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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mac-multi-touch-gestures.jpg" alt="Mac Multi-Touch Gestures" title="mac-multi-touch-gestures" width="620" height="521" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29542" /></p> <p>Most Macs have multi-touch capabilities these days, allowing for gestures to perform common tasks that would otherwise require keyboard shortcuts or additional clicking about. To use the gestures, you’ll obviously need a Mac with multitouch capabilities, that means either a newish laptop with a trackpad, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse. Some gestures require OS X Lion or later to use, and so…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/diablo-3.jpg" alt="Diablo 3" title="diablo-3" width="620" height="240" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29532" /></p> <p>Are you a gamer? Toss your plans out the window for the next few days because Diablo 3 is free to play all weekend long. Dubbed an “open beta”, the free weekend is intended to help Blizzard load test the Diablo III game servers before the official <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/15/diablo-3-release-date/">public release on May 15</a>. You’ll be able to play the game from today (April 20) at noon until Monday, April 23 at…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/redownload-deleted-app.jpg" alt="Redownload deleted apps" title="redownload-deleted-app" width="620" height="465" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29513" /></p> <p>Don’t freak out if you accidentally deleted an app on an iPhone or iPad, they can be easily redownloaded and restored at anytime:</p> <ol> <li>Open “App Store” and tap on “Purchased” at the bottom of the screen</li> <li>Tap on the “Not On This iPad” tab at top (or “Not On This iPhone”)</li> <li>Find the accidentally deleted app in the list and tap th…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/omnidisksweeper.jpg" alt="OmniDiskSweeper for Mac OS X" title="omnidisksweeper" width="620" height="308" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29516" /></p> <p>Running out of disk space is no fun and Mac users with smaller drives need to be particularly aware of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/05/show-available-disk-space-status-bar-in-mac-os-x-lion/">available disk space</a>. The OS X Finder <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/17/find-large-files-in-mac-os-x-search/">Search feature can be used to find large files</a> but if you’re…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/transfer-photos-to-ipad1.jpg" alt="Transfer Photos to iPad" title="transfer-photos-to-ipad" width="620" height="314" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29504" /></p> <p>Transferring photos from a computer to the iPad is very easy with the help of iTunes. To get started, you’ll need either a Mac or PC with iTunes, a USB connector cable for the iPad, and a folder containing the pictures you want to transfer over to the iPad. </p> <p>The process is exactly the same in both Mac OS X and Windows, which is why it’s the easiest universal method to tran…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/os-x-mountain-lion-dp3.jpg" alt="OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3" title="os-x-mountain-lion-dp3" width="558" height="117" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29495" /></p> <p>Apple has released OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3 to those registered with the Mac Developer program. The new build comes as 12A178q and includes many bug fixes, though it still includes a fairly lengthy list of known issues and bugs. This is the third beta release of OS X Mountain Lion, which currently has a rough public <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/16/os-x-10-…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/coursera-free-classes.jpg" alt="Coursera free online classes from great universities" title="coursera-free-classes" width="620" height="290" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29485" /></p> <p>Like to learn new things, preferably from world class experts? Then you’ll like Coursera, a new organization from which several prominent universities aim to offer free high quality online courses to anyone, anywhere.</p> <p>Princeton, Stanford, U Michigan, Penn, and UC Berkeley are among the schools currently participating in the program, and combined the…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/zoom-iphone-camera.jpg" alt="Zoom iPhone Camera" title="zoom-iphone-camera" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29476" /></p> <p>Using the camera zoom feature on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 5+ is slightly different than in previous versions. Here is how to activate and use zoom:</p> <ul> <li>Open the Camera app or swipe up to access the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/08/lock-screen-camera-ios-5-1/">lock screen camera</a></li> <li>Bring up the familiar zoom bar with a &l…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/iphone-4s-siri-sam-jackson-zooey-deschanel.jpg" alt="iPhone 4S Siri