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Assigning Screen Shots to the Prnt Scrn (Print Screen) Keyboard Key

November 6th, 2010

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The Print Screen key, labeled Prnt Scrn on the Inspiron 1525 keyboard, is the universal key in Windows for taking screenshots. However, Mac OS X uses a much more arbitrary key-combination; the Keyboard shortcut is Command-Shift-3. Unbeknownst to many, OS X allows you to change many system shortcuts, including the shortcut for Screenshots. To change […]

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Back To The Hack

November 5th, 2010

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I am pleased to announce that after selling my Dell Inspiron 1525 for dirt cheap to my father-in-law, I am trading him a more powerful, “Windows-only” laptop to reclaim my HackBook — the exact laptop that started it all. I am very excited to dive back into Mac OS X and I will definitely need to upgrade […]

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Control iTunes with the Media Keys in Snow Leopard

October 12th, 2010

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**Many thanks go out to mbebop and his tip for getting the Media Keys working in Snow Leopard** Laptop media keys are excellent for quickly controlling iTunes and other media software. The Inspiron 1525 media keys worked on Leopard after installing both a kext and Butler, an application capable of converting your key presses into iTunes commands. The media […]

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Why My Next Computer Will Probably Be A MacBook Air

October 6th, 2010

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The MacBook Air doesn’t get much love anymore. Its last update was back in 2009, and no one seems to fawn over it as they did when it was introduced in 2008. However, Apple’s slimmest notebook has recently become very appealing to me, and could be more so if Cupertino puts just a little effort […]

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Hardware Mod: Adding a second Hard Drive to my Inspiron 1525

September 1st, 2010

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That’s right, I’ve added a second Hard Drive. But you’ve got to read on to find out how.

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