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The HellasProject archive and old forum posts, 2007–2014.
The 2022 company privacy policy — historical archive
An English rendering of the former company privacy policy, retained as historical material. It does not govern the current personal website.
Workaround / app for brightness control
2015 InsanelyMac note on laptop panel brightness via the Brightness Slider Mac App Store app after DSDT and kext attempts failed. Not software the author shipped.
SONY VAIO F Series (PCG-81312M)
Opening post SomniusX started on tonymacx86 on 13 August 2015 asking whether a SONY VAIO F Series PCG-81312M could run OS X 10.10.
A first look at iOS 7
WWDC 2013 showed iOS 7 as rumored: more minimal, with Control Center, AirDrop, and a call block list, for developers now and everyone in the autumn.
iTunes Radio
iTunes Radio is Pandora/Last.fm-style streaming, US in the autumn, unlikely in Greece.
OS X Mavericks
After the big-cat names, OS X Mavericks promised Finder tabs, iCloud keychain, and better multi-display support, for developers that night and everyone in autumn.
WWDC 2013 Keynote [videopost]
WWDC 2013 keynote recap with a link to watch if you missed it live.
CardDAV on iOS, Google/Gmail contacts without Exchange/ActiveSync
Localized article, source and photos from Redmond Pie
Jailbreak – end of an era
iOS 6.1.3 patched long-lived exploits; only some A4 devices with SHSH blobs could stay on 6.1.2, while A5 and newer were stuck.
Import/export Reminders to and from Mountain Lion and Google Calendar
The best addition they could have made in Mac OS X Mountain Lion is the Reminders app, which the public seems to have loved — even me, using it daily.
The iOS 6.x jailbreak is coming!!
The evad3rs team’s evasi0n jailbreak for iOS 6.x was due Sunday 4 February 2013, covering 22 Apple devices, with a full backup urged first.
What will happen with the iOS 6 jailbreak?
Few public jailbreakers left, Apple hardening iOS 6.1 with KASLR, and a plea not to update if you still wanted to try tweaks — plus anti-piracy.
10 serious moves to protect your privacy
The other day I had a friend’s iPhone 4S in my hands so I could take photos and video. The first thing I asked — I always do — was “What’s the passcode?”
When Mail.app is slow
Macedonas.gr on compacting Lion/Mountain Lion Mail databases with a script, after backing up ~/Library/Mail.
Happy holidays!
Holiday and new-year wishes from HellasProject.
[SOLD] MacBook Pro 6,2 i5 2.4GHz
Personal 15.4-inch MacBook Pro listed at 900 EUR, later marked sold.
What has happened?!
Stepping back from iOS development after WiFi Spots GR was cracked in under eight hours; apps would leave the Store, source later on GitHub.
FaceSlideR – Cydia fun
FaceSlideR tweaks the lock-screen slider on jailbroken devices, about 1.50 EUR.
What it was, what it is, and what it is not..(;!)
Complaints about Greek Apple retail: selling high-end machines without asking needs, excessive attitude, and still some luck that shops exist at all.
Hidden shortcut at startup lets your Mac become an iPad
Apple is known for this kind of move: hiding capabilities on its computers. Capabilities that are usually enabled with some hidden shortcut.
Apple’s value is over $500 billion
Apple crossed $500 billion market value for the first time, joining a short US list with Exxon, Cisco, Intel, GE, and Microsoft.
“Apple’s value is larger than Greece’s”
The title is not ours; it is CNN’s editorial team’s, after Apple’s record market cap, which recently touched $431 billion and closed at $398 billion.
End of the controversial SOPA bill, from Obama’s mouth
The White House said it would not support SOPA, so sites would not be taken down for copyright links — at least for the moment.
Right Zoom for a proper maximize
Right Zoom makes the green traffic-light button fill the screen on Mac windows.
iPhone 4S, Siri & Jailbreak [Updated]
A blunt take on Siri ports to older devices, MuscleNerd’s 4S SSH photo, and the claim that no untethered iOS 5 jailbreak was for sale.
My absence and related notes
Good evening, acquaintances and friends.
Remembering Steve Jobs
Memorial images after Steve Jobs’s death, with an invitation to share memories.
