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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/macdefender-mac-malware.jpg" alt="MACDefender Mac Malware" title="macdefender-mac-malware" width="620" height="440" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15517" /></p> <p>A new malware threat has been identified for Mac users, the app is called MACDefender and it disguises itself as antivirus software for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a>. The malware attempts to install itself through hijacked websites, and the threat level is considered low, nonetheless all Mac users should be aware of the potential threat and take step…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/linux-in-web-browser.jpg" alt="Linux in a Web Browser" title="linux-in-web-browser" width="619" height="587" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16710" /></p> <p>If you’re bored of the Mac <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/command-line/">command line</a> this is both cool and geeky and should keep you entertained for a bit. JSLinux is a fully functioning version of Linux running entirely in a web browser, meaning if you have almost any modern web browser suddenly you can run a basic version of linux on any computer. </p> <p>You do…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="600" height="371" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-36qTeAdDMI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>When the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> first came out, some critics accused the device of being just a big <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> that couldn’t make phone calls. Two years later, that phone call thing has been addressed by a new app that claims to turn any iPad 3G into basically a giant iPhone. The app is called PhoneItiPad and it’s capable of making phone calls, sending SMS, using FaceTime by pho…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mac-os-x-10-6-8-notes.png" alt="Mac OS X 10.6.8 Developer Notes" title="mac-os-x-10-6-8-notes" width="401" height="140" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16694" /></p> <p>The release of Mac OS X 10.6.8 looks to be right around the corner with another developer build being issued for beta testing. Incremental OS updates are generally just bug fixes, but the developer notes of this build show there’s more to this one than usual, indicating that 10.6.8 will include the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/24/mac-os-x-to-get-anti-malware-update/">MacDefen…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/6-best-mac-games.jpg" alt="6 of the Best Mac Games" title="6-best-mac-games" width="620" height="291" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16683" /></p> <p>For years there was an undeserved assumption that the Mac platform was unfit for gaming, but not anymore! Thanks to the Mac App Store, the Mac platform is amassing a wide library of amazing games that must be played. </p> <p>If you’re a gamer, check out this list of some of the best RPG’s, shooters, platformers, and strategy games the Mac App Store has to offer, all on sale for this weekend! Be…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/use-chrome-to-see-invisible-files.jpg" alt="Chrome can see Invisible Files on a hard drive" title="use-chrome-to-see-invisible-files" width="564" height="352" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629" /></p> <p>If you don’t want to bother with defaults write commands or the terminal, an alternate method to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/02/25/show-hidden-files-in-os-x/">show hidden files in Mac OS X</a> is to simply use the Chrome web browser.</p> <p>Just <strong>hit Command+L and enter / into the address bar</strong> …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kings-quest-3-screenshots.jpg" alt="Kings Quest 3 Screen Shots" title="kings-quest-3-screenshots" width="620" height="411" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16650" /></p> <p>If you grew up in the 80′s and you had an interest in video games plus a computer, you probably played Kings Quest. Now, you can relive the past for free thanks to AGD Interactive, who has remade and redrawn Kings Quest 1: Quest for the Crown, Kings Quest 2: Romancing the Stones, and Kings Quest 3: To Heir is Human, and released the three versions as a free download from their website.&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ipad-flight-manual-alaska-air.jpg" alt="iPad becomes a flight manual on Alaska Air" title="ipad-flight-manual-alaska-air" width="620" height="412" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16641" /></p> <p>Alaska Airlines has just announced that everyones <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">favorite tablet computer</a> is going to replace paper flight manuals for pilots operating their aircraft. The move to the 1.5lbs iPad is intended to improve efficiency and reduce environmental waste by replacing up to 25lbs of paper flight manuals. </p&g…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/change-iphone-name1.jpg" alt="Change the iPhone Name through iTunes" title="change-iphone-name" width="195" height="170" class="alignright size-full wp-image-16593" /> Did you buy a used iPhone and you want to change its name? Maybe you just want to rename your iPhone to something more appealing? <strong>Changing the name of any iOS device takes just a minute</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Plug the iPhone into your computer</li> <li>Launch iTunes</li> <li>Click and hover on the iPhones name in the iTunes sidebar until the fa…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mac-setup-cinema-display-macbook-pro-ipad.jpg" alt="" title="mac-setup-cinema-display-macbook-pro-ipad" width="620" height="434" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16579" /></p> <p>This is a nice Mac desk featuring a MacBook Pro 15″ atop a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044RUSZM/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B0044RUSZM">Griffin Elevator Laptop Stand</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B0044RUSZM&camp=217145&c…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/will-apple-kill-jailbreaking.jpg" alt="Apple killing jailbreaking possibilities" title="will-apple-kill-jailbreaking" width="450" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16602" /></p> <p>Is Apple going to kill the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreak</a> community as we know it with iOS 5? If this sounds crazy, consider some of the tweaks, rumors, and expected features in iOS 5 and iPhone 5:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/27/ios-5-to-bring-revamped-notifications-and-widgets/">…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iphone-lock-screen-widgets-intelliscreen.jpg" alt="iPhone lock screen widgets with intelliscreen" title="iphone-lock-screen-widgets-intelliscreen" width="225" height="338" class="alignright size-full wp-image-16567" /> A revamped notification system and the addition of widgets are expected to be two major new features of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a>, according to a recent report on TechCrunch.