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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/special-characters-finder.jpg" alt="Access Special Characters & Emoji from the Finder in Mac OS X Lion" title="special-characters-finder" width="620" height="478" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21324" /></p> <p>If you want to quickly <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/15/style-folders-in-mac-os-x-with-emoji-icons/">style your folders</a> or <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/08/customize-launchpad-folders-with-emoji/">Launchpad</a> with Emoji, you can access the Special Characters panel directly from the Finder in Mac OS X…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/installing-windows-8-dev-preview-virtualbox.jpg" alt="Installing Windows 8 in VirtualBox" title="installing-windows-8-dev-preview-virtualbox" width="620" height="501" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21317" /></p> <p>We already covered <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/14/install-run-windows-8-in-vmware-mac-os-x/">read how to install Windows 8 in VMWare</a>, and now we’re going to show you how to get Windows 8 running inside of VirtualBox. If you’re wondering why, well, VirtualBox is advantageous for several reasons, the two main being that …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ipad-2-ios-5-vs-windows-8-tablet.jpg" alt="iPad 2 and iOS 5 vs Windows 8 Tablet" title="ipad-2-ios-5-vs-windows-8-tablet" width="620" height="275" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21312" /></p> <p>Wondering how iOS 5 on an iPad 2 goes head to head with a Windows 8 Tablet? This video is a thorough look at the two touch interfaces side-by-side. You can see some of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/02/6-features-ios-needs-from-windows-8/">better Windows 8 features</a> and you can also get excited for iOS 5… but remember that Windows 8 won’t…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/emoji-folders-mac-os-x.jpg" alt="Emoji folders in Mac OS X " title="emoji-folders-mac-os-x" width="620" height="376" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21296" /></p> <p>Thanks to the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/20/emoji-mac-os-x-lion/">inclusion of Emoji in OS X Lion</a>, you can now customize the appearance of Finder items by inserting Emoji characters into file and folder names. This offers yet another way to customize the appearance of a Mac OS X 10.7 desktop:</p> <ul> <li>Launch TextEdit and hit <strong>Comm…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/8gb-ram-upgrade-deal.jpg" alt="8GB RAM upgrade deal" title="8gb-ram-upgrade-deal" width="503" height="364" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21290" /></p> <p>Apple charges $200 to upgrade a MacBook Pro’s RAM to 8GB, and $300 to upgrade a Mac Mini’s to 8GB, but you can <strong>do it yourself for just $34</strong>. RAM has been getting cheap for a while, but <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002YUF8ZG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399381&creativeASIN=B002YUF8ZG">$33.99 for 8…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/get-router-ip-address-mac.jpg" alt="Get Router IP Address from Mac OS X" title="get-router-ip-address-mac" width="611" height="134" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21282" /></p> <p>Wondering how to find the routers IP address that your Mac is connected to? It’s pretty simple:</p> <ul> <li>Launch “System Preferences” and click on “Network”</li> <li>Click on the “Advanced” button in the lower right corner</li> <li>Click on the TCP/IP tab and find the router IP next to “Router:” in the format of x.x.x.x</li>…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/run-windows-8-mac-os-x.jpg" alt="Run Windows 8 in Mac OS X" title="run-windows-8-mac-os-x" width="620" height="506" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21268" /></p> <p>There’s no doubting that the tech world is abuzz about Windows 8, Microsofts upcoming iOS and Mac OS X competitor. If your curiosity is peaked by all the talk, you can easily install Windows 8 and have it running on top of Mac OS X thanks to virtualization. The best part about this particular solution? It’s all free, so read on.</p> <p>Here’s what you’ll need to get started:</p…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/free-starbucks-ibook-card.jpg" alt="Free Starbucks iBook Card" title="free-starbucks-ibook-card" width="300" height="464" class="alignright size-full wp-image-21261" /> Apple and Starbucks have expanded their “Pick of the Week” program to offer free iBooks, the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/17/how-to-redeem-an-app-store-promo-code-mac-app-store-ios-app-store/">redemption codes</a> for which will appear on cards just like the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/16/get-free-weekly-iphone-apps-at-starbucks/">free app</a> and free song offerings …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/how-jailbreaks-work.jpg" alt="How Jailbreaks Work" title="how-jailbreaks-work" width="620" height="277" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21239" /></p> <p>Renowned jailbreaker i0n1c, <a href="http://www.suspekt.org/">aka