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Apt-get is a linux command that allows you to instantly install software. For example if you were running linux, the command: sudo apt-get install firefox would install Firefox Web Browser. For a while, I had thought that this functionality was removed in Mac OSX, luckily this is not the case. There are two ways to [...]

If you’ve ever used linux, then you probably really missed two things when you started using Mac OSX, the apt-get command (automatically retrieves software) and the sudo nautilus command (opens file browser ,what finder is, as root. Well, it may not be as clean looking as linux, but you cam run a session of Finder [...]

After Techspansion went down, VisualHub, AudialHub, and iSquint (popular video/audio converters for the mac) were destroyed. Luckily, they were nice enough to post the source code one SourceForge for everyone to use under the name TranscodeRedux. Not so luckily, they used their Alpha (untested) source code with a new interface. In this incredible act of [...]

So you come across some open source software, and it says something like “Mac binaries are not available right now, there might be some binaries available at…” And of course the binaries (term for mac applications commonly used in the term “Universal Binary” meaning an application that runs on PPC and Intel Macs) are like [...]

Well, Mac OSX is sadly the least free UNIX based OS in the entire world, but Macs still have a lot of free, open source applications. Although I can’t list all of them (list would be too long) I can give you a list of some of the best. OpenOffice.org Open Office is the complete [...]

Hey, if you run a PPC mac, then you probably know that you cannot run Snow Leopard. Well, who cares right, we don’t need that, right… WRONG! The new version of XCode requires Snow Leopard to be installed, AND YOU CAN NO LONGER FIND THE OLD FILE ANYWHERE on Apple’s dev. site. Fear not, because [...]

Search for google for the application “Pacifist”, download and install it. Put in your mac OSX install disk (use tiger, its smaller) and open Pacifist. On the bottom of the pacifist window you should see a button that says “Open Apple Install Discs”, click on it. Two Packages will appear, click on either one. Pacifist [...]

For small drives (under 20GB) Refer to “Installing Mac OSV On A Flash Drive” Plug in your HD and format it to “Mac OSX Extended (Journaled)” using Disk Utility in /Applications/Utilities/ Insert your Mac OSX install disc, and boot off of it by pressing “C” while booting Choose your language and continue through the install [...]

Boot keys are keys you press while a mac is turning on to allow it to do different things. C = boot from a CD D = force boot from hardrive N = Boot from network T = turns a mac into fire wire exernal hardrive (target disk mode) CTL+APPLE+SHIFT+POWER = resets power manager SHIFT [...]

Find the application Terminal.app, it is loacated in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app. Open Terminal and type in the script: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE Hit enter to submit, then type: killall Finder Finder should now restart, you should now see invisible folders, to hide a folder add a “.” before the name, so the folder “my seceret stuff” [...]