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“Quick Look” zip plugin shows inside zip files in Mac OS X [Leopard and Lion]

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I always ran out of space regardless of my HDD size! so I often delete stuff I don’t need anymore. Today I was doing the exact same thing and as always I came across a big Zip file I have no idea what is inside. So I looked around for a cool plugin to add this functionality to Finder’s Quick Look. Now all I have to do is pressing SPACE while the mystery zip file is selected in Finder.

Quick Look Zip Plugin
Quick Look Zip Plugin

Now how to install this plugin:

  1. Download it from here (it’s called Archive.qlgenerator)
  2. Navigate to  /Library/QuickLook/ or ~/Library/QuickLook/
    Lion users: you can’t see your root folder anymore, just type open /Library/QuickLook/ in Terminal
  3. Copy Archive.qlgenerator there
  4. Restart Finder.app (Right click Dock Finder icon with holding Option key)
  5. Just press SPACE to see inside any zip files.
Any problem? Leave a comment below. Please don’t forget to mention your Mac OS version.

iPhone 4 Antenna Reception fix

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There is two solutions for iPhone 4 reception problem ( apart from buying a case ):

First solution is adding a small piece of tape over the bottom left of your iPhone, where there is a small gap. For more info watch below video

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One big iPhone versus post [Updated]

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There are lots of “iPhone vs ….. ” article out there. Since iPhone ‘reinvented’ smart phones many other companies tried to follow iPhone path. Closest competitor is Android-based phones with multitouch support. iPhone is not only better in Hardware it’s better in Software too! It’s fast, reliable, smooth, responsive and best of all there are thousands of NOT-CRAP Applications almost for anything you want to do. if you Jailbreak your iPhone then you can have multitask, bluetooth file transfer, Remotely view your iPhone etc…

If you just experience iPhone for a week I assure you , you’ll love it. No offense Linux lovers , Problem is them not Linux. It’s all about pleasant experience!

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Prevent iPhoto from opening when you plug in your iPhone/iPod Touch

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for me it’s a bit annoying when osx fires iPhoto when you connect your iPhone. Like always I searched for a solution and I found this guide by 37Signals, well I followed the steps and right in step 6 I find out that I don’t need this guide!

here is my way:
NOTE: This Guide works for any Digital Cameras including iPhone and iPod Touch

in order to prevent launching iPhoto when you connect your iPhone all you have to do is open Image Capture (in your Application folder) while your iPhone is connected, then under Devices Select iPhone. All you have to do is change Connecting this iPhone opens from iPhoto to No Application. That’s it.

You can do the same with any other devices like iPod Touch or iPad or any Digital Cameras.

keep ur iphone backup when go back from 1.1.3

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first i have an important tip for you guys

DO NOT KEEP YOUR IPSW firmware files in one folder because if you click on 1.1.3 instead of 1.1.2 ur iphone will not recover till 1.1.4

if you was on 1.1.3 and then experienced some issue and want to goback to 1.1.1 and do whole process again you may lost ur backup in this step

when you downgraded to 1.1.1 and OKtoPrep installed now it’s time to update to 1.1.2 but itunes want to choose ur last backup but your latest bnackup taken on 1.1.3 and iTunes give you an error. do not setup as new iphone JUST hold power and home button while your iphone boots in DFU mode then use iBricker 0.91 to boot ur iphone again

open itunes again now you are able to press shift+update

enjoy

update to 1.1.3 safely

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as a matter of fact there are too many tutorials for updating to 1.1.3 but most of them sucks,Nate true’s method is easy and fast but very buggy and NOT RECOMMENDED.

i personally followed iClarified tutorial but i don’t do it, it’s too risky and will brick your iPhone,but it’s restorable fortunately.while soft jailbreak didn’t upgrade basband you can easily downgrade like before

but my tutorial is about to begin:

First you need these:

  1. fully unlocked an jailbroken 1.1.2 (if you need tutorial here is for Mac and this is for PC)
  2. a wifi connection
  3. iPhone 1.1.3 firmware (if you did upgrade using iBrickr you must have it 1.1.3.ipsw in iBrickr folder)
  4. installer.app
  5. WinSCP

step 1:goto installer and install BSD subsystem 2.0

step 2:update installer (make user you refreshed sources and your installer.app is up to date)

step 3:install Official 1.1.3 upgrader

TIP: if you don’t have fast wifi connection you can manually download 1.1.3 firmware and copy it by WicSCP to /var/root/Media

