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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/apple-usb-in-ethernet-oops.jpg" alt="USB Drive in a MacBook Pro Ethernet Port" title="apple-usb-in-ethernet-oops" width="620" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18703" /></p> <p>Remember that classic Sesame Street song “Everyone Makes Mistakes”? Your sister and your brother and your dad and mother too? Well even Apple does too, at least in regards to their website stock photos.</p> <p>In an amusing <a href="http://store.apple.com/us_edu_417940/product/H5105LL/A">picture featured on the Apple Store’s Parallels Desktop 6 page<…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/multiple-user-accounts-ipad-iusers-app.jpg" alt="Multiple user accounts on an iPad with iUsers" title="multiple-user-accounts-ipad-iusers-app" width="620" height="460" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18690" /></p> <p>One of the most highly desired features of iOS by anyone who shares an iPad is the ability to have multiple user accounts. This would allow parents to share iPads with their kids, friends to share with friends, and me to share the iPad with my girlfriend, and everyone could have their own custom springboard, app settings, wallpapers, and sett…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spotify-logo.jpg" alt="Spotify Logo" title="spotify-logo" width="620" height="283" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18674" /></p> <p>Spotify, the extraordinarily popular streaming music service that took Europe by storm, has just launched in the USA. Currently it’s open by invite-only, but no big deal, we have a handful of invites to give away, so here’s how to get in the drawing.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.3em;">Enter to Win a Spotify Invite from Us!</h2> <p>Here’s all you need to do to enter:</p> <ol> <li><…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/lion-ready-app-store-apps.jpg" alt="Lion ready apps on the Mac App Store" title="lion-ready-app-store-apps" width="620" height="123" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18666" style="border:1px solid #ccc;"/></p> <p>Despite the fact that <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/01/mac-os-x-lion-release-date-imminent/">today</a> is (was) the speculative launch day, OS X Lion has yet to appear. Nevermind that though, the good news is that Apple is rapidly accepting Lion-ready apps to the Mac App Store, indicating that a launch will be very soon.</p&g…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>Need to know exactly when your Mac was last booted, put to sleep, or woke from sleep? You can get precise information directly from the command line, which can be invaluable for anything from <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/troubleshooting/">troubleshooting</a> various Mac problems to scheduling scripts.</p> <p><strong>Get Precise System Boot Time</strong> <code>sysctl -a |grep kern.boottime</code> The results will look something like this:</p> <blockquote><p>kern.boottime = Mon Jul 4 08:00:42 2011</p></blockquote> <p>If you’re looking for a…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/launchpad-jiggle.jpg" alt="LaunchPad Jiggle" title="launchpad-jiggle" width="620" height="244" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18638" /></p> <p>Clicking-and-holding on an app icon in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7">Mac OS X Lion</a>‘s LaunchPad activates the jiggle, but you can also <strong>hold down the Option key</strong> to immediately start the jiggle. As long as you continue to hold Option, the icons will continue to shake.</p> <p>Additionally, if you have a multitouch trackpad, you can do a four f…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/install-mac-os-x-lion-target-disk-mode.jpg" alt="Install Mac OS X 10.7 Lion with Target Disk Mode" title="install-mac-os-x-lion-target-disk-mode" width="620" height="321" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18627" /></p> <p>Another method to install Mac OS X Lion on other personal machines is by using Target Disk Mode, this allows you to use one Mac as the installation drive to install OS X 10.7 directly to another Mac via Firewire or Thunderbolt. This is fast, prevents redownloading which saves bandwidth, and works flawlessly. This tip was sent in by Randy, …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rember-memtest-mac-gui.jpg" alt="Rember is GUI frontend to MemTest" title="rember-memtest-mac-gui" width="600" height="414" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18603" /></p> <p>If you just got a RAM upgrade and you want to test the memory, or if you just want a great free addition to a Mac troubleshooting toolbox, download Rember now.