MacOS has been my desktop platform of choice since 2005 or so..
I started to really warm up to the Mac when the first Mac Mini came out (early 2005) and I made the Mac my primary desktop and development machine with some of the earlier Mac Pros (not sure which one though). I have been very disappointed in newer Mac Pros though…
Lately, I have found the Mac Studio to be a decent proposition… compared to the competition. And that’s only because the competition still hasn’t caught up to MacOS, not because I really like the way Apple closes down everything :/
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Mac Mini 2011 Hard Drive Speed
As a followup to my Mac Mini 2010 Hard Drive Speed rant, I went to the Apple Store today to check what's up with the Mac Mini 2011... Apparently, the Nvidia chipset has been replaced with an Intel chipset that is now capable of 6 Gigabit/second transfe…...
3 displays on a mac mini
While many are happy with 2 displays attached on their computer, I actually don't quite like having to look either to the left or to the right when I'm working on something... I want a display right in front of me and I want additional displays on the s…...
Mac OS X Lion Full Screen Apps on multiple displays?
As showcased in Steve Jobs "Back to the Mac" presentation today, I welcome the trend towards full screen apps on the Mac. Having windows of different apps overlapping was just a daily receipe for A.D.D. waiting to happen... However the one thing I'm co…...
Mac Mini 2010 Hard Drive Speed
I was looking into upgrading my 2006 Mac Mini (serving as a media server) with a 2010 model, just to get a bigger hard drive... and also a faster one! Now, according to this guy, the Mac Mini 2010 still comes with a stinky slow old SATA-1 drive, just a…...
How to automatically start playing movies in QuickTime X
Apple has removed that features in Snow Leopard and QuickTime X has no preferences panel to enable this. So you need to go through the command line to get it back... In Terminal, copy/paste: defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX MGPlayMovieOnOpen…...
How to enable X-Ray folder previews in Mac OS Quick Look
In Terminal copy/paste this: defaults write com.apple.finder QLEnableXRayFolders 1 Then relaunch the Finder. Press space on a selected folder and admire :)
Make your mouse faster on Mac OS X
There’s 2 problems to mouse speed:
The acceleration curve of the mouse mouvement which I’ve talked about before maximum mouvement speed
The maximum speed can be set through the System preferences panel, but even when the slider is all…...
How to control fan speed & noise on the mac pro
Did you know there were actually 5 different fans inside a Mac Pro (early 2009 version)? They are named Intake, Exhaust, BoostA, PCI and Power Supply! By default, all of them turn pretty slowly; in the 600 to 850 rpm range! Which makes the whole thing pr…...
How do I sync my macs?
If you have multiple macs (and an iPhone), mobile.me is a must have, of course, but it only syncs so much... basically:
Address book Calendar Mail (but I'm using IMAP anyways) Safari bookmarks System preferences
mobile.me does not auto-sync:…...
Rented movies on iTunes come with 5.1 surrond sound
Tonight, for the first time, I rented a movie on iTunes...And I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by the fact the movie came with 2 soundtracks: Stereo & "Surrond".Well, "surround" turns out to be AC3 Dobly Digital and it does work on the Mac…...
