Power Tip #2: Softer Volume Control on a Mac

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This is another part of the Power Tip Series. Today I’d like to show you how to control the volume softer on a Mac.


Normal Volume Control

As you already know turning the sound volume up you press volume-up and respectively you press volume-down to…

Reloading an IFrame via Ajax Request in Firefox and IE

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Recently I was working on a web project where I needed to show a preview window which was basically an IFrame. As the whole page navigation was based on Ajax calls I was looking for a bulletproof method for reloading…

Brand-New iPhone OS 3.0 Update available

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The long awaited software update for the iPhone is finally available. There are no big surprises but some necessary features for your iPhone.

Copy, Cut & Paste

One of the features I was missing since the very first moment was the ability…

Power Tip #1: Forward Delete on a Mac

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As of now I will post from time to time short articles with interesting hints on various topics. These articles will be to short to call them tutorials and that’s why I introduced today the Power Tip series.

Today’s power tip is…

Fixing a broken Face Detection Database in iPhoto

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From time to time iPhoto’s face detection database gets broken and faces are not recognized on new imported photos. It can even happen that face information of old photos is lost or only partially working.

I think one of the reasons…

End of PageRank Sculpting with NoFollow Tag

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Back then when Matt Cutts described the use of PageRank sculpting on YouTube it became soon a very welcome method for SEO professionals to bring more important pages within a website to the top. Although it is a very advanced…

WordPress 2.8 “Baker” released with major improvements

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WordPress has released the new 2.8 “Baker” version. I already did the automated update and I have to say that I really like it.

These are the new features of WP 2.8 Baker:

  • Browsing and installing new themes within the WP panel
  • CodePress…

Ultimate Spotlight Secrets on Mac OS X

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I think the majority of mac users would say that spotlight is a really nice tool. But most of them don’t even know what cool tricks Spotlight can even do. In my opinion, Spotlight is one of the best productivity…

Free Cheat Sheets for Developers on DZone

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I found today a superb resource for Cheat Sheets (also known as reference cards) on DZone.

Whenever I find a cheat sheet in a book store I need to buy it.  Looking up information on the Internet is way faster but…

Apple unveiled new Snow Leopard at WWDC today

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Today at the WWDC Apple presented the all new Mac OS X known as Snow Leopard. A lot of improvements have been done but most of them only under the hood. Yes! More power and more speed.

The release date is planned…