Wow. I feel like an idiot. I’ve had an Apple Time Capsule at my house for maybe close to a year now, and have just today realized how easy it is to access it from my office.
Disclaimer: this works for me, but I can’t promise it’ll work for you. The steps I’m showing are exactly [...]
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Tips: Change the default width of “column view” in Finder (Mac OS X)
I’ve always been really frustrated by the narrow widths of the column view in Mac OS X’s Finder. I’m regularly widening them to see more of the file names, and wishing they stayed wider when I open the next one. So, today I searched for a solution.
In Mac OS 10.4 [and greater] the default width [...]
Wordpress for the iPhone
This is a test/ review of the new iPhone app from wordpress. It will be short since I am writing it from my iPhone, but so far, set up took less than a minute and I’m already composing. This is fantastic. It’s also COMPLETELY intuitive. Everything has been right where it should be, and the [...]
Domain Shortcut Helps Type URLs in Your iPhone More Quickly
This is truly an awesome feature and I’m really glad Lifehacker posted about it. This is honestly one of those things that make reading a bunch of websites worth it sometimes, as it just made my iPhone experience so much happier.
First, in Mobile Safari, just hold down the .com button for a second to see [...]
Mininova Adds Remote BitTorrent Downloads
I’m always looking for simple ways to set up some remote bittorrenting of files, as well as having my home media server quick on the draw to download something I want. I already use Mininova quite a bit anyway, so this very well could be the tool I was looking for. So simple.
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Magnets Kill the Cell Phone Speaker Buzz
I do hate the cracking and buzzing noise that my speakers constantly make when my iPhone is nearby. I noticed I never had that problem with Verizon (non-GSM, if I’m correct). But my years of AT&T kind of made me just think it was the way it has to be. Now, I’m going to try [...]
3 Resources for Web Designers
This is an awesome list, with some serious tools once you start looking into them. I’ve already spent the past 30 minutes following a rabbit trail that started from clicking on just one of these links, which introduced me to tons of really neat tools, sites, and resources I had never heard from… Great find.
Cheat [...]
iPhone 2.0 to include secure erase
Unlike the present “Erase All Content and Settings” feature in the iPhone Settings, the new version “will wipe data in similar fashion to the ‘Secure Empty Trash’ function of Mac OS X, by which all data is deleted, unlinked, and then overwritten several times to make it irretrievable by even the savviest of recovery tools.”
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Top 10 Useful Bookmarklets
I love Lifehacker for assembling things like this. Among the tools that made their list is YubNub, a tool I’ve been meaning to check out for a while now. I think today might be the day.
Having a good set of bookmarklets on your browser’s toolbar is like having a web-savvy Leatherman handy—you can take them [...]