Bypass AT&T's SMS-based WiFi login with free iPhone app

Devicescape provides a free iPhone app to avoid AT&T's crazy SMS-based login procedure for using the telecom's hotspot network.Read More...

published on Tuesday, the 2. December 2008, ars-technica

10.5: Start iChat without auto-login

I have auto-login enabled for my iChat accounts, and yet sometimes I start iChat wanting only some of the accounts to go online. Instead of quickly logging off those accounts I don't want logged in, I hold down the Shift key while iChat is starting. This disables auto-login for that session only -- the general preference is still intact, and the next time you start iChat (without using the Shift key), your accounts will auto-login as normal.

published on Wednesday, the 26. November 2008, macosxhints

Briefcase, Briefcase Lite update for image support

Hey Mac software has updated the iPhone file transfer apps Briefcase and Briefcase Lite, adding better image handling, and an improved password interface. The software now supports image tiling, reducing images to two megapixels for viewing on the iPhone. The login window now defaults to not remembering passwords, and passwords in the keychain can now be cleared. Also new is an iPhone-based FAQ in...

published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, macintosh-news-network

Simplify free iPhone login at AT&T hotspots

Bypass tedious iPhone typing to use your free access at AT&T's hotspots. The catch? Pay $1.99 (once) for the privilege.Read More...

published on Wednesday, the 5. November 2008, ars-technica

Centrify DirectControl 4.2 adds smart cards, more

Centrify Corporation has announced Centrify DirectControl 4.2 for Mac OS X, adding a smart-card-based login to Active Directory for a single sign-on to Windows-integrated services and applications. The smart cards utilize Apple's PKI (public key infrastructure), and work with common access cards, personal identity verification (PIV) and Apple's TokenD interface like the .NET smart card from Gemalt...

published on Thursday, the 23. October 2008, macintosh-news-network

Publish non-MobileMe-account protected iCal calendars

Everybody knows that it's possible to publish an iCal calendar to MobileMe. This way, the calendar will be accessible by anybody. It's also possible to protect the calendar with a password. The downside is that you have to give out your MobileMe login info if you want to share this calendar with somebody.This hint explains how to publish a password-protected calendar to MobileMe, using a different login. The first step is to build a password-protected website using iWeb. In the Site tab of the iWeb inspector panel, you can set a name and password for accessing the site. This login can (and should) be a different one than the MobileMe account. Let's name this site SharedCal. You can just add a single template page to the site and then publish it to MobileMe.Now, we have to publish our calendar. These are the steps:Select the calendar you want to publish from the Calendars list in iCal. Let's say that th...

published on Monday, the 20. October 2008, macosxhints

More secure iCal-MobileMe calendar publishing

When you publish iCal calendars to MobileMe, if you just click through the defaults, you will end up putting calendars under your username with filenames like Home.ics and Work.ics. Smart and curious folks will then be able to hunt down your calendars and view them if they know your MobileMe login name (which is often your email name.)There simple way to work around this. When you publish the calendar, there is a field called "Publish calendar as." In that box, change the value of Home or Work to something more secure like "Home38926x334" or "Work-yuck695." No, it isn't SSL password protection, but at least it will be a lot harder for strangers to snoop into your personal information. It probably is still good to note that if you're on public WiFi, snoopers can still see your URL. This is not terribly secure, but I think it might be helpful.

published on Tuesday, the 14. October 2008, macosxhints

Jade updated with Picasa Web Album upload support

DataMind has produced an update for its digital processing application, Jade. Jade 1.3 is an image enhancement and batch processing tool, used to automatically alter digital images for better color, contrast and dynamic range. The v1.3 upgrade has added Keychain support for remembering Flickr and Picasa logins, and also supports uploading to Picasa web albums. The interface has meanwhile been upda...

published on Monday, the 13. October 2008, macintosh-news-network

Users report iTunes Store login issues

A number of visitors to the iTunes Store on Friday have been unable to properly access the site, or its services, according to tips sent to MacNN and discussions at Apple's support forums. People are reporting being unable to log in to the store, and as a result, they are not only unable to view account details, but perform functions such as buy new files or authorize existing purchases. Music n...

published on Friday, the 10. October 2008, macintosh-news-network

10.5: Modify the login window with Workgroup Manager

I have always liked the result of this hint (and others like it in 10.4) that allowed me to customize the login window, but a quick search of the archive seems to show that no such hint exists for 10.5 (although I grant that I didn't try this one in 10.5). The existing hints for Workgroup Server don't address the login window specifically. However, I have figured out how to make all sorts of modifications to the login window by using Apple's free Server Admin Tools. To modify your login window, follow the instructions in this hint to download and install the Server Admin Tools and open Workgroup Manager. (Note that the link I provided in the previous...

published on Monday, the 6. October 2008, macosxhints