Synching iCal with Google Calendar

Posted on July 28th, 2008 in 3rd Party Applications, Website Tagged with:
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Previously you could subscribe to a Google calendar but not sync with it from iCal the built in calendar program that comes with MacOS. That meant that you could only edit the calendar on Google but see the events both in Google and in iCal on your Mac. Now, with syncing you can make the [...]

Creating Applications from Web Pages

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 in 3rd Party Applications Tagged with:
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Fluid is a very interesting application that will take any web page and make into a regular Mac application that lives in the Application folder and can go in the Dock. And it is free. After downloading and installing Fluid, run it and you will see the following window: Copy and paste (or type) the URL/web address [...]

Menu Bar Applications

Posted on July 10th, 2008 in 3rd Party Applications by admin
One advantage of having just one menu bar on your machine (instead of one per window like in Windows) is that you can embed some small programs there that are always visible and available. The Mac Tricks and Tips website has published a list of 45 Must Have Menu Bar Applications. I would advise you not [...]

Removing Applications

Posted on March 12th, 2008 in 3rd Party Applications, Basic OS Functionality Tagged with: ,
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In Windows to remove an application one goes to the Control Panel and selects Add/Remove programs. Hopefully the program you want to remove is there. If it is, then you click on the Remove button and hope for the best. Even then, any data stored with the application will usually not be removed (because it [...]

Stay awake

Posted on February 16th, 2008 in 3rd Party Applications, Setup Tagged with:
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One difference with my Mac that I’ve noticed is that after a little inactivity the screen dims and then shortly afterwards the screen saver kicks on. Now I know this can be modified in system preferences but there are a number of conditions to adjust and it isn’t always convenient to change them depending on [...]

Product: It’s About Time

Posted on February 9th, 2008 in 3rd Party Applications Tagged with:
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It’s About Time costs $30 and is a very simple program showing how to do common tasks on both a Windows PC and a Mac. It’s for absolute beginners and explains in very basic terms how to do functions on both systems. It shows a side by side comparison of the two systems and goes [...]

7 Tools for Switchers

Posted on February 8th, 2008 in 3rd Party Applications, Basic OS Functionality Tagged with: , , , ,
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I just read a blog post about 7 tools for easing the switch from PC to Mac. Here is my take on some of these tools. The others may be useful to you (instant messaging, remote computer access) but are not to me. File Renamer: A somewhat useful tool but more useful would be guidance for [...]