Copy files or folders from one mac to another can sometimes lead to permission issues. You then have to unlock change the permissions file by file, or at least that is what I have been doing! Not anymore, came across the open source free application that can take the hassle out of those permission problems. [...]

Having upgrading my hard drives and installed Snow Leopard I installed the new iLife 11 suite of applications. Well I have just spent the last hour downgrading back to iLife 09, why because iPhoto is horrible to use. My main reason were it’s Christmas coming up and we as a family do lots of calendars, [...]

I finally got round to updating Leopard to Snow Leopard on my iMac after all the applications I use work. I had recently installed a new 2TB drive in the iMac which is easy to do, but as soon as I wanted to upgrade to Snow Leopard it wouldn’t let me because my drives were [...]

I was lucky enough to get an iPad the day it came out in the UK, and after about a month of use I’m completely hooked on it. Actually my whole family is too! My wife is always picking it up to search for something, usually something to do with shopping but other times just [...]

At one of my parents house the BT Home Hub wifi keeps dropping it’s connection, I have tried the hard reset and even pressing the Wireless association button on the back. Still wasn’t holding a steady signal for my wifi devices. There is an excellent online resource if my solution dosen’t help you, my BT [...]

This is a handy idea, put your iPad in a bag and attach it to the back of your front seat in your car for the kids. Read more on how to do it here – www.tuaw.com

Looking for a free app to download and convert YouTube videos, I have used Clone2Go. It will produce the files as mp4 which you can import straight into iTunes. http://osx.iusethis.com/app/clone2gofreeyoutubedownloaderformac