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<div class="KonaBody"><p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/20/xcode-4-1-for-os-x-lion-released-as-free-download-on-mac-app-store/">Xcode 4.1 was made available</a> as a free download through the Mac App Store for OS X Lion owners, but many users are encountering a strange error when they go to install the development suite; an error message pops up saying that XCode can’t be installed while iTunes is running telling you that “In order to continue installation please close iTunes” – the problem is that iTunes isn’t open when you get this error dialog.</p> <p>So what’s the fix? It’s easy, open up the Terminal and type the following:&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/icloud-pricing.png" alt="iCloud Pricing Plans" title="icloud-pricing" width="620" height="490" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19626" /></p> <p>Apple has revealed the pricing information for iCloud storage plans that will be available this fall when it is launched publicly, presumably <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/06/ios-5-release-date-fall-2011/">alongside iOS 5</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/iphone-5-launch-set-for-october/">iPhone 5</a>.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">iCloud Pricing</h2&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/turn-off-resume-mac-os-x-lion.gif" alt="Turn Off Resume on a Per App Basis in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion" title="turn-off-resume-mac-os-x-lion" width="556" height="60" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19589" /></p> <p>In our post on <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/">how to disable Resume for Safari or other applications</a> in OS X 10.7, several of our commenters pointed out that it isn’t necessary to change the individual app directories permissions. Alternatively, you can turn off Resume on a…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="Apple TV 2" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/apple-tv-2.jpg" title="Apple TV 2" class="aligncenter" width="487" height="236" /></p> <p>Apple TV 2 has been updated to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a> 4.3 build 8F455, and the update includes several notable features: iCloud support for purchased TV shows, Vimeo support, and YouTube playlists. The update appears to only work in the US only for now, but other countries may be coming soon.</p> <p>The beginning of iCloud support is the big story here, as <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/08…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/iphone-5-design-from-china.jpg" alt="alleged iPhone 5 design from China" title="iphone-5-design-from-china" width="620" height="404" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19608" /></p> <p>For those anxiously awaiting the launch of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a>, be prepared to wait slightly longer. According to the well connected <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20110801/new-iphone-in-october-not-september/">AllThingsD</a>, a branch of the Wall Street Journal, iPhone 5 will launch in October, and not September as …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="Refresh Launchpad in OS X Lion 10.7" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hide-apps-in-launchpad-osxlion.jpg" title="Refresh Launchpad in OS X Lion 10.7" class="aligncenter" width="620" height="349" /></p> <p>Launchpad is OS X 10.7′s iOS-like app launcher, it’s a nice utility but it does have some quirky behavior in Lion. One of the major issues is that sometimes apps won’t appear in Launchpad at all, or when you delete an app it doesn’t disappear as it’s supposed to. If you run into this, try this tip <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/28/hide-apps-in-launchpad-with-launchpad-control/#c…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/disable-app-saved-state.jpg" alt="Disable Specific App Saved State and Resume in OS X Lion" title="disable-app-saved-state" width="620" height="265" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19562" /></p> <p>Resume is that feature of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> that causes apps windows to reappear after you have quit and then relaunched the app. It’s a great feature but not one that we want all applications to use, so here is how to disable Resume on a per app basis.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Ho…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/convert-audio-to-m4a-mac.jpg" alt="Convert Audio to M4A in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion" title="convert-audio-to-m4a-mac" width="620" height="291" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19541" /></p> <p>One of the many understated features in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> is the ability to natively convert audio to m4a directly in OS X Lion’s Finder – without any additional downloads or add-ons. Yes, an MPEG audio encoder is built directly into Mac OS X 10.7, meaning you can convert audio directly on your desktop without us…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hide-reading-list.jpg" alt="Hide Reading List in Mac OS X Lion's Safari" title="hide-reading-list" width="620" height="195" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19535" /></p> <p>If you don’t use Safari’s new Reading List feature in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a>, you probably don’t want that little eyeglass icon cluttering up your bookmarks bar. It’s easy to hide though, here’s how:</p> <ul> <li>Go to the Safari menu and open Preferences</li> <li>Click on the “Bookmarks” tab and u…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mac-ram-upgrade.jpg" alt="Mac RAM Upgrade" title="mac-ram-upgrade" width="500" height="339" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19523" /></p> <p>Having more RAM is one of the cheapest Mac upgrades you can get for a performance boost, and with prices this low there’s little excuse to not have 8GB if your Mac supports it. Here are two great deals on RAM upgrades for some of the most recent Macs.</p> <p>This 8GB 1333MHz kit will fit most 2011 Intel Core i series iMac, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/imac-external-display.jpg" alt="iMac with an external display" title="imac-external-display" width="620" height="441" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19507" /></p> <p>A 27″ iMac always makes for a great desktop. This one is a Core i5 with an SSD, and an external HP 23″ display is attached to extend the screen real estate even further. </p> <p>I am so accustomed to using a Mac with an additional screen that it would be almost impossible to have a workstation without one, plus they always make for awesome looking <a href="http://osxdaily.com…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cut-paste-mac.jpg" alt="Cut and Paste in Mac OS X " title="cut-paste-mac" width="559" height="348" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19499" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> finally brings the long awaited “Cut and Paste” feature to the Mac OS X desktop and Finder, allowing users to truly cut and move the selected documents or folders to a new location, rather than just making a copy of them.