Apple’s Snow Leopard OS actually comes with snow leopards

August 10, 2009 @ 2:28 pm

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Gizmodo has all 35 new Apple Snow Leopard desktop images for viewing. Apple actually includes several images of snow leopards in their next OS release along with some neat hi-res images of famous works of art.

Gizmodo’s gallery seems to be a bit wonky, so if you want to download the images in hi-res, you can do so here.

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The suck minimize effect in Mac OS X Leopard

March 4, 2009 @ 1:59 pm

I’ve been fooling around with MacPilot for the past couple of days and I’ve come to realize that Unix-based operating systems (like OS X) are incredibly powerful and customizable and that they’re dumbed down by default to accommodate the average user.

MacPilot is like Microsoft PowerToys for Mac OS X — but with steroids. I won’t go into all the fancy crap you can do with it but I do want to show you how awesome the hidden “suck” effect for minimizing windows is.

Why Apple doesn’t make this an option in their drop-down menu is lost on me, but it’s so much nicer than “Genie” and “Scale”.

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Why is there no sort by date deleted option in Mac OSX Trash?

January 28, 2009 @ 12:03 pm

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This has been bothering me for a very long time and it’s finally gotten to the point where I want to throw my Mac out the window. Why in God’s name is there no option to sort the files in Trash by date deleted?!

It’s just ridiculous for this option not to be available in the Trash folder.

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Plateau dock in Mac OSX Leopard

January 17, 2009 @ 8:46 pm

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So I’m at EPIC East Coast Conference 2009 in Philly and I just installed LeopardDocks, a small app that easily allows you to change the way your application dock looks in Mac OSX Leopard.

I am currently using the Plateau dock. It is awesome!

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Questions about re-installing Mac OSX Leopard

January 7, 2009 @ 10:55 am

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I’m preparing to reinstall a Mac soon for the very first time and here are some questions I have:

  • Does the installation know the model number and serial number of my Mac?
  • Is there a serial number for the installation to be “active”?
  • Is there a Mac-equivalent of “Windows Genuine Advantage”?
  • Does it matter that I’m using a copy of a genuine Mac OSX disc to do the installation? Will I run into any problems that I should know about?
  • Do I need to be connected to the internet while installing the OS? Or more importantly, does the installation try to contact Apple during the installation process?
  • Is there an option during the install process where I can choose to completely wipe out my hdd and do a clean installation rather that “fixing” the installation and keeping all of my current settings (assuming that I’ve already done backup of my data)?
  • What the hell is packed into 7GB+ of this dual-layer operating system disc that requires it to be that big???????
  • Is there really a limit to how many times I can install/re-install OSX on my computer (somebody told me this)?

If you can answer any of these questions, that’d be awesome. THANKS!

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Dual layer DVDs

January 7, 2009 @ 12:06 am

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I didn’t even know my computer could burn dual-layer DVDs, but it can and I’ve just purchased a box of DVD-DL discs so that I can burn a copy of Mac OSX Leopard onto a single disc. I’m also going to burn a large collection of images just for fun. You can imagine how advanced I feel right now. Just got upgraded without even knowing it!

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