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Mac Mini Media Centre – Setup and Essential Software


Posted by Ian on 16 Jan 2010 / 0 Comment


In the first part of our Mac Mini Media Centre series we looked at Hardware and Connectivity. Now that the Mac Mini is hooked up to the HDTV it’s time to configure it for Media playback and install some essential software. The first setup issue is screen resolution. If you’ve got a 1080P HDTV then [...]

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Mac Mini Media Centre – Hardware and Connectivity


Posted by Ian on 08 Jan 2010 / 4 Comments


Wanting to use a Mac as a Media Centre/HTPC? Then this is the guide for you. In the first of a series of posts we’ll describe how to hook up a Mac Mini to an HDTV. Future posts will show how to get the best out of the Mini, the utilities that we recommend and [...]

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TuneChecker and I Love Stars


Posted by Ian on 31 Dec 2009 / 4 Comments


Legally downloading music has started to take off as more buying choices become available. At one point iTunes was the only buying option but there are now many places that sell digital music. TuneChecker is a great website that shows you where to buy music online at the cheapest price and the potential savings are [...]

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Handbrake and Perian


Posted by Ian on 30 Dec 2009 / 0 Comment


Handbrake is a great video ripping utility for the Mac. Handbrake was initially a DVD ripping tool which was always reliable but for video transcoding I relied on VisualHub. That was until the company behind VisualHub shuttered development. For a few months there was a bit of a gap in the Mac market but Handbrake [...]

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Click To Flash


Posted by Ian on 30 Dec 2009 / 0 Comment


Flash on the Mac is painful. Anytime I hit a website that uses flash my CPU usage takes a hit, along with my battery on the laptop. Not good. This is more obvious if it’s video content on Flash, particularly HD video. There are rumblings that Flash 10.1 will address some of the issues but [...]

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Secrets


Posted by Ian on 29 Dec 2009 / 0 Comment


Mac OS X is a great operating system but there are many settings that aren’t exposed to the user via a GUI, instead requiring typing in a command via terminal. Secrets is a database of hidden settings for Mac OS X. The website allow you to search by application and list all known secrets for [...]

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