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Hardware Mod: Upgrading your Wireless Card- How To

November 7th, 2010

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**This is Part 2 of the “Upgrading your Wireless Card” guide and is continued from part 1. Part 1 explains the benefits of upgrading your wireless card while part 2 is simply a How To.** This post was delayed by about 10 months due to forgetfulness and procrastination. My apologies for the delay, though I believe many [...]

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Assigning Screen Shots to the Prnt Scrn (Print Screen) Keyboard Key

November 6th, 2010

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The Print Screen key, labeled Prnt Scrn on the Inspiron 1525 keyboard, is the universal key in Windows for taking screenshots. However, Mac OS X uses a much more arbitrary key-combination; the Keyboard shortcut is Command-Shift-3. Unbeknownst to many, OS X allows you to change many system shortcuts, including the shortcut for Screenshots. To change [...]

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Hardware Mod: Adding a second Hard Drive to my Inspiron 1525

September 1st, 2010

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That’s right, I’ve added a second Hard Drive. But you’ve got to read on to find out how.

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Enabling OS X’s Bluetooth On/Off Switch

June 19th, 2010

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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

June 17th, 2010

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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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