How to Watch the WWDC 2014 Keynote, Live

Whether you have time free to watch the WWDC keynote event live, or prefer to see it later, I’ll show you the ways in which you can keep up-to-date with the latest developments in iOS and OS X, from Apple.

On Monday 2nd June 2014 at 1000hrs PDT–Pacific Daylight Time (which is 1700hrs GMT–Greenwich Mean Time or 1800hrs BST–British Summer Time), Apple will live stream the keynote event that kicks off the 2014 Worldwide Developer Conference, WWDC, that runs from Monday 2nd to Friday 6th June.

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How to Create a Bootable Ubuntu USB Drive, for Mac, in OS X

Ubuntu is, perhaps, one of the most accessible distributions of Linux available to the home computer user or enthusiast. If you are interested in experimenting with Linux, you can do worse than to test-drive Ubuntu from a USB drive.  In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create an Ubuntu USB live-drive, using a Mac, to test on a Mac.

Ubuntu, a Nguni Bantu term meaning Human-ness, recently released version 14.04 LTS (Long Term Support) codename Trusty Tahr.  Based on Debian Linux, Ubuntu is estimated to be used on more than 26% of all Linux websites.

Since its first release in October 2004, it is estimated that, in 2011, Ubuntu had in excess of 20-million users worldwide and it is being increasingly adopted for large-scale public sector deployments, notably the Gendarmerie Nationale, thus replacing expensive Microsoft Office licences with OpenOffice for 5,000 workstations.

Regardless of whether you have thousands of workstations, or not, experimenting with Ubuntu from a USB drive is a good way to get an introduction to this interesting and alternative operating system.

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How To Silence the Startup Chime on a Mac

Each time you start a Mac, you’ll hear a familiar start-up chime. You may have noticed that sometimes it seems louder, or perhaps quieter, than usual. Or perhaps there is no chime at all.  In this tutorial I’ll show you how to change the volume of the Mac start up chime, or mute it completely.

There may be good reasons as to why you want to mute the start up chime on a Mac. Or change the volume.

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How to Create a Bootable Ubuntu USB Drive, for PC, on a Mac

Ubuntu, a Nguni Bantu term meaning Human-ness, recently released version 14.04 LTS (Long Term Support) codename Trusty Tahr.  Based on Debian Linux, Ubuntu is estimated to be used on more than 26% of all Linux websites.

Since its first release in October 2004, it is estimated that, in 2011, Ubuntu had in excess of 20-million users worldwide and it is being increasingly adopted for large-scale public sector deployments, notably the Gendarmerie Nationale, thus replacing expensive Microsoft Office licences with OpenOffice for 5,000 workstations.

Regardless of whether you have thousands of workstations, or not, experimenting with Ubuntu from a USB drive is a good way to get an introduction to this interesting and alternative operating system.

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use Mac to create a Ubuntu USB drive that can be used on a PC.

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