The other day, I decided that I wanted to recover the hard drive from my old and broken iBook G4. Some of you may be thinking that since the MacBook has an easily accessible hard drive compartment so the iBook must have one as well, I wish this were true. In order to [...]

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OmniGraffle is one of the apps that makes the Mac what it is. By default it is bundled (a trial version) with the Operating
System, and rightfully so as nearly every user can make use of it.

What it does at a basic level is [...]

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IRC is one of the most popular and influential forms of communication on the Internet. Basically it is comprised of different
chat rooms on different servers. The chat rooms are mainly set by context to many different subjects from Vim (text
editor), Theology, Philosophy, Mathematics, [...]

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Alcor (nickname for the developer of Quicksilver)
is
compiling a huge list of user defaults. User defaults
include things like if you want the Safari debug menu to show up, if you want the dock to [...]

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VIM can be a little difficult for beginners and usually they give up, move on and go back to some weaker text
editor and ignore the fact that they would become much more efficient with VIM.

The problem I see most people having is getting their heads around modes and the commands. VIM has 3 modes, 2 [...]

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Key bindings are those combinations of keys that allow you to make simple and complex functions/actions available in a single command. For example to go to the beginning of a line you could just press Control-A, to captilize a word Control-u, to delete a world Option-d. These are set in two files, one of which [...]

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If you’re a Firefox user you’re probably always on the lookout for great extensions. ExtremeTech has came up with probably the most useful and genuine list I’ve ever seen. Here’s the link, it is comprised up of four different lists:

10 Best Firefox Web Developer Extensions (listed below)
10 Ways for Better Surfing
10 Useful Information and Reference [...]

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For anyone wanting to hack their iPhone and have been looking around for a while for a how to hack their iPhone to either install apps on or use with another Service Provider the best resource which will cover just about all you need is http://iphone.unlock.no/.The site features simple tutorials that have step-by-step explanations on [...]

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Zamzar is a great tool for those who need to convert videos on the go. It’s also ideal for those who want to download YouTube videos in only one step. To get started, go to Zamzar’s website and enter all the information needed (either choose a file from your computer to convert, or [...]

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Mac Tricks and Tips has posted a pretty thorough list of useful applications. Although some are definitely not essential (it has Photoshop and some other apps that you probably don’t need) but none the less it is a great list. This list is useful for both beginning and veteran Mac users to just to see [...]

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