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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/itunes-10-1-download.jpg" alt="itunes 10 1 download" title="itunes 10 1 download" width="268" height="295" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9773" style="border:3px #ccc solid;" /></p> <p>The iTunes 10.1 update has been released for download, this is a required update to install the upcoming <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/08/ios-4-2-release-date/">iOS 4.2 release</a> on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.</p> <p>The release notes from Software Update are simple and as follows:</p> <blockquote><p>What’s new in …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/iphone-in-bed.gif" alt="iphone fail in bed" title="iphone fail in bed" width="500" height="500" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9765" /></p> <p>Don’t act like this hasn’t happened to you when using an iPhone in bed (I hear it’s a lot more painful with an iPad). Thanks to Colin for sending this to us!</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y7FkkuUX6jdm-XPBPb7z0LdUhGo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y7FkkuUX6jdm-XPBPb7z0LdUhGo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hologram-text-projector-iphone.jpg" alt="hologram text projector iphone" title="hologram text projector iphone" width="610" height="315" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9490" /></p> <p>Want to project holographic text and graphics over anything using your iPhone or iPad? Grab Holographium and your digital camera. Combining the two, you can create the appearance of 3D text and images by using the app and then dragging an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch in front of a camera with a long exposure. The end result is a really cool 3D effect. </p> <p>Th…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mute-change-sound-volume.jpg" alt="mute change sound volume" title="mute change sound volume" width="460" height="128" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9370" /></p> <p>You can mute the quack sound that your Mac makes when adjusting audio levels by adjusting a system preference. </p> <ul> <li>Open “System Preferences”</li> <li>Click on “Sound”</li> <li>Uncheck the box next to “Play feedback when volume is changed”</li> </ul> <p>Now your Mac will be silent when adjusting the volume level with …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mail-letterbox-fix-mac-10651.jpeg" alt="mail letterbox fix mac 1065" title="mail letterbox fix mac 1065" width="100" height="100" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9748" /> Letterbox is a popular plugin for Mail.app that gives you a wide screen three-pane view in Mail, unfortunately the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/10/mac-os-x-10-6-5-download-released/">Mac OS X 10.6.5 update</a> broke this plugin. If you don’t mind getting your hands a bit dirty in the Finder, you can fix the plugin to work in 10.6.5 by editing a file. We’ll walk you through it: <…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/airprint-in-mac-os-x-10-6-5.jpg" alt="airprint in mac os x 10 6 5" title="airprint in mac os x 10 6 5" width="419" height="154" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9724" /></p> <p>For whatever reason, the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/10/mac-os-x-10-6-5-download-released/">Mac OS X 10.6.5</a> update did not include AirPrint shared printing support (meaning you can’t print from an iOS device to a shared Mac printer). But, you can unofficially enable AirPrint by downloading a few AirPrint files from 10.6.5 beta releases and then putting them …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rebirth-for-ipad.jpg" alt="rebirth for ipad" title="rebirth for ipad" width="552" height="394" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9694" /></p> <p>ReBirth is a software synthesizer from the 1990’s that has been reborn with a vengeance for the iPad, and it looks absolutely awesome. ReBirth for iPad emulates a Roland TB-303 Bass synthesizer, and Roland TR-808 and 909 Drum Machines, which are the basically staples of music created in the last 30 years (80’s, techno, hip hop, electro, dance, pop, etc). It takes full advantage of multi-touch support and has some p…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/maximize-itunes-fullscreen.jpg" alt="maximize itunes fullscreen" title="maximize itunes fullscreen" width="374" height="157" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8846" /></p> <p>You can maximize the iTunes window to take up the fullscreen by holding down the Option button while you press the green button.</p> <p>Without the Option key held down, the green button sends iTunes into mini-player mode. This mini-player mode is different from the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/09/06/itunes-10-album-art-mini-player/">album art mini-player</a&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mac-os-x-10.6.5-update-download.jpg" alt="mac os x 10.6.5 update download" title="mac os x 10.6.5 update download" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9689" /> Time to fire up Software Update, Mac OS X 10.6.5 has been released for everyone to download. The download weighs in around 700 MB, you can get it through software update or follow the download links below.