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Tied of carrying around all those specialty credit cards and membership cards in your wallet? Why not use your iPhone to help slim things down? A blogger named Albert Alberts, scanned all his membership cards to his computer, synced them to his iPhone and made a new photo album called “WalletCards.” Membership numbers, bar codes, …
It always breaks my heart when we get a “my iPod broke while I was on vacation” email like the one below. When you are on vacation you probably don’t have a computer to help fix the iPod. And worse yet, a broken iPod means no music or movies to enjoy on the plane ride …
Lilon batteries, found in MacBooks, iBooks, PowerBooks and iPods, provide reliable power and can be maximized by following the tips provided in the tutorial.
As computers get faster, they get hotter. Hardware manufactures do their best to cool things down like adding heatsyncs and small fans to internal components, likes high-end video cards and processor upgrades. But eventually heat will become an issue and you’ll have to try reducing heat by adding internal fans or some liquid cooled parts… …
Is your iPod acting funny? Has a virus or hard drive crash wiped out your entire music collection on your computer? Need some free iPod tech support and repair help? Here are 20 free fixes and trouble shooting tutorials for common iPod and iPhone problems. You broke your iPod. Now fix it! How to Copy …
This is a cautionary tale. It involves a BlackBerry in a toilet, a bowl of uncooked rice and a date who almost got stood up. And it has a happy ending -- sort of.
Occasionally an iPod or iPhone may freeze or fail to respond to your commands. This can happen for a number of reasons and does not necessarily indicate a serious problem. Sometimes they just need a restart much like the way your computer needs a reset once in a while. Restarting an iPod or iPhone is …
Podcasting is all the rage these days with fancy equipment to make your on-line video exactly what you envision. However, there is nothing more satisfying than digging up some old gear and creating your own podcasting listening station DIY style. We found a nice home project from Instructables on how to create a video projector …
This tutorial will show you how to add icons for Mac Menu Extras to your Menu Bar in the Mac OS.
The Pirate Bay (TPB) is an Internet site that bills itself as “the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker” and also serves as a search index for torrent files. People can just search for any movie, application or song torrent and use a BitTorrent client to quickly download the file for free to their computer. The man …
Restarting an iPod or iPhone is a simple procedure that will not erase any of your music, data files, or customized preferences. Here's how to reset a frozen iPod or iPhone.
Feel like dialing some secret codes that activate the secret iPhone Diagnostic Mode? We thought so. Enjoy.
Ever sleep-in because your alarm clock wasn't loud enough? With this hacked Fire Alarm, that is guaranteed never to happen again.
Oops! Did you forget your password? Just follow theses Mac OS X password reset directions to get a new account password.
Do you have a dropped iPhone in toilet problem? If you accidentally dropped your iPod or iPhone into a toilet, then here's how to fix it.
If you are new to the Mac OS and just purchased a laptop, then you might have noticed the lack of a “Delete Forward” button. Sure, you can hit the delete key on your MacBook or MacBook Pro and delete characters behind the cursor, but did you know that you can use that same delete …
UPDATE: YouTube has reworked their site again in response to this article. They absolutely hate us. If you get an error when trying to download a YouTube video, please try some of the plug-ins and scripts listed in step #3. YouTube.com is a great resource. Not many sites allows users to freely upload, view, and …
