Archive for the 'Software' Category

Enable write access to an NTFS partition

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Out of the box, Mac OS 10.5 comes with read access to NTFS. Here is how you can enable Mac OS to write NTFS formatted disks:
Download and install MacFUSE: MacFUSE is a google project that enables 3rd parties to extend Mac OS X’s ability to handle different filesystems.
Once you are done, you can [...]

Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch? Don’t update to OSX 10.5.6 yet

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

According to iSpazio, the latest release of OSX Leopard 10.5.6 (now available if you do a software update) does not recognize a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch in DFU mode. So if you have a unlocked/jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch, chances are iTunes won’t recognize it if you ever have to restore or update it.
However, [...]

Three miscellaneous Mac apps: Caffeine, Backdrop, Smultron

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Here are three handy Mac applications that I find myself using often. Hope you’ll find them useful too!
Caffeine – does to your machine what caffeine (of the tea/coffee/Coke variety) does to your body – keeps it awake! Imagine you are watching a long-ish video on youtube – just then your screen goes dim and a [...]

Links open in Mobile Safari which then crashes?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

I use Safari’s (and Dashboard’s) Web Clip feature to keep a track of latest news on Rediff.com. The red arrow in the screenshot below points to Rediff’s main headline section, which I use as a Web Clip.

Clicking on a link in a Web Clip, usually opens a new Safari window with that link. I had [...]

Blocked!

Monday, September 29th, 2008

If you enjoy playing games on your iPhone/iPod touch, a personal recommendation is a game called “Blocked.” It is not free, but well worth the $0.99 (~Rs. 45) you will pay for it.
I have been playing this game for almost a month now (can’t say the same for some of the more expensive games [...]