[Giveaway] FlipFace – right-side up… upside down
FlipFace is a fun app that came to turn things right-side up… upside down. Use is very simple, but the result can cause a lot of laughter.
iOS 5 Beta – what new I found to start with [update #4]
iOS 5 Beta
Today’s WWDC coverage on Milaraki.com
Live WWDC commentary with Suicico and Babz on Milaraki.com. Bring beer.
iPhone Code Sign – Cydia & AppStore Deployment
A 2010-era note on developer certificates versus fake code-signing for Cydia builds, pointing at public guides, Xcode plist flags, and ldid.
For the friend on the answering machine
First I want to note that the contact phone is purely for getting in touch with me. Unfortunately I am not in a position to offer phone or other support.
Easter wishes
Easter resurrection wishes to everyone visiting HellasProject.com.
New iPhone apps, if we get the OK from “mama” Apple
Three apps submitted in a week — Kantines, WiFi Spots GR, Pet Shops GR — plus a promo-code raffle after Apple approval.
Developer for another year mates!
Apple Developer Program renewed early for another year.
iPhone as a motion-sensitive game controller
TiltPad turned an iPhone into a Wi-Fi tilt controller for Mac games; it needed OS X 10.6.6 or newer and a Mac App Store download.
iOS/Lion-style scroll on your Mac
Scroll Reverser flips Mac scrolling to match iOS and Lion. Needs 10.5+.
Images in base64 encoding
CSS Image Encoder is a handy little tool that encodes images on your pages as a base64 string so they appear extra fast.
Export MP3 from YouTube videos
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter for Mac OS X 10.5+, with AAC and original-audio options.
Instapaper app (standalone) is what we need
Lately a lot of people use a service that starts “free” and offers an easy way to keep articles, pages, and anything interesting aside to look at later.
Mass-edit Address Book with Automator
One of the few drawbacks of Address Book on Mac OS X is that you cannot change contacts in bulk. A few lines in Automator can change that.
Load the Mac OS X desktop before the log-in screen
So you can walk away from the computer while it loads the desktop (without the insecure automatic login), this script loads OS X before letting you in.
A strange iPhone charger
A Japanese artist’s unusual iPhone charger gadget, with video.
The Seven Types of iPhone Users
A humorous infographic from allareacodes.com on seven kinds of iPhone users.
Enable FaceTime on the iPad [guide]
FaceTime on the iPad is probably one of the features iPhone/iPod users have that iPad users miss. The full experience would need a front camera and FaceTime, which the iPad “1” still does not have.
Greenpois0n RC5-2 mirror
Greenpois0n RC5-2 Mirror
MacBook Air 11.6 Invisible Film Keyboard Protection
After selling an iPad for an 11.6-inch MacBook Air, a thin eBay keyboard film went on in about 15 minutes, with spare keys in the pack.
A very good list of OS X shortcuts
Suicico points at Dan Rodney’s thorough Mac OS X shortcut list.
Keyboard shortcuts for special characters (€, ®, ©, ½…)
Use Show Keyboard Viewer, then Option or Command, to see special characters. Via Evripidis.
Renaming files with Automator’s help
Evripidis from Macedonas.gr builds an Automator Service that batch-renames Finder items to Mass Rename_001, Mass Rename_002, and so on.
The Macintosh celebrates its 27th birthday
On 24 January 1984 Steve Jobs introduced the first Macintosh; 27 years later, a short history from System 1.0 to the iMac era.
Free Remote Desktop on Snow Leopard
There are thousands of reasons to control your computer from afar over the internet. That process is called remote desktop, and there are several ways to do it.
Greek and English spellcheck together
Republication from Macalla.
Dropbox v1.0 is out. Be careful though!
Installing the Dropbox 1.0.0 release candidate trashed a working client; the lesson is not to touch what already works.
A new file format from WWF
WWF’s unprintable .wwf format, like PDF, Mac-only at first. saveaswwf.com
Folio Case for iPad – a Santa gift
Happy New Year to all of you, and thank you for keeping me company through HellasProject.com’s first year. At Epiphany I will draw a promo code for Folio Case for iPad.
Sleep timer for music (iPod app)
Are you one of those who leave the iPod app playing until you fall asleep and then cry over the battery in the morning “if” it lasted until morning.
