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Spinning Beach Ball in Mac OS X Snow Leopard

menooB — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:48:32 +0000

I‘ve been using my MacBook Pro for sometime after upgrading it to Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.1. But lately, I’ve been getting a lot of the dreaded spinning beach balls while surfing the Net. I learned that the culprit is Adobe Flash which eats a lot of system resources and contributes to a lot [...]

Tutorial: Upgrade Your Jailbroken iPhone OS to 3.1.2 Using PwnageTool 3.1.4

menooB — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:26:12 +0000

Since Apple recently released the new iPhone OS 3.1.2 firmware, the iPhone Dev-Team likewise released an updated jailbreaking and unlocking tool–PwnageTool 3.1.4. It supports the iPhone 3GS OTB, iPhone 3G and 2G, and the iPod Touch 1st and 2nd Gen. PwnageTool is for Mac OS X only. Read First: This tutorial is for those who already have [...]

Tutorial: Upgrade Your Jailbroken iPhone OS 3.0 to 3.1 Using PwnageTool 3.1

menooB — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:35:32 +0000

Read First: This tutorial is for those who already have a jailbroken iPhone OS 3.0 and upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1. If you have the first generation iPhone (2G), you can use this tutorial to jailbreak and unlock your phone. If you have an iPhone 3G, you can use this guide to jailbreak only. Then use Ultrasn0w [...]

Apps Crashing in Mac OS X Snow Leopard

menooB — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:03:51 +0000

After upgrading my MacBook Pro to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, I immediately noticed many of my applications keep crashing a few minutes after using them. Some of these apps are Adobe Photoshop CS4, Firefox, SnapNDrag and even Apple’s own Mail and Disk Utility. I haven’t tested all my apps yet but there could be [...]

Where is “System Events.app” in Snow Leopard?

menooB — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:04:30 +0000

After upgrading to Snow Leopard, the system may ask you for the location of System Events.app. You can’t find this file using the Spotlight. Here is where it is located: System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app

Restoring a Sparseimage File Using Disk Utility + Upgrading to Snow Leopard

menooB — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:43:42 +0000

In my last post, “MacBook Pro Hard Drive: S.M.A.R.T. is Failing!”, I discussed how I backed up and replaced my MacBook Pro hard disk that is about to fail using SuperDuper over a networked PC, a Phillips and Torx screwdrivers, and a simple video tutorial. This time, I will show you how I restored the SuperDuper’s [...]

Macbook Pro Hard Drive : S.M.A.R.T. is Failing!

menooB — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:24:09 +0000

I was about ready to upgrade my 15″ Macbook Pro from Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard when the Disk Utility on the OS displayed the name of my hard disk drive in red letters. Sure enough, the S.M.A.R.T Status indicator says “Failing”. Immediately, the first thing to do is [...]

The Best Hackintosh Distribution is No Distro

menooB — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:10:15 +0000

Despite huge developments by the OSx86 community the past four years since Apple introduced the Macintel, many still struggle to build their first Hackintosh. Truth to tell, running any version of Mac OS X on a PC is never straightforward as many newbies later find out the hard and frustrating way. If you’re looking for [...]

5 Best Chess Apps for the iPhone

menooB — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:57:45 +0000

I can’t seem to get away from playing chess. But I’m not a great chess player. I just love the feeling of beating my opponent–in a mental challenge. Perhaps, that’s the reason I like playing against a cold, insensitive chess playing machine. I can beat them anytime I want to and not hear them complain. [...]

Ultrasn0w Tips for the iPhone 3G and 3GS Unlocking

menooB — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:27:04 +0000

The iPhone Dev-Team thinks that it has finally fixed the vast majority of problems in unlocking the iPhone 3G and 3GS with Ultrasn0w version 0.9 that they posted tips for those still having some problems. Ultratips from the Dev-Team: Unusual battery depletion is almost always caused by people choosing to “Restore from backup” instead of “Setup as [...]

