Here is a selection of podcasts I subscribe to [RSS] PARANORMAL PODCAST [RSS] Practical Backpacking™ Podcast [RSS] Sasquatch Chronicles [RSS] The Unexplained with Howard Hughes [RSS] The Gralien Report [RSS] The Bigfoot Field Guide [RSS] The Linux Link Tech Show Itunes Feed [RSS] Ubuntu Podcast » MP3 [RSS] Coder Radio Read more…
With ios6 siri became available on the new ipad and on the new ipod touch :) to start siri its the same as the iphone4s – simply hold the hardware button (the home button) and siri will pop in to the screen :)
How to sync imessages between iphone ipad and mac osx Once you have setup your mac and iOS device to use the same method to send and receive iMessages then anyone who sends you an iMessage (ether to your phone number or email address) will have that message delivered to Read more…
Here is my [short] recap of the 2012 apple event: 1) new iphone with taller screen 2) ios6 3) updates to itunes 4) new ipod nano 5) new ipod touch ios6 looks to be very good. ipod touch and ipod nano dont really concern me as I use my iphone Read more…
This will show you how to airplay from iPhone or iPad to linux. This way you can stream from your iPhone to a linux media server, or a raspberry pi :D If you don’t know what airplay is already, then this post most likely isn’t for you, but here is Read more…
You can download and install the public beta version of the upcoming mountain lion messages app right now! you can get the app from here When you install Messages, it replaces iChat. But iChat services will continue to work. And Messages brings iMessage to the Mac â just like on Read more…
This post will show you how to fix the iphone and ipad home button by recalibrating it. you will know that your home button needs re-callibrating if it feels sluggish or if it misses clicks. if this is happening to you with your iphone or ipad or ipod touch then Read more…
This will show you how to enable airplay mirroring on iphone 4s and ipad2 double click the home button to show the running tasks swipe left on the running tasks to show the ipod shortcuts swipe left again you will see the airplay icon if you clic the airplay icon Read more…
Using your iphone or ipod touch as a SNES or NES or Playstation controller. This is a really cool thing to do with your playstation psx emulator on mac osx! simply download the free joypad app on your iphone or ipod touch once you have the app you will need Read more…
This page will show you how to zoom in with your iPhone camera when you take photos. You will also find out how to view the zoom bar so that you can zoom in and out using that. Every iPhone and iPad that have a camera have the same feature. Read more…
Enable camera on iphone or ipad lockscreen instructions for ios11 instructions for ios10 instructions for ios7 instructions for ios5.1 and ios6 instructions for pre ios5 How to enable camera on iphone or ipad lockscreen in ios11. In iOS 11 the camera is part of your control center – to show Read more…
Make snow leopard more like lion: you can use most of the features of osx lion / icloud right now. using google. mail: to sync all your mail on all your devices you need gmail. this first post will show you how to setup gmail in your macs mail.app this Read more…
Show iphone battery percentage: This will show you how to show the battery charge as a percentage on an iphone 3gs or newer and an ipad Goto settings > general > usage Enable ‘show battery percentage’ done =)
iPad side switch screen rotating lock. One of the things that I find frustrating when reading on my iPad is the screen orientation reacting to the orientation of the iPad. When you rotate your iPad the screen tries to change to keep the screen content vertical. It can be frustrating Read more…
Ripping a dvd to play on an ipad / iphone / appletv / ipod touch this will show you how to turn your dvd movie into a playable file for an ipad, apple tv2, ipod touch or iphone download and install handbreak open up handbreak insert your dvd in handbreak Read more…
Playstation psx emulator on mac osx An emulator is software which simulates the instruction set and behavior of a microprocessor. Simulating the architecture in an environment where that microprocessor isn’t available. (yay! I remembered something from my electronics degree!) That means you can run software designed for one architecture on Read more…
How to un-jailbreak your iphone / ipad / ipod touch this will show you how to un jailbreak your iphone / ipod touch / ipod its really easy, just plug your iphone / ipad / ipod touch into itunes and do a restore. it will remove your jailbreak. jailbreak is Read more…
Health apps are a big category for iphone, ipod and ipad apps. there are loads available, some work and are useful, some dont and arent. ive tried hundreds of them, and here are the ones I think might be of use to you nike+ http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/ iphone / ipod appp tracks Read more…
Do you have a folder called ‘ipod photo cache‘ on your desktop that, no matter what never ever goes away, even if you delete it, it comes back ? This post will show you how to remove it. The reason that this folder appears is that iTunes will create images Read more…
