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<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/5-screens-mac.jpg" alt="Mac with 5 Screens" title="5-screens-mac" width="620" height="269" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21852" /></p> <p>Get ready to drool. This multi-displayed Mac setup has an impressive five 23″ screens <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/28/rotate-mac-screen-orientation/">rotated into portrait mode</a>, and a MacBook Pro 17″ sits atop them all.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/5-screens-macbook-pro.jpg" alt="5 Screens connected to a MacBook Pro" title="5-screens-macbook-pr…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pentalobe-screw-macbook-air.jpg" alt="Pentalobe screws in a MacBook Air" title="pentalobe-screw-macbook-air" width="620" height="406" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21844" /></p> <p>My MacBook Air 11″ has been creaking a lot lately when I pick it up, the noise has gradually increased and I finally discovered the reason why: loose screws. I’m not sure what caused the screws to become loose, but I do bring my MacBook Air almost everywhere with me so this could be a gradual loosening from constant use and movement.</p> <p>The solution is obviou…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/iphone-4s-itunes.jpg" alt="iPhone 4S shows up in iTunes beta" title="iphone-4s-itunes" width="548" height="210" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21829" /></p> <p>Direct references to an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a> in name with corresponding images have been revealed in the newest iTunes beta, all but guaranteeing the next iPhones name. This also strongly suggests that a redesigned iPhone 5 will not <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/27/official-iphone-event-on-october-4th-apple-confirms/">launch at the Oct…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Samsung-Galaxy-S-vs-Apple-iPhone-3G.jpg" alt="Samsung Galaxy S alongside the Apple iPhone 3GS" title="Samsung-Galaxy-S-vs-Apple-iPhone-3G" width="620" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21820" /></p> <p>If you want a simplified explanation of the ongoing Apple vs Samsung lawsuit, the giant image below sums it up fairly well. Basically, Apple feels that Samsung is infringing on a variety of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/ipad/">iPad</a> patents, and Apple…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img alt="Enable and use the SFTP server in Mac OS X Lion" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/enable-sftp-server-mac-os-x-lion.jpg" title="Enable and use the SFTP server in Mac OS X Lion" class="aligncenter" width="620" height="347" /></p> <p>Remote Login is a feature in Mac OS X’s Sharing preferences that allow remote users to connect to a Mac in a secure fashion by using OpenSSH. Essentially, it starts an SSH server, which includes SSH, the secure replacement for telnet, SFTP, the secure replacement for FTP, and SCP, for secure copying.</p> <p>The inclusion of SFTP through Remote Login…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/focuswriter-minimalist-writing.jpg" alt="FocusWriting minimalist distraction free writing app" title="focuswriter-minimalist-writing" width="620" height="349" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21789" /></p> <p>Distraction-free writing apps are becoming increasingly popular and the appeal is easy to see, if you just want to write, why do you need to be surrounded by a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/30/windows-8-vs-mac-os-x-and-ios/">gazillion buttons</a> and toolbars? These apps are fairly simple and there’s a slew of choices, many charge u…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/invisible-folder-mac.jpg" alt="Make an invisible folder in Mac OS X to hide files in plain sight" title="invisible-folder-mac" width="601" height="296" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21764" /></p> <p>Want to hide some files in plain sight? You can make a folder invisible to the eye, but not to the click with this neat trick. I learned this in 6th grade to hide files and apps from prying eyes, and despite it’s simplicity it worked to store games, movies, and pictures on school computers without anyone knowing where they were kept. Believe it or not it wor…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/disable-backup-of-files-pages-iwork.jpg" alt="Disable backup of Pages files in the Finder" title="disable-backup-of-files-pages-iwork" width="620" height="334" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21779" /></p> <p>The iWork suite under <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X 10.7</a> includes a rather peculiar default option that backs up every files prior version that you are working on, as a separate file in the same folder. Instead of the backups only being accessible from Versions, this spills out into the Finder, where a file…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-4s-label.jpg" alt="iPhone 4S Label" title="iphone-4s-label" width="620" height="245" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21732" /></p> <p>An alleged iPhone 