Macam, USB Webcam Support For Mac OS X
You got to love the folks contributing to Mac OS X open source efforts. As a result from these efforts, now you can dust off those USB webcams you purchased years ago, and retrofit it to your…
Mac OS X Tiger, Measures To Make Airport Re-Connect After Waking Up From Sleep Or Restarting
Since the latest Mac OS X 10.4.8 updates, some Macs have been affected with a strange malady. Unlike before, the Macs suffer an inability to automatically re-connect to preferred WiFi networks that have already been…
Ultra Portable MacBook Pro Around The Corner?
The announcement of Apple’s iPhone and AppleTV, appears to have everyone saving up for the latest in communication and movie streaming. As a result, the focus on upcoming MacBook Pro models has been overshadowed to say the least….
iTunes, A Word On Using AAC Encoded Tunes In Your iMovie, iDVD Or Final Cut Pro Production
Most folks are happy as bunny rabbits with the ability to purchase music from the iTunes Music Store (ITMS). Who wouldn’t be? Its great. Click and download… legally. The rest of us who don’t have…
Thermal Pads – Ant Food?
Every computer that houses a processor, will have some form of thermal compound to wick heat away from the processor’s core to a heatsink or heat pipesthat conduct the heat generated by the processor’s core out of the unit….
Apple iPhone Debuts At MacWorld 2007
After the tragic failure of the tie-up between Apple and Motorola, launching what was then anticipated as the Apple cell phone, the Motorola ROKR cell phone; Apple has today finally launched its OWN, Apple iPhone! After two…
Ejecting CDs That Get Stuck In Optical Drives
Most of us, at some point or other have inadvertently got a CD/DVD stuck in our Mac’s optical drive. This is an issue that has been compounded with Apple’s decision to produce Macs that come…
Firmware Restoration For Intel Macs
Lately, there have been a slew of firmware updates coming down Apple’s automated Software Update network. As a result, inexperienced users may wreck their Macs completely when the firmware update installation instructions are not adhered to. Potential firmware updaters must…
MacBook Screen Failures Reported
Despite our hopes for renewed faith in the MacBook line-up, build quality issues still seem to persist in the refreshed Intel Core 2 Duo MacBooks. Reports on screen flickering and total screen failure, where no backlight is…
Time To Change Hard Drives For PowerBook G4 And iMac G5 Owners
If you currently own a working PowerBook G4 or an iMac G5, a brief check on your purchase receipt should reveal that your Mac is most likely more than 2 years old. The fact that…