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…
I finally swapped my iPhone for an android phone. I’ve been an iPhone user since the iPhone 3gs, right through till the 6plus. I was spoiled a little in the last 3 years as I didn’t change my phone (it shows how good the 6plus is) and I didn’t need Read more…
My iPhone 6 plus was going slow, so I got a battery from ebay and followed the ifixit iPhone battery replacement tutorial – my phone is now much faster (it feels like a new phone again) starting – all my tools ready screen open screen detatched battery removed new battery 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…
Replace iphone home button: The home button on my iphone 6 plus stopped working, so I had to fit a new one. Unfortunately touchId won’t work any more but at least I’ll be able to open up my phone and see inside and also get a working button! I ordered Read more…
This is a short post that shows you how to force icloud backup. If you get the message telling you that icloud hasnt been able to backup to icloud for a week or longer, you can force your device to backup to icloud. How to force icloud backup open settings 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…
The iPhone is great, but its autocomplete isn’t the best. It gets frustrating when you are an English speaker / writer. (as compared to an American English speaker / writer). You can enable the British English dictionary on iPhone. Once enabled your phone will use the British English for autocomplete Read more…
this post will show you how to how to disable facebook video autoplay on iphone. goto settings > facebook > settings > video > autoplay select ‘off’ now you wont rip through your data allowance..
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 post is about osx console emulators. It should help you pick the best emulators for your games jump to: Game Boy / Color / Game Boy Advance Nintendo Entertainment System [ NES ] Super Nintendo Entertainment System [ SNES ] Nintendo 64 playstation psx link to another post on 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…
On the newer iPhone burst mode is a feature in the camera app that takes photos in rapid succession when you hold the shutter button down. I just noticed this by mistake when taking a photo on my iPhone camera with ios7. iPhone burst mode If you hold the button Read more…
This is a great feature on the new ios7 for your iPhone: blocking callers. to block someone from phoning you when you have ios7: open the phone app go to recent calls find the number / contact you want to block tap the (i) info button next to the number Read more…
This post will show you how to turn off app auto update on iphone. if you have a limited data plan then you might want to do this as the updates tend to eat all your data allowance. to disable the app auto updates: goto settings > itunes & app Read more…
Its not easy to show the time an sms text message was sent from your device, or sent from someone else to you. In ios7 and above its a little easier to get the time an sms text message was sent or received, there is a little trick to it (like there is for Read more…
Tapatalk forum app for iPhone is now free. I participate in a lot of forums: imore macrumours digital point ubuntu forums and lots of others I first found tapatalk a while back and I use it every day. a few of the features that you’ll like: iCloud sync: Tapatalk remembers Read more…
This post is great: it shows you how to silence your iphone, except from a selected number of contacts. to set this up on your iphone, with ios7: settings > do not disturb > in ios7 you have options for ‘manual’ and ‘scheduled’ manual means that you can turn this Read more…
As you probably know, I use reeder on my iphone (and on my mac) to fetch all my rss feeds that I recently moved to feedly from google reeder. the fetching of posts has always been a bit slow for me when im trying to get the latest news right Read more…
reader – the awesome iphone rss reading app has now updated with support for feedly! google reader is now dead, so I moved to feedly. there was a one click import of all my google reader feeds and starred items into feedly, so the migration was painless. feedly have an 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…
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…
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…
Ios 5 came along with a new set of keyboards: emoji emoji are like smilies, but there are hundreds of them you can enable them on your ios 5 or ios 6 device: goto settings > general > keyboard > keyboards click ‘add new keyboard’ scroll to emoji and select Read more…
Basecamp now have an iphone app, so in addition to having your basecamp calendar on your iphone to remind you of important upcoming dates you can also do cool things like adding new todo items right from your phone! its on the app store right now :)
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 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…
There are lots and lots of stories about the ubuntu phones. at least for me they could be an iphone killer. there is an excellent article here that explains a bit more. I love the idea of having a phone powerful enough to be an actual pc. for me it 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…
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…