Tutorials

Want to do some system file digging? Need to access some system logs? Here’s the simplest way to show hidden files and folders on Windows:
Windows 7:
Step 1: Launch Computer
Step 2: Under the Organize tab, select Folder and search options
Step 3: Click the View tab
Step 4: Find the radio button that says Show hidden files, folders, …

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Want to do some system file digging? Need to access some system logs? Here’s the simplest way to show hidden files and folders on Mac OS X:
Step 1: Go to Applications>Utilities and launch Terminal.app
Step 2: Type in the following code (making sure you type it in EXACTLY how it appears below) -

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

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As I was surfing the web on my preferred web browser, Google Chrome, I found out a helpful short cut that will definitely assist you.  Its a little trick that will bring back the last tab you had open, so, for example if you are on ItsAllTech and reading your favourite post and you accidentally close the tab, you can press SHIFT > COMMAND > T all at …

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A lot of mobile devices give you a notification message when they are completely charged. This isn’t the case with the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Here’s how to tell whether the device is fully charged or not.
This is pretty pointless if you have an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 because there is a battery percentage meter, but on …

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Do you want your iPod touch to be more like an iPhone? One difference between the iPhone and iPod touch is that, on the iPhone, the Videos and Music applications are combined into one “iPod” app. This is not the case on the iPod touch. Here’s how to get the iPod app on the iPod touch.
A few notes as …

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Apple released Safari 5 to the public early last month. Some people have had a good experience with Safari 5. On the other hand, many people have complained about performance and stability in Safari 5, compared to Safari 4.0.5. If you are having issues with Safari 5, and want to downgrade to Safari 4.0.5, follow this tutorial. This tutorial is …

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The most recent versions of Google’s Chrome web browser have introduced a built-in Adobe Flash Player plugin so users won’t have to download it by themselves. However, sometimes this can be inconvenient, as Google has to update the plugin, while Adobe releases updates much more frequently. Here’s how to disable the built-in Flash Player plugin in Google Chrome to be able …

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Chances are you carry your iPhone or iPod touch almost everywhere you go. Also, chances are that you don’t always carry a USB flash drive everywhere (although you might), but what if you need some file on there and you don’t have it. Well, with a app from the App Store, you can use your iPhone or iPod touch as …

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Need to restore your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or any other iPod? iTunes isn’t letting you for some reason? Is the process stuck half way in? Here are some tips on what you can do to make sure that your iDevice restore goes perfectly.
Solution 1: Restart your computer
This is probably the easiest and most common solution for issues …

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We recently showed you how to enable home screen wallpapers on the iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2nd generation (running iOS 4), which is technically not supported by Apple.
Apple has stated that the main reason why these two devices are left out of the home screen wallpaper group is because of an issue with icon animations when closing and …

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You might have seen people with symbols (a popular one is an Apple logo) in their folder names on their iOS 4 device. You might ask how did they get that?
It’s actually pretty simple. With a little emailing and copying and pasting, you can get symbols in your folder names. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: First, find …

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So, you’ve updated your iPhone 3G or iPod touch 2nd generation to iOS 4 and really want a wallpaper on your home screen (something Apple claims is not supported on that hardware). Turns out Apple’s wrong.
We’ve showed you how to enable home screen wallpapers using Apple’s implementation, but several users (including us) have noticed that when using Apple’s home screen wallpaper …

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Looking for that USB cable every single time you want to sync your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to your computer? Can’t find it?
Remember that app we reported about, Wi-Fi Sync, that claimed to enable wireless syncing for your iDevice? Remember we later reported that the app was rejected by Apple. Well, Wi-Fi Sync has made its way into …

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Smooth Scrolling is a feature that most web browsers and even operating systems come with nowadays. But what is it? Smooth Scrolling is allows the scrolling of a large piece of content to be more fluid and instead of the user seeing large jumps in their scrolling, it can be more continuous and have a better speed rate. However, Google Chrome, a …

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One of the new features, that was probably one of the smallest, in the iPhone 3GS was the fact that beside the battery left, Apple placed a battery percentage left meter. It allows users to see exactly how much juice their iPhone has in it.
However, Apple said that they would not be adding the feature to iPod touch devices …

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Two days ago we gave you a tutorial on how install iOS 4 Gold Master onto an iDevice. As promised, here is a tutorial on how to enable multitasking and wallpapers on the home screen on the iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2nd generation, who both do not support it.
Apple disabled some features of iOS 4 on older devices, such …

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Back in April, Apple announced iOS 4 (which was known as iPhone OS 4 back then), introducing features like multitasking, background wallpapers for the home screen, unified Mail inbox, improved Push Notifications, folders to help organize your apps, and many others. Apple announced at their WWDC 2010 keynote earlier this week that iOS 4 would be available to the public …

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Apple released Safari 5 yesterday, with a feature that many people have requested – extensions support. However, some people have had some difficulties understanding how to enable extensions support in Safari 5. To enable/install extensions on Safari 5 for Mac OS X, follow this tutorial:
Step 1: Go to Safari’s Preferences
Step 2: Go to the Advanced tab and check …

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We recently unboxed the HTC Droid Incredible for Verizon Wireless. Within 24 hours, we already had a minor issue with the device. When the phone is set on the Vibrate sound profile, when receiving a text message, the phone will not vibrate to notify you. However, when receiving a call, the phone will vibrate. We spent about an hour on …

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