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Cutting & Pasting Files and Folders in OS X 10.7 Lion is easy&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/another-iphone-5-mockup.jpg" alt="Another iPhone 5 mockup, according to a Chinese accessory manufacturer" title="another-iphone-5-mockup" width="620" height="604" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19489" /></p> <p>Is this what the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a> will look like? We were sent a tip with a few images of what claim to be iPhone 5 mockups from a Chinese accessory producer, here’s the interesting part though: <em>both pictures look like completely different phones</em>. That could be related to the…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/macbook-air-and-thunderbolt-display.jpg" alt="MacBook Air and external Thunderbolt display" title="macbook-air-and-thunderbolt-display" width="620" height="382" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19456" /></p> <p>One of the more exciting features of the new MacBook Pro 15″ and 17″ and iMac series is that you can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/15/thunderbolt-macbook-pro-supports-dual-external-displays-by-daisy-chain/">use dual external displays by daisy chaining</a> them via the Thunderbolt port. Unfortunately, this ability is lost on the 20…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/voices-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Voices in OS X Lion" title="voices-os-x-lion" width="620" height="201" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19446" /></p> <p>One of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">OS X Lion</a>‘s many great new features are all the new high quality multi-lingual voices (<a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/25/how-to-add-new-voices-to-mac-os-x-lion/">here is how to add them yourself</a>). If you went on a voice adding spree like I did, you may quickly realize that all these new voices take up a fair amount of …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/windows-vs-mac.jpg" alt="Windows vs Mac" title="windows-vs-mac" width="620" height="463" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19311" /></p> <p>Not to pour anymore fuel on the Windows vs Mac fire, but this wifi setup guide from McDonalds is an excellent illustration to show how the same task is handled on each operating system. </p> <p>On the left, you’ll see two lengthy Windows XP and Windows Vista walkthroughs with a multiple of clicking, configuring, properties, tabs, and a general maze to navigate, just to get wireless connectivity working. Mea…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/discard-windows-from-resume.jpg" alt="Discard Windows from Resume on Quit" title="discard-windows-from-resume" width="600" height="361" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19440" /></p> <p>Want to toss out the windows in your current application session, preventing them from reopening again via the Resume feature in OS X Lion? <strong>Hold down the Option key while going to Quit</strong> and you will see the option to “Quit and Discard Windows”. </p> <p>When you quit with that option, you can relaunch the app and Resume will not rela…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hide-apps-in-launchpad-osxlion.jpg" alt="Hide Apps from LaunchPad in Mac OS X Lion" title="hide-apps-in-launchpad-osxlion" width="620" height="349" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19424" /></p> <p>If you’ve spent much time using OS X Lion’s new LaunchPad feature you’ve probably noticed that outside of stuffing things into new folders you can’t really hide apps. If you enter the ‘<a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/13/enter-launchpad-jiggle-with-option-key-mac-os-x-lion/">jiggle</a>‘ mode and try to remove an app from LaunchPad, it actually &l…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/login-lock-screen-message-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Message at Login and Lock Screen in Mac OS X Lion" title="login-lock-screen-message-mac-os-x-lion" width="620" height="362" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19413" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> brings a nice new feature to login and lock screens that allow you to display a message underneath the login panel. This is visible to everyone and it makes for a great place to put either a generic personalization or better yet, a lost & found message.&l…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/disable-autocorrect-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Turn off Auto Correct in Mac OS X Lion" title="disable-auto-correct-mac-os-x-lion" width="620" height="248" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19408" /></p> <p>Annoyed with <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">OS X Lion</a>‘s new auto correct feature? You can turn disable it quickly:</p> <ul> <li>Launch System Preferences, click on “Language & Text”</li> <li>Click on the “Text” tab and uncheck the box next to “correct spelling automatically”</li> &…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CWIN1E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005CWIN1E"><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/macbook-air-11-amazon-sale.jpg" alt="2011 MacBook Air 11.6" Deal from Amazon" title="macbook-air-11-amazon-sale" width="620" height="230" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19392" /></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B005CWIN1E&camp=217145&creative=399373" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !im…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/change-dashboard-background-wallpaper-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Change Dashboards background wallpaper image in Mac OS X Lion" title="change-dashboard-background-wallpaper-os-x-lion" width="620" height="172" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19377" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> brought a few changes to the Dashboard, one being that it’s contained within it’s own Space by default, and the other noticeable UI difference is the new Lego lookalike background wallpaper that looks a little, well, Lego-like. Tha…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/check-download-progress-mac-app-store.jpg" alt="Check download progress of apps in the Mac App Store" title="check-download-progress-mac-app-store" width="606" height="221" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19368" /></p> <p>Outside of watching the little progress bar on the downloading apps icon in LaunchPad or the Dock, there isn’t much of an outward display of how downloads are progressing from the App Store. Instead, more specific information is contained within the Mac App Store app itself, and here’s how to see it:</p> <p><strong>Fro…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/disable-mail-animation-lion.jpg" alt="Disable Mail Animation in OS X Lion" title="disable-mail-animation-lion" width="620" height="267" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19337" /></p> <p>If you use Mail you have probably seen the new Mail animations for replying and sending, where the message seems to slide off the screen. Like all the other new animations, this is a polarizing addition and some people hate it. <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/25/disable-the-new-window-animation-in-mac-os-x-lion/">Turning off the general new window animations in L…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="Redsn0w 0.9.8b3" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/redsn0w-0.9.8b2.jpeg" title="Redsn0w 0.9.8b3" class="alignright" width="161" height="176" /> For the die-hard jailbreakers out there, you can jailbreak the newly released iOS 4.3.5 using the same <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/17/jailbreak-ios-4-3-4-with-redsn0w-0-9-8b3-tethered/">redsn0w 0.9.8b3</a> version that worked for 4.3.4. </p> <p>As before, the big caveat here is that it’s a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/24/tethered-jailbreak-vs-untethered-jailbreak/">tethered jailbreak</a>, meaning it must be …
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