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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lion-11d42.jpg" alt="Lion 11D42 build" title="lion-11d42" width="620" height="203" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25849" /></p> <p>Apple has released a new build of OS X Lion 10.7.3 to developers, the latest build is 11D42 and weighs in around 1GB. Like the past dev builds of 10.7.3, the focus continues to be on Address Book, Mail, iCal, Spotlight, and Safari, and has no known issues.</p> <p>The first beta of OS X 10.7.3 showed up in November of last year, with later releases showing hints of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/21/more-e…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/foxconn-factory.jpg" alt="Foxconn Factory" title="foxconn-factory" width="600" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25838" /></p> <p>“Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China” sits in fine print on the back of virtually any piece of hardware that Apple ships, be it an iPad, iPhone, or MacBook Air. But have you ever wondered about the second part, the Chinese component? Where these devices are being made in some factory far away, and by who? An episode of NPR’s This American Life podcast aims to answer that question with the help of mono…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/name-menu-bar-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Name shown in the menu bar of OS X Lion" title="name-menu-bar-os-x-lion" width="548" height="94" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25823" /></p> <p>On some fresh OS X Lion installations, you’ll find the user name or login appears in the upper right corner of the menu bar, even if there is only one user account on the Mac. This is actually a feature called Fast User Switching, and the name likely appears in the menu bar due to the Guest Login ability (which <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/13/disable-guest-user-accoun…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/make-a-zip-file-mac-os-x.jpg" alt="Make a Zip File in Mac OS X" title="make-a-zip-file-mac-os-x" width="618" height="280" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25831" /></p> <p>Ever wondered how to make a zip file in Mac OS X? We recently demonstrated how to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/07/set-zip-password-mac-os-x/">password protect zip archives</a>, but in the comments a reader asked a more simple yet completely valid question: “<em>what about just making a standard zip file?</em>” Well, making zip files on a Mac is easy, and …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ios-5-1-beta-3.jpg" alt="iOS 5.1 Beta 3 released" title="ios-5-1-beta-3" width="620" height="209" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25815" /></p> <p>iOS 5.1 beta 3 has been released to developers today, the latest build is 9B5141a and is available as a fairly small over-the-air delta update to those currently running iOS 5.1 beta 2. As past <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5-1-beta/">iOS 5.1 betas</a> have shown, compatibility is with iPad 2, iPad, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 3rd and 4th generations. Registered iOS develo…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/enable-root-user-account-lion.jpg" alt="Enable the Root User Account in OS X Lion" title="enable-root-user-account-lion" width="620" height="171" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25794" /></p> <p>The root user is a special user account with high level system-wide access privileges intended for system administration, monitoring, and in depth troubleshooting purposes. By default, root user is disabled in Mac OS X for security purposes, but if you need to enable superuser, this guide will show you how to do so in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-1…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/first-iphone.jpg" alt="First iPhone" title="first-iphone" width="600" height="350" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25806" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> is truly the device that changed everything, it reinvented the phone and what we expect of a handheld device, it forever changed Apple, and it has since defined the entire mobile industry. </p> <p>All of that started 5 years ago today, on January 9, when Steve Jobs took the stage at MacWorld 2007 to unveil the very first iPhone, saying “I have …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/remove-red-badge-icon.jpg" alt="Remove the Red Badge Icon from Apps" title="remove-red-badge-icon" width="620" height="200" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25783" /></p> <p>Don’t want to see the red badge notifications appear on iOS app icons anymore? You can disable these badge notifications and stop them from appearing on app icons by turning them off on a per application basis:</p> <ul> <li>Tap on “Settings”</li> <li>Tap on “Notifications”</li> <li>Scroll down and select the app you want to disable badge no…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/activate-unlocked-iphone-4s.jpg" alt="Activate an Unlocked iPhone 4S" title="activate-unlocked-iphone-4s" width="600" height="334" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25762" /></p> <p>If you buy an iPhone 4S <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/25/buy-iphone-4s-without-contract-unlocked">off-contract</a> from Apple, the phone comes unlocked. This means the iPhone can be used on any compatible GSM carrier as long as you have that networks micro-SIM card, and the device is activated on that network. This guide will show you how to activate the iPhon…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/iphone-text-tone.jpg" alt="iPhone Text Tone" title="iphone-text-tone" width="620" height="306" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25729" /></p> <p>New to the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> with iOS 5 is the ability to set and use custom text tones. Having long been able to switch between Apple provided text tones, since this new feature means any ringtone file can be set as a custom SMS sound, and you can also set custom text alert sounds on a per contact basis so you’ll know who is texting you based on the alert sound …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/xray-imac-wallpaper.jpg" alt="X-Ray iMac wallpaper" title="xray-imac-wallpaper" width="620" height="429" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25738" /></p> <p>Recently we posted <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/31/mac-setups-huge-mac-collection/">a Mac museum collection</a> that featured an iMac using wallpaper that made it appear like you could see right through to the logic board. It turns out these images are from iFixIt, the company that likes to tear down Apple hardware. </p> <p>In the process of documenting their teardowns, i…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/zip-password.jpg" alt="Zip Password in Mac OS X" title="zip-password" width="620" height="234" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25713" /></p> <p>Creating a password protected zip file is easy in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> and does not require any add-ons or downloads. Instead, use the zip utility that is bundled with all Macs.