Archive for November, 2010

iOS device backup location

in OS X: ~(your home directoy)/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ in Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup in Windows Vista, Windows 7: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

Getting UUID of your disk

For ubuntu or debian sudo vol_id /dev/hda1 For generic GNU Linux ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid The easiest I’ve done is blkid

Where to put the ipsw file?

If you direct download the ipsw file, just put it under -> your home directory -> Library -> iTunes -> iPad Software Updates For iPhone and iPod, I believe put to the similar named folder too. Note: if you can’t find the software update folder, just create one.

Instability after memory upgrade on MacBook Pro

If you happen found instability after upgrading memory on your MacBook Pro, I hope this trick will save you from a lot of frustations and data loss like I did. Simple, try to changing the slot. After switching with 4 GB a piece RAM, random lock up was haunting me at worst 10 times a [...]

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