Archive for February, 2010

How to change Time Machine backup interval, backup manually

Posted by Ant on February 21st, 2010 at 8:46 PM | 7 Comments

Time Machine, the automated backup utility built into Mac OS X, is set to run every hour by default. Is this too often for you? Find out how you can change the backup interval, plus how to initiate backups only when you trigger them manually…

How to change Time Machine backup interval, backup manually

Hardware Tips

What is free, wired, active, and inactive system memory (RAM)?

Posted by Ant on February 17th, 2010 at 4:37 PM | 7 Comments

Mac users: Have you ever wondered what all that system memory stuff in the Activity Monitor was all about? Understanding the terminology – free, wired, active, and inactive RAM – can help you decide if your Mac has enough memory. A quick…

What is free, wired, active, and inactive system memory (RAM)?

OS X Features

Keyboard shortcuts for OS X’s Cmd+Tab Application Switcher

Posted by Ant on February 7th, 2010 at 11:57 PM | No Comments

The Mac Application Switcher is that handy list of open programs that comes up when you press Command+Tab on the keyboard. Add more functionality to this feature with a few keyboard shortcuts. For folks coming from…

Keyboard shortcuts for OS X's Cmd+Tab Application Switcher

Hardware Tips

Enable Magic Mouse momentum scrolling in Mac OS X 10.5.8

Posted by Ant on February 1st, 2010 at 8:20 PM | 46 Comments

Magic Mouse owners who are still running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard have been left out in the cold. Apple only officially supports momentum scrolling in 10.6, but a simple hack can bring 10.5 users up to speed too. For those of…

Enable Magic Mouse momentum scrolling in Mac OS X 10.5.8

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