</p> <p>Here are the 10.6.5 release notes from Apple:</p> <blockquote><p> The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and i…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/samsung-galaxy-tab-review.jpg" alt="samsung galaxy tab review" title="samsung galaxy tab review" width="610" height="407" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9681" /></p> <p>The Samsung Galaxy Tab is said to be the first legitimate competitor to the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad">iPad</a>, but you wouldn’t know it based on the absolutely scathing review that Gizmodo writes of the device. Calling the Tab a “wreck” and “mess” that isn’t fit for humans, they basically say that the device isn’t anything for the iPad to worry about (that i…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jailbreak-and-unlock-iphone-ios-4.2.jpg" alt="jailbreak and unlock iphone ios 4.2" title="jailbreak and unlock iphone ios 4.2" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9673" /> With the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/08/ios-4-2-release-date/">release of iOS 4.2 imminent</a>, the iPhone Dev Team has posted an update regarding the status of jailbreaking and unlocking the new version of iOS. </p> <p>The message is this: if you want to unlock and jailbreak your iPhone you should avoid the iOS 4.2 update until the Dev Team has …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>Do you want to generate a random MAC address? No problem with this neat tip sent in by one of our readers, just paste the following into the command line:</p> <p><code>openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/(..)/1:/g; s/.$//'</code></p> <p>The hexadecimal output will be the generated MAC address, and will look something like this: 07:e0:17:8f:11:2f</p> <p>This is pretty helpful if you need to create a new MAC address for something like your router or cable modem. Of course you can also <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2008/01/17/how-to-spoof-your-mac-address-in-mac-os-x/">spoof your MAC addres…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/time-machine-windows.jpg" alt="time machine windows" title="time machine windows" width="120" height="120" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9665" /> Time Machine is a very convenient backup solution for Mac users, but typically requires an external drive to backup to. If you’ve got a network with an extra Windows or Linux PC hanging around with tons of disk space, you can get Time Machine to backup to that computers excess disk space instead of an external drive hooked to your Mac.</p> <p>If you follow the guide to finish, your Mac will automatically look f…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mac-ram-upgrade-deal.jpg" alt="mac ram upgrade deal" title="mac ram upgrade deal" width="250" height="117" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9651" /></p> <p>In case you missed last weeks RAM upgrade deal, here are more great prices for 8GB and 4GB kits. It looks like both of these deals expire on the 10th (tomorrow) so if you’re looking for cheap memory upgrades, this is a good time to buy. </p> <p><a href="http://affiliate.buy.com/fs-bin/click?id=uO47tEUahH8&offerid=212696.210663054&type=2&subid=0">8GB (2×4GB) Kingston Apple …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/verizon-ipad-commercial.jpg" alt="verizon ipad commercial" title="verizon ipad commercial" width="610" height="298" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9646" /></p> <p>Verizon is now airing an iPad commercial that features the device paired up with a Verizon MiFi mobile hotspot. The iPad offered through Verizon is not the 3G model, so you have to get a MiFi hotspot instead. Of course this has it’s advantages, considering you can hook up any other device to the MiFi hotspot as well. I don’t think the TV ad is quite as catchy as the Apple crafted <a href="ht…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>Here’s some goofy Mac tricks for the day, you can make your Mac sing a few classic songs by typing or copy/pasting the following commands into the Terminal:</p> <p><code>say -v Cellos "di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di"</code></p> <p><code>say -v Bad News "di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di di"</code></p> <p>I can’t remember the names of the first two songs but how about some Pomp and Circumstance (the graduation song): <code>say -v Good "di di di di di di di di di d…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/converting-youtube-video-to-mp3-for-itunes.jpg" alt="converting youtube video to mp3 for itunes" title="converting youtube video to mp3 for itunes" width="100" height="97" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9622" /> Every once in a while you’ll come across a song or video on YouTube that you just can’t find anywhere else. Maybe it’s a remix, maybe it’s an interview you want to listen to, whatever it is, you can easily convert that YouTube video’s audio