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06/20/09

English (US) How to display Network Shares as Icons on Mac OS X desktop

Permalink 05:23:13 pm, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Mac stuff
We had them before, but suddenly in Mac OS X 10.5 they disappeared! However, whenever I want to grab something on the network, my intuitive reflex is to look for the network drive icon on the desktop! :'(I had to dig around quite a while to find teh se… more »

06/19/09

English (US) Keyboard layout editor for Mac OS X

Permalink 07:17:55 pm, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Geek!, Mac stuff
One thing I hate about US keyboards is that they don't let me type my French special characters by any memorable strecth -- what's the dead key for the cedilla again? (ç)One thing I hate about French keytboards is that they have all the punctuation key… more »

03/11/09

English (US) How to get AC-3 5.1 surround sound on your Mac

Permalink 03:17:00 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Multimedia, Mac stuff
Perian
Perian includes the a52 codec you need to decode AC-3 out from AVI or MKV files
So your hooked up your Mac to your 5.1 receiver and all you get is lousy stereo? Worry no more, decent AC-3 support is finally available for Mac OSX! In my case I have an Intel Mac Mini from 2006 hooked up to a Denon AVR-3801 via a fiber optic S/PDIF… more »

10/12/07

English (US) About Apple Design

"Apple's design is supposed to be the ultimate perfection in 21st century computing. We should all learn from them." I get that a lot when discussing b2evolution's user interface (which, btw, I like to think has improved significantly in version 2.0.… more »

11/17/06

English (US) Mac instead of PC for PHP/Web development?

Permalink 05:17:31 pm, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: Development, Windows stuff, Mac stuff
I have recently put together a new Core 2 duo PC for doing my web development. And I have been asked why I didn't get a Core 2 duo Mac instead... The question definitely makes sense. You can now get essentially the same components into a PC or a Mac.… more »

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