Steve Jobs 1955-2011

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Steve Jobs 1955-2011

It is a great loss not only to the tech industry but, the whole world that we’ve lost a visionary like Steve Jobs. Someone who could see that no one else could and someone who had and unshakeable belief in his visions and thoughts. It is no wonder that he became a role model for millions across the globe as someone who they aspire to be like.

“The World has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.”  These were the words of the US President ‘Barack Obama’ in his statement about  Steve Jobs.

GadgetMinistry extends sympathies to his family, to employees and people related with Apple and to others around the world. Meanwhile, let us take time to remember the achievements of the unique and great human being who with his determination changed the world and gave us the opportunity to be part of the change.

 

 

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MacBundle: MacUpdate

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MacUpdate

MacUpdate has a habit of coming out with very useful Macbundles. It is important to remember that before the Mac App store was announced, this was the only site that would give you such detailed information about Apps available for the Mac platform. Macbundles has been one of the specialities of MacUpdate.

The bundles has three apps (Toast 11 Titanium, FX Photo Studio Pro and Bookends) that would cost you $99 each if you were to buy them individually from the web or from a store. These are incredible Mac apps that are highly recommended by experts.

Offer expires on 22-Sep-2011

New Macbundle from MacUpdate can be found at link below

MacUpdate – MUPROMO

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MacBundle: Bundle hunt

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Bundle Hunt

MacBundle: Bundle Hunt

Macbundle seem to be the topic of the day. There is another incredible bundle on offer at the moment. This Macbundle is specially targetted for developers and designers who care about the look of what they publish

LaunchBar, Divvy and Hype are the three that are a must have and those combined would add up to double the cost of this bundle. Dont get me wrong! The rest are very good as well. But, for my needs I think, I am happy for the three being part of this MacBundle.

The offer expires on 22-Sep-2011

Click on the link below to get the bundle

BundleHunt

 

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MacBundle: MacLegion

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Macbundle

MacLegion Bundle

You would find good Macbundles being offered every couple of months. How this works is that the people offering a bundle would put together a bunch of Mac applications to create an attractive Macbundle, usually very hard to resist. The bundle in offer would have an overall discount of anywhere between 80 and 95%.

While buying a bundle, you should consider the whole set. In most cases the price of Macbundle would be less than 4-5 of the applications in the bundle costing independently. So it always is a good bargain. The way I look at it is by considering whether I need 2-3 of the apps in the bundle. If yes, I would go ahead an buy it as the rest of them can be considered as a free gift.

Here’s a good bundle you may want to check out. Click on the image above or link below to go there

Maclegion Bundle

Offer expires on 30-Sep-2011

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Mac Essentials : VirtualBox

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VirtualBox

VirtualBox

VirtualBox, as the name suggests is a powerful virtualisation tool which in lay man’s term means installing the second OS within your existing OS. VirtualBox is a feature rich tool that can not only be used by  home users but can be easily and deployed in an enterprise setup. VirtualBox is very light in weight and is available for all platforms which include Mac, Windows, Linux and of course Solaris.

One would find it difficult to understand the reason why VirtualBox is included in the Mac Essentials list. The main reason on including VirtualBox in this list is because of the fact that many a times you come across an application that requires a specific OS to run it on. This is especially true and critical when this software is deployed by the company you are working for and wants you to use it to carry out certain tasks. On the other hand, if you are a developer, VirtualBox is a must have, purely for the reason that you can test your application that you’ve created on all OS on the same machine rather than owning one machine per OS. This makes life much easier for you to operate from any location of your choice instead of being confined to one location that has all facility.

VirtualBox is a Sun Microsystem product and that is why it is freely available as an open source software under the GNU General public license. You can install a large number of guest OS on VirtualBox on any of the platforms mentioned above. The guest OS include Windows (NT 4.0, XP, 2000, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS 3.x, Linux (2.4 & 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris,  OS/2 and OpenBSD.

