A commercial ZFS solution is (still) coming to Mac OS X, thanks to former Apple filesystem and OS engineer Don Brady (who previously worked on the abandoned internal Apple project to port ZFS). Brady and his company, Ten’s Complement, just launched a limited private beta in hopes to have the software polished and ready for a […]
So, you want the ability to have your system login automatically, so that a program can start… Â But want to ensure that no one tampers with your system. Use the Activate Login Screen application below. [download id=”7711″] This application calls: /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend Which tells the Fast User switching system to suspend your GUI session, […]
Amazingly enough, Paul Thurrott’s supersite for Windows, actually has a positive piece about Apple… I’ve harped on this a lot in the past, but in a bid to maximize profits, Microsoft has littered the market with far too many Windows product versions, or what the company calls SKUs (for “stock keeping unit,” retailing term). And […]
Two new features that have found their way in the first Lion developer preview but might seem too complicated or “hidden” as only Apple applications support them right now are Versions and Auto Save. With auto-saving capabilities for documents and a proper versioning system in place, Apple is aiming at… via OS X Lion Walkthrough: […]
A leaked screenshot purportedly from Apple’s internal systems has confirmed that MobileMe is transitioning to be available exclusively online. Rumored earlier this week, as part of broad sweeping changes to the Apple backup and remote access service, the information sent by an Apple Genius to 9 to 5 Mac suggests… via MobileMe online-only shift detailed […]
Among the new features of Mac OS X Lion and the ones Apple will implement in future beta version, two interesting tidbits have caught our attention this morning.First off, the Finder (which is going under a major redesign) can now merge files belonging to two different folders sharing the same… via OS X Lion: Finder […]
MobileMe, the subscription-based collection of online services offered by Apple via the Apple Store since a long time, is no longer available for purchase. Currently, Apple has stopped offering MobileMe through its online and retail stores from Feb 24th onwards. The MobileMe retail boxes are also no more available from… via Apple’s MobileMe Under Maintenance, […]
The refreshed MacBook Pro line for 2011 was announced and released yesterday and it hasn’t taken very long at all for a teardown to take place and we have news of that for you today. We’ve written many articles on the new MacBook Pros already including a look at… via Apple MacBook Pro 2011: 15-inch […]