Mac OS X Tiger, Instant Slideshows In Finder
Up to Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, viewing images as a slideshow could only quicky be done by a few means. Most of which require complicated processes, eg importing the images into iPhoto and creating…
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Dashboard Widgets, MacRiot’s Freeware Picks
Since the release of Mac OS X 10.4.2, Tiger we’ve been messing with Dashboard and perusing Dashboard widget after widget and the Macriot crew has rounded up a few ‘must-have’ freeware widgets other than the generic lot…
iChat AV Naked Chatting With iChat AV
Fancy putting your iChat AV to a new use? Tired of mundane chats with faceless strangers over the Internet? iChatNaked.com provides a whole new, ‘politically correct'(serving all genders and preferences), dimension to Apple’s favourite Instant Messenger…
Mac OS X Panther, Creating Multi-Session CDRs
Many Mac users have asked how to burn a multi-session CDR without having to purchase expensive CD burning utilities. Not surprisingly this can be done using Mac OS X 10.3’s Disk Utility that ships with your Mac…
Adding ICQ Users To iChat AV
Since AOL linked ICQ and AIM, you can add ICQ users to your iChat buddy list. Add your buddy’s ICQ number, not alias, to the AIM field in your Address book. Then open iChat AV…
Mac OS X Why Switch To Mac?
Still sitting on the fence about switching over to Mac?” Its not our practise to Windows bash but seeing this featured article in MacWorld, we decided to feature it as well. Winn Schwartau* of Network World, a…
Rendezvous Apple Releases Bonjour For Windows
Apple has always been a supporter of open standards that allow for greater universal compatibility and one of its latest attempts to dispel myths and bridge the Windows/Mac gap further is the availability of Bonjour…
Mac OS X Panther, Optimising & Defragmenting Your Hard Drive
Among the list of most Mac switchers’ first questions is “how do I defrag* my Mac’s hard drive?” In response, the question then becomes, do you need to defrag your Mac’s hard drive? There are two…
Mac OS X Panther Network Monitoring, Raging Menace’s Menumeters
One of the must-have apps in your Mac OS X salvo is Raging Menace‘s, Menumeters. If you’re an observant chippie you’ll realise quickly that its on the menubar of most Mac technogeeks. Its a great little…
iStumbler An Amazing War Driving Tool
‘War driving’ is a WiFi sub-culture where individuals or groups literally drive around neighbourhoods or built-up surburban areas in search of WiFi networks to exploit. Unsecured or WiFi networks with vulnerabilities are quickly accessed and…