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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/imac-with-a-view-2.jpg" alt="imac with a view 2" title="imac with a view 2" width="610" height="456" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9394" /></p> <p>This iMac sits at a desk overlooking a pretty amazing view of what must be the San Francisco Bay. With all that sunlight pouring in you might need to use sunglasses just sitting at the desk! I think this easily takes the prize for ‘best view’ in our <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-setups/">Mac Setups</a>, with the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/10/mac-setups-telecommuting-macboo…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/save-shsh-blobs-iphone.jpg" alt="save shsh blobs iphone" title="save shsh blobs iphone" width="610" height="379" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9546" /></p> <p>If you like to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone, you’ll want to backup your existing SHSH blobs before you install a new version of iOS. With the release of iOS 4.2 just around the corner, it’s a good idea to do this now if you intend on unlocking your device in the future. <span id="more-9545"></span></p> <h2 style="font-size:1.3em;">How to save/backup SHSH blobs with Fi…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/buy-cheap-macbook-pro-ram.jpg" alt="buy cheap macbook pro ram" title="buy cheap macbook pro ram" width="300" height="140" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9507" /></p> <p>Installing more RAM in your Mac is one of the best ways to boost system performance. What’s better than just a RAM upgrade? A great deal on a RAM upgrade!</p> <p>For a limited time, Buy.com has an 8GB memory upgrade for only $119.95 including free shipping, this is the cheapest price I’ve seen on an 8GB RAM upgrade yet.</p> <p><a href="http://affiliate.buy.com…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><object width="600" height="475"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQWnpK2YaI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQWnpK2YaI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="475"></embed></object></p> <p>Sometimes novelty apps are fun, and this one is no exception. Called keySpazz, it makes your MacBook Pro keyboard backligh…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mac-storm-troopers.jpg" alt="mac storm troopers" title="mac storm troopers" width="500" height="333" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9424" /></p> <p>How about a couple of Mac-wielding DJ’s wearing Storm Trooper helmets? I don’t know if this is was a halloween thing or what, but this is probably what you would see if Daft Punk were Star Wars fans and Mac users (maybe they are?). </p> <p>I have no idea where this picture originated, but thanks to AJ for sending it in.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.ne…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/apple-dead-pixel-policy.jpg" alt="apple-dead-pixel-policy" title="apple-dead-pixel-policy" width="610" height="411" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9479" /></p> <p>Apple’s internal policy on dead and stuck pixels has been revealed. Titled “Acceptable numbers of pixel anomalies” the internal document explains Apple’s policy on what they call pixel anomalies and how they handle repairs or replacements. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.3em;">Apple’s Dead & Stuck Pixel Policy</h2> <p>Here’s the breakdown from the leaked Genius chart:&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mac-app-store-submission.jpg" alt="mac app store submission" title="mac app store submission" width="416" height="197" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9473" /></p> <p>Apple has now opened the doors for Mac OS X developers to submit their apps to be included in the upcoming Mac App Store. Scheduled to be released within the next three months, the Mac App Store was announced as part of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/20/mac-os-x-10-7-lion-features-screen-shots-mac-os-x-meets-ios/">Mac OS X 10.7 feature set</a>, but Apple quickly reveale…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/distraction-free-writing.jpg" alt="distraction free writing" title="distraction free writing" width="610" height="371" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8206" /></p> <p>Sometimes the hardest thing about writing is remaining focused, which is increasingly difficult in the digital world of mass distractions. Using distraction free writing software can really help eliminate the interruptions that exist elsewhere on your computer, and the open source FocusWriter fits this bill nicely.