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Get your ebooks ready for iPad

If your expecting your iPad soon then your going to want to load it up with goodies as soon as you tear through that packaging.  iTunes 9.1 (available now) supports the management of ebooks in the ePub format to sync with the new iPad that drops this Sunday. If you already have a hefty collection of ebooks in the DRM free format of ePub then you can simply load them up into iTunes and your good to go. However if your collection of ebooks are not in the ePub format (PDF, LIT, MOBI, RTF, PDB, T...

Make Shiretoko (Firefox) More Compatible!

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...

Secrets: Recommended OS X Download

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 with. To name just a few of the useful tweaks look below: E...

Remote Tap: VNC on your iPhone

If you're familiar with VNC you’ll already understand how handy it can be in a pinch. If not, then chances are you're missing out on a valuable productivity and kick ass power tool to log-in and control your computer remotely. There are a variety of clients for Desktop-to-Desktop virtual network computing, and I won’t go into that, what I will be covering is it's uses on your iPhone so that you can remotely log-in and use your Mac. VNC Choices There are several choices for VNC Apps on the ...

2 Ways to Optimize Mac OS X Leopard

If you're a perfectionist when it comes to computer management and you want to squeeze every drop of [free] performance out of your machine then these next two tips are definitely worth the read. Disable Dashboard Who needs Dashboard? If you don't need it then disable it: Open up an instance of Terminal and paste the following code into the window: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES Afterwards you need to restart the Dock with: killall Dock Enable 2D Dock ...