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Living Nowhere
2007-04-20 20:26:00 If you're tired of the monotony of the weather in your country everytime you take a look at the weather widget,try this: Maintain Alt-Command and click on the sun of the weather widget! More About: Living , Here , Nowhere , Where , Ving
Ciel Compta et le Mac
2007-04-20 03:56:00 This document is from Ciel and I felt sooo good when I read it, because I love Ciel Comptabilité: Ciel is the most used accountancy (they have a suite for Pay, Taxation etc..) software in France (and french speaking countries). PS: I'm preparing the CPA (Cerified Public Accountancy) exam. NB: Ciel says it will keep on "Commercialisation" of its software.. which doesn't necessarly means they
How to Sync Google calendars on iCal in a click
2007-04-20 03:37:00 This is a very interesting alternative to .mac. It's Spanning Sync: "Synchronize Google Cale ndar and Apple iCal. Share calendars between multiple Macs. Share calendars with your coworkers, family, and friends. And while you're at it, connect Google Calendar to your iPod, mobile phone, and other devices." Spanning Sync adds a pref pane button which makes the Sync process easy: More About: Click , Calendars
How to Sync Google calendars on iCal for EXPERT users
2007-04-20 03:21:00 As a .mac subscriber, I often ask myself if it worths it... Anyway.... Here is the "how to". It's indeed another service provided by the HUUUUGE Google ! 1) Install GCALDaemon (Java 1.5 required). cd /usr/local/sbin sudo unzip /downloads/gcaldaemon-linux-1.x.zip sudo chgrp -R admin /usr/local/sbin/GCALDaemon sudo chmod -R g+w /usr/local/sbin/GCALDaemon sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/GCALDaemon More About: Calendars , User , Google Calendar , Cale
Pinturas Duncan
2007-04-20 01:51:00 Bringing some Art to the blog. He's one of my fav painters of all. (South African) What an artist! Hope you like it. You can also visit his webpage to see more of his works. More About: Duncan
Aperture 1.5.3
2007-04-19 23:33:00 Another update is now available it's for Aperture , version 1.5.3 is now available! Aperture 1.5.3 addresses issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including: Generation of thumbnails for adjusted images Entering and exiting Full Screen mode Working with large sets of keywords in the Keywords HUD Restoring from a vault Among the specific issues that have More About: Pert
Security Update
2007-04-19 23:31:00 Security Update 2007-004 is now available on your Software Update, Apple recommends it for all users and improves the security of the following components: AFP Client AirPort CarbonCore diskdev_cmds fetchmail ftpd gnutar Help Viewer HID Family Installer Kerberos Libinfo Login Window network_cmds SMB System Configuration URLMount Video Conference WebDAV For detailed information on this update More About: Security
Google Hidden Pages Part. 3
2007-04-19 00:39:00 After Part .1 and Part. 2, here is logically Part. 3 (and last)! Site-flavored search - Enter the URL of a site, and Google will try to infer a profile for the site based on its content. AdSense for Paper - Google has placed targeted ads in two magazines on behalf of AdWords advertisers.Dilbert and the Google Doodle. The first and last Dilbert cartoon on Google.Britney Spears spelling More About: Hidden , Part 3 , Pages
Apple adds Xvid to QT
2007-04-18 06:01:00 Apple has added Xvid to its online QuickTime Components list. The Xvid-for-QuickTime component, allows you to play and encode Xvid video. Apple states: “The Xvid component for QuickTime allows users to play & encode Xvids in QuickTime Player. Xvid is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 standard.” In theory, this means that the Apple TV could also support Xvid video playback. More About: Apple
Why Leopard was REALLY delayed...
2007-04-18 04:41:00 Much to my extreme disappointment, Leopard has been delayed until October. For all you that can’t count, that’s still six whole months away. While Apple may attribute Leopard’s delay to a certain device called the iPhone, the Joy of Tech comic has some other reasons why Leopard is late...read more | digg story More About: Real , Really , Ally
M&D News
2007-04-16 09:57:00 Just added a new widget (on the left side of the blog) with links to the best download sites for OS X, this link includes the very useful FreeMacWare website which offer only Free OS X Applications to download! More About: News
Adobe Announces New Media Player
2007-04-16 09:42:00 Adobe just announced that it is working on a new media player enabling you to watch Flash-based videos and other content while you're offline. This new player will be built in its Apollo technology. I guess betas will be available soon. Visit NewTeeVee for more details. More About: Media Player , Media , Adobe , Player , New Media
Think Secret
2007-04-16 09:34:00 It's just a link.. A blog.. It has only 4 posts.. It has nothing to do with Mac but I love the cards and art in it. It's called "Post Secret " and it claims to be the largest ad-free blog in the world, and I really do think it is. So I really advise you to take a look. More About: Think , Think Secret
iPhone Vs. LG Prada
2007-04-16 08:38:00 Many people noticed that Apple's iPhone had a concurrent: the LG KE850 aka LG Prada . We even wrote a post on that here on M&D. Here is a video comparaison between iPhone and LG Prada. Funny but you won't learn a thing from this debate. :) More About: Iphone
Very Cool CS 3 Replacement Icons
