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OSX: Remove scrollbars that appear when using a mouse

I've just switched to using a mouse instead of a trackpad on the mac as I get pain in an old broken finger from using the trackpad especially if I've been using the laptop's trackpad directly. What was odd was the second I switched

FAIL of the week: Apple Mighty Mouse

The Apple Mighty mouse is an expensive piece of trash. To be fair I do appreciate Apple's kit, especially when the majority of their hardware is, on the whole, a good blend of form and function. Now I'm pretty sure everyone remembers the ball mice of

iSync "No Device Found" Error on OSX 10.5 Leopard

On the weekend I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of the awesome mobile Python book [http://tinyurl.com/64bc6l] by my brother for my birthday. After hitting an issue with updating my PyS60 [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pys60] install I thought it would be a plan to

Macbook Air launched, but will it fly?

Apple have announced their new ultralightweight Macbook Air [http://www.apple.com/macbookair/] today at MacWorld. Whilst it's hard not to be dazzled by shiny things, I'm personally not that impressed. Given that the cost of the basic spec model is Â£1199 in the UK

Apple iPhone

You're probably sick to the back teeth by now of all the coverage of the new iPhone but there's no wonder there's such a buzz around this device. It's a geek's dream with it's combo of useful features

Disco Beta Review

There's not been that much in the world of software that I've as eagerly anticipated as the release of the beta for Disco [http://discoapp.com]. Made by the same people that made appZapper disco is a CD/DVD burning app like no other. The interface

iTunes pegged my CPU at over 130%?

Today whilst I was working I noticed that my system (a MacBook Pro) had slowed to a crawl. To investigate I ran top from the terminal only to see this: I then noticed the following dialogue when I switched to iTunes: iTunes was updating my iPod with the few thousand

Watch the Apple Keynote address

You can watch the WorldWide Developers Conference Keynote address from apple's site (requires quicktime) [http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/aug_2006/event/index.html]. Having gone through the highlight's on many of the apple blogs, the most exciting news for leopard is that it'

Re-map the apple key for Windows under Parallels

A big annoyance when using windows under Parallels for browser testing is that if you are using an apple keyboard you will find that the apple key, which as an apple user you are used to using for copying and pasting, is now mapped to the windows key. This is

Apple MacBook is let loose

So the new MacBook Pro [http://www.apple.com/macbook/macbook.html] is out and it looks very good. The core spec is not that far off the MacBook Pro but is available at a much lower pricepoint. The main difference is that with the MacBook you only get an

Apple Boot Camp software for XP installation

I'm a little late picking up on this one but if your haven't already heard, Apple have released some beta software called Boot Camp [http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/] to smooth the way to run Windows XP on your Intel Based Mac. The process is

Intel Macs Unleashed

I stayed up late last night watching the keynote [http://macworld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/mw/index.html] to find out all of the juicy details about Apple's latest announcements: I like the idea of the new FM radio remote [http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/

Settling in with my Powerbook

I'm pretty settled in with my powerbook now and so I thought I'd share my experiences using OSX from the point of view of being a windows and linux user. Even if you don't have a Mac now, if you think one day you

The Lab goes the way of the Apple

This Saturday I will be going to collect my 12" Powerbook [http://www.apple.com/uk/thestore/] that I recently bought on Ebay [http://www.ebay.co.uk]. I've been hankering after one of these for literally years, and as I need a small machine with wireless

Apple Bobbing

I have been watching with fascination the latest OSX86 developments. So far it seems like John C Dvorak's theory [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1845259,00.asp] is starting to come true. First talented Hackers have bypassed the restrictions that stop the intel version of OSX