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For all of you garage bands out there, you can now export your songs as ringtones:
“iPhone users with crappy bands will rejoice today, as the recently released GarageBand 4.1.1 update adds easy ringtone exporting. Users have full access to Apple Loops and iLife jingles—as well as their own recordings—to export tracks. Here’s the full procedure:”
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Good news Apple MacBook Pro users (and those with PCs equipped with an ExpressCard slot.) Dell is rebranding the Novatel’s Merlin XV620 with its own Texas sized name. Why would I tell all y’all that Dell, a PC manufacturer, is a good thing for Macs? ‘Cause the ExpressCard its putting out for […]

The Federal Court in Florida has denied a request for an injunction by computer retailer TigerDirect in their lawsuit against Apple over the name for their latest version of OS X, “Tiger”.
It seems that, like Aunty, the court believes that TigerDirect’s claims about the tiger in their tank is more of a tempest in a […]

You should know by now that I think external speakers for the iPod are a great idea. I love my inMotions from Altec Lansing. But what the iPod really needed was a simple, portable solution for listening to audio files on your iPod. I found the perfect solution, the Podwave from Macally.
The Podwave works on […]

Rogue Amoeba, the software company who has brought us such innovative software as Audio Hijack and Nicecast, have done it again with Airfoil.
Airfoil, Rogue Ameoba’s newest offering, allows you to stream audio from just about any program, wirelessly, to your Airport Express wireless network hub, which in turn streams them to..well, wherever you want (your […]

Explanation: Today’s posts are extra short; this is because I’m not a primary contributor anymore since I got a new job… However, seeing as how no one else is posting, I’m going to post very short posts with links to full articles… nothing fancy. I can’t promise that I can post every day.
We NEED […]

If you shutdown your Mac every night, it won’t run the automatic Unix-level scripts that are necessary for occasional file system maintenance. By using a little geek power, you can run those scripts manualy. Use the Terminal and the following commands to force Unix to perform maintenance:

sudo /etc/Daily
sudo /etc/Weekly
sudo etc/Monthly

As the commands imply, each […]

Doing my part to boost Apple’s profits, I recently cajoled the wife into allowing me to buy a new Mac laptop. OK. I didn’t really have to cajole her.
I wasn’t unhappy with my 15′ PowerBook 550, but the battery was failing, and I wanted something with a little more horsepower. Word and or Entourage were […]

Via Dave Taylor: “Hey all. I’m working on an article for a major computer magazine on must-have Mac OS X utilities and would love to hear about your favorite shareware/freeware utilities for Mac OS X. The more obscure, the better. As an example, Synergy is a great iTunes controller and well worth the download, Fire […]

Yesterday was my first official day as a contributor to the OS X Fanatics blog / newsletter…
My first post was about RSS Newsreaders, fitting first post I thought since Lockergnome is loaded with RSS feeds. My second post was about Apple’s iTunes Music Store expanding into the UK, France and Germany…
So two posts on the […]

I used this for a day and have trashed it. While it was a good source of information, it didn’t update as it said it was updating. I had to quit the program and then restart it to get complete and accurate information. Not something you want to have to do regarding […]

Apple has a new toy, and I want it - Airport Express. From the blurb on Apple’s homepage:
The world’s first mobile 802.11 base station.
Plug it right into the wall for wireless Internet and USB printing.
Throw it in your laptop bag for wireless hotel rooms.
Connect it’s audio output to a stereo and wirelessly stream your iTunes […]

If you’re like me, you’re constantly backing up your system. And with today’s available methods of backing up gigabytes of material, it’s not too hard to do. But what if you want to make an exact clone of your hard drive? Symantec doesn’t offer their Ghost product for Mac’s. The answer? Carbon Copy Cloner […]

UNIX users may be familiar with files such as /etc/passwd, /etc/exports, and other key configuration files. Well, I’ve got news for you. Mac OS X doesn’t use ‘em. “But I want to be able to back up and restore such important data!” you say. Ok, no problem.
Open up a terminal and use the commands nidump […]

So far, the best application I’ve found for blogging (read: “editing a Movable Type blog”) is Ecto
From the Website:
“ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging client for MacOSX and Windows, supporting a wide range of weblog systems, such as TypePad, MovableType, WordPress, Drupal, Nucleus, Blogger, and more. ecto is the successor of the wildly popular Kung-Log, […]