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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ad-block-firefox-chrome-safari.jpg" alt="Block Ads in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari" title="ad-block-firefox-chrome-safari" width="620" height="278" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15887" /></p> <p>While some web ads are unobtrusive, others are really annoying. If you’re tired of seeing web ads, you can install adblock extensions in every major web browser and never see another ad again. </p> <p>Obligatory notice: blocking ads prevents web publishers from supporting themselves, ad revenue is what pays the bills for websites like this one and co…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/finding-landmines-with-iphone.jpg" alt="Finding Landmines with an iPhone" title="Finding Landmines with an iPhone" width="605" height="403" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15880" /></p> <p>Computer scientists from Harvards School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have come up with an incredibly unique use for the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a>; finding landmines. Actually, it’s an iPhone app, and it works by using audio signals from traditional metal detectors to create a visual image of metallic objects in the gro…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>Some of the most secure passwords you can use are those that are randomly generated. From the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/command-line/">command line</a>, you can randomize potential passwords in a multitude of ways, and we’ll cover several primary methods and then show you how to combine commands to make passwords even more random.</p> <p>First, we’ll try my go-to method that uses openssl:</p> <p><code>openssl rand -base64 6</code></p> <p>The output of this command will be completely random, and look something like: cG/ah3+9</p> <p>You can adjust the…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/how-att-detects-tethering-iphone.jpg" alt="How AT&T Detects Tethering from iPhones" title="how-att-detects-tethering-iphone" width="587" height="160" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15867" /></p> <p>You probably know by now that AT&T <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/17/att-cracking-down-on-unofficial-iphone-tethering-mywi-users/">isn’t a fan of unofficial iPhone tethering</a>, and they are now <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/09/att-auto-updating-unauthorized-iphone-tethering-accounts-to-paid-tether-plans/">auto-updating …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/att-iphone-tethering-autoupdate-fee.jpg" alt="AT&T iPhone Tethering Fee Being Charged for Unofficial Tethering" title="att-iphone-tethering-autoupdate-fee" width="620" height="278" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15858" /></p> <p>A few months ago, <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/17/att-cracking-down-on-unofficial-iphone-tethering-mywi-users/">AT&T began cracking down on unofficial iPhone tethering usage</a> by sending warning messages to account holders. The message was simple; if you’re using tethering but not paying for a tether…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, with a brand value of a staggering <strong>$153.3 billion</strong>. Perhaps more impressive than the overall value is that <strong>Apple’s brand valuation grew a whopping 84% year over year</strong>. </p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/apple-most-valuable-brand.jpg" alt="Apple is Worlds Most Valuable Brand 2011" title="apple-most-valuable-brand" width="509" height="587" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15850" /></p> <p>Other Notable Findings from the brand valuation report:</p> <ul> <…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/super-size-dock-hover.jpg" alt="Super Size Mac OS X Dock Icon Magnification " title="super-size-dock-hover" width="619" height="256" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15840" /></p> <p>For those using larger displays you may wish the Dock icon magnification was greater, this can be achieved easily with a defaults write command. The number at the end represents the pixel dimensions of the icon magnification, so 200 equates to 200×200 (for reference, 128 is the default):</p> <p><code>defaults write com.apple.dock largesize -float 200</cod…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/g-form-ipad-sleeve.jpg" alt="G-Form iPad Sleeve" title="g-form-ipad-sleeve" width="599" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15808" /></p> <p>Think you’ll ever be in a situation where your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> needs to survive a drop from 1/10th of a mile up? Do you ever get so frustrated with your MacBook Pro that you want to toss it out of a two story window, but you don’t want it to actually break? </p> <p>These are ridiculous scenarios and not survivable, right? Wrong. The new high-tech…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/show-line-numbers-textwrangler1.jpg" alt="Show Line Numbers in TextWrangler" title="show-line-numbers-textwrangler" width="479" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15799" /></p> <p>Want