So many iOS apps developers forget to remove the screenshots from their apps on the App Store; often revealing the horrendous times the screenshots were taken and detracting from the actual app. iTunes Connect recommends the removal of the status bar, and Status Barred removes the status bar perfectly regardless of the screenshot being retina, […]
Lion no longer installs all the printer drivers out of the box, I guess to cut down on unnecessary downloading from the Mac App Store. On 10.7.1 it wouldn’t let me add a printer with the error: The software for this printer is currently unavailable. Please contact the printer’s manufacturer for the latest software. However by running Software […]
Update 04/08/2011: last.fm have updated their client, either use the Check for updates.. in the app or download it. Still no scrobbling but the release notes show they’ve fixed it for Lion: 1.5.4.28012 (mac) (04/08/11) —————————- * Plugin fix for iTunes 10.5 * 64bit version of the plugin for iTunes on Lion Original: Sadly the last.fm client […]
In Mac OS X Lion you can now add a short message to the login screen. It’s a long shot but adding contact details might increase the chances of a lost machine being recovered by 0.5%. To update the message go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General where you can choose Show a message when the screen is […]
Due to some cookie restriction in Lion the latest stable or beta version of Adium cannot connect to Facebook chat. Luckily they just re-enabled their nightly builds which fix the issue. Download the latest nightly from: http://nightly.adium.im/ Make sure you get the 1.4.3 nightly currently: http://nightly.adium.im/?repo_branch=adium-1.4-default As the 1.5 builds are unstable. Update: Adium have now […]
After upgrading to Lion I found it disabled a few of the system fonts. This made lots of websites not display as intended and warnings about Missing Fonts in Pages (which had the benefit of artificially inflating my book’s page count bringing it nearer completion). Turns out Lion can disable certain fonts in certain circumstances; I did a clean […]
When opening a new iOS or template type in Xcode 4 (4.0.2) I was unable to select any of the project or file templates, turn it out this occurred when tapping (not ‘clicking’) on the items. Using a firm clicking click or the arrow keys seems to work around this. Tapping just seems to deselect anything currently selected. What […]
If you’ve got a password saved, but can’t remember what it is, you can use this bookmarklet to reveal it. Drag the image to the bookmark bar: Click the button above to try it out: If you’re interested in the JavaScript source: javascript:Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(“input[type=‘password’]”)) .map(function(el){el.setAttribute(‘type’,‘text’)}) It gets all password inputs and turns their type to text; […]
