Archive for the 'Mac OS X' Category

Parallels vs CrossOver Prizefight

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

The past few days have been full of announcements in the area of running Windows applications on your Intel Mac. First, Parallels released a new beta version of their virtual machine, then VMware released a public beta of their virtual machine. Today, CodeWeavers made release candidate 1 of CrossOver Mac, their Windows compatibility [...]

Parallels Screencast

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Parallels Desktop for Mac Update Beta2 (Build 3094) was released today. Here’s a screencast that shows off some of my favorite features.

Place Windows applications on your Mac desktop or in your application dock. Just click to launch them directly from OS X!
Use Command+tab to cycle through Windows and Mac applications simultaneously, and hide [...]

10 Great OS X Application Icons

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

The latest generation of Mac applications have really focused on the way an application looks. Developers are creating beautiful user interfaces and slick looking icons that make their apps more pleasing to look at. I appreciate the time and energy that people have put into making their apps look great.
Here’s a [...]

KeyFixer - Fix Your OS X Home and End Keys

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Update: There is now a version of KeyFixer for Firefox. Check it out.
A few months ago, I wrote a short article about how to fix the “home” and “end” keys in OS X. I published a step-by-step guide to adding your own custom key bindings via the command line. Many people found [...]

MacBook Screen Problems

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

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 [...]