Mac Pile
Mac and OS X Goodies
Friday, March 14, 2003
Give your battery a thorough checkup. There has recently been discussion in some online forums (Slashdot and Apple) about the Mac OS 10.2.4 upgrade reducing the capacity of some laptop batteries. Some have thought it might not be a hardware problem, but instead ... [macosxhints] [dws.]
Sunday, March 09, 2003
BetterHTMLExport for iPhoto. After months of procrastination and searching about, I finally found out how to export my photos to an HTML slideshow from iPhoto and have it work the way I wanted it to. BetterHTMLExport is a shareware plugin ($20) for iPhoto 2.0 that lets you control image sizes, thumbnail sizes, balance image quality & file size, and output into your own HTML templates. The plugin comes with its own little ... [kottke.org]
Saturday, March 08, 2003
A Website for Mac Users. For those of you that are looking to buy a Mac, this website might help you in your search. I am preparing to buy a notebook (hopefully a Mac), and I stumbled upon DealMac. This site is amazing--it's filled with special deals, information about specific Mac models, and more. If... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
Apple releases iMovie 3 and iPhoto 2 for download. The release, part of Apple's iLife software bundle, had been delayed since last week. [Computerworld News]
OS Backup Survey Results. Yesterday, I asked what people are using to backup OS X. All the advice I got said "Retrospect." This MacWorld article from July 2002 reviews them. There are some things that give me pause after reading it, but I guess I'll drop the money and see how it works. Here are a few other things I found: [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog]
Interarchy 6.1 released. Interarchy, the popular Mac FTP client, has been updated to version 6.1. [MacMegasite] [dws.]
DOWNLOAD!!!. Synchronize! Pro X 1.2.7. Professional-strength bootable system backups and file synchronization. [Mac OS X Hot Downloads] [Sample the Web] [dws.]
Essential OS X points to OS X Switcher's Guide by Jeffrey Zeldman: "It's a ritual as old as moss. You've unwrapped your new Mac. You'll spend the next two weeks installing all your applications, utilities, peripheral drivers, accessories, custom Photoshop palettes, and painstakingly hand-crafted email filters. Not to mention restoring your preferences before finally moving all your documents to the new machine." [dive into mark] [Universal Rule]
More iMac Frustrations.
I just found out through a message from Brent on the NetNewsWire mailing list that Apple has some RSS feeds: Mac OS X Downloads, Mac OS X Hot Downloads, Apple Hot News and Apple Press Releases. Cool! [Jake's Radio 'Blog]
Mac and OS X Goodies
Friday, March 14, 2003Give your battery a thorough checkup. There has recently been discussion in some online forums (Slashdot and Apple) about the Mac OS 10.2.4 upgrade reducing the capacity of some laptop batteries. Some have thought it might not be a hardware problem, but instead ... [macosxhints] [dws.]
Sunday, March 09, 2003BetterHTMLExport for iPhoto. After months of procrastination and searching about, I finally found out how to export my photos to an HTML slideshow from iPhoto and have it work the way I wanted it to. BetterHTMLExport is a shareware plugin ($20) for iPhoto 2.0 that lets you control image sizes, thumbnail sizes, balance image quality & file size, and output into your own HTML templates. The plugin comes with its own little ... [kottke.org]
10:11:52 PM
categories: Mac Pile
Saturday, March 08, 2003A Website for Mac Users. For those of you that are looking to buy a Mac, this website might help you in your search. I am preparing to buy a notebook (hopefully a Mac), and I stumbled upon DealMac. This site is amazing--it's filled with special deals, information about specific Mac models, and more. If... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]
Apple releases iMovie 3 and iPhoto 2 for download. The release, part of Apple's iLife software bundle, had been delayed since last week. [Computerworld News]
12:12:44 PM
categories: Mac Pile
OS Backup Survey Results. Yesterday, I asked what people are using to backup OS X. All the advice I got said "Retrospect." This MacWorld article from July 2002 reviews them. There are some things that give me pause after reading it, but I guess I'll drop the money and see how it works. Here are a few other things I found: [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog]
Interarchy 6.1 released. Interarchy, the popular Mac FTP client, has been updated to version 6.1. [MacMegasite] [dws.]
DOWNLOAD!!!. Synchronize! Pro X 1.2.7. Professional-strength bootable system backups and file synchronization. [Mac OS X Hot Downloads] [Sample the Web] [dws.]
Essential OS X points to OS X Switcher's Guide by Jeffrey Zeldman: "It's a ritual as old as moss. You've unwrapped your new Mac. You'll spend the next two weeks installing all your applications, utilities, peripheral drivers, accessories, custom Photoshop palettes, and painstakingly hand-crafted email filters. Not to mention restoring your preferences before finally moving all your documents to the new machine." [dive into mark] [Universal Rule]
12:11:26 PM
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More iMac Frustrations.
JoeUser is having More iMac Frustrations. It seems like us PC folk always have Mac issues. I can easily see this: "Me: Hi I'm Scott, a recovering Windows addict and I just can't figure out iTunes. Support Group: It'll be ok" [_Go_]
[The FuzzyBlog!]I just found out through a message from Brent on the NetNewsWire mailing list that Apple has some RSS feeds: Mac OS X Downloads, Mac OS X Hot Downloads, Apple Hot News and Apple Press Releases. Cool! [Jake's Radio 'Blog]