Mon, May 16, 2011
To disable GPS on an iPhone, use the following steps:
Open the Settings appplication
Select Location Services
Either move the slider for “Location Services” to off, or manually disable specific applications from being able to use Location Services, as desired.
Additionally, Airplane Mode will also disable GPS (along with a fair amount of other functionality).
Mon, May 16, 2011
Facebook recently rolled out a new optional account security measure called “Login Approval”. Essentially, it will send an SMS/text message to your cell phone whenever your Facebook account is logged on from a computer for the first time. You will then need to enter the numeric code from the text message into a verification field on the new computer’s web browser. When entered successfully, that computer will then be added to a list of known devices recognized as being associated with your Facebook account.
Fri, May 13, 2011
Immediately after starting a file transfer, but generally after some small amount of data has been transferred, the file transfer seems to die. I experienced this on a Windows 7 Client and 2008R2 server while transferring a series of large files.
I attempted to stop active AV checking temporarily, which had no effect. I re-enabled AV and tried to use PowerShell to copy the file instead – no doubt still using the same underlying protocols.
Fri, May 13, 2011
You can delete Web History from your Google Account at any time. While signed in to your Google Account: Click the gear icon in the top right of a Google page when you’re logged in. (i.e. after signing in to Google.com) Click Account settings Next to “My Products” -> click Edit Click Remove Web History permanently. Note: Since this process will delete ALL of your Google Web History, you may prefer to delete single items instead.
Fri, May 13, 2011
Today, I added a new school to my education information and found that it didn’t automatically join me to the corresponding school’s “Network”.
To join/leave specific networks on Facebook, simply:
Click Account button in the top right of your profile.
Account Settings
Click the “Networks” tab.
Edit as desired.
And there you have it!
Thu, May 12, 2011
If experiencing the vague error below when printing from Internet Explorer 9 to a Canon printer, try applying the following Microsoft Hotfix: KB2522422
Script Error
“An error has occurred in the script on this page.”
Error: Your file waiting to be printed was deleted.
Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?
Thu, May 12, 2011
iTunes allows only 5 computers authorized to an account at a time. If you’ve reached the limit, but have lost/upgraded/broken one of the previously-authorized one of the computers on your account, do not fear! You can still deauthorize that computer. Unfortunately, you’ll have to deauthorize ALL computers from your account in order to do it. Never fear though, you’ll be able to authorize your current computers manually, afterward.
To deauthorize all computers from your iTunes account, use the following steps:
Thu, May 12, 2011
Here are some handy keyboard shortcuts for taking screenshots, and the like, on a Mac.
Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard In Leopard and later, the following keys can be held down while selecting an area (via Command-Shift-4 or Command-Control-Shift-4):
Thu, May 12, 2011
With all the shuffling around of the Facebook interface that’s happened over the past months/years, for something which many of us don’t use that frequently (like videos, for example), it may be difficult to keep track of where everything is located.
Your videos on Facebook can now be reached from your Home / News Feed screen. Simply click your Photos button (on the left side bar) -> then click My Uploads (intuitive, right?
Tue, May 10, 2011
On my PC, I used to be a pretty big fan of InfraRecorder for burning .ISO disk image files to CD/DVD. But how does one accomplish this on a Mac? Simple – just follow these steps:
Insert blank disc. Launch Disk Utility from Applications -> Utilities. From the File menu, choose Open Disk Image then select the .ISO file you’d like to burn. In the list on the left side of the Disk Utility window, you’ll now see an object representing the .