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DO NOT use Leopard kexts in Snow Leopard

Just don’t.

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How to: Run Windows Programs in OS X

A while ago, I was looking around for a way to run a Windows program in OS X. I was busy encoding a file, and didn’t want to restart so that I could boot into Windows. Rather than inconvenience myself, I stumbled across an awesome guide by LifeHacker. The guide featured a program called WineBottler, [...]

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Enabling OS X’s Bluetooth On/Off Switch

One of the vast options available to you when you purchased your Inspiron 1525 was the addition of an integrated Broadcom Bluetooth chip. Dell was offering it for an extra $25, so I jumped on the opportunity of having one extra means of connectivity. Three years and many experiences later, I’ve probably used the Bluetooth [...]

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Perfecting Your Snow Leopard Hackintosh

Note: As of June 17, 2010, the Retail Snow Leopard Installation Guide includes these updates. If you followed that guide after June 17, 2010, you will already have these updated kexts and therefore should ignore this guide. With much excitement, I bring you this update guide to finally resolve the audio issues in Snow Leopard. [...]

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Updating to Snow Leopard 10.6.4

Note: If you require the legacy kernel you must follow step 4a. Otherwise, you should skip that step. Just one day after Snow Leopard 10.6.4 was released to the public, it’s up and running on the 1525 with practically no effort. The USB ports now work at USB 2.0 speeds, even without the removal of [...]

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My Dock (Part Two)

My dock is a little more crowded than I would like, but then again, I launch the majority of my apps through Spotlight anyway (a quick Ctrl+Space to bring it up). It sits at the bottom of the screen with Hiding turned on so as not to take up any valuable screen real estate. It [...]

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Updating to Snow Leopard 10.6.3

Note: This update requires you to be running 10.6.2. You can download and install the 10.6.2 update from here. Note2: DO NOT update if you have a Celeron Processor, or any other processor that required you to use a special kernel when updating to 10.6.2. Simply follow step 4a to install the legacy kernel for [...]

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