See this at: mac.pqrs.org| Added on 11/05/07

== Attention You must login to remote server without password & passphrase input. Make password & passphrase less environment by SSHKeychain == Step1 Execute "/Applications/sshfs/extra/mountHelper/makeApp/make.sh" from Terminal.app, and enter... See more

== Attention You must login to remote server without password & passphrase input. Make password & passphrase less environment by SSHKeychain == Step1 Execute "/Applications/sshfs/extra/mountHelper/makeApp/make.sh" from Terminal.app, and enter information. == Step2 Then, This script makes directories "sshfs-mount-XXX.app, sshfs-umount-XXX.app". Move these directories to ~/Applications. EXAMPLE: If you want to mount "tekezo@www.pqrs.org:/home/const" to "~/sshfs/const", enter as follows. See less

See this at: busyashell.com| Added on 10/11/07

I recently aquired a refurbed MacBook for my wife. She also owns a 30 gig iPod for her workouts. In addition, she’s a spin instructor and has a constant need to burn CD’s for her classes. I’ve always kept our music library of 70 gigs on a... See more

I recently aquired a refurbed MacBook for my wife. She also owns a 30 gig iPod for her workouts. In addition, she’s a spin instructor and has a constant need to burn CD’s for her classes. I’ve always kept our music library of 70 gigs on a portable hard-drive connected via USB to my MacBook Pro; when required. Since my lovely wife is not as macnerdy as me, it’s been a drag on her to access the music library. If she needed to update the ipod she obviously used my mac. Now I’ve updated our network to accommodate her needs. Here’s how we are sharing the music library and how I did the updates to the existing setup. See less

See this at: macfixitforums.com| Added on 10/09/07

I have just added an external NAS drive to my network. I have two shares configured on the disc (one public and one private) and have mounted both of them on my desktop. I dragged each of the network icons from the desktop onto my Lonin Items in the... See more

I have just added an external NAS drive to my network. I have two shares configured on the disc (one public and one private) and have mounted both of them on my desktop. I dragged each of the network icons from the desktop onto my Lonin Items in the Account section of System Preferences. When I add the icons they are listed in the Login Items with the names of the shares and lists them as Volumes. When I do a restart the icons do not mount automatically and when I look in the Login Items the proper names are still listed but instead of Volumes they are listed as Unknown. The account is set up as an administrator and I have added the NAS password to my keychain to take care of authentication. I even fully defined the name and path (smb://device name/share name) in the Connect To Server dialog box and added both paths to my server favorites list. I am running 10.4.3 but also want to set up my wife's iBook which is running 10.3.9. Any suggestions and/or help would be appreciated. Thanks,... See less

See this at: orbicule.com| Added on 09/28/07

Below you can read a true recovery story. Events are in chronological order to give our (prospective) customers an idea of the recovery procedure (all times are EST). The owner's name has been changed, to protect his privacy. This page will soon be... See more

Below you can read a true recovery story. Events are in chronological order to give our (prospective) customers an idea of the recovery procedure (all times are EST). The owner's name has been changed, to protect his privacy. This page will soon be updated with more recovery stories. See less

See this at: macosxhints.com| Added on 09/08/07

After some trial-and-error research, I finally managed to move my iTunes library from my MacBook to a Linux file server, and to also use it from Windows machines. I wanted to be able to manage my library from all the computers on my network, so the... See more

After some trial-and-error research, I finally managed to move my iTunes library from my MacBook to a Linux file server, and to also use it from Windows machines. I wanted to be able to manage my library from all the computers on my network, so the iTunes sharing option was not enough. But I am the only user of the library: there will not be more than one instance of iTunes using (modifying) the library at once, otherwise this hint will certainly not work (see note at the bottom). My file server (running Gentoo Linux) runs Samba for Windows sharing and netatalk for AFP. On each computer, I mount my Linux home directory. In it is a folder named iTunes, with the usual library structure. Now the steps to follow for achieving my setup: On your network share, create a folder called iTunes. To begin moving your library, make sure you have mounted your share on your Mac. Then follow these steps: * Open iTunes' preferences * Choose Advanced * Choose the new location for iTunes Music to be on... See less

