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For the vast majority of people, serial numbers are incomprehensible numbers and letters that don’t really mean much. They’re in small font on the back of your phone and you don’t really pay them much attention. Until now. Serial numbers are actually much more interesting than it first appear. The saying don’t judge a book […]
The Mac has always enjoyed a decent reputation for photo editing and manipulation amongst consumers and professionals alike. Whether you’re a graphic designer or simply an enthusiastic amateur who enjoys touching up and manipulating photos, there are dozens of applications for the Mac which can help you to achieve superb results.
Whenever you access a URL on the Internet your Mac checks the address against a list of IP addresses stored in the hosts file. Normally your Mac doesn’t find what it’s looking for in the hosts file and quickly moves on to resolving the web address via the DNS (Domain Name System) server.
There are a couple of ways to watch live TV on your Mac – one of which is to use a dedicated hardware-based TV tuner which plugs into your computer and receives digital broadcast TV over the air. Some of them also have coaxial or other inputs so you can hook them up to an […]
Talking to your computer and having it recognise your speech used to be a technology that only appeared in science fiction movies, but since Apple’s introduction of their voice activated personal assistant Siri verbally commanding your way around iOS has become common place. In this article I’ll show you how to add voice-recognition to your Mac so that you can enjoy […]
If you’ve already closed your Instagram account and don’t know what to with the photos you’ve got, then this is the post for you. If you haven’t yet done that and want to, you can find out how to do that here. Instagram has long been one of the most popular photo sharing sites on […]
Nearly everyone knows by now that the next version of the Mac operating system – OS X Mountain Lion (which is actually OS X version 10.8), is scheduled to be released sometime this summer. At the moment however, it’s still only a developer preview that’s not quite ready for prime time, and contains quite a […]
With Facebook’s recent purchase of Instagram, people are bailing out in their thousands and looking for other alternatives. Facebook have clearly had a disastrous effect on the site they are buying, with many fearing what Zuckerberg’s company will do to the photo sharing service. If you are one of those wanting out, here is a […]
The iPhone produces quite reasonable sound, and when you’re on the go it can be a convenient option to be able to listen to your music collection through a pair of semi-decent speakers rather than headphones. For lazy summer days in the park, business trips away and many other situations, being able to crank up […]
If you like number crunching and have an iPad or iOS device, I imagine that one of your biggest disappointments is the lack of Microsoft Office and Excel on the device. The latter is the mother of all spreadsheet and number crunching programs, and is used by people the world over either for some serious […]
It can sometimes be necessary to change file and folder permissions on your Mac, usually because you want to restrict access to certain users and groups. Even though it’s possible to set the file permissions using Finder, Terminal gives you slightly more control, and of course can also be used in Automator scripts for a […]
Anybody that has to file tax returns will know that unless your finances are exceedingly simple, it can be a somewhat confusing minefield when it comes to pulling all the necessary information together. In the UK, Pay As You Earn (PAYE) makes the whole process much simpler for anyone that doesn’t pay the higher rate […]
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