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‘iMac Believer’ Video Tribute To Steve Jobs Is Weirdly Catchy

imacbelieverI’ve seen a lot of weird videos on the internet over the years, but ‘iMac Believer’, a video tribute to Steve Jobs takes the cake. It’s probably the most bizarre video tribute I’ve ever seen. The video was posted to YouTube by GangBabyGaga. It might...

Apple Updates Java for Mac OS X 10.6 &10.7

sftwareupdateApple has released an update for Java on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 the updates are available now via Software Update on your Mac. Check out all the exciting details about these updates after the break. According to Apple: Mac OS X Lion Java...

Monitor And Manage The Storage Apps Use On Your iOS Devices [iOS Tips]

iosaboutscreenApple has added a feature to iOS 5 that will allow you to check the storage apps use on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. It’s an important feature to know if you are using any of these devices without a computer and syncing...

Two Ways To Rename Your iOS Devices [iOS Tips]

itunesIf you’ve had more than one iPhone, iPad or iPod touch you probably want to give each one a unique name so you can tell them apart. Or you might be upgrading from an iPhone 4 to an iPhone 4S like I did. If...

Lion Introduces New Privacy And Location Services To Mac OS X [OS X Tips]

AppPrivacyLion has introduced some new yet basic privacy settings. The new settings control how you share your location and collect usage data to send to Apple. Although now it seems to be fairly basic I think it is still important to know what if...

Shake Things Up By Making Your Own Custom Vibration Alerts in iOS 5 [iOS Tips]

vibleaderIf you find yourself in a quiet environment like a meeting or at the doctor’s office you’ll usually silence the ringer on your iPhone. The iPhone will then vibrate when you get incoming calls. Although that sounds great the only problem is that the...

Shake Things Up By Making Your Own Custom Vibration Alerts in iOS 5 [iOS Tips]

vibleaderIf you find yourself in a quiet environment like a meeting or at the doctor’s office you’ll usually silence the ringer on your iPhone. The iPhone will then vibrate when you get incoming calls. Although that sounds great, the iPhone will vibrate the same...

Possible Fix For iOS 5 And iPhone 4S Battery Life?

I’ve been a bit quiet lately while considering the possible reasons why my new iPhone 4S has the worst battery life of any iPhone I’ve ever owned. Normally by now I would have written some battery troubleshooting tips to share with all of you....

Activate Private Internet Browsing For Safari In iOS 5 [iOS Tips]

safariiconFor those of us that have something to hide, you’ll be happy to know that in iOS 5 Safari offers a private internet browsing mode. Once it is toggled on it prevents Safari from compiling a history of your browser activity. By default private...

Apple Updates HP Printer Drivers, Aperture And Thunderbolt Software

Apple’s on a roll this week after the plethora of updates yesterday Apple has released three more new ones today. They are HP Printer Software Update 2.8, Aperture Update 3.2.1 and Thunderbolt Software Update 1.0. All of these are available now via Software Update on...

Turn On The Visual LED Notification Alert in iOS 5 [iOS Tips]

ledflashYou can set up your iPhone notifications in many ways. You might like vibrating alerts, audible alerts, or maybe you don’t want any alerts at all. Now there is a new visual alert, but it’s buried away and hard to find. Today I’ll fix...

Apple Updates Mid-2011 MacBook Air And Mac Mini EFI Firmware

MacBookAir2011ModelHot on the heels of the early 2011 iMac firmware update comes an EFI firmware update for the mid-2011 MacBook Air and Mac Mini. The new updates are labeled version 2.2 and 1.4 respectively. The updates are available via Software Update or direct download. The updates...