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"Mac OSX has made copying DVDs easy; the whole process should only take about 40 minutes on a faster G4. To copy DVDs with your Mac OSX, follow these instructions."

"There was so much icon folders missing what i needed after updating icons from tiger to leopard. So i made few must have leopard folder icons for start and after that, i made many more. Folders inside pack is now in ico and icns format only. For Win and OSX users"

Nice gallery of extra icons that Apple OSX Snow Leopard users can downloand and add to their desktop folders.

It is late but am I excited, you bet I am! I have managed to get the Windows powered assessment and reporting software Accelerus that our school uses running on my OSX laptop. Check out the screenshot below. Was a bit tricky but Google was my friend as I tried out a couple of different ideas. The best guide I found was perhaps this one. It does require a knowledge of partitions and terminal commands but it worked a treat fo me. Along the way, I learned heaps and enjoyed the tinkering. I might have some fun and try to get Ubuntu Linux running again on this computer.

Run Windows Apps on OSX

"Even if you're not a programmer, you can easily create tiny, time-saving applications that breeze through repetitive tasks-renaming large groups of files, executing terminal commands, and much more-with the simple, code-free, drag-and-drop interface of OS X's built-in tool, Automator."

Nice article that explains how to automate tasks using Automator, a built in tool for the Apple OSX platform.

"Apple introduced AirPrint feature in iOS 4.2 which allows you to print your documents, photos, emails, web-pages etc wirelessly (over a Wifi connection) with your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Apple removed AirPrint support in Mac OS X 10.6.5 (Snow Leopard) at the last stage before its launch because of some technical or patent issues. Following guide will allow you to activate AirPrint feature on OS X 10.6.5 for using shared printing on your iOS device."

How to enable wi-fi printing with Airprint from an iPad with Apple OSX.

"Microsoft has the Surface. Apple has the iPad Mini. Where do things go from here? The immediate future may look a lot like the present."

"The past few months have indeed seen a surge of AirPlay-compatible desktop utilities and apps that take advantage of Apple's technology for audio and video streaming. From games enhanced with AirPlay to enable new controls and interactions, to several desktop utilities that are now connecting Macs and Apple TVs with AirPlay, there's plenty of options out there to beam images and audio to devices running iOS or OS X. "

Sometimes you want to do a little task that really has to be run on Windows or there's no alternative software for Mac, but you don't want to reboot into Bootcamp to do it. And you want to keep Bootcamp, since it lets you run Windows to its potential. Well, VirtualBox can certainly help you ! It's a great piece of freeware that I recently fell in love with.

"Apple's OS X Mountain Lion is out, and it's 20 bucks. That's cheap enough that the price alone probably isn't a barrier to upgrade-it's more about your individual needs. Here's a quick guide to see, at a glance, if you should go with Mountain Lion, or maybe sit this one out."

"Print a single PDF page using multiple sheets of paper to create large banners and posters. Drag and drop PDF files onto the workspace, and then use toolbar buttons to add and subtract rows and columns. PDF pages are autocentered and autoscaled as rows and columns are added and removed."

"You can easily download OS X Mountain Lion from the App Store any time after purchasing it, but if you want your own physical copy of the installation, here's how to make your own Mountain Lion install DVD or USB drive."

If your Mac's CD/DVD drive is dead, you might not have to get a replacement or external drive. All you need is another Mac or Windows PC on your local network so you can remotely access its drive from your Mac.

WineBottler, a free and easy way to wrap a Windows application into something that will run natively in OS X. Too good to be true you say? Read on!

"IceClean is a powerful System Maintenance and Optimization Tool using only UNIX built-in System Tasks to help your Mac stay healty and to keep it running smoothly. Version 3.0 is now completely renewed in Scripting and Cocoa Interface for help you in faster and useful Tasks Managing of All Unix Power."

"This a very simple guide on how to change a file's date modified and date created attributes on Mac OS X (this should work on both 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard)."

Photoshop maker Adobe Systems, Inc., released a long-expected iPad companion aptly named "Photoshop Touch." .. it supports Photoshop layers-arguably the basic and most-oft used Photoshop feature. With simple finger gestures, users can combine multiple photos into layered images, make popular edits, and apply professional effects. It also provides advanced selection tools and adjustments.

SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and SuperDuper's built-in scheduler makes it trivial to back up automatically. It's the perfect complement to Time Machine under Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Lion, allowing you to store a bootable backup alongside your Time Machine volume-and it runs beautifully on both Intel and Power PC Macs!

"As Apple products grow in popularity, they're increasingly attractive targets to the bad guys. Just check out the short history of Mac malware 1982-2011 to see what the hackers are up to. "

"AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to thoroughly uninstall unwanted apps ... Simply drop an application onto the AppCleaner window. It will find for the related files and you can delete them by clicking the delete button."