Author Archives: iTechster

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MAC OS X: Maintenance via Terminal

MAC OS X: Maintenance via Terminal In this short tutorial I will show you here is a quick tip on how to run routine maintenance on your mac os x install. now this is done automatically but it does it around 3-6 am in the morning so it will not run if your system is in sleep mode or is turned off. So I will show you how to run it via Terminal manually.

Open up Terminal & type:

sudo periodic daily weekly monthly

hit return type in your password

once script is done running your will see the return prompt.

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Quick Energy Save Tip

Quick Energy Save Tip In this short tutorial I will show you a just a quick tip on the energy saver feature on MAC OS X for Leopard.

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Finder Adjust Column View Tip

Finder Adjust Column View Tip In this short tutorial I will show you a Just a quick tip on how to adjust your column view in finder to make each column the same width.

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Delete Trash: Terminal & Keyboard Short Cut

Delete Trash: Terminal & Keyboard Short Cut In this short tutorial I will show you a few different ways to delete items from your trash bin that you system may think are still in use due to a network or hard drive that may have been disconnected. Even disconnected improperly.

Terminal commands:

1st: sudo rm -rf
then drag item to terminal hit enter then enter your password.

or

2nd. sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
hit enter the put in password.

or

3rd. sudo rm -rf /.Trash
hit enter then put in password.

keyboard shortcut hold OPTION key while you select delete trash from the menu.

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Aspect Ratio 16:9 4:3 3:2 Freeware

Aspect Ratio 16:9 4:3 3:2 Freeware In this tutorial I will go over a freeware program called AspectRatio. What this program does it allow you to take the dimension of your video & input those dimension then select from a format of 16:9 4:3 or 3:2 and it will give you the size based on the Height & or Width of your video. So that you may resize it using a progam of your choice.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/aspectratio.html

http://www.producenewmedia.com/

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Color Picker DigitalColor Meter

Color Picker DigitalColor Meter In this short tutorial over view I will show you a built in program with the MAC OS X that is part of the Utilities Application which can very much be used as a FREE color picker. So maybe you like the color scheme of a website & want to use that same color well now you can just hover over it and get the exact RGB Value for that color.

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ScreenFlow Power User Tips

ScreenFlow Power User Tips In this short video I will show you some very simple yet efficient techniques to use ScreenFlow to your advantage & even help out with your YouTube needs.

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GarageBand 08 Custom Ringtones

GarageBand 08 Custom Ringtones This is a short overview on how to create or make your own custom ringtones, using GarageBand 08.

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AudioHub Extract Audio from Videos

AudioHub Extract Audio from Videos In this tutorial I will show you how to use AudioHub to extract audio from videos that you have. AudioHub is mainly used to convert audio but it does so much more then that.

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Color QuickMask Photoshop CS3 Tip

Color QuickMask Photoshop CS3 Tip In this tutorial I will show you a technique that I love to use to be able to color in a picture it can be a black & white or a colored picture. This is using the QuickMask & brush & one other usefull tip.

You can use this for eyes, hair, lips, face, or what ever you want it for. Continue reading →