathematics, though, you're out of luck. For some reason, Apple's designers failed to inclu
Note: While I describe this method using a Treo 650 as an example, this method will work with any bluetooth-enabled GPRS or UMTS telephone: Just enable Bluetooth on your phone (with Bluetooth visibility "on"), and follow this guide ignoring all the Treo-s
AirPort Express with AirTunes is an incredible wireless product that allows you to play iTunes music over your wireless network to your home stereo or powered speakers. It also allows you to share both a broadband Internet connection for up to 10 users an
I’m an application addict! When I recently switched to the Mac I went hunting around for the best applications to add to the base operating system. There were quite a few good sources of information, but I found one in particular very useful. Mac Specia
Kerberos for Macintosh is an implementation of the Kerberos authentication system for Mac OS X. It is based on the MIT Kerberos implementation and provides Kerberos v5 and Kerberos v4 protocols, GSSAPI, a graphical authentication interface and accompanyin
SmartSVN is an innovative multi-platform client for Subversionexternal link, the designated successor of CVS. SmartSVN has powerful features like the built-in File Compare/Merge, Conflict Solver and Tag and Branch handling, which make your daily work with
Last night I updated my Powerbook to Mac OS 10.4.7 and that broke my previously installed plugin that let me sync my Mac with the Nokia E61. This morning I was met with the following error message telling me that the plug-in for the Nokia E61 was missing.
Since Brazil didn't allow import of microcomputer until 1993, anything users wanted had to be made in and for the local market. For those who wanted a Macintosh, Unitron created the Mac512.
Quando a Apple lançou o Macintosh (~1984), ela o projetou de forma a impedir a criação de "compatíveis" (ao contrário do IBM-PC). Isto não impediu que a brasileira Unitron conseguisse a proeza de cloná-lo.
Tired of waking up to your clock radio? Well, you can use your Mac as an alarm clock, and have it play an iTunes playlist, so you wake up with the right music every day.
The Jargon File is a popular lexicographic resource amongst hackers (and non-hackers too). Although it might have some subjective definitions I may not agree with, I have conveniently quoted verbatim the definitions of the terms "hacker" and "tool" as a p
You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in iTunes. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts below). To do an action, press the keys indicated below.
This is primarily just my scattershot notes on getting myself ready for Python and C development on Mac. It really is a confusing picture as to how to get started with Python development on the Mac. You can get a bunch of bits and pieces from the official
HandBrake is a GPL'd multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter. HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but now has been ported over to MacOS X