See this at: gizmodo.com| Added on 08/20/07

If you wanted to install third-party native software in your iPhone but you didn't had the necessary technical knowledge or courage, the newly updated iPhone Installer.app will make it so easy that it will be very hard to resist. We have tried it in... See more

If you wanted to install third-party native software in your iPhone but you didn't had the necessary technical knowledge or courage, the newly updated iPhone Installer.app will make it so easy that it will be very hard to resist. We have tried it in Mac OS X and, as you will see in the tutorial after the jump, it works perfectly —including the installation of applications over Wi-Fi and EDGE. Once you download the application from the link below, you only have to connect your iPhone to your Mac (PowerPC and Intel will work, we have tried both) and run the script from the Mac OS X Terminal. Doing this is quite simple: Preparation • Download the installation file to your desktop. • Connect your iPhone to your computer using the provided cable. • Deactivate the iPhone automatic synchronization in iTunes before proceeding and close iTunes. Steps • Go to Utilities in your Applications folder and find Terminal. • Double-click on Terminal. • In the Terminal, go to the folder... See less

See this at: spanningsync.com| Added on 06/20/07

But Don't Take Our Word For It David Chartier of The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) writes, "Spanning Sync looks to be the holy grail of true, two-way calendar synchronization between Apple's iCal and Google Calendar." ZDNet writes, "$25 gets you a... See more

But Don't Take Our Word For It David Chartier of The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) writes, "Spanning Sync looks to be the holy grail of true, two-way calendar synchronization between Apple's iCal and Google Calendar." ZDNet writes, "$25 gets you a one-year subscription to the service and $65 gets you a permanent license. I like the options and consider either to be well worth the investment for the trouble-free way the utility helps me keep everything organized." Wired News says, "It's understandable that Mac users are really excited about this." InfoWorld writes, "For $75/user/year ($50/Google and $25/Spanning Sync) you have 10GB of email, shared calendar, Sync and whatever other goodies Google drops on you. Just over $6/user/month is well worth it to know all your data is available." O'Grady's PowerPage says, "If you're ever wanted to use both Apple's iCal and Google Calendar and found yourself confounded by having to juggle two interfaces you owe it to yourself to check out... See less

See this at: tuaw.com| Added on 06/20/07

It's so beautiful, I think I'm gettin' all misty eyed: the venerable Mr. Tim Gaden at Hawk Wings found an AppleScript by Benjamin Harley that can pseudo-sync - as in: not just export - your contacts between Address Book and Gmail. I use 'pseudo'... See more

It's so beautiful, I think I'm gettin' all misty eyed: the venerable Mr. Tim Gaden at Hawk Wings found an AppleScript by Benjamin Harley that can pseudo-sync - as in: not just export - your contacts between Address Book and Gmail. I use 'pseudo' because there is still a little manual work involved, and it isn't a true sync process through and through, but it's the best solution I've personally seen yet. A few words of wisdom, however, before you go all download and sync happy: the script has some catches and boundaries, so I highly urge you to read through the very thorough ReadMe file (link) Benjamin provides on how the script works, and how to prepare everything needed. Also, I can't stress this enough: back up your Address Book and, oh yea - back up your Address Book before tinkering with this script. There are definitely quirks involved when dealing with some of Google's services like this, so you *need* to be aware of how this works and the best way to proceed. With the PSA out of... See less

See this at: extremetech.com| Added on 05/29/07

Replacing the hard drive in an Apple MacBook is pretty easy. You just pop out the battery, remove three little screws, and pull on a special "hard drive removal" tab to pull the drive out. There are even instructions [PDF] on Apple's site. The... See more

