Kensington Security Slot and Lock for Laptops are intended to deter or to some extent prevent stealing of Windows based Laptop or MacBook Pro with steel cable. It is officially known as the Universal Notebook Security Cable. Windows based laptops are practically a joke by build, but this Kensington Security Slot actually has a metal plate extension to the only one metal board on which all the … [Read more...]
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Syntax Highlighting in Vim inside iTerm2
Syntax Highlighting in Vim inside iTerm2 requires few lines of coding. All PHP, HTML etc. files will open in translucent iterm2 with nice syntax highlighting. If you are landing from somewhere else and not our regular reader, you need some extra tips. First, cool down your head, finding any profile file, any odd named file will never be required. You will not need to fight to find an odd named … [Read more...]
Verbose Output on OS X : Tool to Troubleshoot Delayed Shutdown Time
Verbose Output on OS X is actually quite helpful tool to Troubleshoot Delayed Shutdown Time. A delayed shutdown time on Mac gives the feel of using a Windows PC. We can agree to have 25 seconds long shutdown for ours Windows Laptop, but where is the fun when a Mac does not shuts down instantly like switching off a television set, leaving a black screen full of unseen greetings ? Definitely, a Merc … [Read more...]
ARM Architecture : The Processor Behind Smartphones and Tablets
ARM Architecture is currently most widely used Processor architecture for embedded and mobile devices. But they are being in consideration for the servers too. ARM design was introduced in 1983 by the British computer manufacturer Acorn as a development project. ARM architecture actually describes a family of Reduced instruction set computing based computer (RISC) processors. Previously, we … [Read more...]
Text Editors for Mac OS X : Best of the Bests yet Free
Text Editors for Mac OS X are required for more advanced functions than the default text editors like helpful syntax highlighting, macro and tabs. We are in favor of Free Text Editors under GNU GPL or Compatible License. There are GPL-ed and Free from the beginning Text Editors for Mac. Do not use any closed source paid Text Editors for Mac OS X (many website promotes) and if possible try to … [Read more...]
VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox for Mac ?
VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox both are virtualization softwares. First is a paid software and second one is a Free Software. Which one is right for your Mac ? It is not that a Free software is of worse quality than a paid software and also the reverse is true - not all fields have enough good free softwares or a minimally paid software works great. VMWare Fusion for Mac VMware … [Read more...]
Cloud Computing : Your Concerns and Thoughts of Richard Stallman
Cloud Computing as terminology raises the eyebrows of some users who are associated with academics and computing for many years. There are certain reasons for publishing this article. Few days ago, one of our follower on Google Plus raised an important point - that is the security points of Cloud Computing. Definitely, security is a concern; but there are other concerns as well. Basically these … [Read more...]
Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis : Basic Details
Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis lets you to use your PCIe-based devices connected with Thunderbolt-equipped Mac computer or non Apple Thumderbolt port PCs. Thunderbolt Interface and Thunderbolt Ports are found on newer faster Mac Desktops and Laptops; i.e. MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and Mac Pro. Previously we have discussed about hunderbolt Interface and the Thunderbolt Technology itself. This … [Read more...]
iPhone and iOS : A Detailed Article
iPhone and iOS are both designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. iOS is mobile version operating system of OS X which is used on Apple computers. Originally iOS was developed for the iPhone, thereafter is being used in devices like the iPod Touch, iPad and Apple TV. Apple, Inc. does not allow the installation of iOS on third-party hardware. iPhone : The Hardware Part iPhone … [Read more...]
Slow Motion Animation in Mac OS X 10.8
Slow Motion Animation in Mac OS X 10.8 is enabled by default and you can see all the excellent OS X GUI animation as if captured with high speed camera. Slow Motion Animation in Mac OS X is present since Tiger (10.4) and loads regardless of boot (normal or safe boot). Here is the trick. How To Emulate Slow Motion Animation in Mac OS X 10.8 Slow Motion Animation in Mac OS X 10.8 is … [Read more...]
FireWire : The IEEE 1394 High Speed Serial Bus
FireWire, i.LINK or 1394 is a bus for serial data transmission. 1394 named by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and since 1995 the specification is a standard. FireWire is the appropriate trademark of Apple, whose development began in 1986. i.LINK is a trademark of additional Sony. IEEE 1394 is the High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA) standard connection … [Read more...]