Scratch magic

It’s probably happened to all of us LCD owners at one point or another… somethings scratches that beautiful real-estate you’re so proud of, and it makes you cry a little on the inside every time you see the glaring blemish. Good news! I’ve found a way to remove scratches… even fairly deep ones! Disclaimer: I’ve…

Fixing Portal Crashes

For those of you who are getting the following error when trying to launch Portal, there is hope! Unless you’re running it under Boot Camp on a MacBook, if that’s the case you’re screwed. Hanging application hl2.exe, version 0.0.0.0, hang module hungapp, version 0.0.0.0, hang address 0x00000000. Just add the following to the end of…

Terminal Tips: Part 6

Continuing the series of posts I started last week, here are a few more Terminal tips. [16] uptime Shows the current time, how long your computer has been running, as well as the average load. [17] top Much like Activity Monitor, the top command displays a list of all running processes on your system. [18]…

Terminal Tips: Part 5

[13] defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES This command lets you see the current path of the Finder window you are in. Quite handy if you’re working with a ton of finder windows. [14] defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool YES Enables Quit in Finder. killall Finder command is required to take effect. [15] telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl…