I recently updated my iPod Touch 4G to IOS 5.01. It had been sitting on 4.3.2 for the longest time and was having issues requiring a full restore. So I figured I’d move up to 5.0.1. I used a Cydia package backup solution (OpenBackup and AptBackup and PkgBackup) to automatically reinstall all my previous Cydia [...]
The Apple MacBooks are able to share their Internet connection over Airport. Let’s say you have your MacBook plugged onto an Ethernet cable, or you have a USB Data Stick for mobile Internet, and you want to give your iPod Touch access to the net. This can be done. There are, however, one or two [...]
I like Safari, but find it lacks certain privacy plugins/extensions I like to run. I also like using Zotero for online research, which has the best integration with Firefox. I have recently moved away from using as many Google services as possible. To put it simply, I don’t agree with their privacy practices. I won’t [...]
This post is not for the technologically faint of heart. This information will be useful to you if you have a Mac, and you don’t own a Kindle, and you want to buy Kindle books, and then read them on some other ebook device such as a Nook. I was not able to find an [...]
Some of us don’t have high-speed Internet connections. I live in a remote location and use a relatively slow mobile data stick for Internet. It’s fast enough to download most things, but the connection can be poor at times, which can result in failed downloads. Recently I wanted to update an Adobe product. The Adobe [...]
I often find downloads will not resume when I use any of the common browsers for the downloading. They are meant to resume, but it just fails in many instances. Today I figured out how to resume pretty much any download that fails part way through, is incomplete, and to pick up where it [...]
For a company that prides itself on developing a the worlds most user friendly operating system and software, sometimes Apple gets it horribly wrong. Editing or retrieving the URL of an existing RSS feed in Apple Mail is, as far as I can tell, impossible from within the user interface of Apple Mail or anywhere [...]
Here’s something simple, but useful for working with Apple Finder. To expand all currently visible folders in Apple Finder use Command-A (to select all folders) then Command[Right Arrow] to expand. You’ll need to make sure the pane in which you’re wanting to select all is active. Just click anywhere in it, if you’re not sure. [...]
Relatively often I find that application icons vanish. On the OS X Dock there will just be a blank space for an open application. On the COMMAND-TAB fast application switcher there will also be a blank space. The application still works, and it can still be activated in all the usual ways. But the [...]
Here’s another tip that is not Mac specific. This one relates to WordPress. It answers the question, how can I import images into my WordPress media library from a URL? I just spent the longest time trying to find an answer to this question… trying to figure out how to import images from a URL [...]
