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Category: Guides
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Guides: OS X Tutorial: Scan for viruses with free open source ClamXav
Posted by: admin on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 09:34 AM
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 One of the main reasons to become a Mac OS X users is the lack of viruses and trojan horse programs aimed at the Mac platform. Indeed, there has yet to be a single prominent example of a Mac OS X virus on the Internet. And yet, sometimes it makes a lot of sense to scan your Mac OS X computer for viruses that affect other systems such as Windows. If you work with Windows users or receive files from them, it is very helpful to be able to scan for viruses that may be coming from them, so you do not inadvertently pass them along to other Windows users. You yourself may even be a Windows user at work and want to send yourself items from your Mac OS X computer. Better safe than sorry.
ClamXav is an open source antivirus scanner for OS X. It is based on an anti-virus "engine" that itself is a free, open source program. The two combined present a powerful platform for scanning for viruses that is easy to keep up to date and very robust. While not packed with features like some commercial anti-virus utilities, it is free of cost and likely to do what most OS X users need to do with regard to virus scanning. Read on for a full guide to installing an using ClamXav to search and destroy viruses on your Mac.
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Guides: Internet Phone Options for Mac OS X Users
Posted by: admin on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 07:36 AM
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Much noise has been made recently about "Voice over IP" or VOIP telephone services. These services work with either dedicated hardware, or your software enabled computer, to provide you with telephone or telephone-like communications using a broadband Internet connection. Typically, you can communicate for free with others having specialized hardware or software, or, by paying a fee, you can communicate with anyone having an ordinary telephone line.
The most common of these systems uses a software program called Skype, which is multiplatform software that recently released a Mac OS X client. If you and the person you want to talk to are both connected to the Internet, and can run the Skype program, then you can talk free. Mac OS X users are not likely to find this terribly impressive, since iChat AV has been allowing users do the same thing for several years now, and with video for those who have the equipment. Of course, if your friend or colleague is not on a Mac OS X computer, then Skype may be your best bet.
Recently, competition has come about for Skype on the Mac OS X platform. Namely, a new program called Gizmo is said to be some mean competition for Skype. As shown below, the interface is very Mac-like and resembles the iChat AV program in many ways.
O'Grady's Powerpage has recently done a great story with a list of features they feel make Gizmo better than Skype. You'll have to check both programs out yourself to determine which is best for you, but it is a great thing to see this competition on a platform that usually doesn't give users many options with new-fangled communications technology.
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Guides: Free and Easy PDF Document Creation With OS X
Posted by: Miguel Danielson on Monday, June 03, 2002 - 07:52 AM
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PDF, which stands for "Portable Document Format," is a common format for distributing documents on the Internet. This is so for a number of reasons. The PDF format allows you to retain the fonts, graphics, and layout of your document so that users can print out a copy of your document on their printer that is identical to a copy of the document you printed yourself, from the original. Another reason is that the software for viewing PDF documents, Adobe Acrobat Reader, is free and available for many platforms. For many years, you needed expensive programs to create PDF documents. But with OS X, you can create them easily and for free. We'll show you how in this OSXGuide.
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Guides: Broadcast Quicktime With Apple's Free QT Streaming Server Software for OS X
Posted by: Miguel Danielson on Friday, May 31, 2002 - 07:51 AM
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Quicktime Stream Server is a free, open source media streaming application from Apple. It is intended for those who want to stream MP3 or quicktime media over the Internet, for real-time playback. Until the latest version, v.4, came out, Quicktime server was an extremely expensive product that was limited to those with professional needs. Now, it's free. Althought Apple indicates that Mac OS X Server is required to run Quicktime Streaming Server, we were able to get it running just fine on our 10.1 system. QTSS offers an easy-to-use, web-based interface that most people will be able to master quickly. If you're looking to provide real-time video over the Internet, then you'll definitely want to check out this OSXGuide, where we show you how to install and setup Quicktime Streaming Server.
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Guides: File Sharing Over a Network in OS X
Posted by: Miguel Danielson on Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 07:02 AM
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For users familiar with OS 9 file sharing through Appletalk, OS X brings some new twists and turns. Much of the traditional Appletalk underpinnings are gone -- no chooser, no traditional User/Groups, and a totally new Sharing preference panel. These changes owe much to the "unix-izing" of the Mac OS, and so it is important to understand concepts like permissions and other file attributes (owner, group, etc.) that are relevant to file sharing under OS X. In this OSXGuide, we'll take a comprehensive beginner's look at sharing files with other users on your network (or across the Internet) with the file sharing features of OS X.
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Guides: Monitor OS X Performance With Overseer
Posted by: Miguel Danielson on Wednesday, May 22, 2002 - 06:55 AM
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An important part of successfully running Mac OS X is monitoring the system for things like RAM usage, CPU utilization, and othe resource monitoring. By doing this, you can see the effect that applications have on your system, and what might be slowing you down. Like all Unix-based operating systems, there are a number of powerful command-line tools available under OS X to monitor these sorts of things. But if you'd rather get the job done with one easy-to-use graphical application instead, you'll want to check out Overseer. This excellent, free applications brings a number of useful utilities into one, very simple graphical application. Read on for details, screen shots, and more!
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Guides: Optimizing Classic in OS X
Posted by: Miguel Danielson on Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 07:19 AM
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For those of you who are stuck with a few key applications that will not run under OS X, getting the most out of the Classic environment is critical. Under OS X, the Classic environment runs as a process just like any other application. However, because Classic involves the emulation of an entire operating system, the memory and CPU requirements are exceedingly high. By taking steps to optimize Classic, you can not only make using OS 9 applications much speedier and more efficient, but you can reduce the drain of power and RAM on your OS X environment. In this OSXGuide, we'll take a look at some great ways to get the most out of Classic.
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Guides: Customize OS X Finder Shortcuts
Posted by: Miguel Danielson on Monday, May 20, 2002 - 07:41 AM
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OS X gives users the option of storing links to frequently used locations or functions in the upper part of each Finder window. When you first use OS X, you will see a set of default "shortcuts" in the top-most part of each Finder window. While many users will find these default shortcuts helpful, others would rather customize them to be more useful to their particular needs. In this OSXGuide, we'll show you how you can customize these Finder shortcuts. Once you've done this, you'll have simple, one-click access to anywhere or anything on your hard drive, from any Finder window you've got open.
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Guides: Adding Dynamic Content to Your OS X Website With RSS
Posted by: Miguel Danielson on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 05:34 AM
Topic: Software |
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Many people desire to add continually updated information to their Websites, enticing visitors to come back regularly. With OS X's built-in web server and the PHP module for Apache, you can easily add headlines from other Websites to your site, using a protocol called Rich Site Summary or "RSS." Many publishers of Web sites that contain frequently updated information also publish RSS files for the site, which contain information about each "item" on their website, along with information about the URL for each item and other relevant information. OSXGuide.com even offers its own RSS file, so you can add our headlings to your website automatically. When you use RSS to publish headlines on your site, the list of headlines is continually updated so that your web page becomes dynamic and changes automatically without your help.
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