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After building hackintosh machines using different modified OS X installers, the hackintosh community has come a long way and is within grasp of achieving the holy grail of running Mac OS X on PCs—installing the original, unmodified OS X DVDs created by Apple for Macs on ordinary IBM compatible personal computers. Well, almost. While we [...]
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This is a turorial on how to use PwnageTool 2.0.2 and update your iPhone to 2.0.1. For Mac only! Step 1. Download PwnageTool 2.0.2 here. Step 2. Backup your iPhone to iTunes Step 3. Open iTunes, and from the iPhone -> Summary tab, download (do not update) the latest iPhone firmware 2.0.1 (iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw). Step 4. [...]
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Update 2: If you upgrade to iPhone 2.1 with the PwnageTool 2.1, you need to perform this procedure again and use the patched MobileInstallation 2.1 file. Update 1: If you upgrade to iPhone 2.0.1 with the PwnageTool 2.0.2, you need to perform this procedure again. So you have jailbroken your iPhone 2.0 with the PwnageTool [...]
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Note: If you are building your Hackintosh for the first time, I recommend that you follow my latest tutorial here: http://menoob.com/hackintosh/hackintosh-install-a-mac-leopard-os-x-retail-dvd-on-a-pc/ If you like to be on Hackintosh 10.5.4, you can try and install the new iATKOS v4i. You can download it from the usual place where the “green thing” resides. The file is 2.64 [...]
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Update: PwnageTool 2.0.1 (still Mac only) has been released with bug fixes. This PwnageTool 2.0 Guide remains applicable. Note: PwnageTool 2.0 is for Mac only at this time. You also cannot upgrade from firmware versions older than 1.1.4. I suggest you use my other guide if you need to upgrade your iPhone to 1.1.4 first. [...]
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If you have been manually upgrading your WordPress to a new version, you normally would follow the Three Step Upgrade guide from WordPress.org. It isn’t difficult enough to do a manual upgrade, but there are easier and faster ways to do it. If you have signed up with a web hosting provider that includes a [...]
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If you’re a noob in digital painting and struggling to create your first digital masterpiece, you need a very good video tutorial to get you up to speed fast. Otherwise, you will quickly run into problems and get frustrated fast. I have tried many tutorials on the web but a lot of them assume you [...]
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Ever since I saw Keanu Reeves in Scanner Darkly, I have tried turning photos into cartoons in Adobe Photoshop. It takes me more than 30 minutes just to “cartoonize” a face with not so great results. Then I stumbled upon befunky.com! This piece of gem is an online application that converts pictures (and videos soon) [...]
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One of the most useful features of WordPress.com is the Blog Stats. Although, there are similar plug-ins one can use for the self-hosted WordPress blog, I still prefer the simple and less overwhelming stats from WordPress.com. So I was happy to know that there exists a plug-in exactly like that for my self-hosted blog.
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Note: If you are building your Hackintosh for the first time, I recommend that you follow my latest tutorial here: http://menoob.com/hackintosh/hackintosh-install-a-mac-leopard-os-x-retail-dvd-on-a-pc/ If you are new to Hackintosh, I recommend that you read my previous posts as a backgrounder. Turn Your PC Into a Mac http://menoob.com/2008/02/08/turn-your-pc-into-a-mac/ Updating to Leopard 10.5.2 on a Hackintosh http://menoob.com/2008/02/15/updating-to-leopard-1052-on-a-hackintosh/ A Better [...]
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First of all, welcome to my new blog! So, this is my first entry as a newbie to blogging outside of the comforts of WordPress.com. Creating a blog that you can have control of, from editing and creating themes to monetizing it, is not as difficult as I initially thought. It is rather a pleasant [...]
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Note: If you are building your Hackintosh for the first time, I recommend that you follow my latest tutorial here: http://menoob.com/hackintosh/hackintosh-install-a-mac-leopard-os-x-retail-dvd-on-a-pc/ It’s been several days now since I updated my hackintosh from 10.5.1 to 10.5.2 and I have found some minor problems. 1) Shutdown and reboot sometimes do not work properly. 2) Sleep mode never [...]
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Update: Ziphone 3.0 is the latest version. The procedure of jailbreaking, activating and unlocking is the same from ver 2.5. Wow, I just upgraded my iPhone to 1.1.3 ten days ago and Apple has already released 1.1.4. If you followed my previous post, you know that I used Zibri’s fantastic iPhone software upgrade called ZiPhone. [...]
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Jailbreak : frees your iPhone so you can install and use 3rd Party applications. Activate : enables you to use your iPhone sans phone and SMS. Unlock : allows you to use any telecom carrier that you already have. I bought an Apple iPhone from a friend as a birthday gift for myself last October [...]
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So Apple released it’s first major update to Leopard 10.5.1 with 10.5.2. As I have mentioned in my previous post, I have my Hackintosh running on iATKOS v1.0r2 Leopard 10.5.1. Likewise, I mentioned that with EFI support, all you have to do is use Apple’s “Software Update” to keep your PC up-to-date just like legit [...]
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I mean, Hackintosh! Note: If you are building your Hackintosh for the first time, I recommend that you follow my latest tutorial here: http://menoob.com/hackintosh/hackintosh-install-a-mac-leopard-os-x-retail-dvd-on-a-pc/ Hackintosh – A Personal Computer that is running a patched Intel Mac OS X operating system; also called OSx86; or an ugly PC trying to look and behave like a Mac. [...]
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