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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/itunes-other-capacity.jpg" alt="iTunes Other Capacity" title="itunes-other-capacity" width="620" height="82" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29330" /></p> <p>The <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/25/what-is-the-iphone-other-capacity-seen-in-itunes/">“Other” capacity</a> in iTunes is supposed to estimate the size of system software, contacts, Messages data, and things that are not listed elsewhere in the capacities list. Sometimes other data will become mislabeled or misappropriated to the “Other” category, and suddenly it’s reported as bein…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bash_history.gif" alt="Bash History" title="bash_history" width="611" height="294" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29335" /></p> <p>A users .bash_history file keeps a running tab of command line history, logging every command that has been entered into the bash prompt. These command history files make it very easy to find and recall past commands that may have been forgotten, and they’re also extremely useful for system administration. We will cover how to change the stored length of these files, how to disable it, and also how to quickly check a users ba…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/file-extension-warning.jpg" alt="File Extension change warning in OS X" title="file-extension-warning" width="620" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29324" /></p> <p>Assuming you have <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/13/show-filename-extensions-in-mac-os-x/">file extensions shown in</a> the OS X Finder, attempting to change a file extension causes a warning dialog with a confirmation box to appear. This is annoying if you know what you’re doing and you have a compelling reason to change extensions, so let’s turn it off using the…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mac-air-display.jpg" alt="Mac with Air Display on iPad" title="mac-air-display" width="620" height="393" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29301" style="border:1px solid #999;" /></p> <p>If you saw our <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/02/ipad-hidpi-retina-mac-air-display/">Air Display review</a> you’ll know it’s a pretty awesome app that lets you turn an iPad into an external display for a Mac or PC (<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=uO47tEUahH8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/coffee-ipad-cover.jpg" alt="Coffee iPad Cover" title="coffee-ipad-cover" width="620" height="521" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29295" /></p> <p>Spilling coffee on something is generally considered a bad thing, but not if you have a brown leather iPad Smart Cover. TwoLivesLeft accidentally got some coffee on their iPad case, and then had the hilarious epiphany “<em>I had a wonderful, horrible idea: I’d stain the cover with coffee</em>“. The result? A surprisingly attractive appearance that looks like beautifully refined leather, akin to some…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sleep-shutdown-stay-on-mac.jpg" alt="Should a Mac go to Sleep, Shutdown, or Stay On?" title="sleep-shutdown-stay-on-mac" width="600" height="516" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29282" /></p> <p>When it’s not in use, do you shut down your Mac, put it to sleep, or just keep it turned on? Is one choice better than the others? Why and why not? These are great questions, so let us review the choices and why you may want to choose one over the other.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Sleeping a Mac</h2> <p>This is my preferred choice b…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/stop-ipad-zooming-faces.jpg" alt="Stop iPad from Zooming in on Faces in Picture Frame" title="stop-ipad-zooming-faces" width="620" height="235" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29261" /></p> <p>The iPad picture frame app is a nice way to put a stale iPad to use as it sits on a desk. That resulting live picture frame is made even better when a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/26/ipad-picture-frame-custom-photo-album/">custom album is created for the purpose</a>, but if you use photos of people you’ll find that Picture Frame automatically zoo…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/textwrangler-4.jpg" alt="TextWrangler 4" title="textwrangler-4" width="620" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29272" /></p> <p>TextWrangler is a very powerful general purpose text editor with a heavy emphasis on development and programming. We’ve long been big fans of TextWrangler around here as it is unequivocally the best free text editor out there for Mac OS X, and now that title is cemented even further with the release of TextWrangler 4.0. </p> <p>The first thing you’ll notice with TextWrangler 4 is the redesigned UI, which di…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easy-flashback-virus-check.jpg" alt="Easy Flashback virus malware detection" title="easy-flashback-virus-check" width="620" height="364" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29264" /></p> <p>A new application has been released which makes checking a Mac for the Flashback malware infection as simple as clicking a button. This is a huge help for assisting less tech savvy people for checking their Macs, though if you follow us you probably already <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/05/how-to-check-for-the-flashback-trojan-in-mac-os-x/">checked for the Fla…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/half-star-rating-itunes.jpg" alt="Half Star Ratings in iTunes" title="half-star-rating-itunes" width="590" height="168" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29255" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/itunes/">iTunes</a> allows users to rate songs on a 1 star to 5 star basis, song rating data can then be used for a variety of purposes, either for your own reference or for creating custom play lists that only include songs rated over a certain star value. But what if a song is somewhere in the middle of the rating scale, not quite worthy …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/unlock-iphone-att.jpg" alt="Unlock iPhone with AT&T" title="unlock-iphone-att" width="466" height="339" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29245" /></p> <p>As <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/06/att-will-unlock-out-of-contract-iphones-starting-april-8/">expected</a>, you can now unlock an iPhone that is out of contract with AT&T. The process is straight forward and simple assuming you meet the basic requirements.