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Find bios version information from linux command line

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:March 29, 2012
Post category:Commandline
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This will show you how to find bios version information from linux command line terminals. open the terminal / command prompt and run the command: sudo lshw -html > lshw.html…

Speed up your linux netbook

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:March 25, 2012
Post category:Linux
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This will show you how to [drastically] speed up your linux netbook 1) install prelink sudo apt-get install prelink 2) edit the config file sudo vi /etc/default/prelink Near the top…

Ios style pull to refresh in chrome or safari

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:February 11, 2012
Post category:Google chrome Safari
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You can get the ios style 'scroll down and release' or 'pull to refresh' feature in google chrome or safari on osx by installing a simple extension. go here https://github.com/weetidy/Pull-to-refresh-for-Chrome-and-Safari…

Preview files in spotlight

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:February 3, 2012
Post category:Spotlight
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This will show you how to preview files in spotlight on osx. if you perform a search using spotlight you can preview all the files shown, simply hover the mouse…

How to change the osx lion login wallpaper

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:January 17, 2012
Post category:Osx
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This will show you how to change the login screen wallpaper background image in osx lion. the file you need to change is called /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/Resources/ NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png simply rename the image…

Make your AFP NAS more responsive

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:December 9, 2011
Post category:Networking Osx
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I have a western digital mybook word NAS. Using the afp protocol file transfers were very slow. I knew there had to be a way to make your AFP NAS…

Automount network drive on startup osx mac

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:December 7, 2011
Post category:Networking Osx
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Automount network drive on startup osx. This will show you how to automount a network drive when you login to osx lion. This method will persist through a reboot, so…

Fix missing or incorrect itunes song data with songgenie

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:October 8, 2011
Post category:Itunes
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Songgenie is an application by equinux that finds metadata for your music collection. Songgenie can find song names, album names, genre, track number, lyrics and can help fix missing or…

Force itunes to re-scan your library

Post author:jonathansblog
Post published:October 7, 2011
Post category:Itunes
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This will show you how to force iTunes to re-scan your library to fix missing metadata by re-scanning all your music files. You can re-fresh individual files by playing them…