Mac Tip Podcast – #027 – Is your Mac 64 bit Compatible or not? find out using the Command Line

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Is your Mac 64 bit Compatible or not? find out using the Command Line

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Show Notes:
I’m getting ready to install snow leopard here in a few weeks after I back everything up and I wanted to make sure that everything was in order, One of the things I came across while I was checking was to see if my mac was 64 bit compatible. Even though Snowie runns in 32 bit its not bad to be future proof
According to Apple all you have to do is look in your “About This Mac” from your Apple () menu, and seeing if the processor is a Intel Core 2 Duo or higher
But come on apple we want a more Geekier way of checking, Well… They have Muhahaha
So… The other way to check to see if your Mac is 64 bit compatible by using the command line. You will need to Launch terminal which is located in ‘/Applications/Utilities’ and type ’sysctl hw |grep 64bit’ Note: There is not a space after the vertical line.

After pressing enter you should see

hw.cpu64bit_capable: #

At the end of the string that is printed out there will be one of 2 numbers

0 which means the cpu is not 64 bit and 1 means it is 64 bit… YAY

As I was doing more research on the subject at had I found a cool app Called Startup Mode Selector the link is in the show notes.

What this neat little app does it shows whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit processor, 32-bit or a 64-bit EFI, MacOS X Kernel is set to boot in 32-bit or in 64-bit mode, MacOS X Kernel is running in 32-bit or in 64-bit mode, If your Mac officially supports booting a 64-bit kernel, it allows you to select whether you want to start the MacOS X Kernel in 32-bit or in 64-bit mode, and more

If you are running Leopard this app wont work for you, Snowie users only.. Sorry I didn’t develop this app.

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Mac Tip Podcast – #026 – Check your Macs uptime and reboot history

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Check your Macs uptime and reboot history

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Show Notes:
Not to brag or anything, but unless I’ve run Software Update, I rarely have to reboot my Mac, this might not be that exciting Mac users who have been running Macs for years, but as a recent Windows convert, I find this sweet and informative to check the uptime and reboot history of my Mac, it’s also easy to do and useful too for troubleshooting certain Mac problems.
Here’s how to do both via the Command Line:
browse to your “Application folder” and under “Utilitys” you will fined “Terminal”

To check your Macs uptime, simply type ‘uptime’ in the Terminal. On my mac I have it has been up for 6 Days, 23 hours, and 36 minutes. Thats a long time in windows years.

17:56 up 6 days, 23:36, 2 users, load averages: 0.21 0.18 0.18

Now to Check your Macs reboot history.

To check the reboot history of your Mac, type ‘last reboot’ or if that doesn’t work ‘last | grep reboot’ in the Terminal. This will provide you with the dates and times of the last reboots the machine has gone through.

reboot    ~                         Sun Oct 11 18:20
reboot    ~                         Tue Oct  6 19:13
reboot    ~                         Wed Sep 30 15:52
reboot    ~                         Mon Sep 28 04:18
reboot    ~                         Wed Sep 23 17:53
reboot    ~                         Sat Sep 19 10:37
reboot    ~                         Fri Sep 18 18:54
reboot    ~                         Mon Sep 14 15:34
reboot    ~                         Fri Sep 11 04:49

like I said before, it may not be useful to some people but its good information to know.

And that going to do it for this episode of Mac Tip Podcast I hope you enjoyed it

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Mac Tip Podcast – #025 – Disabling Caps Lock

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Disabling Caps Lock

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Show Notes:

I’m a terrible typist and once in a blue moon hit the Caps Lock key while aiming for something else. And on those extremely rare occasions where I actually want a run of Upper Case letters I seldom think to use Caps Lock, preferring to keep my finger on the Shift key instead.
But we all hate those people who JUST LOVE TO USE THE CAPS LOCK ALL THE TIME DO WE NOT?
I don’t and hate to be accused of being one, Well my next tip is about disabling the caps lock key altogether
In the depths of System Preferences lies a easily but overlooked option; to change what happens when you press a modifier key. Open System Preferences.

Go to the “Keyboard and Mouse” Preference Pane.
Make sure you’re on the “Keyboard” tab.
Click the “Modifier Keys” button. A window will appear where you can change what happens when you press the various modifier keys.
From the drop-down menu beside the Caps Lock key choose “No Action”.
Click OK. And the new setting is saved.
If you wish, close the System Preferences window.

Now when you type the “Caps Lock” key nothing happens. It’s dead as a door nail.

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Mac Tip Podcast – #024 – Disable The File Extension Warning

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Disable The File Extension Warning

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Show Notes:

If you often find yourself changing file extensions, As I do, you might be tired of the annoying “Are you sure you want to change the extension” dialog box. I often end up changing the extensions of text files from .txt to .html or .php which I find that I do quite often.

Luckily, you can disable this warning quite easily. Just go to your Finder’s Preferences or Press “Command + ,” and click on the Advanced tab. Un-check the option labeled “Show warning before changing an extension”

Now when you attempt to change a file extension, Leopard will no longer nag you by inquiring if you’re really sure that’s what you wish to do.

Keep in mind that if you add the wrong extension to a document you may not be able to open the file until you change it back. Changing an extension does not convert a document into a different format.

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Mac Tip Podcast – #023 – Moving and Sizing the Dock with your mouse

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Moving and Sizing the Dock with your mouse

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Show Notes:

Okay, so you’re working in a program which takes up every vertical inch of the screen, like Final Cut Pro or iMovie, and when you go to adjust something near the bottom, the Dock keeps popping up. Oh sure, you could move the Dock to where it’s anchored on the left or right side of the screen, but most people dont like the look or feel of having the dock on the sides of the screen. But what if you could move it temporarily to the left or right, and then put it back on the bottom when your done?, and do this with one click and one key?

Here’s how: Hold the Shift key, click on your Dock’s divider line (the one to the far right side of the Dock), and drag the Dock to the left or right side of your screen. Then, once you quit with the program, just Shift/click on that divider line and place it back on the bottom.

You can even shrink or enlarge the dock by clicking on the divider and move your mouse up to enlarge or move you mouse down to shrink the dock, man I can even see the dock
isnt that cool or what?

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Mac Tip Podcast – #022 – Where did I download that file from?

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Where did I download that file from?

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If you download a file from the web, you can usually find out exactly where that downloaded file came from, including the exact web address including down to the subfolders.
Select the file you downloaded and press “Command+I” or right click on the file and select “Get Info”.

Once the info dialog appears, click on the right-facing arrow beside “More Info” to expand that panel and it will display a “Where” from header, and to the right of that it will show the exact web address from which the file was originally downloaded.

Unfortunately the likes of Firefox and Opera do not have this feature built in, Firefox does have a plugin called Met.a thats in the beta stages and works quite well on a Mac, so if you want to go the way of out of the box this tip only works with Safari, Hey Apple knows whats good for its users Thanks Apple!

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