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Written by Andrew Brigmond
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Monday, 24 September 2007 |
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While working in a design based environment there's always tons of really cool backgrounds on your coworkers desktops. So why not jazz yours up a little by making a dynamic background using your current screen saver?
1. Open 'System Preferences' and select the screen saver you wish to use.
2. Open Terminal (Located in /Applications/Utilities/)
3. Enter in this command and press return: /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background
4. Enjoy! Remember, the more intense your screen saver, the more memory and CPU it will utilize.
The downside is you'll have to leave the Terminal window up, but you can always minimize that. When you're tired of seeing your background move, simply open the minimized Terminal window and press the Apple key and . at the same time. Enjoy!
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Last Updated ( Monday, 24 September 2007 )
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Written by Andrew Brigmond
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Monday, 24 September 2007 |
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 Did you know that your OS X based Mac came with several 'hidden' games? They're actually Unix based games, however, I'm sure they'll keep you entertained just the same.
To play:
1. Open Terminal (Located in Applications/Utilities/)
2. Type 'ls /usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/play' this will show you what games are installed
3. Type 'emacs' and press return
4. Press Esc and and the 'x' key
5. Type in the game you want to play
Among my favorites are pong, snake, tetris, and doctor (a shrink that will help answers all the questions you ask yourself). There's also dunnet, an old text based adventure game.
Give it whirl, and let me know you like it by sending my an email at
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Tags: Mac Terminal howto gaming |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 24 September 2007 )
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Written by Andrew Brigmond
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Sunday, 23 September 2007 |
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Not the most exciting tip we've ever published but, if you hold down the 'shift' key while opening a minimized window or using any of the Exposé commands the window will open in slow motion.
This also works for many applications. Perfect for when you want to slow your computer down to catch an error message or for a dramatic email opening!
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Written by Andrew Brigmond
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007 |
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So you have your new Macbook, iMac or PowerMac now. The smell of an
athletic shoe store hits your olfactory as you open the box. Ah, the
great adventures that await you! You've already decided you want the
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection, and that's going to take up
about $2,500 of your hard earned budget. Depending on how you planned
it, you may not have much more left over for essential software. That's
where this list comes in. The following software is 100% free and I
have personally tried and proven most of this software in an design
industry based company with amazing results. Besides, if it doesn't
work for you, it didn't cost you anything to start with!
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 September 2007 )
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Written by Andrew Brigmond
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Friday, 31 August 2007 |
 Just what you've always wanted to know! How to create RAR files on your Mac! This Mac How-to will show you step by step how to load the command line version of RAR that will enable to use the GUI versions of RAR based archivers. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 14 September 2007 )
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