Extended battery upgrade for MacBook Air (external)

QuickerTek has introduced an extended battery upgrade for Apple's MacBook Air, which it says offes six to ten hours of additional battery power -- for a total of 12-16 hours of battery life when used in conjunction with the (charged) internal battery. "Since the MacBook Air has a non-removeable battery, the typical user strategy of using multiple ...

Improve stability of some USB-based wireless adapters

I'm using a D-Link DWL-G122 in versions C1 (and own a version B1, a D-Link DWL-122, a Linksys@Home 54g USB, and a Belkin F5D6050 USB -- insert sarcasm here), and have worked with (too) many similar Ralink or Prism-based USB wi-fi adapters on OS X over the last four years or so. One issue I experienced (with all of these adapters) was when the adapter was either under heavy load, or (especially) when using Internet Sharing in OS X, the adapter would randomly disconnect from its wireless network and lose all communication with the driver/config software. To fix things, it would require an unplug/replug to resume operation. With many people reporting this on the net, and having tried every suggestion I could find, I have finally found the answer that has since worked solid for over three weeks (and over 150gb of transfer) now without a single disconnection with any of my adapters! Just for good measure, I tried (and failed) with these solutions: A wide selection of Ma...

Kensington Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone, iPod

Kensington on Monday unveiled a Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod, along with a Mini version. The portable battery packs plug into the Apple devices' dock connectors and power and recharge them, and are themselves rechargeable. The lithium-ion polymer battery packs feature a USB connector that allows them to be charged via either the AC ...

Kinesis Freestyle Convertible Keyboard; First Mac keyboard that separates

Section: Mac + Computers, Peripherals, Keyboards Are you finding the traditional keyboard uncomfortable? Or, perhaps you are looking for something a little different for your iMac, MacPro, MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro. If so, you might want to check out Kinesis Corporation innovate keyboard. Recently, Kinesis unveiled the Kinesis Freestyle Convertible Keyboard. It’s not your traditional keyboard; it actually separates. It’s the first fully separating keyboard designed for Mac users. With the revolutionary Freestyle Solo Keyboard, the user has two accessory options the Freestyle Incline Accessory and the Freestyle VIP accessory. Kinesis president and CEO, Will Hargreaves, PhD, “We are very excited to provide the simplicity, comfort and flexibility of the Freestyle family to the Macintosh market. As consumers spend more hours at their home and office workstations, they better understand the importance of advanced keyboard design features in maximizing productivity, ensuring comfort, and avoiding overuse injuries.” Hargreaves added, “For too long, Macintosh users have not had the choice of an aesthetic, versatile, Mac-optimized alternative keyboard. We designed the Freestyle product family to provide a new level of elegance and comfort to Macintosh users everywhere.” You’ll find many additional features with the Freestyle Solo Keyboard, such as productivity-boosting hot keys, which will eliminate inordinate mouse clicking ( I really like this feature the less mouse clicks the better) and clumsy keyword combinations. The keyboard also boasts a low profile design, which helps encourage natural wrist posture. If you think that the backspace, delete, and escape keys aren’t wide enough on your traditional keyboard, you’ll fully appreciate the double-wide keys on this keyboard.  You don’t need special drivers since the Freestyle Solo Keyboard is fully compatible with OS X 10.4 and higher. This innovative keyboard was originally introduced to Windows in 2007, and has finally made its way to Macintosh models. You can purchase the Freestyle Solo keyboard for $99. If you want to purchase the accessories that accompany it, you will have to pay an additional $40. If you’re looking for a revolutionary keyboard, log onto Kinesis and check out the Freestyle Solo Keyboard. Full Story » | Written by Opal Tribble for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

Start Safari’s private browsing via keyboard shortcut

Learn how to create a keyboard shortcut that jumps directly into Safari’s private browsing mode—and use this technique on certain other menu options as well.

Listen to music on iPhone 1.1.4 with a Bluetooth headset

Prior to the iPhone software version 1.1.4, you could listen to the iPod audio over a Bluetooth headset if you did the trick of switching to the voicemail screen and selecting the headset for audio. This still works, but you can't leave this screen and you can't sleep the phone, or the headset audio is disabled. What I found was that you can get the old functionality back by doing the following:Start the iPod audio. Go to the voicemail screen and enable the headset audio. Double tap the home button to bring up the iPod controller. Press "iPod", which will take you to the iPod app. Double tap the home button again, which will take you to the speed dial screen.The headset audio will now be on, and you can also go to other apps or sleep the phone and it will continue. If you go back to the voicemail screen and move away from it normally, the headset audio will stop. In fact, you have to do this step to turn it off (I think a...