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Make Your Own OS X Yosemite USB Installer

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Jim

Learn how to create your own USB installer disk for OS X Yosemite.

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Using iOS 8 QuickType

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Jim

Learn what QuickType is in iOS 8 and how to use it in this short screencast.

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Restrictions, Location Services and a Stolen iPhone

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Jim

This post was forwarded to me earlier in the week and details the first-hand account of getting your iPhone stolen. Since then, the author has detailed what restrictions to put in place on your iOS device to prevent the disabling of Location Services. That way, it will still be possible to locate your iPhone using…

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New MacBook Air Ad: Stickers

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Jim

It’s a departure from their normal ads, but it still shows off the way people love to use the product. Here are some of my favourite decals from Etsy (which I’m expecting is going to be seeing an increase in decal sales now) and elsewhere: Superhero skin keyboard decal (I use this on my iPad’s…

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Quick PDFPen to Email Automation with Google Drive and Hazel

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Jim

Tutorial: How to use automation software on OS X and iOS to speed up emailing annotated PDFs.

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Make Your Own ‘Flappy Bird’ with Pythonista

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Jim

You may be one of many smartphone and tablet users lamenting the loss of Flappy Bird since the developer famously pulled it from the App and Play Stores earlier this month. If that’s the case, you may be desperately looking for your next fix – but be aware that many of the Flappy Bird-a-likes now…

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Apple TV and iPad Guide

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jim

An illustrated guide to the potential of using an iPad 2 mirrored to an Apple TV.

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Bret Victor – Inventing on Principle

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Jim

Bio: Bret Victor invents tools that enable people to understand and create. He has designed experimental UI concepts at Apple, interactive data graphics for Al Gore, and musical instruments at Alesis. For more on Bret, see http://worrydream.com. This talk was given at CUSEC 2012 (http://2012.cusec.net). I agree so much with the thoughts in this talk,…

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