Mac OS X: the Light or Dark Side?
Guess what?
Chris has five Macs in his house: Ponzi’s white MacBook, a Mac Mini that drives the live video stream, a 15″ LED-backlit MacBook Pro (sponsored by Lijit for Gnomedex), a 17″ 1920×1200 MacBook Pro (sponsored by Blue Sky Factory for Gnomedex), and an iMac G5 that he’d likely be willing to sell to the highest bidder.
That’s the response you receive from Pixie (bot) in our chat room – although it seems as though I’ll have to remove the iMac G5 from the list (as we’re giving it to Ponzi’s uncle as a gift for his inner geek). I’ve been scrambling around the Internet, looking for interesting and useful software for OS X again. It’s been a while since I’ve pimped out a Mac, to tell you the truth. I’m gonna have to keep my eye out for specials, discounts, review copies, etc.
The 15″ is really damn nice, as expected. The 17″ has awesome resolution, but its screen clutch doesn’t seem to be as tight as it should be (given its weight). Seems to get quite hot when under duress, but iStat Pro isn’t reporting anything out of the ordinary at the moment. I’ve gotta find some killer Dashboard widgets. Might even install the beta of Leopard on it, too (yes, I’m a member of ADC).
I really didn’t want to have to install iTunes on Windows just to get contacts and calendars synced on the iPhone, but seems there’s no other way. I’m publishing my calendar to a private (not visible?!) URL through Outlook and Microsoft Office online, but there’s no simple way to push it through a qualified iCal client. Hosted Exchange, here I come!
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wikili
August 14th, 2008
at 7:03am
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SocioBiblog
February 5th, 2008
at 8:50am
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November 9th, 2009
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JalenJade
July 29th, 2007
at 6:11pm
Here’s a list of OS X software to check out:
Adium – Instant messanger
AppDelete – Drag an application to it and it’ll get rid of all the files that application installed
AppFresh -This will tell you when one of your applications gets updated
Camino – Mozilla based web browser (Though I’m using Safari 3 now)
Disk Inventory X – a visual representation of what’s taking up space on your hard drive.
Google Earth – Do I need to explain?
HandBreak – Backup DVD’s or convert them to iPod or AppleTV format
MagiCal – Puts the current day and date up near your clock
Monolingual – remove language files you don’t use that are cluttering your disk ‘
OnyX – OS X Maintenance Tool.
SuperDuper! – backup utility, full (shareware) or incremental (paid)
Temperature Monitor – to work with iStat Pro widget
VLC – a must on every OS
Xslimmer – remove the universal from the universal binaries to save hard drive space.
Caffeine – prevent your monitor from going to sleep or dimming
JalenJade
July 29th, 2007
at 6:14pm
I’d add Connect360, lets you use files from your Mac on your Xbox 360
Richard Klein
July 29th, 2007
at 6:16pm
Er…What? What does the article have to do with light side v. dark side?
I think OSX is annoying because everyone tells you “it just works”. Then you try it for yourself and find out they lied! Well, most of the time it just works, but WinXP just works most of the time for me, too. I think the Dashboard is pointless. I occasionally use a Sudoko Dashboard widget, but that’s it. I’ve tried other widgets and just end up uninstalling them. Finally, I think Trader Joe’s bruschetta is addictive.
Mark
July 29th, 2007
at 7:44pm
If you can see the server using Entourage, you can use the built-in sync services on the Mac to sync Entourage and iCal/Address Book and resolve that problem. Not elegant, but does work.
Mark Jaquith
July 30th, 2007
at 6:32am
Mine has the same problem. If the screen tilts more than 90 degrees from the ground, it’ll close on my fingers. Really annoying when you’re computing from bed. I need to figure out some way of wedging the screen open. Let me know if you figure this one out.