Category: Apple
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AT&T iPhones auto-connect to any Access Point named att-wifi
If a hacker brings up an unsecured wifi access point named att-wifi, your AT&T iPhone will connect to it right now, without any notification or acknowledgment. Your phone will connect to att-wifi in your pocket or purse when you walk into a Starbucks. Your email and web surfing will be visible. All your network traffic…
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iPhone maps icon is BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse
There are a bunch of websites out there who found the “easter egg” that the maps icon on the iPhone is of Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, CA. The thing is, the pin drop is not on 1 Infinite Loop. It’s closer to BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse. Here is where Google Map’s pin drops for BJ’s…
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MacBook Air 2010 Faces of Death
My MacBook Air 2010 has been crashing a lot. Here is a sampling of some of the screens of death I’ve experienced over the past 3 days. I’ve read that this is an issue with the Macbook Air’s when attached to an external monitor (link). It certainly does seem more common when connected to a…
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Fixing TinyUmbrella 4.1.4 on Mac OS X Error
If you are having errors with TinyUmbrella on Mac OS X Something is wrong: You don’t have admin privileges or You have something running on port 80 or Your hosts file is not modifiable Please check Anti-Virus software or shutdown Skype/Teamviewer/etc as these apps block access to port 80. Try this method: [bash] cd Umbrella.app/Contents/Resources/Java…
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Tricking out your AppleTV running Linux
Upset that your old AppleTV is left in the dust following the release of the new $99 AppleTV? Get Linux installed on that thing, and make it useful again! After getting Debian successfully installed on the AppleTV, I wondered exactly how many services can run on it without overloading it. So far, the following services…
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Running Debian on AppleTV
I decided to install the latest Debian to my old AppleTV in order to use it as a server in the house. It has 160GB hard drive, 256MB RAM and a 1GHz processor. I think it could work well for NAS and VPN. I pulled the drive out of the AppleTV and hooked it up…
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UtahFM hits the App Store!
Utah Free Media (UFM) is a non-profit entity, founded by people who know community broadcasting. UtahFM staff and programmers are all volunteers who are dedicated to quality programming. This iPhone app allows you to listen to UtahFM on your iPhone. iTunes Link
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Cydia crashing on launch. How to fix
Delete all files except ‘partial’ in /root/private/var/lib/apt/lists Delete all files in /private/var/lib/dpkg/updates
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SLUG Magazine Calendar v2.0
SLUG Magazine Calendar v2.0 hits the iPhone App Store yesterday. It only took 2 days from submission to approval! Apple is getting super efficient.
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Original Apple Logo Painting
This was a lot of fun to paint. Painted in acrylics.