"The latest Mac OS X 10.7 brings a whole lot of improvements along with a dozen iPad inspired UI features and animations. Although these improvements don’t come into conflict with UI design and core features of Mac Snow Leopard, many users hate the idea of bringing the iPad like UI elements and animations to Mac OS X. If you’re amongst those who want to keep Mac OS X 10.7 installed on your system but also want to toggle some of its new features, window options and animations on/off, Lion Tweaks is probably the best Mac Lion tweaking application that you can try."

Read more: http://www.addictivetips.com/mac-os/toggle-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-new-features-on-off-with-lion-tweaks/

"You probably don't carry your fancy-pants DSLR camera with you all the time, but your smartphone—along with its built-in camera—is in your pocket everywhere you go. That's why these days the most popular camera used to upload photos to Flickr isn't a camera at all, but the iPhone."

Read more: http://www.macworld.com/article/161499/2011/08/11_tips_great_smartphone_photography.html#lsrc.rss_main

The following are some simple instructions to set up a new backup volume from scratch and have Apple Time Machine to recognize it:

♦ Find your machine name (machine_name) and run the following command in terminal (in this example we're creating a 250GB partition):

hdiutil create -size 250G -fs HFS+J -volname 'My Backups' -type SPARSEBUNDLE machine_name.sparsebundle

♦ The output should be something like machine_name.sparsebundle under your user's home directory.

♦ You will need to find your hardware UUID in the System Profiler.

♦ Create a file (using your text editor) and name it TimeMachine.MachineID.plist and add your machine's UUID to it.

Here is an example of the file content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>com.apple.backupd.HostUUID</key>
<string>YOURUUIDHERE</string>
</dict>
</plist>

♦ Save the file and copy it to the machine_name.sparsebundle package.

cp com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist machine_name.sparsebundle/

♦ Copy machine_name.sparsebundle to the root directory of your backup disk.

♦ Start Time Machine disk configuration. Your new disk should appear there and TM should be able to use as a backup up disk.

You upgraded to iOS device to 4.2.1 and now want to be able to print but you don't own one of those new HP printers that support Airprint… You can still print using your PC shared printers following these steps:

1. Download and install iTunes 10.1 from the Apple Website
2. Download "Airprint Enabler.zip": http://www.freddyreyes.com/utilities/dl/?did=42
3. Unzip it
4. Run "Airprint Install 32 Bits.bat"  or "Airprint Install 64 Bits.bat" as administrator (based on your Windows version).
5. Go to C:\Program Files\Airprint or C:\Program Files (x86)\AirPrint\ (if you have Windows 64 Bits) and  double click on the airprint.exe
6. On the Windows Firewall window allow AirPrint to communicate with the networks (Home/Private)

The solution it's to disable DNSMasq in you router's basic setup configuration screen.

Here is how to fix it:

1- Point your browser to your router's ip address: e.g. http://192.168.1.1 and enter your administrator user and password.

2- Select Setup – Basic Configuration and at the DHCP section uncheck "Use DNSMasq for DHCP" and "Use DNSMasq for DNS"

3- Save and reboot your router.

4- Now Netflix applicati0n on your iPad/iPhone should work with WI-FI.

These are the new features included in the iOS 4.1 Software Update:

This update contains improvements, including the following:

• Game Center
- Send and receive friend requests
- Invite friends to multi-player games over the Internet
- Play multi-player games by auto-matching with other
players
- View Leaderboards and Achievements
- Discover new games from friends
• High dynamic range (HDR) photos on iPhone 4
• Support for TV show rentals on iTunes
• Ability to upload HD videos to YouTube and MobileMe
over Wi-Fi on iPhone 4
• Additional support for AVRCP-supported accessories,
including next & previous track control
• FaceTime calling directly from Favorites
• Bug fixes, including:
- iPhone 4 proximity sensor performance
- iPhone 3G performance
- Nike+iPod fixes
- Bluetooth improvements

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 3G
• iPod touch 2nd generation, or later

Game Center requires iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 2nd generation or later.

For feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the user guides for iPhone and iPod touch at:
<http://support.apple.com/manuals/iphone>
<http://support.apple.com/manuals/ipodtouch>

For more information about iPhone and iPod touch, go to:
<http://www.apple.com/iphone>
<http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch>

To troubleshoot your iPhone or iPod touch, or to view additional support information go to:
<http://www.apple.com/support/iphone>
<http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch>

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222>

(Command key) – Sometimes called “Apple key”; on Apple keyboards this key also has an Apple logo ()
(Control key)
(Option key) – “Alt” may also appear on this key
(Shift key)
(Caps Lock) – Toggles Caps Lock on or off
fn (Function key) – Located in the lower left corner of built-in keyboards on portable Macs

Finder keyboard shortcuts

The “right-click” on MacBook Pro works by placing two of your fingers on the trackpad and click.

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I tried for some hours and then I decided to downgrade back to iPhone OS 3.1.3 and upgrade when some of those apps are updated for iOS4.  After doing some research on the internet I found the following method that allowed me to downgrade from iOS4 with no problems:

1- The first thing that you have to do is to make sure you have latest iTunes installed (I used 9.2) and connect your iPhone to your computer (I use a Mac).

2- Need to download the original iPhone 3.1.3 firmware (you can google it).

3- Then you need to put your iPhone 3G/3Gs in DFU mode:

• With the iPhone connected to your computer turn iPhone off.
• Hold power and home together for 10 seconds.
• Release power but keep holding home until the computers beeps (observed on a PC) as a USB device is recognized (no beeps in Mac).
• A few seconds later iTunes should detect your iPhone and you will get a message that a phone has been found and must be restored.
• If the Restore Logo is present on the screen, you are in Recovery Mode, not DFU (try again).

4- Once your iPhone is in DFU mode, Hold Option key (in Mac) while clicking Restore in iTunes and browse for the OS 3.1.3 or below firmware for your iPhone 3G/3Gs. Now the restore process will take 10 – 20 minutes.

5- You will get an error message like 1011, 1013, 1015,  just ignore it (Actually the firmware 3.1.3 is already successfully installed) and use irecovery to get the hold of your iPhone again.

6- Download iRecovery (Google it). Once downloaded expand it on any directory that you like.

7- Start Terminal in Mac and run “iRecovery -s” on the directory that expanded irecovery to.

8- Within the utility run the following commands:

• setenv auto-boot true
• saveenv
• reboot

9- Your iphone will reboot. Once it is back on;  just restore your backup.

10- You iPhone should be back on 3.1.3

YouMail.com is a free service that allows mobile users, to create personalized voicemails for different people or groups like family, friends or business.

It has the following features:

• Voicemail online and by phone
• Different greetings for different callers
• Ditch unwanted callers
• Lots of popular cool greetings
• Voicemail sent to your e-mail

You can choose how to pick up your messages:

• Online voicemail. You can go right to the voicemail you care about. Point, click and play.
• Online voicemail simplifies your life – easily delete messages that don’t matter.
• Save using the phone for when you’re on the go or not near a computer.