Depth of field [iPhone camera trick]
Hold the subject 10 cm from an iPhone 3GS/4 lens, tap to focus, blur the background.
Speaking of the iPhone 4!
Months after the Greek iPhone 4 launch: locked imports, price gouging, showing-off, and why a developer bought one with a thick case.
How to downgrade iOS 4.2.1 to 4.1 / 4.0.2 / 4.0.1 for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod touch, and iPad
iOS 4.2.1 came out yesterday for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod touch 4G, 3G, 2G, and iPad. Even an iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak was achieved with Redsn0w 0.9.6b2, but Cydia still does not run.
The history of GNU/Linux distributions to date
GNU/Linux has a rich history of newer and older distributions. The GNU/Linux distro timeline aims to show that history over time.
Back to the Mac event on 20/10
Yes, after years Apple decided to hold an event that is not about iDevices. The invitations went out and recipients faced the image you see.
Help on the road – Posi Venzini [iPhone]
Posi Venzini v1.1 iPhone App
Cydia + Rock = LOVE FOR EVER
Cydia acquired Rock.app.
Turn your iPhone into a microscope
A $12.50 clip-on 45x microscope for an iPhone 4 case, via Suicico.
VLC is coming to the iPad!
VideoLAN submitted a free, open-source VLC port for iPad to the App Store, expected the following week.
Build your own Priority Inbox with Apple Mail
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Bring color back to iTunes 10
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Rainymood, get in mood!
RainyMood plays half an hour of rain and thunder; a Mac-only wrapper was promised in the comments so you would not need a browser tab.
We are moving
HellasProject and related sites were moving to CretaForce hosting; Cydia repo and other services might be down for about two days.
elCulture iPhone app
elCulture’s App Store app listed daily cultural events, contests, location suggestions, in-app purchase, GPS, and a custom touch UI.
New Greek iPhone app – PosiVenzini
PosiVenzini estimated petrol cost, distance, and time for a route from two addresses, engine size, and road type, on Google Maps.
VAD, APR, AAR, Apple and other stories…
Decoding iSquare as VAD, Apple Authorized and Premium Resellers, retail chains, and rumours of a new Athens APR from Infoquest.
How to set up the Magic Trackpad
Here are instructions to start setting up your new Apple Magic Trackpad.
VPN tutorial for Pandora
Historical 2010 note: friends used Hotspot Shield so Pandora and some US video sites would stream from Greece; screenshots show OS X VPN setup.
Macland.gr has opened and is waiting for you…
Macland.gr opened as a Greek Apple/Mac/iPhone forum, with a dedicated HellasProject section for members.
[Greek app] Vres Parking
A new Greek app recently appeared on the App Store from Vasilis Daniggellis, named “Vres Parking”.
Apple Magic Trackpad
Apple Magic Trackpad
What I Backup When Restoring My iPhone
A 2010 checklist of iTunes sync, photos, SpringBoard shots, Cydia packages, and SSH copies of Address Book, SMS, Safari, and sandboxed app Documents.
Every Get a Mac video in one place
The Mac vs PC ads total 1980 seconds; AdFreak and Milaraki collected them.
Apple Premium Reseller shops in Greece
The new force in Apple and Mac’s push in Greece is called Apple Premium Reseller Shops. Greek press, print and online, has mentioned iSquare’s plans from time to time.
AppWall on your Mac
We all remember the AppWalls at WWDC (2009 version – 2010 version). A wildly original idea: several Mac Pros with Cinema Displays showing App Store purchases in real time.
iPhone 4 for the Greeks is coming - soon or later
Greek carriers teased iPhone 4 interest forms without a ship date, while the US launch looked like the first iPhone all over again. Historical HellasProject note, filled from Blogspot after Wayback returned a parking page.
Is Apple playing dirty in iPad ads?
iPad ads crop 16:9 movie stills into 4:3, then claim the best way to watch video.
Latest news [iPhone]
A roundup: Cydia repo packages not all working on iOS 4, iWork rumors, iPad iOS 4 delay, iPhone 4 BOM cost, and a week of headlines.
iPhone4 pre-release stuff
Days before launch: iFixit teardown photos, unboxing and camera video, plus review quotes from Mossberg, Pogue, Baig, Jardin, and Topolsky.
