Mac and Mobile

You can edit your videos any format .avi, .mov etc using Quick Time on your Mac. Just open your movie in Quick Time Player. In the timeline below you will see two small brackets. Drag them to start and end position of your cut scene and then Choose Edit->Delete from Menu. After editing your movie save it and voila in minutes you have your edited Movie.

No real fix exits for Noise. Although resetting the Controller by removing battery and then pressing Power ON button for 10 seconds will allow better fan control and noise vanishes. I have already ordered new fan.

I have edited my old post.

After year of use of Macbook Pro the left fan started to giving noise. It was cranking noise as fan was hitting with some thing. Very annoying in a quiet environment. The fan noise became louder and louder. As my Macbook Pro was without warranty so I decided to fix it myself. I opened my Macbook using the guide at www.ifixit.com. 

Happy Engineering

Hurray!, Yes you can now natively play (AVCHD) .mts or .m2ts files on your Intel Mac running OS X Leopard. You need to download nightly build of VLC player (VideoLAN). Click on the following link to download it

http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/macosx-intel/

AVCHDly yours, Enjoy Great HD Videos from your SONY or PANASONIC AVCHD Recorders!!!!!!

After 9 months of purchasing my MacBook Pro I was faced with Error while burning my CDs. Toast reported sense key = MEDIUM ERROR and eject CD. I google the error and was surprised to see so many users are having this error. Some were blaming to cheap CDs while others recommended to repair permissions or re-install OS. 

I continue to face error on some cds while some burn fine. I concluded that it may be defective cds but when I used same cd on my external writer they burn fine. On 12 months my burner finally gave up and now it was not burning any type of CD/DVD.

I went to shop purchased Philips CD Cleaner which had two brushed on it. Inserted it into my dvd drive. Instructions played to choose track no. 14 for cleaning. I did as instructed and WOW my dvd burner was functional. I have burnt quite a few CD with no problem at all.

Updated: This post is old, see my new post on AVCHD Player to natively Play .mts files on Mac.

I have tried various solution to play AVCHD (.mts) files created by my Sony Camcoder HDR-CX7 to play on my MacBook Pro.

Here is the solution:

Install VMWARE Fussion on your mac. Start Virtual Windows XP inside it. Install CyberLink PowerDVD Player v7.3 Ultra. Now you have the required codec to play all .mts files.

Just rename .mts files to .mpg and play inside PowerDVD. Plays very smooth and Audio quality is good.

To play directly on mac you can download MPlayer latest build from here.  But the sound lacks behind video and also there are dropped frames not perfect for viewing. For native mac viewing of .mts files I think we need to wait little longer. But at least you can play .mts inside virtual Windows on your mac.

After using iphone for four months I am back to Nokia. I have purchased N95 8GB. I missed following features on iPhone:

1. Bluetooth send and receive of files
2. DVD like video Recording
3. 5 MegaPixel Camera
4. Internal GPS and Nokia excellent Sports Tracker Application
5. Bluetooth A2DP Profile (Stereo)
6. Copy and Paste (Major Bummer)
7. I can view www.bbcurdu.com (Not possible on iphone)
8. I can stream into realplayer
9. I can now use blacklist program
10. Voice Recoder which records telephone calls too.
11. Caller Name Playback when you receive call (Excellent Feature! Without picking the phone I know who is calling me)
12. Voice Activated Calling ( Simply Speak; the phone will identify the contact and call)
13. Picture Slide show (Pan and Zoom) with Music (Why iphone does not have this feature)
14. Picture Editor
15. Easy transfer of Pictures and Songs (Not through complicated iTunes)
16. and finally lots n lots of good software and 3D games!!!

I hate Apple Closed Policy for iphone. Why don’t they open iphone as Nokia? Why are they playing hide and seek game and releasing firmware every four months?

