October 29, 2004

I know this is an old app but some people still do not know about it. iPod Extractor let you pull your music back off your ipod.
http://homepage.mac.com/joelce/ipodextractor.html

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October 29, 2004

I know i do!!! I seem to keep copying the same songs around or people keep giving me the same music again and again. Well..... itunes Dupes Barrier can help with this.

This cool little app will search for duplicate songs inside the iTunes and iPod song databases. When it is finished it makes a play list for you of all the dupes it finds. Have fun deleting !!!!
http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/downloads.html#db

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October 28, 2004

"Apple is kind enough to supply Bluetooth as an option when you purchase an iBook, but if you want it later you are SOL." UNTILL now !!!!

This was just sent to me and thought i would share it with you. This person cracked open his Ibook and attached the bluetooth to the motherboard.

http://www3.telus.net/thewitt/BT/

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October 26, 2004

Is your monitor really square? About 50% of the CRT monitors I see on my friends desks are stretched. I have a simple fix for them that could help you.

What you will need:

One Square sticky Note
One Computer with a CRT attached that you can adjust the height and Width of the image.
Any App you can make a square in.

First you will need an app that you can make a square in for this I will use PhotoShop. Once open I made a new document 800 x 800 ( any thing over 400X400 will do). Now place the sticky note on the monitor in the center of the window. Holding down the "shift" key make a square around the sticky.

If the square on screen is taller then the sticky note but the width of them are the same

you will need to adjust your monitor to be less tall.

If the square on screen is wider then the sticky note but the hight of them are the same

you will need to adjust your monitor to be less Wide.

Once you have the Sticky note and the on screen square the same size your monitor is square.

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October 25, 2004

This project is not my first but I think it is my best. If only Apple would someday make a Mac Tablet. I would like to give you a more how to make one but... I did not take note (very sorry) and I made it over 3 years ago. I still think it is a cool project and if you really want to make one let me know I will try to help you.

How it all came about
I was working at a start-up tech company that was developing a kiosk that would download music to an MP3 player. For one of the prototypes, we used an iBook with touch screens made by Troll Touch (www.trolltouch.com). Like most start-ups at the time, the company did not survive, but I did manage to buy some of the touch screen iBooks—with the intention of making a slate tablet.

How it was made
I started with an iBook that was already modified with a Troll Touch touchscreen membrane. This membrane was inserted just in front of the iBook's LCD screen. So I was thinking that I would just cut a hole in the top half of the iBook, flip over the LCD screen, and then be all set. Well, I was kind of right. I started by taking the whole iBook apart and looking at it.

Using a wood-burning tool, I cut a hole in the top half of the iBook the same size as the LCD screen.

I took the screen and put it back in upside down so that the touch screen side would be facing out of this new hole. I also needed to take the keyboard out and do a little cutting on the inside plastic. After about 4-5 hours, I was able to put it all back to together as a tablet.

Parts no longer needed :)

How it works and what I do with it
The tablet works just like any other Mac but instead of using a mouse, you touch the screen to perform tasks. (It helps to change the icons to large buttons on your desktop). With an on-screen keyboard, you really don't need to attach one. A Mac tablet has its uses. For starters, it is a very easy way to surf the web while sitting on the couch (an Airport card was already in the iBook). It also works as a great admin tool for looking at the network in my house. I have also used it to find open WiFi in Boston. Surprisingly, it is a lot easier than holding a laptop. One unexpected use is watching movies that I have ripped from DVD.

What I don't like
Using an on-screen keyboard is not the ideal way to use a tablet. I wish it had handwriting recognition like the Newton. I also think that the extra plastic on the iBook makes it bigger than it needs to be. I would love to modify a new iBook into a slate tablet, but the cost is not worth it to me.

Wish list
My slate tablet feels unfinished. I would still like to do more to it. Maybe I'll solder the USB cable to the motherboard once I figure out the pin set. I'd love to be running OSX on it. Unfortunately, Apple's Inkwell (their handwriting recognition software in OSX) will only work with a Wacom tablet. I am hoping someone, if not Apple, comes out with a similar plug-in for a touch screen and/or mouse.

Photos

Using it on the road

usb for the screen

the mactablet

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October 22, 2004

Apple is now offering the Tiger Early Start Kit for developers and non-developers.

The Kit comes with all the benefits of an ADC Select Membership (one year), access to downloadable updates and documents, one-on-one Tiger support, and a free Tiger Training DVD while supplies last. The big thing is that they give you "One (1) ADC Select Hardware Discount".
If you are going to get a computer any way this is a smart move. Lets do the math:

http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/tigerkit.html

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October 19, 2004

If you are look for a site that will help you make your mac fast give xlr8yourmac.com

Upgrade / Update / or just a speed boost have a look at xlr8yourmac.com.

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October 16, 2004

Never put your OS boot disk in a place you can't find it when you need it. Sounds silly, but how many times have you misplaced it at the worst possible moments?

From time to time, I have people calling me and telling me that their Mac boots up with a blinking "?" (the "can't find disk" icon). Most of the time, that means the computer can't find the part of the hard drive it need to boot from. The quick way to fix this is boot from the disk and run Disk Utility. If that dous not work try reinstalling the OS.

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October 15, 2004

Looking for a way to serve and store video with a Mac let me show you how i did it.

Part 1

Matter I used:

HARD MATTER

• 1 ReplayTv
• 1 G4 400mhz
• 50 Feet Cat 5
• 2 Cat 5 jacks for the wall mount unit
• Wall mount unit

SOFT MATTER

• OSX (Apple.com)
• DVArchive (DVArchive.org)

That I wanted to do:
Have all my shows that my PVD recored in my living room backed up on one of my extra macs in a different room so I can Burn then later to DVD or just watch them. I stared by looking in to all the PVR on the market and the only one with a build-in ethernet jack was the ReplayTV.

 

More coming Soon......

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October 14, 2004

Apple will not let you do it, someone will. Screen Spanning Doctor is a app that lets you use 2 moniters on mac Including the new imac G5 that apple has set to only suport one moniter.

I think that the only way a computer is usable is to have 2 monitors on it. You get a lot of desktop space to hold all your open apps and still be able to surf. Macworld.com just posted a how-to on this app.

Check it out: http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2004/10/imacscreenspanning/index.php

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October 13, 2004

This site is dedicated to making your life better using a Mac. We will be covering every thing for moding your house using your mac, tricking out your car with a ipod, new products that can make your Mac life a little better.

Welcome More coming soon.....

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