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Archive for the ‘Walkthroughs’ Category

Dig Into Unix: Standard Streams

Written on July 01, 2009 by Jon Buys and 2 people have commented

This is the third installment of our Dig Into Unix series, an ongoing look into the deep, geeky insides of the core of OS X. In the first part, we got to fire up the Terminal and take a look around the filesystem as the OS sees it, which is slightly different from how the [...]

How-To: Tether Your BlackBerry to Your Mac

Written on June 24, 2009 by Jenny Kortina and 9 people have commented

One of the big, new features of the iPhone is its ability to tether. BlackBerrys have had this ability for a while, so below I have outlined how to tether your BlackBerry with your Mac to use your Internet connection to browse the web with your computer.
Some Things to Note

This tutorial is for Leopard.
I have [...]

How-To: Remotely Control Your Mac Over the Internet

Written on June 22, 2009 by Jenny Kortina and 13 people have commented

I previously wrote an article on how to stream your data from a Time Capsule and local computer over the Internet. After figuring out the basics of networking, I moved onto wanting to control my media center computer remotely. Below I’ve outlined the steps to set up remotely controlling your home computer over the Internet.
Some [...]

How-To: Transfer Files Between Your Blackberry & OS X Via Bluetooth

Written on June 18, 2009 by Jenny Kortina and 9 people have commented

I recently switched from my iPhone to a BlackBerry. A few weeks after the transition, I have discovered my likes and dislikes between phones, and by far the most frustrating difference is the “syncing with computer” feature. An iPhone is literally plug and play, whereas a BlackBerry requires tons of configuration, even for the simplest [...]

How-To: Selling Your iPhone for Instant Gratification

Written on June 16, 2009 by Charles Jade and 23 people have commented

With the iPhone 3G S on sale in a matter of days, a rush of 3G and original iPhone owners will be selling their phones and upgrading to the new model. If you are planning on selling your current iPhone, there are a few simple steps that can help maximize your resale value.
Before beginning the [...]

How-To: Proximity Automation

Written on June 11, 2009 by Bryan Schuetz and 20 people have commented

Would you like to be able to use the magic of Bluetooth to automatically pause iTunes, set your away message in Adium, and lock the screen simply by standing up and walking away from your desk? Of course you would — it’s future-tastic (jetpacks not included)! Let’s take a look at how to pull this [...]

Get to the Point: OS X’s Summarize Service

Written on June 09, 2009 by James Dempsey and 6 people have commented

There are a few really handy features in OS X that get very little attention – perhaps because they don’t have a snazzy GUI, or maybe it’s because they only appeal to certain users. Whatever the case, Summarize (found in the menubar under the Application menu) is one of those handy features that gets little attention, but delivers big by helping you get to the point.

iWork With Numbers: Conditional Formatting

Written on June 02, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 10 people have commented

This is the first in a series on some of the more advanced functionality of Numbers, my favorite spreadsheet app. If you’re new to spreadsheets, or just want to make them look a little less like Microsoft Excel, this article should be right up your alley. In this article, we’ll talk about conditional formatting.
What is [...]

How-To: Access Your Time Capsule Over the Internet

Written on May 14, 2009 by Jenny Kortina and 11 people have commented

The other day my friend called me to tell me that he bought this new product called Pogoplug. The Pogoplug is pretty cool; you plug it into the wall, connect a hard drive to it, then connect it to your local Internet, and you have an NAS ready to go. I thought it was a [...]

Free MobileMe Alternative: How to Set Up Google Sync for Mac and iPhone

Written on May 13, 2009 by David Klein and 25 people have commented

MobileMe, Apple’s online personal information management (PIM) solution, has withstood quite the controversy. While some of the more fortunate subscribers, like myself, have had only positive experiences, others had to wait several months before syncing worked without reporting cryptic errors or silently failing.
My only gripe was the buggy MobileMe web site. Problems were numerous, such [...]

