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Counter Strike For Mac Download Available from Steam Next Week

Amal — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:53:30 +0000

The availability of the popular First Person Shooter Game Counter Strike has been announced by Developer Valve. Mac Users can now enjoy the game next week which will be available through their game distribution area steam.

The mac version of counter strike will be almost like the windows version. Like Team Fortress 2, the Mac and Windows users will be able to play on the same servers . This is one of the needed features since the game rely on multiplayer play.

The company has been releasing new games for the Steam platform every week but due to their appearance at E3 last week they missed out last week.

Once you have installed the Steam for Mac client you can head over to the Mac Beta page.

[via Maccnn]

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How To Install New Addons in Safari – For Windows & Mac

Amal — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:36:27 +0000

Many new features were introduced in safari 5 including pdf reading, safari reader etc. The best thing among them was the support to install new addons in safari. The new addons are being made by developers, and it will take some time for good extensions to come up. New addons are being added daily and the list is growing rapidly. So if you want to install those addons in safari, here’s how to do it.

Under the “Preferences” Menu in Safari, Open up the the “Advanced” section.

Click on the “Show Develop Menu“ in Menu Bar. Tick that option.

Now a new section “Develop” will appear in the menubar. Under the “Develop” menu tick the “Enable Extensions” option.

Now just download your favorite safari addons and it will get downloaded with the addon .safariextz and will be automatically opened in safari and you will be asked to install the addon.

The addon will be added to the browser and you can use it right away.

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Jailbreak iPad 3.2 Firmware On Windows and Mac OS X

Bimal Roy — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:30:14 +0000

If you have any doubts in jailbreaking the iPad 3.2 Firmware, then here is how to do it using the spirit untethered jailbreak tool, both on Windows and Mac OS X. Spirit is the easiest iPad jailbreak tool to use released till now. It is really easy to jailbreak the iPad 3.2 firmware with Spirit and that is its advantage over other jailbreaking softwares. Spirit can also be used to jailbreak iPhone 3G/3GS and iPod Touch.

NOTE: Mac OS X users follow this guide to jailbreak iPad 3.2 firmware.

Follow the simple steps given below to jailbreak iPad 3.2 firmware on Windows using spirit.

1. Download and install iTunes if you don’t have it.

2. Take a backup of your iPad using iTunes.

3. Download Spirit for Windows.

4. Connect the iPad and computer.

5. Now open the ” Properties ” of ” Spirit.exe “.

6. Check the ” Run this program as an administrator ” box and change the compatibility mode to ” Windows 98 / Windows Me ” and click on Apply and OK.

7. Start the Spirit software.

8. Click on Jailbreak button.

9. The jailbreak process starts and wait for the iPad 3.2 to get jailbreaked.

That’s all!

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Post to Twitter through Desktop Application / Update Twitter Status From Desktop

Amal — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:23:00 +0000

There are many twitter desktop applications available on the net that will help to post to twitter directly from your desktop. Usually we post to twitter / Update twitter status from the Twitter website. It is very easy to post to twitter when we are browsing. But when no browsers are opened up and we need to update our twitter status quickly, then it becomes a pain. So here is a desktop application for twitter that will help you to post to twitter/ update your twitter status right from your desktop.

Almost all the twitter clients for desktop have similar features. Twhirl is one of the best twitter client around.
Twhirl stands out from most of the twitter clients for desktop, because it supports both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. So almost all internet users can use Twhirl. This is because Twhirl uses the Adobe AIR platform.
With this wonderful twitter client, desktop tweeting will be very easy and you need not open any web browser to update your twitter status or for posting your updates to twitter.

Some of the Features of Twhirl – Twitter Desktop Application

Twhirl can connect you with multiple Twitter accounts and also supports laconi.ca, Friendfeed and Seesmic accounts.
You dont need to bother any more shortening big urls for twitter. Twhirl can Shorten long URLs (using digg.com, bit.ly, snurl, twurl or is.gd)
You will be notified when new messages arrive.
You can also post to various other socail networking sites aprt from twitter, like Jaiku, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and more via Ping.fm
Post images to TwitPic
Search tweets using Twitter Search and TweetScan, and follow topics in near-real time with saved searches
automatically find tweets mentioning your @username

Screen Shot of Twhirl – Twitter Desktop Application

There are many other features too.
When you hover the mouse cursor over your twitter friends avatar, options will be displayed like Retweet, direct messages, favorite , replies.

Download Twhirl

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Best Utility to Optimize PNG and JPEG images on MAC

Amal — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:51:00 +0000

PNG and JPEG optimizing softwares are just simply helpful especially for web users. There are a lot of PNG and JPEG Optimizing softwares for Windows users. On the other side the numbers are less for Mac Users. ImageOptim is a Nice and Sleek utility for MAC users to Optimize PNG and JPEG images in their MAC Operating System. ImageOptim will make the JPEG and PNG optimization job dead simple.

ImageOptim is a great boon for webmasters as it will compress the image, save for web and reduces the image size.

ImageOptim make the PNG and JPEG images smaller (in terms of disk space) by finding optimal compression parameters and by removing unneccessary information, like file comments, EXIF tags and color profiles.When the images get smaller without much loss of quality you webpages will load pretty fast without consuming a lot of bandwidth and saving the users time. ImageOptim is a must have utility for webmasters.

