How To Recover Data From Scratched Or Damaged Dvds/Cds One of my favorite TV shows is The office. I love that show but it also takes up a lot of the hard drive space, with each episode of 350MB. I clutter my hard drive space due to this show, and that’s just this one show, not including other shows like Grey’s Anatomy or Supernatural. Method 1: CD Recovery Toolbox CD Recovery Toolbox Free was developed for recovering damaged files CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-Ray etc. To recover your data, insert you DVD or CD onto your drive and the CD recovery toolbox will search for the files already present on the disc, select the files you want to recover and press next. Method 2: Roadkil’s Unstoppable Copier Roadkil’s Unstoppable Cleaner recovers files from any kind of damaged disk. Method 3: ISO Puzzle The goal of ISO Puzzle is to recover as much as possible data of damaged, bad burned or scratched CDs or DVDs. Advertisement
30 Awesome Macbook Stickers April 7, 2010 by Thomas Hardy As sleek and cool as the macbook looks normally, a vinyl sticker can really make your macbook stand out from the crowd. Here is a collection of 30 awesome macbook stickers. m0zaikit Macbook Sticker Source Squirrel Macbook Sticker Source Snow’s Revenge Macbook Sticker Source Pulp Fiction Macbook Sticker Source Invaderz Macbook Sticker Source Pac-Man Macbook Sticker Source Ironman Macbook Sticker Source Magritte Macbook Sticker Source Steve Jobs Macbook Sticker Source Bird Cage Macbook Sticker Source Custom Macbook Stickers Source Mr. Source Pussy On The Prowl Macbook Sticker Source Boombox Macbook Sticker Source Trees And Birds Macbook Sticker Source Apple Atom Macbook Sticker Source Apple Skull Macbook Sticker Source Street Fight Macbook Sticker Source Snow White’s Wicked Witch Macbook Sticker Source Yoshi Eating Apple Macbook Sticker Source Dharma Initiative Macbook Sticker Source Gears Of War Macbook Sticker Source I Love Apple Pie Macbook Sticker Source Scrapple Pig Macbook Sticker Source Source Source
Mastering Photoshop: Unknown Tricks and Time-Savers - Smashing Magazine We all have shortcuts that are essential to our daily workflow. A majority of them are staples such as Copy (Command + C) and Paste (Command + V), but occasionally we stumble upon a shortcut we wish we’d learned years ago. Suddenly, this simple shortcut has streamlined our process and shaved quite a bit of time off our day. Collected here are some lesser known but extremely useful shortcuts. Please note that all of the shortcuts listed below assume that you are using Photoshop CS4 on OS X. Layers Link Selection Link Sifting through nests of layer sets to find the layer you need quickly becomes tiresome. Changing auto-select behavior. There will be times when you want to select a layer that is located below a number of other layers. Right-clicking to display all layers beneath the cursor. The keyboard can also be used to select layers. Sorting Link Sorting layers with the mouse can be clumsy and slow. Viewing Link Duplicating Link Brushes Link Shape and Size Link Opacity, Flow and Mode Link (al)
Google Ultimate Interface About Google In 1996-1997, Larry Page and Sergey Brin came up with an algorithm to rank web pages, called PageRank. Realizing the potential to improve search engines, they tried and failed to sell the technology to any. So they founded Google, which in an incredibly short period of time has become one of the world’s most powerful companies. While primarily known as a search engine, Google now makes a wide variety of web-based and other software and is known for investing in wide-ranging projects outside their core such as through their philanthropic arm, Google.org. Their products are available in almost every country and in a very large number of languages. Google’s enourmously successful advertising business accounts for almost all of their revenue and allows Google to subsidize many other ideas. Google is a market and quality leader in web search, online maps, online video (through YouTube), and areas. Alternatives to Google Why not use nothing but Google all the time?
The Hacker Manifesto by +++The Mentor+++ Written January 8, 1986 Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"... Damn kids. But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? I am a hacker, enter my world... Mine is a world that begins with school... Damn underachiever. I'm in junior high or high school. Damn kid. I made a discovery today. Damn kid. And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board is found. Damn kid. You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at school when we hungered for steak... the bits of meat that you did let slip through were pre-chewed and tasteless. Yes, I am a criminal. I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto.
