iBook und der unbekannte Fehler
Schon seit früher Zeit bin ich ein Freund von eBooks. Selbst auf den mittlerweile museumreifen Palm, MDA oder Nokia-Geräten hatte ich eBook-Reader benutzt und war begeistert. Es gab eben noch keine so große und vielfältige Auswahl an interessanten Podcasts wie heute. An Videos war nicht ernsthaft zu denken – es hat zwar funktioniert, war aber [...]
Aggregate multiple audio devices
Speaker vs. Headphone Did you ever plug in a headphone? Then the same happens like on the iPhone: The Computer is muted and the headphone makes the music. I hate that! Why? Because I am so fussy and want to spare my hardware. Especially jacks are sensitive and easily getting loose. So it would be [...]
Stop mobile traffic on iOS4
The iPhone is not just a phone, it is a mobile data device. So it uses a connection into the internet all the time to keep you updated with the latest news you wish to know. Among them are eMails and depending on your installed applications push notifications like Twitter, Facebook, Deliveries, etc. LAN, WAN, [...]
Printer LED mystery
Needing a printer While living in the virtual reality I help my environment to save valuable resources. One of them is avoiding the use of paper whenever possible. But, unfortunately there are some rare situations where somethings needs to get printed out and signed – contracts for example. And the winner is Some years ago, [...]
Podcast with preview
With the new iTunes 9.0.3, slightly released after the iPad Keynote, there is a nice and big surprise for all podcasters. Previously, when a user clicked a link leading to a podcast, it brought you to an empty white web page. Then, iTunes was opened – and if not installed you got a offer to [...]
Closed lid with open eyes
A MacBook can close it’s lid and then it is going to sleep. On some situations it could be useful your Mac would stay awake instead of using it magic power LED hypnotizing you. One of those moments could be A party and your MacBook is serving some music, but you don’t want anybody to [...]
Lock your iPhone
My iPhone is my personal assistent, my friend, my all time companion, weather consultant, and so much more. Because of all those things on my device are private, I do not want anybody to have a look at. Lock your iPhone Like on all other mobile cell phones you can set a lock code. Once [...]
G-Mail within Apple Mail
Do you use a Google mail account? Then add your account into your Mail application and have no more need to manage your mails via the webmail interface. The webmailer indeed is quick and easy to use, but I like having my mails all together and searchable on my computer. Take the following settings, to [...]
Rebel EFI – OS X in danger of good reputation?
Psystar has released a product called Rebel EFI, allowing the installation of any operating system on almost any PC hardware. This software could be cutely used, to run the Apple’s OS X on a PC. Apple of course does not want this and sued several times against Psystar, because it is permitted and listed in the software [...]
iPhone headset troubleshooting
I had the problem that my iPhone headset was not working properly anymore. The music playback went fine, but when answering a call the caller could not hear me. Also I noticed then, that I could not use the headset’s button to control call answering or iPod playback. First of all I thought it was [...]
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