The only feature I miss on Iphone while using Nokia is iphone Email Client and its attachment viewing and of course virtual keyboard.

iPhone sure is a great phone but not without the following Applications. If you have bought new phone, you should go through following:

Immediately Jailbreak your phone otherwise you are missing the other half of the world. If are using Mac you can easly jailbreak iphone upto version 1.1.2 with Independence 1.3.1. then Install the following Apps:

1. SMSd: to forward messages and to create SMS templates and much more. Best iPhone Application. I rate it among the top five.
2. NetServices: This application is must have to start and stop services such as SSH, Web Server, Safari Download, Bluetooth, Wifi, Autolock, TinyProxy, Share Drive (AFP) etc.
3. VNsea: If you need to remotely control your home PC or Linux Server. Very fast and good VNC client. I am in love with it.
4. Sketches: Your kids will love this application. You can also take photo and draw on it.
5. TinyProxy: If you want to tether iPhone to your mac to use Internet while on the move.
6. Finder: Browser file system on iphone just like Mac Finder or Windows Explorer. Copy or Move files change permissions, create folders. Finder also works with Preview and TextEdit Apps if you have installed them.
7. Customize: Change look and feel of your iphone. Adjust icon locations on home screen. Hide Applications you don’t want to use etc.
8. Sysinfo: Restart SpringBoard. It just like refresh if you have manually installed any application. Also shows all processes and much more.
9. VNotes: Your Voice Recorder.
10. Search: Search any contact. You can also type first few characters of company name and it will find the contact for you.
11. iSpit: Store documents on your iphone for example, pdf, excel/word etc and view in safari with this light weight web server. You don’t need to connect with edge or Wifi. When you have finished viewing you can stop the server.

Fun and Games:

1. iSolitaire
2. 4Balls
3. iPhysics
4. ContraSense

Happy iPhoning………

I am surprised to see lot of application for iPhone are released everyday. First there was Mobile Quran with Audio and now full Arabic Support.

Arabic Support includes Arabic Font, Arabic Keyboard, and Arabic SMS. To install Support you need to add source “apps.iphoneislam.com” in installer.

Install the following from installer:

1. Mobile Enhancer

2. Arabic Font

3. Arabic iKeyboard

4. Fix Arabic SMS

Native Application for iPhone called weTool Supports:

• Message Forwarding to Multiple Receipents
• Individual message and Call Logs deletions
• Message storage as notepad.

To install WeTools add the following source in the Installer http://app.weiphone.com/installer/

If WeTools does not work (that is open then closes). Just launch Notes App once after its installation, then it should work.

Recently dSMS is also updated to support Message Forwarding. You can download it from Installer. I wish author could add multiple address forwarding in future in this application also.

I have been using this great phone in Pakistan with no problem. Recently I updated it to 1.1.2. Following is Very Short Guide:

1. First Upgrade (Alt+Click RESTORE) your Phone firmware to 1.1.2

2. Downgrade (Alt+Click Restore) Firmware to 1.0.2

3. Jailbreak and Activiate 1.0.2, Install SSH (Hint: Use Independence 3 beta 2)

4. Install Installer, AnySim1.2.1u and BSD SubSystem

5. Run AnySim (Make sure your rename AnySim1.2.1 folder to AnySim)

6. Instal OktoPrep from Installer.app

7. Upgrade (DO NOT RESTORE) to 1.1.2

8. Download Jailbreak 1.1.2 and run jailbreak.jar (click install ssh also)

9. Run iWorld from Installer Select your Country

10. Download AppSupport for Pakistan below, extract AppSupport to /System/Library/Frameworks/AppSupport.framework/ and overwrite the original.

AppSupport

11. To have Pakistan as a country in your iPhone Address Book while adding contacts download the two Pakistan Country files and copy them into

/System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/ABAddressFormats.plist
/System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/English.lproj/Localized.strings

overwriting the original ones. Reboot your iPhone and enjoy.

There are excellent guides available at Hackint0sh.