Mac OS X hangs
Well the Mac isn’t immunie to strange problems. At various times I’ve noticed syslogd (the logging daemon), the spindump and kernel_task all spinning at 100% cpu utilization. Not really clear what is...
View ArticleMaking Home and End work like Windows on your Mac
KeyFixer – Fix Your OS X Home and End Keys – Starry Hope Productions A few months ago, I wrote a short article about how to fix the “home†and “end†keys in OS X. I published a step-by-step...
View ArticleRipping CDs on a Mac
On Windows, I use Lame and a specialized encoder because most experts think Lame is way better in making MP3 than iTunes (no surprise there, Apple likes its AAC format). I normally use Max, but it uses...
View ArticleMac Routine Maintenance (Not!) don’t do this
With Windows, I have this whole ritual for keeping things clean that include these free utilities * Spybot. Keep immunizations up for adware, spyware and use its Tools to fix the registry of bad...
View ArticleMacBook Air reinstallation and hopefully Time Capsule transfer
OK, so I’ve completely wiped my MacBook Air, time to rebuild it. Here is a list of things that have to happen. Sure sounds Windows like doesn’t it # Remote install Mac OS X. Sigh. This is going to take...
View ArticleBlu-ray in Mac OS X 10.5.6
Well, if you are waiting (like me!) to use a MacBook as my Blu-ray player in a Home theater, that won’t happen until January at earliest according to...
View ArticleWhen you wipe out your Mac OS X
OK, I admit it, I wiped out my MacBook Air, Mac OS X wouldn’t even get to the Apple, it just started, then the computer shut down. I reloaded the operating system and the Time Capsule backup failed....
View ArticleVisualHub is dead, Handbrake is the answer?
Sad comment, Visualhub based on ffmpeg worked great. I gladly paid for it. Now, I guess its off to find another product.The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) VisualHub is gone. There are no current plans...
View ArticleThere aren’t any decent mp3 taggers
It took me a while but I just love mp3tag on Windows to tag mp3s. The free Tritag on the Mac is Ok, but doesn’t add artwork at all. And adding artwork doesn’t really work well with iTunes, sometimes it...
View ArticleiTunes gadgets
OK, if you want your iTunes to work like your iPhone or iPod touch then there is this application called Cover Art which does it. Does quite work right in that the lyrics don’t scroll but are...
View ArticleMac OS X hangs
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View ArticleMaking Home and End work like Windows on your Mac
KeyFixer – Fix Your OS X Home and End Keys – Starry Hope Productions A few months ago, […] The post Making Home and End work like Windows on your Mac appeared first on Tongfamily.
View ArticleRipping CDs on a Mac
On Windows, I use Lame and a specialized encoder because most experts think Lame is way better in […] The post Ripping CDs on a Mac appeared first on Tongfamily.
View ArticleMac Routine Maintenance (Not!) don’t do this
With Windows, I have this whole ritual for keeping things clean that include these free utilities * Spybot. […] The post Mac Routine Maintenance <em>(<strong>Not!</strong>)</em>...
View ArticleMacBook Air reinstallation and hopefully Time Capsule transfer
OK, so I’ve completely wiped my MacBook Air, time to rebuild it. Here is a list of things […] The post MacBook Air reinstallation and hopefully Time Capsule transfer appeared first on Tongfamily.
View ArticleBlu-ray in Mac OS X 10.5.6
Well, if you are waiting (like me!) to use a MacBook as my Blu-ray player in a Home […] The post Blu-ray in Mac <strong>OS</strong> X 10.5.6 appeared first on Tongfamily.
View ArticleWhen you wipe out your Mac OS X
OK, I admit it, I wiped out my MacBook Air, Mac OS X wouldn’t even get to the […] The post When you wipe out your Mac <strong>OS</strong> X appeared first on Tongfamily.
View ArticleVisualHub is dead, Handbrake is the answer?
Sad comment, Visualhub based on ffmpeg worked great. I gladly paid for it. Now, I guess its off […] The post VisualHub is dead, Handbrake is the answer? appeared first on Tongfamily.
View ArticleThere aren’t any decent mp3 taggers
It took me a while but I just love mp3tag on Windows to tag mp3s. The free Tritag […] The post There aren’t any decent mp3 taggers appeared first on Tongfamily.
View ArticleiTunes gadgets
OK, if you want your iTunes to work like your iPhone or iPod touch then there is this […] The post iTunes gadgets appeared first on Tongfamily.
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