Stefan Esser</a>, has put together a rather extensive presentation titled “iOS Kernel Exploitation” that explains exactly how <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreaks</a> work, ranging from how the exploits are found, how new code is injected into the iOS devices, how untethers work, and so much more. …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="MacBook Pro with internal display disabled" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/macbook-pro-with-dual-cinema-displays.jpeg" title="MacBook Pro with internal display turned off" class="aligncenter" width="610" height="343" /></p> <p>Some MacBook Pro or Air users may want to disable their internal screen when the laptop is connected to an external display, this is generally <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/14/turn-off-the-macbook-or-macbook-pro-screen-with-the-computer-still-on/">achieved in two ways</a> but since Mac OS X 10.7 the internal screen is more persistent and wants t…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/windows-8.jpg" alt="Windows 8" title="windows-8" width="600" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21228" /></p> <p>Windows 8 is Microsofts future operating system that is intended to share aspects of Windows 7 while also competing directly with iPad, iOS, and Android thanks to it’s Metro user interface. We’ve praised <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/02/6-features-ios-needs-from-windows-8/">some of the Windows 8 features</a> before, and also criticized the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/30/windows-8-vs-mac-os-x-and-ios/">…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/delete-itunes-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Delete iTunes from Mac OS X" title="delete-itunes-mac-os-x-lion" width="512" height="170" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21212" /></p> <p>If you’ve been using the iTunes betas and want to downgrade back to a stable iTunes build, or you just want to remove iTunes for another reason, here are two ways to delete the app under Mac OS X 10.7: the easy way using the GUI, and a quick way for advanced users using the command line. </p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/delete-itunes1…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-ios-5.jpg" alt="iPhone 5 & iOS 5" title="iphone-ios-5" width="225" height="221" class="alignright size-full wp-image-21207" /> Who better to spill the potential launch date of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a> than an executive of a leading telecom company? That’s exactly what Stéphane Richard, CEO of France Telecom, seems to have done at a conference in France today, with the following:</p> <blockquote><p>“If I believe what we heard, the iPhone 5 [is] out Oct. 15,”</p></blockquote> <p>Assum…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mac-theme-for-iphone.jpg" alt="Mac OS X Theme for iPhone" title="mac-theme-for-iphone" width="620" height="587" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21190" /></p> <p>We’ve shown you how to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/24/make-mac-os-x-look-like-ipad-ios/">make Mac OS X look like iOS</a>, but what about going the other way? If using a jailbreak doesn’t freak you out, this winterboard theme makes an iPhone look and behave freakishly similar to Mac OS X Lion and includes a variety of features that are borrowed from OS X 10.7, including:</p&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/color-picker-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Color Picker tool for Mac OS X Lion" title="color-picker-os-x-lion" width="620" height="227" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21180" /></p> <p>Apple’s Digital Color Meter utility took a turn for the worse in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a>, inexplicably removing the ability to view color values in commonly used formats like hex. This is a pain for graphic and web designers, and nobody but Apple knows why they removed that feature, but thankfully there’s a handful of free apps o…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/change-text-size-mac-finder-window-sidebar.jpg" alt="Change Text Size of the Mac Finder Windows Sidebar" title="change-text-size-mac-finder-window-sidebar" width="536" height="264" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21173" /></p> <p>If you’ve been busy <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/get-personal-folders-back-in-os-x-lions-desktop-window-sidebar/">customizing the Favorites folders</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/25/get-color-sidebar-icons-back-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-finder-windows/">colorizing the Finder sidebar icons<…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ios-5.jpg" alt="iOS 5 GM" title="ios-5" width="620" height="145" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21164" /></p> <p>Apple is planning on having iOS 5 GM provided to it’s overseas suppliers sometime during <em>the week of September 23 to September 30</em>, which is in line with the only publicly <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/06/ios-5-release-date-fall-2011/">announced “fall” release date</a> specified by Apple. The