Hibernate your Mac
Quick Smarts
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4 Oct
2009
Macs go to sleep when you close the lid but still take battery power. This DeepSleep widget puts your computer into hibernation, where all the RAM is copied to disk and no power is required. It's great for resuming where you left off if it's going to be a while.
4 Oct
2009
Removing Startup Items on OS X
Open System Preferences and select Accounts. Select your user account and the Login Items tab. Scroll down the list until you find the program you want to stop auto loading, highlight it and click on the 'minus' symbol beneath the list.
4 Oct
2009
Customise the Mac OS X Login Screen
I think the login screen for OS X is pretty lame - here's how to change it to your liking ...
Launch the terminal and issue the following commands:
- cd /System/Library/CoreServices
- sudo mv DefaultDesktop.jpg DefaultDesktop_org.jpg
- sudo cp /path/of/image.jpg DefaultDesktop.jpg
via osxdaily.com
4 Oct
2009
Blackberry Desktop Software for Mac finally arrives
Finally, a simple way to sync contacts, calendar items, tasks, notes, apps and iTunes from BlackBerry
4 Oct
2009
Ad blocker for Safari 4
GlimmerBlocker creates a local proxy service which allows ad blocking to work without having to step Safari back down to 32 bit mode.
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Web and Social Media Advisor. I help clients create useful content for their customers that is findable and shareable.
