Quick Tip: Greet Snow Leopard with Universal Binaries

As avid Softpedia readers should know by now, Apple is widely believed to have given the order for mass production of Snow Leopard install discs. Last week’s Build 10A432, claimed to be the Golden Master edition of the software, is seemingly arriving even sooner than expected. So, why not greet Snow Leopard with some software that can really make it work fast? Launched after Apple’s transition to Intel processors, Rosetta is a lightweight dynamic translator for the Mac. Distributed with Mac OS X, it enables applications compiled for the PowerPC family of processors to run on Intel processors. If you skip installing Rosetta in S... [read more >>]

Quick Tip – Boost Your iMac's Speaker Volume Level

While Apple's older iMacs (Late-2006) boast an impressive pair of stereo speakers (considering the all-in-one design and their small size), the same thing cannot be said about the company's 20-inch and 24-inch aluminum iMac (Mid-2007). However, both Apple's Late-2006 and Mid-2007 computers have their speakers placed at the bottom of the system, facing down. This leads to a considerable loss in sound quality, as the sound hits your desk and bounces off in all directions. Given this, some high pitched sounds (but not only) barely make it to your ears. There is a way to capture all the sound coming from your Mac's speakers,... [read more >>]