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How to upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion

Are you still using Lion in your Mac? If you are thinking of upgrading to Mountain Lion please follow the following easy steps to avoid any failure.

  • Find out whether your mac is supported by this new upgrade
  • Make sure your premium apps supports Mountain Lion otherwise you will have to buy them too
  • Remove un necessary apps using App Cleaner or any other 3rd party software that you prefer
  • Don’t forget to back up your current data with Lion OS and test whether it’s performing alright
  • Now you are...

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How to disable the metro UI in windows 8

Do you find it frustrating to use windows 8 metro user interface? If you are a non-touch windows 8 user you already might feel it’s hard to use the metro UI. Here is how you can easily disable it without damaging your OS.

  • Please visit https://winaero.com/ and download MetroController
  • Install it to your windows 8 pc
  • Open it and then click” Disable metro features” button(careful to select only this feature otherwise you will lose the ribbon explorer also”)
  • Restart your pc
  • You are done! (You can get back...

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How to use more than one audio output in Mountain Lion

Are you a professional artist who wants to use your mac in your recording studio? Well here is a smart tip for you to connect multiple devices to your mac at the same time.

connect multiple devices to your mac

  • Please go to your hard drive and then select applications and open utilities.
  • Now open AudioMIDI setup.
  • Select create Aggregate Device.
  • Select the external sound device that you want to add.
  • Now you can either record audio from two microphones or listen to audio from multiple speakers...

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How to cut the high data costs in your new galaxy s3

Mobile internet fees are now very high. When you are using a Samsung galaxy s3 you might feel that your mobile data bill is larger than your call costs and text costs. Here is how to avoid high mobile data charges.

Samsung galaxy s3

  • If you are in a free WiFi area always use WiFi other than using your phone’s data connection.
  • Avoid watching streaming videos such as YouTube as much as possible if you are watching a video use the optimum quality for...

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How to carry your Mac computer in your pocket

Do you want to carry your home mac PC anywhere you go and work your way using your custom mac apps? Here is how you do it the easy way without spending much money.

  • Please format your external hard drive(Don’t forget to choose GUID in options list so your external drive will be bootable)
  • Please visit https://bombich.com/ and download carbon copy cloner to your mac
  • When you run the carbon copy cloner it will ask for the source drive that you need to copy
  • Please select your...

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Let's broadcast iPhone/iPad screen live online

Want to show your friends a new trick that you just learnt in your iPhone or iPad live?

  • Please download and install Reflection app from http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/
  • Add your mac computer to your phone’s Reflection app by following the on screen instructions
  • Now your connection is up and  running but you need to set up a live broadcast now
  • Go to your Google plus account
  • Start a new hangout and invite the people that you would like to see your I phone screen live
  • Add your I phone to the screen share options...

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Save space by using a Window pc screen

Samsung has introduced a new TV cum pc device which can be fixed as a normal window. It is called Samsung Smart Window. Users can browse internet or watch videos, photos or even TV. It’s completely transparent so you can see outside and get sunlight through it to your house. It has a new and amazing feature which act as a blind so no one can see the inside of your house and the sun light can be blocked when turned on. According to Samsung your neighbor can’t see what you...

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Do you miss the classic Mac sounds in OSX mountain lion?

Are you using Macs from a long time and you really like to get all the old mac sounds that you were used to? Well then you have come to the right place. Please follow the following easy steps.

  • Please visit https://www.macupdate.com/ and download the classic sound pack in a zip file to your mac
  • Press and hold the “options” key and click “go” in finder of your mac
  • You will see a hidden folder opening now
  • There’s a folder called “Sounds”
  • Paste all the new...

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ReFS, the next generation of NTFS files system

Resilient File System (ReFS) is the newest invention by Microsoft Company.  According to them this new file system can handle more capacity faster than NTFS while minimizing the risk of data corruption. Microsoft is going to release it with their new windows 8 server products initially. Unluckily home users will have to stay with the old system, NTFS even if they purchase new windows 8. There are few other draw backs such as it can’t be used in flash drives and other removable storage.

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Resetting your pc with windows 8 refresh and reset options

Your smart phone or your router can be reset by pressing a single button or by giving a simple command but your windows pc you had to install 3rd party software to do so or you had to keep backup discs. In windows 8 this can be done just like you do it to a phone or to a router using your control panel. You can choose between formatting the hard disc to factory reset your OS or else you can reset your OS and save all your privet...

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