Firefox is my default browser for several reasons, but the number one is AdBlock. Yes,  other browsers have some sort of ad blocking, either built in or as a plug-in, but nothing comes even close to AdBlock on Firefox. Period.
Another function I use a lot is text zoom. When I’m using my MacBook Pro, there are quite a few [...]

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After returning a new 24 inch iMac two times and getting the replacements I figured out that the problem is not related to the particular machine, but rather to all of them. I read tons of forums and the issue is so widespread that it leaves no doubt it’s a design fault. A design fault [...]

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Boy, can it be frustrating when your wireless network starts dropping every few minutes!
First it works fine, then the traffic stops even though the Airport indicator shows the full signal. When I click on it, the status shows as “Airport: Scanning” then after a few seconds it’s “On” and the traffic goes fine. Minute later [...]

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I just found this nice little feature to show recent items in Dock. The choice is: recent documents, servers, volumes, items and my all favourite - recent applications.

To enable it you will need to use Onyx. What, you don’t have Onyx? Alright, shhhhh… I won’t tell anyone, go quickly to Titanium software website and [...]

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If you are working on something (outside of your browser) and you need to get more information, the first thing that comes to mind is to search the web. Mac OS X has a very nice feature to search from the Dock, using Safari.
Let’s imagine you are writing a document about Napoleon, and you just [...]

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“… and iMac comes from the marriage of the excitement of the internet with the simplicity of Macintosh!” - these are the words that Steve Jobs introduced the all new Apple computer with back in 1998 - the iMac.
Below is the video of this historic event - enjoy.

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