OS X

MacBook Pro Constantly Dropping Wireless Connection?

May 15th, 2012 by akishore | File in: Hardware, OS X

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I love my MacBook and haven’t had very many major issues for the better part of 3 years. Unfortunately, that is not the case with all MacBook owners. Since I do a lot of technical support, I’ve run into a ton of people with MacBook Pro’s that simply lose the wireless connection randomly. It’s been [...]

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OS X Mountain Lion is the next release of Apple’s operating system and I, for one, am looking forward to it! Lion was a big upgrade that included some nice features like Mission Control and Full Screen apps, both of which I use fairly often. Mountain Lion has some more really cool features that I’m [...]

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Using Amazon’s Cloud Drive with OS X

May 7th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: Featured Posts, OS X

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Last week Amazon unveiled its Cloud Drive desktop apps for Mac and PC. These applications allow users to easily send files to their Cloud Drive and easily access their Cloud Drive accounts. Since this app was just recently launched, we want to show you how to obtain and use Amazon’s Cloud Drive app for OS [...]

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Make your Mac’s Dock Transparent with Mirage

May 3rd, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X

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While the Mac dock generally looks nice, you may want to make it transparent to add a bit of functionality to your Mac’s desktop. While Apple seemed to remove the ability to do this in Terminal with the release of OS X Lion, a user at Mac Themes has decided to take this matter into [...]

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Configuring Hot Corners on your Mac

May 1st, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X

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If you often find yourself using Launchpad, Mission Control or another feature often, you may want a faster way to launch these features. This is where Hot Corners comes in. When set up, Hot Corners allows you to place your cursor at a single corner of the screen. When you do this, the assigned action [...]

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Create Secure Passwords in OS X

April 29th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X

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In today’s day and age, secure passwords are important as the number of cyber threats are on the rise. While you can use a number of web tools to help you create these passwords, you may be unaware that your Mac can do this for you. If this sounds like it would help you create [...]

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Microsoft’s SkyDrive Released For Mac

April 28th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X

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While Microsoft’s SkyDrive service may not be the most popular cloud storage service, it’s definitely my favorite. This is because SkyDrive acts like Dropbox by combining a stellar web client with a desktop folder which allows you to sync files across multiple computers and mobile devices. While SkyDrive has always offered 7GB of free storage, Microsoft has recently been [...]

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Disabling Inverted Scrolling

April 26th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X

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While OS X Lion comes with a ton of cool features such as full screen apps and Mission Control, it also offers some features which are less than desirable to some. One of these features is inverted scrolling, where you essentially scroll just as you would on your iOS device. The intent is to provide [...]

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Syncing Windows Phone 7 Devices with Your Mac

April 22nd, 2012 by akunesh | File in: OS X

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If you’ve recently purchased a Windows Phone 7 device, you may have noticed that the Zune desktop software is unavailable for Mac OS X. If you’re curious, the Zune desktop software is a PC-only media center application which you can use to sync music, videos and other files to your Windows Phone 7 or Zune [...]

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How to Open Terminal in OS X

April 12th, 2012 by akishore | File in: OS X

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Here’s a simple article that will show you how to open the Terminal in OS X. The Terminal is similar to the command prompt in Windows. It basically allows you to input commands into the console which perform various tasks. Most things you do from the Terminal can be done via the GUI interface you [...]

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