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Posts tagged with "mac"
#MacStoriesDeals - Tuesday
Desktop Curtain Removes Clutter, Gets You Better Screenshots
Desktop Curtain, a $1.99 app available in the Mac App Store, has become one of my most used utilities these past few days. The concept is simple, and fits with one my most performed tasks on the Mac: screenshots. Desktop Curtain hides the clutter on your desktop, isolates the app you’re currently using and lets you focus on that app with no files, folders or other distractions around it. For me, this is incredibly handy as I can pick the app I need to capture in a screenshot for MacStories and avoid additional modifications in Acorn or Preview. Read more
New Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs To Start Shipping February 20th
The most probable next generation processor for MacBooks will start shipping on February 20th. The new Intel core i5 and i7 processors, based on the Sandy Bridge architecture shown off at CES, comes in flavors ranging from 1.4 GHz to 2.7 GHz, drawing 17 watts to 35 watts respectively under load. The new processors could be used to update Apple’s MacBook, 13” MacBook Pro, and 15” MacBook Pro line, while quad-core Sandy Bridge CPUs would populate Apple’s higher end MacBooks and desktops. Apple’s MacBook and 13” MacBook Pro continue to utilize Core 2 Duo processors, and may receive a Sandy Bridge update later this year.
Why is Sandy Bridge so impressive? Our friends over at The Next Web explain.
[via Macworld]
My New (Old) Favorite Service: Back to My Mac
Back to My Mac is often ignored by Mac users as just another feature of the equally ignored MobileMe set of online webapps, sync tools and desktop settings. Back to My Mac allows you to display a remote Mac on your local machine’s Finder as if it was within reach, just a few clicks away. Select the remote Mac in the Finder’s sidebar, browse its contents through the Finder itself or just connect to its screen using OS X built-in Screen Sharing features. Back to My Mac, ultimately, enables you to virtually sit in front of your Mac even if the computer is actually miles away from you. All of this happens over the Internet, routed through MobileMe. Read more
Why I Started Using Hazel for Mac
Over the weekend, I have started using an application several MacStories readers and friends of mine suggested for a very long time: Hazel. Following Ben Brooks’ excellent roundup of what can be accomplished with Noodlesoft’s Hazel and a series of great tips I’ve found on the Internet, I decided it was about time to take what many call “the most precious time-saving utility for the Mac” for a spin. The results, even in a short 3-day testing timeframe, are quite impressive.
This is not meant to be a review of Hazel, as I believe the app can go really in-depth with its feature set and I need a few more weeks before writing a proper article. Still, I think I should share my thoughts on why I started using it, especially considering how it’s difficult to find on blogs the reasons why you need Hazel, rather than a list of all the things this utility can do. Last week, when I was not a “Hazel user”, I couldn’t find a single post about getting started with Hazel, and why you should give it a try. So here it is. Read more
#MacStoriesDeals - Monday
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greenpois0n Available for Windows, Mac Version Updated
A few hours ago the Windows version of greenpois0n was made available (as was promised) and an updated version of the Mac client, RC5 Beta 3 was also released. This jailbreak solution allows for iOS devices running 4.2.1 to be jailbroken and be untethered, which means the device can be restarted without requiring a program to boot the device.
If your iOS device has already been jailbroken with redsn0w, just run greenpois0n and it will untether it without removing anything. There is no word yet on whether a Linux version is in the works.
To download head to greenpois0n.com for the Mac and Windows downloads, or alternatively the mirror site.
[Via iH8sn0w on Twitter]
Dragon Age II Coming to the Mac on the 8th of March
Dragon Age II will be brought to the Mac simultaneously as it is launched on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows on the 8th of March this year. The game, which is available for Pre-Order now for $59.99, is the sequel to the widely acclaimed epic, Dragon Age: Origins that was launched in 2009 by BioWare.
Game Tree Mac will be porting the game to the Mac, a company known for other Mac ports such as the Grand Theft Auto trilogy, Sims 3 and Prince of Persia. A simultaneous release of Dragon Age II on the Mac is certainly quite a boon for Mac gamers who typically have to wait months if not years for a port and perhaps signifies a growing Mac gaming market.
Greenpois0n Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 Released
The new version of Greenpois0n is live, and it brings untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1. The jailbreak tool is only available for OS X machines right now, Windows version is coming soon. The Greenpois0n’s servers seem to be a little bit slow, so it might take a while to download the app.
Go download here.