Hack Attack : Install Leopard On your PC in Just One Step
Update : If you are looking for a guide to Dual Boot Windows Vista and Mac OSX Leopard, please follow this guide Hack Attack : Dual Boot Leopard and Windows Vista. The Dual Boot Guide is a comprehensive guide and it should work for most of you with a little bit of hard work. Here is a complete guide to install Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.1 (9B18) on your PC, in just one step that is as easy as it could possibly get. Just pop in the DVD and you are... Read The Rest →
Get Rid of the Translucent Menu Bar in Leopard
One of the Chief complaints in the latest version of Apple’s famed Operating System, Leopard has been the 3D Dock and the Translucent Menu Bar . There have been hacks flying left and right and this is the latest one that gives you a Menu Bar similar to the one we saw in Tiger. Follow the instructions carefully or you could end up messing your Leopard install. Backup before you proceed.. Edit the following file:/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plist Add an entry like this: <key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict> <key>CI_NO_BACKGROUND_IMAGE</key> <string>0.62</string> </dict> Save the file and... Read The Rest →
Apple Releases Mac OSX 10.5.1
Whoa! that was fast wasn’t it. Apple just released Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.1 for the general public that fixes a lot of nagging problems with the initial release of Leopard. Mac OSX 10.5.1 comes out after about 20 days since the official launch. Considering the time Apple had in developing this update, it looks like a rock solid upgrade and improves the stability of Leopard comprehensively. According to Apple, the update is recommended for all 10.5 users and the 110MB download includes “general operating system fixes that enhance the stability,... Read The Rest →
Firefox Tip : Number the Tabs for Quicker Browsing
If you are Firefox Power user, I am sure you have a lot of tabs open while browsing. Shuffling between Tabs can be quite tedious and difficult at times if there are too many of them. But luckily Firefox has a handy feature built in that allows you to shuffle between Tabs knowing their number. Say you want to go to the 5th Tab just press Ctrl + 5. To reach the first tab, press Ctrl + 1, for the second tab, press Ctrl + 2, and so on until... Read The Rest →
Miro gets a 1.0 Release, and its Lovely!
Miro, the free open source Video player, just got through a major milestone. The Miro team launched an all new version 1.0 that brings a host of new features that make Miro the best Video Player out there. I just couldn’t prevent myself from trying it out, so I downloaded it, and trust me, it completely blew me off. I was using Joost till now to watch quality Video content online, but now Miro is going to replace Joost, Believe me, its that good. Miro is way better than Joost... Read The Rest →
Mozilla Prism Now Available on Linux and Mac
Mozilla Prism about which I had talked about earlier has just got a fresh release for Linux and Mac OSX. Prism is basically a stripped down version of Firefox that allows you to load a single page at a time. By using minimal resources Prism is able to deliver high performance. No tabs, no useful URL or navigation buttons. But Prism can come in handy if you like to keep a single web site like Gmail open all day, since it uses fewer resources than Firefox.
AFP for iPhone and iPod Touch
The Super iPhone Hacker Core has completed the implementation of AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The Advantage of this software lies in the fact that you can connect to your iPhone and it shows up as a disk with full read/write permissions. Installing AFP isn’t a straightforward method. It currently involves quite a bit of Manual setup because its not available yet on Installer.app. Well here is how you need to configure your iPhone to be AFP ready,
Time Machine Bug – Run Apps that Have been Deleted
Well, A lot of people have been complaining about Small but important bugs in the latest version of the Mac Operating system from the Cupertino based company that is Apple. There have been reports of BSOD’s (Blue Screen of Death), Random Crashes etc.. and here is one more that you can add to this list that continues to grow everyday. Please note that this bug may not be a bug for most people, but it is a bug nonetheless. I’m not bashing away Apple here, but I’d have expected Apple... Read The Rest →
Twitterrific Updated to Work with Leopard
If you are a Mac user and a Twitter Addict, then I am sure you have heard about Twitterrific, everyone’s favorite Twitter client on the Mac. Icon Factory the developers of Twitterrific have added support for Mac OS X Leopard in its latest version. If you are wondering what I am talking about then here what Icon Factory says about Twitterrific : Twitterrific is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or "tweets" to the Twitter community website. The application’s user interface is clean, concise and... Read The Rest →
Apple Sells 2 Million Copies of Leopard in its first Week
Apple on Tuesday said that it has sold over 2 Million copies of Mac OSX Leopard in its first week since its launch worldwide on October 26th. The release of Leopard has outpaced not only Mac OSX Tiger which was best selling OS from Apple in its History, but has also outpaced Rival Windows Vista. Sales included the ones from Apple Retail Stores, Authorised Apple Resellers, copies that came bundled with new Macs. In comparison it took nearly 6 Weeks for Tiger to reach the same milestone. If Steve Jobs... Read The Rest →
