Archive | June, 2010

Hardware Mod: Spray painting my Inspiron 1525 bezel black

June 29th, 2010

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Recently, user Alexander Brown decided to mod his 1525 by painting his bezel black. Intrigued by this, I decided to follow Alexander’s example and paint my bezel black also. 4 coats of spray paint, one angry neighbor (I did it out behind my apartment complex), and 12 hours of drying later, I had a black […]

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DO NOT use Leopard kexts in Snow Leopard

June 28th, 2010

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Just don’t.

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How to: Run Windows Programs in OS X

June 26th, 2010

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A while ago, I was looking around for a way to run a Windows program in OS X. I was busy encoding a file, and didn’t want to restart so that I could boot into Windows. Rather than inconvenience myself, I stumbled across an awesome guide by LifeHacker. The guide featured a program called WineBottler, […]

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Enabling OS X’s Bluetooth On/Off Switch

June 19th, 2010

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One of the vast options available to you when you purchased your Inspiron 1525 was the addition of an integrated Broadcom Bluetooth chip. Dell was offering it for an extra $25, so I jumped on the opportunity of having one extra means of connectivity. Three years and many experiences later, I’ve probably used the Bluetooth […]

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Perfecting Your Snow Leopard Hackintosh

June 17th, 2010

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Note: As of June 17, 2010, the Retail Snow Leopard Installation Guide includes these updates. If you followed that guide after June 17, 2010, you will already have these updated kexts and therefore should ignore this guide. With much excitement, I bring you this update guide to finally resolve the audio issues in Snow Leopard. […]

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