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Recently we have shown you how to password protect zip files in OSX. Now we are going to take it a step further by password protecting external drives or flash drives. A lot of you might wonder why would you password protect a flash drive or an external drive. If you have sensitive information, like [...]
A lot of people want to know what is the .DS_Store file on a Mac and what is its true purpose? These files appear when hidden files are made visible. Here is my explanation of what the .DS_Store files are and what happens when you delete them and a way to disable them. What is [...]
A lot of people like to record their screen activity and share with friends or to make YouTube videos. For those of us that use a Mac, you might be looking for a free screen recorder. Luckily for use, Mac OS X has a free screen recorder built right in. Well, if you have Snow [...]
How many times have you been in a situation where you needed to get pictures off of your iPhone? For me, it happens on a regular basis. Usually I have my trusty iPhone cord handy. But at times I forget my cord and have to email the pictures to myself. To be honest, emailing pictures [...]
Android 4.2 or Jelly Bean, has been out for a while. If you haven’t had a chance to try it out the latest version of Android you can install the OS in VirtualBox. This is a great way to try out Android without having to buy an Android device. Here is how to install Android 4.2 [...]
A quick and easy way to check the current weather on your Mac is via the menu bar. Since the menu bar is always there, unless you hide it, it makes perfect since to add applications to get quick information. Here is how to add the weather in Mac menu bar for free with Meteorologist. [...]
When Mac OS X Lion came out you could only download it and upgrade your Mac to the new operating system. However, you could always create your own Mac OS X Lion DVD, but if you didn’t and wanted to reinstall Lion you might be out of luck. Hopefully you had an extra copy of [...]
In the past we have shown you how to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox. This method is good if you want to try out Ubuntu without too much setup. But if you want more power out of Ubuntu, you can always dual boot Ubuntu and Mac OSX. Dual booting Ubuntu and Mac OSX gives you the best of [...]
If you are new to Mac and haven’t had any experience with the menu bar, or do , and have a ton of icons gathering there you probably want to remove them. So how do you remove icons form the menu bar? Well that my friend is really easy. All you have to do is [...]
If you own an Apple TV and a Mac you probably notice the Apple remote for the Apple TV will be hijacked by your Mac. This can be really annoying and intrupt your Apple TV time. This happens because a little annoying setting on your Mac, the IR-Receiver. No matter what Mac you have, Macbook Air, [...]
