Os Detection Techniques Background information This is a list, with explanations for all the active and passive techniques I can find for remoteoperating system identification – there is a massive list of sources at the end. Background information: techniques Active fingerprinting – Active fingerprinting is the process of transmitting packets Read more…
osx mojave beta is available to the public. To get it you have to sign up at apples btea program website. Once signed up, you can click the link for the osx mojave beta, sign in and then can download the beta from the app store. It takes a while Read more…
I joined a few older posts together (and redirected those old posts here) to create a single place for my public dns services list and instructions. Short list of IP addresses if you know what your doing google: 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 opendns: 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220 quad9 (IBM): 9.9.9.9 cloudflare: 1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1 You Read more…
This post is a combination of previous posts about privacy settings in mac and ios. Safari do not track: Safari gives users the option to enable the ‘do not track’ feature. It’s easy to enable: safari > preferences > privacy > Ask websites not to track me Safari prevent cross-site Read more…
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface – That’s some title, but I’m not sure how to describe my new machine. Its a tablet, but its also a laptop – it has a real keyboard and works exactly like a laptop, except you can remove the screen! It was a Read more…
This post will show you how to lock the auto-focus on your iPhone camera (or your iPad camera). The camera is great, and you can get to the camera in an instant, even from the lock-screen so you never have to miss a potential photograph. But sometimes the autofocus goes Read more…
West Highland Way Day 2 – Drymen to Rowardennan (almost). Today we got up early, packed the tent and walked along the West Highland Way into drymen. We got breakfast (croissants with cheese and ham) and coffee in a wee shop, then headed off on our walk. Through a forrest Read more…
Multiloquent 6 3 1 changelog development 4f1d71d – lowercase true and false development c35fd69 – minor css fix and version bump to submit to wordpress development 8f84831 – version bump for wordpress site development 2f987cf – fix for featured posts css development a8a711f – style changes for ipad versions of Read more…
How to enable iCloud password for all sites on iPhone and iPad: ICloud keychain is great. But some sites block the saving of passwords. Fortunately there is a way to force iCloud to remember password for all sites on iPhone and iPad, regardless if they want you to remember the Read more…
ICloud keychain is an excellent feature in osx mavericks and ios7.To enable iCloud keychain on iPhone and ipad: class=”alert alert-success”>If you have iOS < 7.0.3 Install iOS 7.0.3 [preferences > general > software update] As part of the iOS 7.0.3 setup you will be asked to add a passcode if Read more…
This one confused me for ages. iCloud tabs in safari in iOS. they are a great feature, you can pickup where you left off reading tabs from your mac on your iPhone or iPad. in ios7 they seem a little hidden, and they are quite hard to find. to access Read more…
This is my list of everything that I can get Siri to understand in iOS. I wrote this post entirely using the dictation feature. dictation I’m writing this blog post by dictating to Siri it’s pretty good. but you have to do it in small chunks. you also have to Read more…
Mailbox app imap folders disabled: Mailbox app is a great email app for the ipad. A major bonus also occurs when you link it to your dropbox account – you get a free 1gb extra space! When I tried to setup an account I encountered a problem though: a message Read more…
This is a cool app. plain cloud lets you manage the files you have stored in icloud from your mac. it shows a list of all the apps that have saved files in your icloud um, cloud? you then click on the app and it launches a finder window with Read more…
This post will show you how to delete the backups of your iphone or ipad from itunes on your mac / pc with icloud you no longer need to make backups of your iphone or ipad in itunes, backups are sent automatically to icloud. to free up the space from Read more…
There have been a lot of posts going about the blogosphere in the last few months from people talking about their ios7 wishlist. I thought I’d publish mine. 1) ability to pick default browser and email client. infact, the ability to pick default apps for lots of things would be Read more…
Importing google reader starred items into pocket. As you all know google reader is being killed very soon. there are lots of google reader alternatives. I use reeder on my phone, ipad and mac to read all my rss feeds. it syncs with google reader and so I have built Read more…
While probably not the best platform to do web development on, an ipad can be used to create code for your website. I use my ipad mini (in emergencies) to fix code if needs be. there are lots of apps out there, but the ones I choose to help me Read more…
Bluestacks run android apps on your mac! bluestacks is an awesome app for your mac: It lets you run android apps on your mac! Bluestacks is a virtualised android environment that installs on your mac as an app. Bluestacks is free, but after a while you either have to pay Read more…