iPad screen flicker fix: My iPad screen started flickering randomly one day. It would flicker when I was scrolling in safari, or when I was playing a game. It wasn’t a major flicker, but it was notice-able. The areas that were meant to be white went darker. There were horizontal Read more…
This post will show you how to get your basecamp ical in google calendar (and onto your iphone, mac, etc) goto basecamp goto the main dashboard goto the bottom of the page copy the link for the iCalendar goto google calendar goto the bottom of the left hand bar goto Read more…
Here are the detailed instructions on syncing iphone notes app and mail app using gmail . This will enable bi-directional syncing: you can edit the notes on any device and it will be synced to the others automatically =) After doing this you will have all your notes on your Read more…
This guide will show you the iPhone stop screen rotating trick when you turn the device on it’s side. On an iPhone the feature that you use to stop the screen rotating is Orientation Lock. Orientation lock has been available on the iPhone for years now. In every major version Read more…
this will show you how to make Itunes smart playlists for podcasts and music so you can have every episode of certain podcasts, and the latest episodes of the others. Its also good for music – eg songs you have never played, songs you havent played in the last 6 Read more…
This tutorial is about syncing all your webmail email accounts to gmail, and then sync that to your apple mail.app and your iphone the hardest part about having so many email accounts and social networking accounts is finding the time to log into them all and check for mail and Read more…
Syncing your iphone or ipad with google: Here are the detailed instructions on syncing your iphone or ipad with google gmail calendar and contacts. After doing this you will have all your google contacts on your iphone or ipad, and all your google calendars on your iphone (or your ipod Read more…
Well, everyone is talking about the ipad. noone has yet said that its crap. I dont want a big ipod touch, running iphone os. I want a macbook pro that is only its screen, with multi touch, running snow leopard. sure, a 1ghz cpu is fast for a phone, but Read more…
About 7 months ago I bought a pair of headphones for my ipod touch. they were decent in-ear ones – akg k330, they cost about £45. after 3 months one of the earphones ‘fizzled’ out. it was the tiny speaker. i got them from amazon, so I sent a mail Read more…
This post will show you how to sync your google calendar with ical. jump to: instructions for osx lion, mountain lion and mavericks instructions for snow leopard faq How to sync your google calendar with ical in osx lion, mountain lion and Mavericks In osx snow leopard it was possible Read more…
im testing out some gps apps for the iphone – mostly so that I can track my cycling, but also cos I think they are excellent =) first im trying out everytrail – its free, and its pretty basic. it tracks you, you can save the tracks and you can Read more…
I got an iphone 3gs today. Its nice. basically the exact same as my ipod touch, but with gps and a (crap) camera. i uploaded all the apps I had for my ipod, synced my calendar, contacts, mail accounts, setup the settings and thought ‘great, what do I do now’. Read more…
My aluminium mac is dirty. Time to clean it. The screen is easy – I have the cloth from the box. I just rub it with that – the screen attracts fluff (thats usually 1 pixel in size). There are no fingerprints. I have a screen wiper thing that I Read more…
you hopefully have all your contacts synced between your iphone / ipod touch, your mac addressbook and your google contacts. if not see my blog post about it here once you have the whole syncing between your mac addressbook and the cloud (and then with your ipod / iphone) then Read more…
Well, the F1 season is all but over. Im watching the qualifying for the brazilian GP. I suddenly thought that have not really tried to get any cool f1 stuff fro my ipod touch. time to scour the net. im writing this as I scour. I have found this – Read more…
i have used xmarks for a good while now. it used to be called foxmarks. it basically keeps a list of your bookmarks on their server and syncs them with your browser. not impressive if oyu only have one computer and use one browser, but when you use 5 computers Read more…
This one is pretty cool. ive been looking for a decent way to get all my feeds to my mac. I have them all setup in google reader and was thinking about putting them all into mail.app (which im still working on) – but untill then I offer an intermediate Read more…
This is just a quick roundup of some of my mac posts. how to transfer your itunes library from an xp or vista pc to a mac this one is for moving your itunes library from a pc with xp, vista, windows 7, windows 2000, or anything else that itunes Read more…
This post will show you how to sync your mac osx contacts to gmail contacts. This will allow for a two-way sync – ie when you add a contact to your addressbook, its automatically added to google and when you add a contact to google its automatically added to your Read more…
So, I upgraded my ipod touch to 3.0 a few weeks ago and was looking for some decent free apps. I needed one for twitter – I had a few features that I was looking for. support for multiple accounts. free. support for following new people =) that was about Read more…