TheiPhoneCheatSheet.com: Yes, we’re launching yet another site
Despite barely have time to keep one site going, we have decided to launch yet another site. It is called The iPhone Cheat Sheet, and right now it is pretty lame, but with your help, we hope to have it running full steam in a couple weeks. Ironically, despite all my complaining about the iPhone taking up 90% of Apple’s headlines, this new site will be devoted exclusively... Read More
Tips: How to “forward delete” on a MacBook
OK, those of you who have had Mac portables forever can just shut up right now. In fact, I am considering disabling comments to keep you’re smug asses from typing “duh”, and “why not tell us where the ‘power’ key is?” – so be kind. As someone who has been raised solely on desktop Macs, my move last November to the MacBook was a... Read More
Top 10 ways to instantly DEcrease productivity on your Mac
Sure, we’ve all read those lists of tweaks you can make to your system to increase productivity, but what if you’re not in such an all-fired hurry to get things done? What if you’re already plenty efficient, and actually need to slow things down a bit until that five o’clock whistle blows? Well, lucky for you, we’ve compiled a list of the top ten... Read More
Use JavaScript to unlock high-res YouTube videos
Above: You can see that especially on fast motion videos, the quality is noticeably better on the high-res video video (right) than the standard YouTube offering (left). Faithful Macenstein reader brethil clued me into a cool YouTube trick that probably everyone besides me already knew about. Apparently if you open a YouTube url in your browser, then add “&fmt=18”... Read More
Tips/How To: Use the Mac to ground your kids
Ahhh report card season. There can be no prouder moment in a parent’s life than when they open that report card and see that their little babies are excelling in their studies thanks to countless hours of hard work, studying, determination, and of course, amazing genetics. And of course there can be no greater sense of shame, disappointment, and out-right “how can I... Read More
How to: Swap your recently purchased 8 GB iPhone for a new 16 GB one
Faithful Macenstein reader jonro had been writing me for months leading up to Macworld, asking my thoughts on when a new iPhone would be released. He really wanted to make the leap, but was worried an impending update would leave him feeling like he wasted his money. I kept telling him it seemed like Macworld was a sure bet (whoops) but if not, then soon after. I wasn’t... Read More
How to: Defeat the iPhone’s auto-complete
[UPDATE: This tip has been reported as “lame” by some readers, and I think I may have to agree. -The Doc] I’ve found the iPhone’s autocomplete function to be pretty accurate, and very useful in general. The one situation where I consistently have problems with it, however, is YouTube. Maybe it’s just that I look up weird crap, but the iPhone often... Read More
Get your own personal Apple.com username
Like most of you, I like to pretend I am an Apple employee, occasionally dressing up as one and standing outside the entrance to my local Apple store greeting customers and dispensing advice. And now I have discovered a way to further encourage my deranged fantasy. Simply add the text ?user= to Apple’s url, and you can create the illusion that you have special access to... Read More
Backing up both Intel and PPC computers to the same Time Machine drive
Faithful Macenstein reader Scott writes: Hey, I just got a 750GB external hard drive with the intention to back up both my iMac and my older iBook G4. I installed Leopard on both to use Time Machine. I plugged in the hard drive to my iMac and have it backing that up. When I went to plug it into my iBook, it said it would erase the hard drive and then start backing up the iBook,... Read More
Tips/How To: Make a Single Layer Leopard Backup DVD
Ah the “backup copy”, the shield behind which many a video game, music, movie, or software owner has hidden when justifying why they should be allowed to make a digital copy of something they bought. I’ve been known to make a copy or two in my day, (purely as a “just in case” measure, of course) but for the most part I have been relegated to copying... Read More
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