Replacing the hard drive in an Apple MacBook is pretty easy. You just pop out the battery, remove three little screws, and pull on a special "hard drive removal" tab to pull the drive out. There are even instructions [PDF] on Apple's site. The MacBook Pro is a different story. Replacing your MacBook Pro hard drive requires some minor surgery, and it will void your warranty—but hey, that's never stopped an ExtremeTech reader, right? It just so happens that we upgraded the hard drive in a MacBook Pro recently, so we thought we would provide you with a step-by-step photo tour of the right way to do it. Why would you want to do this? Well, in our case, it was to improve performance and increase capacity. With Boot Camp now supporting Windows Vista, we're splitting our drive between two OSes, each with a sizable amount of data. The 80GB drive we started with just isn't enough anymore. The 5400 RPM drive originally installed was fine, but we want more speed—so we're going to upgrade to... See less

See this at: macapper.com| Added on 05/23/07

So there you are in your cubicle at work utilizing your employer’s expensive internet connection for everything except something that can actually justify your pay check. This is a good enough time to do some power ebaying, youtubing, or hell even... See more

So there you are in your cubicle at work utilizing your employer’s expensive internet connection for everything except something that can actually justify your pay check. This is a good enough time to do some power ebaying, youtubing, or hell even some chatty chat with that sexy new bit on the side. It doesn’t get any better than this right? To actually get paid to surf the internet whilst firing off a reply to the occasional email, to keep up the guise of you actually being alert and attentive to the various happenings at work. Imagine if your poor sap of a boss actually knew what you were up to! Guess what, chances are he does. Or is about to. There’s always some little weasel of a sys-admin just waiting to inform “the man” of just how much time you, his star employee, is actually NOT spending justifying that paycheck. Just imagine when the schmuck presents ream after ream of printed logs of your questionable online antics. IRC, MSN Messenger, AOL Messenger, YouTube, pr0n,... See less

See this at: embraceware.com| Added on 05/23/07

Easily create a weekly or specific date alarm to wake you playing your favorite music or any of the built in sounds.

Easily create a weekly or specific date alarm to wake you playing your favorite music or any of the built in sounds. See less

See this at: macapper.com| Added on 05/09/07

I love the ability to pause or skip an iTunes song on the fly without having to switch apps. Yet, short of holding your Apple Remote in your hand while web-surfing or working, iTunes provides no easy way to do so. I used to use a commercial,... See more

I love the ability to pause or skip an iTunes song on the fly without having to switch apps. Yet, short of holding your Apple Remote in your hand while web-surfing or working, iTunes provides no easy way to do so. I used to use a commercial, menu-based iTunes control (it’s been so long I’ve forgotten what it’s called), but as I fell deeper and deeper in love with Quicksilver I discovered that I could do even more in everyone’s favorite super-app. Quicksilver, for those who don’t know is a powerful and flexible freeware application launcher and more. It’s really pretty hard to describe, so if you haven’t tried it yet definitely give it a go. In this tutorial I’d like to show you how you can configure Quicksilver on your Mac to make controlling iTunes more simple and fun with something called Triggers. First things first, if you don’t have Quicksilver installed do so by downloading a copy from BlackTree, drag it to your Applications folder and open it up. One thing to... See less

See this at: panic.com| Added on 04/26/07

Your Coda experience starts with “Sites”. Think of them as uber-favorites on cute little pieces of paper. When you’re ready to start work, just double click a site — Coda will instantly restore itself exactly as you left it, connecting to... See more

Your Coda experience starts with “Sites”. Think of them as uber-favorites on cute little pieces of paper. When you’re ready to start work, just double click a site — Coda will instantly restore itself exactly as you left it, connecting to your server, restoring any splits and tabs, and allowing you to code, pronto. Work on websites locally, then publish them remotely to your server? Coda’s sites will automatically track your local changes, and do it all for you. Just hit the big, shiny “Publish All” button. Ka-plam! Up they go. What happens when you take the flexibility, power, and compatibility of Transmit, then cram it into a sidebar? You get a full-featured, built-in file browser, familiar and awesome. Supporting FTP, SFTP, FTP+SSL, and WebDAV, you can connect to virtually any file server imaginable without breaking a sweat. Edit files remotely, directly. Copy. Upload. Rename. Whatever. Sure, you'll still launch Transmit to do serious transferring with a bit more... See less

