Archive for July, 2008
Save Money and be Cool with Custom Ringtones and OS X
Comments: 0Jul 31, 2008 in Games and Entertainment
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Are you into downloading ringtones and hearing your newest favorite song whenever someone calls you? It can get pretty expensive if you download a bunch of them. Your cell company loves this because its extra money for them..
Did you know that instead of paying for ringtones, you can customize your own [...]
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Last week I had the opportunity to attend an Apple Professional Seminar. Aside from learning the nuances of many incredible new features of Leopard Server, The speaker said something intriguing.. He said that for those shutting down the computers at night - “Bad Idea.” and that for energy efficiency, its better [...]
Protecting Personal Files on OS X from Unwanted Viewers with TrueCrypt
Comments: 0Jul 24, 2008 in Work and Organization
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The best way to protect your data from unwanted viewing is to use encryption. In Part I of this tutorial we created a simple encrypted image using the Disk Utility application included with OS X. Now, let’s create a custom encrypted ultra secure image to store personal files that can be [...]
The Easiest Way To Protect Personal Files on OS X from Unwanted Viewers
Comments: 0Jul 21, 2008 in Work and Organization
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Computers are more personal today than they were years ago. We store many parts of our life now on hard drives, CDs, DVDs, and USB flash drives. What happens when this data is lost, or stolen? I wouldn’t feel comfortable with someone being able to access my tax returns, financial receipts [...]
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- Keep your Mac safe from Clickjacking
- Using Video with MSN Messenger for OS X
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- How to Read E-Books in OS X. (.CHM, .PDF, .DJVU, .LIT, .PDB and .MOBI files)
- My Hard Drive Crashed. I Lost All My Data! What Do I Do?
- The Open Source World’s Answer to Photoshop - The Simplest way to Install the GIMP on OS X
- Just How Good are the Legal TV Sites Compared to BitTorrent?
- Ten Quick and Useful Terminal Tricks
- Easily Save and Archive Web Pages with Paparazzi
- Broken Mac? How to Source Apple Repair Parts
Categories
- Basics for Beginners (15)
- Games and Entertainment (12)
- Maintenance and Repairs (13)
- Music, Photography, and Video (8)
- Work and Organization (18)
Highlights
- The Easiest, Simplest Way To Back Up Your Data in OS X Without Time Machine.
- Five Interesting Books from Beginner to Expert Teaching You The Ins and Outs of OS X
- Telecommuting with OS X Part II - Working with “The Office Suite”
- Prevent Identity Theft and Snooping by Securely Erasing Your Old Hard Drive
- How to Sync your Google Calendar with Thunderbird and Lightning