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iMessage is the fantastic free messaging service from Apple that lets iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac users send each other endless free text messages, pictures, and videos. Because iMessage skips the standard SMS/text protocol from cellular carriers and relies on data transmission instead, it can often help you reduce your phone bill by cutting out the text message plan fee, or at least reducing it to a lower cost. All the benefits to using iMessage hardly matters if you need to turn off the iMessaging service for another reason, so long as you are clear as to why you are disabling it in the first place. No, we don’t mean temporarily sending an SMS text on a one-off basis, though that can be a workaround for some situations.

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70 Things Every Computer Geek Should Know. The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field. Arcana Research June 22, 2011 Mac OS X Lion Compatibility Information September 16, 2009 StartupSound.prefPane 1.1-BETA-3 has been released. Fixed compatibility issue with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. January 8, 2008

Extremely Useful Macbook Freeware (Mostly Macbook & intel ready applications in alphabetical order) {most programs can run on other Macs} iStumbler - find open wifi networks. (MacStumbler is still PPC), usually though I use a widget for this.iRecord - simple recording from your iSightiRedLite - adds versitility to that little apple remote. LifeProof Cases Take your iPhone along, wherever life may take you. The LifeProof iPhone case delivers the highest level of waterproof, shock-proof, dirt-proof protection in an incredibly low profile – a mere 1.5mm increase to each edge! Your LifeProof™ everyday case for iPhone 4 or 4S is sleek, refined, convenient and unobtrusive. To give you confidence to go everywhere with your LifeProof iPhone, iPod and iPad we water test each and every case we make.

SimpleTask : no-frills to-do list for Mac and iPhone Other task lists, GTD apps, and to-do lists may be easy to use. Some have fantastic interfaces, others not so much. One thing that other to-do lists don't have is simplicity. SimpleTask for Mac brings both a beautiful interface and an unparalleled ease of use to your Mac. Adding a task is as simple as hitting Enter. From there you can type in your information, and hit Enter again to confirm.

Quicksilver — Plugin Repository Plugins allow you to extend Quicksilver's functions, allowing interaction with your installed applications, new interfaces, access to web content, and more.To learn more about a plugin, see the plugin's Documentation from within the Quicksilver plugins preferences (select a plugin and press ⌘⌥? or select the 'i' icon). Quicksilver will only show versions of plugins that are known to work for its version, which is not the case for this page. Vers. new! 1.7.2

Insanely simple time tracking These terms of service govern the relationship between Toggl OÜ ("Toggl") and anyone who uses or has access to, or attempts to use or gain access to, any time tracking application provided by Toggl. The terms and conditions set forth herein apply regardless of the environment in which the application is used, the geographic location of such use and the technical means employed therefore. Please consider the below text carefully for it is only if you fully agree with all terms and conditions contained herein that you may use the applications referred to. If you find anything in this document that you do not understand or agree with, please refrain from using Toggl's applications. Any use or access of the same or any attempt to do so shall be deemed to constitute your consent to be bound by these terms of service.

Apple iMac Latest News iMac News From Around The Web SHOOTOUT: fastest 2013 Retina MacBook Pro vs fastest 2012 Retina MacBook Pro ... 2 hours agoTwelve speed tests should give you a good sense of how the three compare in performance. GAME SHOOTOUT: fastest 2013 Retina MacBook Pro vs fastest 2012 Retina MacBook...2 hours agoDiablo III, L4D2, X-Plane, Heaven, and Valley provide gaming reality check. Slowest 'late 2013' Mac Pro 4-core versus Fastest 'late 2013' iMac 4-core2 hours agoSee results for Cinebench, Geekbench, QuickBench, AJA System Test, and LuxMark for both.

heresthethingblog Did you know that there’s more than one desktop on your Mac? Yep, it’s true—and in “Lion,” the just-released update for the Mac operating system, you can pretty much have as many desktops as you want, each filled with its own assortment of open documents and applications. Sound confusing? Simplify your life with Clear — the revolutionary to-do app for Mac, iPad & iPhone Join them today Feeling Disorganized? Untangle your life with Clear - the to-do and reminders app that ensures you stay focused on what matters. Say bye to Siri0us for now. Nuance forces developer to pull the tweak. Hey, remember Siri0us? That jailbreak tweak we told you about today that allowed you to use dictation on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 4? Yeah, it got pulled from Cydia today. Apparently, Eric Day, the developer of the tweak, was forced to pull it down after Nuance, the company whose voice-recognition technology the tweak used, denied him the rights to the technology. In other words, Nuance didn’t like him or Siri0us. But don’t lose courage iPhone 4 users who don’t want to upgrade.

MRR Software Rename a list of files quickly and easily. See how the names will change as you type. NameChanger is designed for the sole purpose of renaming a list of files. To install just download the zip, open it and drag the app to your Applications Folder. - dougscripts.com June 9 2017 - 7:06 am Kirk and I go deep on playlists in iTunes in this week’s episode of The Next Track podcast. Real deep. This episode is sponsored by Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba. 30+ Mac Shortcuts and Hidden Features Want to your boost productivity of your Mac ? Shortcuts are nice way to work fast then hovering mouse everywhere. With such a beautiful eye friendly interface, Mac is much more advanced system which gives you abilities to process up your tasks with the help of keyboard using shortcut keys. And pressing buttons and combination of keys is faster than taking your cursor to the button which can be under the finder, or in the menu that is the sub-menu in the finder. Working with shortcuts is easy and you will find it making your tasks faster too. I have gathered up some hidden features and shortcuts your are probably unaware of.

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