See this at: kentd.com| Added on 03/15/07

Open a whole folder of images by Command-Option drag a folder onto the Preview dock icon. Change the sort order by Control-clicking on a blank section of the drawer. Tools > Annotation will allow you to add annotations to PDF's. Adding a keyword to a... See more

Open a whole folder of images by Command-Option drag a folder onto the Preview dock icon. Change the sort order by Control-clicking on a blank section of the drawer. Tools > Annotation will allow you to add annotations to PDF's. Adding a keyword to a pic will allow Spotlight to find it more easily. If you drag something from the trash on to a dock icon, it'll open up. $&8: Take the PRO features out of my menus in unregistered Quicktime On the option menu for Quicktime Player, click on "Show Package Contents," go into Contents > Resources and rename "ProMenuitem.tif" to something else and it'll disappear. You can change any of the images there, but be careful! /System/Library/CoreServices contains "VerifiedDownloadAgent." Add it to your sidebar and you can drag/drop links into it and it'll download the file. $&10: Run widgets one time to see if you want to keep it When asked "Do you want to install the widget..." , hold down Command-Option and the install button becomes a Run button. To... See less

See this at: tuaw.com| Added on 03/02/07

Last September we showed you how to keep your iTunes library on an external hard drive. While doing the same thing over an AirPort Disk with Apple's new AirPort Extreme Base Station sounds like it should more or less be the same situation, there are... See more

Last September we showed you how to keep your iTunes library on an external hard drive. While doing the same thing over an AirPort Disk with Apple's new AirPort Extreme Base Station sounds like it should more or less be the same situation, there are a couple of new catches to be aware of. Never fear, though - we'll outline what you need to know to truly snip the wires on your iTunes library. First, in order to do this right, we recommend backing up your library before snipping any cables (we also don't recommend actually snipping any cables; they can be expensive to replace). If you haven't gotten into the backup habit yet, Scott's How to Back your music using iTunes 7 tutorial is a great place to start. Now, on with the show. We'll begin by assuming you have already set up your AEBS (AirPort Extreme Base Station) and that you have the hard drive you're planning to use. We recommend not hooking the drive up to the AEBS just yet, as moving the typical iTunes library filled with a few GB... See less

See this at: hawkwings.net| Added on 03/02/07

« Hello. I’m back again. MailFollowUp plugin updated: Now with toolbar UPDATE: A number of posters in the comments have pointed out that it is possible to run this command on just one line in the Terminal and to leave some of it out. See the... See more

« Hello. I’m back again. MailFollowUp plugin updated: Now with toolbar UPDATE: A number of posters in the comments have pointed out that it is possible to run this command on just one line in the Terminal and to leave some of it out. See the comments if you are interested in more fancy ways to get the job done. As everyone knows, it is possible to get quite a speed boost out of Mail.app by stripping all the bloat out of its Envelope index, an SQLite database Mail uses to store senders, recipients, subjects and so on. In a past Hawk Wings tip , I suggested that quitting Mail, deleting the Envelope file and restarting Mail would force a rebuild that produces a leaner, faster email experience. In October last year Dallas noticed a faster way to get the same result and posted it in the comments to that tip. And there it remained until I noticed that Shaun Inman (an iCelebrity and developer of Mint which counts the peeps on Hawk Wings) had noticed it. Here it is. See less

See this at: shirt-pocket.com| Added on 02/23/07

The SuperDuper! Main Window We all know that using the Macintosh is usually a trouble-free experience. * Your hard drive starts making that horrible clicking noise that signals an imminent meltdown * A momentary lapse of coordination causes your... See more

