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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lock-screen-mac.jpg" alt="lock mac desktop" title="lock mac desktop" width="266" height="137" class="alignright size-full wp-image-12626" /> We showed you <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/17/lock-screen-mac/">how to lock your Mac screen</a> with a keystroke, but you can also access the same desktop lock through a little known Mac OS X menubar item. </p> <p>Let’s enable this hidden feature:</p> <ul> <li>Launch “Keychain Access” located in /Applications/Utilities/</li> <li>From the ‘Keychain Access’ menu, open Pref…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/print-windows-xp-from-mac.gif" alt="print-windows-xp-from-mac" title="print-windows-xp-from-mac" width="400" height="131" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12523" /></p> <p>If you’re on a Mac and you need to print to an older printer connected to a Windows XP PC, well, you’re in for a bundle of joy to get it working. It’s not the simplest process in the world, here’s the gist of it:</p> <ul> <li>You’ll need to make sure the Windows XP PC works fine with the printer</li> <li>Again on the Windows XP machine, you’ll need to ins…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/angry-birds-walkthrough.jpg" alt="angry-birds-walkthrough" title="angry-birds-walkthrough" width="610" height="382" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12606" /></p> <p>I’m an Angry Birds addict, I admit it. I played it a bunch on my iPhone, and then <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/09/angry-birds-for-mac/">once it came to the Mac</a>, I found myself playing it even more. But even a frequent player like myself can get stuck on some of the more challenging levels of Angry Birds, and times like that require a level guide to help you through the …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ipad-2-rendering.jpeg" alt="ipad 2 rendering" title="ipad 2 rendering" width="610" height="265" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12588" /></p> <p>The next generation <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> is currently in production, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Citing sources familiar with manufacturing the device, WSJ claims that <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipad-2/">iPad 2</a> will include a camera, a faster processor and graphics chip, more memory, and be thinner and lighter than the exis…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/custom-bookmark-homescreen-icon.jpg" alt="custom-bookmark-homescreen-icon" title="custom-bookmark-homescreen-icon" width="320" height="113" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12502" /></p> <p>If you have a website of your own or are developing one for someone else, you should customize the saved bookmark icon that appears on a users <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a> home screen. In the screenshot above you’ll see the custom OSXDaily favicon sitting on the screen of an iPhone 3GS.</p> <p>Setting the Apple Touch Icon is a …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/verizon-iphone-contacts-transfer.gif" alt="verizon-iphone-contacts-transfer" title="verizon-iphone-contacts-transfer" width="620" height="436" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12558" /></p> <p>Are you an existing Verizon customer and looking to get an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a>? If so, don’t miss the Verizon Contact Transfer app that is freely available on the iTunes App Store, it will pull your contacts from your old phone via Verizon’s Backup Assistant service and transfer them onto your new VZ iPhone. The app l…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/kingston-128gb-ssd-deal.jpg" alt="kingston-128gb-ssd-deal" title="kingston-128gb-ssd-deal" width="498" height="411" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12579" /></p> <p>If you’re looking for some good deals to upgrade your MacBook Pro, Buy.com is offering two killer upgrades at great prices:</p> <p>First up is the Kingston 128GB SSD V Series 2.5″ Hard Drive upgrade for $139.95 after a $75 mail in rebate. It’s actually part of a “notebook bundle” meaning it comes with an external drive caddy and USB cable to turn your existing 2.5″ internal hard d…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/iphone-5-release-date-wwdc.gif" alt="iphone-5-release-date-wwdc" title="iphone-5-release-date-wwdc" width="601" height="208" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12566" /></p> <p>Is the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a> scheduled to be released on June 5, 2011? The wonderfully named <a href="http://www.applebitch.com/2011/02/02/rumor-apple-wwdc-scheduled-from-june-5th-to-june-9th-2011/">“AppleBitch”</a> discovered an unspecified “Corporate Meeting” on the Moscone West convention center schedule from June 5 to June…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mac-app-store-order-confirmation.jpg" alt="mac-app-store-order-confirmation" title="mac-app-store-order-confirmation" width="434" height="151" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12540" /></p> <p>The <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-app-store/">Mac App Store</a> now has an order and buy confirmation, which should prevent many accidental purchases from occurring. </p> <p>This is a nice addition and undoubtedly helps to eliminate <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/13/iphone-app-refund/">refund requests</a>, and maybe i…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/water-damage-indicator.gif" alt="water damage indicator" title="water damage indicator" width="617" height="684" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12326" /></p> <p>If your iPhone or iPod has been acting strangely or not working, it’s worth checking the “Liquid Contact Indicator” locations, this may give you a hint of what’s wrong with your hardware. If the sensors are red, you may have water damage. I say may because the sensors can be tripped occasionally by high humidity or even just a small rain drop, so it’s possible the sensor is red but you don’t have…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/apple-removing-retail-software-box.jpg" alt="apple removing retail software box" title="apple removing retail software box" width="620" height="210" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12530" /></p> <p>Apple is planning to eliminate traditional retail box software in their stores in favor of digital distribution through the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-app-store/">Mac App Store</a>, according to a report from <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2011/02/07/apple-to-eliminate-retail-box-software-inventory/">MacRumors</a>. Apparentl…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/greenpoison-rc5-4-verizon-jailbreak.jpg" alt="greenpoison-rc5-4-verizon-jailbreak" title="greenpoison-rc5-4-verizon-jailbreak" width="200" height="184" class="alignright size-full wp-image-12513" /> The first Verizon iPhone 4 jailbreak has been made available to download as an update to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/greenpois0n/">GreenPois0n</a> RC5. The update comes as RC5.4 with the major change being support for jailbreaking the Verizon iPhone 4 running iOS 4.2.6.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Download GreenPois0n RC5.4 to Jailbreak Verizon…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/angry-birds-mac-keyboard-shortcuts.jpg" alt="angry-birds-mac-keyboard-shortcuts" title="angry-birds-mac-keyboard-shortcuts" width="620" height="346" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12454" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/09/angry-birds-for-mac/">Angry Birds for Mac is a ton of fun</a>, but you probably already know that. Here are some keyboard shortcuts for the Mac OS X version of the game:</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Keyboard Shortcuts for Angry Birds on Mac OS X</h2> <p>Some of these you can use a…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/jailbreak-ipad-ios421-greenpois0n-rc5.jpg" alt="jailbreak-ipad-ios421-greenpois0n-rc5" title="jailbreak-ipad-ios421-greenpois0n-rc5" width="620" height="200" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12492" /></p> <p>GreenPois0n RC5 allows you to easily jailbreak an iPad running iOS 4.2.1, the main advantage to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/greenpois0n/">GreenPois0n</a> is that it provides a completely untethered <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreak</a> solution that can be initiated from both Mac OS X and Windows. </…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/buy-once-iphone-app-download-many.jpg" alt="buy-once-iphone-app-download-many" title="buy-once-iphone-app-download-many" width="620" height="163" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12329" /> If you purchase an app from the iTunes App Store, as long as you use the same iTunes account again, all subsequent downloads of that app are free. This means that if you bought an iOS app for an iPod touch, but you just got a new iPhone, <em>you do not need to buy the same app again</em>. </p> <p><strong>Buy Once, Download Many</strong> All you n…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ftp-from-mac.jpg" alt="ftp-from-mac" title="ftp-from-mac" width="581" height="297" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12473" /> Did you know that your Mac has a built-in FTP client? You don’t need to download any additional software to connect to FTP sites from <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a>, instead you can connect to remote servers directly from your desktop. