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No HDMI Sound Under OS X Lion Using A Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt Adapter? Quick and Easy Fix For That [How-To]

No HDMI Sound Under OS X Lion Using A Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt Adapter? Quick and Easy Fix For That [How-To]

Most of the people would be very happy with the migration to Lion, but there are a few who might have encountered a bug or two after the upgrade. So is the case with John who could not get the sound to output through HDMI using his Kanex Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter.  For him it [...]

How to Get Google+ Running in Your Mac’s Menubar

How to Get Google+ Running in Your Mac’s Menubar

A free app in the Mac App Store called Tab for Google+ let’s you run Google from your Mac’s menubar. You can check and interact with Google while doing just about anything on your Mac. This is said to be the first menubar app for Google+  and it lets you do everything you would expect from [...]

How to Pair or Unpair Your Apple Remote

If you’re like me, then you have multiple Macs with IR sensors in the same room. What happens when you push the menu button on your Apple remote? Chances are it will launch Front Row on every Mac in the room. I had this problem until I discovered Apple remote pairing.

The Cheapest Way to Run Alternative Operating Systems alongside Mac OS X

Running other operating systems on a Mac is nothing new, and with the advent of Intel-based Macs we’ve seen a flood of virtual machine software: Parallels Desktop for Mac, VMWare Fusion, and Codeweavers CrossOver Mac. These products enable you to run Mac OS X and another operating system simultaneously. For many of my consulting clients [...]