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Apple Mobile Video: Stuck in the Future

July 19, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
Apple Mobile Video: Stuck in the Future

Give me flash video. I don't want games or flashy website intros, just flash-based videos. I fear Apple is too proud to ever back-peddle on this and that may force me to seriously look into Google TV.
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How-To: Replace Your iMac’s Hard Drive

May 17, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
How-To: Replace Your iMac’s Hard Drive

In an iMac's life, there are two things that you may find yourself wishing to upgrade, the memory and hard drive. Memory is easy enough to get to but the hard drive can seem a little daunting to some.
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How-To: Use SSH to Investigate Folder Sizes

May 4, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
How-To: Use SSH to Investigate Folder Sizes

Users can let their Home folder get out of hand and slowly kill any remaining hard drive space. I use Apple Remote Desktop if I need to find out who's using up too much space with their Home folder and SSH works perfectly for this.
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How-To: Final Cut Express Stabilization Using iMovie

May 3, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
How-To: Final Cut Express Stabilization Using iMovie

While Final Cut Express doesn't have a stabilization feature, iMovie does. Here is the process of taking a clip from Final Cut Express and using iMovie to stabilize it.
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How-To: Print Using Active Directory Credentials

April 22, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
How-To: Print Using Active Directory Credentials

In a large-scale environment, you may have no choice but to authenticate your Macs to Active Directory. This process is generally pretty smooth, but the big annoyance for me was having to give my credentials every time I wanted to print to our Windows print server.
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iPhone Development Alternatives: Code Without Objective-C

March 31, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
iPhone Development Alternatives: Code Without Objective-C

Apple has gone to great lengths to allow anybody who wants to, the ability to develop and sell their very own app. I appreciate this but I’ve never programmed in Objective-C before and I’m not sure if I want to learn. So I started looking around for alternative ways to create an iPhone app.Read more »

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How-To: Create a Custom User Template in Snow Leopard

March 16, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
How-To: Create a Custom User Template in Snow Leopard

Setting up your OS to your liking can be an art for some. What if you need to set up Snow Leopard to present every user with the same look and settings? By following these steps you can have every user who logs into the machine receive the same look, feel and preferences that...
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Why Apple Should Buy Adobe

March 9, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
Why Apple Should Buy Adobe

The rumors of Adobe being bought by Apple come up every so often. Apple could easily afford such a purchase and the results would be interesting. I would love to see Adobe restructured by a company like Apple. Adobe has many applications that are the gold standard but it seems to lack focus. These...
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How-To: Use Time Machine Over a Network

March 4, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
How-To: Use Time Machine Over a Network

I love Time Machine for its simplicity and the fact that it’s free. Apple did the right thing in creating a backup utility that was integrated into the OS and was actually useful. Anyone who has fought with Windows Backup can tell you, this has been needed for a long time. Apple created a beautiful...
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How-To: Support Everyone’s OS with VirtualBox

February 25, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini
How-To: Support Everyone’s OS with VirtualBox

Using a Mac is a treat for many, and after years of living on Window machines, I appreciate the little things OS X provides. There’s no point preaching to the choir here about how OS X is better…most of us already feel that way. But what I’ve realized while working in IT, is that...
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