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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/emoji-iphone.jpg" alt="Emoji on iPhone" title="emoji-iphone" width="620" height="413" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24924" /></p> <p>The Emoji keyboard is now included directly in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios/">iOS</a> for all iPhone (and iPad / iPod touch) users to access, it just needs to be enabled. iOS 5 or later is required before continuing:</p> <ul> <li>Launch Settings and tap on “General”</li> <li>Tap on “Keyboard” and then again on “Add New Keyboard”</li> <li>Scroll down the alph…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/redsn0w.jpg" alt="" title="redsn0w" width="208" height="203" class="alignright size-full wp-image-25060" /> Redsn0w 0.9.9b9 has been released by the iPhone DevTeam to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1. It is still a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/24/tethered-jailbreak-vs-untethered-jailbreak/">tethered jailbreak</a> and the process is <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/11/use-redsn0w-to-jailbreak-ios-5-0-1/">mostly the same</a> as before, except users no longer have to point the redsn0w application at older 5.0 IPSW.</p> <p>Supported hardware …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/santa-iphone-4s.jpg" alt="Santa using the iPhone 4S" title="santa-iphone-4s" width="620" height="340" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25038" /></p> <p>Apple has started to air a new Christmas themed TV ad for the iPhone 4S and Siri featuring none other than Santa Claus. The commercial is the most entertaining iPhone 4S ad yet and features Santa asking Siri for directions, what kind of weather to expect at various locations around the country, requesting an email from Mrs Claus, and finally asking about his schedule, which Siri responds is filled with 3.7 …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="610" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WphgnZI5YQw?rel=0&hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>The recently aired BBC documentary <em>Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy</em> may have a dumb name, but the show itself is worth a watch for anyone interested in the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/steve-jobs/">subject matter</a>. About an hour long, it features classic footage of Steve Jobs, in addition to interviews with a variety of Apple execs and industry leaders, including Steve Wozniak, John Sculley, Andy Hertzfeld, Tim Berners-Lee, Avie T…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mount-dmg-command-line.jpg" alt="Mount a DMG from the Command Line in Mac OS X" title="mount-dmg-command-line" width="620" height="166" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25020" /></p> <p>A helpful command line tool called hdiutil is included in Mac OS X that allows disk image files (.dmg extension) to be mounted directly from the Terminal, without the need of using the GUI. Using hdiutil for such a task is helpful for scripting or remote connections through SSH. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Mounting a Disk Image File (DMG) from the Termina…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/apple-setup.jpg" alt="Apple gear setup" title="apple-setup" width="620" height="426" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25002" /></p> <p>This reader submitted <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-setups/">Mac setup</a> features a dual use Mac Mini and a MacBook Pro, as well as a bunch of great iOS gear. The Mac Mini connects to a TV to function as a digital hub for the household, alternating between the 32″ TV shown in the picture and a 55″ HDTV in another room, where it serves up video, pictures, and other media. </p> <p>The ha…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/no_sim_card_installed-iphone.jpeg" alt="No SIM Card Installed error on iPhone" title="no_sim_card_installed-iphone" width="500" height="193" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24990" /></p> <p>The recently released <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/15/apple-posts-minor-ios-updates-for-apple-tv-and-iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S specific build of iOS 5.0.1</a> resolves an ongoing SIM card issue that was effecting some users. The issue would cause some iPhone 4S’s to not recognize a SIM card, with the iPhone reporting a “No SIM Card Installed” or “Invali…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mac-ssd-and-hard-drive-benchmark.jpg" alt="Mac SSD and Hard Drive benchmark test tool" title="mac-ssd-and-hard-drive-benchmark" width="620" height="338" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24620" /></p> <p>Want to compare hard disk performance or see just how big of a speed difference that SSD upgrade had? Grab the free Disk Speed Test tool from the Mac App Store, it’s a quick and simple way to measure drive performance. The app works by creating large blocks of temporary data that are written to the drive and then read, allowing for a consistent benchmark ac…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ipad-wallpapers-ios51.jpg" alt="iPad