to always show line numbers in TextWrangler documents? Of course you do! Pull down the <strong>Edit menu</strong> and scroll to <strong>“Text Options”</strong> where you’ll see the preference panel that lets you set line numbers to be displayed with a checkbox. Alternatively, you can hit <strong>Command+Option+,</strong> from wi…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/redsn0w-0-9-6-rc16.jpeg" alt="redsn0w 0.9.6rc16 " title="redsn0w-0-9-6-rc16" width="139" height="136" class="alignright size-full wp-image-15785" /> Redsnow 0.9.6rc16 has been released for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/04/ios-4-3-3-download/">iOS 4.3.3</a> jailbreakers. This new version serves primarily to resolve a few bugs with the prior redsn0w app, most notably with the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4′s side switch improperly vibrating. Additional fixes resolve a problem with verbose booting on the iPhone 3GS and an issue with the Windows app crashing during …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/15-wallpapers.jpg" alt="" title="15-wallpapers" width="620" height="219" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15776" /></p> <p>I got tired my desktop and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/03/customize-mac-login-screen/">login wallpaper</a> today and went looking for a bunch of new ones. Instead of keeping them to myself, I’ve decided to share the wealth. Without further ado, here are 15 <strong>high resolution</strong> wallpapers that will make your desktop look beautiful again.</p> <p><span id="more-15760"></sp…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ipad-restaurant-menu.jpg" alt="iPad restaurant menu" title="ipad-restaurant-menu" width="500" height="362" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15748" /></p> <p>The <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> is already a huge hit in China, and some trendy restaurants are cashing in on the craze by using the iPad as a visual menu to order your meal from. Is this gimmicky or just <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/03/new-hyundai-commercial-advertises-ipad-as-the-cars-owner-manual/">another creative use</a> of the iPad? </p…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/macbook-air-driving-apple-cinema-display.jpg" alt="MacBook Air 13" Driving a 30" Apple Cinema Display" title="macbook-air-driving-apple-cinema-display" width="620" height="367" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15733" /></p> <p>If you thought the MacBook Air wasn’t powerful enough to be a primary Mac, think again. Here is a MacBook Air 13″ driving a 30″ Apple Cinema Display. Rounding out the setup is an iPad sitting in a BookArc stand running <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=uO47tEUahH8&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tm…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>Benchmarks for the 2011 iMac update are starting to appear and they’re very impressive. The chart below shows Geekbench scores for the entire 2011 iMac lineup, and for reference points they are compared against 2010 iMacs and 2009 iMacs. The improvements from last years to this years model are not quite as dramatic as the huge jump from Core 2 Duo to Core i7 architecture, but they still represent a 20%+ improvement in speed.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/imac-2011-benchmarks.gif" alt="iMac 2011 benchmarks with Geekbench" title="imac-2011-benchmarks" width="609" height="807" class="align…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/A4-ARM-processor.jpg" alt="Apple ARM Processor" title="A4-ARM-processor" width="620" height="288" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15715" /></p> <p>Apple may be looking to move their laptop lineup from Intel processors to ARM CPU’s sometime in the next few years. According to a report on SemiAccurate, the move away from Intel is a “done deal” and that the transition to ARM processors will likely happen to Apple’s desktop lineup as well. ARM processors currently power Apple’s iOS lineup including the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPho…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ultrasn0w-1-2-3-for-4-3-3.jpg" alt="ultrasn0w 1.2.3 for iOS 4.3.3" title="ultrasn0w-1-2-3-for-4-3-3" width="320" height="316" class="alignright size-full wp-image-15709" /> <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ultrasn0w/">Ultrasn0w</a> has been updated to version 1.2.3 with support for preserved baseband running <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/04/ios-4-3-3-download/">iOS 4.3.3</a>. In other words, ultrasn0w 1.2.3 <em>does not unlock new baseband</em>, but it does work to keep your unlock if you have been tugging along iPhone 4 with 1.59.