Category: Apple Mac, OS X and iPod

  • On the eve of the launch of the iPhone in the US, I thought I’d finally come out clean with my views on it. [Yes, I know you’re all sick to death of hearing about the iPhone, but bear with…

  • More Ctrl + Alt + Del cartoons

  • The “Summary” feature of OS X really is like a work of voodoo. To use it, highlight some text in your favourite Cocoa app, like Mail, Safari or Camino, then go into the application’s Services menu and choose a level…

  • The well-publicised campaigns by Apple to promote the Mac as an enjoyable platform to use at home was recently crowned off by a dig at Vista’s security system. I’m a Mac fangirl through and through. You can’t get your first…

  • I know we’re still two and a half months away, but it takes me so long to come up with something I want when my mom asks me what I’d like so I thought I’d start the list now. [Note:…

  • I forgot to link to my last few articles written for Shiny Shiny, so here they are. This week: Be Safe, Part II: Woman looking for man, lots of money, nice car, washboard abs Last week: Be Safe, Part I:…

  • In late 2005, out of desperation and after a few months of feeling like I couldn’t make head nor tail of the JCB-loads of projects I had on, I ordered and read David Allen’s Getting Things Done. I’d first heard…

  • So the MacBook Pro comes with motion sensors… What purpose does that serve, other than protecting your hard drive in case you have the misfortune of dropping it? Someone has written a script to make use of the motion sensors…

  • I came across the Keyword assistant for iPhoto this afternoon. Far from new, Macworld reviewed it in November 2005 here, but it was news to me. As I’ve been immersed in tags of all sorts recently, having developed an addiction…