Here are 11 crucial shortcuts that experienced OS X-ers take for granted, that are not entirely obvious to the new convert from Windows.
It’s easy to get complacent with your shortcuts as a power user, and one of the very first questions the new users ask when starting to work with OS X is, where are the keyboard shortcuts?
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June 12th, 2007 | Posted in tips | Comments Off
I just came across this great little list dedicated to OS X software for switchers: Check it out over at: OS X Software for Switchers.
June 12th, 2007 | Posted in software | Comments Off
Ever wanted to use your laptop on a long-haul flight? Some airlines are steadily fitting their fleet with the em power adapter connectors for notebooks.
Having just traveled for 64 hours inairline economy class seating, I figured the investment in a magsafe empower adapter for my macbook would be a smart idea.
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June 11th, 2007 | Posted in accessories | Comments Off
This just occurred to me today; since the recent release of Parallels 3 and Vmware Fusion Beta 1.3, each of these virtualisation products now support boot camp partitions.
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June 9th, 2007 | Posted in software | No Comments
Designer notebook bag review! The Toffee leather laptop sleeve perfectly fits my criteria for a lightweight, stylish and practical travel accessory for the macbook.
Toffee are an Australian company who make sumptuous leather laptop sleeves specifically to fit popular notebooks, including the 13” macbook and 15”/17” macbook pro; available in seven colours, they ship worldwide.
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June 8th, 2007 | Posted in accessories | Comments Off
Today I will show you a fantastic OS X alternative to MS Office. Before switching to mac I was a little concerned about how I would edit word processor documents and excel spreadsheets.
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June 7th, 2007 | Posted in software | Comments Off
Firefox for OS X does not ship with an f11 full screen mode, like Windows or Linux. Here I’ll show you how you can easily add the fullscreen plugin for firefox OS X. Read the rest of this entry »
June 7th, 2007 | Posted in Article | Comments Off
With the shiny new macbook out of the box and booted up, my first experience with OS X was the configuration - what a breeze! Connecting to my wireless LAN was practically effortless. Read the rest of this entry »
June 6th, 2007 | Posted in Article | No Comments
Why buy a mac? This year I made the decision to buy a 13″ black Macbook; being a longtime Windows user this was a big decision.
Initially I had a few reservations… Read the rest of this entry »
June 6th, 2007 | Posted in Article | Comments Off