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Apple How To Videos | Instructional Videos for OS X

Posted by Scott | January 31, 2008 .

Apple recently added a new section to their website called “Find Out How”.  This section provides you with 33 short tutorial videos detailing how to use some of the great features packed into Leopard.

You can watch the videos online or you can download them to iTunes.  I assume you can put them on your iphone […]

Custom Mac Icons | How to Change Icons in OS X

Posted by Scott | January 27, 2008 .

Although OS X looks great, I’m not a fan of all of the default icons that comes with it.  Changing the icon of applications in Windows is simple enough, but in OS X the process may not be as obvious to some.
To start changing an icon:

Locate the icon you want to use and copy it […]

iPhone 1.1.3 Custom Ringtones - iToner Workaround

Posted by Scott | January 19, 2008 .

So after MacWorlds release of the iPhone firmware update version 1.1.3 you rushed into iTunes and downloaded it only to find your custom ringtones were gone.  You’re slightly annoyed that you have to load up iToner to put them back on.  Everything sync’s fine and you select your custom ringtone and notice it doesnt play […]

How to Access The Internet from iPhone’s EDGE Connection

Posted by Scott | December 9, 2007 .

Sure sitting in the airport or riding along in your car and being able to access your email and the internet from your iPhone is great.  But, sometimes its not always that convenient to have such a small screen.  What if you could share your iPhones EDGE connection with your laptop so you could get […]

How to Force Quit an Application from the Dock

Posted by Scott | November 28, 2007 .

Quick OS X Tip:

Have you ever been using an application in OS X and it either stops responding or you get the never ending spinning beach ball of death? I get it pretty frequently from one application in particular (I’m looking at you FIREFOX!) and I regularly have to do the command option escape […]

iTunes 7.5 Custom iPhone Ringtones Free

Posted by Scott | November 11, 2007 .

With the recent release of iTunes 7.5 and iPhone firmware 1.1.2 you are once again able to create your own custom ringtones by simply adding it to your iTunes playlist and syncing your iPhone.  To create the custom ringtones just crop down your favorite audio file to 30-40 seconds and change the extension to .m4r.  […]

Customize Leopard Dock Background Images

Posted by Scott | November 1, 2007 .

One of the first things you’ll notice when you instal Leopard is that the dock has changed quite a bit. It’s more polished and of course has Apples favorite effect - the reflection. Most people like the new look, others hate it. If you’re in the latter camp then you’ll like this. […]

To the Readers | What Do You Want

Posted by Scott | July 28, 2007 .

This post is an open question to all of the readers and subscribers.  I started posting about Mac apps and tips just for fun, but the number of subscribers, visitors, and page views continues to grow everyday.  So as an open question to everyone that regularly reads here is “what do you want from the […]

iActivator | Activate your iPhone without an ATandT Account

Posted by Scott | July 25, 2007 .

So you think the iPhone is pretty cool, but you dont want to use it as a phone.  The second the iPhone hit the market people were looking for ways to hack it in anyway possible.  There were ways to use the iPhone just for the iPod like features and not use the phone portion […]

Reset OS X Login Passwords via Command Line

Posted by Scott | July 16, 2007 .

If you’ve forgotten your OS X login password, or bought a used mac with an account already created, there is a pretty simple way you can still get into your account.  With some simple command line inputs you will be able to reset or change your password and be back in your account in no […]

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