App Nap is a feature in OS X Mavericks which automatically pauses applications once they have gone unused for a period of time, helping to reduce energy consumption and saving battery life for portable Macs. Though App Nap can make a big difference in extending the battery life of MacBooks, there are some unique situations where users may not want an application to pause … [Read more...] about How to Disable App Nap in OS X Mavericks
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How to Fine Tune Java Controls Per Website in Safari for Mac OS X
The first time you visit a website that attempts to use Java you will get a prompt giving you the ability to Allow or Deny the Java app from running. Whichever the option chosen, the site attempting to use Java will then be added to the access list which can be later adjusted manually as follows: … [Read more...] about How to Fine Tune Java Controls Per Website in Safari for Mac OS X
How to Install Java in OS X Mavericks
Java has plenty of real-world applications and uses, but because it has been used as an attack vector in the past, Apple has made OS X reasonably aggressive in limiting Java on Macs. As a result, Mavericks does not come with Java preinstalled, and upgraded Macs will remove Java in Mavericks installation process. For most users this is a very good thing, it further reduces the … [Read more...] about How to Install Java in OS X Mavericks
How To Auto-Upload Screenshots With Dropbox & Easily Share Them
Dropbox single-handedly reinvigorated the cloud syncing and storage market, and for good reason. The team behind the service is constantly iterating on their product, coming up with inventive new ways to use it for saving and sharing files. After the highly useful “Camera Uploads” feature, they’ve now come up with an equivalent for screenshots. On mobile platforms, the … [Read more...] about How To Auto-Upload Screenshots With Dropbox & Easily Share Them
How to Use Calculator and Grapher as Math Aids
What most people don’t know is that there are other hidden resources on the Mac that can help out with tedious school assignments. In this tutorial is explained few good uses of Calculator and Grapher, two apps included with OS X, for students enrolled in mathematics. … [Read more...] about How to Use Calculator and Grapher as Math Aids
How to Put Preferences Panes in the Dock or Launchpad
If you’re frustrated by the fact that you are unable to add individual System Preference panes to the dock, like any other application, there is a solution called Preferences Quick Launch. Preferences Quick Launch puts preferences in their place. Preferences Quick Launch is a set of 27 tiny applications which each launch a different System Preferences pane. This allows you … [Read more...] about How to Put Preferences Panes in the Dock or Launchpad
How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks
DNS request are usually cached, that’s good as it help to speeds up the lookups within the same host but sometimes we will want to clear the cache so it don’t hold the values that are no longer valid or we edited hosts file to block or redirect hosts or IP. To clear DNS cache in Mac OSX, we can do it with the help of Terminal. Mac OSX 10.9 Open up the application called … [Read more...] about How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks
How to: BitTorrent Sync by BitTorrent Labs
What's BitTorrent Sync? Automatically sync files via secure, distributed technology. Sync unlimited files between your own devices, or share a folder with friends and family to automatically sync anything. File transfers are encrypted. Your information is never stored on a server in the cloud and your data is protected by private keys. BitTorrent Sync is specifically designed … [Read more...] about How to: BitTorrent Sync by BitTorrent Labs
How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX
DNS request are usually cached, that’s good as it help to speeds up the lookups within the same host but sometimes we will want to clear the cache so it don’t hold the values that are no longer valid. To clear DNS cache in Mac OSX, we can do it with the help of Terminal. Mac OSX 10.4 And Below Open up the application called "Terminal" lookupd -flushcache Mac OSX 10.5 And … [Read more...] about How To Clear DNS Cache In Mac OSX
How To Pair Or Disable Apple Remote Control on mac
If you have two macs or mac and AppleTV in the same room you probably have problem with remote. You can't control where commands are applying! So you have two options pair with one device or disable remote on one of the macs. … [Read more...] about How To Pair Or Disable Apple Remote Control on mac