YouTube, Weather, Stocks iPhone Apps Update Failure

menooB — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:46:28 +0000

What do you do when the YouTube, Weather and Stocks apps suddenly fail to update on your iPhone but you know your Wi-Fi is working and you can use mobile Safari and receive emails? You already tried doing a “Reset Network Settings” or a “Reset All Settings” in Settings->General->Reset, and still a no go. If [...]

Ultrasn0w Version 0.9 Fixes Random Issues

menooB — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:09:02 +0000

If you unlocked your iPhone 3G or 3GS using Ultrasn0w and are having random problems with it, try unlocking it again by running the latest Ultrasn0w version 0.9. According to the iPhone Dev-Team, this new version includes the following features: Works on both 3G and 3GS Works on hacktivated devices Works regardless of how you jailbroke your device Doesn’t [...]

The Green Fields of France

menooB — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:36:40 +0000

First time I heard this song and it touched me; after all, I did have my fair share of fighting a senseless civil war. Watch the video on the right (if you can’t see it, click here) and follow with the lyrics below. The Green Fields Of France How do you do young Willie Mcbride, Do you [...]

Tutorial: How to Boost the Volume of iPhone OS 3.0

menooB — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:19:43 +0000

Note: There’s a new Volume Boost app in Cydia from ModMyi.com that they integrated with their popular Winterboard app. I tried it but I didn’t notice any change. So I just reinstalled the one from Fishbone’s and everything’s good again. Prior to iPhone OS 3.0, iClarified has always added an app in Cydia called Volume Boost [...]

Apple Releases Safari 4.0.2 Web Browser

menooB — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:28:46 +0000

Apple released the newest version of its Web browser, Safari 4.0.2. According to Apple, the update improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine plus some compatibility and security fixes. The 40 MB update is available via Mac OS X’s Software Update. Related PostsWhat You Need To Know When Installing Firefox 3.1 Beta 1

WordPress 2.8.1 Released

menooB — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:41:50 +0000

WordPress.org has finally released WordPress 2.8.1 fixing several bugs in 2.8, tightens security for plugin administration pages (certain plugins could be viewed by unprivileged users), and a host of other changes such as the following: Certain themes were calling get_categories() in such a way that it would fail in 2.8. 2.8.1 works around this so these [...]

Jailbreak iPhone 3GS with Dev-Team’s Redsn0w 0.8

menooB — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:46:17 +0000

While GeoHot has already released his jailbreaking tools called Purplera1n for the iPhone 3GS on both Windows and Mac platforms, the iPhone Dev-Team followed suit today with an updated Redsn0w 0.8 after initially announcing that they will wait for the iPhone firmware 3.1. This Redsn0w 0.8 release can jailbreak the iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS, [...]

Jailbreak iPhone 3GS Using Purplera1n for Mac

menooB — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:02:37 +0000

Purplera1n for the Mac has just been released by GeoHot. It has basically the same instructions as the Windows version that you can find in this video tutorial. From GeoHot’s bog: You asked for it, and we delivered. I’m not a mac coder, so AriX and westbaer stepped up to do it. Check out AriX’s blog here. [...]

Video Tutorial: How to Jailbreak and Unlock the iPhone 3GS Using Purplera1n and Ultrasn0w

menooB — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:40:51 +0000

As I reported in an earlier article, while the Dev-Team has released Ultrasn0w to unlock the iPhone 3GS, it won’t be able to do a jailbreak. Without a jailbreak, there’s no way to use Ultrasn0w to unlock (Ultrasn0w can unlock the iPhone 3G by using PwnageTool or Redsn0w). Although the Dev-Team has already identified an exploit [...]

New Facebook App for the iPhone is Coming Really Soon!

menooB — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:24:48 +0000

If you love Facebook and you’re an iPhone user, you’ll be excited to learn that a new Facebook app designed for the iPhone software version 3.0 will hit the App Store soon! Developer Joe Hewitt who is responsible for the Facebook application on the iPhone has posted some of the new features which he says [...]