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.3em;">FTP from your Mac</h2> <p>If you want to test this by connecting to a real server, use ftp://ftp.mozilla.org a…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/white-iphone-4-bestbuy.jpg" alt="white-iphone-4-bestbuy" title="white-iphone-4-bestbuy" width="599" height="418" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12461" /></p> <p>Late last year <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/26/white-iphone-4-release-date-spring-2011/">Apple said</a> the white iPhone 4 was coming in “Spring 2011″ but it looks like the launch of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/white-iphone-4/">White iPhone 4</a> is just around the corner. <span id="more-12460"></span> A tag labeled as “AT&T IPHONE 4 16GB…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>If you’re trying to remember an exact command you executed via the Terminal but can’t quite come up with it, you can query your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/command-line/">command line</a> history to discover old commands by using the following syntax:</p> <p><code>history |grep "search string"</code></p> <p>This will look for “search string” in your command history and only print back instances that include the search text. If you’re unfamiliar with the Terminal and you’re wondering why this might be useful, read on for an example. <span id="more-12445"></span> &…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/iphone-4-volume-buttons.jpg" alt="iphone 4 volume buttons" title="iphone 4 volume buttons" width="600" height="62" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12203" /></p> <p>If you’re getting an incoming call and you want to quickly silence the iPhone, just hit either of the volume buttons. This will immediately mute the iPhone and stop the ringer from sounding, but it does not <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/02/send-to-voicemail-iphone/">send the call to voicemail</a>.</p> <p>Remember that this only effects that particular incoming ph…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/greenpois0n-rc5-3-mac.jpg" alt="greenpois0n-rc5-3-mac" title="greenpois0n-rc5-3-mac" width="486" height="299" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12435" /></p> <p>GreenPois0n RC5 3 has been released for Mac OS X, this is the third update to RC5 for Mac that provides an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1. RC5 3 includes several significant bug fixes in addition to native Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.5 support. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Download GreenPois0n RC5 3 for Mac</h2> <p>These are direct download links:</p> <ul> &…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/greenpois0n-rc5-windows-download.jpg" alt="greenpois0n-rc5-windows-download" title="greenpois0n-rc5-windows-download" width="630" height="218" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12429" /></p> <p>GreenPois0n RC5 for Windows has been released which allows users to perform an untethered jailbreak on iOS 4.2.1 devices. This release works to jailbreak all iPhone, iPod touch, iPad models, as well as Apple TV2. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Download GreenPois0n RC5 for Windows</h2> <p>These are direct download links:</p> <ul&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/greenpois0n-rc5-mac-osx-105-8.jpg" alt="greenpois0n-rc5-mac-osx-105-8" title="greenpois0n-rc5-mac-osx-105-8" width="490" height="172" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12416" /></p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/05/greenpois0n-rc5-3-download-for-mac/">GreenPois0n RC5 3 for Mac</a> includes built-in 10.6 and 10.5 support. This release eliminates the need for the hack below.</p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/04/greenpois0n-rc5-2-download/">GreenPois0n RC5 2</a> is ou…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/old-macs.jpg" alt="old macs" title="old macs" width="610" height="435" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10266" /></p> <p>If you like older Apple equipment, you’ll love this picture sent in via <a href=" https://live.staticflickr.com/1346/5097783929_fe802f4e28_b.jpg From Apple II’s to Bondi Blue iMacs, this collection of retro Mac hardware definitely has some bragging rights.</p> <p>If you don’t have the hardware, you can still get a blast from the past by doing things like <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/24/mac-retro-run-mac…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="620" height="378" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8M5u6ES7BBo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>AT&T has released a new iPhone commercial that jabs at the Verizon network. The commercial features a guy making last minute dinner reservations on his <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> while chatting on the phone to his partner. The point of the commercial is to brag about AT&T’s ability to use voice and data concurrently, ending with “only AT&T’s network lets your iPhone talk and surf at the same tim…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/greenpois0n-rc5-2-download.jpg" alt="greenpois0n-rc5-2-download" title="greenpois0n-rc5-2-download" width="630" height="218" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-12401" /></p> <p>GreenPois0n RC5 2 has been released, the update to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/03/greenpois0n-untethered-jailbreak-for-ios-4-2-1-download/">1.0 RC5</a> aims to fix an initialization error that some users reported. The “initialized” error seemed to be somewhat random, but it prevented the GreenPois0n jailbreak from continuing on the effected devices.</p> <…
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