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…
How to show list view in calendar ios. I love the list view in the ios6 calendar. It shows me everything that Ive got upcoming over the next few days in one screen. in the new calendar in ios7 and above its not immediately apparent that this list view exists. Read more…
It took me a while to figure out how to close running apps in ios. the new multitasking feature looks great, but it doesnt behave the same way as ios6 and earlier. in ios6 and earlier you hold the icon till it wiggles and then hit the X to close Read more…
With the release of the ios7 developer preview come a lot of significant changes. one of the things ive noticed is that, at first, spotlight appears to be gone. its not. its still there, you used to get to spotlight by swiping to the screen that was left of the 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…
Bootsnipp.com is another twitter bootstrap site that I found on my travels around the internets It has some nice examples and snippets of code if you are looking for some inspiration for your bootstrap enabled designs, etc bootsnip.com there are lots of examples there that you can take as a Read more…
One of the things that bugs me about the wordpress admin section is that its not easy to change the order of teh columns displayed, and its not obvious how to change the columns that are shown. there is a plugin that will let you do this (and if you 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…
Taking a screenshot on an iphone is something that you have probably done by mistake a ton of times. Its not always that easy to know what to do if someone asks you (though once you know its a very simple thing to do!. This post will show you how Read more…
I just got an ipad mini. It really is cool. I had an first generation ipad when they first came out, and didn’t realise that I did so much reading on it. I have synced all my ebooks and podcasts (with the downcast app) and all my iTunesU content is Read more…
This post will show you how to change the orientation of the dock in osx you can place the dock on the left or right of the screen, as well as the default option of at the bottom go to system preferences > dock select the ‘Position on screen’ done 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 enable 2d dock on osx: This post will show you how to enable the black 2d dock in osx. enable 2d dock on osx open terminal and type: defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES killall Dock This will change a setting and re-start your dock, the 3d effect Read more…
This post will show you how to quit running apps on your iphone or ipad. first, make sure you are on the home screen (press the home button) next, open the running apps task switcher (double click the home button) next, tap and hold on any of the icons. you Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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 and copy the image you want to the folder and call it NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png done :)
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…
This will show you how to enable or disable ipad split keyboard feature (and also how to reveal the floating keyboard) when the keyboard is open, simply touch and hold the key that hides the keyboard. A menu will pop up with undock and split in it. pick split to 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…
This will show you how to change order of apps in iphone or ipad notification center for groups of apps in your ipad or iphone notification center. It helps when you have lots of apps that send lots of notifications and you only want the important ones on top. goto Read more…
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 incorrect itunes song data. 1) Download and install You can download the app from the equinux website, there is a Read more…
coverscout is an application by equinux that finds covers for your music collection. It can fix missing album and song covers in itunes. it embeds the artwork in the mp3 files, and will make your itunes look perfect :D 1) download and install you can download the app from the Read more…
This is a cool trick, I found it by accident. to show the dock in a full screen app in osx lion move your mouse pointer to the place where the dock usually is [like the bottom of the screen, or the left / right of the screen if you 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…
Adding virtual desktops in mac osx This is a short blog post about adding virtual desktops in mac osx – virtual desktops are a cool feature that let you have lots of ‘fake’ monitors that you can use to organise your programs, and you can access them with a mouse Read more…
This will show you how to increase the resolution of your netbook or any other X window system screen beyond the maximum capability of its screen. I have an hp mini 210 netbook. it has 1024×600 resolution. i found a nice hack that allows me to get scaled 1600×1200 and Read more…
This post will show you a few of the cool useful linux and osx commandline tools that I use every day. They are mostly available for osx, but some require fink or brew to install on a mac. # ssh available by default on osx and linux. lets you log Read more…
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…
Linux! Slackware floppies! zip-slack! Redhat 5.2! Tomsrtbt! Downloading zip-slack over modem for a week. Getting a shell and thinking ‘wtf’ trying dos commands. Having to reboot to read documentation! Trying random commands. Learning that xemacs needs x to run. Wtf is x? I was now at university. it was 1998. Read more…
Win 98 era; netscape, a 586 and the internet! By this time I had two computers. I had my own network. I still had the laptop. I had the null modem cable as my friend was disinterested by now, and my mums dad had given me a computer to help Read more…
A monochrome laptop, hooking up to a 14.4k modem, going on a bbs, learning AT commands It was nineteen ninety something before five, probably two or three. I must have been eleven or twelve years old. My dad had a monochrome laptop. 486 25 MHz, monochrome screen, 4Mb ram, 40Mb Read more…
There are lots of firefox addons for web development; here are the best firefox addons for web development I use on a daily basis. firebug Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, 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 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…