All Entries in the "Macintosh" Category
How to: Create encrypted DMG image to protect your files
There are lots of third-party software that can help you lock your files on Mac with secure; but why do you want to do that if Mac has already prepare a native program on your Mac OS X? With a couple of steps, you can create your own password encrypted .dmg file. Usually speaking, the [...]
Advanced Tips on Using Preview
Preview is a very tiny utility that comes with every Mac OS X; it comes with very handy features for you to handle pictures and PDFs. I have introduced how to “Crop your photo instantly with Preview” before, and today, I found some other nice features of Preview that I would like to share with [...]
Show your contacts’ birthdays on iCal
iCal comes with the iLife software bundle pre-installed on every Mac OS X out of box; I use iCal pretty much every day to manage my schedule and planning. You could synchronize your iCal with your iPhone and iPod Touch while connected to iTunes; if you have signed up MobileMe service like I do, you [...]
TimeMachineEditor — Edit Time Machine Backup interval
Time Machine was introduced to Mac OS X 10.5, Snow Leopard. It’s a great application that could help Mac users to back up their files to an external hard drive or a Network Attached System (NAS). By default, the Time Machine will scan your Mac back up every hour if needed. This is good to [...]
Chat with your Facebook friends right from desktop
Facebook is one of the hottest SNS; you could share recent update, photos, videos and a lot more to anyone who is permitted to see your updates. From the changing Facebook layouts, it’s not hard to see that Facebook focus on it’s web-based chatting system a lot. With the new Facebook layout, you could know [...]
Mactracker — Get info on any Mac
Working as a part time technician at an Apple Authorized Reseller, I have to check the Mac model from time to time especially inquiries over the phone. For example, when a client phone in and would like to ask for some service on his/her Mac, however, I will need to check the detail information first [...]
