A few days after I got my MacBook, I started to notice how horrible the screen is. I have a grid of diagonal lines that are especially visible in the left corner and on light colored images. Now, I’m noticing distortions on just about anything that has a gradient on it. This [...]
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Using Backpack Offline with PackRat – Screencast
This is the first of (hopefully) many screencasts I hope to bring you over the coming months. Today’s screencasat is about how to use your Backpack account offline on your Mac with a new program called PackRat.
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Mac OS X Home and End Keys
Update: Now you can skip all these instructions and just download my KeyFixer application to fix your home and end keys. Read the new article …
The default behavior of OS X’s “home” and “end” keys drives me nuts. In every other operating system that I’ve used, these keys move your cursor to the beginning [...]
Why I’m Switching to Mac and Linux
People sometimes ask me why I would want to switch away from Windows and use Mac OS X and Linux. I sometimes ask myself the same thing. Then, I go and read the news, and I’m reminded (every day) of why I’m making the switch. People, it’s just not safe to use [...]
Goodbye Windows (Sorta)
Last night, I took a major step in my long-term goal to free myself from the curse that is Microsoft Windows. I’ll never be able to get completely away from it, but I can choose to use something other than Windows for my daily work. I’ve spent the last 3 months using my [...]
Mac Tip: Spellcheck (almost) Everything!
I’m constantly finding little gems in Mac OS X that make my life easier and make me love the Mac even more every day. Recently, I realized that you can automatically spellcheck in just about any program in OS X. This is especially great when writing blog entries and emails in Safari. [...]