The Other MJ

menooB — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:57:05 +0000

Michael Jackson is gone but his memory has been immortalized through his music. Then, there is the other MJ whose virtuoso on the playing court produces a different kind of music, but has the same mesmerizing effect to his worldwide audience. Obviously, the other MJ I’m speaking of is no other than the greatest basketball [...]

Exploit Found in iPhone 3GS, Jailbreak, Unlock Tool on the Way

menooB — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:17:06 +0000

The iPhone Dev-Team has verified that the exploit earlier found in the iPod Touch 2G, called 24kpwn, has been left unpatched by Apple and is still applicable to the bootrom of the iPhone 3GS. About 5 hours ago (Thursday evening, less than a week after the 3GS launch), we were able to verify that the 24Kpwn [...]

Dev-Team Released Ultrasn0w & Tutorial

menooB — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:45:39 +0000

The wait is over for all iPhone 3G users to unlock their jailbroken phones who previously applied yellowsn0w. The iPhone Dev-Team has fnally released their much awaited new tool—Ultrasn0w. Although Ultrasn0w should also be able to unlock the new iPhone 3G S, there is still no tool to make the required jailbreak before an unlock [...]

Finger Painting on the iPhone Using Brushes

menooB — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:49:46 +0000

It’s been ages since I last posted an article on digital painting and my Wacom tablet has been gathering dust. But ever since I saw that particular cover on The New Yorker, I immediately downloaded the iPhone application that was responsible for creating it. Now, after a few experiments on how to use this Brushes [...]

Tutorial: How to Fix Installous Problems in iPhone 3.0

menooB — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:35:26 +0000

Update: Try the new Installous 2.0.3 in Cydia before performing the fix below. I tried it and works great. Many have reported problems downloading cracked apps from Installous after jailbreaking to iPhone 3.0 firmware–such as “unable to find executable”, “Script failed. Unable to decompress”, previously working apps no longer work, white icons, deleted apps, etc. To fix [...]

Tutorial: Upgrade Your iPhone Firmware 2.x to 3.0 Using PwnageTool 3.0

menooB — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:01:48 +0000

Update: PwnageTool 3.01 is now available and is said to fix the PPC issue on Mac OS X and the Icy Installer bug. This guide will help you upgrade and jailbreak your iPhone v2.x to 3.0 firmware using PwnageTool 3.0 created by the iPhone Dev-Team. This tutorial is specifically for the iPhone 2G (1st Generation iPhone) and [...]

Waiting for iPhone Dev-Team’s Tools for iPhone OS 3.0 Firmware

menooB — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:27:32 +0000

The iPhone OS 3.0 Frrmware has been released by Apple officially a few hours ago. For those with unmodified iPhones, upgrading is as simple as doing an update from iTunes. But for those with unlocked and jailbroken phones, it is recommended that everyone wait for the iPhone Dev-Team to release their tools. If you are confused [...]

Things Just Don’t Add Up

menooB — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:36:42 +0000

Update: Edited the typeface and some visual design I just joined a contest at SlideShare… it’s about posting a story using a presentation software like PowerPoint or Keynote in 30 slides or less. I just learned about it 3 days ago while surfing the net and unfortunately the deadline is tomorrow, 15 June. Grand Prize is [...]

Google Analytics Plugin Problem in WordPress 2.8

menooB — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:10:42 +0000

WordPress 2.8 “Baker” is now available for download. If your upgrading from a previous version, you should do an Automatic Upgrade from the wp-admin of your WordPress blog or site. WordPress 2.8 looks and feels like 2.7 but with many improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. There are over 790 bug fixes. This [...]

Hitman to Pacman: “Same move everytime”

menooB — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:54:11 +0000

What do you do when you know something is coming to destroy you and yet you are helpless to stop it? I’m not talking about a an asteroid hurtling towards Earth… but that must be the closest thing to Ricky “Hitman” Hatton the night he bumped into a human asteriod—Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao—as he felt the impact [...]