4S packaging label adds <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/26/what-will-iphone-5-look-like-contradictory-reports-show-nobody-knows/">adds further confusion to the iPhone 5</a>‘s existence and possible launch <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/27/official-iphone-event-on-october-4th-apple-confirms/">next week</a>, and could indicate that Apple will only be releasing an inc…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/vim-mac-tutorial.gif" alt="VIM tutorial " title="vim-mac-tutorial" width="620" height="529" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21724" /></p> <p>VIM is a powerful <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/command-line/">command line</a> text editor that is wildly popular with developers and system administrators that is accessible by typing ‘vim’ in the terminal. For those that haven’t used it before, it has a relatively steep learning curve, and the interface can be confusing until you figure out how it works and start memorizing some of the commands…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/time-machine-local-backups.jpg" alt="Time Machine local backups" title="time-machine-local-backups" width="620" height="342" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21718" /></p> <p>Time Machine in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> initiates a sometimes useful, sometimes not feature: local backups. Called snapshots, this seems to be kicked off when your primary Mac is a laptop and the Time Machine backup is an external drive, so OS X Lion compensates for the potentially unavailable external disk by keeping an additiona…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/kindle-fire-vs-ipad-vs-nook.jpg" alt="Kindle Fire vs iPad 2 vs Nook" title="kindle-fire-vs-ipad-vs-nook" width="550" height="604" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21711" /></p> <p>If you’re anxious to compare the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/28/amazon-kindle-fire-tech-specs-release-date/">new Kindle Fire tablet</a> to the iPad 2, or even the Nook Color, than this handy chart from <a href="http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/28/amazon-kindle-fire-vs-ipad-2-vs-nook-color-numbers/">The Verge</a> makes it nice and easy.</p> &…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/kindle-fire-tablet.jpg" alt="Kindle Fire tablet" title="kindle-fire-tablet" width="470" height="240" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21696" /></p> <p>Amazon has announced the Kindle Fire, the companies first true entry into the tablet market, and what is seen by many as the first real iPad competitor. Backed by Amazon’s massive content library of movies, TV, songs, magazines, books, and apps, the Kindle fire is priced at $199 and is set to be released to US markets on November 15, 2011. Orders are said to be shipping out on a first-come first-serve basis,…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/check-download-speed-app-store.jpg" alt="Check download speed from iTunes App Store " title="check-download-speed-app-store" width="620" height="135" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21690" /></p> <p>Want to check the download speed of something you’re getting from iTunes or the App Store? No sweat, from the sidebar click on Store > Downloads. Here you’ll see the whatever items are currently downloading, and all you need to do is <strong>click on the progress bar</strong> to show the transfer rate.</p> <p>This works for the <…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/firefox-7.jpg" alt="Firefox 7 " title="firefox-7" width="620" height="329" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21676" /></p> <p>Firefox 7 is now available to download for all supported platforms, the new release has an emphasis on improved memory management and speed, and it does provide a noticeable difference in snappiness when loading pages or browsing the web.</p> <p>The benefits are best seen if you keep Firefox open for a long time (who ever closes their web browser anyway?), use a lot of tabs, and view pages with a lot of images or text, a…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/apple-iphone-event-invite.jpg" alt="official iPhone event invite for October 4th" title="apple-iphone-event-invite" width="529" height="486" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21668" /></p> <p>Apple has confirmed the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/21/iphone-5-launch-date-october-4/">expected October 4th</a> iPhone media event by sending out invites to a small group of press. The image above, sent to AllThingsD, ThisIsMyNext, SlashGear, and <a href="http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/09/27/apple-announces-iphone-5-event-for-oct-4/">LoopIn…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RestoreMeNot-selects-apps-to-restore-or-not.jpg" alt="RestoreMeNot controls specific apps to restore or not in OS X Lion" title="RestoreMeNot-selects-apps-to-restore-or-not" width="620" height="387" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21662" /></p> <p>OS X Lion’s Restore function is what causes app windows to re-open after you’ve relaunched an app, and people