step 4:quit installer and run upgrade

how to jailbreak your 1.1.3

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Well, the iPhone Dev Team has done it again. A working jailbreak for 1.1.3 is finally here.
STATEMENT OF RISK
As all upgrades are risky, this one is doubly so. You may have to restore your phone using iTunes and start again if it fails. Make sure to back up first!
Let’s continue
This jailbreak, like the 1.1.2 jailbreak, comes as an upgrade. This means you need to have a 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 jailbroken phone already, before you can begin.
Update – unlocked phones appear to remain unlocked and work properly after the update, according to scattered reports.
MAC VERSION – Download the 1.1.3 package maker and open it, then run Run_This. Read carefully, press Enter when necessary, and the image will be uploaded to your phone.
Here’s how you do it:
- Start with a 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 jailbroken phone with Installer.app installed.
- Plug in your phone via USB to your computer.
- Download, extract, and run iBrickr Special 1.1.3 jailbreak edition (ibrickr.exe in the archive).
- iBrickr will determine what firmware you are running on your phone and make sure you can run the update.
- iBrickr will then guide you through the process of obtaining and modifying the 1.1.3 firmware (make sure to read everything thoroughly).
- iBrickr will upload the new firmware image to your phone. Note that this only puts the file on your phone and does not modify it at all, yet.
- When iBrickr finishes (should take about 10 minutes), it will tell you to go to Installer and install the “1.1.3 soft upgrade” package. Do that.
- When the installer finishes (this should take another 10-15 minutes), your phone should reboot with a fresh activated 1.1.3 firmware.
I’ll be posting a video tutorial on Gear Live’s Bleeding Edge real soon, so watch for that!
If you feel like giving, please donate to a worthy charity. Donations directly to the Dev Team are not possible. If you wish to donate to me directly, you can do that via Paypal.
Props to everyone on the Dev Team, including (in no particular order): netkas, NerveGas, asap18, bgm, Bugout, bushing, chris_, dinopio, drudge, Fred_, gray, MuscleNerd, natetrue, pr3d4t0r, roxfan, Turbo, Zf[strike], np101137, pumpkin, and kroo, along with many contributors who wish to remain anonymous.
And props to Fred_ and planetbeing, who were among the first with a 1.1.3 jailbroken iphone, and Zibri, by whom this method was largely developed. Additionally to Shaun Erickson, who packaged the Installer half of the upgrade, and runs most of the application packaging for the iPhone. He’s looking for a job too – hire him!
Additionally, members of the iPhone Elite team also played a part.

Now you may be wondering how this jailbreak works. Here’s a breakdown:
- iBrickr grabs the 1.1.3 iPhone firmware image and extracts, decrypts, and decompresses the disk image.
- Then it applies a patch, jailbreaking the disk image and activating it, and also installing Installer.app.
- It uploads this new modified image to the phone, as 113_upgrade_image.bin.
- The “1.1.3 soft upgrade” app flashes the phone with the image and reboots.
- You have a perfect, jailbroken, upgraded 1.1.3 phone, with all your settings and music intact!
Regarding the drama about this release – there is identifying information in the patches, that contains pieces of the firmware as markers for what changes should be made to it. None of it is in any sort of useful form until it is merged again with a real 1.1.3 firmware image, which is downloaded directly from Apple.

via nate true

MacBook Air can boot with remote disk

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macfixit confirms World’s thinnest notebook can boot with a PC/Mac remote Disk,but how MacBook Air can boot with a remote Disk?

actually macbook air uses netboot feature wirelessly :

As previously confirmed with Apple, the MacBook Air is the first Mac to support wireless network booting (netboot). This functionality works in conjunction with the “Remote Disc” feature, allowing the MacBook Air to boot from, for instance, Mac OS X Install discs that are inserted in other computers’ optical drives. This revolutionary capability was accomplished, firstly, via some major refinements to the system’s EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface). Robust wireless support had to be added, especially with regard to using secured WiFi networks.

The second part of the wireless booting magic is the Remote Disc software that must be installed on the Mac or PC that harbors a bootable optical disc. This software actually includes a NetBoot server — it serves the netboot volume (optical disc) in a fashion that is different from previous netboot mechanisms and allows remote booting.

This newfound wireless booting capability does not exist on Macs other than the MacBook Air, though it’s possible that an EFI update from Apple could add the function to Intel-based systems.

Downgrade iPhone Firmware 1.1.1 to 1.0.2

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this tutorial recently viewed alot,hey folks you don’t need to downgrade to 1.0.2 anymore while 1.1.1 completely unlocked it means this tutorial out-dated

These methods will not downgrade your baseband or reunlock your phone. A reunlock is in development and will be made available as soon we can, together with a method to reset your nck attempts, please stand by and watch the forums for further information. And again, DON’T upgrade to 1.1.1 if you are still on 1.0.2. Do all that at your own risk.

You can downgrade the iPhone firmware from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2 using any of the three methods below; however, there are no known methods for reflashing the baseband firmware back to 03.14.08_G like it should be for 1.0.2. However, 1.1.1 iPhones that were previously unlocked at 1.0.2 with methods that fake the bb firmware version will have their firmware version remaining at 03.14.08_G. You cannot simply reflash the baseband to a downgraded version using bbupdate or erase the baseband like iUnlock does either, because there is a version check somewhere, probably the baseband bootloader, that prevents you from downgrading the baseband. Some have even hex edited the FLS file to bump the version and it still does not pass validation.

However, the hacked bbupdater used by the free SIM unlock writes to areas that the stock bbupdater doesn’t. So it won’t “undo” those particular changes. So far, a patched bbupdater remains the best hope. Continue reading →