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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/go-to-folder-command.jpg" alt="Go To Folder command in Mac OS X " title="go-to-folder-command" width="618" height="265" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20785" /></p> <p>If there’s only one keyboard shortcut you should remember in Mac OS X it’s this: Go To Folder. We refer to this keyboard command so frequently here on OSXDaily that we just sort of assume everyone knows it, but it’s so useful and powerful that it’s worth making an individual post about it.</p> <p><strong>Using “Go To Folder” is easy</strong> and you have two ways o…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/windows-8-ribbon.jpg" alt="Windows 8 Clutter Ribbon" title="windows-8-ribbon" width="620" height="148" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20750" /></p> <p>I would be convinced this was an April Fools joke out of Redmond were it not August, but no, it’s the new Windows 8 Explorer default interface.</p> <p>While Apple is busy reducing clutter and creating minimalist interfaces, streamlining <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">OS X</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a>, Microsoft is busy moving …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphoto-pictures-location.jpg" alt="iPhoto pictures location" title="iphoto-pictures-location" width="170" height="169" class="alignright size-full wp-image-20736" />iPhoto is a great picture management app, but you may still occasionally want to access the original picture files for a variety of purposes, either to import them into another app or for backup purposes. This is easily done, but what exactly you are looking for depends on which version of iPhoto you are using.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Where iPhoto Pictures Are Stored</h2> <p>iP…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sort-activity-monitor-by-hierarchy-process.png" alt="Sort Activity Monitor by Hierarchy Process" title="sort-activity-monitor-by-hierarchy-process" width="620" height="466" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20729" /></p> <p>If opening up <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/15/mac-task-manager/">Activity Monitor</a> is confusing or intimidating to you, or you just find it hard to track down that errant Chrome Worker process, try sorting the list by “All Processes, Hierarchically”.</p> <p>Sorting by hierarchy breaks the processes dow…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/yXW2K.jpg"><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pixel-galaxy.jpg" alt="Pixel Andromeda Galaxy" title="pixel-galaxy" width="620" height="388" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20721" /></a></p> <p>The <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/06/mac-os-x-lion-galaxy-andromeda-space-wallpaper/">default OS X Lion galaxy wallpaper</a> is gorgeous, but there’s something fun about this pixelated version of it that makes it a joy on a desktop too. Click the image above or the link below for a full sized version of the background.</p> <p><…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/itunes-match-beta.jpg" alt="iTunes Match Beta" title="itunes-match-beta" width="560" height="422" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20711" /></p> <p>The first beta version of iTunes Match has been released for developers to subscribe to. The service stores an entire music library within <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/icloud/">iCloud</a> and allows you to stream or download your music from anywhere, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, a Mac, or even Windows PC. This is done without uploading files, instead iTunes Match scans your library and ma…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/linux-on-ipad.jpg" alt="Linux running on iPad" title="linux-on-ipad" width="620" height="463" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20703" /></p> <p>You’ll soon be able to run Linux on a select few iOS devices via a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreak</a> hack. The port is being worked on by German iOS developer <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/BluerisEN">Patrick Wildt</a>, and while it’s not entirely clear when Linux for iOS will be released, he is expected to unveil it publicly at MyGreatFest, a jailbreaking convention…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/icloud_10_6_9.jpg" alt="Mac OS X 10.6.9 and iCloud" title="icloud_10_6_9" width="500" height="394" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20696" /></p> <p>An upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.6.9 may bring iCloud support to Mac users who haven’t made the jump to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Lion</a> and remain on Snow Leopard, at least that’s what a screen shot provided to <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/29/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10-6-9-to-bring-icloud-support/">MacRumors</a> suggests. Sent in by a developer, th…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/apple-hardware-test-icon.jpg" alt="Apple Hardware Test icon" title="apple-hardware-test-icon" width="96" height="72" class="alignright size-full wp-image-20681" /> Mac OS X Lion has changed how several helpful <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/troubleshooting/">troubleshooting</a> tools function, one being the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/">reset password tool</a>, and another is how Apple Hardware Test (AHT) mode works. Gone is AHT’s independent boot mode in favor of an internet based version that is …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ipad-macbook-pro-mac-setup.jpeg" alt="" title="Mac setup: iPad, MacBook Pro with external display" width="620" height="463" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20671" /></p> <p>Here’s a 15″ MacBook Pro connected to an external display, and of course an iPad and iPhone complete the setup. MacBook Pro’s with external displays always make a great desktop workstation, the best part of course is that you can disconnect from the external screen and be fully mobile. </p> <p>The iPad stand looks like the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Q…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/resuminator-manage-app-resume.jpg" alt="Resuminator manages OS X Lion App Resume feature" title="resuminator-manage-app-resume" width="590" height="620" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20663" /></p> <p>Mac OS X Lion’s App Resume feature is both loved and hated. Most people seem to love the feature for most of their apps, but don’t want it enabled for others. Up until now, you’ve had to issue either <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/turn-off-resume-per-app-in-mac-os-x-lion/">app-specific defaults write commands</a> or <a href="http://o…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/color-itunes-icons-sidebar.jpg" alt="Color iTunes Icons" title="color-itunes-icons-sidebar" width="415" height="422" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20650" /></p> <p>Mac OS X and iTunes has been slowly going the way of minimalism with subdued grey interface elements and icons, some people like the change and others don’t. We just showed you <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/25/get-color-sidebar-icons-back-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-finder-windows/">how to get color icons back in the OS X Lion Finder sidebars</a>, and in the comments, <a href=…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/motion-fx.jpg" alt="Motion FX for Mac OS X Lion" title="motion-fx" width="620" height="388" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20636" /></p> <p>Motion FX is a very cool real-time video effects tool that uses your