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Computing

Yes, An Old Mac G5 Does Make A Great BBQ

An old Mac G5 case, some scrap aluminium — and you have the perfect geek’s grill. OK, so there may strictly be more efficient ways to cook outdoors, but this scores maximum nerd points. [Imgur via Macgasm via Ubergizmo]

29 April 2013

Software

10 Annoying Apps We’re All Stuck Using (And How To Make Them Better)

Every app has its share of annoyances, but some are so popular that you’re just plain stuck using them — either because your friends do, because you need it for a particular gadget, or just because there’s no real alternative. Here are 10 popular apps that get on our nerves, and what you can do to fix them.

26 April 2013

Software

Twitter For Mac Gets Updated For The First Time In Over A Year

After an absurdly long silence, Twitter has finally announced an admittedly small set of updates to its OS X client. And at this point, we’ll take what we can get.

11 April 2013

Computing

Mac OS X Code Reveals Apple’s Plans For Super-Fast Wi-Fi

With the OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4 beta release currently in the hands of developers, some of the more eagle-eyed nerds have noticed references to code that appear to confirm rumours about Apple’s plans to roll out super-fast Wi-Fi to its Macs. 9to5mac reports that devs have stumbled upon code in the OS’s Wi-Fi frameworks folder which explicitly references the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard.

15 March 2013

Computing

You Can Now Buy A Wall-Mountable Version Of The New iMac

At the time of its launch, Apple’s new iMac was incompatible with VESA’s well-known and much-loved wall mounting systems. Fret no longer, space savers, because now you can buy the new iMacs with a built-in VESA wall adaptor from the Apple store.

12 March 2013

Computing

Retro Mac 512K Can Talk To Siri Too

Some hacks exist essentially just because they can. It’s not particularly practical or fast to use Siri to send files between a Mac 512K and an iMac. It’s kind of fun, though.

25 February 2013

Mobile

Drag And Drop To Your IPhone The Easy Way With This Pseudo AirDrop App

Your iPhone is on your desk right in front of your Mac and all you want to do is drag one picture from one to the other. It doesn’t take a herculean effort, but it can take just enough to make you seethe. InstaShare can help by adding a little AirDrop-like action to your whole suite of iDevices.

3 February 2013

Software

You Can Crash OS X Mountain Lion Apps Just By Typing These Letters

Given the complexity of modern operating systems, bugs are to be expected. Some are obvious, but inconsequential, while others are catastrophic, though rare. A recently found bug with OS X Mountain Lion falls into the latter category, causing an app that supports text input to crash, simply by typing in a few letters.

17 January 2013

Entertainment

Foxtel’s Catch-Up Service Coming To Android, iPhone, Mac And PC

Foxtel put out its Go iPad app late last year, offering catch-up and live streaming to Apple tablet users. Now we’re finding out that those on other platforms will get the chance to use the service, as Foxtel pledges to bring the app to Android and iPhone devices as well as Macs and PCs soon.

16 January 2013

Gadgets

How Apple Sets Its Prices

Apple pricing is unlike almost every other brand in consumer tech: consistent across each and every retailer, and rarely discounted. How do Cook & Co manage to pull that off?

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