wallpapers in iOS 5.1" title="ipad-wallpapers-ios51" width="576" height="574" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24968" /></p> <p>We’re suckers for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/wallpaper/">new wallpapers</a> around here, and iOS 5.1 includes four new gorgeous background pictures sized at 1024×1024 for the iPad. Extracted from the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5-1-beta/">iOS 5.1 beta releases</a>, <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2011/12/16/download-apples-new-ipad-wallpapers-coming-in-ios-…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iphone-dns.jpg" alt="Set iPhone DNS " title="iphone-dns" width="620" height="359" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24941" /></p> <p>If your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> Wi-Fi connection seems inexplicably slow, particularly when having moved from one wireless network to another, try manually setting custom DNS servers. This speeds up the response time and your wireless connectivity in general:</p> <ul> <li>Open Settings</li> <li>Tap on “Wi-Fi” and tap the blue arrow alongside the wi-…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/spacers-right-side-dock.jpg" alt="Spacers on the Right Side of the Dock in Mac OS X" title="spacers-right-side-dock" width="620" height="73" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24896" /></p> <p>Just like you can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/19/add-a-spacer-to-the-mac-os-x-dock/">add spacers between app icons in the OS X Dock</a> (the left side), we can also add these same spacers to the right-side of the Dock, where the Applications, Documents, Downloads, and Trash icons live.</p> <p>Launch the Terminal and paste the following…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ipad-mini.jpg" alt="iPad Mini mockup" title="ipad-mini" width="420" height="327" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24936" /></p> <p>Apple is said to be working on a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipad-mini/">smaller iPad</a> with a 7.85″ display, according to a new report from <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111215PD209.html">Digitimes</a>. Citing sources in the supply chain, the “iPad Mini” is suggested to debut late in 2012, not alongside the expected iPad 3 release earlier in the year. </p> <p>Digitimes so…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ios-app-location.jpg" alt="iOS Apps location" title="ios-app-location" width="620" height="234" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24916" /></p> <p>iOS apps are downloaded as bundles with a .ipa file extensions, but they are stored in different places than your <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/11/iphone-backup-location/">default iOS backups location</a>. If you want to access iPhone and iPad apps manually, here’s where to find them for both Mac OS X Lion, Snow Leopard, and Windows 7:</p> <p>The easiest way to access these directo…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/apple-tv-2.jpg" alt="Apple TV 2" title="apple-tv-2" width="200" height="124" class="alignright size-full wp-image-24912" /> Apple has rolled out two minor iOS updates, the first is for the second generation Apple TV and the second for the iPhone 4S. For Apple TV 2, the new build (9A406a) updates system software to 4.4.4, but it’s unclear exactly what the changes are, indicating this is likely a bug fix update. For iPhone 4S, it’s simply a new build (9A406) of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/10/ios-5-0-1-released-download-links/">iOS 5.0.1</a>, and also does…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mac-trackpad-fingers.jpg" alt="Mac trackpad" title="mac-trackpad-fingers" width="291" height="177" class="alignright size-full wp-image-24881" /> If you use the multi-desktop Spaces feature of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mission-control/">Mission Control</a> often, you’ll probably like a hidden gesture in Mac OS X Lion that lets you immediately jump back to the most recently used Space with just a four-fingered tap on the trackpad (or Magic Mouse). Here’s how to enable the gesture with a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/defaults-write/">defaults write…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/change-desktop-picture-randomly.jpg" alt="Change desktop picture wallpaper randomly in Mac OS X" title="change-desktop-picture-randomly" width="616" height="85" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24886" /></p> <p>Can’t decide which <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/wallpaper/">wallpaper</a> to use as your desktop background? Me neither. Fortunately there’s a setting in Mac OS X that causes the desktop picture to change itself automatically at a user selected time interval, ranging from every 5 seconds to once a day or upon system wake.