So you’ve heard about this new trojan for OS X making the rounds and are a bit worried. The good news is that it’s not a widespread as most think it is and it’s not something that will just infect your system by itself. The security system in OS X prevents random apps from getting …
See OS X before it was OS X
For those of you using a Mac you might not be aware of the heritage behind OS X. It was originally called NeXTStep and was the brainchild of Steve Jobs after he left Apple in 1985. NeXTStep was 20 years ahead of everyone else but it was not a huge commercial success. Apple bought NeXT …
Mac OS X Lion (10.7) Tips and Tricks
If you’ve upgraded to OS X Lion (10.7) we’re sure you’ve noticed some differences from all prior versions of OS X. Apple has been refining the OS X experience for over 10 years and Lion present what we believe to be some of most important ones in a long time. With the advent of iOS’s …
Mac OS X Lion (10.7) tidbits
A little bit more information about Mac OS X Lion has been making it’s way into the wild and I thought we should comment on a couple of them that we think are important. Firstly, all PowerPC support is gone. The Rosetta (PowerPC) emulator will no longer function on Lion therefore if you still have …
Google Chrome
If you haven’t checked it out, Google’s Chrome web browser is a worthy addition to any Mac, or Windows PC for that matter. The latest version has several features that are lacking in Safari on the Mac and after some careful testing over the course of a week we’ve made it our default browser. Based …
Putting mcrypt into PHP, on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.1
This article is courtesy of : http://michaelgracie.com/2009/09/23/plugging-mcrypt-into-php-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-10.6.1/ First mcrypt on Leopard, and now we ready for the winter cat. Additionally, special thanks goes out in advance tocommenter Yvan Barthelemy (a.k.a. ybart) for cluing me in here. The procedure is almost exactly like the previous…almost. So pay attention. The following instructions cater to those who a) are developing …
Ontario WEEE Recycling fees
We get questions about the Ontario WEE recycling fee now that it’s in full effect. Basically, the Ontario Government is trying to help the environment by collecting fees on all imported and sold electronics that help to pay for their eventual recycling. By paying the fee at the beginning of it’s life it helps to …
New features of Adobe Creative Suite 5
Here are a few videos we’ve collected that show off the new features of Adobe CS5. All of these are in high definition so make sure you click on the 360p button to the right of the speaker icon and set it to 720p to watch the highest quality video. Be sure to click on …
Prevent your Drobo from spinning down
We love the Drobo product and we use them all the time to store huge amounts of data. In our case, we store our complete iTunes and iPhoto libraries on them instead of our internal hard drives. However, if you don’t access those on a regular basis the Drobo will spin down the hard drives …
Snow Leopard & AppleTalk
With the advent of Snow Leopard we gained a lot of new technology but we also lost the ability to print over AppleTalk. It’s dead so say a short prayer and say hello to IP. This means any old printers will need to have IP adresses set up for them and really old printers (Laserwriters) …
