How To Network with Steve Jobs
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Steve Jobs is a very powerful player in both the tech industry and Hollywood. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could easily network in his social circles? Well, now you can! LinkedIn is an online networking community of over 11 million business professionals in all walks of life. Think of it as a “MySpace” for people with jobs. And speaking... Read More
Review: Newer Technology’s Mac Pro eSATA Extender Cable; The $25 way to add eSATA to your Mac Pro
Posted by Dr. Macenstein USB and FireWire are all well and good, but these days all the cool kids are talking about SATA. The Serial ATA protocol is the latest and (in theory) fastest way to hook up peripherals to your computer. With a theoretical transfer rate of 3.0 Gbit/second, SATA 300 drives are used inside every Mac Pro, and provide a degree of speed that was unheard of... Read More
Having a problem with the 10.4.10 update? Try booting in Safe Mode
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Just a day after the release of Apple’s 10.4.10 update, there are already a number of healthy threads Read More
Tips/How To: Run Safari 3 Beta and Safari 2 at the same time
Posted by Dr. Macenstein [UPDATE:] Some readers have pointed out that this workaround may not be much of a workaround at all. Apparently even if you backup your old Safari 2 installation, Mac OS X will use the new version of Webkit that ships with Safari 3, so essentially it looks like all this may do is let you run Safari 2’s interface on top of Safari 3’s core. Additional... Read More
Something stupid to try: Add “AD” to your menu bar clock
Posted by iGor Have you ever woken up after a long weekend of partying and you couldn’t remember what day it was? Well, how about whether Jesus died or not? If you’re like me, this has happened more times than you’d care to remember, but luckily Mac OS X and I have a solution to the problem… just ad “AD” to the end of your Mac OS X menu bar’s... Read More
Add a dual screen iPod video system to your car for under $200
Posted by Dr. Macenstein A couple weeks back we did a review of the DLO TransDock, and I mentioned I had set up a sort of “poor man’s” iPod video system to my car which did not have a built-in DVD entertainment system. We received an overwhelming response (well, 1 reader, actually) from readers asking for more details on my solution. So, here are the basic steps... Read More
Set up an Apple TV render farm
Posted by Lab Rat OK, if you do this latest Apple TV hack it means three things… 1) You have too much free time 2) You have done all other Apple TV hacks 3) You are a true Mac Geek, and we applaud you professafresh over at AwkwardTV has posted instructions on how to set up your Apple TV as an Xgrid node on your network. The list of reasons you may want to DO such a thing... Read More
Troubleshoot your misbehaving Mac with Apple’s Hardware Test
Posted by Lab Rat On those rare occasions when a Mac starts acting a bit uppity, most of us turn to Apple’s Disk Utility as our first attempt at setting things straight. If Disk Utility cannot repair the problem, our next step is usually a 3rd party disk repair utility such as Alsoft’s Disk Warrior. However, there are times when the problem doesn’t stem from... Read More
Eliminate that MacBook Pro “whineâ€? once and for all!….Or die trying
Posted by Helper Monkey There has recently been much discussion among the “early adopters� who rushed out to get the 1st generation of MacBook Pros. Apparently there is an audible “whine� sound coming from a good portion of these machines, and no one really has been able to come up with a good reason why. In addition, the recently released Apple Keyboard Update... Read More
How to pronounce “.GIF�
Posted by Lab Rat As (somewhat of a) graphics professional, I have heard many people over the years pronounce the name of the .GIF file format both as “jif�, like “in a jiffy�, and “Gif�, as in “Gift�. I work more in the video end of the graphics field, and so I don’t really come in contact with Gifs as much as, say, a web designer... Read More
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