9 things you can do with VLC (and maybe did not know)
Besides being a very good video player for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, VLC has many other features new users may not know.
iBooks for iPhone only on the 3GS model
iPhone 3G users look like they will be left complaining, since iBooks will apparently run only on the 3GS and of course the iPhone 4.
Government of Malta: we prefer Free Software, we work with the local LUG on translations!
Malta issued a public-sector directive to adopt Free Software and the EUPL, with English plus another EU language, OSOR, and local translation help.
New Mac mini!
Apple quietly posted a thinner unibody Mac mini with HDMI, GeForce 320M, a faster CPU, and the power supply inside the case.
Options to read/write Mac disks from Boot Camp
Boot Camp still beat VMs for Windows on Mac, but HFS+/NTFS needed MacDrive, Paragon, SL-NTFS, Tuxera, or NTFS-3G for two-way files.
Apple in the crosshairs again over iOS ad limits
Apple in the US appears to be in the sights of competition authorities again after changing iOS terms of use around advertising.
The best hands-on videos of the iPhone 4
The best hands-on videos of the iPhone 4
iPad user email addresses leaked from AT&T’s website
Goatse Security used a hole on AT&T’s web servers to collect iPad 3G emails via ICC IDs; AT&T said the gap was closed on Wednesday.
The iWork suite on the iPhone too?
Engadget spotted an “Open in Keynote” button in an iOS 4 Mail screenshot, later changed to iBooks, hinting iWork might follow iMovie to iPhone.
The upcoming MS Office 2011 is 32-bit only
Microsoft’s MacBU said Office 2011 for Mac would stay 32-bit because the suite had not fully moved to Cocoa for 64-bit.
Safari 5 Extensions
Safari 5’s extensions were a reason to leave Chrome; Reload Button and Invisible Status Bar went in first, managed from Preferences.
[WWDC10]: The impressive Apple App Wall
Thirty 24-inch Cinema Displays showed 50,000 App Store icons in a Matrix-style cascade, refreshing after 10,800 apps.
How to make a pillowcase from a T-shirt
Five simple steps to turn a T-shirt into a pillowcase, via JWR.
Me, an Apple iPhone Developer !
After signing up for Apple’s iPhone Developer program: certificates, samples, iTunes Connect, and a reminder of earlier Cydia apps.
[Mac] First Aid
A Mac first-aid list from macephemera.gr: reboot, disk space, permissions, fsck, caches, updates, haxies, new user, Safe Boot, diagnostics, reinstall.
Outlook Importer from iSquare
iSquare’s OutlookImporter turned Windows Outlook .pst files into Mail, iCal, and Address Book data, with Greek manuals also appearing on their downloads.
Apple HTML5 Showcase
Apple posted a special section on its site showing the HTML5 standard and what it can do.
DIY iPad wall mount, look mama no hands
For demanding iPad owners, dim3m built his own wall mount — the one in the photo. It turns any direction, up and down, and he added portable speakers.
Flash cookies and how to get rid of them
Imagine a cookie that:
Greek Mac OS X 10.6.3 is out (at last)
Greek Mac OS X 10.6.3 …just as we were falling asleep. Today the second wave of Greek Mac OS X appeared, with translations for version 10.6.3.
iPad and iPhone 3GS see-through wallpaper
iFixit cut teardown photos into landscape and portrait wallpapers that make the iPad and iPhone 3GS look see-through.
The iPad does magic tricks too
A video of close-up magic performed with an iPad, via JWR’s G(r)eeky blog.
Under stress and dust
A PC that would not power on led to a new PSU, a dust-choked case, and a takeover of the author’s Mac until it was fixed.
Prince of Persia Retro for iPhone
The classic Prince of Persia on iPhone for 0.79 EUR. Grab it before the price rises.
Audiobooks, you know?
For a while I have been hooked on a new kind of reading books — or rather not reading, listening.
Testing WordPress iPhone
Official WordPress iPhone app beats MobileSafari and BlogPress for posting to the site.
