Archive for the 'Tips & Tricks' Category

Installing Mac OS X in a Mac without a disc drive
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

No, this is not related to the MacBook Air. To install Mac OS X into a MacBook Air is much simpler, as Apple provides its users with an app called “Remote Install Mac OS X.” This app does not work with other Macs as far as I know.

We’re going to try something different, and it’s also rather easy to do. But why do this you might ask? Well, lets say you have a second Mac that does have a disc drive, but it doesn’t work for any reason. You may not want to buy a disc drive for it since you don’t need to. Although you may want to upgrade the computer to the latest Mac OS X. (more…)

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Creating and viewing a website while the original site is active
Friday, January 25th, 2008

I’m a web developer, and sometimes I need to do things that require a lot of research to find. Recently, I stumbled on simple post that solved an issue I was trying to solve for days.

sudo nano /etc/hosts (more…)

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Adding nice enhancements to iChat
Monday, September 11th, 2006

iChat is a great application for instant messaging. I personally use it all the time, but it does lack features, some that we will and will not see until the release of Mac OS X Leopard. For now, we all have to deal with third-party enhancements out there, and one in particular works best. Kent Sutherland created a small utility which enhances iChat in several ways, one of my favorite features is Tabbed chats. The utility is free, and offers other things such as animated user icons, set name fonts, message a specific screen name for people with multiple screen names and more. Check it out here

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