I have a 15in Macbook Pro that can boot into Windows 7. For portability’s sake, I do not use a separate PC keyboard/mouse, but instead have adapted to using the Macbook’s keyboard and trackpad with Windows 7. Below are some customizations I made to make the Macbook keyboard and trackpad…
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I recently installed the latest version of Eclipse on Windows 7 64bit and noticed some changes which I wanted to document below. I will copy some tips from my previous posts concerning Eclipse (on Mac OS X and Windows) here for your convenience. Note: These instructions also work for the…
6 CommentsThe Boot Camp software on my Macbook Pro allows me to dual boot between Mac OS X 10.6 and Windows 7. However, I also wanted the option to boot into Windows XP because I test software that needs to run under both Windows XP and 7. Unfortunately, Boot Camp does…
11 CommentsI use both a Macbook and a Windows desktop and wanted to see if I could sync the same iPod Touch to both machines. Below is one method I found to do this and some caveats about the method. (This method will work with iPhones and iPads also.) Some background…
Leave a CommentLuckily, just when I needed to jailbreak a new iPod Touch 4G with iOS 5.0, I found that the iPhone devteam had released a version of RedSn0w (version 0.9.10b3) that would jailbreak the latest iOS 5.0.1 operating system. And better yet, this version would allow untethered usage (thanks to @pod2g!)…
Leave a CommentMy nephew got an iPhone 3G and wanted to unlock it for use with his T-Mobile plan. Unfortunately, the iPhone was stuck in a weird state with only the Apple logo showing, and the iTunes application did not recognize it. I found that I could put the iPhone into Recovery…
2 CommentsI scored a great deal on two Brother HL-2280DW Wireless Laser Printers (with scanner functions) during Thanksgiving break. Once I got the printers and tried to configure them for wireless, I found that Brother’s wireless configuration options were lacking and in some cases, didn’t work at all. Unfortunately, the Ethernet…
60 CommentsToday, my Firefox browser decided to freeze on startup while loading the pre-existing tabs. After killing it and restarting several times, I realized that the only way to recover was to prevent Firefox from loading the tabs. I located Firefox’s “sessionstore.js” file and moved it (one could also rename it).…
5 CommentsMy friend gave me his old AT&T iPhone 3G. I decided to unlock it for use with T-Mobile. On the web, there was a lot of info on how to go about doing the unlock and a lot of caveats. I wanted to summarize my findings below and provide details…
2 CommentsIt has been over a year since I migrated to a Macbook Pro laptop and started using the Mac OS X operating system. Since then, I have learned some useful tips and tricks, which I have shared below. Using Keyboard Shortcuts If you can master keyboard shortcuts, you will be…
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