Firefox 2.0 for the Mac Alpha Available || The Mac Observer Firefox version 2.0 is in development, and for for those brave enough to try pre-beta software, you can experiment with the alpha version yourself. According to Ars Technica, the new version of the Firefox Web browser includes an improved Places menu that lets you search your browsing history, bookmarks and RSS subscriptions. It also includes some interface enhancements, and eventually will add support for Google's Safe Browsing plug-in." (Via Read more [...]

: Transpodder monitors all of your tv shows and puts them on your iPod automatically. With no effort or interaction. Bittorrent + RSS + iPod!”

(Via Jon’s Thoughts On Everything.)

Chax – miscellaneous iChat improvements: “Chax is a collection of minor modifications and additions that make using Apple’s iChat more enjoyable.”

(Via chax.)

Fake model photography: “FAKE MODEL
PHOTOGRAPHYWith a very little effort, you can take
existing photographs of everyday scenes and make it look
like they’re actually of miniature models.
“

(Via recedinghairline.)

Here is the how-to from the faq section: Introduction Installing XP on an Intel iMac is a two step process. Creating the installation media Running the installer. The process is 95% automated. There are two sections below, detailing each one of the two steps highlighted above. In each section there are three subsections: What you'll need (Lists the requirements (hardware/software/time) in order to complete the task.) Quick instructions (No-nonsense instructions for those Read more [...]

The winxponmac website is getting hammered, so here for a period of time I will mirror the file and how to:

In anticipation of getting your iMac Intel installed with XP, I found a link on how to convert your XP install cd to an XP SP2 install cd.

Check it out HERE

You probably have already heard, but the contest is over, there is a working solution! onmac.net should have a download posted soon. I wanted to fill in a little information for the moment. Once the official download is up and details are circulating, I'll probably delete this post. The solution isn't elegant, but it appears to be solid. You're required to repartition your internal disk, and modify and burn an XP SP 2 CD. The whole process does not take long, from start to finish under 2 hours. Read more [...]

Boot Windows XP on an Intel Duo Core Mac : "Latest Update" No solution has been submitted yet. Should be in for testing by the end of the week according to the contestants. Sorry for the downtime on the site my old host, Zesthost suspended my account due to too much processor usage from the forum and blog. I am currently working to get the host to give me the access again to the files on the site as well as the databases. In the meantime, this page is it. If you need to submit a contest entry Read more [...]

Encyclopodia – the encyclopedia on your iPod: “Encyclopodia is a free software project that brings the Wikipedia, which is one of the largest encyclopedias in the world, to the Apple iPod. Encyclopodia can be installed on iPod genarations one to four, as well as on iPod Minis and Photo iPods.”

(Via encyclopodia.sourceforge.)

Make Windows Media files play on an Intel Mac: “Not a hint by me, but I thought this information on how to get Windows Media (WMV) videos to play, using Flip4Mac, on an Intel Mac should be shared.

[robg adds: The essence of the tip is as follows:

Set the Apple Installer…”

(Via Mac OS X Hints.)

WinXP Booting On iMac: "Ars Technica is reporting that a hacker may have finally hacked the Mac to run Windows XP. The claim is, as yet, unverified, but the solution is currently being reviewed by the owners of the WinXP On Mac site, which has accumulated a $12,000 reward for doing this. Their site is down right now, perhaps pending the results of this claim. If this claim is verified, it would represent the shattering of one barrier between platforms, as users will be able to boot both operating Read more [...]

“FlashMount is a small utility to mount disc images at a much faster rate than Apple’s Disk Image Mounter in OSX. No more waiting, your images mount almost instantly.”

NOTE, this is not UNIVERSAL

(Via liquidnexus.)

Possibly fix iPod hard drives via bad block scan: “Here’s how you can often recover an iPod that’s got a hard drive suffering from bad sectors. It’s not a magic bullet, but if your iPod is out of warranty then you’ve got nothing to lose. I’ve seen iPods that have been ‘fixed’…”

(Via Mac OS X Hints.)

We have added several Kids games here, but as your child grows in Mac experience, they will soon be surfing the internet.
We all know that it can be dangerous for young minds to surf unrestricted, and hopefully KidsBrowser will solve this issue.

Stay tuned!