mac-os-x
How to Reinstall OS X
Many of us have suffered through the “pane” of installing / reinstalling Windows. Even the Vista installation experience is somewhat klunky in comparison to the OS X method. Mike Frink is a fellow “fencer” (someone who sits between the world of Windows and OS X, like myself): First let me preface this by saying I’m [...]
OS X is too Sexy for Revver
We’ve been uploading our videos to Revver for a while (you can link to any one of ‘em and make money for the traffic you send). Every once in a while, we run into an error. Tonight, I received an email with the subject: “Revver: Adult Violation Notice.” I don’t remember uploading any kind of [...]
Breaking Windows Habits
A month ago, “Oli Kenobi” emailed me and asked for my opinion on the Airport Extreme – which is turning out to be one of the better wireless routers I’ve ever owned, if only in terms of raw usability and user friendliness. He emails with a brief update this morning, including some surprising news – [...]
Is Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Faster on a G4?
Guglielmo Plain has a question I don’t have an answer for: My question is mainly about older computers not related to the new Intel based computer. I personally own a 1.5ghz G4 PB 17″ and I remember back in the day when I updated my OS from 10.3 to 10.4 that I got a considerable [...]
Mac Myths
I’m going to keep this person’s name anonymous for the time being, because I’m sure he’d get flamed out of existence for admitting to believing in these stereotypical myths about Macs. Allow me to provide a list of reasons why I don’t like macs. If you really want to prove their equality to a Windows [...]
Buy Leopard and Parallels
Are you ready to upgrade to the latest version of OS X, Leopard? Great. Here are the versions available to you today. Select carefully, as only one of them is right for you: Mac OS X Leopard Home Basic Mac OS X Leopard Home Premium Mac OS X Leopard Business Mac OS X Leopard Enterprise [...]
Mac Questions and Answers
Andre Andraos asks: I’m buying a new laptop (Macbook Pro), and was contemplating whether I should get glossy or matte finish screen. What are advantaged and disadvantaged to each? I am using this laptop both indoors and out, and planning to use it for: playing high-end games, schoolwork, web and graphic designing, computer programs, etc. [...]
To Switch or Not to Switch
“General Walnut” poses excellent (if not rhetorical) questions on the matter of Windows vs. OS X: I am nowhere near as much as an expert at this kind of stuff that you are and I’m not going to pretend that I am, but you were talking about how because of Vista that Apple might get [...]
Mac OS X Leopard UI Inconsistencies
When I was asked by Jim Allchin to go through Vista betas with a fine-toothed comb, I did – and I knew my feedback would be sent to the proper teams. If I knew that the right person at Apple was listening, I’d likely compile a similar (lengthy) list of Leopard UI oversights, inconsistencies, and [...]
Mac OS X Leopard Community Commentary
I’ve never done this before, but I was reading the responses in Steve’s Top Five Reasons that Leopard will be Apple’s tipping point and felt compelled to address some of them in a space where my readers might benefit. I hope Steve doesn’t mind. I’m keeping all grammatical / spelling errors intact: Geoff ~ “Boot [...]
Leopard: The Wow Really Starts Now
This page outlines 300+ new features in Mac OS X (Leopard), but I wanted to call your attention to just a few of the changes that made me leap out of my seat and scream “WOW!” Address Book: View a detailed map of any address in Address Book. Just hold down the Control key while [...]
Make Windows Look Like OS X
The user known as “PC Perini” emailed me with a common story: I’m a Windows user (for software compatibility, and the fact that I already have a Windows computer), but recently I’ve become… near obsessed with making it look and feel like a Mac OS. Now, I’ve gotten the dock, I use things like Picasa [...]
Top 100 OS X Programs Program?
I just twittered this, but you might know of something that does this already. Every day, I run across yet another “Top 100 Mac OS X Apps List” blog post – which is awesome to review, but must be painful to assemble. I want to share the apps I have on my Mac, but… there [...]
Mac OS X Leopard Bugs
Jeff Hatz asks a good question: I know that you have likely signed a non-disclosure agreement with Apple, so you may not be able to answer my question. Given how Microsoft has dropped the ball with both Windows XP and Vista by releasing them for sale before they were done, do you feel that Mac [...]
