Link here – unbelievable
Hacker breaks into Mac
Just a reminder that no operating system is secure:
How do I speed up my Dashboard widgets?
By following the steps here. The performance improvement was very noticeable!
Is there a good freeware screenshot utility for Mac?
Is there ever. Thanks to to the Aus Mac Ed blog who’ve covered the InstantShot application. Well worth the money it costs – nothing.
New site for Aussie Mac Educators
Aus MacEd is a new site for Mac-based educators recently launch, and a pretty sight for sore eyes it is. Recommended reading if you’re part of the target group.
Creating Favicons for your website in OSX
There’s an excellent tutorial here:
A favicon is a 16 by 16 pixel image that appears immediately to the left on the URL in your browser’s address bar – it also will appear in your favourites / bookmarks list.
This blog now has one – a great tutorial. That said, because I don’t have Photoshop I just used GraphicConverter (link in tutorial) on its own with no problems – I created the 16 x 16 pixel size then saved direct to Windows Icon – it came out at 4K from an original 2 MB file.
For WordPress users, insert the required code link code in the header.php file of your WordPress template.
How do I see which are the biggest files on my Mac?
OmniDiskSweeper is a shareware app that will scan your hard drive in OSX and list all your files in order of their size. If you pay the $15 registration you get a delete button rather than having to remove files manually.
How do I remove non-essential language files from OSX?
Easy:
I gained an extra 1.5 gigabytes of disk space after Monolingual removed thousands of files (It took close to an hour).
Freeware at its very best
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