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- Disabling Dashboard
(Date: Sun 15-Jan-2006 | Comments: 0 | Permalink)
Using Apple's Terminal.app To Disable Dashboard:defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES killall DockTo Enable Dashboard:defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO killall DockVia: My Video Podcast(continue reading) - I Love My Mac
(Date: Tue 10-Jan-2006 | Comments: 4 | Permalink)
A gratuitous post, but I had to share what I believe is the best photograph I've taken of my setup. ... (continue reading) - OS X Annoyance #1: CAPS LOCK
(Date: Sat 24-Dec-2005 | Comments: 0 | Permalink)
Why, oh why doesn't OS X have a Caps Lock notification (beep)? This is one of the few things I miss since my transition from Windows to OS X. I am sick of accidentally hitting CAPS LOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE, THEN HAVING TO RETYPE WHAT I HAVE ... (continue reading) - DoubleTake and My First Panorama
(Date: Fri 23-Dec-2005 | Comments: 0 | Permalink)
Way back in October, I asked for recommendations for panoramic image stitching software for OS X (God, was it really that long ago? One of my New-Year Resolutions must be to blog more often.) I received just one reply (thank you Neon M), recommending ... (continue reading) - Komodo IDE Ported to Mac OS X
(Date: Fri 4-Nov-2005 | Comments: 2 | Permalink)
It's a great day for Mac OS X Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby (with Rails support), Tcl and XSLT programmers. ActiveState has finally released Komodo, the award-winning IDE, for the Mac OS X platform. I previously mourned the absence of Komodo for OS X, so imagine ... (continue reading) - OS X Panorama Software
(Date: Mon 31-Oct-2005 | Comments: 2 | Permalink)
I need an OS X application that can take a collection of images and stitch them together into a single panoramic image - as seamlessly as possible. I've been playing with DoubleTake but before I commit to registering I'd like to know if there's anything ... (continue reading) - Crazy OS X Advice
(Date: Tue 19-Jul-2005 | Comments: 6 | Permalink)
I've just come across an amazing response to an OS X user's enquiry on the macosx.com forums. The user asks, "My Mac OS X is behaving in a strange way. The Finder displays black borders around selected items and the same for the forward and back arrows ... (continue reading) - iTunes to Weblog - Revisited
(Date: Wed 15-Jun-2005 | Comments: 5 | Permalink)
Some time ago I expressed my delight at discovering Brandon Fuller's "Now Playing" plug-in for the Windows version of iTunes. "Now Playing" creates a small XML file containing information about the track currently playing in iTunes and exports it via ... (continue reading) - Mac OS X, Intel and Rosetta
(Date: Thu 9-Jun-2005 | Comments: 1 | Permalink)
On 6th June, 2005, Apple Computer, Inc announced that they are to switch from PowerPC processors to those made by Intel. The Macintosh Faithful were predictably shocked by the announcement (nicely illustrated by The Joy of Tech), despite the fact that ... (continue reading) - Switcher's Diary #1
(Date: Tue 7-Jun-2005 | Comments: 10 | Permalink)
I've had my shiny new Power Mac G5 up-and-running for around a fortnight now and thought I'd record a few notes about the "Switching Experience."™ The Switching Experience™ began with the Unpacking Ritual.™ This is a rite of passage that all switchers ... (continue reading)
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