The first thing that tracked my attention after upgrading to OS X 10.7 Lion is that my full name (logged in user) was displayed on the top menu bar! Except that I do not want my surname showing up there, I am the only user on my mac. It is very easy to remove this … Continue reading OS X Lion how to: remove user name from menu bar
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Get usefull info about your Mac from the terminal
Mac OS X (despite its user-friendly UI and the general ease of use) is built on Darwin kernel which means thats it is a UNIX system. Using the terminal (it is located in application>utilities folder) you can easily get some valuable info about your mac. If you run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, you … Continue reading Get usefull info about your Mac from the terminal
How to: Fix the “Base SDK missing” issue in Xcode
Sometimes after upgrading your Xcode and iPhone SDK installation you may see the alert "Base SDK missing" when you try to compile and build an old project (that was written with a previous version of Xcode and an older version of iPhone SDK). That issue is as easy to fix as performing some clicks. Let's … Continue reading How to: Fix the “Base SDK missing” issue in Xcode
iPhone programming: How to force your app to run in landscape mode
As you may have mentioned, lot of iPhone apps (especially games) run by default in landscape mode! You can easily force the app you develop to run in landscape mode! Let's see how: In Xcode find the file [YourAppName]-Info.plist and open it up. Right click on the table and select "Add Row". Select "Initial interface … Continue reading iPhone programming: How to force your app to run in landscape mode
How to use Fluid to create a site specific app
Fluid is a free, powerful (Mac OS X only) app that lets you create a site specific desktop app out of any Website. You can download Fluid (it's free) here. In this tutorial I will create an app to easily access my Mint installation. First download Fluid and launch it. Fill in the info as … Continue reading How to use Fluid to create a site specific app
Life with Things and Things Touch
Things is a task management app by cultured code. Thing is a mac-only app available for mac and iphone. I've been using things for about one month now (both desktop and iphone version) and I am pretty amazed with it. I love the app's simplicity and ease of use. Most of the task management and … Continue reading Life with Things and Things Touch
How to: Create an icon for your app in Mac OS X
Mac OS X comes with great and powerful tools pre-installed. The scenario is simple: you have coded your app and designed a great logo for it. How you create the OS X icon for your app? The answer is: very easily. First of all open the logo in illustrator if it is .eps file or … Continue reading How to: Create an icon for your app in Mac OS X
Ten apps I use daily
Here is a list of ten apps I use on a daily basis (both web and desktop apps). The main system I've been using for a while is a unibody MacBook, so many of the applications on the list are mac-only. Mint Mint is a site-stats program that promises to give a "fresh look" at … Continue reading Ten apps I use daily
How to: Find original photo files in iPhoto
If you use iPhoto on your Mac (ok you use it, because it is the most commonly used application in iLife suite and comes pre-installed with any new Mac), you've noticed that iPhoto keeps all your photos in a file called iPhoto library. The point is that iPhoto library is a package, not a single file. To … Continue reading How to: Find original photo files in iPhoto
How to: Uninstall widgets easily on Mac OS X
As you know, if you use a Mac, you can uninstall programs just by moving them to the trash. That uninstalls the program but leaves on your hdd some preferences files which have to be deleted manually (they are too small though, so you do not have to delete them as they do not slow … Continue reading How to: Uninstall widgets easily on Mac OS X