Some of you may know, but Ryan, of the youtube channels DoItUpYou, CydiaThemes and Ironman33333, has set up a new community repository. Community Repository means that you can submit YOUR OWN packages to it, to be viewed and downloaded all over the world. Currently the repo has heaps of great themes, wallpapers, and afew applications! For further information, please SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL, and FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER.
The source you need to add to get the repo; http://apt.cydia.us
Brand NEW: You can now download this file which runs the terminal/command code for you and comes with the ipcc files. Download http://myurlz.com/mms1 and then you choose either the Mac or Windows Files. Unzip them, use winrar for windows to unzip, and then you have 2 folders. Click on the iPhone or executable file which runs the code in terminal or command. Its pretty obvious. The iPhone code extension is .app and the widows in .bat to recognize it. After, you run the code, open up itunes(make sure it is closed during this), plug your device in, and update to the ipcc file which you can download or it comes in the file you downloaded. Hope this helps. Comment if you need more help.
DOWNLOAD LINK for IPCC FILE USING FIREFOX!!!!!!(works on both Mac and Windows): http://myurlz.com/IPCC
Safari screws up the file structure of the ipcc file!
The first few steps are the same as before, we must enable IPCC updates in iTunes 8.2 (9.0 works too). Here are the instructions on how to get MMS on your iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3Gs. YOUR DEVICE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE JAILBROKEN!
From my research, this works on 3.0, 3.01, and 3.1
You have to run a command in Terminal(Mac) or the Command Console(Windows)
This allows you to update to the new IPCC file in iTunes which is very easy.
Mac OS X:
Close iTunes if it is open
Start Terminal (Applications > Utilities)
Run the following command: defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE
Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32-bit):
Go to Start -> Run (
type in “command” and hit enter
Type/copy+paste this into the command console that comes up: “C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
Hit enter
Windows XP/Vista (64-bit):
Go to Start -> Run (
type in “command” and hit enter
Type/copy+paste this into the command console that comes up: “C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
Hit enter
DIRECTIONS FOR EVERYONE(MAC and PC)
Download the file to some location on your computer
Plug in your iPhone
Start iTunes
Click on your iPhone in the device listing in iTunes
Alt(option)-Click the “Update” button (Shift-click in Windows)
Browse to where you saved the IPCC you downloaded
Select the file and click Choose (or OK on windows i think)
Once it updated, Reboot your iPhone
You should now have working MMS! Unlike previous hacks, this one should not disable your Visual Voicemail feature. Comment on the post if you are having trouble or on the YouTube video. Make sure to tweet about the article and video/tell your friends! Check out the other features of the site too! BOOKMARK if ya want
Some of you may have heard about www.technobuffalo.com. Some of you may have not. I am here to tell you briefly about this new revolutionary website. This website is a new tool really, for the technology related world. This website features a new social network, so you can talk to your friends on Techno buffalo. Techno buffalo also features up to date news in technology. They will be there for future apple keynotes and Microsoft windows 7 launch dates and really everything that may get you interested.
If you have heard about techno buffalo already and are awaiting the official launch of the website, it will become available to the public on September 15, 2009!
Earlier i posted on how i managed to use my bb data plan on an iphone, but it was a bit vague and complicated. So, i have consolidated the process into a seven minute seven step guide (seven minute if you have an unlocked and jailbroken iphone already):
Tutorial: How to Get Your AT&T Data Plan Working On Your iPhone:
Note: The configurations for this tutorial was made on a Logitech MX Revolution mouse, and may vary depending on your model of Logitech mouse.
As of this writing, Logitech has not *officially* released updated drivers that allow installation on Apple’s latest operating system, Snow Leopard, version 10.6. Forum users from Logitech’s official community message boards have posted a way to quickly get Snow Leopard to install the latest version of the Logitech Control Center (ver 3.0) and on how to enable Exposé with your thumb wheel as well.
Install Logitech Control Center 3.0
A user named “powerbookguy” offered these working instructions to install LCC 3.0 on Snow Leopard:
To install Logitech Control Center 3.0 on Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6), follow these steps:
1.Alternate-click the LCC Installer and select “Show Package Contents”
2.Navigate to Contents > Resources > Logitech Control Center.mpkg and run this file
3.The installer will run and then request a reboot.
After you have installed the Logitech Control Center and reboot your Mac, your mouse will be functional again. You are also able to customize your mouse via the System Preferences pane that Logitech installs.
