Sorry, couldn’t resist the bad joke…. But what is “EMUL.Kext”?  It’s in the extensions directory, and I can’t place it… Well, the only references I can find to this is EMUL.Kext, appears to be part of the EarthMate Userland Library.  The EarthMate User Library provides access to the usb device via libusb and POSIX threads. Target […]
Question: Ubuntu has a feature where application windows can be set to be always on top of other windows. Is this possible in Mac? Check out Afloat. it will add many window management features to most Mac applications: Keep windows afloat (heh) on top of all others. Pin windows to the desktop (new!) Move windows from anywhere, […]
My Samsung hard drive is making some weird noises. Sometimes, the noise stops but then starts again within a few minutes. It’s warranty is out of date, so I am worried that the noise may indicate an imminent failure. First,….. Backup your data. Now. Please, Back it up… Back up your data if you even […]
How can you find out what display is connected to your macintosh? Â Well, on the desktop’s you can examine the monitor, probably… Â But what about your laptop? Open a terminal window, and type this in: ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed “/[^<]*</s///” | xxd -p -r | strings -6 For example: [nerv:~] benjamin% ioreg […]
Evidently Dungeons & Dragons Online, has returned to being free. Â There is no longer a monthly charge for the MMO. Â But if you subscribe, you get additional perks which you can use to aid your character… Of course, there’s no way a Macintosh user would ever want to play a MMO. Â Those Macintosh users of […]
Accelerate Your Macintosh! News Page – 10/1/09: “64-bit Builds of HandBrake – I’m sure not news to many of you but forgot to post this earlier. A reader had replied to my comments on using Handbrake (std 32bit version) last week (in a post on first impressions of the 5G nano) with a link to […]
Panic, the guys who make really great Mac software like Transmit, Coda, CandyBar, and Unison, are having a big 50% off sale. Check out their hilarious infomercial. (Via Laughing Squid)
MacFixit has a tutorial on using Grab…The Built-in Screen Capture tool for the Macintosh. Getting to know your Mac: Grab: “In this installation of Getting to know your Mac, MacFixIt editors will take a look at a little utility called Grab. Grab lets you take screenshots of your Mac in a variety of different ways. […]