note to self

Mac Expo has started and I was hoping they might have brought out a new mid range MacBook or a lower price for the Aluminum MacBook but sadly not. So whilst checking out the new MacBook Pro’s with their 17″ screens and funky new built in battery with 8 hour span between charges I wondered [...]

The iPhone Dev Team released its iPhone 3G unlocking utility, yellowsn0w, on the first of the year although it’s still a beta. If you’d like to crack your iPhone with the beta remember version 0.9.4 beta works only with iPhone baseband 02.28.00, that’s the version installed by iPhone 2.2 Software Update, Apple’s most recent firmware [...]

I love the internet and just when you think it can’t get any better Amazon launch a new MP3 download service to compete with Apple iTunes store and sell albums from only £3 including Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns, Kings of Leon – Only By The Night, Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack, Will [...]

So a slight problem recently with contacts. I use a number of tools and web apps in my daily life to keep things organised beacuse I work for myself I use a number of machines in a number of offices so it’s easier to rely on web applications for some tasks. 30 boxes (30boxes.com) for [...]

By default, Mac OS X’s Finder keeps system files – which generally start with a dot, like .trash – out of your sight. But that makes editing these files extremely difficult or if you want to find one really hard. In the Terminal type: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE killall Finder

New screen technology and software combined. Allegedly patented by Apple.

Open NetInfo Manager and authenticate. Create a new subdirectory in /config/SharePoints/ (click on config, then on SharePoints, then select Directory -> New Subdirectory). Set the name value to be what you’d like the share to be called (double-click on the Value column next to name). Add a new property (Directory -> New Properyt) and name [...]