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Splashup. 15 Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff. Advertisement Over the past months, we’ve written quite a few PDF manuals for you, on all kinds of diverging subjects, including BitTorrent, iTunes, iPhone, Twitter, Mac, Linux, Photoshop and several other topics.

15 Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff

Freely available to MakeUseOf subscribers, there are now multiple manuals released every month, for everyone to enjoy. After releasing 15 manuals and nearly half a million downloads we thought it was about time to look back and review what has been published so far. Enjoy! Downloads are free, no strings attached. Do us a favor by sharing those manuals friends! 1 – Internet Guide for the Movie Addict Written by Saikat Basu, this entirely free PDF production will show you anything you’ve ever dreamed about knowing related to movies on the web. Original Post | Download NOW 2 – Internet Guidebook for An Audiophile Original Post | Download NOW 3 – The Incredible Free Manual for Every Mac User Original Post | Download NOW 4 – The Underground Guide to the iPhone Written by Stefan Neagu. Help Library. 11 Online Sources For The Best In Mac Freeware [Mac] Whether you’re looking for games or applications, freeware, open source apps or abandonware, you’re bound to find what you need on one of these sites.

11 Online Sources For The Best In Mac Freeware [Mac]

MacUpdate MacUpdate lists both free and paid applications, but if you’re only in it for the free stuff, you can easily filter your search results to include free apps only. Updated on a daily basis, MacUpdate features only the best in Mac software, with all applications rated and reviewed before being added to the site. AppDonkey AppDonkey features a list of over 1,000 completely free Mac apps. FreeMacApps. Seven Cool OS X Modifications You Can Make With Deeper [Mac] But what if you want to dive into the guts of your Mac?

Seven Cool OS X Modifications You Can Make With Deeper [Mac]

You should download Deeper, a program that lays bare a variety of settings on your Mac and lets you make OS X modifications with them in a relatively controlled environment. Let’s take a look at ten very cool things you can do with this program. Animate Your Desktop Background Turning on this option will display an animated desktop background that is constantly changing. Deeper comes with 13 animated background options including an RSS reader and a background that uses your iTunes album artwork. Recover Lost & Deleted Files on Mac with Disk Drill. Time Machine has saved me more than a few times and made it very easy to recover deleted files.

Recover Lost & Deleted Files on Mac with Disk Drill

But for occasions when a backup system fails or when it is not used to back up files on say memory cards or external drives, data recovery applications like Cleverfiles’s Disk Drill will probably be your best solution and is free in its beta version. Disk Drill is a recovery software for uprooting deleted or damaged files, including videos, lost music, podcasts, photos, and text documents. It works on both internal and external drives, as well as memory cards and thumb drives. I have had to use similar software in the past, and the one thing I like about Disk Drill is its straightforward user interface. I didn’t have to read a lot of instructions to start using it.

MakeUseOf.com. Forgot Mac Password? How to Reset Your Mac Password (with or without CD) So you forgot your Mac password… uh oh.

Forgot Mac Password? How to Reset Your Mac Password (with or without CD)

7 Tools to keep your Mac Healthy. For the four years I’ve been using a Mac, I haven’t used a maintenance tool.

7 Tools to keep your Mac Healthy

All I’ve ever done was verify disk permissions, and maybe use Drive Genius to perform some optimisation. But even that was just something ‘extra’ and not necessary according to me. The real question is, can maintenance tools really help in getting your system speedy, healthy, and less prone to crashes? The answer is a subjective yes. As a unix system, Mac OS X runs certain maintenance scripts of its own, without the user being aware of them. Maintenance A straightforward tool, as can be told by its name, Maintenance is a one window wonder.

Ice Clean A much more comprehensive tool, Ice Clean is sort of your eyes into the system. When it comes to maintenance, Ice Clean can run the usual system scripts, disk verification and other forms of cleanup. MainMenu A no fuss application, MainMenu resides as an icon in your menubar. Onyx MacPilot TinkerTool. 30+ Super Secret OS X Features and Shortcuts. Think you know everything there is to know about OS X?

30+ Super Secret OS X Features and Shortcuts

Here’s a list of secret features and shortcuts known only by the most elite nerds. Test your knowledge and see if you are a good candidate to stand at the Genius Bar and wear a clever T-shirt. We’ll start with some simple features before moving on to the more obscure. Topics covered include downloading YouTube videos using Safari, accessing an entire second clipboard, placing widgets on your desktop, and taking control of your system volume! Screenshots Screenshot Everyone knows that OS X has built-in screenshot functionality, but few are aware of how deep the functionality actually runs.

⌘+Shift+3 (Full Screen) ⌘+Shift+Ctrl+3 (Full Screen to Clipboard) ⌘+Shift+4 (Selection) 30 Fantastic Geeky Tricks to Get The Most From Your Mac. If you’re one of those Mac users that loves to dig in and play with hidden features and settings, this post is for you.

30 Fantastic Geeky Tricks to Get The Most From Your Mac

Below you’ll find 30 tips and tricks to help both seasoned and beginner Mac users to get the most out of their OS X experience. We’ll cover everything from obscure Terminal commands to keyboard shortcuts that every Mac user should know and use. Let’s get started! Dock Tricks Recent Items Stack. The ultimate guide to Mac keyboard shortcuts - Soa - The-ultimate-guide-to-Mac-keyboard-shortcuts - AppleSource.

Mac Tricks and Tips, Wallpapers and Applications for Mac Users. Most of the time, Windows users are reluctant to switch to a Mac.

Mac Tricks and Tips, Wallpapers and Applications for Mac Users

One amongst many reasons is that they found it hard to search for free softwares/applications for the Mac.