CloudMac Dedicated Mac mini July special

CloudMac is offering a special on Dedicated Mac mini’s running OS X 10.6 Server.  The promo includes 100Mbps Internet connectivity, 250GB monthly and all the other offerings standard with the Dedicate Server plan.

As always, all hosting options are month-to-month with $0 setup fee.  For more info, please visit http://cloudmac.net/l/july_special

Offer available while servers are available.

Apple Server Hosting

CloudMac (http://cloudmac.net/), an Oneiric Systems Company, is focused on providing hosting and server colocation for OS X Servers.

For more information, please refer to the site and CloudMac blog.

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware 1.8 boot fail

Apple released EFI Firmware update 1.8 on December 8 to eliminate the noise made by the optical disk drive during wake from sleep on MacBook Pro.

Detaching Widgets from Dashboard

Sometimes  widgets need to be viewed outside of Dashboard. This tutorial outlines how to accomplish this.

Maximizing iTunes

When clicking the + button in iTunes, the view will switch to the “Mini Player.”  It is possible to change the behavior of the “+” button to maximize the window.

Relaunching Widgets and Dock

Sometimes it is necessary to relaunch the Dock or Widgets without rebooting or logging out.  To achieve this, use the following command: