http://www.oceanliving.org/tech Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:27:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since buying an 5th Gen 80Gb ipod I have had to deal with the dreaded restore loop, and thought I'd show how I finally fixed it in case it helps anyone else. I am using a Macbook running OS X 10.5.2, and iTunes 7.6.2, though one of the screen shots ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2008/05/09/fixing-an-ipod-stuck-in-a-restore-loop/ After months of waiting I finally got my grubby little hands on a shiny new iphone when a friend brought me one back from the States. For those who have managed to avoid the media frenzy over this latest and greatest gadget, the iphone is Apples new mobile phone, emailing, ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2007/10/07/getting-my-iphone-to-work-in-europe/ To create a personalised link to your facebook public profile you need to make a badge. A badge is simply a customisable clip of your facebook profile that you can share on other web sites. To access the facebook badge page click on the "Create a Profile Badge" link at the ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2007/09/13/how-to-put-a-personal-facebook-link-on-an-external-website/ Due to a melt-down by my nokia 5500 I have recently been using a motorola razr as my main mobile phone. Despite it having the worst designed address book I have ever had the misfortune to use, it does sync with my mac quite well so I have made do ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2007/05/29/predictive-text-on-a-motorola-razr/ Downloading content from a website can be easy or slightly more tricky depending on the browser you are using. Macworld recently posted a how-to article on the finer nuances of using the activity window in Safari, including how to download embedded content easily. The Activity pane opens by hitting ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2007/03/29/using-safaris-activity-window-to-download-content/ After a few months of using Apple's Mail I recently decided to have another go at using IMAP for my email rather than POP. IMAP has several advantages not least of which is the ability to synchronise your messages between your local computer and the remote email server. This gives ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2007/03/17/gyaz-mail-the-best-imap-client-for-os-x/ OS X comes with some very nice screen savers and I've been wanting to use some of the pictures in them for my desktop background? Thanks to a hint from Macworld this is how to do it. The following screensavers have images you can use - Beach, Cosmos, Forest, Nature Patterns, ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2007/03/11/use-os-x-screen-saver-images-as-desktop-background/ Whilst playing around with the oceanliving.org site I have been looking for a way to make the whole picture at the top a link back to the home page. Finally here I managed to find the answer and now clicking on the header at the top of any page on ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2006/12/13/linking-a-wordpress-header-google-sitemaps/ There are sites devoted to OS X icons all over the web. Icons are the little pictures like this one (a customised 'Preview icon') that identify programs, folders and other items on your computer. By changing the standard icons you can not only add a touch of colour and personal ... http://www.oceanliving.org/tech/2006/08/20/changing-icons-in-os-x/