The SuperDuper! Main Window We all know that using the Macintosh is usually a trouble-free experience. * Your hard drive starts making that horrible clicking noise that signals an imminent meltdown * A momentary lapse of coordination causes your PowerBook to take a dirt nap * The system suddenly fails to boot * Your most important day-to-day application isn't working with the system update you just applied * The new driver you just updated is causing your Macintosh to crash * That lousy software you just tried didn't come with an uninstaller, and scattered files all over your drive * You need to restore a stable copy of your system, but don't want to lose what you've been working on * You need to test new versions of the operating system with production data you can't afford to lose It happens to all of us, eventually. And recovering can be a painful, error-prone, time-wasting experience, if it's even possible at all. Until now. * Flexibility * Speed * Ease of use * Acclaim * Experts *... See less

See this at: macgeekery.com| Added on 12/24/06

It's a matter of seeing who is starting what and why, but almost everything can be changed if you work hard enough. First, ask yourself if this is something you need to do. Most services that aren't active have been paged out and just the run loop... See more

It's a matter of seeing who is starting what and why, but almost everything can be changed if you work hard enough. First, ask yourself if this is something you need to do. Most services that aren't active have been paged out and just the run loop portion of the code is in memory and running, which isn't that bad of a tax on the CPU. If you're doing it to do it, don't. However, if you're seeing a problem, or absolutely need that last cycle out of your CPU, you can start turning things off that you're not using. To do that, we need to know who started what. Open up Activity Monitor and in the toolbar pick "All Processes, Hierarchically". Now, sort by the PID column. You now see what programs started each other, and in approximately what order1 they came up. What action you take depends on the process that started the one in question. See less

See this at: delicious-monster.co...| Added on 12/19/06

Get your Mac, a webcam, and Delicious Library and rediscover your home library. Just point any FireWire digital video camera, like an Apple iSight®, at the barcode on the back of any book, movie, music, or video game. Delicious Library does the... See more

Get your Mac, a webcam, and Delicious Library and rediscover your home library. Just point any FireWire digital video camera, like an Apple iSight®, at the barcode on the back of any book, movie, music, or video game. Delicious Library does the rest. The barcode is scanned and within seconds the item's cover appears on your digital shelves filled with tons of in-depth information downloaded from one of six different web sources from around the world. Once your whole library is cataloged, you can find and use your items like never before. Browse, sort, and search through your digital shelves. Sync your cataloged library onto your iPod or print a color catalog and take it with you. Find and purchase new items using Delicious Library's personalized recommendations. Keep track of the items your friends are borrowing using Delicious Library's loan management system, which integrates with Apple's Address Book and iCal. Take advantage of new, cutting-edge Mac OS X Tiger features with... See less

See this at: 72.14.253.104| Added on 12/11/06

This hint describes how to use Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) to connect to a Mac that is behind a residential gateway, or more generally, behind any device that is performing NAT or dropping the necessary TCP ports. The short version of this hint is... See more

This hint describes how to use Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) to connect to a Mac that is behind a residential gateway, or more generally, behind any device that is performing NAT or dropping the necessary TCP ports. The short version of this hint is this: * Have the target user ssh to you, with a remote port forward that connects an arbitrary TCP port (e.g. 5800) on your machine to port 5900 on their machine. Email them the command line entry to the user, since they probably aren't ssh-savvy if you're trying to ARD to them in the first place. * Use ipfw to rewrite packets for 127.0.0.1:5900 to go to 127.0.0.1:5800. * In ARD, create a machine manually by address, and specify 127.0.0.1 * (Optional) I actually created a secondary address on my lo0 (127.0.0.2), and had ipfw look for 127.0.0.2:5900 to rewrite to 127.0.0.1:5800. This means that I can be set up to reach more than one remote client at a time, without having to reconfigure anything. Read on for a more detailed walkthrough...... See less

See this at: macattorney.com| Added on 12/02/06

Keeping at least 10% of your drive space free is advice that I've followed for quite a few years; I don't know if that figure is too high or too low, but I've never run into any drive-space-related issues using it as a benchmark.... See more

