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Hide MobileMe Icon in Mac OS X

26-Apr-10

"Hold down the Apple key — also called the Command key or the propeller — then click on the MobileMe icon in the menubar and drag it off the menubar. You should see the icon change to semi-transparent as you drag it off the menu bar, then disappear in the puff of smoke when you [...]

Remove Dashboard [OS X]

23-Mar-10

Remove that resource hog dashboard via Terminal: Disable it: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES Relaunch Dock to see the change: killall Dock Want the dashboard back? Enable it: defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO

1Password & Windows: Access Using Dropbox

31-Jul-09

HOW TO access 1Password passwords on Windows? (I had no idea it was this easy.) This tip uses Dropbox, a multi-platform file syncing app. The only problem is that the access is read-only. But it's better than nothing. In 1Password (on your mac), select the Agile Keychain to be saved in your dropbox folder (I [...]

Extract Music from Audio CD (to MP3)

16-Jan-09

I had to extract audio from an audio CD to MP3 format. It took quite a while to find a free program that does this (or at least comes pretty close). Mpeg Streamclip by Squared 5.  Steps: Copy DAT files from the audio cd to your hard drive. Rename DAT files to MPG. (I'm not [...]

Easy iCal and gCal Syncing

06-Dec-08

After Google Calendar added CalDAV support I thought I could finally sync my calendars accross my computers and mobile phones. Only problem: this way events were read-only on my phones. Besides it was PITA to set up.  I had tried Spanning Sync earlier but didn't want to spend the $25 for a one-year licence. So [...]