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The Week's 10 Hottest Apple News Stories, January 27th

Posted 01/27/2012 at 5:30pm | by J Keirn-Swanson

This is practically a super how-to week here at Mac|Life. If you've been missing the site this week, you've been missing a lot of tips and hacks that can make your life so much easier. Of course, that's not all that's been going down, as you'll see below the fold.

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8 Finder Terminal Hacks You've Never Used

Posted 01/23/2012 at 8:31am | by Cory Bohon

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Apple is known for its supreme aestethics and design, though it's not exactly regarded as the most customizable of platforms. Luckily, there are some Terminal tricks that can be used to do things like disable icons from the Desktop, enable a simpler Finder window, and show X-ray-style folders. Read on to find out how!

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5 Ways to Customize the Dock with Terminal

Posted 01/19/2012 at 1:59pm | by Cory Bohon

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Sometimes, the Dock seems like the most static item on your Desktop. But, you can input a few Terminal commands to give it a little more function, rather than just leaving it to stare at you from the bottom of the screen. Read on to find out how.

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How to Clear Stubborn Trash

Posted 01/06/2012 at 7:17am | by Cory Bohon

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I attempted to delete a bunch of old backup files from Time Machine by dropping them into the Trash. It mostly worked, but now I have 10 folders in my Trash that refuse to be deleted. What do I do?

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How to Recover Your Passwords

Posted 10/10/2011 at 12:22pm | by The Mac|Life Staff

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Help! I just lost all my passwords. What do I do now?

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Using rsync to Keep Your Files in Sync

Posted 09/19/2011 at 10:20am | by Cory Bohon

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Macs have long been equipped with a file syncing utility unknown by most users. Remote sync, or rsync, is a way to synchronize files and directories through the command line interface on Unix-based machines. This easy-to-use utility is commonly used for backing up your data, but can synchronize files for any other purpose you choose to use it for. Remote sync can be better than other backup methods because of its speed, and because it doesn’t require any special permissions to execute an rsync command. With just a small knowledge of the command line, you can be backing up in no time with rsync.

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How to Run Linux Applications On Your Mac

Posted 06/30/2011 at 9:15am | by Cory Bohon

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Linux is beloved by many around the world for its simplicity and ultimate customization Because it's open source (and free!) many Mac users choose to run it as a virtual machine on VMWare, Parallels, or even Virtual Box. However, sometimes you might want to run a Linux-based application without having to jump through too many hoops. Using a SSH tool called X over SSH2, you can graphically load remote Linux apps and use them right on your Mac. Like magic!

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4 Terminal Tricks for Customizing your OS X Dock

Posted 06/28/2011 at 12:10pm | by Cory Bohon

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You can easily utilize apps like TinkerTool and MacPilot to customize your Dock, or you can be a real superstar and use a couple of Terminal tricks. There are a ton of Dock tricks you can do, but here are four that are practical and easy to do. Follow along to learn how to pin your dock to one size, get super enlarged icons, turn your 3D Dock into a 2D Dock and disable Dashboard -- once a for all!

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20 Killer Mac Apps Under $20

Posted 05/23/2011 at 2:00pm | by The Mac|Life Staff

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The Mac App Store certainly has made buying Mac software a convenient affair -- just a click and a password, and boom, there it is. But like the iOS App Store, it's starting to fill up fast. That's good news for you -- lots of choice -- but it also means that when you type in a keyword or open up a category, you're faced with multiple options.

We're here to help.

We put dozens of Mac App Store offerings through our ringer of a reviews process and settled on 20 diverse applications that all scored well and come with our recommendation. Even better? They're less than $20 a pop.

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MacPilot Review

Posted 05/18/2011 at 2:01pm | by Susie Ochs

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The Terminal is the single most powerful thing on your Mac, its command-line interface. But if you type in the wrong command, either nothing will happen or you could wreak real havoc on your system. Let MacPilot drive, and it won't steer you wrong. The well-organized, friendly interface includes hundreds of ways to tweak features on your Mac, run maintenance routines, back up files -- everything the Terminal can do. But you just click. It's super-complete, easy to use…quite brilliant, really.

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