track to an MP3 file, which can then go onto your iPod or iPhone. Here’s how to convert any YouTube video to an mp3 file …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iphone-ipad-bluetooth.gif" alt="iphone ipad bluetooth" title="iphone ipad bluetooth" width="128" height="128" class="alignright size-full wp-image-7396" style="border:none;" /> Bluetooth is great since it allows for wirelessly syncing hardware, but if you don’t use bluetooth on your iPhone or iPad there’s little reason to keep it turned on. Leaving it enabled can needlessly reduce your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/19/iphone-battery-life/">iPhone battery life</a> while it searches out for bluetooth devices that don’t exist, so save your battery life and d…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/greenpois0n-source.gif" alt="greenpois0n source" title="greenpois0n source" width="417" height="231" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9599" /></p> <p>If you’re interested in iOS development or hacking, you should find this of particular interest. Key parts of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/12/greenpo1son-download/">Greenpois0n jailbreak</a> have been made open source under the GNU Public License by the iPhone Dev Team. This means that anyone can download, view, and modify the source code on their own. The released code is called ’syri…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ios-4.2-release-date-soon.jpg" alt="ios 4.2 release date soon" title="ios 4.2 release date soon" width="573" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9608" /></p> <p>Late last week we heard that the public release of iOS 4.2 was waiting on enough third party applications to be accepted into the App Store, this was to insure that users have immediate access to apps that take advantage of new features in iOS 4.2. Since then, several apps have appeared on the iTunes App Store labeled as ‘iOS 4.2 compatibility’ or “iOS 4.2 ready”, further signifying that …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mac-menu-symbols.jpg" alt="mac menu symbols" title="mac menu symbols" width="515" height="88" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9530" /></p> <p>If you’re new to the Mac, learning the keyboard symbols that appear in the menus and what keys they stand for is essential for accessing various shortcuts. Not only do the Mac menus use the symbol short form as seen in the screenshot above, but many websites will refer to the symbol rather than the text printed on the keys (⌥ instead of Option, for instance). </p> <p>With this in mind, here’s the Mac ke…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/install-and-run-windows-3.1-on-the-iphone.jpg" alt="install and run windows 3.1 on the iphone" title="install and run windows 3.1 on the iphone" width="357" height="233" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9567" /></p> <p>Want to run Windows 3.1 on your iPhone? I sure don’t, but hey just the fact that you can pull it off is neat right? <span id="more-9566"></span> With a jailbroken iPhone, some patience, and an immense desire to punish your iPhone, you can actually manage to run Windows 3.1 on the iPhone, and apparently it runs well (as well as …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/i-cant-find-my-iphone.jpg" alt="i cant find my iphone" title="i cant find my iphone" width="610" height="218" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9294" /></p> <p>Can’t find your iPhone? We’ve all been there, it gets misplaced or falls between the couch cushions. But hey, no problem, just go to <a href="http://www.icantfindmyphone.com/">http://www.icantfindmyphone.com/</a> and enter your phone number. It’ll ring your phone free of charge, so you can track it down. Of course, if you have the iPhone on vibrate it’s going to be a lot harder to find.&l…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/iphone-screen-decal.jpg" alt="iphone screen decal" title="iphone screen decal" width="608" height="419" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9585" /></p> <p>This is one of the more creative and amusing iPhone decals I have seen. Called “Default UI”, the decal applies to the backside of your iPhone and replicates the default iOS GUI, home button, and camera. The end result being you’ll look like an idiot who is holding their iPhone backwards and talking into the back of the device. This is definitely creatively funny.</p> <p>You can buy the decal o…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>Do you rely on your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone">iPhone</a> or iPod touch to wake up in the morning? Unless you want to wake up an hour late this coming Monday morning, listen up.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">The iPhone Daylight Savings Time Alarm Clock Bug</h2> <p>You may have heard of the iPhone DST bug by now, but if you haven’t here’s the gist of it: your iPhone alarm clock will be an hour late this coming Monday, November 8th, due to a bug in the alarm clock application. </p> <p>Basically the alarm clock app doesn’t recognize the DST time change, and will aler…
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