At time of writing, we don’t recommend attempting to upgrade your hacked iPhone to the latest firmware 2.0, even though the iPhone Dev Team have released their new hacking tool, Pwnage Tool, version 2.0. In a nutshell, its not yet stable and you may face difficulty downgrading from firmware 2.0 back to 1.1.4 again. For those […]
Its all really quite funny. At least it was to us here at MacRiot. There are probably several quite irate individuals reeking in remorse for not purchasing AppleCare for their MacBook Pro’s because ‘suddenly’ there’s no sound and the warranty’s out. Well, this article brings good tidings, Read More
We expect Apple Service Centres (ASC) to receive a flood of ‘dud’ service requests. Both on the Intel and PPC platform. So long as the end users are running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. There’s no exact time line when this phenomenon started manifesting but we suspect that it has Read More
We have on occasion tested the limits of Apple hardware and have always been amazed by its longevity. In keeping with Apple’s latest Mac OS. Who would’ve imagined that a PowerMac G4 400MHz which was originally released on Apple’s OS 9 platform, can still until today run not Read More
ts understandable that nothing is perfect, especially when it comes to software development. There is and always will be bugs or functions that can be improved even on production releases. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X is no exception. If you’re experiencing difficulty its probably a good idea to Read More
One of the most common complaints, one which we ourselves have endured until recently, is the failing of Activity Monitor after a Mac OS X Tiger to Leopard upgrade. Nothing happens. You click the Activity Monitor icon and an error message is displayed prompting a re-launch or the option to Read More
Micromat’s Syphone has been reported as ‘broken’ since the introduction of iTunes 7.6.1 and Leopard. Here’s a quick fix. The simplest and fastest cure is to purge the preferences file but the caveat is that this has to be done every time that you launch Syphone. In Finder, locate Read More
The Internet forums have been alight with complaints from parties all over the world. It seems, it doesn’t matter what version of firmware you’re using. Whether you’re on 1.0.6 thru 1.1.3, the issue is the same – after a while, there’s no sound coming from the earpiece! Unfortunately, this Read More
Owners of iPhones have probably had enough of iPhoto launching every time they attach their iPhone to their Macs. This occurs by default, whenever an iPhone or any camera with pictures in it is attached but can be switched off. The only thing is, the switch cannot be found in Read More
If you’re like most of the general cellphone using populous, then its more likely than not that you will rely on Short Message Service (SMS) as the most frequent form of cellphone communication. This not only saves, on cellphone bills but also doubles up as an overly effective method Read More
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