How to Reduce the Size of Your iPhone’s “Other” Files

menooB — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:14:22 +0000

When your iPhone is connected to your computer, iTunes displays a color-coded capacity bar at the bottom. The problem often occurs with the Other category that is colored orange. These are the rest of the files that do not belong to the other displayed categories like Video, Photos, Apps, etc. Examples are the Operating System [...]

My New Blog Theme: Thesis for Wordpress

menooB — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:09:29 +0000

Hey, it’s been a year since I moved my blog from Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org and I felt it’s also time to change how it looks. The old theme called “Statement” from blogohblog.com has served me well despite the birth pains of customization and monetization that face most noob bloggers. The good news is, I won’t [...]

Update Your Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.5.7

menooB — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:51:42 +0000

Apple released today the Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update recommended for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The best thing is, if you have built your Hackintosh using Apple’s Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD, then just like all Macintosh users, you can use Software Update to update from a previous version. Easy, don’t you think? If [...]

iTunes Authorization Looping Problem When Syncing iPhone

menooB — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:01:16 +0000

I don’t know how often this happens to others but it happened to me. I just downloaded a video file to iTunes and was about to sync it to my iPhone when the dialog box above popped up. It doesn’t have anything to do with the video file I’m trying to sync but I know I [...]

Skype Crashes on a Jailbroken iPhone (Fix)

menooB — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:42:17 +0000

If you tried the free Skype app from the App Store, you may be frustrated to find out that it crashes on your jailbroken iPhone. To fix it, you just need to update the Mobile Substrate file from Cydia. That’s it! Related Posts5 Best Chess Apps for the iPhoneYouTube, Weather, Stocks iPhone Apps Update FailureNew Facebook App [...]

Update Your Hackintosh to Mac OS X 10.5.6

menooB — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:21:43 +0000

If you have followed my tutorial “Hackintosh Tutorial: Install a Mac Leopard OS X Retail DVD on a PC“, then you shouldn’t have any problems upgrading your Mac OS X Leopard to the latest versions using “Software Update”. I have already updated my Leopard to 10.5.5 previously without problems so I did another “Software Update” for [...]

How To Save and Read Your iPhone Text Messages On Your Computer

menooB — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:38:48 +0000

This tutorial will help you save all those important and juicy text messages on your iPhone to your computer for later reading. If you followed my previous tutorial, “How To Recover Your iPhone Files, Photos, Contacts, Notes, SMS, Call History, Etc.”, you learned how to recover iPhone files from a backup on your computer to restore [...]

How To Recover Your iPhone Files, Photos, Contacts, Notes, SMS, Call History, Etc.

menooB — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:13:51 +0000

If for some reason, you lost some important information on your iPhone, whether from 3rd party applications, your photos, contacts, notes, SMS, call history, calendar, etc., and doing a restore from iTunes is futile, don’t give up yet! As long as you have performed a backup in iTunes recently, your data is safely tucked away [...]

Looking for Mobileinstallation 2.2? Use AppShare and Installous in Cydia!

menooB — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:48:54 +0000

After upgrading your iPhone to 2.2, you found out that you can no longer run your test ipa apps that were installed using the mobileinstallation mod. So you searched the net in the hopes of finding a mobileinstallation upgrade for 2.2, right? Ok, I can give you a link to such a file (yes, it [...]

iPhone App Review: Remote Control Your iPhone With Your Computer Using Veency

menooB — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:56:00 +0000

There’s Mocha VNC for the iPhone to remote control your Mac or PC from your phone. Now, there’s Veency to remote control your iPhone from your Mac or PC. But first, you need to have a jailbroken iPhone to install Veency on your phone. You can check out my iPhone jailbreaking tutorials in the iPhone category. iPhone [...]

What You Need To Know When Installing Firefox 3.1 Beta 1

menooB — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:11:40 +0000

So you’ve heard about the latest 3.1 Beta 1 release of Mozilla’s popular browser, Firefox, and you’ve also heard that it’s blazing fast. Exciting, isn’t it? Ready to download and replace your current stable version? Well, go ahead… but better read this first! Important things you need to know when installing Firefox 3.1 Beta 1: While the [...]

iPhone App Review: Caissa Chess Versus Chess Classic

menooB — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:01:30 +0000

One of the great things about having an iPhone (especially because of its large viewing screen) is that it allows you to do something worthwhile, if not productive, during what would be idle times, such as riding in a bus on a long trip or just sitting alone waiting for someone or something. Instead of [...]

