Learning the Command Line (Part One)
You may have stumbled across the Terminal application, having little knowledge of what it was for, you ignored it. I don’t blame you – for 98% of Mac users, it is of little value. Or is it? The post...
View ArticlePlaying YouTube Videos in VLC
For this week's quick tip, we'll explore one of VLC's more "hidden" features. More specifically, you'll learn how to play YouTube videos in said media player. This is quite simple and involves only a...
View ArticleSimple Print Server using Automator and Dropbox
By the end of this article, you will have set up a folder action for a Dropbox folder such that anything added to it will be printed. With this set up, you’ll be able to print documents from anywhere...
View ArticleLearning the Command Line Part Two: Navigating and Manipulating Files
To view the first part, take a look here. Recap In the last article, we learned how to set up The post Learning the Command Line Part Two: Navigating and Manipulating Files appeared first on Mac-Forums...
View ArticlePutting Your Apps on a Diet
Given that hard drive size is rarely a concern anymore, developers seem to make an assumption that space is no The post Putting Your Apps on a Diet appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleWhile the MF ML Guide is Under Construction…
As we continue our work on the official Mac-Forums Mountain Lion guide, we provide the following set of links to The post While the MF ML Guide is Under Construction… appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleOS X Mountain Lion: The Mac-Forums Guide
Contents Preamble Upgrading through the Up-to-Date Program Prepping for the Upgrade How to Create Your Own OS X Mountain Lion The post OS X Mountain Lion: The Mac-Forums Guide appeared first on...
View ArticleIMAP Email and Notifications: How-To
Introduction In this article we’ll look at how you can use Mountain Lion’s notification system to notify you of unread The post IMAP Email and Notifications: How-To appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleReview: CoolerMaster Gear
Jas Pro – Stretch Using a laptop flat on your desk isn’t the best for your posture, unless you have The post Review: CoolerMaster Gear appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleFlash v. JavaScript: Is One Really Better Than The Other?
Introduction A quick search of the forums will reveal a particular unabashed bias towards technologies that leverage anything but Adobe’s The post Flash v. JavaScript: Is One Really Better Than The...
View ArticleThe Mysterious File:/// Bug
Recently, there has been a rather silent but important story floating around about an odd bug built into Cocoa (OS The post The Mysterious File:/// Bug appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleiOS and The State of Innovation
Quite a few people have been commenting on an ostensible lack of innovation on the part of Apple when it The post iOS and The State of Innovation appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleClamshell Mode Performance Issues: A Myth?
Background A while back, I remember hearing a theory floating around that running a Mac in clamshell mode forced OS The post Clamshell Mode Performance Issues: A Myth? appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleWeekly Roundup: April 1 – 7
Here’s the weekly roundup of the more popular discussions around Mac-Forums for the week of April 1st. Blog Posts Clamshell The post Weekly Roundup: April 1 – 7 appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleA Look at Word Processing for the iPad: Pages and Word
I write…a lot. As a graduate student, it is my “trade,” that activity that occupies the majority of my time The post A Look at Word Processing for the iPad: Pages and Word appeared first on Mac-Forums...
View ArticleAdvanced – Scripting a Daily Wallpaper
If you’re anything like me, you get bored of your desktop wallpaper easily. Sure, you could have your wallpaper rotate The post Advanced – Scripting a Daily Wallpaper appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
View ArticleMac-Forums Looks at the Other…Other Mobile Platform
Introduction There’s no secret when it comes to my tendency to try the esoteric operating platforms. Why? The simple answer The post Mac-Forums Looks at the Other…Other Mobile Platform appeared first...
View ArticleMac-Forums Investigates MacKeeper
Update (July 27, 2013): Grammar/spelling errors corrected and a short section about Mac-Forums’ relationship to the product was added. Introduction The post Mac-Forums Investigates MacKeeper appeared...
View ArticleThese Permissions Are Not The Repairs You’re Looking For – A Critical Look at...
So, your Mac is acting up. Indeed, a Mac is no more impervious to Murphy’s Law than a non-Mac PC The post These Permissions Are Not The Repairs You’re Looking For – A Critical Look at Permissions in OS...
View ArticleExperiencing the App Store: A Developer’s Perspective and Rant
Custom excerpt The post Experiencing the App Store: A Developer’s Perspective and Rant appeared first on Mac-Forums Blog.
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