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How to open an ePub file in Windows

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First of all you might be asking, what is an ePub file?
Well an ePub file extension is an Open Publication Structure eBook file, which is a popular eBook standard. And as eBooks are becoming more popular I thought I would share with you how you can open ePub files in Windows as there is no support built into Windows to open these files.

So If a friend send you an ePub file you may not have an application on your PC to view or edit ePubs files.

To test if you have a application to open an ePub file you can try downloading and opening the ePub file below.

Beowulf ePub

Beowulf by J. Lesslie Hall click here to download.

Ok so you have downloaded the Beowulf eBook above and you were unable to open it the next step is to find a application that will help you open the ePub files.
Below is a list of programs that will help you open an ePub file.
Adobe Digital Editions
Calibre
Stanza Desktop
Mobipocket Reader Desktop
Okular

Converting ePub files:
There are a number of ways to convert an ePub file.
* You can open the ePub file in its default program, in this case Adobe Digital Editions and save the file as another format.
* Download Calibre it is one the free applications mentioned above that allows you to convert ePub files to and from eBook formats. This is really helpful if you want to convert files to be compatible with the an Amazon Kindle.
* You can use an online file conversion service.

You will find that most PCs don’t have a “default” program to open or convert ePub files. The application Calibre motioned above is a great solution for opening and converting.

TIP: ePub files are structured exactly the same as Zip files, so if you change the .epub extension to .zip then you will be able to open the file as if it was a zip file.

How to Fix iTunes Error 3194 on a Mac – This device isn’t eligible for the requested build

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This video will show you how to Fix iTunes Error 3194 on a Mac – This device isn’t eligible for the requested build.

Hi All
Earlier I created a video on how to Fix iTunes Error 3194 while using Windows. This video will show you how to fix the same error on a Mac.
You will need to open up Terminal in Finder and type the following command.
sudo nano /private/etc/hosts

Press Return and Enter your password.
Once you have typed your admin password you will see all the entry’s in the hosts file.

Mac Terminal Hosts file

Now Apple says, look for an entry containing “gs.apple.com”.
The next step I delete any entry back to the local file which essentially sets the hosts file back to defaults.
However Apple says, Add the # symbol and a space (“# “) to the beginning of the gs.apple.com entry.

You can save the file by pressing Control-O. Hit Enter when prompted for the filename and Control-X which will allow you to exit the editor.
Restart your Mac and you should be good to go.

Good luck guys.

How to Fix iTunes Error 3194 in Windows

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This video will show you how to Fix iTunes Error 3194 in Windows.

Hi All
I found this iTunes error 3194 increasingly frustrating. I was about to start trying to do a Ragebreak Jailbreak on my iPhone 4 and this iTunes Error 3194 kept on coming up over and over again.

The error is caused by routing issues from having incorrect information in the local hosts file on your Windows PC.

You can find the hosts file in the following locations.

Microsoft Windows
NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 2012 and 8 %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows Mobile, Windows Phone Registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Tcpip\Hosts
Apple Macintosh 9 and earlier Preferences or System folder
Mac OS X 10.0 – 10.1.5 (Added through NetInfo or niload)
Mac OS X 10.2 and newer /etc/hosts (a symbolic link to /private/etc/hosts)

How to install Whited00r 6 on an iPhone 3G using a Mac

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This video will show you how to install Whited00r 6 on an iPhone 3G using a Mac.

Hi All
Better late than never I always say. Its about time I put up a video on how to install the iPhone 3G Whited00r 6 firmware while using a Mac. I have already made a video on how to install Whited00r 6 using Windows this video is how to do the same process with a Mac.
Hope it helps out.
Cheers
Matt

How to install Twitter on the iPhone 3G

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This video will show you how to install Twitter on the iPhone 3G.

Hi All
I had a few people ask me if Twitter works on iPhone 3G. So after some looking around I was able to get it working and made a video on it.
You need to jailbreak your iPhone before trying to install Twitter. You can find the jailbreak videos by search at the top of the 123myIT website for jailbreak.
Or you can use the link here.
Mac jailbreak video here.

Once you jailbreak you iPhone and you have installed app sync. You will need two file to install Twitter.
The first file is iTools click here to download it.
The second file is the Twitter app and under the Apps menu here.

Once you download the files run the iTools application and install Twitter and your done.
Cheers
Matt

How to add a Pinterest Pin It Button in iOS 7

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This video will show you how to add Pinterest Pin It Button in iOS 7.

Hi Guys
I have had a few people ask me about adding the Pinterest Pin It Button in iOS 7. Here is a video tutorial on how it is done. Apple have changed the tabs in iOS 7 which changes the way you can add buttons to the top of the Safari web browser.

javascript:void((function(d){var%20e=d.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);d.body.appendChild(e)})(document));

Use the code above in the Pin It bookmark to allow you to Pin what ever you like on the web.

Hope this helps out, good luck.

If you want to download the Pinterest App you can download it here.