Most people I know that run OS X keep their icon dock on one side of the screen or the other. By default, the dock sits at the bottom, but moving it over to the side gives you a bit more screen space. Most monitors are widescreen, giving you many more pixels left-to-right than they … Continue reading The one annoyance of a side-pinned OS X dock
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“Natural” scrolling across operating systems
“Natural” Scrolling Overview I am beginning to get used to the reversed scrolling behavior in the new OS X. For those that have not heard about it, this was one of the most controversial changes in the new operating system. They reversed the direction of the action that is performed by spinning the mouse’s scroll … Continue reading “Natural” scrolling across operating systems
Are my apps ready for OS X Lion?
OS X Lion drops support for PowerPC applications, but how do you know which app is which?
My harrowing adventures with Mozy, TechTools, and Jungle Disk
I have experimented with online backup solutions over the past few weeks. I keep local backups, but the saying goes that any important digital data should exist in three places or you should consider it nonexistent. In fire, flood, or EMP, the backup drive across the room is not going to help. What I have I have … Continue reading My harrowing adventures with Mozy, TechTools, and Jungle Disk
In which I rant about the sorry state of tabbed documents under Mac OS
One of the things the Mac is known for is its consistency in keyboard shortcuts. Obviously, the cut, copy, and paste shortcuts are the same across apps. Cmd-comma always brings up preferences, when available. Cmd-W closes the current window. Cmd-P is print. Cmd-Shift-P is print settings. The Cmd-whatever list goes on and on: N for … Continue reading In which I rant about the sorry state of tabbed documents under Mac OS
Leo Pared
Is it just me, or is there no “archive and install” when upgrading to OS X Leopard? It let me select extra packages (Fonts and X11 are important), but there was never an option (that I saw) to install a “fresh” copy, moving the old one out of the way. No matter, as everything went … Continue reading Leo Pared
Cha-Ching to Quicken
I have been a user of Cha-Ching since the beta in April. It is a very shiny app for your finances. It is one of the new generation of slick OS X apps (like Delicious Library, Disco, and the rest) and takes a very Web-2.0-ish view of your data with tags and smart folders. It … Continue reading Cha-Ching to Quicken
Pixelmator Beta
It looks like I have been accepted into the Pixelmator beta program. Hopefully it will do everything I need from Photoshop, as I like the idea of paying for software I use, I just like a $50 price tag much more than I like a $1000 price tag. So far, it looks pretty nice and … Continue reading Pixelmator Beta
i made u a cookie but i eated it
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2007/03/In The Prestige, Nicola Tesla was played by David Bowie. How the eff did I not notice that?! In other news, … Continue reading i made u a cookie but i eated it
My bbedit gripes
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2007/03/Dear lazyweb, Is there a way to make bbedit accept tab and shift-tab to indent and unindent a block of text? … Continue reading My bbedit gripes