</p> …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/macbook-pro-retina.jpg" alt="MacBook Pro with Retina Display rumored for 2012" title="macbook-pro-retina" width="571" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24861" /></p> <p>Apple is rumored to be working towards releasing retina display equipped MacBook Pro’s in the second quarter of 2012, according to a new report from the Taiwanese trade publication <a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111214PD204.html">Digitimes</a>. Citing upstream component sources, the displays are said to be 2880×1800 pixels and become yet another competitiv…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/quick-look-open-with-another-application.jpg" alt="Open a File with Another Application from Quick Look" title="quick-look-open-with-another-application" width="611" height="232" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24778" /></p> <p>Quick Look in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> includes a “Open with [Application Name]” button in the upper right corner of the windows, but you’re not limited to launching the file in only that app.</p> <p><strong>Right-Click on the suggested application name</st…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mac-app-store-updates.jpg" alt="Mac App Store Updates" title="mac-app-store-updates" width="620" height="410" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24846" /></p> <p>The next time you’re trying to tell someone how to update apps from the Mac App Store, why bother <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/01/16/how-to-update-apps-from-the-mac-app-store/">with a walkthrough</a> when you can just send them a URL? Yup, you can send someone directly to the Mac App Store’s “Updates” portion just by using a link:</p> <p>Try it out, <a href="macappst…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/apple-holiday-shipping-deadlines.jpg" alt="Apple holiday shipping deadlines" title="apple-holiday-shipping-deadlines" width="619" height="152" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24836" /></p> <p>Nobody wants their gifts to arrive after the holidays have passed, and to alleviate that potential <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/browse/holiday/shipping">Apple has posted a list</a> of holiday shipping times and deadlines. In order to get Apple items shipped free to your door by Christmas Eve (December 24), you’ll need to stop procrastinating:</p&…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/convert-pdf-to-jpg.jpg" alt="Convert a PDF file to JPG " title="convert-pdf-to-jpg" width="619" height="205" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24830" /></p> <p>Preview is an often underused Mac OS X app that can handle a lot of file and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/01/24/convert-images-in-mac-os-x-jpg-to-gif-psd-to-jpg-gif-to-jpg-bmp-to-jpg-png-to-pdf-and-more/">image conversion</a> tasks without the need for downloading any third party tools. Preview also happens to be the default PDF viewer in Mac OS X, and as such it can be used to easil…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/search-google-from-textedit.jpg" alt="Search Google from TextEdit" title="search-google-from-textedit" width="620" height="371" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24808" /></p> <p><a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> and several default apps have a built-in ability to quickly search the web. Highlight any text in the Finder, Preview, or TextEdit, and then hit <strong>Command+Shift+L</strong> to launch Safari with a Google search for the highlighted text selection. </p> <p>The web browser will be s…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/airplay-logo.jpeg" alt="AirPlay" title="airplay-logo" width="92" height="93" class="alignright size-full wp-image-24817" /> By using AirPlay and the video mirroring feature, you can broadcast live images / video from your iPhone’s camera directly to an Apple TV on the same network. </p> <p>To do this, you’ll need <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5/">iOS 5</a> or later, an Apple TV, and the AirPlay compatible <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a> or <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad 2</a&g…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/itunes-10-5-2.jpg" alt="iTunes 10.5.2" title="itunes-10-5-2" width="620" height="257" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24801" /></p> <p>Apple has released iTunes 10.5.2 for Mac OS X and Windows, the update includes several bug fixes and improvements, most notably for the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/itunes-match/">iTunes Match</a> service. The description of the update is brief, but if you’re an iTunes Match subscriber and you’ve run into any problems, you should probably get the update sooner than later.</p> <blockquote><p&…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ipad-10-iphone-10-lol.jpg" alt="iPad 10 and iPhone 10 fake references" title="ipad-10-iphone-10-lol" width="620" height="210" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24789" /></p> <p>Apple’s iOS developer team appears to have gone on the offensive in an attempt to throw off the Apple rumor mill with a hilarious new approach; including references to fake product numbers in the latest <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/12/12/ios-5-1-beta-2-released-to-developers/">developer build of iOS 5.2 beta 2</a>. Examples include references to such far-flung and im…