</p> <p>If you don’t feel like reading the 551 word long <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/27/ios-widgets-and-revamped-notificati…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/analog-mac-menubar-clock.jpg" alt="Show the Analog Clock in the Mac OS X Menu Bar" title="analog-mac-menubar-clock" width="453" height="116" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16550" /></p> <p>Tired of the lengthy digital clock showing in the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> menu bar? Go for a minimalist approach by setting the clock to display Analog, it will take up much less space and helps to clean up an otherwise cluttered menu bar. </p> <p>Just click and pull down the clock to choose “View as Analog…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/conan-o-brien-steve-jobs1.jpg" alt="Conan O'Brien dressed up as Steve Jobs" title="conan-o-brien-steve-jobs" width="620" height="489" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16544" /></p> <p>Famous comedian Conan O’Brien is impersonating none other than Apple’s <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/steve-jobs/">Steve Jobs</a> on the front cover of this months Fast Company magazine. The Apple CEO, referred to as “Apple’s Software Lion,” is one of a handful of other popular figures that O’Brien parodies for the June 2011 issue featuring a list of 100 Most Cr…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Ffeature.html%3Fie%3DUTF8%26docId%3D1000691231%23&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957"><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/amazon-mac-download-store.jpg" alt="Amazon Mac Downloads Store" title="amazon-mac-download-store" width="620" height="125" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16523" /></a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=oxd-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/towermadness-tower-defense-game-ipad.jpg" alt="TowerMadness tower defense game for iPhone and iPad" title="towermadness-tower-defense-game-ipad" width="620" height="465" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16515" /></p> <p>The popular tower defense game TowerMadness is free to download today for iPhone, as well as the high-def iPad version TowerMadness HD. I’ve had TowerDefense for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> for well over a year and I can confirm it’s one of the most fun tower defense games on the iOS platform, so th…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/screen-shot-no-shadow-mac.jpg" alt="Take a Screen Shot without a Shadow in Mac OS X" title="screen-shot-no-shadow-mac" width="549" height="310" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16337" /></p> <p>Instead of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/23/disable-shadow-screen-shots-mac/">disabling the screen shot shadow completely</a> you can take a one-time screen capture minus the shadow by using either the Grab app or by using the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/11/take-a-screen-capture-from-the-command-line/">command line screencapture uti…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/prototype-iphone-ios-apps.jpg" alt="Prototype iPhone and iOS apps from a Mac app" title="prototype-iphone-ios-apps" width="620" height="388" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16487" /></p> <p>Prototypes is a new Mac app that lets anyone quickly create functional iOS application prototypes and share them with other people, no coding is required. </p> <p>The prototypes can be created from any Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, PSD, JPG, or any image file at all, just drag a few images into the app, define hotspots (touch locations), setup some tr…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/black-menu-bar-mac.jpg" alt="Get a Black Menu Bar in Mac OS X" title="black-menu-bar-mac" width="620" height="388" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16469" /></p> <p>Distracted by your menu bar? If you want a stylish <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a>-like black menu bar in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> but don’t want to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/24/make-mac-os-x-look-like-ipad-ios/">go all out with an iOS / Mac desktop</a>, you should grab Nocturne, it’s free and add…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bookbook-case-for-macbook-air.jpg" alt="BookBook Case for MacBook Air" title="bookbook-case-for-macbook-air" width="620" height="382" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16456" /></p> <p>If you’ve been <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/27/worst-thing-about-the-macbook-air-11-6-is-finding-a-sleeve-that-fits/">looking for a case for your MacBook Air</a>, the newly released BookBook for MacBook Air may stop your search. The BookBook is lightweight, made of leather, fits snuggly on both the 13″ and 11″ MacBook Air models, and also provides a very u…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/unsaved-changes-mac-windowbar.jpg" alt="Look for unsaved changes in the Mac window titlebar" title="unsaved-changes-mac-windowbar" width="563" height="134" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16450" /></p> <p>Not sure if you have unsaved changes when editing a file in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a>? Just look at the window titlebars close button,<strong> if the red close button has a darker red dot inside of it then you have unsaved changes.</strong> </p> <p>I use this frequently as an indica…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/full-screen-command-line.jpg" alt="Full Screen Command Line in Mac OS X with iTerm2" title="full-screen-command-line" width="600" height="365" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16423" /></p> <p>Don’t want to wait for the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/23/terminal-in-mac-os-x-lion-gets-full-screen-mode-eye-candy/">full screen Terminal in Mac OS X Lion</a>? Me neither, and we don’t have to thanks to iTerm2. </p> <p>The latest build of iTerm2 features the ability to enter into a true full screen terminal mode. Just launch iTerm2 …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/macdefender-no-more.jpg" alt="Mac OS X update to address MacDefender Malware" title="macdefender-no-more" width="580" height="470" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16444" /></p> <p>Apple is going to release an anti-malware software update “in the coming days” according to a newly released Apple Knowledge Base article. The update will address the MacDefender phishing malware that we showed you <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/02/macdefender-malware-mac-protect-and-remove/">how to get rid of</a> recently. </p> <p>The update will …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/disable-flash-google-chrome.jpg" alt="Disable Flash plugin in Google Chrome" title="disable-flash-google-chrome" width="543" height="327" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16434" /></p> <p>If you use Google Chrome as a web browser you have probably noticed that the Adobe Flash plugin is contained within the app by default, even if you have <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/09/uninstall-flash-mac/">uninstalled Flash on your Mac</a>.</p> <p><strong>Disabling Flash in Google Chrome is easy</strong>, this should be the sa…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/500k-app-store-apps.jpg" alt="iOS App Store with 500000 Apps" title="500k-app-store-apps" width="598" height="467" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16410" /></p> <p>The iOS App Store is not even three years old yet but Apple has already approved 500,000 apps in the USA’s App Store alone. That’s a whole lot of iOS apps for your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a>. This is according to <a href="http://www.148apps.com/news/app-store-milestone-500000-appl…
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