This recipe will explain how to make a USB Thumb Drive bootable with the OS X Lion Developer Preview installer on it and in turn allow you to install Lion on a Mac without an optical drive (ie Macbook Air line). We will need a copy of the installer dmg (not provided) and a 4GB USB Thumbdrive or Memorycard Reader w/memory card and a Mac to convert the dmg to a bootable usb thumb drive.
The nebulous phrase “the cloud” has entered our daily lives. Many companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon are adding cloud services as quickly as possible. New and existing companies are rushing to create new cloud applications. Every recent commercial and software update highlights some new connection to the cloud. To understand the cloud, we must first understand the limitations of the traditional local computer. Then, we can explore the advantages of the cloud by examining some popular cloud based services.
For people developing in Xcode, problems with interface builder are very common. Often the application will just start crashing upon launch. As Xcode has so many connections and integrations, there are multiple reasons that these problems can occur. Hopefully, these fixes will help get you started.
Several members of the tech-recipes team are huge fans of the Parallels virtualization software. Each time we upgrade to the latest version, we all hold our collective breaths that we are going to get some speed improvements. With the release of Parallels 7, we benchmarked to explore any performance gains in this latest version.
All devices running the Gingerbread Android OS can be factory reset (or wiped) using similar steps. This tutorial describes what a factory reset actually does and how to do it safely.
The Windows 7 control panel contains many items that allow you to tweak most of the system’s settings. However, most of the users may not use all of these items. To use the control panel effectively, it is a good idea to hide the items that you do not use to reduce clutter.
One of the new features of Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) is the ability to create folders without using third party software. This makes it easy to organize the apps on your homescreen and even the launcher bar.
Usually, when your computer does heavy tasks with Microsoft Security Essentials scanning for viruses in the background, it may face performance issues. This is because, be default, MSE uses up to 50% of your CPU usage. If you need more resources for heavier tasks, you can change the CPU usage of MSE to a smaller number. Here is how.
Wireless syncing from an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad makes life so much simpler. However, getting your device to connect to your computer successfully can be difficult. Here are some common solutions to your sync issues.
What can i say, i’m a cell phone junkie and a sony fanboy in that. I’ve had candybar styled phones for the last 2 of 3 phones and decided i’d like to try out a flip phone. also i didn’t want to spend an arm and leg like i did for my K800i, thus my Sony Z710i fliphone purchase.
With Box.net giving iOS users 50GB of space, their service is definitely worth checking out. If you want to use it, mapping drives to your Box.net folders will make transferring files much simpler.
When tweaking the Power plan in Windows 7 to suit the working condition, many users may end up with unexpected behaviors by the computer. When you are facing strange problems that you think may relate to the Power plan settings, it is a good idea to reset the plan and start reconfiguring it.
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