How To: Fix Trackpad won’t click on Mac login screen
For reasons best known only to Apple, they have disabled clicking on the login screen when using a trackpad! It’s not insurmountable thankfully – here’s how to enable that functionality
Tag: "Mac"
How to: Jailbreak iPhone 4S / iPad 2 with Absinthe (Untethered)
Permission is granted for you to carry out a little happy dance before sitting down and carrying out the merry business of carrying out an untethered jailbreak of your cherished device using the Absinthe tool on Mac / Windows or Linux.
Jan 24, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
How to: Take a screenshot in Mac OS X
Sometimes the simplest of things need an answer and this is one such occasion. Long term Windows users arrive on Mac OS and wonder, “Where’s the Print Screen button” or “How do I take a screenshot?”.
Jul 26, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
How to: Set up your Mac as wireless hotspot
There are times when we want to share our Internet connection with other devices. Thankfully there’s a really quick and simple way to share your Mac’s Internet connection with other devices using the Mac’s built in components.
Feb 21, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
How to: CTRL ALT DEL on a Mac
If you’ve been a long term user of Windows and / or are relatively new to the Mac Operating System, the chances are that at some point you’re going to ask the question, “What’s the equivilant to CTRL ALT DEL on a Mac?”
Feb 21, 2011 | 7 comments | View Post
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How to: Fix Steam Needs to be Online to Update pop up [UPDATED]
You’ve fired up Steam on your Mac and you get a pop up message telling you that, “Steam Needs to be Online to Update”. You click ok, the message goes away but Steam closes. Annoying isn’t it? Thankfully there’s a simple fix
Feb 16, 2011 | 108 comments | View Post
How to: Fix iTunes error 1013 (when upgrading or restoring)
Every time I attempted to restore my iPhone I ended up with “The iPhone could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1013)”. Here’s the fix!
Feb 08, 2011 | 67 comments | View Post
How To: Open .toast files on a Windows PC
Ripped your CDs or DVDs to your Mac using Toast and haven’t currently got access to a Mac (or Toast) in order to extract the data or burn the image files but do have access to a Windows PC
Jan 25, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
How to: Transfer iTunes apps between computers
Sometimes we just want to transfer iTunes applications between computers and not the whole iTunes installation. It’s very easy to move these files, let’s look how it’s done.
Jan 25, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
How to: Stop SkyPE from auto starting when booting Mac OS
If, like me, you find it frustrating when you fire up your trust Mac that you’re forced to wait for SkyPE to open then you’ll be pleased to know you can prevent SkyPE from starting on system startup.
Jan 24, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
How to: Upgrade / jailbreak iPhone 3G with iOS4 and redsn0w
iOS4 is available, but not by general release at this time. Here’s how to upgrade to it AND jailbreak your handset afterwards. (PC & Mac)
Jun 18, 2010 | 118 comments | View Post
Essential applications for Apple Macs
As part of a quest to find what applications and software I need to get, for my MacBook Pro, I tweeted out looking for suggestions. The below list is a combination of suggestions that people tweeted back as well as some I’ve found for myself.
May 04, 2010 | 10 comments | View Post