Mentioned by “MickeyS” on the thread, as of yet the Logitech mouse will only work when Snow Leopard is running in 32-bit kernel/extension mode. That means if you don’t boot your Mac in 64-bit mode (by holding down the “6″ and “4″ keys, which you probably don’t) then you are fine.. otherwise you’ll have to make this change.
Enable Exposé thumb-wheel feature
All of the mouse features work correctly except for Exposé, because LCC requires that Exposé.app be in the /Applications folder. All you have to do is simply COPY the Expose.app file from the /Applications/Utilities folder to the /Applications folder. DO NOT MOVE THE FILE, COPY IT.
After you do these changes, your Logitech mouse will be able to work again correctly, and you can configure it once again to your liking.
And of course, if you do not want to take any risks, you may wait until Logitech releases updated drivers with Snow Leopard support, but that’ll take some time according to a forum moderator.
In 2001, Apple released the first desktop major release of their Mac OS X operating system, the successor to Mac OS 9 and the “Classic” Mac OS line, with “Cheetah”. The Unix-based operating system was a major overhaul to the Mac computing system by introducing the power and security of UNIX and a collaboration of several projects made by NeXT Computer, Inc. where Steve Jobs was CEO before returning to Apple in 1997.
Since then, Mac OS X has evolved with several releases (marked 10.1 -- 10.5) named after “big cats”, those being Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, and Leopard, bringing thousands of new features, limitless enhancements to the Mac user experience, newer software that accomplishes tasks for todays computing demands, and powerful under-the-hood security and design technologies that make Mac OS X the world’s most advanced operating system, according to Apple.
Introducing the Seventh “Big Cat”; PowerPC R.I.P
Snow Leopard is the seventh major release of Mac OS X. The upgrade to Mac OS X focuses on improving performance, efficiency, and reducing its overall system footprint compared to it’s predecessor “Leopard”. Snow Leopard brings numerous refinements globally around the OS, which I will cover later in the review.
Although Snow Leopard brings an overhaul “under-the-hood”, it meant for Apple to take a risky decision to abandon support for all PowerPC CPUs in order to speed up the efficiency of 64-bit Intel-based applications and to reduce the footprint of the operating system by removing all PowerPC code from the system kernel, extensions, and default applications.
Refinements from Leopard
Apple has claimed that Snow Leopard is meant to be a “refined” update to an already-amazing operating system rather than introducing or reinventing it with dozens of new features and options. The first thing users can notice is a much faster and advanced Finder. Finder was re-written from scratch entirely in Cocoa, a request from more advanced Mac users for years, and including Snow Leopard’s newest technologies, including 64-bit support and Grand Central Dispatch. You will also experience faster wake up time from sleep mode, and shut down times, by up to 2x.
From my experience, the Finder loads file icons almost twice as fast as Leopard Finder. It no longer takes a while to load all JPEG and PDF icons from photos, meaning browsing them is a breeze with this new Finder. Apple also included an enhanced icon view that lets you thumb through a multipage document, listen to an music file, or watch a QuickTime movie.
Time Machine, Apple’s easy-to-use backup technology found since Leopard, has also been refined making backups up to 80 percent faster and reducing the time it takes to complete your first initial backup. These results can be experienced with a Time Capsule, but can vary with a USB or FireWire connected external hard drive.
Via Apple.com: QuickTime X is the next-generation media technology that powers the audio and video experience in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes a completely new QuickTime Player application with a clean, uncluttered design, a new trimming interface, and easy uploads to YouTube and MobileMe. And it delivers more efficient media playback, HTTP-based live streaming, and greater color accuracy.
New Technologies Under-the-Hood
Mac OS X has always been a very impressive operating system since it’s first introduction 2001, with a powerful UNIX foundation and a breeze of security technologies that makes the Mac a very immune operating system to most viruses, spyware, and malware. Snow Leopard continues to improve this amazing foundation with new technologies that take advantage of the future of computing that is already occurring today.
First off, the transition to 64-bit. The entire computing industry is moving from 32-bit to 64-bit, and has been for quite a few years now. For those with no quick knowledge of 64-bit, it allows your computer to address up to a theoretical 16 exabytes of memory. The wonders of 64-bit can best be found from a 64-bit written application (Finder, iCal, Address Book, Mail) and with a computer that has more than 4GB of RAM. Amazingly, 64-bit is backwards compatible with all of your 32-bit apps and system preferences, meaning you don’t need to buy a separate version of the OS, unlike Microsoft’s Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Grand Central Dispatch, or GCD in short, has been the talk of the town in the Mac community when talking about improvements to the operating system.
