How to replace macbook air battery. I have a macbook air, its a 2012 13″ – the battery was awesome in the beginning, but after 4 years it was time to replace the battery. I ordered a flueron replacement from amazon prime and it arrived next day. On opening the Read more…
I have ordered some things for my raspberry pi, I have a raspberry pi case, an SD card, a mini usb wifi adaptor and a usb cable for power. Raspberry pi case Pibow ninja coupe The case I went for is a PiBow Ninja Coupe I like that the GPIO Read more…
The LG 34um95 yosemite resolution bug is pretty annoying. I have an lg 34um95 screen – it runs at 3440×1440 – its a great screen, unless you have upgraded to OSX Yosemite. This issue is now fixed on Yosemite 10.10.2 – if you are using a macbook air, then you Read more…
This post lists all the shutdown / sleep / lock screen keyboard shortcuts mac osx that I have found on my macbook air. (I haven’t discovered the combos myself – I just run across them on the ‘net and sometimes they stick, these are the keyboard shortcuts I’ve learned) 1) Read more…
Apple have recalled all the 64gb and 128gb ssd drives that are installed in macbook air’s bought between june 2012 and june 2013 if you have an affected machine, you can find more info on apples site: http://www.apple.com/support/macbookair-flashdrive/ I was unlucky, I purchased two macbook airs in june 2012, and Read more…
In a little over 9 hours apple will host a press event. Hopefully they announce an ipad mini. they might even announce a 13 inch retinal macbook pro Im hoping for an ipad mini with a retina display. I think that if apple dont release a smaller ipad then ill Read more…
I upgraded from lion to mountain lion on my Macbook air 2012. This is how I fixed my mountain lion battery issues on a 2012 macbook air. As soon as I installed mountain lion I instantly noticed that the battery life was terrible. Instead of 8-9 hours I was getting Read more…
This post will show you how to enable power nap in osx mountain lion. you need to have an SSD to enable this feature. if you have a 2011 or 2012 macbook air, or the new retina macbook pro then go here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5394 download the appropriate firmware update and install Read more…
Owc have just released ssd upgrades for the 2012 macbook airs they come in 120gb 180gb 240gb 480gb they dont come with the eternal enclosure for your current drive, but hopefully they update the range to include them. it would be nice to get an upgraded ssd and a mega Read more…
this is just what ive been looking for. its an adaptor for a micro sd card that sits flush with the edge of your macbook air or macbook pro case. it means that you can add in an extra 64GB of storage space. hopefully by the time it gets launched Read more…
This post will show you how to setup a wireless internet connection from your mac to your phone so that you can get internet through your phones 3g connection! assuming you are allowed the personal hotspot functionality by your provider: on your iphone goto settings > personal hotspot if you Read more…
Finally apple have decided to release a thunderbolt to firewire adaptor. it will be available in july, according to the retina macbook pro page. now you dont have to fork out for a thunderbolt display just to plug in your firewire devices!
I dont usually write posts about this kind of thing, but ive had all my maltops stolen, so im in the market for some new gadgets. id like the rumours of the new macbook air / pro to be true. id like a 13″ macbook air with a retina screen Read more…
What to do when your mac or ipad or iphone is stolen. This is a horrible post to have to write. My house just got broken in to and my macbook pro and my ipad got stolen, along with three other laptops. Here is a list of things I did, Read more…
It took me a while, but I finally jumped on board the evernote bandwagon. i was happy with the built in notes.app for my iphone and I was happy syncing it via gmail to my mail.app on my mac. i got an iphone 4s, and donated my iphone 3gs to Read more…
Ok, so ive been using osx lion and ios5 since they launched. ios5 is nice, notification center and imessage are fantastic. airplay mirroring is an excellent idea too. now, if osx lion had airplay mirroring it would be awesome, I wouldnt have to plug my macbook pro into the telly. Read more…
This is a cool program, it will allow you to change the device that your macbook pro uses for display on the fly. it comes in handy if, for example, you want to have your dedicated graphics card when you are plugged in for better graphics processing, but want to Read more…
I just got a hardback copy of steve jobs’ biography. its not like a macbook air in any way. its not thin and light. infact, its massive, and heavy. hopefully its a good read!
It took me a while to figure this one out, because I didnt have to do anything! i wanted my reminders from my reminders.app in my iphone and ipad to be in sync with each other and with my mac. i thought they might go into mail.app, or ical. turns Read more…
This post will show you how to delete a virtual desktop in mac osx. Mission Control is a feature in mac osx that allows you to have many ‘virtual desktops’. You can use mission control to have different desktops for different tasks. I have a desktop dedicated to programming and Read more…
This post will show you about moving between virtual desktops in osx mission control. I also have a post about how to setup multiple virtual desktops. Once oyu have the desktop spaces setup you can quickly move between them (I use the keyboard shortcuts all the time) – it allows Read more…
Here are some tips to make your mac boot faster: Rotate your logs open terminal > type: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly this command runs the log rotate scripts, etc Repair disk permissions applications > utilities > disk utility > repair permissions this command repairs disk permissions, this will fix Read more…
If you have an apple tv and a mac and use the same remote to control them both you might notice that your mac starts to do things (like play songs from itunes) when you are trying to control your apple tv. this short post will show you how to Read more…
ive been using my ipad for a couple of months now and I have been trying out a boatload of apps. im using it like a replacement for my laptop, not for anything that needs the power of my macbook pro, but for most lightweight tasks it is perfect. here Read more…
Im writing this on my ipad as I sit on the train. this is my feelings about it after a week… for general internet things it is amaising. I dont use my macbook for browsing any more; instead I reach for the ipad. ive tried a few apps (ok, ive 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…
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…
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…
I got a new macbook pro. its the 17″ one and its an absolute beast. I also updated my ipod touch to the newest firmware. I have a lot of things that I need to write about and a lot of stuff to put on ebay. luckily ebay are doing Read more…
My new album is up on itunes – it is 33 tracks long and is a collection of the electronic music that I have made over the last two years released under the artist name ‘Artu’ – I was going to go for R2D2 but written out artuditu is a Read more…
Im sitting on the train typing this on my ipod touch! I am going to cycle 900 miles accross europe in about 6 weeks time! I have been training for it so am well prepaired. I still have a lot to do before I go but at least I got Read more…