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Xbox-intosh & an Atom-based Cube19 comments

Jacob Woj wrote 7 hours ago: Though [Will] is more of a PC guy, he needed a Mac to run the software he needed for his line of wor … more →

Tags: XBox Hacks, Apple, g4, Hackintosh, Mac, Xbox

Mac Mini - getting a little more useful24 comments

Jakob Griffith wrote 3 weeks ago: We’re pretty sure Apple decided to implement an IR sensor in their Mac Mini line simply to moc … more →

Tags: home entertainment hacks, HTPC, Infrared, IR, Mac, non-invasive

Apple Remote Arduino shield25 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 3 weeks ago: [Computergeek] made an Arduino Shield in order to use it as an Apple remote. We like the constructio … more →

Tags: arduino hacks, home entertainment hacks, Apple, IR, LED, Remote, TV-B-Gone, Universal Remote

SSD upgrade for 24" iMac74 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 3 weeks ago: The hard drive in [Jason's] 24″ iMac was on the blink. He decided that instead of just swappin … more →

Tags: HDD, imac, solid-state drive, SSD

Psystar taunts Apple a second time32 comments

Phil Burgess wrote 1 month ago: As if bankruptcy shenanigans and an unresolved exchange of lawsuits with Apple weren’t enough, Mac c … more →

Tags: downloads hacks, Apple, Hacintosh, OSx86, Psystar

Magic Mouse and MacBook teardowns15 comments

Phil Burgess wrote 1 month ago: The folks at iFixit must hold some kind of record for fastest-voided warranty. It’s been less than 4 … more →

Tags: laptops hacks, peripherals hacks, Teardown, Apple, Mac, macbook, Magic Mouse, mouse

Tear your iMac's insides out28 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 months ago: Saying that [Ian] had some overheating issues with his iMac G5 would be an understatement. After los … more →

Tags: Apple, arctic silver, G5, HDD, Heat, imac, SATA

Apple gives c64 emulator the boot36 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 months ago: After making it to the top 20 in most regions, Apple has removed the c64 emulator for the iPhone fro … more →

Tags: iPhone Hacks, app store, Apple, C64, comodore, Emulator, hot coffee, iPhone

Snow Leopard ditches real math for fake160 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 months ago: We’ve always felt that hard drive manufacturers were dirty crooks because of their use of fake … more →

Tags: News, binary, Math, OSX, Snow Leopard, Storage

Apple TV with Boxee and more update3 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 3 months ago: In November, we covered installing Boxee on AppleTV using atv-usb-creator. [Danny] has written a tut … more →

Tags: home entertainment hacks, Apple, Apple TV, Boxee, ssh, XBMC

Ipod shuffle remote7 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 3 months ago: [Dennis] points out that the iPod shuffle and the iPod remote are almost identical visually. He deci … more →

Tags: iPod Hacks, iPod

Building an Apple 120 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 3 months ago: With all the recent talk of hackintoshes going around, we thought we should post this oldie. It is a … more →

Tags: pcs hacks, Apple, Mac

iPhone 3G Ultrasn0w unlock released8 comments

Eliot Phillips wrote 5 months ago: The iPhone dev-team has released Ultrasn0w to SIM unlock the iPhone 3G running the 3.0 firmware. It … more →

Tags: cellphones hacks, iPhone Hacks, Apple, Cydia, Firmeware, iPhone, iphone 3G, iPhone Dev Team, iphone dev

iPhone 3.0 tethering is easy20 comments

Eliot Phillips wrote 5 months ago: Did you upgrade your iPhone to 3.0 yet? 9 to 5 Mac has posted a very good reason to upgrade: enablin … more →

Tags: cellphones hacks, iPhone Hacks, Apple, iPhone, iPhone Dev Team, AT&T, iPhone 3.0, tethering, waxpancake

Dell Vostro A90 hackintosh37 comments

Eliot Phillips wrote 5 months ago: A friend recently commissioned us to install OSX on a netbook. We advised him to purchase the Dell V … more →

Tags: netbook hacks, pcs hacks, BIOS, boing Boing Gadgets, bootloader, Dell, Dell Mini 9, Dell Vostro A90, dellefi

iPod spinning vinyl18 comments

Eliot Phillips wrote 7 months ago: Here’s a quick demo that FAT’s [Theo Watson] put together. It uses the iPod’s acce … more →

Tags: digital audio hacks, iPod Hacks, Apple, A&R, Fat, iPod, ipod touch, scratching, Theo Watson

Mac LCD logo tutorial14 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 8 months ago: [Eddie], who made the Mac Logo LCD Mod, had posted a step by step tutorial on how to do it yourself. … more →

Tags: laptops hacks, peripherals hacks, Apple, LCD, Mac, Logo

Hacking the MagSafe25 comments

Caleb Kraft wrote 8 months ago: This is a simple hack that could come in handy one day. [Mooner] wanted to use a Kensington universa … more →

Tags: Apple, Kensington, laptop, macbook, Macintosh, MagSafe, power supply

iPhone 3.0 adds custom protocol support for addons25 comments

Eliot Phillips wrote 8 months ago: In middle of all the adding features that should have been available day-one, Apple announced someth … more →

Tags: cellphones hacks, iPhone Hacks, multitouch hacks, A2DP, Apple, Apple iPhone, dock, Dock Connector, Engadget


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