Top 15 Terminal Commands for Hidden Mac OS X Settings

Top 15 Terminal Commands for Hidden Mac OS X Settings 20 March 2007 - Filed in: Terminal Dock iTunes Finder Safari Update: This article is very old. Most of the Terminal Commands still work, but consider checking out our top Terminal commands for Leopard and Snow Leopard. Our Terminal Tipscategory also has loads of other ways help you get the most out of your Mac. There are a huge amount of hidden settings for Mac OS X and its applications that aren't accessible from preferences dialog boxes or the System Preferences. Applications such as Tinkertool and Mac Pilot allow you to access some...

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How to fix: This device isn’t eligible for the requested build

Photo credit: B Rosen (Flickr) One of our regular readers, @nishmyshkin recently got in touch to ask us why his iPhone 3GS wouldn’t let him upgrade his iOS to a newer firmware. Each time he tried he got the following message: “The iPhone could not be restored . This device isn’t eligible for the requested build.“ Thankfully the solution is simple and falls into one of two areas: The iOS version that’s been downloaded isn’t the right one for the device. There’s an entry in your host file redirecting Apple traffic to another location. In most cases, it’ll be the second option. As a quick test on the machine where you’re...

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Apple's Original iPhone From 1983 [Image]

  out this image of Apple's original 'iPhone' designed in 1983 by Hartmut Esslinger. Esslinger is the same designer behind the Apple IIc computer and according to Wikipedia he was contracted by the company for $1,000,000/year .In 1982 he entered into an exclusive $1,000,000 per year contract with Apple Computer to create a design strategy which transformed Apple from a "Silicon Valley Start-Up" into a global brand. Setting up shop in California for the first time, Esslinger and Frogdesign created the "Snow White design language" which was applied to all...

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Download RedSnow 0.9.10 beta 3 To Fix MobileSubstrate Error

Tweet Follow @ascikdrumming Well, you have just jailbrokne your device running on iOS 5.0.1 by using Redsn0w 0.9.10b1 but after many hours some problems began appearing like especially for those guys who used Corona 5.0.1 Untether jailbreak tweak   "LaunchctI" Error and we gave a solution by updating it to a new version, but today a new problem also appeared which is  MobileSubstrate Error, so today iPhone dev team released a new version of Redsn0w which fixes this error: Just a few moments ago, iPhone dev team has just released Redsn0w 0.9.10b3 which released specially to fix MobileSubstrate error which many...

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Mac Tip: Force empty the Trash

Sometimes the Trash on your Mac won't empty - even when you tell it to. Ever since I dragged and dropped a bunch of leftover Windows system files into my Mac's Trash bin, no matter how many times I tried to empty it, there those trashed files stayed, staring at me in defiance. If the affected account is:Then type the Terminal command: Your Admin account:sudo rm -ri ~/.Trash Another user account:sudo rm -ri /Users/user_name/.Trashwhere user_name is the short name of the affected account. Luckily, The X Lab site offers a few options for force-emptying the Mac's Trash. Being acommand line gal, I used the...

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Zephyr Jailbreak Tweak Enables Cohesive iPhone Multitasking Gestures

Tweet Follow @ascikdrumming The iPad brought four (or five) finger gestures for multitasking in iOS 5, but due to the screen size, the iPhone didn’t receive the same gestures. Today however, Grant Paul (known more commonly as chpwn) has released a jailbreak tweak that brings gestures to the iPhone for those same multitasking functions. The tweak, named Zephyr, is available on the Cydia store and is currently made up of two key gestures. The first is based on Max Rudberg’s concept video from earlier this month, and is essentially a single finger swipe up from the bottom of the screen (ie. the Notification Center gesture but from the bottom of...

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The Best 30 Apps For Your New iPad

Tweet Follow @ascikdrumming So you have just bought a new iPad but asking yourself what apps should I download it for my iPad ?! Well this is a very nice question from you, because today we have got for you the best 30 apps that your new iPad really needs them, also from some time we gave you a list for some perfect apps for your iPhone Now let's check what are they after the jump: Social Facebook With high-res photos, games, chat and more, now you can get the best of Facebook—on your iPad. Twitter Follow your interests: instant updates from your friends, industry experts, favorite celebrities, and what’s happening around the world....

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