Entries from June 2007
June 24, 2007
This is what the Windows share looks like in the new Finder in Mac OS 10.5 Leopard.
Is the BSOD Windows screen icon just a bit of fun that Apple develoment team is having, or will it rather bee cool to leave it as it is? I somehow don’t believe so, but it remains to be [...]
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June 16, 2007
This is the summary of some tips for new Mac users I have posted in my blog over the past 18 months. If you are new to Mac, I would recommend you read them, you may find some of them very handy, a few maybe quite fascinating.
Installing applications on Mac is somewhat different to the [...]
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June 10, 2007
One thing many switchers to Mac hate is not being able to access the menu via keyboard shortcuts. For example, in Windows Alt-F gets you to File menu item, Alt-T to Tools, Alt-V to View, and then you select from there.
There is no such thing on Mac, but there is something else, and not many [...]
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June 10, 2007
Less than 48 hours before the WWDC 2007 kicks off, here is the last minute prediction of what’s going to be announced by Steve jobs.
Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) - full preview, including the ‘top secret’ feature Steve mentioned before. I still think it will be something to do with Windows, either support to run [...]
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June 9, 2007
There is a quick and easy way to create a slideshow on your Mac without need to go to iPhoto, but rather straight from Finder. Simply navigate to the folder containing pictures, including external hard drive, USB drive or a CD/DVD, and select pictures you’d like to view in your slideshow. Then right-click (Ctrl-click) [...]
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June 3, 2007
This is one of the first things I have learned when I switched to Mac, and I thought it may be handy to any new Mac users out there.
Sometimes you would like to save the file to your Desktop. Once you click on File | Save as in your application menu bar, the save dialog [...]
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