GM build, which stands for Golden Master, will be then be preinstalled on all iPads, iPod touch, and iPhone models…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ipad-leaked-photo.jpg" alt="First iPad Leaked Photo" title="ipad-leaked-photo" width="600" height="541" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21157" /></p> <p>Apple’s secrecy is the stuff of legends, and if you’ve ever wondered how Apple went about keeping the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> a secret prior to it’s launch, this story from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-a-great-story-about-the-astonishing-lengths-apple-went-through-to-keep-the-ipad-secret-2011-9">BusinessInsider</a> is quite interesting…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-references-vodafone.jpg" alt="iPhone 5 references on a Vodafone product page" title="iphone-5-references-vodafone" width="620" height="336" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21149" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a> may be available in both black and white colors, and be offered at the same 16GB and 32GB capacities as iPhone 4, if a product listing on UK’s Vodafone is to be believed. <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/10/vodafone_suggests_apples_iphone_5_will_come_in_16gb_32gb_capaciti…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/backlit-imac.jpg" alt="backlit iMac 27"" title="backlit-imac" width="620" height="428" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21142" /></p> <p>This great reader submitted setup comes from recent Mac switcher Brian D and features an iMac 27″ that is backlit with some Ikea LED strip lighting, an iPad 2, and an external 18″(?) display atop the iPads box. All of the screens are running <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/14/flip-clock-screensaver/">the classic Flip clock screensaver, Fliqlo</a>, which is one of my personal favorites. Elsewhere you’ll sp…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="Change the iPhone Default Root Password" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ssh-iphone.png" title="Change the iPhone Default Root Password" class="aligncenter" width="620" height="94" /></p> <p>If you’re going to run something like MobileTerminal on your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> or iOS device so that you can SSH in to it, you’ll want to change the root password for obvious security reasons. Without doing this, anyone can use the default ‘alpine’ password and connect to the hardware, assuming they know an SSH server is running and have the devices…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/crimson-pirates-screenshot.jpg" alt="Crimson Steam Pirates for iPad" title="crimson-pirates-screenshot" width="620" height="465" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21126" /></p> <p>Looking for a fun game to play this weekend on the iPad? Grab Crimson: Steam Pirates, an action-strategy game where you can battle through a series of pirate voyages with over a dozen different boats, subs, and airships. The turn-based game is getting raving reviews which isn’t too shocking considering it’s coming from Bungie, the creators of the Halo franchise and Marathon. Here’…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/photoshop-mac.jpg" alt="Photoshop in Mac OS X " title="photoshop-mac" width="605" height="188" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21117" /></p> <p>If you <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/12/how-to-install-dual-boot-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-and-10-6-snow-leopard/">dual boot Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7</a> then you may have noticed that some apps installed in one OS don’t necessarily work in the other. Some of these are because of 10.7 Lion specific features or Rosetta, but others throw random errors that don’t make much sense. Case in point: Adobe Photos…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-hand-case.jpg" alt="iPhone hand case" title="iphone-hand-case" width="620" height="384" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21097" /></p> <p>From time to time we like to post some <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/fun/">unusual or fun stuff</a>, but this is really out there. A Japanese manufacturer has created what has to be the creepiest iPhone case in existence, it’s a disembodied hand that you have to hold in order to use the iPhone. WTF. As if that concept wasn’t strange enough, the sales pictures are even more peculiar, like this guy pu…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bash-script-to-customize-mac-os-x.gif" alt="Bash script to customize many aspects of Mac OS X " title="bash-script-to-customize-mac-os-x" width="620" height="394" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21085" /></p> <p>If you’re an <strong>advanced user</strong> and setting up a new Mac, you probably customize the OS with a ton of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/defaults-write/">defaults write commands</a> and .alias adjustments. These are things you can either enter manually, use an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/19/lion-tweaks…
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