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Why to Encrypt Your iOS Backups

  • Personal information, such as email account passwords and contact information will be secured.
  • The log of location data is encrypted with everything else.
  • If you restore a new iOS device from a backup, usually passwords such as mail account passwords aren’t stored. But if your backup is encrypted, the passwords will be kept, making the transition to a new device much easier.

Links for iTunes

Apple: iTunes →

Alfred

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Alfred is a quick keyboard launcher for apps and more in the spirit of Quicksilver, Butler and LaunchBar. It's a productivity application, which saves you time in searching your local computer and the web.

How to Use Alfred

  1. Invoke it using a global shortcut
  2. then type whatever you want to find… type an app name to launch it
  3. or type “google” and your search term to search Google.

One thing that impresses me most about Alfred is its speed.

Links for Alfred

[Alfred →]

MacFriendly till 15th March 2011

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MacFriendly Bundle: Great software at a great price $450. Only $39.99!

  1. SEO SpyGlass Pro
    Detailed information on competitors search engine postions.
  2. Relationship
    Organize and manage contact information.
  3. HotSale
    Point of sale, rent, service and inventory control system.
  4. Aimersoft iTransfer
    Backup iPod/iPhone/iPad files to computer.
  5. Stor
    MySQL editor with Excel import/export feature.
  6. SWF Protector
    Encrypt your artworks, no matter if Flash or Flex technology was used.
  7. iResizer
    Scale images while preserving key picture elements.
  8. USB Backup 2
    Back up USB Flash drives.
  9. Deskovery
    Save time managing your windows.
  10. HyperImage
    Tool for downloading an entire website.
  11. Folx
    Download manager.
  12. Ink2Go
    Record your screen and draw annotations for presenting.

[: MacFriendly →]

Bundleecious till 28th Feburary 2011

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  • Radium
    “Say hello to your new internet radio player. It sits in your menu bar and stays out of your way. And it just works.”
  • Knapsack
    “Personal travel planner. Plan, organize, and relive your travel adventures.”
  • IconBox 2
    “Icon organization tool that enables you to store, manage & change your icons or dock using simple drag & drop like functionality.”

[Bundleecious: Radium, Knapsack and IconBox 2! Only $9.99! Save 90%! →]

Fluid

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“Fluid lets you create a Site Specific Browser (SSB) out of any website or web application, effectively turning your favorite web apps into desktop apps.”

How to Change the Name of a Fluid Application

  1. Rename the Fluid application in Finder
  2. Choose Show Package Contents command for the application in Finder
  3. Open Contents/Info.plist file with Property List Editor
  4. Edit Bundle identifier value from com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.[old name] to com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.[new name]
  5. Edit Bundle name value
  6. Save and close Info.plist and relaunch the application

How to Move a Fluid Application to Another Folder

  1. Move the Fluid application to another folder

How to Change the Home Page of a Fluid Application

  1. Choose Show Package Contents command for the Fluid application in Finder
  2. Open Contents/Resources/Config.plist file with Property List Editor
  3. Edit TODHomeURLString value
  4. Save and close Config.plist
  5. Open ~/Library/Preferences/com.fluidapp.FluidInstance.[name].plist file with Property List Editor
  6. Edit TODHomeURLString value
  7. Save and close .plist file and relaunch the application

How to Fix “kernel NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error” in OS X

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You can read all about the problem from Apple Support Discussions:

Unfortunately, at the moment there is no clear solution how to fix the problem.

From the forum: “I believe this is a hardware problem. I also was suffering from the same channel exception errors (and screen corruption/freezes) and, on a whim I applied to the NVIDIA Settlement repair program. I sent my laptop in, they repaired the GPU and some other odds and ends (though they didn't specify what else they changed) and sent it back. Since its return, no channel errors and no screen corruption. I strongly suggest looking here to see if you qualify for the free repair: http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/”

Still there is a debate about this being a hardware or a software problem.

I have my MacBook Pro repaired at Apple Service and it did help a lot, and yet I still have this problem.

I haven't find the solution, BUT I might have found one problem source. Can you guess? Yep, that's right, Flash. I had Flash version 10.2.152.21 and I downgraded it to version 10.1.102.64. For couple days now there hasn't been any freezing.

How to Downgrade Adobe Flash

  1. Go to Adobe Flash Player – Downloads page.
  2. Click download older versions of Adobe Flash Player link.
  3. On Archived Flash Player versions page there are instructions to uninstall current Flash and a link to download previous Flash version.

Update: After downgrading the Flash, problem still remains. My MacBook Pro still freezes about once or twice a week.

Second update: Ok, I kind of gave up and reinstalled OS X. And you know what, in my case it looks like that did the trick. Maybe it is because majority of the applications and drivers I used to have are no gone. BUT, now I have an other problem: [link id='668′ text='”KCGErrorFailure” with Unexpected Log Out']. And I think this one is even more annoying error…

Do you have the problem? Have you find a solution?

gfxCardStatus

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Are you are an owner of any these MacBook models:

  • 2010 i5/i7 MacBook Pro with Intel HD/NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPUs
  • 2009 MacBook Pro with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M/9600M GT GPUs
  • Late 2008 MacBook Pro with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M/9600M GT GPUs

If you are, you may use application to narrow down you problem with the NVDA error. gfxCardStatus is a menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your MacBook Pro is using at any given time. It also allows you to switch between them on demand.

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