</p> <p><strong>Requirements:</strong></p> <ul> <li>iPhone not in contract with…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mac-virus-trojan.jpg" alt="Prevent Mac Virus & Trojan Infection" title="mac-virus-trojan" width="620" height="350" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29226" /></p> <p>The recent outbreak of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/05/how-to-check-for-the-flashback-trojan-in-mac-os-x/">Flashback trojan</a> has brought a lot of attention to potential viruses and trojans hitting the Mac platform. Most of what you’ll read is overblown fear mongering hype, and practically all Mac malware has come through third party utilities and applications. Wha…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/three-apple-displays.jpg" alt="Three Apple Displays" title="three-apple-displays" width="620" height="239" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29236" /></p> <p>How’d you like to drive three external displays from a single MacBook Pro? That’s exactly what this weeks <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-setups/">Mac setup</a> is doing with the help of an external video card. Coming to us from journalist and blogger Pierra D, here is the hardware pictured:</p> <ul> <li>MacBook Pro 17″ (2009) – 8GB RAM and dual 256 GB SSD</…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/iphone-stop-wifi-popup.jpg" alt="Stop Wi-Fi Popup Alerts on iPhone" title="iphone-stop-wifi-popup" width="620" height="521" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29214" /></p> <p>Annoyed by those persistent wi-fi network popups that show up on the iPhone screen every time a wireless network is in range? You can disable the wi-fi alerts completely by preventing the iPhone from searching for unknown networks, this has no effect on the regular cellular internet connection or accepted wireless networks, here’s how to do it:</p> <ol> <li>Open Set…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/att-unlock-iphone.jpg" alt="AT&T will unlock iPhones that are out of contract" title="att-unlock-iphone" width="466" height="339" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29204" /></p> <p>iPhone owners who are out of contract with AT&T will be able to unlock their devices starting April 8. An unlock means the SIM card slot becomes usable outside of the AT&T network, allowing for an individual to swap SIM cards and gain service on another compatible carrier, like T-Mobile. </p> <p>This exciting news comes from America OnLine <a href="htt…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/google-chrome-automatic-update.jpg" alt="Google Chrome automatic update" title="google-chrome-automatic-update" width="620" height="359" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29197" /></p> <p>Google Chrome automatically updates itself in the background when a new version is out, this takes responsibility out of user hands and makes it simple to keep up to date with the latest version of the app. Generally you should leave automatic update enabled, if not for its ease than for the security benefits of having the freshest browser version pushed to you automatical…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ipad-phone1.jpg" alt="Use the iPad as a Phone" title="ipad-phone" width="620" height="356" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29187" /></p> <p>Want to use the iPad or iPod touch as a phone? You can do that. With Skype or Google Voice you can turn your standard wi-fi iPad into a VOIP phone, and you’ll be able to make and receive phone calls and text messages directly from the iPad or iPod. These apps are free to download and even free to make calls between other users of the services, but if you want to make outside phone calls or send text messages to real p…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/drag-drop-spotlight.jpg" alt="Drag and drop from Spotlight" title="drag-drop-spotlight" width="620" height="240" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29180" /></p> <p>You can drag and drop files directly from Spotlight to elsewhere in the OS X Finder. To try it out, use Command+Space to search for something, then click and hold on the item while dragging it out of the Spotlight menu. </p> <p>Default behavior moves the file from it’s source location to the new destination, but if you hold own the Option key during the process you can make a copy of…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/create-tar-gz.jpg" alt="How to Create a Tar GZip Archive Bundle " title="create-tar-gz" width="620" height="87" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29170" /></p> <p>You’re probably familiar with <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/">making your own zip files</a> if you’ve ever needed to transfer a group of files or if you’re managing your own backups outside of Time Machine. Using the GUI zip tools are easy and user friendly, but if you want some more advanced options with better compression you can turn to the com…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/free-ebooks-ipad.jpg" alt="Free eBooks for iPad" title="free-ebooks-ipad" width="620" height="210" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29138" /></p> <p>The iPad is a great device to read on, and if your digital library is feeling a little bare then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve found some of the best places to get free ebooks, ready to be downloaded and opened with iBooks on your shiny new iPad (or iPhone, iPod, Kindle, Nook, or Android, for that matter).</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top">Proje…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/check-flashback-trojan.jpg" alt="Check for Flashback Trojan" title="check-flashback-trojan" width="620" height="145" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29148" /></p> <p>Trojans and viruses are generally something Mac users don’t have to worry about, but there’s a lot of hubub about the so-called <a href="http://news.drweb.com/show/?i=2341">Flashback trojan</a> that has apparently infected a several hundred thousand Macs worldwide. The trojan takes advantage of a vulnerability in an older version of Java that allows it to download malware which th…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/delete-archive-after-expanding.jpg" alt="Delete Archive After Expanding" title="delete-archive-after-expanding" width="620" height="339" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29140" /></p> <p>Archives can be deleted automatically after expansion with the help of a hidden preference panel in Mac OS X. Here’s how to find and enable this setting: </p> <ul> <li>From the OS X Finder, hit Command+Shift+G to bring up the Go To Folder window and type the following path: </li> <p><code>/System/Library/CoreServices/</code><…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/chase-mobile-deposit-app.jpg" alt="Chase Mobile deposit app" title="chase-mobile-deposit-app" width="541" height="207" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29128" /></p> <p>Skip the traffic filled bank trip across town, you can deposit checks directly from an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a>. A variety of major US banks now offer the iPhone check depositing service, including Chase, Fidelity, US Bank, PayPal, and Charles Schwab, amongst others. I recently used the service through Chase Mobile, where it worked well enough to…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/refresh-app-store.jpg" alt="Refresh App Store" title="refresh-app-store" width="620" height="389" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29112" /></p> <p>Need to refresh the App Store or iTunes Store? Hit <strong>Command+R</strong> at any screen in the iTunes, iOS, or Mac App Store, and the page will reload with whatever new data awaits, whether it’s a revised Top Charts listing or just to see the latest Featured apps. You can refresh any screen in any of the Apple iTunes or App Stores with this method,</p> <p>Reloading an App Store page…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lego-ipad-stand.jpg" alt="Lego iPad stand" title="lego-ipad-stand" width="620" height="464" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29095" /></p> <p>I carry my iPad around naked, that means no cases, no covers, no stands, just the iPad. But what if you’re on the go and quickly need an iPad stand? I was recently in this situation and discovered several different methods to concoct quick and dirty iPad stands for free using common items. I picked the three best choices based on the likelihood of encountering the required materials, you won’t win any design awards h…
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