Oops! Mac OS X Snow Leopard Bug Deletes All User Data (2009)
The Apple Support forums are full of users who are reporting that all their user data has disappeared from a Mac OS X Snow Leopard bug.
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How To Remove iTunes Duplicates From Your Song Library
Here are a few tips and techniques on how to get rid of duplicate songs in your iTunes Library as well as some precautions you should take before deleting duplicate tracks.
Apple’s New Mac OS X Snow Leopard Operating System Is Both Lighter And Faster (2009)
Apple’s new operating system,(Amazon link) Snow Leopard, hit stores last Friday. To encourage upgrading, Apple has slapped a(Amazon link) super low $30 price tag on the upgrade. But hold on Apple Fanboys. Snow Leopard isn’t a major OS upgrade. Snow Leopard is mainly just a performance boost for Macs equipped with 64-bit Intel processors. So …
Why Your AVI Files Have No Audio on Mac And How To Fix it
After a lot of troubleshooting, I was able to fix my AVI no audio problem on Mac. Here's what I did.
AppleJack OS X Troubleshooting App
AppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X. With AppleJack you can troubleshoot a computer even if you can’t load the GUI, or don’t have a startup CD handy. AppleJack runs in Single User Mode and is menu-based for ease of use. Using AppleJack, you can repair your disk, repair permissions, validate …
How To Fix an Inverted Macintosh Monitor [tutorial]
Is the monitor on your Macintosh computer inverted? Are you seeing black where it should be white? Does everything look negative? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you accidentally enabled a Macintosh feature for people with impaired vision. We’ve heard of people doing all sorts of crazy things to fix this …
The Oregon Trail: Play The Classic Game on Your iPhone
Mobile games developer Gameloft has released an updated version of The Oregon Trail. The game costs $5.99 in the iTunes App Store and introduces several new gameplay elements to the elementary school classic.
VHS To DVD Converters – Are They Worth It?
Do you have a bunch of VHS tapes sitting on a shelf gathering dust, but you’re not about to toss them out because you spent a bunch of money on them, love the movies, but aren’t ready to spend more money to replace them with DVDs? Well, convert ’em! GizmosForGeeks put together a quick round-up …
Nambu Twitter Client for Mac [review]
Nambu is very popular free Mac Twitter client that handles saved searches, topic threading, filters, and groups. For example, you can split up the people you follow like family, friends, coworkers, even enemies.
Apple Releases iTunes 8.1 Update
Last night Apple released iTunes 8.1. The new version of Apple's popular digital media player application features performance enhancements, support for CD imports to iTunes Plus, a smarter Genius function and iTunes DJ.
How To Convert iTunes Songs To MP3 And Other Formats
This tutorial will show you how to convert iTunes songs to MP3 and other audio file types.
LARP Nerds Busted By Google Street View In Pittsburgh
These two guys were in the middle of a LARP battle at the exact moment the Google Street View car was driving around Pittsburgh taking pictures.
How to Modify Your Web Browser To Browse the Internet Anonymously
Privacy is a constant issue in today's technology enabled society, but there is plenty you
can do to protect yourself starting with your web browser. One of the most useful and at the same time, most dangerous things about web browsers is the amount of data they store.
HandBrake 0.9.3 Now Converts Any Digital Video Format, Not Just DVDs (2008)
The most exciting feature of HandBrake 0.9.3 is Universal Input. HandBrake; is no longer limited to converting DVDs. HandBrake will now accept practically any type of video source and convert it to whatever video format you desire
Turn Your iPhone Into A Flute With The Ocarina App
The Ocarina app utilizes both the iPhone's touchscreen and microphone creating the first true iPhone wind instrument.
CodeWeavers Ports Google Chrome to Mac
Is Firefox getting slower or is my frustration that Google still hasn't released a Mac/Linux version of their Chrome web browser just increasing? Like many Mac users, I'm dying to try out Google Chrome. Google released their Chrome browser in early September 2008 and sent the tech community a buzz.
Manage Your Rail Experience On The New Amtrak App
When someone says "trains," you probably think of non-modern things like the Wild West, Jesse James and drunken boxcar hobos, not the iPhone right? Well, not if Amtrak can help it.
