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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
Please note: you should have a clean, non-obtrusive work environment when doing this. Also note that replacing the hard drive on your MacBook Pro can and may ultimately result in forfeiture of the warranty that is provided by Apple. Performing the following is done at your own risk. The following work was done on a MacBook Pro 17', model is MacBookPro3,1 . | 
full size image here | Tools Needed: - Torx screwdriver - T-6 size ( link ) - Phillips #00 Screwdriver ( link ) - Rosewill Anti-Static wrist strap ( link , read here to learn more about grounding oneself ) We recommend the kit featured in the links above. If you have a Home Depot ( Store Locater ) near you we know they carry them, it’s where we purchased this one. It has served us well when working on everything from laptops to cell phones. You should also have a generic tool kit that includes the basic tools. | Task:
Replacing original MacBook Pro 160 GB hard drive with Western Digital 320GB ( 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s ). We (me in particular) needed more space for music, personal work and Oscot development. We run XP, Vista, and Ubuntu through VMware Fusion here, we’ll eventually give everyone a peek at what this machine actually goes through daily. ;) |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 04 May 2008 )
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
In case you have lived under a rock for the past few weeks, you may have noticed an ad or two about Rockstar’s new blockbuster game, Grand Theft Auto IV. I mean if the NY Times is writing about a game, you know it’s serious. I personally am a fan of the series, my personal favorite being the Liberty City Stories release for the PSP what seems like not to long ago.
| However, Rockstar seems to have outdone themselves this time around, receiving perfect 10 scores from major gaming players such as IGN. The game is still sitting next to me at this very second opened but unscathed by my XBOX 360 drive, yet. The setting is New York City in all of it’s grime and glory. More to come once I get into the game and see what’s really going on in this highly acclaimed game.
|  | | Till then, one of Rockstar’s testers was kind enough to provide our readers with the “Insider’s Guide to GTA IV”. Thanks Phil. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 04 May 2008 )
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Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
Ziphone 3.0 has come out and works perfectly while installing the January update apps as well. You can use the instructions outlined here with Ziphone 3.0. Read more about Ziphone 3.0 here | How To Jailbreak 1.1.4 iPod Touch :
We are going to outline the way to jailbreak your iPod Touch. Below you will notice a photo of our iPod Touch with the Installer application.
|  | Please have no other programs open other than iTunes and your Internet browser if necessary. In order to jailbreak without any issues we are going to restore our iPod Touch to 1.1.4. So we hold the Option button down and click the Restore button (Hold Shift and click Restore on a Windows PC). This will bring up the different versions available. If you do not have 1.1.4, click here to download it. | | We have made an instructional video to go along with written tutorial here. The video is displayed below or can be found here . | |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 April 2008 )
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Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
 | Ziphone has released another stable version of its popular software modifying the iPhone’s and iPod Touch’s. The new version is available here , and the information on this release here .
| New Features:
- No more need of fix nvram!
- Solution for GREYED wifi!
- No need for YouTube Fixes!
- Embedded apps installer!
- Customized plugins !
| You can follow the same instructions located here to jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch. The print screens may differ a little as he has updated the program, but the general process is the same. Happy podding!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 April 2008 )
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 |
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Some users have encountered a problem with their iTouch’s while trying to use ZiPhone’s jailbreaking application. We followed the video posted on their website, http://www.ziphone.org/2008/02/ziphone-works-on-itouch-too.html . If you were the fortunate one's that were able to get it to work on your iTouch here's how you delete Ziphone's Blog Icon: On 1.1.3 and above hold down on the icon and the black x comes up and click it and hit delete. If you need the 1.1.4 file. Upon following the instruction on the video that seemed easy enough, I now had an iTouch that would do nothing else but…  Here is an instructional video to guide you through what is written here.
There is a way to restore your iTouch to the original firmware.
First you must turn off your now useless iTouch by holding the power button and the home button at the same time. It should shut off in less than 10 seconds. Once off, wait for 5 seconds and press both buttons again. This time booting your iTouch into “Restore Mode”.
NOTE: you don't have to wait 5 seconds to press the buttons again, you can simply continue to hold them down and it will go directly into restore mode. Also, I never unplugged my iPod/iTouch from my computer. Note from user Beau McG.: Beau powered down my iPod and my pc. Unplugged the ipod. Rebooted the pc, connected the iPod, turned it on in restore mode. 
Once in restore mode, your iTunes may open automatically if your settings are set to do so when your iPod/iTouch is plugged into your pc/mac. If not just open iTunes and you should see the following. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 May 2008 )
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