The children have a new iPod touch for Christmas and you want them to be able to download free apps, without being able to download paid apps to your credit card. Here is how to set up a free account without a credit card. If you want to, you can recharge this account with an iTunes voucher.
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Jan 04
In this article I explained how to download a youtube video with safari, but it does not work form some websites, eg vimeo. There’s a neat little app from here called videobox that you can download that will download flash video from any website and convert it from flv to to mp4 for you. Another option is cosmopod. Continue reading »
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Buying Accordance can be a bit confusing as there are so many options. Here’s my tips. Continue reading »
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The best Bible Software for Macintosh in the original Languages is Accordance, it will set you back about US$200.
A cheap good version just to read, do searches in, and paste into your wordprocessing documents is Online Bible. It’s free but to get the NIV, NASB etc it will set you back US$80 to get the CD.
Here is a good overview of verse pasting software for mac.
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I use bluehost.com to host the macintoshhowto.com site and I run wordpress to run the site. Here’s how to set up wordpress on bluehost! Continue reading »
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You probably know about Apple-C ‘copy’ and Apple-V ‘paste’ – but have you ever wanted to copy two things then paste them both? (Eg a username and a password) Or what about wanting to go back to that thing you copied 5 copies ago and paste it again… Enter Jumpcut. Continue reading »
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I’m not sure why Apple has never included an ‘autosave’ into Pages or other software for that matter. If you accidentally shut the document without saving, or if the program crashes, you can lose a lot of work. I get very absent minded while I am working, and can sometimes go for an hour or two without remembering to save. Foreversave Lite is a free app that adds autosave to any OS X program. It has lots of different options too. Continue reading »
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There was a knock on the door at 10 past 8 this morning – it was the Snow Leopard delivery man. I live in Dubbo, NSW, 6 hours drive from Sydney. Snow Leopard arrived on my doorstep at 10 past 8! I can’t believe Apple’s efficiency!
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