How to download bit-torrent files with Opera

The Opera browser never fails to amaze me - not only it is available for Windows, Mac and Linux - but you it has  embedded mail, and can be used to share files (with Opera Unite) but it is also able to download bit-torrent files.

Compared to the traditional download where the file source can only be downloaded from one server - bit-torrent files are sharing the stress of the download on all the clients that are currently downloading the file, making the process a lot more efficient and faster - see illustration for a better understanding (extract from wikipedia) :

Here's a step by step  of the process of downloading a bit-torrent DVD (Linuxmint "Isadora")

step 1 - click on the torrent link and press "Open"
step 2 - select destination and press "Yes"
step 3 - check downloading process

 

Originally posted on Alashazam: How to download a DVD torrent using Opera

Basic Apple Troubleshooting

Maybe I never mentioned it but I've been working for Apple Care some years ago and I'm still trying to help people who own a Mac from times to times.

The kind of issue like :

• my iMac won't boot
• I can't login into my session
• I forgot my login password - how can I reset my password
• How can I reinstall Mac OS X without losing my data ?

Sometime troubleshooting a Mac gets tricky and just won't work after a series of quick fixes, but to my experience fixing the mac starts by asking a few important questions - because there's nothing worse than a wrong diagnostic when it comes to repair - so ask yourself these little questions :
- Just before the problem happened was anything changed on the hardware level (new devices, new Ram installed ?)
- Just before the problem happened was anything changed on the software level (system updates, new application installed ?)

Now here's a compilation of useful links from the Apple kbase concerning iMac :

Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
iMac G5: My computer stops responding during startup
iMac G5: Troubleshooting when your computer won't turn on
iMac G5: Troubleshooting when there's no picture on the display


And don't forget before calling Apple Care they will ask you the mac serial number so get it ready - you will save precious time during that call, also prepare the original install cd/dvd and the AHT (Apple Hardware Test) cd.

Good luck

Safari 5 bug with Google Analytics

Recently the new Safari 5 from Apple.com was available
but it seems to have a little issue loading www.google.com/analytics (see picture above)

Apparently from the Develop menu / Show Error Console the culprit is :

settings:19[The HTML that caused this error was generated by a script.] Unmatched encountered. Ignoring tag.

settings:21 is not allowed inside

. Moving into the .

WARNING: Bogus Adobe Reader 2010!

If you received a mail like this one below - beware it's a trap, mark this mail as spam.

There is no such product as Adobe Acrobat Reader 2010

for more official answer to this - See the adobe forum