Sunday, March 21, 2010 10:27

Posts Tagged ‘os x’

Aqua scrollbar art

Saturday, March 6, 2010 14:00

Filed under: Cult of Mac , Apple , Developer I love these bits of art by Anders Clauson featuring iconography from the old Aqua OS X interface -- obviously it's not a straight representation of the actual interface, but instead, it's kind of a weird deconstruction of the scrollbars. ...

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Switch 101: A guide to using OS X

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 14:00

Filed under: OS , Switchers As the resident Mac expert for my family and friends, I often find myself fielding questions from the recent switchers in my life. A lot of those questions come in the form of "how do I ?" Apparently Apple's support folk have also encountered ...

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How to change Time Machine backup interval, backup manually

Sunday, February 21, 2010 20:46

Time Machine, the automated backup utility built into Mac OS X, is set to run every hour by default. Is this too often for you? Find out how you can change the backup interval, plus how to initiate backups only when you trigger them manually.

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Enable Magic Mouse momentum scrolling in Mac OS X 10.5.8

Enable Magic Mouse momentum scrolling in Mac OS X 10.5.8

Monday, February 1, 2010 20:20

Magic Mouse owners who are still running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard have been left out in the cold. Apple only officially supports momentum scrolling in 10.6, but a simple hack can bring 10.5 users up to speed too.

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More rumored Telltale plans for the Mac

Saturday, January 30, 2010 13:30

Filed under: Gaming , Software We posted a little while back about Telltale possibly bringing its games over to the Mac, and now there's even more rumblings to be interested in.

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Apple iPad recap

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 15:38

If you were following this morning’s Apple announcement , it may have been quite overwhelming and your head could be spinning in confusion.

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3 very handy, lesser-known iPhoto ‘09 tips for casual users

3 very handy, lesser-known iPhoto ‘09 tips for casual users

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 18:09

While snooping around iPhoto ‘09 I recently discovered a few things I never really noticed before. Find out how to compare photo edits, filter items to be imported, and copy location information. I’m admittedly not an iPhoto expert

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Hints found of OpenGL 3.0 support in 10.6.3

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 16:00

Filed under: Gaming , Hardware , OS , Software , Apple , Snow Leopard News is bouncing around today that the current test version of Mac OS X 10.6.3 has OpenGL 3.0 installed in it, and while it's not completely working yet , developers are hopeful that this means ...

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Creator codes make a comeback in Snow Leopard with LaunchCodes

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 16:00

Filed under: Software , Cool tools In Mac OS X (and back into OS 9 history), a creator code is a hidden value attached to a document and bound to a preferred application, allowing the OS to know which application to use for opening that file. This is particularly ...

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Hackintosh Clinic - Liveblog

Friday, December 11, 2009 13:45

Filed under: Troubleshooting Got a new Dell Mini 10v for the holidays? Looking to find a little peer support while you Hackintosh it?

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