Download ImageOptim

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Download Purplera1n For Mac Now & Guide to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS OS 3.0

Amal — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:04:00 +0000

Just a few days ago i made a post on Download Purplera1n and Jailbreak iPhone 3GS OS 3.0 in Windows but during that time Mac users might have been disappointed. But here is some happy news for the Mac users too.AriX and westbaer have released Purplera for Mac. But here too there is a small unhappy news The Purplera1n Tool for Intel based Mac users is only available. Purplera1n For Mac PPC users wont work at the moment.

How to Jail Break iPhone 3GS using Purplera1n For Mac Users

First Make sure you have taken a back up of your iPhone 3GS.
Now Download Purplera1n For Mac
Unzip all the contents of downloaded file.
Connect iPhone 3GS 3.0 to your PC and double click Purplera1n. Now click on make it ra1n.
Now Follow the on screen instructions given by the software and proceed the jail breaking Phone 3GS 3.0.

Note: Running Winter Board and purplera1n wont work together.

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Get Pwnagetool 3.01 For Mac OS X – Download Now

Amal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:14:00 +0000

The only two tools released by the Apple iPhone Dev team to jailbreak iPhone & iPod Touch 3.0 was Pwnagetool and Redsn0w tool. Redsn0w has been released for both the windows and Mac users. Mac users was disappointed by the Pwnagetool since is was only for windows Users. Now here comes Pwnagetool 3.0 for the Mac Users. The Pwnagetool 3.01 has been released after fixing the compatibility issue with PPC version of Mac OS X.

This was the information post along with the torrent.

PwnageTool 3.01 is a Mac based iPhone firmware creation tool for creating custom ipsw/firmware for the 1st gen iPod Touch, iPhone and iPhone 3G (NOT 3GS). This version supports the 3.0 firmware from Apple. For full details (which are often updated) visit the iphone DevTeam blog. http://blog.iphone-dev.org.
This version fixes compatibility with the PPC version of Mac OS X also the Icy package is updated.

Download Pwnagetool 3.01 For Mac OS X

This DOES NOT work with version 3.1 of the iPhone OS.
Since there is no official reports about the release of Pwnagetool 3.01 For Mac OS X i dont recommended to try it.

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How to Install Windows 7 on Mac OS X Operating System

Amal — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:11:00 +0000

You might have seen the tutorials on web on how to install windows vista on a Mac OS X Leopard operating system. This was made possible by using the boot camp software on Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard. Just like the extinction of previous operating system’s now Windows XP have been laid to rest and now its turn for Windows Vista to go because of the upcoming Microsoft’s most talked Window 7 Operating system. Windows 7 is really an advanced operating system which has been made after rectifying many errors found in the Windows Vista Operating System. This makes more users to use Windows 7 than using Windows Vista. Apart from the Microsoft’s Windows Operating Systems there are many Operating Systems which are used widely like Mac OS X, Ubuntu etc. The Second widely used operating system in the world is the Mac OS X. Both Windows 7 and Mac OS X have unique features which are very useful to us. So how about installing Windows 7 on Mac OS X and enjoy both Windows 7 and Mac OS X Leopard together! On account of Apple using the Intel Processors on its PC’s it has become possible to run Windows 7 on Mac OS X Operating System. So Mac users can now enjoy the software’s and features which were available only to windows users. So, here is how to install Windows 7 with Mac OS X using the boot camp Boot camp software.

Before Starting with here are the Requirements for Installing Windows 7 on Mac OS X.

Windows 7 DVD. Get the Direct Download links for Windows 7 RC.
Mac OS X Leopard DVD.
Mac OS X with at least 15 GB free space. (15 GB is for the Windows 7 Installation).
Download the latest version of Boot camp to install Windows 7 with Mac OS X leopard. Download latest version of Boot Camp from here.
It is recommended that you back up your important files first before proceeding with the installation of Windows 7 on Mac OS X Leopard.
So let’s start the steps to

Install Windows 7 with Mac OS X Leopard Operating System

In Mac OS X Leopard take the boot camp manager from applications.
Now we need to allocate the space for the Windows 7 Installation on Mac OS X Leopard.
The below Window appear in Mac after you press continue.
Make a point that you need to give enough space available for Mac OS X Leopard. Windows 7 installation normally takes 4.5 GB of space. So you only need to allocate 15 GB or 25 GB space for Windows 7. You can allocate more space if you wish to install more software’s on Windows 7 after its installation.
Now press on Partition (see above) in the Window.
If every thing has been done correct you will now be able to see the boot camp software’s icon on the Mac OS X desktop.
Insert the Windows 7 installation DVD into your drive and press Start Installation.
You won’t be able to able to see Windows 7 installation in the list because in the latest version of boot camp software only up to windows vista in updated.
Your Mac OS X will now reboot and you will see the partitions that are available.
Click on the boot camp partition and press Format and the Windows 7 installation will start eventually.
Soon after its installation it will reboot now take out the Windows 7 installation DVD right now itself.
The system will boot into the Windows 7 installation. You can now customize the various options such as the display, time zone, language etc.
For the installation of device drivers insert your Mac OS X DVD into the drive.
Now you will see the Boot camp installer popping up and select “install Apple software update for Windows “.You can connect to the internet for your driver’s updates, Windows 7 Updates etc. After the installation is complete your system will restart now.
During the restart process push the options key and you will be able to see the multiple boot options for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows 7 as shown.

Enjoy the newly installed Windows 7 Operating system with Mac Os X Leopard.

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