15 Things You Didn’t Know About Steve Jobs
Infographic timeline of odd Steve Jobs facts, via damncoolpics and OnlineSchools.org.
iPad XL to offer Flash capability [Humor]
Satire from iPhoneHellas: Apple “gives in” to Adobe with an iPad XL powered by a Honda diesel generator so Flash can run for hours.
My New Apple Remote
Unboxing the aluminium Apple Remote MC377ZM/A for Mac, iPod, and iPhone, with photos — “it rocks” compared with other remotes.
Away for a while, and with the guardian along
I know I deserve a beating for disappearing and not showing signs of life lately. Things were hard for everyone, and they caught me too.
Will MobileMe be free?
MacDailyNews whispered MobileMe might become free; more likely a cut-down free tier, still in the same rumour bin as iWatch.
uTorrent for Mac, now in beta
First OS X beta of uTorrent after the alpha builds. Worth a try even if you like Transmission.
The Chinese i/aPad
The famously ingenious Chinese pulled off their miracle, and it looks like they did it very fast.
It came, we saw… but it is not enough
A Glyfada shop-floor first look at the iPad: nice Safari, odd YouTube, still not enough to want one except as a status piece.
Easter 2010 in Glyfada
A small document from the Resurrection service at Panagitsa in Ano Glyfada.
iPhone 3GS – Dual SIM
A cheap Chinese dual-SIM adapter for the iPhone 3GS never runs both SIMs at once; switching, fakes, and a bulky extra case.
iPhone charger problem?
Odd charging warning on the official Apple cube, posted from a jailbroken iPhone.
Urgent: new job
SomniusX joins iSquare’s Greek localisation team; the site may redirect.
Greek on 10.6.2 (from Apple!!?)
There were quite a few rumors, and talks of a full OS translation, since I can now even edit compiled nibs.
[Contest] iPhone app Kremala-Hangman giveaway
Something different as Easter approaches — something fresh.
Hide Tweetie Mac Dock icon
Hide the Tweetie Mac Dock icon and more. A large number of Mac owners have caught the Twitter bug.
Phone Disk Mount Your iPhone On Your Mac
Repost from Milaraki.com: Phone Disk from the iPhone Explorer makers mounted an iPhone or iPod touch like a USB stick, free until September then $10.
Flickr connection test
Flickr connect worked; it would be used on the site.
My first iPhone theme (from last year)
A WinterBoard theme made a year earlier and finally posted for comments.
GeekTool guide and Geeklets
The following article is a republication of the related post on Macedonas.gr with permission of the author and publisher.
Something long-awaited is coming
Teaser: a localization that never shipped in the official app is coming to HellasProject.
The next FolderTeint will be Greek, with 10.6.3
FolderTeint’s next version, timed with Mac OS X 10.6.3, would ship fully in Greek.
[Guide] Facebook chat from iChat
Republication from Milaraki.com.
New look & additions
Apology for the silence, a rushed theme update, cancelled treasure hunt, OS X section, Greek localizations, and the HellasProject Cydia repo.
iPhone, the Greek-language thread
Opening post SomniusX started on InsanelyMac on 29 January 2010 for Greek-language talk about the iPhone, jailbreak, and apps.
Treasure hunt… [postponed]
Get ready! A HellasProject treasure hunt was announced, then postponed.
Open invitation
Good morning today to the members and visitors of HellasProject.com.
iPhone: how to have Greek in Cydia
Sepsis’s Greek Cydia files, also on repo.hellasproject.com.
Added: Mac third-party localizations
Good morning to members and visitors. I know it is past dawn, but I wanted to show you the following before I close the day.
How-to: clone your system
Pointer to a system-clone guide first posted on a Greek OS X forum.
Project: Gnoty – check your Gmail inbox
Xcode experiment announced: Gnoty, a Gmail inbox notifier. Details on the project page.
How-to: run Windows apps on a Mac
WineBottler wrappers for single-exe Windows programs; see the WinBox-on-Mac guide.
Twitter Connect
Visitors can log in and comment with Twitter instead of registering.
HellasProject.com news
Site additions: OS X submenu and files, plus RSS, email, and Twitter feeds.
Welcome (HellasProject.com)
The opening post of HellasProject.com, the 2009–2014 Greek Mac/iOS site. Historical, not a current service.