Category: OSX

  • Cooliris Rocks…..

    Okay these guys are my new best friends….Head over to cooliris.com and grab your copy of their cooliris previews extension…..trust me you’ll not be disappointed…..makes browsing faster and more fun. You’ll wonder how you ever got by without it.

  • Who needs a Digital Picture Frame…..

    Just hop on over to piclens.com and grab their Firefox/IE plugins (OSX, WinXP/Vista) and start enjoying your online pictures again. This little gem works with either browser (and pretty much all the derivatives…..ie: Flock, Bonecho, etc.) and will totally knock your socks off. Just install it, go to a random flickr page (or one of…

  • Twitter….the cool way….

    To be honest, I’ve had a twitter account for a while, but since I need a browser (or phone) to get access to it and twit, I hadn’t used it. But that’s about to change (maybe), since I found out how you can twit from command line. Yep, twit away from any UNIX, Linux, OSX…

  • Backup server that plays nice with everyone….

    Just came across this article over at Lifehacker that outlines how you can build your very own cross platform backup server for FREE…….more information on Restore’s own website. These are some of the key features that set RESTORE apart from the competition: Browser Based- Access your RESTORE system remotely from anywhere using the internet. This…

  • TrueCrypt does OSX

    TrueCrypt has finally released version 5.0 of it’s fantastic File/Volume/Disk encryption software and with that introduced the Mac World to “True” Encryption. Now I know all OSX junkies out there are trying to point out that OSX comes with FileVault (for free), but FileVault only encrypts the users home directory….that’s all. TrueCrypt gives you a…

  • Open Source lovin’ for your Server….

    Continuing with our coverage of “Free your Apps”, here is how you can free your Server (and workstation) of those expensive (usually useless) so-called Enterprise Applications. BitNami stacks make it incredibly easy to install your favorite open source server software. Application stacks include an open source application and all the dependencies necessary to run it,…

  • Best Open Source apps at your finger tips….

    Are you constantly hearing about Open Source software and are wondering how to go about getting started. Do you want to cleanse your Mac or PC from all those so called advanced applications that don’t do what they advertise, yet take up all the diskspace on your computer. Or maybe you’re just sick of BSOD’n/Beachball’n…

  • Stream your Linux/Windows/Mac Desktop as video using VLC

    A buddy of mine (thanks Mike) showed me this today. There is a input Access module in the newer versions of VLC (0.8.6+) called “screen” which makes this possible. To stream your desktop to another machine (ip address: 192.168.1.2 in this case) just use the following command in Linux (sorry command line only):vlc screen:// :screen-fps=30…

  • How to uninstall almost any application in OSX manually

    Well, you learn something new everyday. Here is what I picked up today….If you ever install an application that came as a OSX package, there is a good chance that the installer has installed files all over your machine. There is also a good chance that the installer has left you a little gift —…

  • ItunesFS….MacFUSE rocks!!!

    Okay so hot on the heels of my MacFUSE install, I find iTunesFS which is a FUSE module for iTunes written by Marcus Müller…..YUMMY :-). Now it’s a read-only module (ie: it lets you take stuff out of itunes/ipod/iphone storage, but most of the time that’s all you want to do anyways. If you want…