If you’ve ever wondered who made the iconic Mac Startup sound then visit this site: http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/05/tiny-music-makers-pt-4-mac-startup.html
I was bored and took the liberty of converting that sound file to an iPhone compatible ringtone. (Download link below)
Download Here: Mac Startup Ringtone
If you haven’t heard, Shiretoko (http://www.latko.org/downloads/) is the codename for internal builds of Firefox 3.5. If you are running an Intel-Optimized version of this browser on your Mac then you’ve probably seen those annoying errors that say “This web-site is incompatible with your browser”. Those errors are truly annoying and they prevent you from viewing the intended web-site, well here’s an easy fix!
In Shiretoko’s location bar, type about:config, proceed if you see a warning dialog, then search for user and you will see a field pop up that says general.useragent.extra.firefox, now double click on that field and replace the current text with Firefox/3.5.5. That’s it!
With the recently introduced iPhone 3.1 Firmware we were treated with a new feature called Genius Mixes. It is pretty straight forward, your iPhone creates a never-ending playlist of music that is categorized by genre. I don’t know if this is new or not but I recently found a bug that is quite annoying.
I have only replicated this on an iPhone 3GS running 3.1.2, if you can replicate it on other phones then please [...]
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If you are running a build of Leopard or Snow Leopard on your Hackintosh, have noticed that anytime you use iTunes or QuickTime the mouse always pauses or lags for a split second? This lag is super annoying but is easily fixed.
In termal, browse to: /Volumes/[Leopard Install]/System/Library/Extensions find AppleUserUpstream.kext and delete it! You’ll have to enter your system password.
If you want to be safe, make sure you back this file up to a different [...]
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I’m noticing a trend of in depth tutorial posts from my fellow writer and site founder Skafia surrounding OSX related tweaks and enhancements. To kind of add to this I would like to bring up a great little System Preferences add-on called Secrets.
It’s a pretty awesome tool that I have yet to use to its fullest potential. It has a strong database of hidden setting tweaks and adjustments that can easily be toggled and experimented [...]
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