Macs built-in camera to detect movement and render a slew of special effects ranging from fire to smoke and any variation of colors or distortion in between. </p> <p>Using the apps Motion Detect or Effect Paint mode, you can literally paint with fire (or a psychedelic blend of colors) by using your hands or mouse, and create some really…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/block-ad-cookies-safari.jpg" alt="Block Advertiser and Third Party Cookies in Safari" title="block-ad-cookies-safari" width="620" height="291" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20570" /></p> <p>Starting with Safari 5.1 in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">OS X Lion</a>, you can now selectively block third party and advertiser tracking cookies easily within Safaris’ preferences. There are some reports that blocking the third party cookie option is the new default setting in Safari 5.1, but if you want to adjust this yourself here’s…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/disable-reopen-windows.jpg" alt="Disable Reopen Windows when Logging In" title="disable-reopen-windows" width="531" height="255" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20610" /></p> <p>You may have noticed that when you log out or reboot Mac OS X Lion, you get a dialog window with a checkbox next to “Reopen windows when logging back in” that restores all of your currently open applications and windows. </p> <p>If you don’t like it and you’re tired of unchecking the box to no longer reopen the windows, you can use a third party script to render the f…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tim-cook.jpg" alt="Tim Cook, Apple CEO" title="tim-cook" width="200" height="229" class="alignright size-full wp-image-20623" /> Tim Cook reportedly sent out the following email to all Apple employees today, a day after <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple/">Steve Jobs resigned</a> from the CEO position.</p> <blockquote><p>Team:</p> <p>I am looking forward to the amazing opportunity of serving as CEO of the most innovative company in the world. Joining Apple was the best decision I’ve ever mad…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/color-finder-sidebar-icons-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Color Sidebar icons in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion" title="color-finder-sidebar-icons-os-x-lion" width="500" height="284" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20545" /></p> <p>OS X Lion brought greyscale icons to the Mac OS X Finder window sidebar, but if you’d rather have some color back in your desktop window sidebars, you can get this done easily through a third party plugin. </p> <p>If you’ve been following some of our other <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Lion tips</a>, you ma…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo.jpg" alt="Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple" title="steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo" width="620" height="491" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20602" /></p> <p>Steve Jobs has resigned from his role as CEO of Apple, but he will stay on as Chairman of the Board. Tim Cook, the current COO, will become CEO effective immediately.</p> <p>Steve Jobs provided the following resignation letter:</p> <blockquote><p>To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:</p> <p>I have always…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/reset-mac-password-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Reset a Mac OS X Lion Password" title="reset-mac-password-os-x-lion" width="517" height="265" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20584" /></p> <p>One of several changes to Mac OS X Lion is how resetting passwords is handled, previous versions of Mac OS X would have a password reset tool easily accessible from the Utilities menu but that isn’t available anymore. There are still multiple approaches to resetting a lost user password in OS X 10.7, this walkthrough will cover two different methods, the first is unique to Lio…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20227" title="get-personal-folders-back-in-desktop-sidebar-mac-os-x-lion" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/get-personal-folders-back-in-desktop-sidebar-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Get Personal Folders Back in the Desktop Window Sidebar in Mac OS X Lion" width="620" height="330" /></p> <p>The desktop in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> has simplified the Finder window sidebars by showing just a few choices, with the emphasis on the ‘All My Files’ directory rather than individually pointing to your Pictures and Docum…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/first-mac-manual-page-1.jpg" alt="First Macintosh User Manual " title="first-mac-manual-page-1" width="620" height="550" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20218" /></p> <p>The very first Macs user manual is a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/fun/">fun</a> look at the past, and despite being 27 years old, there are still some undeniably Apple aspects to the manuals imagery and text. The intro paragraph from the first page is classic:</p> <blockquote><p>“You’re about to learn a new way to use a computer. If this is your fir…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ios-5-beta-6-expires.jpg" alt="iOS 5 Beta 6 expires on September 29" title="ios-5-beta-6-expires" width="485" height="186" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20511" /></p> <p>Heads up to iOS devs out there, if you <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/19/ios-5-beta-6-released-for-developers-to-download/">installed iOS 5 beta 6</a>, you might find it useful to know that sixth beta is set to expire on September 29. At that point you’ll either need to have installed a newer beta, which will surely have been released by then, or <a href="http://os…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sprint-iphone.jpg" alt="Sprint iPhone" title="sprint-iphone" width="497" height="427" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20562" /></p> <p>AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint will all sell the iPhone 5, according to a new report from the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903327904576526690675657466.html">Wall Street Journal</a>. Todays WSJ’s report continues to specify <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/iphone-5-launch-set-for-october/">a “mid-October” release date</a> for the iPhone 5 on all carriers, which is con…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/airdrop-os-x-lion-icon.png" alt="AirDrop in OS X Lion" title="airdrop-os-x-lion-icon" width="200" height="200" class="alignright size-full wp-image-20553" /> AirDrop is a great local peer-to-peer file sharing feature in Mac OS X Lion that is surprisingly useful. That said, the ‘pop’ or drop sound effect that you hear when someone AirDrops you a file has always annoyed me because it’s the same sound effect you hear when you get a new iChat message. Like many other things in OS X Lion, it’s easy to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/customize/">customize</a> wi…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-5-mockup.jpg" alt="" title="iphone-5-mockup" width="620" class="aligncenter" /></p> <p>Reuters is <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/23/us-apple-iphone-idUSTRE77M1P220110823">chiming in</a> today with an exclusive that seems to confirm some of the existing next-gen iPhone rumors, most significant is that Apple is indeed planning on releasing two distinct iPhone models in the near future, an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a> and a lower priced <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/13/iphone-4s-…
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