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Entries Tagged as 'Mac'

LiquidCD easily burns CD’s and DVD’s on your Mac

Get LiquidCD if you need a great piece of freeware that burns CDs and DVDs built for Mac OS X.
LiquidCD can:

Burns MP3, AAC or QuickTime audio to an audio CD
Can be used to make backups of your data
Can burn a PictureCD of your photos for viewing on a TV with a PictureCD compatible DVD [...]

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January 19th, 2008 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Mac OS X Freeware big list

The Great Mac OS X Freeware List at MacApper

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January 10th, 2008 · No Comments | Tags: Computing · Mac

Increase your MacBook ram for a performance boost

Upgraded my MacBook to 2 gig of ram yesterday. I’m noticing things launch faster and run faster–everything is generally faster. That was a cheap and easy performance boost.

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October 17th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

A few Mac productivity pointers

Why I’m More Productive on a Mac - PaulStamatiou.com

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October 17th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Secure a file with Disk Utility

OS X File Encryption

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August 19th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac · Security

No download video chat

TokBox: Video chat without having to download software. May have to try this out since the MacBook has the built in iSight camera.

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August 15th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Computing · Mac

Take care of those Mac batteries

On treating your laptop, iPod, and iPhone batteries right

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August 9th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac · iPod

Add it to your list - with Quicksilver

I try to get things done (gtd), I really do. But when I can’t do it right away or I’m trying to do something else and an important item needs to be placed on my list of things to do I want a quick way to add it to my list so I can get [...]

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July 27th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Mac Tip - Learn iPhoto

iPhoto Cheat Sheet

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July 18th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Calibrate that MacBook battery for longevity

Mac OS X 10.4 Help: Calibrating a MacBook or MacBook Pro battery

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July 14th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Help for Mac newbies

My First Mac - Help Buying and Getting Started with Your New Mac

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July 13th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD

I just hope I never need this: hackaddict.net: Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD

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July 12th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Make movies with your Macbook

How to Make a Movie With Your iSight Camera

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July 12th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Bunch O Mac Roundup

List of Essential and Must Have Mac OS X Applications
How to Password Protect Your Mac - must do this for that Macbook you carry everywhere
2007 Tutorama Contest Entries - great collection of Mac tutorials
A Beginner’s Guide to Quicksilver
How to Configure Your Mac’s Firewall

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July 7th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Liberate yourself from old Mac apps

Here’s a cool Mac tool for Independence day: AppCleaner
AppCleaner is a small application which allows you to completely and properly uninstall unwanted apps.
It isn’t, in fact, sufficient to just delete an application. Installing an application distributes many files throughout your System using space of your Hard Drive unnecessarily.

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July 4th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

Learn to use Exposé

Today’s Mac switcher tip: Learn to use Exposé, you’ll love it. F10 is especially helpful when I have several NeoOffice documents open at the same time.

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June 30th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

A switcher’s guide to software

Having recently switched from using a PC to doing all my work on a very nice Macbook I’ve found the following programs indispensable. Those making the switch from PC to Mac may find this list helpful.
Quicksilver: “A unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.” - This application is slick. I [...]

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June 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment | Tags: Mac

Prepare a MAC image for burning on a PC

Here’s help for PC to Mac switchers who wish to create a MAC image that can be burned on a PC.
Mac Help - Convert and Burn Mac .dmg or .img to .iso Windows PC-Compatible Disk Image
Other details here may be helpful as well: Create an ISO image on Mac OS X using built-in Disk Utility [...]

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June 29th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Mac

No XP on Intel Macs, but Vista is good to go

This piece at Engadget looks interesting…
No XP on Intel Macs, but Vista is good to go
It’ll be fun to see what happens–and see who gets XP running on those new Macs first.
Update: Seems there’s plenty conjecture to go around…
apcmag.com: Intel Macs may boot XP after all
“Reports spreading across the web that Intel Macs can’t boot [...]

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January 11th, 2006 · Comments Off | Tags: Mac

15″ intel Macbook today

Kevin Rose say’s he’s heard there’ll be a 15″ intel Macbook today. Interesting–we’ll see.
UPDATE: Looks like Kevin has his sources…
MacRumors.com : Macworld San Francisco 2006 Live Updates
10:33 am iSight Camera.
10:32 am 15.4inch LCD. bright as cinemas.
10:32 am Hair thinner than the 17″.
10:32 am Fastest notebook ever.
10:31 am 4-5x faster.
10:31 am 2 processors in every Macbook pro.
10:31 am No more Powerbook. Intel [...]

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January 10th, 2006 · Comments Off | Tags: Mac

Logos Bible Software Series X for Mac

Great news for Mac users who so badly want to use the Logos Bible Software Series X—it’s coming soon—well, more like December 2005—not soon enough for some—but good news anyway.
Read more here and here.

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April 14th, 2005 · Comments Off | Tags: Church/Ministry · Mac

The Mac rebound

Paul Graham has written well about the Return of the Mac. One thing he says I think is interesting is this;
If you want to know what ordinary people will be doing with computers in ten years, just walk around the CS department at a good university. Whatever they’re doing, you’ll be doing.

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March 30th, 2005 · Comments Off | Tags: Mac