Keeping windows on top

On May 22, 2013, in Applications, Mac Enhancements, OS X Tweeks, by Jonathan

Here is an easy way to lock / keep / pin a window in OS X to float above all other windows, irrespective of which window is the active one. And it’s free.

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Applications to easily change ACL and permissions on Mac files

On May 12, 2013, in System Utilities, Troubleshooting, Unix & Terminal, by Jonathan

Having ACL and permission problems on OS X? Here are the best tools for manually sorting them out. Most are free. The best one is $5.

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Turn on debugging mode on Android 4.2 (includes Nexus)

On May 6, 2013, in Android & OS X, by Jonathan

Here are the instructions to activate USB Debugging mode on Android devices with Jelly Bean (4.2) or above. This is not a Mac specific post. It is Android related, which I am posting here because it is my intention to document ways to get Mac OS X and Android devices to behave nicely together. Setting [...]

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Turn off birthday notifications in Mac OS X

On March 23, 2013, in Address Book, iCal, OS X Tweeks, Productivity, Solutions & Fixes, by Jonathan

In this Best Mac Tip I’ll be showing you how to fine-tune aspects of the Notification Center in Mac OS X. For example, we’ll look at how to turn off birthday notifications which come through from the OS X Facebook integration.

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Run Android apps on Mac OS X desktop

On March 21, 2013, in iOS - iPhone - iPod - iPad, by Jonathan

It’s possible to run Android apps (like Whatsapp, for instance) on the Mac OS X desktop. It’s super simple to do. Here’s how.

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Transfer photos from Nexus 4 Android to Mac

On February 27, 2013, in Android & OS X, by Jonathan

Instructions on how to import photos onto Mac OS X from your Android device

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Recover RSS feeds from Apple Mail

On February 7, 2013, in Apple Mail, Applications, Solutions & Fixes, by Jonathan

Apple in their wisdom dropped RSS support in Mail on Mountain Lion. Here are detailed instructions on how to recover your lost RSS feed subscription links and your archive of RSS messages.

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View Contacts in Address Book whilst composing an email

On February 3, 2013, in Apple Mail, by Jonathan

Some people switching over from Outlook Express on Windows might be unsure how to view this address book contacts whist addressing a new email. Here’s how to do it.

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Extracting RAR archives in the command line on Mac OS X

On February 2, 2013, in Applications, Unix & Terminal, by Jonathan

Instructions on how to use free command line tools to extract RAR archives on Mac OS X.

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Repair damaged RAR files on Mac OS X

On February 2, 2013, in Finder, Unix & Terminal, by Jonathan

Here is an easy and free way to repair complete yet corrupt RAR archive files. It’s done in the command line of Terminal using some powerful free RAR utilities.

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