Tag Archive | "os x"

AppDelete – Uninstall Anything. Seriously.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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AppDelete – Uninstall Anything. Seriously.

Recently, I decided to try out AppDelete, a program for removing other programs, widgets, preference panes, and more. Running the free trial of AppDelete, I was able to successfully remove several programs I no longer needed, as well as a widget that I hadn’t used for months. One way to find applications, widgets, and other [...]

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How to: Run Windows Programs in OS X

Saturday, June 26, 2010

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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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Perfecting Your Snow Leopard Hackintosh

Thursday, June 17, 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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Updating to Snow Leopard 10.6.4

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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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)

Sunday, June 6, 2010

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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

Sunday, June 6, 2010

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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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My Dock (Part One)

Monday, May 24, 2010

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My dock is normally positioned on the left, since it’s more space-efficient there. I also use the 2D dock and not the pseudo-3D one. It’s just too glitzy for me. (Reflections! Everywhere!) Now here’s what’s in my dock: Finder — I prefer the spatial Finder, so I always hide the Finder’s toolbars (yet they somehow [...]

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