VirtualBox is constantly upgraded by the developers and there are new features that are constantly added to the software. VirtualBox does not support resource intensive 3D games yet, but for normal usage like office, internet etc it is more than sufficient. With recent upgrade of VirtualBox to 4.0 it has now included the support for modern operating systems (64 bit OS) which runs as smooth as it would on a dedicated hardware.

VirtualBox is available for free at link below

Click here to Download VirtualBox

VirtualBox on Mac

 

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Set Scroll behaviour similar to Mac OS X Lion on Snow Leapord

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Scroll Reverser for Snow Leapord

Scroll Reverser

If you are someone still on Snow Leapord who is pondering a move to Lion or someone who has more than one Mac and still have Snow Leapord running on some of your Macs then you may want to install this tool “Scroll Reverser” that will help you set scroll behaviour similar to that of Mac OS X Lion. This tool helps Snow Leapord users to start using and learning the new scroll behaviour and for people with Macs on different versions of Mac OS to unify the scroll behaviour across all Mac machines.

When you install and run Scroll Reverser it’ll add an additional item to your menu bar on the top which will allow you to choose the preferred scroll behaviour. Select “reverse scrolling” from the menu and you’re all done. This will also reverse the horizontal scroll to make it similar to that of Mac OS X Lion.

Having upgraded to Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) I realise that one of the biggest change that initially bothers you and takes some time to get used to is the reverse scroll behaviour that Apple has enabled as default in the new operating system. Like everything else, you get used to it after a couple of days of usage.

You can set scrolling gesture back to what it used to be in Snow Leapord through the preference menu. Personally, I recommend not to reverse the default that comes with Mac OS X Lion but to try and get used to the change. Though it takes some time to get used to, it probably would be worth in the long run. Apple is trying to unify the operating systems (iOS and Mac) and this change is a result of the unification. There is a strong probability that there would be only one OS running on both the desktops and tablets. Even if it doesn’t, Apple is trying to bring in a similar usage experience on both devices so that new users can easily adapt to the OS and easily switch between Apple devices owned by them. It is likely that future changes will be in line with new scroll behaviour and eventually one will have to adapt to the change. It is better to start now then to leave it for later.

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How to reverse default scroll behaviour on Mac OS X Lion

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A lot of users seem to be annoyed by the scroll behaviour on Mac OS X Lion. There are complaints about it not being intuitive and difficult to adapt. The scroll behaviour in Mac OS X Lion which is termed by Apple as “natural scroll” can be easily reversed and set to what it was in Snow Leapord.

Follow steps below based on whether you have a Magic Mouse or a Magic Trackpad.

For Magic Mouse

1) Go to System Preference

2) Select Mouse under Hardware in System Preference

3) Uncheck “Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling or navigating”

 

For Magic Trackpad

1) Go to System Preference

2) Select Trackpad under Hardware in System Preference

3) Uncheck  “When using gestures to scroll or navigate, move content in the direction of finger movement.” (in Old Macs)

OR

Under Scroll & Zoom;  Uncheck “Scroll direction: natural” (In New Macs)

 

 

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Mac Essentials: NameChanger

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NameChanger

NameChanger

NameChanger, as the name suggests is a simple to use tool to change names of multiple files at the same time. You must have come across many situations when you have a list of files on your Mac machine and wish that they were all named in a particualar format or that they all had the same name with a sequential numbering. NameChanger is a handy tool that helps you do exactly that.

It gives you different options by which you can change names of files. The interface is very simple to use. You can drag and drop files that you need to change names and watch the changes take place as you type them. It also contains Image browser for visual re-arrangement of photos, quicklook and an ability to save the rename for a later use.

It offers a variety of ways by which you can modify names which includes wildcard, prepend, append, character removal, sequence, date, replace by occurrence etc. It is possible to write a script on Mac to be able to do the same thing for you. But como’n, how many of us can actually do that? and moreover, how many of us actually want to do it that way?

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How to create an install disk / USB drive of OS X Lion

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Disk Utility

Disk Utility

Please remember: This method is not an upgrade method but a fresh install method. Installing Mac OS X Lion on your Mac through this process shall result in a fresh install of the operating system. It’ll wipe everything from the hard drive. You need to have taken a backup of your entire machine and need to have verified your backup before you go ahead with the install process described below.

