Now there is a way with the new iDisk to share multiple files at one time. It can be done very easily using the Compress command in the iDisk web application. Here is how you can do it:

1) Select the files or folders you want to share. (To select multiple files hold down the Command key on a Mac or the Control key on a PC as you click on each one.)

2) Use the Actions menu via the Gear icon in the Toolbar, and select Compress items. This will automatically create a single compressed file named Archive.zip that contains your files or folders.

3) Share Archive.zip file just as you would any other iDisk file. (Before you share it, you can change the “Archive” part of the name to something more descriptive, but keep the .zip extension so the receiver’s computer will know to decompress the files when the receiver opens it.)

If your like me and you are doing video rendering and putting customized DVD’s or video discs together and your not into the whole “name branding” thing. By that I mean the nice Apple logo that’s on every menu screen in iDVD. Well I’ve figured out the solution to this problem and have given you a step by step guide on how you can do the same thing. I have also taken a screen shot of the menu of where I removed the check mark. Take a look. Remember Keep it buzzin’

Open iDVD
Open any project you need to remove logo
Click “iDVD” then click “Preference”
Click remove “Show Apple logo watermark”

Then click “x” to close

Hey guys, if you do a stream or ever wanted to do a stream, but wanted to be able to use a tricaster but never really had the money to buy one. I mean lets face it, who has 10 G’s to buy one? Well thanks to Brett Hiley from HiWEB interactive you can now do it. Yesterday I was complaining that camtwist doesn’t have the ability to set key switchers between camera’s or effects like a tricaster. Well Mr.Hiley pointed out that it can! So I did a video explaining how I made my “Buzz Caster” so if you want to learn how to do it and see how I did mine, Watch this video! Thanks guys and as always, comments are welcomed! Remember keep it buzzin’

Over the last few weeks I’ve been trying to update my wife’s laptop from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6 but couldn’t because of the patch is too intense. So why update then? iWork 09 and iLife 09 need to run under a 10.5.6 build. So I found a work around that will make it fake out the installer and show that you are running OS X 10.5.6. I did it and it worked on my wife’s laptop and she was able to install iWork 09. Here is how you do it!

Go to System/Library/CoreServices, then you will see SystemVersion.plist, copy it and paste it on your desktop.
I suggest you also make a backup just to be sure….can’t hurt.
Then open the plist from your desktop and where the string is that has your system version— 10.5.5 for example, change it to 10.5.6.
The version should appear twice in the plist, so change both.
Then save the plist and paste/replace it over the old systemversion.plist, put in your password, and check your “about this mac” to verify.
Then install and you’ll be fine!
Worked 100% for me!

Remember Keep it Buzzin’

The reason for this demonstration was to show “HOW” I had my Power PC G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard on 400mhz. Some would say why would you want to do that. My answer is simple, “Why Not?” So I’ve provided details on how you could do this and make the most of your out of date system. Please feel free to leave comments on how this tutorial worked for you.

Every Mac and Macintosh clone with PCI architecture supports Open Firmware, so this technique should work with any Mac that could possibly run Leopard. It completely eliminates the need to hack the installer on the Mac OS X 10.5 installer DVD. Be sure your firmware is up-to-date before attempting to install Leopard. (We have a field report indicating that this hack does not work with the 667 MHz DVI PowerBook G4.)

Note that some third-party additions to the System can prevent Leopard from booting – Unsanity’s Application Enhancer (APE) tops the list of add-ons – so you should make sure all of your software is up-to-date and may want to (or need to) disable System add-ons before installing Leopard. dk

I have found that, by far, the easiest way to install Leopard on unsupported G4s is to spoof the clock speed in Open Firmware before installing. Spoofing will have Open Firmware tell OS X that your G4 is up-to-speed until you reboot. This will allow you to install without altering or hacking  an install disc or working in Target Disk Mode. You will still need to meet the 512 MB of RAM requirement, but I wouldn’t suggest using less anyway.

Without further delay, here are some instructions I have passed on to a few friends already:

To install Leopard on an “unsupported” G4 clocked under 867 MHz:

1. Reboot your Mac and hold down the Cmd-Opt-O-F keys until you get a white screen with black text. This is the Open Firmware prompt.

2. Insert the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard  Install DVD.

3. Type the following lines exactly as shown below into the Open Firmware prompt. Be mindful of capitalization, spaces, zeros, etc. If the command is properly typed and understood, Open Firmware will display “ok” at the end of each line after you hit “return”. What these lines do is set the CPU speed reported by Open Firmware to OS X as an 867 MHz G4 processor system. They then continue the boot from the DVD drive.

For single CPUs, use the following three lines:

dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0
d# 867000000 encode-int " clock-frequency" property
boot cd:,\\:tbxi

For dual CPUs, use the following five lines:

dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0
d# 867000000 encode-int " clock-frequency" property
dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@1
d# 867000000 encode-int " clock-frequency" property
boot cd:,\\:tbxi

4. Continue the install normally.

5. This CPU setting is only in effect until the Mac reboots. Once OS X Leopard is installed and your Mac has rebooted, the proper CPU speed should once again be displayed when you select About This Mac under the Apple menu. 

UPDATE: The folks at iCode have taken the information from this article and used it to create LeopardAssist, a free program that automates this process and eliminates the need to fiddle with OpenFirware on your own.

Steve found that some have noted problems booting the Leopard install disc using the above commands. If so, substitute “mac-boot” (without the quote marks) for the last line in the above Open Firmware commands. Also, if your Mac locks up hard during this process, resetting the PRAM (start your Mac and immediately hold down Cmd-Opt-P-R until your Mac restarts) should bring it back to life.

Watch the Tutorial with these links:

Part 1 of the Tutorial

Tutorial Part 2