</p> <p>FocusWriter is a full-screen distraction free writing spa…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>If you’ve been dying to watch Flash video on your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone">iPhone</a>, you’ll be pleased to hear about the release of Skyfire. Skyfire is an alternate web browser for the iPhone that allows you to watch Flash videos on the device, it does so by converting the Flash to HTML5 on the fly. When the Flash video is ready to watch, you tap on the play video icon at the bottom of Skyfire to load the video as HTML5. This obviously isn’t full Flash support, but it’s about as close as the iPhone will probably get without <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreaking</a> the …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/iphone-caller-id.jpg" alt="iphone caller id" title="iphone caller id" width="320" height="153" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9457" /></p> <p>You can make all of your outgoing calls appear as “Blocked” on recipients phones by disabling your Caller ID on the iPhone:</p> <ul> <li>Tap on Settings</li> <li>Tap on Phone</li> <li>Select “Show My Caller ID”</li> <li>Tap the switch to “OFF”</li> </ul> <p>Now when you call people from your iPhone, your caller ID will be disabled and yo…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/applecare-transfer-warranty.jpg" alt="applecare transfer warranty" title="applecare transfer warranty" width="610" height="466" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9444" /></p> <p>Apple is now allowing customers who purchased an AppleCare Protection Plan to transfer the warranty to a new device without having to cancel the current plan or buy a new one, according to a report from BGR. This information comes from a leaked internal document in the form of a screenshot (shown above), which specifies the change in policy. </p> <p>The transfer applies…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/itunes-visualizer.jpg" alt="itunes visualizer" title="itunes visualizer" width="610" height="385" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7982" style="border:none;" /></p> <p>The iTunes Visualizer is a neat feature of iTunes that’s been around forever, more recent incarnations of the app have brought a more attractive visualizer which is a bit more fun to play around with.</p> <p>Hit Command+T to enter the iTunes visualizer, then use the following keys to alter the appearance:</p> <ul> <li>? – toggle help screen with command list&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><object width="600" height="362"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHbfi5SE_3A?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHbfi5SE_3A?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="362"></embed></object></p> <p>There’s a new iPad commercial out again, and Apple showers the device in superlatives: iPad is cinemati…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/free-mac-antivirus.jpg" alt="free mac antivirus" title="free mac antivirus" width="584" height="278" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9432" /></p> <p>Mac users generally don’t have to worry much about viruses, but with the popularity of Macs growing the likelihood of viruses appearing increases. Just recently a new <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/27/mac-trojan-horse-discovered-boonanakoobface/">trojan called Boonana Koobface</a> appeared that affects Mac users. If you’re concerned with getting a virus on your Mac, why not download a free a…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/see-through-ibook.jpg" alt="see through ibook" title="see through ibook" width="610" height="406" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7839" /></p> <p>The transparent computer screen effect is always cool, and this stack of 5 transparent laptops is no exception. There’s an iBook (this is pre-<a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/29/how-to-publish-an-ibook-to-the-apple-ibookstore/">iBookstore</a>), a couple PC’s, and even an old school PowerBook in there. </p> <p>OK so they’re not actually transparent, they’re just carefully shot digital…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ipad-ipsw-firmware-download.jpg" alt="ipad ipsw firmware download" title="ipad ipsw firmware download" width="110" height="102" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9419" /> If you need to download iPad firmware and IPSW files, here are the links to do so. These are the original unmodified IPSW files, for versions 3.2 and up for iPad. You can also <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/25/download-iphone-firmware-ipsw/">download iPhone firmware</a> or <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/30/download-ipod-touch-firmware-ipsw/">iPod touch firmware</a> if…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ios-4.2-gm-available-now.jpg" alt="ios 4.2 gm available now" title="ios 4.2 gm available now" width="574" height="213" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9412" /></p> <p>The GM release of iOS 4.2 is now available to download through Apple’s Developer Program. GM stands for Golden Master, which generally means the software release is ready to ship. The iOS 4.2 update is hotly anticipated for iPad owners in particular, since it will bring multitasking abilities to the device. The update also installs on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, and the 4th, 3rd, an…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/unrar-mac.jpg" alt="unrar mac" title="unrar mac" width="610" height="118" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9384" /></p> <p>If you need to open and expand rar files in Mac OS X, grab the free UnRarX tool. Not only will UnRarX quickly open and decompress .rar files, but it also has the ability to restore corrupted and missing archives using par files. Archive restoration using par2 is often essential when working with torrent and newsgroup downloads.