</p> <p>Rember is a free and easy to use graphical front-end to the command line <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/03/memtest-mac-ram-test/">MemTest</a> tool, it runs memory tests to help determine if …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/meteorologist-weather-menubar-mac.jpg" alt="Weather and Temperature in the Mac OS X Menu Bar" title="meteorologist-weather-menubar-mac" width="620" height="56" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18593" /></p> <p>We showed you how to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/11/display-cpu-temperature-in-the-mac-os-x-menu-bar/">display the CPU temperature</a> in your Mac OS X menu bar, but what about showing the real temperature outdoors? A little free app called Meteorologist does just that, sitting in your menubar and giving you weather updates on th…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/apple-email-submit-lion-apps.jpg" alt="Apple email asks Developers to submit Lion apps" title="apple-email-submit-lion-apps" width="618" height="478" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18574" /></p> <p>Apple has sent registered Mac OS X developers an email requesting submissions for Lion apps. In the email, Apple says that OS X Lion “will soon be available” and requests that developers use the newly released XCode 4.1 GM build to submit their Lion compatible apps:</p> <blockquote><p>OS X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most a…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mac-cursor.jpg" alt="Mac Cursor" title="mac-cursor" width="150" height="152" class="alignright size-full wp-image-18537" /> If you present or create screen casts with any regularity, you probably know that being able to clearly show the cursor can make a huge difference in the audiences ability to follow what you are doing on screen. This is especially true for product demonstrations and high resolution screens shown by projectors, where a tiny cursor can easily get lost.</p> <p>Whether you are using <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/16/screen-recorder-ma…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/redsn0w-0-9-8b2.jpg" alt="redsn0w 0.9.8b2" title="redsn0w-0-9-8b2" width="161" height="176" class="alignright size-full wp-image-18577" /> The iPhone Dev Team has released a new version of redsn0w to properly jailbreak <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/11/ios-5-beta-3-download/">iOS 5 beta 3</a>. Previous versions of redsn0w apparently worked to jailbreak the latest iOS beta, but caused a bug where all App Store apps would not launch, this is what Redsn0w 0.9.8b2 fixes.</p> <p>If you already jailbroke iOS 5b3 with the prior version of redsn0w, yo…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/custom-iphone-text-tone.jpg" alt="Custom iPhone Text Tone" title="custom-iphone-text-tone" width="225" height="338" class="alignright size-full wp-image-18570" /> <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> will finally bring iPhone users the ability to customize their text message alert sounds. Yes, customize, as in your own user created text tones the same way the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/09/04/make-free-iphone-ringtones-in-itunes-10/">ringtone maker in iTunes 10</a> works. You’ll no longer be forced to select from the limited Apple…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/temperature-monitor.jpg" alt="Mac Temperature Monitor" title="temperature-monitor" width="582" height="39" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18561" /></p> <p>If you want to keep an eye on your Mac’s CPU temperature, you can choose between two different apps to display the temperature right in your menu bar. If you’re running Mac OS X 10.6.8 or lower, both apps are free, but if you’re on Lion then you’ll have to pay for one of the options.</p> <p>You’ll see that both of these apps do a lot more than just display CPU temperature, they detect and …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/apple-campus-tshirt.jpg" alt="I visited Apple Campus T-Shirt" title="apple-campus-tshirt" width="620" height="187" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18553" /></p> <p>Apple has a good sense of humor and doesn’t mind picking on themselves and their legendary secrecy. The t-shirt is available for purchase exclusively at Apple’s Company Store in Cupertino California, the message is:</p> <blockquote><p>“I visited the Apple campus. But that’s all I’m allowed to say.”</p></blockquote> <p>You’ve always been able to buy Apple t…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ios-5-beta-3.png" alt="iOS 5 Beta 3" title="ios-5-beta-3" width="552" height="229" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18544" /></p> <p>Apple has released iOS 5 beta 3 for developers to download, the build comes as 9A5259f and supports iPad 2, iPad, iPhone 4 GSM & CDMA, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 3rd & 4th generations. Apple TV2 has received a separate update, however it is still not considered iOS 5.