commercial with Sam Jackson and Zooey Deschanel" title="iphone-4s-siri-sam-jackson-zooey-deschanel" width="620" height="214" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29464" style="border:1px solid #ddd;"/></p> <p>Apple has released two notable iPhone 4S commercials that feature popular celebrities using Siri. The first TV ad shows Samuel L Jackson planning a special evening with his wife thanks to the help of Siri, and the second commercial shows Zooey Deschanel using Siri to manage a lazy rainy d…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/preview-websites-mail.jpg" alt="Preview Websites in Mail app for OS X" title="preview-websites-mail" width="620" height="326" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29452" /></p> <p>Everyone gets emails filled with links, but what do you do when an incoming message includes a potentially dubious URL that you aren’t quite so sure about? Rather than crossing your fingers and blindly clicking the link to open in the default web browser, try this tip out:</p> <ul> <li>Hover over the URL within the mail message until you see the grey box with a tr…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/appleIIsimulator.jpg" alt="Apple II Simulator" title="appleIIsimulator" width="620" height="397" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29442" /></p> <p>The Apple ][ is celebrating it's 35th birthday. Originally demoed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak at a computer fair on April 16 and 17, 1977, the Apple II was the machine that put Apple on the map and then went on to catapult the personal computer revolution. What better way to celebrate one of the original PC's monumental birthdays than to use an Apple II simulator in Mac OS X? </p> <p>Bundled wit…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/find-large-files-mac.jpg" alt="Find Large Files in Mac OS X with Search" title="find-large-files-mac" width="620" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29438" /></p> <p>Whether you’re feeling the pinch as hard drive space runs low or you’re just wondering where all your disk space went, it’s easy to find large files in Mac OS X by using the built-in search tools. Here’s what to do:</p> <ol> <li>From the Mac OS X Desktop, open any new Finder window</li> <li>Hit Command+F to bring up Search</li> <li>Click…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/battery-life-mac.jpg" alt="Tips to Improve and Maximize Mac Battery Life" title="battery-life-mac" width="621" height="369" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29420" /></p> <p>Macs have pretty amazing battery life to begin with, but following a few simple tips will help you to get the absolute best battery performance out of a MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro. </p> <p>The primary goal here is to reduce overall power consumption on the Mac laptop and we’ll cover a few different techniques to do this. For casual Mac users simply reducing scree…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/three-subtle-wallpapers.jpg" alt="Three Subtle Wallpapers" title="three-subtle-wallpapers" width="620" height="199" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29427" /></p> <p>Looking for some nice mellow wallpapers to add to your Mac, iPhone, or iPad? The DizzyUp collection features three beautifully subtle wallpapers in a wide variety of common screen resolutions and has also been updated to support the 3rd gen iPad retina 2048×2048 display. The wood paneling is my personal favorite of the group, but if you’re into minimalist wallpapers you won’t want to miss the …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/forward-text-message-iphone.jpg" alt="Forward text message SMS from iPhone" title="forward-text-message-iphone" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29415" /></p> <p>Forwarding text messages from one sender to another is made very simple on the iPhone. The process is the same whether it’s a text, SMS, MMS, or even an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/18/set-up-imessage-on-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-with-ios-5/">iMessage</a>:</p> <ol> <li>From the Messages app, open the text message you want to forward<…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/xscreensaver-mac.jpg" alt="XScreenSaver for Mac OS X " title="xscreensaver-mac" width="620" height="383" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29400" style="border:1px solid #333;" /></p> <p>Tired of all the OS X default screen savers? Breathe a ton of new <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/retro/">retro</a> life into your screen saver collection with the XScreenSaver pack for Mac. The free bundle includes over 200 old school screen saver classics, including an Apple II emulator, Flying Toasters, The Matrix, Blue Screen of Death, Missile Command,…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/flashback-remover.jpg" alt="Flashback removal tool" title="flashback-remover" width="620" height="435" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29385" /></p> <p>Apple has released a standalone removal tool that targets Flashback malware infections. The separate utility is recommended