Public Safety Advisory: How to Downgrade from Time Capsule 7.4.1

Written on May 12, 2009 by Jenny Kortina and 15 people have commented

I always upgrade all of my Apple firmware as soon as the updates become available. I’ve never had a problem with any of the new firmwares, and most of the time they improve whatever product I am upgrading. I’ve never had a problem, that is, until I upgraded my Time Capsule to the 7.4.1 firmware.
I [...]

iPhone Dev Sessions: Create a Drum App

Written on May 11, 2009 by Henry Balanon and 29 people have commented

You’ve seen all the different drum apps, right? Well, they’re really easy to make. In this iPhone Dev Sessions article, I want to teach you how to make Bickboxx, an actual app that’s in the iTunes App Store.
Grab Bickboxx (FREE) from the iTunes App Store if you want to see this puppy in action so [...]

How-To: Port Forwarding On an Airport Extreme & Time Capsule

Written on May 05, 2009 by Jenny Kortina and 13 people have commented

When I moved into my new apartment I brought with me a 1TB Time Capsule that I was previously using as a network storage device because my old roommate already had a Linksys router. None of my new roommates had routers, so I decided to use the Time Capsule as both our router and network [...]

Mac Botnet: How To Ensure You’re Not Part of the Problem

Written on April 24, 2009 by Andrew Bednarz and 15 people have commented

As reported recently all over the blogosphere, the world’s first Mac-based botnet is active after infiltrating people’s systems in January by way of a trojan hidden inside pirated iWork’09 installers. If you downloaded and installed iWork’09 from a torrent, binary newsgroup, or any other source not from Apple’s trial download links or official DVDs, you [...]

How-To: Put Google Calendar and Tasks in Your Menu Bar

Written on April 22, 2009 by David Klein and 15 people have commented

Don’t you wish there were an easier way to quickly view upcoming appointments and your task list?  If you’re a fan of Google products, then follow these steps for an easy-to-use solution.  In the end you will have two new items in your menu bar: one for Google Calendar and one for Google Tasks.
What You [...]

iPhone Dev Sessions: Create a Navigation-Based Application

Written on April 15, 2009 by Keun Lee and 20 people have commented

In this tutorial, you will learn how to do the following:

Create and run a Navigation-Based Application from XCode
Create and add a user interface, designed in Interface Builder, as a sub-view to a navigation based application
Navigate to sub-views from a UITableView
Allow sub-views to access application data

Creating and Running a Navigation-Based Application in XCode
Let’s start off by [...]

Fix MacBook Air Streaming Video and Overheating Problems

Written on April 15, 2009 by Jenny Kortina and 25 people have commented

I’ve been having a lot of trouble streaming video on my MacBook Air recently. No matter which site I’m on, YouTube, Hulu, or Netflix, within a few minutes the video becomes choppy and unwatchable. Fed up with my computer’s inability to complete a task it should be able to handle no problem, I brought her [...]

iPhone Dev Sessions: How To Make An Orientation-Aware Clock

Written on April 08, 2009 by Henry Balanon and 26 people have commented

For this tutorial we’re going to build a simple clock that is orientation-aware, meaning that when you rotate your iPhone, the time rotates with it. I’m assuming you have a basic knowledge of the iPhone SDK.
To get started, you will need a label for the time and a background image. You will also need a [...]

Sync Your iPhone/iPod With Any Computer

Written on February 26, 2009 by Jenny Kortina and 31 people have commented

One thing I have always wanted to do is be able to sync my iPhone or iPod with any computer. Lifehacker had an article a while back on doing this, but the software they used does not support the iPhone or iPod touch. So, I have developed a method to connect any iPod or iPhone [...]

Syncing Apps With Dropbox

Written on February 25, 2009 by David Appleyard and 22 people have commented

Many Mac users are fortunate enough to have more than one machine. Whether it’s a home desktop and laptop, or a home and office machine, it can be very useful to keep some form of continuity between the two systems. This is easy enough to do with individual files — simply using an online service [...]