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01/20/10

English (US) How to autoplay movies in QuickTime X

Permalink 01:58:00 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Mac stuff
Apple has removed that features in Snow Leopard and QuickTime X has no preferences panel to enable this. So you need to go through the command line to get it back... In Terminal, copy/paste: defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX MGPlayMovieOnOpen… more »

English (US) How to enable X-Ray folder previews in Mac OS Quick Look

Permalink 01:56:00 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Mac stuff
In Terminal copy/paste this: defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1 Then relaunch the Finder. Press space on a selected folder and admire :) more »

08/09/09

English (US) Control fan speed & noise on the mac pro

Permalink 11:33:08 pm, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Mac stuff
Did you know there were actually 5 different fans inside a Mac Pro (early 2009 version)? They are named Intake, Exhaust, BoostA, PCI and Power Supply! By default, all of them turn pretty slowly; in the 600 to 850 rpm range! Which makes the whole thing pr… more »

08/05/09

English (US) How do I sync my macs?

Permalink 08:23:03 pm, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Mac stuff
If you have multiple macs (and an iPhone), mobile.me is a must have, of course, but it only syncs so much... basically: Address book Calendar Mail (but I'm using IMAP anyways) Safari bookmarks System preferences mobile.me does not auto-sync:… more »

07/16/09

English (US) Rented movies on iTunes come with 5.1 surrond sound

Permalink 02:18:45 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Multimedia, Mac stuff
Tonight, for the first time, I rented a movie on iTunes...And I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by the fact the movie came with 2 soundtracks: Stereo & "Surrond".Well, "surround" turns out to be AC3 Dobly Digital and it does work on the Mac… more »
Tags: ac3, mac, surround

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