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Change The Name Of An Untitled Windows Partition

July 17th, 2009

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If you’re dual-booting OS X and a more recent version of Windows, you’ll likely have noticed that your Windows partition is labeled “Untitled” in OS X. I’m anal about these sort of things and this bothers me to no end, so I began searching for a way to change the name to something more descriptive. […]

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Drivers Galore! (The Master Drivers Guide)

July 9th, 2009

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Over the past couple of months, many Leopard drivers have been released, updated, killed with OS updates, etc. To keep up with all of these changes, one must refer to 12 different posts, two encyclopedias, and a lawyer to go through all the fine. I figured “If people have to look in so many places, […]

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How to Remove a Dell Inspiron 1525 Keyboard

July 9th, 2009

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Since most of the people visiting this site are probably rocking an Inspiron 1525, I figured we should write some hardware-related stuff. Having OS X running on non-apple hardware means nothing if your hardware doesn’t work. One of my gripes with the 1525 is that the keyboard is prone to getting dirty; the keys almost […]

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Grab Snow Leopard’s Sexy New Wallpaper Now

June 17th, 2009

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Snow Leopard is slated for release in September, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a taste of it now. The new wallpaper, like Snow Leopard itself, is a refinement, and you may as well get used to it now, because you’re going to be seeing it in every Apple store for the next two […]

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Change Your Display’s Gamma to Match Snow Leopard

June 12th, 2009

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One of the smaller refinements included with Snow Leopard will be the changing of the default gamma level from 1.8 to 2.2, which is the default for TVs and the current standard for Windows. Gamma affects the contrast on your screen; a higher level means higher contrast. To get the higher gamma level in Leopard, […]

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