7 Essential multimedia tools and their free alternatives :: 10,000 Words Why spend money on expensive multimedia tools when you can use comparable alternatives for free? They may not be an exact replacement, but how can you argue with the price? PHOTO EDITING: PhotoshopFree: Splashup Photoshop may be the industry leader when it comes to photo editing and graphic design, but Splashup, a free online tool, has many of the same capabilities at a much cheaper price. Splashup has lots of the tools you’d expect to find in Photoshop and has a similar layout, which is a bonus for those looking to get started right away. Splashup isn’t the only free online photo editing program, check out this list of 20 more. WEB DESIGN: DreamweaverFree: KompoZer Looking to create your next web site without paying big money for programs like Dreamweaver? VIDEO: Final Cut, Adobe PremiereFree: iMovie, JayCut Many video editors, both novice and professional, use iMovie to create professional-looking videos and an amateur price. AUDIO: ProTools, Adobe AuditionFree: Audacity, GarageBand
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts To use a keyboard shortcut you press a modifier key with a character key. For example, pressing the Command key (it has a symbol) and then the "c" key copies whatever is currently selected (text, graphics, and so forth) into the Clipboard. This is also known as the Command-C keyboard shortcut. A modifier key is a part of many keyboard shortcuts. A modifier key alters the way other keystrokes or mouse/trackpad clicks are interpreted by OS X. Here are the modifier key symbols you may see in OS X menus: Startup shortcuts Press the key or key combination until the expected function occurs/appears (for example, hold Option during startup until Startup Manager appears). Sleep and shut down shortcuts Finder keyboard shortcuts Application and other OS X shortcuts Note: Some applications may not support all of the following application key combinations. *Note: If no text is selected, the extension begins at the insertion point. Universal Access - VoiceOver keyboard commands Full keyboard access
QDB: Quote Database Home Potion Factory The Ultimate Dropbox Toolkit & Guide Dropbox, the app we all (at least many of us) know and love, has a plethora of advanced uses to make life so much easier in managing data between multiple computers and online. We’ve posted several roundups of tips and tricks for Dropbox and now we present our ultimate toolkit and guide. We’ve pulled all our tips and tricks together and added quite a few more. Additionally, share your Dropbox tips and tricks and we’ll update the list to share the fun with everyone. Dropbox? Not familiar with Dropbox? Is Dropbox a web app? Dropbox is software that syncs your files online and across your computers. Dropbox Tour The secondary component of Dropbox is the web app. So what else can you do with Dropbox? Tips & Tricks Dropbox seems to have an ever growing list of fun things you can do with the app, so instead of scrolling through one massive list to find something that interests you, use the list below to skip straight to the section you’d like to read. Basic Tips List Advanced Tips List Basic Tips Mac
6 Ways to Correctly Delete Applications Have you ever deleted an application from your Mac by simply dragging it to the trash? It turns out there’s more to most applications than what you see in the “Applications” folder. Many apps spread system files all over your hard drive that can be a pain to track down. This means when you simply throw an app in the trash, you’re leaving behind associated content that unnecessarily eats up space on your Mac. Fortunately, there are several third party solutions that save you the work of hunting down and deleting all these stranded files. Amnesia Amnesia Amnesia is a feature rich solution that uninstalls applications, screen savers, dashboard widgets and preferences panes and their associated system files. Amnesia features a drag and drop interface as well as the option to view all installed applications, widgets, etc. in a list within the application. Price: $9.95 Developer: Koingosw Requires: Mac OS 10.4 or later AppCleaner AppCleaner AppDelete AppDelete AppTrap AppTrap AppZapper AppZapper CleanApp
The Usability of Passwords (by @baekdal) #tips Security companies and IT people constantly tells us that we should use complex and difficult passwords. This is bad advice, because you can actually make usable, easy to remember and highly secure passwords. In fact, usable passwords are often far better than complex ones. So let's dive into the world of passwords, and look at what makes a password secure in practical terms. Update: Read the FAQ (updated January 2011) Update - April 21, 2011: This article was "featured" on Security Now, here is my reply! How to hack a password The work involved in hacking passwords is very simple. Asking: Amazingly the most common way to gain access to someone's password is simply to ask for it (often in relation with something else). When is a password secure? You cannot protect against "asking" and "guessing", but you can protect yourself from the other forms of attacks. The measure of security must then be "how many password requests can the automated program make - e.g. per second". Like these: It takes:
12 Incredibly Useful Lil’ Utilities for your Mac We come across a lot of apps in our trials for finding new goodies, but many of them are too limited in function to write a whole post about. We usually tweet them @smokingapples, but for those of you who despise twitter, and for the sake of posterity, here’s a collection of must-have apps (depending on your tasks) you can use with your Mac. Caffeine Ever watched a YouTube video and have to shake the mouse every few minutes to prevent that annoying screen dimming? Or maybe you’re reading something on screen and the screensaver keeps kicking in. ScreenShade You’re doing some late night surfing on the bed, lights out, but the screen is just too bright for your own good. LargeType The Mac has a feature for displaying text in large type across your screen. FlexCal Now that MobileMe is improving all over the place, iCal is becoming more and more irrestible to use. Smart Scroll X Ever wanted that smooth scrolling of the iPhone lists, which feels like real physics are in use? iStat Menus xScope F.lux
Mac Software for Advanced OS X Users: 70 Apps Early in August, we helped to get you started with your Mac by introducing 50 Essential Apps for OS X Beginners. Today, we will take you to the next level with an incredibly comprehensive list of 70+ apps geared towards advanced users. These apps are a mix of free and paid for software, and in order to provide you with as much information as possible, we’ve included multiple apps for similar tasks if available. This list is by no means complete, but it should help you to unlock some more of your Mac’s great potential! Securing Your Mac and Your Data We all love our Macs, but they are still computers that can fail from time to time. SuperDuper! My favourite backup solution gets the prime spot. Price: Free basic version; full version $27.95 ChronoSync Another powerful backup app: it offers similar functionality as SuperDuper! Arq If you’d rather have your backup in the cloud, there are multiple services that will help you achieve that. Price: $29 + additional cost for Amazon storage ForeverSave