This is just a quick tip to explain how to sync your Mac Address Book (Leopard 10.5.3 only) with Google’s Gmail without needing an iPhone or a .Mac account. If you have an iPhone then you don’t need this tip and can follow these instructions. If you don’t have a Gmail account you’ll need to go here and sign up for one. After you have your Gmail account ready, proceed to step 1.

Полезные кексты, утилиты и солюшены для OSX86., PCEFIV9, OpenHaltRestart от Psystar и др. Kext Utility и др. © cVaD

Решил поставить Мак (читать как хак) на ноутбук от компании Dell, Dell Inspiron 1525. Эта модель очень популярна в интернете, имеет огромное количество различных конфигураций, некоторые, на мой взгляд идеальны для установки Mac OS X Leopard.

Мы предлагаем полные аналоги Mac – надежные и доступные компьютеры, способные работать с операционной системой Mac OS X, основанные на новейших технологиях процессоров Intel.

iTunes 8 was released today (well yesterday, but who’s counting?) with new features like Genius sidebar/playlists, HD TV show and a new visualiser. (wow :rolleyes: )
However, they have removed two of the UI options I used, namely hiding the genre in the browser and links to the iTunes store. I don’t find browsing by genre useful; only a handful of my songs have genre tags. I’ve never thought to myself “Self, I really wish I could browse for a specific genre.” Add to that you are limited add one genre to a particular song and for me at least they are completely pointless (tags, on the other hand, would be awesome ;) )

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All my installers (except those that are Switchless) are in MSI format, so you can install them silently with /qb /norestart switches.
In many cases, the application settings were customized to fit my needs, but the functionality remains intact so you can change their settings after you install them.

The driver for Ricoh (oh my) and JMicron internal cardreaders on OSx86

• Понять мне это помогла новая сборка Турков - iAtkos v5i, которая по своей сути является очень кастрированым ретейл дистрибутивом, над которым извратились, как говорится по-полной. Главная её цель - установить нетронутую (как большинство других дистрибутивов насовывают в свои сборки биллион патчей, не зависимо от того нужны они или нет) ОС версии 10.5.5.

I did this to my system just yesterday and it worked perfectly. Follow these instructions and you'll have it running in no time!

FileXaminer is an award winning "Get Info" application. FileXaminer allows you to modify file and folder attributes that the Finder cannot, such as type/creator info, UNIX permissions, and much more. FileXaminer is powerful and easy to use – making it the best "Get Info" application for Mac OS X.

Save your files effortlessly and open your folders instantly—Default Folder X makes Mac OS X's Open and Save dialogs work as quickly as you do. Custom keyboard shortcuts put your favorite and recent folders at your fingertips. Pop-up menus let you navigate your folders and open Finder windows. Open, save, and get back to work: Default Folder X is workflow for the rest of us.

Making it easy to turn flickr photos into iPhoto v6+ compatible photocasts. There is a FAQ.

There are several hints here on remapping the function keys on a standard PC keyboard when used with a Mac (in my case, a Mac mini). The standard key map does use F8 to F12, but lacking are volume controls, shut down switch, and others. Several people suggested using ControllerMate or Keyboard Maestro to handle this problem. Here's another solution...

Now you can stay in touch with your home, famous places of the world, the current traffic conditions and much more by watching your favorite web cameras. This WorldWatchr application makes it easy to monitor web images which are continuously updated (like web cam pictures). It can cycle through all your cams and updates the images periodically.

ScrobblePod is a Last.fm music scrobbler for Mac OS X that handles songs played both in iTunes and on your iPod. It is designed as a replacement for existing scrobblers, which are either too complicated or don't support iPod track scrobbling.

To set up CalDAV support for Google Calendar in iCal, follow these steps:

tell application "System Events"
 -- RANDOM ROTATION OF A FOLDER OF IMAGES
 tell current desktop
 set picture rotation to 1 -- (0=off, 1=interval, 2=login, 3=sleep)
 set random order to true
 set pictures folder to file "Mac OS X:Library:Desktop Pictures:Plants:"
 set change interval to 5.0 -- seconds
 end tell
end tell

So, you’ve got a shiny new iPhone or iPod touch, and you’d like to load all those shiny apps that everyone keeps talking about. But, oh noes! You don’t have a credit card, or the App you want isn’t available in your country’s store. Or, you’re sick of this week’s Free Single Of the Week. This guide will let you create a free account for any country the iTunes store runs in. Interested? Good, let’s continue! :)

The firefox-mac-pdf extension embeds PDF files right in the browser, so you don’t have to download them, open them with Preview.app and remove the file off your desktop afterwards. It works much like Acrobat, except it uses OSX’s built-in PDFkit.