I think most of them work on both Snow Leopard and Lion. Not sure about previous versions. Just type the ones you want to activate/deactivate on the command line and have fun. # Enable full keyboard access for all controls (e.g. enable Tab in modal dialogs) defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 3 # Enable the [...]
This is just a self reminder on how to disable and enable spotlight in Snow Leopard and Lion. Open a terminal and type: To enable: sudo mdutil -a -i on To disable: sudo mdutil -a -i off In system preferences you can control which drives and/or folders are not to be indexed.
The default time machine backup interval is every hour. Sometimes this can be really annoying so, if you find yourself in need to change this, here’s how: Navigate to /System/Library/LaunchDaemons and locate the file named com.apple.backupd-auto.plist. Inside this file you will find the following content: <key>StartInterval</key> <integer>3600</integer> 3600 means hourly (60 minutes X 60 seconds). [...]
After buying my shiny new ipad2 I, like most other tablet enthusiasts, devoted a fair amount of time in search of the coolest and most useful apps to install. The major problem in most results that google returns is that they all mention the same list: twitter, IMO.im, friendly, dropbox, etc. (for a list of [...]
So apparently my iPad’s smart cover will be delivered on the 6th of April. Today is the 21st… But i’m not complaining. Not about that, at least. You see, they split up my order in two because the iPad is to be shipped later (25th of April). The problem is that an iPad cover is [...]
So here’s the deal: I had planned to purchase a honeycomb-based tablet as my sabbatical leave of absence going away present to myself. I was carefully considering all the pros and cons of both the Motorola Xoom and the new 10″ Samsung Galaxy Tab. Between the two of them discovered the latter has a better [...]
The problem For a while now, i have been searching for a way to stream videos from my living room’s Mac Mini to my other Macs across the house. Especially to my laptop (or in the future to my tablet) when i’m laying in bed. Yes, i know i’m lazy, but one has to take [...]
If you’re trying the new developer preview version of OSX (10.7 – Lion) and find that the default sound output (headphones) is misbehaving, there is a quick fix for it. According to OSX developers, if you go into the Audio MIDI Setup (under /Applications/Utilities) and change the output format from 2ch-16bit to 2ch-32bit (like in [...]
I don’t get all the fuss about Apple no longer shipping java with OSX. Windows never did. Linux does not. So what? Actually, with Lion, they will make it extremely easy to install anyways. According to early reports about the developer preview release, when a user tries to run a java application (or install one), [...]
I could not figure out why the hell Safari 5 was running so slow in my personal mac, when compared with the one i use for work. Until i read some nice tips on the subject, namely this one article. To make the story short: I had installed (a long long time ago) a couple [...]
Apple had an event yesterday. And i saw that it was goooood. Seriously now, i was pleasantly surprised by – well – the surprises that were shown by Steve and co. Here’s a brief sum of coolness: iLife 11 This update to the iLife family of products is one of the best ever, in my [...]
Awesome Futurama video parodying Apple’s iPhone:
And i must say it looks beautiful! It features twice the graphics speed, HDMI connector (finally!), a thin unibody aluminum case, and a built in power supply (which means no more big power transformer in along the power cable). I love it and i definitely want one connected to my TV in my living room [...]
Just a couple of pictures this time. The first one is about something i noticed i was doing, while searching for a code fragment. One could call it ironic, trying to find “find” The other is proof of my amazement by the fact that there was one person who visited my blog using an iPad [...]
“A well-known hacker of the iPhone, who previously defeated Apple’s restrictions on developers, has claimed in a video to have hacked the iPad. Just a day after release, the hacker, who goes by ‘MuscleNerd’ online, said that he has gained root access to the iPad…”, as seen on slashdot.
Cool as it may be, i cannot but feel disappointed with Apple’s newest unveiling – the iPad: No camera – Really? In this day and age of videoconferencing?!? What are you guys thinking? No GPS – It does have assisted (wifi/3G) GPS but it’s not quite the same, is it? Especially when you don’t have wifi or [...]
Jason Calacanis apparently had access to the Apple table 10 days ago. If you take a look at his status update feed on twiter, you find really interesting reports about the table, namely: It will have an “ebook reader” mode that saves a lot of battery time; Battery life for gaming/wifi is around 2/3 hours; [...]
One of these days, accidentally, I removed isync from my mac. After *a lot* of googling around I found this page that saved my life: http://www.feisar.com/isync_tips.html Here are the steps. You can do one of 3 things to restore isync: 1) Restore iSync from your Time Machine backup (or any other backup you’ve made). 2) [...]