Archive for the 'OS X Tips' Category

Idiot Woman | You Cant Buy all the iPhones

The iPhone is out, and I haven’t posted about it.  Just about every blog on the internet had something to say about it and I for one didnt want to go along with the crowd…untill now.  I saw this video and thought it was hilarious and figured I’d share it. Whenever some hot new item [...]

Customize Tiger to Look like Leopard

So you all watched the less than exciting video stream of WWDC, and were most likely dissapointed that there was pretty much nothing new announced. I don’t count Safari for Windows something new, I like Firefox much better. What we did see was a slight update of the desktop. Leopards not coming out for a [...]

How to fix a dead pixel

Dead pixels are an annoying but sometimes common occurance on lcd monitors.  Before you panic and take it into a shop to have them look at it (they are going to do this method first anyway), try these steps and save yourself the hassel. 1.  Apply light pressure on the pixele with the tip of [...]

Triple Boot your Mac with OS X Windows Vista & Fedora 6

 If you have a new mac with the Intel chip set in it then Im sure you’ve heard by  now that you can dual and even triple boot your computer with multiple different operating systems.  Apple has made the dual boot part pretty easy with the release of Boot Camp.  If your looking for more [...]

Enable the Tab Key to Skip between OK and Cancel Buttons

One of the most annoying things I’ve found in OS X is that the tab key doesnt tab between dialogue box options. Im sure you’ve noticed this as well especially if you are a previous Windows user. Whenever you are presented with a box asking you to hit OK or Cancel it would be logical [...]

OS X Tip | Speed up Dashboard by Clearing the Cache

If your a big fan of Dashboard and run a ton of widgets, then you’ve most likely noticed a big lag in how snappy dashboard is at coming up if you havent restarted your computer in a while.  I try to keep the widgets limited to ones that I really use rather than just having [...]

Convert Xvid DivX and WMV to Apple TV Format

Last week Apple began shipping their new Apple TV product which allows you to stream video from your mac to your TV.  Their thought behind this is that when you buy movies from the iTunes movie store you will obviously want to watch them on your big HD TV rather than sitting at your computer.  [...]

Quick Tip | Spotlight Keyboard Shortcuts

Spotlight is great feature that was implemented in OS X with the release of Tiger.  Spotlight allows  you to easily and quickly find any file you have on your computer.  It will parse through file names, meta data, folder names, anything it can use to identify what your looking for.  Here are some quick keyboard [...]