for Mac users who do not have Java installed on their OS X Lion machine, but it’s functionality is identical to that performed by the most <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/12/remove-flashback-malware-mac-os-x-update/">recent Java update to remove Flashback</a>. </p&…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/husband-wife-mac-setup.jpg" alt="Husband and wife Mac desk setup" title="husband-wife-mac-setup" width="620" height="323" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29391" /></p> <p>This weeks <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-setups/">Mac setup</a> is loaded with great Apple gear and comes to us from husband and wife Cesare and Monica. Hardware from left to right is:</p> <ul> <li>iPad 1</li> <li>iPhone 4 64GB</li> <li>iMac 20″ (early 2008) 4GB RAM 200GB HD</li> <li>iPad 3rd gen 64GB</…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/share-keyboard-and-mouse-multiple-macs.jpg" alt="Share single keyboard and mouse multiple Macs" title="share-keyboard-and-mouse-multiple-macs" width="620" height="326" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29369" /></p> <p>Want to share a single keyboard and mouse between multiple Macs? How about using a keyboard and mouse attached to your Mac to control an additional PC running Windows or Linux, and even being able to share copy and paste data between the different operating systems? You can do that with the help of a great free tool called Synergy, and settin…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/watch-movie-spotlight.jpg" alt="Watch or Preview Video and Movies in Spotlight" title="watch-movie-spotlight" width="620" height="231" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29377" /></p> <p>From Mac OS X Lion and onward, videos and movie files can be previewed and played directly in the Spotlight search results menu. To try this out for yourself:</p> <ol> <li>Hit Command+Space and search for a movie or video file</li> <li>Hover over the video search result until the thumbnail preview pops up to the left</li> <li>Hov…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/original-iphone.jpg" alt="Original iPhone" title="original-iphone" width="620" height="427" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29361" /></p> <p>Apple was busy dreaming about the future 29 years ago, long before the days of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a>, touch screens, cell phones, and even cordless phones. As this Apple product concept from 1983 shows, the company envisioned an Apple phone complete with a Mac-like OS, touch screen, touch keyboard, and even a stylus to navigate the onscreen elements. Of course this …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/flashback-malware-remove.jpg" alt="Flashback Malware Removal" title="flashback-malware-remove" width="620" height="271" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29349" /></p> <p>Apple has released a new Java security update that automatically removes the most frequently occurring variations of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/05/how-to-check-for-the-flashback-trojan-in-mac-os-x/">Flashback trojan</a> malware. The software update is recommended for all Mac users to install, even if they have previously checked their systems for infection.</p&…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ipad-retina-gui-template.jpg" alt="iPad Retina GUI Template PSD" title="ipad-retina-gui-template" width="620" height="365" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29344" /></p> <p>Designers and developers will appreciate the newly released retina iPad GUI elements template available now as a free PSD download from Teehan+Lax. Based on iOS 5.1 and the new iPad’s retina UI elements, these PSD files are an excellent resource for quickly mocking up iPad apps, workflows, and general iOS concepts.</p> <p>You’ll need Adobe Photoshop to properly use the PSD …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/itunes-other-capacity.jpg" alt="iTunes Other Capacity" title="itunes-other-capacity" width="620" height="82" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29330" /></p> <p>The <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/25/what-is-the-iphone-other-capacity-seen-in-itunes/">“Other” capacity</a> in iTunes is supposed to estimate the size of system software, contacts, Messages data, and things that are not listed elsewhere in the capacities list. Sometimes other data will become mislabeled or misappropriated to the “Other” category, and suddenly it’s reported as bein…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bash_history.gif" alt="Bash History" title="bash_history" width="611" height="294" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29335" /></p> <p>A users .bash_history file keeps a running tab of command line history, logging every command that has been entered into the bash prompt. These command history files make it very easy to find and recall past commands that may have been forgotten, and they’re also extremely useful for system administration. We will cover how to change the stored length of these files, how to disable it, and also how to quickly check a users ba…