</p> <p>Alongside the latest <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5-beta/">iOS 5 beta</a> comes a new version of iTunes 10.5 at …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/display-open-network-connections-mac-desktop.jpg" alt="Display open network connections on Mac OS X desktop" title="display-open-network-connections-mac-desktop" width="617" height="235" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18514" /></p> <p>Using GeekTool and lsof, you can display an automatically updated list of open network connections directly on a Mac OS X desktop. This is tip is a “safe” alternative to the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/09/watch-all-open-network-connections-in-mac-os-x-with-open_ports/">previously mentioned open_ports utility&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/open_ports_mac_desktop.jpg" alt="Showing open ports on the Mac desktop" title="open_ports_mac_desktop" width="620" height="353" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18499" /></p> <p>You can watch all open network connections for both incoming and outgoing transfers using a free command line utility called open_ports.sh. Open_Ports is much more useful than using <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/29/list-all-open-internet-connections-on-a-mac-to-track-down-bandwidth-issues/">lsof to list open internet connections</a>because it provides extensive n…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/left-hand-mouse-mac.jpg" alt="Left hand mouse setup for Mac OS X" title="left-hand-mouse-mac" width="620" height="335" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18486" /></p> <p>Most lefties have adapted to the righty-centric world of computing, but this isn’t necessary on a Mac. The Apple wireless mouse, wired mouses, and even most 3rd party mice have a symmetrical shape, so those that are left handed just need to adjust a few settings in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> to get the mouse on their dominant side.</p> &…
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I have been swamped with work so my time to dedicate to this site has been limited. That has changed and I will be here to get this site running the way I envisioned it when I started it. First thing I have done is to change the complete look of the site. If you prefer the old style you can select it from the dropdown at the bottom of each page. I will eventually remove that style.
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/macbook-pro-ipad-cinema-display.jpg" alt="MacBook Pro, an Apple Cinema Display, and an iPad" title="macbook-pro-ipad-cinema-display" width="620" height="465" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18449" /></p> <p>This <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-setups/">Mac setup</a> has all you need and is checking out none other than <a href="http://osxdaily.com">OSXDaily.com</a>: a MacBook Pro 15″ with matte anti-glare display sits atop a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044RUSZM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/usb-boot-lion-install-drive.jpg" alt="Mac OS X Lion Install USB Boot Drive" title="usb-boot-lion-install-drive" width="620" height="397" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18474" /></p> <p>I’m going to walk through the process of making a bootable Mac OS X 10.7 Lion installation drive out of any USB flash drive key. This is similar to the process of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/08/create-burn-bootable-mac-os-x-lion-install-disc/">making a bootable Lion installer DVD</a>, but I prefer a USB flash drive because it’s faster, smaller, and I h…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/convert-font-and-text-size.jpg" alt="Convert font and text size of a document" title="convert-font-and-text-size" width="534" height="245" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18440" /></p> <p>In addition to being able to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/06/convert-a-text-file-to-rtf-html-doc-and-more-via-command-line/">convert TXT files to RTF or other filetypes</a>, you can use textutil to convert the font family and font size of a document from the command line.</p> <p>The syntax for doing this is:</p> <p><code&g…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/new-macbook-air-osx-lion.jpg" alt="MacBook Air and OS X Lion" title="new-macbook-air-osx-lion" width="521" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18431" /></p> <p>Two new reports suggest that the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/01/mac-os-x-lion-release-date-imminent/">Mac OS X Lion release date</a> is indeed set for next week, likely on Thursday, July 14th, and that a new Macbook Air will launch alongside Lion.</p> <p>The first report comes from <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/07/apple-store-overnight-planned-for…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stupid-dashboard-trick.jpg" alt="Refresh Dashboard Widget into a Whirlpool " title="stupid-dashboard-trick" width="620" height="206" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18423" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> has a fancy way of refreshing your Dashboard widgets. It’s better watched than described or shown in pictures, so open up Dashboard, click on any widget, then hit <strong>Command+R</strong> and watch the widget disappear and reappear into a twirl.</p> <p>The larger and more color…
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