It’s difficult to know when to buy anything and unfortunately this is even more true in the computer world. Will an update come out soon? Should I have waited just a couple of months more? Unfortunately, the answer is always yes.
As soon as you buy a computer it’s out of …
I’ll pay for music (now, thanks iTunes), I’ll pay for software but why on Earth would I pay to pirate something? I’m talking about Xtorrent. Let’s face it, if you’re using torrents you’re probably pirating something and if you aren’t you wouldn’t need Xtorrent anyway. So why pay for …
Despite having upgraded my iMac to Mac OS X 10.4.9 the day it was released, I hadn’t noticed any problems until today. That said, I hadn’t tried to do anything with my iMac bar browse the web, watch podcasts and play with PHP. So it came as a slight shock …
It’s that time of year – the birds are tweeting, the flowers are blooming, baby lambs are doing whatever baby lambs do and… what am I on about? There was hail today, my cherry blossom is pretty much dead and I’ve never seen a baby lamb. However, it’s Spring and …
Taking a screenshot on a Mac isn’t as easy as pressing one key as with other operating systems but the functionality is damn powerful in comparison.
To take a normal screenshot, which will capture your entire screen bar your mouse, press Command + Shift + 3.
Alternatively, you can do a selective …
The Mac Dashboard. Whether you love it or hate it, it can’t be argued that it uses up what can be some valuable system resources. On older machines it can actually slow them down considerably. My PowerBook G4 is two years old and if I open Dashboard, I really notice …
My roommate Daniel has found another bug with the Mac - that’s two in as many weeks. Previously he found the Dash Row / Front Board bug, where you launch both Dashboard and Front Row at the same time and you get an odd merging of the two. This …
With my recent purchase of an iMac, I finally managed to dump my old ADVENT 3.2Ghz Pentium IV PC on my mum. She needed a new computer and was quite happy to have that one when I upgraded. Now, I’m not saying having only Macs is a bad thing, …
As one of my New Year’s resolutions, I decided to try and put an end to my procrastination - or at least cut back on it. That got me thinking, what do I usually do when I have work to do? The majority of my work is done on a …
I was going to do two separate articles covering this topic but I decided that I’d do a rather extended one instead. It’s also a first for me, I’m going to branch into the use of images. If it doesn’t work out (ie: it doesn’t look quite right on your …