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    OS LION + Logged As ROOT + Viewing Hidden Folders

    Logged in as the user whose Library folder you want to see, the GO menu in finder displays an item for it when you hold the option key. If you want to view it for another user then you can 'unhide' it in Terminal as root using chflags nohidden /Users/*username*/Library/ It can be reversed by...
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    When Should Higher Fan Speeds Kick In?

    It only takes a few minutes for the fans to increase in speed. I suspect the fan control is a combination of CPU temp and heatsink temp according to some mystic formula. Faster fans in the summer may be due to a higher ambient temp, leading to less efficient cooling.
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    When Should Higher Fan Speeds Kick In?

    I've recently been using Handbrake to create some videos to watch on my iphone at lunchtime while I'm at work from a series of free DVDs I got with a newspaper. The conversion usually takes around 35 minutes and shortly after I start the CPU temperature hits 90C. Once the CPU Heatsink gets...
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    "Extract PDF to Text" Sux

    Bowjest, is the folder you want the output to be placed in under your home directory? Using a folder called 'pdftext' on the root of my Mac HD it works fine, but under my own /Users/jonathan/ it always gets dumped on the Desktop.
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