Keeping at least 10% of your drive space free is advice that I've followed for quite a few years; I don't know if that figure is too high or too low, but I've never run into any drive-space-related issues using it as a benchmark. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050714154930216&lsrc=osxh If a UNIX system employs non VM for memory management (that is, real memory) the issue of swapping is a different beast altogether. This is because when swapping memory out it has to be done in large contiguous chunks (not small pages of 4096 bytes). For this reason it's important that the swap file space on disk be a contiguous set of tracks/cylinders and if possible have a separate data path to avoid interfering with other user i/o activities. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010613140025184 See less

See this at: igetter.net| Added on 12/01/06

* iGetter is a full featured download manager and accelerator. With iGetter you can get the most out of your Internet connection (dial-up, wireless, cable, DSL, T1 etc.). iGetter can greatly improve the speed of your downloads using segmented... See more

* iGetter is a full featured download manager and accelerator. With iGetter you can get the most out of your Internet connection (dial-up, wireless, cable, DSL, T1 etc.). iGetter can greatly improve the speed of your downloads using segmented (accelerated) downloading. In addition it allows auto resume on broken downloads, queue filtering by various criteria, scheduling downloads for low traffic periods, auto redial on broken connection, auto hang-up and shut down on completion, and much more. Read more about iGetter... See less

See this at: ifixit.com| Added on 11/16/06

Have an iPod? Find components in our iPod store. Hot news: We've just posted the first online photos of Apple's new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo. Get 'em while they're hot! More news: We've just launched our new iPod Parts store, with dozens of iPod parts... See more

Have an iPod? Find components in our iPod store. Hot news: We've just posted the first online photos of Apple's new MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo. Get 'em while they're hot! More news: We've just launched our new iPod Parts store, with dozens of iPod parts and upgrades! We also created a complete line of free Fixit Guides for every iPod model! See less

See this at: gizmodo.com| Added on 09/13/06

Hey you guys might know this already, but Brian had no clue, so I'm passing it along. Press and hold Apple+Control+D over any word in a cocoa application (Safari, iChat, Mail etc...) and up pops a handy dandy Dictionary/Thesaurus. You can even move... See more

Hey you guys might know this already, but Brian had no clue, so I'm passing it along. Press and hold Apple+Control+D over any word in a cocoa application (Safari, iChat, Mail etc...) and up pops a handy dandy Dictionary/Thesaurus. You can even move your mouse over any other word on the page and it will keep throwing out definitions. Then just let go of the keys, and POOF no more dictionary.[You're fired. Get me some coffee, intern-BL] See less

See this at: lifehacker.com| Added on 09/06/06

Mac guy and Dashboard skeptic Merlin Mann recommends the Dine-O-Matic Dashboard widget, a random restaurant recommender that can settle co-worker where-to-lunch decisions in a snap. [Dine-O-Matic] does precisely one thing: it chooses a random... See more

Mac guy and Dashboard skeptic Merlin Mann recommends the Dine-O-Matic Dashboard widget, a random restaurant recommender that can settle co-worker where-to-lunch decisions in a snap. [Dine-O-Matic] does precisely one thing: it chooses a random restaurant for you to eat at. That's it. No more whiny rounds of "'What do you want?' and 'No, what do you want?'" Because we now have comely robots to make these decisions for us. The dining-out singularity is near! See less

See this at: rixstep.com| Added on 09/06/06

A repository for every keyboard secret in OS X. Some of these are well known, some are not. Shortcuts in the Menu category are common rather than universal. This list should continue to grow exponentially over time.

A repository for every keyboard secret in OS X. Some of these are well known, some are not. Shortcuts in the Menu category are common rather than universal. This list should continue to grow exponentially over time. See less

See this at: docs.info.apple.com| Added on 06/01/06

Learn about common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.

Learn about common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts. See less

See this at: cocoatech.com| Added on 04/20/06

Path Finder 4.1 is a free update for all registered Path Finder 4.0 customers. Running Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.2? We have older versions of Path Finder (no longer being updated) for previous versions of Mac OS X on our download page.)

Path Finder 4.1 is a free update for all registered Path Finder 4.0 customers. Running Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.2? We have older versions of Path Finder (no longer being updated) for previous versions of Mac OS X on our download page.) See less

Highlights: Upgrade: $17.95