</p> <p>If you’re familiar with the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/command-line/">command line</a>, the syntax of the encrypted zip command is as follows: …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/all-in-one-macs.jpg" alt="All-in-One Macs" title="all-in-one-macs" width="620" height="342" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25693" /></p> <p>Like any longtime Apple fan, I’m a sucker for retro Apple gear, and this great reader submitted Mac setup jumps across over three decades of Apple hardware, showing the evolution of all-in-one hardware from the late 1980′s to today. </p> <ul> <li>Macintosh SE/30 from 1989</li> <li>iMac 233MHz from 1999</li> <li>iMac 24″ from 2008</li> <li>iPhone 4 from 2010&l…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/hide-folders-mac-os-x.jpg" alt="Hide Folders in Mac OS X" title="hide-folders-mac-os-x" width="620" height="253" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25681" /></p> <p>Need to hide a folder or two on a Mac? A while back we showed you how to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/30/make-an-invisible-folder-hide-in-plain-sight/">make invisible folders</a> and to even how to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/10/create-a-hidden-folder-in-mac-os-x/">make hidden folders in Mac OS X</a>, but now we’re going to demonstrate <strong>how to…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ios-5-dictionary.jpg" alt="Dictionary built into iOS 5" title="ios-5-dictionary" width="560" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25676" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> brings a built-in dictionary that is easily accesible from Safari and many other apps. The next time you see a word on an iPhone or iPad that you want to define, instead of downloading or launching a separate dictionary app, you can quickly access definitions directly from iOS:</p> <ul> <li>Double-tap on the word to defin…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apple-ipad-3.jpg" alt="iPad 3" title="apple-ipad-3" width="236" height="308" class="alignright size-full wp-image-25669" /></p> <p>An <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipad-3/">iPad 3</a> with “a full HD display” will arrive in March, according to a new report from Digitimes, who cites industry sources in Taiwan. According to Digitimes, Apple will launch the iPad 3 in the coming months of 2012, with it’s primary new feature being the retina display:</p> <blockquote><p>The iPad 3 will come with a QXGA (1,536×2,048 pixels) display an…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ipad-in-space.jpg" alt="iPad in Space" title="ipad-in-space" width="620" height="436" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25661" /></p> <p>The picture you’re looking at is of an iPad 2 floating high enough into space to see the curvature of the Earth, far above the Nevada desert. Guess what is going to happen next? </p> <p>Using a weather balloon, G-Form sent an iPad 2 enclosed in their new <a href="http://g-form.com/product/extreme-edge/">Extreme Edge</a> case over 100,000′ into the stratosphere. Attached to the iPad was a GoPro came…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/remove-apps-launchpad.jpg" alt="Remove Apps from Launchpad" title="remove-apps-launchpad" width="620" height="372" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25631" /></p> <p>Launchpad is the iOS-like application launcher that came to Mac OS X with the release of 10.7 Lion. It’s a nice addition, but Launchpad can also be difficult and inconsistent to delete apps from. Third party utilities like <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/28/hide-apps-in-launchpad-with-launchpad-control/">Launchpad-Control</a> will help to manage Launchpad for you, but if you’re…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/purchase-date-mac-app-store.jpg" alt="Purchase Date shown in the Mac App Store" title="purchase-date-mac-app-store" width="620" height="394" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25634" /></p> <p>Need to know when you bought an app from the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-app-store/">Mac App Store</a>? Knowing purchase dates of apps can be helpful for accounting and year end tax purposes, plus a variety of other reasons, and here are two quick ways to get that information. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.1em;">Get a List of All Apps an…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mac-internet-sharing.jpg" alt="Mac Internet Sharing" title="mac-internet-sharing" width="620" height="304" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25622" /></p> <p>Did you know you can turn your Mac into a wireless access point by using Internet Sharing? Internet Sharing works for both <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> 10.6 and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and with internet sharing enabled, your internet connected Mac will broadcast a wifi signal that can be used by another Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, or whatever else you need to get onl…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/remove-menu-bar-icons.jpg" alt="Remove menu bar icons" title="remove-menu-bar-icons" width="620" height="120" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25598" /></p> <p>If your Mac menu bar is starting to resemble an icon farm, remember that you can remove items from the menu bar by <strong>holding down the Command key and dragging items out</strong> of the menu. The icon will disappear into a puff of dust, the same way an icon from the Dock or sidebar disappear. </p> <p>Some menu icons can’t be removed this way and a command drag won’t do …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kext-installer.jpg" alt="KEXT installer" title="kext-installer" width="619" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25588" /></p> <p>Kext files are kernel extensions for Mac OS X, typically these are device drivers for hardware like the graphics card, wireless card, printers, etc. Most Mac users have no need to directly interact with .kext files, but for those who do, installing them can be annoying. Sure you can install .kext files manually by digging around in /System/Library/Extensions/ and performing a bunch of permissions voodoo, but there’s an …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="610" height="443" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3rI85jH3F4U?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Yup you read that title correctly. This is kind of stupid and might be fake, but it’s entertaining anyway. <a href="http://www.macgasm.net/2012/01/04/video-kid-hit-face-ipad-douche/">MacGasm</a> found the above video of a kid pestering maybe his brother, who finally has enough and slaps him silly using the iPad itself. Or maybe they’re testing out FaceTime? </p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DVfEJQQYW8gM97xcfrN90z2H4PI/…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apple-support-profile.jpg" alt="Apple Support Profile" title="apple-support-profile" width="620" height="330" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25572" /></p> <p>The Apple Support Profile page provides an excellent dashboard to check technical support history, status, and warranty information for all registered Apple products under ownership. Assuming you have used the same Apple ID (email address) for all purchases and registrations, you’ll find every Apple item you’ve bought and registered here, including Macs old and new, iPads, iPods, iPhones, and more. …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/move-background-window-mac.jpg" alt="Move background windows in Mac OS X" title="move-background-window-mac" width="620" height="356" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25542" /></p> <p>Want to shuffle around some windows in the background without bringing them into the foreground? <strong>Hold down the Command key, and then click on a windows titlebar</strong>, the window can now be moved and dragged around in the background without bringing it to the foreground. This should work in all versions of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os…