1) Download OS X Lion from the Mac App store

Since this is a 4 GB download, it is expected to take some time before the download completes. You may want to plan your download time based on download speed available to you.

2) Copy the install file in a different location.

Once the download is complete, it’ll take you through the installation procedure and ask you to press continue to install. Stop right here. Do not hit continue. Go to the Applications folder instead. Application folder can be found by clicking on finder. It generally appears in the list of folders under places in the left hand bar.

  • Locate the file that says “Install Mac OS X Lion”
  • Right click (ctrl+click) on the file
  • Select “Show Package Contents”
  • Expand the folder “Shared Support” by clicking on the small arrow on its left to view its content
  • You’ll find a file called “InstallESD.dmg”
  • Copy the file to your Downloads or Documents folder

3) Create install disk

  • Start the “Disk Utility” application
  • You should see all Hard drives, optical disks and thumb drives connected to your machine in the left hand bar
  • Insert a blank DVD in the DVD slot
  • The blank DVD should show up under SuperDrive
  • Click “Burn” icon on top of the screen
  • It should ask you for file location
  • Select the “InstallESD.dmg” file that you copied in Downloads or Documents folder before

Allow burn to complete. That’s it! You now have an installation disk for OS X Lion

To install on USB Drive:

Repeat step 1) and Step 2) as described above

3) Create installable USB drive

  • Start the “Disk Utility” application
  • You should see all Hard drives, optical disks and thumb drives connected to your machine in the left hand bar
  • Connect USB drive with more than 4 GB capacity to your machine
  • Select the USB drive from the left hand menu
  • Under Restore tab enter the source and destination
  • Source = “installESD.dmg” copied in Downloads or Documents before
  • Destination = Drag the USB drive from left hand menu to the space for destination
  • Remember to select “Erase destination”

Please note that this action shall erase everything on the USB drive and re-write it with the Mac OS X Install program. If you are sure you want to use this drive then go ahead and click Restore at the bottom of the screen

Allow restore to complete. That’s it! You now have an installation disk for OS X Lion

To install Mac OS X Lion from the newly created USB drive/DVD, you need to restart your machine by holding down the option key. You will be given options to boot from DVD or USB drive. Go through the installation process. Once installation is complete, you can then restore your applications, folders, documents from the backup you had taken earlier.

 

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+Thunderbolt –Optical Drive = New Mac mini

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Mac mini

Mac mini

Apple today launched new version of Mac mini desktop with Thunderbolt support. This is in line with other new hardware launched today that support Thunderbolt

Other than Thunderbolt, new Mac mini also come installed with faster new processors, graphic cards and Mac OS X Lion. The Thunderbolt on Mac mini replaces the mini display port. Mac mini retains the size and form factor of the previous generation of Mac minis but one striking change to the exterior is the omission of optical drive.

Apple has made notable changes in the models available. Or one could put it as Apple has gone back to the original price point and two model option similar to what it was before the current generation of Mac minis. Mac minis are now available in two versions. The entry level Mac mini with 2 GB RAM, 2.3GHz dual core Intel i5 chip, 500GB Hard disk drive and Intel HD graphics 3000 processor with 288 MB of DDR3 SDRAM is priced £529 ($599). The other Mac mini comes with 4 GB RAM, 2.5GHz dual core Intel i5 chip, 500 GB Hard drive and has a superior AMD Radeon HD 6630M processor with 256 MB of GDDR5 memory and is priced at £699 ($799)

There is also the Mac mini server version available which is made of 4GB RAM, 2.0GHz quad core Intel i7 chip, dual 500GB 7200rpm hard drives, Intel HD graphics 3000 and is priced at £849 ($999)

By removing the optical drives from Mac mini, Apple seems to have made clear about their stand on optical drives. They seem convinced that the future for optical drives is not long and that the App store is the way forward and that is what they want to go with.

 

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