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Firmware Updates For New MacBook Line

thinkdj — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:57:54 +0000

Apple has issued new firmware updates that will fix some of the known stability issues in apple’s new range of MacBooks, Airs, Pros. There are two firmware updates that need to be applied one after the other if you want the entire process to run smoothly.

More about the MacBook Line

Give up on Vista! Upgrade to Mac

thinkdj — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:53:29 +0000

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Get VLC 0.8.6 for MAC OS X and Windows

thinkdj — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:52:49 +0000

VLC – the cross-platform media player and streaming server

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Latest packages for Windows (0.8.6d)
Windows self-extracting package (9.3MB)

Latest Mac OS X package for 10.4 up to 10.5 (release 0.8.6d)
Universal Binary (23.5MB)

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for MAC

thinkdj — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:54:08 +0000

System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor or higher
1GB of RAM
ATI X1600, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, or higher video card (Intel GMA950 chipset not supported)
2.7GB hard disk space
8X DVD-ROM drive

Download DEMO [3Mb] for MAC

Burning MAC OS X Leopard onto a single layer DVD5

thinkdj — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:24:57 +0000

Rathalos has come up with this ingenious way to squeeze the original 6.55 GiB Leopard .dmg into a single layer DVD. I got this over at InsanelyMac forums.

Here’s a short and quick foolproof guide to making a SL-DVD leopard install disc for 9a559… And this method works across the board for all other builds also..

What you need

1. Original Leopard developers seed (.dmg) (6.55Gb)
2. One blank DVD 5
3. Mac OS X 10.4.X Tiger (This is important, as leopard can screw up disc burning)
4. 6.55Gb + 6.55Gb + 4.7Gb = 17.8Gb of hard disk space

Method

1. Mount the Original Leopard DMG (double click)
2. Open Disc Utility ( Applications -> Utilities)
3. Click on New Image
4. Name the image as dump (save on desktop)
5. Put the type as sparse image
6. Put the size as DL-DVD (8Gb), and click create

7. Mount dump.sparse
8. In disc utility, select the dump image and click the restore tab
9. Drag the mounted Mac OS X Install DVD to the Restore from field
10. Drag the mounted dump to the Restore to field (or equivalent)
11. Click Restore and wait.. (have some patience….)

12. Once that is done, open up the dump mounted image
13. Remove the Developers Tools under Optional Installs
14. Use finder’s Go to Folder option and navigate to /Volumes/dump/System
15. Go to Installation -> Packages
16. Proceed to remove anything that has Printer in it (u can always get from vendors)
17. Proceed to remove languages that you do not need (like french, german)
18. Verify in Disc Utility on the size of your dump (should be 4.3Gb or less)

19. Return to Disc Utility
20. Click on New Image
21. Name the image as burn (save on desktop!!)
22. Put the type as sparse image
23. Put the size as SL-DVD (4.7Gb), and click create DVD5
24. Select the burn image and click the restore tab
25. Drag the mounted dump to the Restore from field
26. Drag the mounted burn to the Restore to field (dont mix up!!!)
27. Click Restore and wait.. (have some patience… ZEN…)

28. Once its done, burn it to DVD (in Tiger, and not in leopard)

Guide by Rathalos

Mac OS X 10.4.9 AMD SSE3 delta update patch by Myzar

thinkdj — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:28:47 +0000

AMD SSE3 Delta Update with netkas 10.4.9 autofsb kernel for MAC OS x 10.4.9

File Size : 168.61 MiB

Source Torrent

Nvidia kexts aren’t installed by default , they are in a separate package that you can install later.

Device IDs that are supported :

0×004010de
0×00f010de
0×022010de
0×014010de
0×016010de
0×009010de
0×01d010de
0×039010de
0×029010de
0×02e010de
0×032610de
0×016710de
0×016110de
0×039110de
0×032210de
0×032210de
0×039210de
0×004110de
0×039110de
0×016710de
0×00c310de
0×01df10de
0×004510de
0×00F610de
0×032610de
0×02e010de
0×014010de
0×02e110de

If your card in not listed there don’t install them unless you know how to recover.
During the first reboot you need to wait at least 2 minutes because the rosetta cache and prebinding are rebuilt. Don’t reset if you see any hard disk activity.

Mac OS X Leopard GM Final 9A581 Kernel Patch INTEL / AMD

thinkdj — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:19:49 +0000

Mac OS X Leopard GM Final 9A581 Kernel Patch INTEL / AMD

Download link :

http://rs180.rapidshare.com/files/65585759/OSx86_Socket_Source_Code_and_581_Kernel_Patcher.zip

This kernel patch will allow you to run the newest leopard build (10.5 final / 9a581) on your IBM x86 based Intel or AMD PC.

Microsoft Windows media player for MAC

thinkdj — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:12:44 +0000

Flip4Mac provides Windows Media video and audio playback in the QuickTime Player for Mac OS X. Although Microsoft will continue to offer Windows Media Player 9 as a free download for Macintosh users, it has no plans to provide future updates or product support for Windows Media Player for Mac.

As an alternative, Microsoft has teamed has up with Telestream to make its popular Flip4Mac program available to Macintosh users. Flip4Mac provides Windows Media video and audio playback in the QuickTime Player for Mac OS X.

Download Flip4Mac

Learn more about Flip4Mac features and download your free copy here.

About Windows Media Player for Mac

With Windows Media Player for Mac, you can use Windows Media Technologies, including the following:

Windows Media content playback [ WMV ]
Plug-in support for Internet Explorer (Windows Media Player 9 only)
Supports Netscape® and Safari™ browsers
High-quality audio and video
Mac Classic skins

Download Now!
Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X
Windows Media Player 7.1 for for Mac OS 8.1-9x

Note: Flip4Mac does not support content that is protected with Windows Media digital rights management (DRM).

PHP module for MAC OS X

thinkdj — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:34:09 +0000

This particular build of the module is based on the most recent version 5.2.4 of the software. It runs on Mac OS X version 10.4/Tiger and is built as Universal Binary for compatibility with both Intel and PPC Macs. This module will only work with the original Apache web server as shipped by Apple.

PHP 5 on Mac OS X 10.4, PPC and Intel
	PHP 5.2.4 for Apache 1.3
	PHP 5.2.4 for Apache 2

Download the appropriate installation package from the list above.
Unpack the compressed .tar.gz file but DO NOT USE StuffIt Expander, use Apple’s BOMArchiveHelper or the command line.
Double-click the installer package and follow the directions of the installer application.

PHP Apache Module for MAC OS X By Marc Liyanage

VLC media player for Mac OS X Leopard

thinkdj — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:29:28 +0000

VLC for Mac OS X is distributed as a disk image. Download the .dmg file, open it, and copy it to your hard drive (for instance the /Applications folder). Open VLC by double-clicking on it.

Download http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html Universal Binary (23.3MB)