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Video extender powers iPad 2 wireless HDMI hack: The streaming adds 2 pounds

by Erica Sadun (Mar 29th, 2011)

If you don't mind spending a bit of money and adding a couple of pounds of weight (and a two hour time limit) to your iPad, this video demonstrates that a simple HDMI wireless extender will allow you to transmit audio and video to a remote presentation system. After watching the clip, we ...

Ecamm introduces iPad document management with PadSync

by Erica Sadun (Jun 7th, 2010)

It's a sad fact. The current version of iTunes can barely handle the new document management features introduced by Apple. As part of the 3.2 release of the iPad and soon to extend to the iPhone, the Apps tab now allows you to manually add, replace, and delete documents from applications that ...

hacksugar: Bringing back the on-screen keyboard

by Erica Sadun (Jun 2nd, 2010)

You've got an iPad. You've got a Bluetooth keyboard that you love. Now imagine this: You're in bed. Your keyboard is somewhere downstairs. And yet, it's still in range and paired to your device. You can tap, tap, tap in the iPad Spotlight text entry field, but there's no keyboard for you to use. ...

Cool tool: Change your Mac's boot image with BootXChanger

by Steven Sande (Jul 27th, 2009)

Every once in a while, I get reminded about a cool tool that I've used and then totally forgotten about. In today's example, the reminder came in the form of a post on UNEASYsilence about how to change your Mac's boot image. The boot image, in case you're new to the Mac world, is that gray Apple ...