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Organise Your Mac With DesktopShelves

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11:30AM December 11, 2011 | Logan Booker

Everyone’s familiar with the idea of using a bookshelf wallpaper to help sort your desktop icons into a ordered mass, but a simple clean up or view sort can ruin all your good work, and rearranging or moving your setup isn’t as easy as it could be. DesktopShelves solves this problem by allowing you to bind folders to “shelves” that can be arranged on your desktop however you like. More »


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Turn Your iPhone Or iPad Into A Number Pad

2:00AM December 10, 2011 | Thorin Klosowski

If you’re using Apple’s Bluetooth keyboard or a laptop, you might find yourself occasionally in need of a number pad. NumPad Remote is a download for iOS and Mac OS X that turns your iOS device into a portable number pad. More »


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Diagnose Wi-Fi Signal Problems With Netspot

12:30AM December 3, 2011 | Alan Henry

Everyone has a decent Wi-Fi signal when they’re sitting in the same room as their wireless router, but what about across the apartment or in the basement? If you think you should have signal but don’t, free site survey app Netspot is a utility that gives you the tools to draw out your floorplan, walk about your home or office with your laptop and survey network strength, available networks and channels in use along the way. More »


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The Best To-Do App For Linux

3:45AM October 22, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Linux has a surprisingly large number of to-do apps available for it, including our favourite Windows and Mac app: the simple, good-looking, easy-to-use Wunderlist. More »


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Mac OS X To Windows 7 Switch: Part Two

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11:30AM October 20, 2011 | Anthony Caruana

Yesterday, I started trying to translate Mac-speak to Windows-talk. That continues today as I look at customisation, security and applications for those making the switch from OS X to Windows. More »


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Mac OS X To Windows 7 Switch: Part One

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11:30AM October 19, 2011 | Anthony Caruana

If you’ve been a long-time Mac user, sitting in front of a Windows machine can be quite confusing. In this instalment of our switching guide, I take a look at the Windows interface and translate between OS X and Windows 7. More »


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Mac OS X Lion Hits Version 10.7.2, Adds iCloud Support

6:55AM October 15, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Apple just released the 10.7.2 update to Mac OS X Lion, available now through Software Update. In addition to the usual bug fixes and improvements OS X updates provide, this version brings iCloud support. More »


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Top 10 Tactics For Diagnosing And Fixing Your Sick Technology

2:00AM October 9, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Technology is great until it breaks and you have to spend hours trying to figure out what’s wrong before you can even fix the problem. Often times the entire ordeal will take even longer because you’ve failed to consider the obvious, or a particular strategy that worked in the past. Here are our top 10 tactics for diagnosing and solving the many problems that occur with your computers, smartphones, web sites, and more. More »


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Broom Monitors Your Disk Space And Helps You Tidy Up

5:30AM October 1, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Mac: Broom is a neat little app that sits in your menu bar and monitors your hard disk, letting you know whenever it gets too full. If that time ever comes, Broom will alert you and then suggest files and folders you can throw away to help keep your disk space from running out. More »


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The Complete Guide To Building A Hackintosh

1:00AM September 20, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Building a hackintosh — that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware — used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now your options are vast and the installation process is fairly simple. With that in mind, here is our up-to-date guide to building a hackintosh that will walk you through purchasing compatible parts, building your machine, and installing OS X all on your own. More »