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(All the) Mac OS X Leopard Keyboard Shortcuts

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

They are all here: http://www.usingmac.com/2007/11/21/mac-os-x-leopard-200-productivity-booster-hotkeys

This was too good not to link to them ;)

Cheers…

p.s. is there anything missing?

Setting up a Motorola Device as a Modem on a Mac

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Everything is sooo easy on Macs… Actually if you are reading this page as a result of a search rather than because you simply subscribed to my blog then you might disagree.

Okay: problem of the day: setting up my motorola razr v3x phone as an external modem.

1. Switching bluetooth on and pairing the phone. That is done easily by just clicking the bluetooth icon at the top of your screen (status bar) and then selecting "Set up Bluetooth Device"
2. Connecting to the internet. Well at this point you should be able to go to System Preferences -> Network ->  Click Bluetooth -> Click Connect. If you tick "Show Modem in the Status Bar"  you will be able to see more information soon.
3. Oops we have not provided a phone number. Oh well… see step 4
4. Phone number: Vodafone NZ uses *99# but when I just provided that I failed to connect and I got this message back: "A crossed connection has been detected. Please verify your settings and try again." So I did exactly what it said: I clicked "Set up Bluetooth Device" -> Selected my Moto in the list and clicked cog -> Configure this device -> now under phone Vendor I just selected Motorola and then the model GPRS (GSM/3G) -> The APN differs from country to country but for nz I used www.vodafone.net.nz -> and now I selected the CID 2 (that is the index of the internet profile that I want to use from the list of internet profiles on my phone (Menu-> Vodafone Live -> Internet Profiles)). Don't panic when you see the CID. As long as the CID index ( e.g. 1) uses the APN that you have in that profile on your phone you will be okay. Save everything and go back to the Network page.
5. Click Connect again. Now, not only did I not see the error aforementioned, but I actually saw my device authenticating and TADA: success!

Cheers

p.s. like I said everything is soooo easy. Just fixed Adium to work with Windows Live! (DNS issue) If you are interested let me know…

Adjusting to a Mac after using Ubuntu and Windows

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Hello there,

Just like any other guy who got tired with Windows I decided to embrace Linux. I have been using Ubuntu for quite some time now and I have ended up loving it! It is one great OS. Having said that, I do have issues from time to time finding suitable software and/or configuring hardware… Can one imagine just how hard it is to set up some bluetooth headphones or a Mobile Phone as an external modem?!?

Anyway, I was also looking for some great hardware and so I stumbled upon my new Macbook. What a beautiful piece of hardware it is!

Now, I have to say that OS X Leopard is way better than what I expected… adjusting to it was a matter of minutes. Getting used to the whole environment maybe took a few hours… I have had it for just a few days and I realized that I might use OS X for a wee while :)

My "migration" was not hard because the internet is full of answers. I did compile a list of things that I find useful though so here they are:
1. Print Screen. My Mac has no such key… Check this out:

Apple (Command) Key +Shift+3
Captures entire desktop to a file on the desktop as 'picture #' . This option lets you capture the whole screen. If you want just one window on your screen, you will have to edit the picture using image editing software.

Apple (Command) Key +Shift+4
Allows you to use your mouse to select a specific part of your desktop for capture. This will turn your mouse pointer into a cross, please hold down the mouse button and drag to select the part of the screen you want. When you release the button the screenshot will "snap" that part of the screen. Press 'Esc' to release.

Apple (Command) Key +Shift+4 + Spacebar
Allows you to select which window to capture.

2. Page Up/Dn They are not on the keboard. Use Fn + Arrow Up / Down

3. Right click There are several options here: Control + Click or, alternatively you can put 2 fingers on the pad + Click

4. Scrolling Just put 2 fingers on the pad and move them

5. Installing software / removing software Usually all you need to do is download the applications and they will either guide you through the process or they will prompt you to drag and drop them somewhere in your applications directory… To uninstall simply drag them onto the Trash

6. Finding applications Command + Space and then typing just does the trick

7. Keyboard shortcuts My advice is to learn one / day. Start with System Preferences ->  Keyboard and there you will find quite a few.  Command + Q closes the active window. Control + F2 takes you to the top menu (application menu). Command + Tab cycles through applications while Command + ` cycles through the windows of the current application ( e.g. Itunes and its equaliser)

Cheers…

Apple New Zealand

Thursday, September 6th, 2007


Something is really wrong with the NZ Apple website. Just have a look at this screenshot.
I mean how can they have the ipod nano phatty in store and the new shuffles but at the same time the old ipod (so not the new “classic”) and no trace of the iPod touch…

Interesting :)

Cheers…

iTunes 7.2

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

The new iTunes is out now but to my surprise I cannot buy music anymore. When trying to buy I keep getting an error message: "Purchase of this item is not currently available
This item is being modified. Please try again later."

I bet it is because of the DRM-free migration.

Well at least it's for a good cause…