I got a dodo case for my ipad mini a couple of months ago. since then it hasnt been off. I had an ipad when they first came out, and tried a load of different cases, all ended up the same, in a box. the dodocase is different. it doesnt Read more…
How to change the temperature scale in ipad Siri will tell you the weather on the ipad if you ask. On the iphone there is a weather app. in the weather app you can change between Centigrade and Fahrenheit. the ipad doesnt have the weather app, but there is a Read more…
This post will show you how to change the volume of siri. ie change how loud siri’s beeps and voice is. the iphone and ipad have 3 volume settings: ringer media siri the media volume is the volume for your music, etc. the ringer volume is for the volume of Read more…
I use last.fm. I also use itunes match. the only problem is that there isnt an easy way to sync the play counts unless you sync your ipad / iphone to your iTunes. until I found cloudscrob. its an app that costs 69p, but for me its well worth it Read more…
This post will show you how to enter a carriage return on an iPhone. Usually with an iPhone the return key will submit the current action. eg if you are writing an SMS then hitting return will send it. How to Enter a carriage return on an iPhone There is Read more…
This has to be the second best jailbreak app, coming in a close second behind ‘accelerate’ its called ‘splitmail’ and enables the landscape split mode with the sidebar and the message both visible at the same time in the ipad mail app! just search cydia for splitmail and install it! Read more…
This post will show you how to turbo charge your jailbroken iphone or ipad: 1) search cydia for ‘accelerator’ and install it 2) head to settings > accellerator 3) enable it! now watch as everything you do is fast! it works by changing the animation speed for everything :) I Read more…
How to take panorama photos on iphone ipad with ios6 and later: when apple announced ios6 it came with a panorama photo feature, it lets you take 180 degree photograph of whatever you point your phone at – its great for landscapes, or for a photograph of a great view! Read more…
I posted a while ago about snes emulators on ios devices and promised to follow up with a write-up of the best Snes emulators on ipad mini. first up: snes AD+ good: you can download roms from within the emulator games work bad: the controls are a little too ‘analogue’ Read more…
Apple have announced that ios 6.1 is available to download now. I think ill be waiting just now, there should be a jailbreak along any day now for ios 6.0.1 and im dying to get a snes emulator on my ipad mini!!
This is an excellent tip I saw in one of my rss feeds over the christmas break: quickly view and edit drafts in iphone / ipad mail.app open the mail app on your iphone / iPad press and hold the compose new mail icon in the top right hand corner Read more…
This post will show you how to enable the private browsing mode in safari for ipad and iphone. goto settings > safari in the privacy section there is an option for private browsing. turn it on! now, your safari will be black, and private browsing is on (and it looks Read more…
This post will show you how to sync reminders (including location based reminders) between your mac and your iphone or iPad. enable location services on your mac goto settings > security & privacy > privacy click ‘location services’ in the left hand menu tick ‘enable location services’ at the top Read more…
I wrote before about how to use your iphone as a game controller to use with a snes / playstation emulator on your mac the app that I used then has been replaced, with a new version that only works with ipad games, unfortunately :( they do have a ‘legacy’ Read more…
This post will show you hoe to delete the history of your chat messages in osx iMessage. firstly, you should disable chat history, this will stop all chats from being stored (but it wont delete the ones already saved) to disable chat history goto: imessage > preferences > messages untick Read more…
This post will show you how to sync your podcast subscriptions between your ipad and iphone in your iphone / ipad: goto settings > podcasts turn ‘sync subscriptions’ on currently you cant sync subscriptions via icloud to itunes on your mac, but this feature is coming in itunes 11 :)
This post will show you how to sync ibooks information across devices. you can sync the position you are at in a book and you can sync bookmarks too. in your iphone or ipad: open settings > ibooks make sure that ‘sync bookmarks’ is on if you tick ‘sync collections’ Read more…
This post will show you how to get your bookmarks from chrome / firefox / chrome into your ipad or iphone’s safari browser firstly, make sure that you have safari on your computer also make sure you have icloud installed in your pc if you run windows next, open the Read more…
This post will list the various ways to get pdf ebooks (or anything in a pdf) on to your iphone / ipad / ipad mini there are a few ways to do it: if its just one or two pdf files then email it to an email address thats configured Read more…
If you have a lot of apps in your App Store purchase list in your ipad / iPhone then you might want to delete some of the apps that you either no longer use, or that you downloaded once to try out and found they were no good! There used Read more…