seem to either love it or hate it. Sure you can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/18/disable-mac-os-x-lion-resume-window-restore/">turn it off completely</a>, but that’s a bit overkill if …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-concept.jpg" alt="iPhone 5 concept" title="iphone-5-concept" width="574" height="328" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21648" /></p> <p>Two vastly different analyst reports do a great job of indicating the immense confusion surrounding the next-gen iPhone launch, which is due next week on <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/21/iphone-5-launch-date-october-4/">October 4th</a>. While some analysts are continuing to predict an all new redesigned <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-5/">iPhone 5</a> released alongside a low…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/reverse-horizontal-scrolling-mac.jpg" alt="Reverse Horizontal Scrolling to be Natural in Mac OS X" title="reverse-horizontal-scrolling-mac" width="403" height="253" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21620" /></p> <p>Reverse scrolling, better known as ‘natural scrolling’ for OS X Lion users, is when the content on screen follows your finger movements, just like iOS. This is activated by default for vertical scrolling, but what about horizontal? Oddly enough, scrolling left and right maintains the old style scrolling behavior, moving the content away from you…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/extract-package-file-contents.jpg" alt="Extract Package (.pkg) file contents without installing them in Mac OS X" title="extract-package-file-contents" width="620" height="306" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21574" /></p> <p>Continuing on with the theme of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/23/show-what-files-to-be-installed-and-where-files-go/">inspecting the contents of app installers</a>, you can also extract package files and sort through their contents without actually installing them. To do this, you can often just right-click on a pk…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphone-5-release-oct-14.jpg" alt="iPhone 5 release date?" title="iphone-5-release-oct-14" width="620" height="192" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21602" /></p> <p>A new report says that Apple is blacking out selected vacation days during the second week of October, strongly indicating that iOS 5, iCloud, and iPhone 5 are expected to be released that week. Specifically, <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/24/apple_blacking_out_vacation_days_during_second_week_of_october.html">AppleInsider</a> learned that Apple “<em>has i…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/infinite-loop-apple.jpg" alt="One Infinite Loop, the Apple Campus" title="infinite-loop-apple" width="620" height="289" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21596" /></p> <p>Apple intends to host the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/21/iphone-5-launch-date-october-4/">October 4th media event</a> on their own campus in Cupertino, California, according to a new report from WSJ’s <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20110925/october-iphone-event-to-be-held-on-apple-campus/">AllThingsD</a>. The event is expected to be headlined by the iPhone …

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mac-pro-flip-clock-screensavers.jpg" alt="Mac Pro with Flip Clock Screensavers" title="mac-pro-flip-clock-screensavers" width="620" height="286" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21586" /></p> <p>This user submitted Mac setup comes from Chris K and is primarily used for video editing with Final Cut. The dual displays are powered by a Mac Pro sitting under the desk, while a MacBook Pro 15″ sits to the left and an iPad 2 rounds out the right. Great setup!</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mac-pro-macbook-pro-ipad2…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/show-files-to-be-installed-mac.jpg" alt="Show Files and Locations of Files to be Installed in Mac OS X" title="show-files-to-be-installed-mac" width="612" height="290" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21564" /></p> <p>In nearly all Installer and Package apps, you have the option to <em>view exactly what files will be installed</em> and where the installer wants to place them. This is an often overlooked feature of the OS X Installer, and it you’ve ever wondered what and where on earth that random .pkg wants to throw its contents, this will show…

<div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cortex-a9-quad-core-cpu-xcode.jpg" alt="" title="quad-core-ARM-cpu-xcode" width="620" height="409" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21555" /></p> <p>Apple looks to be experimenting with quad-core ARM CPU’s, possibly for future iPhone, iPad, and even MacBook Airs, as references in Xcodes default compiler reveal. This was first discovered by <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/09/support-for-quad-core-arm-cpu-shows-up-in-apples-xcode-but-why.ars">ArsTechnica</a>, who proposes three possible scenarios for why the CPU support exists:&lt…