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Flushing Leopard’s DNS Cache

This post applies to Macintosh OS X version 10.5 and later.
From Apple’s manual page:
dscacheutil does various operations against the Directory Service cache including gathering statistics,
initiating lookups, inspection, cache flush, etc. This tool replaces most of the functionality of the
lookupd tool previously available in [...]


Force Safari 4 to Open Links in a New Tab

Apple released Safari 4 Beta for both PC and Mac this week. When web sites uses the target=”_blank” attribute in a link (like this), Safari 4 will open that link in a new window. After a short browsing session you can find yourself buried under a pile of browser windows. Thanks to [...]


Quick Tip: Disable Backup To Speed Up iPhone Sync

If you are like me, you have your iPhone loaded with tons of great apps. The more you install, the longer it seems to take when you sync your phone with iTunes.
One quick way to substantially speed up the sync time is to disable the automated backup. I manually back up my phone [...]