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How to Make your Own Mac Server

by LeVoltz on 11. Oct, 2009 in How-To

No matter how much time you spend surfing the web, you will never truly be a web ‘master (pun intended)’ until you create and develop a website. Below is a simple to follow tutorial that will put you on the path to creating your first web page and will allow you to join the growing ranks of web developers.

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[Mac]The Swagbucks Widget

by LeVoltz on 01. Oct, 2009 in Extras

Well we all heard about the Swagbucks widget right? Well if not, that’s ok. It’s a nice little flash app that lets you access some of the SwagBucks features from any site you post it on, it also helps to attract referrals. The only problem I have with this widget, is that it’s kinda annoying, to have to launch your internet browser, go on Facebook or wherever you have it, just to look for a code, especially when Mac OSX comes with a dashboard full of widgets that are right there at the press of a button.

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[Macbook]How to Force Restart your Mac Safely

by LeVoltz on 13. Sep, 2009 in How-To

Macbooks can sometimes be a little unreliable and will crash and freeze on you. If you have lots of programs open or the CPU is busy then it will be likely to crash. Here are some instructions on how to restart your mac without having to resort to the power button.

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[Mac]How To Concealing A Program’s Dock Icon

by LeVoltz on 17. Aug, 2009 in How-To

For those MAC users, here is a little trick that you should find very handy. If you are always using a MAC application but don’t want to see its icon on the MAC’s dock, here’s a useful trick that you can use to hide a program’s dock icon:
1. Access the application package. Remember [...]

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The Five Best Free Content Filters

by LeVoltz on 08. Aug, 2009 in Downloads

Today, there are plenty of reasons to consider installing a content filter. They are excellent tools for parents hoping to keep inappropriate or explicit material away from their kids. Employers use them as well to increase productivity by limiting employee interaction with the Internet.

There are many different content filters available on the market [...]

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Tweetie for Mac – My First Impression

by LeVoltz on 07. Jun, 2009 in Blog, Downloads

Tweetie released a couple of months back but I had the chance to test it on my iTouch and Macbook only a week ago. However, I was impressed with what it had to offer. The strongest feature of Tweetie for Mac application is its aesthetic quality User Interface, which just “looks” good. This feature alone [...]

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Control Your Mac Using Your iPhone

by LeVoltz on 17. May, 2009 in Gadgets

You need to start a backup,but you’re miles away from your Mac. What can you do? In much the way you can control another Mac through Leopard’s Screen Sharing feature, you can control a Mac from your iPhone. The means for doing so is a VNC client such as ReadPixel’s $7 Remote-Tap. A VNC client [...]

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FireBug Like Tool Inbuilt In Mac Safari.

by LeVoltz on 27. Feb, 2009 in Blog, Downloads

Almost all the Web Developers, especially the ones who use Firefox, would be familiar with Firebug. This tool has never stopped to amaze me, with the ability to simultaneously change information(setting up styles, attributes, etc) as you are viewing the page. Safari Version 3.x includes the option to enable Web Inspector a tool similar to [...]

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How To Troubleshoot Cisco VPN Client on Mac

by LeVoltz on 08. Jan, 2009 in How-To

Are you a Mac lover, who is frustrated by using Cisco VPN Client on Mac or on Parallels? Do you get disconnected every 5 seconds?

I have found a lot of people asking me the same question over the past couple of months, and I found myself giving them the same reply over and over again. [...]

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