</p> <p>UnRarX is a free download and you can <a href="http://www.unrarx.com/">get it here&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/download-redsn0w-0.9.6b2.jpg" alt="download redsn0w 0.9.6b2" title="download redsn0w 0.9.6b2" width="100" height="97" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9362" /> The iPhone Dev Team has released RedSn0w 0.9.6 in it’s second beta form for both Windows and Mac platforms. There are two main reasons you’d want to use redsn0w. The first is for Windows users, since redsn0w allows you to use custom IPSW files. The second reason is that redsn0w allows you to use custom boot logos on iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 2G, assuming you have qualifying bootrom, this is obviously …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/display-sms-character-count-iphone.jpg" alt="display sms character count iphone" title="display sms character count iphone" width="320" height="480" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8665" /></p> <p>You can have your iPhone display the character count of text messages by enabling an option within the settings, here’s how:</p> <ul> <li>Tap on Settings</li> <li>Tap on Messages</li> <li>Tap the slider next to ‘Character Count’ to the ON position</li> </ul> <p>This is useful if you like to send S…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/halloween-macbook.jpg" alt="halloween macbook" title="halloween macbook" width="500" height="373" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9186" /></p> <p>Zombie Snow White on a MacBook? Yikes, this is rather horrifying but very fitting for Halloween. </p> <p>Everyone has probably seen the Snow White decal stuck on the back of a MacBook by now, if you’re a Disney & Apple fan it’s an appropriate tribute to both, and, well, this is a very creepy twist on that. Would I put it on my MacBook? No, I don’t think I would, but then again my personal <a …
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>Here’s a nice trick if you need to continuously observe your Macs system usage. Attaching this flag to the iostat command you’ll get a constant stream of updated load information:</p> <p><code>iostat -w1</code></p> <p>You’ll then get a continuously updated stream of your hard disk usage, CPU split into user/system/idle, and your Macs load average:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/watch-disk-cpu-load-average-mac.gif" alt="watch disk cpu load average mac" title="watch disk cpu load average mac" width="406" height="260" class="aligncenter size-full wp-ima…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/new-macbook-air-battery-real-world-tests.jpg" alt="new macbook air battery real world tests" title="new macbook air battery real world tests" width="526" height="200" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9344" /></p> <p>If you’re a writer, student, or blogger, the new MacBook Air might be your portable dream machine. For low CPU intensive tasks, the lightweight notebook boasts a battery life that is significantly better than the advertised time of 5 to 7 hours. AnandTech did some extensive reviews of the new MacBook Air and found the battery to last a staggeri…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p>In the Halloween spirit, here’s a really creepy <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad">iPad</a> wallpaper of a hand appearing behind foggy glass. Click on the image for a full size 1024×1024 version (hosted at imgur).</p> <p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/d546A.jpg"><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/creepy-ipad-wallpaper.jpg" alt="creepy ipad wallpaper" title="creepy ipad wallpaper" width="610" height="610" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9331" /></a></p> <p>For whatever reason this picture reminds me of The Ring, ahh!</p> </div> <p&…
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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ipod-touch-firmware-ipsw-downloads1.jpg" alt="ipod touch firmware ipsw downloads" title="ipod touch firmware ipsw downloads" width="153" height="185" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9325" /> This is a comprehensive download list of all the firmware files for iPod touch 2G, iPod touch 3g, and iPod touch 4G, with IPSW from 3.1.2 to the current 4.1.0. All of these IPSW files are hosted with Apple and direct linked to their servers. If you have an iPhone, you can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/25/download-iphone-firmware-ipsw/">download iPhone firmware</a>…
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