Check out how this guy installs OS X Leopard on his new Dell Mini 9!
Dell Mini 9 Unbox and Leopard Install from Michael Smith on Vimeo.
HOT DEAL UPDATE: Get this netbook ( Dell Mini 9 ) for only $200 + free shipping (US ONLY)!
This essentially becomes the cheapest Mac ever! Can’t wait to try this on my Asus EEE 1005 HAB 
Add comment September 17th, 2009
AT&T has officially announced MMS for the iPhone on September 25th 2009. But for the daring and ambitious few who want it now, you may be in luck. Using this tutorial will enable MMS, the camera icon in the Messaging app, and access to the Cellular Data settings for the iPhone.
Here are the requirements:
an iPhone 3G or 3GS running firmware version 3.1
iTunes 8.2 or 9
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Here’s what you do:
Mac OS X
1. Close iTunes if it is open
2. Start Terminal (Applications > Utilities)
3. Run the following command: defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE
Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32-bit):
1. Go to Start -> Run (
2. type in “command” and hit enter
3. Type/copy+paste this into the command console that comes up: “C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
4. Hit enter
Windows XP/Vista (64-bit):
1. Go to Start -> Run
2. type in “command” and hit enter
3. Type/copy+paste this into the command console that comes up: “C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
4. Hit enter
Download the modified bundle right (right-click and “Save as” or whatever your browser’s equivalent is). To install this, follow these steps.
1. Download the file to some location on your computer
2. Plug in your iPhone
3. Start iTunes
4. Click on your iPhone in the device listing in iTunes
5. Alt-Click the “Update” button (Shift-click in Windows)
6. Browse to where you saved the IPCC you downloaded
7. Select this file and click Choose (or OK on windows i think)
8. Reboot your iPhone
You may get an error if you’re a part of the unlucky group. This is because it depends on your account– AT&T’s ongoing process of removing the opt-out codes.
Everyone will eventually be given access, just keep trying or wait for September 25th.
Add comment September 15th, 2009
My experience with Microsoft Exchange 2007 on the iPhone was an interesting one. I set up my hosted Exchange account from work to the phone, and noticed the battery rapidly draining. I was down to 20% by 6:00 PM. I knew Exchange would effect battery life because of constant syncing going on- but this was draining the battery at an unacceptable rate.
I decided to turn “Push” off for the sake of better battery-life.
After a week of using the account on “Fetch” I decided to do some digging on this issue online, and found out that users were noticing great improvement when re-setting up Exchange on their devices.
Turns out that iPhone 3.0 has a bug where certain setups would have the iPhone pull data non-stop, meaning the phone was working even in sleep mode. Add 3G, Wi-Fi, and Location Services to the mix and you have problems.
I thought, what the heck, so I gave it a shot.
I went into Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calenders > tapped on the Exchange account > and tapped “Delete Account”
I then went in and re-added the account using the settings from my Exchange host, and voila! My battery life improved by maybe over 50% than compared to before.
If you are on the same boat that I was in, you’ve got nothing to lose- since all your data is safely stored in the clouds. So give it a try and let us know your experiences in the comments section below.
2 comments September 14th, 2009
There’s a great tip posted over at macosxhints today for speeding up iPhoto ‘09. Many people have noticed the load time for iPhoto has increased considerably after upgrading to iLife ’09, especially if they have lots of photos.
This is just a Terminal command that tidys up your photo database. Over time the iPhoto database becomes fragmented, with information scattered in various places around the database file amongst regions of empty space. The vacuum command cleans up the database by removing the unnecessary parts and reorganizing the file structure.
To vacuum your iPhoto library, start by making sure iPhoto isn’t open, and then open up Terminal (located in Applications/Utilities). Firstly, you have to point the Terminal to where your iPhoto Library is using the cd (change directory) command. By default, this should be:
cd "~/Pictures/iPhoto Library"
Paste the above line into the Terminal, then hit return. If your iPhoto Library isn’t in your Pictures folder you will have to adjust the command to your specific needs. Next, to perform the vacuum, use the following command:
for dbase in *.db; do sqlite3 $dbase "vacuum;"; done
As before, just paste this line in then hit return and you’re done.
Add comment September 8th, 2009
This is an absolutely historic interview with both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. This interview gives you the combined perspective of the two industry giants, their collaboration together and vision of the future in the world of computing, and the Internet. The visionaries behind Apple and Microsoft– Enjoy:
Add comment September 1st, 2009
Originally denied by the app store for being a “torrent application”- uMonitor is available on Cydia. Users of a hacked iPhone can use to monitor the status of torrents. What it does is make use of the uMonitorµTorrent Web-gui API to show your current torrents from anywhere you want.
This app can be found in the Utilities section of Cydia.
This is very handy if you are constantly queuing up (legal) torrents. Thanks to my buddy Derek for pointing me over to this gem.
Add comment September 1st, 2009
Tiverias Apps has just released GPush to the Apple App Store. GPush allows you to sign in to your GMail account through the app, and have it send you Push Notifications when new email is received. This feature worked well in my tests- but some people are reporting issues with the notifications not coming in on time. Their server may be overloaded with this new release, and this should be resolved shortly. You can download GPush (iTunes Link) for $.99 cents.
Add comment August 17th, 2009
Key these into your iPhone keypad for cool new features you weren’t aware of- this isn’t your typical *67 to block caller ID nonsense. Have fun, and key responsibly:
Basic Codes:
iPhone Call Settings
Network & Phone Information
Add comment August 13th, 2009
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