Archive for the ‘Mac’ Category

Mac Experience : Adium

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Adium has been my main Instant Messaging client ever since I switched to a Mac. I used to be a fan of Yahoo Messenger because of its simple interface and features. All that changed when they kept adding unnecessary features to once a clean app making it one of the ...

Mac Experience : Mozy Backup

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

I've never been a big fan of backups until I found Time Machine. You could probably tell by my previous write up on Time Machine here. Backups should never be a tedious chore requiring lots of patience and time and yet they are your last resort when your machine starts ...

The Mac Experience : QuickSilver

Friday, August 15th, 2008

One of the first thing that I installed on my Mac was Quicksilver from Blacktree. I've heard so much about QuickSilver that I've actually downloaded it to my PC before my Mac even arrived. Once loaded, I can see what the fuss is all about. QuickSilver is essentially a launcher ...

No love for my MX518.. not on my Mac at least

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

I just got myself a new mouse to replace my crappy no-brand optical mouse which I have been using with my Mac. I was having a hard time choosing one till I finally settled with the Logitech MX518. I'm currently using a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 on my desktop ...

Download Firefox3 Day !

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Its Firefox 3 Download Day today ! Well technically its 1am our 18th June apparently. Do your part and help support the world's safest, fastest and bestest (I swear this should be a word) web browser on the planet ! The Firefox team is attempting to set the world ...

Mac Experience : The Finder

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

The Finder is your first stop when working with files in MacOS X. Think of it as Windows Explorer on a Mac. The first major difference that you will notice is that Mac's Finder doesn't present you with any kind of tree or hierarchical structure of your file system. Coming ...

The Mac Experience : Time Machine

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

I wasn't expecting to write my next post on Time Machine this early but a little *mishap* over the weekend prompted me to start writing about it. Time Machine is one of the new features in Leopard that allows you to backup your Mac simply by plugging in an external ...