2007-04-16 08:16:00 I wrote a post on Adobe's CS3 icons because I didn't like them at all.. It seems many persons share my point of view, and finally some seem to have heard our prayers and created an amazing pack of icons for CS 3 and for Acrobat. Here is what they look like: Download the .icns files here and .png files here . If you don't know how to replace an application's icons go to Jihed's tutorial and More About: Icons , Cool , Place , Cement , Lace
iChat AV and USB Webcams
2007-04-16 07:53:00 According to the Apple notes about the 10.4.9 update to OS X, iChat AV is now compatible with USB Video Class webcams (Which means no hack is needed anymore to make USB cameras work on OS X). Best or advised webcams are: * The Xbox 360 webcam compatible with any Mac running Mac OS X 10.4.9. No drivers required. * The QuickCam Ultra Vision and Fusion webcams, image quality is great, they More About: Hat , Webcam , Webcams
Leopard delay another sign of a shift away from Macs
2007-04-16 03:58:00 Ever since Macworld failed to deliver a single Mac announcement, people have looking to the spring release of the sixth major version of Mac OS X Leopard as the bright spot on Apple's horizon. But now that Apple has delayed its release until October, what does that mean for the next round of Macs ? "it's looking more and more like Apple is pushing the Mac to the back burner as it focuses more More About: Sign , Another , Away
Final Cut Studio 2
2007-04-16 03:34:00 2 days ago I saw a famous tunisian filmmaker buying Fina l Cut Studio at an Apple Show Room, so.. hope he won't see this post.. Because Apple's home page changed to introdude Final Cut Studio 2 ! Which is the perfect tool for any video edition, music edition and mixing, color grading and delivery (in HD of course). Final Cut Studio 2 integrates: Final Cut Pro 6Motion 3Soundtrack Pro
Hidden Google Pages (Part. 2)
2007-04-15 13:11:00 Here is part 2 Of the Google site you probably don't know: Explore Google World from 2003."Work is hard and you need a break. A sun-soaked vacation is just the ticket, but where to begin? With Google there's a world of helpful, time-saving features right at your fingertips."How to build a better query - useful tips.Valentine's Day 2001 A Java applet that shows a heart and writes "I love you" in More About: Page , Part , Hidden , Pages
Apple TV: Death of Mac Mini?
2007-04-15 10:30:00 AppleTVHacks.net has published a tutorial on how to run Mac OS X on your Apple TV unit. Mac OS X running on an Apple TV A video of the hack and Mac OS X running is available on Google Video. On my opinion there are chances that the Apple TV becomes a serious concurrent to the Mac Mini ! More About: Apple , Death , Mac Mini
Cleaning my iMac G5 Fans
2007-04-14 17:57:00 Read Story at Apple Discussions Forum. More About: Mac , Fans , Cleaning , Lean , Clean
Get Fat
2007-04-14 10:10:00 After the 2 newest "Get a Mac" commercials, Apple has added a third advert called “Stuffed”, in the advert PC is shown to be all bloated from the hundreds of programs installed by the manufacturer. Too Funny!
M&D on the New 30" Apple Cinema Display
2007-04-14 02:32:00 What a screen! It now supports HD, I know it's an old news but I never saw it for real. And M&D on it looks so cool! Look how the keyboard looks small!! More About: Apple , Cinema , Play , Cine , The N
Sticky windows
2007-04-13 18:31:00 This little application is surprisingly good!!It changes any window you're working on in a very little window which sticks to any border of your screen and which can be recalled any moment you want it! So here's all of the windows you need to deal with when using you mac: And here are the same windows after "sticking" them! More About: Windows , Wind , Indo , Window , Stick
iPhone delays Leopard until October
2007-04-13 15:26:00 Apple has devoted more of its resources toward iPhone development,that's why Leopard ,the next OS X release, is now annouced for October !That said,all of Leopard features will be finished in June and Apple will present the final version in the WWDC 2007! "We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we're sure we've made the right ones." You can read More About: Iphone , Lays
Get a Mac
2007-04-13 14:02:00 Two new Ads are available in Aplle's website!They are fabulous! More About: Mac , Get a Mac
LaCie:Great accessories for Mac
2007-04-13 13:30:00 LaCie,a brand whose Hard Drives,especially external ones,have a good reputation also produces great accessories: Their recent Hub is very attractive: Or this Firewire powered speakers: This Hard Drive was designed by Karim Rashid:it's called skwarim: More About: Mac , Accessories , Great , Access , Esso
Hidden Google Pages
2007-04-12 20:52:00 Here are the Googl e pages you certainly have never seen. You probably know the first one: Google Mac (The search engine with only Mac related results)Google Moms (A tribute to Googlers' moms)Google Adsense For Domains (AdSense for domains allows domain name registrars to fill the otherwise blank pages with AdSense ads)Google Sets (Google Sets is the oldest Google product that never graduated More About: Page , Hidden , Pages
Repair Disk just by... booting in Safe Mode Boot
More articles from this author:2007-04-12 05:01:00 These days I had a problem with my superdrive and I had to repair my disk. As you know you can only repair your disk with the OS X DVD. So I felt trapped. But there was a solution!!! Just boot on Safe Mode repairs the disk. Here are the 4 steps to Boot on Safe Mode: 1 - Shut down the Mac 2 - Turn it on 3 - As soon as you hear the start up sound , push the SHIFT key and hold it 4 - Release it More About: Disk , Pair 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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