Installing Samsung Performance Restoration Software on OS X
In late October 2014 Samsung has ponied up to the shortcomings of the read speeds of their Samsung SSD EVO 840 over time. In light of this Samsung claims that they have found the fix…
Mac Tutorials
DIY Fusion Drive Or Separate SSD and Hard Drive?
If you’re reading this then you’re probably adventurous enough to contemplate embarking on modifying your existing Mac to run either a Fusion Drive or a combination of Solid State Drives (SSD) and the traditional Hard Drive…
Stop iTunes From Showing Radio Track Banner Notifications
Ever since Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion, Notification Center has been ported over from iOS to live in the screens of our Mac computers. It used to be that Notification Center displays alerts of things…
Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion’s Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostic Tool
Buried within your Mac OS Mountain Lion lies the ability to diagnose your Wi-Fi which can help you make critical decisions on setup or assist in detecting Wi-Fi efficiency or issues. Introducing, Mac’s Wireless Diagnostic…
How To Create A Bootable Installation USB For Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion
Ever since Mac OS 10.7 Lion (2011), Apple has stopped shipping Restore DVDs with their Mac computers. Opting instead to rely on their Restore firmware (a.k.a. Internet Recovery) that is encoded onto every Mac’s logic…
Replying With Attachments Using Apple Mail
Apple Mail 6.6’s default behaviour when we reply emails is to strip the original attachment that arrived with our email and reply with only the filename of the attachment in angle brackets. For example, the…
Resize Images Using Apple Preview
You don’t need to scour the internet any further for a freeware app that will help you resize images. If you’re running Mac OS X – you already have the app! All versions of Mac…
Screen Recording Using Quicktime 10.2
Apple has once again ‘included’ another commonly sought after feature within its standard application kit that ships with every Mac OS X 10.7 installation. As long as your Mac is installed with Quicktime 10.2 you…
Mac OS X – Encode Videos For iTunes Using Finder
Ever since Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, the ability to encode videos (convert videos) into a format acceptable to iTunes and by extension all our iOS devices, iPhone, iPad and iPods has been built into…
ImageOptim – Protect Your Privacy, Removing EXIF/Metadata From Images
In our brave new world of ubiquitous connectivity unbeknownst to most of us, we may be disclosing more information about ourselves than we would prefer. Most, if not all digital cameras and camera equipped cellphones…