…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jailbreak-ios-4-3-3-with-redsn0w.jpeg" alt="" title="jailbreak-ios-4-3-3-with-redsn0w" width="139" height="136" class="alignright size-full wp-image-15694" /> Jailbreaking iOS 4.3.3 is made easy with the redsn0w utility, if you’re not sure what to do then this guide will walk you through the process. The tutorial is geared towards the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a>, but the steps would be the same for an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipod-touch/">iPod touch</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pwnagetool-4-3-3-jailbreak.jpg" alt="PwnageTool 4.3.3 Jailbreak Utility" title="pwnagetool-4-3-3-jailbreak" width="586" height="317" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15688" /></p> <p>PwnageTool 4.3.3 has been updated and released to provide an untethered jailbreak for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/04/ios-4-3-3-download/">iOS 4.3.3</a>. The update supports jailbreaking iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod touch 3rd & 4th gen, and Apple TV2. Support is absent are iPad 2 and iPhone 4 CDMA.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Dow…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/redsn0w-0-9-6-rc15.jpeg" alt="redsn0w 0.9.6rc15" title="redsn0w-0-9-6-rc15" width="150" height="148" class="alignright size-full wp-image-15675" /> Redsn0w 0.9.6rc15 has been released to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/06/jailbreak-ios-4-3-3-with-redsn0w/">jailbreak iOS 4.3.3</a> untethered on any of the following compatible hardware: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 GSM, iPod touch 3rd Gen, iPod touch 4th Gen, iPad (original, not iPad 2), and Apple TV2. For those wondering, iPad 2 is still not jailbreakable.</p> <p>As usual, you’ll need to <a href="htt…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/htop-mac.gif" alt="htop for Mac" title="htop-mac" width="620" height="383" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15661" /></p> <p>If you like to keep an eye on system resources and you want to branch out from the GUI Activity Monitor, check out htop for Mac OS X. htop is basically a significantly improved version of top, which lets you monitor system resources, CPU core load, <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/29/does-your-mac-need-more-memory-how-to-know-if-you-need-a-ram-upgrade/">memory use</a>, load averages, and manage running processes. <…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/transfer-source-code-ssh.jpg" alt="Transfer Source Code and Text over SSH" title="transfer-source-code-ssh" width="620" height="294" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15643" /></p> <p>Do you have some source code, text, or a command string that you want to securely transfer from one Mac to another? Combining the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2007/03/05/manipulating-the-clipboard-from-the-command-line/">command line clipboard tools pbcopy and pbpaste</a> with SSH we can do exactly that, and it doesn’t matter where the other Mac is located: be it L…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/drag-folders-to-places-sidebar.jpg" alt="Add Folders to Finder Sidebar in Mac OS X" title="drag-folders-to-places-sidebar" width="582" height="284" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15624" /></p> <p>You can add any of your own folders to the Finder window sidebar in Mac OS X just by selecting a folder and hitting <strong>Command+T</strong> or if you can just drag a folder into the “Places” section of the sidebar. </p> <p>This is especially useful for accessing frequently accessed folders and projects that you don’t want clogging up …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ios-5-ota-updates.jpg" alt="iOS 5 OTA updates" title="ios-5-ota-updates" width="150" height="235" class="alignright size-full wp-image-15629" /> <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> may include the ability to push over-the-air updates and patches to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a>, meaning you’d be able to update your iPhone or iPad without hooking it to a computer with iTunes. More specifically, iOS 5 is reported to include the feature, but it will be future versions of iOS 5 take advantage of the OTA updating, perhaps a…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mac-os-x-lion-app-store-download.jpg" alt="Mac OS X Lion through the Mac App Store" title="mac-os-x-lion-app-store-download" width="620" height="409" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-15617" /></p> <p>The upcoming release of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X 10.7 Lion</a> will be distributed primarily as a download through the Mac App Store. This information comes from <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/04/apple_to_release_mac_os_x_lion_through_mac_app_store_sources.html">AppleInsider</a>, who…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ios-4-3-3-download.jpg" alt="iOS 4.3.3 IPSW Update is Available to Download" title="ios-4-3-3-download" width="200" height="200" class="alignright size-full wp-image-15613" /> iOS 4.3.3 has been released, the update is primarily aimed to address the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/20/track-iphone-location-iphone-tracker/">storage of iPhone tracking cache</a> and database files that caused a media conniption and some <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/02/the-real-reason-the-iphone-was-tracking-locations-comic/">amusing comics</a> earlier in the…
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