IMDB app for iPhone now available (free)

Free IMDB app for iPhone now available:
http://www.imdb.com/features/iphone/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imdb/id342792525?mt=8
(link to iTunes store)

Testimonial: Boston Casting

As a small business owner, my computers are my lifeline. Whenever we have a problem, Craig is there. We can’t afford to lose valuable time. MacShaman is indispensable!

— Angela Peri, C.S.A., Owner, Boston Casting

The IT Crowd – “This, Jen, is the internet.” – Always funny no matter how many times you watch it

The IT Crowd – “This, Jen, is the internet.”

Watch (Link to YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUyaELfwBo

The IT Crowd website
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-it-crowd

HowTo: Delete images from within Preview

If you use Preview to quickly review multiple photos, you can easily delete unwanted images within the current view.

• Open a few photos simultaneously with Preview.
• From the Thumbnails Sidebar, select the image(s) you don’t want
• Use the “Move To Trash” keyboard shortcut (just like in the Finder): Command – Delete.

The unwanted item will disappear from Preview and be moved from the Finder into the trash.

Alternatively, you can Right-click, or Control-click on the image and select Move To Trash from the pulldown menu.

HowTo: Change Time Machine Backup Interval with Secrets Preference Pane

Lets face it- hourly Time Machine backups are a little much! Thankfully, there is a great Preference Pane that can easily adjust this to something more reasonable- like every 2-4 hours, twice a day, etc. Alternatively, you can edit the preference file directly. That information is also provided below.

Change Time Machine Backup Increment with Secrets Preference Pane

1) Download, unzip, and install Secrets preference pane : http://blacktree-secrets.googlecode.com/files/Secrets_1.0.6.zip (for more info about Secrets, go to http://secrets.blacktree.com)

2) Go to System Preferences, and open Secrets Preference Pane

3) Scroll down in left column to Time Machine

4) Change Backup Interval to something else more than an hour. We did the math so you don’t have to. A few examples:

• 7200 seconds    - Backup every 2 hours
• 14400 seconds  - Backup every 4 hours
• 28800 seconds – Backup every 8 hours
• 43200 seconds  - Backup every 12 hours
• 86400 seconds  - Backup every 24 hours

5) Close System Preferences

This is just one single thing Secrets can do. As you can see once you open it, there are tons of other customizations that can be made.

Change Time Machine backup increment by editing the preference file directly

1) Go to /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/

2) Open com.apple.backupd-auto.plist with any text editor.

3) Find this section:

<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>3600</integer>

4) Change interval 3600 to a different amount (in seconds)

5) Save/Close