iPad 2 0-day with review

Friday 5 AM local time I woke up, made tea, and rushed off to my home office.  My first conference call was at 5:30 AM–it was going to be a long day.  On my desk, in front of my keyboard, was an orange post-it note reminding me, that of all the things I had to […]

the jerkwerks featured on RetroMacCast

the jerkwerks post Finally, Apple II and IIgs warez on your iPad was featured on RetroMacCast Episode 195: Macs and other four-letter words.  Check it out.

OS/X tips for the lost, stolen, or broken

Backup, BACKUP, BACKUP!!! In all three cases your first line of defense is a good backup.  If you do not have multiple backups then you are an idiot and deserve to lose your data.  You obviously don’t need it. I use Time Machine for my local backup and BackBlaze for my off-site backup. However both […]

A few OS/X apps to save & make time

Jumpcut “Jumpcut is an application that provides “clipboard buffering” — that is, access to text that you’ve cut or copied, even if you’ve subsequently cut or copied something else. The goal of Jumpcut’s interface is to provide quick, natural, intuitive access to your clipboard’s history.” — Jumpcut website Jumpcut is a huge time saver for […]

Quick Tip: DVD screen capture with OS/X

My screen is my business. Or so I thought. The Problem: Apparently you cannot use any of the standard OS/X screen capture apps, command line tools, or hot keys to capture a frame from a DVD using iDVD. As illustrated, you just get the dreaded checkerboard of no content. The Solution: Don’t use iDVD. Use […]