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OS-X rOOcks !

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Index to Topics:

Apple OS-X:
  1. At least four times a year, you should StartUp in Safe Mode via a Safe Boot .
  2. Open Darwin Ports via CVS HOW-TO-INSTALL.
  3. Everything you ever wanted to know about the NVRAM, PMU, SMC and EFI, but were afraid to ask.
  4. Information about StartUp and running items.
  5. StartUp in Verbose Mode to see all the cool boot info.
  6. Firmware Password Protection information.
  7. The secret ">console" login trick.
  8. Hints on how to do secret screen dumps.
  9. Tips about your desktop and login wallpaper.
  10. Unfortunately iCal does not have the built-in Time Machine GUI support like iPhoto and Mail does....
  11. To play almost any sound file, use /usr/bin/afplay and to speek text use, /usr/bin/say.
  12. Advanced User Account Managment for Leopard CLIENT.
  13. Manually control the FANs in your laptop or desktop.
  14. So what's all the fuss about Hibernate Modes anyway.
  15. Assorted keyboard shortcuts and charts.
  16. Make (and find) HIDDEN files, folders, volumes and user accounts.
  17. You should see what is going on in your TMPDIR.
  18. Turn OFF mDNSResponder on your MAC !
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iPhone and iPod Touch Area:
  1. iPod Touch technical guides, secret tips and tricks.
  2. iPhone technical guides, secret tips and tricks.
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Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE):
  1. Tips on how to get Skype, SIP and VoIP running on your iPod Touch, for FREE.
  2. How to un-install the MagicJack VoIP device.
  3. DSL PPPoE cheat sheet.
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General Interest Area:
  1. Information about Spam, SPYware, Viruses and other things that go bump in the night .
  2. Learn how to be green with Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panels.
  3. ArpView is a VERY powerfull web based front end for ArpWatch,
    that every network admin should be using.
  4. WiFi WDS and Warchalking secrets.
  5. Easy to read chart of ICMP types.
  6. Tool to URL encode your HTML mailto tag.
  7. Does GEOlocation work ?
  8. Network Bandwidth Information.
  9. Important FireFox options.
    Save YourTube videos to your local hard disk with KEEPvid !
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Automotive Hacks:
  1. How to HACK your Bosch Car Computer.
  2. My ODB "Data Clearinghouse" section, with info on FuzzyCar !
  3. Some details of our AVR microcontroller project and our APPLE MAC development environment.
  4. You better know how to read your Tire Date Code, or you can get into big trouble !!!
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Two very nice short stories by my old friend Raymond Garrett.
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Comming Soon:
  1. My WiFi Zone, with information about "ad hoc" and "infrastructure" WiFi APs.

  2. Fun HTML-5 tags with info on video and audio files ending in ".ogg".
  3. DMG, ISO etc, disk images and ripping.
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