When you are running a guest operating system in VirtualBox (innotek’s x86 virtualizer), it will capture your mouse cursor for use within the guest OS. To use your cursor on your host operating system, you need to use the Host Key. VirtualBox uses the Right Ctrl key as the default key. The laptop that I use VirtualBox on has no Right Ctrl key, so another key is needed as the Host Key. If you are in this situation, or would just prefer that the Host Key be something easier for you to use, follow these steps:
OS X controls music devices well–unless you want to run multiple ASIO devices at the same time. Luckily, there is a work around. Here is how I got my USB snowball and my Saffire firewall devices running together.
Add date/time into iCal, add an email or street address into Address Book, or map a street address in Google Maps–these are a few of the ways data detectors are used in Leopard’s Mail 3.0.
The IBar is the dock at the bottom of the gOS desktop which gives you quick access to your favorite applications. While the default listing of apps covers a lot of ground, you will probably want to customize it to better fit your needs by adding and removing applications from the dock.
This is a quickie guide on how to make good mp3 ringers / ringtones using Nero Wave Editor (included in Nero 6). Included in this guide is my first video guide using Camstudio (freeware) showing how to do this in nero wave editor.
Changing calendar applications can seem like a rather overwhelming task due to the need to copy all of your events, appointments, birthdays and such from one calendar to another. Instead of relying on copy and paste or typing in each event, you can easily import your event info from Yahoo! Calendar into your Google Calendar, here’s how:
In the new version of OS X, Mail has now gained the ability to create and use stationery. This tutorial will highlight how to create and save a new stationery theme in Leopard.
This recipe will briefly explain how to use the /EXCLUDE flag with XCOPY. This can be very handy if you need to backup a full directory but do not need or want specific file types or folder or file names.
If you inadvertently add the same holidays to your Calendar more than once, it can not only look rather messy, but also take attention away from other important events you might have on those days. While you could remove them by taking the time to delete each one, there is a much quicker method to force your Calendar to celebrate the holidays only once per event.
Ah yes, a new Blackberry from Verizon that promises to be a true “global” phone in that it has both GSM and CDMA radios. Add to that a much sexier design and the pearl scroller and you get the new 8830e from Verizon. So, does the 8830 live up to the Blackberry name or does it fail? Lets find out!
If you are working on a presentation that will be part of a bigger presentation, it doesn’t always work out well to use the default slide numbering in PowerPoint. Let’s say that your boss wants you to prepare 15 slides that are to be included in a major presentation. Your slides will be numbers 10-25. If you use the default, then your slides will be numbered 1-15, making it rather confusing if the boss wants you to change slide number 12. Does he mean his slide 12 or your slide 12? To keep everyone on the same page, you can change the starting slide number for you presentation to better meet your needs.
Whether you are using Opera or the Mozilla MicroB browser on your N800, you are probably going to want to change the home page to something more convenient than the default. Follow these steps to change the home page address and disable the default home page:
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