Category Archives: Apple

etc -> private/etc

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Ben Lavery

After delving into Solaris10 a couple of weeks ago, I thought I would explore the hidden regions of my Mac…It turns out that it has many of the same things as a typical UNIX/Linux system, but doesn’t seem to use … Continue reading →

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Icon transparency in OS X

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Ben Lavery

I found out how you make icons transparent! Make them a tiff image! Simple as! EDIT: I will update this with a walkthrough someday…

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Application icons…

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Ben Lavery

Did you know that you can grab the icons for applications, and then save them as a GIF, a JPEG, PNG or even a PDF? If you go to the Applications folder and select the application you want, right (ctrl)click … Continue reading →

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Fixing a Macbook power transformer

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Ben Lavery

Just over a week agao I found that my Macbook wasn’t charging, but the charger was plugged in and on. I inspected the cable and found that it had melted just outside of the transformer! I temporarily fixed it with … Continue reading →

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10.5.2 is out!

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Ben Lavery

Today, 11th February, Apple release the second system update to Leopard. So what did we get?

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iPod Touch

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Ben Lavery

Last Saturday (2nd February) I placed a bid on an iPod Touch on eBay, £199 plus £5 for p&p, bring the total to £204. This was a two month old Touch, 16GB capacity, along with charger (£20), protective film (£15) … Continue reading →

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MacBook Air Vs. Eee PC Vs. OQO

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Ben Lavery

The MacBook Air has had much said about it. Jobs claimed it was the thinnest notebook ever, the most portable Mac ever, the Apple site declares that it is ‘thinovation’. But is it really so great? I heard about OQO … Continue reading →

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Incremental volume

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Ben Lavery

A good friend of mine, Aled Hughes, spoke to me today on msn and was talking to me about a feature he found on Leopard. If you press shift+option+volume (option being ‘alt’), then you can increment/decrement the volume by a … Continue reading →

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MacWorld Expo

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Ben Lavery

Held between the 14th and the 18th of January, Apple today released two new exciting products and two enhancements to two of their already awesome product range.

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2D Dock in Leopard

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Ben Lavery

Have you upgraded to Leopard and decided you really don’t like the new 3D ‘shelf’? Never fear! Apple have given us two options…

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