Make Your iPhone Apps Run Uninterrupted in the Background

menooB — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:44:03 +0000

The iPhone SDK prohibits third-party applications from running in the background. This basically made instant-messaging applications pretty much crippled as it won’t be able to collect messages while you are doing something else. You also cannot listen to radio or streaming music applications like Tuner while surfing the web or sending SMS. But this is no [...]

Tutorial: Using VMware Fusion 2.0 On A Hackintosh, Part 2: Running the Vista VM

menooB — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:11:19 +0000

In Part 1: Using VMware Converter On A Vista PC, we learned how to use the free VMware Converter 3.0.3 to create a Windows Vista virtual machine from an existing Windows Vista server. Now that we have the Vista VM copied to our OS X hard drive, we boot into OS X Leopard and install [...]

Tutorial: Using VMware Fusion 2.0 On A Hackintosh, Part 1: Using VMware Converter On A Vista PC

menooB — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:26:34 +0000

I have been using Parallels for almost a year to run Windows Vista on my MacBook Pro. Well, that was after I ran into problems with VMware Fusion. Now, with the latest Fusion 2.0, it’s time to put it out to a test again and see how it fares with Parallels 3.0. I wouldn’t want [...]

“Solving Poverty” Button Design Contest

menooB — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:07:43 +0000

PSDTUTS has launched a “Solving Poverty” Button Design Contest in connection with the Blog Action Day 2008 theme—Poverty. The contest aims to raise awareness about the issues surrounding global poverty, and empower designers to make a positive difference in the world. As visual artists we have skills that can help change the world. Poverty is not only [...]

Windows QuickPwn 2.1 Released

menooB — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:57:02 +0000

Just a short update. For those waiting for a Windows version of the iPhone Dev Team’s jailbreaking tool for iPhone 2.1, wait no more. Quickly grab Windows QuickPwn 2.1 from the links below: Official IDT Download: Windows QuickPwn 2.1 –> Torrent Download (sha1) QuickPwn21-1.zip = f8124d0e8f31f64ef3272de8fbc679e1dd1f93a7 Unofficial Downloads: http://eggy.cc/stuff/files/windows/QuickPwn21-1.zip http://i.omerc.net/QuickPwn21-1.zip http://www.alekserviz.com/adamov/QuickPwn2.1Win/QuickPwn21-1.zip You need iTunes 8 to upgrade your iPhone to 2.1 before using QuickPwn [...]

Update Your Hackintosh with OS X 10.5.5 Using Software Update

menooB — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:03:20 +0000

Apple has just released Mac OS X 10.5.5 Delta Update for Macs running 10.5.4, and 10.5.5 Combo Update if you are running 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3 or 10.5.4. Now, you can just click Software Update on your Hackintosh just like you do on an ordinary Mac… if your Hackintosh has been installed with a Mac OS [...]

MobileInstallation 2.1 for iPhone 2.1

menooB — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:23:36 +0000

Update: If you’re looking for Mobileinstallation 2.2, read this post! If you followed my tutorial “Download and Test iPhone Apps Before Buying From the App Store“, and then upgraded your iPhone to firmware 2.1, then, you need to perform the tutorial again using the patched MobileInstallation 2.1 file. Download the file here. Related Posts5 Best Chess Apps for [...]

Tutorial: How To Use PwnageTool 2.1 and Upgrade iPhone to Firmware 2.1 (Mac)

menooB — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:13:11 +0000

From iPhone firmware 2.0.1, I upgraded to 2.1 using iPhone Dev Team’s newly released PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac (Note: If this doesn’t work for you, you can try QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac). As I mentioned in my other post, I didn’t upgrade to 2.0.2 because there wasn’t anything exciting with it. But 2.1 is a [...]